Mosquitoes and Birds Plague Frederick City and County
Weather and pests worsen in Frederick as humid heat returns. DDT spraying prompts mixed reactions as residents note ongoing mosquitoes, starling complaints, and a wave of Japanese beetles. Officials eye open ditches and junkyard sites for breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Shank and Etzler
Mosquito Army
East End
East Church Street
Donald B. Rice
Hamlton Avenue
Elm Street
Nominations for Boys and Girls State Held at Annapolis
Annapolis June 27. About 120 Maryland youths attend the annual Girls’ State and Boys’ State sessions at St John’s College and Carvel Hall. Results from yesterday include state wide officer nominees for the Boys’ State and a sweeping slate for the Girls’ State Federalists. Articles filed show Family Drive-In Theatre Frederick incorporation with Elwood Lane Marvin Brown and Harold Twentey as corporators. The stock market opened with uneven trading and scattered gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
United States
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
St. John’s College
Philip Walcert
Henderson
Gene Sanders
Frederick
Kenny Smith
Eden
John Mullin
Baltimore
Charles Lamason
Parkville
Russell Wheatley
Hurlock
Senate
House of Delegates
Girls’ Carvel Hall
Federalist Party
Constitutionalist
Girls’ City
Joan Bondurant
Reisterstown
Joan Chambers
Silver Spring
Barbara Dodd
Jean Douglas
Sue Coulehan
Cumberland
Janet Davidson
Cheverly
Caroline Hackett
Catherine Boston
Ruth Anne Warner
Federalsburg
State Tax Commission
Route 4
Elwood F. Lane
Marvin J. Brown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harold A. Twentey
Hancock
Potomac River
Robert Cecil Lancaster
Eckhardt
Allegany County
Millstone
Five Technical Papers At Detrick Tonight
Five papers will be presented at the Maryland Branch meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine at Camp Detrick. Johns Hopkins researchers W Stern and C Marshall discuss radioactive phosphorus distribution in brain tissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Camp Detrick
Johns Hopkins University
Drs. W. Stern
C. Marshall
W. G. Roessler
F. A. Leonard
L. H. Graft
J. B. Bateman
M. 5. Davis
P. A. McCaffrey
Drs
D. Smith
R. Kissling
J. Wagner
A. D. Pollack
Joseph Victor
Dr. Victor
Lansdale Tube delays Frederick plant start and extends Fairgrounds program
The Lansdale Tube Company a Philco affiliate told city officials and the Chamber of Commerce it will delay the Frederick operations and continue the Fairgrounds expansion. A joint statement cited domestic demand and a lengthy tooling program for government requirements as the basis for the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansdale Tube Company
Philco Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Fairground
Lansdale
Eighth
Ninth Streets
East Street
Lansdale Company
John Palmer
T. J. Reed
Fairgrounds
Boys Bait Up For Big Bass
Frederick youths prepare for the opening of Culler Lake fishing season at 7 a m next Monday. The lake has been stocked with bass sunfish and other species, with a creel limit of five per day. Police report 15 rods confiscated from boys who fished out of season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Culler Lake
Pacific Naval Force Considered Reasonably Adequate
In Korea on June 27 Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations, said the Pacific fleet is reasonably adequate for any likely situation. He added that certain developments could require a larger force or an increase in manpower, without further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
U. S
Lie
New York
United Nations
Trygve Lie
London
British Overseas Airways
Norway
Maryland considers new National Guard camp near Baltimore
Adjutant General Milton A. Reckord said no site decision has been made for a Maryland National Guard camp but the plan is to locate within 30 miles of Baltimore. The prior base at Camp Ritchie near Hagerstown was sold to the federal government for a communications center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Milton A. Reckord
National Guard
Maryland
State Guard
Camp Ritchie
Hagerstown
Legislative Council Tour Through Cumberland Maryland
The Legislative Council began a four day Western Maryland tour to study industrial and recreational needs. They met Cumberland figures including Mayor Post and the City Council after breakfast with former Judge William Walsh. Visits covered Liberty Trust Co. and B O Railroad shops with Garrett County recreation plans on Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Legislative Council
Maryland
William C. Walsh
Liberty Trust Co
Baltimore and Ohio
Garrett County
Homakers' Music Festival Promises International Flavors
The Frederick county Homemakers Chorus presents a Thursday night program at Frederick High School featuring folk songs from multiple lands. It includes soloists 4-H members Sandra Roughan and Connie Jean Butler, a vocal trio with Mrs. Windsor Shafer and Biser, and pieces from Ireland Spain Mexico and Hungary with dances and piano solos. The choir is directed by Mrs. Donald Sullivan with Mrs. Carroll Freed as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Hawaiii
Galway Bay
Colanan
Ireland
Robert Windsor
George Shafer
Huber Biser
Cielito Lindo
Mexico
Connie Jean
Butler
Buckeystown
Simeone
Scotland
Raymond J. Ford
Charles Putman
Charlesville
Pierpont Grove
Gambrill Park
Harry C. Staley
Sherman Diem
