UMT Program Anticipated From Compromise Bill
The compromise bill outlines a universal military training system with a five member commission and Defense Department oversight. It would extend service to 94 months for inductees, allow deferments, and pay trainees thirty dollars a month for six months in training camp.
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Senate
Defense Department
Russell
UMT
Gail
Congress
U.S
Truman
Defense Marshall
George Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D.tex
UMIT
United States
Secretary of Defense
Army
Air Force
Navy
Crould
Fairchild Earns $1.34 Per Share
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp reports 1950 earnings of $3,094,768 or $1.34 per share, a record year with $60,226,797 in sales, $118.2 million in unfilled orders at year end rising to about $175 million by March 31 1951, and dividends of 60 cents. President Richard Boutelle cites contract production and low airframe weight as key gains, with $6 million expansion planned at Farmingdale and Hagerstown and higher working capital needs for equipment replacement and expansion. He expects production to rise through 1953 barring major international tension.
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Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Richard $. Boutelle
Boutelle
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Farmingdale
L. L
Hagerstown
Houstelle
Italian Reds Suffer Setback in Gothic Line Elections
Reported results show Bologna 48,159 government 44,666 Communists. Ravenna favors Christian Democrats 30,114 to 23,752 Communists. Rovigo leans government 12 to 4. Other Gothic line cities vote this week. broad turnout near 9 million of 10 million eligible. Unofficial tallies from Milan Genoa Venice reveal Catholic bloc leads in provincial and city councils with varying Communist shares.
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Logna
Bologna
Rel-al- Hed
Christian Democrats
Reds
Rovigo
Ravenna
Christian Democrat Coalition
Ligurian Sea
Adriatic
Ministry of the Interior
Milan
Genoa
Venice
Local Soldiers Report For Basic Training At Fort Meade
Former resident of 411 Guilford Ave hears from friends. Pvt. Clark R. Corder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corder, Keedynville, assigned to the Medical Replacement Training Center at Fort Meade for basic training. He will complete six weeks of basic subjects including carbine firing. Pvt. Earl L. Yeakle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Yeakle, Clear Spring, to Indiantown Gap for six weeks of basic training after processing at Fort Meade. Pvt. John W. Yeates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Yeates, will join the 5th Infantry Division at Indiantown Gap after Fort Meade processing, with six weeks of basic training including carbine firing.
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Pvt
Clark R. Corder
Russell Corder
Keedynville
Medical Replacement Training Center
Fort Meade
Earl L. Yeakle
Benjamin Yeakle
Clear Spring
Sth
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
John W. Yeates
Chester Yeates
5Th Infantry Division
Obituary notices from Mt Vernon area and surrounding towns
Obituaries report deaths and funeral plans for several local residents across Mt Vernon Keedysville Mercersburg and Tyrone. Mrs Anna Storey 1015 Oak Hill Avenue died at 2 am after a week’s illness with services planned in Suter and interment in Rose Hill. Ida Highlands 86 Mercersburg will have 2 pm Thursday services at Lininger with burial in Fairview. Paul Bikle aged 66 Sunbury died suddenly at Aldine Hotel with funeral in Tyrone today. Surviving relatives are listed for each case along with church affiliations and last residences.
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Mt. Vernon
Anna Storey
Anna Miller Storey
Oak Hill Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Winter Street
Shippensburg State ‘Teachers College
Johns Hopkins ‘University
Shepherd College
John W
Sallie( Stover) Storey
Storey
Trinity Lutheran Church
Willing Workers
Women’s Missionary Society
Maryland State Teachers Association
Mary Storey
Catherine S. Littleton
Suter
Wilson PL
Rose Hill Cemetery
Ida Highlands
Ida (Angle) Highlands
Mercersburg
John and Mary (Brubaker) Angle
Claylick
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Nelle H. Garnes
J. Edgar J Highlands
Mercershure
Lininger
Emmett Colestock
Fairview Cemetery
Paul F. Bikle
Paul V. Bikle
Christian
Alice J. Bikle
Fred Bikle
Aldine Hotel
Sunbury
Paul PB. Bikle
Dayton
Ohio
Slster
Albert O. Mullen
National Lutheran ‘Home
Washington, D. C
Tyrone
Roland Hebb Elected Jaycee Head in Hagerstown
Roland Hebb was chosen as the new president of the Hagerstown Jaycees at a recent election. He is staff supervisor at Fairchild Aircraft Corporation and active in scouting and Civil Air Patrol. New board members include Stanley Bunnell Leo Cheney Howard Gibney and others with plans for several Jaycee events and a June investiture dinner.
