Hood College Inauguration Draws Maryland Officials
Governor Lane will attend Hood College inauguration for Dr. Andrew G. Truxal on October 21 in Frederick. A 10:45 a.m. procession, a 12:15 p.m. reception, and a 1:30 p.m. luncheon at Coblenz Hall are planned with speakers from Dartmouth and Franklin and Marshall.
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Lane
Maryland
Andrew G. Truxel
Hood College
James H. Gembrill, S Jr
Frederick
Committee For
Bris. Lane
Hudson Outdoor
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Board of
John Lentz
Norristown
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Isaiah Bowmen
Johns Hopkinsity
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
The
World of Trustees
Truxal
Afevran
Gambrill
Hudson Theater
Eests
South
Middle West
Cobleniz Bail
Theodore Distler
Franklin and Marshall College
Trexal
Governor Lane
John Dicker
Dartmouth College
Trixal
Helen Bragdom
Lake Erie College
James L. Reid
Catonsville
Meyran
Seminary of the
Columbia University
Franklin and Miershall
Millerstown
State Teachers’ College
Dartmouth
Hood
Montgomery chosen to head Western Union forces sparks debate
London reports stir over Montgomery selection for NATO style union command. The Daily Express calls the choice a grave blunder while critic A J Cummings labels him Britain s most successful commander since Wellington. Martinsburg milk prices rise two cents a quart with pasteurized at 20 cents and homogenized at 21 cents.
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London
The
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Eisenhower
Militars
France
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Viscount Aientgomery
Braise
Steff
Express
Montgomeres
United Siates
Washington
Montgomery
el Alamein
Berlin
Manchester Guardian
Martinsburg
W. Va
Dairies
Triple Funerals Here For Cousins Who Died In Battle
Three Frederick men who were cousins and died in Europe or Africa will be reinterred in Mount Olivet Memorial Plot. The Kennedy family of Frederick will mourn Francis Leo Kennedy 25 Charles Francis Kennedy 24 and Ignatius Benson Keyser 24. The men, all in Army service, were killed in North Africa France and Belgium. Full military honors will precede the Mass at St Johns Church and interment at Mount Olivet.
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Myrtle’ B. Willard Kennedy
East Church Street
Linden Hills
Ignatius Benson Keyser
Mary L. Kennedy Keyser
Calvin Keyser
West Patrick Street
Francis Kennedy
North Africa
St. John's High School
Kennedy Staye
France
St. John’s High School
T. F. Kennedy
St John’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Bernard Joseph, Jr
Marvin E. Kennedy
Keyser
Belgium
Frederick
Com
England
St Johns Catholic Church
Louis V W. Kerser
Robert Saum_ Hagers
Donald DeLauier
James B. Kevser
Paul Steler
Casger Moore. Jr
Ciiy
Mi Olivet
R Erchison and Son
Local Republicans To Hear Gov Warren in Baltimore
A number of city and county residents plan to attend when Gov Earl Warren Republican vice presidential candidate delivers an address at the Lyric theater in Baltimore on Saturday at 8 15 p m Free reserved seating tickets are available in limited quantities at the Republican headquarters in Hotel Frederick An overflow crowd is anticipated with strong demand for tickets from Baltimore and the court system.
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Earl Warren
California
Lyric Theater
Baltimore
Hotel Frederick
Court- Ics
Mission Work Expansion Is Needed says China Missionary
Mrs. George Snyder, missionary to China from the Evangelical and Reformed Church, urged greater mission work expansion during the Potomac Synodical Guild meeting. She cited overcrowded Yuanling schools in Hunan and high conversion rates, noting 48 to 63 pupils per teacher and six-day weeks with 42 weeks yearly. Officers for the coming year were installed by Rev. Dr. Raymond E. Wilhelm.
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Birs
George Snyder
China
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Potomac Synodical Guild
Evangelical ,Reformed Church
Snyder
Chen Teh
Lnt
Yuanling
Hunan Province
World Fellowship
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. J. F. Deitham
Baltimore
J. E. Ikenberg
Harrisonburg
F. R. Casselman
Joseph Pedrick
H HS Abbott
Frederick
Greece Has More Communist Rebels
Athens reports that rebel strength in Greece now exceeds 20 000, a rise from earlier in the civil conflict two and a half years after the outbreak. Government forces had recent successes against guerrillas led by General Markos Vafiades in Grammos and Vitsi, but the latest estimates show a larger rebel presence.
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Athens
Greece
Markos Vafiades
Grammos
Vitsi
Ford Announces Two Car Price Changes
Ford Motor Company announced a price drop of 15 on Ford club coupes and a 15 rise for rudor sedans effective immediately for all standard and custom models. Other models' prices remain unchanged.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
J. R. Davis
Bids Sought for Eight Mile Section of Route 40
The State Roads Commission ordered extensive improvements along an eight mile stretch of U S Route 40 from Boonsboro to Furks town with bids to be opened October 19. The project covers 5 305 miles in Washington county from Route 40 at Route 67 to Furxstown east limits. Changes include vertical curve modification cattle pass extension and resurfacing. Bridges Benevola and Death Curve scheduled for work.
