Temperature Drops With Wind Change in Frederick Area
Frederick city and county enter a slow cooling phase after a sweltering weekend with one of the warmest nights. An airport reading hit 73 degrees during a brief thunderstorm, while a northwest breeze brings lower humidity and temps in the low to mid eighties. Residents kept cool with fans as outages and minor lightning repairs occurred. Pools drew large crowds, roads were busy, and fishing streams remained favorable despite heat and storms.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Potomac Edison Company
Walkersville
Braddock
Brunswick
Scheer
Suit Entered After Accident On Rt 240
A suit for 2 508 80 filed in Circuit Court alleges a Washington Trailer Company vehicle driven by Ernest L Scott Sr caused a crash on Route 240 eight miles south of Frederick. David Poppolardo and Bankers Mutual Fire Insurance seek 1 254 40 already paid in damages plus the remaining 1 254 40 from the defendants. Deeds recorded note property transfers in Brunswick and Frederick with prices 7 000 and 2 000 respectively.
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Frederick
David Poppolardo
Pennsylvania
Bankers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Washington Trailer Company
Ernest L. Scott, Sr
Washington
Poppolardo
McSherry
Scott
Bankers Company
First GI Killed In Korean War Buried
Beckley West Virginia June 25 Dawn broke today over the freshly dug grave of the first American foot soldier killed in Korea marking the first anniversary of the conflict. Kenneth Shadrick, 19, was killed July 5 near Sojong dast as he fired a bazooka in a rain soaked Korean graveyard. Army officials say he was the first foot soldier to die in the new war. His body completed its journey to Prince West Virginia last week. A lone reporter and a few railroad workers watched as the casket was moved to a Beckley funeral home for burial.
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Beckley
W. Va
Korea
Kenneth Shadrick
Sojong Dast
Army
Prince
Four Hurt In Auto Crash On Ridge Road
Three injured when a car driven by William Luther Keilholtz left Ridge Road and struck a boulder three miles north of the radio towers. Kenneth Matthias and Iris Glass sustained injuries. Isabelle Matthias had abrasions. Keilholtz uninjured. all treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and discharged. Police charged Keilholtz with reckless driving.
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William Luther Keilholtz
Rocky Ridge
Ridge Road
Kenneth Mathias
Isabelle
Iris Glass
Emmitsburg
Keilholtz
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard Stallings
Ridge Head
Fishing Creek
Stallings
Irving Snowden
Route 1
Frederick
Clarence E. Brown
Monrovia
Kenneth Tichnell
Snowden
Brown
Jenny McVey
Lisbon
F Frederick Memorial Hospital
H. P. O'Brien
Lee Franklin Weddle
East Seventh Street
O'Brien
Sanitary permits required before county construction permits
Sanitary permits must be issued by the Health Department before building permits for living quarters in the county outside city limits. Residents are directed to Winchester Hall for sanitation permits. The measure focuses on wells and cesspools. Assessors have covered Tuscarora, Thurmont, Emmitsburg districts this year and are now in Hauvers and will cover Catoctin. Assessments use same yardsticks as last year with no change until 1954 when a new three year revolving plan begins.
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Health Department
Court House
Winchester Hall
Tuscarora
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Hauvers
Catoctin
Korean War Enters Its Second Year
Tokyo June 25 AP The Korean War enters its second year with intensified fighting along a 100 mile front. Communist jets attack from Manchuria as allied ships pound east coast ports. Red ground forces push south of Pyongyang while battles rage on ridges. U S and UN units clash with bayonets mortars and artillery as both sides suffer losses.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Russia
Jacob Malik
Yalu River
Manchuria
Reds
Pyongyang
Red “Iron Triangle
U. N
Nate Polowetzky
U. S. Eighth Army
Local Boys Named To Posts In Boys State
Two youths were installed as mayors of rival cities in the American Legion Boys State at St. John's College Annapolis. David Randolph 17 Elkton High School led Key City as mayor, while Charles W Lawrence 17 Salisbury headed Legion City. Elections set for next Thursday with officers and council members chosen. Randolph criticized cynics about youth leadership and urged action to prepare for tomorrow. Additional officials named include Kenn Smith Eden comptroller Donald Powell Cumberland council president and councilmen from several towns. Randolph also appointed city officials including state’s attorney, chief magistrate, police chief and fire chief. Color TV today. Five CBS stations will broadcast a one hour show starting at 3:30 p.m. est.
