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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1950

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Frederick High School Finals Begin With Sermon

Frederick High School marks its first senior class under a two year system with 11 o'clock Sunday morning bac calaureate services in the auditorium. Rev. W. M. Weaver will preach on We Do Not Walk Alone from the Book of John as the mixed chorus and orchestra perform under H. B Coran and Sperry L. Storm. The ceremony opens graduation week with public access and new window draperies.

Frederick High School Frederick County Frederick City Brunswick W. M. Weaver Presbyterian Church H. Bcoran Sperry L. Storm Harry O. Smith Teachers of America Literary Digest Arnold Fleagle Paul Wagner James Baker Western Maryland Railway Company

Local ACTH Treatment For 17 Year Old Ramsburg

Medical specialists closely monitor 17 year old Jesse C. Ramsburg of South Market Street as ACTH therapy nears its tenth month. After January 10 the treatments stopped and he recuperates at home since February. He shows fewer rheumatic pains and joint swelling, needs rest, and avoids exertion though remains able to move about.

Jesse C. Ramsburg Ramsburg South Market Street Frederick Child's Hospital Washington

Woman Patient Rescued From Roof at Peninsula General

A Salisbury hospital patient, recovering from a recent operation, climbed to a third floor roof and refused to come down. Fireman Barney Williams and two colleagues rescued her with a window escape and jumping nets as nurses pleaded from windows. Her name was not released.

Salisbury Peninsula General Hospital Barney Williams Williams

Quadrennial Reunion At State School Next Week

More than 300 alumni of the Maryland State School for the Deaf are expected for the 15th Quadrennial Reunion. The three day gathering opens with a Friday eight o clock gym reception, includes business and social events, Sunday religious services, and a picnic Saturday at Gambritl State Park.

Maryland State School For the Deaf Gambritl State Park

Three Soldiers Injured In Rt 340 Crash Near Route 17

Three soldiers, two from Camp Detrick, were injured when their 1947 Chevrolet sidewiped a loaded tractor trailer on Route 340 near Route 17. Raymon A. Martin 26 and Francis Roseman 21 of Fort Bragg were treated at Frederick Memorial and Walter Reed. Billy Legg 21 received facial and head lacerations. Police say the car ran off the road, overturned, and damaged the fence. charges pending after investigation.

Camp Detrick Raymon A. Martin Francis Roseman Fort Bragg N.C Billy Legg Martin Roseman Frederick Memorial Hospital Walter Reed Hospital Washington Legg Harold J. Basore Lee Roy McDonald Winchester Superservice Basore

County Bridges To Be Painted By C Carafos Contracting

The County Roads Board awarded a painting contract for four Monocacy bridges to C Carafos Contracting Company of Pittsburgh. The bid of 9700 dollars was accepted after other firms bid, with work delayed by wet weather. Nearby construction updates include detours on the Glass Works road, a new Route 240 expressway project by Zirkel Construction, and traffic detours on Liberty road for the Unionville bypass. Deeds were recorded for several property sales in Tuscarora and Lewistown districts, with prices around 6500 to 7500 dollars.

County Roads Board C. Carafos Contracting Company Pittsburgh Roger H. Willard Carafos Company Monocacy River Lilypons Reich’s Ford Biggs Ford Six's Mr. Willard Ameiung Glass Works Glass Works Pike Urbana Zirkel Construction Company Washington New 240 Araby Church Road Frederick Araby Road Glass Works Liberty Road T. Edgie Russell Company Unionville

Synod to Convene at Hood College for Potomac Gathering

The Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church meets June 7 to 9 at Hood College with about 165 ministers and delegates. Rev Dr James E Wagner of Lancaster Pa represents the General Council and will address issues for the June 21 to 28 General Synod including funding for overseas relief and a World Service Fund completion. The synod will also discuss church state separation concerns and recall protests over a Vatican representative appointment.

Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Hood College James E. Wagner Lancaster Wagner General Council United Stewardship Council St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Congregation General Synod Potomac Synod World Service Fund Synod United Evangelistic Advance Federal Council of Churches National Council of the Churches of Christ United States of America Federal Council Cleveland National Council The Myron C. Taylor United States Vatican Taylor Totomac

Torrential Rain Floods Galveston Island City

Galveston Texas. June 3. Torrential rains measured 12.45 inches in under nine hours flood the island city. Heaviest from 6 to 8 am with 7.35 inches. The airport reports about 13 inches total. Storm sewers overflowed. business and homes flooded. City buses and cars halted as workers couldn’t reach employment. Population about 86,000 on a 30 mile island linked by a causeway.

