Two Wrecks Leave Two Injured and One Horse Dead
A Route 15 crash near Licksville injures two people including James R. Harris 25 who faces drunken driving and license charges. A horse wandering on LeGore road is killed and Millard G. Dutrow’s car is damaged in fog at Route 71 near LeGore.
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James R. Harris
Adamstown
Licksville
Sergt. W. W. Corbin
State Police
Harris
Melvin Harris
Dickerson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
LeGore Road
Kieffer Catsail
Millard G. Dutrow
North Market Street
LeGore
Dutrow
Frederick
Theo Snyder
New Market
Gunmen Rob Oak Terrace Country Club in Bier, Pa
Four masked gunmen terrorized ten residents at the Oak Terrace Country Club in Bier Pennsylvania. They rifled the safe of at least three thousand dollars and fled with about one thousand dollars more. Victims were tied with wires and cords during a room to room tour of the mansion clubhouse.
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Bier
Oak Terrace Country Club
Clarence Grieb
Grieb
Expenditures Panel Probes Smear File Claims
The House Expenditures Committee summoned three U S Civil Service Commissioners to confirm or deny a so called smear file on Congressmen. Chairman Hoffiman says subpoenas were issued for Harry Mitchell Frances Perkins and Arthur Fleming and claims the file relies on biased sources aimed at undermining public trust in Congress.
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Washington
Gol
House Expenditures Committee
U. S. Civil Service Commissioners
Hoffiman
H-Mich
Harry B. Mitchell
Commission
Frances Perkins
Arthur $. Fleming
Hoffman
Congress
Labor Act Triggers Wave of Strikes in AFL Union
Philadelphia reports AFL Up holsters International Union president Hoffmann says the Taft-Hartley law has caused the largest strike wave in 35 years. He notes seven locals walked out since August 22 and more walkouts are likely.
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Philadelphia
Sai B. Hofman
AFL Upholsters Infornational Union
Fire Rages on Henry M Rice As It Sails For Hull
The 7,000 ton Liberty ship Henry M Rice, from Texas to Sweden, burned in its holds but sailed for Hull last night. Firemen remained aboard to control the flames as a precaution. The blaze started en route and was described as under control on departure. A typhoon warning followed as the season’s fiercest storm of 1947 moved toward the South China coast after crossing Luzon.
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Southampton
Eng
Sres
Henry M. Rice
Hull
Texas
Sweden
Manila
Luzon
South China Coast
Tub Is Latest Rat Trap Device
Charles N. Behn, frustrated by mice in a Union Bridge store, devised a tub trap. He filled a washtub with water and scattered corn on top to lure the rodents. The next morning nineteen mice were found drowned.
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Charles N. Behn
Union Bridge
Mr. Behn
Slaying yields suspect then suicide near Lovers Lane
In Chester South Carolina on October 6 a 32 year old Negro, Dave Dunham, questioned in the Lovers Lane murder of Clarence Wallis, killed himself with a shotgun as about 200 officers and hundreds of citizens gathered. Wallis died while trying to shield Betsy Ross, who escaped the attack. Wallis was a 22 year old war veteran. Betsy Ross escaped unharmed aside from shock. Sheriff William H. Peden led the investigation.
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Chester
S. C
William H. Peden
Peden
Dave Dunham
Clarence Wallis
Wallis
Betsy Ross
Miss Ross
South Carolina
Regard Taft As Certain To Be Candidate
Ohio Republicans plan to raise 750000 for a home town campaign to push Senator Robert A Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft is expected to announce at the State GOP central committee meeting on October 24 in Columbus. Backers aim for nationwide action once he becomes the states favorite son at the June national convention in Philadelphia. They will fund the effort mainly with Ohio money, with Taft limiting outsiders contributions to 500.
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Washington
Ohio
Fagt
Cincinnati
Presbyterians Near Unity Despite Civil War Split
In Rehoboth Maryland on October 6, northern and southern Presbyterian bodies began talks toward reunion after eight years of negotiations. About 150 ministers and laymen from the New Castle and Norfolk presbyteries outline a year of study on a plan of reunion with agreement on most points.
