VETS To Meet Here Sept 29 In Frederick AMVETS plans
Frederick AMVETS discusses the first annual State AMVETS convention to be held in Frederick with delegates named from the local post and other Maryland posts. Dr James Marrone is endorsed for State commander. Registration runs 11 a m to 1 p m with a host dinner for delegates.
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Amvets
Frederick
Frederick Amvets Khapter
James Marrone
Cmmander
Sevral
Cumberand
Oakland
Baltimore
Bethesa
Grantsville
Capitol
MVETS
Maryland
Robert Danner
Ainner
Vincent C. Neeson
Na Honal Amvets Public Relations Oficer
Dr. Marfone
House Committee
Éam
Massive Section Of Niagara Falls Collapses Into River
A huge portion of the brink of the American Falls collapsed today in Niagara Falls New York causing quake like tremors through the city. Debris tumbled into the river as rescuers and officials assessed the damage and looked for people possibly hurt or swept away.
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Niagara Falls Falls
Niagara Falls
American Falls
Exaggerated Charges Denounced by United States
The United States denounces Yugoslav charges of improper treatment as false and exaggerated and calls for Tito’s government to cooperate in halting pro-Slavic obstructive and terrorist activity in the Anglo-American zone of Venezia Giulia. Washington notes it will not abandon efforts to maintain a fair and impartial administration in the zone under Allied control.
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Washington
United States
Marshal Tito
Venezi
Giulia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Patterson
Tito
Britain
Belgrade
Tardasn
No Statement From Byrnes on Wallace Ouster
Paris September 20 Secretary of State Byrnes will issue no statement either now or later on the ouster of Henry A. Wallace as Secretary of Commerce an associate said tonight He hasn t said anything since the whole affair started and he is not going to say anything now The aide added But people close to Byrnes reported he didn t look displeased Was Byrnes surprised Well yes and no If he was expecting anything like this he didn t show it last night or today
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Paris
Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Dutchess County
Calton
Catton
Wallace
Wall Face
Truman
Congress
Eich
Commerce Department
Secre
Esident
Symes
Russia
Mr. Truman
Nathan Aaustetge
Yam
Department of State
P. E. Church Set to Meet in San Francisco in 1949
News from Philadelphia dated September 20 reports the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U S A ending its 53rd triennial general convention and choosing San Francisco for the 1949 gathering. The House of Bishops urged peace with Russia while the House of Deputies did not concur. Also noted are building permits issued locally for a stone dwelling, garages, a park street residence, and a fuel oil tank, with amounts listed. A new FM radio station authorization for the A S Abell Co Baltimore, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, is announced.
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Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Church
San Francisco
House of Bishops
Russia
House of Deputies
Irving H. Weil
Rosemont
Magnolia Avenues
Edward P
Russell Oden
Frederick Avenue
Aumen
Park Avenue
Frederick County Wine and Liquor
Patrick Court
American Oil Company
Dual Highway Section Nears Completion Before Winter
Work on the Hagerstown to Myersville stretch of the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway advances with grading and drainage finished, dust and macadam layers begun. Officials expect late November finish for Hagerstown Myersville and top surface work to start early December if weather allows. Final completion date set for June 1, 1947, with Bethlehem Steel preparing the Sandy Hook bridge superstructure over the Potomac.
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Hagerstown- Frederick
Hagerstown
Myersile
C. J. Langenfelder Company
Myersville-Frederick
Myersville
Williams Construction Company
Maradam
ME Lena
Myersyville
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sandy Hook
Potomac River
Car Crash On Route 34 Kills Man In Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown W Va Sept 20 Russell Lewis Maunch was killed instantly and Howard Stoller is in critical condition at a Hagerstown Md hospital after a highway crash on Route 34 between here and St. They report Stoller, who recently passed his state police driver’s license test, appeared to be driving. Maunch lived with a sister in Shepherdstown and is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Stoller also resides in Shepherdstown.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Russell Lewis Maunch
Howard Stoller
Hagerstown
Here
St. 4
Tagt
Maunch
Stotler
Tower Chimes Dedicated At Uniontown Church Service
Tower chimes presented to Uniontown Church of God by Mr and Mrs Mervyn C Fuss will be dedicated at a Sunday service at two o clock The Reverend John H Hoch will lead with music by Carrellton Male Choir and an Elizabethtown male quartet Arthur H Broker of Baltimore will give the address. NORWAY MASS TRIAL Eleven Norwegians sentenced to death and nineteen others jailed for Quisling activity during the German occupation in Trondheim in Norway's largest collaborators trial.
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Uniontown Church of God
Mervyn C. Fuss
Taneytown
Fuss
David Fuss
Oslo
Norway
Trondheim
Purge of Soviet Farm System Ordered by Moscow
London dispatch reports a nationwide purge of the Soviet collective farm system for mass spoliation. Agricultural officials and political leaders face criminal prosecution as Moscow seals anti-government actions. Pravda notes lands and property plundering, while Stalin signs the decree with party central committee officials.
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London
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Soviet Council of Ministers
Un-Union Communist Party
Pravda
Ukraine
Stalin
Col
Ghiasae Ay
Communis Party
Frederick High School Lacks Instructors After Declined Offer
The Industrial Arts Department at Frederick High School remains without an instructor for two vacancies after a prospective teacher declined the post. The notice lists recent appointments at area schools including Helen Frailey, Mary Pyles, Mrs. John Gaver, Anna Betty Weedy, and others. resignations include William Thomas, William Hauver, Austin Cooper, Gaoree Tolacie, and George T. Late, with leaves of absence requested by Ruth Dillon and Mary Schwartz Thompson.
