Zoning Board Ruling Overruled On Car Lot Permit
Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer overruled the zoning board denying an open used car lot permit at 723 North Market Street. Perry H. Shorb sought the open site in a business district with residents opposing the plan. The judge stressed the ordinance does not bar open car lots and warned against over broad construction.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
North Market Street
Patrick M. Schwanifer
Perry H. Skorb
Zoning Board
Schnauffer
Shor
W. Raymond Walter
Walter
Shorb
Richard F. Kline
Richard FE. Zimmerman
Nikirk
Bihat
Firemen To Pump Insect Solution In Williamsport
Firemen and Lions Club volunteers will spray large areas of Williamsport with 50 pounds of DDT from a pumper converted into a giant spray gun. The operation targets breeding grounds along the canal bed, Potomac shore, and the park. Deputy Fire Chief Robert L. Taylor leads the mission with gas masks and club representatives assisting.
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Williamsport
Civic Club
Lions Club
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Sorsythe
Potomac
Spending Spree By Coal Miners
Berkeley West Virginia June 28 7 With the first weekend rush over West Virginia coal miners settle into a vacation extending to July 6 A new contract providing a dollar a day more pay was signed to avoid work stoppage when the vacation ends A merchandise fair opened with 35 merchants showing wares and free refreshments and entertainment The miners indulged spending heavy on paint wallpaper and furniture while banks reported few deposits and many notes paid
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Berkeley
W. Va
West Virginia
Wells bowls perfect 300 in blind Dunbar bowling contest
Wells of South Charleston bowled a perfect 300 behind a curtain in a blind bowling contest at Dunbar Bowling Center. Roscoe Stephens said the curtain hid the pins while a scorekeeper relayed scores and remaining pins. first perfect game on Dunbar alleys. A deed records sale of a building fronting Jefferson Boulevard in Brad dock Heights for about 100 by 180 feet from Vida C Fielding Takoma Park to Charles M Dodd Jr with $1400. Purchasers plan a $6000 bungalow between Ralph Crane and F W Weitzel homes.
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Dunbar
al ‘Wells
South Charleston
Ros_coe Stephens
Dunbar Bowling Center
Wells
Stephens
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Vida C. Fielding
Takoma Park
Charles M. Dodd
Frederick
Ralph Crane
F. W. Weitzel
Army to Induct 225000 to 73000 in First Draft Year
Washington reports the Army estimates 225000 to 73000 inductees in the first year of the new draft with monthly averages around 30000. Four WWI centers to reopen as division training hubs are Fort Riley Kansas Camp Chaffee Arkansas Camp Breckinridge Kentucky Camp Pickett Virginia and 10th Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.
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Washington
Army
Royail
Fort Riley
Kansas
Tenth Infantry
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fifth Armored Division
Camp Breckenridge
101St Air Borne Division
Camp Pickett
Fort Ord
Calif
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Knox, Ky
120 Planes Flying Food Into Berlin
Berlin reports 120 U S transport planes arrived at Tempelhof today with food and supplies for the Soviet blockade city. The flight plan aims for 100 planes daily, delivering about 300 tons, while rail shipments once reached 2,000 tons. The airlift supports 2,000,000 residents in Berlin’s western sectors amid rationing and austerity rules.
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Berlin
United States
Tempelhof
U.S. Army
U. S
Germany
America
Ritish
Camp Pickett to Reopen Under Army Plan
The Army plans to reopen Camp Pickett under the draft act with about 13,000 to be sent to the World War nearby Blackstone. Final arrangements for the dedication of the William R. Diggs swimming pool in Mullinix Park set a Tuesday evening ceremony with former Alderman Russell H. McCain as dedicatory speaker and Mayor Llord C. Culler and Rev. E. E. Williams accepting on behalf of the city and users. Market report notes New York stocks slipping with railroad issues dragging prices lower, declines generally small.
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Army
Virginia
Bird and Robertson
Blackstone
William R. Diggs
Mullinix Park
Russell H. McCain
Llord C. Culler
E. E. Williams
Asbury Methodist Church
New York
Cargo Plane Fleet Rushed To Berlin
The United States rushed about 39 large four engine C 54 cargo planes to Germany to help ferry food and supplies into the American sector of Berlin as supplies dwindle for two million residents. Western powers seek to pressure the Kremlin to lift the transport blockade. London hints at a direct approach to Moscow while State Department comments are unavailable.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
London
Moscow
Stalin
State Department
Bowers
Russia
July 4 Quiet in Frederick With Local Observance Lacking
A two to three day holiday weekend in Frederick will pass with little Independence Day celebration. No city events or fireworks are planned. Walkersville hosts the nearest night pyrotechnics at the firemen’s carnival. Banks stores and post offices will close Monday. many workers take a week or more off. Heat remains high with possible storms. June rainfall brings total near normal. Proposals for peace in Palestine arrive from Count Folke Bernadotte as UN mediator reports a four week armistice.
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Frederick
Walkersville
Baker Park
Weather Bureau
Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
United Nations
Cominform Charges Tito as Traitor in Yugoslavia
The Cominform in Prague accuses Yugoslav communists led by Premier Marshal Tito of departing from Marx Lenin lines and pursuing a hostile policy toward the Soviet Union. It calls for return to Marxist policy or leadership changes in Yugoslavia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Marshall Sito
Soviet
Russia
Cominform
Yugoslavia
International Communist “Information Bureau
Poland
Tito
Belgrade
Communist Party
Romania
Communist Information Bureau
Rude Pravo
Communist Party of
Foreign Aid Program Is Made A Law
President Truman signed the 6 billion dollar foreign aid appropriation to aid Western Europe and Far East nations within 15 months, aiming to spur recovery and democracy and halt communist expansion. He described the action as a united effort of the Executive and Congress and a pledge to preserve free institutions worldwide.
