Peach Crop Harvest Begins Amid Mixed Prospects
The Frederick county area reports peach yields ranging from poor to good with rot and Japanese beetles affecting crops. Thurmont shows near‑complete failure from rot, Dire’s peach crops are fair but hit by beetles, and Mt. Airy sees ongoing spray programs. Canning beans at Jenkins Bros in Thurmont begins season for over 100 workers while tomatoes ripen slowly. statewide apple prospects are fair to poor and late tomato blight is not severely widespread.
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Frederick
Thurmont
Dire
Mt. Airy
Jenkins Bros
Maryland
Del-Mar
Body Of Pic Jenkins In New Windsor Friday
The body of Pic Sterling C. Jenkins will arrive in New Windsor Friday afternoon for reinterment services Sunday. He joined the Army in 1923 and was killed in action at Anzio while serving in Company K, 15th Infantry. Remains had been buried at Neivita. he was 21. Funeral details announced by D. D. Hartziger and Son.
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Pic
Sterling C. Jenkins
Sam
County to Modernize Jail Interior with Steel Cells
County Commissioners approved plans for extensive interior modernization of the jail two floors. A bid from Van Dorn Iron Works on steel cell work will be considered after competitive bidding. Architect Bowers will study the plans while plumbing and concrete work are set for local bids. Sheriff Anders believes prisoners could assist with demolition and temporary housing arrangements during the project.
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van Dorn Iron Works
Ohio
Charles F. Bowers
Bowers
Gur Anders
Anders
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for the sale of several properties. Mer and Mrs Charles M Dodd Jr sold to Mr and Mrs Harry E Cornproost a new residence on the east side of South Magnolia avenue for about 16500. Br and Mrs G Oliver Price sold Mr and Mrs Guy R B Creager a residence at 13th and Markets streets for around 17500.
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Mer
Charles M. Dodd, Jr
Harry E. Cornproost
South Magnolia Avenue
G. Oliver Price
Guy RB. Creagers
13Th
Markets Streets
Civilian Guards And Firemen For Detrick Plan Shifts
The camp will replace military guards and firemen with civilian staff under a new program. A total of 41 civilians will be hired around late August, including 23 guards and 18 firefighters, replacing GIs who were placed in these roles on June 20, 1947.
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Camp Detrick
Partial List Of Men On Superfort Release
Release from Tucson Arizona lists five dead six missing and one survivor from the B 29 Superfort crash off Ades on the south Arabia coast Tuesday Officials at Davis Monthan Field continue notifying next of kin for other casualties The morning report also notes collateral forfeiture in two cases and brings word of the Olympic Games reopening at Wembley England after an eleven year war pause.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ades
Arabia
Mornis
Davis-Monthan Field
Ex Senator Watson Dies at 34 After Long Career
Ex Senator Watson of Indiana and Hoover era leadership died today at 34 after a long career in Congress under eight presidents. He served 12 years in the House beginning 1892 and was a Senate member from 1916 to 1933. Survivors include Flora Miller Watson widow and three sons, with other relatives noted.
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Washi i Watson
Indi
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Watson
Capitol
House
Flora Miller
Winchester
Ind
Ernest Gross
Washington
Edwin G
Joseph C. Watson
James E. Watson, Jr
Chicago
Charles Watson
Mary Norris Hammond
D. W. Hammond
Walkersville
Senator Watson
Edwin G. Watson
Civil Rights Filibuster Set To Start In Senate
Washington July 29 anti poll tax legislation was brought up in the Senate and southern filibuster tactics began. Senate leaders pledged to move on the poll tax bill despite no agreement, with talks of debate lasting days or weeks. The issue tests support for FEPC and other civil rights measures amid party divisions.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Wherry
Nebraska
Russell
Dixie
Senator Tait
Majority Party
Dixie Democrats
Ang Fepc
Tafi
GOP
Cominform Repudiated in Belgrade Leaders Vote
Belgrade elects Premier Marshal Tito and the entire list of candidates to the 63 member central committee amid a Cominform repudiation. Joseph B. Boyle of Emmitsburg qualified before Clerk Ells C. Wachter as a deputy warden for Maryland, effective August 1.
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Cominform
Belgrade
Joseph B. Boyle
Emmitsburg
Ells C. Wachter
Marylland
Nine Farben Directors Convicted in War Crimes Trial
The Farben tribunal convicted some directors of waging aggressive war while acquitting others, faulting politicians and militarists in the Third Reich. Judge Curtis G. Shake presiding in Vincennes Ind led the two day verdict reading focusing on Farben executives and their knowledge of war plans.
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Xeernberg
Lgal
Third Reich
Curtis G.shake
Vincennes
Ind
Farben
Massi Y Londolar Chemical Trust
Germany
Wilhelm
Karl Krauch
Keitel
Krauch
Farbens
Tess
Hitler
Krupp
U. S
E “Krauch
State Churches Show Increases Across Maryland
A July 29 survey of 11 Maryland church groups shows rising membership echoing national trends. Figures include 1947 baptized Lutherans at 84,414 in Maryland Synod, 43,745 Episcopalians on the Western Shore, and Baptist totals around 26,778 with affiliated and non affiliated counts noted. The bulletin covers diverse regions from Baltimore to parts of D C and nearby states.
