From Our Reporters Notebook Anent voting machines
A composite Norfolk era update notes D Lee Staley Denver Colorado advocates the Colorado method of election counting to deliver results quickly without voting machines. Edward Oswald Sr clerk recalls life insurance denial at age 20 and a ruse to fool insurers. A Pennsylvania couple marries in Washington County and will live in Unityville. Donald Yeakle’s deer hunting ear injury is described as healing with no hearing loss. Hagerstown police compile cigarette brand prefs for Christmas gifts. Fred Jones spots a dollar on a curb while driving. Court rulings on eviction for tenants with children spark landlord challenges in Hagerstown. Rent Control reports several petitions seeking evictions for families with new child. Calls to repeal compulsory police appearances before Grand Jury surface in discussions.
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D. Lee Staley
Denver
Colorado
Staley
Edward Oswald, Sr
Oswald
Life Insurance Company
Mid
Hagerstown
Ice Burden Slows Western Maryland Roads And Phone Lines
Western Maryland endured rain and moderating temperatures after a night of heavy ice and snow. Trees and wires collapsed, knocking out 600 C and P telephone circuits in Hagerstown as traffic snarled. By morning main highways were clearing, crews worked around the clock, Route 40 east showed improvement though some spots remained slushy. Chains were advised on sections west of Hancock while east of town were largely clear of slush.
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Maryland
C. & P. Telephone Company
Hagerstown
Sixth District
State Roads Commission
Hancock
South Mountain
Roads Commission
Boonsboro
No New Frigid Wave In Sight
Snow rain and fog halted travel across the East South and Midwest as northern New York and parts of New England received heavy snow and freezing rain spread west to southern Wisconsin. Temperatures fell below freezing but no subzero readings were logged as flights were cancelled and rail and road traffic slowed. two deaths occurred in New York City and air travel out of Boston halted.
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East
South
Middle West
New York State
New England
Atlantic Coast
Wisconsin
New York City
New York
LaGuardia Field
Metropolis
Boston
Local Man Named Defendant In Suit
William David Barnhart of Hagerstown is named defendant in a Franklin County trespass suit filed yesterday by Austin B Helser and his daughter Joan Helser of Washington Township Pennsylvania. The claim seeks $48 for medical expenses from an automobile collision in Nesboro on the evening of October Bi AR and an additional $50 for Joans injuries including possible skull fracture and erosion of the right mastoid area.
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William David Barnhart
Hagerstown
Franklin County Prothonotary’s Office
Austin
B.helser
Joan
Be “Helser
Washington Township
Owas
Nesboro
New Record For Telephone Calls
The local telephone exchange handled 86,000 calls yesterday, 16,000 more than the prior one day record. Officials attribute the surge to bad weather and the Christmas season, with 12,000 calls between 5 and 7 p.m. and an even faster rate this morning.
Don't Argue With The Judge Moral Of This Story
William Silver, 49, of Washington DC, challenged a $10 fine from Magistrate Harry E. Snyder after a drunk and disorderly conviction. Silver argued the fine was illegal since he wasn’t taken to headquarters by police, was jailed briefly, then released if he left the city on the next bus.
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William Silver
Washington, D. C
Washington County
Harry E. Snyder
Silver
Elwood Tingle
Savoy Restaurant
Washington
Jonathan Streets
Snyder
Sgt
Jesse Brown
Youth Confesses Theft Of Money
Police arrest a 16 year old colored youth who confessed stealing at least $10 from Ross Cronise fruit stand at City Market. Det Norman Wolfe said three or four prior complaints surfaced in three weeks. The youth said he took the cash when the man wasn’t looking and will be arraigned Monday in City Court on larceny charges.
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Ross Cronise
City Market
Norman Wolfe
Det
Wolfe
Restored Sight Brightens Artesian Girl at Christmas
The 14 year old Bette Goudy of Artesian SD saw Christmas decorations for the first time after eye surgery. Dr Richard A Perritt transplanted a cornea from a stillborn baby into her right eye on September 12 in Chicago, and her vision improved. Her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Goudy, Artesian farmers, hope for further improvement.
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Artesian
S. D
Bette Goudy
Bette
Chicago
Richard A. Perritt
Ed* Goudy
Realty Sales Top $200 000 in Week's Turnover
Real estate turnover for the week totals well over $200 000 driven by A F Hyson properties including Troy Laundry. Transactions include Pearl B Martin and others selling on Summit avenue for 6100, Edward R Fleming selling along Dual Highway for 8500, Stottlemeyers acquiring election district parcel for 200, and multiple parcels sold in Pen Mar and Fairgreen Acres. Model Homes Inc transfers to Willard L Landers for 5900 and Hamilton Homes to Kirby, among others.
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Hamilton Park
A. F. Hyson
Troy Laundry
Pearl B. Martin
Harry B. Martin
Gertrude E. Bussard
Edward M. Bussard
Esta A. Bus
Fredericka Z. Akerns
Lulu B. Bishop
Pen Mar
Belle Funk
Ness Shank
Model Homes, Inc
Willard L. Landers
Fairgree
Volunteers Rush To Complete Home For Disabled Mother
Elmira volunteers raced to finish a four room bungalow by Christmas Eve to shelter a crippled 23 year old mother and her three young sons. Anonymous Elmira donors provided site materials and labor after local business leaders highlighted the need in a milkhouse dwelling with no plumbing and limited heat. The family’s name was not released.
