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Governor Lane refused to sign a bill allowing county boards to build roads without competitive bidding citing federal cost savings and conflicts with state law. The column also covers algae control harming aquarium fish, perch release into Antietam Creek, Fresh Air Fund plans, and a historical clipping from 1853 about a New Hampshire editor’s wallet theft.
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Boards of County Commissioners
Lane
Federal Public Works Administration
State Roads Commission
Democrats Ready With Labor Bill Less Stringent
Washington May 10 Taft clung to hope a final Senate vote Monday on labor legislation. Murray and ten Democrats offered a milder bill aligned with Truman recommendations to win approval, replacing Taft’s stricter measure. Taft accused delay tactics. Democrats protested as votes on amendments showed split positions on injunctions and damages for strikes and boycotts.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Lucas
Hatch
Pepper
Dfla
Ohioan
Ball
R-Minn
Hancock Park Plans Form With New Park Association
Hancock plans for a park move toward realization after forming a Park Association. James Montgomery was elected president, Mrs. Ralph Donnelley vice president, Verne Glaser secretary, Brean T. Mason treasurer, with E. H. Fost, Mrs. A. G. French, A. G. Bowser, W. E. Yeakie and Walter R. Blackwell as directors. The group urged Hancock residents to join and support the recreation project for all ages, announcing another meeting soon.
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Hancock
James Montgomery
Ralph Donnelley
Verne Glaser
Brean T. Mason
E. H. Fost
A. G. French
A. G. Bowser
Walter R Blackwell
Actress Divorce Upheld By Court
La raine Day’s divorce from J Ray Hendricks was upheld by the superior court. If she and Lippy Lee Durocher return to California and live as man and wife before the decree becomes final they could face bigamy charges. Legal proof of cohabitation and a complainant would be needed.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
J. Ray Hendricks
Superior Court
Lippy-Lee Durocher
California
Daniel Beecher
District Attorney's Office
Decision Withheld On Maryland Senate Ballot Contest
A U S Senate sub committee in Washington delayed ruling on 6660 contested ballots from the Maryland O Conor Markey race. Markey seeks a statewide recount. officials recounts show a 1806 margin for O Conor after machine count gains. The panel will decide yardstick and whether to canvass 17 non machine counties as counties review irregular ballots.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Herbert R. O’conor
U. S
Maryland
Hickenlooper
O’conor
Senate
D. John Markey
Walkersville
Markey
Subcommittee
Orig
Anne Arundel
Prince Georges
Howard
St. Marys
Cecil
See No Surplus For Debt Cutting
Senator George of Georgia argued the Senate Finance Committee backed a 4.9 billion dollar annual income tax cut that would exhaust the public debt surplus. The plan, 30 to 10.5 percent reductions, would take effect July 1 and limit income cuts to 15 percent in higher brackets, with party-line votes and a shift toward sending the bill to the Senate floor.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
House
U.S. Opposes Russian Plan for Palestine Independence
The United States opposed a Russian demand that the United Nations Inquiry Commission propose immediate independence for Palestine. Herschel V. Johnson, deputy American delegate, warned that forcing certain ideas into the commission’s instructions could prejudice the final outcomes as the 55‑nation committee resumed debate on its mandate.
Verdict of not guilty in Elgin Ridenour case
Linford Ridenour, 28, Smoketown, was found not guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence after arraignment in City Court. W. Lee Elgin testified the car zigzagged on the Dual Highway on April 26, and Commissioner Elgin blocked his approach to avoid a collision. Dr. Perry Prather said Ridenour appeared normal and could walk straight.
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Linford Ridenour
Smoketown
M. Y. B. Bostetter
W. Lee Elgin
Perry Prather
City Tightens Plumbing Rules Amid Expansion Fears
City plumbing inspector Victor Rees announced strict enforcement of state and city regulations to curb faulty installations tied to growth. Beginning May 12 any work started without a permit will be halted. $50 fines apply for violations. Permits are issued at City Hall third floor and City Clerk for sewer connections, with depths and locations marked by the inspector’s office. Permits required for oil burners and electric water heaters. safety valve required on heaters and boilers.
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Victor Rees
Reel
Faust files divorce suit in state court
Robert Eugene Faust filed a divorce petition in state court this morning seeking separation from Elite Grace Faust. The action names both spouses and cites irreconcilable differences as the basis for the suit.
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Robert Eugene Faust
Elite Grace Faust
Antietam Broadcasting Buys Byron House for Radio Station
Antietam Broadcasting Co acquires the Byron home on South Prospect Street for 23,000 dollars to remodel into a modern radio station. Remodeling underway with plans for an early broadcasting announcement as the local real estate market shows activity totaling about 180,000 dollars in various sales and deeds.
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Antietam Broadcasting Co
Byron House
South Prospect Street
Antietam Broadcasting Company
Daysye A. Fahrney
Charles E. Fahrney
John P. Richard
Unprecedented 19 Degree May Low Frozen Peonies and Crops
Clarence Coss reports about 2000 peony plants frozen to the ground at his truck farm near the city, threatening bloom by Memorial Day. Amos Miller notes frost will delay asparagus growth as water froze en route to market. Farmers say strawberries and all ground level crops including tomatoes beans corn and potatoes are damaged, with corn likely needing replanting.
