Livestock Killed In Train Wreck Near Brunswick Maryland
A derailment on the Baltimore and Ohio old main freight line near Reel's Mill injured no crew, but 14 cattle 1 horse 2 hogs 1 calf and other freight were derailed. One horse injured killed. telegraph wires down. tracks expected open by 10 tonight. 22 cars of livestock involved.
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Brunswick-New York
Reel’s Mill
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Union Telegraph Company
Brunt
Clare
Lae
Bayview 97
Baltimore
Brunswick
Western Union
Baldwin Jn Campaign Spends Record in Maryland Primary
Baltimore reports a record $183 808 in Democratic gubernatorial campaign spending across the three major candidates. Rep H Street Baldwin shows $47 412 in costs with receipts $23 325 and unpaid bills $22 077. Funk spends $4674.92. largest payment $1 100 to Maryland Press Association. Annapolis notes governor to appoint Cumberland fair rent commission and other commissions as needed.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Latesi
Street Baldwin
James J. Lindsay
D-Balto
Baldwin
Funk
John. B. Funk
Brunswick
Ellis C. Wachter
Maryland Press Association
Joseph M. George
Annapolis
O'Conor
Cumberland
Mihailovic Mercy Plea Is Spurned
London reports the Bel grade radio rejected mercy pleas for Mihailovic and 23 co defendants accused of collaboration with the Germans. Ten condemned to death along with Mihailovic, Chetnik leader who opposed the Partisans early in the war.
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London
Belgrade
WIAA
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mihailovic
Balkans
Marshal Tito
Witness says misled by Garssons in munitions deal
Washington July 16 Allen B Gellman testified before Senate War Investigating Committee that he was misled into joining Henry and Murray Garsson in a multi million dollar munitions venture He said he fought to break from the Garssons after realizing the background of the brothers and described his group the Gellman Weiss interests as owning a net worth of 500000 before war business.
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Washington
Allen B. Gellman
Henry
Murray Garsson
Senate
Gellman
Senate War Investigating Committee
Garssons
Chairman
D-N.y
Gan
Gellman-Weiss
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Batavia Metal Products Company
Joseph Weiss
Weiss
Henry Garsson
FBI
Internal Revenue
Dutch Schultz
Gwney Madden
Labor Department
Pacific Vet Says Wife Let Him Down
Pacific veteran Richard Marquis, 28, testified in a divorce action that while he served overseas with the Navy his wife Patricia Lee Marquis, 20, attended parties and night clubs with Errol Flynn, George Raft and other Hollywood notables. Marquis, now an insurance investigator in Santa Barbara, filed an amended cross-complaint naming Harry Richmond, Johnny Coy, and Mack Grey as others she associated with at parties.
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Los Angeles
Richard Marquis
Saowgirl
Patricia Lee Marquis
Errol Flynn
George Raft
Hollywood
Marquis
Santa Barbara
Calli
Headlead
Harry Richmond
Johnny Coy
Mack Grey
Raft
Alders attend national alumni conference with Eisenhower
Miss Mary Grace Helfenstein Hood College alumnae secretary and Miss Alice Moser Moyersville drove to Amherst Massachusetts to attend the American Alumni Council meeting at Mt Holyoke Smith and Amherst. General Dwight D Eisenhower attended the luncheon and gave a speech and was named outstanding alumnus of the year.
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Mary Grace Helfenstein
Hood College
Alice Moser
Moyersville
Amherst
Mass
American Alumni Council
Mt. Holyoke
Smith
Amherst Colleges
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
Mackenzies Column on Byrnes Paris Conference Results
Mackenzie analyzes Secretary Byrnes remarks after the Big Four Foreign Ministers conference in Paris. He highlights two key points: no progress on Germany despite US guarantees, and the need to acknowledge fundamental differences between Soviet communism and Western democracies. The piece warns Moscow’s ambitions may shape German outcomes and stresses that lasting peace requires tolerance and mutual understanding.
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Byrnes
Paris
Ale
Ab Lagekuie
Russia
America
Germany
Soviet Union
Moscow
Reich
Plane strikes rut on new Frederick airport runway
A Montgomery County resident reported bouncing 30 feet in a plane upon hitting a rut on a runway at the new Frederick airport during landing Sunday. No damage or injuries occurred. Officials said motorists had used runways as a speedway and the practice has been stopped. City Engineer W Raymond Walter noted a grader will smooth the runways as soon as secured and praised the airport overall.
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Montgomery County
Frederick
W. Raymond Walter
Brunswick Work Stoppage Looms Over Wage Demands
Brunswick officials faced a seven man municipal force that failed to report for duty after demanding a 1 per hour pay rise. Police and laborers did not return, town operations halted, state police provided protection, and plans to hire new workers were announced as council debates higher wages and tax impact.
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Brunswick
Feds
R. T. Thompson
Lee Merriman
J. L. Malone
E. E. Bowers
Malone
Claude Lutman
R. G. Wynkoop
John B. Funk
Army bill passes to raise officers to thirty thousand
Washington July 16 The House approved legislation authorizing a larger regular army. The bill increases commissioned officers from 25 000 to 30 000 and sets the manpower expansion in motion.
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Washington
House
Army
Nationwide Buyer Strikes Hit Auto Industry Over OPA End
Labor, veterans and civil groups rally across the nation as CIO United Auto Workers orders 800,000 members off the job for two hour meetings in protest of rising living costs after the OPA expired. Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities mobilize in one day actions with calls for wage increases and targeted strikes to press Congress and President Truman.
