Rural Maryland women gain leadership from 21st short course
COLLEGE PARK June 20 More than 1 200 attended this week’s rural short course at the University of Maryland. Miss Mary E W Risteau state delegate from Harford County said the program teaches organized effort and higher leadership in communities. Mary E W Risteau noted 107 women earned four year certificates and 32 received eight year pins. Mayor D Alesandro of Baltimore lauded such training for mothers in East Baltimore and urged a campus building to carry the creed Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself adopted by Baltimore County Homemakers in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Mary E. W. Risteau
Harford County
University of Maryland
H. C. Byrn
H. L. Davis
Libertytown
Washington
D'Alesandro
Baltimore
Creed
Baltimore County
University
State Convention Of Amvets To Be Held In Frederick
Maryland Amvets will hold their State convention in Frederick July 18 to 20 with activities at Post No. 2 Home 324 East Street and social events at the Francis Scott Key Hotel or Frederick Armory. Amvets National Commander John L. Smith of Ohio will address World War II veterans on the final day. Delegates and alternates backed Commander Cassell and Horace Brown for National Executive Committeeman and State Provost Marshal at the July 19 election. The departmental ball is set for Saturday evening at the Armory, and plans include an annual fishing party for youths aged 5 to 14 at Culler Lake on August 6 chaired by Dr. James Marrone and Vernon M. Cassell.
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Maryland
Amvets
Frederick
East Street
Francis Scott Key
Frederick Armory
John L. Smith
Ohio
Comdr
Cassell
Horace Brown
Frederick Amvets
Frederick Post
Culler Lake
James Marrone
Vernon M. Cassell
Sergeant Reduced For Criticism Of Clark
MONTEREY Calif June 20 A Set C D Chase 24 was convicted today by a court martial of disrespect to Gen Mark Clark reduced to private first class and ordered to forfeit 75 a month pay for six months. Chase wrote a letter to Gen Clark criticizing handling of Rose Island Prisoner riots as repugnant and disgraceful. Officers said the sentence was relatively light. Chase will not be confined. Under the special court martial he could have been confined for six months and reduced to a private.
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Monterey
Calif
C. D. Chase
Mark Clark
Chase
Judge Advocate
Ft. Ord
Set
Clark
Rose Island
Solid gallium melts in a hand but boils near 3600 degrees F
The note states that gallium will melt when held but will not boil until heated to about 3600 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating a high melting point and very high boiling point for the metal.
United States Calls for impartial probe into Russian germ warfare claim
At the United Nations the United States urged an impartial Security Council inquiry into Moscow's charges that the U N and the United States employ biological weapons in Korea. Ernest A. Gross circulated a resolution to involve the International Red Cross, while Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob Malik blocked reading the text. The U S accused Moscow of an international campaign to promote false claims of germ warfare. The note also mentions an unrelated definition of anadromous fish.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
United States
Security Council
Kremlin
Americeans
U. N
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
Council
International Red Cross
Korea
Red Cross
Gross
U. W
Soviet Union
Marines Man Grayson Abrecht Returns From Korea
Grayson M Abrecht son of Mr and Mrs Grayson Abrecht Trail avenue has completed a 14 month tour in Korea and is on rotation furlough. He is expected to arrive on the West Coast near the end of June after serving in the Marines prior to his 1951 recall to Army duty.
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Korea
Grayson M. Abrecht
Grayson Abrecht
Trail Avenue
Abrecht
Marines
Inquiry Into Luxury Liner Cost Is Ordered
President Truman ordered a government inquiry to determine if the United States luxury liner cost is excessive. He noted government subsidies exceed 42 million dollars while the shipping company receives about 28 million and asked Attorney General McGranery to advise on potential legal action to protect the government's interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
U .S
Atty
Transatlantic liner sold for 28 million to be driven to maiden voyage
The government agreed to pay about 42 million dollars toward the ship, the world’s third largest and fastest passenger liner, which will sail from New York for its maiden trans Atlantic voyage on July 3 with 2,000 passengers. Also notes include a church group meeting and an executors sale in Frederick County listing household items for public auction on June 28, 1952.
