Favor Law To Permit Pari-Mutuels At Frederick Fair Grounds
Frederick County Agricultural Society members approve a measure to permit pari-mutuel betting at bar iness race meets at the Frederick Fair Grounds subject to state Racing Commission approval. The vote 127 to 22 includes an amendment requiring further member vote before large improvements. nine current directors plus two new members elected. controversy over gambling business cited by opponent. Members plan to seek highway costs and future funding while noting past deficits.
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Frederick Fair Grounds
Frederick
State Racing Commission
Glenn Trout
Walkersville
Harry C. Dorcus
Woodsboro
Charles H. Conley
Abraham Hemp
Jefferson
C. H. Conley
Lloyd C. Culler
Rosenstock
Frederick County
General Assembly
Racing Commission
Parsons Newman
Agricultural Society
Bambling
Newman
Rose
W. Clinton McSherry
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Bible Society Annual Meet Sunday Night
A large attendance is expected Sunday evening at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Bible Society at 7:30 in the Evangelical Reformed church with Dr. Andrew G. Truxal of Hood College as speaker. The program includes prayers, hymns, an anthem, and reports from secretary Jesse C. Shaver ahead of director ballots.
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Young Men’s Bible Society
Evangelical Reformed Church
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
King
Paul J. Althouse
John H. Ness, Jr
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
R .E. Wilhelm
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Thomas Morgan
Trinity Methodist Church
R. Ames Hendrickson
Jesse C. Shaver
Faith
Truxal
Br. Ab- House
White Woman 90 Plans Marriage to Negro Chauffeur
In Los Angeles a 90 year old widow, Mrs Adriana Eugenie Nicolson, obtained a license to wed her 28 year old Negro chauffeur, Ale Gastard Woods. She calls it a contract to share her property, not romance, and says he cooks, drives her car, and attends to personal needs. No wedding date was set.
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Los Angeles
Adriana Eugenie Nicolson
Writ Orders Poe To Appear Here
A writ signed in Circuit Court by Associate Judge Stedman Prescott orders Howard Poe, ex-Hagerstown garage man now serving a three year term, to appear Tuesday morning to testify in the case of Ralph Rock of Pennsylvania, indicted for false pretense.ht, superintendent of the land House of Correction, and were issued on a petition in the case.
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Stedman Prescott
Howard Poe
Hagerstown
House of Correction
Ralph Rock
Pennsylvania
Land House of Correction
Middletown
Acheson to Be Confirmed as Secretary of State
Washington reports predicted Senate approval for Dean Acheson as Secretary of State after President Truman named him to the post. James E. Webb was moved to Under secretary of State, while Marshall and Lovett resigned. Confirmation faces Republican cautions and Democratic questions on foreign policy direction.
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Washington, Jan
Senate
Dean
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
James E. Webb
Capitol Hill
Truman
Webb
Marshall
Robert 31. Lovett
Congress
Defense Forrestal
Interior Krug
Commerce Sawyer
Smith
New Jersey
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
George
Georgia
Nanking
Dean Acheson
U.S
China
George C. Marshall
Rankin’s Committee Chair Ended by Democratic Caucus
Washington January 8 Rankin's tenure as chair of the House Un American Activities committee was reported ended. Democratic Committee on Committees said a clear majority voted to bar any chair from serving on another committee. Rankin, a Mississippi Democrat, had backed Thurmond for president and faced probes the article calls a red herring. The plan awaits full caucus and House approval and may be contested by Rankin.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
House UN- American Activities Committee
Democratic Committee On Committees
Newsmen
House
Democratic House
Rankin
J. Strom Thurmond
Harry S. Truman
Un-American Activities Committee
Toman
Mippians
Bus Passengers Panicked By Shooting
A shotgun assault on a city bus caused passengers to dive to the floor and chant for safety. The gunman robbed grocer Oliver Barnes of about 75 to 100 dollars before fleeing. One passenger suffered a cut above the eye from shattered glass. no others were wounded.
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Ndianapolian
O Man Passender
Oliver Barnes
Barnes
Mediation Sought By Chinese For Peace With Communists
Nanking reports say China asked the United States France and Britain to mediate a negotiated peace with the Communists. Ambassadors for the Big Three were asked to relay the request, with mediation or UN appeal under consideration. Soviet participation is doubtful amid Red advances and alleged use of poison gas.
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Nanking
United States
Foreign Office
Wu Te-Chen
Foreignce
United Nations
Moscow
Tientsin
Chumese
Tu Li-Ming
Suchor
Li- Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Reorganization Promised To Boost Payroll Costs
Washington report notes a Democrat ex-Senator McCarran promises detailed "fine toothed comb" reform of federal agencies under Truman reorganization plan. He cites past Roosev elt era authority and warns that expired acts have led to higher spending and less control over appointments.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
McCarran
D-New
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
United Nations Debates Indonesian Crisis After Council Criticism
Delegates plan weekend talks to calm Pacific nations anger over Security Council handling of Indonesia issue. The council adjourned without action and set Tuesday for a new meeting, leaving Monday open for draft resolutions. The Pacific bloc with Egypt demanded restraint and condemned the Dutch attempt to resolve the dispute by force.
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Saxe
United Nations
Security Council
Egypt
Chart of boom and bust warns Truman on postwar peril
James Marlow recounts a nine inch by one yard chart showing American ups and downs since 1790. He links its peaks to Truman’s State of the Union and economic report urging vigilance to avoid a global depression that could empower Soviet communism and threaten the United States. The piece emphasizes the risk of a new depression with worldwide consequence.
