Senators Demand Koch Tried In U S Military Court
Washington reports that the Senate Investigating Committee led by Senator Ferguson urged that Ilse Koch be brought to a U S military court for crimes in Nazi concentration camps. The panel said German courts should also try her for crimes against German nationals and noted her four-year sentence expires next October.
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Washington
Koch
Buchenwald Concenace
Army Eniziis
Senate Investigating Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
United States
Germany
Herman
Frau Koch
Ise Koch
Senators and Army Endorse Reduced Sentence Controversy
A controversial report notes senators Bricker Hoey Ives McClellan OCon Md and Thye backed actions with Army lawyers. Gen Lacinus D. Clay approved a reduced sentence deemed barred by American rules on double jeopardy. The document contrasts Nazi court patterns and cites Frau Koch, tried with 30 male inmates for crimes against non Germans, listing killings beatings tortures starvations abuses and indignities as her legally charged crimes.
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de Tiearings
Bricker
Hoey
D.N.C
Ives
RNY
McClellan
D-Ark
O'Con- Md
Thye
R.-Minn
Army
Ahat
Lacinus D. Clay
Americare
Frau Koch
Scizis
Herthe
Fran Koch
Business Tops 300 Million In 1948 For Hagerstown
Kerlin Research records show Hagerstown's yearly business settled by check reached 300 million dollars for the first time in 1948, up 7.97 percent from 1947. Merchants report December activity in early December matched or exceeded last year's pace, indicating sustained growth over the decade.
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Hagerstown
Mr. Linne&kin. Kerlin Research
Kerlin
Se Daily Mail
Dr Buys To Direct High School Bands TriState Clinic
Dr Peter Buys conductor of the Hagerstown Municipal Band will direct a TriState Clinic Band with over 109 senior high school players from Maryland Virginia and West Virginia meeting in Martinsburg on Saturday January 15 Invitations asked eight top musicians from each school from Hagerstown High Boonsboro High and others Schedule includes two morning rehearsals and three in the afternoon followed by a broadcast after rehearsals and a possible spring festival in Martinsburg
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TriState Clinic
Peter Buys
Hagerstown
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Boonsboro
Obituaries continue with local deaths and services
Obituary notices for Wilbert S. Lewis 51, Willbert S. Lewis, and Clayton Stouffer aged 38 are listed with their surviving relatives and funeral details. Roy Nathaniel Washington 55 dies Christmas day after 24 years in the city. services set at Asbury M E Church with interment Cedar Hill cemetery.
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Willbert S. Lewis
Wilbert S. Lewis
N. Mulberry Street
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bernard Lewis
Detroit
Nora B. Lewis
Min. Rich
Wilson P. Ard
Rose Hill Cemetery
Roy A. Washington
Roy Nathaniel Washington
West Bethel Street
Washington County Hospital
J. W. Jamison, I Jr
Hamilton Hotel
Ida R. Washington
Roy
Alien Forrest
Tanner
Jamacia
N. Y
Arnold
Chicago
Irene Hill
Hartford
Greencastle
Boy Thrown From Celt Injures and Hospitalized
A 16 year old from Clearspring Route 1 was admitted to Washington County Hospital after being thrown from a Celt while riding at home. He suffered a compound fracture of the right ankle. Florence Leatherman of Williamsport, 45, fractured her right wrist in a Saturday accident and was treated locally. Albert J. Mullenix, 35, of Harmon's Alley, was run over Friday and treated Saturday for a right ankle injury. Frances Payton, 25, of Elm Street, treated for lacerations above the right eye after a fall and sutured at the hospital.
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Clearspring
Route 1
Washington County
Charles Socks
John E. Socks
Florence Leatherman
Williamsport
Albert J. Mullenix
Harmon's Alley
Frances Payton
Elmstreet
Washington County Hospital
Higher Mailing Rates Set to Take Effect Janu ary First
Officials announce higher postal charges across classes beginning January 1. Registered letters rise to 25 cents minimum, insurance scales climb with value, money orders cost more, and parcel post rates increase by weight and zone. First class and air mail remain unchanged.
