Bringing Of Bodies Home Is Planned
The first shipment of World War II remains to be reburied in Frederick County is due by boat from the Pacific around October 10, with a second contingent about October 25. Samuel M. Clarke of the U S Quartermaster Depot in Philadelphia explained the program at a Tivoli theater briefing, detailing next of kin rules, identification efforts, and government costs.
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Pacific
Frederick County
Samuel M. Clarke
U. S. Quartermaster Depot
Philadelphia
Tivoli Theater
Clarke
Quartermaster General
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Red Cross
Grates Registration Service
Belgium
Hawaii
Next-Ofkin
Army
Office of the Quartermaster General
Memorial Division
Washington
D. C
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
BDC
Navy Department
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Man's speed on land air and sea through history
An article surveys human and animal speeds across transport and nature. It notes automobiles surpassing 400 mph, airplanes 650.6 mph, boats and swimmers’ limits, and speeds of cheetahs gazelles swifts and tuna. It cites John Cobb’s 394.196 mph car run and a 650.6 mph jet powered plane, plus rockets and celestial motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ahaman
Smithsonian Institution
Big Racket
Smithsonian
India
John Cobb
England
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Navy
Malcolm Campbell
U.S
Muroc
California
Bob Feller
Gandhi Sees War By New Dominions
Gandhi warned that war between India and Pakistan seems likely unless both sides admit guilt for communal atrocities in Punjab and Delhi. The piece also covers U.S. Coast Guard casualty procedures and a Maryland Veterans event with remarks by G Ernest Lipps and a forum led by Mr Clarke.
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Gandhi
New Delhi
Johandas K. Gandhi
Pakistan
India
Punjab
Delhi
Dominions
Fined 35 After Fatal Auto Wreck Plea
George H Sigler Jr 17 of Middletown paid 35 in fines and costs after pleading guilty in Peoples Court to reckless driving and operating without a license tied to a fatal crash near Frederick on Route 40 June 28. The collision killed Bruce W Metz 16 of Braddock. a tire blowout may have contributed. no manslaughter finding. Sigler hospitalized earlier with a fractured leg.
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Frederick
George Henry Sigler, Jr
Middletown
Peoples Court
Sigler
Bruce W. Metz
Braddock
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert S. Stone
Robert H. Kidwell
Rockville
Solomon J. Moss
Knoxville
Paul B. Stockman
Jefferson
L. A. Shuif
East Second Street
William D. Coffey
Silver Spring
Walter C. Goad
Edward R. Slusher
Fallston
Gordon Gambie
Camp Deltrick
Sgt
W. W Corbina
Theodore Snyder
Speculators Flood Grain Markets Raise Prices and Risks
Washington correspondent notes Chicago cash wheat above 2.80 and corn above 2.40 draw gamblers into grain pits. Farmers delaying sales seek higher prices, boosting living costs and reducing European food relief. Margin increases, broker loans, and a 100 million pool underline heavy speculative activity and risk.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
New York
St. Paul
Commodity Exchange Authority
Department of Agriculture
CEA
Ome
J. M. Meal
Forrestal Sworn In As Defense Secretary On Truman Orders
Washington reports that James Forrestal was sworn in as Secretary of Defense on Truman orders while Truman returned home from Rio de Janeiro. The move aimed to mobilize the new unified defense system amid international tensions with Russia and concerns over U.S. military strength.
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Forrestal
Truman
Washington
Tru
Rioo de Janeiro
James Forrestal
Ste
Navy
Mr. Truman
Army
Pentagon
Constitution Avenue
Fr. True- Peres
Missouri
Ar. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Balkans
United States
Ross
Str
Clark Clifford
Rio
Frederick Community Chest Drive Sets November Start
Rev William C Royal will head the drive with Edward C Hartmann as assistant manager. Agencies in the Chest include Boy Scouts Children’s Aid Society Federated Charities Salvation Army YMCA and Girl Scouts. Budgets will be reviewed by a budget committee led by Elmer I Eshleman with several named members. Chest officers for the year list James H Gambrill Glenn T Swisher Robert L Smith and William D Zimmerman.
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William C. Royal
Frederick
Ignatius Bjorlee
Edward C. Hartmann
Boy Scouts
Children’s Aid Society
Federated Charities
The
Salvation Army
M.C. A
Girl Scouts
Elmer I. Eshleman
William Bartgis Storm
Harry O. Schroeder
R. Ames Hendrickson
Frank D. Worthington
Frank M. Dertebaugh
George H. Finck
Dr. Bjorlee
James H. Gambrill
Til
Glenn T. Swisher
Robert L. Smith
William D. Zimmerman
Bank Auditors And Controllers Meet In Maryland
The Blue Ridge Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Controllers held its first fan meeting at the Catoctin Country Club with 55 attendees. President Frank Conaway led a brief business session before Robert J. Lally spoke about bank robbery cases and the rising crime rate, urging citizens to improve youth recreation. The next meeting is planned for November.
