News recreation of Soviet war documents sparks Cold War critique
The belated publication of captured Nazi Soviet documents is cited as proof that the Soviet Union plotted aggression before World War II and remains a threat to the United States. The piece cites past U S leaders who opposed recognizing the Bolshevik regime and questions why lend Lease aided the Soviets. It also notes a botanical study by Virginia Quynn Grant and announces a Washington County Teachers Association talk by Dr Gordon Seagrave at Hagerstown High School on January 18.
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Soviet Union
Russa
Aggresson
Europe
United States
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Virginia’ Quynn_ Grant
John W. Quynn
Patrick Street
Daniel Ready
The
Botanical Gazette
Camp Detrick
Grant
Detrick
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Seagrave
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Gordon S. Seagrave
Burma
Hagerstown High School
Douglas Kelley
Former Mayor Brunner Dies At 87 In Frederick
Obituary notes Lewis Brunner longtime miller and former mayor elected in 1656 died at his son Frank Brunner’s home aged 87. Known for Brunner's Mill, he led local industry for years amid Frederick’s 1898 civic changes. Also mentions Greater Frederick bill passage, Ella Haf er elevated to manager of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, local business reform appeals, and Rosenour and Sons rebuilding sale at 6 8 East Patrick Street as business expands.
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the News
Lewis Brunner
Frank Brunner
Old Town
Brunner
Greater Frederick
Ella Hafer
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
B. Rosenour and Sons
East
Patrick Street
Chas Ditfendan and Company
Twenty Years Ago Of The News January 27 1928
Twenty years ago the Independent Hose Company banquet faced thefts of big boiled hams from the Bary Baumgardner slaughter shop and warehouse. Honey was stolen from a Court House park tree trunk and a beehive was smoked out. A fire of undetermined origin damaged Charles E. Casey Joness tenement on Wisner Street, loss over 3500. The News dedicates over two columns to names and guesses in Mayor Cullers police census contest in Frederick.
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the News
SLX
Independent
Bary Baumgardner
Ait Baumgardner
Court House Park
Charles E. “Casey” Jones
Wisner Street
Culler
Frederick
Phi
Dorothy Dix Urges Wives Free to Enjoy Outside Life
Dorothy Dix argues against husbands who jail a wife with strict control over money and outings. She says freedom and social activity keep marriages healthy, noting wives need outside interests, clubs, and amusements to prevent dullness and peevishness.
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Dorothy Dix
Wo Iman
Emmitsburg social notes highlight visits and baptisms
Local residents share visits between Emmitsburg homes and nearby towns in York and Baltimore. Mrs. Hester Burston heads to Lakeland for winter, families like Keilholtz, Grush, and Peters visit relatives, and Sister Genevieve Sanders retreats in Saginaw. Baptism of James Homer Rowe noted at Elias Lutheran, with infant Harriet Ann Harmer also listed. A December birthday celebration for Margaret Neighbours. a lively 500 card game at Mollie Reynolds’ home. St Euphoria’s pupils finish exams triggering a long weekend. Moscow and Warsaw sign a one billion dollar trade-credit agreement for Poland and Russia.
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Emmitsburg
Hester Burston
J. Scott Randolph
Lakeland
Fila
Andrew Keilholtz
Lloyd Keilholtz
John Grush
Edward Lockinbill
York
Dayton
Ohio
Roy Bollinger
Robert Gillelan
Jerome Peters J
Frances Baker
Baltimore
Guy A. Baker
Paul Topper
McSherrystown
Baker
Genevieve Sanders
Saginaw
Michigan
St. Josephs College
Ann Codorf
St. Euphoria’s
Washington Daybook roundup on Universal Military Training
TRIS COFFIN reports on Truman pressing universal military training and the reaction in Congress. Senate and House divisions, veteran groups, and key figures including Chan Gurney, Joe Martin, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert Wagner, and Joe O Mahoney are discussed alongside public sentiment, editorial viewpoints, and rent control news in Baltimore January 1948.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Congress
Truman
State of the Union
Armed Services Committees
Veterans’ Organizations
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
UMT
Armed Services Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Pentagon
Senate Committee
House
Gurney
Joe Martin
North Attleboro
Mass
Charlie Helleck
Rensalaer
Indiana
Rules
Lee Allen
Galena
Ilinois
Les Arends
Melvin
Illinois
Weather Report Summary for January 1947
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am none. January to date precipitation 154 inches. Normal January precipitation 13.18 inches. actual January 1947 370 inches. High yesterday 31, high a year ago 59. Low last night 16, low a year ago 33. Sun sets 5.24 pm, sun rises tomorrow 2 am. Moon rises tomorrow 7.23 pm, moon sets 9.18 am.
