Daylight Saving Time Ends September 25 Citywide
DST ends September 25 as the county prepares to switch to standard time. 2:00 a.m. is the official changeover hour on the last Sunday morning of September. Some areas may extend daylight time or remain on it into October, while networks and stations adjust schedules for the change. Newark and New England clocks vary, and Brunswick stays on standard time through the summer.
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Baltimore
Washington
New England
Massachusetts
New York
New York State
Newark
West Coast
Brunswick
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Nile Delta Quake Kills Sixteen in Cairo Panic
An earthquake in the Nile Delta near Cairo leaves at least 16 dead including eight girls crushed in a school stairway crush. Twenty six injured as houses and schools collapse. officials report 40 second tremor and relief services in operation by mid afternoon.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile Delta
Delta
Interior Ministry
Helwan
Key Post Gets Trophy AL Legion Convention
The Arthur L. Magee memorial trophy for Child Welfare work was presented to the Francis Scott Key Post American Legion at the convention in Ocean City. The post last held the award two years ago, then lost it to Ft. Cumberland Post, with potential permanent possession if won again. Rodney L. Lenty served as child welfare chair the past year. Robert Edwards led projects including care for hearing and eye issues, food drives, and Christmas and 4th of July efforts. Delegates to the Legion convention from Frederick included Williams, Zimmerman, Edwards, Lipps, Nestor, Conroy, Norwood, Varner, Meraper, Graham, Miller, and Day. A separate item notes a Baltimore mediation meeting set by the Federal Mediation Service to resolve a 13-day Bendix Radio strike.
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Arthur L. Magee
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion
Recond Department
Ocean City
Ft. Cumberland Post
Rodney L. Lenty
Legion Aring
Robert Edwards
Focal Post
Soa
Frederick
Thomas F. Williams
D. Ralph Zimmerman
J Roberts Edwards
G Ernest Lipps
Joseph Nestor
James Conroy
Alvie M Norwood
Herbert S Varner
Edgar E Mraper
Hichard Graham
William H. 5S
Miller
Charles J, Day
Hurricane Hilda forms in Atlantic near Bahamas
Hurricane Hilda, the eighth tropical storm of the year, was located southeast of Tuks Island in the Atlantic. Winds reached 73 mph with heavy gusts near the center as it moved west-northwest at 13 mph, expected to grow in size and intensity over the next 24 hours. In Florida, attendance at Eloer Wolfe school at Union Bridge was normal amid anti integration meetings, while at New Windsor several Negro students remained out of class and a parent teachers association meeting is planned.
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Miami
Fla.t
Hilda
Atlantic
Tuks Island
Weather Bureau
Bahama Island
Eloer Wolfe
Union Bridge
New Windsor
G. D. Martin
Parent-Teachers Association
New Windsor High School
Martin
T. H. Legg
Legg
County School Board
Samuel M. Jenness
Elmer A Wolfe
Negro Dies Of Injuries In Accident Near Ridgeville
John Burns aged 80 of Twin Arch road died at Frederick Memorial Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car on U.S. 40 about a mile east of Ridgeville Sunday night. His wife Lucy Burns died at the scene in a similar March 19 accident nearby. Car driver John Fleming Edwards of Silver Spring faced reckless driving charges, later reduced. he swerved to avoid Burns as Burns crossed eastbound. Another note mentions Howard Franklin Roberson of Brunswick was charged with leaving the scene and manslaughter, later acquitted of manslaughter and convicted of a lesser offense.
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Carroll County
Frederick Alemorial
U.S
Ridgeville
John Burns
Twin Arch Road
Mt. Airy
John Fleming Edwards
Silver Spring
Edwards
Samuel D Dorfee
Dorsey
Manoa
Burns
Lucy Burns
John
Howard Franklin Roberson
Brunswick Carpenter
Barrick Is Selected National Committeeman in Maryland
Samuel W. Barrick state attorney and former Frederick Young Democrats president was elected national committeeman for Maryland at the Young Democrats convention held Friday and Saturday at Ocean Unity. He will represent Maryland at the national Young Democrats convention in Oklahoma City in November, defeating William Barkley. Barrick, active locally and statewide, also serves on the state executive committee with Julius Jacobson. Attendees included Mrs. Barrick, Charles Smelser, Mrs. Smelser, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mause, Maversaille, and Charles Baker.
