Invitations Sent For San Francisco Treaty Signing With Japan
The United States and Great Britain invite 60 nations to a September 4 conference in San Francisco to complete and sign a notice treaty with Japan. Russia may reject the bid, objecting to a veto on treaty provisions and Kurile and Sakhalin issues.
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Washington
United States
San Francisco
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kurite Islands
Sakhalin
Smithsburg High Nearing New School Construction Plans
Smithsburg High moves toward a new building as a contract for 10.3 acres near the Smithsburg Leitersburg road is filed for record between Hoy D. Newman and the Board of Education for 7500 dollars. The existing crowded school will become elementary and the district must serve Smithsburg Cascade Highfield Leitersburg and surrounding areas. Construction timing undecided but imminent due to capacity and growth pressures.
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Cascade
da Pondaville
Highfield
Leiternburg
Cooler Weather Forecast With Unseasonably Cool Night
The text notes a drop from a high of 88 to a low around 66 at Keedyavilla weather station, with scattered thunder. Another night near 66 is expected, followed by a weekend near 80 degrees. North to northwest winds are forecast for several days.
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Hagerstown
Keedyavilla
Travis Knodo
Winda
Turkey Ends State of War With Germany
Ankara reports the Turkish National Assembly approved a draft bill to formally end the state of war with Germany on July 20.
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Turkey
Turkish National Assembly
Germany
No Tax Returns Filed For Years In Senate Probe
Washington July 20 Seam Mason described by senators as a professional confidence man who fleeced victims of thousands of dollars testified today he has filed no income tax returns since about 1929. Mason, a florid faced peg legged man, faced questions about 1948 1949 and 1950 tax filings. Five witnesses testified he fleeced them of more than 200000 by promising bargain leases on surplus government buildings and business contracts. Mason said he did file income tax returns before 1929 but none since. Meyer J Sawyer, a Washington attorney who purportedly introduced Mason to some witnesses, also scheduled to be heard.
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Mason
Senate Investigations
Hoey
D-Nc
Accident Suit Docketed Here Involving Taxicab Crash
John W. McClure of Pittsburgh filed suit for 10000 in this court against Harry B. Stotler and Lawrence M. Cunningham owners and driver of a taxicab. The collision at Cleveland Avenue and the Dual Highway on May 24 left McClure with chest and limb injuries and his Lincoln sedan beyond repair. Several taxi passengers were injured in the crash.
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John W. McClure
Pittsburgh
Harry KB
Stotler
Lawrence M. Cunningham
McClure
Ofl
D. K. McLaughlin
Cleveland Avenue
Cunningham
Fairchild Aircraft Worker Missing From Hedgesville
Walter J Rupnick 29 a Fairchild Aircraft worker of Kearneysville West Virginia is missing wife reports. He left home Wednesday morning for work his car found abandoned in Martinsburg later that day lunch box in car touched. He is white five feet eight inches about 190 pounds with dark brown hair blue eyes stocky build and was in good spirits when he left wife and six month old child are named.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Walter J. Rupnick
Kearneysville
W. Va
Rupnick
Martinsburg
Pinesburg Man Charged With Assault on Neighbor Girl
A 40-year-old Pinesburg man, Eugene Nave, is released on bond for a hearing next Saturday on a charge of assault with intent to kill a 14-year-old neighbor girl. The alleged attack with a dagger occurred June 30 near the girl's home. Nave was released by Magistrate Jesse Shank in Williamsport for a July 28 hearing.
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Pinesburg
Hugene Nave
Barbara Ann Monts
Leister Isanogle
Nave
Jesse Shank
Wil Hamsport
Monts
Police Order Rodeo Signs Removed Citywide
Chief Jesse B. Brown ordered removal of rodeo advertising signs from lamp posts and poles citywide citing a violation of city ordinance. Police collected and destroyed the placards after removing them.
