Graduation Dates Set By Frederick County School Board
The Frederick County Board of Education announced graduation dates for the first 12-year classes and planned seven new bus routes. Graduation days include Brunswick and Walkersville High on June 6, Middletown on June 7, Frederick, Thurmont and Lincoln on June 8, and Emmitsburg on June 9. The board also eyed bids for new bus routes to ease overcrowding, added late buses from several areas, and discussed improving school interiors and grounds lighting.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Church Street
Brunswick
Walkersville
Middletown High
Frederick
Thurmont
Lincoln
Emmitsburg
Eugene W. Pruitt
Bartonsville
Urbana
Liberty
Lewistown
Ridgeville Railroad Crossing
New London
New Market School
Ridgeville Crossing
Buckeystown
Lime Kiln
Hopeland
Ora Miller
Albert Riffle
Renice Reed
Middletown
William Dudderar
Libertytown
D. Roy Grossnickle
Johnsville
Vernon Yingling
Unionville
Clemsonville
Wolfe's Corner
Liberty- Town
Elm Street
Lincoln School
Frederick High School
Adamstown
City Softball League
Washington Street
Parent
Madison Street
Paul B. Kallaway
New Merket ‘School
Frederick County Roads Board
Roads Board
James Posey
Middletown High School
Virginia Myers
Shepherdstown Teachers College
East Brunswick
Josephine Cramer
Towson
Doris Dorsey
Alda Hays
Shepherdstown
Toharmont
Warren Brake
Foxville
Alice Moser
Hood
Lloyd Hoover
Western Maryland
Charlotte Hoover
Virsina Higgs
Charles Wiles
University of Maryland
Industrial
Oppenheimer Denies Charge Of Ex Communist
Oakland reports Dr J Robert Oppenheimer denied a claim by former Communist Mrs Paul Crouch that a July 1941 closed Communist meeting occurred at his Berkeley home. Oppenheimer, now at Princeton, said he never attended or hosted such a gathering and cannot recall any related event.
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Oakland
Calif
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Berkeley
Paul Crouch
State Senate
Oppenheimer
University of California
Washington
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
N. J
Her
Communist Party
Crouch
Democrats Nominate Tonight for City Offices in Election
Several hundred delegates from all sections of the city gather at the Court House for a Democratic convention to nominate the ticket for the June 13 municipal election. With no strong opposition expected for Mayor Alderman William B. Burall or the five Board of Aldermen candidates, the party may nominate no one against City Register Aubrey A. Nicodemus if he seeks re-election. Parsons Newman will chair. Charlotte Whitmore Yarrell to sing and Rev. Samuel S. Johnston to offer the invocation before nominations and voting begin at 7:30.
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Court House
William B. Burall
Board of Aldermen
Charles W. Stup
Dorsey F. Shipley
Donald B. Rice
Henry F. Falk
Sherman P. Bowers
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
Parsons Newman
Frederick
Charlotte Whitmore Yarrell
Samuel S. Johnston
No Identification Of Man Killed By Train Inquiries Continue
In Harpers Ferry on May 2 a man fatally struck by a passenger train remains unidentified. Local police have distributed photographs to nearest police departments. no matches found. The body lies at C. H. Feele funeral home in Brunswick and may be buried this week. Meanwhile May 10 Senate talk touches on naming a US envoy accused of foreign agent links.
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Harpers Ferry
W. W. Corbin
C. H. Feele Funeral Home
Brunswick
Possible restoration of twice daily mail delivery discussed
Washington dispatches report a Senate Post Office Committee vote of 9 to 0 urging cancellation of Postmaster General Donaldson's cuts. Restoring full service would require bills and a Senate approval, plus new funds. Local officials say deliveries are adequate but disliked, with outskirts receiving mail as late as 4 PM.
