May rainfall sets record as storms lash county
Storms broke over the county with hail in central and southern areas. May totaled 8.16 inches, the wettest in 59 years, while weekend rainfall reached about two inches. Temperatures failed to rise past 67, cooling homes and cancelling holiday events. Minor damage included telephone lines and scattered injuries, but no major accidents occurred.
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Hyattstown
Urbana Frederick
Mt. Pleasant
Braddock Heights
Weather Bureau
Potomac Edison Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Shookstown
Civil Defense Equipment Distribution Tuesday Meeting
Equipment for the Civil Defense Auxiliary Police will be given at the Tuesday evening meeting in the Board of Aldermen Room City Halls. The session starts at 3 30 p m Lt Ben Phebus Jr will review topics from the Civil Defense police school in Maryland State Police headquarters. Talks on courtesy crowd control traffic discipline will be distributed along with copies of the training school talks by prominent speakers.
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Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Board of Aldermen
Ben Phebus
Civil Defense Police School
Maryland State Police
Weather Postpones Final Atomic Blast in Nevada
LAS VEGAS Nev The final atom blast of the Atomic Energy Commission spring series has been postponed until before dawn tomorrow due to adverse weather. Parking slips will urge motorists to look away during the detonation for the first time in the program.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Regulations Enforce Bake Sales And Public Suppers
Health department officials led by Dr. Forbes H. Burgess outlined rules for itinerant meals and bake sales at public suppers. Provisions include mixing milk desserts at serving time, covering cakes and cookies, and banning homemade milk-based items from private homes. Street sales require plastic or glass coverings. fixed vendors must enclose goods behind glass, with fried ice cream stands allowed only if pasteurized on site.
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Health Department
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
Frederick County
Baltimore Motorist Fined After Route 40 Worksite Crash
A Baltimore driver, Anthony Dorn, struck five State Roads Commission workers near the end of dual Route 40 east of Ridgeville on May 4, injuring several. Dorn, cited for speeding, paid a $20 fine and costs. Worker Ray E. Phebus remains hospitalized with serious injuries. others treated and released. Trooper S. A. Dorsey led the investigation with counsel Ralph Hoffman representing Dorn.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Ridgeville
Margistrate J. Francis Reese
Westminster
Ray E. Phebus
Woodbine
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Anthony J. Dorn
Dorn
S. A. Dorsey
Ralph G. Hoffman
Remains Open Month At Frederick Weather Station
Frederick Weather Bureau station at the airport will stay open at least through June 30 after a wire from New York. observers were told the stay may be tied to possible Senate action restoring weather bureau funds. Police filed charges overnight including intoxication, trespassing, and assault with bonds set at 100.80 and 250.00. arrests were by Officer Trump and Sergeant Swomley.
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Frederick
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Weather Bureau
Kenneth
Lee Schultz
Rocky Springs
Trump
Kenneth J. Morgan
Phobus
Luray Ambuér
Phobus Avenue
Sergt. Swomley
Humphrey Attacks Excess Profits Tax Gamble
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey told the Ways and Means Committee that failing to extend the excess profits tax would be an unsafe gamble with national economic security. He urged a six month extension of the tax beyond June 30, noting his dislike of the tax and its status as a bad tax while backing President Eisenhower’s proposal.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
House
Eisenhower
Ways and Means Committee
Seven Violent Deaths In Md During Memorial Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports seven people died violently in Maryland over Memorial Day weekend. Six died in traffic crashes and one from a lightning fire at a tenant farmer’s home near Clarksville, John M. Harding Jr., 49, the victim. Baltimore pedestrians Frank Herman, 67, and Nellie Sandrock, 32, were among those killed, plus others in Prince Georges and surrounding counties. An elephant from the Mills Brothers Circus helped free a driver after a head on crash near Timonium.
