Extension Of Street Planned Through Frederick High Grounds
The Mayor and Aldermen report an application by taxpayers to pass an ordinance extending Carroll Parkway through Frederick High School grounds to Watkins Acres. A special City Hall session on December 29 will begin the condemnation process with three commissioners to appraise damages. The Board of Education opposes routing the street along the northern border. a plot of 33 117 square feet plus bank slopes is cited.
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Carroll Parkway
Frederick High School
Watkins Ancres
City Hall
Board of Education
Circuit Court
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Robert B. Crothers
Niemann A. Brunk
Edward Hartmann
Richard F. Kline
Paul S. Michael
G. Raymond Shy
Asan Watkins
DeputY Collectors to Aid With Tax Returns
Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue will visit several towns to help taxpayers file amended estimated income tax returns and farmers file rated income tax returns for 1946. Visits include Bank of Brunswick January 11 and other towns such as First National Bank Ait Airy January 3 Sykesville January 4 Woodbine National Bank January 5 New Windsor Bank January 13 and Rockville January 11 12.
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Internal Revenue
Bank of Brunswick
First National Bank
Ait Airy
Sykesville
Woodbine National Bank
New Windsor Bank
First National Tonertown
Janua Frederick
North Court Street
Rockville
Early Bird Congressmen Outline 81st Congress Plans
NEA Washington Correspondent reports that senators and representatives are outlining a definite 81st Congress program. Key issues include farm prices housing inflation and taxes. Reform proposals aim to curb House Rules power end filibusters and expand House membership to break deadlocks.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Truman
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Senate
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Cans
Robert A. Taft
Rep
Aime Forand
Rhode Island
House Rules Committee
Radio Berlin resumes broadcasts after tower destruction
Berlin reports Radio Berlin returns to air within 12 hours of French damage to its transmission towers. Soviet commentator Heinz Schmidt broadcasts from the same wavelength, claiming a US order behind the sabotage while German officials hint at alternative towers. Taegliche Rundschau notes possible reprisals as Unity Party blasts American sabotage links.
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Berlin
Rai
Russia
Germany
Heinz Schmidt
Radio Berlin
Potsdam
Schmidt
Washi Ton
Taegliche Rundschau
Offici Viet Army
Timofejew
Izh Handes
Unity Party
Ber
November Armed Services enlistment gains reported
The Army's strength rose to about 7.160 draftees plus volunteers, while the Navy added 2.483 bringing total to 429.917 and the Marine Corps up by ten to 85.425. The Air Force declined by about 1,000 to 409.300 as of month end.
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S Sientle
Nav
Marine Corps
Potomac River Flood Outlook Harpers Ferry Crest Forecast
Flood conditions ease with Harpers Ferry river at about 18 feet near flood stage as rainfall persists. Weather Bureau notes uptick in upstream levels, while forecasters warn of possible snow and warmer trend, with 2.36 inches of rain in 48 hours boosting totals.
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Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Weather Bureau
Br Nh
Harpers Ferry i
Struck by Truck Man’s Funeral Held Today
An obituary item notes Elmer Talal funeral today after a truck collision that caused Funk’s death. A man named Charles O White of Fredericksburg was among those attending, with services in Washington and interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery.
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Percanisg
Hyattsville
Funk
Nda Stepshe Tolewinga Brothers
Cora Aie
Charles O. White
Frederi Carence Adamstown
Elmer
Qelock
Washington
Washington Memorial Cemetery
Lodges to Attend Church Service at First Baptist
Members of Lynch and Columbia Lodges of Maeons will attend services at the First Baptist Church Sunday. Lodges members will assemble at the Masonic Temple at seven o clock, with Rev William C. Regal of Lsnen Lodge delivering the sermon as chaplain.
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Lynch
Columbia
Maeons
Vine
First Baptist Church
Sundaght
Masonic Temple
William C. Regal
Lsnen
Tightening Of Spy Laws To Be Suggested By Truman
President Truman signaled a push to tighten espionage laws. He told reporters the Justice Department will prepare recommendations at the start of the new session to amend current espionage statutes. Federal agents questioned a ballistics expert linked to a Norden bombsight secret.
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Truman
White House
Justice Department
Clark
Russia
Condemned 21 Caffrey Building Being Reinforced
The 21 Caffrey building at 107 109 111 West Patrick Street condemned as unsafe is being bolstered with wooden props by J Herman Mock and crew. City Engineer W Raymond Walter issued the condemnation on Wednesday. Telegraph office and Automobile Club of Maryland tenants lack relocation space. plans unclear. Owner Mary H McCaffrey has moved to Washington with nephew William A Marrow.
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Caffrey
West
Patrick Street
J. Herman Mock
W. Raymond Walter
Western Union Telegraph Company
Automobile Club of Maryland
Telegraph Company
North Court Street
Mary H McCaffrey
William A. Marrow
Washington
Auto crash injures 72 year old man in ice slick area
Charles Her Smith, 72, was treated at Memorial Hospital for a forehead laceration after a collision on Route 1 when Glenn Elwood Crone’s vehicle rear ended another car. Ice on the ridge morning contributed to the accident. Pulman sustained injuries as a passenger. Damages were listed at about 300 dollars for Crone and 299 for Pulman. No charges were filed.
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Crene
Frederick
Idge Putman
Ing East
Putman
Crone
Pulman
County Youth Held To Be A Delinquent
A 16 year old boy found with matches admitted starting fires in a straw stack and church toilet near Woodsboro. The grave digger reported the blaze, and the youth said he did it because he wanted to. He was placed in custody of Frederick county Children in for adjudication.
