Monocacy Flood Stage Report T: Monocacy flood stage reported with rising river and traffic halts across Maryland counties
Monocacy River rose to flood stage with 15.55 feet at Jug Bridge and traffic blocked at Buckeystown. State Roads crew prepared to spread cinders as snow falls from Braddock Mountain to Libertytown. Potomac rises slightly while Liberty Road area floods recede slowly and detour signs posted. New Year rainfall totaled about 2.47 inches in the city, with a near freezing low around 33. Snow plows operated in Frederick County amid ice and debris on Hagerstown Fredericksburg highways. The winter wheat crop reportedly benefits from Western Maryland torrents amid ongoing weather uncertainty.
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Bonocacy
Trafic
Braddock Mountain
Thomas G. Mohler
State Roads Commission
South Mountain
Libertytown
State Police
Braddock
Washington
Garrett
Engle
Israel Creek
Liberty Road
Joe Engle
Jug Bridge
Buckeystown
Urbana
Muddy Run
Hansonville
Lewistown
Sandy Hook
Carrell Creek
Gambrill State Park
Fourth Street
Associated Press
Washington County
Mersland
Hagerstown-Frederick
Freder
Maryland
Instrument Measures Range Of Cosmic Rays
A new 13 deck gas and lead instrument speeds the measurement of cosmic ray weight and range 30 000 feet above Earth. Dr Robert B Brode of the University of California reports the device that now measures both speed and range for rays from B 29 bombers.
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Los Angeles
American Physical Society
Robert B. Brode
University of California
Brode
France Signs Treaty Granting Winter Aid
France signed a treaty with the United States accepting conditions set by Congress to grant 522 million pounds in winter aid to France Italy and Austria. U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault signed in the Foreign Ministry cloak room in a highly publicized ceremony. Caffrey called the grant a response of the American people to the emergency.
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Paris
France
United States
U. S
Italy
Austria
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
Georges Bidault
Foreign Ministry
Caffrey
Mihai and Queen Helen Seek Swiss Entry Visas
The Romanian government requested 35 visas for former King Mihai, Queen Mother Helen, and their retinue to enter Switzerland. Diplomatic passports were sought for Mihai, who abdicated, and his mother. A spokesman said Swiss replies may come by late Monday or Tuesday as offices close on Saturday noon.
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Bucharest
Romania
Mihai
Helen
Switzerland
Popular Democratic Republic
Bern
E R Kingsley To Address Frederick Lions Joint Meeting
The first joint Frederick county Lions Clubs dinner meeting will be at the Francis Scott Key hotel on Thursday January 8 at 6 30 PM with Edwin R Kingsley of Parkersburg West Virginia past international Lions president as speaker. Attending clubs include Middletown Myersville Brunswick Thurmont Glade Valley Emmitsburg and Union Bridge. Kingsley linked to a major eastern insurer and formerly served as attorney for the West Virginia State Tax Commission and Parkersburg representative in the state legislature. He became international president in 1936 after holding other Lions roles. West Virginia district governor Joseph T Warrenfeltz and Maryland district 22W governor Alvey V Henn will attend. A Frederick Lions Club quartet will perform.
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Frederick County
Lions Clubs
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Edwin R. Kingsley
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lionsternational
Middletown
Myersville
Brunswick
Thurmont
Glade Valiey
Emmitsburg
Union Bridge
Frederick
Greek Rebels Fleeing After Siege of Konitsa
Greek War Minister George Stratos said rebels fled into the Grammos mountains after a seven day battle that lifted the siege of Konitsa the government garrison was relieved but a second column faced fire at Bouro szani bridge. Estimates put rebel strength around 3 060 to 20 099 men with a claimed first fruit for the bogus government of Slave-Communists.
