Committee To Lead Food Drive Named
A 33 member Citizens Food Committee was named by Mayor Lloyd C. Culler to support a national food conservation program. The group will meet Monday at 8 pm in the City Hall Aldermen room to coordinate efforts as Europe faces hunger. Members include Kenneth Metcalf Paul Carmack James H. Gambrill 3d L Donald Davis William T Delaplaine and others.
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Citizens Food Committee
Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Charles Luckman
National Citizens Food
Europe
Luckman
Kenneth Metcalf
Paul Carmack
James H. Gambrill
L. Donald Davis
William T. Delaplaine
William B. Bennett
Elmer L Eshleman
Paul McAuliffe
Roger R. Rice
Frank AM. Dertzbaugh
M. J. Croghan
Harry O. Smith
BR. R. Shank
C. Bess Casile
Victor Marken
R. Ames Hendrickson
Marie Dixon
Prices rise for wages sales and wholesale goods
Washington reports higher prices wages and retail sales across the economy. Wholesale prices hit a new postwar peak for the week ended November 22, up 592 percent from 1926 and near May 1920's record, while manufacturing wages averaged 50.97 a week in October and retail sales reached 10.025 billion dollars for October, marking continued gains.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Extremely Cold In Much Of Middle West
A harsh air mass sent sub zero readings across the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois with Chicago reporting a low above freezing and many spots in the region dipping to near or below zero. Officials recorded several single day lows as cold persisted across the Midwest. Police listed four arrests overnight for intoxication and disturbing the peace along with other minor offenses.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Decorah
la Crosse
Abderdeen
S. D. UI
Alexandria
Minn
Huron
Minneapolis
Rochester
du- Tath
Rockford
Mason Criv.ia
Chicago
Pennsy
Garland Forrest Brunswick
Geraldine Thompson
Alexander Tyler
North Bentz Street
Charles Gaines
Charles Town
W. Va
Alion Twentey
William Royer
Raymond Haines
Big Four ministers clash over postwar plan in stalled talks
Cas Cillert reports that at a 1030 a.m. session the Big Four Foreign Ministers failed to agree after four days of talks. Molotov pressed for a provisional government in western Germany, Bevin denied such a plan, Bidault stayed silent, and Marshall urged unity in Germany's economic integration while cautious on immediate decisions.
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Lordon
Russia
Germany
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
V. A. Molotov
Afclatov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Molotov
Saar
U. S
George Co. Marshall
Wilton Driver Arrested After Hay Ride Accident
Cass Gilbert Jr 53 of Greenwich a noted architect was arrested after a hay ride accident in Wilton injuring 28 people nine seriously. State Police Sgt Jesse Foley said Gilbert was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and reckless driving after his car struck a no horse wagon from the rear. Gilbert suffered facial lacerations and a fractured pose while Mrs Gilbert riding with him received facial lacerations.
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Wilton
Conn
uPi
Cass Gilbert
Greenwich
Norwalk Hospital
Jesse Foley
Westport Barracks
Gilbert
Foley
New US Consulate Head Named for Dar es Salaam
William J. Bushwaller Jr formerly of Frederick has been designated to open a US consulate in Dar es Salaam Tanganyika East Africa. He has Georgetown University Foreign Service training and a year with the State Department. Mrs Bushwaller and daughter Mary Margaret accompany him. departure from LaGuardia noted with visiting Frederick relatives.
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William J. Bushwaller
Frederick
United States
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
East Africa
Washington
Mr. Bushwaller
Foreign Service
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
States Department
United Nations’ Trusteeship
Indian Ocean
Zanzibar
Bushwalter
Mary Margaret
la Guardia Field
New Fork
Mr. Bushwalter
Stouck
August Raggi
Newe York
Ezra Bmirs
New Artificial Arm For War Veterans
Washington reports a lighter flexible artificial arm will be issued to 5000 armless or one arm veterans by the Veterans Administration. Each eligible veteran receives one arm plus a spare. those with existing arms get a new handless unit and may swap a hook for a hand. Developed through government funded research at Northrop Aircraft, Hesmer, and Navy Philadelphia shops in California and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Northrop Aircraft Corporation
Hawthorne
Calif
A. J. Hesmer Corporation
Santa Monica
Navy
Philadelphia
Beep Signals Recording Of Phone Conversations
Washington November 29 The FCC approved interstate and foreign toll call recordings with beeps to indicate the line is recording. The commission said recordings must be free from unauthorized listening and require the knowledge and approval of the calling parties.
