Light Vote Expected Next Monday in Primary
The Registry Board reports printing over 29 000 ballots for the Democratic and Republican primaries to be held Monday with 15 028 Democrats and 12 099 Republicans. Turnout appears unlikely to exceed 5 000 Republicans or around 33 percent overall, leaving about 15 000 ballots unused post election. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm. ballots lengthy, especially Democratic ones. Precinct shifts occur Thursday to Saturday as counties prepare for results.
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Registry Board Office
Bate Betwee
Braddock Heights
Brunswick
North
South
Frederick
Bitter Fight Ends In Maine Primary Clash
In Portland Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith and rival Robert L Jones face off in the Republican senatorial primary. Smith accuses McCarthy ally Sen. McCarthy of plotting her defeat while Jones denounces Drew Pearson as a liar. Campaigns closed with simultaneous TV appearances, forecasts favored Smith. Also two liquor squad raids seized about seven gallons of untaxed whisky, with charges against James Oliver Brown and Mae Rand.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Jones
Smith
Drew Pearson
Washington
Pearson
Foras
Mrs. Smith
Samuel W. Stickley
Maryland
James Oliver Brown
Stickley
Mae Rand
Expect Truman To Leave Hospital Soon
KANSAS CITY Former President Harry S. Truman is reported in satisfactory condition after an emergency operation and probably will be able to leave the hospital in 10 days. His appendix and gall bladder were removed, and he sat up briefly yesterday. Dr. Wallace Graham, his physician, said he should be able to leave in 19 days if all goes well.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
White House
Truman
Presbyterian Church Synod Opens Meeting
The Synod of Baltimore begins its 99th year at Hood College in Maryland listing 157 churches and 218 ministers across Maryland Delaware DC and the northern Virginia. The gathering includes a memorial service, prayer and consecration, a four evening series on The Apostles Creed and meetings of the Synod and its Synodical Society for Missions through Friday.
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Synod
Baltimore
Presbytterian Church
Hood College
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Virginia
New Castle
Washington
Lloyd G.ice
T.D
Govans Presbyterian Church
John Oldman, Jr
Lower Brandywine
Wilmington
Del
A. Brown Caldwell
D.D
Elen
Neelsville Presbyterian Church
Germantown
Harry V. Porter
Westminster Church Memorial of Washington
Synodical Society For Missions of the
Synod-Synodical Conference
Brodbeck Hall
Lloyd G. Ice
John Gardner
Je. D.D
George J. Riester
Presbytery of
Robert L. McKim
J. Raymond Holsey
Carl G. Howie
Wm. H. Kepler
David S. Gender
Vienna
Eugene S. Bailey
Govans Church of
Govans Church
Churches of the Synod
Meyran
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church of
Lewis H. Russell
Washington City
Synodical Society
Congress seen to pass farm bill for Eisenhower signature
Senate Republican leader Knowland and House Republican Leader Halleck predicted Congress will pass a farm bill the President can sign. Halleck urged gradualism toward a flexible price supports system while noting questions about whether to use administrative discretion or Congress to reach that goal. They foresaw adjournment by late July and no plans for a special session, with appropriations by June 30.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
R-Califf
Rep
Halleck
Ind
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Land
White House
Atvy
Brownell
House Judiciary Committee
Scientists Open Meeting on Incendiary Gels at Edgewood
About 100 scientists from the United States Canada and England gathered at the Army Chemical Center in Edgewood for a two day symposium on incendiary gels and their use in napalm. Attendees include Dr Harry J Fisher president of the American Chemical Society and professor at USC Peter Debys of Cornell Nobel laureate and Robert Van Tyle of Emery Industries. Dr Rudolph Macx of the Chemical and Radiological Laboratories directs the symposium.
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Edgewood
Canada
England
Army Chemical Center
Harry JL. Fisher
American Chemical Society
University of Southern California
Peter Debys
Cornell University
Robert van Tyle
Emery Industries
Rudolph Macx
Chemical Division
Chemical and Radiological Laboratories
Iympesiim
Indochina Crisis Tops Conference Agenda
Eisenhower likely to urge Churchill to back an international Southeast Asia defense conference to counter communism during the weekend meeting with Churchill and Eden. Talks aim for secrecy. Indochina crisis is the main topic, with European Defense Community and atomic energy issues also on the agenda. The conference runs through Friday with platform programs and business sessions each afternoon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchil
Southeast Asia
Tmo
Churchill
Eden
Dulles
Holding Of 30 Americans Is Confirmed
In Geneva the Chinese Communists confirmed they hold 30 American civilians in prison while saying one civilian and several listed by the United States as detained are dead or missing. The U.S. and Chinese delegations exchanged lists during their fourth meeting on detained persons.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
China
W. L. Winter
Winter
Kiangsi
Voorhis
H. D. Weese
A. D. ‘Hart Je
Antung
North China
U.S. Naval
Hunan
John &. Maye
Scranton
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wang Ping-nan
Johnson
Maryland Farmers Cash Receipts Down
Maryland farmers saw cash receipts fall by over six percent in the first four months of 1953, larger than the national decline of about four percent. Marketings dropped from 69.309 million to 64.781 million, driven by lower livestock and products, while crop receipts rose from 19.497 million to 10.761 million. Congress to suspend sessions in respect for Senator Lester Hunt and Joseph Farrington after their deaths.
