Six Alarm Baltimore Fire Devours Shafer Furniture Store
A six alarm blaze in Baltimore's South Baltimore district destroyed the Shafer Furniture Co. store, causing an estimated $250,000 in damages. Two explosions blasted windows. resident Arthur Tolson and Clara Kronk were injured by debris and water jets amid a crowd of about 1,000 as firefighters battled the four story building. Shofer noted the fire began in the elevator shaft and spread to all floors, while the business planned to continue from adjacent additions on Charles Street.
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Baltimore
Shafer Furniture Co
Baltimore Business District
Harry Shafer
Arthur Tolson
Tolson
Clara Kronk
Shofer
Charles Street
Cripps Daughter To Wed Negro Law Student
Enid Margaret Cripps, youngest daughter of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, announces engagement to Joseph Appiah, a Gold Coast educated Negro law student and adviser to the Gold Coast Prime Minister in Britain. The couple spoke at Felix Topolski studio in London, noting their meeting two years ago and plans for a potential family.
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London
Enid Margaret
Peggy) Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps
Joseph Appiale
Gold Coast
Miss Cripps
Felix Topolski
Appiah
England
Britain
Joe
Peggy
Labor
Christian Church
Attlee
Emmitsburg Weekend Visitors and Local News Highlights
Emmitsburg and nearby communities feature weekend visitors from Baltimore and Bloomington, plus updates on local students, notably Miss Vivian Warthen and Miss Dorothy Lingg. civic notes include PTA and Grange meetings, a carni val planning for Memorial Hall, and a St Josephs class trip to Washington with spelling bee eliminations.
Memorial Park Week Drive Aims To Improve Taneytown Park
Taneytown observes Memorial Park Week with fund drives by town groups and by mail to outlying areas. Kiwanis Firemen and Ladies Auxiliary Lions and Chamber of Commerce fundraisers cover routes from George Street to Antrim Road. The culmination will be Saturday’s Memorial Day parade and park dedication with Rev. Glen L. Stahl as master of ceremonies. Lions Club slate announced for two year terms. rest of town news covers Lutheran convention attendees, parish activities, and church programs.
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Taneytown
Middle Street
Lions
George
Main Streets
Antrim Road
Glen L. Stahl
Lions Club
Homer V. Myers
Wilbur C. Thomas
Raymond J. Perry
Harley Holter
Kenneth C. Shorb
Bernard J. Arnold
Wilson Ute
Gregg Kiser
Delmar
Rallle
Carrod Hess
Edith Hess
Melvin Conover
Charles Conover
Edgar Finbps
Ernest Ritter
Mervyn C Fuss
Littestown Mailer Chorus
St. John’s Lanheran Church
Littestown
Mary- Jang Synodinal Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Gettysburg
D. F. Susder
Harpers Ferry area notes sixth grade trip and community notices
Forty one Bolivar sixth graders toured Washington DC on May 15 led by Principal C W Shipley. Local residents attended events in Camp Hill and Washington DC, including nursing caps at George Town University and a Lions convention in Huntington. An election of W S C S officers at Camp Hill Methodist Church, graduations at Bainbridge Hospital Corpsman School, and a Hodachrome gift presentation to Harpers Ferry were among town updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar Bolivar
Washingtton
D. C
C. W. Shipley
C. B. Koonce
Rosmary Noe
Washington, D. C
Agnes DeLawder
Camp Hill
Lewis Kronk
Earl Kronk
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Mabel Godfry
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
Huntington
W. Va
Messers C. Riley
Wm. Ramey
Harry Biller
Martin Welsh
Cyrus Cavalier
Wilton Zombro