Today in History and Birthdays Highlights
Notable birthdays and historical milestones listed with figures like Samuel Gompers and Jerome Kern. Includes dates from 1785 charter of the University of Georgia to 1943 air raid blasts Germany and 1944 Rome advance, plus a Today's Horoscope noting harmony and talent with cautions on discretion.
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University of Georgia
Lincoln
Congress
Duluth
Minn
Knott
Kentucky
Edison
Armenia
Henry E
Northern
Ireland
Germany
Rome
Reuther
Auto Workers
General Motors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
UN Human Rights Commission
Urbana Women Club Hosts 4-H Meeting at Parish Hall
The Urbana Women’s Club hosted the Urbana Boys 4-H Club meeting on January 1 in the parish hall. President Robert Thompson led 24 members with Bradley Jones, Assistant County Agent, presenting project membership pins and distribution of missing cards. Robert Windsor Jr. assisted, the group planned the year’s program, then played games guided by James Montgomery. Next gathering set for February 17.
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Urbana
Robert Thompson
Bradley Jones
Robert L . Windsor, Jr
James Montgomery
Exude: daily word lesson on misused terms
This brief notes a vocabulary exercise teaching correct pronunciation and usage. It highlights exude as a verb meaning to discharge or seem to emit. It also covers common mispronunciations and alternatives like interpret and elucidate.
Evergreen broad leaf trees and shrubs listed
People often think of evergreens as conifers but many broad leaved plants stay green year round. Examples include bay laurel mountain laurel rho dodendron and liveosk.
Miss Draper to Appear at Frederick High School
Internationally known stage actress Miss Draper will perform a one woman show of character sketches on February 3 at 8 15 pm in the Frederick High School auditorium. Frederick County Teachers Association presents as a bonus attraction with season tickets admitting holders and remaining seats at regular price. Miss Draper recently completed an engagement at the Empire Theater in New York City before touring.
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Miss Draper
Frederick County Teachers Association
Frederick High School
Draper
Empire Theater
New York City
French Assembly Rejects Gold Trade Bill in Schuman Plan
Paris Finance Commission votes 17 to 15 with five abstentions against Premier Robert Schuman's proposed free trade in gold within France. Socialists and Communists oppose. only MRPs and Radicals Back the measure. Paris action follows devaluation of the franc effective yesterday and prompts gold market jitters abroad.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Finance Commission
Robert Schuman
Commission
Schuman
R Republicans
MRP
France
German Women Write Appreciation Letters To Mrs Lewis
Mrs Glenn L Lewis of Middletown received two German letters translated to English. Martha Wellker of Heusweiler describes kindergarten work lost to wartime hardship and now household duties for a minister. Abrs Ervin Presser of Wolfersweiler, mother of several children, says her husband returned from a POW camp and she remains the family support.
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Glenn L. Lewis
Middletown
Lewis
Martha WellkKer
Heusweiler
Germany
Ervin Presser
Wolfersweiler
Presser
Germantown Notes Include Birth And Hospital Entries
Miss Ruth Davis of Washington DC visited her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs James Davis. Grover Linthicum is recovering from an operation at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Monroe Davis Carl Davis My and Geo Davis and Sam T H Thomas visited Mr and Mrs J Davis. David Waters is in Sandy Spring Hospital for treatment. Douglas Fletcher announces the birth of a son George Douglas Fletcher Jr at Montgomery County Hospital January 1.
