Two Maryland men jailed for cattle theft total five years
James Kegley and Jackson Faulkner were found guilty of multiple cattle thefts in a Maryland Circuit Court. Kegley received five years and Faulkner four, with consecutive terms on some charges. The cases involved cattle valued at $1,195 and tied to markets in Woodsboro and Westminster.
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Maryland House of Correction
Patrick M. Schnauffer
James Kegley
Adamstown
Jackson Faulkner
Westminster
Kegley
Faulkner
Schnaufler
Austin Murray
John J. Cassidy
John J. Cassidy of the State Police. Sgt. Cassidy
Woodsboro
Cassidy
Montgomery County
T West Claggett
Charles A. Price
Earl Page
Homer Renn
Doubs
Begley
William Ewing Jr
John Francis Whitmore
Walkersville
Woman Killed as Elkton Storm Topples Tree
A severe Elkton thunderstorm killed 84 year old Regina Josephine Van Sant of Wilmington when a giant tree crushed her in a farm house kitchen. Wind and rain disrupted Cecil County, knocking down trees, flooding streets, and injuring no others.
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Elkton
Here
Cecil County
As Fong
Egina Josephine van Mm
Wilmington
Del
P. C. Vanoat
X. C. Dodson
van Sant
CDA Urges Towns To Protect Water Supplies
The Civil Defense Administration urged communities to plan water supply protection for emergencies and to guard against sabotage. A new manual for state and local civil defense officials outlines safeguards and contingency measures. Monocacy is cloudy at Frederick Junction while the Potomac is clear at Knoxville.
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CDA
Washington
Civil Defense
Frederick Junction
Potomac
Knoxville
Russians May Sign Jap Pact
Reported belief in the United States holds that the Soviet Union may sign the Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco next month. sources say Moscow would demand a definite departure date for American forces in Japan and oppose a bilateral U S Japan treaty, while seeking to preserve an embassy and Communist propaganda activity in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Russia
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Peiping
Red China
Soviet
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S
Europe
Selective Service Issues Students Guide for Deferments
Baltimore notes the draft headquarters released guidance for students starting or returning to college this fall. Col. Henry Stanwood explains the 1948 act allowed repeated deferments for good grades, while the new universal military training act limits deferments to one per academic year, with top students sometimes deferrable until graduation.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry Stanwood
Stanwood
Studet
Semevier
Narrow stock movement drags prices lower in New York
The market showed a subdued session with minor declines across major divisions. Prices eased by less than a dollar per share as activity remained light and trading lacked excitement.
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New York
Truman to ask Congress for stronger price controls
The White House announced that President Truman has decided to seek stronger price control powers and aims to send a message to Congress by the weekend.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
MacArthur Aide Questioned Over Far East Spy Network
The House Un American Activities Committee questioned Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, former wartime Far East intelligence chief, about the spy network of Richard Sorge. In Washington, Senate internal security probed the Institute of Pacific Relations with Louis Budenz summoned to testify.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Charles A. Willoughby
Army
Richard Sorge
Capitol
Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Institute of Pacific Relations Upr
McCarran
D-New
IPR
Louis Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Mossadegh Wins Confidence Vote in Senate
Iran's Premier Mohammed Mossadegh secures a Senate confidence vote 33 favorable and three abstentions on his stance against British oil settlement proposals. He spoke via Finance Minister Ali Varasteh as he remains ill, amid ongoing letters with Richard Stokes and W Averell Harriman. The dispute over nationalizing the Anglo Iranian Oil Company persists.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Senate
Richard Stokes
Mossadegh
Ali Varasteh
Stokes
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Abandan
MacArthur Rejects Invitation to Japanese Peace Conference
Reports say General Douglas MacArthur declined a U S government invitation to address the San Francisco peace treaty conference arguing attendance could imply representing the Truman administration. Sources note mixed signals and prior talks with John Foster Dulles amid the planned September 4 opening.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
New York
MacArthur
San Francisco
U. S
Lawrence Bunker
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Japan
Far East
Settlement Approved By Court In Funk Estate
The Orphans Court approved a 661.79 settlement for expenses from the injuries and death of Christian Frederick Walter Funk of Park Mills. The payout to Jessie Sier Catsail, sister and administratrix, relieves Norman Ford Sier of future claims, while he denies liability. Attorneys McSherry and McSherry represent the estate.
