Negro Dies In Fire That Razes Cabin
Herbert Stewart about 60, known as Blackfoot, died in a blaze that destroyed his one story two room cabin near Point of Rocks on the Doubs road. State Trooper Bruchey said Stewart lived alone and appeared trying to start a fire for breakfast when flames overtook him. The body was found near a kitchen door after the Independent county engine arrived. A three legged dog survived in a box outside. The front kitchen door was nailed shut and the house was tin covered. Death certified accidental by burns. Funeral arrangements listed with M. R. Etchison and Son. Authorities investigated with Deputy Sheriff Paul B. Rhoads.
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Herbert Stewart
Point of Rocks
Doubs Road
Bruce Bruchey
Stewart
Independent County
Bruchey
Agoa
James Webb
Annapolis
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Blackfoot
Sherif Paul B. Rhoads
October Rain Brings Near Normal Monthly Total
A night of steady showers produced 1.01 inches of rain, edging October toward normal with five days remaining. Cooler weather was forecast and skies cleared in the morning. The Monocacy River was cloudy and muddy at Buckeystown, while the Potomac stayed cloudy and tributaries fed the river inflow.
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Buckeystown Dam
Potomac
Community Chest Drives Near Target With $20,108 Raised
The Community Chest reports $20,108 in hand and 86 percent of the goal reached. Two committees exceed their quotas, Professional Group led by Leo T. Waterman and Fraternal chaired by Benjamin L. Shuff. Colored section canvass begins with M. G. Bourne Jr. in charge. Lincoln Tailoring Association contributing $26.73. Some groups still seek small extra sums to top their quotas.
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Leo T. Waterman
Benjamin L. Shuff
M. G. Bourne, Jr
Steelworkers To Ask For Increase In Pay
Philadelphia October 26 United Steelworkers of America 900 000 members will seek a healthy wage increase as soon as possible. President Phillip Murray served notice on the steel industry but did not specify the amount.
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Philadelphia
P—Cid
Phillip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
American Red Cross Girl Disappears In Venezia Giulia
A Trieste dispatch quoted by Ansa says an American Red Cross worker vanished in Venezia Giulia. The girl, last seen in Udine, identity withheld until relatives are notified, per the U S Army 65th Division report.
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Rome
Ansa
Trieste
U. S. Army
Red Cross
Venezia Giulia
Udine
Maritime Men End Gulf and East Coast Strike
Con ciliator Frederick Livingston announced the end of the maritime strike on the Gulf and East coasts. New York, Ovi. April 26. 0-3.
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New York
Ovi
Frederick Livingston
Gulf
East Coasts
Textile Stocks Forced Out By Market Drop
Washington Oct 26 Civilian Production officials said the cotton market break and higher CPA ceiling prices have flushed out textile stocks some mills had withheld from the market The CPA compliance director Morris S Verner Jr noted some mills held considerable cloth and that the situation may correct itself Manufacturers rushed to dispose of inventories to avoid falling prices as ceilings rose for finished items.
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Washington
CPA
Morris S. Verner, Jr
Verner
Milig
OPA
Coal Contract Under Study
Justice Department examined the government mining contract with United Mine Workers to avert the looming Nov 1 walkout by 409000 soft coal miners. Krug faces possible exit if the contract fails. John L Lewis seeks a wage meeting next Friday as elections approach. Attorney General Clark assigned George Washington to review the May 29 agreement to settle a 59 day stoppage and decide who is right.
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Washington
UCI
Justice Department
United Mine Workers
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
John L. Lewis
UMW
Tom C. Clark
George Washington
Lewis
Clark
Five Moslem League Ministers Sworn In New Delhi
Five Moslem League ministers in India's interim government take office to complete a 14 member coalition cabinet. At Viceroy Lord Wavell's lodge, ministers for Finance, Commerce, Communications, Health and Legislative portfolios swore allegiance alongside Congress ministers. Outside gates, League supporters cheered for the party's entry and for Pakistan, the demand of the League.
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New Delhi
India
Winda
Lord Wavell
League
All-India Congress Par
George VI
The
Pakistan
Congress
Fr Slade Transferred To Glenburnie Church
Rev. Arthur C. Slade, pastor of St. Francis Catholic church in Brunswick, is transferred to the new Holy Trinity parish in Glenburnie. Rev. Robert A. McCormack becomes pastor at St. Francis, moving from St. Agnes in Woodlawn. Appointments take effect noon Friday, November 8.
