Data From Election Is Examined In Maryland Recount
Examination of Maryland senatorial election ballots in Frederick centering on D. John Markey and Sen. Hubert R O Conor. Counsel from both sides reviewed returns, precinct records, and excess ballots as ballot boxes are prepared for transport to Baltimore for statewide recount procedures.
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Maryland
United States
Frederick
D. John Markey
Hubert R O'Conor
Sullivan E. Barnes
Senate
O'Conor
Mackey
Board of Election Supervisors
Ellis C. Wachter
Court House
O’conor and
Markey
Mr. Barnes
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Washington County
Washington
Jenner
Bricker
Myers
O’conor
Free State
Grover ©. Stewart
Brunswick
Ruth Moberly
Arthur Potts
Charlies Ruzicka
Donald P. Roman
O Conor
Francis Perrott
Allen ¥ Bennett
County to Spray Corn to Save Crops
County Board of Commissioners plans to spray 30 acres of Montevue farm corn with DDT solution to spare sweet corn and yellow corn from Japanese beetle damage. Farmers report dead beetles after treatment. weather permitting, spraying will proceed within days to protect crops.
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Board of County Commissioners
Montevue
Two Injured When Struck By Auto Near Bethesda Airport
Eywe Boonsboro residents Roy H. Flock and Doris Flock were hospitalized at Suburban Hospital Bethesda after a car driven by Catherine Elizabeth Betts struck them in the airport parking area near Congressional Airport Halpine. Police said Betts swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit the pedestrians walking along Rockville Pike.
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Eywe Boonsboro
Bethesda
Catherine Elizabeth Betts
Congressional
Halpine
Roy H. Flock
Doris Flock
Rockville
Montgomery County
Betts
Rockville Pike
Republican Economic Policy Debates in Congress
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson analyzes ongoing congressional studies on U S economic strength, inflation risks, and policy options under President Truman. Committees led by Krug Harriman and Nourse weigh domestic growth, debt, and potential limits on prices and wages amid a postwar boom.
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Congress
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
United States
Interior
J. A. Krug
Commerce
Averell Harriman
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Capitol J
Robert A. Taft
House Committee On Agriculture
House
Wars and Means
Europe
U. S
U.S
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Lone Robber Seizes Capital Bar Cash in Downtown Raid
A lone robber held four men at gunpoint at Capital Bar in downtown Washington, forcing the night manager Arthur Bennett and two garage attendants and a visitor to lie on the floor for 15 minutes. He unlocked the safe and escaped with about 1500 dollars in weekend receipts.
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Washington
Capital
Arthur I. Bennett
Columbia Heights
Frederick hospital fund drive workers to meet for pledge planning
About 329 volunteers in Frederick city will attend a 7:36 p.m. meeting at Frederick High School auditorium to select 12 to 15 names for personal calls during an 16 day drive to raise 600000 for Frederick Memorial Hospital. Charles F. Bowers, campaign chair, urges full attendance and outlines pledge cards and two person per to person coverage.
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Frederick City
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick High School
Charles F. Bowers
Bowers
Mrc
Frederick
Dorothy F. McBride
Horace Alexander
Paul Althouse
Orville Amick
Jesse Anders
A. A. Arris
Rebecca Barrick
Alten Bartgis
Harry Baumgardner
Lillian Bazzell
Alton Bennett
George Bennett
William B. Bennett, Jr
Mary Benson
Katherine Besant
Glenn Biehl
A. Talbott Brice
Edwin A. Brookey
Charles Butcher
Flossie Cain
Frank Castle
Robert E. Clapp
Frank Clemson
F. J. Cook
Millard Cooley
John H. Cramer
James Criss
Robert Crothers
Walter Crowther
Thelma Culler
Thomas Cutler
E. E. Currens
N. J. Despeaux
Verdia Dunn
Charlotte Dean
Richard C. Durrow
J. D. Duve
John Engelbrecht
Lincoln Engelbrecht
James Etchison
J. M
Charles Heck
Harry Herbert
Lawrence F. Holter
Howard Kelly
Barry Horace F. Kline
Sjr
Marjorie Kline
Pauline Knockis
Kolb
Ralph Lakne
William Lambdin
Irving BM. Landauer
Donald Leatherman
William B. Leichert
Edward Lightner
R. Lillard
Sam W. Stapies
I Michael
Edwina Mobier
Charlies L. Mullen
Charles F. Murray
Gloria Murrey
Harrison McAlvine
Pauline McCardell
Hugh McCormick
Ruth McDevitt
Joseph Nestor
Newman
Robert Rs
Elias B. Remsburg, Jr
