Hottest Day Seen As Maryland Heat Wave Extends
Maryland forecasts call for 95 in Baltimore as fifth straight 90 plus day nears. Low humidity and southerly breezes reduce discomfort though heat persists farm reports show need for moisture. Temperatures rose across the region with 87 by 10 30 a m at the airport and 91 yesterday amid a dry hot spell.
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Washington
Baltimore
New York
Harrisburg
Allentown
Mid-West
Chicago
Joliet
Maryland
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Canada
Chicago Group To Visit Civil War Sites In Maryland Area
Judge Edward S. Delaplaine will speak at a Friday dinner of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago in Frederick. About 75 members from Chicago and 12 to 15 from Richmond New York and Baltimore will tour Martinsburg Harpers Ferry Keedysville Antietam Gettysburg with hotel luncheon in Keedysville and a Friday night session in Frederick.
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Frederick
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Keedysville
Keedysville Park
Antietam
Francs Scott Ker
Gite Eisenschimt
Chicago
Gettysbure
Dodger Delaplaine
Osxmundum
Gettysburs Coltece
Masonic Services Planned at Grace Episcopal Church New Market
Done services for Masore will be held at Grace Episcopal church New Market Sunday evening at 7 30 oclock. Rev Leon P F Vauthier pastor of the New Market church will conduct the services. Philanthropic Lodge members assemble in the lodge room at 7 pm. Services open to Masons of all fedgeoa.
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Masore
Grace Episcopal
Truman urges tax increase over Republican plan
President Truman told reporters at a news conference that taxes should be raised rather than cut as suggested by top Republican presidential hopefuls. He predicted a Democratic president would not cut taxes and warned a Republican president could only reduce them at greater national debt.
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Washington
Truman
Wachter Dies At Home In Frederick After Illness
Raymond S Wachter longtime National Guard employee and master sergeant connected with the 115th Infantry and First Regiment died at his home 222 West Seventh Street after a two day illness aged 59 He served from 1919 to 1945 and later managed paperwork for the First Infantry He was a World War I veteran and member of St Johns Catholic Church Holy Name Society and Knights of Columbus Surviving wife Mary A Roberts Wachter and several stepchildren plus a sister The Holy Name Society will meet at 106 East Church Street Friday at 7 30 p m for prayers Funeral Saturday at 8 40 a m at the funeral home then St Johns Catholic Church for low requiem mass Interment at St Johns Cemetery Etchison and Son funeral directors
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National Guard
115Th Infantry
Frederick
West Seventh Street
Wachter
David E
Josephine Smith Wachter
Maryland National Guard
First Infantry
State
Guard
St. John's
Catholi Church
Holy Name Society
St. John’s Council
Knights of Columbus
Mary A. Roberts Wachter
Charles W. Ritenour
Mary Terrence
Philadelphia
James W. Chaffin
Roanoke
Irene Esterly
East Church Street
Rotary
St. John's Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Five named to aid physically handicapped employment
Gov. McKeldin appointed five members to a new committee promoting jobs for the physically handicapped. The appointees are Matilda F. Brundick of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Frank W. Powers of the Bureau of Mines at Westernport, Phillip Bobrecht national service officer for Disabled American Veterans, Dr. Merrill L. Stout of the Hospital for Women of Maryland, and Thester A. Troy of Troy Inc. the farm machinery distributor.
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Baltimore
N S Baker Heads Blue Ridge Bank Auditors Group
Nevin S Baker of Citizens National Bank was installed Wednesday evening as president of the Blue Ridge Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers at a Peter Pan Inn dinner meeting. More than 20 guests attended the ceremony and a panel of new officers was inducted before a program of light entertainment.
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Nevin S. Baker
Citizens National Bank
Blue Ridge
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
Peter Pan Inn
McKeldin Endorses Eisenhower in Los Angeles
Maryland Governor McKeldin reiterates strong support for Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination and signals possible first ballot victory. He backs Eisenhower over Taft, suggests Maryland delegates may help swing the race, and notes a potential vice presidential consideration. Local lawmakers respond varying on impact of a GOP candidate.
