Memorial Day Observance to Close Frederick Wednesday
General holiday in Frederick will halt most business and government. Francis Scott Key Post No. 11 plans ceremonies at the Key grave in Mt Olivet Cemetery at two o’clock with a wreath, salute, and Taps. A grave decoration detail led by Robert Kolb and Roger R. Rice will place flags on veterans graves Sunday at one. A parade from the Legion home to the cemetery departs 1 30 p m led by drum and bugle corps, Auxiliary Units, Sons of the Legion, Junior Auxiliary, and Cs A 115th Infantry M N G participants.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key Post No. 11
American Legion
Mt. Olivet
Robert Kolb
Roger R. Rice
Legionnaires
Sons of the Legion Squadron
Cs. A, 115Th Infantry
Legion
Key
H. Q. Miller
Katherine Stull
Jesse Ramsburg
Edwin J. Brookey
Charles Corbet
Drum and Bugle Corps
Gring Squad
The
National Guard
Sergt
Alonzo Fox
Bugler
Co. A
Weather Near ideal for hay cutting in Frederick county
Frederick county hay cutters welcomed the dry spell as the Weather Bureau predicted no rain until Sunday at the earliest. Farmers called the airport Weather Bureau seeking next days' outlook while County Agent Shoemaker noted dry weather aids hay cutting. Wheat and barley appeared little affected, corn planting nearing finish with some late plantings through June. Temperatures cooled to 44 at night, rising to 76 in the afternoon and into the eighties tomorrow, with a chance of scattered showers Sunday.
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Frederick County
Weather Bureau
Airport Weather Bureau
Henry R. Shoemaker
Permits Issued for Court House Work and Dwellings
A city engineer receives a building permit for basement rest rooms in the Court House as improvements costing about 38,000 to the County Commissioners. B F Grove Sr gets a permit to remodel the Herwig dwelling at 143 West Farrick for five apartments at roughly 10,000. Joseph F Harne and Clarence A Tobery receive permits for 560 and 562 East Church street two bunga low projects at about 5,000 each. Pilgrimage Chairman Annapolis May 25 Mrs Sif ford Pearre, wife of a Baltimore banker, named to head the 1952 Maryland House and Garden pilgrimage. The tour earned 26,723 this year.
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Court House
B. F. Grove, Sr
Herwig
West Farrick Street
East Church Street
Joseph F. Harne
Clarence A. Tobery
Annapolis
Sifford Pearre
Baltimore
Maryland
Pearre
More War Talk In U S Lane Reports On Return
William Preston Lane Jr former Maryland governor says MacArthur hearings will educate the public on U S foreign policy after his four month tour of the Mediterranean and Western Europe with his wife and daughter aboard the Caronia He met Dwight Eisenhower in Paris and will meet President Truman in Washington Lane notes less war talk abroad than at home and praises European recovery
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New York
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
U. S
Mediterranean
Europe
Caronia
Lane
Hagerstown
Truman
Washington
Registry Plan In Washington Co Studied
Washington County election officials studied the local registry system during a Wednesday trip to Hagerstown. The visit highlighted a faster master registry lookup, district registration days, and plans to equip precincts with about one voting machine per 400 voters. The group toured the registry and election offices, pledged renovations, and noted cost reductions since 1934.
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New Board of Election Supervisors
New Board of Registry
Washington
Hagertown
Frederick
Hagerstown
Washington County
Board of Registry
Washington County Commissioner Board
Court House
Registry
Board of Commissioners
Helen Remsburg
Pierce H. Gaver
Howard HR. Damuth
Ruth Moberly
Russell House
Stocks Rally After Broad Market Recovery
A strong recovery flowed through the New York stock market on May 25, building on gains from the previous day after a sharp earlier decline. The market showed renewed demand across major sections, signaling investor confidence returning amid steady trading activity.
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New York
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions on Saturday, with considerable cloudiness and scattered showers likely from Western Maryland late Saturday or Saturday night. Sunday remains warm with more showers possible, cooler on Monday, then warmer again with showers by midweek. Overall temperatures should average near normal for the season.
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Maryland
Delaware
Tests May Lead To H-Bomb In Atomic Experiments
Washington reports the United States announced successful atomic tests at Eniwetok including experiments that may lead to thermonuclear weapons. The AEC said the tests, linked to hydrogen bomb research, measured blast and thermal effects on structures and aircraft.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
AEC
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Proving Ground
Commission
Local Group Attends State Grocers Meet in Bedford Springs
The twenty third annual state convention of the Independent Retail Food Distributors of Maryland was held May 20 and 21 at Bedford Springs Pennsylvania. Members from the local Serv U Save U stores registered at the Bedford Springs Hotel include Mr and Mrs Harry S Hamilton Mr and Mrs Paul M Carmack Mr and Mrs Henry F Falk Mr and Mrs Ward Stauffer Mr and Mrs Nelson Shull and Miss M Ruth Summers. Highlights included a Sunday golf tournament and a Cumberland Choristers recital with a banquet and floor show. Calvin D Johnson former congressman from Hawaii gave the key address on The Emergency Its Effect on Our Nation Future. About 600 persons registered. John W Streh, a Baltimore grocer, was elected president.
