Friendly Towners Help Family and Brownie Honor Rolls
From Our Reporters Notebook highlights Mr and Mrs Samuel Kuhn of Guilford Avenue who hosted Naomi Serrano, illness stricken child, and plan further help. It also notes Williamsport Brownie Troop No 1's thank you letters from German girls for a warm jacket, and recounts local Prohibition repeal anniversary figures, Berkeley County ties, purse find, tomato crop blight, and McCrory store opening crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kuhn
Guilford Avenue
Naomi Serrano
New York
Mr. Kuhn
Tyke
Naomi
Turn To Truman For Next Move To Crush 17 Day Coal Strike
The government seeks immediate Supreme Court review of John L. Lewis contempt case as Truman plans a nationwide radio address. Clark and Sonnet with Vinson discuss the request while Hopkins Padway and Kaiser represent the United Mine Workers. Murray urges union unity against the attack on the UMW. The decision could come Monday and frame arguments later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Clark
John F. Sonnet
Lewis
John Baecher
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
Henry Kaiser
Sennett
Padway
Truman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
CIO
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Murray
U. S. Court of Appeals
Form Group To Prevent Strikes in Mid-Atlantic States
A 20 member labor management government assembly was formed by the U S Conciliation Service to avert disputes across eastern Pennsylvania southern New Jersey northern Virginia Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia. The advisory mediation panel will handle national and statewide issues to speed peacetime industry with members from AFL and CIO and industrialists. Members will be named next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
AFL
CIO
U.S
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Assembly
Manno
Edgar L. Warren
Conciliation Service
E.E. Colwell
Rush To Buy Rail Shares After Freight Rate Boost
New York reports a rush to purchase railroad stocks as the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a freight-rate increase averaging about 17 percent. Shares of major carriers such as New York Central, Santa Fe, Chesapeake and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio, Southern Pacific, and Missouri Kansas Texas led the gains. Early trading showed price jumps around four dollars a share, with later profit taking reducing gains as the day progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Central
Santa Fe
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Interstate Commerce ' ‘Commission
Financial District
Divorces Filed for Cook and Webb Couples in Local Court
Two divorce suits were filed in Robert E. Cook versus Margaret K. Cook and Elizabeth Jane Webb versus Charles Verdeen Webb. The actions list the plaintiffs and defendants in a local court filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
E. ‘Cook
Mar
Garet EK
Cook
Elizabeth
Jane Webb
Charlex
Verdeen Webb
Two Hurt In Morning Crash On Potomac Avenue
Donald Haley and Robert Ecker of Waynesboro are hospitalized after a 2215 m crash on Potomac avenue inside the city limits. Ronald Frazer of Pen-Mar was detained for questioning. All three were intoxicated. Haley pinned under the vehicle and unconscious. Frazer and Ecker reported back pain. no charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Haley
Robert Ecker
Waynesboro
Washington County
Ronald Frazer
Pen-Mar
Potomac Avenue
Albert C. Lowry
H. L. Whittington
Haley
Ecker
Frazer
Dimout Violators Face Heavy Fine And Year In Jail
An official of the City Light Plant cites ongoing brownout violations at gasoline stations and small businesses in Hagerstown. CPA regional director Roth says 180 Maryland District of Columbia and Virginia notices warned three days to explain noncompliance with potential $10,000 fines two years in jail and suspension of electric service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Civlian Production Administration
William ‘A. Roth
Hoover Sought As Chamber Speaker
J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI is one of the prominent speakers being sought for the January annual meeting of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. The notice was disclosed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Chamber
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pearl Harbor remembered as Navy says forgets day
