T. R. Brookes Dies At Home in Emmerton Md
Longtime Harford county farmer and Jersey breeder T Roy Brookes 62 died at his Emmerton home after a long illness He led the Maryland State Grange National Grange and served on University of Maryland Board of Regents as well as several farm organizations Survivors include his widow and two children Funeral rites are planned at St Marys Episcopal Church Monday morning
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Belt Air
T. Roy Brookes
Harford County
Emmerton
Brookes
Maryland State Grange
National Grange
Board of Regents
University of Maryland
Maryland
Southern States Cooperative
Maryland Farm Bureau
Heat wave cools nearly nationwide with warmup in Mississippi Valley
The Associated Press reports a broad cooling trend across the North Atlantic states after a searing spell. New York and New England saw lower temperatures while Chicago noted relief, with Washington and coastal cities also cooling. yet the Mississippi valley awaited a new warmup that would push eastward.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
New York
New England
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Plains
Nebraska
Dakotas
Ohio River
Washington, D. C
Portland
Boston
New York City
Mississippi Valley
Bilbo Suffering From Partial Paralysis and Fever
Senator Theo G Bilbo remained weak and unaffordable at Foundation Hospital New Orleans Aug 16 with partial paralysis and an unexplained fever. Doctors expect virus infection and tests continue. Plastic surgery planned for jaw removal postponed indefinitely due to illness.
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New Orleans
Theo G. Bilbo
Foundation Hospital
Bilbo
Sally Rand and Harry Finkelstein Arrested in Springfield
Fan dancer Sally Rand and Harry Finkelstein of New York were arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. After a hearing before Magistrate William D. Conway, they were released on $500 bonds and ordered to appear Monday. Mrs. Finkelstein said she had not seen her husband since he joined the show.
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Springfield. I
Sally Rand
Harry Finkelstein
New York City
Finkelstein
Willam D. Conway
Weekend Weather With Cooler Sooner In Forecast
Weather outlook for the weekend shows a cooler trend with an overnight low near 68 and a high around 93. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible, then fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow. Monday expected fair with moderate temperatures. A trace of rain was recorded yesterday as thundershowers bypassed Frederick, with light showers in nearby valleys. Fishing Creek dam spillway water skimmed by a fraction inch while the watershed remains very dry.
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Frederick
Middletown Valley
Myersville
Wallsville
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Weddle
Frederick City
Hitler Name Libelous Applied To American
In Montgomery Alabama the Alabama Court of Appeals upheld a $900 damage award ruling Adolf Hitler’s name pinned to an American plaintiff as libelous. Judge R B Carr wrote the opinion concluding the summer term. The suit grew from a defendant paste over nine bales of cotton that likened the plaintiff to the former German dictator.
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Montgomery
Ala
Adolf Hitler
Alabama Court of Appeals
R. B. Carr
Hale County
Plane Crashes Into Sea Near Montevideo
A transport plane carrying 12 aboard fell into the sea of Montevideo just before midnight. Tugs recovered three injured passengers, leaving nine missing. The 214 passenger Sikor sky belonged to Transports Aereos y Cargueros Internacionales of Montevideo.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Sikorsky
Aereos and
Cargueros Internacionales
Monte
Morning angler reels 32-pound bass near Ceres Bridge
An angler along the Monocacy River near the Ceres Bridge reeled in a sizable 32 pound bass, drawing attention to a strong bass bite in the area.
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Monocacy River
Cerese Bridge
National Guard Prepares Postwar Camp Ritchie Encampment
Baltimore reports the 1 700 strong Maryland National Guard units mobilize for a five day bivouac at Camp Ritchie beginning Monday. Units include the 115th and 175th regiments, the 110th and 224th field artillery battalions, the 231st track battalion, and the 29th quartermaster company. For the first time barracks replace tents and veterans train recruits in WWII weapons use while the 110th defends a simulated armored threat. Governor Lane to visit for Governor's Day as 52 personnel depart from the state armory before dawn.
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Baltimore
110Th
Waynesboro Pike
Camp Ritchie
Pittsburgh
Maryland
2Nd Army
Ft. George G. Meade
Eastern Shore
Seaford
Del
Elton
Elkton
Governor Lane
Herte
State Armory
National Guard
29Th Division Quartermaster Corps
Frederick
Bradley To Visit Occupation Troops
General Omar Bradley sails for Europe to inspect American occupation forces in Germany Italy and Austria and to reassess his understanding of the Army. War Department notes Bradley may be considered for roles including Army Chief of Staff while Eisenhower heads Columbia University. Eight arrests for disturbance of the peace are listed in a separate docket. Dutch casualty summary shows 29 killed 91 wounded and one missing since cease fire. Paraguayan government reports insurgents on the run near Asuncion.
