County boards debate buying voting machines plan
The Frederick County Boards of Election Supervisors and County Commissioners met to consider purchasing voting machines. A decision is deferred for a week or two as they study merits, financing, machine size, and storage while a county need report is prepared. It is unofficially estimated 70 machines may be needed.
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Board of Election
A. Grant Hooper
Hooper
Frederick County
Boards of Election Supervisors
Frederick Concert Association Announces 1951-52 Season
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Reginald Stewart will perform in Frederick with two additional concerts forming the annual music series. Renewal notices go to last season’s members as the association moderates member eligibility and sale runs September 24 to 29. Membership prices are $5 plus $1 tax for adults and $2.50 plus 50 cents tax for students. Board candidates include Mrs. Robert E. Clapp Sr, Mrs. Shirley Braungart, J. Walker Carty, Mrs. M. J. Croghan Sr, Mrs. Robert Porter, and Jack Shorrow. Members may attend recitals in Waynesboro Pa, Charles Town W Va, and Westminster free of charge. Alignment with Columbia Artists Management continues for bookings.
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Reginald Stewart
Frederick
Community Concert Association
George B. Douglas
Association
Robert E. Clapp
Shirley Braungart
J. Walker Carty, Mrs. M. J. Croghan,Sr., Mrs. Robert Porter
Jack Shorrow
Frederick Concert Association
Douglas
Waynesboro
Charles Town
W. Va
Westminster
DePaul Chorus
Richard Farrell
John Sebastian
Chloe Owen
Edwin Steffe
Menahem Pressler
Janice Moudry
Rey and Gomez
Community Concert Service
Columbia Artists Management, Inc
New York
Frederick Association
Mrs. America title to New York housewife Penny Duncan
The Hazel eyed New York City housewife Penny Duncan won the Mrs. America title defeating 32 contestants. She receives 7500 in gifts and an eastern tour of radio and TV appearances and says she will focus on family rather than further contests.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New York City
Penny Duncan
Betty McAllister
Detroit
Mich
Men In Korea Last Winter To Come Home
Army Chief of Staff Gen. J Lawton Collins says U S soldiers who fought in Korea last winter must be brought home before the coming winter. He fixed the rotation of overseas personnel as essential to meet a manpower shortage, with about 30 000 men and officers needing replacement each month.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Dworshak
Idaho
Collins
National Jaycees Leader To Attend Frederick Banquet
Frederick Chapter hosts a six o clock banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel honoring Lee Price Jr national Jaycees president elect from Swainsboro Georgia. Dr Edwin Sponseller chapter president presides state president Joseph D Baker II and other officers attend with Jaycees from Hagerstown Cumberland Hanover Annapolis Silver Spring Martinsburg and more. Price served OSS in Europe during war and earlier did counter espionage for FBI in South America. He rose from Swainsboro Chapter to state president and national VP before 1950.
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Lee Price, Jr
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Edwin H. Sponseller
Joseph D. Baker. II
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Hanover
Annapolis
Silver Spring
Martinsburg
W. Va
Price
National Jaycee
Swainsboro
OSS
Europe
South America
National Jaycees
New Trade-In Rules In Effect For Appliances
Washington reports new Federal Reserve Board rules to curb phony no money down offers on television sets refrigerators and other appliances under consumer credit controls Violations can bring fines up to 5000 and up to a year in jail Dealers may offer trade in allowances rebates or discounts not used to evade down payment requirements The law allows trade ins to count toward the down payment and follows a surge of such ads since Aug 1 The board stressed the rules target evasions while preserving legitimate offers
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Old Cars Off To New York Race
Two antique cars depart Chicago at 10 a.m. to race to New York to settle if steam power beats the gas buggy. The route includes Rockefeller Plaza finish in a week, with Mayor Kennelly flagging the start in drizzle. Vehicles listed are a 1913 Stanley Steamer and a 1911 Stoddard-Dayton.