Honolulu December 7 marked the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. The Army held a formal ceremony to raise the battle-scarred flag from Hickman Field while Navy officials largely dismissed observances, with one officer stating they want to forget rather than remember Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U. S. ‘Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Hickman’ Field
Reid Is Guilty On Second Count
Frank Sam Reid, a 25 year old Cumberland man, was found guilty on the second count of an indictment charging rape by a jury in local Circuit Court. The verdict on the second count, assault with intent to rape, was delivered at 12 45 this afternoon with mercy recommended. The court will likely sentence Reid early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sam Reid
Reid
van L.smyre
Helen’ Mangold
Miss Mangold
D. K. McLaughlin
Four People Treated At Hospital Last Night
Four persons were treated at Washington County Hospital last night for minor injuries from accidents. Phillip K. Adams, 2, of 1170 Potomac Avenue, fell and lacerated his forehead and was discharged after ER care. Alvey R Smith Jr., 2, of Williamsport Rt. 2, lacerated nose required stitches. John G. Sanders, 15, of 671 Park Lane, fell at school injuring right shoulder. Charles H. Fuches of Harpers Ferry, WV, reported a motorcycle crash with left-hand lacerations and no other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Phillip K. Adams
Potomac Avenue
Alvey R Smith, Jr
Williamsport
Rt. 2
John G. Sanders
Park Lane
Deaths At Winecoff Fire At Peachtree Street
Reporter CHICK HOSCH describes the Winecoff hotel inferno in downtown Atlanta as flames roared through upper floors before dawn. Dozens of guests leaped to their deaths or suffered mortal injuries as smoke and winds battered improvised lifelines from sheets and bed covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Hosch
Atlanta
Winecoff
Peachtree ‘Street
Criminal Docket Cleared Of Cases After November Term
The November court term mostly cleared its criminal docket with the Reid rape trial closed except for a pending motion for a new trial in the Blake case. Earlier, Robert Line and two Keedysville men facing rape charges were acquitted or dismissed. Ronald West’s assault with intent to rape case was moved to Cumberland and will likely be tried in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sam Reid
Blake
Robert ‘Line
Keedysville
Ingram
Ronald
West
Cumberland
Stimson Irritated by Morgan Interference in 1931 Talks
Fifteen year old State Department files released show Henry L. Stimson, then Secretary of State, angrily denouncing J. P. Morgan and Company for meddling in 1931 international negotiations. The documents note Germany’s secret military prep and its resistance to scrapping its pocket-battleship program amid bankruptcy. A memorandum dated July 17, 1931, cites a Morgan official identified as Dear Jay discussing funds for Germany in Paris with Finance Minister M. Flandin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Henry L. Stimson
J. P. Morgan and Company
U. S
Germany
Stimson
United States
Britain
France
Jay
Morgan and Company
Dear Jay
Paris
M. Flandin
Tom
Hood College Editorial Staff Strikes Over School Spirit
Hood College Frederick announces no issue of the Blue and Grey due to a general strike by editorial and reporting staff. The walkout targets lack of student support and school spirit, with a unanimous move to protest and attract attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue and Grey
Hood College
Frederick
Mail
Lash
Realty Market Not So Active In 6 Week Sales
The local real estate market showed moderate activity with numerous transactions totaling substantial sums. Notable transfers include Mary S Norris to Leroy Springer near Pen Mar Park for 4000, William M Emerson to Robert Ellsworth on Heisterboro Road for 7500, and Henry W Biser multiple parcels on Maryland Avenue and Sunset Avenue totaling several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary. S. Norris
Hugh On. Norris
Leroy ‘B Springer
Pen Mar Park
William M.emerson
Low-Flying Plane Scares Potomac Hills North End
Residents in Potomac Hills and construction workers along Magnolia Avenue reported a silver plane flying low at about 4 pm yesterday. The aircraft circled the area and dipped toward a field and a row of homes under construction, with its wheels seeming to touch the ground briefly before turning west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Hills
Magnolia Avenue
William R. Eckstine
Dr Hubert L Porterfield Undergoes Appendectomy
