Detrick Expands 400 Acres Near Shookstown Road
The War Department plans permanent acquisition of 400 acres along Shookstown road used by Camp Detrick for experiments. The land, bought from Austin Thomas and others, includes the grid area tied to Biological Warfare research. Additional purchase of the 50 acre Wide Pastures farm and four acres from J. D. King was confirmed in June, with no plan to move Edgewood Arsenal to Frederick.
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Shookstown Road
Camp Detrick
Satedae
Tai
War Department
Austin Thomas
Helen Roberts
Charles Krantz
J. J. Summers
Marion Specht
E. Austin Baughman
Chemical Warfare Service
Edgewood Arsenal
Frederick
Detrick
Harry M. Free
J. D. King
Bright
Fall Down Stairs Fatal To Woman In Thurmont
Mrs Nettie E Grushon aged 80 died after a fall from a second to the first floor of her home at 15 Carroll Street Thurmont She was found by tenant Lee Fisher who summoned a physician She died about 10 30 PM after an hour of treatment The county medical examiner ruled accidental death due to shock The funeral will be Monday at two o clock at St John s Lutheran Church Thurmont with burial in United Brethren cemetery Funeral directors M L Creager and Son.
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Carroll Street
Thurmont
Nettie E. Grushon
R. Paul Buhrman
Lee Fisher
Joseph J
Seraphina Buhrman
Foxville
Grushon
A. W. Haover
Calvin T. Fox
Hanover
Charles Fox
Sabillasville
Postal Employes to Meet In Annapolis
The first post war convention of Maryland postmasters and postal supervisors will be held in Annapolis on August 20. William A. Strohm of Annapolis is president of the Maryland chapter of the National Association of Postmasters, and Roy McK Harris of Frederick heads the Maryland Chapter of Postal Inspectors.
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Annapolis
Maryland
William A. Strohm
National Association of Postmasters
Roy McK. Harris
Frederick
Red Cross Geneva Talks Seek Wartime Peace and Safe Havens
Mackenzie notes a Geneva Red Cross conference examining war prep and humanitarian ideas. Bolivian mothers and children zones gain attention while Swiss MPs urge global neutral “oases of humanity” for refugees. The piece ties these proposals to fears of a new war and the Paris conference timing.
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3. M. Roberts, JR
Feis
Red Cross
Geneva
League of Nations
Genevese
Paris
Switzerland
Slayer Of Sailor Found On Destroyer Manhunt Ends
On the U S S Stribling a two week secret hunt ended with an FBI and ONI oral confession by David Joseph Watson a Norfolk Va born Navy cook third class He admitted attacking strangling and killing 19 year old Benjamin Leroy Hobbs aboard the ship near his bunk July 25 Watson was in custody for 12 days and his description of the crime led to the case's closure Hobbs who would have been discharged to help his widowed mother run the North Carolina farm died five days before his scheduled discharge
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Key West
Fla
U. S
FBI
Office of Naval Intelligence
Cook
Benjamin Leroy Hobbs
Nebo
N. C
David Joseph Watson
Miami
Joseph E. Thornton
Watson
Thornton
Norfolk
Hobbs
North Carolina
Anniversary Marked Incoma Case Of Bertha Byers
A year ago Miss Bertha Byers fell on cedar steps in Hagerstown and has remained in a coma at Washington County Hospital on a liquid diet. A brain operation failed to restore consciousness, despite swallowing ability and steady wealth, in a case noted among medical annals. The report also mentions a bus strike in Danville ending after a CIO drivers union compromise.
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Hagerstown
A. Augby
Bertha Byers
Miss Byers
Washington County Hospital
Britain Will Act In Iran Trouble Without UN Taj
London reports Foreign Office says Britain may take unilateral action if violent threats arise in Nan Iran or against British lives and property. Iran protests Indian troops moving to Basra near the Persian Gulf and seeks their removal. Troop movement allegedly for replacing others near oilfields amid labor problems. Spokesman says law and order could preclude UN consultation. Security Council has no troops.