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Preas
Veterans
Clvic
Ladd
OPA
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Walter Reuther
Citizens Committees
Consuners
Detroit
Citadel
Uawclo
Mosh Industr
UAW
CIO
Charles E. Boyd
Detroit Retail Merchants Association
Chicago
Ashland Auditorium
Truman
Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Mishian
Atomic test animal deaths at Bikini Atoll report
On the U S S Mount McKinley Dane atomic blast at Bikini Atoll July 1 researchers report 15 3 percent of animals exposed have died so far with ten percent killed outright and more deaths expected as radiation effects continue Blandy notes mortality at the expected rate while Kwajalein reports say animals are dying rapidly leaving few to bring back to the United States for study
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U. S. Mt. McKinley
Bikini Isleen
William H. P. Blandy
Atom Test
Douby
Half Pay Or None For OPA As Payroll Delays Loom
Nearly 30 percent of OPA’s 34 000 workers face last pay this week with possible no pay next week if appropriation delays persist. About 15 000 field workers are due checks tomorrow and this week, at least half their pay, while full first week of July pay seems unlikely. If Congress misses the Friday deadline, 18 400 workers may receive no pay on time. The House has approved 106 million and the Senate committee trimmed totals. final vote imminent. Postal workers face similar delays until the silver-price dispute over a 1.6 billion Treasury-Post Office bill ends.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Trasshuidanvip
Une
Saagstone Nauvin
Field
Amless
Libte
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Treasury-Post Office
Cool Night Follows St Swithin Day Weather Lore
The piece notes St Swithin's Day predicts 40 days of rain, but observers see no immediate forecast. A cool night dropped to 32 after yesterday's showers of 0.13 inches in Frederick, with July record high contrasts and Winchester bishop St Swithin linked to the legend.
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St. Swithin
Winchester
England
Frederick
Governor asks FBI to assist Baltimore police probe
July 16 Baltimore. Governor O Connor said he sent a telegram to FBI Director J Edgar Hoover requesting FBI collaboration in the grand jury investigation of the Baltimore City Police Department. The request came from the grand jury State's Attorney J Bernard Wells and the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission.
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O'Conor
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI R
Grand Jury
Baltimore City
FBI
J. Bernard Wells
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission
Oconol
Marines Kidnapping Search Spreads in North China
More than 1,000 men and seven aircraft hunted for seven U S Marines abducted Saturday by a band of about 80 Chinese near Chin wagutao. One Marine reportedly escaped. all Marines in the area alerted. two companies with Chinese troops assigned to the search as Communist reports swirl amid Ta Jung fighting in Shansi.
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Peiping
U. S
Marine Corps
Sioner
Chin
Wagutao
China
Tajung
Shansi
No Appointment Of Chief Yet In City
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler said the chief of police appointment is unlikely at tonight’s Board of Aldermen and Police Commission meeting. The decision on whether the appointee will be from the current force or an outsider remains undecided, with several members of the present force applying for the role held by Acting Chief Fred Straley.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Police Commission
Questio
Fred Straley
Senate bill rejected sparks new bid for control measure
Washington votes 211 to 6 to reject the Senate OPA bid and send the issue to a House Senate conference for a new compromise price control plan. President Truman expected to sign. Chicago reports SA William J Juohy cites George Subrowski as seeing Vian Heirens with a paper bag near the Degnan home after Suzanne Degnan's kidnapping and dismemberment. Washington also notes Truman approves a selective service draft age amendment.
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Senate
Washington
House Today
House-Senate
Truman
Heirens
Chicago
William J. Juohy
George Subrowski
Vian Heirens
Degnan
Suzanne Degnan
Roosevelt And Hull Absolved From Pearl Harbor Report
Washington July 16 Eight of the ten Pearl Harbor committee members signed a report absolving President Roosevelt and Cardell Hull of direct responsibility for the surprise attack. The 112 000 word majority report blames military officials and Pearl Harbor commanders. The panel makes 25 recommendations for Army and Navy procedures. A minority report by Ferguson is expected to stress prewar defense plans with allies.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor Committee
Roosevelt
Cardell Hull
Brewster
Maine
Ferguson
Michigan
House
Joint Congressional Committee
Keefe
Wisconsin
Gearhart
California
State welfare costs rise in June show increase
Baltimore reports June 1946 spending by the State Department of Public Welfare reached 746 902 for public assistance, higher than March at 785 635. Six months total 4 383 002, according to the agency's monthly report.
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Baltimore
State Department of Public Welfare
Mass sentences for SS officers at Dachau trial
An American military court at Dachau sentenced 43 German SS troops to death for Massacre and war crimes tied to the Ardennes counteroffensive and the Malmedy killings. Col. Joachim Peiper among those condemned, with Dietrich and Priess also jailed. In total 730 American prisoners and 150 Belgian civilians were cited as victims.
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Dachau
Germany
Siaorhine
Ardennes Bulge
Joachim Peiper
Hermann Priess
Frits Kraemer
Dietrich
Peiper
Neer
Fisst
SS. - Panza
f.Malmedy
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Josiah T. Dalbey
Girl And Ex GI Escort Shot To Death In Auto
In Norristown Pennsylvania Helen Saylor Hanley twenty two and her ex GI escort John R Hoffman twenty five were shot to death early today while seated in a parked car near Hanley’s parents home. Hoffman died at 8:25 pm in a hospital after being shot as he ran for help. Police report a man approached from a vehicle and fired. Hanley had been estranged from her husband Kenneth Hanley a discharged veteran.
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Norristown
Helen Saylor Hanley
John R. Hoffman
Hoffman
William Miler
John To
Upper Merion
Kenneth W. Hanley
Coatesville Hospital
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