Tojo And Six Other Japanese War Lords Are Hanged In Tokyo County
Positive indications arise that Frederick county Maryland will keep the tax rate at 8.34 dollars per 100. Officials say a formal decision may come next week and auditors report a healthy financial status with an unappropriated surplus carried into 1949. The board plans a large school construction fund, possibly larger than 175,600, and outlines jail and road budget needs amid a rising assessment base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Maryland
Robert C. Triesier
Hagerstown
Thurmont High School
Roads Board
White hospital worker charged with raping patient in seclusion cell
In Annapolis on December 22, William Wiles Webb, 35, a carpenter at Crownsville State Hospital, was charged with raping a 35 year old Black patient confined in a seclusion cell. A mental deficiency acting as helper testified the patient wore a white gown and sat in a chair. Webb pleaded innocent and was ordered held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
William Wiles Webb
Crownsville State Hospital
Samuel J. Macaluso
Webb
Jacob Morgen
Fice
Dee
AMG Personnel To Be Cut In 1949 Berlin Plan
A 1949 cut in American military government payrolls in Germany is drafted in Washington by the Army Department and Col. J. T. Duke representing Gen. Lucius D. Clay. The AMG staff will be reduced while troops on occupation duty remain. The plan aims to return governance tasks to Germans as steps toward transfer. Duke is expected to fly to Berlin with final details.
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Berlin
Germany
Washington
Army Department
J. T. Duke
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germa
AMG
Duke
Marshall Plan Aid To Dutch East Indies Halted By U S
The United States halted Marshall Plan aid to the Dutch East Indies in protest of the Dutch military campaign in Indonesia. Paul G. Hoffman announced the suspension following consultations with the State Department, with ECA funds redirected or paused while relations and hostilities are resolved. An Indonesian envoy urged severe cuts, while Dutch officials denied funds were used to arm troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Shington
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Yes
Hostil
Indonesia
Paul G. Hoffen
ECA
Netherlands
State Department
D. Soemitra
Lovett
Eelco van Kleffens
East Indies
Paul
U. S. State Department
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Republcan
Jan Herman van Royen
Security Council
Republic
van Royen
United States of
Indian
Weird Ice Formation Devastates Maryland Hills Trees
An ice storm left damaged tops on trees at Gambrill Park and Washington Monument State Park, with limbs stripped from poplars. District Forest Supervisor Herman Toms noted extensive work ahead to clear roads and repair forest infrastructure, while snow and warming temps changed conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
South Mountains
Herman Toms
Gambrill Park
State Forestry Department
Washington Monument State Park
South Mountain
Toms
Seven Below Zero Recorded in North Dakota Weather
The Weather Bureau reports seven below zero in North Dakota as a cold snap continues. Federal forecasters expect temperatures to rise to around 15 above in parts of the state with conditions slowly easing later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Chicago
Mercury
Dax
Weather Bureau
Middletown Lions Host Christmas Party at State Theater
Middletown Lions Club plans a Christmas party for local residents at the State Theater with a movie and candy prizes. Ellsworth McGaha oversees arrangements. A deed in Woodsboro transfers 39 acres with improvements from Joseph R. Fogie to Augustine G. Wickless for about 4000 dollars per revenue stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lions Club
State
Ellsworth McGaha
Woodsboro
Joseph R. Fogie
Augustine G Wickless
Roosevelt's Grandson Among 35 Dead in Basalt Island Crash
Quentin Roosevelt, 29, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, is among four bodies believed trapped in the wreckage of a CNAC C-54 Skymaster that crashed on Basalt Island near Hongkong. The flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong was fogbound when the right wing struck rock. 28 passengers and seven crew were aboard, including five women and a child.