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Annapolis
American Legion
St. John’s College
Key City
Francis Scott Key
Elkton
David Randolph
Salisbury
Charles W. Lawrence
Legion City
Constitutionalist
Robert H. Campbell
Randolph
Kenn. Smith
Eden
Donald Powell
Cumberland
Charles E. Fry
Baltimore
Bill Meinizer
Frederick
Charles Lamason
Parkville
Elijah Freelance
Prince Frederick
Dick Canteen
Bethesda
Eugene Sanders
Bob Barr
Towson
Allan Machesney
John Weaver
Early peace treaty could be signed by Sept 3 says official
Tokyo June 25 U S State Department policy expert John Allison said a Japanese peace treaty may be signed by September 3 and that it will allow Japan to rethink its postwar position and rejoin the global community once concluded.
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Tokyo
John Allison
U. S. State Department
Japan
Commodities and Stocks Slip After Korea Ceasefire Talk
Prices fell on global markets as Soviet cease-fire discussion proposals sparked a broad first-day drop. Wall Street opened lower with most sectors down, while grain pits in Chicago showed heavy selling. Wheat fell up to six cents, and other commodities including coffee, cotton, rubber, and tin declined in London, Singapore, and Bombay.
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Associated Press
Korea
New York Stock Exchange
Singapore
Bombay
Chicago
Eges
New York
New Orleans
London
Church Group To Open Meet At Hood College
Approximately 200 churchmen and women will attend the 26th annual Baltimore Synod and Synodical Presbyterian conference at Hood College. The theme is My Power In You with lectures and discussions Friday morning through the week, moderated by Rev. Dr. John H. Gardner Jr. A Vesper Hour and Communion service open opening day, with sessions from 9 to 5 30 daily and a keynote lecture by Congressman Walter H. Judd on Thursday evening.
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Hood College
Baltimore Synod
Synodical
The
Presbyterian Church
John H. Gardner
First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore
Synod
Synodica
Joseph R. Sizoo
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Brunswick
N. J
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
China
Baltimore
Maryland
Delaware
Washington
Virginia
New Castle
Cumberland
Club Chorus To Sing Here
A chorus of about 30 women will perform in Frederick County Homemakers Clubs annual County Music Festival. The recital begins at eight o clock in the Frederick High School auditorium, with Mrs Donald Sullivan directing. Mrs Sperry Storm is county music chairman and Mrs Carroll Freed will accompany.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Donald Sullivan
Sperry Storm
Carroll Freed
U N Peace Appeal to China and Korea Amid War Anniversary
United Nations beam a cease-fire appeal to Communist China and North Korea after Jacob Malik proposed a 38th Parallel truce. The U N and Western officials remained wary while seeking proof of sincerity from Moscow and Peiping.
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Washington
Moscow
Peiping
Malik
United Nations
N. Yi
China
North Korea
U. N
Trygve Lie
Topr
Jacob A. Malik
North
South Korea
Lie
U. N. Assembly
Nasrollah Entezan
Entezan
U. N. Good Offices
Red China
Korea
S. Kremlin
United States
Jacob Maiick
State Department
Kremlin
U. S
Alan Kirk
Britain
France
India
Sweden
Memorial Services For 40 Killed In Wreck
Memorial services are scheduled near Monrovia Liberia for victims of the crash of Pan American’s Great Republic. The plane struck a mountainside in a tropic rainstorm early Friday. 40 bodies were removed and buried at the Lutheran mission of Sonych.
