Hood College to enroll record 494 for new academic year
Hood College will enroll a record 494 students for the upcoming academic year. Of these, 155 are new students and 69 transfers. Resident enrollment will reach 474, up from 457 in 1945 and 450 in 1944, prompting expansion of housing. Facilities added include the third floor of the French House at 271 Dill Avenue, the East Wing of Brodbeck Hall for advanced Spanish students, and the former 284 Dill Avenue faculty house. Registration for new students starts Tuesday, with seniors and juniors registering on specific days.
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France
Brodeck Hall
East Brodbeck
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Hood
Major Storm Hits Bahamas
The first major tropical storm of the year intensified to hurricane force winds and moved northeast through the Atlantic after lashing the Bahamas with 65 to 85 mph gusts. The storm was forecast to grow and move away from Florida, with its center 275 miles northeast of Miami.
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Bahamas
Florida
Federal Storm Warning Service
Great Abaco Island
Two Negroes Die In Chair For Murder
Richmond Virginia reports two Salisbury Maryland men, James Lee Fletcher age 24 and Robert Holland age 22, were executed in the Virginia electric chair for slaying George S. Broughton, a 46 year old Salisbury carpenter, on a lonely road near Accomac July 22. Broughton’s body was found in woods near Parksley with head crushed and throat cut.
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Salisbury
James Lee Fletcher
Robert Holland
Virginia Electric
Salisbury Ric
Accomac
George S. Broughton
Carpenter
Parksley
Cape Charles
Broughton
Taney Home Offered to Frederick County Historical Society Shrine
The Taney Home on South Bentz Street is offered as a gift to the Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. The offer, to be considered at a special meeting called by President Clariel Flowers, would add a second shrine to the society if accepted and kept as a shrine. The Taney Home dates to 1799 with slave quarters and was restored, attracting thousands of visitors since 1930.
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South Bentz Street
Historical Society of
Frederick County, Inc
Clariel Flowers
Steiner
West Patrick Street
William Bradley Tyler Belt
Omaha
Neb
Bowers
Edward S. Delaplaine
Mr. Bowers
Roger Brooke ‘Taney
Albert C. Ritchie
Matthew Page Andrews
Baltimore
Gordon M. Ash
L. Victor Baughman
Arthur B. Bibbins
John 8. Derr
H. Dorsey Etchison
Eleanor M. Johnson
Francis H. Markell
A. LeRoy McCardell
W. Clinton McSherry
Frank C. Norwood
William Tyler Page
Washington
Hammond Urner
David C. Winebrenner
Hughes
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Tionea Thorne
Rupes Duane Dai Inc
Frederick County
Judge Wills House
Lincoln
Taney Corporation
The
Historical Society
Roben
OPA Ale Lille Ds So Beelucil
United States
James M. Cole circus visits Frederick with animal viewing
A James M. Cole circus passing through Frederick attracted residents who watched elephants drink from Carroll Creek and lion cubs play. Some animals swam in the creek while others were petted as 13 to 20 wagons headed north to winter quarters in New York state. The show paused overnight on a city parking ground.
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Frederick
James M. Cole
West South Street
Gettysburg
New York State
Cole
McCurdy Field
Fined $10 On Assault Charge
William H. Twitty colored of Greenfield was fined $10 and costs after Magistrate Edward J. Smith found him guilty of assaulting John Russell Bell a white resident on August 31 Bell alleged being struck and knocked down Twitty denied carrying a gun or threats Constable Charles W. Smith served the warrant Also Ralph W. Hunter of Duval Fla was found guilty of speeding over 50 mph and fined $10 and costs State Trooper Arthur D. Hasenbubler led the case Collateral forfeitures included John J. W. Howard Buckeystown for disobeying an automatic traffic control device Eugene William Harley Frederick Route 3 for operating without muffler Paul Frank Smith Fairmont W Va for exceeding 25 mph John M. Bowers Fred passing on White Line and Trooper Hasenbubler handled arrests.
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Wiliam H. Twitty
Greenfield
People's Court
Edward J. Smith
John Russell Bell
Bell
Twitty
Charles W. Smith
Ralph W. Hunter
Duval
Fla
Arthur D. Hasenbubier
John JW. Howard
Buckeystown
Eugene William Harley
Frederick
Paul Frank Smith
Fairmont
W. Va
Charles D. McLane
John M. Bowers
Fred
Hasenbubler
Dr Newcomb resigns as Virginia University president
Dr John Lloyd Newcomb has resigned as president of the University of Virginia. The university board of visitors announced the move and did not mention a successor.
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Charlottesville
John Lloyd Newcomb
University of Virginia
Market steadies as selective recoveries persist
New York on September 1347 saw selective recoveries provide a steadier market while many leaders failed to attract worthwhile bids, signaling cautious buying and uneven demand across shares.
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New York
Geo W Hall Dies At Camp In Canada
George Washington Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company, died this morning at his summer camp in Canada at age 61. The company did not reveal the cause or exact camp location. Hill, long seen as the firm’s alter ego, helped shape its rise and pay, drawing scrutiny over incentive pay and bonuses.
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New York
Gerrie Washington Hill
American Tobacco Company
Canada
Tobacco Company
American Tobatco Company
George Washington Hill
Poid
United States
Australian Delegate Denounces UN Council Over Trieste Plan
An Australian delegate at the peace conference attacked the United Nations Security Council for arbitrary veto use, saying it disreputes the council and could threaten world peace over Trieste. He urged governance by the Big Four plus three others, and warned the plan could be unworkable if placed under the Security Council.
