Election Day Holiday Impacts City and County Services
Election Day will be a legal holiday with banks, courts, state offices, and public schools closed. Post offices operate. liquor sales barred until polls close. precinct ballots distributed. deputies list named. Presidential race concludes with Dewey Truman Wallace Thurmond campaigns and voter turnout projections.
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Court House
Election Supervisors
David L. Frye
Buckerstown
Edgar A. Fogle
Thurmont
M. O. Glad Jackson
Howard N. Pearl
Mit Pleasant
william E. Coran_ Jefferson
Visits To 2 New Schools Inform Middletown Site Talk
Middletown residents accompany Commissioners to Glen Burnie and Milford schools to gauge size and cost for a potential Middletown junior senior high. Officials note Glen Burnie and Milford plans are larger than proposed Middletown, with classroom counts and cubic foot costs outlined.
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Board of County Commissioner Board of Education
Middletown
Glen Bur
Reisterstown
Middletown Valley
Commissioner Board
Forddletown
Glen Burnie
Milford School
Councry
Milford
Cen
Samuel H. Young
Rober R. Rhoderick
George C. Dr
George Kent Nicodemus
Sui
Eugene W. Pruitt
City advances street light program with 159 new lights
Lineman Harmon Staley and aides report completion of most installations across suburban sections. About 72 new lights line B32 and Wilson Street corridors, with work continuing in Linden Hills and Madison areas as trees are trimmed and pole placements finish. Also noted is a public sale at the Court House: 41acre property along Middletown to Jefferson sold for $6 49 to Mr and Mrs Aftert DeGrange amid improvements and outbuildings.
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Harmon Staley
Corporation
On O the
Linden Hills
On & Company
Hills
Linden
Eityem
Wilson
Wall Street
Thelin
McCurdy Field
Court House
Middletown
Jefferson
DeGrange
William
IP Sterm
H Kieffer DeLauier
Emarett R. Bowlus
Ard
Coming
Halleck
Rae Gop
Indiana
CE Jeck
Dewey
Henry Wallace
Henry Walace
Progressive Party
Wallace
Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers, Cio
Labor Party
Fishing Creek Reservoir at Low Level Prompts No Immediate Alarm
Frederick's mountain water supply dropped to its lowest point of the year with an estimated 16 009 000 gallons below capacity. Rain could quickly restore levels but no conservation measures are planned yet as outside use remains limited. Weather remains mild transitioning to a two week dry spell with temperatures in the high 60s to near 80 after a recent 72 rise and 30 low.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Madison Square Garden
South
Harry S. Truman
St Louis
Mlissouri
White House
Truman
80Th Congress
Dewer
Henry A. Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Greenback
Vegetarian
Christian National Crusade
GOP
Govamor
Maine
House
Bionday
Herbert Brownell
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wendell Lilkie
Congress
Frederick's
Fishing Creek
Weather Bureau
G. O. P. Driving For Senate And House
Final pre election reports show the GOP Senate and House committees spent 715,749 while the Democratic total was 46,999. Reports exclude candidate personal funds and spending by unions and other groups.
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Washington
Republican Party
House
Senate
Democratic Party
Congress
GOP
Decree Filed In Harshman Court Case
A decree signed by Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer orders payment of 1010 000 to Mrs Lynn J Harshman of Baltimore formerly Walkersville plus taxed costs The Walkersville Water Company stock valued at 6000 is to be transferred to the Clerk of Court for Harshman The suit noted a confidential relationship between Harshman and her daughter in 1938 and involved the estate of Mrs Lera Zimmerman and other Baltimore residents An appeal to the Court of Appeals will be noted
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Tess
Lynn J. Harshman
Baltimore
Walkersville
Walkersville Water Company
Harshman
Ife
Frederick County
A. Brandenburg
Lera Zimmerman
Merr
Brandenburg
Walter C. Zimmerman
Harry M. Staley
Staley
Court of Appeals
Zimmerman
Walter
Barshmen
W. Leroy Qrtel
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Vandenburg
W. Clinton McSherry
Sialers
National Apple Week Observed In City Hall Ceremony
A basket of red apples was presented to Mayor Lloyd Culler at City Hall marking National Apple Week. Elizabeth McCain and Miss Russell H McCain of Hood College wore festive outfits, and the event noted two nearby orchards as city expansion neared. A halting stock market advance followed later in New York.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Maryland Horticultural Socie Marryland Appice Com
Elizabeth McCain
Russell H. McCain
West College Terrace
McCain
Hood College
Maryland Horticultural Society
Winchester
2 Ry
Chest gifts closer to goal in 11 day drive
The First Community Chest campaign led by Rev. Samuel S. Johnston and Edward C. Hartmann reports $18,914.07 raised in eleven days toward a $27,950 goal. A further push is expected as committees anticipate additional reports and a ten percent year over year increase for seven Chest agencies.
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Samuel S. Johnston
Edward C. Hartmann
Bir. Harmann
Construction Permits Issued for Local Buildings and Repairs
The city has issued construction permits totaling over 100000 in recent weeks. Major items include a 380000 permit to the Frederick County Commissioners for extensive jail alterations and repairs, plus several residential and commercial permits such as a 55000 restaurant addition at Park-In Food Shops and other garages, remodels, and new homes across multiple streets and addresses.
