Four years for passing forged checks by Mossville man
Homer B. Conley of Mossville Ky, 4, received four years in the House of Correction after being found to have passed three forged $15 checks and attempting a $20 check signed as William Conners. Police recovered forged checks, blank checks, and items tied to the Navy veteran with a prior record.
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Stlick
Homer B. Conley
Mossville
Assoiate
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Circuit Court
House of Correction
Conley
FBI
Norida
Rhode Island
Williamson's Drug Store
Stop Bros. Gasoline Service Stores
Serf Club
Edwin F. Nikirk
William Conners
Nikirk
Vonley
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Rhodeland
Ralph Potts
Conners
Cooler
Clifton Wirts
Conley Cameom
Kentucky
Taunman seeks extension of grain control power
Washington January 29 Taunman asked Congress to extend until October 31 his authority to use grain controls. He said the current shortage jeopardizes national security and cited ongoing food supply concerns.
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Washington
Presient ‘Taunman
Congress
Subversive Groups Benefit From Tax Deductions
Senator Ball says the press is approving income tax deductions for donations to eight groups labeled subversive by the Attorney General. The item notes related briefings on political pressure and government actions regarding subversive classifications.
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Washington
Ball
Minny
City's Best Known Dog Treve Dies After Snowstorm
Treve the redish yellow chow collie that followed mail carriers on the western Frederick routes for about ten years died after the Saturday snowstorm. Post office clerk John Engle said pneumonia likely caused the death after Treve collapsed on the back porch and died within ten minutes. Treve would have been 15 this summer and had lived with the Engles since 1938 after being adopted by Engle during his mail route days.
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Treve
Frederick
Rusell Strine
John Engle
Jack Bellis
Frederick High School
Engles
Pennsylvania Avenue
Engle
Strine
Mr. Strine
Cold January Struggles Hit County Roads and Towns
Drifting snow and 25 mph winds disrupted sections of the county with high drifts on highways. The State Roads Commission and County Roads Board mobilized equipment to Emmitsburg Thurston Middletown valley and Mt Airy areas while no roads closed. Temperatures hovered near zero with a five above reading, warming to the twenties in the morning and a possible melt but no broad snow retreat. A cold snap to continue with a low around 18 tonight and a high near 25 tomorrow amid cloudiness.
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State Roads Commission
Emmitsburg
Thurston
County Roads Board
Middletown Valley
Mt. Airy
Weather Bureau
Wolfsville
West Church Street
Second Street
Frederick
Barrisburg
Relief from Cold Breaks Across Regions
The nation eyes easing of the severe cold with warmer air moving from the north central region toward the Atlantic seaboard though south remains unsettled by snow sleet and cold. Gas shortages threaten industry and thousands face curtailment while over 250 000 workers affected. A deed records a Petersville farm sale to H Irving Lane for 21000. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking General Motors from implementing an employee insurance plan before February 1.
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Chicago
Ma Industres
North Central
Todex Generalir
Dakotas
Tilimois
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Ars
Itie
South
Southwest
Midwest
Petersville
Tra E Wight
Isle of St. Louis
H. Irving Lane
Washington
John Bright
New York City
General Motors Corporation
Englishman claims cancer cure promoter seeks clinic in Sydney
John Braund, 78, asserts a cancer cure and seeks official recognition. Premier McGirr forms a committee to probe his methods after offers of 64 000 are made by E J Hallstrom to fund a Sydney clinic. A Sydney specialist calls Braund’s recent operation remarkable though orthodox surgeons doubt the diagnosis and method.
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Sydney
John Braund
James McGirr
New South Wales
E. J. Hallstrom
Braund
Rev G E Plott to Return to Jefferson Charge
Rev G E Plott longtime pastor of Green Castle Grace Evangelical and Reformed and State Line Trinity will leave February 29 to serve his former charge at Jefferson He began his pastorate in 1926 in Waynesboro and also served in Jefferson from 1923 to 1926 He held multiple community and church leadership roles including school board secretary and Mercersburg Classis president. He will succeed Rev W L Werner at Jefferson.
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G. Ermine Plott
Greencastle, Pa
Grace Evangelica! and Reformed Church
State Line
Greencastle
Mercersburg
Hhe
Hoffman Orphanage
Mercersburg Synod
Synod
Jefferson
Platt
W. L. Werner
Garland Forrest Receives 45 Day Drunkenness Sentence
Garland Forrest of Brunswick was sentenced to 45 days in jail for drunkenness by Magistrate Manuel M. Weinber in Peoples Court this morning. Officer Harry Quinn and R. OC Six presented the charge. Albert H. Cohen of Hagerstown was acquitted on a speeding exceeding 50 mph charge by State Trooper W. A. Mutchner. Orville Stately of Woodsboro Route 1 forfeited $5 for a boulevard stop sign offense and Paul Jackson of New Kensington Pa forfeited $10 for exceeding 50 mph as charged by Trooper James Stonesifer.