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Associated Press
Maryland
John M. Harding Jr
Clarksville
Baltimore
Frank Herman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pulaski Highway
Lakedale Ave
Nellie Sandrock
Theresa le Bon
William Cassell
Clinton
Prince Georges County
Evelyn Miller
Washington Negro
Fairmont Heights
Gordon S. Barclay
Negro
Nanticoke
Salisbury
Irene E. Laney
Laney
Edgewater
Timonium
Edward J. Ament
Mills Brothers Circus
State Fairgrounds
One MIG Downed by U S Sabre Jets
U S Sabre jets shot down one MIG and damaged two more in their first clash with Russian fighters in three days. Ground rain limited action to patrol-sized jabs, with Western Front battles costing Reds about 12,300 killed and 1,404 wounded across May 29 30 engagements at Carson Elko Vegas Berlin East Berlin and the Hook.
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North Korea
Eighth Army
Carson
Elko
Vegas
Berlin
East Berlin
the Hook
Coronation Weather Forecast for London Tomorrow
London forecasts for Coronation Day predict a northerly wind fresh or strong and gusty with some sunny intervals and occasional showers. The weather will be very cool with mid day temperatures around 3 to 3 degrees and possible hail or thunder in places.
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London
Maryland Increases Gas Tax To Fund Road Expansion
Maryland residents pay an extra penny per gallon to finance a broad highway building program. The State Roads Commission advances fast-start projects, aiming for 100 miles of improvements by year end. Chief Engineer William F. Childs seeks quick, simple road upgrades to beat rising future costs and speed up the 12 year program.
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Baltimore
Childs
Maryland
Commission
Roads Commission
Frederick
U.S. 40
Ridgeville
Monocacy River Bridge
Frederick Childs
Frederick bears to be hunted under new December week
The bear season will run for one week in December next year as part of 1953 regulations, from December 7 to 12, with a limit of one bear per hunter. The deer season aligns with this period, while rabbit and squirrel seasons remain largely unchanged.
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Frederick County
Monocacy River
Frederick
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Hood College Commencement Events Schedule Next Week
Hood College plans commencement and related events from Thursday through Sunday. 99 graduates include 78 BA, 15 BS Home Economics, six BS Nursing. ceremonies feature Dr D Elton Trueblood preaching, alumni activities, class day, and a nine o clock Sunday morning commencement in Hudson outdoor theater. Graduates come from 11 states plus District of Columbia and India.
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Harper Sibley
Brodbeck Hall
Andrew G.truxal
Hudson
D. Elton Trueblood
Earlham College
Hudson Theater
Hood
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
District of Columbia
India
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Ohio
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Two motorists found guilty of drunken and reckless driving
Two motorists charged with drunken and reckless driving over the weekend were found guilty in hearings before Magistrate H. Reese Shoemaker Jr in Peeples Court Judson Carl Killgo. Killgo received 30 days in jail and fines totaling 135 dollars plus costs with an additional 40 days in default. Richard D Turner of Baltimore was arrested Friday evening in New Market and paid fines totaling 175 dollars plus costs. Trooper Donald A Tucker led the prosecutions.
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H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peeples Court
Judson Carl Killgo
East AN Saints Street
South Market
South Streets
Richard D. Turner
Baltimore
New Market
Donald A. Tucker
Killgo
C. W. Brown
Killzo
Market Street
South Street
Ernest Helfenstein
Watkins Acres
East South Street
Turner
Tucker
Frederick
Lewis E. Long
Knoxville
W. L.guilmino
Crowds Pack London Route Ahead of Coronation
Londoners and visitors rushed to secure standing room along the six mile coronation route as crowds swelled before Queen Elizabeth II's crowning. Beds, stoves, and blankets filled parks while millions watched on TV and millions more gathered to witness the event live with 30 million expected viewers. Royal honors were announced, including knighthoods for Gordon Richards and Jack Hobbs, amid news of gardener William Hepburn's death possibly due to coronation strain.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth
Britain
Gordon Richards
Jack Hobbs
William Hepburn
Hyde Park
Spring Concert Sunday by Community Chorus at Hood
The annual spring concert of the Community Chorus will be Sunday afternoon at four in Brodbeck Hall on the Hood campus. Miss Mary Paull of Hagerstown, principal soloist, will rehearse with the chorus this evening at 8 20 in Brodbeck.
