Reuther Gunman Suspect Davis Held In Habeas Case
Nelson Davis a 52 year old self styled Communist was arrested after a mystery witness report. Prosecutor McNelly ordered a habeas corpus hearing to justify detention with no charges yet filed. Police sought clues in the Walter Reuther attack as doctors voiced optimism about saving his damaged arm. New rewards raise the bounty to 121800 for the gunman.
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Davis
Jaz. N
McNelly
Arthur Webster
Reuthers
Barnes Woodhall
Duke University
Reuth
UAW
Reather
Woothall
Reuther
Negro Track Star Seeks Olympic Berth at Drake Relays
Des Moines reports Harrison Dillard, Baldwin-Wallace star, aims for an Olympic berth as he chases his 55th straight victory at the Drake Relays. The 25-year-old is a dominant force in NCAA and AAU hurdle events, holding multiple titles and a near-unique six-title streak. Heidelberg, Germany’s oldest university, dates to 1986.
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Des Moines
Harrison Dillard
Dilllard
Dillard
AAU
Heidelberg
Germany
Prolific week in Hagerstown news and notices
A collage of items from Hagerstown includes stalled tree clearance for a local home, a swapped crate of plastic oranges from Florida, and City Hall elevator worries tied to potential draft-board relocation. Prostitution stats are challenged by Dr. Perry Prather, while fire survey data reveal steep street grades and crosswalks. Taxes rise for 1949 and farm labor markets loosen, followed by Passover guidance and community notices from carnival outages to bird walks and remarriage filings.
Forrestal Seeks Draft Program Compromise Continued
Defense budget revisions under Forrestal push for long range Civilian Military Training totals. House armed services panel expected to back a draft bill to raise forces to about 2,005,000 by mid 1950, with 502,000 in a 270 group air force. Senate hearings on related funding start soon.
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Gurney
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Fires destroy 350000 homes yearly in America
Every year about 350000 homes in the United States are wiped out by fire, averaging a destruction rate of about one home every other minute, highlighting widespread risk and the need for fire safety.
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America
Realty Market Has Quiet Week in Greensburg Area
Realty activity slows with several transfers in Greensburg near Smithsburg and surrounding areas. Transactions include Pearl Goetz et al selling property on Jefferson Street to Hagerstown Table Corp for 420, or 4 420. Other deeds list executors to Obie Harrup, a Guilford avenue property to The Bethel Pentecostal Church for 6200, and multiple parcels on Pope Avenue Avon Road North Mulberry and Lincoln Avenue with prices ranging from 1000 to 16000.
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Greensburg
Smithsburg
Pearl Goetz
Hagerstown Table Corp
Jefferson Street
M. Stahl
Nicodemus National Bank
Obie L. Harrup
Guilford
Leah C. Cramer
Marshall Willliam Weller
Pope Avenue
Charles W. Harbaugh
William Henry Fisher
Cleveland
Christopher E.mcewen, Sr
Joseph Ecker
Howard Street
Maryland Avenue
Ruth M. Stahl
Bethel
Martha K. Kemp
T. Aubrey Kemp
George E. Koogle
Avon
Sallie V. Moler
Marvin R. Moaler
North Mulberry
East Franklin
East Avenue
Albro C. Scott
Stanley S. Haines
Smoketown
Baytown
Fannie Elizabeth Rinehart
Raymond W. Rinehart
J. Raymond Hershey
Avalon Avenue
Luther Grove
Laura A
Charles H. Unger
Middleburg Pike
Bessie O
Steward A. Redman
John T. Rickerds
Garrett’s Mil
John L. Cross
Ralph E. May
Lincoln Avenue
Holley W. Miller
Carl R. Springer
Williamsport Pike
Textile Workers Seek 30-Hour Week at Convention
Cumberland Md April 24 local 18T4 members in rayon plants plan Resolutions for a 30 hour work week and an industry financed pension. The move accompanies a proposal for the CIO Textile Workers Union of America to study industrial diseases, with the Celanese plant workers among the largest locals. The biennial convention opens in Atlantic City N J Tuesday.