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Chicago
New York
Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
Marlin H. Kennelly
Stanley Stedmer
Stoddard Dayton
India Plans to End War State with Japan
The Indian Mission says India will end its state of war with Japan simultaneously with the Sa Francisco treaty coming into force. Burma and India boycotted the treaty conference. 49 nations signed while Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia did not. Edgewood Church buys county property near New Windsor Libertytown Road for about 4500 dollars. deed recorded.
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Tokyo
India
Japan
Sa Francisco
Burma
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Reed
Edgewood
Church of the Brethren
Elizabeth Ecker
New Windsor- Libertytown
Huge Arms Bill Faces Senate Action With Record Amount
Washington reports a $61.1 billion military spending bill moving toward final passage in the Senate amid no opposition. The measure pledges rapid Air Force expansion to 95 wings, plus a special $5 billion aviation fund for Navy and Air Force, and notes a secretive addition of nonatomic weaponry described as remarkable. The Air Force would receive about $20.0 billion, the Navy about $15.6 billion, with total House-approved funding near $56.0 billion.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Air Force
Navy
Driver Fined In Accident
Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker fined Fred W. Stafford of Bristol Conn 15 for reckless driving after an accident on North Market street near 12 O clock. Coleman was found not guilty of an improper left turn while Myrtle Boyer of Woodsboro faced a possible ruling on steering trouble. The Darby assault charge against Joseph Darby Kemp town was dismissed after the complainant failed to appear.
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H. Reese Shoemaker
Peoples Court
Connecticut
Fred W. Stafford
Bristol
Conn
Frank L. Caleman
Union Bridge
North Market Street
Coleman
Stafford
Kenneth H. Tichnell
Myrtle Boyer
Woodsboro
Shoemaker
W. W. Corbin
Kentucky
Tichnell
Groom and Best Man Faint During N H Wedding
Sumner Dodge prepares to say I do to Miss Shirley Holt when he faints. Best man Richard Dodge also collapses. Shirley remains calm as the couple recovers and proceeds with the ceremony. The newlyweds are honeymooning today.
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Raymond
N. H
Sumner Dodge
Shirley Holt
Sumner
Richard
Shirley
Nation Can Afford Better Schools Claim
The National Education Association asserts the nation can fund better schools and urges action. It notes Americans spend heavily on alcohol, tobacco, and amusements, totalling nearly three times the yearly cost of education, and calls for Federal government participation in school financing. Potomac clear at Knoxville Monocacy cloudy at Frederick Junction.
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Washington
National Education Association
Association
Potomac
Knoxville
Frederick Junction
Baltimore Gambling Under New Time Schedule Revealed
Judge Joseph Sherbow told the Baltimore grand jury that police corruption must be exposed. A prior report alleged gamblers bribed officers. the judge urged Harry Smyrk to testify and anticipated Commissioner Ober’s appearance. He noted gambling persists on new schedules and narcotics flow from Washington, urging unified action.
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Baltimore
Joseph Sherbow
Beverly Qber
Sherbow
Harry M. Smyrk
Maryland Legislative Council
Ciime
Ober
Legislative Council
Washington
District of Columbia
Hood College names five new faculty members for fall term
Hood College announces five new teachers joining the faculty for the fall term starting September 20. New hires include Wayne C. Neely heading economics and sociology, Clara Mueller visiting professor, Charles Sprenkle music, Leon Trachtman English, Gale Miner art, and Mildred Larsen part time home economics instructor.