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Rettail Food Distributors of
Maryland
Bedford Springs
Serv-U Save-U
Bedford Springs Hotel
Harry S. Hamilton
Paul M. Carmack
Henry F. Falk
Ward Stauffer
Nelson Shull
M. Ruth Summers
Cumberland
Calvin D. Johnson
Hainois
John W. Streh
Baltimore
Baltimore Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Psychiatrist Acquitted in Maryland Frameup Case
A former prison psychiatrist, Dr. J. G. Mushing, was found not guilty on sex charges after Judge Joseph Sherbow labeled the case a frameup. He said two inmates at the Maryland penitentiary testified against him, aiming at the warden Col. Edwin T. Swenson rather than Dr. Mushing, due to tensions over discipline and past peity rackets.
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Baltimore
J. G. Mushing
Maryland Penitentiary
Joseph Sherbow
Sherbow
Col
Edwin T . Swenson
Dr. Cushing
Colonel Swenson
Truman's Foreign Aid Plan Faces Two Critical Judgments
President Truman asks Congress for 8.5 billion dollars in global military and economic aid, framing a world-wide, all-out threat from the Soviet Union. The debates center on seizing initiative versus relying on eventual collapse of communist aims and whether actions can deter without broad war.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Far East
Folk Festival Here Monday
About 2000 public school children from across the county will gather at Baker Park for the fourth annual folk festival of song and dance. The event starts at 10 30 a m and may be postponed to May 29 if rain. buses will return home around noon after performances by students from Buckeystown Adams town Point of Rocks and many other communities. Supervisors Mrs Louise F Thompson and Warren R Evans organized the program with grades one through seven split into singing and dancing groups ending with a mass dance.
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Baker Park
Frederick
Buckeystown
Adamstown
Point of Rocks
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Wolfsville
Urbana
Libertytown
Sabillasville
Foxyville
Woodsboro
New Midway
Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace
Myersville
Johnsville
Burkittsville
Walkersville
Louise F. Thompson
Warren R. Evans
Large-Scale Effort to Check Income Taxes in Gulf States
New Orleans May 25 A sweeping probe targets 653 Louisiana residents and 250 Mississippi residents in a tax return audit. Kefauver's crime inquiry cited. Gambling closures spread from Jefferson parish to St Bernard parish, though operators shift locations. No fresh moves on narcotics. Nine men indicted from Kefauver testimony.
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New Orleans
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
Jackson
Miss
Sen. Kefauver
Jefferson Parish
Kefanver
St. Bernard Parish
Kefauver
Kefauver Committee
Ridgway Sets Precedent At Kabuki in Japan
General Ridgway as Supreme Commander of allied occupation forces in Japan attends a Kabuki performance with his wife marking a first such public appearance. He notes that General MacArthur never attended a public performance during his five years in command.
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Ridgway
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Japan
General MacArthur
Welsh to be sentenced for man slaughter in Hood shooting
Sentence due Saturday morning in Carroll County Circuit Court Westminster in the case of Francis Vincent Welsh of Baltimore found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 12 year old Robin Stanley Hood at Pickets Corner. Earlier reports said sentencing would occur today.
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Carroll Counery
Westminster
Francis Vincent Welsh
Baltimore
Robin Stanley Hood
Picketts Corner
Welsh
Pastors Pay Held Too Low in Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati May 25 The Presbyterian Department of Ministerial Relations says many churches underpay pastors with average salaries from 3400 to 3700 a year and some as low as 2100. It urges the General Assembly to press Presbyteries and churches to raise compensation as living costs rise and inflation impacts ministry.
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Cincinnati
Department of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Department of Ministerial Relations
General Assembly
Te Church
Presbyterian Church
Howard Hamilton
Columbus
Freed Marines Report AP Photographer Alive
Central Front Korea May 25 Eighteen Marines and one soldier captured by Chinese Communists last November were rescued today near the newly retaken town of Chunchon. They said Associated Press photographer Frank Woell was with them at prison camps in North Korea from December to March and Noel was alive and in good health when last seen. Noel was captured December 2 in northeast Korea. The freed men, dirty and bearded, reported they were moved to a prison camp near the Manchurian border and had been among 200 to 300 Americans marched toward Pyongyang in March. They later were sent south from Pyongyang while others were returned north.