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Samuel W. Barrick
Young Democratic Club
Young Democrats of
Maryland
Ocean Unity
Barrick
Young Democrats
Oklahoma City
Ola
William Barkley
Cecil County
Baltimore
Servng
Julius Jacobson
Frederick County
Jacobson
Democratic Club
Charles Smelser
House of Delegates
Smelser
Montgomery Begins Integration Today
About 53,000 students returned to Montgomery County schools with no incidents as 300 black transfer students entered Rollingwood Elementary and Lattonsville pupils joined Rollingwood. Principal Mrs. Elizabeth J. Roberts noted the routine entry amid prior local objections, with 31 youngsters to attend Rollingwood for one year before a new Rosemary Hills school opens near Lyttonsville.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Eliabeth J. Roberts
Rollingwood
Lattonsvile
Rolingwood
Rose- Mary Hills
Lyttonsville
Floods May Strike Rio Grande Valley
Residents in the lower Rio Grande Valley brace for possible floods as a tropical disturbance drives winds and rains along the coasts of Mexico and Texas. Civil Defense warned flood risks extend as far upstream as Del Rio and highlight the Raymondville area where waters threaten homes. Meanwhile two fugitives from Ft Meade were captured yesterday in a Baltimore hotel and will be returned to Anne Arundel County police to face holdup charges after escaping Saturday by slugging a guard.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valles
Texas
State Civil Defense Office
Austin
Rio Grane
del Rio
Gulf
Rasmondville
Baltimore
Ft Meade
Anne Arundel
Nokce
Eisenhower Health Status May Decide 1952 Run
Republicans say Ike’s spring health assessment could determine a second term bid. At a weekend conference with 48 state chairmen, Ike offered little on a re run but expressed enthusiasm for GOP prospects. He stressed party philosophy and said leadership should not hinge on one man. Meanwhile, in Geneva, diplomacy pointed to possible China seat at the United Nations as talks on civilian releases and embassy aid continued amid cautious optimism.
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Denver
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
Hawaii
White House
Hisenhower
Washington
United Nations
Red China
London
U.N. General Assembly
Geneva
United States
State Department
China
Henry Suydam
Peiping
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
Temperature Drop Reported Across Eastern States
Temperatures fell across the eastern third of the nation as a cool air mass moved into the middle and north Atlantic states. Readings in the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Lakes were in the 30s, with Gransburg Wis at 28, while a warming trend in the Northern Plains rose about 2 degrees and a Southwest heat wave persisted with 112 in Viuna Ariz and Centro Calif. Rain fell in New England and the Gulf Coast saw scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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Associated Press
Middle
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Grainsburg
Wis
Plains
Viuna
Ariz
Centro
Calif
New England
Gulf Coast
Staley Properties Bring $33,000 At Public Sale
The late Mrs. Cora M. Staley’s property brought 33 000 at a Saturday public sale at the Court House. The three story brick dwelling at North Market and Fifth sold with an adjacent Fifth street parcel and garages to Richard Hudson for 20 000. West Listih and West Limth street dwellings sold to Gilmore Allan Jr for 13 000. Arthur Yo Myers acted as executor with Ignatius Lease John JL Ponten and William M. Storm as attorneys.
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Mrrs
Cora M. Staley
Court Hose
North Market and
Fifth Streets
Fifth Street
Richard Hudson
Listih Street
West Limth Street
Gilmore Alant, Jr
Arthur Yo Myers
Galt
Allioneers
Ignatuy E. Lease Andohn JL. Ponten
William M. Storm
Desegregation Advances in Washington Public Schools
Desegregation enters its second year in Washington DC with about 166000 students across 103 public schools attending mixed classes. Most neighborhoods now show integrated classrooms while some schools remain predominantly one race, with minor truancy and discipline issues reported in a few districts.
Waterfront Strike Debacle Prompts Immediate Coastwide Walkout
New York waterfront tensions flare as the International Longshoremen’s Assn. Ind orders an immediate halt to work in all Atlantic Coast ports in solidarity with New York unions. President William V. Bradley accuses a political breach after an earlier pledge to end the strike was rejected by the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions.
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New York
The
International Longshoremen's Assn
Ind
Atlantic Coast
William V. Bradley
Ciay
Bradley
Hudson River
Thomas Gleason
New York State Legislative Committee
TLA
New York State Joint Legislative Committee On Industrial and Labor Conditions
John TL. Ostrander
Marshall M. Miller
Protest Integration In Baltimore County HEREFORD
A roughly 150 residents protested integration at Baltimore County Hereford high school last night. A committee was formed to meet the school board later this week. Clyde Moinser led preservation forces in urging the board to respond at its Thursday session. About 40 pupils have been kept from classes by parents since the school opened biracially last week. A show of hands indicated many would miss class again today.
