Campaign for Daniel Morgan grave memorial fund begun
The Daniel Morgan Memorial Fund committee met at the George Washington Hotel on Monday night to raise about 2 000 for a memorial at Daniel Morgan’s Revolutionary War grave. Members and contributors names will be listed on the cornerstone scrolls to honor donors and efforts, with civic clubs urged to aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Morgen
George Washing
Judge Harrison
Burr P. Harrison
Congress
Daniel Morgan
V&m
Ronald Wilson
Allen Gray
Richard Griffith
R. J. Sager
E. J. Whiting
John Rice
Merle Slifer
Joe Newlin
Curtis Barr
Ralph Cain
Gibson Baker
Ye Riley
P. G. Ireland
John Glaize
Jack Blackburn
H. A. Shackleford
James R. Snider
Moscow Radio Promotes Soviet Whale Catch Record
Moscow broadcasts scoff at capitalist fishermen claiming Soviet whaling crews set high marks. Vasily Tupikov reportedly felled 372 whales, Afansy Purgin 333, Georgy Ossyannikov 19, while a Norwegian harpooner with decades of success reportedly killed 151 whales in one season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Russia
Vasily Tupikov
Afansy Purgin
Georgy Ossyann
Farmers Field Day at Middleburg Experimental Station
The annual Farmers Field Day at the Middleburg Experimental Station will run from 1 to 3 30 pm on Thursday. W W Lewis lists ten stops covering dairy grazing breeding beef cattle palatability grasses legumes and forage mixtures with variety tests and fertility studies. Fred Stine Frederick County Agent says the pasture and hay program shows progress and summaries of experiments will be distributed to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleburg Experimental Station
W. W. Lewis
Extension Agronomist
Kentucky
Fred Stine
Frederick County
Britain Drops Missing Diplomats From Roster
Britain discharged diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean from the Foreign Office roster as a routine disciplinary measure. Both men had been absent without leave, last seen fleeing Britain for France on May 25, 1951, with MacLean headed the American Department and Burgess posted in Washington. Their whereabouts remain unknown amid Cold War speculation.
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London
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
Britain
Foreign Office
Anthony Nutting
Nutting
House of Commons
France
Maclean
Burgess
Washington
Iron Curtain
Pacific Greyhound Bus Strike Ends in Western States
Pacific Greyhound buses begin rolling after 79 strike-bound days in seven Western states. Company officials said about 3000 drivers and station employees will receive an immediate 4.6 percent pay hike and a shift from a six-day 48-hour week to five days 40 hours with no pay loss, plus cost-of-living increases if the federal index rises.
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San Francisco
Pacific Greyhound
CIO AFL Battle for Members Underway in South
George Baldanzi a former CIO official who joined the AFL says his organization will organize Southern textile workers. He aims to bring 100 000 CIO members into the AFL fold after a Cleveland convention defeat by Emil Rieve. 53 009 workers have already shifted from CIO to AFL across several states.
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Boston
George Baldanzi
CIO
AFL
Baldanzi
CIO Textile Workers Union
United Textile Workers
Batle
Cleveland
Emil Rieve
Cio-Twua
Rieve
National Textile Organization
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Carolinas
Virginia
Police Court Row Highlights Speeding and Drunk Driving
A town police court list shows multiple defendants with speeding fines from 9.25 to 15.25 dollars. Reckless driving and no license penalties appear for several offenders. Drunk driving and related charges incur higher fines up to 52.25 dollars.
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Robert M. Dunn
E. Cecil Street
Arthur G. Carlson
Strasburg
Samuel G Rosenberg
Lonaconing
Kenneth B. Swain
Route 3
Arthur Krites
Hyattsville
Theodore A. Sunderland
Smithfield Avenue
Allen Williams, Jr
Millwood
Leo A. Lewis
Ralph D. Moser
Paw Paw
W. Va
Jack A Smith
Jesse Hockman
Esty
Charles A. Peacemaker
Lee Street
Robert W. Leigh
Fairfax Lane
Sam Jenkins
Millwood Avenue
David C. Sowers
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Jen. Morgan Fund Solicitors
Moscow Radio
Old Airport
Circus Menagerie Zoo
Aippodrome
Hagan-Wallace Circus
Middleburg
Manny
Loudoun St
Cio-Afl
South
B. F. Goodrich
Beme
Shaset
Chase & Sanborn
Breyers
Kline
Potomac St
Hagerstown
Hagersta
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Ozark Ike
By Ray Gotto
Blondie
Chic Young
Henry
U.S. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
Phil F
Watschman's Shanty
By Mel Graff
Big Sister
Rea Scott
Etta Kett
Byles
Forgraves
BY Paul Robinson
Mugg and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
Doggie
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