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Orphans’ Court
Christian Frederick Walter Funk
Park Mills
Funk
Norman Ford Sier
Ijamsville
South Market and
Saints Streets
Jessie Sier Catsail
Sier
McSherry
Tampico Braces for Hurricane Threat Across Gulf
Tampico and surrounding towns brace as a dangerous hurricane lingers offshore. Officials evacuated lowlands, moved thousands to higher ground, and authorities commandeered vehicles for rapid evacuation while weather officials track its path. Coastal Mexico and nearby Vera Cruz report heavy seas and property damage with strong winds likely to affect oil fields and crops.
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Tampico
Mexico
el Mundo
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Jamaica
Gulf
Vera Cruz
Merida
Yucatan Peninsula
Calutmul
Port of
Progreso
United States
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County
Frank Brunneman
ROKs Capture Important Hill in Eastern Korea
U S 8th Army reports that South Korean infantry under heavy art illery fire seized a dominating hill north of Yanggu and forced Communist forces from additional eastern ridges. Two other hills on the eastern front were captured while Reds held three ridges. UN planes and warships supported the ROK advance amid five days of fighting with about 2000 Communist casualties.
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U . S. 8Th Army
Korea
Yanggu
Associated Press
George A. MacArthur
United Nations
Republic of Korea
ROK
Would Be Surprised At Dismissals Barkley Says
Vice President Barkley says the public would be surprised by how many government employees are dismissed for Communist leanings or suspected ties. He remarks during a Washington speech on August 22, noting department scrutiny and security concerns amid Cold War tensions.
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Barkley
Washington
Macy Foe Out as Suffolk County Republican Chairman
Former congressman W. Kingsland Macy loses the Suffolk county chairmanship as Dewey backed opponents overturn his eastern Long Island base. Incomplete returns show a decisive defeat for Macy with Carmine De Sapio’s machine holding a lead over the City Hall backed forces in Tammany Hall’s New York County contest.
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New York
W. Kingsland Macy
Thomas £. Dewey
Robert A. Tait
Suffolk County
Maceyear
Long Island
Dewey
Suffolk
Carmine de Sapio
Tammany Hall
Vincent K. ImpeHitteri de Sapio
Robert B. Blaikie
Tammany
New York County
Manhattan
Premium lists mailed for Frederick Fair 89th year
The first of 6500 premium lists for the Frederick Fair were mailed. The 89th fair runs five days from October 26 with $12,000 added to awards by the Maryland State Fair Board. Grandstand acts include the Ideal Revue and Irish Horan acts, with Sam Preli Broadway Shows handling midway attractions. Governor McKeldin attends Governors Day on Friday.
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Frederick
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Maryland State Fair Board
George A. Hamid and Son
Two Adams
George Ventre
Helen Haag
Chimps
Horan
Lucky Hell
Sam Preli
Theodore R. McKeldin
County Farm Bureau
North Market Street
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Maryland
Deeds for several property sales were recorded in the Clerk’s Office. John C Lewis and wife sold two tracts near Kemptown in New Market district for about 25500 dollars. Roscoe Manners sold a 103 acre farm east of Emmitsburg for about 11000 dollars. Earl W McDevitt sold a one acre property in ML Pleasant with improvements for about 12500 dollars. Norman H Green sold a Walkersville property to Clyde Z Green for about 8000 dollars. John H Coblentz sold a New Market property with improvements for about 7000 dollars. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor criticized the defense production act as making a mockery of price control.
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Court House
John C. Lewis
Millard A. Oland
New Market District
Kemptown
Roscoe J. Manners
Murray R. Roop
Emmitsburg
Earl W. McDevitt
Raymond J. Smith
ML Pleasant
Norman H. Green
Clyde Z. Green
Walkersville
John H. Coblentz
Clarence M. Norris
New Market
Columbus
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Wisconsin Battleship Grounding Towed Free in Hudson River
The 45 000 ton Wisconsin ran aground in the Hudson opposite Manhattan and was towed free about two hours later by a New York Central Railroad tug. The ship arrived from Halifax with destroyers Gearing and Dyess and the landing ship Lindenwald on a six week Midshipmen Cruise.