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Boonsboro
Furkstown
State Roads Commission
Associated Press
Washington County
Furxstown
Loonsboro
South Mountain
Rohrersville
Gapland
Weverton
Benevola
Hagerstown-Frederick
Potomac River
Sandy Hook
Mother Of 15 Found Dead On Kitchen Floor
Mrs. Edna Roberta Bowens aged 39 mother of 15 was found dead on her kitchen floor at 23 East All Saints Street. County medical examiner said death due to natural causes from an asthmatic attack. She lived with husband Charles F Bowens Jr and numerous children and siblings. Funeral arrangements: body at 106 East Church Street funeral home after seven p m Saturday until Monday noon then to Hope Hill Methodist church for 2 pm service. Interment at Point of Rocks cemetery.
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Edna Roberta Bowens
All Saints Street
Sherif Guy Anders
Bowens
George and
Laure Hallman Weedon
Hope Hill
Hope Hill Methodist Church
Charles F. Bowens
Maynard E
Charles F., Jr
Janie
Irma
Frances B
Roger
Alene
Shirley
Sherman
Franklin
Clifton
Peggy
James
3Ulton
Genevieve Bowens
Oscar Posey
Olive Fieldlocks
Manuel Lee
Harvey
Herbert
James Weedon
Brunswick
Arthur
North Carolina
Ernest Weedon
East Church Street
Point of Rocks Colored
Etchison and Son
Farmers Near End Of Harvest Season In Maryland
The University of Maryland Extension Service and the Weather Bureau report tobacco and hay harvesting nearly finished across Maryland. Tomatoes and green beans are almost done as rain last week aided land preparation for wheat and pasture conditions. Weekend forecast calls for generally fair weather with temperatures near normal.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland Extension Service
Weather Bureau
British On $3 750 000 000 Loan Question
American delegates at the International Monetary Conference have been seeking British views on their obligations under the 53 750 900 000 loan. Closed meetings occur between sessions of the World Bank and IMF governing boards. Governors conclude their third annual meeting today and are expected to pick Paris for the 1939 site and to elect Pierre Mendes France of France as chairman.
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Washington
International Monetary Conference
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Market Slow New York Market Opens Mixed
Market slows to a crawl with a narrowly mixed appearance as trading unfolds in New York. Investors watch for signals from early movers and assess uneven price action across leading stocks.
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New York
Negro Slain In Home In Town Night Murder
State and county authorities pursued a homicide investigation into the fatal stabbing of Walter Lee Snowden, 53, at his Fountain Mills home late Thursday night. Two persons were being held for questioning as officers described a butcher knife wound to the heart and a possible alcohol linked dispute. weapon yet to be found.
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Walter Lee Snowden
Ishorer
Fountain Mf
Edwin F. Nikirk
W. W. Corbin
Sherif George Crouse
Snowden
Application Withdrawn in Braddock Heights Beer License Case
Hermann Fischer withdraws an on sale beer license application for Schley Inn after opposition grew. Attorney Thomas S. Glass said a hearing was ordered and petitions opposing the license circulated among Braddock Heights residents. The case centers on Braddock district license entitlement and heightened local dissent.
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Braddock Heights
Hermann Fischer
Thomas S. Glass
Fischer
Schley Inn Glass
Patrick M. Lehnauffer
G. Cleveland Trout
Oppositi
Glass
Heights
Braddock District
Schnauffer
Prisoner Is Taken To Pen In Irons
Fred Swanson, alias Fred Lawson, escaped July 29 from West Virginia Cenitentiary at Moundsville and was recaptured by city police. Deputy Warden A E Winter returned him in arm and leg irons to complete a two to ten year term for malicious wounding. Swanson had worked on a local road contract when arrested.
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West Virginia
Moundsville
Fred Swan
A E ' Winter
Swenson
Winter
Swanson
Fred Lawson
Tito Supported By Belgrade Parliament Ratorna
Premier Tito enjoys solid parliamentary backing in Belgrade amid a dispute with Cominform and the Soviet Union. Deputies cheered a resolution denouncing the U.S.S.R. and Cominform for slander against Yugoslavia while condemning Moscow as the attack’s instigator. Bond of 52500 posted for Charles L. Runkies in Mt. Airy Circuit Court as he awaits trial on statutory rape and assault charges.
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Druegicné
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Soviet Union
Tito
Russia
Charles L. Runkies
Mt. Airy
Route
Last Medal Of Honor Awarded By Army World War II
The Army named the last Medal of Honor winner of World War II Staff Sergeant John W. Menick who charged through an enemy minefield near Hurtgen Germany on November 21 1944 personal bailed more than a score of enemy soldiers before he fell dead He was the 292nd and last Army recipient of the Medal of Honor The Navy has awarded the medal to 137 men including 79 Marines and one Coast Guardsman.
