Western Union plans joint army to bolster peace in Europe
The Western Union alliance in Europe is considering forming a joint army of about 250000 men. This force could act as the nucleus for a unified power, sharing armament and tactics, potentially strengthening smaller nations against aggression and shaping a broader peace strategy. A unified force could adapt individual member armies as reserves to a standing multinational army.
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Western Union
Europe
Germany
Italy
Japan
Dear Dorothy Dix: Grandparents face no relief from destructo
Dear Dorothy Dix offers blunt advice to aging grandparents troubled by grandchildren wrecking their home and noisy visits. She says protection is impossible without police guard and that parents won’t intervene as long as property is not their own. The column laments destructive youngsters and unreformed parenting.
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Dorothy Dix
Johnny
Tomsmy
Papa
Mama
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From Lee Up Of The News
Frederick’s Bentz Street Frederick City Mills owned by Newton M Zentz dates from 1790 and draws power from Carroll creek. Charles W Ross Jr spotted a fire in a waste basket at Frederick City Canning, salvaging the office. Oyster dealer Lewis Castle opened an East Patrick street depot. Robert J Ridgely, Pleasant Walk teacher, faced whip- ping charge before Magistrate Biser. case dismissed after evidence of proper conduct. An East Patrick Street resident sends a letter to The Editor about sewer odor near Hardt and Keefers.
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Lee
News Today
Frederick City
Bentz Street
Newton M. Zentz
Taneytown
Carroll Creek
Frederick
Charles W Ross
Ross
Lewis
Castle
East Patrick Street
Luther Engelbrecht
Robert J. Ridgely
Pleasant Walk
Biser
Hardt and Keefers
Mayor Aldermen to Decide Widening Bentz Street Action
Twenty years ago Oct 1 1928 report notes the mayor and aldermen expected to set a date to begin widening Bentz Street between Church and Patrick Streets. The city has acquired title to Willard N Garrett property at the northeast corner of Patrick and Bentz. Reverend Carl Maxwell resigns as pastor of Trinity Methodist South to lead Port Republic church. Rev C Smith to replace him in Frederick. The Maryland Apartment building at Market and Third sold to Western Maryland Title and Mortgage Co effective January 1. Charles A Six Motter injured when his car skidded on the National Pike near Ridgeville and plunged over an embankment.
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Bentz
Church
Patrick Streets
Willard N Garrett
Patricx and
Beniz
R Carl Maxwell
Trinity Methodist Church
Port Republic
Baltimore
Rev
C. Smith
Frederick
Mr. Maxwell
Maryland
Market and
Third Streets
Western Maryland Title and Mortgage Company
Charles A. Six. Motter
Avenue
National Pike
Ridgeville
Bible Class Meets at Evangelical Reformed Church
The Ladies' Bible Class of the Evangelical Reformed church met Tuesday evening in the church parlors with Mrs. Clifford Baker presiding. After hymn, scripture, and prayer, a short business session and social hour followed, ending with refreshments.
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Evangelical Reformed Church
Clifford Baker
Baker
Raymond Walter
Roscoe Murray
Elizabeth Michael
Mary Dietrich
Wagner
Maryland conservation field day shown at Thrasher farm
Hagerstown October 1 L H Crack enberger reports Ai Airy master of the Frederick Pomona Grange and dairyman presented a graphic picture of the Maryland conservation field day held on the farm of Mrs Nat Thrasher near Jefferson during the weekly cheese event at the Hace Hotel Alexandria.
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Hagerstown
L H Crackenberger
Ai, Airy
Frederick Pomona Grange
Maryland Conservation
Nat Thrasher
Jefferson
Alexan
Civic Club Elects Riss Schwartz President
Dr. Civic Club head Riss Schwartz, elected president last spring, assumed duties at the first fall meeting Monday evening at the Francis Scott Key hotel.
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Riss Schwartz
Gunner Civic Club
Francis Scott Key
Inside story of the Taft Hartley Act and Hoover Commission
Washington exposes labor left wing tactics behind Taft Hartley passage and Senate fights. It details Murray's compromise attempt, Ives Pepper Ellender and Thomas influence, and the pressure on Southerners. The Hoover Commission's probes into social security labor, and plans to cut state departments prompt broader reform debate.
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Washington
Senate
New England
James Murray
Montana
Labor Committee
George Aiken
Irving Ives
Dewey
York
Claude Pepper
Florida
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Sister Hill
Alabama
Smart Lee Pressman
Wallace
Russ Nixon
Cliff MacEvoy
United Electrical Workers
Irving Richter
United Auto Workers
Elbert Thomas
Thomas
Taft
R. J. Thomas
The
Auto Workers
Brain-Trust
Yugoslav Parliament Denounces Soviet Union and Cominform
Belgrade Yugoslavia September 20 Parliament adopted a resolution denouncing the Soviet Union and the Cominform for a campaign of slander against Yugoslavia. Petar Stambolish the newly appointed president of Serbia presided as the reading interrupted repeatedly by cheering.
