Veterans Commission report urges reforms in handling aid
The Hancock three man investigating team released a report May 6 urging better cooperation among veterans groups, tighter travel fund controls, and stricter procedures for relief applications. It criticizes the state service officer and calls for reduced internal politics and fraud safeguards. Chairman Cantrel said the commission gratefully received the findings and noted travel funds would be restricted pending formal authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans ‘Affairs
Alexander HK. Hancock
Lane
Veterans Commission
Baltimore
American Legion
Maryland Veterans Commission
Hancock Commission
Hancock Group
Joseph A. Cantrel
Vetreans Commission
Weill
Veterans Organization
Cantre
Russians Interference Claims Against Radio Beam Continue
Russian interference claims persist as reports describe halted freight traffic to Berlin and Allied relief efforts. Britain and the United States move dehydrated caloric foods. coal stocks cover 28 days, three months of gasoline, and four to five months of diesel. The first of 52 four engine CA planes from the United States arrived and was deployed. Russians show no rush to evacuate Berlin area. The Ser lin Kommandatura remains, with Soviet staff present and no removal of files noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Bertin von More
Serlim Kommandatura
Hagerstown Native Retires As Carlisle Barracks Officer
Brig Gen Edward J McGaw congratulates Sgt Robert D Kauffman a Hagerstown native on completing 20 years of service in the U S Army Medical Department at retirement ceremonies June 30 Kauffman plans to stay in Carlisle with his family and may seek Civil Service work He spent only a few months at Carlisle Barracks during his career
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Edward J. McGaw
Carlisle Barracks
Robert D. Kauffman
Hagerstown
U. S. Army
Kauffman
Set. Kauffman
McGaw
U.S
Medical Department
Nafire
Wauliman
Guerrillas To Feel Effects On Yugoslavia Rift
Analysis says Albanian and Bulgarian Communist actions mark a pattern to isolate Yugoslavia from Eastern Bloc allies. Moscow aims to topple Tito as Soviet prestige suffers from his open defiance. If Tito allies with the West, the US may seek a European yes or no on Marshall Plan inclusion. Authorities warn Western shift might not restore global stability.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Europe
Kremlin
Marshall Tito
Tito
Hussia
Unites States
West
Parents object to fancy ideas in school methods
Parents in Montgomery County push back against progressive teaching methods and call for returning control to families. They cite concerns over freedom in classrooms and the use of play and project teaching like arithmetic through a grocery store. Dr. Edwin W. Broome declined to comment pending specifics.
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Duncan H. Brooks
Bethesda
Brooks
Hiser
Edwin W. Broome
Rockville
Montgomery County
Pension Boosts Effective Today in Washington
Widows, children and dependent parents of veterans who died in service become eligible for a pension boost totaling over 30 million dollars annually. The measure signed by President Truman increases payments for widows and dependents of regular military veterans who died from war disabilities, detailing new monthly rates by family size and noting peacetime deaths reduce benefits by twenty percent.
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Washington
Truman
Alabama Governor Folsom paternity suit under study
Cullman Alabama July 2 A circuit court judge weighs a request to drop a paternity suit claiming Governor James E Folsom is the father of Christine Johnston s two year old son The judge also dismissed a companion suit alleging a common law marriage between Johnston and Folsom without prejudice allowing possible future action while attorneys seek a more final disposition.
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Cullman
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
James H. Crew, Jr
Folsom
Christine Putnam Johnston
Johnston
Microfilming Case Histories Detailed Preservation Method
The article describes a microfilming process where Mrs. McConnel feeds histories into a mimeograph like machine to be photographed. Histories are numbered indexed stored in a cabinet with humidifying vapor to prevent brittleness, enabling hundred year preservation. Doctors and hospital authorities report strong satisfaction with the method and quick reference via a large distinct projector image and indexing system.
Attack Wounds Fatal To Reeder
Mr. Reeder son of the late John and Malinda Reed er born near Rohrersville and a Lutheran Church member. Surviving sisters Irma E. Wagner Irwin Pa Frank Easton Rohrersville Charles Turner Sharpsburg Mollie Smith Benevosa brothers Robert Long Beach Calif Calvin Canton Ir Canton Clayton Fairview Boonsboro William Boonsboro. Body removed to East funeral home for services Sunday at 4 p m Rev Raymond M Miller officiating. Interment in Boonsboro Cemetery.
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Reeder
John and
Malinda Dick Reeder
Rohrersville
Lutheran Church
Funkstown
Irma E. Wagner
Irwin
Frank Easton
Charles Turner
Sharpsburg
Mollie Smith
Benevosa
Robert
Long Beach
Calif
Calvin
Canton
Clayton
Fairview
William
Boonsboro
East Funeral Home
Raymond “M. Miller
Boonsboro Cemetery
Yugoslav Tito Faces Cominform Rifts Across Balkans
Western diplomats suggest Josip Broz Tito may be courting economic deals with the West while keeping Russia busy. Cominform resolutions condemn Yugoslav leadership as deviating from Marxist Leninist line. Tass reported unanimous approval of the resolution. Greek guerrilla radio in Rome says Yugoslavs seek a Balkan bloc to upset regional balance. UN commissions accuse Yugoslavia of aiding the Greek government’s guerrilla forces.
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Albania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Copenhagen
Marshal Tito
Johannes Jensen
Roes- Kulde
Zeeland
Tito
Russia
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Communist Central Committee
Tass
Moscow
Andrei Aleksandrovitch Zhdanov
G. M. Malenkov
Mikhail Andrevich Suslov
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Rome
Markos Vafiades
Communist Party
United Nations Commissions
Yugoslavia
Dismal Failure of GOP Congress After McGrath Quotes
The article reports on GOP criticism of Congress with Dewey and McGrath rejecting a special session. President Truman declines comment on a possible session. Southern Dixie sentiment favors Eisenhower, while Virginia prepares to vote on party delegates and Truman nomination.
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GOP Congress
Means
Dewey Seta
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
McGrath
Truman
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Austin Pledged All-Out Support in Open Primary
Austin campaigns for unified backing from district central committeemen as plans begin for a November drive. Shipley and J. Tyson Lee hosted a dinner with Washington County leaders including Hetzer and Mayor Sweeney. Austin stressed his open primary victory and no machine backing. Readouts list local committeemen from Allegany, Montgomery, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties.
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Central
Frederick
Shipley
J. Tyson Lee
C. William Hetzer
Democratic State Central Committee
Washington County
Richard H. Sweeney
Austin
Democratic Party
Sixth
Allegany County
William J. Wilson
James Kenney
Charles F. Burke
Montgomery County
Joseph B. Simpson
Roger Shaw
Ward Caddington
J. Ingram Medley
Frederick County
John Nutt
George Abrecht
Delbert Nutt
Cleveland Trout
Tyson Lee
Robert Routzahn
John Roddy
Garrett County
Walter Fratz
Albert Shafer
J. W. Holman
James Rohm
E. Stuart Bushong
Harry E. Newkirk
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