Heavy Rains Sent County Streams Up
Heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday raised the Monocacy and tributaries with 2.68 inches in 24 hours at the State Police Barracks. Israel Creek briefly overflowed Route 26 east of Ceresville around 2:40 pm Sunday. Officials noted no serious flood danger and the rain benefited crops while bass season neared. The Potomac rose about a foot at Brunswick and stays cloudy with sun peeking in later.
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State’ Police
Jug
Israel
Ceresville
Leo Michael
Buckeystown
Carroll Creek
Gas House
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Potomac River
Brunswick
Shenandosh River
Earthquake Shakes Rhode Island and Connecticut
An earthquake rattled sections of southern Rhode Island and Connecticut with a strong shock reported near Westerly. Harvard seismograph stations logged the quake at 1 20 38 p m EDT and noted a deep rumble. residents feared an explosion and many phones rang with inquiries.
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Westerly
R. I
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Rhode Island
Connecticut
Harvard Seismograph
Harvard
Mass
New England
Naval
Maryland graduate lands first honors in mechanical engineering
Basil C. Lewis Jr., son of Basil C. and Mrs. Lewis of near Frederick, earned first honors with a B S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He joined Phi Kappa Phi and held leadership roles in Phi Eta Sigma and Pi Beta Phi, and will join Atlantic Refining near Philadelphia.
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Basil C. Lewis, Jr
Basil C. Lewis
Frederick
University of Maryland
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Eta Sigma
Lan Beta Pi
Lewis
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Last Birthday For Ruth Ann Suffering From Cancer
In Cumberland on June 10, six year old Ruth Ann, with a grim prognosis, celebrated a birthday surrounded by gifts from city departments, stores, unions, and locals. Her father Raymond Valentine, a chauffeur, watched tearfully as friends and community members sent toys, clothes, flowers, and ice cream, while Ruth Ann fights brain cancer and her mother had died a year earlier.
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Cumberland
Pim-Ib
Ruth Ann
Raymond Robert Valentine
Hardy
Newly Named Officers Installed By Eagles
The Maryland Acric of the Fraternal Order of Eagles installed its newly elected officers at the close of its sixth annual convention. Named officials include Benjamin F. Mattingly as president and Francis Trigg as vice president, with members from Baltimore Cumberland Hagerstown Frederick Brunswick Frostburg Cresaptown and Cumberland.
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Baltimore
Maryland Acric
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Benjamin F. Mattingly
Francis Trigg
Cumberland
Robert W. Cleland
Hagerstown
Wright
Sadler
C. Bernard Smith
Frederick
Raymond C. Funk
Brunswick
George Wright
Frostburg
John Harbaugh
New State
Andrew Dunn
Waverly Rice
Cresaptown
Verne G. Urquhart
Senate subcommittee flags wartime waste in chair corps
The Preparedness Subcommittee led by Senator Lyndon Johnson reports 95 784 officers and enlisted men in non combat or chair corps roles at 16 training camps. It urges policy revisions to use limited service men women and civilians in training, administration and support jobs, noting 40 000 could be filled by noncombat personnel.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Johnson
Air Corps
Marines
Caster AI Uses Ranges From Nylon To Hair Dressing
A historical note lists products such as nylon leather paint lipstick typaper and typewriter ribbons among items where caster AI is used. The line hints at a broad application of the material in varied consumer goods.
Patient Expected to be Discharged Soon
The article notes a patient who expects discharge from the hospital soon and mentions his mother Mrs. Mary Carter Ogis living in New York City.
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Mary Carter Ogis
New York City
Eight Faced With Dice Gaming Charge
Light men were arrested late Saturday night by police for gaming with dice on 542 street. Lieut Frank K. Dorsey said traffic was blocked by the men kneeling in the center of the street. Ralph D. Palmer of Myersville could not post $3 and was jailed. Collateral posted by Leroy Thompson, Augustus Palm, Charles Palm, Herbert Thompson, Henry F. Brown, all of Frederick, and others. On Saturday night at 8 p m a collision occurred on West Patrick street involving Lawrence E. Lee from Frederick and Charles Honeycutt of Chester Pennsylvania near Bentz and Patrick streets. Waller Hallman was found intoxicated Sunday and jailed.
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Frank. K. Dorsey
Ralph D. Palmer
Myersville
Leroy Thompson
Maxton Butler
Charles Palm
Augustus Palm
Herbert Thompson
Henry F. Brown
Frederick
Lawrence E. Lee
Patrick Street
Charles Honeycutt
Chester
Bentz and
Patrick Streets
Waller Hallman
Five American Soldiers Convicted in Korea Black Marketing Case
Five American soldiers and a Korean lieutenant face prison terms after a Korea black marketing scheme. Sentences range up to 30 years for Pvt Ernest S Eakin Pvt Ralph J Clark Pvt Ira F Bynaker Pvt Jose A Romo and Cpl Donald H Roberts with a Korean officer to stand trial. The group allegedly traded 72000 in Army property with 8000 recovered. The arrests followed mid April detentions and 30 civilians named.
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Tokyo
Korea
Eighth Army
Ernest S. Eakin
Ireland
Ralph J. Clark
Paris
Pvt
Ira F. Bynaker
Rockville
Pic
Jose A.romo
Detroit
Cpl
Donald H. Roberts
Quincy
Mass
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C. Howard Ambush
U. S. Army
Charles H. Ambush
The
Ordnance Automotive School
Atlanta General Depot
USA
Bradley J. Halley, JR
REO Power Mower
Whizzer Motor Bike
Foley
Petersville Road
Maryland
Maryland Chick Hatchery, Inc
Feene Prederick, MD
Phive
M. J. Grove Lime CO
Frederick Plant
E. South St
Ube
Lowin E. Stoffer
Stoffer Insurance Agency
Pythian Castle
State Road
Rocky Ridge
George M. Chapline
Chapline Ride
W. Patrick St
Coca-Cola Company
Carter Daniel G. Ogle
Joseph Ogle
Japan
Hamilton
Elgin
Gruen
Bulova
James E. Doll
South Market Street
Ritchie Associates Finance Corporation
Moccery Ave
Westminster Office
Carroll Theater
Gratdock Heights
Middletown Valley
Ned S. Zeiler
Reclfer
N. Court St
Frederick, Md
McCormick
McCormick Milkers
H. B. Duvall
H. C. Summers
Jefferson
Monrovia Supply CO
Monrovia, Md
Phone New Market
Farm Equipment Center
Thurmont, Md
Mercer Jones & Son
Dickerson, Md
Backeystown
Niece
Frice
Walkersville
Nea Estate
M. D. Harp Agengy
Insurance
C. Frank Badger
John Z. Rippeon
Harrisville
Mt. Airy
Rippeon
William C. McCracken
USN
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McCracken
Dam
J. Francis Reese
Howard F. Hood
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John Worgan
Hood
Courtney A. du
Duff
David Bradley
Sears
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