One Way Streets Plan Nears Start in Frederick
Frederick prepares to open Market and Bentz as northbound and southbound one way routes once Bentz street widening between Fourth and Seventh streets is completed, possibly within six weeks. City officials and State Roads Commission observe plans for curb reset, new signs, and related traffic changes.
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Market and
Bentz Streets
Frederick
Bentz Street
State Roads Commission
Donald B. Rice
W.raymond Walter
Market
Bentz
Fourth and
Rice
East South Street
Patrick Street
East
Jefferson Streets
Franklin and
Franklin Street
Patrick Streets
Patrick
Franklin
South Streets
Wisner Street
Potomac Edison Company
South Market Street
Madison Street
Mt. Oliver Cemetery
South Street
Walter
East Street
College Avenues
Baltimore
City of Lands
Corporation
Owever
Eastound
Not A Cent More For Taxes Russell Says
President Truman sought 4.5 billion more in taxes than the Finance Committee recommended. Committee Chairman George (D Ga) replied he wants not one more cent. He expects the Senate to approve about 5.506 billion in tax increases. Senator Douglas accused leadership of trying to ram the bill through.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
George
Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Extensive Gambling At Bethlehem Plant Sparks Probe
Baltimore County State's Attorney John E. Raine Jr reports extensive gambling at Bethlehem Steel Co at Sparrows Point exceeding 25000 dollars weekly. He cites promises by company executives for action but says no steps taken. He notes gambling financing linked to welfare arrears and criticizes telephone firms for hindering evidence gathering.
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Towson
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sparrows Point
John E. Raine
Raine
Baltimore County
Legislative Council
Hamilton R. Atkinson
C. Gus i Grason
Court of Appeals
Brick Theft Case Hearing Set Today
A preliminary hearing in magistrate court is planned regarding larceny of 4700 bricks valued at 3120. Three men from Washington and one from Chapel Oaks are charged with larceny and accessory before the fact, following arrests by the Montgomery county police after an investigation by Trooper A D Hasenbuhler.
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Washington
Chapel Oaks
Montgomery County
Eugene Lancaster
Willie Blue
Alvin Gaines
Tully Sullivan
l/c A. D. Hasenbuhler
Hudson Supply Company
Buckleystown
Hasenbuhler
Sullivan
Czechoslovakia demands return of 31 refugees
London reports Czechoslovakia asks the United States to repatriate 31 refugees who fled to freedom in Germany after an engineer raced an express train across the border on September 11.
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London
Czechoslovakia
United States
Germany
Meter Hours Are Changed By Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen reduced street meter hours to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesdays and Saturdays, with no meters on Sundays or holidays. Wednesdays run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Parking grounds meters stay 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays. Plans include new no parking zone on Park avenue.
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Donald B. Rice
Rice
Park Avenue
Trail Avenue
Elm Street
W. Raymond Walter
Spring Valley
Toll Gate Manor
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
W. Jerome Offutt
Frederick
E. Austin James
James
Offatt
Five Killed In Accidents Across Maryland Areas
A string of fatal incidents left five dead yesterday. In Cecil County a small truck crashed into a fence pole on a back road between Mechanicsville and Marysville, killing William Walls and James Foreaker both 30 and 35, of Northeast. In Western Maryland William T. Kerns of Hancock died after being struck by a locomotive near his home. Near Indian Head in Charles County Mary M. Jeffries of Gaymont died after being hit by a car and a Baltimore boy, three years old, died from injuries after running into the street on North Gay Street.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Cecil County
Mechanicsville
Marysville
William Walls
James Foreaker
William T. Kerns
Hancock
Mary M. Jeffries
Gaymont
Indian Head
Charles County
Providence Hospital
Washington
Baltimore
Gay Street
Donald Pryear
Train Wreck Kills Twenty on Liverpool Express
In Northampton England the Liverpool London Express derailed near Weedon as it left a tunnel. At least 20 people were killed and 35 injured when the locomotive and first passenger coaches plunged down a 30 foot embankment. One victim wore an American soldier’s uniform. The wreck cut telegraph lines, delaying emergency repairs.
