Local Schools Near Capacity
The county board of education met to discuss growing junior high enrollment. Benjamin Willis said the three local junior highs are near capacity and ninth grade would move to Woodland Way next fall. Bids were opened for roofing at Chewsville and Boonsboro High. painting programs target June 1. Also mentions a Roman Nose State Park in Oklahoma and an advert for Udga tablets.
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Benjamin Willis
Washington Street
Woodland Way
L. H. Miner
Chewsville
Boonsboro
Benny Bickers Named As DiCicco Fight Opponent
Dallas man Benny Bickers, described as Lt. Pat DiCicco’s rumored nightclub rival, reportedly punched the army officer inside a New York restaurant and again outside, with Bickers declining to comment on the alleged altercation.
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New York
Benny Bickers
Dallas
Tex
Pat DiCicco
Gloria Vanderbilt
Bickers
Wallace Brothers Circus Plays Hagestown Stand At Willow Lane
Wallace Brothers Circus drew large crowds at Willow Lane showgrounds yesterday. The afternoon show started two hours late due to mechanical issues, causing some early arrivals to leave. About 590 spectators were turned away from the night performance. It was Hagestown’s first circus in several years before the company departed early today for Unambembersburg.
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Wallace Brothers Circus
Willow Lane Showgrounds
Hagerstown
Unambersburg
Nazi Prisoners to Green Ridge Work Camp
About two hundred German POWs will be stationed at a labor camp in Green Ridge State Forest near Cumberland, with 50 Italian prisoners from Camp Meade expected to help renovate the former CCC camp. Prisoners will cut pulp wood and harvest fruit in Allegany County, under Third Service Command supervision, as 25,000 cords of pulpwood are reported available.
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Green Ridge State Forest
Green Ridge
Cumberland
Allegany County
Third Service Command
Baltimore
Fort George G. Meade
Hancock
Kaylor
State Department
Forests and Parks to supervise prisoners for pulpwood work
The forests and parks department will provide one supervisor for every 25 prisoners assigned to the camp. A Hancock Fruit Growers Association member supported the plan, noting prisoners would cut pulpwood in off months when orchardsmen need help, with orchardsmen having first call during thinning and harvest season.
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of Forests and Parks
Kaylor
Hancock Fruit Growers Association
Lonergan to appeal second degree murder conviction
New York May 17 attorney Edward V. Broderick filed formal notice appealing the second degree murder conviction of Wayne Lonergan who is serving 25 years to life for the slaying of his heiress wife Parthia Lonergan, a former Canadian aircraftman aged 26, convicted March 31 by a general sessions jury.
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New York
Edward V. Broderick
Wayne Lonergan
Parthia
Lonergan
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Junor High
Board of Education
Oklahoma
Roman Nose
Watonga
Henry Roman Nose
Victoria
England
Cacuffman
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Washington St
DiCicco
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Codemus
Bankerstown
Smart Rayon
W. Washington St
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