First Head Af Girls' H.S. Dies in Frederick Maryland
Margaret Minerva Robinson, 89, longtime educator and first principal of Frederick's Girls High School, died at the Home for the Aged. Born in Bel Air, she shaped Maryland education from the 1889 founding of Frederick High to Western Maryland College, leaving a legacy including Robinson Garden. Survived by a brother and many nieces and nephews, services held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at her home with interment at Union Chapel Cemetery. Flowers declined per family request.
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Margaret Minerva Robinson
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Miss Robinson
Glenn G. Worthington
Frederick County
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Western Maryland
Western Maryland College
See
Abby
McDaniel Hall
Bel Air
Alphonso
Charlotte Marie Emory Robinson
State Normal School
Baimore
Towson
Calcutt County
Normal Dent
M. A. Newell
Prinigal
Berlin
Baltimore County
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Harvard
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Charlotte Kind Tey
Armistice Day Holiday Planned In City
Monday will be observed as a legal holiday with the post office bank and federal offices closed or on limited schedules. Mail will be delivered to lobby boxes. Draft and Rationing Boards will pause operations. Stores stay open. Francis Scott Key post American Legion marks its observance Sunday.
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Milk Shortage Described as Acute in Frederick County News
A seasonal drop in milk output, sharper this year, is blamed for an acute shortage affecting local and metropolitan markets. Dairies may ration milk or curtail production of cheese and cream products. Officials cite cows not milking to average as the primary cause, with government subsidies and a halted wartime shipping plan contributing. Maryland Virginia Milk Producers seek price adjustments to allow imports from outside areas to meet demand. Dairies warn butter shortages may worsen. Islands off Hokkaido report occupation by Russia.
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Low Bid For Bridge Work On Sandy Hook Project
A $769,662.50 low bid for the Sandy Hook bridge superstructure was submitted by Bethlehem Steel Co. and will face federal approval before award. Maryland approach bid by MM. J. Grove Lime Co. is $154,100.25 and also requires federal agency consent. Construction may start this winter with weather. The project includes 13 piers, two abutments and a 2230 foot steel bridge linking Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. A parallel roadwork bid for Brunswick to Point of Rocks covers 0.65 mile concrete and hard surfacing, with bids due November 20 at noon.
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Frederick
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Sandy Rook Bridge
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Virginia
West Virginia
Shenandoah River
Bolivar
Grove Company
The
Roads Commission
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Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Wage Disputes Grip Nation Amid Major Labor Struggles
The Associated Press reports widespread wage disputes between CIO unions and General Motors and United States Steel Corp, affecting about 275,000 workers. Detroit’s GM calls the CIO UAW claim unjust, while US Steel agrees to strike vote planning for November 28 among 500,000 CIO employees across 18 subsidiaries.
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National Labor Relations Board
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Broadcast Reports Stalin in Washington
A CBS London broadcast said reports Marshall Stalin is in Washington and that atomic energy talks may lead to a Big Three meeting, though these reports were not taken seriously in London. Autos damaged in Hagerstown as two cars collided on Frederick Street causing 600 to 700 dollars in damage.
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Marshal Ialin
Washington
Hagerstown
Charles R. Pottenberger
Middletown
Charles A. Leatherman
Locust Street
Frederick Street
U S Ships Put Chinese Army Ashore
United States amphibious forces under Vice Adm. Daniel Barbey landed two Nationalist armies the Thirteenth and the 52nd at a northeast Hopeh port. Thousands of Nationalists mass south of Shanhaiwan facing entrenched Communist Eighth Route Army along the Great Wall. Civil war at coastal areas remains unbroken as forces maneuver to control Manchuria corridor.
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United States
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Shanhaiwan
Linyu
Chihli
Chinwangtao
Manchuria
Army Nurse Returns From Okinawa Letter From Lieut Mary Wilson
A letter from Lieut Mary Wilson U S Army Nurse Corps describes demoralized conditions on Okinawa where tents replace wards and water must be carried. She notes no Red Cross presence, few white civilians, and longing for setup of her hospital unit plus a hope to return east as morale falters among troops. She recounts rain, mud, and limited amenities while expressing reluctance about ongoing service until organized in Japan.
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Mary Wilson
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
Henry L. Wilson
East Sixth Street
Lieut Wilson
England
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Tokyo
Japan
Washington State
Bes
Moines
Red Cross
Attlee Leaves Today for United States Flight
London November 9 Prime Minister Attlee said before boarding a transatlantic plane to the United States that in the face of atomic bomb danger no exit of territory or grandiose dream of domination has any value.
