No Relief In Sight From Frigid Wave
The first December cold spell grips a wide area with no immediate relief. At least 20 deaths are linked to the cold. Buffalo and suburbs are snowbound after a five day blizzard with depths up to 68 inches. Sub-zero readings persist from Montana to Indiana and Illinois. The east endures frigid winds with sub-zero temps in Pennsylvania and northern Maine. Coldest spot noted Broadus Montana and West Yellowstone Park at 33 below zero.
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Buffalo
Indiana
Illinois
Preparations For A Heavy Snow In Cumberland Valley
Preparations are underway as forecasts predict a heavy snow in Western Maryland tonight. State Roads Commission reports clear conditions in Western Maryland, while Weather Bureau warns of accumulating snow tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures remain below freezing with lows around 10 to 28 degrees in areas like Salisbury Frederick and Baltimore. A five day outlook calls for clearing and colder weather Thursday and Friday, with possible snow again late Saturday and Sunday and a potential white Christmas for Maryland.
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Cumperland
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Salisbury
Frederick
Baltimore
Middle Atlantic
Big Savage
Allegany County
Nineteen Local GIs Honorably Discharged at Fort Meade
Nineteen Hagerstown and county service members were honorably discharged from the Army between December 15 and 17 at Fort Meade. Names include Staff Sgt. George A. Sites, Clearspring. Cpl. Arthur E. Moser, Rohrersville. Pfc. Merrill R. Roof, $09 West Washington. Sgt. Ralph C. Hoover, 342 East Franklin. and others across Hagerstown, Boonsboro, Smithsburg, and nearby areas.
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Hagerstown
Army Separation Center
Fort George G. Meade
George A. Sites
Clearspring
Arthur E. Moser
Rohrersville
Merrill R. Roof
West Washington
Charles C. Gossard
Boonsboro
Ralph C. Hoover
East Franklin
Charles W. Hoffman
Broadway
Franklin L. Dow Jer
Ridge Avenue
Ralph W. Reeder
High
Richard B. Showe
George C. Gibney
William A. Hopkins
Albert W. Wetzel
Park
Charles I. DeGrange
Leroy W. Elgin
Chiang Kai-Shek and wife return to Nanking in triumph
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrive in Nanking from Peiping aboard the special plane Mei Ling named for Madame Chiang. Thousands greet the pair as they tour the ancient city in a motor parade amid cheering crowds in a dispatch from Chungking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Peiping
Chiang
Mei Ling
Ming
Odd Fellows Home In Salisbury Wrecked By Fire
A Salisbury three story Odd Fellows building on East Main street was wrecked by a fire likely from an exploding coal boiler room. Damage was estimated at 375000 to 100000 dollars with roof and rear destroyed. The blast blew a fire door through the stove and into the alley.
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Salisbury
Odd Fellows
East Main Street
Walter Disharoon
Raymond Todd
Two U S Warships Damaged In Storm In Mid Atlantic
In a 70 mile per hour gale sweeping the mid-Atlantic and English coast, the aircraft carrier Wasp and the cruiser Augusta sustained damage. The Wasp headed to Southampton for troops, cur tains on the hangar deck washed away. the Augusta had its starboard side crushed and bulkheads damaged. No casualties reported. Wasp to Plymouth for temporary repairs, Augusta to Southampton or Portsmouth later.
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London
Wasp
Augusta
mid-Atlantic
England
U. S. Navy
Southampton
United States
le Havre
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Holiday Schedule At Internal Revenue Office
The Internal Revenue Bureau office at the Postoffice will be closed this Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday and on the Monday and Tuesday of the following week. It will be open on Saturday December 29 and Saturday January 5. Allen H. Mumma, deputy in charge, announced today. The office is normally closed on Saturdays but will open on the two Saturdays to make up for the Monday closings.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Postoffice
Allen H. Mumma
McVay Defends Zigzag Course Claim at Court Martial
Captain Charles B. McVay testified he did not order a zigzag course for the Indiana as he deemed visibility poor and moonless that night. He is charged with negligence in the loss of the heavy cruiser en route from Guam to Layte last July 30, with the Navy attributing the sinking to a submarine.