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Garland Forrest
Brunswick
Manuel M. Weinber
Peoples Court
R. OC
Harry Quinn
Albert H. Cohen
Hagerstown
W. A. Mutchner
Orville Stately
Woodsboro
Paul Jackson
New Kensington
James Stonesifer
Coast Guard plane search covers Maryland mountains
Search teams from Stevens airport near Lewistown scoured the Catoctin and South Mountain ranges and nearby forests for the missing two engine Coast Guard plane lost in Saturday’s snow. Residents reported hearing aircraft near Foxville but thick snow impaired sighting. No wreckage or confirmed crash site found despite oil slicks near Baltimore airport.
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Coast Guard
Catoctin
South Mountain
Here
Stevens
Lewistown
Foxville
Baltimore Municipal
Frederick
Howard Stevens
Charles Grimes
Irving Swope
Harman Toms
Baltimore
No Decision On Omitees
Speaker Martin says the House Republican leadership has made no decision on compulsory military training and is unlikely to act soon. He notes no discussion yet and mentions the UMT program may be discussed at a future Steering committee meeting.
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Washington
Martin
R-Mass
House
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
GOP
Maryland Roads Planning Topic For Engineers Meeting
William F. Childs Jr. chief engineer of the State Roads Commission outlines a paper on Planning a Highway System for Maryland at the Maryland Association of Engineers annual meeting. Joan B. Furk chief engineer of Public Works will discuss bureau operations. Mrs M L G Rogers named church organist succeeds Prof Henry T Wade. Rogers from Morgantown WV has WVU degree and 13 years organist experience in Virginia and Morgantown. Chicago Times and Chicago Sun merge to form Chicago Daily Sun and Times with combined news and photo facilities starting next Monday.
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Baltimore
Maryland
William F. Childs, Jr
State Roads Commission
Maryland Association of Engineers
Joan B. Furk
Department of Public Works
W. V. Garrett
Evangelical Lutheran Church
ML G Rogers
Henry T. Wade
Brrs. Rogers
Morgantown
W.ya
West Virginia University
First Baptist Church
Libermtown High School
Road
Chicago
Chicago Times
The
Chicago Sun
Chicago Daily Sun and Times
Supreme Soviet to Meet in Kremlin Tomorrow
London reports the Supreme Soviet Parliament of the USSR will convene in the Kremlin tomorrow as announced by Moscow radio. The upcoming session is expected to address major legislative or political matters.
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Supreme Soviet
London
Uwss.r
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Scandinavian Students Arrive for Frederick Visit
Three Scandinavian youths arrive with 18 peers for a two day program in Frederick. Martti Soisalo Bryn juif Qotres and Sten Stroemhalm lead the group with Tom Fenton of Gilman School. They will tour sites, meet locals, and speak on their lands during a public assembly.
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Frederick
America
Maryland
Martti Soisalo
Finland
Brynjuif Qotres
Norway
Sten Stroemhalm
Sweden
Tom Fenton
Gilman Country School
Baltimore
James E. Spitznas
State Department of Education
William H. Maltbie
United Nations Association of Maryland
Eugene Iw. Pruitt
Frederick County
Frederick High School League
Patricia Hammer
Dorothy S. Ranck
Frederick High School
Martin Bowers
Robert Nicodemus
Richard C. Dutrow
Ray Smith
Harry O. Smith
Barbara Fritchie
Gambrill State Park
Middletown Valley
Iisted
Scandinavian Airlines
New York
United States
Former Frederick Man Joins Greek Aid Mission Arrives in Athens
Roger W. Moser Sr. formerly of Frederick now serves with the American Mission for Aid to Greece and has arrived safely in Athens with his family notified. He is the son of Bir Moser and the late Bir Moser, was born in Frederick, lived in Washington, and married Edith Shook. They have three children and reside at 3603 Eastern Ave. Mt Rainier. He traveled to Italy by Constellation plane, reportedly the second fastest Atlantic crossing, and visited Rome’s Vatican and major historic sites.
