Resignation Submitted by City and County Health Officer
Dr. Donald J. Roop resigns as city and county health officer to join Bal sore County Health Department. Letters received at city and county offices indicate resignation pending with Dr. Roop unavailable for comment. Dr. Robert H. Riley of the State Department of Health is notified and a successor is expected after talks with officials. Roop, a Frederick native and Western Maryland College graduate who earned an MD in 1940, has served since last July following Dr. Kefauver’s retirement. The exact effective date of resignation was not disclosed.
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Donald J. Roop
Balsore County
Yar's
Office of Commissioners
E County
Roop
Jefferson School
Robert H. Riley
State Department of Heal
Riley
City
Counpe Une
New Health Department
Frederick
City and County Health
E. C. Kefauver
Timere
New Market
E. P. Roop
Army Medical Corps
West Virginia
Frederick High School
Western Maryland College
Marysland School of Medicine
Mercy
Truman Weighs Local Invitation for Key Monument Ceremony
President Truman is considering an invitation to attend the August 9 ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Francis Scott Key monument in Olivette. Senators Tydings and OConor and Rep Beall extended the invitation. decision is not expected immediately.
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Truman
Olivette
Tydings and
Oconor
Beall
Mr. Truman
Frederick
Provisional Agreement For Western Germany Seeks Recovery Program Role
A leading European report announces a provisional agreement on future Western Germany development with aims of full German participation in the European recovery program. Also notes ongoing transit and financial figures from the first quarter of 1948. Wilmington lawyer Ernest Smith dies at 98 in Delaware.
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Europe
Germany
Wilmington
Del
Ernest Smith
Delaware
Todar
What is a thunderbolt according to a London child
In London on June 21 a 10-year-old boy Roy Scott asked his mother what a thunderbolt is. A sudden blinding flash followed, soot poured from the chimney, and roof tiles were knocked loose as the moment ended with his mother giving an answer.
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London
Roy Scott
Scott
Roy
Frederick High School Final Assembly Awards
Frederick High School held its final assembly awarding scholastic and athletic honors for the Class of. Grayson Barker directed the event with guest speaker Dorsey F. Shipley. Readers Digest and Honor Society awards went to several seniors. numerous football and athletic letters were announced for both boys and girls. The ceremony closed with the Alma Mater and senior class song.
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Frederick High School
Grayson Barker
Nick Vaciliou
Martha Ann Brittain
Dorsey F. Shipley
Frederick High School Alumni Association
Harry O. Smith
Mary Kathryn Remsberg
Shirley Taylor
Beverly Cramer
Richard Dutrow
Osborne Wachter, Jr
Sally Bowers
Dorothy Handley
Grayson Bowers
William Rhoads
Joan Lipps
James Stockman
Robert Fry
Allard Wiles
Bernard Rice
Earl Wiles
Richard Lochner
Charles Shipley
Robert Thompson
Clayton Neal
Joseph Ferrell
Jack Hane
William Crone
Henry Stull
Edward Blumenauer
Pascal Hoffman
Sterling Lenhart
Eugene Burger
Harry Carbaugh
Robert Chichester
William Ensor
Mary Ann Atkinson
Peggy Thompson
Ruth Cook
Mildred Murphy
Alice Nusz
Doris Ausherman
Mary Jane Fogle
Ruby Miller
Evelyn Schudt
Sylvia Albaugh
Betty Jane Kemp
Mary Elizabeth Korrell
Virginia Lawson
Virginia Main
Marianne Remsberg
Alice
Sherwood Simon
John Hoffman
Ethel Northam
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Oil Men Meet At Hotel Monday In Frederick County
The Frederick County Petroleum Industries Committee will hold a meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel Monday at 8 p m to discuss industry problems and the committee program. J R McConnell chairs the county group and State Senator Edward D Storm and local delegates are invited. Topics include a constitutional amendment to earmark highway taxes for roads and safeguarding funds from other uses.
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Frederick County Petroleum Industries Committee
Francis Scott Key
J. R. McConnell
Edward D. Storm
House of Delegates
J. P. Lanigan
Marxis and Petroleum Industries Committee
Yugoslav Ambassadors Recalled From London and Ankara
Belgrade recalls Yugoslav ambassadors from London and Ankara amid government decision. Dr. L Leontic remains in Belgrade after returning from Britain. Tanjug notes the move follows a government proposal approved by the National Assembly.
