Brisk Fall Weather For Fair Opener
Cool front and frosts mark the lead up to the 85th annual exhibition opening tomorrow. Skies clear by late Tuesday with seasonable lows around 28 to 31 degrees, while fair officials expect favorable weather to help judging and midway arrivals as Cetlin and Wilson shows prepare to roll in from Trenton.
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Weath Bureau
Torrow
Nionville
Cetlin and Wilson
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N. J
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Tomorow
Thurmont
New York Pier Fire Tops $5 Million, 100 Firemen Hurt
A massive blaze destroyed a Hudson River pier in New York, causing an estimated 5. Nine million dollars in damage and injuring about 100 firefighters. Pier 57 collapsed, smoke and water aided the effort, with six fireboats battling the flames for hours. Officials feared the fire would take days to fully control. No serious vessel injuries reported. Also, Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American Legion Drum Corps won 50 prize dollars in Westminster Day parade.
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Pennsylvania
Eleven year old girl injured in Route 32 crash near Emmitsburg
An 11 year old girl Shir ley Wilson of near Emmitsburg was hospitalized in Gettysburg with internal injuries after a Sunday 5 o clock crash on Route 32 Emmitsburg Taneytown highway near Harney road. Her mother Velma G Wilson was driving one car. John Brown 29 Thurmont Route 2 was in the other car and faces reckless driving charges.
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Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Taneytown
Harney Road
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Velma G. Wilson
John Brown
Thurmont
Route 2
Walter Levi Brown
Wilson
Kenneth Bond
Brown
Jacob Baker
Melvin Cravey
Edgar A. Harbaugh
Fairfield
Cravey
Bond
Baker
Clifford F_ Sweeney
Tyrannies Like Hitler's Still Are Practiced
Cincinnati September 29 McLain declares the tyrannies that helped Hitler rise are still practiced by men trained for world conquest The address prepared for broadcast warns unless these evils are stamped out civilization will be destroyed He discusses national defense and world security noting the world has shrunk to a neighborhood Also reports will probate for Andrew Wade Centerville wills to daughter Mary Ann Forman executrix details of real and personal property.
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The Nation Today on Street Cars and Transit Cars
Washington dispatch notes street cars continue to decline over 30 years yet PCC steel streamlined models boost appeal. New buses and trackless trolleys grow, auto traffic fuels push for more routes, and figures trace rail and bus usage from 1883 through 1966 with PCCs debut and city by city adoption.
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Two Killed in Bus Auto Crash Near Effingham Illinois
Two men died and fifteen bus passengers were injured when a Greyhound bus traveling from Indianapolis to St. Louis collided with an automobile on U S Route 40 one mile east of Hilingham. Rolla F. Clark age 45 and Clarance Rickelman about 50, both of Effingham, were killed. Rickelman was pinned in the car, Clark thrown onto the highway. The bus went into a ditch but did not overturn. all passengers were removed promptly. The crash occurred about 1045 p m CST.
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Fined $100 After Fatal Auto Wreck
Magistrate Alton Y Bennett fined George Eichelberger 26 of Frederick $100 and costs for manslaughter by automobile in the July 11, 1916 death of Irene Baumgardner near Frederick Junction. Sentence suspended for 18 months on good conduct. Defense argued intoxication and mental condition. State claimed operation of a dangerous instrumentality while drunk may be gross negligence. Magistrate remarked Eichelberger should not drive again. Forfeitures listed for several motorists on related charges.
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George Eichelberger
Irene C. Baumgardner
Frederick
Frederick Junction
House of Correction
Eichelberger
William M. Storm
Evergreen Point
Storm
Edwin F. Nikirk
iHe
John D. Wolfe
Smithsburg
Samuel A. Jacques
Haz
el S. Bowen
Bridgeston
N. J
Frederick C. Wievel
Hagerstown
William E. Terrill
Arlington
Herman A. Weiss
Paul D. Peterson
W. A. Muichner
C. E. DeWitt
Weather Aids Apple Growers Near Frederick
Favorable weather has saved hundreds of bushels of apples in Frederick area orchards. A shortage of pickers forces rushed work, threatening losses if weather turns bad. Hifi Crest near the city cannot yet pick Grimes Golden apples, delaying harvest by about two weeks. Helpers from Dahlgren and Fort Belvoir offered to assist but did not all arrive. One visitor left with several bushels, citing high costs to buy fruit. Northwest brief notes Taft’s weak rallying, opening the field for a potential dark horse in 1948 GOP nomination.
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Fort Belvoir
Hill Crest Orchards
E. D. McCain
McCarthy To Pilot Boston Red Sox Team
New York on September 29 reports Joe Cronin announced that Joe McCarthy, former Yankee manager, signed a two year contract to direct the Boston Red Sox with Cronin becoming general manager. McCarthy leaves the Yankees due to ill health and takes over at once. Cronin also takes over immediately. salaries were not disclosed.
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Virginia Link With Bridge Soon Finished
The Virginia road south from the Sandy Hook bridge is due for completion about the same time as the new Potomac River structure, roughly two weeks away. Richard F. Kline of this city serves as paving subcontractor under Hodgin and Gilliam, Upperville, VA, with five miles of waterbound macadam nearly done and a final touch up planned. Route 275 connects to Route 9 Hillsboro Charles Town highway, eight miles from the bridge, guiding southbound traffic toward Hillsboro or Charles Town.
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Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry Sees Isolation and Bypass Plans
Harpers Ferry West Virginia residents worry the completed New Sandy Hook bridge will divert sightseers and hurt business. Mayor L D Nichols says a second pleasure bridge is desired while heavier traffic may be kept at Sandy Hook. WV plans Route 348 bypass and a Shenandoah river bridge to link with the Sandy Hook span.