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Hagerstown
Jaycee
The
Jaycees
Stanley Bunnell
Leo Cheney
Howard Gibney
Roland G. Hebb
J. Earl Knott
Philip Lawrence
Herbert E. Niner
James M. Rice
Harold E. Winder
J. W. Donnelly
Ralph Goldeman
Joseph Hade
Bernard Goernier
George McAdams
William D. Burroughs
FCC clears CBS color television ruling upheld by court
The Supreme Court upheld the FCC decision backing CBS color telecasts and a fast launch plan. RCA and major manufacturers argued compatibility issues with black and white sets and warned adapters or converters would be costly. RCA predicted further reconsideration. Dumont said no plans for CBS color receivers.
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Federal Communnications Commission
FCC
CBS
Suprema Court
Justice Frankfurter
Black
New York
CHS
RCA
Setimakers
Supreme Court
Radio-Tv
Allen PB Dumont
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc
Dumont
Vets Insurance Director Quits Amid Apathy
Washington May 29 veteran life insurance chief W Breining quits after 31 years directing the program and 12 years without a vacation. He resigns as the VA’s 11 200 a year assistant administrator citing constant pressure and fatigue, saying he has done his part and needs a rest. He is 45 years old last Thursday and has led operations since 193?
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Washington
W. Breining
Breining
Veterans’ Insurance
Regrant
Veterans Administration
Southern Railroads Seek Ten Percent Passenger Rate Increase
Washington May 29 The South s 27 major railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a ten percent boost in passenger fares to cover higher operating costs The last hike in the South was in 1948 and Western lines had a larger rise in 1949 leaving Southern lines to seek a smaller adjustment for both coach and sleeping car rates
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Washington
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fastern
Southern and Western Railroads
Musk compounds and odor sources across species
The musk scent comes from the musk deer but is also emitted by musk bearing animals in various regions. Other odor sources include the musk ox, musk rat, musk duck, musk shrew, musk beetle, and the Central American alligator, reflecting a wide range of biological origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Elinor Mish Graham Publishes Third Maine Life Book
Elinor Mish Graham essays life in Maine in a third book, drawing on her childhood days, button collecting, and family ties. The author, once with Walter Hampden, reflects on life along Casco Bay and the theater family background in Hagerstown.
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Elinor Mish’ Graham
Maine
College
Walter Hampden
Law
Strong
Mra
Graham
Hagerstown
East
Frank W. Mish
State
Vandenberg and Hickenlooper clash over Korea plan notes
Vandenberg and Hickenlooper spar over a January joint chiefs study on Korea conditions. They dispute whether tentative proposals for air power, Manchuria reconnaissance, and a Formosa force were withdrawn or altered.
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Yan
Yalu
WAB
Vandenberg
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Star
MacaArthur
Hee
J. Lawton Callins
Army
Tokyo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manchuria
Red China
China
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Joint Chiefs
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Korea
United Nations
Hickenlooper
Relowa
Vanden Jhere
Vanderverg
Joint Chiefs of Staf
Collins
Burns Fatal To Negro Minister
The Rev. Joseph H. Mann, a 38 year old Norfolk Negro minister, died from burns suffered last Saturday under mysterious circumstances. He claimed two white men abducted him, saying they would run Negroes out, then set fire to a house and pushed him into the flames. A witness said Mann escaped the blaze with burnt clothing. two men were seen fleeing. The house fire caused minor damage. police pursue the investigation.
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Norfolk
Joseph H. Mann
Mann
Robert Simpson
Suay
Shupson
Edifice Most Veered by Moslems in Jerusalem Scene
Next to Mecca’s Kaaba and Meidtua’a Masque Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock on Solomon’s Temple site stands the edifice most veered by Moslems.
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Mecca
Jerusalem
Sues for Two Million Over WWII Sheep Losses
A plaintiff alleges damages totaling 2 million dollars citing declines in the World Union's sheep population after World War II. Officials reported numbers show a drop from about 60 million to roughly 30 million, with causal claims under review.
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Westinghouse
U.S.A
Holzapfel
Washington Street
Fairchild
Martin’s Cold Storage
Middleburg Pike
Guilford Avenue
B Co
APO
Care
N. Y
Roland Hebb
Man
Cumberland
Frederick
Mia
Ann Willis
Alexander Hotel
R. D. McKee, Inc
City Hall
Burns
H. L. Coder
Winkler
E. Washington St
Crouse Produce
Tose
Allied van Lines
Thomas Bennett & Hunter
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Federal Savings Cloan Fun
Non- Somathan St
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