Will provisions name church and home for the aged as residuary beneficiaries
The will of Mrs Isie Birley Getty filed in Orphans Court names the Frederick Presbyterian Church the Home for the Aged and two area hospitals as residuary legatees. Executors order cash conversion to pay taxes so legacies are free of claims. Personal bequests include 25,000 to Mrs William T Smith and various items to Hood College and listed relatives. The will dated August 23 1948 names multiple bequests and residuary shares. it also directs upkeep funds for Mount Olivet Cemetery. The estate value is estimated at 125000 to 200900 with Hood College receiving personal effects. The will was witnessed by Elizabeth C Shuff and Benjamin H Shuff.
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Frederick Presbrterian
Isie Birely Getty
Orphans Court
Erning
Register of Willsarry D
Presbyterian Arch
Home For
Ashington County Hospital
Agerstown
Homeopathicospital
Washington
Getty
J. Walteretty
Smithsburg
Frederick
New Windsor
Hood College
Benjamin L. Shufi
Elizabeth C. Shuff
Benjamin II
Shuff
William T. Smith
R. D
Ringgold
BR. D
Arthur T. Wahlberg
Arthur Lavenue
Sng. Calif
Ralph Coe
Harry Garret
Fourteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Edna L. Evans
West William Street
Decatur
Testatrix
Herbert R. Getty
Ephraim Hill
Residuum
Mount Olivet
Ms. Gettr
P. H.C. Birely
Margaret Ellen Birely
J. Walter Getty
Luther Summers
Nancy Lex
East Church Street
Frank Getr
Gettr
Westminster
New Design Road
Getti
Arthur
China Air Force Loses Punch in Civil War
In Nanking on October 7 1946 reports said China’s air force shows reduced power and morale as Communist forces gain. Experts cite declining operable planes poor maintenance and high altitude bombing limits while pilots bear an unequal war burden under Chow Chih Jous command.
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Nanking
China
Tsiwan
Chinsien
New Class of Heavy Cruisers Announced for Navy Day
The Navy unveiled a new 17 000 ton Des Moines heavy cruiser to be commissioned next month at Fore River Shipyards in Quincy Mass. It will feature a fully automatic nine inch 55 caliber main battery loaded fired and aimed by a computer aided system. Des Moines will exceed 30 knots and carry over 1 000 officers and men. Salem and Newport News were also to be completed.
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Associated Press
United States
Navy
Army
Air Force
Continental Congress
America
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Des Moines
Salem
Newport News
County Plan Of State Employment Retirement For Want County
County Commissioners consider adding Frederick county to the states employees retirement system. About 120 workers would qualify, mainly Roads Board staff, with other offices already in the program. Participation would be voluntary for current workers, mandatory for future hires, and the plan includes employer contributions and phased liability amortization. Washington, Montgomery, Dorchester, Harford counties and several towns are already in the system. Downward drift in New York steel shares noted as market moved.
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Frederick County
Roads Board
Court
Register of Wills
Washington County
Hagerstown
Montgomery
Dorchester
Harford
Brunswick Cambridge
Salisbury
Hyattsville
Takoma Park
U S and Allies push for North Atlantic security pact
United States Britain and France agreed to review German reparations and Russia was offered a path to end the Berlin blockade. Western European Union ministers signaled a defensive pact plan with an American led alliance to defend non Communist Europe, with ambassadors to Washington to move toward a treaty after next Tuesday's election.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Russia
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Senate
Europe
Union
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Defense Department
Council of the Western European Union
Five Nations
North Atlantic
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Registration Drops Mark Maryland Voter Decline
Maryland reports 863 951 registered voters for 1948, down from 877 256 in 1944. Republicans lead in only three counties while Baltimore County stays heavily Democratic. A Republican Workers meeting at Hotel Frederick on Saturday plans election strategy.
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Annapolis
Aiost
Allegany
Garrett
Charles
Baltimore County
Charles County
Frederick
L. Leatherman
Republican County Central Committee
Truman Campaign Train Says Rents Could Rise 20 Percent
On the campaign train President Truman warned that if Republicans win in November rents may increase by at least 20 percent come March. He asserted the GOP policy would raise living costs and stressed the need for support to keep prices stable.
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Truman
Stanton Sentenced to Eighteen Months in State Reform
A 23-year-old man named Joseph Stanton received an 18 month term in the State Reformatories for Males after pleading guilty to receiving stolen goods linked to a radio theft at Hollander's Auto Stores. The case involved three indictments for breaking and entering and larceny at local retailers. other indictments were dropped. The judge cited a poor pre-sentence report and Stanton's repeated trouble, noting his ability to buy cars and fine clothes despite earning little.
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State Reformatory
Patrick Schnauffer
Joseph Stanton
Hollander’s
Stanton
Hollander'’s
Sears-Roebuck and Company
Parsons Company
Stan Jton
House of Correction
Kennard Smith
Wolfsville
Smith
Richard E. Zimmerman
Schnauffer
Edwin F. Nikirk
Barber Receives Camden Cafe Estate From Kind Proprietor
Charles Marion, Camden cafe owner and sportsman, left the restaurant and most of his estate worth over 20 000 dollars to his barber Pat Tarossi described as a life long friend. Marion died at 62 last week and had turned down a 90 000 dollar offer for the restaurant. The Camden establishment reopened yesterday after a closure since Marion’s death.
