None Hurt As Two Trolley Cars Collide
Two H and F trolley cars collided near Fal mers station on the Braddock Heights line. No injuries. a calf was killed and several passengers were shaken. The first car from Frederick to Middletown 6 40 am, driven by James Best, had cleared the calf when a second car rear ended it. The second motor man Maurice Remsburg could not stop in time. Glass shattered and reinforced beams bent on the second car. the rear vestibule of the first car demolished. Service suspended until repairs, with substitute bus service on Route No 1 from 6 40 to 7 15 am and 4 45 pm and 5 27 pm runs.
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Braddock Heights
Falmer
Frederick
Middletown
James Best
Frank Stillions
Best
Maurice Remsburg
Crick
Frank Keefer
Fulmer's Station
Carla Wolff Sentenced for Concealing Nakamura Treasure
Batavia Java August 30 Carla Wolff the Eurasian who claimed she would sleep in a gold bed was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for concealing 500000 worth of Nakamura treasure for her Japanese paramour The fortune stolen during the Dutch East Indies occupation was turned over to her at surrender Allied troops tracked the treasure after her statements A British officer has been convicted of complicity Trials continue Monday with Renee Ulrich to face the Dutch court
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Batavia
Java
Carla Wolff
Nakamura
Dutch East Indies
Carla
Renee Ulrich
Soviet demand seeks status of Allied troops worldwide
The Soviet Union urged the United Nations Security Council to identify numbers and locations of Allied forces and Allied air and sea bases outside former enemy lands. The move followed Greece related tensions and shifts in UN membership votes, with Gromyko proposing intelligence on American troop dispositions in China and allied foreign forces globally.
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Lake Success
Soviet
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Britain
Ukraine
Greece
United Nations
Security Council
Portugal
Ireland
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Thsc
Sweden
Iceland
Afghanistan
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Council
China
Gromyko
Bue
Shortage Of Men's Clothing To Continue For A Long Time
Washington reports on the persistent clothing shortages expected into 1948 with 15 million men still seeking suits by December 31, 1946 and a year more for shirt supplies. Women’s apparel remains plentiful but costly and fashion restrictions linger until CPA winds down after March 31, 1947.
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CPA
CPR
Paris Peace Conference Teetering Toward War Mood
Relman Morin reports in Paris that the 1940 peace conference shows signs of failure with public spirits in collapse. Widespread fear in Paris of a third world war grows as Molotov Byrnes clashes, Greek indictments, and Yugoslav air actions inflame tensions, contrasting sharply with Versailles history and foreshadowing a possible outbreak.
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Mercers Inhi Aed
Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Russia
United States
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Greece
Ukraine
Versailles
Georges Clemenceau
Germany
David Lloyd George
Semenov Sentenced To Be Hanged In Trial
Semenov, a 16 year old former White Guard general and Manchurian anti Bolshevik leader, was sentenced to death along with five co defendants for arming against Russia and spying for Japan. The court also sentenced Constantine Rodzaevski Alexis Bakshaev Lev Vasilevsky Boris Shepanov and Ivan Mikailov to death. Former Prince Nikolai Ukhtomsky received twenty years hard labor Lev Okholin fifteen years penal servitude. Semenov begged for mercy and offered a full confession. Only Shepanov and Mikailov refused clemency, saying their crimes were too great.
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Moscow
Gregorie Semenov
Ieades
Russia
Japan
Constantine V. Rodzaevski
Alexis P. Bakshaev
Lev P. Vasilevsky
Boris N. Shepanov
Ivan A. Mikailov
Nikolai UK
Shepanov
Azerbaijan
Mikhailov
Cotton Goods Prices Rise Again Across Textiles
OPA raises cotton garment prices by about two and a half percent at textile mills, predicting another one to two percent hike on cotton apparel. The total fabric jump exceeds 430 percent since March, tied to raw cotton costs and parity. Monthly reviews imply more increases if cotton prices climb. Also notes Truman nearing Hamp ton Roads, racehorse owner Thomas McHobart Lewis death, and the War Shipping Administration folding after wartime peak.
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Washington
OPA
Hele
Government Claims Fall Of Chengteh
Peiping reports government troops captured Chengteh central Jehol province without opposition as peace hopes rise over a five man committee to tackle China’s strife. Communists fled before near approach, Tatung siege fears persist, while an unofficial Nanking committee and U S Ambassador Stuart seek political settlement.
