City Plans Surveys On Watkins Acres Ingress Routes
The Board of Aldermen authorized surveys and cost estimates for two possible ingress routes into the Watkins Acres development in western Fredericksburg. City Engineer W Raymond Walter will study a Grove Boulevard bridge over Carroll creek with a street extension, and an extension of Carroll Parkway through Fredericks High School grounds. If the latter is approved the ground would be condemned as the Board of Education rejected building through the high school property. Surveys should take at least a month amid earlier talks of a bridge at Fairview avenue extension near the Albert Mercer farm. Construction of the 52 apartment Watkins Acres project was delayed by rain.
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Watkins Acres
Fredericr
Board of Aldermen
W. Raymond Walter
Grove Boulevard
Carroll Creek
Carroll Parkway
Caroll Creek
Fredericks High School
Board of Education
Norern
Faiview Avenue
Albert Mercer
Richard F. Kline
Assault Bond Set At Five Thousand Dollars
Carl Castle of West Patrick Street was held on a five thousand dollar bond for assault and battery against his wife who feared for her life if he was released. He also faced a twenty five dollar collateral on a disturbing the peace charge after an arrest by Swam-Jey and Officer Rentwell. A hearing was scheduled for Friday night.
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Carl Castle
West Patrick Street
Castle
Set
Swam- Jey
Rentwell
Polka Cox H
Casile
Manuel AM. Weinberg
Samuel Thompson
Frederick
Simmonson
Tunnel Linking State House and Court of Appeals in Annapolis
State Engineer John B. Funk announced a $50 000 tunnel project connecting the State House and the Court of Appeals in Annapolis as part of a $525 000 renovation funded by a bond issue approved by the last month’s special session. The tunnel aims to speed weatherproof access for the 29 senators between offices and the Senate chamber, with ventilation upgrades planned. work starts around July 15 and completion target is the next legislative session in January.
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Baltimore
John B. Funk
State House
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
General Assembly
Funk
Court ,of Appeals
Vander State Circle
Senate
Fiven Ace
Januar
Bay Crossing Bill Signed By Truman
President Truman approved a Maryland bay crossing bill that authorizes a bridge tunnel or both to span Chesapeake Bay. The measure, led by Senators Pydings and O Connor and passed by Congress, was signed as he returned to Independence Missouri, with state and federal officials offering financing ideas relative to existing Potomac and Susquehanna bridges.
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Ranses City
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Piydings and
O'Conor
House
Senate
Independence
State of Maryland
Staite
Federal Works Agency
Dense fog chills June night with 44 degree low
Dense fog covered the area as temperatures fell to 44 degrees, marking a notably cool night for mid June. The report notes past lows including 38 and 42 on prior June dates and mentions scattered rain and lingering cool, damp conditions into the weekend.
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Mercury
W. O
Speeding Auto Kills Three Pedestrians Near Lancaster
A speeding car plowed into a church walk share crowd returning from service near Lancaster killing Anna Mae Johnson Billie Peters and Jean Bowen and injuring six. The driver G G Dean 20 of Pennington Gap Va was held on a charge of involuntary manslaughter after saying bright lights blinded him and he failed to see pedestrians.
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Lancaster
Here
Anna Mae Johnson
Billie Peters
Gate Citr
Iissma
Jean Bowen
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
Tenn
Virginia
C. G. Cunningham
G. G. Dean
Pennington Gap
Cunningham
Dean
Sgt Long's Captors Punished for War Crimes
In a June 10 letter, Master Sergeant Elmer E. Long Jr. reports from Guam that seven Japanese war criminals tied to Corregidor and a Japanese camp were found guilty and sentenced to three to fifteen years hard labor. He helped gather evidence against civilian guards who mistreated POWs.
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Elmer E. Long
Guam
U. S. Marine Corps
North Market Street
M Set Long
Marine Corps
Pacific
Corregidor
Japan
Sgt. Long
Emmitsburg Vacation Bible School Opens With 170 Enrollees
A Vacation Bible School at Elias Evangelical Lutheran church in Emmitsburg opened with 170 students under Rev. Philip Bower. The two week program runs daily from 9 am to 12 pm with 18 teachers and assistants and music, chorus and group activities. Attendance on day two reached 15, with a certificate to be awarded for memorized passages. The event is a joint effort of four Protestant churches in Emmitsburg.
