Truman Defends New Deal as South Gains Progress
President Harry S Truman, in a Bow Shoals Ark speech, praised the New Deal and Fair Deal for aiding the South and dedicated two hydroelectric dams. He denounced special interests including private power firms and the real estate lobby, saying they undermine progress and push socialist slogans while affirming federal action for opportunity and development.
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Bull Shoals Dam
Ark
Truman
South
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
American Medical Association
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
Hina Baleo
Emninon Innin
Gama
Tinman
Toe
New Accounting System Starts At Post Office
Two division accounting began yesterday at the Tagerstown Post Office with the new fiscal year. Only offices with gross receipts over a half million dollars qualify. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announced promotions for Earl S. Flook and Roy E. Marr to superintendents, with Robert T. L. Yang Jr. promoted to auditor.
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Tagerstown
Thomas MM. Simpson
Earl 5. Flook
Roy FE. L. Marr
Robert T L. Yang, Jr
Frank
Post Office
Marr
Evans
Simpson
Two Cousins Share Same Day Appendectomy
Two cousins Mrs. Anna belle Stewart of West Franklin Street and Miss Virginia Bowers of Hagerstown Route 1 were hospitalized with appendicitis and operated on at the same hour last week. Both are recovering satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabelle Stewart
West Franklin Street
Virginia Bowers
Hagerstown
Weet Pring
Bowers Announces Run for Legion Post in Maryland
Richard C. Bowers of Brunswick disclosed his candidacy for the Department of Maryland American Legion historian post at the annual election. Cushwa called him a dyed in the wool Legionnaire and WWII veteran, noting Bowers spearheaded the Western Maryland District vote on a key law and holds prior leadership roles including Post 96 commander and district vice commander.
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Richard C. Bowers
Brunswick
Department of Maryland
American Legion
Bowers
David K. Cush
Wall
Washington County
Cushwa
Joy William G. Porter
N Department
Nick Bowers
Legion
Legionnaires
Maryland
Tie
Steadman Keenan
GOP Committee Bans Radio and TV From Sessions
The Republican National Committee voted 60 to 49 to bar radio TV newsreels and still cameras from hearings. Eisenhower supporters called the move a major blunder while Taft allies defended past rules. Dewey urged opposite coverage from Houston at the Governors Conference.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower Hacker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohin
Brown
Meury Cahat Lodge, Jr
Wisenhowers
Dewey
Houston
Burglars Grow Bolder in Hagerstown City
In Hagerstown several break ins alarm Mayor Mills with teens suspected. A daytime burglary at 112 South Prospect Street saw Mrs Mary B Wond lose 835 from a pocketbook as a kitchen door was forced and multiple drawers rifled. City reports say homes in North End and Fountain Head Heights were similarly entered through windows.
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Twagerstown
Flerman S. Mills
South Prospect Street
Mary BK. Wond
Herman Mills
Hagerstown
Fountain Head Heights
County Drivers In Crashes Exonerated
Two Washington County motorists were involved in separate crashes this week but cleared of blame. William Wishard of Waynesboro was accused of failing to yield when his car hit Russell Priest near Upton. both cars sustained $407 in damage. Donald Barlup of Waynesboro faces charges of an improper turn after a crash east of Waynesboro with Joseph Shuman. total damage $100.
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Washington County
William 0. Wishard
Waynesboro
Upton
Russell W. Priest
Hagerstown
Donald C. Barlup
Joseph S. Shuman
Jet trail sightings spark inquiries in Washington County
About a dozen jet planes flew high overhead this morning, leaving vapor trails visible to some and prompting a flurry of calls to the Daily Mail news room as neighbors sought details.
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Washington County
Daily Mail News Room
Plenea
Stalin Spy Ring Said to Steal Atom Secrets
William L. Ryan describes a vast Soviet spy network linked from Ottawa to Moscow and London. The Gouzenko defect reveals a worldwide operation that led to trials, including British scientist Klaus Fuchs, and tied to the Soviet embassy apparatus abroad.
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Ryan
Stalin
William L. Ryan
Nikolai Zalotin
Vasily
Rogey
Moscow
Zalotin
Ottawa
Soviet Russia
Zabotin
Zaholin
Russia
United States
Britain
Sweden
Igor Gouzenko
Ionamensky 19
Klaus Fuchs
Gouzenko
Alan Nunn May
London
Nunn
Royal Commission
Georgi Zarubin
Canada
Zarubin
Washington
Receipts Show Business Still Booming in Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Post Office reports rising receipts with June at 38 210 21 and six month total of 245 195 00. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson credits broader business growth and notes every month this year exceeds last year's figures.
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Hagerstown
Thomas M. Simpson
Muddy streams halt bass fishing this week in Potomac area
Heavy rains at Potomac headwaters and Cumberland area stained the rivers with mud. By yesterday afternoon the Potomac near Fort Frederick and Williamsport felt the effects as Conococheague also turned muddy. Only a few catches were reported, including four bass by Irvin Traver. fishing likely delayed for several days.
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Potomac River
Coanacocheague
Shepherdstown
Harpers Ferry
Potomac
Cumberland
Irvin Traver
George (Hooper) Wolfe
Williamsport
West Germany Pacts Ratified By Senate
Senate overwhelmingly ratified two pacts to bring Western Germany's potential military and industrial power into the free world defensive alliance. The move aligns West Germany with NATO defense commitments as part of postwar security arrangements.
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West Germany
Washington
Senate
Western
Germany
Canning Factory Under Construction at Roxbury Reformatory
The State Reformatory at Roxbury advances a new 12 by 180 foot concrete block canning plant. Inmate labor under State Engineer staff builds it. 26 inmates work daily. Project aims to boost annual canning of 200000 gallons of tomatoes corn beans for inmates and other state institutions.