Galveston Texas Weather Bureau

FBI men depart for New York after questioning Fuchs

Two American FBI agents who had been questioning Dr Klaus Fuchs the atomic spy left by plane for New York after nearly two weeks of questioning in London.

New York London FBI Klaus Fuchs

Hickenlooper Gains Ground in Iowa Primary Race

Des Moines report notes Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper seeks the Republican nomination in Monday's Iowa primary with a focus on his atomic energy and State Department probes record. His main rival is Earl F. Wisdom who accuses him of fear-mongering on bombs and communists.

Des Moines Bourke B. Hickenlooper Atomic Energy State Department Iowa Hickenlooper Earl F. Wisdom

All In Line By 6 P.M June 13 Cast Vote

Registrants in line at 6 p.m. will be admitted to vote as polls close for Frederick city election. E Austin Jamies, city GOP chairman, told the Board of Election Supervisors that judges should admit those in line, then lock doors and allow inside voters to cast ballots. With registration rising from about 4,000 four years ago to around 7,400 this year, congestion is expected between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The GOP emphasized vote early. A GOP campaign managers meeting is set for Monday at Hotel Frederick with precinct chairmen and candidates. Women voters are invited to the Pine Room for interviews with nominees.

E. Austin Jamies City Board of Election Supervisors Ernest Kennedy James GOP Republican Committee Hatel Frederick At & O'Clock Pine Room Frederick

Thurmont Man Faces Trial in Gettysburg Case

A Thurmont routeman identified as Arnold Hurley waived extradition to Pennsylvania after a fugitive warrant for statutory rape and bastardy involving a girl under sixteen. Hurley, employed at a Taneytown lumber firm, had evaded arrest, appearing only on Sundays. Pennsylvania and Maryland officers coordinated the transfer.

Thurmont Gettysburg Patrick M. Schnauffer Pennsylvania Daniel E. Teeter Adams County Arnold Hurley H. J. Brown Hurley Tecter John H. Basehore

Six European Nations Agree to Pool Coal and Steel

Six nations France Western Germany Belgium Italy Luxembourg and the Netherlands unite to pool coal and steel to unify Western Europe and push world peace. Britain declines to join though Britain’s Foreign Office honors the Schuman plan. The United States backs the plan.

Paris Europe France Germany Belgium Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Robert Schuman Great Britain London Lehiewan United States

Critically Hurt In Crash Near Detrick Report

Seventeen year old Ralph A. Ritenour of Route 1 Thurmont was in critical condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle crash with two cars on West Seventh Street near Camp Detrick about 11 15 Friday night. Joseph R. Holcombe, treated for head and arm lacerations, was later moved to Walter Reed Hospital. The Ford driven by Pauline L. Reed stalled on the highway. Holcombe helped push to start it before collision.

Ralph A. Ritenour Route 1 Thurmont Frederick Memorial Hospital West Seventh Street Camp Detrick Bolling Field Washington William A. Mutchner Joseph R. Holcombe Walter Reed Hospital Ritenour Pauline L. Reed West South Street Mutchner Holcombe Reed Frederick Camp Derrick James H. Rouzee, Jr Richard A. Myers Mutcchner

Lava Flows Force Hawaiian Families From Homes Near Mauna Loa

STAN CARTER reports from Kealakekua as Mauna Loa erupts in a violent blast, lava swallowing hundreds of acres along the Kona coast. Evacuations expand to Papa and Mitoli villages while two streams reach the sea and a forecast of continued activity for up to two weeks.

Stan Carter Kealakekua Haywaii Dune Bry Maupa Loa Hawaiii Kona Mauna Loa Ray H. Finch Hawaii Volcano Observatory Finch Kau South Point Kona Papa Mitoli

Hood College Alumnae Raise Record Gift at Reunion

Hood College alumnae presented 11023 dollars to the college during the annual Alumnae Association meeting at Gambrill gymnasium. The event featured reports by Katharine Dotraw and others as 93 graduates prepare to receive diplomas Sunday. Governor Driscoll will speak at the six o clock ceremony in the outdoor Hudson theater.