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Washington
Federal Commuications Commission
FCC
Sutt Settles Damage Suit Over Car Crash in City
A settlement around 1100 ends a 52000 damage claim filed by Charles F. McKenzie through attorney Francis Perrott against F W Bennett trading as F W Bennett and Sen Culper, Va. The suit, dismissed in Circuit Court, centered on a Buick parked at 1192 North Market Street reportedly damaged when struck by an Autocar tractor trailer belonging to the defendant.
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Sutt
Charles F. McKenzie
Francis Perrott
F W. Bennett
F. W. Bennett
Sen. Culpener
North Market Street
Grand Hotel in Coatesville Fire Devastates Downtown
A major blaze in Coatesville Pa on November 29 destroyed the 75 year old Grand Hotel in the business district. About 50 guests evacuated as flames damaged the adjoining Trunk building and threatened Lincoln Highway area. Fire also destroyed Christmas merchandise in Woolworth and Newberry stores occupying the first floor. Kinney shoe store suffered damage. Estimated damage near 500000.
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Coatesville
Lincoln Highway
Second
Third Avenues
F. W. Woolworth
J. J. Newberry
Japanese Doubt Reds Tested Atomic Bomb
Two Japanese men in the Irkutsk concentration camp say there was no confirmed atomic test last June. Maruo Tachiyama and Isugio Tani stated they noticed neither detonation nor any rumors. The Yomiuri report notes no repercussions or evidence of a test. FRANCHISE GRANTED in-State Motor Truck Sales gains White Motor Co franchise for 15 counties in Maryland Virginia West Virginia. Fred D. Burkholder of Hagerstown is president and GM. Officers include J. Marlin Burkholder, John R. Cheatham. Evidence of a trial on Tuesday for Waverly C. Clark in Hagerstown on a lottery charge. Clark bonded at $1,000, case before Circuit Court on appeal. No jury summoned.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Yomiuri Today
Maruo Tachiyama
Isugio Tani
I- Kutsk
Motor Truck Sales, Inc
Hagerstown
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Fred D. Burkholder
J. Marlin Burkholder
Chambersburg
John R. Cheatham
Frederick
Waverly C
Mike
Clark
Liberty
Andersons Dilemma and Grain Conservation Debate
Washington reports Secretary of Agriculture Anderson faces a choice between voluntary grain conservation and potential government controls. A 50-entity conference endorsed a 1947-48 Grain Conservation on Farms manual, urging farmers to save 343 million bushels by lighter livestock weight and better forage. Taft's committee questions feasibility of price controls and proposes continuing voluntary measures with limited funding if necessary.
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Washington
NEA
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton
Pe Anderson
Pruman
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Europe
U.S
Farm
Foodndustry Association
H. C. Demme
National Poultry Association
Charles Guckman
Food Conservation Committee
Anderson
Taft
Joint Committee On
Taft Committee
OPA
U. S
Understanding the Veto Power in Congress and the Pocket Veto
James Marlow explains how a veto works, including standard veto, pocket veto, and the override process. He notes presidents may sign, veto, or delay, and that Congress can override with two thirds in both houses. The piece highlights rarity of overridden vetoes and political dynamics.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Jill
Howard C. Hill Pioneer Social Worker Dies
Baltimore Nov 29 Funeral services for Howard C Hill 68 Frostburg Allegany county pioneer social worker and longtime executive secretary of the Prisoners Aid Society. He died Thursday and is survived by his widow five daughters and six grandchildren. He organized the parole and probation division of the state and for 20 years was inspector of county prisons for the State Board of Welfare. After retirement he served as business administrator of the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts. He graduated from St Johns College Annapolis in 1900 and earlier taught at Allegany County High School in Cumberland.
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Baltimore
Howard C. Hill
Frostburg
Allegany County
Hil
Locial Hygiene Society
Prisoner's Aid Society
State Board of Welfare
Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Cumberland
Freight cars derail on B&O near Charles Town West Virginia
Fourteen freight cars derailed early today on the Baltimore and Ohio Shenandoah division five miles west of Charles Town. Traffic is detoured via Martinsburg and the Pennsylvania Railroad to Winchester Virginia. A divorce granted in Entity Court by Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer grants Betty C. Hoffman an absolute divorce from Robert L. Hoffman. The plaintiff was represented by Edwin F. Mikirk and Wilbur F. Shefield Jr. was attorney for the defendant.
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Charies Town
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shenandoah
Martinsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Betty C. Hoffman
Robert L. Hoffman
Edwin F. Mikirk
Wilbur F.shefield, Jr
UN delegate instructed on Palestine partition vote
In London on November 29 informed sources said the French delegate to the United Nations had been told to vote for partition if it seems the best solution. Alexander Parodi previously faced vague voting directions but the Foreign Office believed partition was not the ideal option and would accept both Arabs and Jews.
