Hallowe'en Pranksters Loses Meager Damages Countywide
State Police and county officials reported a mild Hallowe en night with few arrests. A dummy figure hung from a bridge drew attention while motorists were startled. Fires on fodder near Thurmont and Mountaindale caused minor damage. Officials said most incidents were minor and under control.
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Ceresville
Hallowe'en
Guy Anders
Ayere
Hallowe
Creagerstown
Thurmont
R. Paul Buhrman
Mountaindale
Welly Rice
Buhrman
Ville
New Design
Jefferson
Buckeystown
Brunswick
Frederick
Hallowe’ens
Louis A. Leichert
East Third Street
Fleming Avenue
West College Terrace
Farmers Co-Operative Association, Inc
Boettiger Weds Virginia Daly Lunn in The Hague
John Boettiger married Mrs. Virginia Daly Lunn at The Hague town hall in a civil ceremony. The groom, previously divorced from Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, has ties to the Seattle press and European correspondence, now advising Dutch officials on the Indonesian issue. Mrs. Lunn arrived with her seven year old daughter aboard the Noor dam. The ceremony drew U.S. embassy and Dutch officials as witnesses amid postwar diplomatic activity.
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Hague
Netherlands
John Boettiger
Virginia Daly Lunn
Phoenix
Ariz
Hague Town Hall
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Lloyd V. Steere
U. S
Lunn
Noordam
Boettiger
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Anna Roosevelt
Arizona Times
Europe
Boettinger
Theodor Swanson
Union Split as UEW Withholds CIO Dues
Cleveland Nov 1 The United Electrical Workers a CIO left wing faction announces it will withhold further dues to the CIO signaling a move toward expulsion. UEW President Albert J Fitzgerald accuses CIO leadership of raiding union busting and hypocrisy. Delegates walkout, UEW officers absent, CIO core leadership faced with potential removal actions affecting about 875,000 members.
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Cleveland
United Electrical Workers
CIO
Albert J. Fitzgerald
U. E
Fitzgerald
WU. E
Philip Murray
U.S. Plans Long Stay on Okinawa Base Expansion
Okinawa will host a new $73,000,000 construction program to build hangars, housing, warehouses, and repair shops. The plan, rushed under General MacArthur, aims to withstand typhoons and support a long U.S. presence after wartime control and disputed ownership. The bill was signed by President Truman, signaling a durable base commitment.
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Okinawa
United States
China
Douglas MacArthur
Toyko
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Truman
Western Pacific
Congress
U. S
Chana
Philippines
Japan
Amputates Own Hand In Corn Picker Accident
Charles Rothrock a 65 year old farmer in New Castle Indiana amputated his right hand with a pocket knife after it was caught in a corn picking machine. He walked a quarter mile to a brother’s house before being hospitalized and is reported fair. His wife Clara lost both legs seven years earlier in the same machine. She said many people have worse luck.
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New Castle
Ind
Charles Rothrock
Rothrock
Rothreck
Clara
Fire damages Calvary Methodist chapel. main church spared
Officials assess a blaze that confined to the chapel at Calvary Methodist, caused by spontaneous combustion in the coal bunker beneath the area. The altar and a stained glass window were ruined while other windows cracked and chairs and piano were damaged. Insurance covers the loss. refurbishing needed, no damage to the main church.
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Calvary Methodist Church
J. Franklin Haas
Haas
East Church Street
Frank Keefer
Allor
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property transfers. Daniel W Castle and wife sold to Noah E Kafauver Sr and wife about 70 acres and improvements near Route 40 east of Middletown for around 15000. Earl F Hargett and wife sold to James F Hovbs a Frederick Avenue property for about 314500. J William Long and Joseph R Baker sold to Chester T Black a 203 acre farm with improvements in Singanore district for about 12000. George C Ahalt Jr sold to James G Spizzo five tracts totaling ~33 acres near Pleasant Walk along Alternate Route 40 to Wolfsville for around 4500.