J. D. Habig
Tal Timbers
Catherine Butts
Bolivar
Birley
Sandy Hook
Clark Kimes
Conway
Brunswick
George Town University School of Nursing
Kitty Lou Burleigh
John Burleigh
Robert Stiffier
L. D. Nichols
Nichols
Stanley Dalton
Chicago
Walter Jenkins
Sam Trundle
Harper
Robert Morgan
Front Royal
John DeLauder
Camp Hill Methodist Church
Norman Clabaugh
Norman Thayer
M. R. Laign
Phyllis Ann Coulter
Walter Bailey
Charles Wolfe
Miss Coulter
Wolfe
Morris Kain
Charles Wirt
Donald. Rawson
Marguerite Himes
Pleasantville
Marshall Tumblin
Mannings
Lane Keats
Walter. Stotelmover, Jr
Kearfell Dailey
New Brunswick
N. J
D. A. Webb
Lakeland
Mary Cummings
Gerald Cummings
Salem
Eugene Kern
G. E. Perry
Esso Standard Oi Company
Lions Chid
William Cooper
Hagerstoun
Tim Sinn
Charles Town
Leon Edwards
Elenor Jane Thompson
Grover Thompson
Donald Leon Fink
William Fink
Ranson
Rockland
Shepherdstown
William Culler
Chariea
Government cuts 17 IRS districts to six offices
Washington May 28 The administration reshapes the Internal Revenue Bureau top field services abolishing 11 of 17 district offices and creating three new districts in San Francisco Omaha and Cincinnati. The move saves about six million dollars a year while cutting about 900 positions. Existing districts in Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta and Dallas remain.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
John B. Dunlap
Dallas
Tex
Andrews
Bureau
Boston
New York City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Atlanta
San Francisco
Omaha
Cincinnati
Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Louisville
Fails In Bid To Conquer Mt Everest
May 28 New Delhi India Himalayan sources say the 1953 British Everest expedition failed to reach the summit due to ferocious winds and blinding snow. Katmandu dispatch notes the team may try again, led by Col John Hunt, weather and illness cited as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nepal
Katmandu
Everest
John Hunt
Boulware Convicted in Five Deaths Auto Crash
James W. Boulware was convicted of criminal negligence for the August five death car crash on Hutchinson River Parkway Harrison New York. A Westchester County jury found him guilty after two hours of deliberation. Bail was canceled and he was remanded to jail awaiting sentence. The maximum penalty is up to a $1000 fine and five years in prison.
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White Plains
N. Y
James W. Boulware
Hutchinson River Parkway
Harrison
N.Y
Westminster
Irving Schneider
Schneider
Lillian Diedrich
Westchester County
Boulware
John R. Donohoe
East View
New York City
Parkway
Social notes from Bolivar Heights bridge party
Mrs. Oscar Witt hosted a bridge table at her Bolivar Heights home last Friday evening. Attendees included Mrs. A. H. Hunter, Mrs. Howard Myers, and Mrs. G. Shoemaker of Charlestown, while Mr. and Mrs. Thorsten Witt visited Washington, D.C. Tuesday.
Lovettsville News Notes from Lovettsville Va and Nearby
Marriage of Harry H. Potterfield of Lovettsville and Betty Jane O'Dell of Charleston W Va took place in Baltimore. Local residents Mrs Ronnie Arnold and Etchison Baker plan new homes. Guests included the Links Fleming Hamilton Darrand and Miller families. Raymond Womeldorf of Newark announced the birth of a son. Synod attendees in Gettysburg include Rev Yingling and Miss Rickard. Memorial Day services set for Union cemetery with Rev Frank Moss Jr speaking. High school graduates to hear sermon by Rev Crawford at New Jerusalem church. Mrs David Stine finishing term as teacher. Jackie Williams won a jeweler’s watch in a senior contest. L B Womeldorph of Leesburg named among twelve officers for Scabbard and Blade. senior at VPI leading Company D.
