Contract For Rt. 40 Work Is Awarded
The State Roads Commission awarded the old Route 40 improvement project from near Catoctin Country Club to Braddock Mountain. Thomas, Bennett and Hunter of Westminster will construct the project with work to start within days. Bid estimates ranged around 260,000 to 570,354 after wage scale changes. Modifications around Old Braddock may lower final costs. major work focuses on easing curves near Braddock Mountain. Bids for another section of West Friendship to Sykesville are to be opened June 26.
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Catoctin Country Club
Braddock Mountain
State Roads Commission
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Westminster
Thomas, Bennett
Hunter
Old Braddock
The
Roads Commission
West Friendship-Sykesville
Howard County
West Friendship
Sykesville
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph’s College
Mt. St Marys College
Commission
Lewistown
Worman’s Mill
Petersville
Knoxville
Myersville
Near Death After Knockout Stuns District Title Fight
Washington reports a near fatal outcome after a District title boxing bout. Gene Smith defeated Dynamite by knockout in the 10th round before 7,000 fans at Griffith Stadium, extending his 22nd straight win while Elijah Williams suffered a skull fracture and brain bleeding. Doctor William Spence gave Williams a slim prognosis.
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Washington
Wiliam Spence
Gene Smith
Elijah Williams
Dynamite
Griffith Stadium
Smith
New Anti-Tank Gun Used By Chinese Reds
Western Front reports the Chinese Reds unveiled a 57 mm anti-tank gun with a nine foot barrel and high muzzle velocity capable of piercing five inches of steel. allied forces captured several guns equipped with new Russian made fires.
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Western Front
Korea
Two From Here Injured In Va Auto Accident
A local parent Mrs. Charles C. Stull Mountaindale and her daughter Ruth Stull were hospitalized after their 1936 Chevrolet coupe skidded on a wet highway ten miles north of Harrisonburg Virginia. Mrs Stull suffered a broken arm lacerations bruises and a back injury while Ruth Stull was treated for lacerations and released. The father Charles C T Stull director of music for county schools attended graduation and was notified while returning home for an all Frederick County band concert. Mrs Stull was expected to be discharged in about ten days.
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Virginia
Harrisonburg
Charles C. T
Mountaindale
Rockingham County Hospital
Ruth Stull
Bridgewater College
Charles C. T. Stull
Stull
Frederick County Homemakers to Attend Maryland Short Course
Seventy four members from Frederick County will attend the Rural Women’s Short Course at the University of Maryland June 18 to 23. It marks the 25th anniversary of the college week for women with 16 regular classes on home economics, nutrition, public speaking and more led by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
University of Maryland
Beatrice Fehr
H. L. Davis
Libertytown
Fehr
College Park
Herbert R. O Conor
T. B. Symons
University
Wilton S. Heaps
Maryland Farm Bureau
Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Maryland State Grange
James M. Gwin
University of Maryland Extension Service
Governor McKeldin
P. D. Sanders
The
Southern Planter
Earl Godwin
Washington
Olga Moore
Helen Gibb
Venia M. Kellar
Hood College to graduate eighty nine in commencement ceremony
Graduates from twelve states the District of Columbia and Canada will hear Theodore August Distler deliver the address at Hood College commencement Sunday at 9 30 a m in Hudson Outdoor Theater. Eighty nine young women will receive bachelor degrees and honorary degrees will be conferred on Mrs Virginia Carty deLillo and Dr Helen Dalton Bragdon.