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Aiunday
Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Philip Bower
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Clerk’s office records show sales of several Urbana and Emmitsburg properties along Route 240 and East Main street. Mir. and Mrs. Merrill E. Gi acquire Rosens property of 5 acres with improvements for about 25900 dollars. Mr. and Mrs. D Frank Kelly sell to Mary E Motter, Mary V Bowman, and Joseph E Motter their north side property on East Main Street, Emmitsburg, for about 4000 dollars.
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Rosens
Urbana
Mir
Merril E. Gi
D. Frank Kelly
Mary E. Motter
Mary V Bowman
Joseph E. Motter
East Main Street
Emmitsburg
House Overrides Threes Vetoes In Historic Week
Washington reports Congress overrode President Truman’s vetoes for a third time in two weeks. The rail rate bill passed the House 257 to 102 and 31 votes above two thirds, while the Senate earlier backed the measure 63 to 25.
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Washington
Congress
President Truman
House
Truman
Senate
Une
Mir
Ter
Interste Commerce Commission
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
White House
Rep
Bulwinkle
Rayburn
Texas
Umunan
Congresas
Ar. Truman
Lewis Renews Offer To Work In Coal Mines
Washington reports John L. Lewis renews an offer to coal mine operators for pension payments via the Federal Iron and Service. The United Mine Workers warn the Taft-Hartley Act could be violated by pensions for retirees, risking funds in the $26,660,009 pool. Authorities report an attempt to revive contract negotiations to avert a potential economy-sharing strike. Ken Stunkle, 20, of Adamstown, admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital after a domestic incident ended with a gunshot. He is held in jail for observation.
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Washington
John L
Iion
United Stine Workers
Fundoning
Lewis
Kenneth Stunkle
Adamstown
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Stunkle
Jjan
Court orders new hearing in farm auction case
The Court of Appeals ordered a further hearing on the sale of an Anne Arundel county tobacco farm known as Lebanon. Denton Ray Zepp bought Lit acres between Lothian and Owensville after the mortgage by Mr and Mrs George W Forrester. Attorney R Bennett Darnall arranged the sale in July and the court urged Zepp be compelled to buy a law suit.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Anne Arundel County
Denton Ray Zepp
Lebanon
Lothian
Owensville
George W. Forrester
R. Bennett Darnall
Darnall
Greenock
State Roads
Edward S. Delaplaine
Zepp
West German Pact Approved by French Assembly
Paris reports the National Assembly narrowly approved a power agreement to set dependent government in Western Germany with security guarantees for France. Final vote 300 to 286 after last minute defections. earlier tally 297 to 289 with 26 abstentions. Debates accused by Communists and far right of neglecting French interests. Britain, the United States, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands had already approved.
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Paris
National Assembly
Germany
Robert Schuman
Schuman
France
Britain
United States
Luxembourg
Belgium
Netherlands
Arguments Heard On Demurrers In Equity Court
Associate Judge Stedman presided as arguments on demurrers filed in Equity Court to a petition by Boyer Transportation Company of Knoxville seeking to set aside Public Service Commission orders. The case involves denied and granted freight route permits and challenges jurisdiction and sufficiency of the bill. Attorneys from Baltimore and Knoxville represented the PSC Remsburg Brothers Transport and Boyer Transportation.
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Stedman Prescott
Equity
Public Service Commission
Commission
Remsburg Brothers Transportation Company
Boyer Transportation Company
Knoxville
PSC
Boyer
Remsburg Company
Dispute over Maryland delegation seats sent to state action
The Republican National Committee held no authority to settle the Maryland seating dispute. Maryland must resolve the issue by reducing at large delegates from eight to four at a delegated meeting. Also noted are a condemned land action by Potomac Edison, a custody decree, and a Rome gas cylinder explosion causing ammonia exposure to about 100 people.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Maryland
Marriand
Jacob France
Rome
Strikes Rock Clermont Ferrand Across France
More than 50 000 workers joined protests in France as clashes erupted at the Michelin factory in Clermont Ferrand where police used force including gas and batons. Widespread walkouts hit metal trades printing tobacco rubber and mines as troops and trains moved to contain the unrest.
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Clermont-Ferrand
Adid
Oranes Federation of Labor
Humanite
Franc-Tireur
Bercougnan
Michelin Tire
Paris
Villeneuve-Triage
Montgomery County budget slashes school funds by $67,000
Montgomery County commissioners adopted a 1.86 budget totaling 6,07,000 to fund schools at 2,818,468 a reduction of 607,000 from supervisor McNair's proposal. The plan keeps the 1.88 tax rate and includes no police department provisions. The school increase over present funding amounts to about 400,000 despite the cut.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
I. G. McNair
Montgomery
Story
AeNa
Gepari
Ten Miners Hurt in West Virginia Mine Collision
Ten miners were injured and one killed in an underground collision at the Qiga Coal Company mine in Caretta West Virginia. Superintendent G R Tennig s said a motor loosened and ran into a man trip causing a tram of ten cars to crash into a three car miner transport.
