Braddock Girl Rescued After Bridge Jump
An 18 year old Alma Mae Kidd jumped from Biggs Ford bridge near Walkersville and Route 15 and was rescued from the Monocacy river with no injuries. State Police say she previously jumped from a Thurmont bridge and faced a $25 fine for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Braddock
Biggs Ford
Walkersville
Route 15
Montevue
Alma Mae Kidd
Thurmont
C. B. DeWitt
Monocacy River
DeWitt
Miss Kidd
Baltimore-Washington Boulevard
Riot on a Baltimore steamship leads to fines for five sailors
Five European seamen from the North Valley were fined 50 dollars plus costs for assaulting Patrick O Sullivan, first officer of the steamship City of Norfolk, after a riot aboard the North Valley and on the City of Norfolk in Newport News and Baltimore. The incident followed earlier discipline aboard the North Valley during its Persian Gulf voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bay Line
City of Norfolk
Bay
Pieter Zacharewicz
Henry Nowak
Knut Zohernsen
Patrick O'Sullivan
New York
North Valley
Helge Smorteband
Edmond Amundsen
Newport News
Persian Gulf
Sullivan
Patrick L. Parker
British Laborites Suffer Fresh Municipal Setback
London November 3 Labour faces another jolting setback as results show Labour dropping 62 seats with five councils lost, holding Glasgow and small towns Tessburgh and Selkirk amid a broader Conservative landslide in England and Wales borough elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Labor Party
Glasgow
Tesselburgh
Selkirk
Ellaville Farmer Clubbed to Death in Slaying
A 64 year old Ellaville farmer was killed with his rifle a hoe and a claw hammer. Sheriff Edgar Devane said he would take all precautions to prevent mob violence after five Black men were accused of the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville, Ga
Edgar Devane
Light Falls Of Snow Across West And Plains
The Associated Press reports light snow in the Rocky Mountain region and the North Central Plains while rain covers a wide belt from the upper Mississippi Valley to the North Atlantic states. Temperatures dipped below freezing in Nebraska North Dakota and Montana with highs reaching 87 in San Antonio and 4 dollars in Brownsville. Forecasters expect daytime temperatures to stay above normal but cooler than recent days.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Central Plains
Nebraska
North Dakota
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio River
North Atlantic
Mercury
Brownsville
Tex
San Antonio
Short Supply Of Fuel Oil Is Foreseen
Local oil and coal distributors warn a severe winter could strain fuel oil supplies for private homes due to transportation bottlenecks and refinery limits. Some dealers report rising prices and ongoing coal shortages in certain grades, while others note adequate coal overall and possible consumer conservation measures.
Apartment Ransacked Before Occupied at East Church Street
Thieves ransacked the former Episcopal Orphanage building on East Church Street during the weekend, taking only cash while items were left staged for Misses Katie Phleeger and Myrtle Humes who had not yet moved in. Entry was from a balcony window. deputies R. Paul Buhrman and George Crouse investigated as doctors Robert S. Tyson and P. S. Lansdale develop the site into apartments.
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Episcopal Orphanage
East Church Street
Katie Phleeger
Myrtle Humes
R. Paul Buhrman
George Crouse
Robert S. Tyson
P. S. Lansdale
Martinsburg to Get New Phone Building
Martinsburg will receive a new two story central office building with rural service upgrades. The project budget includes 334000 for the Martinsburg facility and 411000 for rural extensions, approved by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company board of directors. In Moscow Izvestia and Pravda both published lengthy critiques accusing former Secretary of State James F Byrnes of war mongering in his book Frankly Speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Martinsburg
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Byrnes
Moscow
Izvestia
Pravda
James F. Byrnes
Wallace Family Placed Under Court Supervision
Associate Judge Patrick Schnauffer gave Wallace and his wife a final chance to work and properly support their five dependent children in Urbana area, with probation officer supervision. Authorities testified to repeated calls, drunken violence, and neglect including uneducated children and inadequate clothing and food.
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Patrick
Wallace
Guy Anders
George Crouse
Austin Murray
Murray
Roderick
Wallaces
Reds Boycott Korean Election Supervision Plan
The Soviet bloc announced a boycott of a United Nations commission to supervise Korea elections next spring under Secretary of State Marshall's plan. Despite the boycott, the 57-nation UN Assembly committee voted 46 to 0 with four abstentions in favor of the U S plan. The Soviet bloc did not record an abstention.
