Officers Decline Recall Reports On 29th Division
Maryland officers deny a Washington Post claim that the 29th Division of Militia and Virginia guardsmen will be recalled to active duty. Maj Gen Millan A. Reekord and Lt Col Boatwright say the reports are baseless, with no plans or funds for activation, while rumors spread from Norfolk to Hagerstown about the division’s status.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Mil
Land
Virginia
National Guard
Ito Aerive Oo
Pewspaper
Orelade
Pepe Botstuer
Hick
Post
Fifth Regiment
Millan A. Reekord
Maryland
Tast
C. ©. Boatwright
Hubtone
Norfolk
Otis
Fewer Building Permits Issued In Past Week
City records show a decline in new dwelling permits and repairs issued last week. Permits include a one and a half story brick dwelling at Corbett and Howard, a two room roof extension at Potenac Avenue, and several porch enlargements and add ons on Wyomning and West Wilson Boulevards, with costs listed for each project.
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Dennis
Potenac Avenue
Clarence
Deneen
West Ler Street
S100
Pearl Bowman
Keaward Street
Members to attend Atlantic City convention parade
About 68 members of the Phigers town Forest and wives ofterall Cellars GLodeo led by Grand Tall Coday Pranklin Miller and Mrs Miller will travel to Atlantic City for the annual convention May 23 to 25. The four hour parade on the Boardwalk is the high spot with finals showcasing Tall Cedars fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America.
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Phigers
Town Forest
Pump motor stolen from county farm near Bakersville
Theft report cites a one horsepower electric motor missing from a water piping system used to irrigate the Robert Vickers farm near Bakersville. The loss occurred sometime over the weekend and was reported to Sheriff’s officers today.
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Robert Vickers
Bakersville
Shevif
University Student Is Trapped At Bottom Of Mt St Helens Crevasse
A 21 year old University of Washington student Art Jessett (son of a Seattle minister) became trapped in a crevasse on Mt St Helens while descending with three companions. Mountaineers lowered into the crevasse but harsh ice and cold hindered rescue efforts overnight. Friends closest to the victim reported he was 60 feet below the rim and that rescuers faced solid ice walls and melting ice from the climber’s body heat.
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Spirit Lake
Wash
University of Washington
Mt St. Helens
Art Dessert
Seattle
Jessett
Broker
Aoman
Raby
Haly
Rahy
Ford Oliphant
Obehalis
Oliphant
Setuvenin EE Oliphant
Portland
Herve
Dam
St. Helens
Senators Favor Cutting Own Taxes And House Measure Will Be Passed
Washington May 1 The Senate likely will approve the House tax deduction for all 50 members of Congress. Senator Huender says he favors it and informal talks show most lawmakers support the idea. The measure would allow deducting living expenses in Washington as business costs, reducing taxes on the $2,500 expense allowance.
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Washington
Pj -Sone
Key Stavatorn
Tlowse
Congress
Senate
Sen. George
Sen. Bridges
R-Nin
Ion
I 1S
House
Sen
Huender
Lay
Appropriations Committees
Han
Truman Opposes Compromise on Civil Rights Plank
Washington May 44 The article reports President Truman's rejection of McKinney and ADA plans to compromise the civil rights fight. It notes Truman’s push for a strong civil rights plank in Chicago and quotes Sen. Herbert Humphrey and Sen. Walter George on possible Democratic positions and potential southern backlash tied to past 1948 tensions.
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Jack Bell Washington
Truman
Rank HH. McKinney
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Congress
Chicago
Herbert H.ehipau
New York
Francis Myers
George
South
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Fungus Outbreak Threatens Town Trees This Spring
Rainy spring weather brings peat blotch fungus to numerous maples and other trees. County Agent Mark Miller urges Bordeaux mixture spraying, noting it halts spread but does not cure already affected areas. Averages require about 12 gallons per tree, mixing eight pounds copper sulfate and eight pounds spray lime per 124 gallons water.
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Pardon
Larry
Mark Miller
Miller
Hiram Wantz Sr Improves at Washington County Hospital
Hiram B Wantz Sr of local list noswman was reported considerably improved at Washington County Hospital. He was admitted in critical condition after two weeks and received 30 blood transfusions since admission. treatment included iron therapy for stomach disorders.
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Hiram B. Wantz
Washington County Hiospital
Mr. Wants
Teshaw
Boy Seven Struck By Auto Near Devonshire Home
Seven year old Allen Dawson of 390 Block Devonshire Road was struck by a car near his home this morning. Investigator Charles C. Ditto Jr. of 38 Salem Avenue said the child darted into the street and he could not avoid the collision due to conditions of the roadway.
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Allen Dawson
Devonshire Road
Charles C. Ditto, Jr
Salem Avenue
Alreelm
Clean-Up Paint-Up Campaign Schedule Announced
Clyde Dyer of the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce announced the Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up campaign schedule. The campaign opens today with a series of themed days from May 20 to election day including charity salvage, paint and pick up, safety, church cooperation, health, industrial and commercial, schools, home improvement, and cleanup days.