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Frederick County
Park-In Food Shops, Inc
Bernard R. Grove, Jr
Charles P. Staley
Price Electric Company
East Second Street
Roy E. Baker
Baltimore and Ohio Avenue
William Ramsburg
Braddock Avenue
Bernard Spring
North Market Street
Chicago Apartment Fire Claims Life in South Side Blaze
A four brick apartment building at 6427 6429 South Harper Avenue in Chicago burned, killing at least one person and injuring eight. Firemen found a charred body on the third floor as about 25 residents were rescued, with others escaping through fire escapes before stairwells collapsed and flames blocked exits.
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Chicago
Harper Avenue
Jackson Park
Anthony Mullaney
Washington in turmoil as election looms and Capitol waits
James Marlow reports a quiet Washington with Congress empty and the State Department muted as Tuesday’s elections approach. The nation watches Dewey’s pledge of a housecleaning and Truman’s calm, while the grand Capitol platform signals a new presidency on the horizon.
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James Marlow
Tor
Washington
Canitel
House
Senate
Congress
State Department
Tate Department
George Marshall
United Nations
Paris
Marshall
U. N
Thomas E. Dewey
Three Die In Rail Wreck At Newbury Vermont
In heavy fog near Newbury Vermont an accident on the Boston and Maine and Canadian Pacific lines killed two engineers and a fireman and injured six others. The collision occurred on a single track with automatic signals between Boston and Montreal. Both engines and several cars derailed.
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Newbury
PRR
Tvro
Boston and M Railroad
Canadien Pacific Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston
Montreal
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds recorded show Air and Mrs Ernest W Ausher man selling to Mr and Mrs L Crun for 14500. Charles H Tre Sr and Mrs to Charles H Clarke Jr for about 12.00. M J Grove Lime Co sells South Pin street property to An n Phelan for about 4509. Suit filed for 2009 damages in Circuit Court by Victor Matiuci against Edna Hartman and the Kanodes for a Baltimore incident on Frederick avenue April 2, 1946, with West Clangest as attorney.
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Gertrude R. Ponton
East Third Street
John E. Nusz
Braddock Avenue
Ralph Crummill
East South Street
Charles E. Miller
Melvin Oden
Lee Place
Sophie Reich
West Third Street
Dwellieg
Claude R. DeLauter, Jr
Qakxwood Drive
Austin Baumganer
East Sixth Street
Ernest C. Wiihice
Church Street
Grace Jones
Walnut Street
Ernest W. Ausherman
L Crun
Charles H. Tre
Charles H Clarke
Thermont
M J Grove Lime Company
South Pin Street
Ann. Phelan
Victor Matiuci
Baltimore
Edna Hartman
Charles E.anode
Charles E Kanode
Frederick County
the Plain
Frederick Avenue
C E. Kanode, Jr
West Clangest
Thenlaintaf
Mukden Captured By Chinese Communists In Manchuria
A long list of local items includes a meeting set for November 10 on beetle and borer control led by the Tri- State Packers Association with University of Maryland entomology experts. The program covers results of recent pest control, a luncheon, and a display at the Fair Grounds. The article also notes a church class dinner of 140 at Evangelical Reformed Church with new officers and a showing of America the Beautiful.
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Tri-S Packers Association
Fais Scott Rey
Departent of
Entomology
University of Maryland
Packers’ Association
Henry Kryemaker
Fair Grounds
The
Evangelical Reformed Church
Roger H. Willard
Earl Rhoderick
Horace Catsail
Thaddeus Biser
Clinton Keller
Fall of Mukden Alters Course of Chinese Civil War
Reports from Nanking state Communist forces seized Mukden in Manchuria, trapping Chiangs loyalists with 400000 troops in the theatre. Chiang Kai-Shek returned from Peiping as observers warned of a decided Communist victory, while calls rose for his retirement and possible U.S. visit.
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Nanking
Mukiden
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mukden
Peiping
Tsinan
Chefoo
Chiang
Tientsin
Hankow
Nanking-Shanghai
Song
University Critic
America
Russians Begin Dismantling Plants in Eastern Germany
American intelligence says the Soviet Union is moving factories in East Germany as a possible step toward pulling out occupation forces. A list of 205 factories to be dismantled by June 1 1949 was reported, including 162 plants already under Soviet title, with operations using German labor and materials. In Annapolis, Mrs. Dixie Storage died from a head wound after being found at home.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Dena
Baltimore
Dixie Storage
Annapolis
University Hospital
Russian Audiences React To U S Movie Propaganda Choices
Movie Czar Eric Johnston reports Russian viewers react to films for propaganda value and quality. He cites Grapes of Wrath reception, a Negro beating scene, and praise for fine shoes while noting unpredictability of what will be shown behind the iron curtain.
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Eric Johnston
Hollywood Arms 7
Russia
Yugoslavia
Pia
T Dewalk
Bank Loans Hit New Peak Amid September Surge
Washington reports show total bank loans rising by 1.1 billion in September, following 900 million across July and August. Installment credit and overall consumer credit also reach new highs, despite the return of Federal controls on September 29. The Federal Reserve Board notes seasonal factors and crop financing contribute, lifting total bank debt to 47.14 billion at month start. business loans by insurers are not included.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Fire destroys Pitcairn railroad shop and warehouse
A $500,000 blaze in Pitcairn Pennsylvania wiped out a Pennsylvania Railroad blacksmith shop and warehouse. Oil fed flames swept through nearby structures until 500 firefighters halted the fire and drained the town reservoir.
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Pitcairn, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitcairn
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