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Security Council
Trieste
Council
Col
W. R. Hodgson
Foreign Ministers Council
Hodgson
United States
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
M. Molotov
Australia
U. N
Andrei Gromyk
US. S
Molotov
James C. Dunn
U. S
Raesn
Dhanhint
United Nations Security Council
Free City
Dickey Out And Neun In As Yankees Change Plans
Detroit, Sept. 13. Stanley Harris said Bill Dickey has left the New York Yankees and Johnny Neun will take over managerial duties for the rest of the season. Harris noted President Larry MacPhail ordered the change shortly after Dickey announced he would not manage this season. Dickey likely will return to New York. Neun, a veteran coach, is known in Frederick and broke into pro baseball with Martinsburg in the Blue Ridge League.
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Stanley
Bucky
Yankee
Neun
Frederick
Martinsburg
Tristate Meeting at Heights Weekend Entertainment Planned
Tristate Electrical Supply Co Inc will host a weekend gathering at Vindobona Hotel Braddock Heights with guests from Baltimore Hagerstown Cumberland and Roanoke Va The program includes vaudeville contests swimming chanting and social events The company with over 3000 accounts operates in MD VA and has grown to more than seventy employees providing paid vacations group insurance and on the job training
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Tristate Electrical Supply Co., Inc
Ie Vindobona Hotel
Braddock Heights
Tristate
Maryland
Hagerstown
Baltimore J
Cumberland
Baltimore
Roanoke
Les Sponseler Agency
Bob Iwla
All Vets' Homes Under Roof at Temporary Housing Site
Officials report twelve one story buildings now under roof at the veterans housing site on Erlancian Ave. carpenters place window frames ceilings and partitions converting buildings into three or two dwelling units. About 100 families seek housing though only 35 units are available with no firm completion date due to strikes and material shortages.
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Veterans Temporary Housing
Eda
Erlancian
Aft Penneyvania Avenue
Veterans
Hones
Wallace Speech Sparks Hornets Nest in U S Russia Ties
Washington reports say Secretary Wallace’s foreign policy address will provoke sharp debate over American Russian relations. President Truman supports the speech but State Department officials warn it may strain Byrnes policy, with questions about implied departures and implications for Paris peace talks.
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Truron
United States
Byrnes
Paris
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet Union
New York
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Commerce Department
State Department
Truman
Military diplomacy in the Balkans and Russia’s stance
Observers note that arms displays substitute for diplomacy, as Russia concentrates near Greece and allegedly arms Albanians while Yugoslav Albanian moves touch Trieste. Analysts say Moscow seeks peaceful aims for now, with war unlikely unless external pressure or miscalculation provokes a clash amid nerves and strategic narratives.
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Helgrade
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Albania
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Greece
Turkey
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Trieste
Moscow
Germany
Poland
Britain
America
McClure to Join Second Army Under Wedemeyer in Baltimore
Gen Robert B McClure returns from China and is assigned to Second Army HQ in Baltimore to work with Maj Gen Albert C Wedemeyer as officials expect the command to unfold after September 25 The move was announced by Gen Jacob Devers and details of McClures role remain to be disclosed until arrival A separate item notes a Public Service Commission hearing September 23 on Mechanicstown Waiter Co note issuance to fund Thurmont water system upgrades and Cannon Shoe Co plant extensions.
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Washington
Robert B. McClure
China
Second Army
Baltimore
Weil Ceeee Tredee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
McClure
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wedemeyer
Public Service Commission
Mechanicstown Waiter Company
Thurmont
Cannon Shoe Company
Sabillesville Road
Marshall And CIO Sailors Chiang Cool Vote To Go To Reds Plan On Strike
U S envoy Marshall and Stuart pressed for a truce in China's civil strife while Chiang Kai Shek aims for a swift armistice before the November assembly. In Washington the Maritime Commission moved to apply White House wage increases to CIO Seafarers, aligning with AFL terms amid ongoing port strikes and new West Coast contracts.
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CIO
Chiang Cool
Reds
Nanking
Tulay
U.S
China
U. S
Stuart
Chow En-Lai
Isu Yung-Chani
Chang
Wang Ping-Nan
Yonan
Marshall Committee
Chiang Kai-Shei
National Assembly
Washington
Maritime Commission
AFL
Mey
J. Godfrey Butler
Butler
Commission
Harry Lundebers
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Soofaeees International Union
Atlantic
Gulf
West
Coasl
White House
Myersville Lions charter night marks new club formation
The Myersville Lions Club held its Charter Night banquet and dance at Windobonn Braddock Leights with 210 attending from Maryland Washington and Pennsylvania. Rev Dr Edwin H Sponseller received the charter as president of the new club organized late June. International Counsellor E Leister Mobley presented the charter. Larry Slater spoke in place of ill Albert Long. The 37 charter members will meet Thursdays in the Myersville fire hall.
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Myersville Lions Club
Windobonn
Braddock Leights
Maryland
Washington
Pennsylvania
E. Leister Mobley
Mobley
Hagerstown Lions Club
Edwin H. Sponseller
John W. Eldridge
America
Walter C. Wolfe
Salvation Army
D. Edgar Bittle
Myersville Club
Philip E. Saylor
Middletown
Middetown Lions Club
Myersville Group
Myersville Firemen’s Hall
Sponseller
Bitile
Drive To Kill OPA By April 1
Washington reports a bi partisan push to abolish the OPA by April 1 with food subsidies ending and rent controls shifted to the National Housing Administration. Taft announced the plan at the Ohio Republican state convention and a Democratic senator warned of a January reconvened vote to end price controls.
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OPA
Taft
Ohio
Columbus
National Housing Administration
Congress
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R. Avery Browning
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Robert C. Sorrentino
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