January Thaw to open Community Players season at Winchester Hall
The Community Players will stage January Thaw as the season opener at the refurbished Winchester Hall theater November 15 16 17. James Decker who directed Mountain Theater returns to direct the new production with auditions announced for Chester Hall next Tuesday at 8 o clock. Rehearsals begin soon as members and patrons are urged to join the annual membership drive with limited seating at Winchester Hall and tickets available at The Smoke Shop Frederick and to members.
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Community Players
Winchester Hall
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James Decker
Mountain Theater
Chester Hall
Decker
Xy. Harvey
Cominy
Smokelop
Frederick
Stolen Auto Case Tangles Maryland Police and Extradition
Baltimore youth known as Black escaped from the State Reformatory at Breathedsville on Thursday was captured Friday in Eales, Virginia, in a truck stolen from a farm near Middletown. He has received extradition and will be returned for prosecution. The vehicle was traced after being abandoned on Route 26 with removed tags.
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Breathedsville
Eales
Middletown
Black
Joseph Huffer
Huffer
Barracks G
Randstown
DeSoto
Bernedt Brust, Jr
Shookstown
Working Place
Third Avenue
Linswick
Ssell R. Beaver
Unionville
Richard A. Myers
Claiborne Harris
Silver King
Montgomery
Maryland Draft Records Show Higher Pass Rates
Baltimore October 6 Mary says Maryland’s September draft rate led the nation with 69 of every 100 registrants passing Army physical and mental tests versus a national average of 47. July saw 52 percent of draftees rejected and September fell to 30.9 percent. Colonel Henry C Stanwood director of Selective Service in Maryland notes local boards now screen initial draftees better. Maryland’s September quota of 735 has been met with 119 men already sent to training centers toward the October quota of 739.
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Marylet
Maryland
Army
Henry C. Stanwood
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Selective Service
Mary
Tanwood
Split in Austrian Communists after failed Russian backed campaign
Vienna reports a deep split in the Austrian Communist movement following a failed strike and disruption drive. Extremists pushing for a broad traffic stoppage and seizures may be purged, with observers predicting leadership changes, possibly ordered from Moscow. The week long general strike collapsed despite rail and communications blockades in the Russian zone. About 50,000 workers returned to work by morning.
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Austria
Kremlin
Red
Wholesale Prices Off Slightly In Last Week
Wholesale prices fell 0.3 percent in the week ended October 3, with the index at 168.3 percent of the 1926 average. Farm and food prices declined seasonally while commodities outside farm/food rose 0.5 percent. The comprehensive monthly index rose about two percent in September to roughly 169.5 percent of the 1926 average.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Reds
Bureau
Hagerstown Rejects Hecht Co. Shopping Center Plan
Hagerstown on Oct. 6 rejected the Hecht Company proposal to build a shopping center on the city's northern edge. The 4 to 0 vote with one abstention followed zoning-commission guidance for residential zoning in the northeast area where many large homes stand. Opponents argued title deeds forbid commercial use of the land.
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Hecht Company
Baltimore
Washington
Anniversaries and history milestones from 1812 to 1942
Today in history and notable births and deaths span Alfred Hobbs and James Riley to Bronson Howard and Martha Berry. Entries mark events from the Stamp Act repeal to the Boulder Dam era, including Poe’s death in 1849 and the Lost Battalion rescue in 1918.
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England
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Richard H. Anderson
Sumter Co
S. C
Bronson C. Howard
Detroit
James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
Bunker Hill Monument
Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe
Western Front
Dixie Highway
Secretary of the Interior
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
John L. Lewis
C. L QO
Rulings on affidavits and Navy suspension noted
The 1947 National Labor Relations Board ruling held top labor officials need not sign non Communist affidavits. only heads of local state and international unions must. In 1948 Captain John G Crommelin was suspended by Navy head. Today's birthdays include Henry A Wallace born in Adair county Iowa 82 years ago James E Webb born in Grantville North Carolina 44 years ago James D Wise president of Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co born in Greencastle Indiana 52 years ago Harry A Bullis chairman of Gen
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John G. Crommelin
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Adair County
Iowa
James E. Webb
Grantville Co
N. C
James D
Obscure Birth Notices From Hastings and Boston
The text lists individuals with origins and ages including Gerald Mills from Minneapolis born in Hastings Nebraska sixty years ago and Dr Robert Cummins Universalist Church head from Boston born Sidney Ohio fifty three years ago alongside Dr Niele Vohr a noted Danish figure described as a bomb maker born eighty three years ago. It then pivots to a cryptic horoscope warning about mental impressions quick action right spirit yet duplicity and advice to avoid self indulgence while urging mental fortitude and careful associations with the opposite sex.
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Eral Mills
Minneapolis
Hastings
Nebr
Robert Cummins
The
Universalist Church
Boston
Sidney
Ohio
Niele Vohr
Phydelt
Taneytown observes Rally Day and church dedications
Taneytown observes Rally Day at Taneytown Evangelical United Church on October 15 to mark dedication services for a completed building renovation. Trinity Lutheran marks Brotherhood Sunday with Cub Pack charter presentation by area Scout executive Mrs. Harry J. Reindollar. Barbara Young attends county home demonstrator event with 4-H leaders Belva Koons and Jo Anne Koons. Nearly 50 members with eight new joins in senior and junior clubs, including Janet Forsythe and Patsy.
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Taneytown
Donald Mueller
Canadaigua
N. Y
Barbara Young
Westminster
Belva Koons
Jo- Anne Koons
Miss Young
Janet Forsythe
Shirley Forsythe
Marian Miller
Fairy Frock
Patsy
Local seniors plan Oct meets and scouts report
Nancy Keefer Donna Bol Unger Sandra Remsburg Miss Mairy Brock accompanied the group in singing. Seniors hold Oct 18 meeting at Mira Patricia Wantz's home. Juniors meet at Miss Lois Brown's home. Cpl George S Lambert Fr Monroe Va visited family. Mrs Joli Snook Frederick spending time with sister Mrs Cora Dutleva. Mrs Anna Zinn Charles Town W Va visiting sister Mrs J Albert Angell. Zinn age 80 Angell 84. Girl Scout troop No 2 met with leader Mrs William Rittese. Textile painting demonstrated. bake sale netted $20. Mrs Rittase and committee attended County Gil Scout Leader's Association in Westminster. Dead Sea is 1,290 feet below sea level.
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Lis
Cora W. Dutleva
Anna Zinn
Charles Town
W. Va
J. Albert Angell
Zinu
Angell
Kuremen
Teader
Walliam Rittese
Rittase
Walter Eckard
Charles D. Baker
County Gil Scout Leader's Association
Methodist
Westminster
Local Classes Announced for Youth at Frederick Schools
The News reports city youth programs starting this fall. A water house class at Staley Park under Miss Charlotte Koontz targets girls ten and older meeting Mondays. Bud Crutchley leads a boys craft class at North Market Street School starting at 7 p.m. Open to boys citywide. Additional classes to start later in fall.
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Ote
Part Time Recreation Program Begins Monday in Frederick City
Monday evening inaugurates a part time recreation program for Frederick City youth. Three craft classes meet from 6 30 to 8 00 p m at Washington Street School for ages up to 10 under Mrs Geraldine Kline, inviting children citywide to enjoy making items as teens join the handicraft class at the recreation center.
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Frederick City
Washington Street
Geraldine Kline
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