Harmony Grove
David Young
Middletown
Sperry Storm
Frederick
Virgil Doub
A. M
Coblentz
Braddock
Luther W. Remsburg
Jefferson
Pleasant Grove
Thurmont
Donald Sullivan
Carroll Freed
Tots Unperturbed By Their Radio Theft
Two young boys aged five and six were found by patrolmen leaving a house with a radio and other items. They admitted stealing fourteen dollars and trousers from a nearby tailor. Police released them to their mother after clarifying the situation, noting under Maryland law they cannot be prosecuted. The mother warned them to fear their father’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frank Fuerras
Maryland
Reds Mobilize for Fresh Early Attack Across Korean Fronts
Tokyo reports Reds shift to new buildup zones around Kum Song and Inje while reinforcing north of the iron triangle. U N officers caution Reds can strike anywhere with strong screening while artillery and grenade exchanges intensify along the eastern and western fronts near Pyongyang and Yanchan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United Nations
U.N
Uijongbu
Seoul
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Inje
Yanchan
U. N
Camp Detrick distributes 501.40 to seven charities
Camp Detrick completed the second annual Combined Charities Drive distribution with checks totaling 501.40 to seven organizations. Final 1950 campaign totals reached 2393 to the Community Chest and 654 for the Cancer Fund among others, with Hospital Aid newly formed and presented to Jacob Goldberg by Col. Fred J. Delmore. The 1951 drive nears 5500 as the goal remains 7000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick
Frederick County
Community Chest
March of Dimes
Crippled Children’s Society
Army-Navy-Air Force Relief
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hospital Aid, Inc
Fred J. Delmore
Jacob Goldberg
Cancer Fund
Heart Fund
Army
Navy
Air Force
Tornado Strikes Wakeeney Kansas Killing Three
A tornado hit a residential area in Wakeeney western Kansas killing three and injuring about fifty as homes were wrecked trees uprooted and lines toppled. The storm moved through a town of 2 000 with power and communication disrupted. The event left extensive destruction and ongoing danger as crews assessed the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wakeeney
Kansas
Woman Taken to Hospital After Sharp Wounds
Mrs. Daisy Rice of 213 East Seventh Street was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital by Etchison's ambulance after self inflicted cuts to the throat arms and legs. Police report she had swallowed a liquid poison and the injuries appeared from a razor blade. Her husband found her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Rice
East Seventh Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Etchison
Sergi
Ben Phobus
Brethren appoints Schlosser moderator of conference
The Church of the Brethren elected Dr. Ralph W. Schlosser of Elizabethtown College as the new moderator succeeding Dr. Desmond W. Bittinger at San Jose California. Edward K. Ziegler was named alternate moderator as 4,000 attendees, 658 delegates, approved leadership changes and a Brotherhood Fund goal of 1.25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Ralph W. Schlosser
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown
Church of the Brethren
Desmond W. Bittinger
McPherson
Kan
Civic Auditorium
Edward K. Ziegler
W. Harold Row
Brethren Serv Commission
Europe
Commission
Leland Brubaker
Foreign Mission Commission
Brethren
China
Desmond Bittinger
Jesus
I V. Funderburgh
Pacific Coast
South Iran oil pumping halted in Anglo Iranian dispute
London reports that crude pumping from Iran's southern field near Abadan has stopped after Anglo Iranian Oil Company withdrew its tankers. British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd cited tension as Britons may be evacuated. Production at the Abadan refinery paused due to no loading at Bandar Mashur port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Lean
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Francis Shepherd
Aghajariield
Abadan
Bandar Mashur
Shepherd
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mauritius
Abada
Ancho
Shatt el-Arab
Abhadan
U S Word Intervenes In Iranian Oil Crisis
Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee there is no thought of United States intervention in Iran. He warned the crisis could worsen and noted Britain’s move to evacuate personnel and shut the Abadan refinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fulion
D-Pa
Korea
Iran
Driver license hearings suspend or restrict several motorists
Ten drivers faced DMV hearings before Thomas G. Marcin. Robert B. Long, under 21, had license suspended 60 days for two convictions and one year probation. Robert I. Butts faced two month suspension and one year probation after failing to yield. Donald W. Stultz received two month suspension held in abeyance with two years probation for exceeding speed. Cloyd Allen Ruby received two years probation and a reprimand for failing to stay right. Other drivers received probation and reprimands for various offenses including failing to stop, speeding, and exceeding 50 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Marcin
Department of Motor Vehicles
Court House
Robert B. Long
Route 2
Thurmont
Robert I. Butts
Route 1
Middletown
Butts
Donald W. Stultz
Braddock Heights
Stultz
Cloyd Allen Ruby
Camp Detrick
Roland A. Adams
Raymond L. Kemp, Jr