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Robert EB. Lee
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Stricken at Meeting Week Ago Dies Today
Mrs Mary Doty Hargett aged 62 dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital after cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Monday during a Walkersville women club visit. Wife of Claude Hargett she leaves a daughter a son a foster daughter a brother and several sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at 106 East Church Street with interment Mt Olivet cemetery.
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Claude Hargett
Feagaville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Ballenger Women's Club
Ballenger Grange
Robert C. Harring
William Smith
Silver Spring
Guy D. Doty
Pittsburgh
Samuel Fetzer
Cleveland
Abraham Hemp
Edgar Feaster
Randolph Grave
Frederick
Claudie Jean Hartington
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. BR
Etchison and Son
Long Session On Food Aid For Europe
Washington reports a White House meeting with President Truman and Congressional leaders to discuss emergency food aid for Europe without a special fall session. Attending were 11 lawmakers, Marshall, Anderson, Harriman, and aides Steelman and Clifford. The cabinet committee urged grain export cuts to save U S food to meet Europe needs this winter.
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Scott Lucas
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John R. Steelman
Clark Clifford
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United States
U S Destroyer Fox Hits Mine Off Trieste
The U S destroyer Douglas H Fox struck a mine 18 miles off Trieste while en route to this free territory. One dead, several injured, and the ship remained operable though steering gear damaged. The Fox, a Sumner class destroyer launched in 1944, displaced 2200 tons with a 315 man crew and armament of six five inch guns and ten torpedo tubes.
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
Washington
Norfolk
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Mediterranean
Bernard H. Bieri
Venice
Robbery suspects released after failure to identify
State Police picked up several suspects in the robbery of Mrs. George Kline near Thurmont on Sabillasville road Friday night but released them when she did not identify any of them. The robber entered her store and home and took money after slugging her.
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Thurmont
Sabillasville
Truman Compared To Hitler in Soviet Article
The United States demanded Moscow disavow a Soviet writer's article equating President Truman with Adolf Hitler. Moscow rejected Washington's protest, flagging the editorial as a matter of opinion and denying any official linkage.
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United States
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85 Leaders In Education At Heights Meet
Approximately 65 educational leaders from all Maryland counties began a two week child study workshop at Vindobona Braddock Heights led by Dr Daniel A Prescott head of the new University of Maryland child institute with three staff members as consultants Grace Alder state supervisor of elementary schools arranged the event Attendees include elementary and high school supervisors principals teachers and college representatives Superintendents Pruitt Jenkins Fitzgerald Boston and Dr E Clark Fontaine attended The program aims to bring ideas back to schools and form teacher study groups Last year about 3000 teachers statewide participated in child study groups A second workshop for colored teachers will follow the current session
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Braddock Heights
Daniel A. Prescott
New Child Institute
University of Maryland
Madalene Mershon
Columbia Winn
Gerthon Morgan
Grace Alder
Maryland
Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick County
David B. Jenkins
Anne Arundel County
Stewart Fitzgerald
Caroline
Theodore Boston
Dorchester
E. Clark Fontaine
State Department of Education
Charlotte Barrier
Louise Thompson
Drucilla Worthington
Duval Sneadner
Worshop
Alder
Bowie
Baltimore City
Withdrawal Of Demand Asked In UN Balkan Row
Lake Success Sept 29 France urged the United States to withdraw demands that the UN Assembly find three Soviet Balkan satellites guilty of aggression against Greece. French Minister Yvonne Delbos appealed for Soviet cooperation toward a peaceful settlement as the United Nations seeks a Balkan solution. Greece's Deputy Premier Constanti Tsaldaris declared the satellites are committing acts of aggression against Greece even as the UN works on the problem.
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France
United States
United Nations Assembly
Soviet Balkan
Greece
Russia
Balkan
Yvonne Delbos
Soviet Union
Constanting Tsaldaris
United Nations
Cabin report to Aldermen on Tuscarora cabin rising
City Attorney Richard E. Zimmerman will present findings to the Board of Aldermen Wednesday night about reports of a cabin being built along Tuscarora Creek above the city receiver. Halt orders reportedly agreed upon until the board acts. Concrete blocks were seen at the site. construction status unclear. The city has opposed building above mountain receivers due to pollution concerns.
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Richard E. Zimmerman
Tuscarora Creek
Board of Aldermen
Yellow Springs
Nine fatally hurt in hazardous device attack in Haifa
Nine killed and about 50 injured when a tar barrel explosive crashed into Haifa district police HQ. Among the dead were three British constables and four Arab policemen. civilians and a 16 year old Arab girl were also hurt. Irgun Zvai Leumi claimed responsibility as retaliation for Jewish emigration and deportations.
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Irgun Zval Leumi
Hamburg
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Palestine
Swing-Out At Hood Sunday
Hood College opens its fifty-fifth academic year with a vesper service in Hrodbeck Hall. President Henry Irvin Stahr urges students to use their God given power of choice to direct their lives and fulfill their destiny during this period of evaluation and opportunity.
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Hood College
Hrodbeck Hall
Stahr
Anna Marie Budde
Greichaniner
Lateren
William Sprigg
Red Fox Found Dead On West College Terrace
A red fox was found dead along West College Terrace after being struck by a car. Officer Harry Quinn reported to Police Headquarters this morning. The fox lay about 100 yards south of the Frederick High School entrance. the dog catcher was notified.
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Omcer
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Frederick High School
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