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State Reformatory
Roxbury
Henry R. Raymond
Khor
Next Canning Sea- Aon
Raymond
Humidity Sets Return Predicted For Friday Fourth Of July
A weather forecast indicates humid conditions returning by Friday with clouds and warmth. Temperatures cooled near the July record low with yesterday’s high around 78 degrees and lows near 60.
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Mtr
Warner
Steel Union Still Trying For Contracts
The 610 United Steelworkers push to bring smaller firms under union contracts continues despite Republic Steel Chief Charles White predicting a long fight with the CIO led by Philip Murray. Union officials cite 60,000 workers covered since a broader strike began, and report secret talks in Denver and Granite City with Wheeling Steel Corp while Copperweld Steel signs a pact for 2,200 workers at Warren Ohio plant.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Charles 4. White
Republic Steel
Philip Murray
White
John KR
Steelman
CIO
Minnesota
Murray
New York
Denver
Cole
Granite City
Wheeling
Steel Corp
Copperweld Steel
Warren, Ohio
Senate panel accuses Lattimore and Davies of perjury
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee says Owen Lattimore Johns Hopkins University professor and former State Department official John P Davies Jr lied to its panel during an inquiry into the Institute of Pacific Relations The report recommends perjury charges and urges grand jury action The findings describe Lattimore as a Communist linked figure and Davies as a former policy official with loyalty concerns
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Washington
Senate
Owen Lattimore
John P. Davies
State Department
Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Davies
Institute of Pacific Relations
McCarran
D-New
IPR
United States
Johns Hopkins University
U. S
West Geremony
Systema
China
Latthmore
Senate Foreign
Latrimore
Justice Department
Communist International Organization
Guli
Thirteen enlist in past month at Hagerstown station
Thirteen young men were enlisted in the Army and Air Force through the Hagerstown recruiting station last month. Robert Eckols reported ten Air Force enrollments. Names and addresses of enlistees include Albert Cutshaw Jr, 236 Winter Street. Luther Taylor, 214 Jonathan Street. Charles Powles, 1411 Oak Hill Avenue. Warold Neville, Hagerstown Rt 2. Carroll Bracket, Sharpsburg. Charles Stottiemyer, Hagerstown Rt 2. William Robinson Jr, 183 Berkeson Street. Melvin Tritappe, Berkeley Springs. Donald Moats, Greencastle Rt 2. Richard Taylor, 214 Jonathan Street. Army enlistees include Marvin Bishop, Big Springs, and Kenneth Dixon, 122 North Mulberry Street. Henry E. Raymond of Breathedaville was sent to officer candidate school.
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Army
Air Force
Army and Air Force
Hagerstown
Robert Eckols
Albert, Cutshaw, Jr
Winter Street
Luther M. Taylor
Jonathan Street
Charles Powles
Oak Fim Avenue
Warold Tu. Neville
Carroll Bracket
Sharpsburg
Charles J. Stottiemyer
William
Youth Is Charged With Murder Of His Sister In Law
A 16-year-old, Harry A. Naugle Jr., near Waynesboro, is formally charged with murder in the death of Lillian Reed Naugle. The 22-year-old bride of a Korean veteran was buried Monday in Waynesboro.
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Harry A. Naugle, Jr
Waynesboro
Lillian Reed Naugle
Pen Mar
Wilfillv
Malica
Health Dept Survey to Inspect Pollution of Two Local Streams
The County Health Department will survey raw sewage discharge into Conococheague Creek and the Potomac River near Williamsport. Medical students Miss Jean Coyte and James Ilitzrot will conduct the study under sanitation division supervision, with results sent to the Water Pollution Control Commission and the State Department of Health for action.
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Then
County Health Department
Conococheague Creek
Potomac River
Williamsport
State Fish and Game Commission
Jean Coyte
James Ilitzrot
Health Department
Department
Division of Sanitation
Water Pollution Control Commission
State Department of Health
Parking Rules For July 4 Set By Hagerstown Police
Hagerstown Police announce evening July 4 vicinity restrictions around the Fairgrounds after 6 pm. No parking on the north side of Jefferson Street from Mulberry to Cat Jnom Avenue and on Manila Avenue from Dewey to Mulberry. Parking banned on Clarkson Avenue and Security Road, and on the west Vista Street. Sixty-seven officers and civilians will assist traffic management during the fireworks display.
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Hagerstown
Grason Doornberger
Jeffer Ison
Mulberry
Cat Jnom Avenue
Manila Avenue
Dewey
Mulberry Street
Clarkson Avenue
Security Road
Jefferson Street
Fridinger Street
Vista Street
Doornberger
Fairgrounds
September Draft Call For 30000 And More To Follow
The Army announced a 30000 draftees need in September with a projected 64000 more men per month for the last quarter of the year. September figures mirror August and July with 29000 and 31000 respectively, and October through December are set at 54000 combined. This brings total draftees since the redesignation to 1015430 in September 1950.
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Washington
Aince Selective Rervice
Youth Sustains Arm Laceration From Shattered Bottle
Ponard Wyand, 15, of Keadysville, suffered a deep cut to the left arm at noon at a local bottling plant. A bottle slipped and broke, cutting the wrist while he loaded bottles onto a truck. He received emergency room treatment.
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Ponard Wyand
Keadysville
Ali
Ba Jury
Poapital
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Weel
Legion Post
GOP
Dupes
West
Reformatory
Steel Union
University
John P. Davies, Jr
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