British mine blasts in Corfu strait draw Albania protest
Albania warns Britain of reparations and demands a satisfactory reply within 14 days after mines in the Corfu channel blow two British destroyers Saumarez and Volage. 42 sailors dead and 43 injured. Britain investigates mine placement and Malta mine clearance board reports 22 mines swept on Nov 13. Albanian premier Col Gen Enver Hoxha lodges protest with the United Nations.
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Eoaniiis
Albania
Saumerez
Volage
Brit- Geh
Corfu
Mediterranean
United ‘Nations
Enver Harris
Smuggling Ring Nets 81 Arrests In Philippines Deportation Case
A Manila report states 81 people were arrested for smuggling Chinese into the Philippines. The operation involved routes over rugged foothills and deportation holds. Details mention long nets tracing 2,080 nautical miles to San Francisco and 3,394 to Yokohama.
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Manila
Philippines
Hilippines
Arrangements Final On Plaque Dedication
The American Legion announces all plans for a World War I and II plaque dedication in front of the Court House on Sunday. Next of kin with citations or invitations should contact the Legion to correct any name errors. Samuel Cohen notes the plaque, paid by Morris Frock Post, will list 320 Washington County men.
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Court House
Washington County
American Legion
Legion
Samuel Cohen
Morris Frock
Eviction case appealed as tenants contest rent rise
Tenants told magistrate they would pay higher rent only if authorized by the Arsa Rent Control office, while the landlord was advised they profit from a supposed OPA loophole. Magistrate Bostetter found against the tenants, and attorney Treacy immediately appealed the verdict with bond set at 3250. The Little Heiskel Gun Club suspended weekly matches over the holidays and will resume early next year with a dinner meeting. Also memorial notices honor Carrie B. Grooms and Anna A. Detter.
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Fted
OPA
Arsa Rent Control Office
Bostetter
Treacy
Little Heiskel Gun Club
State Armory
Pight
Tt Hag
CIA
Trio Held For County Robbery
A three man group painted a car to resemble a truck and robbed Wayside Liquor Store in Ridgeville, stealing 34 cases of liquor valued at 1400 dollars. They sold tires radios and liquor in Baltimore Cumberland and West Virginia before police arrested them in Frederick.
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Hite
Mark
Baltimore
Frederick
Wayside
Ridgeville
Cumberland
Leslie
West Virginia
Harry C. Clark
Concord Club Dinner To Honor Andrew Jackson Day
The Concord Club of Baltimore will hold its Andrew Jackson Day dinner and dance on January 11 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. The oldest Democratic club in the United States gathers members and friends from across the state to pay respects to Old Hickory, with Howard Lamkin serving as club president.
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Concord Club of
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Lord Baltimore
Gether
Gaibler
Old Hickory
Concord Club
United States
Howard
Lamkin
Sugar stamp secrecy and five pound allotment to start year
OPA officials said they will keep the new sugar ration stamp number secret until January 1 to prevent early spending. The stamp will be valid for five pounds of sugar from January 1 to April 30. Existing stamps 51 and home canning stamps 9 and 10 expire December 31. A second stamp may be issued in early 1947, but likely not before April 1. Industrial sugar allotments for Q1 1947 stay the same as Q4 1946. January–February institutional allotments unchanged. A separate item notes Baltimore’s B and O will run the postwar daylight Cincinnati train, the Cincinnatian, daily starting January 19.
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Washington
OPA J
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Markey petition on voting irregularities meets firm Senate response
General Markey's bid to probe election irregularities drew strong opposition from Walsh and Marbury as they defended designated election officers and urged no detailed charges but warned against delaying Baltimore's April 1 municipal primary. Baltimore Elections Board President James Hennegan criticized Markey's push to verify machine totals and seal access, noting court orders and readiness to proceed if necessary.
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Markey
Hardihood
United States Senate
Hennegan
Senate
Attorney General urged to oppose voting machine moratorium
The Attorney General should appear before the Senate committee to present strong objections to any attempt to bar voting machines from use for an undetermined period. It was stated that no Senate committee would allow itself to be used to interfere with municipal elections in Baltimore.