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Los Angeles
Marylana
MccKeldin
Gen
Eisenhower
Ike
Sen
Taft
McKeldin
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Paris
Living Cost Rising Again in June 1929 report
Washington dispatch notes the cost of living barometer heading to a new high as the Bureau of Labor Statistics logs a continued rise since March. The index nears the January peak of 189.1 percent of the 1935-39 average, with food prices and rents driving the increase and wage scales tied to the index affecting about 1.4 million workers in rail, aircraft, textile, and refining sectors. The April 15 index stood at 188 percent, four tenths below the January peak.
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Washington
Bureau of ‘Labor Statistics
Hospital sites picked for ten new facilities
The United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund on June 19 announced locations for ten hospitals to be built in Kentucky and Virginia. The sites include near Halifax Hazard Middlesboro Pakeside Wheelswright Whitesburg Beckley Logan Wallameton and Wien.
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The
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund Today
Kentucky
Weed Virginia
Virginia
Halex
Hazard Middeshore
Pakeside
Wheelsright
Whitesburg
Beckley Logan
Wallameon
W. Ve
Wien, Ya
Gideons Arrange District Meet and Rally in Frederick
Gideons International members from Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia plan a cabinet meeting and rally in Frederick on June 21 and 22. A 2 30 pm cabinet session at the YMCA precedes a 6 30 pm banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with remarks by state president Charles S Piepgrass and chaplain C Wesley Coddington. Sunday services in over 45 Frederick County churches will feature reports on Bible distribution to hotels hospitals service members and schools. Local group president John D Hayne oversees arrangements with Charles W Zehnder William Taylor Raymond Edwards Grant Swank and Dr W G Roessler handling registrations church services banquet program publicity and more.
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Gideons International
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Frederick
Gideons
Francis Scott Key
Charles S. Piepgrass
Silver Spring
Gideon
C. Wesley Coddington
Selbyville
Del
Delmarcic States
Frederick ‘County
United States
Frederick County
Camp Detrick
John D. Hayne
Charles W. Zehnder
William Taylor
Airy
Raymond Edwards
Grant Swank
W. G. Roessler
Retail Liquor Dealers To Meet Here Monday
Retailers from 13 counties and Baltimore city will gather Monday evening at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for an address by Roger V. Laynor chief of the Alcoholic Beverages Division. The event is the annual dinner dance of the Frederick County Alcoholic Beverage Dealers Association with Lawrence M. Ijamsville as president inviting all county retailers. Laynor was elected national president of the State Liquor Administrators Association and the Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association board of governors will attend a two day quarterly meeting in Frederick.
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Baltimore City
Francis Scott Key
Roger V. Laynor
Alcoholic Beverages
Maryland Comptroller's Office
Frederick County Alcoholic Beverage Dealers Association
Lawrence M. Franklin Ijamsville
Maryland
Laynor
State Liquor Administrators Association
Frederick County Association
Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association
Frederick
Leslie W. Grove, Jr
Wendsberg
City Receives Two Page Naval Recruiter Feature
Frederick gains a two page spread in The Naval Recruiter detailing Chief Clarence O. Bower and his local recruiting office. The piece serves as a guide for minor enlistment officers and highlights seven contact scenes with officials and public figures. Notable photographed figures include Set A Norman Thiel, Sp Marshall Murray, Samuel Young, and Mayor Donjan B Ree.
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Naval Reenter
Clarence O. Bower
Frederick
Previerick
A. Norman Thiel
Sp. Marshall Murray
Div Prce Ceanty Commissar
Samuel Young
Donjan B. Ree
Germ warfare clash as Malik proposes geneva protocol appeal
United Nations in session as Soviet delegate Malik urges Security Council to ask ratification of the 1925 Geneva protocol banning bacteriological weapons. The United States counters, calling the move a fraud and reiterating past charges of Soviet germ warfare in Korea.
