Elks Open Convention in Frederick Hosts State Leaders
The 26th Tri State Elks Convention in Frederick Md opened with 800 plus registrations by noon and a morning session at the Francis Scott Key hotel. Notables included Past Grand Exalted Ruler Robert South Barrett of Alexandria Va and Frederick officers led by Mayor Leonard C Culler. Scholarships of 300 and 150 were awarded to Atta Caroline Olson and Nancy Lee Duffy with funding from the Grand Lodge and Tri State Association respectively.
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Elke Association
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key
Robert South Barrett
Alexandria
Elkhom
Howard R. Davis
Williamsport
Grand Lodge State Association
Grand Board
Ambrose A. Durkin
Washington, D. C
Frank Colburne
Salisbury
Leon J. Buckley
Wilmington
Del
Henry Schuoler
Frederick Lodge
Liond C. Culler
John Miller
Culler
William C. Fowler
Annapolis
The
Elks
Atta Caroline Olson
Hagerstown Lodge
Nancy Lee Duffy
Olson
Grand Lodge
Tri-State Association
Mr. Davis
Miss Olson
Buckley
Miss Duffy
Nasion
E. R. Broughton
Davis
Order of Elks
Elk’s Lodges
Washington
Baltimore
Eddy
Mr. Barrett
Manton S. Eddy
Second Army
G. I. Hall
Vrzs
Vindobone
Braddock Heights
Armory
Richard S. Munson
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
Charles Byerly, Jr
C. Ray Hare
Salisbury Lodge
Richard E. Zimmerman
Francis Perrott
C. Clifton Wirts
Frederick
Mackenzies Column Marshall Stuart warn of China civil war threat
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes a weekend Nan king statement by General George C. Marshall and Ambassador John Leighton Stuart. He argues peaceful settlement in China appears impossible, warns of famine and mass deaths, and notes vested interests blocking a political settlement. The piece frames a clash between Communism and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist dictatorship and asks if new coalitions or a fresh U.S. push for peace can arise.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
George C. Marshall
U. S
John Leighton Stuart
Nanking
China
Japan
Marshall
Stuart
Marshall- Stuart
Constitutional Assembly
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshall-Stuart
Uncle Sam
Annual Inspection Of London Man's Tomb
Sutton England August 12 PE When they buried James Gibson a London merchant 200 years ago body snatchers were active and his daughter funded an annual tomb inspection to ensure the bones remained undisturbed A robed choir boy carried the key on a velvet cushion as officials prayed They looked in Gibson s tomb again today and he was still there
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Sutton
England
James Gibson
London
Gibson
Die in accident Bel Air couple killed in head on crash
Bel Air August 32 Mackie Caudill 33 and his wife Ellen of Colora Cecil county were killed Sunday when their car collided head on with another driven by Elmer Ray Adams Darlington.
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Bel Air
Mackie Caudill
Ellen
Colora
Cecil County
Elmer Ray Adams
Darlington
New Decontrol Board Opens Hearings on Price Ceilings
Washington reports that 99 witnesses will testify as the Decontrol Board opens hearings on OPA price ceilings for grain and later for livestock dairy and other commodities. Chairman Roy L. Thompson vows a fresh unbiased view while noting Congress revived OPA rules until next June unless directed otherwise. President Edward O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation opens with a call for a rapid end to controls.
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Washington
Decontrol Board
Congres
Roy L. Thompson
OPA
Can-gress
Thompson
New Orleans
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
LaFollette Faces Tight Wisconsin Primary Battle
Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr contesting the Wisconsin GOP nomination in a close race against Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy who carries the state convention endorsement. The issue is seen as a bellwether for the 1948 presidential race amid other major contests this week.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
LaFollette
GOP
Joseph R. McCarthy
Marine Corps
Vermont
South Carolina
Delaware
Nine Applications Before U N Security Council
The United Nations Security Council met in New York to resume consideration of nine applications for U N membership due by August 21. A proposed questionnaire for Outer Mongolia was to be sent to clarify concerns about its bid, with Albania possibly submitting responses from Col Tuk Jekova for potential discussion.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Outer Mongolia
Tuk Jekova
Albania
Four Blocks Burned in North Bonneville Fire
A weekend blaze in North Bonneville Washington destroyed 11 buildings across four blocks in the main district of the growing town. The fire left many residents homeless and reliant on neighbors for shelter as officials assess damages and continue investigations. Burwood A Lines of Buckeystown was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence after a Saturday night stop on Fast Patrick street. He was released on 1000 bond for a Police Court hearing tonight.
