Fire at Montevue nearly checked by quick actions
A mattress fire in the second floor south wing at Montevue was contained after Ronald Ike Oden rushed in, opened the door, and helped an elderly resident escape. Firefighters arrived promptly, but a single bucket of water from a nearby bathroom halted the blaze. Traffic jams formed as holiday and heavy car activity impeded access.
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Montevue
Ronald Ike Oden
Jefferson
Oden
George Lease
Samuel Taley
Independents
Uniteds Rescue Ately
Fremen
Marshall Wachter
Maonteque
Fire alarm prompts rapid traffic on Montevue area
On July 26 1948 a fire alarm summoned fire apparatus to Montevue near West Fourth Street. Autos rushed to the scene causing Westbound congestion even after firemen left. No damage occurred and residents remained unperturbed, yet the episode underscored Frederick publics fire awareness at the county home for the indigent.
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Montevue
Fourth Street
Monterne
Frederick
Canada Plane Crash Kills 28 near Gaspe Peninsula
A Dakota airliner of Rimouski Airlines crashed on a 50 mile Gulf crossing from Port Menier to Gaspe, killing 28 including pilot Emerson Mills and co pilot Ross Mules. Among the dead aboard was Odette Queilet daughter of a Rimouski official, while 25 passengers were lumberjacks returning home. Ground teams reached the scene near Greve, 12 miles from Gaspe, with cause not yet known. A typhoon then crossed northern Luzon hitting Manila with strong winds and rain, but no damage reported.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
Here
Rimouski Airlines
Gulf of St Lawrence
Port Meunter
Anticosti
Gaspe
Greve
Destinateas
Emerson E .Mills
Ross Mules
Airlines
Suss Odette Queilet
Bic
Wilfred Quelle
Kimoushi Ailines
Conference Planned on Airport Runway Defects and Repairs
City officials CAA authorities and consulting engineers meet at the airport for a joint inspection following defects in preliminary operations on Runway No 3. Faulty compaction and bearing power prompted resumption of operations and a plan to address remediation with possible maintenance cost implications.
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CAA
Add.t.onal
Ted
Aidermen
Auto Liability Rates Jump Across Maryland And Washington
Baltimore July 23 Maryland auto liability insurance rates rose 15 to 30 percent, according to the Baltimore Daily Record. The National Underwriters Bureau cited a nationwide rate revision due to rising repair costs and court verdicts from auto accidents. Private passenger car bodily injury rates climbed and property damage rates increased sharply. commercial car property damage rose 36 percent with no bodily injury change. In Cumberland and Annapolis rates shifted accordingly. The report notes a new classification for under 25 drivers using non business cars at five percent of business-use rates. Titus Seriously Ill In Leesburg Hospital After Virus Pneumonia Diagnosis.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Baore Daily Record
Nations
C. Timore
Cumberland
Annapoli
E Casualty Enderwetere Bureau
4-H Camp Attendees Travel to State Conservaton Camp
Accompanied by H. Bradley Jones assistant county agent three county youths attended the State 4-H Conservation Camp at Pleasant Valley near Oakland Garrett County. Participants were Richard Borer Thomas Terler and Clarence Ludy. The camp focused on soil and forestry conservation with hands on demonstrations and required each youth to provide his own equipment.
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H. Bradley Jones
Pleasant Valley
Oakland
Garrett Eoun
Richard Borer
Thomas Terler
Shookstows
Clarence Ludy
Myersy_Ue
Trey
Cook
Tree Expert Collides With Prospective Patient Near Furnace Ford
James Yokely 33 and Alfred Stevens 27, both of Derwood, were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital after Yokely’s car left Route 28 and struck a tree. State Police Trooper Melvin Snyder transported them, and Trooper Richard A. Myers reported the coach was badly damaged in the Sunday afternoon crash near Furnace Ford bridge.
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James Yokely
Derwood
Furnace Ford Bridge
Yokely
Alfred Stevens
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Melvin Snyder
Richard A. Myers
Yakley
Membership gains lift church share to 53 percent in 1947
New York July 25 The Christian Herald reports church membership across the United States reached a historic 53 percent of the population in 1947 with 77,386,186 Americans belonging to churches, up 3,713,006 from 1946. The survey highlights growing religiosity nationwide.
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New York
United States
The
Christian Herald
Religion in the United States Finds Robust Health
The magazine argues that religion in the United States is enjoying unusually strong health, though noting debates over interpretation may invite argument. It presents a statistical view that counters perceptions of decline.
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United States
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Price Ford
Kkemsberga
KEY Hotel Bldg
Thrift
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Frederick Motor Coo
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