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Rehoboth
Old Rehoboth
New Castle
W Norfolk
Off Duty Detroit Patrolman Robbed by Three Masked Men
Patrolman Harold Linfoot, 49, robbed at rear of girlfriend’s apartment while off duty. Three masked men stole $80 and his companion’s purse, searched Linfoot, then shoved them into a car trunk and fled. Linfoot escaped from the trunk, called police, but his car had disappeared.
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Detroit
Harold Linfoot
Linfoot
Cecile Booker
Miss Booker
VA halts unemployment payments to overpaid GI Bill students
The Veterans Administration announced it will stop unemployment payments to former students who received excess GI Bill funds and refuse to repay. About a half million veterans were overpaid nearly 50 million dollars, with repayments proceeding at about 5 million monthly. Debtors who already arranged repayment are not affected.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
United States
Forest Fires May Flare Up in Fall
Annapolis Maryland October warnings from State Forester H C Buckingham stress risk as leaves drop and dry weeds become hazards. He notes improved state readiness with 32 fire towers opening gradually and new trucks and jeeps, plus 29 forest guards dedicated to fire detection during the danger period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
H. C. Buckingham
Mary Sanders
Buckingham
State Department of Forests and Parks
Engineer's Assistant Resigns From Position
Assistant City Engineer John W. Lambert has resigned as of last Saturday. City Engineer W. Raymond Walter confirms the resignation and reports plans to appoint a successor, with Lambert possibly taking a trip to Florida before seeking other employment in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Lambert
Frederick
W. Raymond Walter
Lambert
Board of Aldermen
Florida
Columnist Claims His Stories True
Washington October 6974 Columnist Robert C Ruark declared that despite an attempted whitewash by the inspector general all of his charges about extravagant living of officers and shabby treatment of enlisted men in the Italian theater have stood up Maj Gen Ira T Wreehe who investigated for the chief of staff a series of Ruark articles tripped and fell sufficiently unburied evidence to force Gen Eisenhower to take action on several abuses Wreehe reported to Eisenhower that he found only minor discrepancies and irregularities in the theater under Lt Gen John H Lee and that the Ruark stories gave a wholly erroneous picture of overall conditions
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Washington
Robert C. Ruark
Kelian Theater
Scripps-Howard
Ira T. Wreehe
Ruark
Eisenhower
Christians To Launch Appeal For Jewish Relief
Following Governor Lane endorsement, Frederick Christians plan a 6 45 p m appeal tonight with a 10 minute radio address by Elmer Eskleman to support United Jewish Relief. Other prominent citizens also broadcast during the week for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Jewish Relief
W. Preston Lane
Joint Service Clubs
Frederick
Elmer Eskleman
Midwestern Heatwave With Record Risk Amid Warm Spell
The Associated Press reports unseasonable heat across the Midwest and South with temperatures reaching the 100s in Kansas Nebraska and surrounding states. Forecasters expect a cooldown in Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan by Tuesday while Chicago may top 86 and break the 1946 record.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Concordia
Kans
Ellis
Burwell
Nebr
Huron
S. D
Philip
North Platte
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Bismarck
N. D
Alexandria
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Central States
Chicago
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
U.S. Poised to Endorse Palestine Partition Plan
Zionist circles in Lake Success report confidence the United States will back a ahead United Nations Commission majority plan calling for partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Arabs vow force if the proposal fails, while Jews accept partition reluctantly as a path toward independence amid demographic tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United States
United Nations Commission
Palestine
U.S
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Zionism Compared to Nazism by Iraqi Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Fadnil Jamali of Iraq labeled Zionism an aggressive virulent political movement and said it resembles Nazism in aims and methods. He asserted Zionism seeks to penetrate the Middle East using Palestine as a gate and condemned U S interference in Palestine affairs as akin to Soviet influence in Greece.
