Germans Dismayed By Scrap Steel Proposal
In Frankfurt on October 22, Germans reacted with dismay to Britain and the United States proposal to surrender 2,000,000 tons of scrap steel in the coming year. A spokesman for the German Metal Corp. criticized the plan as incredible and questioned the availability of such scrap within the Anglo-American zones. He warned that removing much iron strap would force imports of ore from abroad, paid in scarce dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Britain
United States
German Metal Corp
County Road Program Advances With Major Completions
County Road Board reports extensive progress on a large road construction effort led by Engineer Roger H. Willard. Several Federal Aid projects by Richard F. Kline show strong progress as hard-surfaced sections move toward opening from Mountaindale to Frederick and New London to Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger H. Willard
Willard
County Roads Board
Roads Board
Richard F. Kline
Middletown-Jefferson
Bethel
Mountaindale
Yellow Springs
Frederick
McKazig
New London
Public Roads Administration
New London Pike
Gas House Pike
Shirley Bohn
Woodville
Harrisville
Bolivar-Mit
Tabor
Middletown
Fisher's Hollow
Harmony
Highland
Myersville
Ladiesburg
Matadam
Union Bridge
Thurston Road
Thurston End
Urbana
Thurston
Four Points Bridge
Emmitsburg
Fountain
Wollsville
Garfield
Creagerstown
Kelbaugh Orchards
I. Willard
Linganore
Jug Bridge
Unionville
Garfield Foxville
Barronsville
White Road
Braddock
Yes- Springs
Receiver
Murray Moves to Remove Three CIO Unions
CIO President Philip Murray seeks to take three left wing CIO unions off the spot amid disputes over atomic workers organizing and west coast shipping bargaining. He objects to affixing a non Communist affidavit, while he himself refuses to file one with the National Labor Relations Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Naional Labor Relations Board
Immoral teen parties lead to jail sentences in Des Moines
Five youths aged 15 to 20 were sentenced to 30 days for contributing to delinquency after a 10 day series of wild parties at a well furnished country cabin. More than 30 teens attended, with nine girls taken into custody and two youths charged with statutory rape.
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Des Moines
Howerd C. Reppert
Bert Long
George House
Reppert
September Weather Surprises With Drier Than Usual Month
A local observer notes September ended warm and dry with 2.02 inches of rain, the driest September since 1643. Only six rainfall days, no thunderstorms, and two 93 degree days marked the month though frost was absent and lows reached 36. In 1947 September had an early frost and higher rainfall.
Truman Returns Is Still Full Of Fight
President Truman returned to Washington after a strenuous campaign tour and told a crowd at Union Station that he has just begun to fight. He said the people are waking up to the real crusade and that it is the people against special interests, with no punches pulled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Washton
Myr Truman
Orthopedic Clinic Set for Wednesday at Winchester Hall
Frederick County Health Department and Maryland State Services for Crippled Children announce a biennial orthopedic clinic at Winchester Hall on Wednesday October 6 at 3 00 p m Dr Alan Voshell surgeon in chief of orthopedics at University of Maryland Hospital Baltimore leads the event Attendees should contact the County Health Department Winchester Hall to arrange an appointment
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Frederick County Health Department
Maryland State Services For
Winchester Hall
Alan Voshell
University’ of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Annual Frederick Fair Opens Tuesday With Busy Preparations
The 86th Frederick Fair opens Tuesday for five days as exhibitors move in and livestock classes fill. Endy Bros circus returns with midway concessions from Bloomsburg Pa. Premiums rise to 12000 dollars. state fair board funds set a new record. Fireworks planned for night shows and a cavalcade of livestock to parade Thursday and Friday. The Court House and public schools close Tuesday afternoon through Friday for a state teachers meeting.
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Frederick Fair
The
Agricultural Society
Guy K. Motter
Endy Bros
Bloomsburg
State Fair Board
B. Ward Beam
Court House
Baltimore
Health Booth At The Frederick Fair Opens
A health education booth will feature at the Frederick Fair for the first time this year. Dr. Sponseller announces the booth in the Household building staffed by volunteers led by Mrs. Lundgren and Mrs. Wertheimer on Tuesday and by other pairs on subsequent days. Maryland Tuberculosis Association displays and literature will be provided to educate the public on diagnosis and treatment and to promote general health awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Edwin H. SponseHer
County Public Health and Tuberculosis Association
Eric Lundgren
Philip Wertheimer
Parsons Newman
Edgar H. McBride
Siden Fisher
Benjamin Rosenstock
Irving Weil
Russell Young
Birs. Rosenstock
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
County Association
Sponseller
Wallace quip about tomatoes at salad dinner
Henry Wallace joked at a Los Angeles dinner that he found no tomatoes in the salad, prompting laughter as he arrived. The remark reflects light mood at the event in The Salad Los Angeles dated Oct 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Henry Wallace
Charles Town Hospital to be Dedicated This Sunday
Charles Town West Virginia hosts formal dedication of its new 425000 General Hospital already in operation. The brick colonial style facility has 42 beds, expandable to 70, with patients moved in midweek. Mayors Carlson and Roberts declare Hospital Dedication Day and urge local attendance.
