State to Target Auto Wrecks With Traffic Court Conference
State authorities plan a summer campaign to curb Washington County auto crashes. A traffic court conference for judges and prosecutors will be held at the University of Maryland June 15 and 16, with State Police unveiling a new speeding detection device. Washington County reported 26 crashes in Hagerstown and 19 elsewhere last month, injuring 20 and causing 27 property-damage incidents, while nine deaths occurred in a year. Speed is cited as the main fatal factor by Paul E. Burke of the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission.
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Washington
University of Maryland
Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland
Paul E. Burke
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Speeding and crash tolls rising in Maryland
Maryland saw 26 247 reportable auto accidents last year with 497 deaths and 12 566 injuries, all up from 1950. Interested groups will explore measures to prevent 1951 from exceeding 1950 figures.
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Maryland
Smithsburg Vet Reenlists Using Neighbor Draft Card
A dishonorably discharged Smithsburg area veteran reenlisted by using an 18 year old neighbor’s draft registration card. Fingerprint checks linked him to the earlier discharge and he has gone AWOL. No action yet against the youth who lent the card. The army will court martial the veteran once located.
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Smithsburg
Chewsville
Selective Service
Army
William A. Tobias
Tobias
Big Pool Soldier Arrives in San Francisco on Return
Daliius B. Shives of Big Pool is among 1,905 men who arrived yesterday in San Francisco aboard the Gen. R Lt. Howze transport. Sgt. Shives and 36 Maryland soldiers are furloughed under the Army rotation program in Korea. Cancer affects more women ages 35 to 55 than any other disease.
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Daliius B. Shives
Big Pool
San Francisco
Howze
Sgt
Shives
Maryland
Korea
Car Crash on Cavetown Pike Hurts Local Worker
A 22 year old man Bernard Alding Young of Chewsville was injured when his car lost control and struck a pole on Cavetown Pike near Hagerstown. He was admitted with a brain concussion and facial cuts after telling deputies steering trouble caused the crash. More than 1,000 parts plants supply U.S. auto makers.
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Cavetown Pike
Bernard Alding Young
Chewsville
Young
Mike Farrie
Hagerstown
Local officers attend Command School at Fort Leavenworth
Eight officers from the 309th Logistics Command of the local army reserve unit fly from Hagerstown to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for a one week course at the Command and General Staff School training in modern army logistics. Later this summer 52 officers and 36 enlisted men will begin two weeks of active duty at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Amy Reserve Uni
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Haggerstown
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Washington
Frederick Counties
Government Aims to Curb Beef Prices on the Hoof
Chicago May 23 The government ordered price rollbacks to reduce cattle on the hoof by nearly 10 cents a pound by Oct 1. The move aims to lower wholesale and retail ceilings, drawing protest about rationing and possible black market activity. Officials insist the measure is fair and necessary.
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Michael V. Disatle
Office of Price Stabilization
Packera
Congress
James Olson
Austin, Minn
Loren © .Hambert
Ione
Calif
American National Cattlemen's Association
Wold
Ritley
ReNeb
Blair Mae
Meet Your Congress
Salle
Butler
Nebraska
House Agriculture Hone Mties
Washington
Quarter Days in St Mario Italy Divides Day Into Quarts
The text describes a system in St Mario Italy where the day is divided into quarters and no clock strikes more than five. It mentions a big republic and a fixed start time of eight o'clock.
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Italy
Atrikes
Rix Atrokea
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