Robbed Of Fortune Woman Gets Warning
New York police disclosed that Mrs. Sam G Hilton, estranged wife of hotel magnate C N Hilton, was robbed at her penthouse. A gunman held up Mrs Hilton and her maid, threatening to shoot her six month old daughter and making more than 20 jewelry pieces, diamonds around 25 to 20 carats, valued at 600000 to 700100, while she received anonymous calls warning her to stay quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam G. Hilton
Roborer
C. N. Hilton
Hilton
Constance
De Gaulle Calls U S Soviet Counterweight
Paris October 6 Gen Charles de Gaulle told a political rally that the United States is a counterweight to the world ambitions of the Soviet Union. He added that there is not a free man in the world who does not consider this salutary.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Soviet Union
Too Rough- Miami Police Report Kidnapping Assault
Miami police report describe a kidnapping and assault against 32 year old Helen Gill in which five men stripped her, stole a $75 wrist watch and clothes, and slapped her causing her to swallow a diamond ring she had hidden in her mouth.
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Miami
Fla
Helen Gill
Dodgers Take 2-0 World Series Lead at Yankee Stadium
In the deciding game at Yankee Stadium on October 6, Brooklyn Dodgers toppled Shea in the second inning and built a 2-0 lead after a quick one and a half frames. Hermanski staked the Dodgers with a triple, Jorgen sen added a double, and Furillo and Edwards contributed singles. Bevens relieved Shea as Hal Gregg pitched for Brooklyn.
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Yankee Stadium
Brooklyn Dodgers
Shea
Yankees
Hermanski
Jorgensen
Furillo
Edwards
Bevens
Hal Gregg
Brooklyn
Government to Take Control of Livestock, Says Meat Council
New York Oct 6 The National Meat Industry Council backs food conservation but urges the government to seize control of the country s livestock. President Truman s program gains support yet the council calls for price controls and power to requisition cattle to boost supply for consumers and aid Europe.
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New York
Truman
National Meat Industry Council
Jack Kranis
Europe
Infant Found Dead in Union Bridge
The three month old infant Austin Wayne Wetzel son of Truman M and Mildred Clemson Wetzel Union Bridge Carroll County Medical Examiner Dr James T Marsh reports catarrhal suffocation as the cause. The baby was discovered dead by parents about 130 am with four brothers a sister and grandmother listed as survivors. Graveside services are scheduled Tuesday at 130 pm Linganore cemetery Unionville with D D Hartaler and Son Funeral Directors.
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Truman M
Mildred Clemson Wetzel
Union Bridge
Carroll County
James T. Marsh
Austin Wayne Wetzel
James
Donald
Raymond
Earl
Ethel Bangs
Annabelle Wetzel
Linganore Cemetery
Unionville
D. D. Hartaler and Son
Maryland Delegate proposes sales tax surplus share to counties
Baltimore Maryland Oct 6 Delegate Charles M Bandiere plans a bill in the special session to allocate all state sales tax receipts beyond 19 million to the city and 23 counties. He cites a 3 million dollar surplus and backing from Christian F Kahl and county commissioners.
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Baltimore
Charles M. Bandiere
D-Balto
Christian 5
Kahl
Baltimore County Board of Commissioners
Bandiere
Four Pickets Arrested at Bethlehem Shipyard Idle Strike
Baltimore October 6 four pickets were arrested at Bethlehem Steel Company shipyards and another injured after a car entering the plant struck the pavement. Daniel Appel, 32, stood in front of a slowing car, grabbed the fender and toppled to the sidewalk as police said the shipyard strike marked its 104th day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Company
Daniel Appel
Brain Plane to Make Return Flight Without Pilot
Colonel James M. Gillespie announced that the experimental Robert E. Lee will return to the United States using the automatic brain guiding system that steered it across the Atlantic. He said a fully automatic takeoff is planned, but the exact day—tomorrow or Wednesday—remains uncertain.
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Martlesham Heath
Eng
James M. Gillespie
U. S. Army
Robert E. Lee
Gillespie
Frederick Montgomery and Carroll Tax Receipts Reported
Merchants in Frederick county paid $47 542 in sales taxes in August the State Comptroller reports. Montgomery merchants paid $56 433 and Carroll merchants $23 848.
