Children 7 to 16 Now Mandatory School Attendance
County officials stress the law requires children ages seven through sixteen to attend school with limited exceptions for mental or physical incapacity. Parents guilty of noncompliance face misdemeanor fines up to five dollars per offense, while those who induce or shelter truant children face penalties up to fifty dollars. Principals must report absent or irregular students. minors 14 and older seeking work outside school hours need a vacation employment certificate, limiting work to three hours daily on school days and eight hours on non school days, with interstate work capped at forty hours weekly. Employers should secure age certificates for every minor employed.
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Gertrude Smith
State Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Frederick County Teachers Plan Thursday Meeting
The Freder ick County Teachers Association will meet Thursday at eight p.m. in Frederick High School auditorium. The program splits into a business session at eight and a public general assembly at 8 thirty featuring William M. Brish, Washington County schools superintendent and former Fredericktonian, on a Europe flying classroom tour.
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Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Frederick High School
National Education Association
William M. Brish
Europe
Zelma Smith
Heistey Coran
W. Merval Weaver
Presbyterian Church
Donald Sullivan
Paul Hoffmaster
Myersville School
William Sherrick
Brunswick High School
Brish
Activities Halted in Maryland Crops by Wet Weather
Maryland crop and weather experts report farm activities across the state nearly halted that week due to wet unsettled weather. The condition affects planting, harvesting, and field work as rain and moisture linger in the Maryland regions.
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College Park
Maryland
Jaycees Elect New Frederick Chapter Officers
Joseph D. Baker II of Frederick was elected president of the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce at a special directors meeting held in the Frederick County Products offices. New vice presidents are Dr Edwin H Sponseller and Warner L Brittain, replacing resigning officers George M Chapline Jr and Nevin S Baker both Marine Reservists awaiting military call. A fall season membership meeting featured Jerold Hoffberger of the State Jaycees outlining a year plan including a permanent Maryland Jaycees office and the No 1 project Americanism. Other officers elected last May include secretary George B Delapleine Jr and treasurer A Royal Remsberg Jr.
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Joseph D. Baker, II
Frederick
Marine Reserve
Jerold Hoffberger
State Jayvees
Baltimore
Cambridge
Hoffberger
Maryland Jaycees
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Warner Brittain
Frederick County
Jaycees
Frederick Industries
George B. Delapleine, Jr
A. Royal Remsberg, Jr
Canvass Completes Week After Primary in Towson
Towson Maryland Baltimore County officials completed the official canvass of the September 16 Democratic primary. George P Mahoney narrowed the Governor Lane race by margin over 8 000 votes while Rep William P Bolton led in Second District races with about 40 342 votes in the county and roughly 30 000 in adjacent areas. Bolton won renomination by about 35 000 votes over William Bouch er 3d. Republican statewide returns earlier showed pepe But ler and Markey with small tallies.
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Towson
Baltimore County
George P. Mahoney
Mahonty
Lane
William P. Bolton
Bolton
Harford
Carroll
Baltimore City
William Boucher
Pepe — Butler
Markey
Beachwear trends tease sheer lace nylon swimsuits for women
Officials from California apparel makers announced at a press conference that next summers beach styles will include sheer lace nylon swimsuits for women with strategic panels. Other suits will feature lace over flesh colored fabric, with or without panels.
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Los Angeles
California
Mac
Democratic Convention on Monday in Maryland Governor race
Baltimore September 27 recounts continued in four counties as Mahoney contemplates a legal challenge to the party unit system. The plan would shift convention votes by county and district. Curran urged a revised unit scheme to salvage the party, while Lane backers favored steady recount completion before Monday’s convention opening.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Lane
Mahoney
Wicomico County
Anne Arundel
Garrett
Carroll
Maryland
Baltimore City
General Assembly
Garrett County
Anne Arundel County
Election Board
Frank T. Stockett
Carroll County
William Curran
Curran
Law
Hugo R. Hoffmann
Hood Opens Tonight For Fall Term At Hood College
Hood College begins the fall term with 504 students registered as Convocation opens at 7 80 o clock in Brodbeck Hall. Dr. Helen D Bragdon returns as speaker and President Truxal presides while faculty process in. Seniors and sophomores registered today mark end of Freshman Week with evening events in the Hut and campus tours by junior Big Sisters. Salute to Hood radio program airs daily through Friday featuring Hood students and faculty.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Helen D. Bragdon
American Association of University Women
Brodbeck
Andrew G. Truxal
Doris Simpson
West Twelfth Street
Big Sisters
Strawn Cottage
Hood
Mass chest X-ray drive opens in Frederick County
On opening day two hundred fifty residents over 15 received free chest x rays during Frederick County anti TB campaign. The mobile unit will travel daily through November 3 with stops on South Court and West Patrick streets, supported by civic groups and health authorities. Kent C. Nicodemus Jr. chairs the drive with cooperation from the Frederick County TB and Public Health Association, the Maryland TB Association, the local Health Department and the State Department of Health.
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Frederick County
TB and Public Health Association
Maryland TB Association
Local Health Department
State Department of Health
Gifford Named London Envoy
Washington reports President Truman selected Walter S. Gifford as ambassador to London succeeding Lewis W. Douglas. Gifford, ex AT&T chairman and Republican, will take office November 1 after Douglas returns to London to finish work. Douglas resigns for personal and health reasons and plans to retire in Arizona.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Walter S. Gifford
London
Gifford
The
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
Arizona
Smoke Lingers Over Area As Forest Fire Smoke Stays
Smoke from Canadian forest fires blankets the area for about three days with a hazy sky and unusual sun appearance. Weather Bureau predicts no let up until tomorrow with possible showers and mixed cloud cover. Cold air continues, temperatures near 42 degrees, highs in the mid 60s yesterday.