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Clyde Dyer
Hagerstown
Nurse Confesses Poisoning Niece With Arsenic Laced Pop
Wetumpka Alabama reports a hospital head nurse confessed to poisoning her 3 year old niece Polly Ann Weldon and a second niece Shirley Diana Weldon with arsenic laced in soda and ice cream. Investigations show life insurance policies totaling 3000 dollars. The nurse denied a second poisoning and claimed an overdose of sleeping pills killed the other child. The Weldon family pursued autopsies and a warrant for murder was sworn.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Cnolly
Earle’Dennison
Hogest
Lester Flolley
Shirley Diana Weldon
Holley
Polly Ann Weldon
Mer.i Dennison
Cof
Rains Spur Soil Conservation Boost in Washington County
Flooded fields across Washington County prompt 30 to 40 requests for drainage aid from Soil Conservation Service technician Harry Leasure. Farms suffer six to eight inch water depths. plans include drainage ditches and ponds to improve drainage, provide livestock water, and aid fire protection.
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Washington County
Harry Lease
Soil Conservation Service
Sharpsburg Pike
Leasure
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SCS
Three Escape From Escape-Proof Cells
Delaware State Police report three prisoners escaped early today from the New Castle County workhouse in Wilmington. Two were recaptured within an hour. inmates identified include Joseph Langford, 27, Bellefonte Del, and Peter Grinmige, 28, Bridgeport Ohio. Warden Elwood Wilson described the cells as escape proof and noted the escape involved a saw and barn hack blade.
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Wilmington
Nel
Delaware State Pollee
New Castle County
Joseph Langford
Bellefonte
Del
Peter Grinmige
Bridgeport
Ohio
SUN
Minquadate
Elwood Wilson
Sawloe
Joy says Communists agreed to POW screening in Panmunjom
In Panmunjom the UN truce chief labeled a Communist denial of POW screening as an out and out lie. Joy accused Nam Il of opposing prisoner screening despite Allied testing showing prisoner's reluctance to return to communism. Harrison will replace Joy as senior UN truce delegate amid no progress.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm
Turner Joy
U.N
Reds
Nam Ll
Tokyo
Mark Clark
William P. Harrison, Jr
Joy
U.S. Naval Academy
Huartison
Clark
Svuce
Namif Hegan
Injunction Halts Work On Corner Street Service Building
Judge Joseph D. Mish issued a temporary injunction stopping all construction on the proposed service building at Charles and Potomac Streets pending an appeal to the City Zoning Board. The writ, sought by Elmer Funkhouser Danial Stickell and Mathias Muller Jr, cites the city zoning provision stopping work during appeals. The petition alleges Arthur Sheets received a permit April 36 and that notices were served May 2 with appeal set for May 27. The site has faced years of litigation, from parking lot plans to a one story concrete block building authorized by City Engineer Claude Williams. The court granted leave to dissolve the writ on five days notice if actions are contemplated.
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Joseph D. Mish
Charles and
Potomac Streets
City
Elmer M. Funkhouser
Danial A. Stickell
Mathias P. Muller
City Wich
Arthur W. Sheets
Sheets
Claude JD. Williams
Hancock Station Robbed By Bandit
State Police investigate an armed holdup at the Shell service station on Route 40 near Hancock. The attendant says a man about 85, 5 feet 5 inches, 135 pounds, gray suit, light colored hat, dark glasses, and a light stoop robbed the till of $12 to $15 and fled on foot. a car may have been nearby. Authorities alerted Hagerstown for lookout as they search the area.
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Shell
Hancock
Route 40
Hagerstown
Man Takes Cure for Drinking Habit in City Court
Robert Hopewell, about 60, colored, agreed to volunteer for a cure for drinking after appearing before Magistrate Paul Ottinger on a drunkenness charge. Ottinger sentenced him to 320 days in jail as part of the cure. He agreed to take medicine from a physician that will cause violent illness if he drinks.
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Robert. Hopewell
Paul Ottinger
San A Dronk
Ottinger
Hopewell
Arin
Tip On Fatal Crash Wins Daily Mail Tip Contest
A Williamsport housewife phoned in the tip about a fatal crash that killed two local children. She won $4 as first prize in the Daily Mail News Tip Contest, with photographs later published in the regular edition.
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Iof
the Daily Mail
Suit Of Brother Against Brother Removed For Trial
A $20 000 damage suit involving two brothers Raymond Kirk Ridgeley West Virginia and Richard EB Kirk Cumberland was moved from Allegany to Washington County for trial. Raymond alleges his brother drove too fast on a one lane bridge on September 1951 causing a fractured skull a broken collarbone a broken right wrist and ligament injuries.
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Raymond Kirk
Ridgeley
W. Va
Richard EB. Kirk
Cumberland
Allegany
Washington County
Richard
Raymond
Calandrelle Family Letter Reports Seattle Arrival
Mario A Calandrelle of Hagerstown Maryland is due back Tuesday in Seattle. The note mentions a Navy transport Joe P Martines and references service in Korea with a hopeful tone about his return.
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Mario A. Calandrelle
Hagers Town
India
Seattle
Want
Ihoard
Navy
Joe P. Martines
Dream Paervice
Korea
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