Ramsburg
Arthur Remsbers
Clinton MM Rhoades
E. A. Benjamins
Rosenstock
Cheles Ross
Patri Schnaufferfer
Mati
Louis R. Schoolma
Florence Schroede
Shafer
Birs
George Slagle
George J. Smith
G. W. Spurrier
Monroe St Russ Rose Stern
Melvill Stockwell
Major Disaster Averted In Denver Fire Scene
Denver Fire Chief Oie Feldman said a major disaster was narrowly avoided when a fire at Rocky Mountain Arsenal burned chlorine gas storage tanks on the Arsenal's northeast edge. Fire crews and Army firefighters brought the blaze under control and prevented explosions.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Oie Feldman
County Firm Gets Contract For Road Link
The Board of Street Commissioners of Hagerstown awarded the Franklin street entrance link to Poffenberger and Mause Inc Myersville for 8735.09 dollars, lowest of three bids. They aim for mid August opening, though final linkages to old traffic lanes may lag. Work includes cart, gutter, sidewalk and street surfacing with a 60 day deadline, though 30 days is hoped. At the Frederick end M J Grove Lime Co has the linking contract but steel for the box culvert delays progress. no firm completion date. Robert B Grothers said the delay won’t stop through traffic and the eastern half, built by C F Langenfelder and Sons, is complete awaiting Atg ersville to Hagerstown work by Williams Construction Co.
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C Cty
Hagerstown
Board of Street Commissioners of
Franklin Street
Poffenberger and Mause
Myersville
Poffenberger and Mause, Inc
Frederick
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Grove Lime Company
Robert B. Grothers
C. F. Langenfelder and Sons
Atgersville
Williams Construction Company
Anai
Man Found Slain Near Hagerstown
The body of Charles Taylor were found on Route 1 near Hagerstown with a bullet wound. State's Attorney Martin Ingram said robbery was the motive after Taylor reportedly left between 3260 and 3590 dollars. Police searched for a driving companion reported by a Pennsylvania motorist.
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Hagerstown
Charles Taylor
Charles Terzien
Route 1
Martin Ingram
Ingram
Pennsylvania
Taylor
South Potomac
Marti
Searchers Grappling Lake For Heiress
Searchers in New Hampshire searched Little Squam Lake for Anne Straw, a missing 20 year old Manchester heiress, after grappling irons hooked what looked like items of women's clothing. Investigators consider the possibility she drowned, while a former Navy diver aids the lake search. In New Windsor, the Church World Service Center reported over 500000 pounds of clothing collected for war relief in the first 26 days of July.
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Holderness
N. H
Anne Straw
Manchester
Navy
Little Squam
Stuart Currier
Smith College
New Windsor
Church World Service Center
Lincoln documents opened as 2 events unfold in Washington
Judge Edward S. Delaplaine attended the unveiling of Liberian centenary plaque on the Capitol steps while the Library of Congress opened the Abraham Lincoln papers after 28 years sealed. Carl Sandburg and Justice Robert H. Jackson spoke as Francis Scott Key’s eulogies and Liberia ties were highlighted.
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Washington
Court of
Edward S. Delaplaine
City
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Republic of
Liberia
Otlock
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Uave
Monrovia
Libria
Africa
Francis Scott Key
Delaplaine
American Colonization Society
United States
Maryland
Francis Scott
Key
C. D. B. King
Third 90 Degree Day Is Recorded Here
The local weather observer reports a 96 degree high Sunday the third such occurrence this month and in three weeks. Cloudiness kept temperatures in the eighties, with a cooler shift after a warm night. Forecast calls for around 85 this afternoon and 64 tonight, cooler tomorrow with about 80 and lower humidity. Showers possible by Wednesday evening. The Hypnocacy River shows signs of clearing after a week of dryness, though still cloudy. Potomac and Monocacy rivers remain variably turbid.
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Hipnocacy
Potomac River
Potomac
Legislation Aids Canners Say Miller Reports Gains
Washington July 28 Representative Miller of Maryland said the Maryland delegation's efforts secured legislation for federal purchase of surplus canned foods. This move will help canners pack the 1947 fruit and vegetable crop as plants closed due to demand. Canners told an Agricultural subcommittee that foreign relief needs and government surplus purchase could keep operations running.