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Roger W. Moser
Frederick
Greece
Athens
Birs
Arba’ A. Mosers
Bir. Moser
Washington
Moser
Edith Shook
John Shook
Park Avenue
Mr. Shook
Mr. Moser
Eastern Avenue
Mt Rainier
K. Moser
Italy
Constellation
la Rome
Vatican
St. Paul's
St Peter's
Appian Way
Coliseum
Catacombs
Funeral Ship Sinks While Being Towed
The Army funeral ship Joseph Connolly went adrift from a tow line off Cape Rave New Jersey and sank while under tow for New York. The Coast Guard reported the tow line slipped from the tug Curb Almostly, and the Connolly disappeared from Acushnet's radar as heavy seas and a gale lashed the area.
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Boston
Army
Joseph
Connolly
Cape Rave
Coast Guard
New York
Acushnet
Pay Raises for Government Workers Stir Congressional Talk
The nation debates boosting pay for civil servants and federal officials including the president. Some officials earning 10 000 or more argue for raises to attract good workers amid rising living costs and long frozen pay scales. Proposals cover thousands of workers, with bills under consideration in Congress.
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James Marlow Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Civil Select
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Agriculture
Anderson
Senate
Civili Service Committee
New York
Federal Trade Commission
House
Strong Market Forecast For Maryland Farm Products
Professor Arthur B Hamilton of the University of Maryland predicts a strong market for Maryland farm products in 1948. Speaking at a three day Caroline county farm institute, he cites a hungry world driving high demand for processed vegetables.
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Denton
Maryland
Arthur B Hamilton
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Maryland
Caroline County
Hamilton
Governor Declines Action in McCauley Case
Governor Clarence W Meadows said he would take no further action in the Mark Roy McCauley murder case. The 35 year old former Davis strip miner faces execution tomorrow night for killing a state policeman.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clarence W. Meadows
Mark Roy McCauley
Davis
Republicans push for $6.5 billion tax cut to win Democratic support
Rep Knutson urged Democrats in Congress to split with President Truman on a big election year tax cut. He touted a $6.5 billion income tax reduction to ease living costs and spur production, while Speaker Martin signaled a veto override possibility. Coughton estimated $4.4 billion as a workable figure to win Democratic backing.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
Teuman
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Republican Congress
White House
Senate
House
GOP
Rep
Coughton
Appointments to Frederick County Welfare Board
Rev Ralph Miller of Brunswick is named to fill the unexpired term of Naomi D Remsberg on the Frederick County Board of Public Welfare. Mrs Remsberg resigned in December after becoming clerk to the county assessors. Charles S Lane, board president, also announced staff appointment Mrs Heiseley B Corun as a case worker, a former welfare employee who resigned in May 1942.
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Ralph Miller
Brunswick
Board of County Commissioners
Naomi D. Remsberg
Frederick County
Pennsy Executive's Daughter Dies Of Burns
Mrs. Joan Moorhead 25 daughter of J A Appleton vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad fatally burned in her father's library when clothing ignited by a cigarette. Sister Barbara 21 woke and extinguished flames. Property loss limited to the chair and a radio. Former office manager for Eastern Airlines in Washington she lived with her parents amid a pending divorce, married in 1945 to Thomas A Moorhead. they have an eight month old son. She was a Garrison-Forrest School graduate in 1941.
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Sewickley Heights
Joan Moorhead
J. A. Appleton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barbara
Cumberland Dairy Strike Averted In Maryland City
A plan to reward drivers for returning empties helped five Cumberland dairies settle with Local 924 Dairy Workers Union AFL. The strike was postponed and a contract was ratified at midnight, ending expectations of disrupted milk deliveries in Maryland's second largest city.
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Cumberland
Maryland
James A. Holden
Cimberland Dairies
Dairy Workers Union
AFL
French Banks Closed Until Saturday
Paris January 29 banks were ordered closed until Saturday to forestall speculation as a cabinet approved bill moves to withdraw 5 000 franc notes from circulation. The measure targets hoarded notes used by speculators and farmers, with banks reopening for a full day on Saturday.
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Pans
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Jacques Duclos
France
Pierre Abelin
Finance Ministry
Bank of France
What is a pedestrian debated in early newspaper letters
A long debate on pedestrians rights at intersections prompts the question what defines a pedestrian. Courts across states treat varied cases as pedestrians from a boy pushing a wagon to a person on roller skates or in a wheelchair, with some sharp disagreements.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Florida
Diocese Budget Calls For Spending 104.49
Delegates at the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maryland adopted a budget of 104.487 for the year during a joint meeting with the diocesan women’s auxiliary. The closing session elected a landing committee including Richard H. Baker and J. A Laiane among others. Bishop Noble C. Powell urged a campaign to regain former members.
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Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Maryland
Richard H. Baker
Lee Dell
Frank 205. Jensen
T. F. Cadwalader
J. A Laiane
Calvin W. Chestnut
William C. Coleman
Noble C. Powell
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