Mt Airy approves new charter and local races
Mt Airy voters approved the new town charter by 99 to 7 in a special election. Walkersville elected Gilmore C. Trout and Col John C. Dotson to the commission. Emmitsburg re elected Burgess Thornton W Rodgers and named Raymond W Baker commissioner. Ballots were light in Walkersville with 95 of 350 voters casting ballots. The charter takes effect June 1.
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Mt. Airy
Walkersville
Gilmore C. Trout
John C. Dotson
USA
Emmitsburg
Burgess Thornton W. Rodgers
Raymond W. Baker
Zrout
Dotson
Burgess Joseph R. Hoke
Baker
Lloyd Obler
Burgess
Rodgers
Hoke
Charles Fuss
Charles D. Gilleland
Roy Hyler
Roy Bollinger
James T. Hays
Water system sale stalls as price sought and charter changes
Officials say no price yet from owners on town water system purchase and that the American Bankers Association credit limits affect retirement of equity capital. Mt Airy officials expect the new charter to only streamline ordinances, not change government materially. In Baltimore, Dr J G N Cushing facing two sex charges from February inmates, grand jury accused him and he submitted his resignation.
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General Assembly
American Bankers Association
Mt. Airy
Baltimore
J. G
N. Cushing
Maryland
Cushing
The Town Winner of Pulitzer Prize
The Town by Conrad Richter won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Awards also went to the Miami Herald and Brooklyn Eagle for crime reporting, and Columbia University crowned six foreign correspondents for international reporting led by Marguerite Higgins. Higgins shared honors with Homer Bigart and others, plus a special citation for Cyrus L. Sulzberger for interviews. A June Bride joke concludes the page.
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New York
Conrad Richter
Miami, Fla
Herald
Brooklyn Eagle
Columbia University
Marguerite Higgins
New York Herald Tribune
Korea
Homer Bigart
The
Herald Tribune
Pacific
Miss Higgins
Bigart
Bel
Missing Child Found Asleep In Her Home
Susan Jane Brechbill aged 245 years was found asleep in a closet at her Pen Mar home after more than 10 military and civilian searchers scoured the area for nearly four hours. The girl left the supper table about 6 pm saying she would go out to play, prompting state police and Camp Ritchie personnel to join the search before she was located.
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Pen Mar
Guy Brechbilt
Susan Jane Brechbill
Elsie Brechbill
Government project remark sparks tourist note near tracks
Centred along the Western Maryland Railway tracks near the Brechbil residence, a railroad worker guides tourists through tales of Egypt. An Egyptian guide recounts the pyramids’ hundred year build and a tourist quips that it sounds like a government project.
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Western Maryland Railway
Brechbill
Mr. Brechbil
Railroad
Planes Collide Near Houston Killing and Injuring
Four bodies recovered after two planes collided six miles northeast of Harrington Air Force Base, EWingloty 48 near Houston. Witness John Carrigan of Pasadena reported a jet explosion at about 10 000 feet, noting a bomber pilot background. Details on origin, destination, or base remained unavailable.
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Houston
Hilington Air Force Base
Ewingloty
Pie Crewhlen Wis
Blelington
John Carrigan
Pasadena
Carrigan
Midlothian Valley Grange Sets DST Schedule and Friendship Night
The Midlothown Valley Grange held its April meeting in Feederick Me. and voted to continue meetings during daylight saving time. They announced Friendship Night with Carroll Manor Grange on May 20 at 8 p.m. DST in Adamstown and planned the May 10 meeting with the Youth Committee. The program featured readings on Andrew Jackson Zachary Taylor and George Washington and a poem titled Thank God For America. A word scramble game concluded the session. Almost one third of U.S. government revenue comes from individual income tax payments.
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Middletown Valley Grange
Carroll Manor Grange
Adamstown
Cecil K. Holter, Jr
Andrew Jackson
Merrit Short
Zachhary Taylor
Richard Holter
Winfield Seoi
Mac Remsberg
George McClean
D. Vernon Holter
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