Rain Monsoon Delays Harvests Across City and County
Heavy rainfall over five weeks pushes streams to flood stage with eight inches in a single storm. Monoracy River rises but stays below danger. Potomac stays within banks at Brunswick. several creeks run full or near flood stages. Ground saturation halts field work and delays planting of field and garden crops as eight inches fall since April 1 amid a very wet spring. Weather shifts to clearing, cooler conditions with May Day celebrations at Hood College in view. winds to 25 mph tonight and Sunday expected fair and warmer.
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Brunswick
Carroll Creek
Israel Creek
Israel's
Liberty Road
State Roads Commission
Weather Bureau
Hood College
Rail Tieup Threatened Across Nation in Impending Strike
A near complete railroad tieup looms as three unions threaten a strike starting next Tuesday morning. Carriers prepare with embargo notices, layoff warnings, and travel advisories for passengers. Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville expect to run some trains with supervisory staff.
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Chicago
Fremen
Ateast
Minister Speaks At Civitan Club Meeting
Rev Samuel Johnston rector of All Saints Episcopal spoke at the Civitan Club dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He urged church attendance as a community need and source of comfort during stress. Basil Lewis reported on the district convention in Trenton New Jersey and Abb received a lieutenant governors badge. The club plans an antique show at the Armory May 27 28 29 and softball vs Elks in Staley Park.
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Amuel
Johnston
All Saints Episcopal Church
Civitans
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Mr. Johnston
Basil Lewis
Trenton
M. J
Lewis
Irving A. Abb
Ms Lewis
Abb
Grayson Nikirk
Elks
Staley Park
Russell Gooden
G. L. Thomas, Jr
Charles
G. Leicester
Clu
People Can't Eat Steel
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson outlines the steel price saga as U.S. Steel plans cuts while workers seek wage gains. He notes price shifts, cost increases across food and coal, and argues that rising living costs, not steel alone, drive inflation. He cautions about psychology in bargaining.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Biz U. 5
Steel Corporation
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Dept of Justice and Commerce
Anne Steel
Ito Vick
CIO Steelworkers’Union
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Commerce
U. S
General Electric
U. S. Steel
S. Steel Corporation
Man Convicted Here Is Seeking Release
Edward B. Grove of West Patrick street has filed a petition in Baltimore court for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from a three year House of Correction term imposed in Circuit Court in March 1947. Grove and others were reconvicted in a hotel robbery case with a night clerk as key witness. The petition claims unjust incarceration and other points. Judge France set a hearing for next Tuesday with witnesses arranged by State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk, notified by the Baltimore city prosecutor.
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Edward B. Grove
West
Patrick Street
Baltimore
House of Correction
Grove
Frederick
France
Edwin F. Nikirk
Baltimore City
Low Housing Rents In Frederick Near Ten-Year Milestone
Approximately $138,000 in rents has been paid for the low rent housing units in Frederick, including the white Taney project and the colored Lincoln development. The housing authority reports total project costs at $524,000 financed by bonds and grants from the U S Housing Authority and local authorities. Occupancy remains near 100 percent with long waiting lists and veterans prioritized for vacancies. The city and county taxes on the sites have been replaced by annual payments totaling $3,406.50 since 1943, a figure about 50 percent higher than prior tax receipts. A third similar project has tentative approval but no congressional funds.
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White Taney
Colored Lincoln Development
Y of
Frederick
E Housing
W. Tom McSherry
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Joan L. Shaw
South
Uni: States Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Frederick County
Congress
Hood College Theft Suspect Identifies Ring Necklace
Two Hood College students, led by police, identified a diamond ring and pearl necklace taken from Hood dormitories during a raid by a California woman accused of rifling rooms at eastern colleges. The items belonged to Miss Higgs and Miss Steinharter, valued around 500 dollars, as police traced the suspect to Centreville and Chestertown.
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Hood College
Chestertown
Lillian L. Becker
Becker
Hood ‘College
Hood Girls
Raymond I. Ford
Walter K. May
RB. O
Alien Barigzis
Louise Ford
Wilmington
Del
Dorothy Peel
Carnegie
Mary Midd
Bound Brook
N. J
Margaret Higgs
Cleveland
Phrilis Steinharter
Salem
Mass
Steinharter
Centreville
California
Washington College
Frederick
Hood
Fire at Bartonsville home extinguished before arrival
Fire alarm at 11 40 a m reports a weatherboard house owned by Nusbaum family in Bartonsville had a small fire started by rubbish in the back. Residents extinguished it with a pump water before Inde pendents arrived. minimal damage noted.