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Jesse B. Brown
Ex Red Resigns Teaching Post in Montgomery Schools
Washington July 20 A man identified as a former Communist Party member has resigned as music instructor and band supervisor at Leland Junior High in Chevy Chase Montgomery County Maryland. Samuel Michelson also resigned as social studies teacher at Claude A Swinson Junior High in Arlington Virginia. The resignations followed testimony by Mary Stat chp Markward an undercover FBI operative. Superintendent Dr Edwin W Broome said he advised Sho nick contract would not be renewed and Sho nick quit. Arlington County schools official William A Marly said he knew of no connection between Michelson’s resignation and Markward’s testimony.
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Communist Party
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Washington Star
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Star
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Leland Junior High
Chevy Chase
Mary Statchp Markward
FBI
the Star
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Markward
Claude A A. Swinson
Arlington
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Broome
Edwin W
Sho ‘Nick
William A. Marly
Arlington County
Michelson
McCarthy Attacks Marshall Again in Speech Fight
Washington reports Senator McCarthy challenged critics to find a false line in his claim a Communist conspiracy taints Defense Secretary Marshall. Truman dismissed the charge as absurd, while McCarthy said he offered a history to match Marshall's global strategy. A separate item notes a Franklin County youth killed by lightning while fleeing a field.
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McCarthy
Wise
Marshall
United States
Truman Yeasterday
Truman
Lawrence A. Williamson
Lurgan
Franklin County
Lawrence M. Williamson
New York
Murray Nent
Swangor
Bulllah
Pope Sends Greeting to War Veterans in Castel Gandolfo
The Pope read a Papal greeting to delegates of the International Federation of War Veterans Organizations meeting at Castel Gandolfo. The message was transmitted to secretary general Elliott H. Newcomb of Orange, Massachusetts, and Washington, D C, for relay to the federation.
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Pape
Interational
Federation of War Veterans’ Organizations
Castel Gandolfo
Elliott H. Newcom
Orange
Mass
Washington
Dd. C
Federation
St. Louis Braces for Peak Flood Damage Across Region
Eastern Missouri endures the Mississippi and Missouri rivers cresting near St. Louis, with barriers failing and floodwaters, leaving wreckage in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. President Truman calls for sweeping relief as the nation tackles more than $1.09 billion in damage and seeks $5 million in personal Red Cross gifts.
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Mississippi
Kansas
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Truman
Washington
Mid-West
Orea
Wilson
Raymond M. Foley
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Red Cross
Congress
Kansas City
Local Soldier Wounded in Korea Again
Pfc. John Turner of Hagerstown was wounded a second time in Korea, after an earlier leg wound on June 3. His sister Mrs. Sally Ditto of 1108 Corbett Street was notified by telegram that he was wounded again on July 8 and had spent 14 days in a Japanese hospital. He is reported to be in a U S Navy hospital in Japan with the second injury, after nearly a year in Korea.
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John Turner
Hagerstown
Korea
John
Sally Ditto
Corbett Street
Ditto
Japan
Plans Probe Into Prison Floggings
Canon City Colorado July 20 Gov Dan Thornton and state officials planned to investigate flogging of five prisoners at the Colorado Penitentiary Thornton ordered the board of institutions to come here and have a physician examine the convicts.
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Canon City
Colo
Dan Thornton
Colorado Penitentiary
Thornton
Board of Institutions
Amendment Aims Public Access to Welfare Rolls
Senate approved plan to let states open welfare rolls to public inspection without losing federal aid. House may delay action on boosting federal relief funds by about 140 million dollars yearly. Proposal would raise federal shares for old age assistance and related programs and set new ceilings for grants to the blind and disabled.
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House
Senate
Jenney
Dirksen
Indiana
Jenner
Kerr
D.-Okla
No Evacuation, Says Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson states the United States will keep United Nations troops in Korea indefinitely after a possible armistice. He rejects a general withdrawal demand, tying troop presence to Communist good faith and ongoing peace negotiations at Kaesong. The stance signals no compromise on foreign forces and postpones the showdown.