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Washington
Miller
R-Md
Maryland
Navy Signalman On Trial Decorated In Court Martial
Navy signalman Harold E. Hirsh is on trial in a general court martial on charges of beating fellow prisoners in a Japanese camp and informing on escape plans. He was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge with Oak Leaf Cluster by Marine Capt. James G. Petrie during proceedings halted at defense request. Rooney couple to reconcile after separation announces attorney Leonard Wilson.
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P——Navy
Harold E. Hirsh
Coorregid
Hirshberg
Briz
James G. Petrie
Dutch Claim Victories In Sumatra
Dutch military headquarters report sweeping successes in Sumatra near Palembang with intact capture of coal and oil regions. They say Batoeradja oilfield town and Boekit Assam coal mines seized, Shell and Standard Vacuum holdings secured, villages burned by retreating Indonesians. A small Dutch amphibious force takes Republican battery at Bankoed Bay near Padang and a radio claim of Indonesian troops in Medan is labeled fantastical.
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Gatavia
Java
Sumatra
Palembang
Netherlands Navy
Cheribon
Proboling-'go
Banjoewangi
Batoeradja
South Sumatra
Sekajoe
Padang
Bankoed Bay
Medan
Jewish refugee ships intercepted by British force at Haifa
In Haifa three British ships took in about 1,100 Jewish migrants aboard two small vessels aided by Haganah. The arrivals followed the Exodus of 1947 and involved transfer to British ships for deportation to Cyprus. One vessel named Return to Zion carried 396 immigrants including 122 children and 71 women, with 4 detainees refusing transfer.
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Haifa
Cyprus
Haganah
Holy Land
President Warfeld
Sixth Airborne Division
Shin Hout
Ofchere
Palestine
SSS
President Warfield
Deer Stolen From Druid Hill Zoo in Baltimore
Zoo director Felix A. Leser reports a ten day old floppy-eared baby deer was stolen yesterday from Druid Hill Park Zoo. The animal is valued at 5 dollars per pound with a 100 dollar reward and Leser quips that even a hamburger would taste better.
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Baltimore
Felix A. Leser
Druid_Hill Park zoo
Leser
Social Security Tax Remains One Percent in 1950
James Marlow outlines the 1950 status of Social Security taxes, noting the one percent rate since inception and continued congressional decision to hold the tax at one percent until at least 1948, with debates on future increases to fund rising beneficiaries and a growing trust fund. The article explains who pays, who is covered, and why the system was created, plus future funding plans and arguments for and against raising the tax.
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James Marlow Washington
JCU
Congress
Huse
Children Played Dodgem With Jeeps in Armory
Five youths aged eight to 14 faced juvenile officers after Army officials reported they entered the Stevens Street armory in Portland and drove 12 military vehicles like dodgem cars. Four jeeps were wrecked and eight others damaged, with an estimated loss of 1500 dollars.
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Portland
Elliott C. Goodwin
U. S
Maine
Stevens Street
All Sugar Rationing Is Ended
The Agriculture Department announced the end of sugar rationing at 11 a.m. EST due to lack of funds, ending rationing for industrial and institutional users while price controls stay. Household rationing ended two months ago, and the Sugar Rationing Administration will be closed with employees dismissed. New inventory controls cap household use shifted, with general limits of 2000 pounds for nonhousehold users, 140 percent of the prior month’s usage for industrials, and wholesale/retailer limits equal to prior month sales. refiners and importers face no cap.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Hughes Aid Agrees To Testimony On War Plane Contracts
Senate War Investigating committee said Hughes associate John Meyer agreed to testify about millions in wartime plane contracts. Meyer notified staff he will appear when called as hearings on Hughes Kaiser contracts begin. Committee chair urged progress in probe while noting no Hughes plane has been government approved.
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Washington
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Hughes
John Meyer
Henry J. Kaiser
Meyer
Ferguson J.mich
Maine
Fenced In Tries To Wipe Out His Family in New Jersey
Maplewood New Jersey July 23 Police guard hospital bed of 76 year old Frederick F Dieter who said he shot his son and wounded his wife daughter and dog over a new apartment project he claimed fenced in his 21 story home. Dieter wounded himself in a gun duel that followed his barricade and tear gas as police urged him to surrender.
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Maplewood
N. J
Howard Dowd
Frederick F. Dieter
Dieter
J Police
Dowd
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Hagerstown Street
Ioli
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