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North
Bonneville
Wash
Burwood A. Lines
Buckeystown
Patrick Street
Paul B. Rhoads
Beach Assault Exercise On Chesapeake Island Puts Middies Cadets Through War Drill
Bloodsworth Island in Chesapeake Bay hosted a naval amphibious assault for 800 Midshipmen and West Point cadets as 40 aircraft bombed the beach to ready for six waves of Marines. The ten day Operation Cand involves joint participation, with Cadets and Midshipmen observing from Norfolk area bases and returning to the main exercise at Virginia Beach. Vice Admiral Barbey watched from the carrier Catoctin as the program ran from morning into the night.
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Norfolk
Bloodsworth Island
Chesapeake Bay
Matina
Blue Beach
Avengers
U. S. Military Academy
U. S. Naval
West Point
Annapolis
Lule Creek
Virginia Beach
Daniel E. Barbey
Atlantic Fleet
International Black Market Ring Exposed in Europe and U S
Berlin officials announce the Army CID uncovered a New York family ring involved in international smuggling and a black market export import scheme. David L Warner and his four sons operated between New York Paris Berlin and Shanghai with potential profits of about two million dollars yearly.
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Berlin
New York City
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Paris
West 72Nd Street
David L. Warner
Alfred Lewis L. Warner
Air Corps
American Airlines
Oscar Selig Warner
Robert Werner
Navy
UNRRA
Shanghai
Warners
Ray Carlucci
Army Criminal Investigation Office
Carlucci
Criminal Investigation Departments
United States
Frederick DeMolay Conclave Set for Labor Day Weekend
Frederick Coapter Order of DeMolay will host a two day state conclave with registration Sunday, banquet and dance Monday. Frederick chapter members urged to attend Tuesday meeting at Mason temple to advance plans. State officers listed include Leon England Cumberland and James Hane state scribe. Attendance expected around 159 young men ages 18 to 21 with church service strawride swimming and sports scheduled. No male witches convicted in America or England.
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Frederick Coapter
Order of de- Molay
Masolnic Temple
Masonic Temple
Frederick High School
Frederick
Frederick DeMolays
Baltimore
James Hane
Leon England
Cumberland
Loma Otwood Allen
Anacostia
Charles W. Caiary
William Thomas Stevenson
Reisterstown
Ellsworth Bunce
Herbert Brown
John Marx
Hyattsville
Sentinel
Marshal
Salmoner
Alabama Civil Unrest Ends After Police Move
In Athens Alabama a Saturday racial unrest incident ended after rapid police mobilization in north Alabama. An estimated 400 to 500 whites moved through streets while 15 to 20 Black people were hurt and as many as 50 to 100 Black people were defeated or trampled. Nine hoodlum leaders aged 13 to 41 were arrested for unlawful assembly.
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Athens
Ala
Alabama
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
Highway Patrol
van Buren Gilbert
Rosenau
Gilbert
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Strikes Cut Bread Supply Across Major Cities
The Associated Press reports bread production fell in two of the nation’s three largest cities as AFL bakery and confectionery locals walkouts hit Philadelphia and Chicago plants. In Philadelphia two thirds of daily output at 13 plants were halted, with about 4 million residents impacted and losses around a million loaves daily. In Chicago about 360 small shops stopped, while large wholesalers kept operating. officials vary on projected production losses around 20 to 33 percent as unions seek wage increases.
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Associated Press
ATL Bakery
Confectionery Workers Union
Philadelphia
Chicago
Associated Retail Bakers of
Greater
Four Nations Invited to Hear Malian Treaty at Paris
At the Paris Peace Conference the body voted unanimously to invite four nations for hearings on the Malian treaty. A British proposal to refer details to the General Commission failed, with heavy debate over who should organize the hearings. Eight-member General Secretariat to include representatives from the United States Great Britain Russia and France was established and Jacques Fouque Du Parc reappointed Secretary-General.
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Paris
Albania
Mensa
Sada Meggee Tie Oy Gece
2Tenation
General Commission
A. Y. Vishinsky
A. V. Alexander
General Secretariat
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Russia
Poland
Jacques Fouque du Parc
United States
Great Britain
France
Yugoslav Fighters Forcibly Land U S C 47 Over Ljubljana
Yugoslav fighters forced an American C-47 to land at Ljubljana airfield on Aug 8 after the crew ignored calls to land. The plane carried eight military and two civilian personnel. Yugoslav authorities ordered a detailed inquiry and protested to the U S embassy over repeated sovereignty violations. No American comment was available.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ljubljatin
Tio
United States
Hitch-Hiker Robs Countian in Hagerstown
B F Spitzer of Brunswick befriended a hitch hiker at about 4 30 am Saturday and was robbed at the rear City Park of his wallet containing about 30 dollars and his registration card. The man was about 22, 145 pounds, dark hair and complexion, wearing a dark shirt and trousers.