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London
Attlee
United States
Jerome Kern Critical After Park Avenue Collapse
A Doctors Hospital spokesman said songwriter Jerome Kern remains in very critical condition after collapsing on Park Avenue last Monday and a crisis was reached by 11:80 p m. The details reflect today’s update on his medical status.
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Kern
Park Avenue
Recovery Of 22 000 U S Soldiers Bodies Sought
Paris nov 9 the u s army presses a search to recover and identify twenty two thousand unidentified american soldiers buried in hedgerows rivers and fields across europe and beyond. graves registraiton teams work mile by mile locating remains and sending them to 37 european cemeteries where only thirty six hundred are yet unidentified. most bodies remain under perpetual care unless congress acts to move them home.
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19 POW Camps To Be Closed
The Third Service Command announced repatriation of 5 555 German prisoners of war will lead to the closure of one base and 18 branch POW camps in the Third Service Command by Nov. 18. Several camps have already closed, including Dun dalk Hurlock Berlin Easton Tsaiatae and Ctancertet awry Pa Sandy Level and Gettysburg. Remaining open are Green Ridge Lyndhurst and White Hall to house excess prisoners until repatriation.
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Kane
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Ultimatum to Indonesians at Soerabaja sparks fear
British leaflets urged Indonesian Nationalists to surrender unconditionally under Lt Gen Philips in The Netherlands East Indies. The warning came as Java tensions rose with 4000 Dutch troops reportedly set to land in Batavia and 100,900 Indonesians massing in central Java while leaders urged resistance by radio.
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Graves Found of 14 B 29 Flyers in Osaka
Tokyo reports the crude graves of 14 executed B 29 flyers discovered in Osaka by the U S Sixth Army. Nine identified by names on planks. next of kin to be notified. Additional details from a Korean informant describe a brutal routine at the prefecture building prison with 14 men taken Aug 6 and never returned.
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Osaka
U. S. Sixth Army
MacArthur
Congress To Make Trouble For Truman
Washington dispatch reports renewed opposition to the universal military training proposal in the House Military Committee. Hearings were halted with Navy Secretary Forrestal to testify next Tuesday, while critics push to delay until 1946. War and Navy policy merger sparks debate as Doolittle and Cooke weigh in. Congress also moves on GI Bill revisions and auto price controls amid broader government reorganization talks.
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Eisenhower to Return to U.S. After European Farewell
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower plans a brief return to the United States to confer with Washington officials before resuming duties in Europe. He is expected to discuss military government in Germany and Austria and may later be named Chief of Staff, with Gen. Marshall's retirement anticipated.
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Veteran Field Marshal Von Mackensen Dies Near Celle
Von Mackensen, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War and a WWI Eastern Front commander, died at his estate near Celle last night at age 96. He served in German military leadership across decades ending in the early 20th century.
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Merman
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Celle
Twenty-Two Local Draft Prospects Report for November Induction
Twenty two area residents are summoned to the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore for pre induction examinations for the November call. The group includes 17 white and eight colored men under 26 years and non fathers. A second November induction is expected. Read names and addresses of the 22 called from Brunswick Adamstown Sparrows Point and nearby areas.
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Charns
Frank Meredith Abrecht
South Market Street
Roger Carrol Roderick
East Third Street
Robert Luther Devilbiss
East Patrick Street
Frank Edward Garrett
Narva Avenue
Edward Trait Mathias
Haverford College
Haverford
John William Kenneth Stunkle
Adamstown
George Washington Waller
South Carroll Street
John Goodman Tomlin
West Patrick Street
Leroy Linwood Ambush
Richard Alexander Smith
Ice Street
Robert Milton Holland
Sparrows Point
Charles Edward Ambush, Jr
Howard Stanley Seward
Phebus Avenue
Tax Slash Bill Signed by President Truman
The White House announced President Truman signed the tax bill providing a large tax reduction totaling 5.92 billion dollars for individuals and businesses, shaping the 194% tax policy.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Weather Highs and Lows From Yesterday and Tomorrow
Weather data notes yesterday and past two years include a high of 68 and a low of 31. Tomorrow's sun action shows sunrise at 1 64 a m and sunset around 5 02 p m with moon rise near 11 49 a m and moon set at 2 24 p m.
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