Winchester Police In Gun Test Tussle Reported
Winchester authorities planned a gun test in Frederick following a Brunswick Moose Club incident where two robbers fired during a late Sunday assault. Donald Weir and another teen were shot. Weir remained in critical condition at Frederick City Hospital as police traced Ramey and Wert and recovered two suitcases with cloth items, not money.
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Frederick
Ine
Moose Club
Buman
Culars
George Polean
Alartinsburg
Ramey
W. Ya
Brunswick
Maryland
Hagerstown
Donald Weir
Martinsburg
Brunswick Club
Frederick City
Giso
Wert
Brunin
Weir
Streight
Ain
Cattle Unhurt In Accident On Emmitsburg Road
A truckload of cattle overturned on Route 32 near Emmitsburg after the driver fell asleep at the wheel. George Franklin Hoffman of Emmitsburg, driver, escaped serious injuries. cows were pinned but later aided. The truck was owned by Merle Keitholtz of Emmitsburg.
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Emmitsburg
Taneytown
George Franklin Hoffman
Merle F. Keitholtz
Hoffman
Westminster
Kenneth D. Bond
RL Mevies
Sam W. Maples
Fred Hospital
Ofce
W. R. Cadie
Emmitsourg
Fredeti T
Local Soldier Burns Report From Army Headquarters
April dispatch from American Arm y headquarters cites soldiers from Church Creek Md including Boone and Brannock as injured in an oat oat incident. Training efforts noted but name inconsistencies appear in service records. A separate police search in Prince Georges County seeks a rapist who attacked a 16 year old Oxon Hill girl near Monday night.
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Noxohama
Lo Cal Sioweze
Ale
Mardera
Apri
Price Georges County
Galtinger Hospital
Washington
Telephone service struggle during strike reduces calls
CREPE supervisory staff maintain 12 interlocking shifts at the switchboard as business slows amid a strike. Police report only one emergency call via the police box, and city operations note very few regular calls and minimal outgoings from headquarters in the first two days.
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Nise
CREPE
E.pal
Vance
Keyser
Nursing School Finals May 21 Plans Set
The Hospital Board of Managers in Frederick City Hospital met Tuesday and approved initial plans for the Nursing School commencement on May 21. If weather allows, the ceremony will be in the Nurses Home garden. otherwise it moves to the Elm. Repair and redecorating work were approved for the Nurses Home, with new shelving and refrigeration units installed as part of a broader modernization.
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School of Nursing
Frederick City Hospital
Hospital Board of Managers
Georgianna Houck Simmons
Casper
Cline
Hospital Activi Foc Matech
Finishing Touches Added To Labor Bill
A long range bill aims to curb labor management conflicts and limit certain union practices through committee review. Some Democratic members are expected to oppose final changes before passage. The measure seeks a general approach to reduce labor disputes and regulate union powers.
Offensive Launched in Greece Guerrilla Campaign
Athens reports the Greek government announced the launch of a long awaited offensive aimed at guerrilla forces in Central Macedonia and Thessaly. The move signals a major expansion of military action with Greek authorities asserting readiness to strike targets in the border regions.
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Athens
Kestern
Macedonia
Thessaly
Durocher Suspended For 1947 Season and Dressen 30 Days
Commissioner A B Chandler suspends Leo Durocher for the 1947 season and Chuck Dressen for 30 days. Parrot, traveling secretary for Brooklyn, fined 5000. Investigation linked to gamblers and defamation claims involving Larry MacPhail and others. Details describe shifting Dodger influence toward the Yankees amid baseball turmoil.
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Durocher
Dressen
Leo Dimianacer
Toga
Baseball Compassioner
A.B Chandler
Chuck Dressen
Dodgers
New York Yankee
Parrot
Brooklyn
Wereldden Agare
Larry MacPhail
New York American League
Defama- Durocher
S Brooklyn
Legion Asks Living War Memorial Here
The Francis Scott Key post American Legion held its regular meeting and restated support for a living memorial as a community center. It donated toward a 29th Division Memorial Hospital in St Lo France and discussed a national junior baseball program with Ford Motor Company. The post plans to remove city pick up stations used for non military purposes and field a softball team in the City League. Tickets are on sale for the annual show It Happened In Brooklyn. The 1947 national convention is set for New York Aug 29 to Sept 1 and the state convention Aug 6 to 10 in Baltimore.
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American Legion
Legion
St Lo
France
Samuel J. Weston
Ford Motor Company
The
Remov Fie
Post
City
Brooklyn
New Schroeder's
Bright Spot
Tiveli
City Opera House
New York City
Baltimore
Evan- Veta Lutheran
Guird
Roop Assumes Duties as Assistant County Health Officer
Dr Donald J Roop of New Merxei has assumed duties as assistant county health officer and joins County Health Chief Kefauver in Winchester Hall offices. He completed a public health course in Anne Arun and will become coin officer later this year as Dr Kefauver refrigy.
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Donald J. Roop
New Merxei
Chcer
E. C. Kefauver
Winchester Hall
Roop
Anne Arun
Kefauver
Ravensbruck prisoners die by suicide and execution
The Bri army announced that five female Ravensbruck inmates awaiting death in Germany ended their lives. Carmen Maria Morr, a 20 year old spy, slit her wrists in her cell. Dr. Percy Tretg also poisoned himself. One woman appealed to Swiss authorities for reprieve as the French court had condemned them for atrocity crimes. Trial testimony noted mass gassings and sterilizations at Ravensbruck, with about 150,000 women and babies passing through.