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Hagerstown
B. F. Spitzer
Brunswick
Spitzer
Russian Poker Display Fatal in St Peters Pa
A 19 year old Merchant Marine, John D. Baldwin of Pottstown, died yesterday in a Russian poker game demonstration gone wrong. Deputy Coroner Fred Manship ruled it accidental death. Baldwin was showing the game on his grandmother’s porch when the gun fired.
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St. Peters
John D. Baldwin
Pottstown
Chester County
Fred Manship
Seizure of Stone Neck J L Case Plants Planned
The White House announced President Truman would seize the Stone Neck J L Case plants at Racine Wisconsin. In Tokyo, nonvolunteer enlisted fathers will be discharged regardless of applications, per U S Army Pacific public relations. OPA raised retail price ceilings by about 0.8 percent, part one of a new price control plan. The American Communications Association CIO says its members in international exchanges will stop handling international press traffic at 2 pm to pressure Press Wireless during a strike.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army Forces of the Pacific
AEM Las Y
Haly Press Traffic
New York
American Communications Association
CIO
Trafic
Press Wireless
Tig
ACA
Ex-Sheriff Recalls Aug 1 Siege at McMinn County Jail
Pon Mansfield ex-sheriff of McMinn County Tennessee discusses the August 1 jail siege by veterans who wounded 18 and forced the surrender of sheriff deputies. He notes sustained political victory, claims ballot irregularities, and recalls fleeing with Bo Dunn after the clash while denying firing a shot.
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Cartersville
Pat Mansfield
Sherif
Minn County
Tenn
Mansfield
Boe Dunn
Athens
Wes
McMinn
State Senate
Dunn
Coalition
All-Western
10,000 Expected For Cumberland Parade
Cumberland Maryland hosts the first postwar convention of the Maryland Department of the American Legion with about 1,300 delegates and many alternates and guests. Officials expect up to 10,000 visitors for Friday's parade of World War One and Two veterans. Candidates for state commander include C Flard Baste Brounswick funeral director, Joseph L. Ferri, and John Boshen of Baltimore.
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Cumberland Md
The
Legion
Maryland
Vincent P. Ingram
Legion Auxiliary
C Flard Baste
Brounswick
Joseph L. Ferri
John Boshen
Baltimore
Motorman Faces Diaper Challenge as Triplets Arrive
Philadelphia reports a trolley motorman Raymond Macatee, 22, caring for his 14 month old girl triplets while wife Elizabeth Macatee, 31, recovers after giving birth to twins, all at Lankenau Hospital. The father quips on the surprise and adjusts to the large family. In Tokyo, women police seek full powers and officer status, aiming to arrest suspects with brothers, as they push for equality in the Metropolis Police Board.
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Philadelphia
Raymond Macatee
Lankenau Hospital
Elizabeth Macatee
Tokyo
Metropolitan Police Board
More Jews Arrive To Seek Homes
Jerusalem Aug 12 two more immigrant ships arrived with Jewish refugees adding pressure to an already tense Palestine situation amid reports of a pending British blockade. About 3 000 refugees aboard ship or en route may be barred from land without immigration certificates fueling fears of direct action. Jewish underground groups warned of resistance to a potential blockade and possible detention camps elsewhere. Ships Yagur with 700 refugees and Henrietta Szold with 500 aboard were identified with others at sea under British escort or near Halfa.
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Jerusalem
Sith
Palestine
Maita
Jrews
Lane Surfere Sen
Naganah
Foundation
Harebor
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
Halfa
Ewes Aplivais
Henrietta Szold
Two Canneries Open in Frederick Area Pack Season
Two Frederick area canneries started operations last week with Colt and Dixon Packing Company and Frederick City Packing Company branches already running. A third, Monocacy Valley Canning, postponed its start to Tuesday with both localities set for weeks of work. Packer says outlook is a comfortable pack near normal, though not as large as last year due to crop size. Plenty of workers and ample facilities noted, beetle damage earlier on some corn reportedly reduced.
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Frederick
Walkersville
Colt and Dixon Packing Company
Colt and Dixon
Frederick City Packing Company
Jenkins Bros. Inc
Monocacy Valley Canning Company
May wave sets unofficial air speed record
A P-30 Shooting Star jet from Wright Field to Richmond Aras air base covered GAS miles in 35 minutes possibly setting an unofficial speed record of AK17.14 miles per hour, according to Army officers. Governor O Conor is spending a two week vacation at Ocean City Maryland, announced by his office.
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Richmond
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Richmond Aras
Ocean City
Annapolis
O'Conor
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