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Lovettsville
Harry H. Potterfield
Jack Potterfield
Betty Jane O'Dell
Fale Church
J. K. O'Dell
Charleston
W. Va
Northwood-Appold
Baltimore
Robert H. Parker
Ronnie Arnold
Etchison Baker
Newark
Gettysburg
William J. Yingling
Shirley Rickard
Charlotte Pearson
William A. Wade
Union Cemetery
Frank Moss, Jr
St. James Episcopal Church
New Jerusalem
David C. Crawford
Leesburg Presbyterian Church
David Stine
Jordon Kilgour
Germany
Jackie Wiliams
RC. Williams
Here
L. B. Womeldorpn
Leesburg
Washington
Scabbard and Blade
VPI
L. A. Womeldorph
Lovettsville High School
Lime Kiln Communion Services and Local Visits
Communion services will be held at 1:30 Sunday in the Methodist church led by Rev. J. W. Rosenberger in his retirement sermon. Nearby families and visitors share a weekend of greetings, with stops at Brunswick, New Glasgow, Buckeystown, Walkersville, and Jefferson as neighbors visit relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rosenberger
Ralph Green
Roland Green
Florence
Norman McBride
Walkersville
Loraine Jewel
Hest
Charles
Brunswick
George Castle
George Bowers
New Windsor Social Roundup and PTA Officers Named
The Junior Prom took place in the school auditorium while the Mixed Bridge Club hosts and St Marks Choir visitors joined neighborhood social events. Local PTA elected Ralph Young president and officers, with teachers Burlison and Benningham guiding attendance rewards. seniors received rose corsages. The Sorbonne’s 13th century founding by Robert de Sorbon is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Windsor
Edwin Englar
William Knight
John Wells
Linwood
Karl Keefer
PTA
Ralph Young
Nicholas Metcalfe, Jr
Engbert Case
Harry Reese
James Carlisle
Christian Manning
Burlison
Benningham
Earl Hyde
Willis Selisman
Baltimore
William Kinsey
Greencastle
P. B. Roop
St. Joseph College
Emmitsburg
Justa
Rosemary
Animal Breeding Movie Shown to Frederick Lions Club
A. M. McKay of the American Guernsey Cattle Club presented The Miracle of Animal Breeding at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The film traced selective breeding from monks bringing cows to Guernsey Island to today’s Primrose dairy stock. John W. Morgan, retiring president, presided as officers prepare to take office July 1. Lions visitors included Irvin C. Brant Thurmont C. D. Mason Alexandria Va J Goodloe Jackson Cumberland and George W Owings Jr. of Owings. Tail Twister Austin F Angleberger fined many attendees including the mayor for inaction about the weather. Ten delegates plus alternates led by Dr Noel Gross and John W. Morgan will attend the Atlantic City district convention June 3 6 to back R. Brad Wolfe for district governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. McKay
Guernsey Cattle Club
Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Guernsey Island
Primrose
John W. Morgan
Irvin C. Brant
Thurmont
C. D. Mason
Alexandria
J. Goodloe Jackson
Cumberland
George W. Owings, Jr
Owings
Austin F. Angleberger
Angleberger
Noel Gross
Atlantic City
Paul M. Carmack
Lloyd C. Culler
Charles W. Magaha
Charles V. Main
Alvey V. Renn
L. Rayhu Specht
Merril Wachter
R. Brad Wolfe
Louis V. Keyser
Richard F. Simmons
Frederick
Mr. Wolfe
North American Airlines to Inaugurate Rearward-Facing Seats
North American Airlines will begin the nation's first commercial rearward facing passenger seats with a DC Skymaster service from Los Angeles to New York via Kansas City and Chicago. The seats are designed for safety and comfort with reports from RAF and military services supporting the concept.
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Washington
North American Airlines
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
North American
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
RAF
Military Air Transport Service
Open New Stretch of Highway on June 10
iM Gov McKeldin will formally open a five mile section of the Washington National Pike between Washington and Frederick on June 10 at 10 a.m. south of Urbana interchange. The two lane per direction expressway runs from Urbana to near Hyattstown, with earlier six mile segment near Urbana opened last January.
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Baltimore
Montgomery County
Germantown Road
Tidge of Washington
Maryland
Urbana-Hyattstown
Polish Pilot Wins Permanent US Asylum
Washington May 28 The House voted permanent asylum in the United States for 21 year old Franciszek Jarecki a Polish Army pilot who fled Poland in a Russian MiG fighter. The measure moves to the Senate with support expected. Jarecki attended as members praised him and Rep Sadlak spoke in Polish to his benefit causing a light House moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
United States
Franciszek Jarecki
Poland
Senate
Jarecki
Sadlak 'R-Conn
Salak
Martin ‘Mass
Martin
Maryland Gas Tax Rise From June First Increases
Maryland readies a penny-a-gallon gas tax hike to 6 cents as of midnight Sunday, aligning with Virginia and edging the District of Columbia. The measure, part of broader motor vehicle law changes, raises financial responsibility limits, tightens truck speed rules, expands radar evidence use, extends license durations, and imposes stricter penalties for littering and explosive-vehicle movements.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Civitan President Elected by Frederick Club
Singer Elmer W. Singer was chosen president of the Civitan Club of Frederick at a Thursday dinner meeting held at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Officers named for the year include Le Roy Blumenauer as first vice president Irving J. Ramsburg as second vice president John T. Best Louis C. Kinsey William A. Miller and William M. Moore as directors and treasurer. Installation is set for June 3 with Tom Campbell officiating. Blumenauer will attend the International Civitan Convention in Los Angeles June 28 to July 1.