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Arthur C. Slade
St. Francis Catholic Church
Brunswick
Holy Trinity
Glenburnie
Archdichan Curlers
Robert A. McCormack
St. Francis Church
St. Agnes Church
Woodlawn
Fr. Slade
St. John’s Church
GOP Attacks widen as 1948 election nears
In a sweeping national prelude to the November 5 elections GOP orators accused Democrats of permitting a totalitarian federal program, predicted a GOP victory and a 1948 presidential win. Leaders like Col. Philip LaFallette and Senator Taft attacked Truman and PAC influence, while Warren and Luce urged anti-lynching and civil rights action amid party clashes.
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Associated Press
Congress
Philip LaFallette
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Mich
GOP
PAC
Democratic Congress
Lister HU
Alabama
Hill
Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
Alben Barkley
Senate
Audientes
Andrew J. May
Chairman May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Garsson Munitions Combine
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Truman
Los Angeles
Jand
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
New York
Wallace
Trumans Go To Shangri La Camp Trip
President Truman and Mrs. Truman depart the White House for Shangri La in the Catocsin mountains near Thurmont Maryland. They plan a two hour stay for dinner and expect to return tomorrow after lunch. The trip restores memories of past visits and Roosevelt used the camp during the war.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Catocsin Mountains
Maryland
Thurmont
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Shangri-La
High School Pupils Get 25 Cent Hot Plate Subsidy
Frederick Maryland launches a nationwide subsidized lunch program in its schools. A 25 cent plate lunch with turkey, dressing, milk and sides is now available at Frederick High and other campuses. Substantial federal and state subsidies support the effort, with plans to expand to more city and county cafeterias.
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Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
M. J. Crogthan
Ischanle
Parkway School
Washington Street
Elm Street
Lincoln School
North Market Street
Frederick High School
Board of Education
NSJ
Leone Brown McNeil
Agha Mote
Wise
Frederick ‘Wigh Se’pok
McNair
Green Parrot
Emmitsburg
Croghan
F. H
Miss Trotter Becomes Bride in Presby Church Wedding
Miss Mary Charlotte Trotter of Baltimore formerly of Atlanta wed Stoddard Smith Boutsan of Baltimore formerly Buckeystown. The ceremony at 12.30 pm featured yellow and white chrysanthemum decorations and palms, with Rev. W Merval Weaver officiating. The bride wore a beige suit with snakeskin slippers and a wine velvet hat, an orchid accent, and was given away by her step-brother Ralph Alonzo Johnson of Washington. Continued on Page 3.
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Presbyterian Church
Mary Charlotte Trotter
Baltimore
Atlanta
Stoddard Smith Boutsan
Buckeystown
W. Merval Weaver
Weburen
Ralph Alonzo Johnson
Washington
American Legion
Bart
Chiropractors Open Meeting at Key Hotel Convention
More than 100 persons registered this morning at the Francis Scott Key hotel for the semi annual convention of the Maryland Chiropractic Association Inc. Doctors and wives from various cities attend a program of professional and business sessions and a banquet and dance set for this evening at six. Dr Paul B Kallaway of Frederick serves as president and on the convention committee joined by Drs E A Thompson chairman D Luther Beegel F A Edmonds Ls Mariotte Hesson Fred B Kehne R D Stickell and Malcolm Tickney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
Maryland Chiropractic Association, Inc
Paul B. Kallaway
Frederick
D. Luther Beegel
F. A. Edmonds
Mariotte Hesson
Fred B. Kehne
R. D. Stickell
Malcolm
Tickney
Apartment Owners Seek Rent Decontrol at National Convention
Baltimore reports delegates plan to debate a strike against OPA rent controls at the National Apartment Association convention in Oklahoma City November 16 to 19. President George M. Englar asked OPA chief Paul Porter for a conference to present proposals for fair rents and an orderly decontrol, noting rising costs while rents stay frozen. Some local associations have passed resolutions calling for action. In Chicago Warren Howes of Gaithersburg Md enters the Maryland docket with a Percheron horse exhibit at the International Livestock Exposition starting November 30.
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Baltimore
OPA
National Apartment Association
George M. Englar
Paul Porter
Oklahoma City
Englar
Porter
Chicago
Warren Howes
Gaithersburg
U S Trained Chinese Win Two Victories at Antung
U S trained Chinese armies moved toward Antung on the Korea border, with the 2nd Army driving southeast along the Mukden Antung railway and the Sixth Army advancing toward the port. Antung fell after swift government assaults as Communist forces retreated toward Manchurian interior. Chefoo remained under heavy shelling as a potential escape point for Communist units.
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Peiping
Uo S
Bute
Chefoo
China
Antoung
Yellow Sea
MCU
Cheton
Antung
Hwanjen
Tsain
Inventor claims $320 prefab house to ease housing shortage
Frederick reporters note inventor Ivan R. Crenming says his Ply-Plastic mix of three quarters sawdust and a cheap molding product can form a 22 by 28 foot home in a week for 320 dollars. He plans to build on land west of Frederick and urges GI driven corp to organize homes for ex service men using his formula.
