County Commish Seek Guidance on School Bond Plan
County Commissioners have not decided how much to borrow for a proposed public school expansion. They may seek state aid matching funds up to 570000, with a potential first bond issue around one million dollars. Local bond sales seem likely for Libertytown Middletown projects, while Thurmont aid is restricted.
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Board of Education
Libertytown
Middletown
Thurmont
Board of Public Works
Baltimore County
AMA Policy Not Softening AMA Policy Not Softening
Atlantic City June 8 two top AMA leaders said it would be absurd to view restrictions on Dr Morris Fishbein as a shift against compulsory health insurance Board action muzzling Fishbein was not a policy change The AMA denounces compulsory health insurance and clarifies stance through its leaders and the newly elected president. Grover C Stewart Brunswick qualified as Supervisors of Elections for a two year term by governor Lane. Calvin Lidie Frederick released on $1000 bond on grand larceny and receiving stolen goods charges in circuit court.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Morris Fishbein
R. L. Sensenich
South Bend Ind
AMA
Elmer Henderson
Louisville Ky
Fishbein
Truman
Sensenich
Ernest Irons
Chicago
Stewart
Grover C. Stewart
Brunswick
Circuit Court
Supervisors of Elections
Lane
Calvin Lidie
Frederick
Lidie
House of Correction
Seven Frederick graduates to receive diplomas Thursday
Gerald M. VanPool of Washington will deliver the address to the seven Frederick county graduates at eight o'clock Thursday evening in the city high school auditorium. The ceremony marks the last under the 11 year Maryland system, with one county graduate and six from the Frederick class earning diplomas after transferring from other localities. Music by the Frederick glee club and orchestra, and diplomas presented by Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt, follow an address on What Shall We Teach? by VanPool.
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Gerald M. VanPool
Washington
National Association of Students Councils
Frederick High School
National Association of Student Councils
Frederick County
One County
Paul Wilson Smith
Brunswick
Frederick
William David Wiles
DaEtta Mae Hawkins
Sabra Lee Chambers
Shirley Kathryn Taylor
George William Baker, Jr
Kenneth Lawrence
van Pool
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Vocational School
VanPool
Maryland
Radio War Costing Reds Time and Money
Washington reports Moscow has won the first major stage of the radio war by jamming American and British broadcasts. Russia tripled jamming stations to about 205, crippling Moscow domestic programs and reducing foreign propaganda. Western nations increased transmitters to 66 as both sides adapt, with officials seeing ongoing, long term strategic use of interference.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Britain
State Department
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corporation
Moscow
Voice
BBC Radio
BBC
Berlin
All Public Schools To Close Friday
Frederick county will end its 11 year system of instruction this year and move to 12 years for a high school diploma. The county expects 9,300 students this year with about 500 more in September 1949 and 310 teachers, with 20 more likely next term.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Brunswick
Walkersville
Lincoln
Eugene W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Returning Ambrose To Rosewood School
William Edward Ambrose, held on arson charges tied to the May 4 fire at the Dr Norvel Belt property near Dickerson, is being returned to Rosewood Training School in Owens Mills after a Tennessee apprehension and transfer by state police. Ambrose, a 24 year old psychiatric patient and Rosewood escapee, was in jail awaiting the September grand jury.
