Hearing Set On Charges Against City Police Chiefs
A Tuesday 7 30 p m hearing before the City Police Commission will review charges against Chief Frederick M L Straley and Lieut R O Six. The commission plans to receive specific charges from Sgt Daniel Swomley, with the mayor and Board of Aldermen to weigh the commission's recommendations after the hearing.
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Frederick ML Straley
R. O
City Police Department
City Police Commission
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
J William
Storm
Commission
Daniel Swomley
Lloyd C. Culler
Police Commission
Stalin promises freedom for Austrian POWs in Russia
Vienna July 24 The Communist Volkstimme publishes a letter from Soviet Premier Stalin pledging freedom for all Austrian prisoners of war held in Russia within the year The letter was addressed to four Austrian Parliament members and the paper hails it as the best news since liberation comments gratitude to Generalissimo Stalin.
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Vienna
Volkstimme Today
Stalin
Russia
Germany
Volkstimme
Stal
Petrillo Income Taxes Studied by Treasury Dept
Washington reports state the Treasury is examining the income taxes of James C. Petrillo longtime head of the AFL Musicians Union. An official said a transcript or testimony before a House Labor subcommittee was requested and would be a normal step for the Internal Revenue Bureau to pursue tax records.
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Washington
Kearns
Treasury Department
James C. Petrillo
AFL Musicians Union
House
Pet| Tillo
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sour Noite Detroit Piano Tuner Shortage Warns of Decline
At the American Society of Piano Technicians convention in Detroit, chairman A. V. Minefie warned that 16 million pianos in the United States are out of tune while only 3,000 tuners remain. He noted an average age of 55 and few young entrants, predicting a future with off-key music and potential replacement by psychiatrists or collapse of tuning services.
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Detroit
American Society of Piano Technicians
America
Reasoned Society
A. V. fJock Minefie
United States
World Trade Group May Buy Grain
President Truman said a world trade organization to buy grain for distribution under the Marshall Plan is under consideration. He noted no plans for domestic wheat and corn controls and explained the plan aims to aid Europe while export and transportation controls could be used to move grain to port cities for shipment.
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Washington
Truman
World Trade Organization
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Mrr
Marshall
United States
Afr
Congress
Kaiser Put On Heat For Plane Of Plywood
Secretary Krug testified to the Senate War Investigating Committee that Henry Kaiser pressured Washington for wartime plywood air plane contracts. He said Kaiser tried to secure a contract between the War Production Board, Kaiser, and Howard Hughes, with the deal set before his time on the board. Krug recalled Kaiser quote about putting "the heat of hell on everybody in Washington."
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Washington
Krug
Senate’ War Investigating Committee
Henry Kaiser
Brewster Cr-Me
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Production Board
Kaiser
Howard Hughes
War Investigating Committee
Brewster
Elliott Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Army
Navy
White House
Social Security Tax Frozen For Two Years
Washington reports a House Senate conference committee agreement to keep the Social Security payroll levy at 1 percent for two more years. The compromise ends a deadlock that would have raised the tax to 2.5 percent starting January 1, with the levy rising to 1.5 percent in 1950 and 2 percent in 1952 to fund old age and survivors insurance.
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Washington
PRA House-Senate
Senate
House
Colts Expand Roster to Seventy Ahead of Camp
The Baltimore Colts increased their All America Football Conference roster to 70 days before training camp in Pa. New contracts signed include Bernard Mories, a 195 pound halfback formerly with the Chicago Cardinals and Los Angeles Dons, and Owen Goodaigh from Mardin-Simmons Texas.
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Baltimore
Batmore Colts
Bernard “Euster” Mories
University of Iowa
Sitar
Owen Goodaigh
Mardin-Simmons
Texas
Meries
Chicago Cardinals
Los Angeles Dons
Colt Property
Maryland Extended Forecast Through July 27
The forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions in Maryland Thursday with low humidity and temperatures in the eighties. Winds are gentle and variable. Expect showers Thursday night or Friday and again Sunday, with total precipitation generally under one inch. Friday will be warm and humid, then cooler Friday night. Sunday will be warmer with temperatures several degrees below normal for the period.
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Maryland
Being Held Here For Illinois Authorities
A man identifying himself as Temmie Lee, from Decatur, was arrested Tuesday evening near Thurmont by State Trooper Kenneth Bond. Pennsylvania authorities had informed Maryland police that Lee appeared suspicious and tried to sell a stolen Chevrolet. He was jailed in Frederick County awaiting transfer.
