Crime Report Hint Sparks Indictment Expectation
Washington notes the Senate Crime Investigating Committee signals possible indictments of prominent New Yorkers over organized crime links. Chief Counsel Halley denies improper conduct by former Mayor O'Dwyer while Tobey presses for more targets. The report leaks trigger tensions among Kefauver Wiley Allen as tension over theft claims surfaces.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Rudolph Halley
Mexico
Halley
Senator Tobey
RNH
Crime Committee
New York
Tobey
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Wiley
R-Wise
Robert &. Allen
Allen
Thurmont Youth Wins First In Sheep Contest
Eugene L. Long of Thurmont won the top award in the sheep contest at the University of Maryland livestock show. The event drew about 150 animals and nearly 300 spectators with awards for champion livestock showman and reserve champion going to Long and Jerome Flood respectively. A marriage license was issued at Westminster to George Peter Buckey and Martha Ellen Bare.
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College Park
Herbert King
Damascus
University of Maryland
Black and
Eugene Long
Jerome Flood
Doris C. Fry
Silver Spring
Thomas E. Drehster
Washington
Westminster
George Peter Buckey
Martha Ellen Bare
Union Bridge
Detroit exchange program links Frederick and Wyandotte students
Twenty four Frederick high school students know more about Detroit than many natives as Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte hosts a world as a community course. A sister exchange sends Wyandotte students to Frederick May 6, with plans dating to 1945 and supported by the Junior Red Cross.
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Margaret Hyde
Detroit
Frederick
Wyandotte
Roosevelt High School
Maryland
Michigan
Roosevelt High
Red Cross
Eldon Mason
JRC
David Vivian
Vivian
Carl Hardwicke
Hardwicke
Roosevelt
Canada
Wyandoth
Newtonville High School
Newton
Mass
Denfeld High
Duluth
Emmitsburg to vote May 7 for two town officials
Emmitsburg will hold an election May 7 to name a burgess and one commissioner. Filing for the offices is due at least ten days before the election, making Friday the final day to file. Burgess Thornton W. Rodgers says he will not seek reelection. Commissioner Lloyd Ohler hopes another citizen runs.
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Emmitsburg
Burgess
Burgess Thornton W. Rodgers
Board of Commissioners
Lloyd Ohler
Draftees Guide Explains Government Appeal Agents Powers
MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL outlines how draft boards work and how to use the Government Appeal Agent to contest classifications. He notes the agent offers free legal advice and can file appeals up to induction, while protecting government interests.
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Thomas M. Nial
Washington
Sam Smith
Sam
Government Appeal Agents and Draft Board Roles Described
A wartime article outlines how draft boards and Government Appeal Agents operate to determine deferments and essential work status. It notes qualifications, duties, and the possibility of agents advising boards, with occasional legal background and a certification from General Jlershey. It also reports Marshal Henri Philippe Petain’s life sentence and recovery from pneumonia in France.
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Peal Board
Joeal
Jackson
Ager
Jim
Naetion
Wing
Draft Bord
Jlershey
Rem
Icent
Fetain Betega Hedou
France
Doalt
Henri Philippe Potain
Misused English Lesson Words and Pronunciation Guide
A compact guide highlighting misused terms like indicted and indite, plus notes on difficult words such as reticent. It explains mispronunciations for protocol, common spelling errors, and offers a daily word goal to expand vocabulary with concise examples.
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Doll
MacArthur Anniversary Flight Home to Tennessee
General Douglas MacArthur and wife celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary as they fly from New York to Tennessee. They will depart Idlewild at 5:45 a.m. aboard the Bataan and are due at Stewart Air Base near Murfreesboro after noon. This marks Mrs. MacArthur’s first visit to her hometown since marriage.
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Tennessee
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Murfreesboro
Techn
Song Recital at Storer College Honors Day Program
A musical program will be presented at Storer College Harpers Ferry West Virginia on May 4 at 8 pm for Honors Day. Mrs Eleanor Clark Moore of the Class of 1942 will sing several arias and the program will include spirituals. Say you saw it in The News.
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Storer
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Elea
Clark Moore
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