City Schools Open With Over Four Thousand Enrolled
More than 4,300 students start the new term in city schools, up about 200 from last year. Frederick High reports the largest rise from 1,093 to 1,209, while Parkway North Market Elm Street and Washington Street schools show varied gains and crowded classes. Principal updates list grade by grade counts and room assignments as officials plan for possible adjustments to classroom load.
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Parkway
Washington Street
Frederick High School
Lincoln High
Elm Street
North Market
Frederick High
Lincoln
Parksway
Harry O. Smith
Louise Weagly
Katharine Biehl
Audrey Pressler
Mary Adams
Mary Shuff
Arnold Fleagle
Erma Stull
Senate crime committee urges permanent federal and local crime networks
The Senate Crime Committee, which ended its brief probe, says crime persists and can be reduced by making it unprofitable. It calls for a permanent Federal Crime Commission, state and city crime commissions, and a national crime coordinating council funded initially at 100000 dollars. Whether Congress adopts the plan remains uncertain.
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James Marlow Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Congress
Federal Crime Commission
Justice Department
Treasury Department
Senate
National Crime Coordinating Council
Mossadegh threats deadline to restart Iran talks
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh gave Britain a noontime deadline to reopen oil negotiations or face expulsion of 300 technicians from Abadan. He won a Senate vote of confidence and warned talks must resume on August 22 proposals, as Britain held Abadan refinery until a settlement is reached.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Abadan
Britain
Wholesale Prices Down
New York reports a drop in wholesale food prices this week per the Dun & Bradstreet food index. Newport News convicts face mandatory jail terms as of Sept. 5, with a tally of 464 cases in the afternoon session. Lincoln Elementary totals list numerous teachers and students across grades, culminating in a grand total of 539.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Food Index
Newport News
Pauline C. Lippy
Lincoln Elementary and High School
Charles E. Henson
Elizabeth Browne
Margaret Lee
Edna Dykes
Alice de Lauter
Nicholas Leakins
Ats
Gladys Boyer
Claude RK. Delauter, Jr
Mary Thomas
Wounded Yet Is Back Home From Korea
Corporal Robert Lee Blickenstaff, a Seventh Regiment First Cavalry Division squad leader from near Wolfsville, returns home after eight weeks in Tokyo and a July 1 wound in Sinchoun area combat. He led M1 rifle actions across Korea, survived ambushes, and hopes for full arm recovery while planning night school after Camp Gordon.
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Robert Lee Blickenstaff
Wolfsville
Countian
Sinchoun
38Th Parallel
Tokyo
United States
Camp Gordon
Corp
Blickenstaff
Korea
Taegu
Seventh Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Manchurian
U. N
Samuel Blickenstaff
Wallsville
Camp Pickett
Fort Benning
Second Division Gains Ridge in Korea Front Fight
U S Second Division infantry smashed to the top of a bloody ridge in East Korea in a center sector of a limited United Nations offensive. They captured the hill north of Yangan then pressed toward another crest amid heavy Red resistance. Other Second Division units fought atop two towering crests as censors limited front-line details. Yanggu lies seven miles north of the 38th Parallel.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S
East Korea
Yangan
United Nations
Yanggu
Hwachon Reservoir
Hesitant and Irregular Trading Sags in Stock Market
New York on September 5 reports a hesitant irregular trading day. Prices moved over a narrow range, generally a few cents higher or lower than the previous close.
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New York
Emmitsburg Celebrates Old Home Week With Wide Exhibits
Emmitsburg hosts a ten day Old Home Week from August 30, led by the Chamber of Commerce and Memorial Hall Committee. The event showcases heirlooms from homes and shops, with antiques from across the region, a large parade, a Mother Goose Land review, and a charity drive for a Memorial Community Hall. Notable displays include early town plats, deeds, quilts, tools, and a 1890 pharmacopoeia, while the parade prizes honor local posts, bands, and fire companies.
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Emmitsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Hall Committee
Will Ham Penn
Frank Rowe
Hays Company
Frailey
William F. Frailey Bros
Frederick
Rowe
Houser Drug Store
James Elder
JB. H. Boyle
Morris Zentz
Grange
Roy Bollinger
J. J. Dillon
Philip Bower
Guy Baker
Samuel Hays
Harold Hoke
Dorothy McKinney
Becky Hays
Joan Boyle
Roger Zurgable
Mary Fiery
George Martin
Michael Hamerick
Jack White
Bobby Kehler
Irwin Tokar
Wayne
Jimmy Joy
Stevie
Tommy Wilhide
Jay Elliot
Harry Harner
Sammy Miller
Barbara Hays
Ruth Umbel
Jean Troxell
Thelma Green
Carolyn McNair
Shirley Troxell
Thelma Hahn
Marie Topper
Richard Frock
Jack Wantz
Patrick
Michael Boyle
John Beegle
John Walters
Edward Peters
Dick Sprankle
Euclid Jones
Tommy Hays
Joe Scott
Charles Baker
Morris Frock Post
American Legion
Hagerstown
Chambersburg Red Devils
Charles Nitterhouse
William Max McLaughlin
Waynesboro
Westminster Municipal Band
Hagerstown Civic Band
Irishtown Fire Company
Convicted in Assault Case Faces Appeal in Court
Irving James of Rosemont Avenue was found guilty of assault and battery on his wife Helen A. James in Peoples Court. Attorney Edwin Nikirk filed an immediate appeal. Fine $100 and a suspended 9 day jail term. bond set at $500. State's Attorney Charles A. Price prosecuted. James admitted shoving his wife and kicking their son during a dispute over a telephone. He claimed she arrived home after drinking at four in the morning. A restaurant witness testified Mrs. James was intoxicated.