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Clarence Coss
Cass
Amos Miller
Story Of Murder All A Hoax Says Young Ex Soldier
Wise Virginia May 10 Bradley Casteel an ex soldier who claimed he killed a girl in 1941 and buried her body in Wise Countys Bone Hollow admitted to officers he made the story up after a three hour interrogation He told state troopers there was nothing to it at all and he was 30 years old and the confession followed questioning by Troopers Couch Riner and Mc Cullouch
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Wise
Bradley Casteel
Wise County
Bone Hollow
Norfolk
Baltimore
Anne Richardson
Castell
Jack Couch
Donald Riner
Norton
Quenton McCullouch
Washington County Praised For Record In Cancer Campaign
Washington County exceeds its quota by nearly 766 dollars and earns high praise from Howard A. Kelly Jr. for outstanding statewide efforts in the Conquer Cancer drive. Mrs. Jack Beachley chairs the local committee as headquarters close, with Maryland now five counties over the top and Washington County totaling 12,500 dollars.
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Washington County
Howard A. Kelly, Jr
Jack Beachley
Maryland
Kelly
Man Robbed of $23 on Franklin Street
Harry Seal of 431 George street reported to police that at about 12 15 a m he was attacked and robbed by two men as he walked past the parking lot beside the Acme Market in West Franklin street second block. They grabbed him pulled him into darkness and stole his wallet containing 23 dollars. He could not identify either assailant.
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Harry Seal
George Street
Acme Market
West Franklin Street
Seal
Countian Ordered To Pay Support To Family
Clarence L. Lowans of this county was directed to pay his estranged wife Mrs. Mary K. Lowans of Mercersburg Pennsylvania seventeen fifty weekly for support of herself and three children. He appeared before Judge Edmund C. Wingerd in Franklin County Court on Thursday. Costs of prosecution were imposed and Lowans was allowed to enter his own bond of five hundred dollars.
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Clarence L. Lowans
Mary K. Lowans
Mercersburg
Edmund C. Wingerd
Franklin County
Lowans
Hagerstown Civic Band to Perform in Greencastle July 11
The Hagerstown Civic Band will give a concert in Greencastle on July 11. It will be part of the annual block party hosted by the American Legion Post of Greencastle.
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Hagerstown
Greencastle
American Legion Post
Deadly frost halts county crops with unseasonal warmth
Dr. Castillo Graham of the Hancock Fruit Laboratory says apple buds appear doomed and about 95 percent of peaches are wiped out after a rare May frost. He reports temperatures as low as 19 degrees and frost lasting 8 to 10 hours, with heavy damage in Hancock area orchards and some tops still showing remaining fruit. R Samuel Dillon confirms frost lows on high ground and widespread crop destruction in the Hancock district.
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Castillo Graham
Hancock
Washington County
Graham
R. Samuel Dillon
Fruit Laboratory
The
Daily Mail
Dillon
Hummingbird Found in Greenhouse by Local Grower
J Edward Rowland, leading tomato grower from Maugansville, found a hummingbird inside one of his greenhouses. He noted it is unusually early for such a visit and attributes the bird’s entry to yesterday’s low outdoor temperatures.
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J. Edward Rowland
Maugansville
Mr. Rowland
Frost Rears Maryland Crops Hit Record May Cold
Maryland suffers a record May frost with crop losses estimated over 1 million dollars. The U S Weather Bureau in Baltimore warns the cold snap will continue, as farmers improvise with smudge pots to save fruit and vegetables. Apple and peach damage is pegged at about 500000, cantaloupe cucumber tomato and strawberry plantings also harmed. Wicomico county peach crop nearly wiped out, beans damaged. Severe frost records include Hagerstown 23 degrees and Princess Anne 27 as Baltimore hits 37, first May 9 reading under 40 since 1898 and 1923.
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Associated Press
Maryland
U.S. Weather Bureau
Baltimore
University of Maryland Extension Service
Weather Bureau
W. F. Allen
Wicomico County
Washington County
E. Eldred Rinehart
Ringgold
Edgewood Arsenal
Hagerstown
Princess Anne
Western Electric Strike Conference in New York
Representatives of Western Electric and the National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers with 6500 members in 24 states planned another meeting in New York to settle the strike. Union secretary treasurer Milton Bolz warned that if bargaining continues, a further month of pavements pounding may be needed and accused the company of adding weasel words to the contract.
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New York
Western Electric Company
National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers
W-E Electric Distributing
Milton G. Bolz
Truman seeks 24 million for loyalty probes in Congress
President Truman asks Congress for 24,960,000 to purge disloyal government workers, mainly Communists and sympathizers. If approved, Civil Service Commission would receive 16,160,000 and the FBI 8,740,000 for investigations through June 30, 1948.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Service Commission
FBI
Russia accepts proposals on Korean provisional government
London May 10 Russian formal acceptance of American proposals to consult Korean representatives on forming a provisional government for Korea was reported by Moscow radio.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Korea
Army To Honor Antietam Dead At Sharpsburg May 30
The Army plans a Memorial Day tribute at Antietam Battlefield and National Cemetery in Sharpsburg on May 30 with a C-82 drop of cut flowers to honor Union and Confederate dead and American war dead. Captain John E. McClure announced arrangements with the Antietam Memorial Exercise Committee. The event starts with a parade from Sharpsburg School, followed by addresses including Congressman J. Glenn Beall. Citizens of Hagerstown and Washington County are asked to contribute flowers. a receiving depot date will be announced later.
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Antietam
National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
John E. McClure
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
Hagerstown
Washington County
Army
Memorial Day Committee
McClure
Robert Haynes
Hagerstown Army Air Force
Sharpsburg School
J. Glenn Beall
Weather outlook for Maryland Virginia and Delaware
Clear and cold with frost again tonight. Sunday sunny and warmer in the afternoon. West Virginia: clear with frost again tonight, Sunday sunny and warmer. Ohio: clear and not quite so cold but frost likely in the east portion tonight, Sunday mostly sunny and warmer.
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The
Associated Press
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
West Virginia
Ohio
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