Christmas Club Payouts Reach 281000 Across Four Local Banks
Local banks expect 281000 in Christmas Club payments this year up from 1946 by about 15 percent. Payments begin around November 25 with checks mailed in many cases and some cards converted to checks once all payments are made. Banks listed include Farmers and Mechanics National Bank about 95000 Frederick County National Bank about 70000 Western Maryland Trust Company about 65000 and Fredericktown Savings Institution about 51000.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
Deed Valid in Walkersville Equity Case
Mr and Mrs Harry Stealey contest a fraud claim in equity proceedings by Mrs Lynn Harshman by asserting their Walkersville residence deed and the connected mortgage were valid transfers. They state they bought from Mrs Lera Zimmerman, not Harshman, and that the title was in Zimmerman for over three years before sale. They deny dealings with Harshman or her daughter and offer to honor a $10,000 five year mortgage.
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Walkersville
Harry
Steley
Lynn J. Harshman
Baltimore
Girl Who Leaped From Bridge Committed for Examination
Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg commits Anna Mie Kidd 18 to Springfield State Hospital at Srkesville for psychiatric examination after an early Wednesday leap near Braddock. If found mentally unbalanced she will receive treatment at Sykesville. findings will be sent to the magistrate. A deed records sale of 110 South Market Street for about 9500 to the Grumbine family.
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Anna Mie Kidd
Braddock
Springfield State Hospital
Srkesville
Board of Aerial Hygiene
Sykesville
Tax cut bill to wait for January session begins
Republican leaders signaled no tax relief action during the November special session. Knutson said the $4,000,000,000 tax reduction measure would likely be postponed to January when the regular session opens, with taxes to take priority then. Speaker Martin indicated limited time for foreign aid and economic bills. Halleck noted waning GOP push for immediate tax relief in the special session.
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Ways and Mfears Committee
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Temperature Dips To 33 Amid Unseasonable November Weather
Late fall conditions bring a 33 degree low and forecasters warn of possible cold snaps by week’s start. Occasional rain and showers expected from tonight into Saturday with colder conditions Sunday morning near or below freezing. Frederick area reports two and a half inches of rain in ten days failing to restore Fishing Creek reservoir to normal, as access to a new government gauging station remains blocked. hailstorm Wednesday night marked one of the season’s oddities.
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Deaton Becomes Head of Maryland Delaware Church Council
Rev. Dr. John L. Deaton of Baltimore begins duties as president of the Council of Churches and Christian Education of Maryland and Delaware after the dedication of the organization’s new headquarters. Several officers and vice presidents were elected including Rev. Paul M. Robbinson of Hagerstown and Rev. H. P. Fox of Wilmington.
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John L. Deaton
Council of Churches and Christian Education
Maryland
Delaware
Paul M. Robbinson
Hagerstown
H. P. Fox
Wilmington
John Jackson Brown
Salisbury
Asbury Smith
Miles Connor
Bruce H. McDonald
Lillian
Black
Henry W. Scuthers
John H. Hessey
Train Crashes in Fog Kill Five in London Suburbs
Fog-bound Londoners faced slow return to work as emergency crews cleared wreckage from three suburban line crashes last night. At least five people died and about 80 were injured in the incidents.
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Mount Raid Catholic U. Campus Raid Leads To Prisoners
Mountaineers from Mount Raid Catholic University attacked the Washington campus of Marys College on Thursday early morning. The assault surprised the student body, bound and gagged sentries, seized the administration switchboard, and locked dorm doors. Fires marked with M were set and both sides held captives for about an hour and forty minutes before a scheduled football game between rivals.
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Equality Of Religion In Yugoslavia
Seven Protestant clergymen who toured Yugoslavia say there is genuine equality of religion before the law and budding tolerance. They released a 2 1/2 page booklet noting war tensions but optimistic that religious peace is possible, with government aid to churches while church and state remain separate. They defend Stepinac's 16 year conviction as based on evidence and deny whitewashing the Tito regime.
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Belgrade
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Oldest Congressman Still Sets East Pace
Washington November 7 The oldest man in Congress is 84 today and he remains a tireless force. Robert Lee Doughton of North Carolina, a veterans era figure and former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is a Democratic leader known for sharp discipline and early mornings on Capitol Hill. He spoke of world complexity and urged duty, responsibility, and hard work for the nation’s youth.