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Charles Town
W. Va
General Hospital
Nicholas Carlson
W. J. Roberts
Rawson
Nine Drowned In River Crash Off Manhattan Waterfront
Nine men were believed drowned when a tug boat named Anne Marie Tracy sank after colliding with the Lib erty ship Eliza J. Nicholson near the 25th street Manhattan waterfront. Six men were rescued. the freighter veered into two barges and Lifeboats from Nicholson and nearby vessels aided survivors. The crash’s cause was not determined.
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New York
Hudson River
Anne Marie Tracy
Eliza J. Nicholson
25Th Street Manhattan
Podice
Nicholson
Additional Support Sought for UN Truce Efforts in Holy Land
The Security Council considers Bunche’s request for more aid as he cites Arabs and Jews withholding cooperation from the truce supervision body. A Jerusalem dispatch accuses a Jewish campaign allied with Jerusalem’s military governor to discredit the commission and Bunche amid post assassination tensions.
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Paris
Security Council
Palestine
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Truce Supervision Organization
Jerusalem
U. N
Holy Land
General Assembly
Israel
Bunche
Folke Berndadotte
Forfeited Bond and Convictions From Local Magistrate Court
A West Virginia coal trucker forfeited $50 in Magistrate Alton Bennett's court for selling fuel without a license in Frederick. Others were convicted of loitering or drunkenness, including John Henry Morris and Samuel Yorty fined $5, William West jailed five days for peace disturbance, and Harry Chaney jailed five days for drunkenness. A not guilty verdict was returned in an assault case involving Russell Fulmer. Collateral forfeitures and minor charges are listed along with a pending report on club property purchase by the Catoctin Country Club and a German denazification verdict against Fritz Thyssen.
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West Virginia
Alton
Bennett
Frederick
Robert Pennington
Keyser
W. Va
John Henry Morris
Burkittsville
Samuel Yorty
Somerset
William West
Harry Chaney
Russell Fulmer
East Seventh Street
Lester W. McCall
Sergt. Swom
John A. Wright
Carty
Trump
Charles Riggles
Sergt Swomley
Stup
Raymond Haller
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Four-Power Split Enlarges Rift
The Nation Today outlines Berlin as a prize in the Germany split among Russia and the United States Britain and France. It notes the 1945 four power division, Berlin’s four sectors, and the Soviet blockade while Western powers fly in supplies to their sectors. It explains the 2.5 million Berliners in Western zones and the Communist led council’s collapse after a mob incident.
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Washington
Berlin
New York
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
American
State Department
Stalin
Gerrans
Beriin
Beri
Peronian Newsmen Targeted by Argentine Order
Buenos Aires reports say the Argentine government ordered cable and wireless use restricted to five foreign correspondents including Jose F. McEvoy Milton Bracker Virginia Lee Warren Herbert M. Clark and Jose Arrieta amid President Perons accusation that foreign reporters are spies and saboteurs. No official statement followed.
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Buenos Aires
Jose F. McEvoy
Associated Press
Milton Bracker
Virginia Lee Warren
New York Times
Herbert M. Clark
New York Day News
Chicago Sun-Times
London Telegraph
Jose Arrieta
Buenos‘ ‘Aires
Reuter
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Norwegian flying boat capsizes killing six near Trondheim
Oslo reports a Norwegian Airlines Sandringham flying boat capsized 700 yards offshore in Trondheim fjord while approaching Hommelvuk. Six died and several were injured including the pilot. Bertrand Russell was among the survivors and Mrs Lisbeth Stroem was among the victims. Rescue boats aided survivors as the craft sank in two minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
DLA
Norwegian Airlines
Trondheim
Bertrand Russell
Lisbeth Stroem
Sverre Stroem
Sandringham
Hommelvuk
Stroem
Samuelsen
Spain Bans U.S. Film Gentleman's Agreement in Madrid
The Spanish censorship board banned the American film Gentleman's Agreement for promoting divorcee acceptance and alleged theological errors while claiming Jews and Christians are presented without differences. A board member noted the ban was unanimous and producers declined required deletions. A New York Times report summarized the action and Cardinal Spellman disputed any claim that Christian duty excludes Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Board of Censors
Juan Fernandez
Chancery Office
New [York
Roman‘Catholic Church
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Christ
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Town
Deeds were recorded in the county office for sales of multiple properties. Transfers include the Rau home at 212 Rockwell Terrace to Dr. and Mrs. Byron BD. White and J. Tyson Lee with about 309 in stamps. Other parcels change hands on East Street East Fifth Street Detrick Avenue Hauvers district Woodsboro district and South Jefferson Street for sums ranging from about 3 000 to 22 000 dollars.
