Maryland leads busy week with preferential primary
Maryland voters nominate senators and House members and choose delegates to state conventions for 24 Republican and 18 Democratic national delegates. Kefauver tops Democratic presidential hopefuls in write ins banned race, while Ohio and Florida hold key contests for delegates. Taft leads Eisenhower in GOP delegate counts as Florida and other states vote.
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Associated Press
Maryland
House
White House
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore R. McKeldin
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Florida
Alabama
Indiana
New Mexico
Winds
Nevada
Utah
Michigan
Taft
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Kefauve
Society Opens Mansion House as New Historical HQ
The Washington County Historical Society hosts an open house Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at its Mansion House headquarters in City Park with Park Commission guests of honor. Exhibits include the Dunker Church restoration on Antietam Battlefield and the Harpers Ferry Park project. Dr. W. H. Shealy will lead the host group.
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The
Washington County Historical Society
the Society
Mansion House
City Park
Park Commission
Historical Society
City Hall
Nouss
Dunker Church
Antietam Battlefield
Harpers Ferry Park
W. H. Shealy
Clearance and rummage sale announcements mix
The notice lists multiple rummage sales starting Tuesday May 6 at 6 30 A M and 7 A M. Locations include The Turnover Shop 221% Way Side Ave Franklin Nursery St Pauls RULB and St Marys Mission Club Basement Market House with ads for May sales.
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Wayside Ave
Franklin
St. Paul's
St. Mary’s Mission Club
Market House
E. Franklin St
Prayer for TOSDAY Blessings and grace for homes
A devotional prayer requesting divine presence in homes, urging loyalty, generosity, forgiveness, and kindness. Attributed to Luther W. Youngdahl, U.S. District Judge, Washington DC, copyright 1952 in a church feature.
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Luther W. Youngdahl
Washington, D. C
U.S
District of Columbia
Obituaries Braddock Heights Resident and Others
Obituary items note the deaths of Mrs. Alice V. Fox of Braddock Heights at 37, William H. Springer of Hagerstown aged 51, Robbie Bolen Fanning of Norway Avenue aged 67, and Mrs. Olive Hann Whitmore of Creagerstown. Services are announced for Tuesday and Wednesday at local churches, with interments in United Brethren Cemetery Myersville, Shiloh Cemetery, and Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and multiple relatives.
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Alice V. Fox
Earl Fox
Braddock Heights
Cecil and
Flossie (Ambrose) Ridenour
Hagerstown
United Brethren Church of Middletown
Cletus Bowlus
Earl Hissner
Paul Grandstaff
Bathmore
George Ridenour
U.S. Army
Okinawa
Gladhill Funeral Home
Middletown
Stephen Raby
United Brethren Cemetery
Myersville
William H. Springer
William Henry Springer
East Avenue
Charles and
Mollie (Black) Springer
Hagerstown Shoe Company
St. Paul's E.U.B. Church
Antietam Fire Company
CIO
Elizabeth (Peddicord) Springer
Mia
Donald Grubbs
Funkstown
Lawrence Glover
Catys
Mary Elizabeth Bowers
Hepertertown
Dewey
Springer
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. K. Coffman
F. Berry Plummer
Shiloh B.A B
Shiloh
Robbie
Fanning
Robbie Bolen Fanning
Norway Avene
Williamston
S. C
Robert and
Fannie
Holden) Fanning
Western Maryland Railway
First Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Railroad
Ella Marie Faning
Myrtle Williams
Norway
Kraiss Funeral
Paul B. Watlington
Rest Haven Cemetery
Olive H. Whitmore
Olive Hann Whitmore
C. Elroy Whitmore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George W
Julia E. (Clem) Hann
Creagerstown
St. John's Lutheran Church
Ladies
W. L. Hann
Washington, D. C
Paul A. Hann
Mt. Alto
Mre
Lloyd Krout
Barton Funeral Home
Walkersville
Creageratown Church
L P.m
Truce Deadlock Holds Tight At Brief Session
In Munsan Korea May secret session failed to produce progress on the Korean armistice. North Korean Gen Nam 4H spoke from notes for most of the 11 minutes as delegates from both sides appeared to have run out of topics.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam 4H
Red
Sion
Panniunjom
Sss TA
Turner Joy
Nam
Joy
United Nations Command
Soviet
Russia
Tuesday Special Roast Beet Sandwich at Pennywhite Store
An old advertisement offers a hot roast beet sandwich with gravy and coffee or tea at the Pennywhite Cut Rate Store on Franklin Street. It urges Democratic voters registered in Election District to call 1126-W-2 for transportation to May Zanaville to vote today.
