Trucker's Truck Hits Farm Youth West of Charles Town
Charles Town W V Aug 28 John Mills 21 a farm worker died after a truck owned by Kelly Bottling Company Frederick Md struck him on Route 340 three miles west of Charles Town The truck en route to Berryville Va carried soft drinks and overturned Mills died at a local hospital within an hour The inquest was set for that afternoon Newell Young 21 of this city was identified as the truck driver coroner's inquest to be held later Briggs Mills had relatives in Baltimore and Washington and planned to join the Army.
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Baltimore
Ngton
Kelly Bottling Company
Frederick
Aid
L. W. Kelly
Weston
Charles
Newell Young
Mills
Berryville
Washington
Guy E. Kelly
Tools Missing Man Is jailed
A. Carrell County man Theodore Edward Reynolds, 29, of RFD 2 New Windsor, was jailed in Frederick County Jail after an investigation linked him to the theft of tools valued at $20 from Deimar David Fox’s corn crib between Saturday and Sunday. Deputy Sheriff George Crouse and State Police First Sgt Walter K. May identified Reynolds, who was apprehended by Deputy Sheriff Austin Murray. The stolen items included a hammer a plane and a socket wrench set.
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Frederick County
Sheriffs Office
Deimar David Fox
RFD
Union Bridge
George Crouse
Walter K. May
Theodore Edward Reynolds
RFD 2
New Wind- Lot
Crouse
Fox
Simpsons
Rer
Reynolds
Austin Murray
Jenner seeks blocking of surplus Baltimore sale
Washington dispatch reports Senator Jenner urges Attorney General to halt the War Assets Administration sale of a surplus Baltimore building to Transit Storage Corp arguing the $508000 price is ill advised and the building could house storage for the mint printing office saving rentals.
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Washington
Jenner
R-Ind
Tom Clark
Baltimore
Transit Storage Corp
Clark
War Assets Administration
Mment
Time to Reduce U S Debt Urges Caution in Budget Review
A 1940s era editorial argues the national debt should be cut when the economy booms and taxes are high. It recalls debt trends from 1919 to 1955, cautions against deficit financing, warns that delaying debt payments inflates risk, and blames both parties for past overspending.
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Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Treasury
T Beith
Marx
Pleasant Weekend Forecast After Friday Thundershowers
Weather bureau predicts a pleasant weekend after Friday storms. Scattered thundershowers caused minor flooding and hail in parts of the city and county. Today with a high near 82 to 83, tonight's low around 62, and Sunday mostly sunny with highs near 87. Monday expected warm and humid with some thunderstorms.
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Tnday
First World Council of Churches Opens Sunday
The opening of the First World Council of Churches is set for Sunday in York with Belis leading Protestant and Eastern Orthodox participation. The country will observe the event as embers of the church open fly in Gain. The Net Church offers 40,600 cites to observe the event.
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First World Council of Churches
York
Belis
Acre
Embry
Axis Sally Faces Jury Return to United States
Axis Sally Muldred Elizabeth Gillars, 48, a Port land Maine native, landed in the United States to face a Federal grand jury on treason charges over Berlin radio broadcasts to American troops. The Justice Department notes the evidence must show overt acts and intent, with Gillars accused of using the Home Sweet Home program to urge soldiers to surrender. Gillars previously lived in Berlin bombed-out cellars and had been released to report to U.S. Army authorities.
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Muldred
Elizabeth Gillars
Ory
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Portland
U. S. Army
Justice Department
Miss Radio
Miss Gillars
U. S
France
Germany
Justice Comminent Radio
England
Africa
Berlin
Northrice
Halz
Ts Sally
Ifidge
Sweet Home
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Iva Toguri D’aquino
Los Angeles
Japan
Tokyo Rose
Irs
D’aquino
San Francisco
Lodge Proposes Shared Electoral Vote Plan
Washington August 21 Senator Lodge Massachusetts plans revival of a constitutional amendment to divide a state’s electoral votes by the percentage of the popular vote won. He argued the plan would replace the current winner take all method and reflect election day totals. Supporters from the South and Northeast weighed in during interviews ahead of the next session.
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Washington
Lodge
Dama
Work On Shenandoah Bridge Is Resumed
Harpers Ferry West Virginia August 21 Work on the steel superstructure of the Harpers Ferry bridge over the Shenandoah River was resumed Monday after a three week shutdown. Company officials gave notice of materials as the cause of the sudden cessation in late July. Grading of approaches continued without interruption and will be pushed through the fall and winter with aerial road building set for next spring.
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W. Va
Shenandoah River
Noriage
Wih
Mysterious Witness Sought in Underground Probe
The American Activities committee drafted a subpoena for J. Peters identified by Whittaker Chambers as head of the Communist underground before 1937. Peters may refuse to talk, but immunity from deportation could be offered in exchange. Open hearings are set for next week with Chambers and Alger Hiss to testify.