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Frederick County
Montgomery
Carroll
Saar Vote Favors Ties With French
Official returns show Saarland voters backed unification with France by a wide margin the coal rich region near the Rhine would join France as an autonomous part. Of 520865 eligible, 494663 cast ballots about 10 percent invalid with 48 of 50 deputies elected from pro merger parties.
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Saarbruecken
Nazi Germany
Saar
Rhine
France
Christian People’s Party
Social Democrats
Saarland
Lewis May Head Walk Out of AFL Union Rift
San Francisco October 6 7 Start of the AFLs 6th convention sparks tension as John L Lewis and William L Hutcheson threaten a walkout by over 1 200 000 miners and carpenters amid disputes with AFL colleagues. President Green works to defuse splits while Lewis blocks use of NLRB facilities and refuses Taft Hartley affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
AFL
John L. Lewis
William L. Hutcheson
William Green
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Executive Council
Taft-Hartley
Optimist Week Proclaimed In Frederick Observance
Mayor Culler proclaimed Optimist Week starting Sunday in Frederick with the Frederick Optimist Club announcing the 11th annual observance. Charles Ritchie says the effort focuses on curbing juvenile delinquency and youth rehabilitation to shape future leaders amid postwar instability. President Ellsworth Medinger is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. New York market notes report stocks up slightly on October 6 as investors await further rally amid political tensions.
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Culler
Frederick
Charles Ritchie
Tomorr
Mr. Ritchie
Ritchie
Service Club
Ellsworth Medinger
Memorial Hospital
New York
Labor law clash may reach two-judge review
James Marlow reports a Taft Hartley split between the National Labor Relations Board and its counsel over union officers needing no Communist oath. The dispute risks a court fight as AFL CIO officers have not sworn, delaying protection for 13 million workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
National Labor | Relations Board
Inurb
General Coun
Robert L. Denham
Denham
AFL
CIO
Denham- Board
International Brotherhood of Electrical Woerk Jers
Arlington
Dio
Negro Trusty Wounds Two Is Killed in Memphis Jail Shootout
Memphis detectives report a Negro prisoner went berserk in the county jail injuring two deputies and killing a trusted officer. Police chief M A Hinds described chaotic jail conditions and said authorities later captured the inmate as the situation was brought under control.
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Negro Trusty
Memphis
Tenn
M. A. Hinds
Hinds
Lilienthal Warns Atomic Power Is Not Near
David Lilienthal, head of the U S Atomic Energy Commission, told the Economic Club of Detroit that a practical atomic power industry is years away. He said demonstration electric power from atomic energy may appear in 12 to 24 months, but large scale commercial use is not imminent and will supplement existing energy sources rather than replace them. He also rejected worldwide claims that atomic secrets could solve Europe’s fuel problems.
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Detroit
David FE Lilienthal
Economic Club of
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
United States
Europe
England
Not Guilty in Reckless Driving Accident Near Frederick
Leslie Forrest 19 of Brunswick was acquitted in Peoples Court this morning of reckless driving after an intersection collision at Baughman’s Lane and Braddock Road. State Trooper Myers testified Forrest’s car overturned as Thomas Stribling’s approached. witnesses said signals varied. Forrest testified lights were on and he attempted a pass with no oncoming traffic.
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Leslie Forrest
Brunswick
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Baughman
Washington
Stribling
Frederick
Margaret Bitzer
East Church Street
Randallstown
Clem Monler
Felix Kramer
Forrest
Whro
Leonard Wilhelm
Robert
Donald Forback
Edward D. Storm
David Lee Berkler
Charles Town
W. Va
Billy Jo Walker
Hill
Abraham Sisseler
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Floyd B. Emerick
Richard E. Wiles
East Patrick Street
Everett H. Baliew
Ellicott City
Kenneth D. Bond
Bruce A. Brichey
Man Hangs Himself After Window Shattering Spree
Richard C. Griswold, 25, hanged himself in jail after a spree that began when his mother refused to leave bed to cook at 3 am. Police said Griswold, arrested yesterday in Penn Yan, drove his mother from their apartment and smashed windows in three buildings with a chair, causing about $700 in damage.
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Penn Yan. N
Richard C. Griswold
Elmer Parshall
Griswold
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de Gaulle
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