Poultry At Fair One Of Best Shows
Frederick Fairweather reported a promising start as fairgoers entered the grounds with forecasts of sun and warmer weather. Poultry displays impressed judge Paul W. Ives with 657 bantams and several large flocks while 42 out of state exhibitors attended. Prizes were awarded to Joseph Reeder and others in farm produce contests as machinery displays drew crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Fairweather
W. Preston Lane, Jr
R. Kenneth Frey
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Paul W. Ives
New Havren
Comn
Frey
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Frederick County
Jefersor
Ett
Joseph Reeder
Near Braddock
Oscar Cline
John Masser
Clemency For Other Nazis Recommended
A special Army commission has recommended sparing a limited number of the 139 Nazis sentenced to die for war crimes. Army Secretary Royall said the exact count was not disclosed and it was unclear if any MalmedyBelgium defendants are on the list sent to Gen. Lucius Clay for review.
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Washington
Special Army
Army
Royall
Lucius Clay
U.S
Germany
Malmedy
Belgium
County Milk Association Dissolves Amid Price Stabilization
The Frederick County Milk Producers Association received a certificate of dissolution from the State Tax Commission. The group, once claiming 90 percent representation, likely now accounts for about 40 percent of milk shipped to the Frederick market. About $5,000 in unexpended reserves will be distributed to members by milk-shipment basis. The 1933 formed association arose from low milk prices. prices rose from 6 to 10 cents per gallon then to about 50 cents today. Last directors included Milo Hooper, D Walter Hooper, J J Rhoderick, C W Warner, Charles I Wiles, and Mercer Schafer. officers included Henry R Shoemaker secretary and Adrienne B Anhalt treasurer.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Wesley M. Compher
D. Chester Kemp
P. Reefer Main
Albert
Mercer
Charles T. Meyer
Knoxville
Robert R. Rhoderick
Roy C. W. Schaefer
Milo Hooper
Rocky Springs
D. Walter Hooper
J. J. Rhoderick
C. W. Warner
Charles I. Wiles
Messrs
Mercer and Schafer
Il Health
Scha
Court of Appeals Moves Amid Cold Snap in Annapolis
The Court of Appeals relocated its sessions to the executive reception room after a cold spell chilled the second floor. Judges heard arguments away from the State House as the building’s conditions forced a temporary venue change.
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Cold Forces Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
State House
Incentive fund move to aid Thurmont School expansion gains pace
County Commissioners and Board of Education consider boosting the state incentive fund for school construction from about 90 000 to 180 000 190 000 annually to better finance new buildings. Officials seek local legislative help and note bids for Thurmont High School add ons total 364 735 with on hand funds around 175 000.
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Thurmont High School
Board of Education
France
Thurmont
Ascbol
Middletown
Libertytown
Nine men leave for draft exams at Bagherstoun center
Nine men from Board 45 left in the first pre induction call under the Selective Service act for Army processing at Bagherstoun. A second group from Board 46 will depart tomorrow. The registrants are non father non veteran from the 1922 1923 age class. They left by bus after briefing. results are not expected for three to five days and 21 days notice will be given if they pass.
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Army
Bagerstoun
Most Maryland Corn Reported In Shock
A state crop and weather report from the Weather Bureau, Agriculture Department, and University of Maryland Extension Service notes most Maryland corn is in the shock. It cites comparatively mild weather and forecasts dowies for Saturday in the Free State for the balance of the week.
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Maryland
Weather Bureau
Agriculture Department
University of Maryland Extension Service
Death of Very Rev John J. Lardner in Kenmore Washington
Very Rev John J Lardner head of the Catholic Sulpician Society in the United States died suddenly last night at Kenmore Washington his headquarters said today He would have been 55 on Saturday He had a heart ailment for years but had seemed healthier recently He was visiting St Edwards Seminary in Kenmore.
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Baltimore
John J. Lardner
Catholic Sulpician Society
United States
Kenmore
Wash
St. Edward's Seminary
Lower Price Tags Go Up For Meats
Retail stores nationwide begin cutting meat prices after a wholesale hog price drop. Kroger outlets in Chicago and Cleveland announce reductions of 10 to 20 cents per pound on beef, pork, and lamb as other chains plan similar cuts.
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Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Kroger
Kroger Company
Cominform Holds Meeting Reported in Dessau Germany
Berlin reports that Cominform Information Bureau met recently in Dessau in the Soviet zone. German Communist leaders attended with Soviet officers and delegates from Czechoslovakia Poland and Hungary SED participation noted while Western circles speculated on the session.
