Snow drifts reported on Westminster road and area
Two State Roads Commission snowplows were clearing drifts on the Westminster road near Liberty while other highways remained fairly clear. Wind speeds reached 20 mph with continued cold, flurries, and possible snow showers. Temperatures ranged from a low around 26 to a high 35 to 40. Barracks B noted ice on spots from Frederick to the old Route 40 near South Mountain Braddock Heights. No accidents reported. city streets remained slippery despite cinders. Market and Patrick streets were mainly clear.
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VA to Lose 1 400 Physicians in Spring
Washington reports the Veterans Administration will lose 1 400 physicians next spring, over 40 percent of its hospital staff. Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley said replacing these doctors will be the top challenge for the new medical director. Hawley resigns next Wednesday after two years in office. The physicians are young officers from wartime Army and Navy training programs. Terms of the 1 400 expire in May, Hawley said.
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Western Union Panel To Meet On Monday
A panel named by Cyrus S. Ching to settle major points in the Western Union dispute with three AFL unions will convene Monday in Washington. Eugene Meier Waldo Fisher and Charles A. Horsky, chosen by Ching, will serve. The unions had threatened a strike but agreed to panel arbitration on wage profit discussions for new rates.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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University of Pennsylvania
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Washington Attourney
Ching
Three LCTs Gone No One Aboard Craft Horfolk Va
Three landing craft tanks disappeared after breaking away from tug Barlow in high winds near Norfolk. The crafts tied together battered each other, leaving no trace. Coast Guard planes and surface craft searched since the distress call. No crew aboard the missing vessels. Pope Pius XII recovers from influenza and will resume audiences next week. West Virginia highway traffic improves but chains remain in mountains and some areas.
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Oldtimers Compare 1888 Blizzard With 1947 Snowfall
New Yorkers debate the severity of a 25.8 inch snowfall versus the 20.9 inches of 1888. Augustus Post recalls 1888 hardships, noting hurricane winds and city isolation lasting days, while older veterans argue the 1947 storm lacked the extreme conditions of 1888. Post, 74, recounts past snowshoeing to feed his family and messages traveling by cable to London and back.
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Gealter BP
Gardner
Jersey City
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Philippines Typhoon Toll Rises Past Fifty Dead and Missing
Manila reports 49 dead or missing after the December typhoon, with 32 aboard the Danish motorship Kina sunk off Samar Sea. Eleven killed in Laguna, five in Manila, one in Cavite, while many areas suffer ruined crops and widespread destruction. Communications collapse hampers full casualty tally.
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Roy Rogers to Wed on New Year's Eve at Flying El Ranch
Cowboy star Roy Rogers and his bride-to-be Dale Evans plan a western style wedding on New Year’s Eve at the Flying El ranch near Davis Oklahoma. Guests include Governor Roy J. Turner. The guest list omits Trigger the horse.
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Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Flying EL Ranch House
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Rogers
Trigger
Sims
Destructive Fires Rip Through Portland Waterfront District
Destruction followed two fires in Portland on December 27. Fire at a large empty stock yard building and a blaze at Randall & McAllister coal plant on the Union Wharf caused the 400 ton loading tower to topple into five fishing boats. Officials estimate losses around 225 thousand dollars as northeast snowstorm hampered firefighting and threatened the waterfront while thousands of tons of coal burned.
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Portland
Gremen
Union Wharf
Randall & McAllister
Playing Soldier Child Hurt In Oklahoma Incident
A nine year old boy Henry Cook was playing with a live military device when it exploded. He was injured severely, doctors amputated his left forearm and removed splinters from multiple wounds. The incident occurred near Fort Sill Oklahoma on December 27.
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Henry Cook
Fort Sill
Towson to Induct Dr Hawkins as President January 17
Towson plans a formal induction for Dr Earle Taylor Hawkins, new president of the State Teachers College, succeeding Dr M Theresa Wiedefield. Hawkins, native of Bel Air, has served as director of instruction in the State Department of Education for two years. Philadelphia gas shortage threatens to close gas works affecting over 500000 consumers.