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Hood College
Andrew G. Truxal
Oliver Reddick
India
Wayne C. Neely
Clara H. Mueller
Hood
Charles A. Sprenkle
Leon E. Trachtman
Gale P. Miner
Mildred Larsen
Miss Mueller
Minneapolis, Minn
Carroll College
Helena
Mont
University of Wisconsin
Chicago University
University of Minnesota
Columbia
University of Munich
Western College
Oxford
Record Street
al Peabody
William Penn High School
York
Pennsylvania State Teachers College
Kutztown
Sprenkle
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
Peabody
al Hood
Trachtman
Hood English
Johns Hopkins University
Hamilton College
Brooklyn
Iowa State Teachers College
Ames
Larsen
Graduate School
University of Chicago
Braddock Heights
Cool spell drops temperatures to 45 degrees at airport
Temperatures sank to 45 degrees over the weekend marking the coolest spell since spring though rainfall remained scarce. Water in Fishing Creek dam fell to 16 inches below the top as a 48 degree low Saturday preceded a forecast of milder weather and showers tomorrow. The forecaster added the cool spell may return Wednesday.
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Fishing Creek
Airport
Duck Season Dates Expanded for Falls Hunt
The Game and Inland Fish Commission announces duck season starts November 22 and runs to January, with five extra days than last year. A separate ten day brant season runs November 22 to December 1, brant season reopening after several years close.
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Game and Inland Fish Commission
Brant
Russians Reported Flying Jets Over Korea in Air War
Unofficial sources say there is plausible evidence that Russian pilots flew MiG-15 jets in the North Korea air war near Suan southeast of Pyongyang. An eyewitness described a MiG-15 being shot down and a Caucasian pilot found alive in the wreckage. A Chinese officer allegedly killed the Russian pilot after mistaking him for an American.
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Korea
North Korea
Suan
Pyongyang
Mayor attends Maryland Municipal League meeting at University of Maryland
Mayor Donald B. Rice and Dr. Joseph M. Ray discussed the fall league program at a University of Maryland meeting. Acting president Mayor Herbert W. Reichelt presided as sessions on home rule fluoridation of water real estate taxation and the Sherbon plan were planned for Annapolis December 7 and 8 with mayors and aldermen of member municipalities attending.
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Donald B. Rice
Joseph M. Ray
Maryland Municipal League
University of Maryland
Herbert W. Reichelt
Mount Rainier
Sherbon
Annapolis
Rice
Houtteman to be discharged from Army Camp Pickett
Private First Class Arthur J. Houtteman, a former Detroit Tigers pitcher, is undergoing separation procedures at Camp Pickett Virginia likely for a medical discharge due to a preexisting disability from a 1949 accident. He has suffered recurrent headaches since the skull fracture.
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Houtteman
Papagos Leads Greece in Early Election Returns
Field Marshal Alexander Papagos, famed for crushing Communist resistance, led Greece’s Sunday voting for government leadership. With about 60 percent of precincts reporting, his Royalist Greek Rally held roughly 46 percent, likely securing a parliamentary majority as Nichola Plastiras trailed with about 25 percent. Sophocles Venizelos and the liberal party rose to around 17 percent.
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Aibens
Alexander Papagos
Comuunist
Papagos
Greece
Nicholas Plastiras
Plastiras
Progression Party
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Lutherans To Hold Workshop in Maryland Synod
A stewardship workshop for lay readers of the Lutheran synod of Maryland will be at the Francis Beakt Key Hotel on September 15 6. Speakers include John J. Nordberg Fred W. Hopkins Rev Dr J Frank Fife Dr G Elson Raff Dr Thomas L. Cline William H. Stackel and others with panels on planning the congregational budget and ministers. Delegates will worship at Frederick Lutheran Church Sunday with Rev Musser D. White speaking.
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Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Francis Beakt Key Hotel
John J. Nordberg
Arlington
Reformation Church
Washington, D. C
Fred W. Hopkins
Linthicum
G. Elson Raff
the Lutheran
Thomas L. Cline
Board of Pensions and Relief
William H. Stackel
Rochester
United Lutheran Church In America
Carl Heinmuller, Jr
Baltimore
Paul J. Falkemer
Thomas
Blind Man and Father Locate Stolen Car in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on September 10 a blind man and his father used a hunch and a license number to locate a stolen vehicle. John Sullivan Jr. alerted Police Sergeant Mazzo after noting the damaged car, and the vehicle was recovered and returned to its owner.
