Wives Of Ike And Taft Campaign For Husbands
Chicago July 7. Mrs Dwlent Eisenhower and Mrs Robert Taft campaign to win delegates for their husbands in the Republican nomination battle. Mrs Taft campaigns from a wheelchair after a prior stroke, greeting crowds with support from her companion and friends. Mamie Eisenhower enjoys a large reception with a dedicated song written for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Taft
Chicago
Dwlent D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Darrah Wunder
Cincinnati
Tafts
Glen Club
Mamie
Brother Waits Prays as Brother Falls in Korean Front
On the Western Front in Korea a U S infantryman Corporal Duane Gross visits his brother Kenny of the 45th Division. A heavy Red barrage hits their unit. Medics recover the wounded and dead, and Duane identifies his brother later with Chaplain Frank Fagnani present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Korea
Duane Gross
U. S
Divisio
Kenny
Iato
Woodland
Trane
Duane
Thuane
Frank Fagnaini
New York
Federal Workers Barred from Accumulating Leave
President Truman criticized Congress for altering federal employees vacation rules as he signed the $6.27 billion independent offices bill. A rider bars annual leave accumulation and requires vacation use within six months after year end or forfeiture, a change from prior cash or paid leave options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Veterans Administration, Atomic Energy Commission
Navy Henley heads summer training cruise with 9000 Reservists
Lt jg Samuel H Murray of 168 North Potomac Street Hagerstown serves aboard the destroyer Henley one of 26 ships forming a task force for a 54 day training cruise to western Europe and the British Isles stopping two days at Guantanamo Bay before returning to the United States by August. Two Maryland youths join Navy as seaman recruits at Bainbridge Harold Schildknecht and Richard Snyder list their home towns and previous employments. Cpl Jack Holden returns to Korea after duty in Japan and Bainbridge basic training for Howard Himes of Smithsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Henley
Naval
Naval Academy
Samuel H. Murray
Lois V. Murray
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Europe
British Isles
United States
Caribbean
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
U. S. Navy
Bainbridge
Harold Richard Schildknecht
Richard L. Snyder
Russell L. Snyder
Clear Spring High School
Mancheck Bread Co
Harold Richard Schildtknecht
Rowland 1
Four Share In 3 Top Prizes
A notice lists tip winners for last week's tips while urging readers to report tips to Cathy Mail between 7 20 a m and 2 p m. Winners from West End Williamsport Route 2 Sharpsburg and the same day hospital operate tips are noted as receiving one dollar each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Williamsport Route 2
Sharpsburg
Cathy Mail
Obituaries include Witmer Harman and Elgin infant
Obituaries list Harry Pete Witmer of Salisbury died aged about 77 with services at Suter Funeral Home and Rose Hill Cemetery. Carrie Eugenia Harman of Beaver Creek died aged 82. funeral at Minnich Funeral Home with Rose Hill burial. John W. Elgin Jr. died in Germany aged 2 1/2. services at Norment Funeral Home with Rest Haven Cemetery burial. Infant Donald Percy Davenhart Jr., two months old, funeral at Pleasant Walk United Brethren Church. Helen Thompson of this city died of coronary thrombosis in Jamaica NY. services at Watson Funeral Home and Rose Hill Cemetery with viewings at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Pete) Witmer
Peter) Witmer
Peter A
Katherine
Brewer) Witmer
Maryland State Hospital
Salisbury
Witmer
North Locust Street
North Avenue
Hamilton
Camp Ritchie
Suter
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Garrie E. Harman
Carria Eugenia Harman
John Harman
Garlock
Trinity Lutheran Church
Altar Guild
Women's Missionary Society
Homemakers Club of
Beaver Creek
John
Caroline Schindie
Minnich Funeral Home
Wilson P. Ard
John W. Elgin
John W
Lorraine (Myers) Elgin
Rhein Main Air Base
Frankfurt
Germany
First Christian Church
Hagerstown
Barbara Anne
Leroy W. Klein
Alton S. Myers
Norment
Wiliam M. Norment
Aterment
Rest Haven
Donald Percy Davenhart, Jr
Donald Percy
Ruth (Lewis) Davenhart
Pleasant Walk
Myersville
Patsy Ann
Lester Lewis
Viola Davenhart
Helen B. Thompson
Helen Hell Thuimpson
James
Watson
Rose Hill
Second Barn Fire Probe Opens In Edison Farm
Shert s officers investigate a heavily damaged barn on the Russell Moats farm along Sharpsburg Pike after a late night blaze. Fire officials say the barn was near completion and may have been set intentionally, with a prior barn loss on the same site earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shert
Edison
Sharpsburg Pike
Russell Moats
District 12
Sherri Leister Isanogie
Groh
Iisanogle
John Hollyday
State Board of Fire Underwriters
Lydia Kauffman
Washington County Hospital
Firat
Williamsport X-Ray Unit Tours County for Health Screening
The mobile X ray unit enters its third week in the county with stops at Williamsport, Clear Spring, Hancock, and the Western Maryland Railroad. Free X rays are offered to residents aged 14 and older to detect suspected lung diseases and guide treatment. The schedule is set by the Junior Chamber, Health Department, and Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil‘Wameport
Clear Spring
Hancock
Western Maryland Railroad
Health Department
Tuberculosis Association
Negro Masons Call End to Segregation at Sandy Point Park
Southern Maryland Prince Hall Masons urge Governor MeCheldin to end racial segregation at Maryland's new state owned Sandy Point Beach Park. They protest the park’s separate facilities for white and Negro patrons and warn the policy reverses recent anti segregation statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State’s