Hood College Gambrill Gymnasium Katharine E. Dotraw Alfred E. Driscoll New Jersey Hudson Underwood Horace Underwood Grace Underwood Chies In Christian University Seoul Korea Presbyterian Church Shin Hyung Kim Andrew G Traxal Truxal Juncheon Coblentz Hall Hood Margaret Deringer Barrett Bethesda Miriam Apple This City Mary Paxson Phillips Baltimore Mary Grace Helfenstein Frederick Bertha McCall New York City Harrisburg Frederick County Amy Kump Dixon Bessie Harrett Clapp Jane Birely Haffner Elizabeth Gilbert Heck Mary Rutheila Witter Shaw Annie Brunner Kemp Maples Welen McCullagh McCutcheon Braddock Meights May Carty Michael Dorothy Warehime Lewis Margaret Webler Rhoda Hartman Fogle Grace Seitz Landauer Ruth Thomas Yinger Vindobona Braddock Heights

New Construction Record Reported for May by BLS

Washington reports a May record surpassing the peaks of fall 1848 and 1949. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the milestone, noting construction activity reached new heights for the month.

Washington Bureau of Labor Statistics

Dean Gibson Named Head of Washington College

Dean Gibson named head of Washington College succeeding the late Dr Gilbert Mead. Gibson previously served as dean at Franklin and Marshall College. He is a 42 year old Middlesboro Kentucky native with A B from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1929 and master’s and doctorate from the University of Cincinnati.

Chestertown Dune Daniel Zachary Gibson Frankland Marshall College Wis Washington College Gilbert Mead Gibson Franklin and Marshall Middlesboro Kentucky Wesleyan University of Cincinnati Ire

Sheriff Sells Walkathon Equipment At Frederick Sale

The walkathon west of Frederick ended with a sheriff sale to Leo H. Miller of Hagerstown for 2400 dollars, settling Milburn’s court action. Bidder Thomas Glass of Baltimore offered on bleachers for McCurdy Field. tents and fixtures itemized. The sale satisfied a claim of 2119863 against Milburn and others linked to the walkathon operation.

Frederick Leo H. Miller Hagerstown Miller Nathaniel D. Milburn Stagerstown Milburn Court House Thomas Glass McCurdy Field Commission McCurdy Field Frederick Storage Company West South Street Guy Anders Null Fie Metter Sherman P. Bowers Alton Y. Bennett Earl H. Cline

Hood College Class Day Program to Honor Gifts and Tradition

The Hood College Class of 1951 prepared for an outdoor Class Day in Hudson theater with senior and sophomore contingents, a dogwood tree planting, and checks totaling 2300 for the endowment and class treasury. Speakers include class president Miss Lucille Butler and contributor Miss Joy Ann Rollka, with other seniors presenting poems and history.

Hood College Hudson Hood Edna Bell Nemacolin Helen Walker Somerset Joy Ann Rollka Teaneck N. Gd Lucille Butler New York City Barbara Leon Cranford N. J Grace Underwood Hancock N. Y Andrew G. Truxal Jane Kellberg Plainfield Leon Shriner Hall Butler

Communist March Flops In Tokyo

Communist march in Tokyo failed to attract crowds as police blocked rallies at Imperial Plaza and Hibiya Park. Eight Japanese assailants of American soldiers were convicted, with sentences up to 10 years. A 3,000-person union meeting indoors echoed the Internationale, signaling limited protest amid heavy occupation policing.

Toyho Tokyo Japan Berlin Shigeri Yoshida Liberal Party Imperial Plaza Hibiya Park General MacArthur Mwbiva Counter Intelligence Corps Signal Corps

Old Familiar Weather Back

The weather remained in a wet pattern with showers and thunderstorms expected through Sunday. Rain covered areas from West to Kansas City with warm humid conditions this afternoon, cooler Sunday night, and a forecast of fewer warm showers tomorrow. June temperatures compare unfavorably to past highs, while strawberries show rot from the wet spell in the county.

Kansas City

Moral Issues Of Atom Bombing To Be Studied

The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America announced a 19 member commission to study the moral implications of wartime destruction weapons. Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of Washington DC, was named chairman. The group will examine moral issues in area bombing and the use of atomic bombs and other wholesale weapons.

New York Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America Today Angus Dun Washington, DC Protestant Episcopal Church

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lenora E. Staley Charles E. Staley Tuscarora Frances M. ‘Schwartz Lenora I. Hartmen Sherman Avenue Walter B. Gentry William Co. Hough Mountaindale Pish Manuel M. Weinberg Peoples Court Julian A. Nichols Route 2 Clarkshoro Victor R. Crutchfield Tulsa Ola William T. Stahover Kensington Jack H. Roane Maugansville Richard E. Piper Harper W. Froman Irvin C. Alexander Harald L. Basore Maynard J. Whitney Detrick Hood Grads Dean Gibson Walkathon
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