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Yuroslavia
Soviet Union
Petar Stambolish
Serbua
Marshal Tro
Com
Hem
Turks Order All Men for Nine Days Anti Aircraft Training
In Ankara informed sources say all Turkish men outside military age must report immediately for nine days of anti aircraft precaution training, to be conducted in Istanbul and other locations.
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Furks
Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Truman sidelined as policy shifts in Washington crisis
Washington pundits note President Truman campaigns while a dedicated policy group forges American Russia strategy. Officials press ahead, leaving the President removed from top decisions, prompting questions on leadership and constitutional duty amid a major national crisis.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Russia
Fateye
Mr. Truman
Police Questioning Of Local High School Student In Double Murder Case
Glen Burnie police questioned a high school student as the investigation into the double slaying of John H. Mahlan and Mary Kline entered its 14th day. The youth, arrested in the Glen Burnie Ferndale area, was held overnight in Baltimore before transfer to Anne Arundel authorities for disposition.
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Glen Burnie
John H. Mahlan
Mary Kline
John Souers
Anne Arundel County
Ferndale
Pasadena
Baltimore
Fern—dale
Court News and Marriage Licenses
Darwin Storck and Mildred Walters wed in Ohio and Cleveland respectively. Crone and Delauter from New Market. Sree and Rice from Baltimore to wed in the city. Property deeds record transfers from Haines to Watkins and others to spouses, with sums noted. Insects hatch and die of old age within a day.
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Darwin H. Storck
Euclid
Mildred A. Walters
Cleveland
Glenn Crone
East Third Street
Clara E. Delauter
New Market
Waller Sree
Baltimore
Alma L. Rice
East Fifth Street
Joan H. Haines
Alvin R. Watkins
Henry H. Springer
London Mig Co
Thomas D. Gardner
Nurse Betty Roberts Graduates From Union Memorial School
Former Miss Betty Roberts of 05 Magnolia Avenue Baltimore graduates from Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing on September 23 serving as class president and associate editor of The Lamplighter yearbook. She will return to alma mater as assistant nursing arts instructor after a vacation.
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Tirs
Hershfeld
Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Baltimore
Betty Roberts
Maurice Roberts
Magnolia Avenue
Newsboy Recovers Fees From Soviet Consul
In San Francisco on October 1 a 13 year old newsboy named Jimmy Allen collected $1.25 from the Soviet Consul General Konstantin Efremov after knocking on the consulate door. Efremov, his wife, and four associates emerged to pay for newspapers Jimmy had sold, then left in two cars.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Allen
Jimmy
Konstantin Efremov
Russia
Eiimov
Efremov
Westminster Bank Merges to Form Carroll County National Bank
The consolidation of Westminster’s three banks became effective this morning and the merged institution will operate as Carroll County National Bank of Westminster. Assets are expected to exceed 14 million dollars. Officers include Norman B. Boyle as president and William Bringling as cashier among others.
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Westminster
Carroll County National Bank of Westminster
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
First National Bank
Westminster Savings Bank
John H. Cunam
Milton P. Myers
Lewis K. Woodward
Norman B. Boyle
Oliver Crouse
Luther Bare
J. Francis Reese
D. Eugene Walsh
William Bringling
Terms of 317 Nazis Have Been Reduced
Frankfurt Germany Oct 1 up The Army said today that 317 war crime defendants including Frau Koch mistress of Buchenwald had their sentences reduced life terms of three others involved in the death camp also cut. The list shows about one fifth of 1653 tried by US courts were shortened. The earlier reduction of Frau Koch from life to four years imprisonment had sparked U S controversy and congressional demand for inquiry.
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Germany
uPose Koch
Buchenwald
U. S. Army
Munich
Judge Advocate’s Office
Frau Koch
United States
Congress
Weather Summary for October 1947 and Nearby Dates
Precipitation for 24 hours ending today records 1.23 inches in October 1947, with October total at 6.60 inches above normal 2.95 inches. Yesterday high 77, low last night 54. year ago high 62, low 28. Sun sets at 5:54 p.m., rises at 6:07 a.m. Moon rise 5:42 a.m., set 6:91 p.m. Rivers show clouds and clear stretches. Monocacy cloudy at Buckeystown Dam, Potomac clear at Knoxville.
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Buckeystown Dam
Knoxville
Anniversaries and Birthdays Through History Today
Today in history highlights birth anniversaries of notable figures including James Lawrence born in Burlington New Jersey and Rufus Choate in Essex Massachusetts, plus events such as Ezra Meeker reaching Portland in 1852 and major wartime milestones across World Wars. Also lists birthdays and a sensitive horoscope note.
