Vets Guide By Major Thomas M. Mial
Washington reports two veteran deadlines in August and September 1947. August 1 brings changes to total disability premium refunds under NSLI, with refunds only possible for six months of disability and only if applied within one year prior to the refund request. Survivors of deceased veterans may also qualify for refunds. September 1 is the final date to file terminal leave pay requests unless Congress extends the deadline.
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Washington
Bradley
Jan.is
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Tomorrow’s Air War Technologies Shape Future Tactics
Army Air Force officers say prewar progress foreshadowed postwar air warfare and that jets approaching sonic speeds and proximity fuses will force new tactics. Fighters and bombers may not shoot accurately at high speeds. missiles and atomic devices shift focus from mass formations to precision strikes while civilian-targeted weapons menace grows.
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Army Air Force
RAF
Open public hearing urged for Frederick police court case
A letter to the editor urges that the Frederick City Police Department hearing be open to taxpayers and the press. The writer argues hearings should be public like national inquiries, criticizing closed doors and demanding transparency in city government costs and actions. HARVEY A HARRINGTON, JR. is cited, and the piece notes other local notices about deeds and girl scout investitures.
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News
Frederick City
Frederick News-Post
Frederick
United States Senate
al Levs
Harvey A Harrington, JR
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Patrick Street is a busy center with multiple wagons, cars, and pedestrians clustered together. Willie Leichert, 11, was injured crossing the Pennsylvania railroad after stepping on a rail. Frederick experiences heavy rain flooding Market Street. a new strong baseball club named the Frederick Cine is formed. a watermelons brief and bike run event are announced under local auspices.
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Patrick Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Willie
William Leichert
East Third Street
Frederick
Market Street
Frederick Cine
M.E
Setz
W. S. Bennett
S . Nusz
Chub
Harry Lochner
Murray Brish
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Twenty Years Ago Of The News from July 28 1927 notes the annual barbecue held on the engine house lawn with a water contest and bridge battle on College avenue Faithful Lily of the Swamp tested usable. A Hagerstown prohibition informer was jailed for the Hunter Stotler slaying, with Stotler being the federal agent in charge of Western Maryland. Chambersburg scored two runs in the fifteenth to beat Frederick 3 2 in a McCurdy Field thriller, Art Garbark and Lefty Shatzer staging a mound duel.
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Uniteds
New Bridge
College Avenue
Hagerstown
Hunter
Stotler
Western Maryland
Boonsboro
Chambersburg
Frederick
McCurdy Field
Art Garbark
Lefty Shatzer
Consolidation plans for Montgomery County schools
The Montgomery County Board of Education plans to consolidate 19 colored elementary schools into four new buildings and add a new colored senior high in Rockville with the current high school becoming a junior high. White schools are not to be consolidated. 43 white schools will be enlarged. Estimated project cost is about 2.81 million dollars, with 517 thousand for one new colored school and initial unit for the senior high. tentative sites include Poolesville, Rockville-Halpine, Spencerville, Laytonsville.
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Montgomery County
Board of Education
Poolesville
Scotland
Germantown
Kloppers
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
Burtonsville
Edwin W. Broome
Halpine
Spencerville
Laytonsville
Gellman
Dickerson
Clarksburg
Quince Orchard
Stewardtown
Emery Grove
Ken Gar
Kensington
Forest Gien
River Road
Brookmont
Takoma Park
Colesville
Sandy Spring
Norbeck
Children in Costume Show at Baker Park in May
Five municipal playgrounds staged a Friday night revue at the Baker Park band shell in Frederick with hundreds in attendance. The Frederick Recreation Commission produced the program under Zonta Club sponsorship, featuring songs, dances, and judged costumes from Holland to Mexico and beyond.
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United Nations
Baker Park
Frederick Recreation Commission
Zonta Club
Bost
Ruth Ash
Mexico
David Markoe
Turkey
Susan Keefer
Helland
Bernard Ford
Gandhi
Thomas Miss
Herman Main
Floyd Summers
James Fox
Cotton Picker
Harmony Field
Ann Daughtery
Ralph Tracey
Bushman
Sally Worthington
Virginia Rogers
Helma Bahn Bowers
Stary Lowe Smith
Ann Delsplaine
Washington Street
Peggy Shaw
Benny Croh
Caroline Rogers
Nancy and
Ash
Holland
Cass Engle
Joanne Hartman
Janet Hartman
Petre Cramer
Rennie Federline
Billy Knill
Loretta Coox
Ann Krill
Dorothy Hoffman
Frances Thompson
Barbara Hoffman
Kay: Kaufman
Bobby Kaufman
Winnie Perkinson
Harmon Field
British Empire
Ruth Wetzel
Shirley Mills
Bessie Jones
Jo Ann Jones
Ann Baer
Mary Louise Baer
Martha Kreimer
Christine Wetzel
Pamela Norwood
Geraltine Norwood
Mary Jane Foyle
Betty Fol
Nancy Smith
Juanita Smith
Merie Burgee
Margaret Baer
Eddie Tracey
Margie Burgee
Janet Wetzel
George Weitzel
Dear Miss Dix Advice on past and future marriage
Dorothy Dix counsels a wife and husband to leave the past behind after war-time infidelity and forgives, urging both to walk a straight path together without reproach. A second reader, a separated young mother, is advised about remarriage and stepfather risks, with hope for a kind, loyal partner. A third letter asks about finding appreciation from a silent husband, and the columnist notes words of praise are vital yet often neglected by men.
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Mrs. W. T. B
Miss Dix
Adrian
Judy
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Eightieth Congress cuts record peacetime spendings in 25 years
Washington July 28 The Eightieth Congress sets a peacetime spending record by trimming the presidential budget by about seven percent for the 1947 1948 fiscal year. Leaders Cannon and Taber dispute final savings, with estimates ranging from 2.2 to 2.8 billion and a broader claim of up to 4.4 billion better off versus the President's plan. The column argues the economy is a healthy step toward tax relief and discipline in government spending.
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Democratic Congress
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Missouri
House
Appropriations Committee
Truman
John Taber
Taber
Treasury
Sir. Taber
Affai
Ameri
Republi
Lightning Strikes Buckeye Lake Man Three Toes Broken
Huffman, 54, of Buckeye Lake near Lancaster, recounts his strike by lightning on a cottage door porch. He describes searing pain and fire on his feet, with three toes broken as doctors treat injuries at the local hospital.
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Huffman
Buckeye Lake
Lancaster
Weather data from local forecast report
All hours daylight recorded with no precipitation today by 8:30 am. July precipitation totals show four inches for the month so far. Yesterday’s high and last night’s low not specified. Sunset at 8:27 pm, sunrise tomorrow at 6:07 am. Moon rise 6:26 pm, moon set 2:50 am. Rivers: Monocacy and Potomac cloudy at Buef eystown Dam and Point of Rocks respectively.
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Potomac
Point
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