Parade and Coronation Planned for Thurmont Bicentennial
Final plans set for Thurmont bicentennial events including a 6 15 p m coronation of Elizabeth M Reid daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A Reid and a 7 p m parade with ten musical groups 26 fire companies 17 floats and 370 dollars in prizes at the carnival grounds.
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Thurmont
Elizabeth M. Reid
Charles A. Reid
George W. Wireman, Jr
Memorial Park
Adam Grim
Phyllis M. Wustler
Beth G. Royer
Lila Lee Martin
Janet L. Lohr
Rubyb. Lidie
Pat M. Fraley
Marlene Addison
Miss Reid
Park
U.S
Herbert R. O’conor
Air Force
Camp Detrick
Barbara Hoover
William R. Hoover, Jr
Commission
Russell H. McCain
Theodore R. McKeldin
Robert Huebener
Hagerstown
Derrick
The
Lions Club
Margaret Thompson
East Main
Walnut
Boundary Avenue
Boundary
Carroll
James F. Smith
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick
Fark Bailey Goss
Baltimore
Greentop
Catoctin
Planes Strike Reds In Korea Iron Triangle Action
U S Eighth Army reports heavy air strikes by Fifth Air Force over the iron triangle west of Korea. Mustang fighters from the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing struck around Pyongyang with napalm and strafing of troops and villages as ground activity waned to patrols. Captain Gerald R Marshall, Woodrow, says a large explosion occurred in Hase from a gasoline and ammunition mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eighth Army
Iron Triangle
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Janes
Pyongang
Large Frederick 4-H Delegation Heads to Club Week at Maryland
One hundred twenty nine Frederick county 4-H members, the largest delegation, register for Club Week at the University of Maryland August 6 to 11. The group includes 44 boys and 85 girls with leaders and staff accompanying. Mary belle Remsburg and Dixie Moore from Mr. Pleasant will teach lighting demonstrations. A rally for 4-H families drew about 200 people at John Summers farm last Friday, previewing events and activities for the university trip.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
College Park
Evelyn Fiatson
Roy Cassell
Maryland
Marybelle Remsburg
Dixie Moore
Mr. Pleasant
John Summers
Frederick
Maryland crops surge as rains boost harvest
Maryland crop season nears peak as showers and high temperatures push tomato and truck crop harvests on the Eastern Shore and across the state. A government alliance cites good rains, with heavy downpours on the lower Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland, while Garrett county stays cooler.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland Extension Service
U. S. Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Weather Bureau
Garrett County
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Warm and humid with scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon or night on Wednesday. Then cooler late Wednesday night and Thursday with fair weather. Showers return Friday and it turns warmer. Weekend cooling, especially in western counties. Temperatures average near normals with highs in the low to mid 80s and lows from mid fifties to upper 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
State
Delmar Peninsula
Will Rejected for Improper Witnessing in Maryland
Orphans Court refuses the will of Edith Winpigler Shafer due to improper witnessing under Maryland law. Letters of administration granted in J Edward Shafer estate near Hagerstown with the husband and one brother named as heirs. the estate valued a little over $10,000. Judge Radcliffe urged careful adherence to will-witnessing requirements.
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Register of Wills
Harry D. Radcliff
Edith Winpigler Shafer
Maryland
Orphans Court
J. Edward Shafer
Hagerstown
Radcliffe
Baltimore Capture of a Georgia Jail Breaker
Police and FBI agents captured William J. Lansbury, 26, a nationwide bad-check artist, in a Baltimore tourist cabin with his wife and baby. He had escaped a Bibb county jail after 21 months of a California burglary sentence and faced multiple charges including passing bad checks and transporting stolen securities. Georgia seeks to try him on those charges and for jail escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
FBI
William J. Lansbury
Georgia
Sansbury
California
Lansbury
Peggy Peterson
San Quentin Prison
San Quentin
Bibb County
Trimmer Quits Maryland Information Dept. Poorbaugh Named Replacer
Annapolis reports John P. Trimmer resigns as director of the Maryland Department of Information after leading since 1948. Earle Poorbaugh of Baltimore is named successor, former AP and York Gazette veteran set to start Sept. 1 with H. Lee Hoffman agency in Baltimore.
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Annapolis
John P. Trimmer
Department of Information
State House
Trimmer
Earle Poorbaugh
Baltimore
H. Lee Hoffman
Maryland
Deep Creek Lake
Garrett County
Severna Park
Associated Press
Lane
York
Gazette
Poorbaugh
Boy's State
American Legion
Baltimore News-Post
Two Held as Probe Continues in Local Tampering Case
Frederick police detained two men on charges of tampering with an automobile and gasoline larceny while investigations target other thefts. William M. Varcoe Jr. and David V. Myers face charges including displaying plates not issued and driving without a license.
