Iranian Border Soldier Killed by Russians Probe Launched
An Iranian frontier patrolman was shot dead along the Caspian border by Russians. An Iranian military commission was sent to investigate the incident, allegedly due to the soldier being found on the Soviet side. The event adds to long border clashes amid Iran’s tense mood toward foreigners as Anglo-Iranian Oil Company talks begin.
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Tehran
Caspian Sea
Iran
Francis Shepherd
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shepherd
Anglodranian Oil Company
Persian Gulf
Abadan
Associated Press
Fred Zusy
AIOC
ATOC
A. E. C. Drake
Cemipany
Mohammed Ali Varasteh
Heore
London
Qarasteh
Truck Overload Costs Man 42 Dollars Under New Law
Leslie Leon Wakenight, 37, of Hagerstown was fined 42.78 after arrest by State Roads Commission inspectors for carrying 2100 pounds over the limit on a Cavetown Planing Mill truck. The penalty equaled two cents per excess pound. greater overload would have been six cents. Inspectors said Western Maryland crews are patrolling multiple counties under the new law that replaced magistrate discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Leon Wakenight
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Wakenight
St. 66
Rt. 40
Richard L
Maryland
City Lineman Hurt In Fall From Pole Near Kuhn Avenue
City Light Plant lineman Harlan Weldman, 48, of Martinsburg Route 2, suffered a possible right ankle fracture when he fell from a pole in the 900 block of Kuhn Avenue while repairing a wire. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital for X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuhn Avenue
Harlan Weldman
Martinsburg
Washington County Hospital
Acres Burned In County Highlight Western Maryland Fires
During the spring fire danger period ending May 31 Washington County reported 48 acres burned and Garrett County suffered the largest loss at 48 acres. Across four Western Maryland counties 113 acres burned, up from 62 the previous year, with eight wood fires in the county. District Forester William H. Johnson noted the season was drier and the danger period has passed as vegetation grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Wiliam H. Johnson
Garrett County
Maryland
Johnson
Man Arrested Twice On Same Charge Here
Robert E. Wiestleman, 63, of 18 South Mont Valla Avenue, was arrested by city police and sheriff's deputies yesterday for driving a motor vehicle on a revoked permit. He was ordered to post collateral for Monday’s hearing. A French visitor, Michel Guillier, 28, staying at Lestersburg Pike, faced a disorderly conduct charge after a gun was shot during his stay. Guillier had been invited to observe farming methods under Brockslager, with prior experience on a farm in Indiana and attendance at an agricultural college in France.
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Robert E. Wiestleman
South
Mont Valla Avenue
Washington County
Michel Guillier
L. Stockalager
Sharpaburg Pike
Lestersburg Pike
Brockslager
Indiana
Gulliver
Two Air Defense Tests Received by City Police
Two air defense warning tests were recorded by police headquarters within hours. The first test rang at 2 42 this morning and the second at 10 37 a m. Police described both tests as loud and clear.
MacArthur In Texas For Start Of Drive To Sell His Policy
Gen Douglas MacArthur arrives in Texas to begin a grass roots campaign for his Korean War policy. He will deliver five speeches in four days starting at the state capitol before about 50 000 people, then to Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas and Fort Worth with rigid protocol for the traveling party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
State Capitol
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Dallas
Fork Worth
Gon
Official clarifies shopping center misunderstanding
Councilman Roy N. Knight states that resident fears about North End zoning are based on misunderstandings. He lists four core objections and notes a public hearing notice for June 26 to address zoning concerns and community input.
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Roy N. Knight
Keight
Melvin Jennings
Jack’ Heltane
Luther Broom
Northern Avenue
North End
Hecht Company
Jennings
Hellane
Broom
Brothers Home But One Dead
In San Antonio James Nicholson 20 was buried with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery after dying in the Inchon Seoul Invasion last September. His brother Irvin Nicholson 18, who served in Korea, returned home recently. Their mother Mia J. E. Nicholson of Sullivan City expressed relief that both sons are now safe, with Young Nicholson finishing his Marine hitch at Corpus Christi naval station.
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San Antonio
Tex
Nicholson Brothers
Korea
James Nicholson
Inchon
Seoul
Fort Sam Houston National
Irvin Nicholson
Mia
J. E. Nicholson
Sullivan City
Nicholson
Corpus Christi
Russians Ignore Allied Protests On Shipment Ban
Berlin reports say Soviet authorities blocked nearly 1000 West Berlin shipments and refused export permits without origin data for strategic materials. The move threatens a broader economic blockade as Allied officials push West Berlin to refuse the requirement.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
Shortage Of Beef In Hagerstown Stores
Reports from local merchants indicate a beef shortage due to what is described as a strike against government price rollbacks. Independent store owners say deliveries have been cut off this week while one chain store claims sufficient allotment to meet demand so far.
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Hagerstown
North End
Wind uproots large walnut tree in Keedysville area
A large walnut tree fell overnight in front of Charles Thomas Jr. home on the Keedysville road, blocking the street and snapping a telephone line. No other wind damage was reported. Rainfall added to June totals, with temperatures near 78 during the day and 53 at night. The Potomac River level remained several feet above normal.
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Keedysvilie
Charles Thomas, Jr
Keedysville
Travis Knode
Potomac
Williamsport
Weather Bureau
Minnesota Scouts Stranded Again by Bus Breakdown
Twenty eight Minnesota Girl Scouts were stranded for a second time when their bus broke down near Cumberland after leaving their hotel. They and three leaders and the driver sheltered at Cumberland that night, staying at the Girl Scout headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Cumberland
Hamilton Hotel
Wadena, Minn
Girl Scout Headquarters
DiSalle Invited To Beef Shortage Meeting
Midwest feeders and OPS officials plan a meeting in the Chicago stockyards tomorrow to discuss a growing beef shortage and future supplies. Michael DiSalle was invited to attend, arranged by William Wood Prince of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co.