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Cumberland
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Atlantic City
N. 5
Celanese Corporation of America
National Union
Chiang Candidate Falls Short In Vice Presidential Ballot
In Nanking on April 24 Gen Li Tsvungren led the second ballot for China's vice president but failed to secure a majority. Li, backed by liberals, received 1 163 votes while incumbent Dr Sanfo stood second with 1 945. Li trailed by 360 votes of the needed 1 523, prompting a third ballot tomorrow. Magistrate Martin V. B. Bostefter has been confined at home with a sore throat on Salem avenue.
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Nanking
Li Tsvungren
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
National Assembly
Sanfo
Martin V. B. Bostefter
Salem Avenue
Marshall Says Leaving Colombia After Inter-American Meet
Marshall said farewell to Bogota en route to Washington aboard the Sacred Cow. Officials indicated he is returning to tackle four major foreign policy issues, including Palestine truce and trusteeship, Western European defense, Berlin tensions, and reactions to the Italian election setback. The Bogota conference ended early after a revolt, with Marshall staying through the closing.
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William Pawley
Paul Daniela
State Department
Donnelly
Venezuels
Pawley
Brazil
Colombia
Truman
Marshall
Washington
Grive
United Nations
Palestine
Uip
Holy Land
Berlin
Russia
Bogota
Double Pleasure Pattern 70895 for Neiniecraft Fan
Advertises embroidery and crochet patterns from Alice Brooks Needlework Book 1948. Offers transfer motifs, charts, photos, and complete directions. Requests twenty cents for pattern from The Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept. Brooklyn address included. Also promotes 1948 edition priced fifteen cents with designs for embroidery knitting crochet toys and more.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
Household Arts Dept
P.O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Alice* Brooks
Alice Brooks
Editor's Letter Box Continues on Plumbing Standards
A correspondent defends plumbing codes and licensing amid criticisms of plumbers and inspectors. He argues costs vary by region, cites licensed practices, current building codes, and the role of inspectors to ensure safe, healthful installations, urging readers to consider distribution, licensing, and code updates.
U N Moves Again To Bring Peace In Palestine
The United Nations moves to initiate peace talks on Palestine with Belgium and France to prepare for Lake Success discussions with Jewish Agency and Palestine Arab Higher Committee representatives. Britain to join talks as mandatory power. four days given for a first report to the council. Russia Ukraine and Colombia abstained.
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Belgium
France
Lake Success
Jewish Agency
Palestine Arab Higher Committee
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
Russia
Ukraine
Colombia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Gany
U. N
Jerusalem
Meeting Of Master Plumbers' Association Of Washington County
A notice for a meeting of the Master Plumbers' Association of Washington County on April 27, 1942, at 29 East Baltimore Street. The secretary J. E. Keiffer invites members and promises a chance to meet most of the plumbers in Hagerstown and Washington County that evening.
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Master Plumbers’ Association of
Washington County
Baltimore Street
Hagerstown
J. E. Keiffer
the Master Plumbers’ Association of
Washington County, Inc
Enterprise meeting for Apple Blossom parade plans
All members of the Western Enterprise Fire Company are to meet at the fire hall Tuesday evening at 7 45 p m for final instructions ahead of the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester Virginia next Thursday.
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Enterprise
Western Enterprise Fire Company
Winchester
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Chevrolet
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John D. Myers &Co
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Patel
Rusco
West Church Street
Mrs. Fowler
Charles Wagaman
Florida
Perry F. Prather
Prather
Maryland
Congress
City Hell
City Hall
Boarch of
Benjamin H. Solliday
Moses
West Washington Street
Borneo
Harry M. Cox
Blue Ridge Summit
Cearfoss
Conococheague
Clerk of Court Office
Troy Laundry Dry Cleaning Co
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Ann Lombardo
N. Y
Williamsburg Maternity Hospital
Vincent
Rosetta
Ex-Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
White House
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Uncle John
Frederick Road
Chiang
West Washington
Glick
Shoe Store
Washington St
Hamilton Hotel
Johns- Manville
Better Homes Inc
W. Washington St. Phyne
Aliso
U.N
Little Heiskel Cafeteria
W. Franklin St
Capitol
Standard Insulation Company
Penna. Ave
Ee & Sons, Inc
Boanshoro
L. A. Saunders
Funkatown
General Acceptance Corp
Jonathan St
D. Earl
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