Countian Soldier Killed in Korea Battle
Pfc. Charles Austin Brandenburg, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brandenburg near Ellerton, was killed in action September 3 in Korea with the Eighth Cavalry Division. He left the U.S. in May, trained at Fort Knox, spent a furlough at home, then served overseas after a brief stint in California. He was the first local county man known to die in Korea, with eight area men listed as wounded and one missing.
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Charles Austin Brandenburg
Albert Brandenburg
Ellerton
Korea
Defense Department
Pfc
Brandenburg
Frederick
Pic
Eighth Cavalry Division
Japan
Armed Services
Fort Knox
California
Pie
Myersville
Middletown
Langer Collapse Signals Senate Debate Tension
Senator Langer of North Dakota collapsed in the Senate during a marathon speech against the Communist control bill vetoed by President Truman. He spoke from 10:50 last night until 4:13 this morning, was conscious but pale, and was carried from the chamber as colleagues rushed to his aid.
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Washington
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Truman
Mr. Truman
Humphrey
D-Minn
House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Ellender
D-La
Langer Wes
Middletown Answer Filed In Court Suit
The Burgess and Commissioners of Middletown filed an equity court answer opposing Rudy's injunction to halt Tanner's Branch sewage use. They warn the change risks a larger health hazard and would delay a planned modern sanitary sewer system backed by a $14,000 federal loan, while noting town properties and private lots face space and cost burdens. Several defendants claim prescriptive rights and laches defenses.
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Middletown
Lawrence F. Rudy
Tanner
Burgess and Commissioners of
Equity
Rudy
Burgess and Commissioners
Amos
A. Holter
State Department of Health
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Baltimore
Housing and Home Finance Agency
General Service Administration
Memorial Hall
Fred M. Hoffman
G. Harlen Dinterman
Samuel D. Bussard
L. C. Lighter
Elva O. Shafer
Carrie
Lora Coblentz
Hagerstown
Roy L. Bussard
John Kefauver
Hoffman and
Dinterman
Tanner's Branch
Mahoney Seeks Recount in Gubernatorial Primary
Baltimore report says George P. Mahoney asked for recounts in Anne Arundel Carroll Wicomico and Garrett counties after losing in Anne Arundel by 416 votes and Carroll by 475. He plans a recount in Wicomico Monday and already petitioned Garrett. Lane leads with 7 more convention votes than Mahoney.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Anne Arundel
Carroll
Anne Arundel County
Lane
Wicomico County
Garrett County
Mahoney
Wicomico
Garrett
Lose Popular Vote But Will Be Nominated
In Maryland the general election nominees are decided without a majority of the popular vote. Governor Lane leads with 84 unit votes to 68 for George P. Mahoney, though Mahoney has more popular votes. Butler leads in Republican unit votes over D. John Markey, while Markey has more overall ballots. Mahoney seeks recounts. Lane plans to face McKeldin, and Butler to run against Millard Tydings. The state primary lingers as Baltimore county and city tallies await final counts.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lane
John Marshall Butler
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Butler
D. John Markey
Senate
Markey
Theodore R. Mc- Keldin
Mc- Keldin
Prince Georges County
Sen
Millard
Tydings
Capitol Hill
Garrett County
Gunter
William A. Gunter
Helen Elizabeth Brown
Cumberland
Miss Brown
Hugh J. Monaghan II
John A. Meyer
Tractor And Parked Cars In Collision In Maryland
A young woman was injured when a tractor pulling a new cab swerved off Route 40 near New Market and struck three parked cars. The injured, Margaret Johnson, 27, had facial injuries and was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. A second Route 40 crash in Ridgeville occurred when a driver slowed for dogs crossing and another vehicle rear ended him, causing $100 damage. no charges were filed. The accidents involved Robert L. Annett, 23, Perryville, O, and Wilmer A. Turner Jr., 48, Hagerstown, with both tractors belonging to Real Driving Company of Cleveland. The dogs escaped unharmed.
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New Market
Ridgeville
Maynard J. Whitney
Margaret Johnson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Annett
Perryville
Whitney
Real Driving Company
Cleveland
Annett
James W. Pryor
Route 1
Walford H
William G. Mayer
Claymont
Del
Wilmer A. Turner, Jr
Route 3
Hagerstown
Gas Rates On New Schedule On October 1
Frederick gas rates, unchanged since 1936, will switch to a new schedule October 1 with promotional adjustments. Raymond Brehaut of Frederick Gas Company, Inc. announced that first ever home and building heating rates will be set for gas use as natural gas nears city delivery. The change aims to lower bills for most consumers and aligns with a public interest filing to the Maryland Public Service Commission.
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Frederick
Raymond Brehaut
Frederick Gas Company, Inc
Brehaut
Maryland Public Service Commission
Frederick Gas Company
Court Refuses To Fine Strawberry Patch Pickers
Annapolis Sept 23 Judge Benjamin Michaelson convicts three women for picking strawberries on George Jenkins patch near Lake Shore last June 5. He refuses to order fines, calling them victims of circumstances while noting they should have asked first.
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Annapolis
Benjamin Michaelson
Anne Arundel County
Elizabeth W. Buddemeir
Minnie M. Allison
Minnie S. Allison
Glen Burnie
George Jenkins
Lake Shore
Jenkins
Daylight Time Ends as Autumn Arrives in County
Daylight time ends at 2 a m with clocks set back one hour except Brunswick where time remains on standard. Forecaster predicts a breezy upper seventies today and upper forties tonight. Sunday will be sunny and cooler as autumn takes hold amid 1.75 inches of rain in the recent storm.
