Three Hurt In Accidents In County
In three Thurmont Catoctin Furnace area crashes this morning, one involved an H F trolley and a car, two others a pair of skidding autos. Three people injured, car damage about 1000 dollars. Renner, 52, partly injured, treated at home then hospital. two more wrecks on Route 15 near Thurmont with injuries to Rector couple and Ridenour party, minor to none.
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Thurmont-Catoctin Furnace
William Glenn Renner
Catoctin Furnace
Frederick
Renner
Route 15
Elmer Sweeney
Thurmont RD
L_ Fi
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kenneth D. Bond
Thurmont
Bond
Roy Lee Rector
Bethlehem Pa
North Carolina
Rector
Theodore R. Ridenour
Thomas R. Ridenour
Edgar A
Richard Valentine
Greenham
Maryland Jobless Claims Hover At Seasonal Low
Maryland averaged about 4,000 unemployment claims weekly over 14 days. ESB Chairman Russell S. Davis said many layoffs are temporary as firms inventory for the new year. Total unemployment around 20,000. Baltimore city saw 2,606 claims in two hours at ESB offices.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Russell S. Davis
Employment Security Board
Davis
Towson
Bel Air
Devis
Baltimore City
Westerder
ESB
Miami
Japs Now Permitted To Fly Rising Sun Flag
General MacArthur announced that Japan may display the Rising Sun flag without special permission for the first time since surrender. The message cited nationalism as a path to a concept of nationalism that remains subordinate to universal laws among nations.
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Macathur
Japan
MacArthur
Tydings Nosed Out For Senate Post
Washington December 31 Senator Aic Keller defeated Senator Tydings in a tight vote 27 to 24 for President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The contest capped a Democratic meeting of 54 Senators as they fashion a slate for the new Senate. Barkley will be majority leader at the January 20 oath, with Lucas to succeed as majority leader. Sparkman spoke to a reporter.
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Washington
Aic Keller
D-Tenn
Tydings
Lucas
Haineis
Sparkman
Alabama
Consumer To Get Better Break In'49
New York year end forecast says 1949 should be more comfortable for consumers. A return to a buyers market is expected with fewer shortages and steady incomes, though housing remains hard to obtain and merchants face tougher competition for spenders. The 1948 record year showed peak production and spending, but late 1948 data indicate a leveling off and some declines.
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New York
Dinner Meeting Of Past Masters Held
The Frederick County Past Masters Association held a Wednesday dinner meeting at the Masonic Temple with 50 members present. John C. Engle Sr. was conferred with the Past Master degree and four officers became association members. officers elected included President Allen W. Nicodemus and Vice Presidents John Engelbrecht and Richard C. Etow, with Holden S. Felton as secretary and Paul D. Simpson as treasurer. Dinner was served by the Frederick Chapter of the Eastern Star.
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Frederick County
Masonic Temple
John C. Engle
Carroll Kinsey
Lynch Lodge
Carlos Myers
Brunswick
Lester E. Hine
Point of Rocks
Allen W. Nicodemus
John P. Engelbrecht
Richard C. Etoww
Holden S. Felton
Paul D. Simpson
James H. Falk
Frederick
The
Eastern Star
Watchnight Services Mark New Year in Frederickton
Traditional watch night services fill city churches as Fredericktonians welcome the new year. Offices in the Court House and state agencies closed all day today. tomorrow is a general holiday with business cessation in stores banks and factories.
Trial of Accused to Gandhi Murder Ends
Delhi India December 31 The trial of the accused in Mahatma Gandhi’s murder concluded after eleven months. Special Judge Atma Charan said judgment would be pronounced in January and did not specify a date.
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Gandhi
Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Atma Charan
Winter Weather Slows Frederick Area Traffic
Slippery roads and light snow disrupted travel as six cindering crews worked west and north of Frederick. Flooding eased on the Monocacy but Urbana Bucke rs town road remained impassable, and 1.68 inches of rain yesterday pushed December totals to 6.10 inches.