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London
Foreign Office
Nan
Tiwain
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
India
United Nations
Security Council
New Attack on Starlings in Hospital Park Tonight
Round three of the city police versus starlings will be staged at Hospital Park arena at 7 15 this evening. Lieut Frank Dorsey reports last night’s one man raid used eight fireworks volleys aimed at treetops. A larger squad will continue the raid under Dorsey’s plan to induce birds to abandon the trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Park
Frank Dorsey
Dorsey Malone
Fred Straley
Dietz and
Carty
Dorsey
Coal Output High Despite Rail Shortage in 1945
Washington reports a coal shortage issue cutting weekly rail car capacity by about 810,000 tons while mine production stays at record levels. The Coal Mines Administration notes 20,000 obsolete or repair-needy cars, especially affecting West Virginia and Kentucky pits. Despite this, combined bituminous and anthracite output surpassed 12,000,000 tons each full work week since June, with June 8 to July 20 total at 81,180,000 tons versus 78,490,000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
The
Coal Mines Administration
West Virginia
Kentucky
Estate Bought As Churchill Memorial
Churchill’s country estate at Chartwell has been purchased by a friend for a permanent national memorial to the prime minister after his death. Churchill’s family will continue to reside there during his lifetime.
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Winston Furenill
Chartwell
Contia
Churchill
Steps To Secure Terminal Leave Pay Is Announced
Washington reports President Truman signed a law granting about 15 million veterans terminal leave pay totaling roughly 2.7 billion dollars. The measure provides cash or five year bonds and outlines four steps for veterans to file, with aid available at 3,000 veteran centers and state or county service offices.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
White House
Treasury, War and Navy Departments
Veterans Service
Gether
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
A Bomb Not Responsible For Quakes
Washington reports two scientists said no back-up link between Bikini atoll subsurface atomic blast and Caribbean earthquakes exists. Geologist Howard Meyeroff noted shock reached surface but not enough to trigger quakes. Atomic physicist J H Rash called energy of bomb a pin-prick compared with natural forces.
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Washington
Bikini
Caribbean
Howard Meyeroff
American Association For the Advancement of Science
J. H. Rash
The
Federation of American Scientists
To Die Near Brother's Life Term Cell
In Montgomery Alabama William Edgar Alston a 41 year old man condemned for stabbing his wife to death in 1945 faces execution at Kilby prison. His twin brother Julian Alston serves a life term for a separate murder in a neighboring cell, with clemency hearings pending and a scheduled 12 01 a m start time on Friday August 16.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pale
William Edgar Alston
Kilby
Alston
Chauncey Sparks
Walker County
Tallapoosa County
Julian
Accident at Union Station Injures Eleven
Eleven persons were injured when a switch engine bumped a string of passenger cars at Union Station during the Washington St Louis express setup. The end car struck a dead end block as trains were being formed.
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Washington
Capital
Union Station
Paul Revere Chandler To Face Trial
Brankfurt Germany August 9 Army intelligence officers said U S agents arrested Douglas Arnold Chandler who broadcasted for the Nazis as Paul Revere and are holding him for trial in the United States on treason charges. Chandler 47 was seized February 28 at Kempton Bavaria and confined at an American internment camp near Frankfurt.
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Brankfurt
Germany
Army
U. S
Douglas Arnold Chandler
Paul Revere
United States
Chandler
Kempton
Bavaria
G-2
Frankfurt
Washington
Max Otto Koischwitz
Okay
District of Columbia
Axis
Chicago
Cornell
United States Navy
Baltimore
Middies and Cadets Join In Amphibious Training
Three hundred fifty second classmen from the United States Military Academy boarded the U S Okanogan at West Point for joint amphibious exercises with the US Navy at Annapolis. They will travel to Little Creek Virginia for a mock assault on Bloodsworth Island in Chesapeake Bay, accompanied by several ships and landing craft, with training lasting until August 24.