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Nusbaum
Bartonsville
Reciprocal trade act faces end in Congress battle
Washington May 7 The secretary of state calls the reciprocal trade agreements act a keystone of policy linking world prosperity with anti-communist aims. Enacted 1934 and renewed four times, it allows tariff reductions with 41 nations and shapes U S leadership in world trade as Congress weighs possible changes before the June 12 expiration. Anxious hearings by Rep Gearhart's subcommittee probe why firms fear foreign competition and pressure to extend or modify the act amid debate on stronger congressional oversight. Arrest notice follows unrelated attachment case in Frederick County.
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Congress
State Department
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
United States
ITO
United Nations
Havana
Cuba
IFO
U. S. Tariff Commission
Truman
Marshall
House
Will and Means
Rep
Gearhart
California
Mnessman
R. S. Castle Dies at 59 in Baltimore
Robert Stanley Castle, once a partner with W. L. Brann in a racing stable and breeding farm and a former Montgomery Ward advertising executive in Chicago, died at his Baltimore home today from a heart ailment. He was 59.
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R. S. Castle
Baltimore
Robert Stanley Castle
W. L. Brann
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Hood College May Day Festival Saturday Planned
Hood College will observe its thirty third annual May Day on Saturday with events from a corner stone laying for Gambrill gymnasium to a pageant and horse show. Queen Gretchen Groff will be crowned by Prince Hood Phyllis Muir while Miss Shirley Harold and Madeline Taylor direct events. A four o clock pageant in Hudson Memorial theater features the sophomores' Pioneer revue and a medieval themed procession precedes ceremonies.
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Hood College
Gambrils Gymnasium
Felhers’ Club
Brodbeck Hall
Shirley Harold
Philadelphia
Madeline Taylor
Uniontown
Hudson Memorial Outdoor Theater
Phyllis Muir
West Englewood
N. J
Prince Hood
Gretchen Groff
Ocean City
Hood
Maid of
Suz
Anne Cartier
Severna Park
Jester
Donna Mart
Tyrone
Doris Magee
Bogota
Marilyn Lozier
Hasbrouck Heights
Joan Schmitt
Tarentum
Betle Biome
Baltimore
Gambrill Gymnasium
Ruth H. Aiwell
Department of Physical Education For Women
George Washington University
Aiweils Addre
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Henry Irvin Stahr
R. Paul Smith
Board of
Marion G. Smith
Department of Physical Education
Katherine Maguire
Wynnewood
Athletic Association
Colleen Crowhurst
Nutley
Alma.f. Hedrick
Comaster
Hounds
Loudoun County Hunt
Cash Smith
Woodsboro
Stanley T. Green
Leesburg
Association of American Horse- Krebs
Mas
Cobieniz
Na Ey Bomberger
Bui
Bob Craig
Archiva
Margaret Wood
Ang Irs
Stahr
Ruth E Perry
Elizabeth Ard
Muir
Groff
Barbara Jones
Chelmsford
Miess
Mayr Dar
Mevran
Hood Father's Club
Selective Advance Marks New York Trading on Hesitant Rise
The New York stock market resumed a selective advance today as leaders showed hesitation. Rails were propped by hopes the carrier strike will be averted. Scattered aircrafts performed fairly well on expectations of large military plane orders.
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New York
European Assembly Proposed by Churchill at The Hague
Churchill urged immediate formation of a European assembly as the first step toward a Council of Europe. Delegates from 16 nations in the Marshall Plan sessions attend the Congress of Europe with exiled leaders from several eastern European countries. Churchill noted events have carried affairs beyond expectations since first proposing United Europe two years ago.
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Hague
Netherlands -P
Winston Church
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
World Organization
World Organisation of the Future
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Britain
West
Fredon
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Yugoslavia
Romania
Finland
Saar Valley
Germany
Zurich
Switzerland
Thurmont Men Injured In Highway Crash
Two Thurmont residents were hospitalized in Gettysburg after their car rear ended a truck on the Emmitsburg Taneytown highway at Harney Road. Cyrus Favorite, 39, and Joseph Shorb, 28, were listed in satisfactory condition. Favorite suffered a cerebral on and scalp injuries and a left thumb laceration, while Shorb had a facial wound and injuries to the right. Stephen Alexander, the car driver, claimed the other vehicle, driven by Fern Baker, struck them. The incident and report were filed with authorities.
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Thurmont
Gettysburg
Emmitsburg-Taneytown
Harney Road
Cyrus Favorite
Joseph Shorb
Annie Warner Hospital
Stephen Alexander
Worsk
Fern Baker
One Suit Settled For 25900 In Circuit Court
In a Circuit Court case Mr and Mrs Grayson of Urbana filed for $25000 against defendants Fox Weil Bros Inc and others in connection with the death of their son Grayson. Authorities allege Staul and Mis were together when struck by a car driven by Fox. The suit was marked settled and satisfied and another $25000 case against the same defendants remains pending. Attorney for the parents is William M Storm and W Clinton McSherry represents Weil Bros.