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Germantown
Ruth Davis
Washington, DC
James Davis
Grover Linthicum
Frederick Mermorial
Monroe Davis
Carl Davis
Geo Davis
Sam
T H. Thomas
J. Davis
David Waters
Sandy Spring Hospital
Douglas Fletcher
George Douglas Fletcher Jr
Montgomery County Hospital
France devaluation explained in simple terms
The Nation Today explains France's dollar value split and how devaluing the franc affects American buying power. It outlines the official 214 franc per dollar rate, the free market above that, and how French exporters convert dollars to francs under government rules to boost exports and attract dollars.
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James Marlow
Washington
France
Detour Detour News Briefs and Local Moves
Detour residents report relocations and hospital notices. Lavern Fogle moved Tuesday to Weybright apartment once occupied by Shaeffer. Former Detour residents Nellie Hively and Floyd Wiley recover in Hanover General and Annie M. Warner Hospitals after operations.
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Detour
Lavern Fogle
Weybright
Shaeffer
Nellie Hively
Frederick
Hanover General Hospital
Floyd Wiley
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Great Lakes
Richard Grossnickle
Air Corps
Texas
Grier Reilholtz
Reysville
York
Louisa Haugh
Maurice Withide
Meeting Postponed by IOC Over Ice Hockey Controversy
In St. Moritz Switzerland January 27 the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee deferred its session until tomorrow due to the absence of two members as it prepares to address the ice hockey dispute that could affect the opening of the Winter Games.
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St. Moritz
Switzerland
International Olympic Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars urges GI bill boosts and broad grants
Major Thomas M. Nial reports the Veterans of Foreign Wars asks Congress in the second session of its 80th meeting to raise GI Bill subsistence from 65 to 75 for singles and 99 to 105 120 for married veterans, lift wage caps to 200 for singles and 250 for married, grant a 3 4 day service bonus with caps up to 4000 4500, raise widow pension limits, fund air force strength and place atomic energy under military control, with an expected bonus total of 15 20 billion. Omar Ketchum led the delegation to Capitol Hill noting national security and atomic control as priorities.
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Thomas M. Nial Washington
Congress
National Military Establishment
Army-Navy-Air Force
VFW
VEW
Omar Ketchum
Capitol Hill
House Veterans’ Committee
California Suffering From Worst Drouth In 70 Years
California faces severe drought with no immediate relief. A Pacific storm moved north, offering no rain for weeks. Northern winds scorch lands as groundwater falls, prompting water hauling and looming rationing in cities including Santa Barbara Ventura San Francisco and Los Angeles. The San Joaquin valley endures 38 days without rain as water tables plummet up to 120 feet.
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San Francisco
California
North Pacific
U. S. Weather Bureau
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Fresno
Poisoner Hunted After Tokyo Bank Mass Poisoning
Tokyo police pursued a white haired Japanese killer who poisoned 12 Teikoku Bank Shiina branch employees at closing, posing as a public health doctor. About 300000 yen lay unattended on tables as victims collapsed. one woman escaped to seek help.
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Tokyo
Shiina
Teikoku Bank
Blank
Bridgewater Maile Quartet to Perform Sacred Concert at Sharpsburg
The Bridgewater College Maile Quartet from Bridgewater Virginia will give a sacred music concert in Sharpsburg Friday evening January 30 at 7 30 under the Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren. Rev Carl H Zigler is the church pastor.
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Sharpsburg
Bridgewater College Maile Quartet
Bridgewater
Germans Tried To Prod Japs Into War
At Nuremberg, German diplomats dangled a three way division of the world to entice Japan to attack the United States. Documents seized in Berlin and quoted Hitler calling Roosevelt “that rowdy” were presented in the war crimes trial of Baron Von Welz Saecker and others. Ribbentrop’s attempts to spur Japan were disclosed but arrived too late to affect the outcome.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Pearl Harbor
United States
Berlin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Robert M. W. Kempiner
Philadelphia
Baron Ernst von Welzsaecker
Vor Ribbentrop
Keep The Flag Flying Moral Prompt From Ladysmith
Strength For Today by Earl 1 Douglass urges perseverance in faith and honesty, invoking Sir George White’s defense of Ladysmith to urge readers to keep the flag flying for righteousness and integrity amid social and business pressures. A police car collision report and mild stock market notes follow with brief local and market facts.
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Earl
Douglass
D. C
Ladysmith
George Whit
White
George Winne
iCopyright Babson
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