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Athens
George Stratos
Grammos
Konitsa
Barison
Markos Vafiades
Yesterdday
Bouroszani
Koviisa
Winter storm toll soars across central states to New England
Severe ice and snow hit the central states and southern New England over New Year’s. Tornadoes in the South killed about 20 people and damaged hundreds of homes. Traffic crashes and power failures surged as icy highways and freezing rain paralyzed cities from Chicago to New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Central States
New England
Dixie
Missouri Pacific
Otterville
Mio
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Chicago
Weather Bureau
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Lake Erie
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Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Midwest
Minnesota
Trafic
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New Jersey
Maryland
Baltimore
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Steet
Easton
Allenstown
New York
Nation's Violent Death Toll Reaches 130
An official AP survey shows the nation's violent deaths over the New Year period at 130. It includes 104 traffic and railroad fatalities and 26 from other causes, compared with 116 the previous year and far below the 288 during Christmas.
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Associated Press
India appeals UN Security Council over Kashmir border crisis
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru charged Pakistan with aiding Kashmiri rebels and said India had appealed to the United Nations Security Council for intervention on December 30.
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India
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pakistan
Kashmri
Security Council
The
United Nations
Brooks urges private management of Marshall plan funds
Senator Brooks Republican Illinois leaders call for business style operation of European recovery funds, divorced from the State Department. He proposes placing control in productive American enterprises with input from industry agriculture and labor to drive large scale production similar to wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Brooks
R-Iil
State Department
Senate
Europe
America
United States
Use Of Parachutes Is Held Impractical
Washington unit states parachute use by commercial air lines impractical. President Truman's Air Safety Board cites few passengers trained, little time before crash, and high speed and altitude of modern planes as reasons to avoid bailouts.
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Washington
Truman
Air Safety Board
White House
Senators Probe Wheat Trading of Graham
Senators question the Personal Physician of President Truman and the brokers Bache and Co regarding their arrangement with Brig. Gen Wallace Graham holding 509,900 bushels of wheat. A subcommittee may issue a summons if disclosure is not voluntary.
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Washington
Truman
Knowland
R-Cetif
Appropriations
Bache and Co
Krowland
Wallace Graham
Fire engulfs six buildings on Manhattan west side
A five alarm fire on January 2 spread through six buildings near Columbus Circle. A 40 year old woman, Mrs Mayse McLain, leaped to safety from a roof and was saved by a net. Eleven firefighters were injured. 40 people were led to safety. The blaze began at 230 West 58th Street and intensified after an explosion.
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Manhattan
West Side
Columbus Circle
Mayse McLain
West 58Th Street
West Ash Street
Broadway
Thomas Brophy
West 58Th
J Street
Brophy
Seeks Martin As Nominee for Republican Presidential Bid
Rep. Leo Allen says Joseph W. Martin is being groomed as a compromise Republican nominee. Allen estimates Martin has a strong chance and notes Martin is aware of the campaign to promote him. He compares the approach to the 1940 convention pattern for an opening.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin
Leo Allen
Allen
Martin
House Rules Committee
Philadelphia
Hitch-Hiker Confesses Slaying Motorist and Wounding Wife
A 25 year old man from Peru Indiana identified as Don Tucker admitted in a signed statement last night to fatally shooting Robert Hutchins 20 and wounding his wife Shirley 20 near Hot Sulphur Springs Colorado. Hutchins died later. the couple’s four year old son Larry was unharmed and described the hitchhiker as the shooter.
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Don Tucker
Peru
Ind
Robert Hutchins
Shirley
Denver
Abs
Hutchins
Larry
Daddy
Strike hits overseas cable firms delaying international transmissions
United States workers at four cable companies began a strike on January 2 affecting about two thirds of facilities handling overseas communications. In a separate report, Coast Guardsmen rescued 21 men from a fishing steamer grounded near Ocracoke Island after a late-night incident.
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New York
PiUnion Overseas Communication
United States
ARF
Ocracoke
N. C
Ocracoke Island
Last Escapee Captured Near Canon City
James Sherbondy, 28, a murderer and last of a dozen escapees from the Colorado prison break, was captured at a ranch house three miles north of Canon City today. A chimney fire at 233 East Fifth Street was put out by a water stream, aided by local fire units. The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of fees from all national banks as of December 31, 1947.