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. W. J. Offutt and A. Y. Bennett via power of attorney sold about 1732 acres and improvements in Braddock district to G. Wilson Mercer for 8100 dollars. John F. Gonso sold to Mr and Mrs Harry M. Free a three acre tract near Rocky Springs school house for about 8600 dollars. Mr and Mrs John W. Thomas sold to Mr and Mrs Albert E. Caveil a property at 249 West Fifth street for about 5000 dollars. Mr and Mrs D Edgar Bittle sold to Mr and Mrs Austin W. Kaetzel a property in Myersville north of Ellerton road for about 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Offutt
A. Y. Bennett
William L. Dee Taughter
Braddock District
G. Wilson ‘Mercer
John F. Gonso
Harry M. Free
Rocky Springs School House
John W. Thomas
Albert E. Caveil
West Fifth Street
Birs
D. Edgar Bittle
Austin W. Kaetzel
Myersville
Ellerton Road
Man held on bond in Mt Airy break in case
Fred Willerd Naill of Mt Airy was released on $1,000 bond by Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg on a charge of breaking and entering the storeroom of J. L. Noel with intent to commit a felony. Sterling Warner, also of Mt Airy, alleged accomplice, remained in Frederick Memorial Hospital in serious condition with a probable skull fracture after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Willerd Naill
Mt. Airy
Manuel M. Weinberg
J. L. Noel
Sterling Warner
Naill
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Noel Warehouse
Charges Ostracism Sues Amish Church
Andrew J. Yoder sues Helmuth district Amish church officials for 40000 alleging social ostracism after his use of a car to transport his invalid child violated church rules banning automobile ownership. He claims a church boycott isolates his family under the unit ing regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniting
County 4-H Girls To Represent Frederick at National Congress
Frederick County will send four 4-H girls to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago from November 29 to December 5. Barbara Ann Young, Gulielma Keller, Martha Jane Layman, and Lois Keller are highlighted for past achievements in foods, health, and tailoring. The county also notes honors from Club Achievement Week including health project grants and dairy demonstration prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Chicago
Congress
Lois Keller
Middletown
Barbara Ann Young
Progressive Club
Gulielma Keller
Jefferson
Martha Jane Layman
Braddock
University of Maryland
Jefferson Girls
Florence Roderick
Patsy Himes
Department of Public Health
Patsy Pearson
Sitsfield
The
Grange
Homemakers’ Club
PTA
Frederick High School
Fined $2 And Costs After Auto Accident
Fort Myer soldier Bernard T Boe pleaded guilty to reckless driving after a collision at Death Curve Route 40 near New Market at 12 20 am. His car, westbound, ripped off the side of James Hahn’s eastbound vehicle from San Diego California. both drivers escaped injury and Boe paid $2 and costs. Damage to Hahn’s car estimated at about $250. State Trooper Myers investigated. John Gearhart of Washington forfeit $10 on exceeding 50 miles per hour following charge by Trooper Mutchner.
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Bernard T. Boe
Fort Myer
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoplies
New Market
Boe
James K. Hahn
San Diego
Calif
Hahn
Richard A. Myers
John F. Gearhart
Washington
W. A. Mutchner
Rankin Far Behind For Bilbo Seat
The five man Democratic Senate race in Mississippi sees John A. Stennis pulling ahead as John E. Rankin trails, while the Kentucky governorship flips to Democrats with Earle C. Clements’s victory. Other returns show no clear national trend beyond local upsets and bonus votes in New York and Ohio.
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Associated Press
John A. Stennis
U. S
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Bilbo Bilbo
Mississippi Senate
Kentucky
Frankfort
Earle C. Clements
Eldon S. Dummit
Louisville
Simeon S. Willis
Clements
Indiana
Ohio
Brooklyn
Ralph Harvey
Frank A. Hanley
William M. McCulloch
Joseph B. Quatman
Abraham J. Multer
Victor Rabinowitz
Jacob P. Lefkowitz
New York
Bernard Samuel
Philadelphia
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Detroit
Edward J. Jeffries
Eugene I. van Antwerp
Jeffries
CIO
United Auto Workers
San Francisco
Elmer E. Robinson
Franck R. Havenner
Joseph McLevy
Bridgeport
Conn
Pennsylvania
J. Henry Stump
Reading
John F. Davis
Resume Probe In Hughes Case
Charles E. Wilson testified that outside pressure sought to keep Howard Hughes contract to build the world’s largest flying boat. He named Henry J. Kaiser as one who applied such pressure. Wilson headed the Wartime Aircraft Production Board and testified as the Senate War Investigation subcommittee resumed hearings.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Howard Hughes
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigation Subcommittee
Wilson
Henry J. Kaiser
Aircraft Production Board
Hughes
Maryland women's jury service law upheld by circuit judge
Circuit Judge J Abner Sayler ruled Maryland's women jury service statute constitutional despite exemptions for about half the counties. The law, passed by the General Assembly last winter amid controversy, remains valid.