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Franklin St
Zanaville
Sabres score in Korea in aerial dogfights
U S Sabre Jet pilots destroyed four Communist jets and two red prop planes in dogfights over Northwestern Korea near the Yalu River. Fights occurred from 40 000 feet to 5 000.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Airman completes basic training before Air Ace technical school
Airman Earl L. Butts son of Earl J. Butts from Williamsport Route 1 finishes Air Force basic indoctrination at Lackland AFB Texas. The recourse includes aptitude testing guiding his vocational path toward Air Ace technical training. In Japan Violet tops obstacle course in field-day with 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry. the unit now on Hokkaido after 17 months in Korea. Pvt. Charles Myers of Clear Spring Md serves with the 6th Infantry Regiment at Berlin Military Post guarding American installations. Myers arrived in Berlin in March after basic training at Indiantown Gap Pa with the 5th Infantry Division.
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Earl L. Butts
Earl J. Butts
Williamsport
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
1St Cavalry
Japan
Richard ‘Violet
Route 1
Rohrersville
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Violet
1St Cavalry Division
Hokkaido
Korea
Berlin
Germany
Charles Myers
Jesse Myers
Main St
Clear Spring
Myers
Indiantown Gap
Editor Letter Box recounts explosives routing and a Kauled lure request
The page prints letters about strict controls on movement of explosives and rerouting trucks through the city, plus a reader seeking help locating a fisherman who provided a special lure. It also lists community notices for a game night, a rummage sale, and a rubber stamp service ad from Stouffer Printing.
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John F. Strock
Daily Mail
Korea
Clarence Sweigert
Youthful Father Admits Part He Played In $835 Bank Robbery
Albert H. Johnson a 22 year old sheet metal worker from Topeka Kansas confessed in a church setting to participating in an $835 bank robbery at Hoyt Kaw on May 4 1948. He said a religious conversion led him to surrender and he hopes to influence others including younger kids toward Christ. He faces charges of bank robbery and armed kidnapping and was released on $5000 bond.
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Topeka
Kan
Bery Onany Times
Albert H. Johnson
Hoyt
Kaw
Johnson
Atty
Donald Sands
Seward Avenue Baptist Church
Santa Fe
DB Brown
Christ
Orion Williams
Hoyt Bank
Kansas
Hends
Kefauver Favored In Maryland Primary Vote
Maryland voters headed to the polls for the Democratic preferential primary with Estes Kefauver as the sole filed candidate. No Republican filed, write ins are banned, and Maryland’s 18 convention votes would back Kefauver on the opening roll call if he wins. The Senate race features Rep J Glenn Beall GOP bid and Rep K Q Lassiter seeks the Democratic nod. Governor McKeldin backs Beall, while he leans toward Eisenhower as a second choice and says he will not dictate the delegation.
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Baltimore
Estes Kefauver
Maryland
Kefauver
Willhe
Chicago
Harry T. Gross
Democratic Organization
Xr Kefauver
Coon
Senate
Herbert O'Connor
J. Glenn Beall
House
Theodore R. McKeldin
Kansdale G. Lasseer
Lasseer
McKeldin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mian
Fin
Chudke Pepper
Sen
Tennessee
Russell
Georgia
Pepper
Strangeman
Kefauver- Russell
Dade
Miami
Florida
Smathers
Wefaiver
Norrow
Kefauver Wins Pepper Backing in Florida Test
The influence of former Senator Pepper shifts in Florida as Kefauver gains backing for the presidential primary. Russell accuses Pepper of dual support, while Pepper denies pledging all delegates. Eisenhower departs Paris for Italy on a NATO farewell tour.
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Kefauver
Pepper
Florida
Ike
Italy
Paris
May
Dwight N. Eisenhower
NATO
Central Barber Shop Ad Promises Quick Chair Service
Ad copy touts no waiting at the basement shop in the 2nd National Bank Building. It urges patrons to look their best, highlighting prompt service and affordable grooming.
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Nat'l Bank
Woman Barber Breaks Barriers in Boonsboro Shop
Ruth Gaver, owner of the Gaver Barber Shop in Boonsboro, runs her own shop for 20 years. Residents praise her skill and personality as she challenges gender norms in a male-dominated field. The piece notes surprising openness among locals and highlights ongoing debates about women in certain trades.
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Ruth Gaver
Boonsboro
Novone
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Edward Whi, Humeke
Chase, Maryland
C.F. Hall— All Welcome
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Stouffer Printing Company
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Virginia Ave
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Fleigh Motor Corp
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Board of Election Supervisors For
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
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