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Daniel W. Castle
Noah E. Kefauver
Middletown
Earl F. Hargett
James F. Hovbs
Frederick Avenue
J. William Long
Joseph R. Baker
Chester T. Black
Singanore
George C. Ahalt, Jr
James G. Spizzo
Wolfsville
Post Office Department building damaged by major fire
A November 1 blaze at the $11,000,000 Post Office Department building on Pennsylvania Avenue between 12th and 13th streets NW caused heavy damage, mainly to the eighth floor. Firemen battles smoke and water damage as 12 people were treated for injuries from glass and debris, and three firefighters were hospitalized.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
12Th
13Th Streets
Robert Farrington
Associated Press
Martin Levy
Federal Communications Commission
Levy
Halloween hold up at Pittsburgh supermarket
A man wearing a Halloween mask entered a Pittsburgh supermarket and waved a gun at Frank Catalbo. He fired into the ceiling then shot Catalbo in the ribs, claimed it was real, and stole $230 from the register. The incident followed a Halloween prank claim. A second note reports $3,609 wallet missing from a Frederick community sale, owned by Arthur D. Lambert.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Catalbo
Catalho
Catalbo
Frederick
Arthur D. Lambert
East Church Street
Hyattstown Ambulance Responds to Washington Plane Crash
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department ambulance, among the area’s most modern, rushed 40 miles to a serious plane crash near National Airport. The 12:30 p.m. call carried Assistant Chief Lloyd W. Burdette and Chaplain Rev LaDue McGill aboard, relayed through Rockville and Gaithersburg where equipment was reported standing by.
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Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department
Washington’s
National Airport
Lloyd W. Burdette
LaDue McGill
Hyattstown Company
Hyattstown
Rockville
Government Faces Crisis in Italy Coalition Fallout
Rome reports a crisis as three moderate socialist cabinet members resign from Premier Alcide De Gasperi's government amid a push for uniting anti Communist Socialists. The move risks toppling the cabinet, with reappointment likely if resignations stand, as a general strike protests police clashes with peasants in the south.
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Rome
Alcide de Gaspari
de Gasperi
de Gasprri
Christian Democrat Party
Giuseppe Saragal
Italian Socialist Labor Party
PSL
PSLI
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
Roberto Tremelloni
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
City Hall Issues Permits for Homes and Remodeling
City engineer issues permits for three new residences and extensive remodeling. Names and addresses include Harold E Moser on Grove Boulevard, Melvin Oden and Sons on Lee Place, Joseph J and Josephine M Coady on Narva avenue with costs from 5 000 to 7 000, and the Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase Dairy on East Patrick street with a 4 000 loading shed. Numerous smaller permits cover dormers attics garaged conversions and interior remodels from 50 to 1 200 with various addresses across Frederick avenues Church Street Market Street and nearby streets.
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Harold E Moser
Grove Boulevard
Prospect Street
Melvin Oden and Sons
Lee Place
Joseph J
Josephine M. Coady
Narva Avenue
Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy
East
Patrick Street
William W. Glass
Frederick Avenue
T. M. Riddlemoser
East Church Street
Andrew J. Phalen
Franklin Street
Elmer E. Wachter
Wilson Place
Emory G. Nus7
South Market Street
E. Ken Hersperger
College Avenue
Maynard ¥. Lipps
Fast Sixth Street
Henry Bury
North Market Street
Bath
Rhoda Stevens
East Patrick Street
Robert Burall
West South Street
Raymond Zimmerman
Dill Avenue
Clemon H. Eyler
East Seventh Street
John W. Kohlenburg
Key Avenue
Germans to build own civil planes again
West German government minister calls for rebuilding civilian aviation in Germany. An American occupation spokesman counters that commercial flying will not resume soon. All aviation activity is banned, with fears that pilot training and plants could recreate a Luftwaffe. Hermann Goering used aviation to bolster Hitler, triggering warplanes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Luftwaffe
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Agreement Breaks Steel Strike Front
Washington reports a Bethlehem Steel pact ending the 80,000 CIO steel worker strike and prompting peace moves in coal. CIO chief Philip Murray hailed the break as a turning point while U S Steel and others consider talks. a new walkout began at Allegheny Ludlum with 12,500 workers quitting.
