Peter Pan Inn Damaged By Flames In Urbana
Fire damaged the attic and roof of Urbana’s Peter Pan Inn after flames from an unknown source engulfed the top of the building. Owner Richard Baumgardner and James Jones witnessed smoke, firefighters used five pieces of equipment, and water from a nearby farmer’s pond aided the response. Attic and roof were burnt out. living quarters on the second floor suffered smoke and water damage, with business expected to resume in at least one dining room later today.
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Urbana
Richard Baumgardner
Baumgardner
James Jones
Baumgardners
Jones
Hyattstown
Carroll Manay
Independents
Hyattstown Company
Merkle Geisler
Peter Pan Inn
Maryland
Forrestal To Join Fleet
PORTSMOUTH VA The carrier Forrestal, flagship of a new era in the Navy’s air power, readies for commissioning. The 76,000 ton ship with 550 crew and nearly 1000 planes will join the fleet after an afternoon ceremony. Current cost estimates run near 120 million to 1951 figures, with the fourth ship Independence pegged around 189 million.
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Portsmouth
Forrestal
Nase
Newport Vews Shinburdinate
Disdock Co
Tess
Naveays
Independence
Government drops appeal in Bridges deportation case
The U S government abandoned a federal appeal after a court ruled against it in the Harry Bridges deportation matter. Officials said the Department had instructed the attorney to forgo further action, acknowledging Bridges’ citizenship status and past Communist ties were not proven.
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SN Frameisco
Harry Bridges
Pam
Bridges
Edge
Cooper
Communist Party
Moroccan Sultan Goes Into Exile Amid Moroccan Crisis
Typhoon Louise devastated Niigata City in Japan burning 1,200 buildings as winds reached 45 mph. In Rabat, Sultan Mohammed V abdicated and left for Tangier amid French pressure, naming Moulay Abdallah to govern, while exile and a three man regency were discussed to move Morocco toward reforms.
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Louise
Japan
Nigata
Tokyo
Rabat
French Morocco
Mohammed Hen Moulay Arafa
Tangier
Moulay Arafa
Moulay Abdallah Ben Moulay Abdel Hafid
Moulay Arfan
Rahat
Sale
Bou Regreg
Sultan
Hns
Abdel Hafid
Morocco
Holds
WLA
Pars
V Weslem
Edgar Faure
Fatre
Quotas Set As Chest Drive Opens
The Community Chest campaign launches with a $39,650 goal for seven local agencies. Leaders, divisions, and weekend efforts outlined. agencies include Children’s Aid Society, Salvation Army, YM C A, Federated Charities, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Esther Grinage Kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Francis Scott Key
Campaign and Chest
C. Lease Bussard
Byron A. Winebrewer
Children’s Aid Society
Salvation Army
YS M C. A. Federated
Braddock Heights
Braddock District
Optimist Club
Edgar Brown- Jow
Thomas Qatman
Seoul
Cola Cola Company
Farmers Feed and Supply Carman
Poiomar Edison
Fereens
Donald Ro
Rue Wure Terhert
Josten
Ms Marth
Revie
Vacar & Pelmor
Vrs
Harey
Patian Mharman
Ourlang
Srith
George C Stanfler
Vie Monroe
Raymond
Howard
Barker
Cathoone
Rorheshoefer
Dwight McCain
Aiken rejects talk of farm low mood in 1956 politics
Senator Aiken, Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, dismissed claims of a farm low mood as political hype. He cited a USDA report showing farm prices up 1% from mid August to mid September but 4.5% below a year ago, with prices paid by farmers down 0.3% for the month. He noted strong farm credit and capital investment despite lower net income.
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Washington
Sen Aiken
Svid Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benhower
Aiken
Agriculture Department
Tries To Aid Youth, Man Stricken, Dies
In Caroline County Maryland a 6 year old farm worker died of a heart attack while helping a wounded boy after a hunting accident. Henry Dean, Greensboro police chief, arrived after a shotgun incident left James Dunn, 14, wounded. John Morman, 14, told state police he and Dunn were hunting on his grandmother’s farm when they became separated. Hearing a noise, Dunn fired at what he believed was a squirrel and hit him in the leg and arm.
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Greensboro
Caroline County
Harry Ro Morris
Henry Dean
James Dunn
John Morman
Dunn
Human Termites Threaten Baltimore Lumber Yard
The Ace Landers Co announces a 31 000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the human termites damaging its damper pile. They report 65 000 board feet of fir framing stolen since March, with further loss expected as thieves breach a barbed wire enclosure. President Donald B Rose cites ongoing lumber theft amid ongoing pace in the lumber yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ace Lander Co
Donald B Rose
Miners Rescued After Twenty Hour Entombment
Two miners were rescued from a deep underground iron mine after a 20 hour entombment. The pair endured a narrow timbered tunnel and compressed air as crews battled to reach them at Oliver Mining Company. Survivors, one a father of four, described the peril and relief once freed.
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Pascinent
Tori
Alarals
Torin
Tuewy
Devel
Oliver Mining Company
Vue
White Students Enter Negro School in San Antonio
In San Antonio, nine white students began classes this week at a school that had been limited to Negro pupils. Principal Mrs. B. T. Oliver said all pupils are “quite happy” about the new students. San Antonio’s previously all white schools already enrolled some Negro pupils.
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San Antonio
Tex
B.T. Oliver
President Eisenhower Returns To Business After Sleep
President Eisenhower slept well and was relaxed and comfortable after signing two State Department appointment lists marking a cautious return to public duties. Sher man Adams opened a Denver White House office as doctors monitor the 65 year old expe cting a gradual increase in activity.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Denver White House
T O
Adams
Lowry Air Force Base Administration
John 5 Doud
State Department
Foreign Service
Fitasimons Army Hospital
Secretary of State
Dulles
Howard M. Snyder
Five Year Contract Rejected By Union
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers, representing about 44 000 Westinghouse Electric Corp workers, rejected a proposed five year wage contract claiming a 16 percent wage hike. Company officials say the offer is the most liberal in the firm’s history and had been extended to other unions bargaining for 26 000 employees. Leaders unavailable for comment.