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William Edward Ambrose
Dickerson
Owens Mills
Nashville
Rosewood
Tennessee
Ambrose
Belt
Rosewood Institution
Quiet Stock Advances Narrow Rally At Moderate Pace
New York June 8 A tepid stock market move extended for a second day with light activity and a rising price curve that disappointed brokers. Gains concentrated in large names such as U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodrich Sears Roebuck Woolworth IHC Glenn Martin Anaconda Cooper Dow Chemical GE DuPont Johns Manville Radio Corp Philip Morris Santa Fe PA R A Chesapeake & Ohio Standard Oil NJ United Air Lines while a group including U S Rubber Montgomery Ward National Distillers American Smelting American Can U 38 Gypsum Union Pacific Seaboard Air Line and Eastern Air Lines lagged.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
International Harvester
Glenn Martin
Anaconda Cooper
Dow Chemical
General Electric
DuPont
Johns Manville
Radio Corp
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania R. A
Chesapeake & Ohio
Standard Oil
United Air Lines
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
National Distillers
American Smelt
Top Educators Say Communists Should Be Barred As Teachers
Washington June 8 twenty top educators led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harvard President James B. Conant call for Communist exclusion from teaching while affirming that studying Communist principles in schools is proper without advocacy. The 54 page report from a commission appointed by the NEA and the American Association of School Administrators urges teaching about totalitarianism with accuracy and cautions against branding teachers with anti Communist terms. The panel advocates that Communist party members in the United States should not be hired as teachers and emphasizes defending American educational freedom amid Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harvard
James B. Conant
National Education Association
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Conant
American Association of School Administrators
Soviet Union
Communist Party
United States
Communist Party of the
Dry Spell Deepens Across County as Drought Persists
A late spring dry spell enters its twelfth day with no rain forecast until Friday when scattered showers may dampen the drouth. Temperatures drop toward the frost zone after a cool mass moves in, lows near 49. Fire danger rises as county woods dry, crops suffer, and streams like Fishing Creek run low. Caretaker Frank Weddle notes the reservoir remains full but creek flow dwindles with the rain shortage. Gardens stagnate, strawberries threaten to end, corn makes little progress, and tomatoes look withered.
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Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Hagerstown Gas says equipment overworked in meeting demand
A Hagerstown Gas Co official told a Power Commission hearing that peak loads are being met by long runs of gas manufacturing equipment, risking breakdowns and forcing excessive distribution pressure. The company seeks a 6.5 mile pipeline link to Manufacturers Light and Heat Co. to obtain natural gas deliveries. It distributes gas in Hagerstown Funkstown and Halfway Maryland.
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Washington
Hagerstown Gas Co
Hagerstown
Washington County
The
Power Commission
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Edward C. Burton
Burton
Manufacturers
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown Company
Funkstown
Halfway
Veterans of Foreign Wars to co sponsor Armistice Day parade
The VFW Post in Frederick voted to co sponsor the November 1 Armistice Day parade and contribute up to 500 to aid planning. A three member VFW committee will meet three members from each local veterans group. Parade planning committee names: James Cronenburg, Earl Oden, Irving James. Next meeting July 5. Also, the D A V may meet monthly at the VFW post. Commander James McLaren presided. about seventy five members attended. REACH AGREEMENT Berlin June 8 Russia and western powers near German trade accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Frederick
Post
West Patrick Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Post
V. F. W. Post
James Cronenburg
Earl Oden
Irving James
James McLaren
Mark Gollibart
Maurice Smith
Fred Kemp
Thomas Eicchelberger
Arms Funds To Wait On Treaty Vote
Washington June 8 Senator Connally said a breakdown in the Foreign Ministers conference at Paris could speed action on the arms for Europe program totaling 1.13 billion dollars. Democratic leaders paused rearmament until the North Atlantic treaty is ratified by the Senate. President Truman reportedly backs delaying the vote until treaty ratification and domestic legislation are settled. Taft supported ratification but opposed the arms plan. supporters may seek reservations rather than renegotiation of the pact.
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Washington
Connally
Dex
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Senate
Truman
Congress
Foreigh Relations Committee
Russa
Europe
Acheson
Taft
Ohio
Chioan
Washington Steel Workers May Strike Over Wage Demands
In June the capital’s construction sector faced multiple strikes with AFL crafts workers seeking higher wages. About 200 reinforced steel workers voted to ask AFL International for permission to strike for a 25 cent per hour raise, while around 5,000 carpenters and 2,400 building laborers pursued smaller gains and tentative settlements with builders.
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Washington
AFL
Reinforced Steel
International Headquarters
Surprise Waiting for Cugat on Return
Xavier Cugat faces a suit from his ex wife Carmen Castillo seeking 2400 in alimony and an accounting. She claims a 1946 divorce settlement required him to pay 1714 of net income and 400 weekly when abroad, and says he has fallen behind since leaving the country. She notes he is now married to Lorraine Allan. The item also reports Consol Gas Electric Power Co offering 219546 shares at 60 a share.