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Northampton
Eng
Weedon
Women Playing Large Part In U. S. Affairs
Lillian L. Joseph at the National Association of Life Underwriters convention cites women as major economic players. She says women own 65 percent of mutual savings accounts and hold 40 percent of U.S. homes, control 80 percent of national spending, and pay 80 percent of inheritance taxes with 40 percent of property taxes.
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Los Angeles
Lillian L. Joseph
New York
The
Home Life Insurance Co
National Association of Life Underwriters
Corporations of America
Mutual Savings Banks
Army to Buy Beef Abroad in Major Purchase
The Army ordered up to 10 million pounds of beef from foreign markets outside the Soviet bloc after domestic bids proved insufficient. Major packers refused due to price controls and beef shortages, and the move aims to ensure steady meat supply for troops overseas.
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Washington
Soviet Bloc
Archibald Alexander
Army
Navy
Air Force
Argentina
Germany
Spain
Quartermaster Center
Chicago
Party Strategists Work On Statements
British party strategists draft policy statements for the October elections as Clement Attlee prepared for a Scottish Labour speech and Winston Churchill's Conservatives finalize their manifesto led by R A Butler. A federal tax lien was filed against Eugene G McAbee for income taxes in 1946 and 1947 totaling $15933.07.
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London
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Winston
Churchill
R. A. Butler
Tory Brain Trust
Eugene G. McAbee
Lindbergh Avenue
George Hofferbert
Strike Averted in 21 Hotels as Workers Win Pay Rise
In Washington on September 21 5 000 hotel workers won a 10 percent raise after a threatened strike was averted. The agreement prevented labor action across 21 leading hotels.
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Washington
Robbers steal nearly $200 in Braddock Drive-In safe break
The Braddock Drive-In Theater office at Routes 40 and 40 A west of Frederick was robbed early Thursday. Thieves pried open a wall safe taking about 199 in cash and escaped with about 25 from a cigarette machine coin box in an adjoining room. The entry used a tool, and the theft was discovered the next morning by a Highway Express driver. State Trooper Harold Basore led the investigation.
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Braddock Drive-In
Frederick
Harold Basore
Albert Detweiler
Basore
Charles Town Hosts Armed Forces Day Pageant Leader
Rear Admiral David Clark arrives to lead Jefferson County's sesquicentennial Armed Forces Day events at Charles Town race track. Col. Robert Bates returns to participate in Patriotism Day as the celebration runs through tomorrow night. Haircut prices rise in Baltimore by 25 cents to 1.10 for adults, 0.75 for shaves, and 0.85 for children starting Oct. 1.
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Charles Town
W. Va
David
Clark
Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
Jefferson County
Robert Lee Bates
Middleway
Virginia Military Institute
Baltimore
Gromyko Alarmed by Intruder on liner We de France
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko reported an attempted intrusion into his $1,100 luxury suite aboard the liner We de France early today. The incident prompted alarms and heightened security aboard the ship during its voyage.
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Gromyko
Slymouth
Eng
Andrei Gromyko
McCarthy Attacks Benton Over Congressional Communists Claim
Senator McCarthy accuses Benton of ignoring evidence about Communists on congressional staffs while Benton calls him mental midget. McCarthy says several lawmakers have known Communists on their staffs but refuses to name them or provide proof.
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Washington
Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S
Congress
State Department
Savannah
United States
Taft calls farm subsidy plan a fraud in North Dakota speech
Senator Taft denounces Truman administration farm subsidy proposals as a fraud, arguing they promise high prices to farmers and low prices to consumers. He says subsidies shift costs to taxpayers and ultimately burden both groups, while praising support prices for farmers and labor wage parity.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Taft
Ohio
Aft
Brannan
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Postal Workers To Get Large Pay Increases Across Agencies
Congress approves retroactive raises totaling about 670 million dollars annually for over 1.5 million postal workers and government white collar staff. Basic postal increases include 400 dollar yearly boosts for 500,000 field employees and 20 cent hourly raises for those in hourly positions. Postmasters receive 20 percent higher salaries, and new postal hires may gain up to 700 dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Fire fighters wind shift save small town in Washington
Red eyed volunteer firefighters and a providential wind shift saved Forks Washington a town of 1120 residents from a forest fire that began a month ago from logging railroad sparks. The fire burned 20000 acres but bypassed the town after searing parts of the northern and eastern edges. Nineteen buildings including two sawmills and numerous residences were destroyed. Also report notes New York stock market easing with Paramount slipping after a surge and Nickel Plate rising on gains and Celetex continuing an extra dividend.