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State Roads Commission
Ich
Roads Commission
Commission
Frederick
Braddock Mountain
South Mountain
Baltimore
Gambrill State Park
Urbana- Buckerstown
Jug Bridge
Israel's Creek
Potomac
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Carroll Creek
Baker Park
John Wusz
Braddock Avenue
Search for airliner centers in Bahamas
Air liner missing since Tuesday morning after flares seen near Andres Island and near the Bahamas group. Seven Air Force planes searched the area yesterday. Coast Guard plans another scan today for any trace of the DC-3 charter with 32 aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Andres Island
Air Force
Coast Guard
Irregular New York Stocks End Year Mixed
Stocks closed unevenly with railroad shares dulling and gains reaching a point for carriers. The rest of the market wandered in fractional territory as 1920s style trading pace persisted into year end.
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New York
False kidnapping tale by Baltimore mother debunked
A 33 year old mother admitted that yesterday’s report of kidnapping and rape by two men was false. In a separate Baltimore case a five months old Negro girl died from bronchial pneumonia and malnutrition after being shunted between two hospitals and sent home, authorities said.
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Baltimore
Patice
Man Dies by Self Inflicted Shot After Crash
Kensington resident Robert Leroy Norris, 23, died from a shotgun blast on his brother’s porch shortly after his brother reported Norris joked about dying by his own action following a recent auto accident. Montgomery County coroner Frank J. Borchart said Norris had been involved in the crash and had been driving earlier.
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Kensington
Robert Leroy Norris
Frank J. Borchart
Montgome
Norris
Borchart
Peere
Robert
Soviet says steel output surpasses prewar levels and gains in 1948
Official reports to Joseph Stalin claim the Soviet Union has significantly exceeded its prewar steel production and other industrial outputs. Metallurgical Minister Ivan Teresyan outlines higher pig iron, rolled metal, pipe, and coke production in 1938 versus 1927, with oil and chemical industry gains also noted.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
Ivan T. Teresyan
Russia
Britain
U.S
Iatesman
Tevesyan
Oil Industry
East
Chemical Industry
Jews Move Across Partition Lines in Negev
An Israeli military spokesman said the Jewish Army’s second Negev offensive crossed partition lines into Arab Palestine areas. The UN partition allocated parts of the Negev to Israel and to Arabs. The crossing occurred southwest of Beersheba and southeast of Rafah. Abdullah of Transjordan reportedly offered to pursue peace talks.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
United Nations
Last Fear
Negev
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Paris
Beersheba
Rafa
Quarium
Ng Abdullah
Transjordan
Extended Forecast For Yair District Weekend Weather
Weather outlook calls for a very cold Saturday followed by a warmer Sunday. Rain or snow likely late Sunday in the mountains and late Sunday or Monday across the district, with a trend toward colder conditions Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to average around two degrees below normal.
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Yair
Chiang Announces War Continues as China Faces Critical Stage
In a 36th anniversary address, Chiang Kai-shek warned of a serious military stage and the nation’s fate, urging unity against Communists and advocating continued resistance for national sovereignty and cultural continuity. He stressed sacrifices, reconstruction failures, and the resolve to defend liberty and territorial integrity.
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China
Chiang
Sun Yat Sen
Winchester man dies after being struck by car near Baltimore
James W. Eaton, 50, of Winchester, Virginia, was fatally injured when hit by an automobile while crossing Washington Boulevard south of the city. He died after admission to a local hospital.
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Baltimore
James W. Eaton
Winchester
Washington Boulevard
Troubled World Ushers In New Year With Hope Tonight
London reports mark the new year with cautious hope amid Cold War tensions and Europe unrest. Paris toasts with champagne while Brussels drinks beer as 1959 begins. London eyes a return to medieval customs as Piccadilly Circus statue reappears and Danish Italian bans on fireworks. Rationing ends in Belgium and Poland announces abolition. Vienna plans prewar trumpet ceremonies as bells ring.
