One Of Best Seasons For Canning Ends In Frederick
Frederick area sugar corn packers wind up a season described as among the best per acre with excellent weather and effective spraying reducing insect damage. County Agent Shoemaker notes ongoing field spray data, beetle control, and near record tonnage though corn acreage is down. Thomas and Company reports the best per acre yield, with plants closing in Gaithersburg and Adamstown. Canners report good bean and corn quality, dry weather not hindering late crops, and a forecast of a warm, sunny weekend.
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Frederick Ca
Henry R. Shoemaker
Mgr. Shoemaker
G. Frank Thomas
Thomas and Company
Thomas
Gaithersburg
Adamstown
Monocacy
Virginia
Browth
Thousands of Germans in free army in Soviet zone
The Telegraf reports thousands of men pledged to a so called free German army are to be armed and stationed in the Soviet zone. Led by ex field marshals von Paulus and von Seydlitz the force includes Stalingrad veterans and war prisoners. If true it would bolster Soviet control and provide a nucleus for a future zone army. A separate sale notice lists Joseph R. and Dorothy V. Ogle Woodsboro route property selling after a rain with livestock and machinery bidding.
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Berlin
Telegraf
Germany
Brield
Friedrich von Paulus
Walther von Serdnitz
Stalingrad
Moscow
Oviet Zone
Housing Bill Expands FHA Support for Prefab Homes
Washington reports a new housing bill amendment expanding FHA insured loans for pre fabricated homes and mass production builders. It details loan guarantees up to 90 percent for manufacturer costs and 80 percent for dealer prices, plus rental housing incentives and yield insurance to spur more low rent and veteran housing while noting higher rents may follow.
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Washington
Congress
FHA
Taft-Elender-Wagner
Demonstration By Phone Workers Planned
Washington reports rival telephone unions plan wage talks with Bell System and may call a nationwide demonstration to pressure pay demands. Delegates from CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee and the Communication Workers of America say 375,900 workers could participate, with a mass demonstration akin to the October 1945 four hour strike. A joint action conference is set for September 24, eight days after start of Bell negotiations.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Independent Communication Workers of America
Ciling
Bell System
North Korea demands U S and Russia withdrawal and a unified Korea
North Korea demanded the United States and Russia withdraw their troops, blaming the division of Korea for civil war risk. Premier Kim Il Sung spoke in Pyongyang, warning of fierce fights to reestablish the North Korean state and seeking international recognition. Earlier riots in South Korea followed a U N backed election. The U S also transferred property and credits to South Korea.
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Seoul
Russia
Korea
United States
Pyongyang
North Korean Peoples’ Council
Kim IL Sung
South Korea
Kim
United Nations
U. N
Water Main Nears Completion for Linden Hills
Construction of a new Linden Hills water main is nearly finished and should be ready in about 30 days, says Water Superintendent William J. Davis. Crews completed installation from Norway avenue to Linden Hills and are laying feeder lines. connections to homes will follow. The old main, installed years ago, failed to provide adequate pressure during low supply or breaks.
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Linden Hills
William J. Davis
Norway Avenue
Court Asked To Order Sale Of Farm In Urbana District
Mr and Mrs Boyd A Page file a bill asking the court to sell their 124 acre Urbana district dairy farm alleging irremediable differences with Jesse E Oden who holds a deed not recorded They seek dissolution of the joint venture and an accounting to apply sale proceeds to debts before net distribution Attorney H Kiefer DeLauier represents the complainants.
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Boyd A. Page
Urbana
Jesse E. Oden
Mt. Airy
Oden
Page
H. Kiefer DeLauier
New Credit Rules For Purchasing Automobiles
Federal Reserve Board sets installment buying rules for autos effective September 20. Down payments: one third of price on pre 1938 models and 1949 models and newer. For 1938–48 models down payment equals one third or one third of average retail value. Payoff terms: 18 months for balances over 3000 dollars, 15 months for balances under 1000 dollars. Average retail value is from official price guides cited by the board.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Birds Die After Striking Empire State Building in Flight
Hundreds of songbirds and small birds crashed into the Empire State Building as they flew south, with crews collecting carcasses at dawn. A duplicate incident occurred in Philadelphia, where many birds fell to streets, prompting experts to speculate weather and altitude factors.