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N. Y
United States
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
Korea
Malik
Matik
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
June Council
Brazil
Pakistan
Security Council
Truman
Senate
Eject Lawyer From Billet in Frankfurt Eviction
In Frankfurt Germany on June 18 U S soldiers evicted American attorney Elmo Gower of Cumberland Maryland and his wife from a requisitioned billet after he refused to leave citing illegality. Soldiers moved furniture in four trucks as utilities were cut. Gower pressed for lawful ejectment via court and said authorities would lose if forced to sue. His wife, pregnant, watched from a bathrobe. Other attorneys had already relocated as logistics had been withdrawn.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Elmo Gower
Cumberland
WACS
Gower
Truman
Ordered To Pay $36 Weekly To His Wife
In a Peoples Court session Roy Harley of Yellow Springs was ordered to pay $36 weekly to his wife Ruth Harley of Lewis Town for failure to provide support for herself and four minor children. The hearing cited unpaid bills and collateral forfeiture involving Var Gil Zentz of Thurmont and traffic charges against several individuals.
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Peoples Court
Roy Harley
Yellow Springs
Ruth Harley
Lewistown
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Harley
Vargil S. Zentz
Thurmont
Francis P DeLane
Alexandria
Frank Sprague, Jr. Ligonier
Daniel Swanley
R. Arnold Simmons
Emergency Continues As Truman Reports World Progress
June 19 era report from Washington notes President Truman stating progress toward preventing a third world war while emergency measures persist. A military note mentions PFC William Henry Lakin of the U S Army from Walkersville, tied to Fort Meade and recent events at home.
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Washington
Truman
Saviet States
William Henry Lakin
Karen
Krye Island
Weinam C Leto
Walkersville
Fort Meade
Playground Staff Named For Summer in Frederick
Frederick Recreation Commission announced staff for twelve city playgrounds and two municipal pools for summer oper ation. Linden Hills adds a new playground, Washington Street School’s site is removed. Opening ceremonies at Baker Park include a band shell gathering and a Frederick High School Band concert, with Mayor Rice delivering greetings.
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Harmon Field
Maryland Avenue
East Third Street
North Market Street
Staley Park
Rosedale
Mullinix Park
Band Shell
Robert L. Smith
Recreation Commission
Donald B. Rice
Frederick High School
State Department of Health
Helma Hang Bowers
Mary Lowe Smith
Charlotte Koontz
Arnold Fleagle
Tor
Constance Boone
Doris Crawford
Mary Frances Grove
Helen Hall
Mary Catherine Hartman
Gwendolyn Henson
Barbara Kaufman
Antoinette Lane
Patsy Layman
Ellen Lee
Alice Love
Margaret Powell
Fern Rice
June Rice
Peggy Robinson
Ann Rothenhoefer
Mary Jane Shockiey
Doris Simpson
Joyce Simpson
Mary Thomas
Nancy Wenzel
Hann
Nannie Reddick
Kay Oden
Janet Moore
Robert Routzahn
Louis Hammond
Nancy Meintzer
Mark Hoke
The
Diggs
James Hill
Philip Morrison
Wiel
Ernest Wise
Steel Workers Face Money Pinch Amid Lockout
In Pittsburgh with a 18 day walkout harming defense programs CIO United Steel Workers show financial hardship among members. Local president Walter Kis reports several requests for aid while locals stay financially sound and plan welfare setups despite no strike benefits.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel
Walter Kis
Ai Jones
Laughlin Steel Corp
Khased
Westminster by-pass bridge bid opening date stated
The State Read cement coniysden gs opens bids late on the same day for the construction of a five span concrete deck Westminster by-pass bridge on U S Route 144 about four miles north of Westminster. Also bids for grading drainage and paving on a northern lane of a dual highway along a Columbia Bure road in Montgomery and Boward counties, two miles southwest of Staggs ville to Burtonnaire.