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Blue Ridge
National Association of Bank Auditors and Controllers
Catoctin Country Club
Frank Conaway
Robert J. Laliz
Sak
Charles V. Main
Maryland
Laliy
Bagimore
Oklahoma
Texas
Lally
Nover
Call for 100 Percent Margin Sparks Market Talk
The Commodity Exchange Authority and Federal Reserve debate market policing powers as Sen. Ralph E. Flanders proposes 100 percent margin for grain pits. The idea signals rising government control concerns and prompts the Chicago Board of Trade to raise margins for professionals.
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CEA
Authority
Federal Reserve Board
Commodity Exchange Authority
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Chicago Board of Trade
New Law Expands Railroad Retirement Benefits in Frederick
Frederick County foresees reduced demand on Board of Public Welfare as the 79th Congress expansion of the Railroad Retirement Act boosts minimum pensions to 50 dollars and adds sickness, widow, disability, and early retirement provisions. Finck reported August expenditures totaled 21 995.55 with 146 families and 445 dependents aided. Reverend Weaver attended the meeting following his appointment to the board.
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Board of Public Welfare Funds
Frederick County
George H. Finck
Everdterick County
Finck
Frederick
Railroad Retirementrogram
Board of Public Welfare
Board of County Commissioners
Red Battle Over U N Plan Faces Russian Veto Clash
At the United Nations New York Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky prepared a late day opening address likely to rebut Secretary of State Marshall's plan for a veto free security body. Washington and allied officials expect Russia to resist ceding veto rights while small nations rally to the American proposal.
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New York
Russia
J Marshall
United Nations
U. N
World Organization
U. N. Assembly
General Assembly
U.S
Trygge Lie
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
France
Britain
United States
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Europe
Andrei
Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
Kuzma Vv. Kiselev
Tokyo Flood Toll Escalates After Typhoon Disaster
Tokyo reports 3 564 casualties as floods from a typhoon hit five dense districts. American troops rescue refugees from rooftops while Air Force planes drop food. The disaster triggers new fears of higher crests and further landslides.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Japan
First Cavallay Division
First Cavalry
Rumag
Kyode News
Yomiuri
Akkagi
Gamma Prefecture
Tako
Hundreds Of Royal Palms Fall In Wind In Palm Beach
Palm Beach reports hurricane destruction with hundreds of royal palms uprooted or felled across Royal Ponciana and Royal Palm boulevards. Despite property damage to baths and clubs, no lives were lost as responders assess the island’s repairs and long term impact on the Gold Coast community.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Pain Beach
Gold Coast
Royal Ponciana
Royal Palo
Palm J Beach
Everglades Club
Frank H. Young
Palm Beach Pier
Ocean Boulevard
Bath and Tennis Clubs
Sun and Surf Club
Everglades Golf Links
Palm Beach Golf Club
Ex-Mayor LaGuardia Remains Critically Ill in New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, 64, remains unconscious and gravely ill at his home after an operation in June. Mayor William O Dwyer urged the city to pray for the former mayor who served 12 years, with doctors noting a slight worsening in his condition.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
William O'Dwyer
LaGuardia
George Baehr
Major O'Dwyer
E Siclan
Asers
Gunfire Used To Help Rout Noisy Starlings
Hood College area residents reported gunfire aimed at starlings last night though no birds were found dead. Police Chief Fred Straley said conditions have been quiet on the starling front and residents plan further efforts to move the birds before cooler weather.
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Hood College
Fred Straley
New York Butcher Imports 200 Scotch Grouse at $12 Pair
A New York butcher imported 200 Scotch grouse yesterday to give buyers a cheaper poultry option as beef prices rise. Each pair weighs three to four pounds and the birds were delivered in neat heats er packaging.
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New York
West Coast Florida Braces as Massive Storm Hammers State
The tropical hurricane in earlier hours roared from southern Florida to the Gulf Coast, prompting emergency declarations and hurricane warnings from St Marks to Pensacola. Winds near 100 to 120 mph felled trees, damaged crops, and forced thousands to seek shelter. Red Cross aided refugees as coast guard and Navy planes searched for distressed boats and assessed widespread damage from Palm Beach to Tampa.
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Pensacola
Fiz
Florida
Millard Caldwell
Fruman
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Fla
Gulf
U. S. Weather Bureau
St. Marks
Apalachicola
Pennsacola
Mobile
St. Georges
Dog Islands
Apalachee Bay
South Florida
Fort Myers
Florida West Coast
Tampa
Gold Coast
Miami
Palm Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Sebring
Red Cross
Navy
Jacksonville
Coast Guard
Army
Pompano
Okeechobee
Fort Lauderdale
Brandeton
Clearwater
Sarasota
Fort Bierce
West Palm Beach
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Max Hall
James Marlow
US_ Coast Guard
D.C
Specia
Oy Motor
G. Ernest Lipps
Maryland Veterans Commission
Mr. Clarke
Paul L. Althouse
Evangelical Reformed Church
Herbert R. Jordan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Benediction
W. C. Royal
Welfare Agency
Wilmington
Del
U. S. Public Health Service
A. Parker Ritchens
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