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Irving James
Rosemont Avenue
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Helen A. James
Edwin F. Nikirk
James
Band I
Charles A. Price
Shoemaker
George William Stultz, Jr
Braddock Heights
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Church and
Market Streets
Stultz
Charles F. Bell
Market Street
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Merrile K. Price
Hyattstown
Sheffield
Price
Myersville
Richard E. Garvey
Garvey
H. P. O'Brien
Ground Observer Posts Urged for Frederick County
Major Benjamin F. Vaughan of the U S Air Force urged immediate organization of ground observer posts in Frederick County under Civil Defense. Eleven posts are planned. four are manned for training in New Midway New Market Libertytown and Lantz.
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Frederick County
Benjamin F. Vaughan
U. S. Air Force
Maryland
Eastern Air Defense Force
Vaughan
Air Force
New Midway
New Market
Libertytown
Lants
Frederick
Doubs
Urbana
Lewistown
Emmitsburg
Myersyville
Burkittsville
Baltimore
Ernest Helfenstein
Philip Wertheimer
Ground Observer Corps
Helifenstein
Washington County to Enroll 14 000 Children
Washington County officials announce a record 14 064 pupils will start the 1953 school term statewide. Superintendent William M Brish notes the surge over last year with 28 planned new classrooms and 540 teachers earning the highest county salaries to date.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
William M. Brish
Brish
Connally Sees Long Senate Treaty Fight
Senator Connally predicts a lengthy Senate battle before approving a peace treaty with Japan. Senate Foreign Relations chair says approved eventually, while Senator Jenner Cravner raises secrecy concerns amid talk of separate pacts with Nationalist China. McFarland aims to push ratification before adjournment as San Francisco leads treaty talks.
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Connally
D-Lexus
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Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jenner Crevnd
Jenner
United States
China
McFarland
Arizona
Congress
San Francisco
Conant Predicts Narrow Path From Atomic Threats
Harvard president Dr. James B. Conant told the American Chemical Society there will be no atomic world war, but near misses and smaller wars are likely. He said the turning point came in 1950 as free nations rearmed and collective security replaced reliance on atomic bombs.
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New York
American Chemical Society
James B. Conant
Harvard
Free Nations
Conant
Free World
Soviet Union
United Nations
State Departments Seek Budget Increases Across Agencies
State departments filed initial budget requests showing general increases around 10 percent, with some programs calling for much larger rises. The Aviation Commission seeks 618,932 dollars including airport matching funds, a 3,048 percent hike. Civil Defense asks 400,000 dollars, up 1,500 percent, while Health seeks 439,646 more for 1,999,276 total, a 28.19 percent rise, to fund venereal disease mental health and school health programs. Most other requests rise about 10 percent before Assembly review.
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Baltimore
Maryland
James C. Rennie
State Aviation Commission
Civil Defense Agency
Defense Agency
Health Department
General Assembly
May Propose New Site For Peace Talks
The United Nations command and Communist forces paused notes in the suspended Korean war cease-fire talks. Gen. Matthew Ridgway prepared a message to North Korean Premier Kim Il Sung and Chinese Gen Peng Dehuai, possibly proposing a new venue. Rumors said Kaesong or a Danish hospital ship site could host talks, with decisions tied to the San Francisco peace conference.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Red
Kim
Sting
Peng Teh-Huai
Ridgway
Kaesong
Korea
Wonsan
South Korea
Peng
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
San Francisco
Loss in Clarksburg church fire reaches 750000
The First Methodist church in Clarksburg West Virginia was destroyed by a blaze that caused about 750000 in damage. The building was valued at 700000 with 50000 in contents and 200000 insured. Fire crews from Bridgeport Lost Creek Salem Fairmont and Nutter Fork aided local responders. The fire began about 9 p m and burned for about ninety minutes. Hotel guests across the street were evacuated as a precaution.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John E. Manifan
J. J. Martin
Bridgeport
Lost Creek
Salem
Fairmont
Nutter Fork
Gore Hotel
State Farmers Prepare For Next Year's Crops
Maryland farmers begin fall plowing and seed bed prep as rain delays ease. The weekly crop report notes drought has not severely affected most crops though apples peaches and corn show weaker yields. A new hurricane develops in the eastern Atlantic while another system heads toward the Leeward Islands with no land threat.
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College Park
Maryland
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Two Arrests Docketed for Loitering in City Night
Samuel C. Himes of Knoxville and Harry J. Jennings of Middletown were arrested for loitering and held under five dollars plus costs each. Officer DeGrange made the arrests. Separate note: Veterans Administration to fire about 5,000 employees by October 10 to meet budget cuts nationwide affecting all administrative activities.
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Samuel C. Himes
Knoxville
Harry J. Jennings
Middletown
DeGrange
Washington
Veterans Administration
Condition of Streams Reported Clear at Buckeystown Dam
The report notes Monocacy stream clear at Buckeystown Dam and Potomaclear at Bnonville with unusual weather-related readings. The piece presents abbreviated meteorological notes and lacks formal authorities.
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Buckeystows
Bnonville
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