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Coniysden Gs
Westminster
U.S
Communists Launch Two New Assaults
SEOUL June 18 Communist forces attacked two United Nations outposts in east central Korea after attempting to regain a western foothold. Six Red tanks or guns opened fire on posts southeast of Kumsong as five infantry platoons joined the assault during a six day battle. Chinese Communists then focused efforts to dislodge UN soldiers from a newly non T shaped hill west of Chorwon on the western front.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Kumsong
Chorwon
Red Cross Course Brings 175 Students To Hood College
A leadership training course sponsored by the American Junior Red Cross will bring 150 high school students and 25 adult volunteers to Hood College from June 28 to July 6. The session is part of nine regional centers supporting 900 Junior Red Cross members and 200 adults nationwide. Local hosts include St Johns School and the Frederick County Red Cross chapter chaired by Charles Main.
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American Junior Red Cross
Hood College
Red Cross
Hood
Benjaminb. Rosenstock
Junior Red Cross
Frederick
Connie Harbaugh
Thurmont High School
Mary Hartman
St. John’s School
Frederick County
Charles V. Main
Frederick Health Lab appoints new Bacteriologist William C Wheeler
William C Wheeler is named bacteriologist in charge at the Frederick branch of the State Health Department laboratory. He will oversee services as the county lab re organizes and restores full physician services after a period of cutbacks. Wheeler, a Chapel Hill native, holds a BA and MS from UNC and served two years in the Navy.
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William C. Wheeler
Frederick
State Department of Health Laboratory
Baltimore
Wheeler
Thorog Green
Camp Detrick
Forbes Burgess
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Navy
State Hospital
Butler
N.C
Frederick Laboratory
Burgess
Shirley L. Fogle
Vernon Avenue
Margaret Corn- Propst
Two Suits For Damages Filed In Circuit Court
Two lawsuits have been filed in Circuit Court. Helen R. Combs seeks 4006 dollars for herself and Calvert Fire Insurance against Austin L Wood after a May 25 1951 collision three miles east of Frederick. The Calvert Insurance Company also seeks 2350 dollars it paid toward Combs damages. A separate suit for 3000 dollars was filed by Robert L Everhart and Kenneth P Taylor against Clayton Neal and Charles Shipley of Frederick alleging a May 11 collision on Route 349. The Calvert Fire Insurance Company seeks 8415 dollars it claims was paid toward Everhart and Taylor damages.
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Helen R. Combs
Calvert Fire Insurance Company
Austin L Wood
Iyamsvile
Edwin F. Nikirk
Frederick
Word
Robert L. Everhart
Kenneth P. Taylor
Brunswick
Clayton Neal
Charles Shipley
Taylor
Everhart
Shipley
Neal
Sechs
Robert E. Clapp
Sruail Marsland Plane is Missing
A small airplane piloted by a Maryland man is listed as missing after failing to arrive at Nashville airport on a flight from East Tennessee. The yellow Piper Cub, piloted by GN Keller of Silver Springs, Maryland, departed Jones County and was due at the home airport yesterday.
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Nashville Tenn
Nashele
Tennessee
GN. Keller
Silver Springs
Jenkoat
Iran
Tyr-Cyties
Buster Konesport
Johnson
Hom
Truman May Turn To Taft Hartley Strike Law
President Truman said he is weighing invoke of the Taft Hartley Act in the steel dispute. He doubts 650,000 CIO Steel Workers would obey a court order to return to work and noted that his decision will not be driven by Senate or House actions. He said the act allows a court order for 80 days if a strike endangers national security.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Senate
House
$75 000 Year Lobbyist Tosses Punch At Pearson
Washington June 1 Drew Pearson reports he was punched by Charles Patrick Clark a $75 000 a year lobbyist. The attack occurred in the Mayflower Hotel lobby after lunch. Pearson filed a simple assault warrant while Clark a lawyer and former Truman investigator said he would respond. Clark now lobbies for the Spanish government.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Charles Patrick Clark
Clark
Pearson
Mayflower
VW. &. Attorney's
White House
End Year Bearer Off Financially
Washington reports the government will end the year 2 to 3 billion dollars better off than expected, though still in the red. Private experts say the deficit may be less than 0.64 billion, possibly as low as 0.54 billion, per fiscal year end June 30. President Truman predicted a larger hole in his January budget message.
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Truman
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