Navy to probe Hobson sinking after 174 dead
The Navy ordered a formal inquiry into the mid Atlantic loss of the destroyer minesweeper Hobson with 174 presumed dead in peacetime disaster. The carrier Wasp returned damaged from the collision carrying survivors and injured crew. A court of inquiry will investigate.
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Washington
Navy
mid-Atlantic
Hobson
Wasp
Brooklyn Nars Yard
Naval Hospital
Adm
Lynde McCormick
Norfolk
Ervin S. White Sr
Lynn
Mass
W. Y. O'Regan
Board of Inspection and Safety
Marvin Moss Wins National Scholastic Art Award
Marvin Moss a 14 year old ninth grader at South Potomac Junior High School won a national top prize in the 1952 Scholastic Art Awards and will receive a 25 dollar award He designed and created a red clay plate with a sgraffito turkey motif in his ninth grade art class His work along with other prize winners will be exhibited at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh May 3 to May 28 1952
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Marvin Moss
South Potomac Junior High School
South Potomac Junior High
Maryland
Young Moss
Marvin
Benjamin F. Moss
Hagerstown
Victorine M. Morgan
Camnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Scholastic Magazine
Wall Street Edges Mixed In Second Quiet Session
New York stock market idled for a second straight session with mixed prices and fractional changes. The report notes overall lack of movement amid thin volume as traders await cues.
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Wall Street
New York
Prayer for TODAY a plea for peace and unity
A devotional prayer asks God to turn swords to pruning hooks and end war. The petitioner, W. Dale Oldham of Anderson Indiana, urges people to follow the Prince of Peace and seek global reconciliation.
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W. Dale Oldham
Anderson
Ind
Park Place
New Manager At Legion Club Named
Morris Frock Post of the American Legion announced George O Neil as new business manager succeeding Anthony Valentine whose resignation was reluctantly accepted. O Neil, 44, brings 25 years hotel experience and has held posts at Jefferson Hotel Washington Bradford Hotel Boston Niagara Falls Palmer House Chivacor King Edward Toronto Samarhbauud Santa Barbara. He and his wife will reside at the Legion Club residence on Northern Avenue.
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Morris Frock
Anthony Valentine
Irvine Rutledge
George O'Neil
Coutry
O'Neil
Diaretics
Camp Edwards
Pennsylvania
Cape Cod
Mass
Rutledge
Flasherstown
Jefferson Hotel
Washington, D. C
Bradford Hotel
Boston
Niagara
Niagara Falls
New York
Palmer House
Chivacor
King Edward
Toronto
Canada
Samarhbauud
Santa Barbara
California
Valentine
Rutle
Me Legion Club
Northern Avenue
Military promotions and enlistees from local names heard
Havold P. Hughes son of Mr and Mrs Paul Hughes Mapleville is promoted from Private First Class to Airman Second Class after training at Sampson and Travis bases. Kenneth A Dotter Jr and Richard Tee Kline also gain new air force assignments and addresses while Carrie Selby suffers a broken right foot. Also local watch repair services noted.
Floods Bring Complaints To County Board
County commissioners told residents they cannot pump out flooded cellars on private property. They noted the road department will repair flood damage, and the city water department struggles to supply pumps. Officials stressed pump support is limited and not the board’s responsibility.
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Board of County Commissioners
Leister Mobley
Roads Department
City Water Department
Water Department
U N Official To Address Teachers In Middle States Council Meet
Robert G. Staines a New South Wales native and United Nations public information official will speak at the Middle States Council for Social Studies annual meeting on Friday and Saturday He will discuss The United Nations as a Social Science Laboratory at 1 30 PM in the Hacerstown High School Auditorium Leonard S Kenworth chairs the session He holds a MA from Sydney University and has directed defense training and correspondence courses for armed forces personnel He has researched personality spehology and educational problems and is the UN department of public information educational Watson chief.
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Middle States Council For
United Nations
Hacerstown
Leonard S. Kenworth
Middle States Council For Social Studies
Sydney University
United Nations Department of Public Information
Car Stolen From Appalclian Inn Area In Ohio
Joseph G. Jopps of Youngstown Ohio reports the theft of a 1942 Pontiac from in front of the Appalachian Inn on Route 40 east of Hagerstown. A rummage sale is planned Thursday May 1 to 2 p m to 4 p m at St Johns Enise Parish House Ady.
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Joseph G. Jopps
Youngstown
Ohio
Rt. 40
Hagerstown
St. John's Enise
Ady
Wilson to Tell Aside Story of Why He Resigned
Senate Banking Committee calls in Charles E. Wilson to testify under oath about why he quit as defense mobilizer amid the steel dispute. Maybank says Wilson will face questions on policy handling and possible effects on wages prices and inflation.
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Wilson
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
White House
Sen. Maybank
DSC
Republican Committee
Sen. Seehoeppel
Kan
Capital Air
Truman
Maybank
Lotrattaty
CHO Steelworkers Union
Student Designs Church Sanctuary
A Maryland student Richard Howard plans Lutheran ministry and designed the Rockway Lutheran Church interior in Springfield Ohio. He supervised the renovation transforming the church to an American colonial style with deeper chancel and white pews. He studies at Hamma Divinity School under Dr T A Kantonen and aims to specialize in church architecture after ordination. He will supply on a church in Canada this summer.
