Man Struck Early Today By Auto Dies
Charles R. Horton a 26 year old farm laborer of Route 4 Mt Airy was fatally injured when struck by an automobile in front of Sportsman Inn on Route 40 about eleven miles east of Frederick at 12 10 am today. Horton died at 6 30 in Frederick Memorial Hospital less than six hours after treatment. Driver identified as Patrick J Duffy 38 of Hagerstown was released after Horton injuries were not expected to be fatal. Horton crossed from the Inn to his parked auto on the north side of the highway. the vehicle traveling west struck him carrying him 35 feet before stopping. He remained conscious only briefly. skull fracture with bleeding from both ears and other injuries. The body was taken to the funeral home at Winfield with arrangements to be announced.
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Charles R. Horton
Mt. Airy
Sportsman's Inn
Frederick
Horton
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William A. Mutchner
Edwin F.nikirk
Patrick J. Duffy
Hagerstown
Jamison Cold Storage Door Company
Duffy
Mutchner
Sportsman’s Inn
Mutchaher
Stave
H. P. O'Brien
C. M. Waltz
Winfield
Deer Season Opens Monday in Frederick County
The six day deer season begins Monday in Frederick and surrounding counties with many hunters expected in the mountains. A Snook's store Lewistown check station is used and a game warden will be stationed there. Only male deer with two points or more may be hunted, bag limit is one deer, and hunting rules cover bows, pistols, shotguns, rifles, and water safety. Weather in Garrett County is poor for hunting with 14 to 25 inches of snow, freezing rain, and temperatures around 19 degrees. roads open but chains advised.
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Frederick County
Snook’s
Lewistown
Snook
Frederick
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Cecil
Worcester
Garrett County
Recount Opens In Michigan Governor Race
Detroit reports the statewide vote recount begins led by Wayne County as workers across 83 counties prepare to recheck the November 7 election that pitted Governor G. Mennen Williams against former Gov. Harry F. Kelly with inauguration set for January 1.
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Detroit
Michigan
Big Wayne
G. Mennen Williams
Harry F. Kelly
Christmas Shopping Mail Rush Bumps Up Saturday Traffic
Downtown shoppers pack the streets as Christmas goods arrive and post office officials warn of heavy mail this week. With fourth Saturday before Christmas, deliveries may slow due to jammed mail and extended hold dates for requested mailing. Extra temporary workers begin December 16 to handle the rush. Temperatures near 50 today, rising tomorrow, then cooling Monday.
Government curbs on nickel zinc. aluminum eased
Washington announces new civilian use limits on nickel and zinc while easing existing curbs on aluminum. William H. Harrison, National Production Administrator, revises steel directives to spread defense orders and non-defense steel supplies more evenly. Aluminum for non-defense uses allowed at 80 percent in January, 75 percent in February, and 65 percent afterward. Civilian nickel use restricted for first half of 1950. zinc non-defense use capped at 80 percent of 1956 first half quarterly average.
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Washington
William H. Harrison
Harrison
Weather To Halt Work On Rt. 240
Cold weather nearly halts the Washington expressway project from Route 15 south of Frederick to Comus road near Hyattstown in Montgomery county. Officials doubt much work will occur the rest of the year on twelve contracts, with three road contracts near end until spring. Ground is frozen and muddy conditions prevent grading. some bridge projects may continue and a major bridge over the Monocacy river nears completion. Sub-contractors have rehabbed about 2,500 feet of Route 1d under the future traffic interchange at Route 15. Contractors from Baltimore are building the Comus road bridge while Dutcher Construction works the dual highway segment south of Comus road. Talks exist of continuing next year into lower Montgomery county, but no terminus plan yet.
