Vets Pension Bill Signed Expands benefits for millions
President Truman signed two laws raising compensation and pension payments for more than 3,000,000 veterans and dependents. Increases take effect July 1 and are reflected in July checks. The laws raise limits on income for eligibility and boost many monthly rates, with war and peacetime service affected. Samuel J. Weston, Veterans Administration official, can provide details.
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City Hall
Return To Normal In Suez Canal Zone After Conflict
Ismailia May 24 report notes quick recovery in Suez Canal Zone after four months of British Egyptian clashes. Road blocks removed, traffic and port work resume. dockers back at Port Said and Suez. British patrols lessen as governance stabilizes and canal traffic continues. Distinct entities include Ismailia Port Said Suez and key figures not specified.
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Tots found dead in old icebox in Saugus yard tragedy
Saugus Massachusetts May 24 two six year old girls Trena Forte and Beverly Pingree were found dead in an abandoned icebox in a neighbor's yard. Police say the door slammed shut after they climbed in while playing house, suffocating them. Their parents had reported them missing eight hours earlier.
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Trena Forte
Beverly Pingree
Britain appoints Dr W G Penney to lead atomic test
The report states Dr W G Penney is slated to oversee Britain's final atomic test set for Monte Bello Islands off Australia. Details describe a test facility being prepared amid a robust, highly technical program with emphasis on safety and procedural readiness.
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Australia
State lawmakers tour Southern Maryland aboard yacht Po tomac
The Maryland State Legislative Council continues its three day educational tour: 100 state senators and 16 House members sail from Patuxent Naval Air Base to St. Marys City and Solomons Island aboard the yacht Potomac. In Marlboro warehouses they note Switzerland as Maryland tobacco's top European buyer and hear protests the market is weak due to last year’s vote against privatized government supports. The tour ends tomorrow.
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Marlboro
Switzerland
Motion Picture To Be Exhibited At Presbyterian Church
A new sound film commemorating 150 years of Presbyterian missions will be shown in the educational building of the Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 7 8 p m. The film And Now Tomorrow features a distinguished cast and portrays Marcus Whitman and Sheldon Jackson as they opened the Northwest and Alaska for the gospel. The public is invited. the premiere occurred at Carnegie Hall during the church general assembly meeting.
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Northwest
Sheldon Jackson
Alaska
Carnegie Hall
New York
With General Assembly
Four-horned Isle of Man sheep called Lonesman
The Isle of Man hosts four horned sheep known as Lonesman or mouse-colored, living on hilltop lands with poor soil which keeps them small in stature.
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Girls With Circus Contribute Clown Ideas for Skits
The Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus arrives in Haverstown in June with a cast of girl riders aerialists and impersonations. The show features new costumes and routines crafted by performers and designers, produced by John Ringling North with Barstow directing and White on wardrobe. Tickets and show details for the air conditioned mammoth tent promise a lavish program led by famed acts including Spunk gorillas Gargantua and Mile. Tate, Colorado highlights an elevation of 14 000 feet in North America.
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Richard Barstow
Myles White
Cootie Commander Visits VFW Today
The Military Order of the Cagite will host a visit by their national commander in Hagerstown at one o clock. An invitation dinner will follow for officers of the VFW and related groups with ceremonies led by Omar Shank and others. Mention of Buddy Poppy sale by disabled veterans noted.
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Leonard i Buck
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Gaw
Hagerstown
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Former Sheriff Sentenced For Embezzlement
Ellicott City Maryland May 24 former Howard County Sheriff Frederick G Kramer pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received a one year suspended sentence in the House of Correction Judge James Clark presiding without a jury. The prior indictment by the Howard County grand jury included six counts involving a sum of 3209 allegedly owed the Maryland State Unemployment Compensation Board. The state abandoned all but one count, a token embezzlement charge, with Kramer's attorney Jerome A Goughean arguing the defendant did not consciously divert funds and it was a bookkeeping error.
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Frederick GC
Kramer
Howard County
House of Correction
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Howard County Grand Jury
Maryland State Unemployment Compensation Board
Atate
Jeroma A. Goughean
Playground Plans Again Discussed
The Hageratawn playground organization discussed locations and personnel for a summer playground system. It will open several weeks after school closes and run until classes resume. A full site announcement will come soon. Another committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 13.
Atomic Energy Commission postpones test to Sunday
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed another atonia test until at least Sunday morning. Weather conditions are not expected to delay the schedule. the agency cited forecast stability and pending updates from the AWC.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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