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W. Va
G. R. Tennings
Qiga Coal Company
Caretta
Here
Jtrain
Stassen Third on First Ballot in GOP Convention Talk
Philadelphia reports Stassen states he is a candidate for the presidential nomination and will be on the first ballot. He predicts victory on the initial vote and says delegates will not be swayed by backroom deals. Vandenberg’s status remains unsettled as delegates discuss a possible dark horse threat.
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Philadelphia
Harold EL Staussen
Tata
GOP
Neroin Geverter
Republican Party
Stassen
Orst
Stass
Robert WH
Sen Thur Vandenberg
Sider Sen. Vandenberg
Maine
New York
Taft
Delgates
Tassen
Chicago Tribune
Col
Robert FR. McCormick
New Housing Bill Moves Through House Vote
Washington report notes the housing bill advancing with a 215 to 1 vote in the House. The measure faces no committee delay and reflects bipartisan pushes amid ongoing reform efforts.
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Washington
Publican
House
Wisc
Party Platforms and Promises Across Four Elections
In a retrospective by James Marlow, the piece compares Democratic and Republican platforms from 1944, noting both parties made promises on world peace, tax cuts, and civil rights. It cites actual outcomes like the United Nations, tax reductions, and Truman recognizing Israel while condemning unfulfilled vows on civil rights, social security expansion, and statehood for Hawaii and Alaska.
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Odie
Roosevelt
Congress
World Organization
United Nations
Truman
Palestine
Hawaii
Alaska
Starlings Named No 1 Summer Pests by Police
PoliceChief Fred Straley warns starlings are emerging as major summer pests. He plans measures and candy baits to curb the bird nuisance, noting residents see some birds but not yet large numbers.
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Fred Straley
Five Yugoslav Prisoners Reported by US Army Off Istria
Five Yugoslavs were reported captured by US Army authorities after being taken prisoner Tuesday aboard a motor boat off Punta Grossa in Istria. Details from Trieste indicate the incident occurred during operations near the Yugoslav border.
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America
Trieste
Punta i Grossa
Istria
GOP Rift Over Civil Rights Emerges At Platform Hearing
At Crossroads Philadelphia on June 17 the Republican platform committee weighed civil rights including FEPC and anti lynching laws. Bullington urged unity and argued both sides should be heard. A separate group backed a foreign policy plank toward UN cooperation and Western European unity amid debates among Dewey Stassen Warren and Vandenberg with Taft’s stance less clear.
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Stee
Rville Bui
Tex
Wil Cabot Lodge, Jr
Authern
Lodge
Massachusetts
Agnes Jones Gifford
South Grange
Bullington
Gifford
Jie
FEPC
Fair Employment Practice Committee
United Nations
U. S
Philadelphia
Republican Platform Committee
World Cooperation
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold Stassen
Warren
California
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Fritz Kuhn Recaptured In Munich
German American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn was recaptured in Munich as authorities reveal he escaped from a Dachau internment camp under unclear circumstances. Camp director Anton Zirngibl was dismissed. Kuhn awaited a German denazification court trial and had been convicted in April 20 of major Nazi offense with hard labor terms.
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Munich
Germany
Frits Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
Dachau
Anton Zirngibl
Abfa
Fined And Jailed On Watch Larceny Charge
Wesley Pearcer of Thurmont was fined 25 dollars and jailed on a watch larceny charge after a Thurmont hearing. He had been returned to Frederick to serve a sentence for a separate automobile charge and a detainer was placed by authorities. Ernest H. Carbaugh of Thurmont Route 2 was found guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct and sentenced to 15 days.
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Teniver
Burr
Frederick
House of Correction
Mentier
Baltimore
Wesley Pearcer
Hammerfam J. Lion
Thurmont
Pearcey
Blue Ridge Summit
Bond
Ernest H. Carbaugh
Route 2
Yark
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Emmitsburg Vacation Bible School
French Assembly
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown
William Frederick
W. Ci McShe H. Kiefer DeLaunter
Sts
Sarah
East South Street
Russell L. Runkles
Water Street
Edwin FN
Hammond
E—J Edgar Harvey
Salsbury
Hall Hammond
Marlow
G.O.P. Rift
Fritz Kuhn
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