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Emmitsburg
Vivian Topper
Baltiimore
Donald Topper
William Topper
Joseph Kerrigan
Baltimore
J. Ward Kerrigan
F.C. Miller
Harry Rosensteel
Bloomington
Charles Harthagen
U. S. A. Aberdeen
Leroy Vincent Harthagen
A. J. Wood
Reisterstown
U. S. Army
Fort Devens
Mass
Burgess
Thornton Rodgers
Andrew Shorb
Lilian Bowers
Towson State Normal School
Elizabeth Neck
Ann Eckenrede
B. J. Eckenrode
Robert Topper
Katie O'Malley
Cloyd Seiss
Seiss
Agnes Clarke
Edward Montgomery
Pittsburgh
Betty Ann Hollinger
Dolores Miller
Towson State
Teachers College
John Hollinger
Robert Kerrigan
Philadelphia
George L. Wilhide
Wm. Rowe
Edgar Rhodes
Ruth Shuff
E. L. Annan, Jr
Charles Waddles
Denver
Cole
Howard Waddles
Hutchinson
Kansas
Edythe Noanemaker
William White
Fairfield
MF. Shaff
Yakuua
Waxh
M_ F. Shaf
Shaff
Washington State
Washington DC
Sue Macon
Ho Stinson
Phi Alpha Epsilon
Sororay
University of Maryland
Stinson
Kenneth DO Bond
Jeader
Cubs
PTA
Focal High School
Fol
Lows
Clarence Boahn
Norman
Shriver
Mass Mary Fiery
Naom
Bernard H. Boyle
Morris A. Zentz
John M. Roddy, Jr
Clody W. Seiss
Samuel C. Hays
Chamber
Vigilant Hose Co
Fort Ritchie
Pentagon
The
Grange
E. G. Emrich
B. D. Martin
Richard Toms
National Grange Youth Leadership Training Fund
Mount Pleasant Grange
Fire Hall
Home Economic Fund
Ethel Baumgardner
Rachel Emrich
Clarence Hahn
Macy Crum
George Gartrell
John Baumgardner
Ray Smith
Frederick
W. A. R. Beil
Hansonville
Civitan Club of
Elmer W. Singer
Francis Scest Key
Singer
le Roy XN
Blumenauer
Irving J. Ramsburg
John T. Best
Louis C. Kinsey
William A. Miller
William M. Moore
Carrol Freed
Tom Campbell
Los Angeles
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U. S
York
Korea
Gadreis
Joseph McConnell Jy
Apple Valley
Calif
Manuel J. Fernandez
Miami
Fla
Helman Toler
Howe Fang
Jone Wolf
Rongin
Fernandez
Ang
McConnell
Bett
Robert H Heighe
Maryland Horse Breeders Association
Harford County
Prospect Hill Farm
Heizhe
St. Joseph’s High School
Tlugh Rocks
Clarence Wachter
James Dukebart
Harry Kahe
St. Joseph'h Hgh School
Theodosia Kelly
Gerald Joy
Geraldine White
Mary Catherine Lingg
Mary Jane Scott
Thomas O’brien
Nancy Capuano
Margaret Foster
Mt. Everest
College Park
Sorbonne
Robert de Sorbone
Universit of
Paris
Civitan
DAV
Washington-Lee
Newton D. Baker VA Hospital
Martinsburg
Frederick Dav
Edna L. Yelion
Sarah Quinn
Virgie Houck
Charlottee Main
Helen Musson
Jacob Sperling
Sperling
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