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Washington
Truman
America
Europe
Executive
Congress
Mr. Truman
Charges Preferred Against Two Marines
Two young Marines were arrested by city police last week. Cpl. William A. Clark of Cleveland faces carrying concealed weapons while Robert G. Cooley is charged with operating without a license. They were detained while ownership of the car they rode in was investigated, with hearings planned that night. Officer Norman Dietze led the inquiry.
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William A. Clark
Cleveland
Robert G. Cooley
Oficer
Norman Dietzeiz
Reavy Whiting
Entore West Sixth Street
Kanede
Eunice Smith
William Brightwell
Joe Shane
Frederick
Rentzell
Annette Shonem
Greensboro
Liord le Knoxville
Convention Postscripts From the Philadelphia Convention
Peter Edson reports the convention mood with sharp digests of speeches and moments. Humorous jabs at Hoover and Taft, Warren praised for restraint, Stassen’s dramatic crowd scenes, and Ditto on Dewey versus Warren contrasts. Vandenberg’s tactic criticized as weak. The piece closes with a quip on a fashion mall joke amid the proceedings.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Philadelphia
Hoover
MacArthur Boon
Taft
Pennant
George Bender
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Warren
Congress
Martin
Sen
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Rominate Dever
Harold Stassen
Stassen
GOP
Harding
al Smith
Joan W. Davis
Ike Bo
General Eisenhower
C. D. Hicks
Missouri
Ike
Joe Martin
Herbert Hoover
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg
Officer And Two Negroes Die In Kansas City Shooting
In Kansas City on June 28 a white patrolman and two Black individuals, including a woman, were killed after police responded to a disturbance call. Patrolman Fi d Montgomery, 29, was shot through a house window while alighting from a patrol car. Patrolman Paul Warrington, 25, was wounded after firing into the house and later hospitalized. A Black man and woman were found dead in a bathroom inside the house, with an automatic pistol and shotgun nearby.
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Kansas City
Fid N. Riontgomery
Paul Warrington
Montgomery
Warrington
Equity Court grants Mary E Rice absolute divorce
A decree in Equity Court grants Mrs. Mary E Rice an absolute divorce from Austin L Ries. The defendant must pay the costs. Wilbur F Sheffield Jr represented the plaintiff and Edwin L Nigusk the defendant.
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Equity Court
Mary E. Rice
Lantz
Austin L. Ries
Thurmont
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Edwin LE. Nigusk
Gefepgant
Earthquakes devastate Fukui on Honshu
Western Honshu experiences a powerful quake sequence that leveled much of Fukui with fires and widespread destruction. Initial casualty estimates ranged toward thousands, though U S authorities later cautioned the figure may be high. Daishoji reported 10 dead and 60 injured as relief efforts began.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Fukui
U. S
Daishoji
Crawford Sams
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Sea of Japan
Kanazawa
Ishikawa
Toyama
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
Kyoto
Honolulu
Osaka Meteorological Service
Asahi
U. S. Eighth Army
Meteorological Service
Kuzurou River
Fukui City
11 year old girl slain in Rock Creek Park
In Washington a mysterious murder occurred as 11 year old Carol Bardwell was found with her throat cut in Rock Creek Park after a bicycle ride. Police issued a lookout for a man with bloody clothes amid reports of molestation in the area. The victim, a Sacred Heart student, left home with permission and was later found dead near her home.
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Washington
Rock Creek Park
Carol
Sacred Heart School
Quake Shakes Honolulu Early Morning
A sharp earthquake struck Honolulu at 132 a.m. today causing no immediate damage. The fire department responded to alarms as residents fled outdoors. People reported a bright flash. no confirmation of such flash was found. The event coincides with activity around Mauna Loa on Hawaii Island.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii Island
Truman vetoes bill to restore Key home in Washington
The White House announced President Truman pocket vetoed a bill to restore Francis Scott Key’s home in Washington. The measure would have authorized 65000 dollars for work at the Key home and marked Truman’s first pocket veto since Congress adjourned. Press Secretary Ross said the president let the bill die by inaction within the required time.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Francis Scott Key
Wins Contest On Use Of The Bible In Baltimore
Gary Angleberger son of Mr and Mrs Austin F Angleberger won a state wide contest of the Maryland Baptist Training Union Association for efficiency in using the Bible. He will receive two weeks at the Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly at Hood College from July 26 to August 1. Attending were Mrs Austin Angleberger Rev William C Royal Miss Sylvia Albaugh and Joseph Royal. In Wise Virginia five men were charged with beating a state trooper as violence rose over efforts to organize small truck mines in Die Seid.
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Gary Angleberger
Austin F. Angleberger
North Market Street
Baltimore
Maryland Baptist Training Union Association
Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
Hood College
Austin Angleberger
William C. Royal
Sylvia Albaugh
Joseph Royal
Wise
Die Seid
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Attlee
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George Isaacs
San Francisco
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Birkenhead
Transport and General Workers Union
Montevue
Pearl Bargain Store
Glade Valley Bakery
U.S
Square
Alonzo Thomas
Adamstoun
South Market Street
John Loftchin
New York City
Market
Marshall Murray
Tirst
U. S. Bushes
Fredericktonians
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Thomas and
Florence Blake Wolfe
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