Rainy Period Ends as Falls 3.69 Inches Across County
Weather Bureau reports end of four day wet spell with 3.69 inches of precipitation since Sunday and streams receding. Potomac near Harpers Ferry rising slowly, not yet dangerous. forecast calls for clearing skies and warmer weather tomorrow. September rainfall totals five inches. canneries operating on limited schedules due to muddy fields. crop yield forecast 28 to 30 percent below normal. Thurmont Jenkins Bros. canning beans through late October.
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Monocacy
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
State Roads Commission
Lewistown
Route 15
New
Washington Expressway
Monocacy River Bridge
Onglann
Winds Caused Flood Tides Along Maryland Shore
Heavy rains and strong northeast winds drove flood tides menacing Maryland shore communities. Miller's Island saw six inches of water, Crisfield and Deal Island deeper, with Annapolis Eastport and Eastport oyster house also flooded. Officials called the damage slight. Crisfield reported its highest tide in years as water shut off lower business streets around 3 p.m.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Miller's Island
Crisfield
Deal Island
Annapolis
Eastport
Bayside
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
Chesapeake
Edgemere
E. L. Quinn
Investigation Targets Powell Over Adoption Agency Deals
Memphis, Sept. 14. A state investigator seeks public financial details from Dick Powell regarding his adoption through the Tennessee Children's Home Society. The agency faces probes amid claims it traded babies for profit in a $1,000,000 business. Joan Crawford and June Allyson also used the agency. Governor Browning ordered the inquiry after complaints of foster parent charges up to 730.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dick Powell
Children’s Agency
Tennessee Children's Home Society
Joan Crawford
June Allyson
Richard Quine
Hollywood
Quine
Susan Peters
Powell
Miss Crawford
Gordon Browning
Frederick Red Feather Chest Goal Set for October
A $32,015 goal for the October Community Chest campaign was announced by Glenn T. Swisher president after the budget committee report. The figure, up $2,230 from 1949, funds eight Chest agencies amid expanding community needs and a possible rise in demand from the national picture. Robert E. Miller, general chairman, said this quota is one of the most important yet for Frederick Red Feather members. John Ed Schell chaired the budget committee meeting at 22 South Market Street with Second Vice-President Robert L. Smith presiding. Special committees will begin door-to-door solicitation October 2 as volunteer women contact residents not in other groups.
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Glenn T. Swisher
Robert E. Miller
Miller
Frederick Red Feather
John Ed Schell
South Market Street
Robert L. Smith
Mayetta Hershberger
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Paul S. Michael
Robert Leichert
Benjamin L. Shuff
Elmer I. Eshelman
McKeldin Heads Ur banda Republican Rally at Peter Pan Inn
Theodore R. McKeldin, GOP gubernatorial hopeful, spoke at the first county wide Republican rally in Urbana attended by about 300. He praised his Baltimore Mayoral record, cited Friendship Airport, and urged unity for primary candidates as Emmett Bowlus and John Derr introduced speakers and other candidates. A buffet supper followed the meeting at the Peter Pan Inn.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Baltimore
Maryland
Friendship Airport
Lane
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
McKeldin
Antietam
Washington County
John A. Derr
Republican County Central Committee
Emmett R. Bowlus
Republican State Central Committee
Train Derailed Near Keyser Delays Optional Route
Baltimore and Ohio reports its National Limited derailed near Keyser and Piedmont, West Virginia, delaying service 3 hours 37 minutes. No injuries reported as three diesel locomotive sections and two cars derailed. cause under study amid heavy rain possibly loosening the track.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
National Limited
New York
St. Louis
Keyser and
Piedmont
Keyser-Piedmont
Potomac River
West Virginia
Maryland
Explosive For H-Bomb Found
Philadelphia reports the discovery of tritium in water announced at Temple University research institute. Tritium costs about 500 million dollars per pound due to production in atomic reactors.
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Philadelphia
Research Institute of
Temple University
U S Manpower Program Takes On War Farm
Washington reports a national manpower plan prioritizes war plants at 1,800 federal state offices. Expanding the labor force aims to meet a 30.9 billion defense bill and 3,000,000 armed forces, with 5.6 million adaptable workers including women and youths.
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U.S
4-H Programs To Be Arranged For Girls Clubs
County 4-H leaders and presidents from 26 clubs will meet Saturday at 115 East Church Street to plan next year's projects. Miss Evelyn Hutson will lead discussions with experts from the University of Maryland on home management, furnishings, food, and clothing. Morning round tables will shape the four yearly programs with an afternoon recap and a new county council idea.
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East Church Street
Evelyn Hutson
Helen Shelby
Natalie Russell
University of Maryland
Miss Hutson
Frederick County
Homemakers Clubs
Duped Many Young Doctor Begins Term
New York officials reveal William R. MacLeod, a Canadian with forged diplomas and no medical license, began a one year jail term after pleading guilty. He practiced for five years across eastern hospitals delivering hundreds of babies and earning praise from peers before the deception surfaced through a missed car payment and education checks.
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New York
William R. McCleod
Westchester County
John T. McCormick
Miriam Warnick
Brooklyn Women’s Hospital
MacLeod
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Dobbs Ferry
Brooklyn Hospital
Harry Broadbent
Hartford Finance
Broadbent
State Department of Education
Fort Meade To Get Enlistees
Army and Air Force Recruiting Station in Winchester Hall announced that effective tomorrow all area enlistees will train at Fort George G. Meade rather than Fort Knox. Navy recruits from the area will go to Great Lakes for boat training. Air Force enlistees will continue to head to Lackland AFB. Meade last served as a training center in World War II and will host new enlistees for initial Army life.