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Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
McVay
Guam
Layte
Five Firms Named in Antitrust Suits Over TV Equipment
Attorney General Tom C. Clark announces a civil antitrust suit in Southern District of New York against Paramount Pictures Corp Television Productions Inc General Precision Equipment Corp Scophony Corp of America Scophony Ltd and individuals Arthur Levey Earle G Hines and Paul Raibourn. The suit claims a conspiracy to control promotion and suppression of Scophony inventions across the Western Hemisphere and to block other manufacturers.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Paramount Pictures Corp
Television Productions, Inc
General Precision Equipment Corp
Scophony Corp. of America
Scophony, Ltd
Arthur Levey
Earle G. Hines
Paul Raibourn
Clark
United States District Court For
New York
General Precision
Western Hemisphere
United States
Scophony Corp
Hemisphere
Television Productions
Paramount
20Th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Scophony Corporation
Scophony Limited
City Grows Its Own Christmas Trees for Sale
The city of Hagers town displays a tree grown by its water department in City Hall. Five years after planting 45 000 white pine seedlings from 1940, the trees reach seven feet and are suitable as Christmas trees. With dense cover on the Edgemont reservoir watershed, next year thousands will be thinned for sale to local dealers while new seedlings replace them.
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Hagerstown
City Hall
Edgemont Reservoir
Water Department
Captain John Shockey Returns From Army Service
Captain John E. Shockey has come back to Hagerstown on terminal leave and returned to his Summit avenue furniture store after long service in the Army Exchange Service. He spent a year in New York State before being dispatched to the Alaska Department where he supervised the Whittier exchange and three other Army exchanges in that territory.
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John E. Shockey
Army Exchange Service
Hagerstown
Summit Avenue
New York State
Shockey
Alaskan Department
Whittier, Alaska
Fractures Hip Victim After Stumbling on Ice
Mrs. Clara Knott aged 58 of Mulberry Street was admitted to Washington County Hospital Saturday afternoon with a fractured hip after she slipped on the ice in front of her home.
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Clara Knott
Mulberry Street
Washington County Hospital
Japan stalls on peace plan as Nazis consult in Tokyo
In memoirs Prince Konoye recalls eight day delay in Japan’s reply to an American peace proposal in 1941. Foreign Minister Matsuoka sought Germany’s stance and proposed a US neutrality pact later rejected by Cordell Hull. Memoirs say Matsuoka’s May 12 message followed German reply aimed at blocking US aid to Britain.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
Prince Konoye
Matsuoka
United States
Cordell Hull
U. S
Konoye
China
Britain
Associated Press
Joseph B. Keenan
Italy
Offices Plan Holiday Closings In Hagerstown Area
Several federal and county offices in Hagerstown announce five day holiday periods. The U S Employment Service and Unemployment Compensation offices close December 24 25 and December 31 January 1 with Saturday openings on December 22 and 29. Ration Board OPA office closes December 21 26 and 29 January 1 with January 5 open. Washington County Agricultural Agent closes December 22 27 with December 21 off.
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Hagerstown
US Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation Office
D. Paul Shilling
D. Lee Staley
Sarah Etridge
Ration Board
OPA
Washington County Agricultural
Mark Miller
Smithsburg Keeps Tax Rate At 1 Dollar For 1946
Mayor Charles J T Wolfinger announced Smithsburg will maintain a $1.00 per $100 valuation tax rate for 1946 with no expected municipal spending increase. The town’s bonded debt is $42,000, and $11,000 in government bonds have been purchased in four years. A $3,000 street repair project was completed, with no new municipal construction planned. The reserve fund will be used in 1952 to partly pay $15,000 of bonds due then.
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Smithsburg
Charles JT. Wolfinger
Wolfinger
Vaughn Granted Absolute Divorce From Gilmore Lane Vaughn
Francine Fay Vaughn has been granted an absolute divorce from Gilmore Lane Vaughn. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared for the complainant.