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Frederick
Hyattstown
Montgomery County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monocacy River
Route 15
Beker Valley Road
Amesung Glass Road
Bennett's Creek
Fire Tower Road
Comus Road
Urbana
Baltimore
Dutcher Construction Company
Fire Tower
Frederick County
Washington
No Reserves Now Available in Korea War Standoff
Washington reports Gen Douglas MacArthur seems set to fight the Korean crisis with no sizable reinforcements. Senators say no reserves are available to aid MacArthur as he braces for a defense line against Chinese forces. Truman aides note talks with Attlee may shape bombing policy.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manchuria
Truman
Attlee
Great Britain
Congress
United Nations
Belgium
Colombia
Greece
Luxembourg
Korea
U. S
Soviets say American morale shaken by MacArthur drive
The Soviet press declared the MacArthur offensive a failure and said it discouraged Americans while widening the gap with West European allies. A New York dispatch reported U S military leaders now seek a diplomatic deal to achieve a cease fire.
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Moscow
MacArthur
United States
Pass
New York
Fire in banana truck on Patrick street injures driver
A truck driver, E. C. Grimes of Jacksonville Florida, sustained non serious burns to his hands while fleeing a kerosene heater fire aboard a banana loaded trailer on East Patrick Street around 3 32 a m The fire was extinguished before firemen arrived and police took Grimes to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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East Patrick Street
E. C. Grimes
Jacksonville
Fla
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Grimes
Patrick Street
Fine Independent, United and
Citizens
Frederick district farmer resigns from Milk Producers board
Ernest C. Speaks, a longtime Frederick district farmer and former vice president of the Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association, resigns from the board. A successor will likely be chosen at the December 12 nomination meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, with terms and regional elections outlined for Frederick county districts. Speaks has served on the board since 1918 except for 1934, and his one year remaining term will be affected by upcoming nominations in the Maryland Virginia group.
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Ernest C. Speaks
Frederick District
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Association
Speaks
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Maryland- Virginia
Association
Frederick County
Middletown
J. Isomer Remsberg
Maryland-Virginia Association
Eric C Biser
Adamstown
Merril H. Ramsburg
Near
Frederick meter receipts near 1950 exceed 1949 totals
Frederick city parking meter receipts for the first eleven months of 1950 total $22,644.32, about $1,300 higher than the same period in 1949. October receipts were $2,477.20 and November were $1,819.27. The 1949 eleven month total was $23,964.88. Cumberland, Der. 2 TM%-The Maryland Industrial Union Council CIO adopted a convention resolution praising Secretary of State Dean Acheson and raised monthly dues by one and a half cents per member.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
Acheson Cumberland
Maryland Industrial Union Council
CIO
Dean Acheson
Peace Talks Under Way At U N Meeting
New York Dec 2 Chinese Communist Delegate Chen Chiao conferred for half an hour with United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie as Washington reports suggest U S aims for action against the Chinese Reds may be outlined soon. Earlier Warren R Austin flew to report on secret allied parleys to Dean Acheson amid ongoing confidential talks involving Security Council members and others.
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New York
Chen Chiao
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Lie
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Washington
Dean Acheson
Andrew Cordier
Chen
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Cordier
Austin
Eartlier
U.S
West Berlin Prepares for City Election Under Armed Guard
West Berlin police commanded by Chief Johannes Stumm with 138000 officers placed on special alert to guard a city election that begins at midnight. Riot squads were stationed at allied-sector stations to suppress possible Red demonstrations, with night sticks tear gas and fire hoses ready. Authorities report 240 Red agitators arrested that week as allied authorities warn personnel to abstain from polling to avoid penalties.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Johannes Stumm
West
Weekend Of Cold Weather Is Likely
An Associated Press report notes a weekend of cold weather with some snow likely in the north central region, while the rest of the country should see near normal conditions. A cold air mass from northwest Canada pushed into Montana and the Dakotas, driving subzero readings and expected spread southeast tonight. No heavy snowfall is forecast, and the deep south enjoyed a warm spell with 70s in Miami after readings in the 40s earlier in the week.