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District of Columbia
Canada
Theodore August Distler
Franklin and Marshall College
Fifty Eighth Hood College
Hudson
Virginia Carty deLillo
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Helen Dalton Bragdon
American Association of University Women
Hood
Alumnae Association
Gambrill Gymnasium
Coblentz Hall
Hudson Theater
Thheir
Little Sisters
Dolores Holland
Worfolk
Andrew G. Truxal
Aluronae
Serfior
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Distier
East
New York University
Munienberg, Dickinson
Ursinus
Lafayette College
Temple University
Truxal
Muccio Charge Raised At Senate MacArthur Inquiry
Washington June 8 A charge against former U S ambassador Muccio arose during Senate hearings on Gen MacArthur dismissal Secretary of State Acheson testified Muccio had said the United Nations were not fighting Communism in Korea He called the charge entirely incorrect and defended Muccio as one of the department s finest men in the line of questioning by Senator Bridges and Representative Scott who urged action if Muccio s remarks were disloyal or contrary to policy
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Washington
U. S
John Muccio
United Nations
Korea
Senate
MacArthur
Acheson
Muccio
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Muccie
Scott
Street Work Meet To Be Held By Cuy
A public meeting will be held by the Mayor and Aldermen to discuss grading and paving streets in the 1951 budget. An ordinance for street, curb, and gutter work was approved. Abutting property owners will face assessments around 30 percent of per-property costs. 10 percent for side footage. half the curb and gutter. and full sidewalk costs. FCC survey in town notes terrace radio interference from leaky transformers. Mayor Rice announced appointed officials and two representatives will attend a water and sewage plant operators course at the University of Delaware June 2-15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Austin James
Dorsey F. Shipley
Federal Communications Commission
Shipley
FCC
Donald 5
Rice
W. Raymond Walter
E. Austin James
Harry C. Castle
William T. Davis
Roger A. Cook
Robert H. Hartman
C. Cyril Klein
Marty M. Whisner
Max S. Kehne
Fred M. Straley
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Forbes Burgess
Theron D. Green
Eisenhauer
University of Delaware
Hartman
Greyhound Bus Wreck in Virginia Kills One, Injures Dozen
A Greyhound bus wreck east of Clifton Forge Virginia on Route 60 killed one person and injured 12 others. The dead man was identified as P L Franz. The bus collided with a Clifton Forge Bottling Works truck driven by Andrew William Peters as both traveled toward Richmond from Charleston West Virginia. The wreck occurred as Peters turned left into a sideroad. Rescue squads transported injured to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Hospital.
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Clifton Forge
Greyhound
Here
W. E. Lambert
P. L. Franz
Danville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Clifton Forge Bottling Works
Andrew William
Peters
Bingo permits confusion fuels strict anti gambling enforcement
Frederick County officials say no change in bingo law though confusion persists among organizations applying for permits. State authorities note permits are required from the sheriff with a 25 cent daily fee and prize limits of 1 dollar, with over 100 permits issued yearly. The phrase the game you love to play remains legally acceptable under the current statute.
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Frederick County
Charles A. Price
Shen Guy Anders
Patrick MM. Schnauffer
Anders
County Soldier Missing Since Last Nov 26
Cpl. Norman Lawrence Reid 20, son of Paul P. Reid of Braddock Heights, is missing in action in Korea since November 26. A brother said a Defense Department message indicated Reid had been wounded prior to being reported missing and suggested delays in delivery. Reid served with the 24th Infantry Regiment’s Sith Regiment and entered service in 1948 after graduating from Lingoin High School.
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Cpl
Norman Lawrence Reid
Paul P. Reid
Braddock Heights
Korea
Defense Department
Cpl. Reid
Pfe. Williams. Reid
Cp. Reid
Sith
24Th Infantry
Fort Meade
Fort Dix
Lingoin High School
Reid
Armed Services
Italy
OPS Force To Aid Here In Frederick Consultation Days Noted
Maryland OPS director Hugo Hoffman announced staff will visit Frederick next Wednesday for personal consultations with businessmen at Hotel Frederick from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. They will answer questions on regulations assist with reports and provide copies of rules. The same procedure will be used at other area sites including Westminster where OPS personnel will be at the National Guard Armory on June 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Westminster
The
National Guard Armory
Meeting Called Off In Maryland Senate Campaign Probe
Washington June 8 A Senate subcommittee investigating the 1940 Maryland senatorial campaign called off a session today when its counsel's report failed to arrive by mail.
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Washington
Senate
Maryland
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Five day outlook for Maryland and Delaware shows warm humid conditions with showers and scattered thunderstorms Saturday and Saturday night. Sunday brings considerable cloudiness with wild temperatures. Showers return Monday or Tuesday with little temperature change through Wednesday. Period temps stay above normal with highs around the 70s to 80s and lows mainly in the 50s to 60s across the region.