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C.C.D. Feaa
Parce] Post
Parce Post
Welles Stranger Tragedy Deepens In Maryland
Welles, conscious but unable to explain his condition, has been under treatment since. He faced the death of Laurence Duggan in New York on December 30, a close friend and State Department protégé. A boy found Welles about a mile from his manor, his coat frozen and mud covered, near a stream. an ambulance carried him to Casualty Hospital in an oxygen filled ride. Doctor Huffman found no evidence of violence and noted scratches from rocks and bushes. the fur collar likely saved him.
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Welles
New York
Laurence Duggan
Duggan
State Department
Robert Kerby
Robert
Brooke Kerby
Kerby
Oxon Hill
Casualty Hospital
Huffman
Grange to Meet at Fairplay School Tuesday
The Montsarada Grange plans an evening program at Fairplay school on Tuesday December 28 with light entertainment and discussion. The event invites members and neighbors to attend.
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Fairplay School
Montsarada Grange
Boy Who Ran Ad For Home Gets One In County
A Hagerstown boy who earned an ad in the Herald and Mail to find a home spent Christmas on a farm near Breathedsville and then on a farm near Mapleville. After the story ran, many offered to sponsor him or provide a home, keeping him from returning to St Mary's Industrial School where he faced parole after more than two years for breaking and entering a store. The boy, who had placed fifty cents in the paper, sought work to support himself and reunite with family, and his mother welcomed the publicity as it connected him with potential homes.
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Hagerstown
Herald and Mail
St Mary's Industrial School
William Bussard
Breathedsville
Robert Easterday
Mapleville
Daily Mail
Suter’s Alley
Herald-Mail
Herald- Mail
Bey
Man Arrested After Holiday Fight At Eagles Club
Police report a man identified as Brinton Claiter was arrested at the Eagles Club on Christmas Day after trying to “whip everybody in the club.” He was treated at the county hospital for a large forehead cut and faces drunk and disorderly charges. Separate incident left James Lee with about fifty stitches for head neck and face wounds after a penknife attack on Christmas Eve. Charles Landers also suffered ten stitches. Deputies say Lee was slashed and narrowly avoided a severed jugular vein.
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Eagles Club
Claiter
Brinton
Franklin Street
County Hospital
Harold Kiser
William Hamill
Kiser
James Lee
Jonathan Street
Charles Landers
Leister Isanogle
Lee
A. C. Lowry
Joseph Plume
Table Set For Santa But Death Comes Instead For This Family
A family tragedy unfolds as a butane gas heater failure is blamed for a fatal oxygen depletion. Chief Deputy Coroner E P Doyle suggests a closed home with blocked vents caused the collapse of Mrs Schnedert and a son, while the doctor’s wife and surviving child are hospitalized in San Bernardino County with the boy in critical condition.
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Santa
E. P. Doyle
Israel Accused of Breaking Holy Land Truce
The U N Security Council faces a new Holy Land crisis after Egypt charged Israeli troops violated a truce. The council delayed action pending on scene reports from Acting Mediator Ralph Bunche and Brig Gen William E Riley. Dutch authorities were urged to halt fighting in the East Indies and release captured Republican leaders.
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Palestine
Indonesia
Netherlands
The
Hague
East Indies
U. N
Security Council
Holy Land
Egypt
U.N
Ralph Bunche
William E. Riley
Negev fighting escalates amid ceasefire fears
Reports from Holland and both sides in Indonesian fighting indicate renewed intensity in the Negev as observers fear full scale war. The Council faced defiance of the ceasefire order from Dutch and Republican factions, with Dutch sources reporting increased hostilities.
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Negev
Holland
Netherlands delegate to propose new function for Good Offices Committee
The Dutch delegate Jan Herman Van Royen plans to suggest the United Nations Good Offices Committee receive a new function. No specific measures are disclosed. The move is likely to provoke debate in the Council and could reopen the wider Indonesian issue.
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Netherlands
Jan Herman van Royen
U. N. Truce Commission
Good Offices
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