Extension Of East Street Up Tonight
A special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen tonight will focus on a feasibility study for extending East Street northward as part of a broader improvement plan. Proponents cite traffic relief and industrial expansion potential, with possible Federal aid near 48 percent and total costs estimated at 80 to 90 thousand dollars.
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Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frederick
Market Street
Fire-Destroyed Eight-Room Dwelling Near Gaithersburg
A fire gutted the eight room Sav age residence on the Gishen road three miles northeast of Gaithersburg. Damage was set at 25000 with partial insurance. Firemen from Gaithersburg Washington Grove and Rockville fought the blaze, saving little beyond a deep freeze unit refrigerator and hot water heater. Wesley Briggs, 32, was rescued after a ceiling collapse and treated for burns. Minor injuries were reported for two other firefighters.
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Charles J. Savare
Gaithersburg
Gishen Road
Meraners
Savage
Washington Grove
Rockville
Wesley Briggs
Byron and
Merril Miller
Briggs
Walter Hershey
Gaithersburg Company
Truman Plans Work Schedule for April
President Truman cleared his April calendar of out of town trips and announced a day long work schedule to push his legislative program through Congress. He cancelled two April speeches including the United Nations cornerstone laying and dinner for Dr Chaim Weizmann. U N postponed cornerstone laying. Trygve Lie expressed disappointment. no delay to the new headquarters. Nearly one billion metal cans are used annually to pack seafood in the United States.
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Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
United Nations
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
New York
U. N
Lake Success
Trygve Lie
U.N
New York City
United States
Bean soup shower disrupts Senate dining room
Tris Coffin was doused with bean soup during lunch in the Senate dining room by Marion Carpenter a photographer upset by Coffin's column about Senator McKellar The incident drew startled diners as Carpenter defended her action saying she aimed to expose his portrayal of the photographer in a portrait feature
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Washington
Tris Coffin
Senate
Marion Carpenter
Coffin
Miss Carpenter
McKellar
D-Tenn
One Robbery Is Solved In Maryland Case Mix
State Police marked off a recent West Friendship robbery as solved just before news of another break in at Thompson and Hoffman store near the post office. 54 cartons of crackers, $15, and four picnic hams were taken. the post office was untouched. Debinski and Wersten linked to multiple thefts, with Debinski sentenced in Baltimore and a detainer issued for Howard county charges.
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Thompson and Hoffman
Baltimore
Donald John Wersten
Winchester
Marcus
Hood
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Roy Debinski
Marcus Farage
Wersten
Debinski
Howard County
Waterloo
Baltimore City
Poncesant Tittle
Ridgeville
Libertytown
Brown
Daniels
No More Props Under Chinese
Washington reports that Senator McCarran said the State Department will let China go without efforts to prop up the Nationalist Government. The stance appears in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report linked to McCarran’s 1.5 billion dollar China credit bill. President Truman offered no comment on China policy at today’s briefing.
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State Department
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Tex
Acheson
Department
Truman
Community notes from Emmitsburg and surroundings
Sunday visits from Baltimore and Pittsburgh residents noted along with a Thursday Tom's Creek Methodist church covered dish social attended by about eighty. A St Joseph’s High School PTA card party on March 17 raised approximately 230 dollars with quilts awarded and a door prize won by William Martin. Vacation Week events at St Mary’s and St Euphemia’s included talks, a short film Images in Ivory, a Glee Club Irish program, and a junior skating party to boost Mission Drive funds.
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Clifford Sykes
Baltimore
John F. Kelly
Joseph Burdner
Pittsburgh
Robert Burdner
Tom's Creek Methodist Church
Rodney Sneeringer
Hanover
Paul Goulden
Washington
Ida Goulden
St. Joseph's High School
Parent- Teachers Association
Joseph Stahley
Bernadette Arnold
William Martin
S. Seton Avenue
Guy A. Baker
Louis Stoner
Marie C. Rosenstee
Wakefield
Charles
Jerome Peters
John V. Ballard
St Mary's Church
Dlagerstown
St. Joseph's
St. Euphemia’s
Glee Club
Local Socials and Upcoming Events in Frederick County
A roundup of visits and gatherings: Elizabeth Allen and Carrie Firor hosted in Washington and Baltimore visits. families from Mercersburg and Westminster enjoyed weekend outings. Emmitsburg High plans a play Six White Horses with date TBA. Licenses sought by Rosensteel and Cooper. Legion home improvements under contractor J W Walter. Local farewells and trips to Chicago. Lutheran World Action will be held March 27 at Elias Lutheran. Frederick County Federation meets at St Anthony’s. Louise Sebold elected VP. Socials include visits to the Joys, Adams residence guests, and Shoemaker family travels.
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Rainbow Skating Rink
Taneytown
Elizabeth Allen
Washington
Carrie Firor
F. S. K. Matthews
Earl Rice
Mercersburg
Baltimore
Cloyd Seiss
Alice Kelly
Marie C. Rosensteel
Barbara
Westminster
Emmitsburg High School
Richard C. Rosensteel
Louis Cooper
Francis X. Elder
American Legion
J. W. Walter
Charles Cinegran
Chicago
Bernard H. Boyle
Loretta
James H. Boyle
Fairfield
William Boyle
Alice
Regis Boyle
Pittsburgh
Lutheran World Action
Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church
George Walter
Austin Joy
Walter
Joy
Robert Gillelan
U. S. Navy
Navy Base
Philadelphia
Jeanette Brotherton
Annette Levy
Helen Gardner
Lucy King
Ship Miss Orient Mines Between Canton and Hong Kong
Authorities reported a disaster after the motor ship Miss Orient struck a mine between Canton and Hong Kong. The vessel was traveling from the southern Chinese port to the British Crown colony when the explosion occurred. More than 100 persons were killed or seriously injured.
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Canton
Here
Hong Kong
Senate Votes Budget Okay
Annapolis March 24 Governor Lane's record 134000000 budget bill was given final Senate approval tonight. It now goes to the House where quick action is expected. The bill sets forth how the governor wants to appropriate money to carry on the state's business for the 12 months starting July 1. It is the first yearly budget in
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Lane
Senate
House
Maryland budget debate inclines toward biennial plan
Maryland history notes the budget remains biennial, with about 115 million dollars to be spent in the current fiscal year. The Senate passed the bill nearly as introduced, voting 21 to 2 with Carter and Davis dissenting. Senate Minority Leader Kimble was excused from voting.
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Senate
Senatoes
Carter D-Balto
Davis
K Dfontgomery
Minersity
Kimble
R-Allegany
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