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Northwest Canada
Montana
Dakotas
North
Miami
Reiser Signs With Pirates Amid Draft Concerns
Veteran outfielder Pete Reiser was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as Branch Rickey begins shaping a lineup likely to absorb draft losses. Reiser, released unconditionally by the Boston Braves, joins Ralph Kiner as a veteran anchor, with Kiner slated for one year left on his $65,000 two year deal.
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Pittsburgh
Pete Reiser
Pittsburgh Pirates
Branch Rickey
Reiser
Boston Braves
Rickey
Pirates
Ralph Kiner
MacArthur declares undeclared war with China and Korea
General Douglas MacArthur announced that an undeclared war exists between United Nations forces and Chinese Communists allied with North Korean forces. He estimated Chinese troops at about 600,000 in the Yalu area, with UN forces around 110,000 to 200,000, and said peaceable settlement is preferred while denying any request to use atomic bombs or bomb areas north of the Yalu.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
South Korea
Yalu River
U.N
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
U. S. Ji Corps
Seventh Division
Changin Reservoir
Hagaru
Halalwoo
Songehow
Manchurian
U. N
Attlee and Pleven Discuss Korea Crisis in Washington Talks
British Prime Minister Attlee and French Premier Pleven conferred on crisis in Korea European defense and German rearmament before Attlee's flight to Washington to meet President Truman. No military advisers attended the session but senior diplomatic officials were present.
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London
Britain
France
Attlee
Truman
Korea
Rene Pleven
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
United States
Washington
Pleven
William Slim
Imperial General Staff
Foreign Office
Vinson Sees No Change Needed to Draft Law
Washington reports Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee says there is no reason to alter the draft law this year to speed expansion of the armed forces. President Truman targets 1,000,000 defense force by June 5. The draft is not yet used by the Air Force or Navy. Truman may seek universal military training next month, likely prompting a revised draft.
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Washington
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Army
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Nine Catholic Churchmen Convicted in Prague Espionage Trial
Nine Roman Catholic clerics including a bishop and two abbots were found guilty of espionage and high treason in Prague for alleged Vatican plots to overthrow Czechoslovakia’s Communist government. Sentences ranged from ten years to life. Abbot Jan Opasek received life plus a fine, and Abbot Stanislav Jarosimek got twenty years and a large fine. All defendants admitted guilt and expressed repentance, blaming Vatican influence.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Gauping
Pankrac
Jan Opasel
Brevnoy
Cleriy
Stanislav Jarosimek
Strahov
Holy See
Opasek
Jarosimek
Fairless Joins Pirates Board of Directors
Benjamin F. Fairless president of United States Steel joins the Pittsburgh Pirates board of directors at the annual meeting. Branch Rickey is also elected vice president and general manager, a move expected by many. The Pittsburgh meeting coincides with Weirton Steel setting the industry’s highest wage rates as the CIO United Steelworkers sign new contracts following U S Steel’s pattern.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
Pittsburgh Pirates
Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Bucs
Branch Rickey
Pirates
Rickey
Weirton Steel Company
CIO
United Steelworkers
Italy Calls Defense Council Meeting in Rome
President Luini Einaudi has convened a special Defense Council session for Monday after urgent conferences with government leaders on the grim international situation.
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Italy
Council
Rome
Luini Einaudi
Defense Council
Red Chinese drive threatens Pyongyang defense line
News recounts a large Chinese buildup driving toward Pyongyang as U N and Allied units retreat southward. MacArthur warns of undeclared war as forces mass in north central Korea, trapping Marines and Doughboys near Changjin reservoir and shifting to seize the northeast coast.
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Boxides
Korea
U. N
Eighth Army
U.N
Changijin Reservoir
Pyongyang
MacArthur
Pittsburgh Drivers Put On Their Honor
Pittsburgh officials end a travel ban by shifting to an honor system for nonessential trips. Mayor David L. Lawrence told motorists to limit travel to essential needs as cleanup after a major snowstorm proceeds. Guardsmen will no longer enforce the ban in the industrial triangle.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
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Quits Milk Assn. Board
Acheson
China
Pittsburgh Club
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