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United States
United Nations
Korea
Acheson
U. N
Kaesong
U.N
Report of large bass catches on Potomac near Williamsport
Anglers report strong bass hauls this season in the Potomac River near Williamsport. George Wolfe, a Williamsport tackle shop proprietor, led with notable catches and others such as Dr J B Kefl ner and Preston Martin weighing in fourteen bass after a day near the Potomac Rod and Gun Club. Karl Zimmerman posted eight bass near the city’s water pumping station. two fish weighed three pounds each. William Ainsworth and Harry Trav er Jr of Williamsport each had four bass near Falling Waters. River conditions were clear and good. Conoco cheagie Creek ran slightly midly this morning at Williamsport.
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Willamsport
George
Hooper) Wolfe
Williamsport
J. B. Keflner
Preston Martin
Hagerstown
Potomac Rod & Gun Club
Karl Zimmerman
Chester Brewer
William Ainsworth
Harry, Traver, Jr
WIL J Hameport
New Shoe Factory To Begin Operations Monday
Smithsburg to start its new shoe factory this coming Monday with finishing touches and installations underway this week. The plant will employ both men and women as it nears opening.
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Smithsburg
King Abdullah Murder Shocks Middle East
Cairo reports King Abdullah of Jordan shot and killed while entering a mosque to pray. Prince Naif named to succeed him as Amman radio notes. British foreign office confirms assassination amid broader regional tensions and recent Lebanon violence.
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Jordan
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Jordan Radio
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Abdullah
British Foreign Office
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Motammed
Annan
Jong
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Syria
Iraq
Riad el Sott
Lebanon
Middle East
Beta
Solh
Adullah
Woman Seeks Damages After Zipper Incident in Store
Florence Caldenberg sues for 2853 dollars claiming physical economic and mental damages after a zipper injury while trying on a pair of slacks. Store operators say the zipper failed to work properly and allege lack of ordinary care.
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Los Angeles
Florence Caldenberg
U N Delegates Forced Back By Raging Torrent
In Munsan Korea on July 20 a flash flood swept a creek 16 miles from Kaesong into a raging torrent. The United Nations delegates en route to the truce city were forced to retreat as jeeps were scorched by the flood. Twenty newsmen and service personnel crossed the stream to Kaesong and returned by late afternoon as bad weather grounded further travel.
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Korea
Kaesong
United Nations
B-29s Hit Rail Yards and Supply Areas in Korea
Allied B 29s based in Japan bombed Kowon rail yards and Hung nam supply area along Korea s east coast under overcast skies. Radar guided drops prevented visual confirmation while no enemy aircraft or flak were encountered and ground action was limited to patrol clashes along the front.
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Korea
Kowon
Hungnam
Peace talks delayed as Koreas seek troop withdrawal condition
The eighth U N Dels session between United States and Communist teams at Kaesong was postponed to 10 a m tomorrow pending one major barrier to an agenda. Red demands for withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea loom as the sticking point amid U N silence and official comments by Acheson stressing a genuine peace and continued UN force presence.
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U, N
Kresong
Korea
United Nations Command
United Nations
New Dress Rules For State Police
State police issued new clothing guidelines allowing collar buttons to be opened and neckties removed in barracks on patrol duty or when not in court or public functions. Officers may wear slacks with provisions for supply, and a sombrero style hat has been adopted.
Motorist Runs Stop Sign Then Crashes at City Intersection
No injuries reported after two vehicles collided at the Washington Avenue and Winter Street intersection. Charlotte V. Norris, 25, Hancock, charged by Patrolman Raymond Hoover with failing to yield after her car ran a boulevard sign and struck a vehicle driven by Robert E. Dennis, 22, in the 200 block of Alexander Street. Dennis traveled west on Washington Avenue while Norris headed south on Winter Street.
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