White Christmas Expected Across Northeastern States
A belt of snowfall stretched from southwestern Ohio through Pennsylvania New York and western New England presaging a white Christmas for much of the Northeast. Cumberland Ohio logged five inches of new snow while Dayton Ohio saw four inches and Allentown Pennsylvania reported moderate snowfall. Rain fell near New York City as the region cooled with forecasts of colder weather and snow remaining into the holiday.
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Bride Elizabeth Van Fossen Weds William Lambdin Jr at Evangelical Lutheran
Miss Elizabeth Jane Van Fossen daughter of Mr and Mrs Eldred Van Fossen 205 Lindbergh avenue became the bride of William Stewart Lambdin Jr son of Mr and Mrs Lambdin 731 Motter avenue on Monday afternoon at 430 in the Evangelical Lutheran church The double ring ceremony was performed in a Christmas setting with evergreens and candle light The bride wore a satin gown with lace edging and a veil The groom’s gift included a double strand of pearls The bridal party included Miss Frances Ann Delaplaine maid of honor and bridesmaids Miss Dolores Van Fossen and Miss Katharine Snyder The article continues on page four.
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Eldred Winfield
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William Stewart Lambdin
Motter Avenue
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wouter van Garrett
James van Fossen
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Maid of Honor
Dolores van Fassen
Katherine Snyder
North Market
Chicago Woman Commits Suicide After Police Arrival
Patricia Brody, 36, a divorced mother in Chicago, jumped from a hotel window as police and a Times photographer arrived after she telephoned for help. A Times reporter had spent 20 minutes pleading with her to live, discussing Christmas and New Year hope. The photographer documented the scene and notified his office.
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Chicago Times
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Arrest Report Highlights Charles Sanders Charged
Overnight city police arrested Charles Sanders of Rederick on intoxication charges. Officer Sherman Boone filed the charge, with Sanders held under bond of $2.50 plus costs.
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Sherman Boone
Camp Detrick to Host Christmas Party for 400 Children
Camp Detrick gears up for a December 24 Christmas party in the Field House for about 400 children ages one to twelve. Santa arrives at 2 59 p.m as gifts candy fruit and a program are distributed. event supported by Civilian Welfare Council Officers' Club Navy and camp volunteers with Rosa Kreh leading gift purchasing and Margaret Baer heading the program committee.
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Oram C. Woolpert
Olaf G. Miller
LeRoy D. Fothergill
Miss Truman Delights Washington With Coast to Coast Tour
Margaret Truman coloratura soprano, 23, drew a starry Washington crowd at Constitution Hall with a sold out show. President Bliss Truman attended with cabinet and dignitaries. Critics praised her charm but questioned technique, calling her a promising beginner with some pitch and coloratura flaws.
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Evening Star
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West Virginia To Have White Christmas
Wet snow covered most of West Virginia with depths up to three inches in Marshall County and the northern panhandle. Buckhannon to Elkins saw three inches in an hour while sleet slicked Route 61 over Sewell Mountain. Chains advised for motorists amid dawn snowfall in Greenbrier Mineral and Grant counties.
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Former Wife Sues Dr E P Sandy for Damages in Ring Case
Ruth Ei rich of New York files a suit in Baltimore claiming $8 000 damages from Dr Ben Paul Sardi a Baltimore dentist and former husband She says he refused to return a ring given in 1955 and that a jeweler later reset it and returned it to him. West Chester High School suffers major fire.
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Ruth Eirich
Newpork
Ben Paul Sardi
Baltimore
Sandy
Fire kills three in Baltimore bungalow blaze
Three Negro children died in a North Point bungalow fire in Baltimore early today. Three other children were hospitalized as the blaze swept the East Baltimore suburb.
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North Point
Bethlehem Lights And Steel City Draw Towns To Christmas Pilgrimage
Bethlehem Pa hosts a record city Christmas pageant drawing visitors from 31 states. The Star on campus and a 90 foot Bethlehem Star of 3000 bulbs overlook the Lehigh river and city landmarks. Moravian College switches to electric candles. Moravian trombone choir signals midnight mass at the 200 year old church.
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Frederick County 34th Annual Audit Arrives At Commissioners Office
The 34th annual Frederick County audit for 1926 and later accounts through 1936 appears in book form at the Office of the County Commissioners with copies to be available to taxpayers. The board plans to consider a contract for the 1937 audit in about a week amid questions on timing and value.
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Car Driven By Boyds Man In Fatal Accident
John W. Lee a 56 year old Rockville laborer was killed when he fell in front of an automobile on Route 240 two miles south of Rockville Montgomery County police said Rodn F. Keith 29 of Boras was the driver of the car The medical examiner issued a certificate of accidental death.
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Nori
Ben F. J. Brescham
87 Relatives To Get $1 000 Apiece From Ogaden History
Seventy six nephews and other kin of Mrs Ezra Richardson of Ogaden Utah will receive Christmas checks this year totaling 2000. This marks the third year in a row that Richardson, whose grocery business expanded into a regional wholesale distributing firm, has mailed gifts to relatives.
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Fire devastates Burris Hatch Mov Inc Warehouse in Des Moines
A spectacular blaze swept Burris-Hatch Mov Inc warehouse in Des Moines destroying a four story structure. Loss unofficially estimated at more than 1,000,000 dollars.
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Burris-Hatch Mov Inc
No White Christmas This Year
The Weather Bureau forecast a minimal snowfall with light flurries unlikely to accumulate. Post office reports high mail volume but approaching holiday lull as merchants brace for closures. sales and stamp purchases were strong, with most stores closing early on Christmas Eve.
