Rowdy Hallowe'en festivities marred county celebration
Rowdyism during Hallowe'en led to seven arrests in Thurmont as farm equipment cluttered streets and houses were displayed on corners. Police reported blockages on Route 15 near Buckeystown and disruptions across Walkersville and Lewistown. Fodder blocks, dragged snow fences, and damaged property were noted, with several fines paid for drunken and disorderly behavior.
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Hallowe
Hallowe'en
Thurmont
William J. Stener
Buckingham School
Buckeystown
North Carolina
Baker's Valley
Walkersville
Lewistown
Mountaindale
Thor
Emmiesburg
Lee Mer
Timan
Brunswick
Elm Street
South Market Street
Frederick
Flintstone Man Jailed After DUI Hearing
Merril G. Dixon of Flintstone Md was jailed 30 days in a Peoples Court for driving under the influence after nearly striking children and a State Police car. Trooper Richard A. Myers testified Dixon weaved on Route 40. Dixon admitted two beers Friday. A $100 fine and costs were waived in favor of the 30 day sentence. Collateral forfeitures listed for incidents involving other parties.
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Merril G. Dixon
Flintstone
Peoples Court
Richard A. Myers
Dixon
Edward
Smith
Myers
Frederick
Carroll Parkway
Ernest N. Youngblood
Great Cacapon
W. Va
James
IL. Brown
Swanton
Harry B. Fleming
Mt. Airy
Two Public Sales At Court House This Morning
Two public sales occurred this morning at the Court House. A 124 acre farm near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Hamsville sold to Jesse Oden for 8500. Building lots in the Rosedale addition sold to Mr and Mrs Robert E Tracy for 800. About 1000 building blocks sold to a Mr Schreyer for 92.50. Deeds recorded show transfers at 10 East Ninth Street and 34 East Third Street with values near 14500 and 12000. Officials note many declarations of intentions before noon, likely a yearly peak. Municipal elections in England and Wales were held today with Scotland voting Tuesday.
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Hamsville
Court House
Jesse Oden
Dorsey L. Oden
Alton ¥. Bennett
Holdens
S. Felton
John W. Nuil
Ethel G. Morgan
Rosedale
Robert E. Tracy
West Seventh Street
Apple Avenue
Schreyer
W. Jerome Offutt
Emmett R. Bowlus
Actionees
Sevi Properties
G. ‘Oliver Price
East Ninth Street
Minnie C. Pelliccit
Air
Martin L. Bowers
East Third Streets
Samuel UT. Gregg
London
England
Wales
Scotland
Attlee
Hollywood Prober Goes Haywire in Un-American Hearings
Washington reports the House Un American Activities Committee faced criticism for silencing film writer John Howard Lawson and citing him for contempt. The piece defends congressional hearings as legal, argues the committee targeted Hollywood's Communist minority, and warns anti Communist action could threaten Bill of Rights protections. Lawson insists on rights to freedom of thought and action as an American citizen.
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Washington
INEA
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Hollywood
John Howard Lawson
J. Parnell Thomas
Congress
Lawson
Pals
Clarins
Thomas Committee
Witesses
Congressional
Un-American Activities Committee
Russia
U. S
Soviet
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Thomas
Un-American Committee
Morning robbed after guiding strangers on Baltimore street
Morning with the line I am a stranger here myself led two strangers to Baltimore street. They asked directions and then robbed him, taking 175 dollars with a knife threat. The suspects vanished toward an area distant from the street.
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Baltimore
Leonard
Baltimore Street
Caribbean Gets Unified Command Under Crittenberger
Washington reports a unified Caribbean defense command with Lieut. Gen Willis D. Crittenberger in charge. The plan forms part of a broader move to create seven regional unified commands under single commanders, with Blandy retaining control of Atlantic Fleet assets not assigned to Caribbean command.
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Washington
Caribbean
Willis D. Crittenberger
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
United States
Crittenberger
U. S
Panama Department
Roosevelt Roads
Trinidad
Guantanamo
Fleet Air Wings
Antilles
William B. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
Blandy
Atlantic
Richard L. Connolly
U. S. Naval
Mediterranean
Connolly
Multiple Alarm Blazes Probed in Baltimore
Fire investigators in Baltimore probed six simultaneous fires in about an hour, destroying a grain warehouse and forcing dozen from a Pimlico area rooming house. Two major blazes gutted a three story structure near Pimlico. no casualties reported.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Pinkney W. Wilkinson
Board of Fire Commissioners
J. B. A Wailes & Sons Co
Carlos Martinez
Calumet Farms
Boy's Hallowe'en Gun Kills Playmate's Mother
A 14 year old boy handling a .22 rifle at a Halloween visit accidentally shot Mrs. John Brewer 39 at her home in Mardela. She died three hours after being shot in the forehead. Trooper Monaghan and acting medical examiner Dr Charles Fishter ruled accidental death by shooting. Mrs Brewer leaves a husband and two sons from a former marriage plus other relatives.
Philippine Areas Damaged By Typhoon
Manila reports estimated damage rising to about 51 million as a typhoon battered central Philippines and southern Luzon for 36 hours. Six people were killed, eighteen hurt, and hundreds left homeless. Crops ruined, three vessels sunk, nine beached. governors of Leyte Albay Masbate and Camarines Sur seek urgent government aid.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
China Sea
Leyte
Albay
Masoate
Cama- Fines Sur
Weekend Forecast Promises Pleasant Fall Weather
The weather outlook calls for a fairly pleasant weekend across most of the nation with scattered showers in some areas. Temperatures are expected to run slightly above normal, with the gulf region reaching the 90s and Corpus Christi hitting 95, while northern areas stay around 50 to 60 and the south mostly in the 70s.