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Forks
Wash
Forest Ranger
Sanford
New York
Paramount Pictures
Nickel Plate
Celetex
Stockpiles Backed for Year of Total War, 30,000 Tanks
San Francisco report says the defense production chief Manly Fleischman outlined capacity to produce 30,000 tanks and 50,000 planes annually plus strategic stockpiles to cover a year of all-out war. He noted steel and aluminum capacity gains and continued access to materials despite temporary foreign-source cuts.
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San Francisco
U. S
Manly Fleischman
Ridgway's Answer Is Awaited In Korea Armistice Clash
Tokyo dispatch reports General Ridgway delaying response to Communist proposal to resume Kaesong truce talks as UN armor pounds the central front. Allied tanks press toward Pyongyang while Peiping radio stays quiet and Red complaints over Kaesonng neutrality emerge. The Reds seek liaison officers and a fixed time to restart negotiations amid ongoing fighting near Munsan.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
United Nations
Iron Triangle
Pyongyang
Red China
Peiping
U. N
Munsan
Ridgway
Red
Kim Ti Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Kaesonng
Reds
Kaesang
Baltimore Brewery Worker Held On Marihuana Charge
Baltimore police nabbed 52 year old Robert B. Brant at 1 a m in an East Baltimore home. A lard can outside the house hid 12 44 pounds of marihuana enough for 40 000 dream cigarettes. Brant, tied to Casimer Noniewski in a staged deal, faces possession charges.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Police Department
Cumberland
Joseph F. Carroll
Robert B. Brant
Carroll
Brant
Casimer Noniewski
Noniewski
Pennsylvania Avenue
King George VI Sees Doctors Four Times In 48 Hours
London reports King George VI, ill with an undisclosed lung ailment, was seen by his doctors for the fourth time in 48 hours. Court circles say treatment centers on rest and doctors have noted structural changes in one lung without detailing the diagnosis. In Manila, three policemen and a Communist Huk were killed last night in a gun battle in a residential district.
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London
George VI
Manila
Huk
Deported by Reds Hong Kong report on clergy arrival
Arch bishop Frederic Melendro Gutierrez of Anking five Spanish priests and a Spanish nun arrived on Thursday all deported by the Chinese Communists per Hong Kong dispatch dated September 21.
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Hong Kong
Frederic Melendro Gutierrez
Anking
Big Assault Gathers First Objective In Korea Front
Allied tanks and infantry pushed into the central Korean front in what dispatches call the heaviest armored blow of the war. Operation Cleaver aims to seek out and destroy Communist strong points across an 80 mile frontier while air power covers the advance and ground fighting intensifies.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
John Randolph
Pyongyang
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Triangle
Sea of Japan
U. N
U. N. Artiery
Naktong
Rommel
Montgomery
African Desert
Jeb Stuart
Phil Sheridan
Military housing progress pleases Maryland service men
Military spokesmen from Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard told real estate men there is no critical housing shortage in Maryland for personnel. The main issue is affordable housing with a noted need for about 42.50 a month in lower pay grades, addressed by renovating run-down houses near Camp Detrick Frederick into apartments.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Frederick
Camp Detrick
Five Day Maryland Delaware Forecast With Showers
Five day outlook covers Maryland and Delaware with considerable cloudiness and a warm Saturday. Showers expected in western counties by afternoon or night, spreading to the coast overnight and ending early Sunday. Cooler Sunday and fair conditions, then moderate temperatures Monday with showers again by Wednesday. Period average 3 to 6 degrees above normals. normal highs 72 to 78, lows from mid 40s to upper 50s depending on location.
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Maryland
Delaware
Delmar Peninsula
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