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New York
Omar WN. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Europe
Germany
Italy
Austria
Scripps-Howard
Robert C. Ruack
Radley
War Department
Haly
Bradley
Ruark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Columbia University
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Lee
Junction City
U. S. Military Academy
Therine White
Five and Half Street
Isaa and Lacey Council
Phobus Avenue
Evelyn Blackston
Middle Alley
Dorothy Orms
East Church Street
Dashie Brown
Klinehart's Alley
Ernest Dixon
Ray Hannan
Baltimore
Batavia
Java
Apesan
Fay
Netherlands
Primaries to Shape 1948 Delegates Across Fifteen States
The Nation Today notes that nearly half of the 1948 Republican delegates will be chosen in primaries starting next March in 15 states, with outcomes mainly decisive where multiple candidates contest. California stands out for Democrats with Wallace challengers to Truman. Republicans total 496 delegates from primaries and Democrats about 506. The overall delegate counts reflect shifts from 1944 results and quirks in state rules.
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D. Harold Oliver
James Marion
Washington
California
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Ohio
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Philippines
Michigan
Leng
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
Admiral King Has Mild Stroke Reports
Washington August 16 The Navy reported Fleet Admiral Ernest J King stricken yesterday shows slight evidence of a mild stroke without paralysis He is not critical and remains at Bethesda Naval Hospital Md A bulletin notes a restless night and no appreciable change in his central condition King is 59 and has arteriosclerotic changes in blood vessels The navy said he was admitted for rest and observation for vascular involvement
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Washington
Navy
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Bethesda
Department
King
Sales Tax Returns To Exceed Expectations In Maryland
Baltimore Aug 16 State Comptroller James J Lacy reported on one third of Maryland merchants in the first retail sales tax report that July revenue would be much more than expected The state had forecast 1 000 000 for July and with 21 000 of 43 000 firms reporting 500 000 the upward outlook grows Lacy sees monthly and first year totals surpassing earlier estimates with final figures not due until Sept 8 or 9 due to 15 day extensions for several large filers
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Baltimore
James J. Lacy
Maryland
Lacy
Laty
Paper workers resume talks for three WV plants in Washington
Covington Va Aug 16 representatives of the United Paper Workers of America CIO and the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company will meet in Washington Monday to resume negotiations on a new labor agreement covering three company plants, a spokesman said yesterday.
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Covington, Va
United Paper Workers of America Cio
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Washington
Arlington man attacks children with ax in early morning incident
Arlington Detective Chief Hugh Jones said a 47 year old man, Perley Gayle, attacked and critically wounded three children with an ax in Arlington. He surrendered at police headquarters and faces felonious assault charges.
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Arlington
Hugh Jones
Jones
Perley Gayle
Sugar Act Enigma Alters Race to Stabilize Prices
Washington report outlines the Sugar Act of 1948 as a partisan clash. The bill, praised by industry and agriculture for stabilizing sugar prices, includes price guarantees funded by a refined sugar import tax. Controversy centers on Section 202-e and labor provisions, with key figures like Rep. Flannagan opposing and Sen. Chavez pressing to kill the section.
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Peter Edson
Washington
White House
U. S
John W. Flanhagen
Virginia
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
Flannagan
State Departments
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
CIO
Florida
Louisiana
House
Senate
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Chavez
Department of Agriculture
United States
Unconscious Brakeman Found In Rail Yard
George D. Miller a 24 year old brakeman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was found unconscious in the Brunswick railroad yards. He was taken to Martinsburg W Va hospital with head injuries and concussion but not critical and improving. Officials say he was found between east bound tracks and foul play is suspected though an accident is likely. Miller resides in Martinsburg.
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George D. Miller
Baltimore and Ohio Rairoad
Brunswick
Martinsburg
W. Va
Miller
Truman Warns NLRB Appointees Over Ball Committee Oversight
Washington August 16 The United Mine Workers Journal reports President Truman warned National Labor Relations Board members not to bow to the Taft Ball committee. It notes Ball pressured the board to avoid major policy moves without consulting him and that Truman warned against reappointing any official who would bow to Ball.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Journal
Oday
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Congressional Committee On Labor Relations
John L. Lewis Union
Joseph Ball
R-Mina
NLRB
Joe
J. Copeland Gray
Abe Murdock
Utah
Robert N. Denham
Congress
Senate
The
Mine Workers Journal
Murdock
House
Denham
Ball
White House
Ball Committee
Chrysler Price Hike Effective on Monday Detroit
Chrysler announced price increases of 45 to 143 dollars on passenger cars and trucks, effective Monday August 16. The move follows a price rise by General Motors and others this month, with Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler models averaging about 37 dollars and most Dodge trucks about 65 dollars. Increased labor and material costs were cited as the reason.
