O Day Fair Set For October Five Day Event with Elections
Frederick County Agricultural Society selects Emmons C. Sanner as president and Frank N. Stauffer as vice president at Friday night meeting. Five day fair planned for October 5 to 9 1948 with potential Saturday night shows. Committees named for finance race cattle poultry and other divisions. Delegates named to the Pennsylvania State Association of Fairs in Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Mutual Insurance Company
Emmons C. Sanner
Alvey D. Young
Frank N. Stauffer
Walkersville
Guy K. Motter
Lewis R. Derizbaugh
D. Princeton Bucker
John T. Best, Jr
Soni
2Ed
Clyde W.smith
Charles N. Daugherty
Messrs. Stauffer, Young
Irving E. Staley
John L. Shaw
Reading
Lanner
Albert N. McCardel
Irving E Staley
Charles H. Conley
Staley
Shaw and
McCardell
Lloyd C. Culler
Mr. Shaw
Abraham Hemp
Stauffer
Staley and Young
Dr. Conley
A. Irvin Renn
Messrs
Shaw
McCardell and Renn
Mr. Stauffer
Clyde W. Smith
Potomac Edison bond issue approved by Maryland PSC
The Maryland Public Service Commission approved Potomac Edison Companys plan to issue 4 million dollars of first mortgage and collateral trust bonds due 1978 and 50 009 shares of nopat common stock The company may acquire 2 7 million dollars of Northern Virginia Power Company common stock at par The new Potomac Edison shares may be bought by parent West Penn Electric Company for at least 1 million dollars.
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Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
Potomac Edison
West Penn Electric Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
South Street Garage Sells for 9000 at Public Auction
The South Street Garage on Broadway sold at public sale to G. Wilson Mercer for 9000. The brick garage 60 by 30 feet with two private rentals is part of the parcel fronting 60 feet and 185 feet deep. Possession to be given Monday. Auctioneers Null and Null sold storage equipment accumulated over 18 years by Carl C. Staley and Ray D. Skeggs, with Raymond L. Kelly clerking.
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South Street
Broadway
G. Wilson Bercer
Mercer
Null
Carl C. Staley
Ray D. Skeggs
Raymond L. Kelly
Bank Robbery Leaders Sought After Three Captured
New Orleans reports three of the bandits in the largest bank robbery in years were captured. Police recovered 65000 of 114000 stolen. two leaders remain at large, described as the brains of the outfit. A dragnet across Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana searches for a black sedan used in the getaway. Names identified include George W. Ricketts 23 Tommie Ricketts 21 and John Hassenback 23.
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New Orleans
A. A. Watters
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Hibernia National Bank
Joseph Scheuring
George W. Ricketts
Chalmette
Tommie Ricketts
John Hassenback
Serious Condition After Stabbing in Brunswick Area
George Berry, 23, a laborer from near Brunswick, remained in serious condition at Frederic Memorial Hospital from stab wounds believed to be inflicted by his common law wife, Mary Rosetta Winston, 23. Winston, jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge against State Trooper Theodore Snyder and Officer Alger, allegedly used a small kitchen knife. Berry and Winston lived with Ruby Brooks on Petersville road. Berry had begun dating Brooks's 15 year old daughter, triggering jealousy.
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George Berry
Brunswick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mary Rosetta Winston
Elis
Winston
Theodore Snyder
Alger
Ellies Sal Ther
Isaial
Berry
Ruby Brooks
Petersville
Berrys
Brooks
Hallford To Address Optimists On Thursday
Fred Hallford, special agent in charge of the Baltimore FBI bureau, will speak at the Frederick Optimist Club meeting at the Cotton Country Club on Thursday at 7 pm. He will discuss boys work and juvenile aid, representing J Edgar Hoover. Nearby clubs will attend, and the Optimists plan to award the Girl of the Month.
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Frederick
Property Withdrawn In Public Sale At Court House
The property in New Market on Main Street formerly A L Stier is a two and a half story brick dwelling with ten rooms and a storeroom. Withdrawn at a bid of 52425, private bids to be received until Wednesday by trustee William M Storm. Emmett R Bowlus acted as auctioneer at today’s sale.