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West Virginia
Agreement On Bases Likely In Panama
Washington reports Gen. Frank T. Hines after meeting with President Truman that an accord with Panama on U S bases is likely. The Panama Assembly rejected a plan to lease 14 bases, drawing criticism from lawmakers who cite Communist influence in the Canal Zone. U S officials say forces will continue to use the bases under a 1942 arrangement until postwar treaties are signed.
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Mysterious Virus X Strikes Los Angeles
Dec 23 report from health officials describes a new illness named virus x affecting about one in eleven residents in six weeks. Over 200000 cases reported with no deaths, symptoms include chills fever cramps nausea and pains. virus resembles influenza and spreads without lab confirmation. health authorities seek lab testing while state investigators consider other malady. Refug ee ship intercepted by British forces brings roughly 1000 visa less Jewish immigrants to Haifa amid ongoing Arab Jewish hostilities.
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Funeral services for Rt Rev Helfenstein held in Baltimore
Funeral services for Rt Rev Edward Trail Helfenstein Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maryland were conducted at the Pro Cathedral in Baltimore. Burial will be at Mount Olivet. officiants included Rt Rev Noble C Powell and Rev Harold Arrowsmith with Dr Philip Jensen assisting. Helfenstein, who served from 1929 to 1943, died of heart disease at his home. His long service included rural parish work and leadership in the diocese. He was 82.
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Philip J. Jensen
St. Thomas
Garrison Forest
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Rock Spring
Harford County
William Paret
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St. Peter's
Ellicott City
Howard County
Annapolis
John Gardner Murray
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Mary‘sland
Five Forfeitures Of Collateral Noted In Court
Five collateral forfeitures were noted in Peoples Court this morning. Names listed include Alan C. Stull of Route 3 Frederic, James F. Perry of Gaithersburg, Louis L. Washington, Roger L. Hilderbrand of Woodsboro, and Seddon C. Nelson of Front Royal Va. Trooper James Jones and F. Snyder made the arrests. John H Main, of near Johnsville, failed to appear on a charge of reckless driving from a December 3 accident at Bear Creek Bridge that damaged his car and hospitalized him. The county road gang paused operations for Christmas. four prisoners remain, with little change in staff as work includes drainage and road maintenance along county routes.
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James F. Perry
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Louis L. Hashington
Roger L. Hilderbrand
Woods
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Ceed
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John H Main
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Bear Creek
Johnsville Union Bridge
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Man Slashes Throat Near Bethesda. Recovery Expected
A 58 year old man, Nathan Frazier, was found wounded at his Gaithersburg area home and rushed by rescue squad to Suburban Hospital Bethesda. He remains weak from loss of blood with the full extent of his throat wound undetermined. He was later released and returned home. The rescue crew described the incident as personal safety related and noted the man barricaded inside his house before surrendering the knife.
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Nathan Frazier
Bethesda Hospital
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Charles Fox
Walter Hershey
Wesley Briggs
Baltimore Maryland West Virginia Weather Forecast
Maryland partly cloudy tomorrow with increasing cloudiness Thursday. Rain or snow begins late Thursday night or Friday morning in western Maryland. Saturday and Sunday look generally fair with five day temperatures around the mid thirties. West Virginia mostly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with rain or snow Friday, ending by Saturday then fair weekend.
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Clear Plain Language vs Shrouded Economic Jargon
James Marlow argues government reports fail to reach citizens when officials write in expert jargon. He cites President Roosevelt and Truman using plain language and notes the Council of Economic Advisers struggle to convey complex analysis to the public.
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Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Leon H. Keyserling
John D. Clark
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Andrews To Be Named Asst Navy Secretary
Washington reports President Truman intends to appoint Mark Edwin Andrews of Houston Texas as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The White House says the nomination will go to the Senate early in the new session, filling a post vacated by W John Kenney's promotion to Undersecretary. FEW STOCKS UP New York Dec 23 A few rails and industrials rose in thin trading while many leaders eased.
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Mark Edwin Andrews
Houston
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W. John Kenney
New York
Nec
Stassen Attacks White House On Commodity Trading Probes
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen challenged the administration to reveal if present or former White House officials traded commodities before early 1947 government purchases. He urged inquiry into possible profits and inside information leaks amid congressional probes and a 711-name trader list released by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson.
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Harold E. Stassen
White House
Stassen
Charles G. Ross
Edwin A. Pauley
Army
Royall
Pauley
Senate
Congress
Minnesota
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Three Die As Train Collides With Truck At Crossing
Norton Kansas reports a Rock Island passenger train hit a gasoline transport truck seven miles southwest of town. Locomotive and two cars burned killing engineer Pete Modlin and fireman John Campbell and truck driver Orin Heaton instantly. Seven mail clerks trapped briefly. baggage and mail cars destroyed. one coach damaged. The Rocky Mountain Rocket was westbound from Chicago.
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Kas
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Here
Pete Modlin
Goodland
John Campbell
Colorado Springs
Colo
Orin Heaton
Phillipsburg
Chicago
Second Wife Leaves Him Heir to $100000
An ex chauffeur in Atlantic City inherits $100000 from his second wife Mrs Margaret Clyde Hailey who died December 9 in a probate before Vice Chancellor Vincent S Haneman. Hailey married John G Kailey five years ago and he is about 30. He had previously inherited $100000 from his first wife Mrs Isabella Fishblatt after becoming her chauffeur.
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John G. Kailey
Vincent S. Haneman
Margaret Clyde Hailey
Pittsburgh
William G. Clyde
Hailey
Kailer
Bailey
Marin
Isabella Fishblatt
Truman cancels weekly press conference for Christmas
President Truman will skip his usual Thursday news conference this week. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told White House reporters that the move is a Christmas gift.
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