1948 Roads Program At Public Meet
The State Roads Commission outlines the 1948 construction program in a public meeting set for December 16 at 10 a.m. in Baltimore at 27 Light Street. Plans include Route 24 reconstruction from Pine Orchard toward Ridgeville, a large resurfacing effort, and several straightening projects, with bids to follow surveys of each five mile segment. William F. Childs Jr. will discuss road matters with Mayor Lloyd C. Culler and Aldermen, including a possible East Street extension. Route 40 will receive culvert work near the junction with the Frederick-Hagerstown highway to raise a dip and prevent floodwater damage.
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State Roads Commission
Swith
Association of Commerce
Light Street
Baltimore
Russell H. AicCain
Frederick
McCain
American Association of Contractors
Commission
Pine Orchard
Ridgeville
Washington
William F. Childs, Jr
Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
East Street
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Frederick - Hagerstown
Driver Escapes Serious Injury In Route 40 Lumber Truck Crash
Johnny Timm of near Haughs Blacksmith shop escaped with slight bruises when a loaded lumber truck veered off Seven Sisters hills on Route 40 between New Market and Ridgeville. A broken left tie rod caused the loss of control, sending the truck into a creek and tipping onto its side while lumber prevented a full upset. No charges were filed.
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Seven Sisters
Route 40
New Market
Ridgeville
Charles D. McLane
Johnny Timm
Haugh
Timm
Romanian King Mihai to Seek Marriage Approval
Maj. Jacques Vergotti, private secretary to King Mihai of Romania, said the king would soon ask Bucharest for permission to wed Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. He angrily denied a London report that a Russian veto had blocked the marriage and called the Daily Graphics story a stupid, malicious attempt to disrupt relations between the king and government.
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Lausenne
Switzerland
Jacques Vergotti
Mihai
Romania
Bucharest
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
Vergotti
London
Graphics
Reuther Calls Ford II a Decent Sort After Talks
Detroit December 5 P-Welter P Reuther praised Henry Ford II after an informal call to the CIO United Auto Workers president. Reuther said he saw no reason for unsatisfactory labor relations and that both men were willing to meet halfway. Their hour long chat was described as very satisfactory and pleasant.
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Detroit
Welter
P. Reuther
Henry Ford II
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Arthive
Paris Strikes Cut Power and Hinder Communications
Paris braces under a government employee walkout that disrupted electric power, halted factories and subways, and isolated the city as police investigated a bombing at Communist leader Maurice Thorez’s home. Power flickered back in parts, but lines to major factories remained down.
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Paris
Council of the Republic
France
National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
Choisyle-Roi
Thorez
Search for Missing Plane Is Resumed
Frankfurt December 5 Clear flying weather allowed the American Air Force to restart the search for a U S transport plane missing seven days with 20 aboard. The effort expanded to Switzerland Austria and Italy with 117 American planes aloft by mid morning. The mission covered a corridor from Lyon to Paris to Kassel Passau Basle and return to Lyon. Included are 20 observation craft from the American constabulary and a signal from the suspected crash area near Berschweiler.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Switzerland
Austin
Italy
Lyon
Paris
Kassel
Germany
Passau
Basle
Ordinary Parisian Has One Rough Day
Paris on a rough day amid strikes with low water and power outages. Subways stopped by blackout and taxis crowded streets as garbage piles overflow from uncollected refuse.
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Paris
Russian bank system and inflation fears described by officials
Washington reports summarize Russian banking and wage practices, noting state banks, government bonds, and ruble inflation due to excess money and scarce goods. Officials discuss cash payments, quotas, and black market sales, plus potential devaluation and wage adjustments impacting peasants and urban workers.
Weather notes and fight weigh in headline
Light sleet in the early morning gave way to rain with temperatures near freezing though no snow was forecast by the Weather Bureau. December’s first precipitation was followed by showers and a south wind, as temperatures were expected to rise into the forties today and tomorrow. Joe Louis weighed 211 pounds for his title defense against Jersey Joe Walcott at Madison Square Garden.