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Court House
iWwew Market
William M. Storm
Main Street
New Market
A. L. Stier
Emmett R. Bowlus
County Board Allocates Race Track Funds to Frederick and Towns
The Board of County Commissioners plans to distribute about 33 500 from race track revenues to Frederick city and incorporated towns for calendar year 1947. Payments hinge on legal requirements verifying local tax appropriations for street work, garbage collection, and water works. Frederick city to receive 20 799.09. Brunswick 5 081.91. other towns receive amounts ranging from 232.97 to 962.54, with about 42 000 earmarked for future school construction. Population under 1940 census totaled 57 212, with towns at 25 386. Distribution to be made in two yearly installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick City and Incorporated
Frederick City
Brunswick
Burkittile
Emmits- Middletown
Thurmount
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Mt. Ai
May Recover Some Aid Fund Through Loans
Washington. Ambassador Lewis Douglas told senators the United States may recover up to 2.8 billion dollars through repayments on loans out of the 6.8 billion proposed for the first 15 months of the European recovery program known as the Marshall Plan. Senator Vandenberg pressed for figures on total cost, and Douglas affirmed possible reduction to 2.8 billion via loan repayments. officials estimate 20 to 40 percent of advances may be repaid while 60 to 80 percent are grants. CHIMNEY FIRE Responding to an alarm around 9:30 this morning, Independents extinguished a chimney fire at a residence near Whinpeerwill Hollow on Route 40 five miles east of Frederick. The property was tenanted by Harry Dorser. A booster lamp was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis Douglas
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Douglas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Whinpeerwill Hollow
Frederick
Harry Dorser
Principles of Poor Speaking Warn Against Good Orators
Washington observers share Dr Harold Harding’s satire on bad speech habits. His piece in Scientific Monthly outlines careless practices to avoid, from late preparation and stumbling words to flashy dress and insulting the audience. He urges long convoluted sentences and oversized introductions to expose weak speaking.
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James Marlow Washington
Harold PL Harding
Scientific Monthly
Harding
Dr. Harding
Asi
Dr. Hacding
Passengers Transferred From Dvina in NE Japan Waters
The US Navy reported that passengers of the stricken Russian ship Dvina are being transferred to Soviet destroyers and escort vessels 150 miles east of Hokkaido. Details on numbers rescued or passenger nationalities were not provided, as two Soviet rescue ships aided by small boats conveyed passengers. The Dvina, battered by 50 foot waves since distress Wednesday night, saw a Soviet pump placed on board to aid towing prospects.
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Tokyo
Japan
US. Navy
Dvina
Hokkaido
U.S. Navy
Yokosuka
Tokyo Bay
Far East Air Force
Thursdevea
Wallace attacks Wallace third party bid in sharp Washington column
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson argues Henry Wallace’s bid for the presidency should be ignored while detailing Wallace’s peace and prosperity platform. He notes Wallace’s calls for an international police force and nuclear control, blamed on Soviet阻, and questions Wallace’s ability to offer real policy, countering with Marshall Plan openness and U S defenses. The column also cites related wedding notices and a Greek drachma depreciation report.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Henry Wallace
Gerald L. K. Smith
Coughlin
Henry
Huey
Wallace
Russia
United Nations
Councils of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Korea
China
U.S
U. S
Ussr
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Europe
UNRRA
Soviet
West
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Lincoln
Eleanor Hoosevelt
Probers May Call Up More Witnesses On Pauley Case
Washington reports Senate probe chair Ferguson says committee will seek more on conversations Ed Pauley had with two cabinet members about a profitable market deal last August. Ferguson names Anderson and Hannegan as potential witnesses at Pauley’s Hawaiian estate. no opening date for that angle yet.
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Washington
Jan Ig
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Edwin W Pauley
Anderson
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Appropriations
Stassen
Army Royall
Army Department
Hannegan
Hawaiian
Coconut Island
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Hawaii
Fined On Drunken Driving Charge in Maryland Court
Wilbur G Bere of Myersville was fined 100 dollars and costs in Peeples Court after a magistrate found him guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. State Trooper C H DeWitt testified Bere admitted drinking one beer and staggered, with the arrest occurring near the Hagerstown road west of Frederick. Collateral forfeited by William F Johnson and Robert L Hancock for related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur G
Bere
Myersville
Peeples Court
Alton Y
Bennett Bere
Teroate Hagerstown
Frederick
C. H. DeWitt
William F. Johnson
Baltimore
Robert L. Hancock
Snyder
Merger of Italy Right Wing Parties Forms Coalition
In Rome a new coalition of right wing forces unites to counter the Communist push for a popular front ahead of April elections. Led by 79-year-old ex-prime minister Francesco S. Nitti, veteran Liberals Conservatives and other conservative factions have completed their long anticipated merger amid election excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Popular Front
Ialy
Francesco S. Nitti
Anti-hoodlumism appeal set for Independence Square
Philadelphia police deployed a special detail to Independence Square as an anti-conscription day event was announced at the historic site. The action aims to deter hoodlumism amid the planned observance.
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Philadelphia
Independence Square
Expresses Concern Over New Regime In Germany
French envoys Henri Bonnet and Rene Massigli voiced concern in London and Washington over the Anglo American zone governing Germany. They worried about division of authority between a central economic council and German states and the proposed Senate. A British spokesman said Massigli's concern was about France not being consulted.