Dr Hubert L Porterfield a well known local physician and Democratic Committee member in Washington County underwent an appendectomy at Washington County Hospital Thursday night. He was reported resting well this morning and had chaired the recent Democratic campaigns in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Porterfield
Washington County
Porterfield
Democratic’ Central ‘Committee
Fire destroys Winecoff Hotel killing many at least 114
A pre dawn fire at the 15 story Winecoff Hotel on Peachtree Street in Atlanta killed at least 114 and injured about 100. Most guests were trapped above the third floor with many leaping from the burning building. Heroic rescues and narrow escapes are recounted including Betty Huguley and the Cochran couple. The blaze, started in the upper floors, was under control by 7 am with authorities counting bodies and noting lack of outside fire escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Theater District
Major Hotel Fires In 13 Years List of Fatalities
New York reports a catalog of major hotel fires over the past 13 years with the death tolls. Entries include Sept. 7, 1930 Houston 54. Dec. 11, 1934 Kerns Hotel Lansing 32. Feb. 12, 1936 Victoria Mansions Lakewood 16. May 16, 1938 Terminal Hotel Atlanta 35. March 27, 1944 Amsterdam Hotel San Francisco 22. Jan. 16, 1945 General Clark Hotel Chicago 14. June 5, 1946 La Salle Hotel Chicago 61. June 9, 1946 Canfield Hotel Dubuque 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Houston
Texas
Kerns
Lansing
Mich
Victoria
Lakewood
N. J
Terminal
Atlanta
Amsterdam
San Francisco
General ‘Clark
Chicago
la Salle
Canfield
Dubuque
Aged Woman Rescued From Fire Swept Winecott Hotel
Mrs Banks Whiteman an elderly permanent resident of the Winecott Hotel was carried to safety from the top floor more than four hours after the blaze began. Firemen found her calm and humorous as she stuffed towels around her door and was escorted down waterlogged lobby stairs. She joked with a fireman who slipped, saying he should be careful or she would help him down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlante
Banks Whiteman
Winecott Hotel
Worst Hotel Fire In History Of U S
Boston dispatch reports the Atlanta hotel blaze as the nation s deadliest hotel fire with Horatio Bond of the National Fire Protection Association noting over 100 deaths. He cites Milwaukee s 1883 Newhall House fire as the previous record and lists Chicago s La Salle hotel 61 dead and Dubuque Canfield hotel 19 dead and Dallas Baker hotel 10 dead in June 1946 as major recent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Atlanta
Horatio Bond
National Fire Protection Association
Bond
Newhall House
Milwaukee
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Canfield Hotel
Dubuque
Iowa
Baker ‘Hotel
Dallas
Tex
Sugar theft admits by hospital patient in Greencastle
Philip Stuck, 32, of Greencastle spent 14 months in Washington County Hospital recovering from burns after being trapped by debris while removing records from the Landis Tool Co. fire. He pleaded guilty to stealing 1100 pounds of sugar from Greencastle Packing Co. warehouse and was remanded to jail in Chambersburg for sentencing. He was released from hospital in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle. Packing Co
Philip Stuck
Greencastle
Washington County
Chambersburg
Stuck
Landis Tool Co
Fire Worse Than War Says General Baade
Maj. Gen. P. W. Baade of Washington, D. C. says the Winecoff hotel fire in Atlanta is worse than combat in World War II. He recalls being rescued from a sixth floor room as flames surrounded them at about 3:30 a.m. with his wife, after spending ten months on active duty with the 35th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
P. W. Baade
Washington, D.C
35Th Division
Winecoff Hotel
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Brownie
Fale
Weiter
Brownie ‘Troop
W. K. Bower
Board of License Commissioners
Keet
Board of County Commissioners
Berkeley County
Imogene. Lander
Hancock
Route 1
Martinsburg
Lawrence Adams
West Race Street
Lester Bros
Miss Lander
Adam
Cumberland Valley
A E. Rowland
McCrory’s
Union
Vinson
Mid-Atlantic
Potomac Ave
Navy
Morgan
Realty
Ethel Warrenfeltz
Edwin G. Beard
Funkstown
Harvey W. Rowe
Morris B. Heffner
Halfway
Guy BE. Baughman
Russell C. Ebersole
Marshall ‘Street
Clarence V. Eldridge
John Trantoules
South Side
East North Street
The
Home Builders Savings and Loan Association
Alien W. Goodwin
North Side
Sunset Avenue
Henry W. Biser
Paul E. Miller
Maryland Avenue
Lynwood R. Moser
East Side
Minnie L. Rice
John H. Hartle
North End
Betty Huguley
Riffin
Acr
Minnix of
Columbus
Rutledge
L.W. Cochran
Miami
Fla
Cochran
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