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Weather Bureau
New York
Joe Louis
Arabs Attack Tel Aviv Amid Fourth Day of Palestine Conflict
Tel Aviv faced a fresh Arab assault soon after noon as fighting surged for a fourth day in Palestine. In Tel Aviv, Hatikvah and Zablawi quarters were shelled, with Jewish defense units replying at Hatikvah. Casualties included 44 dead and many wounded, while an Arab was reportedly killed by a bomb thrown into a Haifa home. Concurrently, Cairo eyed a call for holy war and Beirut saw 59,000 demonstrators opposing the UN partition. British troops arrived in Aden to bolster security. In Syria, Palestine liberation volunteers began training.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hatikvah
Zablawi
Jaffa
Hasana
Win Arab
Moghrabi
Haifa
Jeru Salem
Natanya
Cairo
Stine
Eight-year-old boy injured after vehicle strike on West Patrick Street
An eight-year-old Negro boy sustained minor injuries when struck by a westbound automobile on West Patrick Street near the Square Corner. The driver Carl M. Cole fled? No, identified as Edward H. Diggs of 29 South Bentz Street. The boy was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment of brush burns and shock. no charges were filed.
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West Patrick Street
Edward H. Diggs
South Bentz Street
Sherman Boone
Carl M. Oole
North Bentz Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
GOP Plans Anti-Inflation Program In Senate Action
Senate Republican policy committee will draft an anti inflation package with House leaders to push in the special session. Items include extending export controls regulating grain trading and curbing installment buying.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
Nto
House
Tafi ‘R-onio
Senate
Two Building Permits Issued on Fairview Avenue
City engineer issues permits for two new homes on Fairview avenue. W. Osborne Schade receives a brick dwelling permit costing about $6,000. Charles W. Ritenour earns a semi bungalow dwelling permit costing about $8,090.
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W. Osborne Schade
Fairview Avenue
Charles W. Ritenour
Amyets To Mark Pearl Harbor Day
Officers for the coming year were nominated at a regular Amvets meeting in the American Legion Home. A Pearl Harbor observance is planned in Evan and a January annual meeting will elect officers. Nominations include Cassell Forte Morelock Weinberg Holdcraft Andersen Grabill Potts Seacree Stauffer Eiker Seeger Marrone Bartgis Nikirk Fuller and others. Memorial Day observance planning and a sermon on Pearl Harbor Day were noted with Provo st marshal etc.
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Evan
Lethal Reformed
Frederick Amyers Tehhapter
American Legion
Vernon Cassell
Nicholas N. Forte
Mabel Morelock
Manfuel M. Weinberg
Joseph Holdcraft
Guy Anders
Charles S. Grabill
Arthur Potts
Horace Opel
Edward D. Seacree
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
William Z. Stauffer
Melvin Seeger
Thomas Glass
Walter C. Eiker
James Marrone
Bartgis
Towest Clagett
Edwin F. Nikirk
Robert F. Fuller
Amvets, Inc
Guy Angers
A. R Kinsey
James Marrene
G. Maynard Summers
James Bradford
Richard Stull
Edwin EF. Nikirk
John Ferguson
Alton Shaft
George Crouse
Frank House
A. R. Kinser
Paul L. Althouse
Angelical Reformed Church
Pearl Harbor
Mt. Olivet
G. Horton Peace
Buying Spree Grips Russia
London reports indicate a wave of panic buying in the Soviet Union driven by rumors of ruble devaluation or a currency change. Diplomats say no economic crisis is evident, but popular nervousness grows as Russians convert rubles to clothing and fine china. Authorities note currency surplus and disguising motives behind the buying surge.
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State Department
Russia
Moscow
London
Soviet Union
U. S. State Department
Voice of America
Washington
China
Council of Foreign Ministers
Kremlin
Annihilated Red Army Threatens China's Rice Area
AP dispatch from Shanghai reports Gen Liu Po-Cheng's Communist forces, once deemed annihilated, threatening central China's rich rice regions near Nanking Riukiang. Central China fortifies under Gen Pai and Minister Li, with up to 50,000 troops slipping through Yangtze defenses.
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Red
China
Nule
John Roderick
Associated Press
Shanghai
Riukiang
Nanking
Liu Po- Cheng
John Roderick Kivkiang
Liu Po-Cheng
Psi Chung-Hsi
National Defense
Treet Lin
Pai
Hue
Mi Nanking
Chen Reng
Manchuria
North
Yellow River
Liv
Liu
Mississippi
Yangtze River
House Built On Wrong Lot Suit Claims
A Frederick residence allegedly built on the plaintiffs Monroe avenue lot prompts a Circuit Court trespass suit seeking 2500 dollars. Named plaintiffs Arthur S Rickerds and Ernest Rickerds claim Earl Willine and Mrs. Earl Willine built on their land, adjoining others.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
Arthur S. Rickerds
Ernest Rickerds
Charles McC. Mathias
Amos Holter
Earl Willine
Monroe Avenue
Rickerds
Fred A. McSherry
Locust Street
Charles Henry Remsburg
Ritenour
Storm and
Glass
Ten Movie Writers Indicted In Capital
Washington December 4 movie writers producers and others were indicted for contempt of Congress in a probe into whether they are or have been communists. The case involves the inquiry by the committee into potential Communist influence in the entertainment industry.