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Richard Howard
Austin W. Howard
Hamilton Boulevard
Frederick
Rockway Lutheran Church
Springfield
T. A. Kantonen
Hamnia Divinity School
Howard
Maryland
Whitten-sburg Art
Amos
John Traver
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Williamsport Airman Completes Basic Training
Airman Third Class Karl Butts son of Mr and Mrs L L Butts of Williamsport has finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to the 83rd Air Force Base at O'Hare International Airport Park Ridge Illinois. He is a 1950 Williamsport High School graduate who enlisted in February and invites friends to write to him at the base address.
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Kenneth A. Catter
Lackland
San Antonio
Texas
Great Falls
Montana
Kenneth
Kenneth A. Dotter, Jr
29Th Air Division
Creat Malls
Richard Lee Pater) Kline
Robert L. Kline
TAS
Northern Avenue
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
Sayerstown High School
Richard
Kairehild Alycraft
Ifik
Richard Tee Kline
N. C
Karl Butts
L. Butts
Williamsport
Rt. J
Lackland Air Force Base
Sivd Air Force Base
O'Hare International Airport
Ilinois
Williamsport High School
Earl
Earl Butts
AJP
83Rd Air Forest Base
Park Ridge
Utah Faces Severe Floods Across Salt Lake City Area
Thousands of workers battle Veal's worst food crisis in history while floodwaters from melting snow knock out a railroad bridge and dam. Streets are sandbagged and canals built to carry overflow from canyons east of Wasatch Mountains. City Engineer Roy W McLeese warns this is the most dangerous flood Utah has faced.
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Salt Lake City
Veal
Cutay
Utah
Midwest
Wasatch Mountains
Jordan River
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake County Fairgrounds
Roy W. ‘McLeese
State To Open 48 Miles More Of Dual Roads
Maryland’s State Roads Commission announced multiple expansions of dual highway lanes this year. Projects include the Baltimore Taverna burg expressway from Timonium Road to Shawan Road, the Baltimore-Washington expressway relocation of Route 60, and the Annapolis-Washington expressway upgrade near Parole. When completed these extensions will add about 48 miles of dual carriageways, with several segments already in service or nearing completion and more set for the year’s end.
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Baltimore
Maryland Motoriata
State Roads Commission
T He Src
Baltimore Taveraburg
Timonium Road
Shhawan Rd
Nerdy
Comsclle Tign
Shawan Road
Mon ‘Win
Cos
Wooderess
Parole
Washington National Pike
Tyattstown
Piratestown
Hinlwins
Cecil B de Mille to Keep Working Despite Tax Burden
Cecil B. de Mille, nearly 71, says he will continue film work but dissolves his production company due to heavy taxation. He emphasizes he will stay in the industry though plans for resuming movie making are indefinite and he will keep busy until his harness breaks.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. de Mille
15 Slot Machines Removed From City For Destruction
State Police removed fifteen seized slot machines from four county American Legion eluhy units after a Circuit Court order. The machines, stored at City Hall, were transported for destruction following the court directive.
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American Legion
City Hall
Cries Of Foul And Low Blows In Maryland Politics
Maryland primary politics see accusations of foul play and low blows as figures like Lansdale G. Lasseer and George P. Mahoney contend irregular voter lists and civil service influence. The dispute centers on election procedures, registration lists, and machine use ahead of next week’s election.
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Maryland
Milward
Mushroom incident and stray animal encounter reported
A report describes Robert Ise minger of Furkstown returning from Winchester with mushrooms. One mushroom reportedly moved on the sink and was handled, a lizard was observed, and other small details hint at a chaotic scene in a home.
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Robert Iseminger
Furkstown
Winchester
Robert
Shelley Winters Weds Vittorio Gassman In Juarez Honeymoon
Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman married in Juarez Mexico with two ceremonies an hour apart. The couple wed after annulment or divorce proceedings freed Gassman from a previous wife. Winters waited in a car outside the courthouse during the hearing.
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Juarez
Mexico
Winters
Vittorio Gassman
Shelley
Rummage Sale Ady P T A and Coupons Tonight
A rummage sale notice lists Fei on May 8 at 2455 F Franklin Street and Sam at Winter Street with the P T A. It notes a last game tonight at C C F Hall and asks patrons to turn in all coupons.
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F. Franklin
Winter St
P.T.A
Ady
C.C.F. Hall
Potomac St
Man Given 30 Days For Theft Of Wine
Elmaer Fletcher of Hagerstown Route 4 was sentenced to 30 days in Washington County Jail by Magistrate William P Kreukenheim after being arrested for stealing a 75 cent bottle of wine from Jack's Liquor Store on West Franklin Street. The theft ended when Fletcher dropped the bottle outside the door and smashed it on the sidewalk.
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Wiie
Elmaer Fletcher
Hagerstown
Fletcher
Tax Talk vs Tax Action in local records
A brief item notes a Senate committee hearing Thursday evening on tax matters. It lists Anthony's Beauty Salons with contact numbers and describes a promotional offer for Creme Of Permanents at a reduced price, mentioning locations in Keedysville and a phone line for inquiries.
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Keedysville
B. P. mi
M. Ady
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Paul Hughes
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Starr
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Washington County Hospital
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Jonathan
U.N
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New South Wales
Australia
Department of Public Information
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Washington, D.C
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