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New York
Gardness
Empire State Building
Philadelphia
Boonsboro Baby Body Found in Apartment
State Police found an infant’s body in a Boonsboro apartment after a tip. A 33-year-old woman was detained for questioning as detectives and a county medical examiner said the baby had likely been dead a month or two and may have been baked in an oven. The remains were sent to Baltimore for analysis.
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Boonsboro
J. J. Cassidy
W. W. Corbin
Samuel Wells
Baltimore
Rockville to Host Montgomery County Volunteer Firemen Parade
Rockville hosts the Montgomery County Association of Volunteer Firemen next Saturday with a 1 30 p m parade through the business section to the carnival grounds. Miss Montgomery County Fire Fighter of 1938 will be crowned by Miss Mary Ellen Herman. Prizes include Mizel trophy for best equipped apparatus and longest distance, plus other awards. The evening features a dance and annual meeting at Montgomery High School where candidates Marbery Gates and Leslie Thompson are nominated for association president.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Association of Volunteer Firemen
Spencer J. H. Brown
Sandy Spring
Hoste Department
Mary El*llen Herman
Clarksburg
Maryland
Ocean City
Montgomery
Montgomery! Co Fire Department
Richard Mont
Gsomery High School
Marbery Gates
Leslie Thompson
Chevy Chase
Kensington
Frederick firemen attend Maryland state fire school
Five firefighters from Frederick returned after a four day course for firemen from across the state. The sessions were held at the University of Maryland Fire Extension School in College Park. Attendees were Capt. Melvin Schwearing and Paul B. Rhoads Jr from the Independents. Capt. Charles Fowell from the Juniors. George Steinhaus and Elwood Shankle from the Uniteds.
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Frederick
University of Maryland Fire Extension School
College Park
Melvin Schwearing
Paul 8. Rhoads, Jr
Independents
Charles Fowell
George Steinhaus
Elwood Shankle
Uniteds
Silver Spring Underpass Opened by Governor Lane
Governor Lane opened the Silver Spring underpass today in a $1.4 million project extending from the District line to Colesville Road. He called the viaduct a landmark of Washington's fast growing Maryland suburb, noting the total outlay covered underpass, approaches, railroad work, drainage, and engineering. The road re-routing during construction cost merchants an estimated $2.9 million in lost business.
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Silver Spring
Governor Lane
Lane
Maryland
Montgomm
Washington
District of Columbia
Colesville Road
City Board of Trade
Main Street
Policeman Is Shot To Death In Alexandria
In Alexandria Virginia early today Pvt Robert B Harris 22 was shot and killed during a routine building check in the business district The killer fled as bloodhounds from the District Corrections unit joined the search Harris served less than three weeks and died at Alexandria Hospital from a severed artery near the groin The shooting occurred behind the Howard Johnson restaurant at North Washington and Montgomery streets
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Alexandria
Pace
Robert B. Harris
Russell Hawes
Department of Corrections
Lorton
Harris
Alexandria Hospital
Howard Johnson
Washington
Miontgomery Streets
Worker Burned in Estes Paint Shop Fire
A man sustained burns to the chest arms and face while cleaning a buffer in the Estes Motor Company paint shop at East Park. The fire started Thursday morning, was extinguished quickly, and the injured worker was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Cooper
Estes Motor Company
East Park
Questions and Answers From The News Friday
The page lists Q A style items about historical figures and local events. It notes Francis Scott Key's death at his home in Baltimore on January 1, 1843, and John Adams of the Frederick police force murdered on August 9, 1922. It reports sixty seven deer legally killed during a December deer season in Frederick County alongside warden estimates for additional days and small bucks.
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Francis Scott Key
Key
Charles Howard
Baltimore
John Adan
Frederick
Adams
Frederick County
Berlin tensions rise as West blamed in press duels
Communist led Berlin press attacks intensify as West Germans face calls to oust anti communist officials. Reports say 15 Eastern agents were arrested under Kurt Schumacher guidance with Western Allied backing. A Count Einsiedel case and railway mail movement amid the Berlin blockade add to mounting friction as talks stall.