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Lindsay Warren
Sawyer
U. S S. Lines
United States
Public Sale Near Rock Ridge Maryland July 5 1952
A church event with no admission features a public sale at Rock Ridge Road one mile south of Love Station and two miles north of Creagerstown Md. on Saturday July 5 1952 at eleven AM Doris Lines presents a pig and a large antiques collection including desks chairs mirrors dressers clocks dishes and household goods. Cash terms. Glenn Harbaugh and Glenn Trout supervise with Raymond L. Kelly as clerk.
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Orleans’ Court
Frederick County
Maryland
D. T
Alexander S Ruppeon
Glisan Mill Macanam Road
Linganore Corner
Libertytown
Liberty District
Rock+ Ridge
Love Station
Creagerstown
Crosley
Glenn Harbaugh
Glenn Trout
Audt
Raymond L. Kelly
Lynch
Mary Emaline Gannon
Emoen C. Gannon
The
Orphan's Court of
East Sth Street
Frederick
White Crest
Rogers
Walt Ham
Emmert
Bowlus
R.L. Kelly
Geisbert Meeting Set for July at Zimmmerman Home
The next meeting will be held July 14 at 8 p.m at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman. The hosts served refreshments. The meeting closed with the benediction.
Bandits And Blonde Decoy Are Hunted
Two hitchhikers were robbed within an hour on U S Route 40 near Baltimore. A pair of bandits and a pretty blonde decoy were described. The second victim, 37 year old James P. Johnson of Sugar Grove Virginia, was found unconscious in East Baltimore after resisting a knifepoint attack.
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Baltimore
James P. Johnson
Sugar Grove
Johnson
Robberies and a suicide report from Frederick area
A man was robbed of $66 after a struggle with two assailants and a young woman who gave him a lift near Baltimore. Benjamin McCracken of New York City reported a separate robbery of $3.90 from him after being dropped about a half mile from the pickup point. Jay Hugh Lawson, 22, of Marriottsville, fatally shot himself in his home using a shotgun loaned earlier by neighbors and a friend. There were notes about Lawson’s drinking and neighbors’ interventions. An era note recalls pre Prohibition numbers for saloons breweries and distilleries in the United States.
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Benjamin McCracken
New York City
Baltimore
Jay Hugh Lawson
Marriottsville
Guy Quillen
Lawson
Marie Lawson
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Storm & Shipley
Sis
W. Patrick St
Anita Colby
Anite Colby
Avery
Araby W. S.C
Araby W. S.C. S
Ruth Waltz
Edna Rice
Jesus
Amy White
God
McKaig M
Araby
Aatie
Doris Lines
Charles
Libby Knowles
Alice Sycamore
Fort Bragg
N Ci
Kaufman and Hart
Miss Knowles
Frederick High School
Post Judge Advocate
James H. Falk
Post Office Election District
R. Paul Buhrman
Real Estate & House
Windy Hill
Thurmont
Windy In
Catoctin Furnace
Dabney C. McGee
U. S
Singer
Kenmore
Bendix
Willie Jeep
Dabney
McGee
Windy Hitt
Bqwltse
A. M. Alexander
Federal
Nepett Insurance Corporatinn
the News
Frederick, Md
Stren
Rer
Ella Delph
Jenny Mabe
Harry Ways
Pickering
Urbana
H. A. Pickering
East St
Fredericd
Bierley's
Ick City
Lee & Preste
A. C
Kina
Elec
Philco
Baker
Bierley
Irving H. Bierley
Null & Null
Julius F. Lochner
Admr
Mary F. Gannon
Emma
E. Gannon
Emma E. Gannon
Frederick City
Lagicg C. Lechner
John Phil Ups
Mary Phillips
Nicholas Lochner
Barbara Na Lochner
Frederick Counts
Marsland
Lechner
Costa
Sam Willer
Army Combat
Olga
Clinker
Markell & Ford
Carroll
M 2
Fk Soldem Feersn
Paeyeese
Remsberg
Jewelry Store Key
Shipley’s
Shipley’s Sport Store
N. Market St
Barty
Arrater
Jjanitrol
PAN American Weating CO
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