Two Men Drown in Baltimore Flash Floods
A Sunday night storm caused flash flooding near Baltimore with up to four feet of water at the Peace Cross intersection on U.S. 1. Two men drowned and a third is missing as Route 7 remains blocked. rainfall totals and affected nearby towns are listed.
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Baltimore
Peace Cross
Washington
Bladenaburg
Benson Staite
Towson
Pikesville
Waterloo
Rockville
Easton
Frederick
Conowingo
Cumberland
Salisbury
Peace Crouse
Blood Drive Seeks 125 Pints in Hagerstown Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile arrives in Hagerstown to collect 125 pints of blood. Residents are urged to donate a pint between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at St. John�s Kamieran Church. Volunteers walk in to contribute during the visit.
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Hagerstown
Red Cross
St. John's Kamieran Church
Traitor Suffers Brain Hemorrhage in City Hospital
Robert H. W. Best a 54 year old former newsman convicted as a traitor for broadcasting German propaganda during World War II fell ill with a cerebral hemorrhage. He was reported in fair condition at City Hospital the day after his stricken seizure in his Charles Street jail cell Saturday. Best is serving a life imprisonment sentence imposed April 16 1948 for treason.
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Weston
Robert HW. Best
Germain
City Hospital
Charles Street
Best
South Carolina
Red Army presses near Pohang in Korea fighting
U S Fifth Air Force and ground forces clash with retreating Reds along the Naktong front. The 24th Division advances north from Kyongju toward Anga as planes bomb enemy tanks, artillery and supply hubs. Dozens of enemy dead reported as air power backs Allied troops in the pocket between Pohang and Kingju.
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Pohang
Sea of Japan
Kingju
U.S
Korea
Kyongju
Anga
Naktong River
Changnyong
Mrcj
Clifford Buckbee
Tacoma
Wash
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Earle KE. Partridge
BC Headache Powders or Tablets for Fast Relief
Classic ad copy promotes BC Headache products offering rapid relief from headache and neuralgia. It touts world famous ingredients in powder or tablet forms and claims equal effectiveness between formats. The message urges use as directed and notes price points 10c and 25c.
Obituaries from Hagerstown area feature Foulkg and Reeder families
Mrs Charles B Foulkg of Hagerstown and Lola G Reeder of Park Hall die after long illnesses. The Foulkg service will be held at Church of the Brethren with interment at Test Haven Cemetery. Reeder's funeral is at Boonsboro with interment in Locust Grove Cemetery. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, and several siblings.
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Avey
Bparrowa Point
Charles B
Brand Forks
N. D
Hill Cemetery
Church of the Brethren
Paul
M. Robinson
Test Haven
Death notices fill page with multiple obituaries
Bertha Mra Marshall died at 76 in Downsville after a brief illness, leaving husband J Frank Marshall and several children including Mrs Paul W Flook and Myrtle V Mars a, with many grandchildren. Samuel M Groh, 70, farmer of Williamsport area, died at Williamsport Sanitarium after a long illness, survived by relatives including niece Mrs J Fred Warrenfeltz and nephews. services set at East Funeral Home with Rev Donald Stonesifer officiating. Lorena Ingram, wife of Charles M Ingram, died at Magee Hospital Pittsburgh after two years illness. siblings listed, funeral at Noplek Manor Church with Rev Wesley Chureh officiating. Ola V Forsyth, of 147 s Street, died at home aged 71, daughter of Joseph and Mary Taylor. survived by daughters and a son, with church connections noted.
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Bertha M. Marshall
Bertha May Marshall
J. Frank Marshall
Downsville
James FL
J Mary (Crampton) Jamison
Antletan Furnace
Paul W. Flook
Magerstown
Myrtle V. Mars
Baltimore
Sylvester Nownshire
Alvey A
Hagerown
Leonard EL
Rhinche Jianison
Antietam Furnace
James Jamison
Trenton
Worthington Jam JSON
Sharpsburg
Harvey Jamson
Willlaneport
East Funeral
Boonshoro
W. Macdonald
View
John Moyer Groh
Elizabeth Magalles Groh
Horn
Breathedaville
Groh
Garland E. Groh
Hagerstown
John D. Groh
Hershey
East Funeral Home
Tomarrow
Donald R. Stonesifer
Fairney Cemetery
Lorena
Ingram
Lorena DB. Ingram
Charles MH. Ingram
Magee Viosaltal
Pittsburgh
Welock
New York City
Wilistin Haines
Farindundale
New Jersey
Nplek Manor
Revo Wesley
Hurehey
Ola
Forsyth
Ola V
John A. Forsyth
S Street
Joseph Mod Saray
Iinsey Taylor
Church of the Brethren
Mauchters
Albert Lid Reaver Creek
Pant
Max
Tomato grower uncovers glauconite loam treasure in Calvert County
W Kaylor of Hagerstown fame has found a greenish black subsoil in Lions Creek Calvert County along the Patuxent River. He set up a lab in 1939 to study the glauconite loam and now sells the rich subsoil for about 36 a ton hoping for a new major industry.