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Maryland
Delaware
Proberly
Delmai Be Pasul
River Basin Group to End Meeting Today
A two day session of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin was to conclude that afternoon with reports from six committees. The main item was a voluminous Maryland State Planning Commission report on a Monogaey watershed program presented by Chairman John B Funk. Nearly 200 persons from our states and the District of Columbia attended Thursday's session.
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Potomac River
Land Committee
Wildlife and Recreation Committee
Gomminesion Wold
Maryland
John B. Funk
Planing Commission
Frederick County
Commission
Harald A. Fein
Frederic
Edwin Ro Cotton
Eighteen House Members Travel to Europe for Aid Review
A delegation of 18 members from the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Appropriations committees sails for a one day European study trip. Led by Chairman Richards of the Foreign Affairs committee, the group plans stops in England France Norway the Netherlands Belgium Italy and Western Germany aboard a military air transport plane. In Paris they will meet with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other U.S. officials to assess aid progress and needs for continuation.
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Washington
Europe
Foreign Affairs, Armed Services Appropriations
England
France
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Richards
Foreign Affairs Committee
Tomor
Richards Told Newsmeny
Paris
Ger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
United States
Plane Lands 57 Safely After Engine Failure
Pan American Airways flight 101 carrying 57 aboard landed safely at Shannon airport after a 2 mile erroneous leg over the North Atlantic. The aircraft suffered engine trouble 3,000 miles at sea and returned on three engines. The pilot reported loss of one port engine and no fire apparatus was deployed on landing. The flight departed Shannon for New York at 11 p.m. local, touching down around 6:50 a.m. local.
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Shanon
Ireland
Aster Pan America
Airways Stratocruiser
Shannon
North Atlantic
Bra
Twe
Flight 101
New York City
Watt
Amerieass
London
Two Missing British Diplomats Sought in Europe
British secret agents and police hunted two Husgiane speaking British diplomats who vanished two weeks ago. MacLennan and De Money Birreess, both tied to Communist theory, were traced from France toward the iron curtain as officials feared damage to Anglo American ties.
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London
Wri
Europe
Doetense Seyrats
Tave Repuliahens
Solung Aline
Ffrom
Dongle Dart MacLennan
Rof
America
Foreign Alties
Maclean
Melinda Maring
Chicago
New York
Childret
Guy Frangis de Money Birreess
Iron Curtain
Cam
Machen
Durgeys
Lord Beaversbrook
Daily Express
Muscaw
Russa
Bruno Pentecorsa
Tagary
Paris
Reunion At Convent Highlights Seventy Members
Seventy members of the Alamane Asemalion of the Frederick Convent of the Visitahon held their annual reunion at the Convent on Sunday. Mass was celebrated, business notes were reviewed, and officers elected. Luncheon followed with flowers and dessert, and solemn benediction capped the graduation exercises of the 1950 class. New officers include Mrs. Mary Snyder Beasly as president and Miss Patricia McHale as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamane Asemalion
Frederick
M. J. Croghan
Peace Move Demands From Reds: Marshall In Korea
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall visited the Korean front and pressed that peace moves must come from Red China. He praised U.S. and UN leaders, noted no imminent peace deal, and spoke of broader troop support while highlighting cooperation among ground, air, and naval forces.
Confession rubbish Vogeler tells newsmen
Robert A. Vogeler, freed after Hungary demanded his release, repudiated as rubbish a confession of sabotage and spying he says he made during 17 months in a Communist prison. He described the ordeal at the National Press Club in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
State Department
Prasean
National Press Club
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Japan
Rt. 40
June & P
C. C. T. Stall
Harrisonburg Hospital
Theodore A. Distier
Cuy
O.K
OPS
Russia
Los Angeles
Buddy Clark
Babe
U.S
Red
China
Berlin
Leameo
Gnather
Sein
Matthew
Ridgeway
Cin
Jans A A. van Fleet
U. S. Baghit
Mao Tae Punis
Greece
van Fleet
U. N
Ite
U.N. Ring
Mareshall
U.N
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Iron Triangle
Vogeler
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