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London
United Nations
Palestine
Alexander Parodi
Foreign Office
Partition
Tess
Bank loses 100000 Hong Kong dollars to forged signature
A stranger walked into the Kwangtung Provincial Bank and obtained 100 000 Hong Kong dollars with a forged chop of TV Soong. Bank officials confirm the loss as Kwangtung Governor Soong visits Hong Kong. The thief went straight to the bank manager to collect the cash.
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Hongkong
Kwangtung
Soong
Italy on brink of civil war warns Nitti
Former premier Francesco Saverio Nitti told the Constituent Assembly that civil war looms in Italy as party divisions deepen. Interior Minister Mario Scelba defended the government over Milan protests incited by the removal of provincial prefect Ettore Trotto, whose replacement sparked leftist clashes. Antonio Greppi leads a Milan People's Committee to Rome with protest data.
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Rome
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Constituent Assembly
Italy
Statisman Itti
National Democratic Union Party
America
Mario Scelba
Milan
Christian Democratic
Scelba
Ettore Trotto
Troilo
People’s Committee
Antonio Greppi
Hospital Only A Third Filled At Camp Ritchie
The new temporary state chronic disease hospital at Camp Ritchie operates at about one third capacity with 30 patients of 90 beds filled. Dr. J. A. McCallum notes demand limits and says county officials are reluctant to decide who can be admitted. The facility will later expand to 216 beds and a 550-bed state system will replace it at Hagerstown. Readiness to help only those who benefit is stressed. patients are allocated by population. A permanent hospital is planned at Deers Head near Salisbury by 1918, with a third near Baltimore.
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Cascade
Camp Ritchie
J. A. McCallum
Army Hospital
Hagerstown
McCallum
Ritchie Hospital
Deers Head
Salisbury
Baltimore
Six Hurt Leaping From Apartment House Fire in Baltimore
Six persons were injured early today when residents leaped from second and third story windows of two burning northeast Baltimore apartment buildings. William Sutton and Catherine Chester were treated at St Joseph's for shock and contusions, Willan Jones for possible back fracture, Donald Green and Ida May Green plus Clarence Stroud also treated and released with minor injuries at Johns Hopkins. Witnesses said James swept the rent stairway, blocking escape.
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Baltimore
Urey
August Santon
William Sutton
Catherine Chester
St Joseph's Hospital
Willan
Jones
Donald Green
Ida May Green
Clarence Stroud
Johns Hopkins Hospital
James
Fire Towers Open Monday in Frederick County
District Supervisor Herman Toms warned deer hunters that fire towers will be manned as the six deer season opens. He noted past incidents of high powered bullets striking lookout cab windows and roofs, urging full prosecutions for any shooter. Despite a late season and a Class 3 fire danger day, watchers will remain in towers to protect life and property.
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Frederick
Herman Toms
Toms
Nave
Missing C-47 Plane With 21 Aboard
A United States Air Forces C-47 with 17 passengers and four crew aboard disappeared on a flight from Pisa Italy to Frankfurt Germany. Air Force headquarters in Wiesbaden announced the plane may be down near Frankfurt and an intensive aerial search is underway.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Air Forces
Pisa
Italy
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Maryland 4 H Club Members Go to National Congress
Twenty eight Maryland youths were selected for the national 4 H Club Congress in Chicago arriving for the event. They will receive awards for outstanding local 4 H work and stay through December 6, with participants named from Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Carroll, Dorchester, Washington, Harford, Baltimore, Somerset, Garrett, Worcester and Queen Anne counties. In other news, Valerii n A Zorin was appointed deputy minister of foreign affairs for the Soviet Union at the United Nations, and U S traffic deaths for October totaled 2 960, down from 3 020 a year ago.
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Chicago
Maryland
Addie Davis
Anne Arundel County
Marjorie Fry
Montgomery
Eleanor Gait
Carroll
Katherine Hallgren
Dorchester
Thelma Hockenberry
Washinton
Gulie Kelier
Marthayman
Harford
Barbara Young
Fred Carl
Soviet Council of Ministers
Valerifin A.zorin
CvechoisioVakia
United Nations
Crack-Down Power Sought By Schuman In France
Paris scene reports Premier Robert Schuman asked the National Assembly for six months power to crack down on agitators for strikes or sabotage by speeches or tracts. The measure targets newspapers and unions amid widespread strikes, with penalties up to five years and fines. Government to call up to 80,000 troops if approved.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Fran
As Biy
Schuman
NBC lifts ban on diaper word and song lyrics
NBC announces updated censorship rules allowing comedians to use the word diaper for dry humor while safeguarding against offensive material. The network also approves lyrics to the song Body and Soul for the first time, reversing prior bans tied to suggestiveness.
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New York
Na~onal Broadcasting Compa
NBC
Ben R. Dyke
Network
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