Fined $100 In Trial In Local Court
Wilbur R. Freeze of Thurmont is fined 109 and costs after a local court finds him in possession of a pacecar racing machine. Sheriff and deputies seized the device during a March 30 search at Freeze’s establishment and home. the machine was operated briefly for observation but not connected at the time. Freeze claimed the machine was purchased as legal. the judge noted the illegal status of such devices has long been in effect.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Wilbur R. Freeze
Thurmont
Game & Gem
Freeze
Edwin F. Nikirk
Alexander
Nikirk
Alton
Bennett
Magerstown
Tal Timne
Robert Wallace
Wallace
Leo Proctor
Silver Spring
Proctor
Austin James
William G. Holder
Holder
Donald DeBoid
Sabillasville
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Richard &. Zimmerman
de Bold
Long Time Before Supplies Available
Maryland dealers said edible vegetable oils and fats are free of price controls but unlikely to reach stores in quantity for months. WB Castell noted that oil inventories are exhausted and lifting ceilings may spur production, with five weeks until hog slaughter and hog lard flow, and cottonseed and ora beans just beginning to rise with the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
WB. Castell
Byrnes Returns From Paris Peace Conference
Secretary of State Byrnes arrived in Washington from the Paris peace talks and said the 21-nation conference made progress toward organized peace in Europe. He called the effort not a failure and planned a White House call with President Truman for a first in-person meeting since the Wallace criticism episode.
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Washington
Byrnes
Europe
National
Truman
Atlantic
State Department
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Vanderberg R-Michi
Byrne
Paris
Meat Situation Eases In Some Local Stores
The meat situation is improving in portions of local stores though most still lack ample supplies. Beef predominates on counters with prices nine to fifteen cents above pre control levels while a few stores report rare ham arrivals and packers resume operations slowly.
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Truman
Ont Packer
Defacing Windows Reported Ahead of Fallowe'en
Reports reach police of window vandalism in city districts as marks appear with soap or a scarce substitute. Early signs show windows defaced in several sections, sparking inquiries into the substance used and potential motives before the Halloween period.
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Fallowe’en
Rimini Brigade Seizes Three Villages North of Larissa
In Kissaves mountains, Rimini brigade units won control of three mountain villages from leftist bands near Larissa. Official announcement confirms the seizure and reports shifted authority to government forces in the region.
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Larissa
Greece
Rimini Brigade
Kissaves Mountains
Roosevelt Demands Russian Lend Lease Fulfillment
Washington reports reveal President Roosevelt in 1942 pressed that all Moscow protocol promises be fulfilled despite impact on US war production. WPB action sought to balance aircraft and weapon needs with Moscow terms and involved Joint Chiefs review of trimming nonessential demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M Nelson
Civilian Production Administration
Minutes of the
Wes
Russia
Moscow
Har Hae Speier
Nelson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
D 2
Meat prices and disrupted picket lines in Pittsburgh
Washington meat prices show hamburger and T bone steak at 1.10 per pound while rib roasts cost 19 cents. In Pittsburgh police broke up reinforced picket lines at the Duquesne Light Company headquarters as clashes injured a worker during the day.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Santa Claus To Carry Bigger Pack Of New Toys At Christmas
Chicago reports Santa will bear his heaviest Christmas load since 1941 with wartime shortages fading. Toy makers note reintroduced items such as electric trains and metal wagons, while cannons and tanks wane. Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward publish large toy catalogs. mail order houses promise early shopping. New items include electronic toys, a pocket camera, an electric kitchen range, and the returning magleskin dolls.
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Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Papa
Sears, Roebuck and Company i
Montgomery , Weed and Company
Jeep
SWNT
Baby Tsn
Markey Advocates 50 Percent Federal Payroll Cut At Maryland Talk
United States Senate candidate D John Markey outlines a plan to reduce federal payroll from 3.6 million to about 1.8 million in a Maryland University talk. He criticizes CIO alien leaders, discusses foreign policy, and proposes a wartime scale budget totaling 23 billion dollars with veterans and defense spending.
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College Park
D. John Markey
United States Senate
Maryland
University of Maryland
Markey
CIO
Goering Died Without Receiving Communion
Prison officials report Hermann Goering died without taking communion a day after requesting it from a Protestant jail chaplain. Captain Gereckeci refused due to his high status and alleged arrogance, calling the act sacrilegious. A separate note states the plant patent act of 1931 has issued 612 plant patents, 299 for roses.
