Three-Shift Eight-Hour Day Planned for Police
Mayor Donald 5B Rice will urge the Board of Aldermen to adopt a three-shift eight-hour day for the police department starting next Monday. The plan may advance several officers in rank, with two or three candidates for sergeant and one in charge of the midnight to 8 am shift. Approximately nine or ten officers will serve on each shift as the department shifts from ten hours for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Rice
Board of Aldermen
Police Department
George N. Lewis, Jr
State Roads Commission
East South Street
Wisner Street
Hamilton Avenue
Lewis
Bentz Street
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds recorded in the clerk's office show multiple property transfers. Wachter to Shaff at 512 Wilson Place for about 11500. Dubell and Wallace to Florence Smith at 202 East Third Street for about 7500. Kaplan to Bernard Burch on Petersville Brunswick road for about 7000. Wagaman to Howard Marquis at Sabillasville for about 7000. Mackley to Harry Lewis on West Main Street Thurmont for about 6300. Flautt Jr to Isaac Shipley in Unionville for about 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richard Wachter
Richard E. Shaff
Wilson Place
James N. Dubell
Richard H. Wallace
Florence Virginia Smith
East Third Street
Bernard B. Burch
Petersville-Brunswick Road
Orville A. Wagaman
Howard E. Marquis
Sabillasville
Charles M. Mackley
Harry R- Lewis
West Main Street
Thurmont
Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
Isaac N. Shipley
Unionville
C. & P. Grads Pay Hike Ask Higher Rates
Baltimore reports the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and its plant and commercial workers signed a new one year contract granting weekly pay increases from 3 to 190 dollars. The company will seek higher rates to cover costs. a rate petition is on file with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Negotiations began last May and ended with the June 30 expiry. Annapolis announces Richard D. Weigle of St. John’s College has been named to the Anne Arundel County school board by Governor MeKeldim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
W. Griffin Morrel
Maryland Public Service Commission
Annapolis
Richard D. Weigle
Historic
St. John’s College
Anne Arundel County
MeKeldim
4-H Achievement Day Winners Celebrated in Frederick County
Frederick county 4-H girls concluded Achievement Day with a style revue at Elm Street School. Evelyn Hutson announced winners across exhibitions demonstrations and judging contests. First prize entries advance to Club Week at University of Maryland August 6 to 11, with 200 participants from numerous clubs and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Elm Street
Evelyn Hutson
University of Maryland
Dolly Lawson
Urbana
Patricia Kettler
Walkersville
Shirley Geisbert
Mary Scheel
Prospect
Joyce Hood
Nancy van Fossen
Ballenger
Veronica Little
Thurmont
Lois Hildebrand
Jefferson
Margaret Schierholz
Petersville
Dorothy Keller
Miriam Young
Mary Kathryn Woerner
the Star
Virginia Willis
Barbara Ifert
Middletown
Mr. Pleasant
Janet Hood
Mary Ann Barker
Unionville
Ann Runkles
Betty Rhoderick
Mt. Pleasant
Janet Flora
Barbara Remsberg
Floods Threaten St Louis Area As Rivers Rise
Missouri and Mississippi rivers flood toward St Louis with Jefferson City submerged and 30 blocks covered. Three boys drown south of East St Louis as forecasts warn the crest may top prior records. Kansas City cleans up from last week’s floods and 13 000 animals are evacuated from stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Capitol
East St. Louis
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Stockyards
Maryland Raises August Draft Quota to 688 Men
Maryland draft boards must furnish 688 men to the armed services next month. Col. Henry Stanwood, director of the state Selective Service system, said the August quota for Maryland is 688, up from 432. The nation’s draft figure for August is 35 000, while Maryland’s quota for this month is 282.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Armed Services
Henry Stanwood
State Selective Service System
Stanwood
Standard Gil cuts Atlas battery prices amid expected rises
Cleveland July 19 Standard Oil Co of Ohio cut Atlas battery prices by 17 percent. Sohio warned further list price increases are almost certain in coming months. The move doubles the trade in allowance for old batteries and lowers the price on new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard Gil Co
Ohio
Atlas
Standard
Sohio
Condition Of Streams At Frederick Junction And Knoxville
The report notes the Monocacy River muddy at Frederick Junction while the Potomac River is muddy on the Maryland side and cloudy on the Virginia side at Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Junction
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Knoxville
Secrecy At Kaesong Peace Talks Impresses Reporters
Kaesong Korea July 19. Newsmen describe a sealed atmosphere inside the talks with Admiral Joy and Gen Nam II leading the discussions. Delegates entered and exited amid rain while secrecy dominated all remarks. Yong Lim of Pyongyang proposed a four point path to peace including withdrawal of foreign troops. Washington July 19 P Price Director DiSalle warned Congress that a cost-plus measure would wreck the price control program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Gen. Nam II
U. N
Admiral Joy
America
Korea
Young Lim
la Dong Shimbun
Pyongyang
Kaesong
Reds
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Congress
House
Polio Cases Jump 50 Percent in Week
Washington reports a 50 percent rise in polio cases for the past week with 614 new infections, up from 408 the week before according to the Public Health Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Public Health Service Today
Postpone Action On New Road In Frederick County
Frederick County Commissioners defer the start of an 8 mile section of Hyattstown to Beacon Light road project until the Washington expressway is further along. Roads Board cites need to avoid crossings and cost limits up to 20000 for old Route 240 bed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyattstown
Washington
Frederick County Roads Board
Roger H. Willard
Hyattstown-Beaton
Roads Commission
Beacon Light Road
Roads Board
Annandale
Emmitsburg
Roads Board 3100
Myersville
Creagerstown
John Messler
Johnsville
Messler
Kay Young Mackley Named Director of Hood News Service
Kay Young Mackley is appointed director of Hood News Service as Hood College plans a separate News Service branch within Public Relations. Mackley, previously assistant News Director since 1949, has earlier roles at Church World Service New Windsor and Frederick News, and studied at Western Maryland College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College News Service
Kay Young Mackley
Herbert N. Heston
General College
Mackley
Hood
Church World Service
New Windsor
The
Frederick News
Western Maryland College
Meredith
Lutheran Church
2.5 Miles Of Highway Now In Use
The M. J. Grove Lime Company opened about 2.5 miles of new three lane highway on the east slope of Sideling Hill on US Route 40 between Hancock and Cumberland. The work is part of a $2,090,212 contract from 1949, the largest western Maryland roads project, with the full seven miles of relocation spanning both slopes and reconnecting with the old road near the hilltop. Contractors expect substantial completion by year end 1953, barring delays.