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Army
Fort George G. Meade
Fort Knox
Army and
Air Force
Winchester Hall
Bainbridge
Navy
Great Lakes
Fort Meade
Meade
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Robert L. Lane
Lane
Draft Board
Foretaste Of Fall Weather Pushes Food Prices Higher Nationwide
A foretaste of fall cur rently lifts retail prices for meat and many foods across the nation. Prices for roasts chops and poultry edge up a few cents, with pork chops in the 80 to 99 cent range. Eggs and other items show gains as wholesale indices rise and supply shifts reflect the off season.
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Associated Press
U. S
Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Headstreet
California
New England
Homemakers Open Meeting on Window Treatments
Homemakers clubs announce an open meeting for all women Tuesday from 10 a m to 3 30 p m at Winchester Hall theater. Miss Florence Mason of the University of Maryland Extension Service will lead sessions on new fabrics plastics and nylon for curtains and draperies with demonstrations, patterns, and hanging techniques. The afternoon will feature a Q A session with sketches on the blackboard and a clinic on problem windows.
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Winchester Hall Theater
Florence Mason
University of Maryland Extension
Mason
Beatrice Fehr
Maryland
Fehr
Short Circuit Injures 17 in New York Subway
A New York City subway train on the Second Avenue line had a brake shoe come loose and strike the third rail at East Houston Street, causing a bright flash and acrid smoke. Seventeen riders, mostly not seriously hurt, broke windows and fled as some were cut by glass and affected by smoke.
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New York
New City
Second Avenue
East Houston
Aten Streets
Bitter Battle By Candidates Continuing
Baltimore reports a sharp Democratic gubernatorial contest as Governor Lane and George P. Mahoney campaigned within 100 yards of each other. Each claimed victory in their corner speeches while outlining contrasting records on roads, hospitals, and schools and pledges on public funds.
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Baltimore
Lane
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
North Chester Street
Ashland Avenue
Baltimore City
U. S. Senate
Sen. Tydings
Hugh J. Monaghan
Truman
Gen
George C. Marshall
Louis Johnson
General MacArthur
Far East
General Marshall
Joe’ Stilwell
China
Mr. Marshall
May Parole Is Ordered
Washington reports former Rep. Andrew Jackson May, age 75, will be released Monday from the Ashland Federal Correctional Institution in Kentucky. Parole board chairman George G. Killinger cited May’s age poor health and an institutional record as reasons for the grant. May, wartime chairman of the House Military Affairs committee, had been sentenced to eight to 24 months for taking a bribe and conspiring in wartime munitions contracts. He became eligible August 4 after serving several months, with the board previously denying his request earlier in the year.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson May
D-ay
George G. Killinger
Federal Parole Board
Ashland
Federal Correctional Institution
Killinger
May
Prestonburg, Ky
House
91-year-old veteran pleads guilty to theft of bracelets
Charles Geisler, a 91-year-old wounded veteran from near Frederick, pleads guilty before Substitute Magistrate Edward J. Smith to stealing two bracelets valued at $24 from the Albert Cavell store on South Market Street. He receives an eighteen month House of Correction sentence after arrest by Lt. Six. Prosecutor Edwin F. Nikirk cited prior incidents since 1923. Efforts may seek admission to a Veterans Administration hospital.
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Charles Geisler
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Peoples Court
South Market Street
Albert Cavell
House of Correction
Geisler
Cavel
Nikirk
E Austin James
Geisle
Veterans Administration
Ernest Do. Yinger
Route 4
Red Hill
Yinger
Lewis E. Wenzel
West Fifth Street
Wenzel
Wilburn Sheffield, Jr
Winger
James H.rouzee, Jr
Richard A. Myers
Otis
A. Wesche
Silver Spring
Droneburg
Southstreet
Elwood M. Wolfe
Winchester
Lawrence I
Minmick
Steubenville
James W. Callaghan
Alexandria
Henry A. Mentzler
Pittsburgh
Elma L. Hogate
Glenn Mills
Robert M. Brunner
Hagerstown
Rouzee and
Myers
Condition Of Streams Around Frederick And Knoxville
Muddy water conditions reported on the Monocacy at Frederick Junction and the Potomac at Knoxville reflect rising turbidity levels. Authorities warn anglers and boaters to use caution due to reduced visibility and potential debris.
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Frederick Junction
Potomac
Knovxville
Navy reports light casualties in Inchon bombardment
Washington reports three US destroyers suffered superficial damage in the Inchon naval bombardment and casualties were light. North Korean broadcasts claimed six American vessels sunk, but the Navy had no confirmation of troop landings or major losses.
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U. S
Inchon
Washington
United States
Far East
Yellow Sea
Korea
Inchan
Tokyo
Seoul
Tachon
U. S Navy
Rusk
Associated Press
Red
Pyongyang
People's Army
Navy
U. S. Navy
Abong
Sea of Japan
Pohang
United Nations
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G.O.P. Hear McKeldin
Keyser
Labor Department
Robert C. Goodwin
Wayne University
Detroit
Goodwin
Taepei
Formosa
Defense Ministry Today
Brooklyn ‘Hospital
Abram J. Eichelberger
Louis E. Eichelberger
West Fourth Street
N. Y. Subway
Monaghan
Gettysburg
Edward S. Shellenberger
Conewago Township
George W. and Ames Hoffman
Littlestown
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