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Cumimnntt House
Govern Miller
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Peters
Con R-Califh
Nixon
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Bond issue favored for Frederick County schools
Eugene W. Pruitt Frederick county schools superintendent urged passage of a pay as you go bond for a school building program before the Glace Valley Lions Club. He cited about 1 660 900 dollars for improvements at Liberty town Thurmont and Middletown and proposed 10 to 15 year short term bonds. The event was introduced by Paul J. Green with other guests including Geo L Barrie Walkersville and Rev Wm C Roval. First Vice President J Stoners presided in Powell’s absence.
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Frederick County
Eugene W. Pruitt
Glace Valley Lions Club
Board of Education
Geo. L. Barrie
Walkersville
Wm. C. Roval
Fredenck Club
J. Stoners
Woodsboro
W. D. Powell
Canada
Couple 72 Wed This Time For Keeps
The couple reveals marriage plans for this week as one member becomes general manager of a company succeeding late Frank C. Thomas who was killed in a CI work incident. A local report notes a cherry tree in Dickerson showing regrowth with blossoms and apples on the same branches after earlier foliage loss.
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Ne Company
Mar
Frank C. Thomas
Org
W. T. Moxiey
Dickerson
Mass production housing plan aims to curb costs and rents
The Nation Today outlines three paths for affordable housing under the new act. Emphasis shifts to mass production and prefab homes with FHA backing, RFC loans, dealer financing, and large builders. Rental housing gains government price controls, with income protections for families and penalties for discrimination.
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Deci
Federal Housing Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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FHA
Imortgage Insurance
I Surance
Retaliation by Moscow Likely on Lomakin Case In U S
The State Department expected to revoke Lomakin’s exequatur next week after a delay to wind up affairs. Washington weighs possible Soviet retaliatory moves including accusing a U S official of misconduct and expelling him. The note also rejects Soviet charges of connivance in the Kasenkina kidnapping and related cases.
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Aus
Cpod Lomakin
Lomakin
Soviet Union
Ngo
Oksana
Rasenkina
New YK
Truman
State Department
Department
Kasenkina
Mikhail I. Samarine
Mountain Fugitive And Sister Die In Arkansas Fire
In Harrison Arkansas a 60 year old mountain fugitive named Herboud Brown and his bedridden sister Dora perished when he fired on a posse for ten hours then killed his sister and set their timber dwelling ablaze near Buffalo River before killing himself. State police Director J R Porter said the charred bodies were recovered from the ruins late yesterday.
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Herboud Brown
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J. R. Porter
Arkansas State Police
Auto Liquor Store Damaged In Crash
A damaged liquor store suffered injuries after a crash near Beguin Goily. State police report a driver named Rares D. Benard, age 37, from Was Stgre Teooper, involved in the incident. Several witnesses described the scene and the store’s damaged interior.
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Beguin- Goily
Bauer
Lomakin Plans Thursday Departure Amid Kasenkina Case
New York dispatch reports Consul General Lomakin still arranging travel for himself and family while raising threats over medical access in the Kasenkina case. Soviet Vice Consul Chepurnykh says Lomakin had discussed a return to the USSR months ago. Roosevelt Hospital declined Lomakin’s plea to have two named doctors examine Mrs Kasenkina, saying they are not surgeons.
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Jacob
Sox
Sahos
Lomakin
Enver
New York Cer
Gothenburg
Sweet
Lomna
Zot i. Chepurnykh
Lormakin
Kasentina
Maryland Senator Proposes Tax Break on Unearned Income
Annapolis Aug f1 P.-State Senator Wilbur R. Dulin proposes abolishing or reducing Maryland's 3 percent tax on unearned income and allowing a deduction for federal taxes. He cites a nearly $29.5 million general fund surplus and argues the move would lower Marylanders’ tax bills. He notes earned income tax may be cut or left, and warns that no deduction for federal taxes creates a tax on tax.
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Annapolis
Wilbur R. Dulin
Anne
Kundel
Maryland
Lane
James J. Lacy
Dulin
Tai
Arsenal Of Bureaucracy And Wastebasket Referenced In Historic Notes
A chaotic wartime mention in Oklahoma City recounts the so called arsenal of bureaucracy and wastebasket practices used to handle orders and reports from Soviet occupied lands. The talk references intelligence data from 1946 noting shifts in personnel and logistics, implying evolving wartime procedures. In Braddock Heights, a lightning storm damaged Joseph Rhoderick’s cottage on Jefferson Boulevard, injuring no one and sparking further damage to a nearby barn near the Vindebena Hotel.
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Oklahoma City
Arm
Joseph Rhoderick
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Soviets Stage Raids as Berlin Tensions Rise
Soviet controlled police abduct two German officers from the American sector as clashes loom along the Berlin border. American, British and Soviet forces clash over cross sector raids while talks with Russian commanders stall. protests flare after Potsdamer Platz raids and a prior anti Communist riot.
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Russas
Ans
Sailies
Alexander Kotikov
Alexander Jelisarov
Jelisarov
Potsdamer Platz
Aist
R R Names In Mixed Messages Across Rail Hamlet
Dispatches recount conflicting spellings and addresses around Hancock West Virginia as mail routing and local references create confusion amid a railroad naming mix. Officials report petitions and unloading details while noting a hamlet near Rai? remains unnamed.
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