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Washington
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Lester C. Hunt
Josepph Ro Farrington
Hawaii
Jwho
French Drive Through Viet Minh Villages Near Hanoi
French tanks infantry and air power smashed through eight Viet Minh infested villages northwest of Hanoi overnight as artillery and naval fire supported ground troops. Patrol clashes continued in the delta with B 26 bombers striking supply convoys. In Saigon reports said five U S airmen captured near Tourane were taken aboard a rebel ship heading south.
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Hanoi Indochina
Hanoi
Fan Earth
Red River
Son Tay
Delta
Saigon
Tourane
U N May Act In Thailand
Thai Premier P Pilbulsonggram said the UN might act in Thailand as in Korea if the situation worsens. He outlined five steps to stamp out communism, including frontier closures and surveillance, and noted continued U S support for Thai forces and training. He urged police military and population cooperation to curb communist influence.
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Bangkok
P. Pilbulsonggram
United Nations
Gating
Thailand
Korea
Pilbulsonggram
United States
Death Investigation Intensified In Millionaire Heir Case
CHICAGO authorities intensified their probe into the death of a 20 year old heir to a million dollar estate. The coroner noted four needle marks but no narcotic use and ordered organ analysis. Investigators were sent to Birmingham Michigan to question Maureen Ragen believed by lawyer Jay Stough to be named beneficiary and executor. The deceased, grandson of a former Montgomery Ward president, had recently altered his will citing fear he would not live to inherit. He and fiancée Miss Ragen, granddaughter of publisher James M Ragen, planned to marry in December. The son’s original will left his mother a share and gave the rest to relatives.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Walter E. Meck Carron
Birmingham
Mich
Thorne
McCarron
Jay Stough
Harry Penzin
Maureen Ragen
Penzin
Stough
Montgomery Ward & Co
Gordon Thorne
Othe Janeer
Miss Ragen
Young Thorne
James M Ragen
Racine
Dean
Young Thor
Marion. Thorne
Gordon
Stoush
Lawser
Fordham University
Ragen
Stough Save
Reunion Head Is Stricken At Heights
Earl G Haller of Gettysburg died Sunday afternoon en route to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at Brad Dock Heights where the Haller Harmon reunion president had just finished business and returned the program. He was 64, born in Frederick, longtime United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania central office man. Survived by wife Mary Piper Haller and children Paul G Richard E Theodore D, five grandchildren. Funeral from Bender funeral home Gettysburg Wednesday at 2 pm with interment Evergreen cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday after 7 pm.
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Earl G. Haller
Ridge Avenue
Gettysburg
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Haller Harmon
Braddock Heights
E Entertainment Committee
Frederick
Charles E. and
Alverta Hal Haller
United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Evergreen Cemetery
East Asia Peace Talks Aim of West
Washington notes state that the West will press for an Indochina peace and blames Communist opposition for Geneva’s failure to settle Korea. A British visit by Churchill looms as Eisenhower weighs an international conference on defense in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Hame
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Smith
Geneva
Korea
Britain
Churchill
Eisenhower
Guatemala Martial Law Proclaimed Amid Civil War Push
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman of Guatemala proclaims martial law as his Communist backed government mobilizes for a showdown with anti Red rebels. insurgent forces press a three pronged drive toward rail and road links in the south while U.S. citizens in Guatemala fear potential violence and plan evacuations.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Guatemala City
U.S
Neuva Ocotepeque
Tutiapa
Macuelizo
Puerto Barrios
Zacapa
Jsvuel Sumeles Sdi Lue
Piabes
Temporary site eyed for court during courthouse alterations
Court proceedings may temporarily move to Winchester Hall auditorium as alterations to the courthouse begin this week. The county owned hall could host a temporary courtroom. plans include removing equipment from the existing court room and moving old benches to the grand jury room for storage. Prisoners assisted caretaking staff in relocating benches as contractor Lierd C. Culter week wins the major contract and crews prepare to start area work in the coming days.
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Winchester Hall
Court House
Grand Jury Room
Te Quartes
Lierd C. Culter
Everal
Cullerweek
Church To Purchase Property Next To It
The Calvary Methodist church, led by Rev. A. Godser, plans to buy nearby property at 127 West Second Street for 15000 dollars. The Board of Trustees approved the purchase, with a lease on part of the land already in place, and expect to finalize the deal soon.
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Calvary Methodist Church
A. Godser
UK Pobert
Himike
West Second Street
Ransom R.rew, Jr
Newry
So & Proverts
Oil stove explosion at apartment on West All Saints Street
Fire units responded to an early morning report of an oil stove exploding in a third floor apartment at 24 A West All Saints street. Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company aided as the blaze was confined to the stove area and nearby wall with booster streams extinguishing the fire.
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Uniteds and
Citizens Truck Company
All Saints Street
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