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Nuernberg
Gej
Hermann Goering
oMnals
H. F. Gereckeci
St. Louis
Goering
Livestock Prices Surge Amid Flooding Markets
Chicago reports 35,000 hogs in, direct to packing houses, as floods push receipts across major western markets. Omaha shows 9,000 hogs, 2,000 cattle, 8,000 sheep at opening. Nationwide totals: 135,000 hogs, 95,500 prior day, 80,800 cattle, 63,400 sheep. Hog prices dip from peaks but top at 23.00. record 27.50 previous day. Cotton and grain futures fall as decontrol looms. Allan Robertson of Goucher College to retire in June.
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Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
Nebr
Walllneg
Truman
Goering death and executions spark Allied press clash
British papers blamed U S authorities for delaying Goering's death announcement and the hangings while American PR officers defended the joint control council's news policy. Reports said the bodies of Goering and the ten Nazis were cremated to avoid grave secrecy, and an effigy of Goering was found hanging at Caxton Gibbet.
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Uy We Contral Council
Goering
Math Ias
Dana
Daily Express
Dliver
Control Council
Joseph. T. McNarney
London
Exchange Telegraph
Nuernberg
WWE Mars
Cambridge
Eng
Hermann Gol
Caxton
Great North Road
Truman to Address United Nations Assembly in New York
President Truman will address the opening session of the United Nations Assembly in New York on October 23, following a White House conference at which he praised Secretary of State James F. Byrnes for his leadership at the Paris peace conference. Wheat prices showed active trading in Chicago as of October 17.
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Washington
White House
Truman
United Nations Assembly
New York
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Same Plays Being Called In Greece
J M Roberts Jr analyzes Greek turmoil and outside meddling as European powers weigh support to Athens amid the Greek insurgents and questions of Red influence. He notes no major foreign action is likely soon, with Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria steering their own course alongside Moscow. Three arrests follow, with four suspects charged in a local disturbance.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Acerbaijian
Tehran
Russia
Joe Je ' Ddi
Iran
Gresce
United States
United Nations
Arpy
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Azerbaijan
Epirus
Thrace
Mandeania
Movin
Albania
Mongolia
Athens
Dardanelles
Dardanelles Haels
Moscow
Property deed transfers 34 acres in Woldsboaro district
The clerk’s office records a deed for about 34 acres with improvements in the Woldsboaro district from Mr and Mrs Norman Surely to Mr and Mrs Elmer J Measell for around $4000, per revenue stamps. Market notes indicate steady prices with cautious trading in today’s session.
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Woldsboaro
Norman
Elmer J. Measell
Plane crash near Laramie kills 13 in snowstorm
A chartered passenger plane from Oakland to Cheyenne crashed near Laramie Wyoming in a binding snowstorm. Civil Aeronautics Authority identified the operator as National Air Transport Service. Of the 13 aboard, one died at the scene and 12 died in hospital or later. eight were sailors. The crash occurred one mile north of the airport on Snowy Range highway amid two inches of fresh snow. Principal coroner Knight announced identification would await passenger lists.
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Larame
Wyo
Oakland
Calif
Cheyenne
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Nati Air Transport Service
Albany County
EL Lh
Knight
Laramie
Sailory
Tee Adtree
Snowy Range
Controls On Coffee Off At White House Price Decontrol
OPA removed price ceilings on coffee to speed decontrol as White House moves to scrap wage controls and food price caps. The agency cited industry data showing supply and demand in balance and noted this marked the first formal approval of a petition by the coffee industry advisory committee.
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Washington
OPA
White House
Coffee Industry Advisory Committee
County Team Places Second in Livestock Show Contest
A 4 H Club team from Montgomery County earned second place in the Montgomery Livestock Show live stock judging contest at the Baltimore Livestock Show. Winners list includes Frederick County and Carroll County teams, lamb champ Harlan Bee, reserve champ Fred Fry, and various cattle and hog prizes across multiple consignors and locations.
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Baltimore
Montgomery County
Fred Fry
Laytonsville
Spring Valley Hereford Farms
Poolesville
Arnold Hemp
Chicago
Charles Carroll, Jr
Eilicott City
W. Cc. Hanson & Son
Gaithersburg
Johnson and Lang
Bridgeford
W. Va
Frank Eppes
Leesburg
Weather Summary Data Report
The 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am is none. Yesterday's high was 70, 76 a year ago. Last night low 37, a year ago 46. Sunset 5.31 pm, sunrise 6.23 am tomorrow. Moonset tomorrow 27.37 pm. Rivers listed as Monocscy lear at Ceresville and Potomac elear Jat Brunswick.
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Ceresville
Potomac
Elear
Brunswick
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Ray ‘) Gosthius
Fred
Griven
China
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Lalos
Santa Claus
Ayrou Et Sa
PAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
America
Tito
Ru Markey
Germany
Japan
Ienc
Allan Robertson
Goucher College
Assembly of U.N
Geraldine Thompson
Catherine White
Junious Armstrong
North Bentz Street
Frank Dorsey
Ben Phebus
Onc
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