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Detroit
Chrysler Orp
General Motors Corp
Packard Motor Car. Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Kaper-Fraser Corp
Nash- Kelvinator Corp
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Hagerstown Road Work Still Lags Open Timeframe
The Frederick to Hagerstown highway remains incomplete with the Washington county segment unfinished. Officials say completion dates are uncertain as Williams Construction faces difficulties and steel shortages delay the Frederick approach. Although many use the road during hours, it is not officially open for through traffic and safety hazards persist at active work zones.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Washington County
Thomas G. Mohrer
Williams Construction Company
Washington County Life
Mohler
Trafic
Myersville
Middletown
Gell
C. J. Langenfelder
Sen. Poffenberger
Mause
Franklin Street
M. J. Grave Company
3,000 Protest Housing Project In Chicago
In Chicago on Aug 16 police dispersed nearly 3000 protesters from a South Side housing project after 118 people were arrested for disorderly conduct over Negro tenancy admissions. Stones shattered windows and streetcar glass. one officer was hit but unharmed. Police Commander Prendergast kept patrols, with up to 1000 officers at times. Several passengers injured by glass. The project, opened recently, drew repeated protests amid white veteran tenancy admissions.
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Chicago
New South Side
John Prendergast
Fenacy
Three Dead In Wake Of Tampico Hurricane
Millers authorities report at least three dead and 19 injured from a tropical hurricane that struck the south coast, with winds of 116 miles per hour. Two of the dead and five injured came from Cerro Azul oilfields near the coast five miles south. derricks, tanks, and machinery were damaged as General Tamayo, Cerro Azul military commander, described.
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Fampico
Mexico
Cerro Azul
Gulf of Mexico
Tamayo
Two Busses Collide Injuring Twenty In Franklin Bridge Crash
Two interstate buses collided on a narrow Washington bridge over French Creek on Route 8 in Franklin pa early today injuring twenty passengers four detained at a hospital. One bus from Hanpony Lines Pittsburgh to Buffalo and a Greyhound bound Buffalo Pittsburgh collided. A strike threat looms as AFL union spokesman told a 4000 yard workers rally.
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Franklin
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Hanpony Bus Lines
Miners Dead and 70 Missing in Undersea Mine Blast
In Whitehaven England 16 victims were found dead after a blast at the William mine. Rescue teams abandoned hope for 70 missing as crews dug through rock falls to reach the four mile drift. The undersea mine extends under Solway Firth and had 121 men in the blast area. 10 escaped. Police and volunteers aided, with morgues set up as families waited at pithead.
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Whitehaven
England
Rock Falls
William
Emmy
Cumberland
Solway Firth
Irish Sea
William Pit
Stokeson Trent
Senthenydd
South Wales
Wellington Pit Mear
Dance Recital Concludes Playgrounds Week North City
The final week of the playground season opens Monday with a focus on hometown talent. Evelyn White Studio of the Dance staging a Thursday recital at eight in the Hand Shell Baker Park with many city children performing.
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Evelyn White
Hand Shell
Baker Park
Nehru Warns Both Moslems And Hindus
New Delhi Aug 16 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru warned Moslem and Hindu rioters that the Dominion of India government will spare no one responsible for communal warfare whether Hindu Moslem or Sikh. He said the government must restore peace and order. Violence waned in Lahore with 30 deaths yesterday and 115 the day before, bringing five day toll to 298 with Sikhs Hindus among the dead and Muslims shot by troops to halt looting.
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New Delhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominion of India
Nehru
Lahore
Punjab
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Grange
Bubo
Tel Aviv
Jain
Dorothy V. Ford
Hazel Ai. Doster
Montrose School For Girls
Officer Simmons
Fourth and Market Streets
Ead
Hitler
Tian van Dalen
Cleveland
Mildred McKelvey
van Dalen
Ritchie
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Admiral King
Buckeye Lake Amusement Park
Columbus
John J. Carlin
Carlin
Carlin's Park
Ira V. Moore
Tampico
AFL
Gerald D. O'Neill
Hollywood
Eng
Aue
William Mine
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