Eisenhower Ready To Run For President in 1948
The Times-Herald reports Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told friends during a Miami fishing trip that he is ready to run for president in 1948 if the people want him. The paper notes this as the first clear sign he has considered a nomination, with Capper and other sources offering cautious support amid party divisions.
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Washington
Times-Herald
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Miami
Senator Capper
R-Kas
The
Capper
Dewey
Taft
Truman
Man Who Scared Woman Scenogram Sentenced
Emil Provost, 40, of South Potomac street, accused of chasing Miss Mary Browning from her East Baltimore street home, received a 60 day suspended sentence and was ordered to leave the city after arraignment before Magistrate M. V. Bostetter in City court. Patrolman C. B. Bible said Browning, a beauty shop operator, reported Provost leaped from behind a furnace with a poker, knocked her down, and forced her into the street. Provost admitted past work for Browning.
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Emil Provost
South Potomac Street
Miss Mary Browning
East Baltimore Street
M. V. B. Bostetter
Provost
C. B. Bible
Mary Browning
Miss Browning
Bible
Composer Cadman Dies in Los Angeles
Charles Wakefield Cadman, renowned for Land of the Sky Blue Waters and At Dawn, died in Los Angeles. The obituary notes his influential body of work and status as a leading American composer.
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Los Angeles
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Land of the Sky Blue Waters
Daily Mail raises rates for home delivery in Hagerstown
The Daily Mail announced new yearly and six month subscription rates for one Hagerstown subscriber group. Home delivery is 25 cents per week while news dealer purchases run 5 cents per copy. The Herald-Mail uses the Little Merchant Plan, with the carrier directly handling deliveries and the newsboy sharing in the increase.
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Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Herald-Mail
Weather Man Overhypes Storm That Fails To Arrive
The forecast winter storm did not materialize in Western Maryland as of today with only light flurries in some areas. The Weather Bureau offered no explanation for the missed system while indicating colder air spread across the country and more snow possible tonight and tomorrow.
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United States
Maryland
Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
Here
New Building Sets A Record in 1946 Construction Boom
The City Building Inspector reports 1946 issued permits totaling 1,700,264, surpassing every year since 1930. Permits covered 119 dwelling units valued at 459,300 with additions for 85 more, plus major non residential and commercial projects including a bus terminal 50,000 and 38 signs 9,500.
New First Hose Fire Truck Accepted by City
The First Hose Fire Company welcomed a new $16,473.85 Ahrens Fox fire engine. Mayor and Council approved the purchase on fire committee recommendation. Brought from Lancaster after testing, the truck required building adjustments to fit through enlarged doors. It replaces a 25 year old unit and will enter local service immediately.
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Ahrens Fox
First Hose Fire Company
Lancaster
County Pays $18,000 in Bond Interest Today
The Board of County Commissioners will issue checks totaling $18,000 to pay interest on county bonds. The checks are dated January 1, and no bonds will be retired now, with retirement set for July 1.
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Board of County Commissioners
Texan Wins World Champion Liar Title In Burlington
Tanacio Garza of San Antonio Texas claimed the World Champion Liar title for 1946 at the Burlington Liars Club event. His fish story described a long struggle with a wet tail tale as the top tall tale, drawing reverent reactions from judges and past masters.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Tanacio Garaza
San Antonio
Tex
Garza
Maryland Traffic Fatalities In November Upbeat Statewide Decline
Washington County logged 17 motor vehicle accidents in November with four fatalities and four injuries. Hagerstown had two crashes killing one person, Williamsport one crash killing one. Maryland total 1,448 crashes with 40 deaths and 714 injuries, a 13 percent drop from a year earlier. Sixteen of the fatalities were pedestrians.
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Washington County
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Maryland
Local Man Involved In Three Car Crash Near Greencastle
Claude A. Creamer of near Greencastle faces a following too closely charge after his auto mobile rear ended Richard L. Gipe of Mercersburg on the Molly Pitcher Highway. The impact pushed Gipe into a Blue Ridge bus stopped to discharge a passenger driven by Donald R. Williams of Hagerstown.
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Franklin County
Claude A. Creamer
Greencastle
Molly Pitcher
Blue Ridge
Donald R. Williams
Hagerstown
Richard L. Gipe
Mercersburg
Creamer
Downey Farm Leader Recovers After Heart Attack
Simon L. Downey county farm leader and member-elect of the House of Delegates suffered a heart attack last week but is reported much improved by hospital attendants.