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Teddy
James Lawrence
Navy
Burlington
N. J
Rufus Choate
Boston
Essex
Mass
Joseph la Barge
St. Louis
Henry Clay Werk
Chicago
Georgia
Middletown
Conn
Kate Field
St Louis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Queen C Mo
Ezra Meeker
Portland
Oregon
Indiana
Atlantic & Pacific
New York City
Cleveland
Los Angeles Times
Argonne
Ponzi
United States
Stalin
Germany
Roosevelt
White House
U.S. Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Naples
Italy
Truman
Nuremberg
Russia
U. N
Finland
Faith Baldwin
New Canaan
Honolulu
Lincoln MacVeagh
U. S
Portugal
Narwagansett Pier
R. L
Covered Dish Supper at Evans Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Mother's Class of the Evan gelical Lutheran church held a covered dish supper in Ol Chapel Tuesday with 32 members present. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Bruce Oland and Mrs. Austin Bender. Business meeting led by Edwin Nikirk elected new officers including Mrs. John Ponson and Mrs. Austin Bender. A new Cup Pack Committee was chosen and preparations for an October 28 costume party discussed. Also Urbana Bars' 8 Club met at James and John Montgomery's with Robert Windsor presiding and community show prep noted. A soil conservation film titled My Country was shown.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bruce Oland
Austin Bender
Charles Barrick
Edwin Nikirk
Elwood Whitmore
James Grove
Richard Wenzel
Irs
Carl Zimmerman
S. Rs
Heliove
Harner
Ain Lochner
Gher- Gay Creme
Harry Fithan Haines
Urbana Bars
James
John Montgomery
Robert Windsor
James Montgomery
Baumgardner Meat Market Sold to New Owner
Sale of the Thomas H Baumgardner retail meat store at 423 North Market street to E. Carter Smith was announced on Thursday. The transfer comes from Bernard R Baumgardner who previously ran the business and Smith will take possession today.
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Thomas H Baumgardner
North Market Street
E. Carter Smith
Libertytown
Bernard R. Baumgardner
Pay To Jobless On Decline Last Week
Annapolis reports unemployment compensation for Marylanders dipped again last week. Payments reached 126500 dollars to 4451 in Baltimore 2334 in the counties and 238 in other states. About 800 workers were paid temporarily by 10 Maryland firms. Ex servicemen received 2042 in readjustment allowances with equal city and county distribution. Self employed veterans got 3043 and three original claims were filed. War Shipping Administration payments totaled 1025 in 51 checks.
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Annapolis
War Shipping Administration
Martinsburg Seeks Tax Change Reducing Surtax Provisions
Martinsburg West Virginia city council amends the sales tax law removing surtax provisions from the municipal gross sales tax. The change lowers the tax about 25 percent for manufacturers wholesalers amusements and utilities but does not reduce the retail provisions. Finance committee proposed elimination and council approved with no dissent.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Col Renfrow To Speak To Webb Post Members
Colonel Louis H Renfrow will be guest speaker at the John R Webb Post Veterans of Foreign Wars No 3285 monthly meeting Tuesday at eight o clock. Renfrow is assistant military aide to the President and deputy to General Louis B Hershey Selective Service Director, serving with Hershey for eight years.
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Louis H Renfrow
John R . Webb
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Renfrow
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Gen. Hershey
Madionoen Recaptured By Dutch Forces Near Java's Capital
Batavia Java September 30 A government spokesman said Indonesian Republican troops have retaken Madioen the Communist capital and are advancing on the southern pocket near Ponogoro. Col Gatot Subroto military governor announced the fall of the Red stronghold and claimed W Ono girin Ngawi and Mageian were captured as government forces push toward Ponogoro twenty miles south of Madioen.
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Batavia
Java
Col
Gatot Subroso
Madiosen
Red
Jogjakarta
Wonogirin
Ngawi
Mageian
I Ponogoro
Diadioen
Squirrel season ends in Frederick County
Open season on squirrels ended at sundown Thursday in Frederick County. Hunters described the season as spotty. The next open season will be for upland game in November.
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Frederick County
Field Executive Simpson Leads 14 Boy Scout Troops
Field executive Mr. Simpson begins duties as leader of 14 troops in Frederick city and county. He succeeds John Shorrow who recently resigned.
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Mr. Simpson
Frederick City
John Shorrow
Berlin future tests West and East powers
The Nation Today discusses Germany's political future after World War II and the clash between Western allies and the Soviet Union. It outlines two German government models, Western states versus centralized Soviet style rule, and explains how Allied zones aim to form a constitution while awaiting a unified government. Collateral forfeitures were ruled in court as part of unrelated notices.
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James Marlow
Washington
Berlin
Germany
United State
Russia
Britain
France
Europe
Stalin
West
United States
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