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Los Angeles
Xavier Cugat
Cugat
Lorraine Allan
Congress Talks Economy Yet Expends More in Spending Bills
Washington observers note a widening gap between rhetoric and action as Senate and House budgets diverge on agency funding. The Treasury, Labor, Agriculture, and river development requests show Senate increases over House totals, except for river and harbors where the Senate trims. A pension bill for veterans advances, potentially costing $65 billion over 50 years, while House rules panel delays housing measures amid big-dollar stakes. Lawmakers discuss cuts, including a proposed 5 percent pay cut for Congress, yet few concrete reductions emerge.</S:>
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
House
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Senate
Labor Department and
Federal Security Agency
Agriculture Department
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Sénate
Douglas
Ilinois
Tydings
Maryland
Bridges
New Hampshire
Plane crash near San Juan claims many Puerto Rican lives
Search divers and Coast Guard units scoured murky shark ridden waters after a chartered transport plane crashed off San Juan. Of 81 aboard, at least 54 believed dead with 20 still missing, including 19 children and six crew. 27 survived by swimming ashore. Investigations launched as flares aided predawn search by U S Coast Guard and Navy.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Bri
Coast Guard
Navy
D. H. Dexter
U.S. Coast Guard
United States
Jerry Andrews
Civil Aeronautics Board
Stratofreight Inc
Miami
Fla
Newark
N. J
Relief A Problem Columbus June Emergency Legislation
Emergency legislation drafted to help Ohio counties meet rising poor relief costs, called the state’s No. 1 crisis by Gov. Frank Lausche. The measure echoes depression era policies as counties struggle with mounting relief expenses and seek state assistance. The report notes the seriousness of the issue and the governor’s focus on counties.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
U S Steel And Lewis To Begin Talks
Washington June 8 John L Lewis announced U S Steel Corp has agreed to new contract talks for its coal mines beginning June 13 at Philadelphia He released a letter to Harry Moses president of H C Frick Coke confirming arrangements for the conference Talks with southern coal producers have been limited progress and the present contract expires June 30 The talks are seen as setting patterns for the soft coal industry and cover captive mines supplying steel production
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Lewis
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
United Mine Workers
Steel Corporation
Bluefietld
W. Va
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern
UMW
John Owens
No New Senate Offices Yet Debate Over Budget
Washington June 8 The House Appropriations committee refused to approve 10 million for a new Senate office building and cut 1.5 million for piped in music at the Library of Congress. The panel allowed small items like swivel chairs and refrigerators and urged carpeting for offices. The 62,200,705 funding bill covers Senate House Architect of the Capitol Library of Congress GPO and Botanic Garden. The total exceeds the current year's by 686,114 despite the cut.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Library of Congress
Luther Evans
Government Printing Office
Botanic Garden
Congress
F.A.V. Alumnae Elects Officers at Frederick Academy Meeting
Mrs. Anne Monmonier of Baltimore was re elected president of the Frederick Academy of the Visitation Alumnae Association at the annual meeting. Miss Sallie Kate Landauer Frederick chosen secretary and Mrs. Milton Frank Jr near Frederick re elected treasurer with Mrs. Pearl Wall Field Washington elected vice president. 1949 graduates inducted. buffet luncheon at 1 pm. 75 alumnae toured campus before supper of convent hash. Deeds recorded for multiple property sales in Thurmont and Frederick with prices around 6500 and 6000.
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Anne Monmonier
Baltimore
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Sallie Kate Landauer
Frederick
Milton Frank, Jr
Pearl Wall Field
Washington
Richard Baumgardner
Academy
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Frederick High
Rosewood School
Eisenhower and Conant
National Education Assn
VFW Post
Washington Steel Workers
Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Co
Ed Chastain
Walnut Ridge
Ark
U.S. Steel and
F.A.V. Alumnae
Grayson R. Shaffer
Margaret B. Waesche
James C. Reeves
Church Street
Albert F. Baker
Charles C. Gordon
East Patrick Street
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