Senate backs roughly five hundred twenty five million cut
Washington Aug 4 The Senate voted to back about 525 million dollars in this year’s general government appropriation bill with a 10 percent cut. Exemptions were made for Marshall Plan funds and the military budget. The measure, supported by 24 senators from both parties, preserves foreign aid and military spending while targeting nonessential domestic programs to fund defense and international needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
D-Va
Bridges
R-Nh
Byrdtson
Applications For SCS Plans Secured
A number of applications for conservation farm plans have been received recently at the local Soil Conservation Service office in Grice Building. Harry Leasnure says many will be handled this year. over 50 farm plans are already in effect in Washington County. Farmers seeking to cooperate should contact the local office. Practices include permanent pastures, perennial hay, contour strip cropping, and pasture pivots. Tech staff recently aided irrigation pond work in a Hancock orchard. other plans are in planning stages, including stock watering sites. The local office provides technical guidance while the farmer pays other costs.
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Soil Conservation Service
Grice Building
Harry Leasnure
SCS
Washington County
TS. Dillon, Jr
Hancock
Undx
Archardj Lst
Mire Society covered dish supper in Keedysville
The Mire Society of St. Peter's Lutheran Church held its annual covered dish supper in Taylor Memorial Park on Tuesday evening. Attendees included many local residents and visiting relatives, with reports of hospital stays, travel to Oklahoma and Nebraska, and several family events and transfers in the area.
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Gora Weaver
Pearl Fry
AH. Snively
Frances Kepler
Robert Thomas
Georgie Bell
Clifton Smith
Terry
Carel Atm Lowe
Wayne Thomas
Kathryne Bernice
Anne
Russell Remsburg
Hester Shoemaker
Dorothy Forkler
Lena Mades
Karl Lambert
Anna Utry Fisher
Cleo Flonk
Moreno
Mika Hazeley
Nancy Jean Johnson
Thomas
Chester Shifter
George Milley
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Katherine Swope
Washiurpton County Hospital
Local social notes from a small town gathering
The item lists guests and relatives visiting and staying with local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ling, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Kirby Conner, plus a Pythian society memorial event at Potomac Temple of Boonsboro and mentions of visitors from Berlin and Hawaii in 1881.
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Cora Weaver
Glenn Norris
Lester Fisher
Washington Contry Hospital
Lilie Moody
Lillestiwn ix
Ada Chemting
Helen Cocchi
Neveda
Marnie
Pheadore Jabittsen
Ot Thomas
Wo Vale
Ray Siively
Cunvts
W. Va. My
Shifler
Magers
Robert Ling
Menjariah Windiwe
St Peter's Lutheeran Church
Williams Sanduyaut Roo
Manahiber
Lea Cimberi
Harry Shank
Kirby Conner
KF. Bush
Alentown
Potomac Temple of Pythian Sisters
Meemorial
Boonsboro
Harold Funk
Truman Briefed On Korea Mission Report
Asian dispatch notes focus on Korea with minimal casualty detail. Fragmentary OCR shows references to Truman briefing, Mount Fuji, and Japan during wartime reporting.
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Truman
Korea
Reine
Fujivama
Japan
Kore
Editor's Letter on political banners at city intersections
A reader protests political banners at street corners and the public square noting they mar the city’s orderly signs. The writer questions effects on tourists and city image while condemning unilateral campaign symbols. He signs as Samuel W. Sowers, referencing Moscow’s Kremlin size in a closing anecdote.
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Samuel W. Sowers
48 Reserve Units To Train At Meade Fort Meade Md
Forty eight Organized Reserve Corps units from Maryland Kentucky Delaware Ohio Virginia Washington West Virginia and Pennsylvania will arrive Sunday for two weeks of summer training at Fort Meade. Maryland units include 331st Army Band 384th Ordnance Ammunition Company 372nd Military Police Escort Company 1d Police Criminal Investigation Detachment 398th Ordnance Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 729th Army Postal Unit 80th Military Police Company 301st Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company 502nd Military Police Company 818th Ordnance Depot Company 888th Army Postal Unit 941st Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squadron 942nd Bomb Disposal Squadron and 994th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company. Washington DC: 407th Criminal Investigation Detachment.
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Fort Meade
Organized Reserve Corps
Maryland
Kentucky
Delaware
Ohio
Virginia
Shington
West Virginia
Ennsyvania
Second Army
331St Army Band
Military Police Company
301St Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company
18Th Ordnance Depot Company
Army Postal
Ordnance Bom
Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company
Ashington
D. C
Criminal Invesigation Detachment
Military units listed across states and date line note
The item lists Virginia 212th MP Battalion and 850th Army Postal Unit, West Virginia 914th Army Postal Unit, and Western Pennsylvania 430th and 43rd CID. It states today in the United States is tomorrow in Korea because the international dateline runs through the Pacific.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States
Korea
Pacific
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