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Wasington
Frederick
Senate Post Office Committee
Jesse M. Donaldson
Senate
House
Congress
Legion aids 2811 children in six months report
Francis Scott Key Post 11 American Legion says 2811 children benefited from activities in the last six months. Toys at Christmas reached 1150. 1400 attended July 4 Tivoli theater. 122 took part in league games. 105 examined at the hard of hearing clinic with 102 returning for follow up. The post earned the Magee trophy for outstanding child work and plans Memorial Day grave decorations at Mt Olivet Cemetery led by Commander Alvey M Norwood. Major Harold Isbell to give keynote at Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Francis Senlt
Key Post No. 11
American Legion
Thomas E. Williams, Sr
Tivoli Theater
Arthur L. Magee
Department of Maryland
Alvey M. Norwood
Francis Scott Key
Mt. Olivet
Norwood
Auxiliary
Key Monument
Harold Isbell
Camp Detrick
Socialized Medicine Plan Scorned By Maryland Speaker
Douglass Coleman of Maryland Hospital Service told the Frederick County Medical Society Auxiliary that 37 million Americans use prepayment hospital insurance and 15 million enroll in similar plans as a reply to federal health proposals. He blamed federal planners for trying to gain control over medical production and urged support for voluntary plans like Blue Cross and Blue Shield, noting hospitals now rely heavily on such incomes. The group resolved to oppose government sponsored plans and planned letters to President Truman and Maryland congressmen.
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Douglass Coleman
Maryland Hospital Service, Inc
Frederick County Medical Society
Coleman
P. S. Lansdale
Truman
Maryland
United States Public Health Service
Washington
Federal Security Agency
Feune
Blue Cross
Americas
Sealth
Planus
Howard Ash
A. A. Pearce
Frederick County to send 75 to Rural Women Short Course
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs settles on sending up to 75 members to the University of Maryland Rural Women's Short Course in June. Mrs. Joh A. Summers announces the dates June 19 to 24 with registration through May 25. Louise Sebold to represent the county. two models per club will advance to a style show. a luncheon for registrants will be held.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland Rural Women
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Joh A. Summers
Braddock
Local Students Shine in Hood College Recital
Frederick’s Dorothy Handley and Doris Simpson performed Tuesday night at Hood College with Handley’s contralto voice displaying power and depth while Simpson impressed on piano. The finale featured Joan Raubenhold and others from York PA to Montain Lakes NJ performing Telemann’s Concerto for Four Violins and Piano, joined by accompanists Rutherford and Budde as the audience applauded.
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Frederick
Dorothy Handley
Doris Simpson
Hood College
Handley
Simpson
Joan Raubenhold
York
Lorraine Illan
North Plainfield
N. T
Adelaide Parkes
Montain Lakes
N. J
Phyllis Rutherford
Dunellen
Phillip Royer
Telemann
Rutherford
Anna Marie Budde
Judge O Dunne Weds in Baltimore Marriage Announcement
The marriage of Judge Eugene O'Dunne a 74 year old dean of the Baltimore bar and former circuit judge to Helen Keep of East Grange New York was announced by his family in Baltimore today.
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Judge O'Dunne
Baltimore
Eugene O'Dunne
Helen Keep
East Grange
Oguingull
Brunswick Keeps Standard Time Despite Rail Shift Suggestion
Brunswick council unanimously rejected moving to daylight saving time, stating sentiment favors eastern standard time. The meeting also referred stray dog enforcement, planned a Grade A milk ordinance with dairy support, approved an eight inch water main to the new elementary school site, voted 50 dollars to the Brunswick Baseball Club, and sponsored a local boy's Bays State trip to Fort Meade. Finance added 4250 to the sinking fund, 2000 in bonds retired, and 1372.90 interest paid, with street and other reports presented.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Rotary Club
W. R. Comer
Health Department
Woodrow Lauder
George E. Chick
Comer
Brunswick Baseball Club
Joseph B. Payne
Bays State
Fort Meade
Solution Of Gambling To Be Put To Governors
Colonial Beach Va May 10 The Colonial Beach town council will meet tomorrow to decide the next move in the gambling problem Local authorities report Maryland and Virginia governors are ready to aid The Maryland governor will seek a state investigation to challenge authorities and enable action to solve the dispute with operating flat machines and selling whisky by the drink off shore
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Colonial Beach
Maryland
Virginia
John
Aue
William Preston Lane
Hall Hammond
Deadly floods sweep three midwest states and Manitoba
Seventeen people dead or missing as the most damaging floods in years hit North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska. Thousands homeless and evacuation orders extend into southern Manitoba. Red River flooding forces mass displacement and vital livestock relief efforts unfold including an aerial feeding program in North Dakota.