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Paris
Foreign Ministry
France
Germany
Henri Bonnet Washington
Rene Massighi
London
Central Economic Council
Senate
Foreign Office
Massigli
Fire damages Laytonsville home. storm hampers battle
A chimney break caused a fire at the Wells residence in Laytonsville Friday around 7 45 pm. The Gaithersburg Washington Grove Fire Department fought the blaze an hour and a half amid strong winds and low temperatures, estimating 500 in damage. Honey Griffith owns the house occupied by the Wells family.
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Maurice Wels
Laytonsville
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
Walter Hershey
Fire Company
Honey Griffith
Wells
Stabbing Case
Old Germantown
Charles Brown
Bethesda
Ralph Offutt
Brown
Aubrey Dorsey
Hershey
Charles Fox
Fred Stoltz
Fire Department
End Oil Strike Agreement Reaches Settlement
Washington January 10 The mediation service said a 22 cent per hour wage rise will be approved by CIO Oil Workers Union members after a 10 day Texas City Texas refinery walkout that idled 1400 workers. The Pan American pipeline plant strike disrupted fuel oil shipments to the east coast while industry officials expect ratification.
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Washington
Texas City
Tex
CIO Oil Workers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cyrus
Ching
Pan-American Jebnery and Pipeline Company
Falls Asleep At Wheel Causes Minor Injury Near Frederick Junction
State Police identify W. J. Hurriman of Zion as motorist who fell asleep at the wheel on U S Route 240 about a mile south of Frederick Junction. The car left the road, struck a gutter, no rollover, caused about 160 dollars in damage. He was treated for a chin laceration at the hospital and discharged. Troopers Stonesifer and Mutchner investigated.
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Frederick Junction
W. J. Hurriman
Zion. TM
Navy
Harkman
Faite
James Stonesifer
W A. Mutchner
Bomb Damage In Russ Cities Worse
Pravda report by Boris Izakov compares London's bomb ruins to damage in Russian cities Stalingrad Odessa Sevastopol and Smolensk noting London's center and West End are less affected. Separately a United Nations Korea Commission provisional agenda indicates the Soviet Ukraine would get another chance to participate in efforts toward Korean self government.
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Moscow
Boris Izakov
London
Pravda Today
Stalingrad
Odessa
Sevastopol
Smolensk
Hitler
West End
Seoul
United Nations
Korean Commission
Ukraine
Train Wreck Near Back Bay Injures Many
A Providence to Boston locomotive overturned at Back Bay station sending about 63 passengers from trains and injuring eight seriously or moderately. Engineer John L. Morehead was trapped by debris as fire broke out on the platform and several windows shattered. City Hospital admitted six not very seriously injured in the aftermath.
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Boston
Providence
Back Bay Station
Back Bay
New Haven
City Hospital
South Station
John L. Morehead
Boston City Hospital
Miss Emma Marburg Dies In Baltimore
Baltimore on January 10 Miss Emma Marburg tobacco fortune heiress died at 87. Sister of Theodore Marburg a former ambassador to Belgium her 1913 romance with English guide Frederick Fischer sparked an international furore. Court testimony described family efforts to influence Miss Munder and Fischer with large payments. Fischer later married Miss Munder.
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Baltimore
Emma Marburg
Miss Marburg
Theodore Marburg
Belgium
England
Theodore
Frederick Fischer
Lucie Munder
Europe
Fischer
Miss Munder
24 Below In North Dakota
A mass of cold air moved into the Midwest driving temperatures to 24 below in the Red River valley including Pembina North Dakota. Other areas showed milder readings 23 below in Minot and 12 in Jamestown while Minnesota hit 22 below at International Falls and 12 at Duluth. Peilston Michigan was at 3 below as forecasts called for moderation later as the cold moves toward the east with colder conditions expected in New England. A large social room opening at the American Legion Home in Raleigh featured entertainment by Marie Castle and H David Hagan. Daniel near death at age 85 in Raleigh, former Navy Secretary and ambassador Josephus Daniels.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Atlantic Coast
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Pembina
Minot
Jamestown
Minnesota
International Falls
Duluth
Wisconsin
Peilston
Mich
Ohio
Pennnia
New York
New England
American Legion
Women’s Auxilary
American Legion Home
East Church Street
Jason Yelton
Marie Castle
H David Hagan
Damiels
Raleigh
N. C
Josephus Daniels
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Sanner
Wiliam E. Hardy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Martinsburg
Pauli B. Martin
Sia
Martinsburg Journal
BD. H. Rodsome
Wm. D. Poland
Junior Board of Trade
Aielvin C. Snyder
W. Vat
Donald L. Jackson
California
John L. Routzahn
Middletown
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Robert E. Clepp, Jr
Hallford
Soan
Ako
Francis W. Williams
Air Force
President Truman
Independence
Henry T
Hank” Myers
Uniontown
Tri-State Lumbermen’s Association
Towson
Walter Ray Mathis
Alexandria
Garsson Brothers
Lausanne
Switzerland
Jacques Vergotti
Miahi
Romania
Mihai
Anne of
Bourbon-Parama
Athens
Italy
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