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Elmira
Proof Lacking So She Goes To Jail
Anna M. Jackson, 33, was jailed for 30 days for carrying a concealed weapon after police found a .45 caliber pistol in her pocket at a tavern. She had been free on her own recognizance since Oct 11 while trying to persuade authorities of her story.
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Baltimore
Anna
M. Jackson
Max Berman
Georgia Governor-Elect Eugene Talmadge Dies in Hospital
Eugene Talmadge aged 62, a four time Georgia governor elect, died at Piedmont hospital in Atlanta after a coma. His death before inauguration stirs crisis over succession with Ellis Arnall and possible impeachment moves, while reports say Talmadge’s son Herman may seek the office. Family and aides were at his bedside as sources note constitutional questions and a January legislature session to determine succession.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Piedmont Hospital
Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Herman
Arnall
Jacksonville
Fla
Bill Kimbrough
Charles Smyly
Balti more steel worker survives 75-foot fall at Sandy Hook bridge
A. E. Cavanaugh, 42, of Baltimore, fell 75 feet from the Sandy Hook bridge under construction into the Potomac River. He walked from the water with a fractured arm, was treated at Frederick Hospital, and discharged. He plans to return to work soon as construction continues on eight spans from Maryland, with several weeks of work ahead.
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A. E. Cavanaugh
Baltimore
Sandy Hook
Cavanaugh
Potomac River
Frederick
Maryland
Washington Street School Break-In Reported
Washington Street School was broken into last night. A thief or thieves took an electric clock and a mechanical clock, a pearl handled knife, and 40 cents in change. Principal Donald Kaylor said the building was jimmied open with a screwdriver and several teachers’ room cabinets were pried open. Police report a suspect under winter surveillance after earlier break-ins at the same school.
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Washington Street
Degk ‘Af
Donald Kaylor
Winiter
Coastguard to search wrecks for five missing crew
In Jacksonville Massachusetts on December 21 the Coastguard prepared to deploy divers for an underwater hunt of two sunken tugs. The vessels crashed into a jetty near the mouth of the St. Johns River and sank, leaving five crew members missing.
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Jacksonville
Coastguard
St. John's River
Wave Wipes Out Tiny Jap City
Tokyo reports a deadly tidal wave striking Kainan on the Wakayama peninsula. Dozens of coastal towns felt the surge as waves up to ten feet high flooded Shimoda and Kochi area. Survivors searched for relatives amid wrecked homes and rising fear of aftershocks.
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Tokyo
Kainan
Shimoda
Izu Peninsula
Officer Promoted in Cumberland State Police Command
First Sgt. J C Doud in charge of the Cumberland State Police barracks has been promoted to lieutenant. Col Beverly Ober state police commandant said Doud will assume command of the State Police Central Troop in Pikesville, Ma. on Dec 21.
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Pikesville, Ma
J.C. Doud
Cumberland State
Hundreds Injured And Many Homes Destroyed in Quake Zone
Tokyo reports say all American Army personnel in Japan's quake and tidal wave area are safe aside from a missing soldier in the British sector. British HQ at Kure damaged. Allied trains reached destinations safely. Wakayama prefecture and a tank installation escaped injury. Osaka and Hyogo prefectures report 18 and 35 dead among locals, with 20 Japanese deaths in Takamatsu housing zone.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kure
Eighth Army
Wakayama
Osaka
Hyogo Prefecture
Takamatsu
Shikoku
Senators Say Truman To Run For 1948 Nomination
Senators Tydings and Hatch predicted Truman will be renominated without serious opposition. Tydings said Truman’s strength makes it a horse race moving forward, while Hatch saw signs favoring renomination. Tydings noted GOP failure to dodge responsibility for policies. Stassen’s health joked as factor in two party future.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Hatch
D-Nm
Truman
Maryland
New Mexico
Congress
Harold EE. Stassen
CIO unions sue for portal pay damages in midwest
CIO and four midwest city unions filed federal suits seeking 56 million dollars for 8500 workers claiming portal to portal pay and damages. The actions follow similar nationwide suits and a favorable Supreme Court decision last June in Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. portal pay case under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
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CIO
Midwest
U. S. Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Pottery, Co
Prime Minister Stalin's 67th Birthday Noted in Moscow Radio
London dispatch reports that Moscow radio stations marked Joseph Stalin's 67th birthday by midmorning, but London broadcasts contained no further details.
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London
Joseph ‘Stalin
Moscow
Tremendous quake and tidal wave hit Wakayama region
A violent earthquake and severe tidal wave devastated southern Japan from Kyushu to Shizuoka. Reports by U S Army and Japanese sources cite 500 dead and 612 injured in Japan with 42 missing among British forces. Tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed and communications severed. Kushimoto washed away while Kushimoto population of 10,000 reported affected. Major damage along Wakayama peninsula and Shikoku coast, with rail and utility lines cut and communities isolated.
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Kochi
Shikoku
Shimoda
Kainan
Sit
Tokyo
Wakayama Peninsula
Japan
U.S. Army
Fami
Kushimoto
Wayama
Honshu
Shingu
U. S. Army
Kobe
T's
Shikoku Island
Miho
Kure
Osaka
Wakayama
Seismologist Reports Severe Earthquakes Noted Today
New York reports from Fordham University seismologist Joseph J. Lynch that the university seismograph recorded fairly severe earthquakes today. Measurements indicate events about 6600 miles from New York in a defined direction. An additional quake was logged at England's Westwich Observatory, with expert J. Shaw noting intensities linked to the Aleutian Islands region and Japan.
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New. ‘York
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham University
University
New
England
S . Westwich
Iobservatory
J. J
Shaw
Aleutian Islands
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