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Associated? Press
Midwest
Hurtaar
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Manitoba
Hope
Burlington
Neobraska City
Lincoln
Unadilla
Nebraska City
Auburn
Red River
Alste
Red Cross
Grant Ferris County
Little Fork
Floodwood
St. Louis
St. Vital
Winnipeg
Ousts Morgan County Commissioner Yost in malfeasance case
Circuit Judge D H Rodgers ordered the removal of Morgan County Commissioner P C Yost amid accusations of taking county property for personal use. Yost did not appear at the hearing as witnesses testified he converted items from the infirmary including livestock and a washer. No defense has been entered, and prosecutors say no criminal charges are planned.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
D. H. Rodgers
Morgan County
P. C. Yost
Yost
Rodgers
J. B. Helsiey
Helsley
Truman Forecasts Prolonged Cold War With Russia
President Truman on a swing through Idaho and Oregon warned the Cold War would endure for a long time while announcing the National Science Foundation act. He cited the first A bomb test and urged using science for peace, noting a planned Atomic Energy Commission reactor site near Arco to advance power and propulsion.
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Truman
Trinary
Russia
Tie
Pocatello
Idaho
National Science Foundation
United States
Mountain
Oregon
New Mexico
Pecatello
Laramie
Wya
Ogether
Mr. Truman
Pocaletlo
Atomic Einergy Commission
Wpoon
Snake River Plains
Arco
Atomic Energy Commission
Blitzkrieg Remembered on Anniversary Day in Berlin
Berlin marks ten years since Hitler unleashed blitzkrieg against the west. The May 10, 1840 date appears garbled, but the article recalls swift German victories across the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg and France. It notes Paris fell in weeks, Hitler’s triumphs waned, and fears linger of atom or hydrogen war.
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Berlin
Hitler
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Holland
Cailem
Paris
Four Railroads Crippled By Nationwide Strike
A railroad firemen strike began halting service on four systems from Chicago to the East, with mediation failing to end the stoppage. Firemen withdrew in sequence, impacting the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Southern, and Santa Fe routes, forcing travelers to switch to buses or other lines. Freight customers shifted shipments to alternate carriers as the nation braces for further disruption. The second item notes Maria Luther Huffer’s will probated in Orphans Court, valued around $5,000, with bequests to two brothers and others. Samuel Huffer named executor.
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Chicago
Coaal
Anon
Vickers
Pennsylvania and
New York Central
Southern Railway
Dixie
Sama Fe
Chicana
Tova
Finde
Maria Luther Huffer
Middlelawn
Orphans Court
Charles M. Huffer
Samuel J. Huffer
Mary I. Huffer Beachley
Clara B. Reinecke
Samuel Huffer
Carrie M. Foutz
Martin L. Foutz
19 Forest Fires In State In Three Days
The Associated Press reports at least 19 forest fires in three days despite rain. State Forester H C Buckingham notes nine fires yesterday, including one arson claim. The largest incendiary blaze burned over 25 acres near German Hillroad in Baltimore County, with four other fires in Baltimore, How aro, Dorchester, Worcester and Talbot counties.
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Associated Press
H. C. Buckingham
German Hillroad
Baltimore County
Howaro County
Dorchester, Woorcester
Talbo
Gift Of Books On Civil War Period Made To Hood Library
Hood College Library received a 314 volume Civil War era collection donated by Mrs Grace Landauer and family in memory of Irving M Landauer. The set includes government records, biographies, and Confederate Navy histories highlighting Frederick and regional perspectives. The Friends of Hood College Library plan a May luncheon to discuss Frederick's Civil War role sparked by the gift.
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Hood Library
Hood College Library
Grace
Landauer
Hood College
Anne Landauer Spencer
Kate Landauer
Hastband
Irving M. Landauer
Friends of Hood College Library
Frederick
United States
Lee
Douglas Freeman
Nates
Antietam
Raphael Semmes
Semmes
David Mearns
Carl Sandburg
Friends of the Hood College Library
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