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Washington
Army
Medan
John W. Menick
Hurtgen
Germany
Arnard
Navy
Mapping Plans For Chest Campaign
A Thursday meeting in the Federated Charities building mapped the Community Chest drive for the year. General Chairman Edward C. Hartmann urged officers to sell the idea to committees and the public amid rising costs and advertising tactics, saying the Chest will aid nearly every family in Frederick. Sheriff Guy Anders noted lack of Chest facilities contributes to delinquency and cited cases. Attendees included James H. Gambrill IT Warner L. Brittain John Moiter William A. Riddell Rev. Samuel S. Johnston Hugh McCormick W Jerome Offutt J R Edwards Robert L. Keyser Jr Mrs Emmett R BowTus Capt Gordon E Allard Fiord Dixon Mrs Marjorie Kline Paul McAuliffe.
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Edward C. Hartmann
Federated Charities
Mic. Hartmann
Hartmann
Frederick
Guy Anders
James H. Gambrill
Warner L. Brittain
John Moiter
William A. Riddell
Live Ammunition To Be Used In Maneuvers
Air ground tactics for a future war will be demonstrated in Florida next week. The six week exercise, Operation Combine III, will show live ammunition and bombs but no atomic weapons. Over 3,000 service school students will watch Navy, Army, Marine Corps and Air Force personnel conduct maneuvers along the Gulf Coast between Mamora and De.
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Eslin Id
Fla
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Air
Alonze
Gul
Maryland Dairy Cattle Team Aims for National Title
Maryland dairy youths in College Park prepare for the National Dairy Cattle Judging Congress in Waterloo Indiana. Last year Maryland won the title. Team members include Paul Cobientz Middletown Frederick County William Groff Colora Cecil County Harold King Clarksburg Montgomery County and Francis McGrady Rising Sun Cecil County.
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College Park
Jane’s
Waterloo
Maryland
Paul Cobientz
Middie
DeGaulle on Western Europe Pact Defense Role
Paris October 1 Gen Charles DeGaulle stated the five nation defense pact for western Europe helps defend issues by centering on London and related capitals. The remarks frame the alliance as pivotal for European security amid mounting tensions.
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Degaulle
Paris
Charles DeGaulle
Western
Europe
Draft Exam Notices Mailed For Pre Induction Examinations
First notices to report for pre induction examinations under the peacetime draft went into the mails today from Frederick County Selective Service Boards. Registrants from Boards 45 and 46 will report next week to the Army processing center at Hagerstown for exams. Men born in 1922 and 1923 comprise the initial group. Registrants may request a personal interview within ten days and may appeal if classification changes do not occur. Not properly filled questionnaires cause delays.
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Frederick County
Selective Service Boards
Army Processing
Hagerstown
Ams
Texams
John B. McClure
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
Washington County
Berlin Food Supplies Seen Steady for Winter
Berlin commandant Col Frank L Howley reported that the American British airlift was beating the Soviet blockade and Berlin’s food and coal stocks were increasing for the 2.6 million residents. He warned of a cold winter yet noted supplies now cover about 39 days of food and 42 days of flour with coal flown in daily, though full industrial warmth could not be guaranteed.
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Frank L. Howley
U. S
Berlin
Westrern Berlin
Howley
United States
Britain
U S and Soviet Clash Over Atomic Policy at UN
Paris October 1 Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky accused the United States of seeking war and holding a monopoly on atomic energy. He warned that no single state owns the atom bomb, and hinted Moscow also has a bomb. He attacked U S rejection of international control and criticized President Truman’s bomb progress claims, arguing international control would give the United States power.
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Paris
Russia
United States
U.S
Andrei
Vishinsky
United Nations
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Saiten States
Soviet Union
U.N
A. G .T McNaughton
The
Commission
International Control Organization
Bernard M Ba Tuch
Wishinski
J. S
Warren R. Austin
U. N
Austin
Shells Explode In Walkersville Fire
Exploding shotgun shells sparked a small blaze in an outbuilding on Nena Jamison’s property, tenanted by Lawrence Keener, opposite N R Garment Company in Walkersville. Firefighters contained it after the lead stopped, with minor damage to a washhouse and contents. Cause remains undetermined.
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Nena Jamison
Lawrence Keener
N R Garment Company
Walkersville
Embezzlement Charge Lodged Against J A Clark
J Alfonso Clark a member of the Past Exalted Rulers Council No 84 of the colored Elks in Hagerstown faces warrants from Frederick men charging embezzlement of 200 as treasurer and forgery plus an additional 63 obtained by false pretenses. He was ordered held on 5000 bond for a later hearing this week.
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J. Alfonso Clark
Hagerstown
Frederick
Exalted Rulers Council
Colored Elks Organization
Clark
Donald Bergios
Robert Onley
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Francis L. Kennedy
Charles F. Kennedy
Ignatius B. Keyser
Gov. Warren
Ford
Ask
Funkstown
W. L. Snowden
Fountain Mills
Belgrade
Ratorna
Chicago
Kid Dinamita
Santo Deringe
Bob McQuillar
Dewey
Havana
Psiricia
Laura) Schmidt
Havana Harbor
Grau San Martin
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