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R. M. Rau
Rockwell Terrace
Byron
White J. Tyson Lee
James R. Heater
Mae K. Baker
Baker Coal Yard
East Street
East Fifth Street
Maurice
Robert E. Bell
Edward D. Farmsworth
Detrick Avenue
Emory Kelbaugh
H. Clyde Toms
Hauvers
Bruce A. Houcki
W. Russsell Seiss
Woodsboro
Marcus W. Simmons
Wilbur C. Hargett
Hargett
Jefferson Street
Pravda Sees Clark Criticism as Fabrication Exposure
Pravda the Soviet party newspaper today quotes U S Atty Gen Tom C Clark criticizing the House Committee on Un American Activities as exposing its fabrications The Washington Justice Department statement accuses the committee of political espionage activity and political bias ahead of an election The Pravda report portrays Clark as defending rights while condemning the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U. S
New Uranium Source Found at Columbia University
A green uranium rich mineral was announced at Columbia University, related to carnotite and pitchblende. The mineral, found in the Belgian Congo, is about 60 percent uranium and could become a major source if it proves plentiful, altering the outlook for an atomic age. Russia’s Tyuyamunite is also noted, with little detail from Moscow.
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New York
Columbia University
United States
Rockies
Belgian Congo
Columbia
Uncle Sam
Russia
Russian Turkestan
Mounts Fall In Opener At Lebanon Valley
Mt. St. Mary's suffer a 25-0 defeat as Lebanon Valley blanks the Mounts. Mt. St. Mary's trailed 14-0 after a slow start with two first quarter touchdowns and a second quarter score against, while Lebanon Valley limited Mt. St. Mary's in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Johns Hopkins
Franklin and Marshall
Mt. St. Mary's
Lebanon Valley
Mt. St. Mary’s
Chinhsien Encircled By Communist Troops
Peiping reports Chinhsien an important Manchurian rail hub 105 miles north of the Great Wall is encircled by Communist forces. The airport four miles north reportedly held by Nationalists, but Red guns block Mukden airlift. Radio contact with Hsingcheng 65 miles north broken, suggesting possible Red capture.
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Peiping
Chinhsien
Mies
Great Wall
Mukden
Red Artillery Ly
Hsingcheng
Court Decree Divides Estate Of R H Snyder
Rockville Oct 2 One half of the 40000 estate left by the late Ross H Snyder goes to his wife's mother Mrs Margaret R Russell who lives in a Silver Spring rest home. The remainder will be divided among seven brothers and sisters of Mr and Mrs Snyder plus a foster daughter Jane Ann 12 who were shot to death at Darnestown Montgomery county on November 23 1946. An adopted son Robert 16 is serving a life term in Maryland penitentiary for the triple slaying. The decree followed a court proceeding unable to determine the death order of the couple and their daughter as three were killed with a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Ross H. Snyder
Washington
Margaret R. Russell
Silver Spring
Montgomery County
Mirs. Snyder
Jane Ann
Darnestown
Robert
Maryland
Snyder
Soviet makes atomic bomb concession at UN
Paris October 2 Russia proposed a simultaneous ban on atomic weapons and the creation of an international atomic energy control body. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky urged drafting a convention to prohibit weapons and establish control to take effect together. US and Canadian delegates questioned sincerity and favored the majority plan for control first. Also reported was a Naval Academy motorcycle crash in Annapolis leaving one dead and one injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Atomic Energy Control Organization
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
United States
A. G. L. McNaughton
General Assembly
Atomic Energy Commission
Vishinsky
U.N
United Nations
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Vishinsky Festerday
Desputy
Ales Bebler
Bebcher
Annapolis
Navy
Naval Academy
Richard L. Neilsen
Freeville
Willard A. Carlson
South Minneapolis
Minn
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Catoctin Country Club
Y. M. Cal
Thyssen
Koenigstein
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Peronians
U.S
Clark
R. H. Snyder
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