Middletown Band Wagon Revived for Firemen Parade
The Frederck County Volunteer Firemen's Association parade features an antique horse drawn bandwagon that once carried the old American Band of Middletown. Restored by John Langdon and Marshall Adalt, the wagon led by four horses draws praise as revival efforts bring back 19th century styling for the Middletown event with local musicians in period dress and a mix of old and modern tunes.
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Frederck County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Middletown
Middletere
Middletown Valley
Melanchthon
Mideletown
Br.Huant
Charles R. Holter
Muidietown
John Langdon
Myersville
Marshall Adalt
Broad Run
Williamsport
Waynesboro
Modauetown
Fredenck County
Vailey
Police Row Likely Aired Coming Week
Frederick police commissioners reviewed charges against senior officers at Tuesday meeting. Sergt Dan Shomley accused the Chief and Lieutenant of dereliction of duty. specifics urged. Mayor Culler denied misappropriation claims and said city funds handling would be investigated if charges arise.
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Frederick
William A. Storm
Polie Commiussion
Sergt
Dan Swoomiey
Swomiey
Stratey
Storm
Lloyd C Culler
Sergt Dan Shomley
Straley
City audit colors Christmas fund accounts and cash on hand
Major releases findings after city audit of Christmas basket fund and police department cash. 1946 receipts show 150862 collected and 60249 disbursed with a 1945 balance of 362.67 and cash on hand 126860. Attorney and Mayor defend counts as factual. Chief Strale predicts no fault in distribution and notes 10 cash gifts from petty fund profits. A chicken becomes a fowl at year end.
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Suomies
City Register
Strale
State Recount Progress Slow in Maryland Senate Contests
July 22 report on the Maryland Senate contest shows Senator Jenner’s subcommittee will meet after September 1 to finish examining challenged ballots and may hear witnesses on fraud and irregularities. Defeated Republican John Markey contests Democrat O Conor’s 2232 vote victory. recount in 17 counties to wrap within a week. Estimated disputed ballots around 60 000 as guidance from counsel.
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Washington
Jenner
R-Ird
Maryland
John Markey
O'Conor
Markey
O Conor
Charles Ruzicka
Oconor
Maryland Senate Panel Eases Ballot Rules
The Senate Rules subcommittee headed by the chair agreed to relax the original rules under Maryland law. Ballots with any identifying mark other than an X would be discarded, but the new plan would count ballots with faint lanes near the X if the mark was inadvertent. Officials expect attorneys for Markey and OConor to finish work on the ballots by September 1, with no firm deadline set, but urgency to complete quickly.
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Senate
Maryland
Jenner
Markey
Oconor
Forts Begin Test Bombing German Sub Plant
Three American B-29 Superfortresses started a test bombing raid on a supposed bomb proof German submarine assembly plant near Frankfurt Germany on July 22. The mission targeted the underground facility described as crucial to U boat production.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bomb tests near Bremen test 25 000 pound bombs on underground plans
Farge near Bremen reports the VU S Army using modified tall boy bombs to test penetration against underground layouts. If weather holds, a repeat test is planned tomorrow with American 25 000 pound Amazon and Sampson bombs. Tests expected to run about three months to finish.
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Farge
Bremen
Britain
Royal Air Force
Washingtoniz Palm Genus Named to Honor George Washington
Washingtoniz, a palm genus named to honor George Washington, originates in southern California and Arizona, highlighting its regional native range within the southwestern United States.
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Washingtoniz
George Washington
California
Arizona
Summer Lows Hit Midwest and Southwest
The Associated Press reports subnormal temperatures across the Midwest and parts of the Southwest with unseasonable lows expected to persist. Temperatures ranged from 32 to 50 degrees, crippling late corn growth and causing travel disruptions from Erie to nearby towns as storms delivered heavy downpours and flooding.
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Midwest
Southwest
Minine
Sola
Indiana
Missouri
Arkansas
Wis Lacrosse
Wis
Advance
Chicago
Erie
Rain records set as Erie floods drain city streets
The Erie Weather Bureau reports seven inches of rain fell by 30 m EST Tuesday, a 24 hour record. Two men and a woman were rescued by a firefighter from an almost submerged car under a flooded railroad underpass as basements of downtown stores flooded and water rushed two feet down East Second Street.
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Erie Weather Bureau
Comedy at Reights Braddock Heights Tonight Through Saturday
George S. Kaufman’s comedy George Washington Slept Here will be staged at Mountain Theater Braddock Heights from tonight through Saturday. Based on the author’s experience taking over a Pennsylvania farm it proved successful as both stage play and film.
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Reights
George Washington
George S. Kaufman
Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
Pennsylvania
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