Robbery spree hits Frederick county area city wide
A two thief gang raided sites in Frederick city and county last night. Loot includes a bicycle a 1942 sedan a $600 camera a $100 cash register and various household goods. Police believe the pair struck Mt Pleasant and Ritchie tourist homes then moved to New Market and an Emporium Pa car.
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Frederick City
Walian
Far Buns Emo Ee
Hig Moost
Harrison
Ridgeville
Frederick
Ritchie
Charles Steward
Pottstown
DeSoto
Sievard
Sieward
LaSalle
Jack Brown
Charles E. Ritchie
California
Brown
China
North Carolina
Anoter Place
North Market Street
Vance A. R. Wachter
Lester Anderson
Emporium
Anderson
Wachter
New Market
Ed Hemby
Hemby
Maryland State Police
Sheriff's Office
Embargo on U S Coal to Canada Lifted
The Office of Defense Transportation announced the partial embargo on United States coal shipments to Canada is lifted. It targeted the Canadian National main line over delays in returning freight cars, while Canada Pacific remained unaffected.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
Canada
Canadian National
Bathways
Dominion
DDT
Canadian Pacific Railway
ODT
of & S
Bomb found under Downing Street archway hoax
London police guard uncovered a bomb beneath an arch from Downing Street toward the Foreign Office opposite Prime Minister Attlee. Scotland Yard said the device lacked a detonator and Home Office experts labeled it a hoax placed near the Colonial Office, within 25 yards of a previously unexploded bomb.
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London
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Attlee
New Students Register Friday at Frederick High School
Frederick High School principal Harry Smith announced that new community and veteran students must register Friday at 10 am. Counselors Miss Mary Rhoads and Grayson Barker will assist with course selections and enrollment guidance. The notice excludes pupils recently promoted within the district.
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Frederick High School
Harry ©. Smith
Mary Rhoads
Grayson S$. Barker
Cold Front Edges East Toward Crop Relief
The Associated Press reports a slow moving cold front from the Rocky Mountains toward the Midwest with potential rains to relieve heat. The Chicago Weather Bureau expects relief in the Plains within 48 hours and cooler conditions around the Great Lakes, though widespread heat remains elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Plains States
Great Lakes
Bureau
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Unions Face NLRB Privilege Loss Over Non Communist Affidavits
Washington reports that the NLRB will bar unions from using its services unless all 51 CIO executive board members sign non Communist affidavits and all 15 AFL federation council members comply. Denham says the affidavits must cover top to bottom leadership under Taft Hartley. About 306 000 union officials would be affected.
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Washington
PCIO
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
AFL
Robert ‘N. “Denham
MLRB
Denham
AFL and Cio International
NLRB
Ben Gold
New York
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
aSidavii
First Woman Drawn For Jury Objects To Serving
Miss Ramelle T. Rol lex of Catonsville spoke of distress at being drawn for jury service at Baltimore Circuit Court. Miss Heller, the first Baltimore county woman called, said she has no interest in politics and prefers exemption. Mrs. Mervin Ellingsworth, Towson Woman's Club president who did the drawing, expressed hope she would not be called again.
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Jonson
Baltimore County
Marsland
Ramelle T. Rollex
Catonsville
Mervin Ellingsworth
Towson Woman's Club
Bilbo Weaker Report From New Orleans Hospital
Foundation Hospital said Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi was weaker this morning after a restful night. No further medical details were disclosed.
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Bilbo
New Orleans
Foundation Hospital
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dmiss
Increased Premiums For Frederick County Fair
Frederick County Fair premiums rise across households livestock and pomological classes. Maryland State Fair Board grants 10000 in prize money, up from last year. Premium lists mailed early to exhibitors while entry time frames expand and season grandstand tickets return with daily coupons.
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Frederick County
Maryland State Fair Board
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Fair Board
George A. Hamid
Winter
Mutual Insurance Office
Investigation Of Housing To Begin In Washington
A group of Congress members returns to the Capitol to launch a $100,000 housing inquiry and settle a chairmanship dispute between Sen. Tobey and Sen. McCarthy. The fight, tied to the Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill, delays a long range plan to build 35 million homes over 19 years.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate House Committee
Loved Another Ends Banker Adams Life in Suicide Note
North Hollywood California August 19 A 67 year old Hollywood State Bank president Claude A Adams shot himself with a .38 pistol and left seven notes including one to his longtime secretary Merna Lassen. He was found in his bed in a $70000 home with a fatal chest wound. Detective E W Smith said the secretary had resigned in June after 13 years of service.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Hollywood
Det
E. W. Smith
Claude A. Adams
Hollswood State Bank
Merna Lassen
Smith
Adams
Negotiators Seek Early Contract Deal at WV Pulp Co
Washington state negotiators for the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co and the United Paper Workers of America CIO pursued a quick settlement today. An early agreement on a new labor contract was the aim of both parties.
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Washington
West Virginia
Uo. and Paper Co
United Paper Workers of America
CIO
Torture Doctor Convicted by American War Crimes Tribunal
An American war crimes tribunal convicted Dr. Karl Brandt Adolf Hitlers personal physician of crimes against humanity in Nazi medical experiments on concentration camp victims. The four man court found him guilty of direct responsibility for high altitude freezing malaria mustard gas sea water and sterilization tests. Sentences will be passed Thursday.
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Nuernberg
Karl Brandt
Adolf
S. S. Medical Corps
Brandt
Telford Taylor
U. S
U S Tries To By Pass U N In Dutch Indonesian Crisis
Lake Success August 1947 Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko denounced the United States for attempting to impose its good offices on Indonesia. He said the U N should form a commission for arbitration and investigation and accused Washington of bypassing the Security Council.