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Hongkong
Quentin Roosevelt
Basalt Island
Theodore Roosevelt
Rocky Island
Shanghai
Roosevelt
Chinese National Airlines Corporation
CNAC
Here
Charles Sundby
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Feng Yu-Cheng
Chinese Central News Agency
P. L. Fang
Sundby
Bias Bay
Young Roosevelt
Vic
Dubofsky Resigns as Georgetown Football Coach
Georgetown football line coach Maurice Dubofsky resigns. End coach George Murtagh will lead a proposed 130 pound team with Ay Palm not returning. Head coach Jo Hagerty oversees a reshuffled staff after 13 years with the previous trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weashington
Maurice Dubofsky
Georgetown
Toda
George Urtagah
Ay Palm
Jo Hagerty
Dubofsky
Murtagh
Hagerty
Grounded for Two Years Balkimore Pilot Diffendall
Charles Diffendall, once airport owner and pilot, received a two year grounding from the Civil Aeronautics Authority after a conviction for flying. The ruling affects his ability to operate aircraft and his aviation status remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkimore
Charles 4. Diffendall
Civil Aeronnautics Authority
New Cabinet Sets Peace Aim as China Fences with Reds
Chiang Kai shek approves a cabinet selected by Sun Fo aiming for an honorable peace. North China and eastern China north of the Yangtze tremble as Communist forces advance. Observers warn the north may collapse while Peiping and Tientsin resist amid heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chiang
China
Yangtze
Sun Fo
Sun
Peiping
Tientsin
Clinic For Palsied Children Held Today
The first Frederick county clinic for cerebral palsied children opened at Winchester Hall with ten children waiting. Dr. Winthrop M. Phelps of Baltimore led examinations and prescribed braces or physical therapy. aides from the Maryland League for Crippled Children and the State Health Department assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Maryland League For Crippled Children
Frederick County Health Department
Wes
Winthrop M. Phelps
Baltimore
United States
Phelps
George Frederick Counts
State Health Department
Frederic
Ivan Larson
Ood
Schnectad Spekter
Hartford
Donn
Miss Mary Church
Ce G. Eberwve
Margaret Huffington
Maryland League
Rescue Of 11 Men To Be Tried Again
Washington reports officials plan a new attempt to rescue 11 marooned men. A C-82 transport was scheduled to reconnoiter and airlift part of the party if weather allows, with Goose Labra listed as the origin point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Goose Labratry
Navy Plane Faces Fuel Shortage While Reaching Mainland
A four engine B-17, reported from Honolulu, is low on fuel with about 325 gallons remaining. At 10 a.m. the pilot said it was burning 20 gallons per hour, about 313 hours from San Francisco, as Air Force Coast Guard and other Navy aircraft converged to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San F.co
Honolulu
Navy
San Francisco
Air Force
Coast Guard
Pre-Christmas Rush Peak Believed Over
Post office reports heavy mail yesterday as bright sunshine aided shoppers and stores prepare to close early on Christmas Eve. Cancellations reached 2026 with expectations of a drop in business today as the holiday season winds down.
Kiwanis Dinner Honors Deceased Member and Christmas Charity
About one hundred attendees at the Kiwanis Club dinner in Middletown heard Rev. Warren A. Greisch speak on hope amid war. Mrs. Carroll and Sperry L. Storm performed, and a poinsettia prize aided crippled children care. Walter F. Zeigler, a longtime member, was mourned with a moment of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Warren A. Greisch
Christ Reformed Church of
Middletown
Robert L. Smith
Joseph Carroll
West
3Th Street
Wm. Dichmont
Robert Wells
Sharpe's
Albert M. Coblentz
Walter F. Zeigler
Duggan Death Inquiry Deepens in New York
Investigators pursue whether Laurence Duggan’s death was a self-inflicted act an accident or foul play. Congressman Mundt and Sumner Welles push for a thorough police probe as new clues and differing statements emerge about the New York incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Yesterda
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
House Un-American Activities Committee
Sumner Welles
New York Ddwyer
Welles
Con m
Deta Mundi
Plane death aboard homeward bound for 60 year old veteran
The widow of John Cropper reports his death from a heart attack aboard a plane returning home from six months in Japan. Cropper, a Providence, Rhode Island native and commander of the 8.5 unit, served as a Mercia Marine Dper since age 31 and saw action in World War I.
