Reparations Deferment Hint From Molotov at Potsdam Talks
Soviet circles say V M Molotov may offer to defer Germanys 10 billion reparations until its economy balances. He reportedly proposes current production be used to meet claims. The move aims to push for immediate establishment of German economic and administrative agencies in the Reich.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Germany
Reich
Molotov
U. S
Marshall
Demand For Christmas Trees Supposed To Pick Up Next Week
Street vendors offered Christmas trees at 25 cents to $2 depending on size but saw light demand with few buyers. No trees are being cut at the Singanore Alteration plant grounds for sale by the municipality. Holly was scarce. wreaths of crowfoot sold 25 to 50 cents and small bunches of crowfoot and pine fetched ten cents. Bittersweet bundles brought a quarter.
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Frederick City
Singanore Altration
Pollution overload cited in Potomac by Kemp
Washington December 12 The Potomac river shows an 80 percent overload in pollution, said Harold A. Kemp Washington sanitary engineer. He told the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin that the overload harms sanitary conditions in the Washington metropolitan area. Metropolitan Virginia Maryland and District of Columbia projects include sewer and treatment facility work plus district district sedimentation and digestion tank improvements.
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Washington
Potomac River
Harold A. Kemp
Kemp
Interstate Commission On
Bas
Virginia
Maryland
District of Colies
Frederick
Hagerstown
Winchester
District of Columbia
Solar Explosion Dwarfs Atom Bomb
Carnegie Institution reports a record breaking solar explosion that projected a massive prominence over a million miles above the sun. The feature photographed at Art Wilson Observatory shows altitude measurements completed recently. Sun spot disturbances in May 1947 are noted as the most violent since 1787.
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Washington
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie
Wilson Observatory
Negotiations Stall Over City Lease For Chapline Park
The city and the Chapline heirs remained at a standstill over a new lease for the main municipal free park area on South Court street. The old lease expired days earlier, a fence blocked parking, and no progress had been made. Officials noted potential sale doubts and local business reported parking shortages hurting commerce citywide.
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Thomas A. Chapline
Municipal Free Park
South Court Street
Chapteresis
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Favors Taft Over Truman Debate Rages in Washington
In Washington on December 12 1947 Democratic officials rejected former VP Henry A Wallace's hint of voting Taft if faced with Truman or Taft in 1948 Wallace said he might run as an independent while Senator McGrath of Rhode Island dismissed the idea as a privilege Wallace also compared Governor Thomas E Dewey of New York to Taft amid party turmoil Within the Democratic National Committee leaders urged unity to support Truman in the 1948 campaign
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Washington
A. Wallace
Truman
Taft
Democratic Organization
Wallace
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Ohio
Buffalo
Gov
Thomas E. Dewer
New York
Man
Re election talk cited by Truman and Panama envoy
Washington dispatch reports President Truman may visit Panama after election as Panama’s J J Vallarino recalls a jocular exchange about running for president. The same note says Bevin hints Britain could quit the Palestine mandate before May 15 if feasible.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Palestine
Ominous Rome Struggle as Police Quell Strike Demonstrations
Police with truncheons and jeeps clash with crowds in Piazza Colonna near the Italian Foreign Office as de Gasperi’s government tries to negotiate a settlement amid strike actions. AP photographers Green and Noel are struck but unharmed. Police arrest 28 at a bridge blockade and 40 to 50 in Piazza Colonna.
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Rome
Piazza Colonna
Alcide de Gasperi
Ministry of Interior
Via Nomentana
Piezza Risorgimento
Vatican Walls
Governor To Speak To Farm Experts Today
Annapolis Dec 12 groups of farm experts will conclude their annual conference here today with meetings and an address by Governor Lane. The governor is to speak to soil conservation service home demonstration agents county agents and specialists at a Carvel Byrd luncheon. Earle Cosweiler of Aberdeen president of the State Council of Home Makers Clubs will discuss experiences in Europe.
