Pennsy and City Reach East Street Extension Plan
The mayor and aldermen in special session signed an agreement with the Pennsylvania Railroad to extend East Street north from Eighth Street and discussed Officer Roger’s resignation. They ordered parking bans near Seventh and Bentz, weed clearing near East All Saints, and reviewed railroad work on All Saints Street while awaiting further action.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
East Street
Eighth Street
Rover
Odd Fellows
Fred
Roger
Kex
Seventh
Bentz
East All Saints Street
Carroll Street
All Saints Street
Market and
Carroll
South Blarket Street
Philadelphia Real Estate Man Stoned in Cairo
Stephen Haas of 427 West Philadelphia, a naturalized American, was killed Sunday afternoon when an Egyptian mob stoned him in Cairo. His wife was attacked, and several Egyptian companions were injured. A British family member also sustained injuries. the State Department released the report via press official Lincoln White.
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Washington
Stephen Haa
Philadelphia
Cairo
State Department
Waas
Lincoln White
Haas
Public meeting urges school building bond in Frederick County
County School Board urged the County Commissioners to raise funds for new buildings and equipment as enrollment rises. Dr. Thomas Pullen Jr and local officials spoke to about 500 residents in Frederick High School auditorium, noting planned advisory committee and need for improvements in Emmitsburg and other areas. The session included debates on bond issues, tax impact on real estate, and assurances that Emmitsburg schools will not be closed without funds for improvements.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr
Samuel H Young
Robe R. Rhoderick
Sabillasville
Walkersvile School
Brunswick
Ross ¥. Smith
Thurmont
Edward F Hoster
State Grange
Middletown
Board of Education
Howard Damuth
Frederick
Garrett County
Stafford County
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Baltimore City
Anne Arundel
Frederck County
Predenck
George C. Rhoderick
Eugene W. Pruitt
Samuel C. Hays
Emmitsburg
Har Wy
Philip Bower
Cearge L Wilhide
John Baumgardner
Carson Frailey
Emmitsburg High School
L. R. Schoolman
Pruitt
Isaac Nicodemus
Liberty
L. V. Biser
Jefferson
Ernest Stephens
Holter
Frailey
Frederick seeks school improvements amid consolidation debate
A Frederick County meeting reviewed a state funded school building survey showing large investments in neighboring counties and urging local action. Officials noted Emmitsburg High School closure protests while residents pressed for town center elementary facilities and a permanent school site in Jefferson.
Santa’s Uranium Toy Stuns Hagerstown Memoir
In July 1949 Hagerstown the Porter Chemical Co markets a toy set containing uranium ore. Vice President Hanson assures wary parents that Russia cannot obtain a new stockpile and that the ore poses little risk. The four experiments illustrate atomic energy, with notes on radioactivity and a claimed government license from the AEC. The article also notes the Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons and rises 151 feet.
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Hagerstown
Santa Claus
Men Loy
Russia
M M. Hanson
Porter Chemical Company
Hanson
Land
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Planes Stunt Over British Field in Berlin
In Berlin on July 19 a flight of Yak fighter planes from the Soviet zone performed air stunts over Gatow airfield, British officials saying the pilots may have mistaken the British field for their own. Twelve Yaks appeared. two swooped to buzz the field and then performed a bells-up pass over a U S C 54 transport. American officers doubted the pilots realized the field was not theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Gatow
U.S
British reports Russian buzz over Berlin airfield incident
A British official described at 1 p m Greenwich Mean Time a Russian flight over Gatava in the Soviet sector with eight to ten Yak fighters performing rolls. A single Russian fighter allegedly did a mock buzz of a US Skymaster near the field, prompting inquiries to a Russian air control representative.
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Berlin
Greenwich
Gatava
Cairo Raid Hits Fouad Street in Night Bombing
Cairo reports a P A plane raided the city late last night dropping one bomb that blasted Fouad street in the heart of Cairo. The British official notes that the term rolls refers to the barrel roll maneuver.
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Cairo
Fouad Street
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