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Earle Taylor Hawkins
State Teachers College
Bel Air
Hawkins
State Department of Education
M. Theresa Wiedefield
Teachers College
$100,000 Fire Loss At York Lumber Plant
The lumber yard of Home Furniture Co in suburban York Pa burned early today causing damage estimated at $100,000. The fire also damaged the nearby planing and furniture mill but was controlled after about two and a half hours by York and West York fire companies. Fire Chief L Elis Wegner called the spread rapid and a full probe expected. Ivan Gerber, owner, withheld a damage estimate pending inventory. Police and fire officials call the $100,000 figure conservative.
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Home Furniture Company
West York
L. Elis Wegner
Ivan Gerber
Two Polish Leaders Sentenced To Die
Warsaw December 27 Two underground leaders were condemned to die for treason after being found guilty of supplying state and military secrets to American and British diplomats. Waclaw Lipinski 51 ex-army colonel and former director of the Polish Army Historical Institute and Wiodzimierz Marszwski 56 former Polish military mission member and Warsaw embassy attache were the condemned. Five other defendants received prison terms as spies.
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Warsaw
Waclaw Lipinski
Wiodzimierz Marszwski
Washington
Children Burned When Door Locks
A five year old girl and her four year old brother died in a Milford home fire after their mother locked the front door behind her while seeking help. Mrs Willard E Wyatt, the mother, said she ran from the burning house shouting for aid as neighbors and firefighters were unable to enter in time. The children Edna Mae and Willard E Jr were found charred after the blaze was controlled. SNOW HITS STOCKS New York, Dec 27 scattered stocks remained plus as heavy snow slowed trading and the Board opened late. The market was thin, with many clerks missing and most trades through wire houses out of town. TREATED FOR EUCRENS Gettysburg, Pa Dec 27 Mrs Ray Maxell etc received burns treating for burns from spilled fuel.
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Gettysburg
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Ray Miller
Emmitsburg R
Greek War Escalates as Government Moves Against Communists
Fighting rages in Konitsa region as Greek army presses toward Ioannina and Bourozani bridge. Guerrillas use artillery and mortars to block reinforcements. 95 guerrillas killed and 63 captured in 24 hours. Athens moves to outlaw the Communist party amid war stakes. Sophoulis seeks Army strength.
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United States
Karl Rankin
Chiang bars military news in official press ban
Chiang Kai-Shek issued a personal order banning disclosure of military news by government officials as reports from the north said the national position in Manchuria was worsening. High authorities reportedly disclosed secret transfers and war secrets despite the ban. Communists were gaining ground in west Liaoning amid heavy fighting.
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Chiang
Kai-Shek
Manchuria
West Liaoning
Writing to your Congressman How to contact officials
The Nation Today explains how to write to a senator or representative. It describes office locations in Washington and office buildings, the franking privilege allowing official mail at no cost, and tips on addressing the correct office to ensure replies. It emphasizes that congressmen have staff paid by the government to assist with mail.
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Washington
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New House
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House
Cold Wave Kills 10 In Mexico City
Ten people are dead and more than one hundred hospitalized as a three day cold wave grips the Mexico City area. Officials report broader impact and ongoing weather distress affecting residents and services.
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Mexico City
Bond Issue Maturing In 1951 Ends Civil War Ransom Debt
Frederick's 260000 debt from 1864 to save the city from Confederate troops remains live as editorial focus. The city registrar cites serial bonds, sinking funds phased out, and gradual payments through 1951 ending the war debt. Total outstanding bonds projected at 1,854,000 with modest recent additions. finances deemed strong.