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London
Tanjug
Belgrade
Ankara
Britain
L. Leontic
Tanyug
Tanjung
National Assembly
City Parking Ground Deeds Put On Record
Four deeds and an agreement related to the city free parking grounds on South Court Street were filed. The city buys part of Chapline land and two parcels owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kiriakou, with sales to Chaplines and to the KiriaKous. An agreement with Chaplines funds sidewalk work. costs include 12730 for Chaplines property and 231 for KiriaKou parcels. A taxi stand parcel is involved and an ordinance for taxi use may be repealed tonight. A plat of the lot is being placed on record. Additional deeds include sales on North Market Street, a Route 240 farm near Urbana, and other local transfers.
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South Court Street
Chapline
West Patrick Street
Thomas Kiriakou
Chaplines
Kiriakou
Airs
G. Maynard Summers
Guy R. Ramsburg
Perry H. Shorb
North Market Street
Albert Shube
Mary E. Famous
Urbana
Annie S. Atkinson
Circle
Duvall
East Church Street
Dorsey J. Griffith
Hope M. Cowles
Main Street
New Market
Col
Mirs
Philip BR
Katharine E. Valentine
Guardian
Roy F. Smith
William E. Sharer
Creagerstown
Pfc. Shankle's Body Bound For Local Funeral Thursday
The body of Pfc. William Frank Shankle, son of Mrs Hazel Shankle, will arrive Thursday and be moved to 106 East Church Street for a Saturday 2:30 p.m. funeral service at the funeral home. Interment follows at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. He enlisted June 23, 1932, was stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, and was killed in North Africa on April 29, 1942 at age 22. He is survived by his mother and a sister, Mrs Woodrow Carnes of Washington.
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Pfc
William Franklin Shankle
Hazel
Shankle
Adams Road
McCurdy
Liam R. Shankie
Frederck
East Church Street
Bies
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Eichison and Son
Pie. Shankle
Camp Lee
North Africa
Woodrow Carnes
Washington
City issues two permits for new dwellings
The city engineer Charles V. Main received a permit for a residence on the north side of 13th street estimated at about 8000 dollars. James H. Goodman secured a permit for a dwelling on Linden Avenue in the Linden Hills development estimated at about 7500 dollars.
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Charles V. Main
13Th Street
James H. Goodman
Linden Avenue
Linden Hills
Record Budget Advances Army Air Force Spending
The House considered the Army and Air Force fund, aiming to bolster a peacetime force of 790000 Army and 444500 Air Force personnel while the Navy budget waits. The plan totals 5.618 billion for Army and 891.736 million for the Air Force, with future funds possible and civilian cuts made to protect military efficiency. Soviet strength is cited at about 4 million with 14000 planes, prompting urgency for rapid buildup. General Bradley warned of a tense frontier climate and the risk of war.
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House
Marine Corps
Congress
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Army
Air Force
Russia
Omar N. Bradley
Moscow
Europe
Near
Suddle
Korea
China
Securaf
Bradley
Socia Defense
Navy launch capsizes near Norfolk area two dozen missing
In Norfolk Virginia a 50 foot Liberty launch swamped in choppy waters near the aircraft carrier Kearsarge. About 90 men were dumped into the sea. 18 sailors and 10 Marines are unaccounted for. A 12 ship task force bearing 1100 Marines was delayed by the tragedy and will relieve a Mediterranean unit.
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Mediterranean
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Lower River Area Faces Flood Crisis
The Columbia flood rages from Portland to the ocean with 20 dead, 50 600 homeless and millions in damage. Vanport is destroyed, dikes fail, communications break, and the Red Cross and Salvation Army mobilize to shelter and feed survivors while federal agencies plan rehabilitation and housing.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Pacafic Ocean
Vanport
Oregon
Vancouver
Longview
Washington
Mies
Truman
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Federal Works Administration
Public Housing Administration
Department of Interior
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Crops Make Headway as Weather Moderates
Maryland farmers report steady progress in crops last week with extensive corn planting and heading small grains while wet conditions on the Eastern Shore hinder fieldwork. Weather Bureau notes generally excellent conditions for farm work, though oat crops dim and truck crops need replanting.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Fay
Bureau
Eerly Review
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Sheore
Truman Plea For Action On Housing Trade Education
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to pass housing, reciprocal trade and educational legislation. He pressed for timely action during a briefing in Washington.
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Truman
Judge calls coal strike a national tragedy in court remarks
U S District Judge T Altsn Goldsborough told attorney for Lewis that a coal producer strike could be a national tragedy as arguments over a bargaining contract continued. The case involves United Mine Workers and the Southern Coal Producers Association seeking to compel talks under Taft Hartley amid fears of a work stoppage when the current pact ends June 30. Joseph Moody of Moody, Southern Association, sat in the courtroom as the dispute centered on whether Moody would act as a representative for individual companies or the association.