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Berlin
Communist International ‘Information Bureau
Cominform
Dessau
Germany
Die Neuer Zeitung
AMG
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Saxony-Anhalt
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Klement Gottwald
Ana Pauker
Georgi Dimitrov
Intercept Woman Wanted By Husband At Fair
Police received a call from an Allentown, Pennsylvania husband stating his wife was traveling with another man to Frederick. Four children waited for their mother as officers watched buses and then detained the woman and her companion at headquarters. No charges were filed and her plans to return home or stay at the fair were not known.
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Pennsylvania
Allentown
Frederick
Extremely Bright Outlook For Coal
New York October 6 The coal industry now has an extremely bright outlook compared with ten years ago George A Lamb of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co told the National Coal Association convention He said 1932 saw the bituminous industry operating in the red with shrinking markets but it has risen to a new stature with peak production last year reaching 620000000 tons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Coal Association
George A. Lamb
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Truman Attacks Lewis After Garner Remarks
President Truman denounces John L. Lewis as a malignant scheming individual following Lewis's attack on him. He recalls Garner as a labor baiting evil old man and makes the remark during a three day eastern campaign swing starting in Cincinnati at the Mine Workers bicentennial.
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Truman
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
John Garner
Garner
United Mine Workers
Mr. Trumian
Cincinnati
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Tropical hurricane lashes Florida and Cuba with damage tolls
The Caribbean storm plowed through Cuba causing 11 deaths and 300 injuries with crop losses around 6.9 million dollars before striking Florida. In the Miami area one person died of a heart attack and six others were hurt while tornadoes wrecked homes near Pompano and Opa-Lakea. Winds reached – miles per hour with gusts to 90 as the center passed over Miami and moved northeast over the Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Gold Coast
Cuba
Key West
Fort Lauderdale
Pompano
Miami International
Hollywood
Opa-Lecka
West Palm Beach
Atlantic
Feller Sain Open World Series Draw At Braves Field
In Boston at Braves Field on Oct 6 the Indians’ Bobby Feller and the Braves’ Johnny Sain matched zeroes through five innings in the World Series opener watched by about 39 600 fans. Managers Boudreau and Southworth kept initial lineups, with Eddie Stanky at second for the Braves and Marv Rickert in left after Jeff Heath’s injury, while Wally Judnich started for Cleveland.
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Braves
Boston
Cleveland
Bobby Feler
Johnny Sain
Bobby Feller
Cleveland Indians
Boston Braves
Lou Boudreau
Indians
Billy Southworth
Eddie Stanky
Marv Rickert
Milwaukee
Jeff Heath
Brooklyn
Wally Judnich
Sain
Unnamed Uncle and Incomplete Inheritance Reported
Walter Pearson, a 52 year old truck driver from Seranion, Pa, claimed his Montreal based uncle left him 363000 dollars, a mansion, and a fishing lodge. Investigators found no record of such a Walter Pearson in Montreal and could not verify the legacy or the law firm Mackenzie and Mackenzie. Pearson said he saw his uncle yesterday but could not provide further comment.
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Walter Pearson
Montreal
Mackenzie and Mackenzie
Pearson
American Planes Buzzed by Reds Over China
In Shanghai on October 6 pilots of two American owned C-46 transport planes reported Russian fighter aircraft buzzed their flight over Chinese airspace. The incident highlights rising tensions as frosty relations persist between power blocs.
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Shanghai
Chest Goal Of $27 950 Established
The Community Chest sets a 1949 goal of $27 950, about ten percent above last year’s drive. Federated Charities leads agencies with allocations for 1949, while the red feather campaign begins around October 18 with house to house canvassing to follow.
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James H. Gambrill
Chest Executive Committee
Federated Charities
Elmer I. Eshieman
Chest
Children’s Aid Society
Ylmcla
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts
Social Service Exchange
Estleman
Red Feather
Edward C. Hartmann
Freder
Hartmann
Gambrill
Eshleman
Henry R. Shoemaker
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
William C. Royal
Niemann A. Brunk
Holmes
Glenn T. Swisher
W. Clinton McSherry
G. William Stultz
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Robert L. Smith
Alley V. Renn
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Seven Men Missing After Tug Sinks in Baltimore Harbor
Seven crew members of the tug Arundel are missing after it capsized in Baltimore harbor near Seven-Foot Knoll during a storm. Five crewmen were rescued by Coast Guard and a local tug, while searchers scoured Bodkin Point and the beach area for the others amid heavy rain and 60 mph winds.