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Hereford
Baltimore County
Clyde Moinser
Preservation Forces
Tereford
Board of Education
Hurricane warnings study eyed by Ocean City
Ocean City officials consider creating an agency to study hurricane warnings and decide evacuations. Hotel owners argue warnings from the US Weather Bureau cause unnecessary moves and cite losses from the 1952 Connur storm. Mayor Daniel Trimper notes many residents left or stayed away, calling the warnings excessive. Walter A. Edgar dies at 47 in Baltimore. a Maryland horse breeder and former businessman, linked to Prince Bar's 1952 Maryland Gold Cup win.
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Ocean City Ih
Man W
Donohoe
Ocean City
Ocean Resort
Pat Oout
US Weather Bureau
Daniel Trimper
Walter Edgar
Baltimore
Walter A. Edgar
Maryland
Edgar
Fom
Howard County
Prince Bar
Bowle
Russ German Talks Bring No Aeon
Moscow report on the Soviet Union and West Germany foreign ministers meeting for an hour and a half with no agreement on key issues. Felix von Eckardt said progress was not made while Soviet spokesman Leonid Ilyichev offered a cautious note of some results. Talks focused on German war prisoners reunification and normal relations ahead of heads of government meetings.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Felix von Eckardt
Konrad Adenauer
Nikolai Bulganin
Heinrich von Brentano
V. M. Molotov
Adenauer
Bulganin
von Eckardt
Leonid Ilyichev
Iyichev
Release Of 10 Civilians Is Awaited
Hong Kong crowds gather as 10 American civilians promised freedom by Peiping prepare to cross the border. Families in the United States and Hong Kong await details while Geneva talks note the broader plan to release all 29 Americans in due course.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Foochéw
Canton
Chunking
Shanghai
Sue Buol
Taipei
Lawrence
Mildred Lovegren
Levi C. Lovegren
Chungking
Lovegren
Mildred
Yonkers
N.J
Adele Austin Rickett
Walter
Reds
U.S
Geneva
United States
New Chiis
Thurmont mulls new pool site with state discussants
A Thurmont committee plans to meet with state officials to explore rights in the Catoctin Park area for a proposed swimming pool. The land came from a federal grant to the state for a park and is part of the Catoctin Recreational area. Members include Ross V. Smith Randolphy Waesche William Houck William Zenty and Ernest Hammaker. A second committee will confer with the Thurmont Town Board on land donation and recreational facilities. The pool commission aims to secure firm size and cost figures at the next meeting and plans biweekly sessions. Donald R. Lewis is chairman. William Hourk presides over the 144-member body. The most recent session was September 5. MENCKEN 75 TODAY.
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Thurmont Test
Fulave i
Catoctin Park
North Peounty Town
Catoctin
Thurmont Group
Ross V. Smith
Randolphy Waesche
William Houck
William Zenty
Ernest Hammaker
Pac
Thurmont
Swimming Pool Commission
Donald R. Lewis
Store of the
Smooching Dangers Stop Water Pumps in Capistrano Beach
Two linnets on a power line triggered a transformer flash causing a short circuit at the San Juan Water Co. service. An attendant, Don Kennedy, said the birds fell dead at his feet after the beaks locked. Fuses were replaced and pumps restarted in Lahout an hour.
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Capistrano Beach
Califor
San Juan
Railroad Slowdown Strains Long Island Rail Line
Commuters clog Long Island Railroad stations as a slowdown, claimed to be staged by union train men, disrupts service with trains running over an hour late. Massapequa and other early services suffer. observers note a possible strike while mediation continues over pay, shorter work day, and fringe benefits.
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NEW York LP
Long Island
Potee
Harold J. Pryor
Brotherhood of Railroad
M Massapequa Tio
Asslule
Feams
Gunman robs West ern Union office in Terre Haute
A lone gunman entered Western Union's downtown Terre Haute office and demanded the cash box. A clerk noticed a police car approaching and the robber left, never returning. No injuries reported.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Western Union
Mit
Grace E. Cline
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Federal Mediation Service
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Bendix Radio Co
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Rio Grande Valley
Bias
Nebraska State Men's Reformatory
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Ike
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Berth
Tokyo
Tokyo International Airport
Staley Properties
D.C
Supreme Court
Jenny
Red Ching
Mencken
H. L. Mencken
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