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Russia
Security Council
United States
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Indonesia
Council
Commission For Arbitration and Investigation
Gromyko
Two Jailed In Bond Default
Charles and LeRoy A Thompson, residents of 109 Five and Half Street, were arrested Monday afternoon by Special Investigator Allen Bart Zis on a warrant by their employer Harry Lawson and Mrs Margaret Myers of Quaker City Cleaners. Charles faces charges of larceny of a coat and pants and theft of a wrist watch. LeRoy faces larceny and receiving the coat and pants and unauthorized use of the motor vehicle. Both are jailed in default of $1000 bond each. A hearing is set for Wednesday night for the two.
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Charles
LeRoy A. Thompson
Five and A Half
Allen Bart
Zis
Harry Lawson
Margaret | Myers
Lawson
Quaker City Cleaners
Charles Thompson
Bartgis
Mer
Half Hour Private Talks At Conference In Brazil
Secretary of State Marshall and Argentina's Foreign Minister Juan A. Bramuglia held two half hour private conferences at Bramuglia’s apartment in Quitandinha Brazil. They discussed all main points of the inter American defense treaty and exchanged views. General Marshall said they emerged with a statement given to Bramuglia.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Argentina
Juan A. Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Gen. Marshall
Netherlands announces drastic retaliation near Salatiga
Batavia Aug 19 The Netherlands Army said it had taken drastic retaliatory measures against Indonesian forces that tried to push forward near Salatiga about 40 miles north of Jogjakarta the Republican capital.
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Duich
Batavia
Java
Salatiga
Jogjakerts
True Word In Jest Delivers Triplets to Snyder Family
Philadelphia report states Leon ard Snyder a World War Two veteran has seven children now, two weeks after he joked his wife would have triplets. Yesterday Mrs. Snyder gave birth to a girl and two boys confirming the jest.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Snyder
Snyder
Countian Returns from Hawaii After Thirteen Years Away
Duke Heatherly, long-time Honolulu resident and musician, returns to Frederick after 13 years away. He recalls island life, runs a Cosmopolitans orchestra, and predicts Hawaii statehood soon. Heatherly, 31, left Creagerstown in 1934 for Army service and a career amid breezy Pacific life.
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Hawaii
Duke Heatherly
Duke
Honolulu
Creagerstown
Frederick
Heatherly
Woodrow Free
Brunswick
Frederick County
Islands
Frederick Mountain
America
iDuke
Washington
United Airlines
Tam
National Airport
Dar
Market Street
Florida
Arthur W. Heatherly
Rane
Truman reshapes top posts to speed European displaced persons work
President Truman announced a shift in three high level posts to accelerate U S action on the European displaced persons issue. Ugo Carusi moves to oversee all aspects of the program including resettlement, Watson B Miller becomes Commissioner of Naturalization and Immigration, Oscar Ross Ewing replaces Miller as Federal Security Administrator.
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Washington
Truman
Ugo Carusi
Immigration and Naturalization
Justice Department
Watson B. Miller
Naturalization and Immigration
Carusi
Oscar Ross Ewing
Democratic National Committee
Miller
Charles G. Ross
FTC targets steel industry price fixing in landmark case
The Federal Trade Commission charged the steel industry with a vast conspiracy to fix prices and limit competition. The action may not lower prices soon and could lead to court battles, appeals, and possible Supreme Court review, with long delays and uncertain effects.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
U. S. Steel Corp
Irving S. Olds
U. S. Steel
Congress
Justice Department
The
Trade Commission
America
Cadiz Blast Kills Dozens Shatters Historic Port
Cadiz Spain Aug 19 newsmen estimate more than 100 killed and thousands injured when a naval torpedo mine factory and warehouse exploded last night on the Cadiz peninsula. The blast wrecked San Severiano, damaged shipyards, and left Cadiz without water electricity and rail service as rescue units converged from nearby cities.
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Cadiz
Spain
Echevarrieta
Larrinaga
San Severiano
Jerez de la Frontera
Malaga
Huelva
Sevilla
45 Out For A's Try-Outs
About forty five baseball hopefuls from Washington Virginia Philadelphia and Frederick and Vicinity appeared by 11 o clock at the Philadelphia Athletics school at McCurdy Field which began at ten and will run to tomorrow evening John Dutch Brennan Connie Mack scout said focus was on pitchers and hitters Joe Boley and Bernie Guest led infield and pitching instruction Scouts registered at the Francis Scott Key hotel and will hold classes at the field this afternoon and tonight Try outs continue tomorrow.
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Washington
Virginia
Philadelphia
Frederick
Philadelphia Athletics
McCurdy Field
John “Dutch” Brennan
Connie Mack
Joe Boley
Brennan
Bernie Guest
Francis Scott Key
Vacation Fatal Car Crash In Wildwood N J
Genevieve Spicher, 25, of Cumberland Maryland, died today when her car collided with another in Wildwood New Jersey. Sister Jean Spicher, 22, and Ruth Williams, 25, were injured at Mace Hospital. Five other passengers were treated and discharged.
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Wildwood
Genevieve Spicher
Greenway Avenue
Cumberland
James Stein
Mace Hospital
Jean Spicher
Ruth Williams
S. 8Th St
Philadelphia
Extended Forecast for New York Region and District
The forecast shows near normal temperatures in New York state with above normal levels elsewhere in the district. Cooler in upstate New York Wednesday with rising temperatures elsewhere Thursday and notably cooler by the weekend. Scattered showers are expected in the northern section Wednesday with general showers and storms late Thursday or Friday totaling 0.33 to 0.67 inches.
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New York
Middle Atlantic States
New York State
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F. H. S. Andrets
Hitler
Countian
White House
Wildwood, N. J
Gayle
Arlington
Perley Gayle
Arlington County Emblame
Leslie
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