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New York
Wisconsin
Hudson River
Manhattan
New York Central Railroad
Lhudson
79Th Street
West New York
N.J
Navy
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Jersey Shore
Mesick Lines, Inc
Malifax
N. S
Gearing and Dyess
Lindenwald
Midshipmen
Commissioner Field Is Narrowed To Three
New York Aug 22 three candidates remain for baseball commissioner Warren Giles Gov Frank Lausche and Ford Frick The six and a half hour meeting in Chicago narrowed the field from 11 to five and an executive council vote set Sept 20 to elect a czar with expanded powers and salary.
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New York
Chicago
Warren Giles
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Ford Frick
Associated Press
Happy Chandler
del Webb
New York Yankees
Webb
Douglas MacArthur
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State
Lausche
Giles
Frick
Cincinnati Reds
National League
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Water Supply Hit By Heavy Quake Shocks
A major quake on the island of Hawaii damaged over 200 water storage tanks along the Kona coast as two months of drought loomed. Property damage ranged from 750000 to 1000000 dollars, with significant water loss threatening supplies for about 200 families in the dry western Mauna Loa region. An aftershock later rattled Kona coast with minimal damage reported.
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Honolulu
Volcano Island
Hawaii
Kona
Ead
Mauna Loa Vale Cano
Taft Attacks Truman as Taft Mulls 1952 Bid in New England
Senator Robert A. Taft accuses Truman of tolerating Communist influence and corruption while calling the President a liar at a Rockland Maine rally. Taft, touring northern New England, says he may run for President next year and hints at early primaries in New Hampshire. He dismisses questions about Eisenhower and insists Republicans can win with organized effort.
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Rockland
Robert A. Taft
Kent Truman
Ohio
Truman
Taft
New England
New Hampshire
Portand
New Hampsh
Dwight Eisenhower
More Marylanders Due Today On Ship
The transport Simon B Buckner was due here today from the Orient with 25 Maryland men among 1214 rotation troops aboard. They will have 30 day furloughs at home before reassignment to Army units in the United States. Furlough addresses include Sgt William M Allenberg Smithsburg and Cpl John T Poo Rockville among others.
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Seattle
Simon B. Buckner
Orient
Maryland
United States
Lstee
William M. Allenberg
Smithsburg
John T. Poo
Manakee Street
Rockville
Louis Trigger
Gleithersburg
Kaesong talks stalemate cited in six session
Allied press reports accuse the Communists of bad faith at Kaesong as armistice talks stall over the buffer zone. The UN claims no progress with the deadlock continuing and notes Vice Admiral Joy had no new instructions. Air Force Maj. Gen. Craigie again replaces Rear Adm. Burke on the two man subcommittee.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations
United Nations Command
Tokyo
UNC
U. N
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Joy
U.N
Reds
Air Force
L. C. Craigie
Arleigh Burke
Arleigh Burke For the Second Time On the Two Man Allied
Bennetts oppose state land condemnation for Gambrill Park
Mr and Mrs R P Bennett filed an answer in circuit court denying the state department of forests and parks may constitutionally condemn land. The suit seeks five acres in Tuscarora district to expand Gambrill State Park. They claim the act is broad and allows abuse, and offer to gift the land if necessary. The couple contends no bona fide effort has been made to acquire the land.
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R. P. Bennett
State Department of Forests and Parks
Department
State Department
Bennetts
Tuscarora
Gambrill State Park
Department of Forests and Parks
Thomas S. Glass
Interior Holdings
the General Assembly
Conviction Reversed for Former Government Economist
The U S Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of William W Remington on perjury charges for denying membership in the Communist party. The ruling notes he had testified he was not a member. The decision overturns the earlier verdict and remands for further action as appropriate.
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New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
William W. Remington
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Martinsburg
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Roks
Macy
Dewey Foe
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Berlin
Bougainville
Portsmouth
Thomas Borrowes
Washington D. C
Naval Academy
Emweluk
Motster
Rachael Dulaney
Sinam
Joseph R. Holohan
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