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Weather Bureau
United States
German Boys Studying In U S Pleased With Progress
Nearly 500 German teens study in the United States this year with American aid. Letters home praise US schools for citizenship training and friendly teacher pupil relations, contrasting with German rigidity. Programs run by State Department and Church of the Brethren sponsor about 466 youths living with American families, while 100 come from Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
America
State Department
Brethren's Service Commission
Church of the Brethren
Brethren
Klaus Wust
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Klaus
Red Cross Opens Home Nursing Classes In Frederick
Frederick County chapter of the American Red Cross begins four 30 hour training courses for home nursing instructors. Eleven graduate RNs from local towns enroll to teach in seven county high schools this winter, with Miss Edith Unruh directing. Classes run daily at Staley Park field house as part of Civil Defense collaboration.
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Frederick County
American Red Cross
Feld
Staley Park
Edith W. Unruh
Eastern Area
Red Cross
Frank D. Worthington
Red Cross Chapter
Home Nursing
Elas
Unruh
Sarah Bennett
Kathleen V. Cage
Brunswick
Ellen E. Lenhart
Woodsboro
Sarah E. Rowe
Emmitsburg
Wilda M. McPherson
Alry
Virginia Calhoun
Middletown
Carolyn E. Cadle
Florence FE. Garner
Susan A. Ward
Helen L. Bostian
Charlotte I. Gaver
McPherson
Ward
Bostian
Blue sun and blue moon dim skies over Europe
A blue sun and blue moon appeared across the North Sea region prompting fear and fascination. Observers in the United Kingdom Denmark and northern England reported azure celestial bodies. Theories cited include smoke from Canadian forest fires a high cloud formation or distant volcanic dust. An RAF pilot noted a thick brownish dust layer 5 500 feet thick at 38 000 feet.
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London
North Sea
United Kingdom
Denmark
Halley
Canada
United States
Royal Air Force
Scotland
England
Leadership Institute For Weekend Leadership Institute
A statewide leadership training event sponsored by the Maryland State Teachers Association will convene at the Vindobonsa Hotel in Braddock Heights from September 29 to October 1. About 125 teachers from across the state attend to gain advanced training for professional organizations at local state and national levels led by Dr. William A. Early with a keynote on Modern Practices In Professional Organizations.
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Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Vindobsona Hotel
Braddock Heights
William A. Early
Arlington County
The
Virginian Education Association
Early
John B. Whitelaw
Johns Hopking University
Glenn E. Snow
National Education Association
Evelyn Sellers
Eastern High School
Baltimore
W. Aubrey Maccubbin
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Public School Teachers Association
Wilbur Devilbiss
State Department of Education
Joseph Haugen
Central High School
Lonaconing
Earth Press
Forest Park High School
M. Eleanor Mooxve
Clara Barton
Wallis H. White
MSTA
B. Melvin Cole
Loch Raven
Towson
Lewyn C. Davis
Board of Education
Cumberland
Wendell E Duyan
Forest Park
Mary Macleod
Zelma V. Smith
Frederick
Florence D. Cropper
Charlotte Hall
Virginia H. Bowen
Huntington
C. Louise Stevens
Chestertown
Dora M. Magaha
Parkway
Whitelaw
Hopkins
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
St. John's Catholic Church
Charles W. Sylvester
Wilhelmina Oldfield
Savage Elementary
Harry R. Poole
Mahoney Increases Lead In Maryland Governor Nomination
Final statewide returns show George P. Mahoney with 191,198 popular votes to Governor Lane's 173,769. Lane leads the nomination by 84 unit votes to 64 for Mahoney, with Mahoney's margin rising to about 17,429. Results final across Baltimore City and County.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Lane
Mahoney
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Condition Of Streams Manococy cloudy at Frederick Junction
A weather bulletin notes the stream condition at Frederick Junction remains cloudy while Knoxville reports the omen slightly cloudy, indicating minor overcast conditions in the area.
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Frederick Junction
Knoxville
Red Forces Staggering To Defeat In Korea War Front
US Marines raised the Stars and Stripes over Seoul capitol while allied forces closed a 215 mile noose around Red forces in the south. MacArthur said escape routes were blocked as the Inchon-Seoul link joined with the Pusan front, signaling a tightening UN victory and massed Red troops dissolving.
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Tokyo
Seoul
MacArthur
Ita
South Korea
Inchon
Pusan
Inchon Second Front
Yellow Sea
U. S. First Cavalry
U. N
Seventh Division
Inchon-Seoul
Changju
United Nations
Jong Pusan- Inchon
Reda
Don Whitehead
U.S
U. S
Duk Soo Palace
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Brandenburg
Eighth Cavalry Division
Marine Reserves
Walter
Wolfgang Hose
Ernst Woerner
Willie Traub
Christel Lasartnik
Schior
Kansas City
Kansas
Lothar Knauth
Wyandotte High School
Mississippi
South Korean
Leadership Institute For
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Red
Ord
Jacob Baker
James A. Wills
Emmiteburg
St. Joseph's Central House
Edgar X. Kyler
Diana
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