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Philadelphia
John Sullivan, Jr
Pennsylvania
John
Albert Mazzo
National Production Authority Says Mobilization Affects Newspapers Little
Lake Placid N Y Sept 10 an INPA official predicted the national mobilization will impact newspapers very little compared with other industries.
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Lake Placid
INPA
U S Destroyer Escort Seiverling Hit at Wonsan
The U S destroyer escort Seiverling took three direct hits from shore batteries at Wonsan on September 9 but reported no casualties. The number two fireroom flooded and minor damage occurred yet the ship reached Sasebo under its own power. Air and surface bombardments silenced the enemy batteries and knocked out at least nine guns. Several other vessels suffered superficial damage but remained in operation along the Korean coast.
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Washington
U. S
Wonsan
Sasebo
Japan
Korea
UN Officers Clash With Reds Over New Charge In Korea
United Nations officers in Mungsan Korea refuse to give an on the spot report after a four hour check of a suspected neutral zone violation. They found one bullet mark and twelve 50 caliber slugs near stone houses three quarters of a mile from suspended armistice talks. Investigators said bullets came from multiple directions, challenging Red claims of a single plane pass. Col Don Darrow will study the evidence and report to Gen Ridgway and Vice Adm Turner Joy.
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Mungsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
U. S
U. N
Don Darrow
Air Force
Tatoma
Wash
Chang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Adm
Turner Joy
Quadruple Amputee Of War Is Married
Pvt Hubert Reeves, a Korean War quadruple amputee, married Beverly Jean Hall in Joliet. Guests from across the nation sent gifts including $10,000 in cash and a TV set while minister Ralph Blair urged focus on inner happiness over material gifts. Reeves was injured by freezing during the Red Offensive in Korea.
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Joliet Iml
Hubert Reeves
First Baptist Church
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Wilmington
Joliet
Eddie Cantor
Ralph Blair
Korea
Truman Back After Trip To West Coast
President Truman returns to the White House after a seven day trip that included the opening of the Japanese peace treaty conference and a Missouri holiday. Observers see hints he may run again next year though he has not announced his decision. In Kansas City he defended Secretary of State Acheson and said he spoke with him by telephone praising the San Francisco conference.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kansas City
Acheson
San Francisco
Officer Receives Parking Ticket From Fellow Cop
Saturday evening Lt Frank Dorsey issued a one dollar parking ticket to Officer Denver Shooky for parking illegally behind the city police headquarters. The incident shows police officers are not immune to traffic rules.
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Denver Shooky
Frank Dorsey
Russ-Type Rockets Hit East Central Front As Jet Battle Rages
Russian type rockets landed behind Allied lines on the east central front amid a major air duel in northwest Korea where 30 F-86 sabres clashed with 80 MiG-15s. No Allied losses were reported as ground actions remained light and Allied forces claimed advances.
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J. S. Eighth Army
Korea
East Central Front
Eighth Army
Red Army
Francis Gabreski
America
Alr
Gabreski
Fifth Air Force
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Sariwon
West Central Front
Pusan
James A. van Fleet
United Nations Army
van Fleet
East
Eisenhower May Run in 1952 Says Kansas City Star Chief
Roy A Roberts, president of the Kansas City Star, argues Eisenhower could be persuaded to seek the 1952 presidency and doubts Truman will run again. Roberts said Eisenhower is a good Kansas Republican and cited Eisenhower himself as the source of that claim.
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Washington
Roy A Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Roberts
MBC
Eisenhower
Kansas
Youthful Greene Enters West Virginia Governor Race
Edward H. Greene Cabell County prosecutor 38 announces Democratic primary bid for governor on May 13. He describes a clean up the state program and vows to lead a crackdown on gambling and racketeers.
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Huntington
W. Va
Edward H. Greene
Cabell County
West Virginia
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