Maryland School Board Chooses Brish After Long Search
The Maryland Board of Education, with four Republicans and two other members, chose Mr Brish after nearly a year of selecting among many applicants. Dr Pullen, State Superintendent, praises Brish as the most professional man in the state and well qualified to know the ages and needs of 13,000 school children. Brish’s survey and report are well known to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inauy
Pullen
Maryland
Board of ‘Education
Brish
Board of Education
Urgent need to fund and repair city schools now
The speaker urges rapid action to address urgent school needs in the city and county. They favor funding through bonds or higher taxes but stress finishing maintenance, building, and repairs. The argument compares neglect with a pay-as-you-go plan and notes long‑standing backlog harming children.
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Brish
Youth gets term in federal prison in multiple state escape case
Dorsey Calp, a 23 year old Baltimorean who escaped from jails in three states including the State Reformatory for Males at Brevardsville, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing three automobiles. Calp pleaded guilty before a Baltimore judge and has about 16 years of prior sentences remaining. A separate item notes the formal opening of Bagerstown Office Supply at 24 East Franklin Street. Iskenderun, Turkey, formerly Alexandretia.
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Dorsey GC. Clap
State Reformatory
Breathedsville
Esterday
Calp
Baltimore
Bagerstown Office Supply Company
East Franklin Street
Hamilton Park Property Transfers in Maryland Market
The page lists numerous transfers and deeds in Hamilton Park and surrounding areas. Buyers include Robert A. Harrel Jr and wife, The Mayflower Service partners Bentz, Hamilton Homes Inc, Raleigh S. Williams, and Allen W. Goodwin among others. Properties range from dwellings on Beechwood Drive and Fairview Road to parcels along Avon Road and Charles Street with values from $1,000 to $14,500.
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Baltimore and
Mulberry
Robert A. Harrel, Jr
John A. Forbes, Jr
Hamilton Boulevard
Lewis
BE. Bentz
Edward E. Bentz
Mayflower Service
Robert Co. Williamson
Alexander Street
Hamilton Homes Inc
Frederick W. Schedewaldt
Beechwood Drive
Clarence L. Tucker
Fairview Road
O Raleigh S. Williams
Robert R. Pryor
North Avenue
North Mulberry
Allen W.goodwin
William Fraley
Sunset Avenue
Hamilton Home Inc
C. Scott Couchman
Earl Clingerman
Roy A. Shipp
Avon Road
Edward S. Bishop
Harvey H. Miller
A Russell Zentmyer
Robert R. Fleigh
Funkstown
Harvey M. Smith
Charles HE. Comer
Cavetown Pike
Chewsville
Richard Theodore Rovizahn
Burman H. Smith
South Main Street
Boonsboro
Josephine Sweeney
Harold Kopp
Fritz Oppenheim
Harry P. Cohen
Dariners
Tading
Eeonomy Home Co
Frederick Street
Herbert H. Burnett
Robert M. Waltz
Charles Street
Robert H. Shank
Edwin G. Mogensen
Elude
Tilghmanton
German Hunger Strikes Targeting America Declared
Munich February 7 Dr Joseph Mueller Bavarian minister of justice says recent hunger strikes by millions of German workers were directly aimed at America He notes strikes in the British and American zones show Bizonia is an island of unhappy people Trade union leaders had said the strikes protested inefficiency and corruption in food handling Mueller predicts the British American zone administration will be ineffective without a united nation across all zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Joseph Mueller
America
Mueller
Bizonia
Phantom Plane Sought After Night Dreams
A Waynesboro man reports two nocturnal visions locating the missing Phantom plane. He says it crashed along a line between Mont Alto Sanatorium and Fairfield in the mountains, but searchers fail to find wreckage amid heavy two week snow.
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Waynesboro
Mont Alto Sanatorium
Fairfield
Widow of Union Army Drummer Starts Pension
Huntington West Virginia February 7 Mrs Laura Alice Moore Sears 66 year old widow of a Union Army drummer boy begins drawing a long awaited pension The first check for 194 67 retroactive to the filing of a formal claim last August after new evidence cleared her husband of desertion She will receive 48 monthly The drummer boy William T Moore of the 4th Ohio Infantry died in 1918 at 76 Having previously joined the Navy after walking off his guard post
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Huntington
W. Va
Laura Alice Moore Sears
4Th Ohio Infantry
William T. Moore
Navy
Seriously Hurt While Playing Cops and Robbers
Two tragic incidents from February report serious injuries to youths. Joseph Martinez, 10, was accidentally impaled on a stick during a game after his brothers pretended a shot and a fall. He remained in serious condition at a hospital. In Atlanta a 14 year old, James W Mauldin, was struck by a streetcar while reacting to a horn and suffered a skull fracture with possible internal injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Martinez
Joseph
Atlanta
James W. Mauldin
Mauldin
Irolley
M S Grossman Dies Suddenly
M S Grossman dies suddenly. He is survived by wife Rose, son Jack at Washington and Lee Law School, daughter Mrs Norman Berlowitz of Oklahoma City, mother Mrs Rose Grossman, several brothers and sisters across multiple states. Body to be brought to Hagerstown. announcements later.