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London
Europe
Paris
Brussels
God of Love
Piccadilly Circus
Broadway
Denmark
Ialy
Wahen
Inwearn
Tass
Poland
Vienna
Yugoslav Trade Pact With Soviet Union Ends Hope of Broad Cooperation
The Soviet Tass agency announced a new Yugoslav Soviet trade pact lowering 1938 turnover by about one eighth and signaling Yugoslavia will sell goods to the West if bloc nations do not honor agreements. Milentije Popovic led the Yugoslav delegation in Moscow arriving Oct 26 and departing after talks. Tito warned against remaining a raw materials supplier to industrialized nations and accused Cominform states of cancelling promised machinery shipments.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Marshal Trios Gover
Soviet Union
U.S
Tass
Tito
Britain
Italy
Switzerland
Sweden
U. S. State Department
Milentije Popovic
Russia
TF. Semichastnev
Builders Overcharged Home Owners Near $500 000
Washington reports 350 local home owners in Maryland were overcharged by builders totaling nearly $500,000. Regional housing official Joseph Bernard blamed failure to meet building specifications. Names of builders were withheld. one has already restituted in 43 Takoma Park cases and agreed to weatherproof and dry basements for a year at about $70 per house.
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Washington
Joseph Bernard
Maryland
Bernard
Takoma Park
End of Hostilities Unclear In Indonesia This Year
Batavia Java December 31 reports no formal cease fire proclamation by December 31. The Dutch envoy to the United Nations said hostilities would end by year end in Java and within days in Sumatra, but Beel announced a ceasefire only in preparation for broadcast, leaving the end of fighting still unsettled.
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Batavia
Java
Indonesia
Paris
U.N. Security Council
Sumatra
Netherland
L. J. M. Beel
Congressional committee to probe erroneous intelligence report
A Congressional committee plans to investigate an erroneous intelligence report from an unidentified government agency amid tense international tensions. The panel may hold public hearings on an incident cited in a Hoover Commission task force report, a Democratic member said, asking his name be kept confidential.
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Washington
Congressional
Lost Spring
Mittee
No Paper Tomorrow New Year Schedule Notice
The newspaper will not be published on New Year’s Day. The editorial office opens after four o’clock Sunday afternoon. The business office opens at the usual hour Monday morning.
Income tax tone hints at no cut for individuals in 1949
The article outlines expectations that individual income taxes will not be reduced in 1949 while noting possible increases for higher earners. It cites President Truman and Democratic leaders as considering changes to excess profits and estate taxes, with focus on guiding taxpayers on minimizing payments under current law.
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Washington
Trunan
Congress
30Th Congress
George D
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
U. S
Truman In Huddle With Lieutenants Kington
President Truman met with top lieutenants to map the “New Deal” program for presentation to the upcoming Congress. The talk focused on party leadership and likely Senate and House leaders, with anticipated roles for Rayburn and Lucas. No budget specifics were announced, and details remained unavailable before Monday.
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Kington
Truman
Huddie
Toda
Congress
Senatso
Rep Rayburn
Tex State
House
Lucas
Senate
Hoi
Rep. eCormack
Floods Teardown Northeast Rivers Hit New Jersey and Albany
Flooding tears through Manville Bound Brook and Bradley Beach areas as rivers burst banks and cut traffic. Guardsmen rescue 56 families in upstate New York and Vermont areas. Albany and Troy flood as Hudson rises. rainfall totals reach over 4 inches in places with rail lines flooded and freeze to follow.
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United States
New New York
Newath
Marstir
New Jersey
Manville
Bound Brook
Bradley Fens
Bridgewater
Upstate
New York
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Farmington
Albany
Troy
Hudson River
Upstate New York
New England
Boston
Blaine
Boston and
Mbany
Evacuation claims of Soviet troops in Korea disputed
President Rhee dismissed a Moscow radio report claiming Soviet forces had left Korea by Christmas as unconfirmed. He warned Russia’s assurances would be tested after the UN Commission returns in January. Rhee urged that Koreans vote freely and cautioned against allowing a Soviet army withdrawal to prevent reunification.
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Synogman Rhee
Moscow
North Korea
Rhee
Russia
Korea
United Nations Commission
Thesident
South Korea
Croshy Again Tops At Movie Box Offices
Movie box office totals show Croshy Again leading international draws for Brit exhibitors with a noted all time high. Abbott and Costello place second with Grable topping the Mansy-makers for the sixth time, while the runner-up and other stars share the period dominant in year end tallies. A separate Washington scene notes Senator Vandenberg calling the Senate into session at noon for the last GOP controlled Congress. In Monroe Louisiana, a kerosene heater blast killed four children in a riverfront home fire yesterday.
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Ergeous Grable
Abbott and Costello
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Russ
Welles
Sumner Welles
Red
Croshy
Monroe
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