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Mary
John L Fox Frederick
House of Correction
Weil Bros. Inc
Fox
Miss Staub
Sarc
Grayson
Miss. Urbana
Stauls
Mis
William M. Storm
W. Clinton McSherry
Weil Bros
B O Bars Perishable Freight Embargo Extended
Baltimore authority warns of a rail strike leading to an embargo on perishable freight after midnight. Effective 12:01 p m Monday the B O will cover all less than carload lots, with emergency staff on duty only. Western Maryland unaffected by wage dispute under standby agreement.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland Railway
Brotherhoods
Western Maryland
Rail Strike Would Menace Brunswick
A near complete shutdown of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad could hit Brunswick if enginemen and switchmen strike. A Brunswick shops official said a probable order by President Roy B White furloughing most workers at 12.01 am Wednesday could lead to a yard shutdown. Merchants rely on railroad workers for subsistence, though locals doubt the strike will materialize, hoping the government will intervene.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Roy B. White
Markey And Pumphrey Speakers At Brunswick
Brig. Gen. D John Markey of Walkersville and Delegate LeRoy Pumphrey of Prince George s County spoke at Brunswick events drawing large crowds. About 500 gathered at Memorial Park as medals were presented to World War II Army personnel of Stead man Keenan post and 12 Gold Star mothers received medals. A parade from the Legion Home preceded the ceremony with Richard Bowers introducing Gen Markey and T West Claggett presiding. Markey stressed national defense while Pumphrey addressed Frederick County matters at a club meeting with local schools and teachers as special guests.
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D. John Markey
Walkersville
LeRoy Pumphrey
Prince George's County
House of Delegates
Brunswick
Memorial Park
Markey
Steadman-Keenan Po
American Legion
Legion
Richard Bowers
Gen. Marker
T. West Claggett
Gen. Markey
Pumphrey
Frederick County
Bruns- C. A
Bruns
Berkittsville
Lovettse
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk’s office for several property sales. Harvey B Edwards and wife sold to Charles Y and wife a brick dwelling at 429 North Market Street for about 15000 dollars. John J Defina and wife sold to Nathan Bell property on the Walkersville Mt Pleasant road for about 7000 dollars. Albert A Schmidt and wife sold to Hal Lewesen wife property of about 2 3/4 acres with improvements on the road from Fellow Springs to Hamburg near Tuscarora receiver for about 5000 dollars.
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Clerk Ice
Harvey B. Edwards
Charles
North Market Street
John J. Defina
Nathan ©. Bell
Walkersville
Mt Pleasant Road
Albert A. Schmidt
Har Leweseh
Fellow Springs
Hamburg
Tuscarora
Truman And Cabinet In Conference
President Truman held an hour long cabinet meeting to discuss the railroad crisis as a looming strike nears. Attorney General Clark said he advised last week that the president has power to seize railroads if needed, with no seizure orders yet prepared. Steelman spoke with labor leaders and railroad officials as White House aides seek a negotiated settlement.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Clark
Brotherhoods
W. T. Fairley
Association of American Railroads
Local Permits Pass Big Build Costs for Year
City engineers report building permits issued for January to April total 341,123 with estimates for construction and remodeling exceeding 3500,000. Officials note final costs often far exceed estimates, with a home project near 30,000 and a large office at Frederick Brick Works about 25,600. An $8,000 estimate on a home rose to roughly 30,000. The April permits include ten new homes totaling 135,700 and a warehouse shed permit for Eugene Raney at 3,000.
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Frederick Brick Works
Eugene Raney
East Street
Maryland Weather Alert Frost Risk Sunday
A heavy rainstorm flooded highways and cellars across Maryland today hindering crops. The Weather Bureau forecasts clearing skies later, but warns of rising winds and a possible frost Sunday morning in the Chesapeake Bay area and surrounding counties.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bar Area
Knights Templar Attend Ascension Service at Bethany Church
About 50 members of Jacques De Molay Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar attended Ascension Thursday services at Bethany Lutheran Church in Brunswick. The service, conducted by the prelate, featured Rev. Ralph H. Miller of Bethany Church delivering a sermon titled The Abiding Presence.
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Jacques de Molay Commandery
Knights Templar
Bethany Lutheran Church
Baltimore Extended Forecast May 7 Weekend Outlook
Extended weather forecast for Baltimore calls for Saturday and Sunday mostly sunny with cooler Saturday and warmer Sunday. Monday brings showers and cooler conditions, while Tuesday and Wednesday stay generally fair and warmer. Temperatures Saturday to Wednesday average about three degrees below normal with about half an inch of precipitation expected.
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Baltimore
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Riddlepoint
Washington County
Delavier
Sherif Austin Murray
Gettysburg, Pa
Markey and Pumphrey
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Solicitor General Office
Supreme Court
Brotherhood
David B Robertson
Alvanley Johnston
Locomotive Engineers
Alfred J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
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