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Brunswick
Potomac
Pravda prints MacArthur Seoul lure claim
Pravda reports an alleged MacArthur appeal to troops to seize Seoul promising victory over a rich city and that inhabitants property would belong to victors. The correspondent source is unclear and the general’s Sept. 16 statement focused on seizing the Incheon Seoul corridor to limit North Korean supply flows.
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Moscow
Pravda
MacArthur
Seoul
Inchon-Seoul
Adjectives Fly In Jenner Blast At Pearson
Washington reporters describe a Senate exchange after Senator Jenner accuses columnist Drew Pearson of a vicious attack. Jenner quotes Pearson calling him a revolving s o b and criticizes Pearson for his coverage of Defense Secretary Marshall. Pearson disputes the charges, defending his reporting and denouncing Jenner's rebuttal as propaganda.
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Jenner
Pearson
Washington
R-Ind
Drew Pearson
Senate
Indiana
Bob Lyons
Defense
George Marshall
United States
General Marshall
Truman
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hull
Harry H. Vaughn
Branch Rickey To Quit Dodgers
Branch Rickey, legendary figure with eight years at Brooklyn, reportedly signed a contract to sell his stock and part ways with the Dodgers. The New York Daily Mirror notes Rickey sold his 25 percent stake to Webb and Knapp, a Manhattan real estate firm. A separate deed records a property sale on East Street to Martin Storage Company, Inc., for about 12,800 dollars.
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New York
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Walter F. O'Malley
Dodgers
Rickey
Brooklyn
Jackie Robinson
New York Daily Mirror
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Webb and Knapp
Manhattan
DFED
East Street
Second Street
Eugene J. C. Raney
Martin Storage Company, Inc
Frederick Trad- Dorr
Hood College Freshmen Arrive for Registration and Orientation
Students for Hood arrive to register as 500 enrollees prepare for classes starting Thursday. Freshman Week begins Sunday with open houses, dormitory welcome, and a dinner for new students' parents at Coblentz Hall. Junior leaders and campus officials organize welcome events, pageantry, and orientation activities through Monday. Sophomores and seniors register Wednesday as the new academic year unfolds.
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Hood College
Mary-Low Springhorn
Bogota
N. J
Alumnae Hall
Coblentz Hall
Coblentz
Meyran
Mary Ellen Kincannon
Bethesda
Mary Elizabeth Hilton
Drexel Hill
Mary Ellen Wood
West Chester
The
Athletic Association
Anne Tettow
Sharon
Mass
Town Hall
Barbara Henderson
St. Hillsdale
Hood Life
Situation in Seoul described as very serious by Pravda
Pravda reports from Korea describe Seoul as extremely dangerous with workers building barricades from cement rails beams and stones. The dispatch notes pillboxes and tank positions inside the city and calls for residents to defend every home as a fortress amid UN advances toward the northern outskirts.
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Moscow
Pravda
Korea
Seoul
Communist Party
MacArthur
United Nations
People's Army
Martha Raye Held As Drunken Driver
Boston report states Martha Raye singing comedienne spent five hours in the House of Detention after drunkenness and driving while intoxicated charges. Her husband Nick Condos faced a drunkenness charge, was released, and Martha posted 225 dollars bail. Patrolman O Malley said a large car mounted the sidewalk on Cross street in the North End. Raye allegedly joked the sidewalks were wide to where she comes from.
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Boston
Martha Raye
Comedienne
Nick Condos
Martha
Thomas O'Malley, Jr
Miss Raye
Cross Street
North End
O'Malley
Sha
Bloodiest Seoul battle looms as Reds retreat north
Allied forces pressed toward Seoul from the Pusan perimeter as U S Marines and American divisions drive from the southeast beachhead. The First Cavalry split toward Sangju and the 24th Division moved toward Kumchon while Red casualties mount and 685 prisoners are reported in 24 hours. Red Ninth Division and a 107th regiment are cited among forces near Seoul.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
U.S. First Cavalry
Sangju
Pusan
Naktong
U. S
Retman Morin
Ninth Division
Haman
Sariwon
Morin
Yongdungpo
Suwon
South Korea
U. S. First Cavalry
MacArthur
First Cavalry
U. S. 24Th Division
Kumchon
Soda Ash Strike Ends as Production Reopens in Syracuse
In Syracuse New York on September 23 production of soda ash resumed under a new wage contract ending a 102 day strike by 2000 workers. District 50 United Mine Workers approved the agreement with Solvay process division Allied Chemies and Dye Corp. The deal includes a 10 cent an hour wage increase a cost of living bonus and a planned five cent an hour raise next June 1 plus a pension minimum of 100 dollars per month with Social Security. The settlement could set a pattern for other Solvay plants and nearby facilities.
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Syracuse
N. Y
District 50
United Mine Workers
Solvay Process
Allied Chemies and Dye Corp
Solvay
Baton Rouge
Detroit
Diamondalkall
Painesville
Condition Of Streams At Frederick Junction Reported
A fragment notes the Monocacy stream in high and muddy condition at Frederick Junction with unclear details. The brief mentions anvil up three and refers to mealy as part of the garbled message.
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Frederick Junction
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