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Community Chorus
Brodbeck Hall
Hood
Brodbeck
Mary Paull
Hagerstown
Missy Paull
Mary Davis
Thomas i Morley
Vincent Youmans
Patria Mia
Giuseppe Verdi
Prince Izor
Alexander Borodin
Earle B. Blakeslee
Luther Bussard
Paul Green
Ernest Kennedy
W. Douglas Zimmerman
Niemann Brunk
Rhee Pushes Four Point Pact For Korea Aid
President Syngman Rhee proposed to President Eisenhower a four point plan that would lead to a mutual defense pact and future military and financial aid to South Korea if the Seoul government accepted UN truce terms. The idea was likely discussed at a NSC meeting at the White House.
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Syngman Rhee
Heisenhower
South Korea
Seoul
United Nations
Rhee
National Security Council
Eisenhower
White House
Truce Crisis Before Ike And NSC Members
Washington reports a 7 a special NSC session on Korea amid South Korea rejecting truce terms. Dulles Stassen 20 day Middle East Asia tour recap to be aired tonight. You Chan Yang warned that Korea may go it alone if a divided truce is imposed, urging unity.
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National Security Council
Eisenhowler
South Korea
Korea
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Leee
Security Council
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Middle East
South Asia
Stassen
ABC Radio and Television
DuMont Television Networks
NBC
Wilson
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Eisenhower
White House
You Chan Yang
U. S
United Nations
Yang
Gray Is Out As VA Head
President Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Carl R. Gray Jr. as Veterans Administration head effective June 30 due to ill health. The White House did not release details of the letters and did not indicate a successor. Eisenhower also accepted Richard B. McEntire’s resignation from the Securities and Exchange Commission effective today, with his term shortened for undisclosed financial reasons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Grey
Gray
Richard B. McEntire
Securities and Exchange Commission
McEntire
Holiday Death Toll Falls Short of Forecast
The Associated Press reports Memorial Day holiday traffic fatalities from Friday 6 pm to Sunday midnight totaled 228, plus 90 drownings and 45 other deaths, reaching 363. The National Safety Council had projected 240 highway deaths. last year’s four-day weekend set a record at 363. The 1950 Memorial Day weekend remains the driest in casualties with statistically lower totals.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Safety Council
ROKs Stand Ready to Fight Alone If Armistice Fails
South Korea's Acting Prime Minister Pyun Yung Tai, at a 32 hour emergency cabinet session in Chinhae, warned the North could be opposed unless UN supplies continue. He said Seoul would fight even if armistice terms delay and noted India’s sympathy to communism while opposing Red landings. The cabinet discussed the Allied prisoner exchange plan amid Seoul’s demand for unification and release of 34,000 NK prisoners.
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Chinhae
Korea
South Korea
Pym Yung Tai
Syngman Rhee
ROK
United Nations
Washington
Aed
Pyun
India
Korea.” _ Pyun
U. N
Rhee
Seoul
Aeianeaban
North
U. N. General Assembly
Proposal To Cut Aid Is Up In Senate Clash
Washington Senator Aiken denounces a rider to cut U S aid if Red China joins the United Nations as an intrusion on presidential foreign policy making Mundt predicts a Senate debate and warned Britain to expect a cautionary signal over aid for nations backing China's UN bid The clash centers on Korea policy and whether veto rights or aid limits should apply to Red China admission while Chiang Kai shek's government contends the issue is not subject to veto and the administration should hold foreign policy as its domain
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Washington
Sen. Aiken
U. S
United Nations
China
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Commerce and Justice
Mundt
Congress
U. N. Security Council
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Chita
Secrnd
Counc
Chiang Bashek
Eisenhower
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