Bids Sought on Flag Pond Road Project Near Doubs
County Engineer Roger H. Wallach told the ads Board plans are moving toward final clearance from state and federal agencies for bids next week on the Flag Pond road project near Doubs as part of the Hood crossing elimination effort. He noted contractors will compete for surfacing 9.38 miles on adjacent roads and reported on oiling and grading progress across multiple projects including Friends Creek, Thurston Locust Grove church, Four Points, Continental road, Rabbock Heights, Potomac and Urner avenues, Prusswick New Addition, Stotelmyer road, and Easterday road with pipe installations and final seal coats upcoming.
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Woodville
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Ridgeville
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Emmitsburg
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Riends Creek
Sabillasville
Friends Creek
M. J. Grave Lime Co
Thurston
Locust Grove
Four Points
Raddock Heights
McKaig Road
Annapolis Road
Mt. Pleasant
Ladiesburg
Potomac Avenue
Urner Avenue
Braddock Heights
Wolfsville
Maryland Primary Registration Surges in 1950 election
About 867000 Marylanders qualify to vote on Monday, 60,000 more than 1946 primaries, with total registrations at 886518. Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 2 overall, Democrats 623817 and Republicans 243393, while independents and minor party members total about 19,000 who cannot vote in the primary. Baltimore County leads gains with 109277 more registrants, now 87,344 Democrats and 20,391 Republicans.
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Truman reshapes cabinet after Johnson resignation
President Truman accepted Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's resignation and named Gen George C Marshall as his successor. In separate news from Neustadt Germany police found 18 small explosive packages in coal from Czechoslovakia, unloaded at a glass factory.
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Truman authorizes informal talks on Japan peace treaty
President Truman announced at his weekly news conference that informal discussions on a Japanese peace treaty will begin. He said the US is also exploring ending the state of war with Germany and urged procedural talks with the Far Eastern Commission, including Soviet Russia, under Acheson. The German issue would be raised with foreign ministers in New York.
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New York
Noted anniversaries and birthdays in American history
Know America Today marks anniversaries from 1789 James Fenimore Cooper birth to 1948 topics, listing birthplace and death dates of writers and politicians. It includes 1821 independence note, 1916 tanks on the Somme, 1942 Guadalcanal, and 1948 Sherman Act case highlights, plus birthdays of Gannett, Houston, and Eisenhower among others.
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Burlington
N. J
Cooperstown
James G. Benton
Army Ordnance
Lebanon
N. H
Mary D.S. Barnes
Leland Stanford
Oswego
N. Y
Kirk Monroe
Prairie du Chien
Wis
William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
Robert G. Benchley
Worcester
Mass
Spain
U. S
Black Hawk
Louisiana
New Orleans
Somme
Red Cross
American Professional Football Association
National Football League
Britain
Chamberlain
Berchtesgasten
Hitler
Sudetenland
Guadalcanal
Netherlands
Maastricht
Big Four
Frederick
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun & Bradstreet
East Orange
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Abilene
Kans
Frederick May Eliot
Boston
American Unitarian Asso
Jean Tennyson
Warning on Entangling Alliances With The Opposite Sex
A cautious note urges circumspection regarding close relations with the opposite sex, emphasizing prudent conduct and awareness of social implications. The guidance underscores maintaining decorum and avoiding situations that could lead to misunderstood intentions or complications.
Local Notes From Washington and Cedar Grove Activity
Mary O Brien of Washington visits the Gloyd home. Cedar Grove Farm Bureau group met at Jack Schaum residence Wednesday night. Brice Selby store, once part of the Williams property, has been reopened by George D Jones, formerly of the area.
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Boyds
Mary O'Brien
Washington
Albert Gloyd
Cedar Grove Farm Bureau
Jack Schaum
Brice Selby
Willams
George D. Jones
Londoners Strike Ties Up London Transit and Buses
London, Sept. 14. A strike by over 8,000 bus drivers and conductors paralyzed mass transit. Dozens of thousands faced delays on the subway as 1,300 buses remained idle, forcing long walks and crowded rides. In Maryland, ninth graders at South Potomac Street junior high back Governor Lane in a Democratic primary poll.
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South Korea
Stanley Tretick
London
Elly
Lane Hagerstown
Governor Lane
South Potomac Street
Lane
George JP. Mahoney
Harry Kemper
Hagerstown
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