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Ivan R. Crenming
Frederick
Jim. Cumming
Carroll Parkway
Sh Teaye Raradd
Gis
Cumming
Almons: Miei
Tathe
Co. Liovd &, Fellens
Camp Detrick
Col Feller
Detrick
Sueni
qSs
Meade J
Thessaly skirmishes kill 30 roving band members
Report states 30 roving band members were killed in two skirmishes in Thessaly yesterday. seven Greeks died in the same raids.
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Tlis
Thessaly Wes
Greece
Packing Gun Gives Added Authority Packing Gun Gives Added Authority
DEWITE MACRENALE Av Foreign Affairs Analyst argues Russia seeks peace and uses force to secure influence. He notes Soviet troops across Europe, predicts no major war but warns of potential flashpoints in Dardanelles Greece and Austria. He questions Moscow’s aims and the danger of small upheavals becoming global conflicts.
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Dewite Macrenale
Winaten Churchild
Cosine Srs
Europe
Lia Cpeeels
Britain
Ian Purhyne
Leon
Ans
Whatley
Churchith
Jeff
McNeil
Aise
Moscow
Courehill
Soviet Union
Russia
Cme Pome Eamet
Pha
Balkan
Dardanelles
Austria
U. W. Security Council
Australia and Cuba oppose veto power reform stance
London dispatch reports Peter Orlov stating Australia and Cuba did not propose UN veto reform on their own initiative. He argues they oppose the Anglo American coalition’s aims, not the principle, and criticizes Paris Peace Conference for neglecting small nations' real interests.
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London
Moscow
India
Australia
Cuba
United Nations
Peter Orlov
Man And Woman Drown in Canoeing Accident
A man and a woman drowned early today when their canoe capsized in the Potomac River near Washington. They were identified as Patton A. Pattern, 31, and Mrs. Marion Linds, 32, of Arlington and Washington after police said they borrowed a canoe from William F. Martin of Artington following a cottage party on the river bank.
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Washington
Potomac River
Marion Lings
Noth
William F. Martin
Artington
Patton
Goering Poison Possibility Hinges on Capture Time
Four power commission says Goering may have poisoned himself around capture time. It cannot place the poison in his body during imprisonment but notes it was likely in his digestive tract at some stage. Commission clears US guards and German workers of blame and affirms security measures.
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Nuemberg
Get
Hermann Goering
No. 2 Navi
Tne
Goering
Commission
Atd
Isis
Goeringseei
U. S. Army
Thieves Take More Jewels in London Robberies
Scotland Yard reported two jewel thefts in London involving 40 000 dollars stolen from the Marchioness of Hartington in Orme Square and 3 200 dollars in diamonds from Lady Piers Legh at St James Palace. Gems and furs valued at 20 000 dollars were also taken from an Orme Square home. Police noted similarities to a recent high profile theft from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor as they hunted a master criminal. The St James Palace victim, Lady Piers Legh, is the former Sarah Park Bradford of Nashville Tennessee, widow of Capt. Alfred Shaughnessy.
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London
Marchioness of
Hartington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Scotland Yard
Orme Square
St. James Palace
Piers Legh
Calbirelar
Duke and Duchess of
Windsor
Piers Lagu
Sarah Park Bradford
Nashville
Piers
Prince of Wales
Lady Hartington
Westminster
Smith Square
Kathleen Kennedy
Barkley Wife Critically Ill. Senate Leader Returns
Mrs Alben W Barkley suffered heart trouble and was reported critically ill at her Washington home prompting Senate Majority Leader to interrupt a western stump speech and fly back from Salt Lake City where he spoke last night. Barkley, from Paducah Kentucky, married in 1903 and has three children.
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Washington
Snow In Montana And Mild Weather In East
The Chicago Weather Bureau reports snow in Montana with mild warmth in the East. Snow measured 13 inches at Cut Bank, while colder air stretched from the northwest to the Dakotas and across Minnesota and Wisconsin. South and east of the system the weather was fair, with rain on the eastern seaboard and a forecast of moving off to bring clearer skies and rising temperatures.
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Associated Press
Chicago Weather Bureau
Cut Bank
Mont
San Francisco
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
California
Florida
Quiet Saturday Market Sags as Leaders Drift
On a slow Saturday in New York trading, scattered favorites showed little advance while several leaders held a lower drift. The session marked one of the slowest in two years, with volume thinning amid cautious sentiment.
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New York
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Glenburnie Church
Trumans
U.S
Miss Trotter
Mr. Boutson
Chiropractors
South
Manchuria
Barkley
East
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