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Associated Press
H. S. Henry
Chicago
Blississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Hindis
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
Mercury
Gulf States
Corpus Christi
Tex
Los Angeles
Boy Struck By Automobile On East Third Street
Four year old Robert F. Cook was struck by a 1941 Dodge sedan driven by Harold Torr of Baltimore while playing near his East Third street home. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a base of skull fracture. Torr was questioned and released on own recognizance as doctors monitor the boy’s condition.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Third Street
Robert F. Cook
Francis J. Cook
Harold Torr
Oakhill Avenue
Baltimore
Frederick Tailoring Company
Torr
Rene
Serious Fire Averted At Braddock Heights
A fire was narrowly stopped at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Bennett on Jefferson Boulevard Braddock Heights when coals from the fireplace dropped through the clean cut chute into the cellar. Mrs Bennett raised the alarm and firefighters from the Independent Hose Company and Brad dock Heights Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly. The Mantz property is unoccupied for the winter.
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Robert Bennett
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Pope Receives Five U S Senators in Vatican Meeting
Pope Pius XI welcomed five U S senators in Vatican City on November 1 and urged that true peace goes beyond mere absence of war. He told the U S Senate Appropriations Committee led by Styles Bridges that peace must address famine devastation and oppression.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
U. S. Senate Appropriations Committee
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Teachers Seek Fund For Aid Overseas
Washington November 17 The National Education Association launches a Thanksgiving to Christmas fund drive to aid teachers abroad. Each US teacher asked to contribute at least $1 to feed and clothe colleagues overseas.
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Washington
The
National Education Association Today
United States
Frontal bayonet charges in Metsovo area swing toward end of nine day battle
Greek troops using planes artillery and frontal bayonet charges attacked guerrilla forces entrenched in German built pillboxes near Metsovo Epirus. Reports claim 200 to 300 of some 4000 to 5000 guerrillas killed with government losses not specified. Guerrillas directed by Gen Markos Villâdes. Remnants fleeing toward Albania as fighters strafe and shell the area. Road to Icandina reopened after a 30 day siege lifting as Greek Eighth and Ninth Divisions advance.
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Athens
Metsovo
Epirus
Markos Villades
Albania
Icandina
Britons Give Up Motoring Amid Austerity Order
London reports Britons reluctantly surrender private motoring under a new austerity law. Private cars banned except for essential travel, aiming to save 9,000,000 pounds yearly in dollar credits. Traffic shifts as motorists hoard petrol and push ration limits, tea cuts provoke milder complaints.
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London
Martinsburg Man Held In Apple Fraud Case
Maryland and federal authorities report the arrest of Robert N. Snyder of Martinsburg West Virginia on charges of fraud tied to misleading apple sales ads in Baltimore and Washington papers. He appeared before a U S commissioner and was ordered held pending grand jury action after admitting about 105 dollars from 25 orders. He had advertised two bushels of apples for five dollars and directed payment in advance to Charles Town West Virginia. Snyder reportedly had no apples to sell. He lived at a roaming home in Baltimore prior to the arrest.
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Baltimore
Postal In Spectors
Robert N. Snyder
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
Snyder
DU. S
Federal
Martinsburgh
E. L. Frase
Floyd G. Hoback
Charles Town
Hoback
Ack
Understanding government top secret and secret labels
James Marlow explains the meaning and differences of top secret secret confidential and restricted labels used by Army Navy and State Department. He cites examples for each label across agencies noting possible misuses and the potential for disclosure consequences.
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James Marlow Washington
Army
Navy
State Department
Rmiuch
Truman
Security Advisory Board
George Patton
North Africa
France
U. S
Bates
Labor
Agriculture Departments
Agriculture Department
Precipitation Deficiency Grows in Ten Months of 1937
The weather observer reported a 5.60 inch precipitation deficiency for the first ten months of 1937, boosted by a very dry October. November began cool with temperatures around the forties at 8:30 a.m. and officials expect little chance of more rain today and tomorrow.
Human deformities may last 1000 years warns scientist
Pasadena reports California Institute of Technology scientists warn that radio activity from two atomic bomb explosions in Japan could cause heritable defects lasting about a thousand years. Dr Brest G Anderson, genetics professor, cites laboratory tests on corn. Train delay reported in New Castle as Cavalier scraped a truck near tracks and an express coach damaged in emergency stop.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Japan
Brest G. Anderson
New Castle
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Cape Charles
Judge Moves To Speed Up Farben Trial
In Nuernberg Judge Curtis Shake orders a three‑man fact finding commission to hear routine documentary witnesses. The panel will free courtroom time for new evidence and vital testimony in the Farben case, aiming to advance the trial of I G Farben directors and related Krupp matters. Survivors from Auschwitz may testify on slave labor at Farben plants.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Farben
Curtis Shake
I. G. Farben
Shake
International Military Tribunal
U. S
Krupp and Ministries
Josiah Dubois
Dubois
Auschwitz
Long Quake Shakes Lima Peru City
A strong earthquake struck Lima Peru at 10 am today prompting reports from the National Wireless Service of tremors felt in Iquitos the capital of Loreto department about 550 miles away. The quake caused shaking across the region with residents reporting damage and aftershocks.
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Lima
Peru
National Wireless Service
Iquitos
Loreto Department
Volunteers Sewing Garments for Hospitals by Red Cross
Red Cross volunteers resumed Thursday sewing to produce garments and bed linens for Emergency and Frederick Memorial Hospitals. Aiming to restock linen supplies, the local chapter calls for volunteers with sewing skills or cutting and folding abilities. Meetings are Thursdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at North Court street Red Cross rooms.
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Emergency
Frederick Memorial Hospitals
Red Cross
Ernest C. Webb
North Court Street
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