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Baltimore
Arundel
Coast Guard Ealter Violet
Frank A. Furst
Coast
Coast Guardsmen Were Patrolling the Beach On the Bodkin Point
Ocean City
Rainfall Tops Two Months as Weather Clears
The heaviest rainfall in two months ended today with Sunday totals nearly matching October's full month. Rivers rose and turned muddy as 1.19 inches fell in the period. December forecasts promise clearing skies and warmer weather. Deeds were recorded: Earl F. Hargett and wife sold Willow avenue property to Charles H. Martin for about 7500 dollars. Charles D. Thomas sold 106 acres in Hauvers district to Robert N. Martin for about 34500 dollars.
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Frida
Hammers Ferry
Earl F. Hargett
Charles H. Martin
Willow Avenue
Hargett
Charles D. Thomas
Robert N. Martin
Hauvers
Tehran Earthquake Kills 200 Injures Thousands
A powerful quake struck near Meshed in eastern Iran killing about 200 and injuring thousands. The disaster damaged the Gowhar Shad Mosque area and triggered tremors felt across observatories in Northern Iran. Fordham University in New York compared the quake's strength to major historic events.
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Tehran
Iran
Meshed
Gowharshad
Khorasan
Imam Riza
West Bromwich
Eng
Fordham University
New York
Fordham
Fukui
Japan
Vishinsky Bored By UN Debate On Berlin Blockade
Paris October 6 Vishinsky the Soviet deputy quietly observed the opening Berlin crisis debate at the United Nations Security Council then showed boredom by reading a French socialist paper He later indicated he might not participate in hearings while Jessup the U S delegate urged measures to ensure Berlin's safety and subsistence stating the blockade must be lifted before further talks.
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Paris
U_ N
Security Council
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Andrei
Vishinsky
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Philip C
Ahen Jessup
Columbia University
Jessup
Germany
Council of Foreign
Fire Damages Warren Vice Presidential Train Enroute
A blaze in the journal box of Gov Earl Warren's rear car on the Vice Presidential special disrupted the trip toward Cincinnati. The fire forced detachment and left the family with only clothes needed for Chicago. Train slipped 21 hours behind schedule as repairs were made.
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Warren
Chicago
Earl Warren
Cav
Incinnati
Marsville
Montgomery Charter Is Sustained by Court Action
The Court of Appeals ruled that Montgomery County may place its proposed charter on the November general election ballot for a referendum. The decision overturns a lower court ruling striking parts of the charter and dismisses a complaint by Hubert A. Schneider. The charter would establish a county manager and a seven member council with funds power during a June session. It outlines a limited form of home rule amid ongoing Maryland debates.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Montgomery County
Hubert A. Schneider
Bethesda
Schneider
Maryland
Frederic P. Lee
County Commissioners
Election Supervisors
Charter Board
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
H. Warren Buckler
Buckler
Britain presses for yes or no on atomic control from Russia
Paris dispatch reports British demand for a clear yes or no from the Soviet Union on accepting a fully effective world control system before a United Nations ban on the atomic bomb. Hector McNeil asks three pointed questions while Jakob Malik reiterates Moscow’s simultaneous ban and control proposals as SPAAK schedules a vote after debate.
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Paris
Britain
Russia
Hector McNeil
United States
United Nations
U. N
Eta
Jakob A. Malik
Mc_Neil
Malik
Paul-Benni Spaak
Belgium
Six Months For Theft In Thurmont Grocery
Robert Smith 19 of Thurmont was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to larceny of about 19 dollars in goods from the East End grocery in Thurmont on September 14. Magistrate William J. Stoner presided, with State Trooper Kenneth D. Bind leading the investigation.
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East End
Thurmont
Robert Smith
House of Correction
William J. Stoner
Cuilix Smith
Washington County
Hagerstown
Smith
Kenneth D. Bdnd
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Philip Co. Turner
Granville Hibberd
Nelson Phelps
State Fair Board
Ineal Fair
Alide
County Milk Association
Tax Commission
Future Farmers of America
Frederick Fair
Maryland Ffa
University of Maryland
J. J. Lardner
Kenmore, Wash
Lewis
Feller
U. 5
Reds
Steels
Pi—Steel
Montgomery
Thurmont Grocery
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