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Francine Fay Vaughn
Gilmore Lane Vaughn
Calvert K. Hartle
You Can't Keep A Good Man Down You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
Shawnee Kansas December 18 reports Corporal John G Lally aged 22 who survived Bataan the death march and three and a half years in a Japanese prison camp with malaria beri beri dysentery and torture and temporary blindness now reenlists for a three year hitch in the regular army.
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Shawnee, Kas
John G. Lally
Bataan
Pacific
Post Office Sees Record Cancellations Ahead
Cancellations at the post office yesterday topped 143000, signaling one of the busiest pre-holiday days. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson expects either today or tomorrow to set a new record, with parcel post possibly the heaviest in office history and about 925 insured parcels. The stamp and parcel windows stay open 7 to 9 evenings, and thirty ex service men are aiding the rush with extra carrier trips daily.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Miss Simpson Named Aide At Duke Chronicle
Miss Mary Jane Simpson daughter of the Duke Postmaster and a sophomore at Duke University was named assistant co ed editor of The Duke Chronicle, leading publication of the university. She previously served on the Daily Mail staff for several months before enrolling at Duke.
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Mary Jane Simpson
Thomas M. Simpson
Duke University
Duke Chronicle
Miss Simpson
Daily Mail
Duke
Appeal Is Final Case For Trial In Civil Docket
Jacob R. Leighty seeks appellate review of a State Industrial Accident Commission ruling in circuit court. The jury trial opens today as the last case on the November civil docket, with jurors to be paid off after the proceedings.
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Jacob R. Leighty
State Industrial Accident Commission
County tax rate likely to remain at $1.22 per $100
The Board of County Commissioners fixes the 1946 county tax rate today and likely will keep it at $1.22 per $100. Tax Supervisor Guy Gantz announced the 1946 basis will be about $1,250,000 higher than the current basis. The 1945 basis stands at $161,073,156.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Guy Gantz
Stalin Returns From Vacation
Stalin, rested after a 68 day holiday, resumes duties as president of the Council of People's Commissars. His return precedes a third formal session with foreign ministers from Soviet Russia Britain and the United States. U S Ambassador Harriman vouched for his health after visiting Stalin at a Black Sea retreat near Sochi. Byrnes also received similar assurances.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Council of People's Commissars
Kremlin
U. S
W. Averill Harriman
Black Sea
Sochi
Harriman
U S
James F. Byrnes
Firemen To Treat Williamsport Kiddies On Christmas Morn
Williamsport's Volunteer Fire Company will again provide a Christmas treat for local children under the community tree in the Square. Firemen and the children meet at the high school at 9 45 a m and proceed to the tree for gift distribution. The firemen's band will play music.
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Williamsport
Gifts Stolen From Parked Car After Shopping Trip
Robert L. Marple of Avon Road Baltimore bought about 55 dollars in gifts for his family during a Christmas shopping trip. He stored the presents in his locked car but left a car window slightly open, allowing a thief to reach in and remove the gifts.
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Robert L. Marple
Avon Road
Baltimore
Song publisher Edward B. Marks dies at 80 in Mineola
Edward B. Marks head of Edward B. Marks Music Corporation died of pneumonia at Nassau Hospital aged 80. Over 50 years his firm published more than 20,000 songs and early works of Irving Berlin Jerome Kern and Sigmund Romberg.
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Mineola
N. Y
Edward B. Marks
Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
Nassau Hospital
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Sigmund Romberg
Two Year Contract Offered To Union
DETROIT December 18 Some 600 United Auto Workers CIO pickets ringed three main gates at the AC Spark Plug division plant of General Motors in Flint Michigan blocking office workers from entry. About 150 white collar employees faced the line across the street. Police chief James B Byars said no attempt would be made to break the picket and workers could enter by going around the end of the line. Union assured no violence. Plant officials warned workers to go home as police would not protect them.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors Corporation
Flint
Mich
James B. Byars
Byars
W. E. Milner
al Langlois
Seven More Local GIs Return From Overseas
Seven more local and county soldiers arrived in New York from overseas today aboard the Euro pa and the Thomas Barry. Those docking in New York include Pfc. Raymond Miley Pfc. Roland Knode Sgt. Carl V. Smith Cpl. Lloyd Peddicord Pfc. Angelo Zello all of Hagerstown and Cpl. Henry F. Delauney of Sharpsburg First Lt. Belen O Powell arrived aboard the Thomas Barry in New York.