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Temmie Lee Decatur
Tee
Thurmont
Kenneth Bond
Pennsylvania
Lee
Strate
Frederick County
Winds Author
Dozen Major Bills Headed For Junk Pile
Washington July 24 Dozen major bills head for the junk heap as Republican leaders plan adjournment of the 80th Congress first session on Saturday July 26 subject to recall. Plans focus on stalemated appropriations and the Army Navy unification measure with no rush to complete controversial items including war displaced foreign entry universal military training and inter American aid.
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Washington
Senate
House
Martin
United States
Truman
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reed
Prisoner Held Here To Be Surrendered From West Virginia
West Virginia authorities planned to bring Jesse Andrew George, an escaped prisoner from Moundsville State Penitentiary, to this jail. George, captured near Steiner's Hill by State Troopers W A Mutchner and Charles D McLane, escaped in May from a Reader road gang and was serving one to ten years for grand larceny. He has waived extradition.
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West Virginia
Jesse Andrew
George
Moundsville
W. A. Mutchner
Charles D. McLane
Steiner's Hill
Reader
W. Va
Jury Trial Sought On Non-Support Charge
John R. Long pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial on non-support of his wife and three children after arraignment before Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett. He was released on a $250 bond as the case moves forward. Nearby court notes list multiple motor vehicle forfeitures and traffic fines involving several individuals, with Troopers Bruce A. Brachey and Mutchner filing charges.
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John R. Long
Criz
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Lester W. Bolyard
Tunnelton
W. Va
Eda J. Carroll
Berkeley Springs
W. Ve
Walter A. Brzezicki
Detroit
Jess V. Hisel
Severna Park
John W. Robertson, Jr
East Sixth Street
Bruce A. Brachey
Mutchner
Coolest July Night in a Month Delights City
Temperatures fell to the season low last night, the mer cur s hitting 48 degrees in the city. The Weather Bureau predicts a sunny day with a high near 78 degrees and dry, cool air expected to persist.
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Weather Bureau
Ballots From Here To Go To Baltimore For Recount
Ballots cast in the November election in Frederick county will be moved to Baltimore on Tuesday for a recount in the U S Senate contest. Investigators from the Senate sub committee on privileges and elections will inspect ballot boxes tally sheets and other data before transport to Baltimore.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
United States
Francis T. Kelly
U.S. Senate
Sub-Committee On Privileges and Elections
O'Conor
Circuit Court
Elis C. Wachter
S. E. Barnes
Senate
D. John Markey
Walkersville
Board of Election Supervisors
Grover CC. Stewart
Brunswick
Robert A. Bennett
Ruth Moberly
Frederick
Markey
Maryland
Seaman Held in Slaying of Mrs Katona at Tall Timbers
Joseph Daniel Brouillette, 22, a Navy seaman, was turned over to civil authorities on a murder warrant for the death of Mrs. Julia Katona, 35, after a penny-ante poker party at her home near Tall Timbers Maryland. Katona was found beaten and strangled in a guest shack close to her property.
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Cedar Point
Navy
Patuxent Hiver Air Station
Julia Katona
Tall Timbers
Cmdr
C. S. Minter
Joseph Daniel Brouillette
Rose Marie Brouillette
Manchester
N. H
Differences Are Settled
A high American source said U S and British differences over a Germany conference were settled Britain tentatively accepts a U S invitation to meet in Washington to discuss methods of increasing Ruhr coal production The British reportedly agree not to press financing or feeding questions and prefer Washington talks over Berlin
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London
U.S
Germany
Britain
U. S
Washington
Ruhr
Berlin
Not Ready To Name Defense Secretary
President Truman said he is not ready to name the Secretary of National Defense to head the unified armed forces. Legislation before Congress would create separate Army Navy and Air Forces with a single defense secretary overseeing all. Dr Henry W A Hanson will inspect Elgin Field in Florida with educators, returning Saturday.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of National Defense
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Gettysburg
Henry W. A Hanson
Gettysburg College
Elgin Field
Florida
Hanson
Tampa
Capitol News Notebook Takes On Washington Bureaucracy
Capitol notes from Peter Edson recount Norman Armour's debut as Assistant Secretary of State barred by questioners at a press conference. The piece critiques government structure, suggesting renaming and restructuring into ten cabinet led departments and independent agencies as the next step. It also covers trademark growth under Lanham Act, meat demand from coal miners, and John Blandford Jr's China posting linking TVA and housing roles.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
NEAS
Norman Armour
Marshall
No 4 News
Tripartite Commission of
Henry Caset Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Lindsay C
George Aiken
Vermont
Senator Aiken
Senate
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Harding
The
Treasury
Andrew W. McHon
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Mellon
John B. Blandford, Jr
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Blandford
TVA
Budget Bureau
Wartime Housing Administration
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Machinegun Fire Reported in Jerusalem Near Goldsmith Club
Alarm sirens in Jerusalem called British troops to action stations as machinegun fire rattled nearby. Traffic halted and an underground attack on a military installation near the Goldsmith Officers Club was suspected, occurring at a line between the Holy City’s security and Jewish quarters with a dusk to dawn curfew in effect two nights earlier.
