Heavy Weekend Storms Hit Frederick and Adjacent Counties
Thunderstorms drenched Frederick and nearby counties over Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, dropping over 1.5 inches of rain. High winds felled trees on roads including Route 15 at St. Anthonys and Route 75 near Ladesburg, flooding streets and forcing event cancellations. Power and telephone damage remained light compared with last Thursday, as rainfall totals reached 1.60 inches and temperatures spiked to 93 before storms cooled.
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Frederick
Carroll
Market Street
State Roads Commission
St. Anthonys
Ladesburg
Carsall
Storms Damage Crystal Laundry. Heat Records Noted
A lightning bolt damaged part of the Crystal Laundry during a storm. Saturday reached a 91 degree high while temperatures stayed in the sixties overnight, according to the report.
Lobster Fisherman Claims Whale Rescue Tale
Provincetown, June 27. A nineteen year old lobster fisherman recounted a whale encounter while hauling pots off Race Point. He and his father were in separate dories when a whale lifted Frank into the air. He landed on the whale and clung to its back as the creature surfaced and sounded.
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Provincetown
Mass
Herman Mel
Melville
Frank
Open swimming meet in Baltimore features close finish
In Baltimore on a Saturday event, Donald Walshe of Mercersburg Academy won the 100-yard freestyle with John Ruppert second and Pete Dutrow third in a tight race that resembled a dead heat. Walshe clocked 1: when the record shows.
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Pete Dutrow
Frederick Y
Tank Flash
Baltimore
Donald Walshe
Mercersburg Academy
John Ruppert
Walshe
Ruppert
Milton Hahn
Fred Burgees
Bhl Hammond
Frederick Ynished
Winer
Symposium Opens on Military Chemistry Applications
Edgewood reports a three day symposium on military applications of chemistry starting tomorrow at the Army Chemical Center. Scientists from the United States Canada and England will participate. Gettysburg board note George L Wahide elected to the Ansie ML Warner Hospital directors.
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Edgewood
Army Chemical Center
United States
Canada
England
Gettysburg
Ansie ML Warner Hospital
George L. Wahide
Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg
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Donald E. Leatherman
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