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Lane
Soil Conservation Service
Carvel
Byrd
Bla Stale Heedcuarters
Earle Cosweiler
Aberdeen
State Council of Homemakers Clubs
Europe
Storm Passes South as Frederick Misses It
A storm moving north to south spared Frederick, with no bad weather expected in the next two days. The Weather Bureau station near Frederick reported the system passed south of the area after reaching as far north as the Carolinas. Expect partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures with highs near 40 and lows around 25.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Atlantic Ocean
Mass Caroling Thursday Night On Steps Of Reformed Church
Frederick recreation officials sponsor a community caroling event on Thursday evening at the Steps of Reformed Church. School groups from Washington Street, Parkway, and Elm Street along with St John’s and Frederick High School choirs, will assemble at 7 20 pm for a city wide route. Carols by candlelight and song sheets will guide the groups as bells ring and the event concludes with caroling at Emergency Hospital and the Home for the Aged. Further details will be announced next week.
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Frederick
Rederick Recreation Commisermen
West Church Street
Washington Street
South Market Street
Parkway
Frederick High School
North End
Market Street
Elm Street
St. John’s
East Pat Street
Christmas Services At Hood College Vespers in Brodbeck Hall
Hood College presents Christmas vesper services in Brodbeck Hall with two gatherings at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Presiding is President Henry Irving who will read the Christmas Story. Music includes the college choir directed by Miss Anna Marie Budde and organist William Spriggs with Bach Brahms and Handel selections and audience carols throughout the campus.
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Brodbeck Hall
Frederick
Henry Firving Ir
Anna Marie Budde
William Spriggz
Bach
Brahms
Wainss Tight
Handel
Christ
Jesus
Babe
Herald Angels
Sprigg
Russ Harriet Biddle
Washington
Colleen Crowhurst
Nutley
N. J
Jean Herman
Conover
E. Meyer
Beryl Pfizer
Lakes
Yeite
Catherine Royer
Fulton Lewis Jr Wins Fight Over Roadway Use
Annapolis December 12 The Court of Appeals upheld a St Marys County ruling barring Weeks from trespassing on Fulton Lewis Jr estate on Scotch Neck peninsula The dispute concerned a roadway extending into a tributary of the Patuxent River and Lewis and his wife urged to restrict neighbor use
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Scotch Neck Peninsula
St. Mary’s
Engum Weeks
Lewis
and Mirs Weeks
Selective Recoveries in New York Markets
New York stock activity showed selective recoveries as trading continued. Investors faced further offerings and reader uncertainty while markets moved through late day dealings.
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New York
Price control proposals outlined to Congress by Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach submitted standby anti inflation price proposals to Congress in response to Republican calls for a clear program. He proposed ceilings limited to essential commodities vital to living costs and production, with maximums set when shortages or price spikes occur and adjusted for cost declines since mid June 1947. He noted wage controls would follow with specific language to accompany price ceilings.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Schwellenbach
United
Price Control Pro Onsig
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Names and Notables Parade in St Louis Court
Yesterday in St Louis a court session heard references to famous figures as attendees. Defendants included Benjamin Franklin Ulysses Grant Theodore Roosevelt, with the judge noting the notable names amid the proceedings.
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St. Louis
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses Grant
Theodore
Middle East Death Toll Rises Amid City Clashes
Reports from Jerusalem and surrounding areas say Jewish commandos attacked Tireh near Haifa and other towns, killing 22 Arabs and wounding many as tensions escalate toward a broader offense. Casualties across the region include Arabs, Jews, and British police, with repeated bombings and gunfire disrupting Ramle, Gaza, and Jerusalam.
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Tireh
Haifa
Grennades
JST
Holy Land
Segun Zvai Leumi
Stern
Hebron
Aden
Syria
Middle East
Palestine
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Ramle
Gaza
Jerusalems
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Tira
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Old City
Rites set for Pfc. Cannon second Frederick Co World War II death
Funeral services for Pfc. Calvin Clayton Cannon of Yellow Springs will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from 106 East Church street funeral home. He died in the Cherbourg siege after being wounded in Sicily in 1942. He will be buried in Mt. Olivet memorial plot beside Pfc. Lester Stull. Survived by parents Clayton L and Laura Chintz Cannon two sisters Mrs. Resley Stull Jr Bethel and four brothers Roy Herbert Darrell and Robert F Cannon all of Frederick County.
