Maryland Governor Race Turns Personal Over Potomac Yacht
Aug 18 Maltimore reports a heated Maryland gubernatorial race with George Mahoney accusing Gov Lane of misusing Potomac yacht funds to fund state needs while Lane supporters denounce Mahoney as a gossiping old fishwife. The exchange recalls a 1923 poolroom arrest and the Potomac being handed from a prior administration for patrol use.
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George É Mahoney
G. Mahoney
Lane
Mahoney
Potomac
Tidewater Fisheries Department
Rane
Boas
Tidewater Enforcement
Governor Lane
Roosevelt
Maryland
du Pont
Robert B. Ennis
Democratic State Central Committee
Lane-Tawes-Hammond
Ennis
George Mahoney
North Koreans Hungry as Surrenders Rise
An intelligence officer at General MacArthur's HQ said hunger is increasing North Korean surrenders in recent days. He noted growing disorder of enemy supply routes due to air strikes and fear-driven troop morale keeps fighters in place. Hunger could loosen officers' grip on soldiers.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan Backs U N Korea Policy in Ideological Struggle
Tokyo reports the Japanese Government aligns with United Nations and Western Democracies in Korea. A 3800 page white paper outlines policy and position as the first formal government act in this strategy amid the broader ideological conflict.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Phone Lines Cut by Youths Fined in Maryland Incident
Two youths near the Frederick Hagerstown line pleaded guilty to firing across a public road while target practicing. Libert Shirer of Boonsboro and Glenn Ridenour near Middletown were fined $10 each by Magistrate Alton Y Bennett. The shooting punctured a C P Telephone cable 14 miles east of the county's western border on Route 40. Damages were estimated at $95 by telephone officials.
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Frederick-Hagerstown
Washington-Frederick County
Alton Y. Bennett
Libert Shirer
Boonsboro
Glenn Ridenour
Middletown
W. K. May
C. & P. Telephone Co
Frederick
C. & P. Lines Maintenance Department
Bennett
Speeder
William Rex Cooper
Sykenville
H. B. O'Brien
New Market
Paul M. Teeter
Lowell
Arkansas
Harold Rolleson
Albermarle
N. C
Trump
Lieut
Dorsey
Ridgely King
Edward J. Smith
Washington
Kanade
Sergt. Swomley
Miel
Joseph L. Linthicum
Fountain Mills
Nolle
Joseph Borndorff
South Market Street
Carlos Collins
Rockville
James E. McClellan
Rockwell Terrace
Officer Trump
Charles L. Snyder
North Market Street
Sergt
Ben Phebus, Jr
Snyder
Register Of Wills hearing on Smith estate funds
Register of Wills Harry D. Radg elff reports a telegram from Enid Oklahoma stating hold the money in the Smith estate until arrival. About $650 remains after funeral expenses. administrator H Kieffer DeLauter expects a small sum for heirs. Inquiries have surged from Baltimore and local residents after a newspaper item noting missing heirs. Kenneth Moore of Enid Obla questioned how the funds were learned of.
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Smith
Enid
Oklahoma
Register of Wills
Harry D. Radgelff
Register of Walls
Alice V. Smith
East’ Fifth Street
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Radcliff
Baltimore
Kenneth Moore
Enid. Obla
Plane lands safely after missing flight from New York
A Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co spokesman said a plane reported missing on a New York to Martha's Vineyard flight had landed safely at Chatham Massachusetts. The incident was confirmed tonight as the craft completed its journey without incident and passengers remained unharmed.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co
New York
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Chatham
42 Killed In State July Traffic Accidents
Baltimore August 18 UP Forty two persons were killed in Maryland traffic accidents last month a five year high for July State Police Superintendent Carey Jarman warned that the people of Maryland are too complacent in their attitude toward highway safety The figure marked a 40 percent increase over July 1940 and Jarman said progress in reducing deaths and crippling injuries on the highway will be slow unless there is willingness to cooperate on the part of all who drive The death toll for the first seven months of this year was 253 the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission reported two percent above the same period last year
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Baltimore
Maryland
Carey Jarman
Jarman
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Tightened exports rules hit Russia and furs in New York
Washington moves to license all controlled goods to 14 Soviet bloc nations, affecting Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Manchuria North Korea Romania and the U S R The AFL longshoremen in New York refuse to unload 138000 dollars worth of Russian furs from the Mauretania and earlier shipments of crabmeat were sent back Officials call furs Russia’s major export to the United States and note the shift will narrow small lot sales while broadening licensing requirements
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Washington
United States
Russia
New York
Mauretania
Commerce Department
Soviet Bloc
Albania
Bulgaria
China
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Manchuria
North Korea
Poland
Danzig
Romania
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
U. S
Moscow
Mills Withdraws From U S Senate Bid in Maryland
Hagerstown mayor Herman L. Mills withdrew as a Republican candidate for the U S Senate leaving D John Markey of Frederick County and John M Butler of Baltimore in the race to face Democratic Senator Tydings. Mills said his duty is to his city and will finish his mayoral term.