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Washington
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Cleveland
Philip Murray
Murray
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Aluminum Company of America
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp
Dr G S Bowers Dies At Norfolk
Rev Dr George S Bowers former president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia died at his son George H Bowers home in Norfolk Va He had been in failing heart since his wife Frances A D Bowers death October 7 He was born in Frederick County Md and served in Grafton West Virginia Upper Frankford and Hagerstown as well as Winchester His last post was supply pastor in Washington DC He held a Doctor of Divinity from Roanoke College Surviving are son George Hubert Bowers a brother Dr Joan C Bowers a sister Mrs Lelia Grove seven grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Norfolk
George S. Bowers
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
George H. Bowers
Frances A. D. Bowers
Bowers
Frederick County
Grafton
W. Va
Joan C. Bowers
Catonsville
Lelia Grove
Baldwin
Long Island
Bates Aboard IAL Plane Collision Report
U S Representative George J Bates Republican of Salem Mass was aboard an Eastern Airlines plane that collided with a military aircraft over Washington D C and was evacuated The incident followed a veto by President Truman of a bill to pay up to 1800 dollars for about 15500 handicapped veterans of World Wars I and II due to concerns over inequities and potential abuse
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New York
Eastern Airlines
U. S
George J. Bates
Salem
Mass
Washington, D. C
Washington
Truman
Bolivian P-38 Collides With DC-4 Over Potomac
A Bolivian Air Force P-38 collided with an Eastern Airlines DC-4 near National Airport, plunging the airliner into the Potomac. Rescue teams reported dozens of bodies recovered and many more feared dead, with hospital reports of dozens more injured.
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National
Bal Craft
Potomac
Washington
Eastern Airlines
Potomac River
Red Cross
New York
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S
Bolivia
Sherman Due In Washington on Navy Chief Speculation
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, who helped craft the 1947 military unification act, was due to arrive in Washington from the Mediterranean on a flying trip. Rumors swirled about a possible appointment as Chief of Naval Operations, but officials provided no confirmation as discussions continued.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Naval Operations
Louis Denfeld
Sherman
Truman
Navy
Matthews
Defense
Johnson
Pentagon
Navy Command
Rhost
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Maryland forecast and public sale report
Extended forecast notes milder temperatures Wednesday with sun then cooler Thursday and Friday, warmer weekend with showers. regional normals near 60 and 40 in Delaware and Eastern Maryland. City property sale: heirs of Clara Estelle Dixon sold a brick six room house at 15-A West Fifth Street to John E Clabaugh and wife for 6890. Co sale of a farm and gas station near New Market was called off before sale.
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Maryland
Mountains
Delaware
City
Clara Estelle Dixon
Pifth Street
John E. Clabaugh
Baltimore
Nobel R. Clabaugh
Wilma R. Dixon
Null
Manuel M. Weinberg
Edward Co. Hemby
New Market
Court House
Plane Crash Reported as DC-1 Hit by Military Plane
Early CAA reports say a military aircraft struck the DC-1 causing a badly mangled body to drift into a boat. The DC-1 carried 49 passengers and four crew. The flight route was Washington to Atlanta with stops at Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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CAA
Washington
Atelanta
Charlotte
Raleigh
N.C
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Bethlehem Steel
United Steelworkers
C.L
U.S
Calvary Methodist Chapel
P.O. Dept
Heart of Washington
Hyattstown Ambulance
Bethlehem Workers
G.S. Bowers
Representative Bates
MIRAE
Nampcloss
Boston
LaGuardia
Mount Vernon Boulevard
Alexandria
Mt Vernon
George Washington
AML
P.M. Clifford
Clifford
Nos Bridoux
CMA
EAL
Bridoux
Randolph Field
Johnson and Matthews
Mr. Truman
White House
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