Kefauver Wins State In A Waltz For Senate Nomination
Baltimore May 6 United States Senate race results show Democrat George P. Mahoney winning the Democratic nomination in Maryland while Harry S. Truman Kefauver of Tennessee secured the national convention backing. Republican J Glenn Beall won the GOP nomination with Montgomery County real estate man H L Grady Gore as a close but distant runner up. Final tallies reveal Kefauver leading the Democratic primary by a wide margin and Mahoney edging as the favored candidate for the state convention bloc.
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Whitney Shoemaker
Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Maryland
U.S. Senate Today
Hlis. Stunmuns
Rep
Lansdale G. Sussver
Sen. Kefauver
Tenn
Pri
Kefanver
Mahoney
Sasseer
Reall
Gore
Hallinsore
Allen
Montgomery
Werner
Beall Sweeps Baltimore City and 16 Counties for Nomination
Baltimore May 6 Glenn Beall Western Maryland congressman for ten years won the Republican nomination to the U S Senate by sweeping 16 of Maryland 23 counties and all seven of Baltimore city legislative districts. He piled up 120 unit votes in the Republican State Convention. H Grady Gove won only in five counties and one legislative district for 32 unit votes. Royden A Blunt failed to win a counter and captured no unit votes.
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Baltimore
Glenn Beall
Maryland
Con
Gressman
McKeldin
UW & Senate
Baltimore City
General Assembly
H. Grady Gove
Montgomery County
Beall
Anne Arundel
Garrat
Howard
Prince Georges
Queen Anne's
St. Mary's
Worcester
Royden A. Blunt
Sasscer weighs recount in three Maryland counties
Baltimore May 6 Rep Lansdale G Sasscer convened campaign chiefs to decide if he should seek a recount of the Democratic Senate nomination contest with George P Mahoney. Unofficial returns show Mahoney leading in Caroline by 44 Dorchester by 87 and Garrett by 98 with 77 unit votes needed to win.
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Baltimore
Lansdale G. Sasscer
George P. Mahoney
U.S. Senate
Mahoney
Caroline
Dorchester
Garrett
Him
Sasseer
Dorchester County
Lasseer
Beall Dominates County Primary For Senate Nomination
Washington County voters chose Beall over Mills to win the Republican U S Senate nomination. Markey won the county for Congress in the Sixth District, Hyde led the Montgomery County slate for the district, while Werner challenged in the Democratic Senate race. Voting machines delivered swift results with about 10 275 votes cast, including 5 700 Republicans and 4 575 Democrats.
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Lasseer
Allen
Beall
Markey
Mayor Mills
Wilson
Werner and Hyde win Maryland district nominations for Congress
In Maryland primaries, Stella Werner wins the Democratic Sixth District nomination over W Prescott Allen with 14 412 to 10 102 amid Montgomery County strength. Republican Dewitt S Hyde takes the Fifth District nomination with 11 083 votes, defeating D John Markey and Robert B Kimble as polling places reported.
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Stella Werner
Dewitt Hyde
Congress
Head Allen
Haute
Werner
Allen
Ray M. Coffman
Montgomery County
Dewitt
Hyde
D. John Markey
Frederick
Robert B. Kimble
Cumberland
Slyde
Markey
Kimble
Del
Richard EK
Republican County
Hyde Long
38 Percent Vote Polled In State In Primary Results
Baltimore reporting 38 percent turnout statewide with 864 837 of 945 305 registered voters casting ballots in two senatorial contests. Democrats total 264 527 voting with 35 percent turnout. Republicans 100 210 or 37 percent. City Democrats led with 42 percent of 349 182. county turnout 36 percent.
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Baltimore
Maryland
U. S
Baltimore City
Baltimoreity Democrats
Man Hurt When Roll Of Newsprint Falls
Albertus R. Batley aged 42 of 1109 Fairview Road, an employee of the Therald Mat Company, was injured this morning when a roll of newsprint slipped while he was placing it on the press. A splash of paper hit his forehead and thumb causing a superficial laceration. He received treatment in the hospital emergency room.
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Albertus R. Batley
Fairview Road
Therald-Mat Company
Strick
Flo
Britain’s Comet completes first jet passenger trip to South Africa
Britain's new jet airliner the Comet returned to London on May 6 completing its first regular road trip to South Africa. The milestone marked the world’s first jet passenger service on the route.
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London
Britain
South Africa
Allied Warplanes Bomb Red Center in Saturation Attack
Allied warplanes payed a daylong saturation bombing of Sunchon North Korea a rail junction used to split lines toward the front. Navy pilots from carriers Valley Forge and Princeton disrupted reconstructions leaving new gaps for enemy repair gangs. On the western front UX troops faced a renewed assault near Youchon but later retook the outpost after Allied artillery blasted it.
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Seoul
Sorea
Snncheon
Ftee
Ath Air Force
Sunccan
Manchurian
Sunchon
Navy
Valley Forge
Princeton
Redestroy
Youchon
Lam
Coal Trucker Acquitted Of False Pretense
Frank Parker of Keyser West Virginia was acquitted by Associate Judge George Hendler in Aglegane County Circuit Court on a charge of obtaining money from the City of Hagerstown under false pretenses. The trial featured defense claims weighing errors by Hagerstown scales and asserted that Parker’s drivers and weighmasters bore responsibility for any misreadings.
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Oakland
John Hollyday
Parker
Hollyday
Thomas Richards
Hagerstown
Hagerstad
Richards
Edgar King
Frank Lowry
Jon Carson
Madge Lillian Charles
Robert N. Norris
Catholic Church Expands Longmeadows Land for School Plan
The Catholic Church acquired 3.71 acres from Antietam Distributing Corp to join a 114 acre tract, expanding frontage on Oak Street Extension near Longmeadow Apartments. Plans call for a high school building with an auditorium and later a chapel, with architects drafting early plans and construction possible this year.