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Pittsburgh
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Thost
Robert D. Blaser
Westingtonse
Soas
Aid Rushed to Storm Areas in Mexico After Janet
Mexican government and private relief groups moved quickly to three hurricane struck zones in the Sierra Madre as Janet weakened. The toll neared 300 dead in Mexico, with over 1,000 injured and thousands homeless. Airlifts carried the injured, food, medicine, and clothing from Yucatan and Tampico regions while towns like Chetumal Bacalar and Xealax reported devastation and ongoing search efforts. Rains drenched highways from Laredo to Mexico City as officials assessed casualties and needs.
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Menico Cyly
Janet
Sierra Madre
Jane
Yucatan Peninsula
Tampico
Mexico
Caribbean
Yucatan
Chetumal
Bacalar
Xealaxin Chetumal
Pampico
Panuco
Tux Pan
Veracruz
Nautal
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Langer Disqualified as FEVA Keynote Speaker
Boston news reports that Senator William F. Langer was disqualified from delivering the keynote at a Federal Employes Veterans Association dinner. FEVA National Judge Advocate Claude L Dawson informed Langer in Morristown NY that the decision served the best interests of all. Langer had defended Morton Sobel, jailed for conspiracy in atomic secrets cases linked to Rosenbergs, and vowed to press Sobel's cause with Attorney General Brownell.
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Boston
Kenneth T. Lyons
Federal
Employes Veterans Asso
William F. Langer
R-Nd
Association
Lyons
Watertown
Langer
New York
Morton Sobel
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sen. Lanier
FEVA
Claude L Dawson
Morristown
Sprenh Thurst
Sobel
Sobell
Darby Warkrer Sebelt
Flusenherzs
Pennsylvania Main Line Is Tied Up
The Pennsylvania Railroad main line was blocked for about three hours when freight cars derailed. By 2 am one westbound track reopened for trains to pass the wreck. Westbound and eastbound services faced delays, including the Boston to Philadelphia Night Sleeper, with substantial slowdowns and many trains held at the wreck site.
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New Brunswick
Penassirania
Tne
Wallan
Boston
Philadelphia
French Are Going Home After UN Walkout
Premier Edgar Faure and Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay ordered the recall of the French delegation from the United Nations meeting in New York after the Assembly voted 28 to 27 with 5 abstentions to debate Algeria. The decision followed a telephoned agreement in Paris and Pinay's departure for home. A French delegate warned France might quit the UN if pressed further.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
United Nations
New York
United Nations Assembly
France
Alfabia
Faure
Pinay
U. X
Ohio opens 241 mile turnpike in 12:01 a.m. ceremony
Governor Frank Lausche opened Ohio’s first 241 mile turnpike at 12:01 a.m. and urged starting construction on a second pay road from Cincinnati to Conneaut at 12:02 a.m. More than 1,000 spectators attended the western terminal ceremony as traffic began to move and officials touted the project as the “Main Street of Ohio” after three years and substantial safety features.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Cincinnati
Westgate Terminal
Pennsylvania
Indiana
White backs Eisenhower run in full context statement
Dr Paul Dudley White a famed heart specialist said he would have no objection to President Eisenhower running again if he recovers and wishes to continue his career He clarified his NBC Today remarks amid concerns the comment advised a second term The note also reports a University of Maryland fall enrollment rise to 8561 students up 106 percent from last year’s figure.
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Boston
Paul Dudley White
Denver
Eisenhower
White
Det Right
Paul D White
United States of America
College Park
Tate
University of Maryland
Car Crash Near Burkittsville Injures Four
Four Gapland residents and one Jefferson man escaped minor injuries after a Md. 17 crash two miles south of Burkittsville. Eakle and Rohrback, all treated for cuts and abrasions, were released. Mrs. Eakle admitted for facial injuries. Elwood Eakle charged with reckless driving and license tag misuse. Car struck a tree, overturned after hitting a culvert. incident occurred at 12:15 am.
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Gapland
Jefferson
MD. 17
Burkittsville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mildred L. Eakle
Elwood QC. Eakle
Charles C. Rohrback
Charles W. Eakle
Eakle
Rohrback
Charles Eakle
V. L. Guilmino
Elwood Eakle
Frederick Memorial
C. H. Feete
Brunswick
Set
Charles D. Mades
Guilmino
Farm City Week Planned Observance Outlined
Representatives of 12 farm and civic groups met at the YMCA to plan National Farm City Week October 23 to 29. Committees were named to publicize the observance by window displays and through the press and radio.
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YMCA
Eisenhower
Kiwanis International
Earl Ramsburg
Pemona Grange
William Tel
Chamber of Commerce
N. E. Kefauver
Teform Bureau
Clyde Remey Sr
Frederick County
Guy E. Kelly
Frederick Fair Opens With Livestock and Booths Ready
Signs of the Frederick Fair activity appeared as preparations continued for a five day five night run starting Tuesday. Livestock arrivals and exhibits by farm and business groups filled the grounds on East Patrick Street while showmen set up tents and equipment. Sunday saw crowds gathering to preview the fair as exhibitors finalize plans. Net income for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. for the first eight months reached 9,011,000 dollars, or 1.55 a share, up from 8,081,000 and 1.52 a share in the prior year.
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Frederick
East Patrick Street
Baltimore
Baltimore Gas and Electre Co
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