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Capital
Washington
Dec
Tors
Con infusi + San Fata Comi
Maryland 4-H Groups Lead in National Prize Winners
Chicago December 5 Twenty eight Maryland 4 H clubbers returned home from the National Congress with the most first prizes and scholarships of any state. Nine Maryland youths won awards eight of them 200 scholarships, led Oklahoma with eight first prizes. Notable winners include Mary Wyson and her brother John both of Forest Hills ages 18 and 15, plus Howard S. Streaker Jr. 16 West Friendship Kenneth T. Bosley 16 Sparks Barbara Ann Young 18 Middletown Frederick A. Fry 18 Gaithersburg Gulie Keller 16 Middletown William Dorsett 19 Sellman and Clifton H. Giddings 19 Nutwell. They faced 1,253 delegates and Robert Bull of Harford county urged a world community effort with a Europe food package collection totaling 617 dollars.
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Chicago
Maryland
National Congress
Oklahoma
Mary Wyson
John
Forest Hills
Howard S. Streaker, Jr
West Friendship
Kenneth T. Bosley
Sparks
Barbara Ann Young
Middletown
Frederick A. Fry
Gaithersburg
Gulie
Keller
William Dorsett
Sellman
Clifton
H. Giddings
Nutwell
Robert Bull
Harford County
Bull
Europe
Chapman Asks Fuel Rationing and Price Controls
Undersecretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman urged Congress to grant President Truman authority to ration and fix prices for coal and oil if needed. He endorsed voluntary conservation, said coal requires transportation controls and possible allocation and price measures, and urged extending the Office of Defense Transportation authority beyond February.
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Washington
Oscar L
Chapman
Interior
Congress
Truman
Senate House Economics Committee
Defense Transportation
ODT
Televised Heavyweight Fight Draws Frederick County Eyes
Frederick county residents expect a record TV audience for the Joe Louis in Walcott heavyweight title bout. Few home sets in the area but restaurants and clubs plan screenings with extra charges at venues catering to television fans. A town resident with a new set reports good reception and anticipates inviting friends over for ringside access.
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Frederick County
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Ion
Definite Proposals Are Asked By U S At Conference
Secretary of State Marshall urged the Foreign Ministers Council to drop generalities and determine what each delegation wants for Germany. He warned against a mere central German government as a cure for Germany’s division and pushed for immediate four power decisions on fundamental matters. The speech signaled a new American push to gauge real prospects for German policy at the conference.
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London
Marshall
Councioday
Germany
Molotov
United States
Milan Stock Market Crash Triggers Riot in Milan
Milan Italy December 5 stocks plunged reaching a riot as traders stormed the stock exchange. Police cleared the floor but outside noise continued as Bank of Italy said no new factors caused the fall. Fiat Motors fell from 2000 lire to 815 with other major shares tumbling amid a postwar decline.
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Milan
Italy
Stock Exchange
Bank of Italy
Rome
Fiat Motors
Montecatino
Snia Viscera
Damaging Ice Storm Moderates Across Midwest
An ice storm that disrupted communications in central and western Kansas and parts of Iowa moderated as it moved toward central Michigan. Freezing rain touched western New York, with rain and snow in the Midwest. Sub-zero temperatures were absent on the morning map. The coldest readings were in Maine and North Dakota, while Pembina, N D, was 12 above zero. A narrow belt of heavy snow stretched from central Minnesota through southern Wisconsin into Michigan. Fog lingered in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The Gulf States reported the day's high of 46 at Brownsville Texas.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Iowa
Lower Michigan
New York State
Midwest
Maine
North Dakota
Pembina
N. D
Caribou
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Massissippi
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Brownsville
Tex
Deed Recorded for Hightman Farm Near Burkittsville
A deed recorded in the clerks office transfers about 61 acres and improvements known as the Hightman farm from Mr. and Mrs. McCarty G. Ambrose to Mary Frances Erwin. The sale price is about $11,000 per revenue stamps.
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Hightman Farm
Burkittsville
McCarty G. Ambrose
Mary Frances Erwin
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