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Peiping
Chengteh
Jehor
China
Shin Shen Pao
Chinagow
Manchuvia
Chengteh-Chinchow
Wibape Gustad Wellare
Chihfeng
Chensteh
Oan Kalian
Chahar
Jeha Tegan
Cheng Kai-min
Kalyan Chengteh
Yenan
Tatung
Shansi
Nan‘King
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
Marshall
Chou En-Lat
Tung Pi-Wu
San Francisco
Communist Party
T. V. Soong
Wu Te-Chen
Kuomintang
Chang Li-Sheng
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
U. 5S
J. Leighton Stasrl
Committee of Five
Missing DC-3 Plane Reported After Overnight Halt
A DC-3 charter reported missing en route Newark to New Orleans landed in Lancaster for an overnight stop. Atlantic and Pacific Airlines officials in New York said four aboard. State police and Civil Aeronautics staff alerted after Harrisburg airport radioed it planned to land.
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Loncaster
Jpima DC
Deed Recorded For Property Sale At Fairview And Maryland
A deed was recorded in the clerk’s office for the sale of property at the northeast corner of Fairview and Maryland avenue in this city. The owners were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C Sunday, and the buyers were Mr. and Mrs. Robert J F Manceil. The consideration, per revenue stamps, was about $9,000.
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Fairview
Maryland Avenue
Harvey C. Sunday
Robert JF. Manceil
Cost Of Being Prepared To Be Staggering
J M Roberts Jr analyzes defense policy choices amid atomic arms race pressures. He cites Patterson and Baruch group remarks on deterrence, peace risks, and the high costs of global armament as nations race to catch up. The piece notes Soviet fears, Allied cooperation, and the danger of drifting into war through fear and escalation.
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Acot
United States War Department
Patterson
Bernard Baruch
United Nations Atomic Wey Commission
Startug
Selary
Oullopeed
Baruch Group
Lapouty
United Nations
Britain
Canada
United States
Europe
Local Draft Board Calls Eight Registrants for Induction
Local Draft Board 1 summoned eight registrants on Thursday to report for induction at Fort Meade on September 12. The group includes men aged 19 to 29 with no children. two registrants are slated for preinduction physicals, Walter Stantox Lehigh of Ma honey City Pennsylvania and Ralph Lee Shafer of Burkittsville. Inductees named are Kermit Earl Ramsburg, Alden Austin Flock, Charles Melvin Len Levi, Charles Henry Burger Jr, Jatuss Caytin Young, Ira Vincent Poole Route 1, Hilleary Cleveland Rockwell Jr Route 4, Brungwick Charles Joseph Shafer Route 2 Middletown, and Joseph Ulysses Beaver the only volunteer.
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Fort Meade
Armed Services
Walter Stantox
Lehigh
Maple Street
Mahoney City
Ralph Lee Shafer
Burkittsville
Kermit Earl
Greece faces pressure as Molotov denounces terror rule
Paris Aug 30 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov charged Greece with a reign of terrorism and sought the council to weigh claims against Albania over Epirus on the eve of a plebiscite. He accused the pro monarchist government of seeking external success to blunt internal issues and warned of dangers to Balkan stability. The Big Four stuck together on treaty sections despite Greek appeals. Russia accused the US and Britain of interference in the Greek election and called for the Greek people to choose their form of government.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Hanan
Greece
Kinge George I
Albania
Epirus
Molotoy
Dais
Grease
Foreign Ministers Council
Balkans
Gta
Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Luxembourg Palace
United States
Britain
France
Australia
Russia
U. S
Great Britain
Balkan
George II
Pan Maryland Airways Granted Extension to Start
Pan Maryland Airways Inc received a Public Service Commission extension to December 1 to begin service to Maryland points. The carrier cited aircraft and airport delays as causes for the postponement, marking a second postponement. Planned routes include Baltimore Annapolis Easton Cambridge Crisfield Chestertown Westminster Frederick College Park Havre de Grace Bel Air Elkton Centreville and Brandywine.
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Pan- Maryland Airways,Inc
Maryland
Public Service Commission
Annapolis
Easton
Cambridge
Crisfield
Chestertown
Westminster
Frederick
College Park
Havre de Grace
Bel Air
Elkton
Centreville
Brandywine
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