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Hagerstown
Herman L. Mills
U. S. Senate
Tydings
Congress
D. John Markey
Frederick County
John M. Butler
Baltimore
Mills
Senate
Markey
Herbert R. O’conor
U. S
Maryland
Policics
Republican Party
State Republican Organization
Washington County Central Committee
Washington County
Lawrence B. Scally
Scally
Operator Toll Dial System Is Now In Use
The Com pany of Baltimore City unveils a 4,700,000 toll dial switching system. In service today and tomorrow the A-4-A central office equipment automates long distance calls, cutting average through times from 14 minutes in 1920 to about 1.5 minutes now. About 3,600 circuits are connected, with two thirds serving Maryland operators handling nationwide calls. The system boosts efficiency for manual and dial local offices and speeds intercity connections.
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Co, & P. Telephone Company
Baltimore City
L. M. Smith
Smith
Maryland
Toll dialing cutover planned from noon today to Sunday
After months of planning the toll dialing system will be cut over in a tightly scheduled program from noon today through Sunday with no interruption to long distance service. Circuits to distant cities will be taken out of service one group at a time and cut over to dial operations as Maryland and other telephone companies coordinate with trained operators to begin using the new system.
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Calla
Baltimore
Maryland
Smith
Cllies
Porpoise Oil Lubricant Endorsed by Britannica
Britannica notes that porpoise oil resists cold weather, preventing gumming or thickening, making it suitable for lubricating fine machinery in low temperatures.
Movie Bills Coming Week at Frederick Theaters
The Frederick schedule lists upcoming film lineups: Sunday to Tuesday features Walt Disney's Treasure Island. Wednesday and Thursday offer The Great Jewel Robber and 50 Years Before Your Eyes. Friday shows County Fair in color with Rory Calhoun and Janet Leigh. Saturday and Sunday through Monday present Rogues of Sherwood Forest and Caged with Eleanor Parker. Tuesday lone showing Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. War of the remains appears incomplete.
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Frederick
Walt Disney
Spencer Tracey
Elizabeth Taylor
Western stars headline local theater bill listings
A sequence of upcoming film showings runs through the week featuring Wildcat with John Wayne on Thursday, Wabash Avenue with Betty Grable on Friday, Six Gun Mesa with Johnny Mack Brown on Friday and Saturday, Neney Goes To Rio with Ann Sothern and Jane Powell on Sunday, and a double feature Rock Island Trail with Forrest Tucker and Red Desert with Don Barry on Friday night and Saturday. The note adds a historical remark that the British Prime Minister role carried no salary before 1937 and was often paired with another paid appointment.
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Wildcats
John Wayne
Wabash Avenue
Betty Grable
Six Gua Mesa
Johnny Mack Brown
Frederick
Neney
Rio
Ann Sothern
Jane Powell
Rock Ieland Trail
Forrest Tucker
Red Desert
Don Barry
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Paul Jones
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Tkenberry
DeWitt
John R Mook
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Dennis Morgan
Missouri
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Calaboose
Braddock
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Druid Theater
Madison
Rory Calhoun
Massacre River
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
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Artoon
U.S
Gregory Peck
Helen Westcott Millard Mitchell
Jean Parker
Gunfighter
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Jane
Wyman
Morgan
Hal Roach
Sun
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Jane Heroandee
Charles Kemper
John A. Meyer
Fourth Congressional District
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Chevrolet
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al Ford
Hillside Motor CO
Pa Ue
Roy Rogers
Robin Hood OF the
PECOS
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Neal
Clark Gable
Alexis Smith
C. E. Cline & Son
Puneral Directors
E. Patrick ST
Elgin, Gruen
Bulova
Stieff
Dolls Jewelry Store
the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
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Big Pipe Creek Park
Taneytown, MD
Kehne Furniture CO
South Market ST
Ivo
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Bobby Brisconl
Robert Newton
Sydney
Perce Pearce
Byron Maseth
Lavirenre
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Petes
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Vincent
Eve
O'Connor
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Aga
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