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Frederick High School
Eugene W. Pruitt
Helen Frailey
Emmitsburg High
Mary Pyles
Foxville
John Gaver
New Market
Anna Betty Weedy
Burkittsville
Helen Binder
Urbana
Preston Zimmerman
Washington Street
George Brown
North Market Street
George Humberson
Elm Street
F. W. Weitzel
Middletown
Ellain McGhee
Lincoln Colored High School
Ruth Dillon
Emmitsburg
Mary Schwartz Thompson
Parkway
William Thomas
William E. Hauver
Austin Cooper
Japs Return To Be Speeded From Southeast Asia
Washington reports an Anglo American plan to accelerate the homeward transport of more than 100000 Japanese POWs from Southeast Asia. Officials say a formal announcement could come in a week or ten days as shipping improves and Japan's scattered personnel are consolidated. The move aligns with Potsdam directives granting POWs the right to return home despite pressures from occupied nations.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Aind
Far Pacific
Potsdam
State Department
United States of Europe idea analyzed in Churchill speech
The Zurich address by Churchill urging a United States of Europe is seen as nudging smaller nations from Russia toward a Franco German led bloc. It contrasts with Byrnes Stuttgart remarks and reopens debate on a federation with free trade, a joint defense, and a Western European core, stretching from the Baltic to the Danube line.
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Winston Churchill
Zurich
United States of Europe
Moscow
Russia
Stuttgart
Byrnes
Churchill
Soviet Russia
United States
British Commonwealth
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
France
Germany
Spain
Europe
Briand
League of Nations
Urals
Atlantic
Baltic
Danube
Scandinavia
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Italy
Stettin-Trieste
Tokyo rocked by murders and kidnappings in wave of crime
Tokyo faces a surge of sex killings kidnapping and robberies with a pardoned killer confessing to five sex murders alongside unexplainable skeletons and a missing heiress. Police hunt two suspects and fear for public safety as the capital stays indoors at night.
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Tokyo
Japan
Big Four Agree Upholded at Paris Boundary Pact
At the peace conference the Big Four agreements on the Italian Yugoslav boundary and the Trieste borders were upheld. Russia opposed boundary revisions while Edvard Kardelj of Yugoslavia lamented the voting method. The commission rejected most border change proposals though a few passed, with bloc votes from White Russia Poland Czechoslovakia Ukraine Yugoslavia and others supporting varying amendments.
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Paris
Free State of
Trieste
Vale
Russia
Blag
Edvard Kardelj
Virraslayvia
Yugoslavia
Duino
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Belgium
Ethiopia
South Africa
Pola
Istrian
Australia
Brazil
Canada
New Zealand
Netherlands
South
Agaica
China
Decision On Prices Today
Washington Sept 26 The Prize Decontrol Board is to decide today if dairy prices have risen abnormally in the past month The three member independent agency will announce the decision around 4 pm after markets close If prices are too high the board could remove OPA ceilings from individual dairy products revert controls on the entire list or impose regional milk controls The panel said it can do nothing about meat price appeals under last month action without a formal request to the Secretary of Agriculture and rejection New York Sept 26 Stocks rose dipped and recovered amid an erratic market Brokers attributed early short covering and buying to a technical revival after sharp declines since 1945
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Washington
OPA
Fune
Secretary of Agriculure
New York
Aide Leads Press Group to Notice Wallace Exit
A White House aide drew laughter as he marshaled reporters into President Truman's study to announce that Secretary Wallace is leaving the Cabinet. He asked the press to move over to the left a bit.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Wallace
President Truman ousts Wallace as Commerce Secretary
President Truman fired Henry Wallace, ending the last of Roosevelt era New Deal secretaries. He affirmed sustained U S policy as guided by Congress and Secretary of State Byrnes at the Paris peace conference. Wallace will not campaign this fall and departs immediately. Under secretary Alfred Schindler will run the department temporarily.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Trum
Byrnes
Congress
Wallace
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Harry
Alfred Schindler
Bruce Catton
Catton
J ' Eertt
Public Hearing On Removal of General Silvester in Europe War
Washington hearing on the removal of Col Lindsay McDonald Silvester from command of the American Seventh Armored Division during World War II. The session, requested by Silvester, featured testimony from Jacob L. Devers and highlighted views by Eisenhower Montgomery and Bradley. Silvester, then major general, was demoted after his unit came under Montgomery’s command.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
War Department
Lindsay McDonald Silvester
Seventh Armored Division
Europe
Silvester
United States
Montgomery
Westminster appoints Mrs Evelyn Scott local demonstration agent
Sept 20 Mrs Evelyn D. Scott of Hawarden Indiana was named a demonstration agent for Carroll County. The appointment was announced in Westminster reflecting county wide public engagement and civic activity.
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Agene Westminster
Evelyn D. Scott
Hawarden
Carroll County
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U.S. E
J. M. Roberts, Jr
AP Foreign Affairs Amnyst
Coast Guard
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Eari Church Street
Howard V. Zimmerman
Lewis C. Keyser
Big Four
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