Former Premier Konoye Die By Poison Amid Trial Fears
Prince Fumimaro Konoye seventy four year old former premier of Japan died by poison after refusing to face American war crimes charges. Prosecutor Keenan assured Japanese people there is nothing to fear if innocence is proven. Konoye left a farewell note to his son stating he could not endure trial and accepted responsibility for the China incident while defending his role in the Tripartite Pact. The death follows his brief dinner with close friends at his suburban home before dawn.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Joseph B. Keenan
Konoye
China
Sugamo Prison
Keenan
Michitaka
Tomohiko Ushida
B. E. Sackett
United States
Pacific
America
Local Men Return From Pacific Duty
Coxswain Virgil L. Moser and CM 3/c Eugene W. Huffman are Hagerstown men freed from Pacific service by the Navy Magic Carpet. They left Guam aboard the USS Hornet on December 3 and were due in San Francisco over the weekend before proceeding to a separation center near Hagerstown for discharge.
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Virgil L. Moser
Eugene W. Huffman
Hagerstown
United States
Pacific
Navy
Moser
L. Moser
South Mulberry Street
CM Huffman
Doris L. Huffman
Guam
San Francisco
Atomic Secrets No 4 Nervous Atoms Chimney Fire
The First Hose Company was called to a chimney fire at the home of William Socks in White Hall last night around 9 o'clock. Damage was slight. Firemen were kept busy answering chimney fire calls in the area.
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William Socks
Hall
Youth Is Fatally Shot With Rifle
Cumberland Maryland December 17 Larry Hodges Fletcher four year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy S Fletcher was killed instantly about 10 oclock Sunday when a rifle his father left in the living room of their Polish Mountain home discharged as Larry his twin Jerry and another brother Paul played with it The father said he had brought the rifle from the home of his son in law Walter S Moyer and was unsure if the gun stood in a corner or on a two foot stand at the time of the accident
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Cumberland
Larry Hodges Fletcher
Roy S. Fletcher
Polish Mountain
Larry
Jerry
Paul
Walter S. Moyer
The Race of the Century at Pimlico in 1938
The piece recalls War Admiral versus Seabiscuit drawing 42 000 fans at Pimlico in 1938 in a race hailed as The Race of the Century. It notes Maryland racing’s high purses draw quality horses, with Pimlico delivering top daily purses for two decades and Man o War racing at Pimlico in the Preakness.
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Pimlico
Seabiscuit
America
Maryland Jockey Club
Butter Famine Forecast Warns of January Shortage
The New York Mercantile Exchange warned President Truman that the nation faces a butter famine in early January. C. E. Rader said a telegram urged action to equalize prices as cream prices in long-established butter regions run 25 to 35 cents above farmers' returns, noting unrestrictive buying for butter fat by dealers.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
Truman
C. E. Rader
The
Exchange
Clinton P. Anderson
Rader
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Triangle Food Stores
Rudy
Rudy’s Rexall Pharmacy
Hamilton Corner
Speed Cops
Bon Ton
Womens and Children
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
Marylanders
By Quentin Howe
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Pimlico Club
Tees On, Inc
Columbia Airlines, Inc
Baltimore
Boeing
Columbia
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Norfolk and Western
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