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Rose Grossman
Jack
Washington & Lee Law School
Norman Berlowitz
Oklahoma City
Okla
Altoona
Samuel
New York City
Milton
Lock Haven
David
Lerington
Victor
Waynesboro
George
Canton
Ohio
Paul Bierman
State College
George Kline
Cumberland
Abe Karp
Hagerstown
Weather forecast and road conditions in Maryland today
The Baltimore Weather Bureau predicts snow turning to rain across most of the state tonight with temperatures rising by about two degrees in some areas. Western Maryland may see near freezing conditions while Garrett County records a low of zero and requires chains on mountain roads.
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Baltimore Weather Bureau
Mercury
Maryland
Garrett County
Vaughan Back At Old Job Today
Washington February 7 Maj General Harry H Vaughan returned to his role as military aide to President Truman. A brief misstatement suggested a promotion, but White House press secretary Ross clarified there is no rank, three aides serve the three branches of the armed forces. Madrid February 7 Spain and France agreed to reopen their shared border, previously closed since February 28, 1946, with limited reopening planned for next Tuesday.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
Armed Forces
White Vie
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Madrid
Spain
France
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Stunt Man Dies In Bridge Leap From Golden Gate
San Francisco February 7 a stunt man equipped with three small parachutes leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge and fell 265 feet to the Pacific. The body was recovered by the Coast Guard. Witnesses identified him as Dusty Rhodes of Honolulu and as a commercial photographer from Los Angeles who took the pictures. The parachutes failed to deploy, and the man, who said he was prepared for the jump, died on impact. A bridge foreman and a photographer provided details and photos of the incident.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Dusty Rhodes
Honolulu
Pacific
Arthur Olson
Jose A. Guzman
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Rhodes
Olson
Guzman
Local Market Prices Butchered Fragments From Hagerstown
Local quotations show varying prices for farm produce from Kline Brothers including wheat lard eggs and apples. Market notes list butter bacon lard onions beans and honey with per unit prices, but the OCR is garbled and difficult to parse accurately.
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Kline Brothers
Costa Ricans To Elect President Amid Violent Campaign
Costa Rica faces a presidential vote amid frequent break-ins and window smashing in San Jose. Seven candidates compete to succeed Teodoro Picado Michalski, with major rivals including former President Rafael Angel Calderón and charges of Communist influence shaping the race. Registration reaches about 170000 voters.
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San Jose
Costa Rice
Taconcido
Teodoro Picado Michalski
Rafael Angel Calderon
Political party names and leaders in Costa Rica debate
A fragment cites Guardia of Picado Republicana Nacional Otilic Ulate Blan co Union Nacional Hum berto Gonzales Cordry of the Van guard'a Popular formerly called the Communist Party. The text lists party affiliations without a clear event or outcome.
Fire Company Thanks Donors After Foxville Fire Tragedy
Smithsburg Fire Company extends gratitude to individuals and groups for aid to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Buhrman whose Foxville home burned with two sons killed. Donations of equipment and supplies were collected to assist the family and relief effort. In a separate note from Washington Lew Pressman resigns as CIO chief counsel after 12 years to support Henry Wallace’s presidential bid.
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Smithsburg
Wallace Washington
Lea Pressman
CIO
Henry Wallace Min
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Glick
Washington St
Hamilton Hotel
Woltkill
Iskenderun
Turkey
Alexandretia
W. T. Grant Co
Standard Insulation Company
Penna
L. A. Saunders Contractor
MR. F. S. Pierce
Co Rapa Mail Lac
Porowac Street
Hamilton Park
GOP
State Department
Waerry
Nebraska
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ted Dorter
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Michigan
Douglas
China
Greece
M. S. Grossman
Vaughn
The
Danzer Metal Works Company
W. Lee St
Alfred
Dusty) Rhodes
Phare
Joseph H. Dagenais, Jr
North Jonathan Street
Briggs and Stratton
Auto Electric Service Co
Baltimore &T
Greencastle Livestock Market, Inc
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Dutch
East Washington St
Jim
Jonathan St. Hagerstown, Md
Orp
Neikirk
Mgr
Pe Anda
aCe Mitts
Wanbes
Ster
Malik
Rene
SEARS
Sears Nak
He Te Ces
N. Potomac ST
LEED
Army & Navy
Thomas & Sons, Inc
Peanshore, Md
Harry S. Myers
Bolens Huski Garden Tractors & Attachments
Fearnow & Cline Farmall Tractors
McCormick-Deering Jay
Vachings
Kaho Ave
al Toe
Lenesky On
Aircraft Tool & Research Co
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