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Baltimore
Mayland
United States
Maryland
A. Brown Caldwell
Presbytery
U. S. of America
3Bismore
Washington
Eall Council
Mersynand
J. Frank Fife
Martinsburg
W. Wa
Sharpebert
Protestant Episcopal Hocese
St. Marys. Charles
Prince Georges
Montgomery Counties
Maryland Baptist Union Association
Union
the Methodist Church
Rrett County
District of Columbia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ludwigshafen disaster toll quoted at 334 deaths
German investigators probe the Ludwigshafen Farbenindustrie plant blast. Authorities report 54 bodies recovered and about 250 missing, with 2,000 injured. Mannheim police estimate 300 to 300 dead. US Army says 6,200 injured in the region. plant labeled largest in the French zone and linked to war materiel by communist papers.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farpen
Rhine
Manheim
U. S. Army
Mannheim
Berlin
1. G. Farbenindustrie Trust
National - Zeitung
Cigarette Prices Rise Across Major Brands
The American Tobacco Company and R J Reynolds Tobacco announce price hikes for Lucky Strike Pall Mall Camel cigarettes. Wholesale increases range from seven tenths of a cent per pack to 40 cents per thousand, with consumer prices rising to around 20 cents per pack in New York and similar adjustments elsewhere.
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New York
American Tobaccon Company
Lucky Strike
Herbert Tarevion
Pall Mail
Cigarett
N York
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Diphtheria Reported in Southwest Section
A diphtheria case is reported in the southwest section of the county health area with residents urged to consult physicians. The health department notes the disease is unusually timed for summer, with several other cases in the same locality this year.
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Cenarment T
Heath Department
Tobacco shares rise on American Tobacco boost
Tobacco company shares held up while the broader market fell as demand grew after American Tobacco announced a boost in its major cigarette brands.
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New York
Tobacco Company
American Tobacco
U S Weather Warfare Surfaces As Potential Strategic Tool
A leaked London committee report notes U S studies on meteorological warfare and bacteriological methods to shape weather and droughts. It warns that mastery could disable enemy food supplies, with cloud seeding promising droughts or floods as a future strategic option.
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Shington
Armed Forces
National Defense Organization
London
Studs
Varius
United States
State Roads funds named for Frederick County work
The State Roads Commission allocated 423,697 to Frederick County from gasoline taxes and the motor vehicle revenue fund for the fiscal year ending June 30. The money funds highway maintenance and construction, with 35,387 allotted to Frederick City and towns for street work. Montgomery and Carroll counties also received funds, while Baltimore remained the largest. Foreign news reports Bevin considering halting demobilization as Berlin crisis looms, with Western powers pursuing talks in Moscow and London to ease the blocade and war-time mobilization.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Commission
Associated Press
Frederick County Roads Board
Montgomery County
Carroll
Baltimore
London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
West
House of Commons
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Bevin
Winston Churchill
Labor
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
U.S
Molotov
Europe
Smith
U. 5
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
U S
Poll Tax Fight in Senate Tests Federal Rule
The Nation Today explains the poll tax issue in seven southern states and New Hampshire. It notes Southern Democrats threat filibusters against an anti-poll tax repeal while opponents say taxes fund schools and roads and federal interference in state voting rules is improper.
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James Marlow
Washington
Senate
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
New Hampshire
Congress
Southern Congress
Iso
Congo
Seart
House
Prices Proposed by Truman For 1947 Era Controls
November 1947 price restoration plans outlined by President Truman seek Congress power to roll back living costs to November 1947 levels or nearby periods. A new bill would set price ceilings, wage controls tied to price floors, and expanded wartime regulation of credit and rents, with separate excess profits tax restored.
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Wastsnston
Truman
Congress
Paul Porter
OPA
Hessage
Connie Porter
House
Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
305 Now Registered At Baptist Conference
Three hundred five Maryland residents were reported registered at Hood College in late morning. Registrar Mrs Moore C Linder said the total may reach 330 for the week. A 615 oclock vespers service tonight will be led by Rev C Creeden of Tem Vie Baptist Church Baltimore. Dr Merrill D Moore of Nashville speaks at chapel on Free. A social hour will follow. BLAST KILLS THREE
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Maryland
Hood College
Moore C. Linder
Register
Hev. C. Creeden
Temvie Baptist Church
Baltimore
Merrill D. Moore
Nashville
Tenn
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New Windsor
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Gambrill State Park
Frank Bentz
Game and Fish Commission
Charles K.saylor
Julian Delphey
Jaycech
Lewopa
County
Detrick
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Albert C. Erxieben
Frank J. DeManss
James H. Rouzee
Wembley
England
James E. Watson
Drouth
Buenos Aires
Mari- Am
Alia
Rosario
Hopkins
Dr. Deter If
Bronk
Johns Hopkins
Baptist Conference
Bluefield
W. Va
Nemours
Dupont Company
Here
T. A. O'Bai
James Tabor
David Neel, Jr
Howard Gillespie
Flat Top
Internal Revenue Laws
Haller Snyder
Newsparre
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