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Calvin Clayton Cannon
Yellow Springs
Frederick County
France
East Church Street
Pfc
Cannon
Mt. Olivet
Lester Earl Stull
Pfc Stull
Cannon W
Philadelphia
Pic. Cannon
Sicily
Cherbourg
Cleyton L
Laura Chintz Cannon
Resley Stull, Jr
Bethel
Roy A. Herbert F
Darrell G. Cannon
Springs
Robert F. This
Drunken Russians Halted U.S. Supply Train Near Berlin
Fifteen intoxicated Russians stopped a 33 car supply train bound for Berlin in the Soviet occupation zone. American guards reported no shots fired and no loot taken after the Russians breached nine car seals at the Wildpar Potsdam station at night.
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Berlin
Wildpar
Potsdam
Petrol Corp Raises Gasoline Prices Nationwide
J P The Petrol Corp boosted prices for gasoline fuel oil and industrial oil to match a recent 50 cent per barrel rise in crude costs and higher transportation expenses.
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Philadelphia
J.P
The
Petrol Corp
Tax deadline reminder for 1947 income tax payments
Taxpayers face January 15 deadline for 1947 taxes if no withholdings occurred or partial withholding occurred. Farmers, professionals, servants, and workers with outside income must compute or pay taxes, with quarterly installments due and final returns due by March 15. Use Form 1040 or 1040 ES to align filings.
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Washington
Landher
No. 5
Jap Atrocities Revealed At Philippine War Crimes Trial
American Sgt. Martin M. Kalich testified at a war crimes trial in Yokohama that he was beaten as a prisoner after cutting a snake freed by an accused guard known as Smirey and Laughing Boy at the Cabanatuan camp in the Philippines. Col. Austin J. Montgomery described prisoner treatment as atrocious and Lt William Gentry was reported hit over the head by ex-Lance Cpl Harutane Aihara, sending him to hospital for six months.
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Yokohama
Trav
Martin M. Kalich
Uniontown
Mo Ei i Chi
Smirey
Kalich
Smil
Austin J. Montgomery
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Wiliam Gentry
Harrodsburg, Ky
Harutane Aihara
Christmas Basket Aid Distribution Sparks Wage Debate
Police continued to take names of Christmas basket applicants as officials disclose one applicant with a weekly wage of 55 had applied but will receive no basket. Investigations into family financial status are underway while the list grows beyond 100 and will be pared after review.
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Senators Quiz Pauley About Deals
Edwin W. Pauley testified before the Senate Appropriations committee that neither President Truman nor Agriculture Secretary Anderson could have known his commodity trading was occurring. He said he was about 100000 dollars worse off after selling holdings since taking the Army post, liquidating most of his grain positions and asserting he did well this year.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
President Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Pauley
Army Royall
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mr. Truman
Congress
Ferguson R-Michi
Truman
Trueman
Californian
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Department of the Army
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Royall
Three More Evacuations Planned for Westover Field
Weather improves as rescue teams work to evacuate the remaining three Army survivors of a transport plane crash that killed 23. One survivor, severely injured, flown to Goose Bay and later to Walter Reed Hospital. Snow brief, temps rose. overland evac possible if needed.
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Westover Field
Mass
Labrador
Air Transport Command
Goose Bay
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Baltimore Extended Forecast Sees Cold Weekend
The extended Maryland forecast calls for Saturday partly cloudy with near freezing readings in the Alleghanies and 35 to 42 degrees elsewhere. Nights stay cold with mid-20s in the west and 30 to 35 in the center and east. Snow possible in Garrett county, with rain in the central and eastern portions. Sunday through Monday remain fair but cold with light snowfall and rain in parts, then a colder Wednesday near normal December levels.
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Maryland
Alleghanies
Garrett County
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