Frederick
Glenn E. King
Taney Apartments
Thomas Joseph Smigel
Charles Ellis Frushour
Rocky Ridge
Fred L. Green
Lantz
Construction Permits Issued By Engineer for Frederick Dwellings
City engineer issued permits for several new dwellings and additions in Frederick. Notable permits include Clifton Maloney 312 Cochran? on Culler avenue for 8 000, Brosius Homes on Lee Place for 8 000 and 10 000, Gouker on Adam road for 5 000, Hargis Jr. on Grant Place for 15 000, and Wilson on Grant Place for 10 500. Remodels adding two apartments and various minor structures were approved for Summers 502 West Patrick street 3 000 and Turner 350 East Third street 2 000. Additional permits covered single garage 500, second-floor addition 1 200, storage building 200, back porch addition 100, single garage addition 300, bathroom 190, and shed recreation room 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Clifford J. Maloney
Culler Avenue
Brosius Homes Corporation
Lee Place
George F. Gouker
Adam Road
George Hargis, Jr
Grant Place
Helen Wilson
G. Maynard Summers
West Patrick Street
Henry Turner
East Third Street
Sidney B. Michael
Magnolia Avenue
John Ebert
Jack Croneburg
West South Street
Leo H. Sommerfield
Dill Avenue
Nelson E. Gallahan
West College Terrace
Glenn G. Green
North Market Street
James R. Castle
South Jefferson Street
Deed Recorded for 19.64 Acres in Tuscarora District
A deed filed in the clerk’s office records a transfer of about 19.64 acres and improvements in the Tuscarora district from Mr and Mrs Albert Farey Jr to Mr and Mrs Howard C Barker. The consideration is about $14 500, as shown by revenue stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscarora
Albert 5. Farey, Jr
Howard C. Barker
Plane Lands On Alt. 40 To Get Gas Supply
A small training plane made an emergency landing on Alternate U. S. 40 near Hagerstown then refueled at a nearby gas station. A motorist diverted into a field to allow the landing. The pilot bought a small amount of gas and departed. his name and origin were not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
U. S. 40
Here
Frederick
Stottlemyer
Savage
Delegates Open Hood College Synod Session
A delegation of 100 business and professional women from Washington Maryland and Delaware arrive at Hood College to join the Baltimore Presbyterian Synod sessions on integrating women into church life. Miss Carolyn Mathews leads conference talks this afternoon, with Mrs Eugene R Kellersberger speaking tonight at Gambrill gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Baltimore Presbyterian Synod
Synodical
Washington
Maryland
Delaware
Carolyn Mathews
Board of Missions
New York
Ocean Grove
N. J
Atlantic Ciy
Synodical Society
Wills R. Ford
Council of Churches and Christian Education of
Baltimore
Fred Reissig
Washington Federation of Churches
Synod
Walter H. Judd
China
Synodica
Gambrill Gymnasium
Synodical Westminster Foundation
Right Condemn Land For Future Use Given Right Condemn Land For Future Use Baltimore
A new Maryland law, Senate Bill 315, authorizes the State Roads Commission to condemn property for future highway rights of way. Effective June 1, it ends previous limits that prevented land condemnation beyond immediate needs, aiming to curb residential and commercial development blocking long range plans for the Washington Frederick and Annapolis Washington expressways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
395 General Assembly
Maryland
Senate
State Roads Commission
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Montgomery County
Washington
Frederick
Prince Georges County
Frederick-Washington
Annapolis
Moscow Clarifies Korean Cease Fire Proposal
Washington reports Secretary Acheson seeks direct talks with the Soviet about Jacob Malik's cease fire idea. Moscow expects clarification soon as U N envoys anticipate details this week. Malik proposes a halt to fighting and mutual withdrawal from the 38th parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Acheson
U. S
Yalu River
Moscow
vPi
Jacob Malik
Alan G. Kirk
Foreign Office
Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Malik
U. N
New Times
Pravda
Communist Party
Gromyko
Paris
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Korea
State Department
India
Jacob A. Malik
Local Marines Return Home From Korea on Transport Hase
Eight Maryland Marines are among more than 900 Leatherneck veterans to arrive in San Francisco aboard the General William F. Hase for 30 day leaves and reassignment. Marylanders aboard include Set William D. Grove of Baltimore and Sgt Earl F Trimmer of Woodsboro. The report also notes bids on a State Route 32 project near West Friendship to Sykesville with Williams Construction submitting the low bid of 35 423 dollars and T Edgie Russell Company bidding 36 979 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Maryland
Korea
William F. Hase
Marine Corps
William D. Grove
West Fourth Street
Frederick
Earl F. Trimmer
Woodsboro
Williams Construction Company
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Friendship-Sykesville
Sykesville
T. Edgie Russell Company
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IPA
Detrick
Lansdale Tube
Pacific Naval Force
Legislative Council On
Homemakers’ Music Festival
Truman
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
White House
Delaney
Reds
Elizabethtown, Pa
Man
Dr. Bittinger
South
U.S. Wort
Hood Meet
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