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W. Kaylor
Calvert County
Kaylor
Lions Creek
Patuxent River
Baltimore Sunday Sun
Hagerstown
Fall Winter Fashion Book Ad Promises New Designs
An old newspaper ad offers the Fall Winter Fashion Book with over 125 new fashions and long coat designs. It promotes quick orders, mentions special handling of orders, and lists patterns from V New York with 20 cents price and calls for name address and size.
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Pattatn
Aidklyess
Ha- Beestown
Mel Daily Mail
Mayache Atation
New York
Witer
Dallern
iVlenty
Wings Bestowal for Nine Girl Scout Troop 20
Nine members of Wing Scout Troop No. 20 received wings at a Municipal Airport ceremony led by Army Reserve Captain Joseph M. Ebbitt. The event, held in the line hangar due to weather, marked the end of a year long training in flight theory map reading weather observing airport safety and first aid.
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Joseph M. Ebbitt
Army Reserve
Ellender Morgan
Gwendolyn White
Betty Ungeld
Mary Louise Harner
Helene Dunn
Helen Clark
Liane Doub
Stewardenses
Edwina Lantz
Barbara Zepp
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Norman Purnell
Girl Scout Council
Kenneth Sinn
Jordah Benn
Pat Spensard
Betty Lou Sinn
Barbara McSherry Walck
Katherine McCulloch
Earl Knott
Aviation Committee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Athe Clty
Frank Brookiman
Harry Beatty
Give Air Patrol
Paul Holmes
Peter Potter
Frank Brook- Tan
Charles Ake
J Eugene Davis
Air Scouts
Freight Rates Threaten Farmers Pocketbook Growth
Freight costs squeeze farmers and agribusinesses as transport expenses rise, limiting margins and challenging investment in soil health and growth initiatives. Rising rates strain budgets across farming sectors and threaten expansion plans tied to soil-enriching practices.
Fear 25 Dead In Ohio Wreck
A troop train crash near Ohio during foggy dawn killed 25 soldiers. The Spirit of St. Louis diesel collided with another locomotive, shoving a rail coach aside and sending debris down a 15 foot embankment. Survivors waited as authorities organized rescue and cautioned silence.
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Joe Warhola
Simpson
Ward
Warhola
Spirit of
Vast Catholic Eucharistic Service Draws 113000 at Forbes Field
More than 100000 worshippers packed Forbes Field for the Pittsburgh Diocese Eucharistic party the first since 1947. Holy Name Societies from 10 western Pennsylvania counties joined bishops, two archbishops and 700 priests in a two hour service that filled stands on the field and streets.
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Pittsburgh
Forbes Field
Holy Name Societies
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Pirates
Harvey Scott
Benediction Service Amid Fossil Fish Find
The Most Rev. William T. Mulloy, Bishop of Covington, urged a strong faith to guard against poisonous doctrines during a benediction service amid rocks containing fossil fish and floodlit displays. He spoke to a crowd about maintaining faith in challenging times.
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William T. Mulloy
Covington, Ky
Theft Reported in Potomac Avenue Auto
Harry Queen reported a tire tube and rim stolen from his parked auto along West Antietam yesterday. Communists demonstrated across three West German cities on Memorial Day with clashes to which police responded arresting 68 demonstrators. Johns Hopkins University traces to 1876 founded by Johns Hopking.
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Harry Queen
Potomac Avenue
West Antietam
Berlin
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopking
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WARK
Republican Prima
Authority of
Huntsberry’s Restaurant
South Potomac Street
Meet South End
Manbeck
Ridenour
Lola G. Reeder
Willam C. Reeder
Park Hall
Springfield Hospital
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Alice Poffenberger
Mohreraville
Calvin Lum
Woodrow Jones
Jean Baker
Boonsboro
Franklin Lapole
Middletown
Ralph
Donald Stonesiter
Locust Grove Cemetery
Samuel M. Groh
Williamsport Sanitarium
Daveno
the Curtain Shop
Potomac St
Milly’s
Fear
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Audi
Lydia E Pinkhand
Yan May Perfor
Ryan Finkham
W. Washington Street
Clevelar Columbs
Buffalo
Detroit
ALL American Airways
Middle Atlantic
Air Parcel Post
Cycology
Cea
MD Monty Fot Amy
Ocnay
Cushwa
Arqunt
Earle
Washington St
RAYON
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