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ADN
Germany
Kurt Schumacher
Schumacher
Frankfurt
Heinrich von Einsiedel
Bismarck
U.S
Hannover
Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Southern Drive Abandoned While Dewey Plans Southern Campaign
The report states President Truman has abandoned a lengthy southern tour as Dixie revolt grows over civil rights. He will still appear in the south briefly, with strategic spots added to other schedules. Governor Dewey announces eight major talks on a transcontinental swing starting in Des Moines on September 20, with stops in San Francisco Los Angeles Oregon and Washington. Senator Vandenberg touts bipartisan foreign policy and unity against external interference. Arkansas secretary of state cautions against a third party ticket tied to communists.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
South
Thomas E. Dewer
Dewey
Des Moines
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oregon
Ashington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Jona Foster
America
Henry Wallace
Iso
Arkansas
C G. Ha
Two Vacancies Created on City Police Force
Chief of Police Fred Straley announced the resignation of Officer Carl Rentzell a merit system appointee effective yesterday. Rentzell plans to join Camp Detrick Monday leaving two merit system vacancies after earlier realignment by Deputy William Royer.
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Ciy
Fred Straley
Carl Rentzell
Rentzell
Camp Detrick
William Royer
Western Europe and Germany settle Marshall Plan shares
The Western European nations agree on how to split the Marshall Plan funds totaling 5.6 billion dollars. Germany is allotted 414 million, with final control by the Economic Cooperation Administration. The plan aims to boost Western Germany to curb communism and spur regional prosperity.
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Europe
Tony Y
Western
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Congress
Clay
France
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Potatoes Sold To Help Church Remodeling Project
Edgewood Church of God junior class members harvested potatoes on donated land during Labor Day to raise funds for a new Sunday school room. Proceeds will support remodeling costs, with participants including Ernest Masser and Ad Adams among others.
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Bers
Edgewood Church of God
Labor Day
Masser
Ernest Victor Masser
Junior Ad Adams
Imogene Shoemaker
Donald Masser
George Maser
Beula
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds recorded show Harry T. Krantz property sold to Cor E. Peterson on East Seventh for about 12500. Sammel B. Eagle sold to Wolliam Eagle a 89.4 acre tract on the Petersville Knoxville road for about 9000. William G. Baker Jr and Mary S Baker sold to George E Morris a 183 acre Urbana district property with improvements for about 6000.
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Cereren
Harry T. Krantz
Cor E. Peterson
East Seventh
Sammel B. Eagle
M Wolliam
Eagle
Petersville-Knoxville
William G. Baker, Jr
Mary S. Baker
George E. Morris
Urbana
West May Seek UN In Berlin Crisis Move
Western powers plan to ask the United Nations to seek a settlement if a direct bid to Russia fails. Envoys in Moscow were instructed to seek an immediate meeting with Stalin, with Security Council or General Assembly options under consideration.
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London
United States
Britain
France
United Nations
Berlin
Russia
Aloscow
Stalin
Security Council
Paris
General Assembly
Assembly
Moscow
U.S
Lewis W. Douglas
Rene Massigli
William Strang
Foreign Office
Ernest Bevin
George Marshall
Molotov
188 Batteries Carried In Bay City
Police seek owners of 188 new flashlight batteries found with a man who tried to sell them. No charges yet. officers urge people who lost batteries to contact Police Headquarters as several arrests were made overnight.
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Sherman M. Jones
Jefferson
Route 4
North Market Street
Potts
Joseph RR. Wood
Route 1
Wood
Stup
Tiventery
Charles C. Goins
Frederick
Charles D. Goins
Harpers Ferry
Sgt
Swomley
Shook
Burras
George Hudson
AVC Worker Predicts John Gates Expulsion
Baltimore reports the national vice chairman of the American Veterans Committee predicted the expulsion of John Gates, editor of the Daily Worker in New York. He warned that the Communist members might withdraw if Gates is removed and the AVC acts without gloves.
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Baltimore
American Veterans Committee
AVC
John Gates
Daily Worker
New York
Gates
Joseph A. Clarely, Jr
Silver Spring
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NEA
Washington Correspondent
North Korea
Republic of South Korea
Lee S Crandall
Bronx Zoo
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West
Red Press
By James Marlow
U. S
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