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Europa
New York
Raymond Miley
Roland Knode
Carl V. Smith
Lloyd Peddicord
Angelo Zello
Hagerstown
Henry F. Delauney
Sharpsburg
Thomas Barry
Belen O. Powell
Pearl Harbor Safest Haven
Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that if the U S fleet had been outside Pearl Harbor or on the west coast it would have faced greater danger from submarine and air attacks. He said harbor defenses at Pearl Harbor were the best possible.
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Washington
Theodore S. Wilkinson
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Naval Intelligence
Congressional
Wilkinson
Puget Sound
San Pedro
Funkstown Tax Rate Stays at 40 Cents for 1946
Mayor Guy Hebb announced Funkstown will maintain a property tax of 40 cents per $100 for 1946. He said there are no planned increases in expenditures next year, though officials will likely discuss future improvements at a meeting after the new year.
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Funkstown
Guy Hebb
Collision near Bolivar injures no one. Murtaugh charged
Cars driven by Percy J. Potter of Hagerstown and Cpl Frank J. Murtaugh of Camp Detrich collided near Bolivar in Frederick County last night with no injuries. Cpl Murtaugh was charged with reckless driving after his car skidded on a curve and smashed into Potter’s vehicle.
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Percy J. Potter
Hagerstown
Frank J. Murraugh
Camp Detrich
Bolivar
Frederick County
Cpl
Murtaugh
Hinto the Potter
Union Rejects Ford Offer Raises 15 Cents an Hour
The United Auto Workers CIO rejected Ford Motor Companys 15 cent per hour wage increase offer. The raise would take effect when monthly production reaches 80,000 units and remain for two years. Ford tied the offer to a company security plan with fines up to 5000 for illegitimate strikes. Richard T. Leonard said the proposal was completely unacceptable to the union. The talks followed weeks of stalled negotiations over wage issues and company security. The nationwide GM strike proximity underlined broader industry tensions.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Richard T. Leonard
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Auto License Tags Set for 1947 in Maryland
Baltimore December 18 Motorists will receive a date tab on current tags in 1946 with two permanent tags joining in 1947. Commissioner W Lee Elgin said permanent plates last about eight years and a yearly tab has saved Maryland 40000 to 50000 dollars annually.
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Baltimore
Maryland
W. Lee Elgin
Motor Vehicles
Elgin
Benjamin M. Burke Receives Discharge From Army
Benjamin M. Burke son of Mrs H. Burke Clearspring was honorably discharged from the Army on December 9 after four years of service. He spent 20 months in the Pacific and saw action in the Eastern Mandates Philippines and Ryukyus Islands. He earns the American Theater ribbon Asiatic-Pacific ribbon Philippine Liberation ribbon Good Conduct Medal and the Victory ribbon. Before service he worked for the Western Maryland Railroad.
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Pie
Benjamin M. Burke
8. H. Burke
Clearspring
Burke
Pacific
Eastern Mandates
Philippines
Ryukyus Islands
Western Maryland Railroad
Japanese War Crime Trial Withdrawn For Fairness
Yokohama December 18 A member of the U S Military Commission tasked with trying small fry Japanese war crime suspects withdrew today. Col John H Ball of Williamsport Pa who survived the Bataan death march stepped down in the interest of fair play amid defense arguments that prejudice might have affected the proceedings.
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Yokohama
U. S
Bataan
John H. Ball
Williamstown
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Odd Fellows Home
U.S
Internal Revenue
John Shockey
Army
Chicago
Lawrence A. Lange
Frances Brown
Lange
Safest Haven
Union
Ford Company
General Motors
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