Omnibus Appropriations Bill passage and fallout
After weeks of hearings the Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed the House with cuts expected to save about two billion dollars. Loss forecasts on the Government farm program show a potential 83 cent loss per dollar on over $200 million of dairy products and butter. The draft extension looms as Truman defends world conditions amid continued Communist pressure.
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Potomac
Washington
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
DB. C
House
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas
Gordon B. Jordan
Amarillo
Worley
North Canadian
Rayburn
Ben Guill
Guill
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Central Intelligence Agency
Bradley
Amerasia case and defense budget debate in 1945
The piece notes Congress and the public debating whether the Amerasia case warrants deeper investigation while the President announces a smaller military budget for the next year. It covers FBI arrests of Jaffe Mitchell Roth Larsen, their indictments, pleas, and fines, plus related government land, forestry, and defense site matters. It mentions the Quartermaster Corps Research Laboratory site selection and the Defense Departments’ board role.
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Congress
Amerasia
FBI
Philip Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
Andrew Roth
Naval Reserve
Mark Gayn
Emanuel Larsen
John Stewart
State Department
Gayn
Miss Mitchell
Jaffe
Roth
Larsen
Savage River
Allegany-Garrett Counties
Quartermaster Corps Research Laboratory
Secretary of Defense
Research and Development Board
Public Works Committee
Corps of Engineers
Potomac River
Hancock
Hanrock
Social Dinner Plan for Young Couples
Organize a group dinner for several young couples with each couple paying their own bill. Invitations describe the event as a casual Dutch Treat gathering to avoid implying a different theme or expectation.
Maryland court orders halt to stream pollution near Washington
Baltimore May 17 The Maryland Water Pollution Control Commission hailed a victory as a Circuit Court ordered a Branchville firm to halt pollution of Indian Creek near Washington. Associate Judge John B Gray of the Seventh Judicial Circuit gave the A B Smith Land and Gravel Company 60 days to correct conditions and suggested changes to reduce heavy silt deposits.
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Baltimore
Maryland Water Pollution Cortrol Commission
Branchville Grm
Indian Creek
Washington
John B. Gray Jae
Seventh Judicial Circuit
A B Smith Land and Gravel Company
Gray
Pollution case marks first Maryland streams conviction
The Attorney General’s office announced a landmark decision for the Water Pollution Control Commission. Judge Gray granted an injunction after polling the sand and gravel works on a tributary of the Anacostia River, just northeast of Washington, following prior failed criminal prosecutions. Zonta Club meets at Francis Scott Key Notes with talks on Extension Service and home demonstration work.
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Paul Wo Me- Kee
Water Pollution Control Commission
Maryland
Gray
Sand and Gravel Works
Anacostia River
Washington
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key
Everning
Rhoda Kallaway
Ida K Renn
Beatrice Fehr
Congress
Ehr
Miss Fehr
Community extension service goals and club meeting notice
The article outlines three aims: a practical program by the people, a philosophy of helping others to help themselves, and voluntary readership within the libraries. The club will meet at the Hotel next Monday evening to hear a report on a High School student exchange visit to Newton Mays. The Orphans Court approved the estate account of Chrome Witcom with $505 reported and no distribution.
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Libs
Eranless Scott Key
High
Orphans Court
Francis 2 Esworthy
Sherman P. Bowers Tristess
Chrome Witcom
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Allis Chalmers
G. K. Wagner
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Wagner
BUICK
Torqua-Suba
Fisher
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
the Ideal Garage Co., Inc
Patrick Street
Newepar
Krhive
Newton, Mays
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
House Paints
U.S. Air Force
En’s Dungarees
Rovaltex
the News
Mee
U. S
United States Rubber Company
Wavat
Weil Brothers
N. Market ST
Linesman's Pliers
Standard Electrician
P. L. Hargett & CO
South Market Street
Frederick, Maryland
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