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Bri
Ravensbrick
Lves
Carmen Maria Morr
Percy Tretg
Mary
Ravensbruck
Federal Council
Germany
Hich
Idle Phones Strain Western Union Amid Baltimore Strike
Western Union officials in Baltimore appeal for temporary workers with vehicles as five Maryland telephone unions enter their third day of strike. The firm reports rising load with wires to deliver and transport tasks, noting a landward increase in jobs and transportation by car and bicycle.
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Baltimore
Pro West
Maryland
Western
Boundary Plan For Germany outlined by Marshall in Moscow
United States Secretary of State Marshall proposed a US backed plan in Moscow calling for a special boundary commission under the Council of Foreign Ministers to propose a permanent German Polish frontier. The plan centers on Ruhr Rhineland control and potential international administration, with Poland to receive German areas east of the Oder Neisse while certain agricultural lands near the Oder-Neisse lines might return to Germany.
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U.S
State Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ap Wits
Hota
United
Council of Foreign Miesters
Ruhr
Sve
European Econome
United States
Saar
France
Poland
East Prussia
Upper Sile
Pomerania
Oder
Neisse
Lea
Germany
Rhineland
Council of Foreign Minister
United Nations
U. N
Revison
Polan
UMW Establishes $1060 Death Benefit for Miners
The United Mine Workers welfare fund announced a $1060 death benefit per deceased bituminous coal miner member. The announcement confirms benefits to the miners’ families as part of the union program.
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Ington
United the Workers Welfare Fund
Beneft
Birthday Dinner Honors J W L Carty at Frederick National Bank
A surprise birthday dinner was held Tuesday night in the private dining room of Jancis Scotke Hotel by directors officers and employees of the Frederick County National Bank for J W L Carty chairman of the board. He was celebrated for his eightieth birthday with cake a bouquet and cigars while bank officials lauded his long service and the cooperative spirit guiding the bank. The event recalled past milestones including total deposits around four million dollars and notable bank history within the organization.
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Jancis Scot
Frederick Conn National Bank
J. W. L. Carty
Gunonor
Arthur
Ceris
Homir
Robert Laim
Emory Fereciis HH
Mar Ang Jhoseps Lam D
Uravie
Attech
Part Of Strike May Be Ended Within Hours
Washington reports a potential early end to part of the telephone strike as negotiators hold day and night talks. Informants say the 49-union Federation of Telephone Workers debated approval of long lines changes while local operators’ strikes may continue, possibly shaping wider actions.
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Washington
Pbo
Federation of Telephone Workers
Long Hines
APD
Inflation threats loom as Truman presses price cuts
The Nation Today reports President Truman warns businessmen to curb prices amid rising living costs and potential recession. It cites inflation since World War II, a 53 percent rise by February 1947, and the relaxation of price controls after OPA’s decline. The piece notes some firms held prices, others raised them, and references a cabinet meeting and public urging to avoid profiteering. Also included is a wire note that King Christian X of Denmark suffered a severe heart attack and remains weak.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
OPA
Grea
Busine
Ford
Plymouth
Iional Harvester
York Times
No Decision Reached On Rising Prices
A White House meeting with President Truman and key advisers including Edwin G. Nourse Mariner Eccles and James E Webb discussed inflation and the price situation. No consensus was reached as Ross and Nourse described the session as a seminar with a general discussion and no firm conclusions.
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White House
Charles Row
Truiman
Sup Econone
Edwin G. Nourse
Mariner S. Eccles
Chaiman
James E Webb
Ross
Nourse
Shirt Crisis Nearing End in New York
April 92 report on the national shirt shortage easing as inventories improve. Lovell of the National Association of Shirt and Pajamas Manufacturers cites rising fabric costs and wholesale price implications. Retailers differ, with one large store predicting a shirt price drop of about a dollar within weeks.
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New York
J Lovell
National Association of Shirt and Pajamas Manufacturers
Lovell
SIO
Dennis Fails To Appear In Un-American Activist Probe
Dennis Fails To Appear in Washington contempt citation after he did not respond to a court notice. Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Communist Party, faced a contempt hearing as he missed an April deadline in the probe.
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Ington
Eugene Dennis
Commure
Dennis
Appen
City Hospital Stork Mark Falls Amid Shortages and Delays
City Hospital reports fewer births due to staffing and supply issues at Freder hospital ward. Delays in deliveries and transfer arrangements affected March figures with hospital observers noting ongoing strain from supply shortages and increased trips.
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City Hospital
Freder 3
No Knockouts Hollywood Scuffle Involving Mortimer and Sinatra
Movie columnist Mortimer alleges at Ciros night club he was assaulted by Frank Sinatra after an unprintable remark. Sheriff deputy says Sinatra struck him, knocking him down and pummeling. Sinatra representative claims the clash followed insults over Mortimer's articles.
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Frank Sina
Boos
Vox Koarm
Mortimer
New York Daily Mirror
Ciro
Sheriffs Deputies
West Hothwoods
Ord
Ric Wright
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