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Frederick County
Patrick Offer
Greath ix
Woodsboro
Baltimore
British Soldier Killed and Eight Held in Soviet Zone Incident
A British spokesman reports a soldier was killed and eight others captured after crossing accidentally into the Soviet zone near Berlin. Army officials call the event a minor frontier incident, stressing no British aid to the men and noting heightened tensions between the Russians and Western powers as observers react.
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Berlin
News
Christmas Program At Hood College Lights Weekend Events
Hood College launches its nineteenth annual Little Christmas program with Round Robin teas from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. Meyran, Coblentz, and Shriner dorms host faculty and families with judges selecting top stable decorations. A Christmas dinner, a 11 PM service in Brodbeck Hall, and a campus carol walk through Frederick mark the weekend.
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Hood College
Meyran
Coblentz
Shriner
Cobbentz
Andrew G. Truxal
William R. Barnhart
Brodbeck Hall
Paul B. Beckhelm
William Sprigg
Mortar Board
Frederick
Truxal
Hood
Spriggs
Beer theft at Irving Shaffer warehouse on East Church
Thieves broke into Irving Shaffer's East Church Street warehouse and stole about 20 cases of Old Reading beer during the night. A door lock was pried to enter and no other merchandise was taken. Investigator Allen Bartz led the inquiry. Israel’s bid for U.N. membership was rejected on December 17.
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Irving Shaffer
East Church Street
40 Hour Week Upheld For Non-Operating Rail Workers
The PAA Pres board recommends a 40 hour work week with no pay cut and a 7 cent hourly wage increase retroactive to October 1 for non operating railroad workers. The plan affects railroads with a September 1 1949 start for the shorter schedule.
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PAA
Rv-Opta
Wuthers
Truman
William
AL Lerferson
W David J. Cole
George Cook
Anglican Primate’s Son To Wed Catholic
A Roman Catholic artist and Henry Pears Fisher eldest son of Canterbury Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher plan to marry. The ceremony will be in Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More church with Fisher’s mother and brothers attending. the Primate will not attend. The officiating priest says the marriage will not make Fisher Roman Catholic. Children will be raised Roman Catholic.
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London
Church of
Church of England
Miss Sutton
Vatican
Westminster Abbey
Alphonson de Zulueta
Fisher
Peiping airfield captured amid Chinese reports
The Chinese claim to have seized Peiping area airfield and surrounding fields about seven miles south of the capital. Chinese reports also describe advancing toward Wanping and other nearby sites while claiming destruction of enemy vehicles in the broader region.
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San Francisco
C.ty
Thuse Today
Petong
An Mt
Associated Press
Merman Bess Man
Wanping
Reds
Brunswick Man Killed in 1944 Air Crash Laid To Rest
Charles D. Kidwiler of Brunswick died in a 1944 England crash. His body arrived home to his mother Mrs. Ruth M. Kidwiler and will be honored Sunday at 3 30 p.m. at the MOE church on New York hill. Lucy Steadman Keenan Post American Legion to conduct a military funeral with interment in Knoxville cemetery. Pvt. Kidwiler, 21, a Brunswick High School graduate, served in the Air Corps since October 1942 and had been overseas ten months in England.
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Charles D. Kidwiler
Brunswick
England
Ruth M. Kidwiler
S10
East Bef
MOE
New York Hill
Mir
Lucy Steadman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Knoxville
C. H. Feete
Pvt
Ridwiler
Tommy Dubie
H. L. Dubie
Charles R. Kidwiler
Pet. Kidwiler
Brunswick High School
Air Corps
Community Chest Campaign Closed With Higher Total
The 1938 Community Chest campaign ended after a meeting at the Federated Charities building. Total cash and pledges reached 28 98476 despite a goal of 27,950, with praise for campaign leadership and thanks extended to chairman Ed Hartmann and workers.
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Community Chest
Executive Committee
Federated Charties
South Market Street
Ed Hartmann
James H Gambrili
Lewis B Derizbaugh
Henry Ro Stinemaker
Edgar H McBride
Tenative Bjorke
WH D Zimmerman
Robert L Sr
Chiang's East China Command Withdraws from Pengpu Front
The Chiang Kai-shek government begins a withdrawal from Pengpu Pengpu 44 miles NW of Nanking as troops shift to the railway for a southbound retreat. Panic spreads in Pengpu 300000 residents while Peiping braces for house to house defense amid new Red threats near the Grand Canal and Nanking.
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Nanking
Chiang Hkai-Shaek
East China Command
Pensou
Chuhsien
Pengpu
Hwai River
12Th Army Group
Pengpa
Seimour Tupping
Pen Th
Transpo
Penzgpu
Topping
Peiping
Grand Canal
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moasa
Fu Ya
Fu Tso-¥i
China
U. S
Rts
Cold Weather Return Hits Western States
Sub zero temperatures grip Montana the Dakotas and Minnesota with miles high readings. Aberdeen S D Grand Island and Miles City report frigid conditions as a broad midwestern to Pacific Northwest cold spell expands. Snow falls New England and rain sweeps the east coast while California climates cool with light snow in the Rockies.
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Chicago
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Miles Mont
Grand 6
Aberdeen
S. D
International Falls
Minn
Midwest
Oklahoma Panhandle
Pacific Northwest
New England
Gulf States
Califorrnia
Los Angeles
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Wright Brothers Plane Returns to Welcomed Home
A ceremony in Washington marked the return of the Wright brothers plane. Milton Wright, acting for the estate of Orville Wright, prepared to accept the artifact from Dayton. Orville had sought recognition as a co discoverer and requested the Science Museum of South Kensington to place the relic in the Smithsonian.
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Washington
Bec
Giman
Ee Wilbur
Ormier
Orville
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