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Senate
Baltimore
Pact May Force Atom Disclosure
The United Nations debate on armaments includes British amendments and a proposal to create a supervisory commission. Senator Tom Connally warns the plan could force disclosure of atomic secrets and undermine the U N Atomic Energy Commission. American delegates argue the British proposal lacks effective controls while Britain says disclosure could be triggered unless veto power is used.
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U. S
Tom Connally
D+ Tex
Assembly
Paul-Henri Spock
Connally
Associated Press
United States
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
Supervisory Commission
Fertilizer Use In U S Rises Ahead Of War Era
The report notes that in 1944 fertilizer usage in the United States reached about one and eight tenths times the prewar five year average. This reflects higher agricultural input during World War II.
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United States
Suspect Sought in Brutal McAllister Murder
State's Attorney Joseph B. Simpson Jr. named two definite suspects in the hammer slaying of Florence McAllister 29 at a vacant family home in Burtonsville. A 30-year-old Lairel man aided police by recounting a threat with a knife weeks earlier.
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Burtonsville
Joseph B. Simpson, Jr
Pretty Florence McAllister
Simpson
Lairel
Mamie Brown
Laurel
Nathan Weakley
McAllister
Free Photo Proofs Arrive This Week
Parents who had children photographed during the Herald Mail Company's campaign may view proofs on December 14 16 and 17 at the Odd Fellows Temple 111 South Potomac Street from 11:39 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mail notices will confirm time and place.
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Herald- Mail Company
Odd Fellows’ Temple
South Potomac Street
Shell evidence in Hendricks murder trial in Bethesda
Montgomery County officer testified Homer Hendricks 46 helped locate two empty shells after the slaying of his wife Gertrude 42 in her Bethesda home. The defendant, a former Texas legislator and Washington tax attorney, claims he was insane at the time.
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Rockville
Homer Hendricks
Corp. C. B. Miller
Montgomery County Police
Hendrick
Bethesda
Hendricks
Polic
Gertrude Hendricks
Texas
Washington
Man Leaps to Death from Hospital Window
Frederick Maryland reports William Jenkins aged 78 a mental patient from Mountville Frederick county leaped to his death from a third floor hospital window last night.
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Frederick, Mét
Monteguse County Hospital
William Jenkins
Mountville
Frederick County
U S GPs Lift Ban on Marrying German Girls
Frankfurt Germany December 11 A spokesman for Gen Joseph T McNarney said the ban on American soldiers marrying German girls would be lifted within 15 days with reservations. The decision could allow hundreds or thousands of unions as soldiers near departure from Germany. Col George S Eyster said marriages would be permitted only when the soldier is about to leave Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
George S. Eyster
Europe
Voting Machine Law Is Needed For County Elections
The Board of Election Supervisors advocates purchasing or leasing voting machines to be used in city and county elections. They propose renting 15 machines for each precinct and cite Baltimore as a model. The board notes past overtime costs for poll workers and says it will seek price quotes and availability from machine vendors and report findings to the County Commissioners.
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Baltimore
Board of Election Supervisors
Polt
Board of County Commissioners
Forest Fires Near Two Top Mountain Contained
Fire wardens and crews fought two blazes in the forest near Two Top Mountain and Polecat Hollow. The first fire burned about 200 acres before being controlled at 2 am, aided by fifty student foresters from Penn State Mont Alto. Dry conditions last 45 days kept the woods vulnerable, with several small fires sparked by careless or incendiary acts to clear land for huckleberries.
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Pennsylvania
Fie
Cross Mountain
Polecat Hollow
S.mils
Penn State Forest School
Mont Alto
McDermott Named Acting Postmaster at Cumberland
William McDermott, longtime alcoholic investigator for the State Comptroller's office since 1935, is named acting postmaster of Cumberland succeeding James J. Shriver who resigned June 30. The Democratic State Central Committee of Allegany county recommended the appointment. McDermott also presides over the Democratic Cosmolitan Club of Allegany county. Brazil's history notes its 1815 independence and 1889 republic.
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Wiliam
McDermott
Comptroller’s Office
Cumberland
James J& Shriver
Jone
Democratic State Central Committee
Allegany County
Democratic Cosmolitan Club
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Dan Duke
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