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James Marlow Washington
Truman
Congress
Union
Europe
Latin America
Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Worcester County
Report says residents claim a mountain lion roams Worcester county with several sightings and tracks measured about four inches across. Witnesses include Samuel Shockley who described a five foot long, 30 inch high tawny lion with a long tail, and Luther Atkinson who saw a lion leap across a highway. First Sergeant C C Serman expresses skepticism.
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Salisbury
Worcester County
Samuel Shockley
Snow Hill
Whiton-Powellville
Luther Atkinson
Cedartown
C. C. Serman
Brunswick Man Injured In Yards At Cumberland
Barker a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight conductor from Brunswick was injured on December 31 while resting in Cumberland yard. He was allegedly asleep in his caboose when yard engine operators moved gear into a dead coal track. Barker suffered strained ligaments in his neck and a head shock and remains unable to work while receiving treatment.
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Guy
Barker
Baltimore
Tme R. R
Brunswick
Cumberland Rai
RAF Planes Shot Down Near Palestine Border
The Associated Press reports five RAF planes were shot down near the Palestine border amid ongoing wartime activity. A separate blizzard hits western and mountain states, causing deaths, stranded motorists, and delayed travel as new snow drifts and sub zero temperatures spread from Canada into the plains.
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Associated Press
Western
Mountain Plains
Canada
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Plains
Federal Weather Bureau
Rapid City
S. C
Wickesvile
Alexandria Man Pleads Guilty In Drunken Driving Case
Henry Cecil Rice 43 of Alexandria Virginia pleaded guilty before Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett in Peoples Court this morning to drunken driving and paid a fine and costs of 101.55. He was arrested by Sgt. Daniel Swomley about 11:50 Friday night after a family member fell ill en route to West Virginia. Police nabbed him at the city limits after his wife asked for intervention.
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Henry Cecil Rice
Alexandria
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Daniel Swomley
Rice
West Virginia
Mertin James Leiby
West Fifth Street
Leonard F. Robertson
Silver Spring
Herbert A. Werts
Washington
Norbert R. Deutsch
Pittsburgh
Wilmer
Middletown
Raymond Earle
Wyoming
Kenneth B. Bond
Richard A. Myers
Arthur M. Rudy
William H. Eyler
Williamsport
Route 1
James Earl Bagent
Eyler
Bagent
Britain Says Five Royal Air Force Planes Shot Down
Britain announced five Royal Air Force planes were shot down by Israeli forces while on reconnaissance near the Palestine border. Two downed craft were confirmed as helicopter types with two more presumed down. In a separate move the Foreign Office said Britain sent troops to Aqaba at Trans Jordan’s request to guard the Red Sea port.
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London
Jan
Britain
Palestine
Air Ministr
Tel Aviv
Rafa
Borger
Foreign Office
Trans-Jordan
Red Sea
Aqaba
Ernest Bevin
All Developme
Israel
RAF
Air Ministry
Red Cross
Gaza
Egypt
Trans- Jordan
Abdullah
Old Station Brings 8100 at Public Auction Fronted by Model Garage
The Middletown Railway station at North Church and Green streets sold for 8100 to the Model Garage. The one story metal building near the former trolley line is expected to become a storage warehouse for automotive use. Potomac Edison retains a perpetual right of way for lines on the property.
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Middletown
Hag
North Church Street
Green Street
Potomac Edison Company
Amos A. Holter
Emmett R. Bowlus
Containers For March Of Dimes Drive Mobilizes Troop 31
Girl Scouts of Troop 31 collect and distribute containers for the March of Dimes to city business establishments as the drive begins in the city and county later this week. Local chairmen named include Mrs Deck Brunin Ray Gladhill Mrs Luther Horine Walkersville Rev Ivan G Nau and others.
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Girl Scouts
Troop 31
Alton ¥. Bennett
Charl F. Deck
Brunin
Ray Gladhill
Middletown
Luther Horine
Walkersvill
Ivan G. Nau
Thurmount
F. Sidney Hammond
F Norris
Emmitsburg
Mildred A. Frye
Jefferson
Stephen Langley
Ancent
Freda Doll
Carroll Parkner
Trooond
Jean Doll
Wilma Reese
Barbara Murphy
Barbara Sprankle
Rosemary Oden_ deans
Delores Jenki Maryann Bell
Jac McCrances Ezler
Palestine Shooting Alarms Washington
American officials voiced deep concern over the shooting down of British fighter planes in the Palestine area on January 3. They hoped for a general UN ceasefire to avert wider involvement while noting the incident could strain relations and inflame anti Israel sentiment.
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Palestine
United Nations
Two Package Handling Labor Program Favored
Five Labor Committee members urged today to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner act principles. They support a two package approach replacing the Taft Hartley act with Wagner act, then addressing proposed Wagner act changes. Senator Ives of New York favors a single package, predicting its fate.
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Washington
Labor
le Waaner Agress Con Rr
AFL
CIO
Truman
Tater
Congress
Ives
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Secretar
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August T. Brust
J. WL. Carty
Raymond H. Bussard
Worcester
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Holy Cross
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Russia
Cumberland
Myersville Savings Bank
C. A. Foulemyer
W. L. Waters
Walter H. Falkenstein
D. E. Bittle
Sally R. Marker
T. West Claggett
Mr. Stottiemrer
C. W. Rice
J. T. Bittle
O. L. Myers
Mr. Waters
Roger B
Stewart H. Brown
South Market Street
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Umezu
Tokyo
Yoshijiro Umezu
Model Garage
March of Dimes
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Board of County Commissioners of
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John Q
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