Outbuildings Destroyed On Farm Near City
Fire destroyed a chicken house blacksmith shop and oil shed on Marion E Specht’s farm west of Montevue while his wife and he saved the farmhouse with a garden hose A second engine arrived just in time to control the blaze 60 six weeks old chickens and several hundred fenceposts and cords of stove wood were lost uninsured more than 800 feet of hose supplied water from Montevue creek and fire departments aided by Camp Detrick and state police assisted with traffic control
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Marion E. Specht
Montevue
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T. F. Snyder
Maryland
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Anniversaries and historic events in Know America Today
Dates mark notable births such as James Robertson Jason Lee Richard Hildreth John Boyle O Reilly Emerson Hough and William F E Barton with death years. Today in History recalls Monmouth 1778 the Wasp Reindeer affair 1814 and peace talks off Algiers 1815 plus activism shifts and canal plans through 1919 and 1939 events.
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New York
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Newton
Iowa
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Austria
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Baltimore Police Seize Mt Airy Man on Warrants
Willard M. Gue antique dealer near Mt Airy was arrested Monday night on multiple warrants for false pretense and bad checks. He was turned over to Baltimore City Detective Bureau for prosecution after custody by State Police. Detainers from Loudoun County Virginia and Pennsylvania also linked to the case.
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Mt. Airy
Baltimore City Detective Bureau
G. E. Newcomer
Gue
Baltimore
Frederick
Loudoun County
Pennsylvania
Guo
Truman praised for strong Pacific stance in facing Communism
Washington June 27 Ambassador Miguel Elizalde praised President Truman saying his firm Pacific stand will bring tremendous encouragement to Far Eastern peoples opposing Communism. He added the United States will be a steady force in the region.
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Washington
Miguel Elizalde
Pacific
United States
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