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Central Front
Korea
Chunchon
Associated Press
Frank Woel
North Korea
Noel
Northeast Korea
Changjin Reservoir
U. S
Pyongyang
Far North
Lawton Collins cites Russian aircraft in Korea inquiry
Gen Lawton Collin s testified to Senate committees that a Russian air element may be aiding Chinese forces in Korea ning a counter offensive. He said Russian aircraft were not clearly identified and clarified a slip of the tongue regarding Russians. Bradley suggested a negotiated peace if the spring offensive is halted. Public release noted total enemy casualties in Korea near one million.
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Washington
Atte Geo. J
Yalu
Korea
Manchuria
Collins
Ruogsiats
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Pentagon
MacArthur
Senate Armed Service and Foreign Relations Committees
Ealier
Maryland veto blocks teacher pay raise sparking critique
Governor McKeldin vetoed a $300 annual teacher salary increase approved by the General Assembly. Milson C. Raver of the Maryland Teachers Association called the veto a threat to equal educational opportunities in poorer counties. McKeldin argues the raise would raise state taxes and that local governments should fund teacher pay increases. Some counties have funded raises locally.
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UPI
al- Baltimore
Maryland State Leachers’ Association
Mckeldin
General Assembly
Maryland Teacher
Milson C. Raver
Raver
McKetchin
Cty
Three Hour Test For Draft Deferments
Princeton New Jersey May 25 A three hour test tomorrow will determine which 175000 students nationwide may avoid service by proving their ability to handle college work. Deferred for August 20 an estimated 500000 draft age students may take the exam at centers across the country. Scare results will be sent to local draft boards within a month to aid decisions on who serves in the claysrount or in uniform during the present emergency.
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Princeton
Noda
Esau
du Daciding
Clagsrount Oor
Education Teating Service
Pripceglon
Joan
Constable to Become Deputy Sheriff June 1
County Constable Raymond E. Maur is expected to resign by June 1 to accept appointment as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Guy Anders. The new law abolishes the county constable position and directs a fourth deputy be added, with deputies handling civil process for city and county papers and avoiding duplication of magistrate and circuit court work. Mileage allowances of 10 cents per mile apply beyond city limits, with limits on multiple trips. Funds from fees go to county, not officers, and depreciation of police autos is allowed at 300 dollars annually. First Lieut Joseph T. Griffin Sr. and Mrs. Griffin were noted for promotion while he serves in Korea. Also: Lt. Griffin’s overseas address listed. Truscott ordered back to active duty.
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Raymond E. Maur
Guy Anders
Etter
Shovift
Carralabie Wold
Middletown
Sheriff's Office
Frederick
Anders
General County
All-Out Offensive Under Way Takeo Korea
Allied forces push four miles into North Korea as Lt Gen Van Fleet proclaims an all-out offensive. He hails progress despite barriers of the 38th parallel, praising pursuit tactics and declaring the UN line moving forward with solid gains and heavy air strikes against enemy forces.
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Takeo
North Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Korea
van Fleet
Finet
Dbur
Eighth Army
Fifth Ai
Uijongbu
Chunchon-lwachon
Inje
Edward M. Almond
Clark L. Ruffner
Maragon Starts Term In Prison
Washington May 25 John Maragon formerly a White House caller began an 8 to 24 month sentence after Justice Bailey refused to suspend the term The Greek born ex boot black was a defendant in the five per center inquiry and his attorney called him a scapegoat Maragon once counted Maj Gen Harry H Vaughan among friends and heard the mercy plea with bowed head Bond 1000
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Kansas City
Jennings Bailey
Edward J. Hayes
Maragon
Maranon
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
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Peoples Court
Mitchell L. Lum
Lum
James Rouzee, Jr
Atomic Energy Board
Douglas MacArthur
Choi
Soviet Union
Free World
United States To Take the Initiative Beyond Any Degree Which Mr. Truman
Fanny Brice
Hollywood
May
Lawton Cullins
Wyiman Wats
Bayer
Ee Cere Pnr Laer
Mac
Charles A. Willoughby
Willoughby
Joseph T. Griffin
Joseph T. Griffinn
West Third Street
Griffin
West Point Last Jime
1St Cavalry Division
Air Force
Joseph T. Griffin, Jr
Tactical Central Squadron
A.P.O
Care
San Francisco
Calif
Oklahoma City
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Bavaria
Truscott
Army
Alton Joseph Toms
West South Street
Sergi
Ben Phebus
Harvey Scheetz
Simmons
T. J. Kertoot
Gambrill State Park
Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
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