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Monrovia
Liberia
New York
Sonych
Germantown Man Killed By Auto
Gaithersburg June 25 James G. Sidney 68 of Germantown killed when struck by a car on Route 240 near here. Police say Sidney apparently did not see the approaching vehicle and ran into its path, dying at once.
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Gaithersburg
James G. Sidney
Germantown
Here
Montgomery County
Sidney
U S Arms Grow as Korea War Pushes Mobilization
Washington reports 1,841,000 more men under arms than a year ago with expanded fleets and aircraft. Army totals near 3.34 million, Navy 980 ships in service, Air Force shrinking to 47 groups, aiming for 3,472,000 total by 1952. Plans anticipate rapid expansion if another global conflict erupts.
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U.S
Washington
United States
South Korea
Jong
Soviet Union
Europe
Iran
Defense Department
Far East
Herleet
Thas
Itaima
Korea
Russia
Approval for Direct Star Route Mail Service Between Frederick and Baltimore
Postmaster James A. Grove was notified that full approval is given to start direct star route mail service from Baltimore to Frederick on July 1, superseding the current Baltimore-Thurmont to Frederick bus route. The change will speed major morning mails and allow earlier carrier deployments to Frederick homes and businesses. Formal orders on the Frederick Hagerstown star route will follow.
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James A. Grove
Post Office Department
Frederick
Ballimoore
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Braddock Heights
Middletown
Myersville
Mapleville
Boonsboro
Funkstown
C. W. Boller
Railway Mail Service
Baltimore-Thurmont
Frederick Homes
Frederick-Hagerstown
Local Boys See Washington Tigers Game in Capital Heat
Twenty eight YMCA youths rode to Griffith Stadium in Washington to watch the Washington Senators defeat the Detroit Tigers 6 to 3. Charlie Keller pinch hit in the ninth, started a late rally, reached third on an error, and was stranded as the game ended.
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Griffith Stadium
Washington
Detroit
Tiger
Charlie Keller
Keller
Y.M. CG. A
Boston
Abadan Port Turmoil as Tankers Blocked and Threats Rise
Dozens of loaded tankers jam Abadan port delaying gasoline and oil shipments from the world’s largest refinery. Anglo Iranian Oil Company faces nationalization fallout with Iran threatening a shutdown of facilities if not held accountable. One tanker escaped amid Iranian naval warnings. another blocked by guards at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates. British diplomats accuse sabotage as Tehran protests over receipts for oil pumped aboard ships. Also noted is a Maryland parole office reorganization effective July 1 affecting Frederick Carroll Montgomery and Baltimore counties.
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Abadan
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
A. E. Drake
Europe
Drake
AIOC
Tigris
Euphrates
Tehran
Iranian National Oil Company
Francis Shepherd
Truman Answers Malik Plan in Korea Speech
President Truman in Tullahoma on the first anniversary of the Korean War praised a real settlement ending aggression and restoring peace and security. He warned against rash actions and defended Dean Acheson and Joint Chiefs, criticizing Republicans and McCarthyism while defending U S aid to Nationalists in China.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
Truman
United States
Korea
Washington
Arnold Air Force Engineering
Douglas MacArthur
Thexen
Defense Teshall
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
United
Anches
Dean Acheson
Taft R
Ohio
Bradley
McCarthy
R-Wis
Marshall
Senate
U. S
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Greece
Italy
Berlin
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High Knob
Potomac
Eugene W. Brady
Donald W. Dawson
Third Street
Maple Avenue
R. Patrick Turner
Paul G. Johnson
Spring Valley
North Frederick
West 12Th Street
Pinewood Drive
Color TV
Columbia Broadcasting System
Philadelphia
O'Donnell
Emmett Rosie
Strategic Bombing Command
Senate MacArhur
U.N
Tran
Division of Parole and Probation
Charles DB. McLane
Carroll Counties
Thomas R. Ferrell
Carroll County
Baltimore County
Ailton C. Whitmore
Teated
38Th Parallel
Trimay
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