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Frederick
William M. Varcoe, Jr
Taney Apartments
David V. Myers
North Market Street
Varcoe
William C. O'Neal
Wagerstown
Varene
A. H. Derr
Dill Avenue
Otis
Homer
Robert Caviness
Wiffle
Grace King
Clifford C. Smith
West Fifth Street
Lieut. Dorsey
Officer Shook
Girl Who Wanted To Wed Priest Is Jailed
Milan Italy July 31 Claire Young 21 daughter of a Loyola University Chicago professor was jailed after trying to stay in Italy to marry Luciano Negrini 43 formerly a missionary in China She assailed police when denied extra time on her permit Negrini was refused access to her and will not be allowed to visit The Italian authorities plan to deport her aboard the liner Independence next week from Genoa harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Chicago
Claire Young
Loyola University
Luciano Negrini
China
Negrini
Our Men Named by Soviet Head of Intelligence Testify
Senate subcommittee heard Alexander Barmine, former Russian intelligence officer and current Voice of America head, testify that in the early 1930s the head of Soviet intelligence called Owen Lattimore and Joseph Barnes “our men.” He also recounted fleeing Greece in 1937 and becoming a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
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Washington
UPA
Owen Lattimore
Joseph Barnes
Alexander Barmine
State Department
Voice of America
Senate
Internal Security
Barmine
China
Berzin
Lattimore
Barnes
Russia
United States Army
Greece
Moscow
Communist Party
Paris
O'Conor
Lauchlin Currie
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Field
Angel
Harvest Festival Proposed by Churches
The National Council of the Churches of Christ urges churches to choose a Sunday in August September or October to revive a harvest festival. The statement says the festival ties worship to ordinary life and should run alongside Thanksgiving with food drives for the needy. The council includes 29 U S Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S
Dior Hemlines Rise as Paris Fashion Week Opens
Paris fashion watchers note longer skirts dominate the Dior show with 14 inch hems as other houses like Jacques Heim and Carven prepare their collections. High necklines, decolletage cuts, stiff petticoats and form fitting jackets define the season with a return to a prominent waist and lifted bust.
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Paris
Christian Dior
Dior
Jacques Heim
Carven
Deed Recorded for 138 Acres in Woodville District
A deed recorded in the clerk’s office covers tracts totaling about 138 acres with improvements. The transfer is from Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Runkles to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon H. Schnee for roughly $13,000, as shown by revenue stamps.
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Woodville
Norman F. Runkles
Vernon H. Schnee
Col Moree Ready to Lead Detrick as New Commander
Col Moree will succeed Col Fred J. Delmore as Camp Det rick commander on Aug 6. A NYU and Columbia trained technical officer, he joined the Army in 1942 after teaching biology at NYU. His WWII service included AMG public health work with First Army, landing at Normandy after D-Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
New York City
NYU
Columbia
Moree
Stephentown
N. Y
77Th Station
Camp Roberts
Calif
England
Eighth Air Force
AMG
First Army
Normandy
Wis
Deadlock at Kaesong as Korea cease fire talks stall
At Kaesong the United Nations and Communist delegations argued for an hour and four minutes with no progress on the cease fire line. Both sides held firm with the UN insisting on the current battle line and the Reds pressing for a buffer zone centered on the 38th Parallel.
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U.N
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Turner Joy
Nam IL
North Korea
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Pusan
Yalu
Seoul
Yalu River
Manchuria
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Admiral Joy
Kaesong
Joy
Nam
Uunless Nam
Nam Ji
Nuckols
Paul J. Baker Will Disposes Of Big Estate
The will of Paul Johnson Baker a Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corp. president and Libertytown native who died in York Pa. probate in Gloversville values the estate at 500000 to 750000 dollars executors are Farmers and Mechanics National Bank Frederick and Victor M Frey York Pa bank to act as trustee. Bequests include silver and art to Bernadette Gray Ruth Jones Hunter and others plus specific cash sums and stock for Kenneth Van Deusen and several Frey family members. The Farmers and Mechanics Bank receives trusts totaling 160000 and 100000 with diversified lifetime incomes and endowments to Irma B Wilson Virginia Preston Nathan Littauer Hospital and Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary among others. The residue is split between Virginia Preston and Nathan Littauer Hospital Association.
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Paul Johnson Baker
Libertytown
Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corp
Gloversville
York
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick
Victtor M. Frey
Benjamin L. Shull
William M. Storm
Baker
Benjamin FE
May Johnson Baker
Frederick County
William F. Johnson
Mt. Olivet
Bernadette Gray
Washington
Ruth Jones Hunter
Larchmont
Salome Baker Stauffer
Walter Stauffer
Walkersville
Frey
Firma Baker Wilson
Bloomfield
N. J
Long Island N. Y
Vivien LaMar
Agnes Matura
Fred W. Duesbury
Kenneth van Deusen
Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corporation
Farmers and Mechanics
Irma B. Wilson
Dayton F. Morgan
William S. Rendell
Mt. Holly
George
Nathan Littauer Hospital Association of
John P. Frey
Victor Frey
Virginia A. Preston
Nathan Littauer Hospital Association
New Heat Wave Persists As August Opens
A heat outbreak continues with highs in the low nineties and nights in the seventies. The Weather Bureau predicts a cooler spell Thursday after scattered showers late Wednesday, while corn canners prepare for the sugar corn crop and monitor beetle activity and potential corn borer impacts.
Weather outlook predicts hottest month already past for Maryland
The Weather Bureau says the peak of summer heat has passed though today and tomorrow remain hot with highs 93 to 95 and heavy humidity. A cool air mass is due tomorrow night, bringing several days of relief, as July stands as Maryland’s hottest month on record.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Atom cost to date hits 4.9 billion dollars
The Atomic Energy Commission reports 4.9 billion dollars spent on atomic career to date with another 1.4 billion appropriated but unexpended and a request for 1.2 billion more for the year. AEC disclosed these figures at a news conference tied to its semi annual report to Congress.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
AEC
UN to Aid Yugoslavia If Russia Attacks
United Nations leaders including US delegate Warren R. Austin warn that the UN will go to the rescue if Russia assaults Yugoslavia. The statement comes as international tension rises over Eastern Europe.
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U. N
United Nations
Russia
Yugoslavia
U. S
Warren R. Austin
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MD. Grops Sport
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Jri
Nehru
Pakistan
Ceresville
Potomac
Knoxville
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Col. Moree
Detrick
Col. M.T. Moree
Ridgway
Paul J. Baker
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