State CD Is Praised After Chestertown Explosion
Maryland Civil Defense Chief praised the plan as practical when tested in actual operations after the Kent Manufacturing Co blast that killed 11. FBI said no sabotage found. 3 more victims buried. mass funeral planned. 45 injured among 275 workers. Red Cross cleared all survivors.
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Chestertown
Maryland
Shirley Ewing
Kent Manufacturing Co
Ewing
Mc. Keldin
Eving
FBI
D. K. Brown
Baltimore
Red Cross
Mrs. Wellers Will Probated in Orphans Court
The will of Mrs. Carrie J. Weller who died July 11 at 121 West Second Street was probated in the Orphans Court. Executors named include Edgar S. Weller Jr and Charles B. Traill H. The will provides trust to 121 West Second Street for Joy Valentine with rents for her support until age 20, then estate to be divided among children and grandchildren with specific shares and contingencies if any are deceased.
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Carrie J. Weller
West Second Street
Orphans’ Court
E. Austin James
Dorothy R. Long
Edgar 8. Weller Jr
Charles B. Trailh
Ann Caroline Traill
Joy Marie Valentine
Charles B. Traill
Joy Valentine
Traill
Miss Valentine
Edgar S. Weller Jr
Caroline Weller Harrison
Charles [ Traill II
Ann Caroline Traull
Flanders Battles McCarthy in Senate Clash Over Censure
Senator Flanders presses for McCarthy censure while McCarthy ignores him, facing party politics and a looming election. A unanimous policy committee vote sinks Flanders’s bid to strip McCarthy of chairmanships, delaying further action until July 30. Meanwhile, Robert Kerr Billingslea Sr dies at 65 in Westminster, with survivors listed and services planned.
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Vermont
Senate
McCarthy
Flanders
Tum
Wee Tuk
R. K. Billingsier
Westminster
Robert Kerr Billingslea
Albaugh & Babylon Grocery Co
Union Bridge Water Co
Mananna Albaugh
Rubert Kerr Billingslea
George Albaugh Billingslea
Howell Haines Billingslea
Ella Troxel Billingslea
Washington
Levene Bullingslea
Leeds K Billingslea
Wesley Brooks
Westminster Cemetery
Capehart Named On Phony Telegram in Senate Probe
The Senate Banking Committee disclosed a signed telegram in Chairman Capehart's name that summoned two St. Louis court officials to Washington to testify in a 1916 larceny case against ex federal housing official Clyde Powell. Atty. Gen. Brownell and the FBI were asked to investigate who sent the wire. The incident interrupted a probe into a windfall tied to an Ohio military housing project.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
St. Louis
Clyde L. Powell
Federal
Atty
Brownell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Lows
James McAteer
T. J Kavanaugh
Ohio
Antique Automobile Club To Hold Meet In Rockville
Antique Automobile Club of America plans an antique car meet at Southlawn Farm Rockville on Saturday. More than 150 cars from early 20th century eras will participate and parade through Rockville. Judging in 19 official and four special classes will start at noon with sixty two trophies awarded. A bathing suit style show from 1870s collections will feature members of the Rockville Junior Women's Club.
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Rockville
Antique Automobile Club of America
Southlawn Farm
A. R. Lofstrand
Authorize Strike at Sparrows Point Shipyard
Baltimore shipyard workers voted to empower the CIO ship builders union negotiating committee to call a strike after midnight Friday if negotiations fail. The vote last night indicates growing pressure over contract terms and working conditions.
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Baltimore
Sparrows Point
CIO Shipbuilders Union
Eisenhower Highway Plan A 50 Billion Long Range Proposal
Washington correspondence details Eisenhower's $50 billion five year federal state highway program. Planning under BPR chief A. D. St. Clair with Francis V. du Pont. states to supply priority ratings. questions loom over funding, rural vs defense needs, toll roads, and deficit financing. Previous studies since 1935 and a 42 billion historic cost estimate noted.
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Ed Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
Eisenhower
Governors’ Conference
White House
Francis V. du Pont
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Commerce
BPR
Congress
A. D. St. Clair
BPR Research
Boston
Mississippi
New Jersey Turnpike
Joseph C. O’mahoney
D. Wye
Congressional Economic Committee
Highway system cost and mileage estimates raised
AASHTO finds 429000 miles needing improvements with a $35 billion price tag. Public Roads officials have long floated $45 to $60 billion for a modern U S highway system. Du Pont told a subcommittee the U S has about three million miles of highways, with 2600 miles planned as toll roads.
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American Association of States
Bureau of Public Roads
U. S
Public Roads
du Pont
Ohio
Creative Colorama Show At Frederick Art Club Event
A Creative Colorama Show sponsored and judged by the Frederick Art Club will be hosted by city playgrounds on North Market Street in front of Storm and Shipley’s store Thursday from 1 30 to 3 30 pm. All playgrounds enter with three judging classes across age groups and art forms.
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Frederick Art Club
North Market Street
Storm and Shipley's
Two Crabbers Fined On Assault Charges
In Cambridge on July 19 two Hooper's Island crabbers Cecil Parker and George H. Tolley Jr. were fined $500 each after being found guilty of assault and battery and assault on Sheriff Waldo H. Robinson. They appealed to Circuit Court and posted $500 bail. The incidents at Russell Hall canning plant occurred July 10 during a dispute over a broken gasoline tank.
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Cambridge
Hooper’s Island
Rufus Todd
Waldo H.robinson
Todd
Robinson
Russell Hall
Cecil Parker
George H. Tolley Jr
Charles H. Gibson
Hall
Parker
Tolley
Local School Graduate Injured in Incident
Miss Virginia Mae Ashley, a 1947 local school graduate, is hospitalized with injuries including a fractured arm. Officials say she is not currently on the seriously injured list.
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Virginia Mae Ashley
Property Return Urged by Senate Judiciary Panel
Washington The Senate Judiciary Committee urges that properties seized by the government from Japanese and German owners during World War II be returned to their rightful owners.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
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J. N, Crist
Farmers and Mechanics-Citizens National Bank
Bank of Friendly Personal Service
Citizens National Bank OF Frederick
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Creative Colorama
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Vindobona Braddock Heights, MD
Sksline
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Westinghouse
Pacer
Westinghouse Home Economics Institute
Better Homes Equip. CO
C. Preston Myers Union Bridge
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