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Washington
T. Altsn
Goldsborough
John L Lewterney
Baldey Gudee
U.S. District Court
Lewis
So Coal Producers Association
Tscpa?r
Robert Denham
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Denham
SCPA
UAQW
Joseph E Moody
Southern Association
Seu
Aloves
NLRB
Geheva
Getih
Fdsborough
Hopkins
Hopks
Joseph E. Moods
Moody
Association
20 Acre Field Sprayed To Halt Weeds Near Yellow Springs
Henry Hoppe of the Maryland Department of Agriculture leads a first county scale trial near Yellow Springs using a pre emergent 2 4 D spray to kill weeds before crop development. About 20 acres of field corn are treated with a 10 foot wide boom, with cooperation from the Bureau of Plant Industry, aiming to reduce cultivation needs and erosion.
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Yellow Springs
Henry Hoppe
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Hoppe
Bureau of Plant Industry
Mir Hoppe
Icariy
Henry R Maker
Mid-West
Marines Kill Hidden Japanese on Kwajalein Island
A Japanese bunker hunter on Kwajalein Atoll, hidden since February, was shot and killed by Marines after opening fire. Navy reports another possible survivor on nearby Haene Island eight miles from the base.
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Kwajalein
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Island
Navy
Maurmnes
Hene Island
Moving-Up Exercises at Hood College June 3
Hood College will hold the final chapel ceremony in Brodbeck Hall on Thursday June 3 at 2 p.m. President Henry Irvin Stahr will preside and address the senior class of 1948 wearing caps and gowns as they move up to senior status. Russ Smith will present the president's cap and gown and a senior class ring to Miss Manan Davidson of Brooklyn New York. The program includes awards for scholarships and prizes such as the Margaret Louise Heist prize and the Henrickson and Shaw prizes, concluding with the college hymn and benediction by President Stahr.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Henry Irvin Stahr
Stahre
Polly Smith
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Russ Smith
Manan Davidson
Brooklyn
N. YL
Stahr
Margaret Louise Heist
C. Walter Kleist
Frederick
John D
Louise Hunt Henson
R. Es
Carroll H. Hendrickson
Louie Hendrickson
Ter E. Shaw
Michee A. Moser
E. Shaw
Virginia Cobientz
Virginia Cobiente
Emory L Cobientz
Ruth Cobient
Naomi Cobt
Esther Codie
Miriam Cobientz
Helen Cabientz Fox
Berlin Transport Strike Shrugs for Higher Wages
About 20 000 Berlin transport workers began a 74 hour strike today demanding higher wages and better benefits. The action disrupts city services as unions press for improved pay and living standards amid rising costs.
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Berlin
Germans Hanged On U S Gallows After War Crimes Trial
Seven German doctors and SS officers were executed by hanging in Landsberg Germany after a Soviet- and American-led war crimes trial. General Karl Brandt and Adolf Eichmann era figures were among those executed, with the court stating perverted science fueled murderous experiments.
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Landsberg
Germany
Ete
Tite
UL Sweinberg
Courte
Adolf
Munich
Walkter Beals
Washington State Supreme Court
Karl Brandt
Thurmont Man Granted Divorce in Local Court
Barak Thomas Graves testified that his wife obtained a Texas divorce through gross misrepresentation after taking their child to San Angelo. He said she resided in Texas briefly and that the suit alleged faulted behavior by him, while he worked and faced no real cruelty. The Maryland court granted the local divorce and left child custody open for one of the parties.
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Thurmont
Texas
Equity
Barak Thomas Graves
Fairlington
San Angelo
Tex
Tom Green County
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Frederick County
Ring Farm at Brink Sells For 345,500
The Ring Farm at Brink, the late Elias Jrontgom ary id estate, sold at public sale to W. sg. of Gaithersburg for 345,500. The 247 acre tract lies on the east side of Henderson Corner Cedar Grove road with a large dwelling, outbuildings, and meadowland. possession July 1. A second tract of 139 acres near Germantown to Daw millville brought 7,800 to Mr. and Mrs. James D King. A livestock, machinery, and personal property sale is set for July 10, executors Merkle A Kinz Virginia Porrey with Emmett Bowlus auctioneering.
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Ihe Hore
Elias Ds
Gaithersburg
Henderson
Cedar Grove
Old Germantown
Daw Miville
Dawmville
James D King
Merkle A. Kinz
Virginia Gertrude Porrey
Emmett R. Bowlus
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D. J. Roop
County Health Dept
Western Germany
Ve Transit
Securiti
Miripa
H.S. Assembly
New York
NBC
National Broadcasting Company Today
Voice of America
Record Fund
Pacific Northwest
U.S
Brandt
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Theodore Morrell
Brink
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