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Catholi Church
Longmeadows
Antietam Distributing Corporation
Baltimore
Chhurch
Enat
Oak Whih Avenue
Longmeadow
Auditorum
Springfield Farm Sold To W Howard Roney Couple
The Springfield Farm, a 246 acre estate and historic site, will change hands to W Howard Roney and wife with possession around August 1. The purchase includes livestock and equipment from Glenn W Kretsinger, with roots dating to 1760s architecture and a Washington era visit by President George Washington. remodeling plans and ongoing historical research are noted.
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Springfield
W. Howard Roney
Glenn WV. Kretsinger
Hlumrichouse
Mrs. Roney
Kretsinger
Roney
John H. Roney
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Boonshore Wikes
Prison expert calls Breathersville prison a dumping ground
G Howard Shaw of the Osborne Association says public apathy fuels prison rioting. He cites out of date facilities, few jobs, poor education and medical care as core problems and calls Maryland prisons a dumping ground. Shaw urges public visits and higher prison spending.
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Breathedsville
G. Howard Shaw
Osborne Association
Baltimore
May
Mani
Osborne Association of
New York
Marchland
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Bate
Mary
Shaw
Troude
State Reformatory
Breathersville
Federal Tax On Gambling Declared Unconstitutional by Judge
U S District Judge George A Welsh ruled the 50 tax stamp on gambling unconstitutional calling the law a police measure under the guise of a tax It was the first ruling on the act which took effect November 1 1941 though the Supreme Court had not ruled on its constitutionality The decision came on an appeal by Josep Kahriger one of seven men facing trial for failing to buy stamps
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Philadelphia
Henricine Gamblers
U.S
George A. Welsh
Welsh
Congress
Josep Kahriger
U. S. Supreme Court
Hayes L. Combs
Washington
Cueeny
Kahriger
Distmissant
Cloudy Cooler Weather Forecast For Local Area
The Weather Bureau predicts cooler, cloudy conditions moving in after today. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with highs near 80. Last night dropped to 49. today’s afternoon may reach the low 80s. tonight lows mid 50s.
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Weather Bureau
Tts
Htte Hall
102 Year Old Man Says Woman Robbed Him in Tavern
William Barner claimed to be 102 years old and told police that a woman robbed him of 117 at a tavern yesterday.
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Indianapolis
William Barner
Frank L Bentz Suffered Cerebral Hemorrhage In Maryland Farm
Frank L Bentz, 73, a well known Washington County elder and sportsman, was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday while at his Hoons horo area farm after visiting Smithsburg. He was moved to Washington County Hospital this morning as friends described his hectic week arranging for the Brotherhood of Jungle Dock campfire at Camp Alfry.
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Springfield Farm
Goodloe Edgar
Kretsinger
George Washington
Otho Holland Williams
Williamsport
Washington County
Hagerstown
Globe Tavern
Potomac
Washington
Wil
Gen. Williams
Springfield
Frank .W. Mish, Jr
Frank L. Bentz
Benta
Smithsburg
Hoonshoro
Mr. Bentz
Albert M. Powell
Lewistown
Bentz Farm
Brotherhood of Jungle Dock
Camp Alfry
Bente
Oil strike slows nation's air and auto travel
Denver May 6 A strike-bound week saw federal officials clash over gasoline rationing as air transport faced the worst impact. California saw settlement in two deals with the Independent Union of Petroleum Workers and Union Oil for 1100 workers. The PAT set a 7 14 per cent wage boost effective May 1 with retroactive portion, while aviation cuts and military restrictions aimed to conserve fuel.
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Denver
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
New Orleans
Jones K. Knudson
Defense Transportation Administration
PAT
Air Force
Navy
Continental
TUPW
Union Oil Company
Oliver BE. Goodwin l
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Goodwin
Ira Unger Fatally Shot in Berkeley Springs
Ira Francis Unger 40 a Fairchild Aircraft worker was found dead of a pistol wound at his Berkeley Springs home yesterday morning during a thunderstorm. Coroner Dr HK Willard Sheriff Paul Munson and state police found no foul play. Services set for First EUB Church with burial at Greeneway Cemetery.
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Ira Francis Unger
Fairchild Aircraft
Berkeley Springs
Unger
Unver
HK. H. Willard
Paul Munson
West Virginia
Aon
George Holland Unger
Ella Alice (Wise) Unger
U.B. Church
Jr. O.u.am
Order of Moose
Alvin W
Hancock
Edward W
Parks
E.U.B
Paul Stonaker
Greeneway Cemetery
Police Seek Owners For Lost Bicycles At HQ
Hagerstown Police appeal to owners who lost bicycles in recent months to claim bikes held at police headquarters. The bikes were found and turned over to city police over a period of months and will be returned to the rightful owners after authentication. Several girls’ bikes are included in the lot.
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Hagerstown
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Mahoney and Beall Senate
Baltimorean
Cong. Sasseer
Sasscer
United States
Estes Ke Jfaaver
Lansdale Lasseer
George P. Ma ‘Hanes
United States Senate
W. Prescott Allen
J. Glenn Beall
Herman N. Mills
Wille D. John Markey
Dewitt S. Hyde
Ax Handy
Senate
Blunt
Hankinson
Mills
Leng
Monre
Democratic
Gainstraeted
Peddicord
Sussecer
Alten
Coffman
Jand Werner
Ghorgh
Cong
Glenn
Big Jet
Red Center
Catholic Church
Ira Unger
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