New Park
Baltimore
Maryland
Mecheldin
Sandy Point
McKeldin
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Masons
Anne Arundel
Georges
Calvert
Charles
St. Mary's
Denmark Rejects U S Protest On Tank Delivery
Copenhagen reports Denmark rejects a U S protest against delivering the Danish built tanker Apsis heron to the Soviet Union. Foreign Minister Ole Bjoern Kraft said no legal basis blocks the shipment and cited risk to all military and economic aid. The tanker is ready to depart with a Soviet crew aboard as non Communist leaders backed the government decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Soviet Union
U. S
Dennmark
Ole Bjoern Kraft
Kraft
Taft Seekers Push Hard Behind Rules Change at Convention
Taft backers met at a National Chairman Guy G Gabrielson suite led by Sen. Knowland to back a compromise on seating contests. The plan would limit some delegates from voting while permitting others to decide disputes, affecting Florida Mississippi Kansas Missouri and Texas Louisiana Georgia blocs. Eisenhower backers pledge support to Warren Stassen and undecided delegates, with Pennsylvania Fine and Michigan Summerfield aiming to sway blocs and Free Maryland votes for Eisenhower on the first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Taft
Ohio
Guy G. Gabrielson
William Knowland
California
Earl Warren
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Knowland
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Arthur RB. Langue
Washington
Wold
Credentials Committee
National Committee
Florida
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Allo
Summerfield
David S. Ingalle
Clarence Brown
Brown
Hoor
Warren
Harold B. Stassen
Minnesota
Fine
Theodore Mckeldin
Maryland
Loan Rates on Wheat Are Fixed in Maryland
Maryland PMA announces fixed loan rates for wheat stored in Baltimore terminals with No 1 at 2.62 dollars per bushel and other grades cited. farm storages offer 2.35 to 2.47 dollars per bushel. James A. Coltman, acting chair, notes shifts toward permanent practices and government aid covers about half of practice costs through ACP programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Production and Marketing Administration
James A. Cottman
Philadelphia
Laval
PMA
Coltman
Cottman
Agricultural Conservation Program
Maryland
Fatal fall of tree limb claims second victim in Havre de Grace
In Havre de Grace Maryland a second person died after a large maple limb fell on a group gathered to inspect a prior dead limb. Mrs Frances Davis Carroll 39 a civic and church leader died Saturday night. Others injured included Harry E Dyer Jr with multiple fractures and several named women with injuries. The accident occurred after a smaller limb had fallen earlier the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre de Grace
Frances Davis
Carroll
Harry E. Dyer Jr
The
American Legion
William A. Leffler
Alice Greene
Ferry Hits Bridge Pier And Causes Massive Traffic Jam
A Chesapeake Bay ferry collided with the new bay bridge at Sandy Point Maryland causing a lengthy traffic jam. Four ferries remained to handle thousands of travelers returning from Eastern Shore vacations as one ferry was taken out of service. The John M Dennik struck a pier after a steering cable snapped forcing the craft to depart for repairs at Maryland Drydock Company. The concrete pier and bridge were not damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Point
Chesapeake Bay
New Bay Bridge
Matapeahe
Boston
John M. Dennik
Maryland Drydock Co
Baltimore
GOP Platform Builders Near End Of Struggle
Chicago July report shows Republican platform committee near completion with divisions over civil rights, federal commissions, and state versus federal powers. Sen. Eugene Millikin leads closed door talks to craft a compromise acceptable to Eisenhower and other factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Famay
Dwight DP. Eisenhower
Robert A
Ohio
Eugene de Millikin
Alorado
Tie
Mra
Mile Dred Younger
California
Amovix
Matc Myre
Younger
Milikin
Millikin
Eisenhower Mairing
Ike’s Personal D-Day Moves in Indiana Delegation Clash
Eisenhower backers push to bar 11 Taft awarded delegates from voting on contests. Gov. Fine and Arthur Summerfield move through crowded Eisenhower HQ aiming to shift convention rites and sway key uncommitted delegates. Warren’s status and Summerfield Fire show tight lobbies as the struggle for the nomination rages.
Prayer for TRYDAY At Newberry College National Congress
A prayer asks the God of nations to guide political conventions and leaders with the Holy Spirit. The prayer seeks divine counsel so the nation may find favor in God’s sight. Presented by James Kinard of Newberry College in Washington DC as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Kinard
Newberry
D. C
Newberry College
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Cpl
Jack L. Holden
Sylvia Holden
Salem Avenue
7Th Infantry Division
Japan
Cpl. Holden
7Th Reconnaissance Company
Howard W. Himes
Clifford Himes
Smithsburg
Ban
Coline
Orkin
Maryland Health Department
Haa
Mill Street
Hager Park
Geo W. Stimpson
UTE la
SIN, le Em
Pene Ad Fc
HAGE
Dausch
St. Mary’s
Williamsport
Potomac Edison Company
du Pont
R. D. McKee, Inc
North Potomac St
Herald-Mail CO
Daily Mail
Hoosier
Associated Press
Missenhower
Republican National Committee
Fire
New Asiren
Sald
Ehisenhower
Tess
OWL Heat Comfon Yew
General GS Electric
Potomac Heating Co
Potomac Avenua
Bostitch
ASK
Joww
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
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