Airlift Forces Merge Under U S and Britain Command Berlin
U S Air Force Wiesbaden signs to merge airlift tasks under Maj Gen William A Tanner as Lt Gen Lemay and Air Marshal Saunder sign. British deputy Meier to Buckeburg. Union aims to coordinate American and British resources for Berlin relief amid Russian gunfire near Gatow.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
William A. Tanner
Burma
China
Corus FE. Lemay
Europe
Arthur P. M. Saunders
Br Mr
Germany
Trier
W F. Meier
Buckeberg
U.S. Air Force
Lucius BD. Clay
Gatew
Gatow
Feild
Ans
Hallowe'en Budget Up for Frederick Parade Plans
Frederick Hallowe'en Observance Committee will raise its budget from 1000 to fund a big parade on November 3. Eight bands are committed, and prizes in cash merchandise and trophies will be awarded. Parade route rules include police enforcement for noncompliant acts and intensified window lighting to deter vandalism.
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Lloyd C. Cul‘ler
Frederick Hallowe'en Observance Committee, Inc
Elwood Whitmore
Francis Scott Key
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick Fire Companies
Hallowe'en
Hood College
Frederick National Guard
Camp Detrick
Frederick’s
Maryland Draft Register Reaches 125 911
Baltimore reports 125 911 Maryland youths registered for the draft through September 30, with 12 036 under 19 ineligible. About half hail from Baltimore. first group of 143 to be drafted after November 1. December quota set at 226. Fines totaling 3135.44 from Frederick courts distributed to city and state fines, civil and sheriff costs, and agencies. A new downhole weight-control device for oil drills 19 000 feet deep, the tch-weis control, has been developed.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Stanwood
Frederick
George Z. Best
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
Soviet fires Minister of Meat for missing quota
Moscow reports the Presidium appointed Nikolai Smirnov to replace V. Vorobev as Minister of the Seat and Dairy Industry after Vorobev fell nine percent short of his 1948 quota. The Statistical Administration notes Russia’s industrial output surpasses 1940 levels and grain harvest meets prewar benchmarks, signaling strong export potential.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov
V. V. Vorobev
Central Statistical Administration
Vorobev
Russia
V. al Molotov
Statistical Bureau
Hood College Student Recital Prompts Praise In Brodbeck Hall
An acclaimed Hood College Division of Fine Arts recital in Brodbeck Hall featured Miss Harriet Biddle singing Agnus Dei and The Morning Wind, Miss Helen Walker performing Chopin Nocturne, and Miss Lorra ine Ilan playing Arioso. Attendance included Dr. Andrew G. Truxal and Mrs. Truxal, with Praise from professors Catherine Williams and Paul Beckhelm. Enlistments announced for three navy years William Hartrock Clarence May Jr and Robert Renner, sent to Great Lakes for training.
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Hood College Division of Fine Arts
Brodbeck Hall
Catherine Williams
Paul B. Beckhelm
Bizet
Branscombe
Harriet Biddle
Cheverly
Chopin
Helen Walker
Somerset
Handel
Lorraine Ilan
North Plainfield
N. J
Gainsberg
Patricia Swearingen
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
Truxal
Nave
Earl DB. Underwood
Frederick
William Lowell Hartrock
Roscoe Hartrock
Route 1
Myersville
Clarence Franklin May, Jr
Clarence F. May
Thurmont
Robert Kimberley Renner
William G Renner
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Longtime Maryland farmer Lew Kefauver marks 98th birthday
Lew F. Kefauver of Middletown, a retired farmer, former Board of Education member and Maryland legislator, celebrated his ninety eighth birthday last Saturday. Born October 10, 1850, he remains in good health with sharp memory, recalling events from age six. his only handicap is vision loss. He lives with two daughters Emma and Daisy, and has six living siblings from a family of thirteen. A lifelong Republican, he taught Sunday School, and recalls Civil War events in Middletown, the Battle of South Mountain, the Lutheran church era, its destruction, and meeting John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
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Board of Education
Maryland
Lewis F. Kefauver
Middletown
Mr. Kefauver
Kefauver
Emma
Daisy
William
Alden
Washington
Orville
Mount Savage
Howard
Mount Pleasant
Reformed Church of
Republican Party
South Mountain
Lutheran Church
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Breaks Silence In Berlin Debate Vishinsky Slams Door
In Paris on October 15 Andrei Vishinsky broke Russia’s silence in the Security Council Berlin debate by slamming the door on neutrals pressing for East West mediation. He accused them of baiting Russia and refused to participate, while Bramuglia and others pressed for dialogue. The meeting ended with no agreement and hints of a Russian veto on any contrary resolution.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Security Council
Berlin
Council
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Bramuglia
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Canada
China
Colombia
Syria
Belgium
Kremlin
Hraniuglia
T. F. Tsiang
U. S
Britain
France
Four Power Council of Foreign Ministers
Victor Products plans Monday reopening after two week shutdown
Hagerstown October 15 Victor Products President P R Funkhouser says the U S Post Office has unwarrantedly ignored their parcel post deliveries during a wage dispute. He announces operations will resume Monday at both Hagerstown plants after two weeks of mass picketing at plant entrances.
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Hagerstown
R. J. Funkhouser
Victor Products Corp
IU. S. Postofice
West Virginia
Funkhouser
U. S. Post Office
Victor Products Corporation
Plants announce seven cent raise for returning workers
The company official said a seven cent raise would be given to returning workers, raising the hourly minimum to $1.01. The prior minimum of $1.04 an hour is described as among the highest in the region, higher than that in surrounding towns. Dr. Mary P. Warner named Montgomery County health official in Rockville.
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Brattisboro
Associam of America
Effie
Bennra
Hagerstown
Waeknerk
Rockville
Mary P. Warner
National Institute of Health
Montgomery County
Warner
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hood
Brattleboro
Holster-Friesian Association of America
David F. Grossnickle
Union Bridge
Frank E. Hull
Westminster
Wyoming
O. M. Garcia
W. Patrick St
Allen’s Market & Second Sts
Allen
Big Pipe Creek Park
Taneytown
Aid
Cal
Bernie’s Arena
AGS Safe Corp
Third Frederick
CTNTA
Walter Wanger
van Heflin
Susan Hayward
Boris Karloff
Suule London Ward Bond
Richard Long
Introducing Whitheld
Fouk
C&s
West Me
Fila Ag
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Home
S E. Patrick Street
Kemaberg Javed
Stete Key Hotel
McCutcheon’s Cider Press
Wisner Si Telephone
the Druid Theater
Damascus
Amascus
Sober
Stack Brown & md Hatton A
Pius Stuart Erwin
Gienda Farrell
Judy Garland
Fred Astaire
Irving Berlin
Mies
Texas Rangers
Gallant Legion
Jungle Woman” NG Helen "Anrera
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Idaho
Hoosier
Sertat
Gene Autry
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Frank and
Jesse James
Temnes-Herald
Glue Ridge
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E. Patrick St
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