Not A Chance to Share U. S. Atom Bombs With Allies
Washington reports that Congress rejects sharing the U S atomic bomb with North Atlantic allies. Most lawmakers oppose arming allies, fearing loss of control and leaks. A few backers urge limited access under strict U S oversight to deter aggression while keeping weapons in American hands.
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U. S
North Atlantic
Washington
America
Congress
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congressions Atomic, Foreign Affairs and ‘Armed Services
Pentagon
Russia
Senate
Atomic Committee
W. Sterling Cole
Scouts Collect Coat Hangers For World Jamboree Fund
Scouts from Troop No. 38 sponsored by the Church of the Brethren will canvass Hagerstown door to door for four Saturdays to collect old coat hangers. Revenue supports sending a Troop representative to the Boy Scout World Jamboree at Valley Forge in July. Households are urged to contribute all types of hangers to local dry cleaning establishments.
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Boy Scouts
Hagerstown
Boy Scout
Troop No. 38
Church of the Brethren
Scouts Collect Hangars for Charity Drive May 14
The article urges Scout volunteers to canvass North End homes between Potomac and Pennsylvania Avenues north of the Western Maryland Railroad on Saturday May 14 to collect surplus coat hangers. Proceeds help fund a Scout to attend the World Jamboree with about 50,000 Scouts. excess hangers clutter closets, so donating aids both the troop and a future top honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Potomac and
Pennsylvania Avenues
Maryland
Mission to Moscow aims to ease East West tension
Moscow reports United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie arrived in the capital to discuss preventing a rupture between East and West. Prime Minister Andre Gromyko and a Soviet deputy sign minister met Lie at the airport to welcome him and discuss reactivation of UN efforts.
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Moscow
USN
Ner
Trygva Lie
United Nations
Andre Gromyko
Ohioan Murder Victim Linked To Highway Hitchhike
Investigators connected a murder victim to a hitchhiker encounter near the Sharpsburg area. A rust colored dress with grass stains matched the victim found near the Keonland station, while hair samples and lab checks are underway. The victim, identified as Betty Low from near Akron Ohio, told Yost she aimed to reach Pennsylvania to meet a fiancé. Police notify Akron officials as leads continue to be pursued.
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Ohio Canal
Potomac
Tucker
Boonsboro
John F. Myers
Sharpsburg
Yost
Ila
Betty Low
Akron
Ohio
Jie
Bedford
Beatty Low
Sherif Munson
Tiis
Slie
Sherif
Sid
Akron Polies
Tia
Washington
Munson
Morgan Coynery
West Virginia
Charles Burke
Viethio
Call for Redemption of 1950 52 Treasury Bonds
Treasury announces redemption of all outstanding 2.5 percent 1950 52 bonds dated September 15 1938 for September 1. Bondholders may surrender any or all redeemed bonds at the designated offices with interest paid and exchange procedures published in the official notice. Further details available from the Treasury Secretary and Department circulars.
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Treasury
Cochank
Honda
Chenine
United States
Breeding Atomic Fuel Could Power Peacetime Use
President Truman spoke in Idaho on a forecast for wide peacetime uses of atomic energy in farming, industry, and transport. The Atomic Energy Commission funds a new pile near Arco to test breeding uranium-238 into plutonium-239, with a diagram of a simplified reactor and flow from ore refining to reprocessing and waste handling.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco
Morton M. Frant
Steelways Magazine
AEC
Woman 115 Regains Sight After Cataract Surgery
Washington May 11 P The 115 year old Mary Brooks who had been blind for years due to cataracts regained vision after Gallinger Hospital doctors removed the opaque lens from her right eye. Hospital staff had brought her from the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for arterial treatment and the operation proved successful as she later described noticing her nurse in a blue dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marri Brooks
Gallinger Hospital
Little Sisters of the Poor Home
Mary
Gallinger
Ore high in manganese found in Russell County
Prospects report high manganese ore in the southwest Russell County area. Industrial Minerals Company diggers have signed contracts for prospecting on about 2500 acres, per County Clerk Ellis F. Hargis. Elwood Insusell of the Lebanon News notes ore samples show elevated manganese content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Russell County
Ellis F. Hargis
Industrial Minerals Company
Hargis
Elwood Insusell
Lebanon News
AFL Convention Here Next Week
A four day AFL convention will feature speakers including Governor William Preston Lane and Baltimore mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. The list spans federal and state officials such as Edward A. Garmantz and D. Kenneth McLaughlin, labor leaders, and representatives from the Federal agencies and unions. Invocations will be offered by Rev. Fr. John V. Ballard and other clergymen across the event.
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William Preston Lane
Edward A. Garmantz
Baltimore
Robert B. Kimble
Allegany County
Kenneth McLaughlin
Washington County
Thomas D’alesandro, Jr
Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown
Howard T. Colvin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington, D. E
Henry Mer
Board of Appeals
U. S. Compensation Commission
Washington, D. C
Emanuel Gorfine
Industrial Acciident Commission
William H. Mahaney
Employment Security Board
Joseph F. Dil Domenico
Dept. of Labor & Industry
Stephen C. Cromwell
Employment Security Service
Charles Kreindler
International Ladies, Garment Workers
New York City
Joseph P. McCurdy
United Garment Workers of America
Robert Morrison
U. S
Claude Wharton
Unemployment Compensation Board
Fred Thomas
Minimum Wage & Industrial Safety Board
J. 8. Smith
Virginia State Federation
Clergy and civic figures to attend opening session banquet
M Miller pastor at St Pauls Lutheran Funkstown Md Rabbi Ernst J Conrad and Rev Walter E Campher of Hagerstown are invited to the Wednesday banquet. Romayte Berard will sing the Star Spangled Banner Monday morning with Donald Ruth on piano. Lester Lushbaugh, president of the Central Labor Union, will greet delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Miller
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Funkstown
Ernst J. Conrad
Walter E. Campher
King Apostle Church
Hagerstown
Romayte ‘Berard
Donald Ruth
Lester Lushbaugh
Central Labor Union
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Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
J. A. “Inke
Hoffman
Mer
W. Washington Street
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor Corp
R.O.M
JST
PEA Stoker
Pontiac
Yingling Auto Sales & Service, Inc
Frederick Street
Y Seme
Treasury Bonds
Joh W. Snydt
Secretary of the Treasury
Treast EY TP Art Uit
Mav W. Svyder
Tresenay- Treastry
Ere
Eer
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Pentagon Bailding
Yeoman
Wade Myers
Welch
W. Va
Condr
Malcolm Cagle
Knoxville
Tenn
David Fenstamaker
Plymouth
Hassacker Motor CO
Baltimore Street
Post Office
Post
AFL
E. W. Butler
Daright
Rsflix
Insulu
Mmmican Innserman Pape
ONL
Atoe
The
Danzer Metal Works Company
W. Lee
Chamber of Commerce
East Washington Street
North Potomac Street
Oak Hill Avenue
West Washington Street
South Potomac Street
South Potomac
Treet
Pennsylvania
H. L. Mills
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