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A Frederick newspaper item from the Tuesday issue notes a brief public notice dated September with unreadable OCR fragments. It mentions no clear actions or deadlines beyond a generic government notice.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
2
A Frederick newspaper item from the Tuesday issue notes a brief public notice dated September with unreadable OCR fragments. It mentions no clear actions or deadlines beyond a generic government notice.
The city commission concluded its hearing on Chief Frederick M. Straley for dereliction of duty. The report and any recommendations will be filed with the Board of Aldermen, with a possible special session to follow. A separate hearing for Lt. Six is planned for next Monday.
U S Eighth Army Intelligence reports four American soldiers died in motor accidents blamed on floods near Tokyo with others missing and three officers slightly injured on flood duty. Names announced include Pvt. Allen P. Hampton Lego West Virginia and Billie Norton Mt Vernon Illinois. Maj. Andrew R. Cheek Stockdale Texas Capt. S A Freedman Los Angeles and Lt. Robert Buckman Chicago. Japanese deaths are unofficially estimated up to 2000 as floods from a September 15 typhoon subside.
The report records eight hundredths of an inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours and 2.18 inches for September to date. It notes a 1947 deficiency of 2.81 inches to Sept 1, yesterday’s high of 70 and low of 34, with today’s sunset at 7 07 p.m. and sunrise at 6 58 a.m. The Monocacy River is muddy at Buckeystown Dam while the Potomac is clear at Point of Rocks. It ends with a note on U.S. fish hook production now exceeding half a million daily in the cited codec.
Governor Lane named the Uniform Accounts Commission to standardize fiscal records across state, county, municipal, and town governments. by Oct 1 1950 all tax collection units must install uniform records and report to the comptroller and the Bureau of Fiscal Research. Members include Comptroller James J Lacy, State Auditor Daniel L. Clayland, Deputy Auditor Carl Wannen, and officials from Baltimore, Oakland, Salisbury, and Baltimore County Boards.
Directors of Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce met at the local ML C A chaired by William E. Hardy. Reports covered urban planning discussions in Washington, a Hagerstown road inspection, city tennis championship notes, and state committee appointments. An Electa Chapter sewing club gathering hosted by Mrs Eva Medinger featured a chartered bus trip, luncheon, decorations, and photographs.
Elderly skeleton named Uncle George, 102, caused disturbances by sitting on a chair outside a house at 2 a.m. Hartlove paid a $25 fine and returned the figure to a street-side chair. Police intervened after more neighbors were startled by the scene.
Ta C. G. Academy notes Cadet David M. Kaetzel son of Air. George M. Kaetzel of Brunswick is admitted to the United States Coast Guard Academy New London Conn in the class of 1951 He graduated Brunswick High School in 1944 and ranked 98th in a 698 candidate nationwide examination for academy appointments. The photo shows him in navigation class wearing the summer white working uniform of a Coast Guard Cadet.
The Taneytown Kiwanis Club held its weekly meeting at the Taney Inn on Wednesday evening with President Samuel E. Breth presiding. Thirty members attended. Edward Reid led the group sing along with accompanist Mrs. Wallace Yingling. Breth outlined committees for a forthcoming card party at the High School Auditorium on Thursday evening Oct 16 and announced party plans. Rev Guy P Bready donated a hand made gavel over a hundred years old for club use. Next week the inter club committee led by Raymond K E Wright will run the meeting.
Hostess provided refreshments to Miss Helen Bankerd Miss Margaret Shreeve Airs Carrie Beall Airs Emma Roy Airs Jacob Stambaugh Mrs Kathleen Luca Murray Baum Gardner Wilbur Thomas Harry Mokney and Edward Reid at the social gathering.
Emmitsburg residents and visitors share vacations at Atlantic City and Florida. Families celebrate weddings and anniversaries while church events raise funds. Members of the Combs and Noonan households visit relatives as others attend a chicken soup supper raising about 140 dollars at Elias Lutheran church.
Sept 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs J Edward Houck honored their daughter Mary Teresa for her twenty first birthday and Eugene Bouey’s twenty one. Attendees included Margaret Bouey Dolores Joy Joe Jovy Ann Marie Terbinsky Margaret Houck and others with games dancing and refreshments. Local absences and Baltimore visits noted along with a tangential note on Douglas fir taxonomy.
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