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Canon City
Cole
James Sherbondy
Colorado
East Fifth Street
Citizens Truck Company
Washington
L Camptroller
Weddell and 13 Others Die in Missouri Train Wreck
Former ambassador Alexander W. Weddell and 13 holiday travelers were killed in a New Year’s Day collision near Otterville Missouri when two Missouri Pacific trains in a heavy snow storm collided. Twelve others were injured, five hospitalized. Families include Mrs Alexander W. Weddell and Frank M. Ryan. Ryan’s family perished.
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Otterville
Alexander W. Weddell
Spain
Argentina
Missouri
Frank M. Ryan
Missouri Pacific
Missourian
St. Louis
Kansas City
Weddells
Richmond
Tucson
Ariz
Weddell
State Department
Denmark
Roosevelt
Frank Ryan
Adelaide Ryan
James
Judith
Frankie
Ryans
Hollywood
Ind
Pullman
E. K. Emmons
St. Charles
Harry Chamber
Lovejoy
Roy Ryan
Evansville
Hugh Waggoner
State Highway Patrol
P-80 Jets May Set Speed Records in Japan Flight
Two P-80 jet fighters reportedly may have set speed records over Japan with strong tailwinds. William K. Thomas of Seattle flew 330 miles from Hiroshima to Tokyo in 27 minutes, achieving 735 mph. Lieut. John Chickering of New York completed 175 miles from Misawa to Sendai in 13 minutes 27 seconds, about 796 mph.
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Tokyo
Fifth Airforce
Hiroshima
Wiliam K. Thomas
Seattle
John i. Chickering
New York
Cit
Misawa
Honshu
Sendai
Japan
Stocks Uneven In New Year Trading
New York began 1948 with uneven price trends as Wall Street divided on conditions for the year. The late December upswing prompted some professional profit taking while dealings remained quiet and direction showed a cloudy midday outlook.
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New York
Wall Street
Greek Recovery Seen Through Marshall Plan Efforts
Six months of Truman Doctrine relief and rebuild aid in Greece illustrate potential ups and downs of the Marshall Plan. Greek guerrilla resistance, refugee displacement, and rising relief costs strain resources while U.S. contractors and restored trade push toward normalcy in a balky but hopeful recovery.
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Feter Edson
NEA
Washington
Neaj
Greece
State Department
Congress
George C. McGhee
Paris
Committee of European Economic Co-operation
North
South America
U. S
U.S
Dwight Griswold
Germany
Sica
Marshal Ft
Telephone Facilities Are Being Improved in Maryland
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. announced a $3,869,000 expansion plan for Maryland facilities. About $2,000,000 funds routine construction and plant replacement in early 1948. The plan adds long distance circuits Baltimore to Frederick Hagerstown Cumberland and Washington plus six Western Maryland routes and expands cable and rural lines in Chesapeake City Brunswick and Rock Hall at $211,111.
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Ballimore
iChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Maryland
Baltimore
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Washington
Chesapeake City
Brunswick
Rock Hall
Ice Storm Disrupts New York City Transit and Power
A severe ice storm hits the New York metropolitan area delaying trading at the stock exchange and halting many trains. Power outages affect thousands as reports describe downed lines, halted presses, frozen stations, and widespread cancellations across LaGuardia and Long Island Rail Road.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Morrow
Confidence Vote Sought By Schuman
Paris January 20 Premier Robert Schuman presented a new anti inflation bill to the National Assembly and threatened to resign if changes were made. The measure aims to raise about 120 billion francs to fund reconstruction and curb purchasing power. The cabinet authorized a vote of confidence to be demanded as needed.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
French National Assembly
Schuman
Insurance Experts To Examine Vets Program
Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr said former President Herbert Hoover will organize a committee of insurance experts to probe the veterans insurance program. Franklin D Olier of Prudential will lead the group as Hoover chairs the Congress appointed study to survey the executive branch and seek efficiency improvements.
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Washington
Carl BR. Gray, Jr
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D'Olier
Prudential Insurance Company
Hoover
Congress
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