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Connors
Attac
Rete G
Japan
John Cropper
Providence
Farmers Academy
Montreal
Mercia Marine
Swach Cumberland Forfeits Collateral in Peoples Court
In Peoples Court this morning Magistrate Alvin Bennett heard Ray mond J. Swach Cumberland confess collateral forfeiture for exceeding 50 and $1744. William F. Wars of 120 Water Street faced charges of operating without a license and failing to stay within highway center. Arrests were made by State Trooper H. J. Brown and C. H. Dewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Bennett
Peoples Court
Raymond J. Swach Cumberland
William F. Wars
Water Street
H. J. Brown Rand C. H. Dewitt
U.N Group Accuses Dutch of Breaking Renville Pact
The United Nations Good Offices Committee reports that the Netherlands violated the Renville truce by pursuing a current campaign against the Indonesian republic while negotiating with Republicans. It notes Dutch control of oil and rubber areas and cites Dutch failure to accept talks with Indonesian Premier Hatta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Ces
Sumatera
Good Offices
Security Council
Paris
U.N
Republic
United Nations
Merle Cochrane
United States
T. W. Cutis
Australia
U. SS
Mohamed Hatta
Renville
U. S
Batavia
Lily Pons Mails Christmas Cards
Fragmented text notes Lily Pons sending Christmas cards and references to opera, a department office, and a subpoena involving Philip Murray. Stock market section mentions New York stocks opening lower with minor declines and little change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Pons
New York
Foley
Lasses
Executions Sealed In Sayamo Prison Eyewitness Silence
The seven Japanese war criminals including former premier Tojo were hanged at Sugamo Prison in near total secrecy. The Army announced the hangings occurred between 6 00 and 3 35 on December 23, with no attendance by newsmen. The executions followed a Supreme Court ruling denying appeals for Doihara and Hirota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenji Doihara
Koki Hirota
International Tribunal
Tokyoe
Toto
U.S
Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Berlin
Mussolini
Halian Part- Isas
Marion P. Echols
Arthurs
Sugamo
H. H. Hawkins
Echols
Army Public Information Office
International Military Tribunal For
Far East
MacArthur
Keki Hirota
Seisuko Itagaki
Heitaru Kumura
Manchuria
Iwane Mars
Akira Muto
Phill
Apermen
Yowa
Macmeney
Ihees Supreme Court
Partisan Battles Loom For Senate Leaders After Vote
Washington observers foresee rivalries in the incoming Senate over two key posts the presidency pro tempore and the GOP floor leader. Tydings of Maryland is pitched by some as a candidate for pro tempore while Wherry or Vandenberg may clash for the Republican leadership backed by Taft’s policy committee outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Touglas
Chamber
Markland
Senator McKellar
Congress
GOP
Senat Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Vandenberg
Higan
Taft
Ohio
Options Set On Two Apple By-Product Plants In Pa
A group of Southern Pennsylvania fruit growers secured an option on two National Fruit Product Company canning plants in Peach Glen and Chambersburg Pennsylvania. The option runs to March 1 1949 subject to stockholder action if shares are raised. The two plants produce canned applesauce and sliced apple products under the Glas bore label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Southern Pennsylvania
Peach Glen
Chambersburg
Aumners
Toda
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
Winchester
Frank Armstrong
Pensylvania Group
Armstrong
Board of
Atlanta
Edwards Case Transferred to Baltimore for Trial
Edwards, a 23 year old Black man from Marys, faces first degree murder charges in the killings of John Ho Mohinu and Mery C Kline in Glen Burne. The trial was ordered moved from Anne Arundel County to Baltimore at Edwards’s request, with Circuit Judges James Clark and Benjamin Michaelson presiding. He pleads not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Owas
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore Criminal Court
Edu
Glen Burne
Edwards
James Clark
Benjamin Michaelson Edwards
Maries
John Ho Mohinu
Mery C Kline
Disgruntled Workers Hang Santa In Effigy
Local 456 union members at the Weoekers plant on 101Q1 paraded a Santa effigy in front of the main office yesterday. The dispute centers on contract interpretations for time off during Christmas and New Year holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Ebecc Avenue
Santa Claus
Plantmam
Local 456
United Leution
Weoekers
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Tokyo
Middletown Lions
Reds
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiwanis
Duggan
the Hague
Council
Pans
Hoffman
Philip Murray
Santa
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