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Camden
N. J
Charles Marion
Camden Cafe
Pasquale
Pat) Tarossi
Tarossi
Marion
Chicago
Eveny
New Jersey
Branscome Fined After Two Car Route 49 Collision
Eldon A. Branscome of Stuart Virginia was found guilty of reckless driving after a two car collision on Route 49 near New Market Sunday afternoon. Damages were about 350 dollars to Branscome's car and 100 dollars to Plunkard's. He paid fine and costs totaling 5.75 dollars.
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Route 49
New Market
Eldon A. Branscome
Stuart
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Charles D.tomobile
Donald Lee Plunkard
Clarksburg
Kard
Virginia
Plunkard
Branscome
Charles Town Cab Found Near Berryville
Charles Town cab driver Frank L Webster reported his taxi stolen after a pickup in Charles Town. Police say the cab was found abandoned near Berryville, Virginia. Webster was forced to drive by a knife-wielding passenger who robbed him of $80 in cash and a diamond ring before the suspects fled.
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Town
W. Va
Ieginia
Frank L Webster
Charles Town
Berryville
Webster
Berrywile
Virginia
South to Rebuild Democratic Party After Election
Post election, Southern editors urge party reorganization to reunify the two party system. Editors from Maryland to Oklahoma propose new leadership, purging radicals, civil rights policy shifts, and greater Southern influence to heal rifts and counter a GOP appeal.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Washingt
Truman
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Dixie Papers
C. M. Stanley
Montgomery. Ala
Thurmond
No New Marshall Plan Grants Without Signed Loans
Washington reports the Economic Cooperation Administration will halt new Marshall Plan grants to European nations unless loan agreements are signed. Britain and Iceland already have loans. aid to France Italy Denmark Sweden Belgium Ireland the Netherlands and Turkey is paused pending negotiations.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Britain
Iceland
Jnew
France
Italy
Denmark
Sweden
Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
Turkey
ECA
Marshall Plan Agency
Howard Bruce
Treland
Manent
Netherlands Indies
Band Leader Artie Shaw Worlds Together On Sixth Marriage
Reno Nev Oct 27 Band leader Artie Shaw faces another marriage challenge as Kathleen Winsor author of Forever Amber visits under an alias Mrs John Grant. Winsor recently established residence in Nevada six days ago, meeting the state's six week rule. Shaw's sixth marriage follows a 1946 Juarez Mexico ceremony after Winsor obtained a Mexican divorce from Robert J Herwig.
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Reno
Nev
Kathleen Winsor
Nevada
Artie Shaw
Miss Winsor
John Grant
Shaw
Juarez
Mexico
Robert J. Herwig
Middletown Man First Inducted by Local Draft Board
Charles Reginald Poffinberger of Middletown Route 2 is the first registrant called under Selective Service Board 45 for induction into the Army. He must report November 5 at the Army processing center in Hagerstown. A second pre induction examination batch may follow earlier in November.
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Charles Reginald Poffinberger
Middletown
Route 2
Selective Service Board 45
Poffinberger
Army
Army Proessing Center
Hagerstown
Haterstown
Munholland Succeeds Here At Sears Store
Munholland, longtime Sears Roebuck manager here, is appointed manager of the company in Hagerstown and plans to move there with his wife. He has 15 years with Sears and previously rose from salesman to assistant manager in Chester. D. W. Hanmore succeeds him here and transfers from Minneapolis as assistant zone officer. The Hanmores are staying at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Outsider Sterope wins the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket defeating top-weight Royal Tara.
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HL. Munholland
Sears Roebuck and Company
Hagerstovnm
Munholland
Chester
Frederick
D. W. Hanmore
Minneapolis
Hitler Commanders Liberated in War Crimes Trial
An American war crimes court acquitted 23 of Adolf Hitler's military leaders in a nine month trial. The panel ruled acts by mid and lower officers did not constitute planning or initiating aggression under international law. Sentences on two counts of war crimes against prisoners and civilians will follow.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
International Tribunal
Wilhelm von Leeb
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Low Countries
France
Hugo Sperrle
Condor Legion
Spain
London
Georg Karl Friedrich von Kuechler
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Russia
Hermann von Hoth
G&3
Hans Reinhardt
Yugoslavia
Hans von Salmuth
Karl Hollidt
Sidm
Otto Schniewind
Karl von Rouques
Hermann Reinecke
People’s Court Tribunals
Texas
Walter Warlimont
Volunteer Corps
WarlitTont
San Antonio
Otto Woehler
Rudolf Lehmenn
Wehrmacht
Wariimont
Johannes Kowitz
Allegany to Build Three New Schools
The Allegany county board votes to issue 2 million dollars in bonds to fund new school buildings at Lonaconing Ellerslie and Mt Savage. Existing funds total 800000. Superintendent Charles L Kopp says the Board of Education is ready to purchase sites immediately.
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Cumberland
Allegany Coi Board of Commissioners
Lonaconing
Ellerslie
Mt. Savage
Charles L. Kopp
Fof Schools
Board of Education
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Chrichsville
Gordon C. Aley
Pittsburgh
Charles A. Carr
Ingram
Gregory Karavanic
Glenshaw
Twin Cities
Dennison
Arlon Lewis
Greyhound
Wolfs ‘Crossing
U. S. Route 36
Here
State Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Chow Chih-Jou
Marseille
Want County Plan of State
New York
Swift U.S
Action On Alliance
West Europe
G. O
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Louis Nordyke
Amarillo
Tex
Glnbe-News
GOP
Republican Party
Lexington
Repu 1
Nat le Orly
Stersburg
Fla
Serateh
Chad
John F. Ayres
Port Arthur
Brainard Cooper
Chattanooga
Hodding Carter
Pulitzer
Greenville
Miss. Democrat-Times
Dewey
Batesville. Ark
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Newmarket
England
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