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M. J. Grove Lime Company
Sideling Hill Mountain
Hancock
Cumberland
Frederick
Maryland
The
Grove Company
Allegany County Inn
Iran Expels AIOC Officer Amid Nationalization Debate
Iran revokes residence permit of N R Seddon, chief AIOC representative in Tehran, amid Mossadegh talks and papers seized in a raid on Seddon’s home. Harriman makes third visit to Iran as pressure mounts over Anglo-Iranian Oil Company activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
W. Averell
Harriman
Truman
Mohammed Mossadegh
N. R Seddon
AIOC
Seddon
Severe Storms Hit Virginia Airports Hurled Planes and Power Loss
Electrical storms swept Hopewell and Blackstone Virginia causing seven planes to be damaged at Hopewell with a small plane torn from its mooring and moved 100 feet. In Blackstone winds up to 100 miles an hour cut off the airport electrical system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hopewell
Blackstone
Congress investigations run up big costs in Senate report
A Senate expenditures panel reviews a 1947 onward probe bill for Congress. It notes nearly eight million dollars spent on investigations, largely to pay temporary staff for subcommittees and special committees, amid calls to prune hiring and centralize inquiry work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Quiet Korean Front Day With Small Probing Actions
The front saw four light probing attacks in drizzle, all broken before dawn. Air operations continued with Red planes reappearing, a B 26 likely shooting down an enemy fighter over Hamhung, and night sorties surpassing 100 for the third straight night. Jordan Dies at 87 in Washington hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
No-man’s-land
Hamhung
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Truman Signals Policy Shift Over Spain
President Truman said the United States has shifted policy toward Franco Spain for military reasons. Acheson confirmed Madrid talks on American use of Spanish bases aiming to enlist Spain in common defense. Admiral Sherman led preliminary negotiations with Franco while Averell Harriman pursues Middle East oil talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Spain
Madrid
United States
State Acheson
Acheson
Franco Spain
Forrest P. Sherman
Sherman
Generalissimo
Franco
Averell Harriman
Caravan of Youth panel at Hood College conference
The Caravan of Youth appeared before 250 delegates of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in conference at Hood College. The panel featured Joan Erickson Amery Wisconsin Elizabeth Krieger Fort Saskatchewan Canada Jim Marks Sioux City Iowa and Joe Sakamura Chicago Illinois. Sponsored by the Congregational Christian Church and National Council of Youth of the Christian Board of Education Philadelphia the caravan aims to guide youth in Christian living through faith fellowship and action. Joe Sakamura shared how he found Christianity after leaving Buddhism. A second panel on In All Things Then We See was led by Mrs Lang Miss Stamats Miss Vordenburg and Dr Biegeleisen. A free will offering for World Service was taken last evening and again tomorrow morning after the Communion Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Guild of the Evangelicals and Reformed Church
Hood College
Our Church
Joan Erickson
Amery
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Krieger
Fort Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Jim Marks
Sioux City
Joe Sakamura
Chicago
Elmhurst College
Eden College
San Francisco
Calif
Congregational Christian Church
National Council of Youth of the Christian Board of Education
Philadelphia
Lang
General Council of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Baltimore
Blueberries Grow as Major Crop on Eastern Shore
In Salisbury on July 19 authorities report blueberries becoming a major crop in the Eastern Shore area known for poultry and tomatoes. Eight farmers harvest from 126 acres this season with more acres planned to bear within four years. Next year’s crop is expected to be larger than this year. Some berries go to New York and other are sold to local packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
New York
Fate of Cease Fire Talks Hangs On Friday
In Munsan Korea on July 19 the two hour session produced no progress as the UN and Communist delegations held firm on the withdrawal of foreign troops. Lt. Col. Preston warned of possible finality if no agreement is reached tomorrow. Admiral Joy led the UN team in a recall to Ridgway after a long day of talks centered on a political versus military agenda and the potential for immediate cease-fire discussions once key items are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Pye
United Nations
W. J. Preston
Preston
United Nations Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
U.N
Nam
Irerama Plcts
Adm
Turner Joy
United Nation
U. N
Joy
United Nations ‘Command
Natn
Ridgway
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Missouri River
Robert Eunson
Rod
Hood News Service
Rt. 40
Jim
Kaesonge
Korean Front
MSGH
Jordan
Edward B. Jordan
Catholic University
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