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Baltimore Sun
New York Herald Tribune
City Register
A. A. Nicodemus
Maturi
Frederick City
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Tony
Record snowfall traps New York trains and flights
New York suffered a 25.8 inch snowfall as trains stalled in suburbs and long lines formed at LaGuardia Field. Long Island Railroad crews sought to trace Penn Station departures and many passengers walked cold streets or waited in terminals. Flights were halted and outbound travelers sheltered at the domestic terminal as road conditions worsened.
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Marshall Plan Brain Trusters at Work in Washington
Washington news recounts the Marshall Plan task force, about 200 experts from nearly every department, led by Lovett with Kennan and Bohlen advising. It notes long hours, marital strains among spouses, and the shift from drafting to data handling on punch cards, plus the mix of country and commodity specialists and the youthful leadership.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Brain Trust
State Department
Bill Phillips
Internationa Resources Division
Bill Bray
International Resources
Charles Kindelberger
Italy
Marshall Plan
Department of Government
Robert A. Lovett
George F. Kennan
Nelick Planning
Charles E. Bohlen
Sidelights On N Y Storm
New York on December 27 faced a snowbound city with 25.6 inches fallen the day before. Suburban visitors with little money roamed Times Square as plush nightclubs struggled for customers while many streets saw roistering crowds and rescues for the fallen. The storm surprised officials and delayed ships and buses as the Queen Mary sailed at 4.25 am after a near 12 hour wait and a horse drawn sleigh carried two fares from Savoy Plaza.
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Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
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Central Park
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Newark, N. J
Essex County Catholic Youth Organization
Vaughn Mon Iree
New York City
Plastic Replacements For Human Bone Found
Chicago December 27 The Navy funded research reports plastic substitutes for diseased bones. Captain C W Shilling of the Office of Naval Research says a successful method uses inactive plastic material to replace diseased bone enabling early rehab while tissue replaces the plastic later.
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Chicago
U. S. Navy
American Association For the Advancement of Science
C. W. Shilling
Office of Naval Research
Navy
Association
Marshall To Dole Out Aid To Nations
Secretary of State Marshall has been appointed by President Truman to supervise expenditure of $522,000,000 in stopgap aid for France Austria and Italy. The aid provides food fuel and living necessities to see them through the winter. The White House executive order also directs Marshall to use $960,090 allocated for China.
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Washington
Marshall
Truman
France
Austria
Ialy
White House
China
Skiers Killed as Italian Truck Crash Near Como
An Ansa dispatch from Rome reports a truck carrying 50 skiers from Mount Primo ran off a road near Como in the Alpine foothills, killing 21 occupants and injuring 27. The agency cites brake failure as the cause.
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Rome
Ansa
Afilan
Mount Primo
Como
Top Echelon Puts Marshall Plan to Detailed Congress Review
In the top spots are Harold Spiegel Walter Surry Kindelberger Arthur Kimball and Lincoln Gordon. They will justify Marshall Plan estimates in detail after introductory presentations to Congress as it reconvenes in January.
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Harold Spiegel
Walter Surry
Kindelberger
Arthur Kimball
Lincoln Gordon
Congress
New York Buried Under Historic Snowstorm
New York City and its 8 million residents faced the heaviest snow in history as a 25.8 inch storm paralyzed transport. Officials met to plan moving food and essentials while three dozen died across the storm belt, with New Jersey and nearby states heavily affected.
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New Jersey
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Michigan
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Long Beach
Calif
Mercury
Los Angeles
Connecticut
Merritt Parkway
Bradford
Massachusetts
Extended fore Maryland weather turns colder with snow
Extended forecast for Maryland calls for cloudy skies with scattered mountain flurries then clearing and colder tonight. Monday remains fair and very cold. Tuesday expects snow in the mountains with possible flurries in the east. Temperatures run 3 to 5 degrees below normal.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Fatalities Rise as Palestine Conflict Claims 10 More
Jerusalem reported 10 more deaths in the Palestine war as tensions flared. Four Jews and six Arabs were killed, lifting total fatalities to 379 since partition was announced a month ago.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
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