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Jerusalem
Goldsmith Officers’ Club
Holy City
Rohrback to Join Potomac Edison in Hagerstown
Mr and Mrs Martin Rohrback will move August 1 from Martinsburg to Hagerstown Maryland where he will join the general office distribution department of Potomac Edison Company. He leaves after ten years in Martinsburg and is succeeded at the local power plant by Donald Eyler of Hagerstown. Eyler's wife and son will move with him. the Rohrbacks will be joined by their daughter Barbara at Braddock Heights Maryland.
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Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Martin Rohrback
General Office
Potomac Edizon Company
Donald Eyler
Jap Peace Treaty To Widen Split
Washington reports a new rift between the United States and Russia over drafting a Japanese peace treaty. Moscow rejects U S proposals, raising doubts on a separate peace without Russia and prompting debate on legal basis and veto rights. Secretary Marshall said U S will reassess after Russia reply and others’ responses.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Europe
Far East
Britain
San Francisco
Foreign Ministers Council
America
China
France
Council of Foreign Minister
Qally
Kremlin
Marshall
Suit Against Fire Company Sent Here
Suits arising from a collision between a passenger car and a fire truck in Westminster on April 17, 1946, were moved to the Circuit Court trials docket from Carrell county. One suit, for $10,000 by John E. Harmon against Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company Inc and Levi David Maus Jr, and another for $1,500 by the fire company against Harmon. Harmon alleges he was injured when Maus’s ore truck recklessly struck his car. the fire company contends it was answering a fire call with siren and gong and Harmon failed to yield and stop properly.
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Westminster
Focal Circuit
Carrell County
John E. Harmon
Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company, Inc
Levi David Maus, Jr
Fire Company
Harmon
Herman
Maus
Atomic energy drive outlined by U S government
The Nation Today notes the Atomic Energy Commission reports the United States leads in atomic weapons with new testing grounds in the Pacific Eventually it aims to control bomb making by agreement with other nations The fiscal year starts July 1 with spending likely over 500 million dollars The government employs about 41 500 people on atomic projects and seeks both industrial and medical applications including cancer treatment
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Ames Marlow Shangs
Eigen
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Pacific
Ato
United States
Commission
Writ Denied In Habeas Case Of William H. Holland
Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer denied a habeas corpus writ for William H. Holland who is serving three years for non support. The judge found no speedy trial or double jeopardy violation and held Holland’s commitment valid with a two year sentence running concurrently from Baltimore County.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Holland
Baltimore County
Sherbow
Parking Meter Receipts and Fines Reported
Receipts from Brunswick parking meters for the week ending last Friday totaled 93.43 dollars, 0.25 more than the prior week. Fines for parking violations totaled 9 dollars, with no fines reported the previous week.
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Brunswick
Indonesian Army Claims Gains In Java Front
Indonesian authorities report gains against Dutch forces on the east central Java front. Modjokerto is occupied as Republican troops push toward Jogjakarta while Dutch retake Cheribon and claim larger control areas. Spoor denies air attacks on cities and cites discipline actions for pilots.
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Jog
Malang
Java
An‘ara
Modjokerto
Soerabaja
Modjakerto
Jogjakarta
Cheribon
Toeniang
Aim Sjamfoeddin
Toentang
Siem B. Spoor
Salatiga
Spoor
United States
Indonesia
Widow of W C Fields Sues for 241225 Claim
Harriet Fields, widow of comedian W C Fields, files a claim against his estate seeking 241 225 asserting gifts to eight women friends totaling 482 450 and that half belongs to her as community property. She says Fields deserted her after their 1900 marriage and that the estate is valued around 360 090 with a 20 000 sum already provided to her and their son, Wade Fields.
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Los Angeles
W. C. Fields
Harriet Fields
Fields
Irs
Magda Michael
Wade Fields
Man Freed From Jail After Wife Appeals
Charles Jackson was released today on the judge’s order after his wife argued that jail was too comfortable for him. Judge Milton Schumach noted that true punishment would be to make him work to support his family, not stay behind bars. Jackson had been jailed last week for non support and neglect of his children.
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Charles Jackson
Milton Schumach
Jackson
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