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West Point
N.Y
United States Military Academy
U.S. S. Okanogan
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
FBI Identifies Some Lynch Mob Members in Monroe GA
Washington reports the FBI has identified some members of the mob that lynched four Black men near Monroe Georgia on July 25. Gov Ellis Arnall and Attorney General Tom Clark were to be briefed as investigators pursue arrests and the full round up of the participants.
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Washington
Auglia
FBI
Nake
Monroe
Peet
Ellis Arnall
Georgina
Tom Clark
Georgia
Clark
Atlanta
John R. Trost
Maj
W. E. Spence
Georgia State Police
Spence
Watson County
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Antique Sale Brings $20,000 in Virginia Auction
A large crowd attended a public sale near Hamilton Virginia that grossed over $20,000. George and William Martin offered a late father’s antique collection, with high prices for Sheraton mahogany tables, a Queen Anne dropleaf, and Hepplewhite pieces. William A. Herndon managed arrangements, S. Reed Gallaher assisted as clerk.
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William A. Herndon
Leesbure
U S German Zone Aims as Way-Station to Palestine
Frankfurt Aug 9 General Joseph T McNarney said the U S zone of Germany could serve as a way station to Palestine and predicted that displaced persons would cost American taxpayers at least 80 million dollars a year after UNRRA suspends operations. He noted a well organized movement of Jews into American occupied Germany and an organized evacuation of Jews from Poland.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Palestine
UNRRA
McNarney
Poland
Conference Votes Down Russ Plan at Paris Meeting
Paris Aug 1 The Peace Conference rejected Russia’s bid for a two thirds voting rule for all recommendations. Secretary Byrnes defended Allied unity, saying the United States will not be dictated to and will make concessions but not surrender, as Russia maintains veto power via the Foreign Ministers Council. The plenary backed a British compromise allowing both voting rules to be weighed with varying weight in treaty drafting.
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Paris
Russia
Byrnes
United States
Sum
Avi
Foreign Ministers Council
Rules Committee
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
Soviet Union
Slaughter Heads New Inquiry Amid Aluminum Probe
Washington Aug 9 Congressman Slaughter resumes leadership of a House inquiry into surplus property disposal amid claims of possible government and corporate involvement. War Assets Administration halts aluminum sheet deliveries after an FBI-WAA probe. 43 veterans’ certificates used for bulk purchases. Promoter Benjamin F. Fields named as the committee’s first witness next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh D. Wise, Jr
House Committee
Slaughter
Missouri
Truman
Wise
Slaughter Committee
Benjamin FP. Fields
Senate War Investigating Committee
Garsgon Munitions Combine
Plane Aid Rushed To Quake Areas
Planes rushed aid today to stricken regions of the Dominican Republic Haiti and Puerto Rico after a series of earthquakes and tidal waves. The U S embassy in Ciudad Trujillo requested doctors and nurses as Red Cross camps opened. Refugees crowded into hills and observers reported shoreline changes and destroyed houses across Matanzas and coastal towns.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Republic
Bham
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Atlantic Ocean
Mora Passage
Matanzas
Dominican
Guayando l Observitory
San Juan
Maui
Hispaniola Island
Red Cross
Pan American Airways
Tulis Molina
Cabrera
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Nettie Grushon
Mackenzie
Sailor
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iPi
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United Motor Drivers {Cio
Thistown
Britain
Churchill Memorial
Marines
Treasury
Paul Revere’ Chandler
Baltimorean
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Virginia
Hamilton
U. S. German Zone
Palestine Way
Parley
Capitol Hill
Trinidea Ak MG
Harry C. Kiemfus
American Hotel Corp
Kiemtus
Robert L’anglaise
Mantanzas
Mario Abreu Penzo
Santiago
State Department
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