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Taxing Power Resolution Advances in State Senate
State Senator Edward D Storm pushed a resolution to appoint a commission to study and recommend taxing powers for state areas avoiding overlaps with federal taxes The proposal cites Baltimore city and some counties seeking special powers It would define permissible taxes and reduce redundant levies The measure continues work of the Sherbon commission and may reduce need for special sessions Meanwhile related actions authorize county fire tax levies and funding for indigent care at Emergency Hospital with county support
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State Senate
Storm
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Sherbon Commission
Frederick County
Senate
Braddock Heights
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Patterson Ordered Sign Hughes Contract, Browning Testifies
Albert J. Browning a Ford vice president and ex brigadier general testified that Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson directed him to sign a 70.1 million contract with Howard Hughes to build 100 photo reconnaissance planes. Browning said action was delayed from 1944 until August. Hughes arrived in Washington and planned to testify as the committee pressed charges over wartime contracts and tax disputes.
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Seek Diamond Rings Worn By Slam Woman
Beckley West Virginia police probe the 2 slayings of a dentist and a hardware store executive, seeking three rings worn by the dentist’s wife. Bodies found at a roadside embankment nine miles from town, cars located nearby with blood evidence and bullets recovered. wife reported missing after leaving for a party. The Rand family dissolution and survivor details noted. Bailey’s movements less clear.
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Air Clipper Bound for Honolulu Returns to San Francisco
A Pan American Airways clipper bound for Honolulu returned to San Francisco after trouble in one of its four engines late last night. The aircraft landed safely at the local airport and continued its journey today.
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Physicians Wives Sew For Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick physicians wives organize a sewing program at Red Cross rooms Court Street to supply linens and garments for Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs F D Worthington chairs with Mrs Byron White and Mrs B O Thomas Sr assisting. women may attend any Tuesday 10am to 2pm or 3pm to 5pm. The Red Cross project also runs Thursdays under Mrs E C Webb for linens for Frederick Memorial and Emergency Hospitals. Also noted is a 30 week home nursing course at Frederick High School taught by Mrs Edward W Lightner with 23 Hood College students enrolled. students relocated to Rohrback residence on Upper College Terrace due to crowding.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
F. D. Worthington
Red Cross
Court Street
Byron White
B. O. Thomas
Worthington
Frederick High School
Edward W. Lightner
Warehouse robbery suspect moved to veterans hospital
Aubert Warner Sir Airy who was badly hurt in a fall during an alleged warehouse break in early this week has been transferred from Frederick Memorial Hospital to a Veterans Hospital in Virginia officials said. Bond of 1000 dollars was posted for his release pending action by the next grand jury on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony.
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Propaganda clash fuels U S effort to counter Russian lies
Washington reports say officials weigh a stronger American truth campaign and seek 1.5 million dollars for Voice of America amid Molotov remarks denying the atom bomb and accusing the U S of base building. State Department seeks to inform Congress in a special session.
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Hens For Harry and Leghorns For Luckman Protest Poultry Thursday
Citizens Food committee defended poultryless Thursdays while farmers sent hens to Washington to protest the ration for grain. A Delmarva firm urged pickup of unsold birds and officials debated the aim as storage and prices shift with the campaign.
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Athens
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Missionary Gertrude Hoy Addresses Hood College Students
Hood College graduates and students heard Miss Gertrude Hoy, a 34 year China missionary and 1912 alumna, describe China’s wartime devastation, reconstruction efforts, and youth openness to Christianity. She urged American youth to answer the call and highlighted education, industry, and agriculture as paths forward.
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Henry Irvin Stahr
Blowing Snow Hits Minnesota Grounding Travel
Snow across Minnesota blankets Twin Cities with four inches slowing traffic and reducing visibility to near zero. Winds reach 40 mph grounding planes and interrupt communications as a first seasonal cold snap spreads from the Rockies to the plains. General Midwest temperatures dip below freezing with a broad weather shift noted from Texas to the Northwest. President Truman sends sincere greetings to the Russian people on their national holiday.
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Soviet Parade Marks Bolshevik Anniversary as War Rhetoric Rises
Moscow amid a Red Square parade commemorating the Bolshevik revolution's 30th anniversary called out war-mongers and imperialist plots. Bulganin and Molotov spoke as Moscow asserted the Soviet Union's readiness and strength while warning against a new war.
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Study of Red Russia Begins for U S Troops in Germany
American soldiers in Germany will start next week a study of Communist Russia as part of the U S Army information and education program. In Nuernberg a German soldier told a U S war crimes court that I G Farben used prisoners to test new gases, with some deaths reported.
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Benefit fraud convictions in Centreville net fines and suspensions
Twenty nine individuals were convicted in Centreville on November 7 for fraudulent jobless benefit collections. Each defendant received a $50 fine and a suspended sentence of 30 days.
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