Draft onus on draft plan stirs in Washington May
Reporters say the House may delay actual drafting until the President proclaims the need. A GOP leader cited three factions splitting the House on manpower, with a push to set up a standby draft for ages 19 to 25, potentially starting 90 days after law. A Senate battle looms over 18 year old training, opposed by Taft and women's groups warning of harm to home life and education.
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Washington
May
House
Truman
Armed Services
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Taft
R-Chip
National Council Against Conscription
Garden club meeting highlights and upcoming events
The Union Bridge group hosted a meeting with guest speaker Mrs. Roscoe Thompson of Mount Airy who discussed flowering and berrying shrubs for year round use in arrangements. Announcements included several Garden Pilgrimages and a Mower show at Ascension Episcopal church on May 24. Tea was served by Mrs. Englar, with Mrs. Earle Buckey pouring. In Martinsburg, R. Lewis Beniz was named chairman of the Salvation Army advisory board, succeeding Frank C. Thomas. Mrs. Gray Silver was secretary and Charles G. Gain treasurer.
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Union Bridge Group
Roscoe Thompson
Mount Airy
Ascension Episcopal Church
Englar
Earle Buckey
Thomas Martinsburg
W.va
R. Lewis Beniz
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Frank C. Thomas
Gray Silver
Charles G. Gain
Johns Hopkins Faces Deficit Crisis at $900,000
Johns Hopkins Hospital warns Baltimore of a grave crisis as its 1947-48 fiscal year ends with a $900,000 deficit after accounting for endowment, gifts, and aid. President W. Wallace Lanahan cites payroll and supply cost increases, shorter patient stays, and newer therapies as causes, urging community support to avert jeopardy to the medical center. Competing with over 1,000 teams, the lo ag class of Emmits-
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Baltimore
May
Johns Hopkins Hospital
W. Wallace Lanahan
Lanahan
Lo Ag
Emmits
Burg High Wins 18th Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging
Emmitsburg High School led by Reese Poffenberger earned top honors in the 18th Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest with an average score of 75 of 500. Poffenberger received honorable mention in the vocational instructors division among 28 team members.
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Burg High School
Hoard’s Dairyman
Reese Poffenberger
Vo Ag
Emmitsburg
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Pearl Buck
John Irvine
National Council of Presbyterian Women
Stirs
Mary McLeod Bethune
National Council of Negro Women
Leslie E. Swain
Women's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Leigh Colvin
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Damascus‘ High School
Betty Moxley
Ruth Brown
Shirley Linthicum
Lois Taley
Bobby Bellison
Billy King
Geraldine Bosley
Donald Barber
Marie Havse
Billy Gladh
Browning
Garden Club
Westminster
Carroll Garden Club
Lars
Herbert Englar
Wednesfield
Paulis Day
Jeannette Grimes
Walter Speicher
Arlene Phebus
Jack Hoffman
Barbara Holt
Beverly Hills
Calif
Sherwood Brothers
Maryland
Sherwood
Sherwood Point
Betheline-Sinclair
Betholine
Sinclair Petroleum Products
Galdyear
Behou
Johns Hopkins
Harry Tinney
Hamilton Ave
Thrift Develop
Packard
Barbara Fritchie Motor Co
Patrick Street
Frederick, Md
Ance
Kemp
Thomas & Sons, Inc
Boonsboro
Teaia Itins
Lederle
Williamson’s Drug Store
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
West Patrick St
B. Bart
Mgr
Francis Scott Key
Roy B. Furr
Sonotone
Hagerstown
Franklin St
Hagerstown, Md
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