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Baltimore
J. Abner Sayler
Maryland
General Assembly
Europe to Receive U.S. Gold Under Marshall Recovery Plan
Washington reports a proposal to send part of America's gold hoard to Europe to back local currencies as part of the Marshall plan. A European stabilization fund of about 3 billion dollars would be created under Treasury administration to back up currencies, not to raise goods purchases. The plan aims to stabilize Europe’s finances and encourage recovery, with funds repaid later to the U.S. treasury.
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Washington
America
Europe
White House
Congress
Secretary of State
Marshall
Treasury
Yugoslavia Bans Visit to Yugoslavia Visa Row
A congressional committee was warned by American military officials that flying into Yugoslavia without visas could be fatal. Rooneys’ subcommittee failed to obtain entry visas despite oral and two formal requests to Belgrade. The Yugoslav cabinet rejected the requests, effectively vetoing the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Congressional
Yugoslavia
Chaiman Rooney
House Appropriations Subcommittee On
State Department
Germany
Rooney
Belgrade
Condemnation Suit Settled Out Of Court In Maryland
A settlement ended Potomac Edison Company versus Mr and Mrs G Carlton Leatherman over rights of way for a Williamsport to Frederick high voltage line near Middletown. McSherry represented the utility, DeLauter the Leathermans. A similar case earlier awarded $100 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
G. Carlton Leatherman
Middletown
Potomac Edison
Leathermans
Williamsport
Frederick
W. Clinton McSherry
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Tax cuts debated by civilian committee amid wartime debt
A civilian committee urges immediate income tax cuts while conceding Congress must weigh overall government costs debt service and Marshall Plan funding. It projects 1947 and 1948 cost gaps and notes Republican Congress may push a tax-cut bill, with President Truman deciding a veto in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Truman
IIT
Manning
Special
Marshall
Europe
Matthew Woll
AFL
Demonstration Agents Train in Frederick County
University of Maryland Extension Service uses Frederick County as a training ground for new home demonstration agents. The latest recruit, Nadine Damon of Patterson New Jersey, joined September 29 and spends the week in Frederick attending Homemakers and 4 H club meetings with Miss Lou Davis and Miss Miriam Leiter. After training she will be assigned as a home demonstration agent.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland Extension Service
Nadine Damon
Patterson
N. J
State Corps
Frederick
Lou Davis
Miriam Leiter
Damon
Stolen Mail Boxes Recovered After Haloween Vandalism
Most of the mail boxes reported stolen from rural routes around Frederick have been recovered. One was damaged beyond repair after being thrown into a roadway. All missing boxes on rural route 2 have been found, with some on other routes still missing. No mail has been reported missing. Donut price war erupts in Grand Rapids as bakers slash prices from 23 to 15 cents per dozen to match a rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Hallowe'en
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Thorough FPHA Audit Is Proposed by Senate Panel
A Senate expenditures subcommittee urges a thorough audit of FPHA operations for 1945 and 1946 to uncover waste, inefficiency, or fraud. The report cites poor accounting, including a $608,261 unidentified debit in Greenbelt and 103 postings with no details in San Francisco, warning that FPHA reports are misleading and could mislead Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Public Housing Authority
O'Conor
Senate
FPHA
Lindsay Warren
Congress
Greenbelt
Co- Operative
John G. Winant Dies in Sudden Death and Funeral Plans
Crowds gather in Concord for the funeral of John G. Winant former wartime ambassador to Great Britain and three time New Hampshire governor. Services at St Pauls Episcopal Church will be simple with Rt Rev John T Dallas officiating and honorary pallbearers from many walks of life. Messages of sympathy pour in from President Truman and British royals as the nation mourns this prominent public figure.
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Concord
N. H
John G. Winant
Great Britain
New Hampshire
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
John T. Dallas
Mother Mary
England
Truman
Veteran of Three Wars Retired National Guard Figure Markey
Baltimore November 5. Col. John Markey a veteran of three wars and Maryland political figure, is retired from the National Guard upon reaching age 64. He served as an enlisted man in the Spanish American War and as an officer in World Wars I and II. Markey opposed Democrat Herbert R. L. O Conor in last year’s U.S. Senate race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
D. John Markey
Maryland
National Guard
Lane
Markey
IL Markey
Herbert RL O Conor
United States Senate
O'Conor
Baltimore Extended Forecast for the Maryland Region
The Weather Bureau issues a long range forecast for Maryland. Thursday will be fair and mild with highs 65 to 75. Rain and cooler by Friday and Saturday morning with about one third inch. Saturday afternoon and Sunday turn fair and moderate. Temperatures average about six degrees above normal with light to moderate winds.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
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Rankin
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