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DiSalle
Midwest
Xgo
Office of Price Stablization
Michael DiSalle J
Chicago
William Wood Prince
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
OPS
Cition
Jome
Corn Belt Live Stock Feeders Association
Congress
Prince
di Salle
Clothing prices set for rollback nationwide urban aid
June 13 report from Denver states Michael DiSallo the government price czar announced a rollback on clothing prices in a single day. He spoke after arriving at Stapleton Airport outlining the plan and timetable for the action.
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Denver
Michael DiSallo
DiSallo
Stapleton Air Field
Wedemeyer urges bombing of Manchurian railroad
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer told Senators that the United States should bomb the Manchurian Railroad controlled by Russia and Red China. He warned the move could spark a world war but argued the calculated risk justified. He also testified about his 1944 1946 State Department advisers in China and MacArthur’s postwar orders on Japanese arms.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Manchurian
Russia
Red China
Albert. G. Wedemyer
State Department
China
Wedemyer
U. S
John Davies
John Service
Raymond Ludden
John Emerson
Wedemeyer
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Pacific
Scnlatore
Chiang Kai Shek
Morse
i-Ore
Manchuria
Beaten Communists Hurrying To Mountains In Korea War
Thousands of beaten Reds from Chorwon and Kumhwa withdraw toward mountain strongholds east of the triangle north of the 38th parallel. U N patrols probe the Imjin and Kansong sectors while air strikes pound Red positions and supply lines.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Triangle
U. N
Hwachon Reservoir
Sea of Japan
Kansong
Imjin
Tidee
United Nations
Red “Iron Triangle
38Th Parallel
Kunsong
James A. van Fleet
Moscow
Manchurian
Far East
Slain Waitress Geneva Thompson Targeted by Boyfriend
Baltimore reports 28 year old Geneva Thompson, formerly of Elkins West Virginia, found shot twice in a hall outside her apartment after she called police to escort her home from a suspected boyfriend. A 37 year old cabdriver boyfriend is sought. witnesses include her brother Tru man Thompson and Eve Adams. Continuous on page 2.
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Baltimore
Elkins
W. Va
Geneva Thompson
Charles Thompson
Truman Thompson
Eve Adams
Set. Thompson
Misa Thompson
Jie
First Federal Grant To Rt. 40
The first Federal grant for building and improving highways funded the National Pike from Cumberland to Wheeling. L. Kaylor, chief engineer, spoke to the Civitan Club in McCormick's Restaurant, tracing road history from 1776 and noting ongoing major improvements under federal and state programs. The Civitan gathering also set the next meeting date and parade involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Wheeling
L. Kaylor
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Kaylor
Civitan Club
McCormick’s
U. S. Department of Public Roads
Hagerstown
Civitan
Thomas Campbell
Potomac
Wilson Boulevard
Potomactreet
Stuart Abrasham
Donald Tanner
Charles Crum
Frederick
W M Workers Choose Union In 3 Day Vote
Western Maryland Railway employees in the Hagerstown Division begin a three day vote to decide labor representation. Ballots provided by the National Mediation Board allow votes for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen or the Railroad Industrial Union, among others. H A Porch, VP, arrived to confer with local Brotherhood members after elections in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railway
Hagerstown
Western Maryland
Wertern Maryland
National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Railroad Industrial Union
H. A. Porch
The
Maryland
Baltimore
Drunken Driving Fined for Coal Truck Driver in Maryland
A Maryland coal train worker, a fireman and engineer on the B and O railroad, was fined 125 dollars and costs after a drunken driving charge. He has served as general chairman for the Brotherhood and noted Western Maryland Railway as the only Class A line not represented by the union. Voting for a three day election begins tomorrow under National Mediation Board supervision with local hours 8 am to 1 pm Thursday, 8 am to 4 pm Friday, and 10 am to 2 pm Saturday.
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Ren
Maryland
B. &Coal
O. Railroad
SERRS
Western Maryland Railway
United States
Canada
United Mine Workers
Railroad Industrial Union
National Mediation Board
Reynolds Arrested On Elizabeth Street For DUI
Payton L Reynolds of Romney West Virginia was arrested on Elizabeth Street by Deputy Sheriff Michael Farrie. Reynolds offered no testimony except to ask if two or three hours of beer would make a man drunk. Magistrate Ingram declined a yardstick and fined Reynolds 125 dollars and said he would stop imposing minimum DUI sentences of 100 dollars.
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Daatus
Juba
Payton L. Reynolds
Romney
W. Va
Elizabeth Street
Sherif Michael Farrie
Reynolds
Ingram
Production Slowdown Idle 13 000 Auto Workers
Detroit on June 13 reports show 13 000 auto workers idle due to production rate disputes. Hudson plant remained idle for a second day with 10 000 idle, while 3 000 at two Chrysler plants stopped work. A CIO UAW spokesman blamed rate problems and a walkout by 13 metal finishers for further layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hudson
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
West End Crash Involves Two Trucks And Reckless Driving
Two trucks collide on West Washington Street with William P. Phillipe of Hagerstown and William Hoover of Canton Ohio. Police charge Hoover with reckless driving for tailing too close. Phillipe faces tackles driving charge for turning into Avalon Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
William P. Phillipe
Hageratown Rt. 4
Avalon Avenue
William Hoover
Canton
Ohio
Phillips
Polico
Hoover
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Red
Iron Triangle
Stockslager Farm
San Bernardino
Calif
Rose Marie Birdsall
Warren Eddenfeld
International
W. M
West End
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