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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
2
Chief Kenneth Howes of Damascus serves as general chairman for the carnival while Assistant Chief Joseph C Hawkins chairs the parade committee. Music for the parade was provided by the Btowningsville Band.
The annual Damascus Volunteer Fire Carnival parade drew an estimated 3,090 spectators and took 45 minutes to pass the reviewing stand. Prizes went to multiple units: Airy’s apparatus won $50 for best appearing unit, Hampstead Ladies Auxiliary received $25, Gaithersburg-Washington Grove rescue squad earned $15, Pikesville equipment and firemen got $10, Damascus Daughters of America won $10, Damascus Food Store captured $5, and five Damascus lassies shared a $5 prize for attractiveness.
Judge Markell files a dissent in a Montgomery County case, noting no warrant is required for incidental searches during lawful arrest. Lillian C. Johnson, convicted of disorderly house and liquor violations, had evidence from a September search challenged as outside warrant scope. Majority labeled the search a flagrant Maryland law violation, urging a new trial.
Know America Today's anniversaries list key figures born across decades including Sylvanus Thayer, John Howard Payne, Francis Miles Finch, Eugene Hale, and Charles J. Bonaparte with death dates. It also notes historical events from 1851 to 1948, birthdays of Cole Porter and others, a feminine horoscope, and a CHAMBERS testimony about spies. The item ends with a sports score and local turnout at McCurdy Field.
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