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Simon L. Downey
County Farm Teader
House of Delegates
Century Old Cradle Rocks Its 33rd Occupant
Charles Nelson Guessford, three months old, rests in a century-old cradle in the Alexander street home of his maternal great grandmother Mrs Florence Mumma. The cradle’s lineage traces to Williamsport Maryland grandparents of Mrs Mumma's late husband, passing through six Masters families before arriving with the Mumma clan. Mrs Mumma, 63, recalls large family ties, with 11 daughters and three sets of twins among her children. Ardath Lee, 15, helps care for the baby while his mother works.
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Charles Nelson Guessford
Florence Mumma
Alexander Street
Ardath Lee
Century Old Cradle Rocks
J. B. Masters
Williamsport
Baby
Charles Nelson
Oscar Guessford
Mum Ma
Grandmother Mumma
GI Admit Staging Robbery Hoax To Marry
Pvt Jimmy Hill admitted to the FBI that his gun battle hoax at Hamilton Field finance office was staged to cover breaking a window during guard duty. The incident sparked a broader manhunt after a $250,000 at the post and a separate $4,500 safe robbery at San Francisco. Hill, awaiting overseas shipment, hoped to marry Rosemary Watson and avoid guard duty, but his wedding and departure were postponed as disciplinary action proceeds.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Jimmy Hut
Air Corps
FBI
Presidio Army Base
San Francisco
Hill
Robinson
Harry M. Kimball
John A. Feagan
Anglo American airforce planned by U S and Britain
London reports that the United States and Great Britain have taken steps toward forming an Anglo American airforce. Draft training plans and standardized schooling for RAF and U S air personnel were submitted for signature to General Carl A. Spaatz. An exchange of pilots was agreed in principle, with aims toward joint experiments in supersonic flight and atomic bombing. No official confirmation yet.
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London
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Washington
United States
Great Britain
the Mail
Wang
RAF
U. S
Army Airforce
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Army Airforce
James Brough
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Daily Worker
Thieves Pass Up Museum Paintings
Washington County Museum in City Park was broken into last night but thieves spared thousands in valuable paintings and tapestries. City Detective Norman Wolfe said boxes in Dr John Richard Craft office were broken. entry was gained by removing door hinge pins and breaking a glass at the south door, yet the locks remained untouched.
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Washington County
City Park
Norman Wolfe
John Richard Craft
City To Pay 38250 In Interest On City Bonds
City of Hagerstown will pay 38250 in interest on bonded indebtedness January 1. City Treasurer Clyde R. Stouffer announced. Interest amounts include 340 on series 1 municipal electric light and sewerage bonds, series 4 5625, series 6 500, series 7 7750, series 8 7500, series 9 10125, series 10 6750. A total of 5175 interest will be paid on Water Department bonds series A. The city will retire 40000 sewerage system bonds in July 1947.
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Hagerstown
Clyde R. Stouffer
Stouffer
Municipal Electric
Water Department
Cumberland men held after Cumberland holdup arrest
Michael Leslie and Curtiss Port both of Cumberland were arrested in Hagerstown on Christmas night and fined $11.45 each for disorderly conduct. They are being held in Cumberland in connection with the armed holdup there last October.
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Michael Leslie
Curtiss Portmess
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Truman tax cuts May Follow War Shutdown
Washington reports President Truman's plan to terminate hostilities could trim the 1947 tax bill by about 3.7 billion dollars. Colin F. Stam said excise taxes on liquor jewelry furs luggage and other consumer goods would be reduced effective July 1, with liquor duty dropping from 9 to 6 dollars per proof gallon. The reductions were mandated by the 1943 wartime revenue act to fall six months after hostilities end.
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Washington
Truman
Colin F. Stam
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Congress
Big Four Take Senate Command
The Big Four Republicans Vandenberg Taft White and Millikin took control of the Senate guiding the 51 GOP members as they organize committees and confront the Bilbo bid for a third term. Halleck faces opposition in the House leadership race amid Dewey backing.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
White
Maine
Millikin
Colorado
Committee On Committees
Bilbo
D-Miss
Congress
House
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Five Day Weather Forecast for Middle Atlantic States
Five day forecast for January 1 to January 3, 1947 in the Middle Atlantic States shows slowly rising temperatures Thursday and Friday with little change afterward. Mean temperature expected to be two to four degrees below normal. Light snow Tuesday night and Wednesday. Rain or snow in the southern half and snow in the northern portion of the district around Friday.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Fort Worth
Tex
Mercury
Oklahoma City
Gulf and Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Middle Atlantic States
Man Surrenders Self in Auto Theft Case
Charles Martin a 26 year old man from Hagerstown surrendered to Deputy Bruce Spickler after being sought since last September in an automobile theft. He was ordered held in 1600 bond by Magistrate M W B Bostetter to await the February Grand Jury. Martin disclosed the car was in Baltimore.
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Charles Martin
Hagerstown
Bruce Spickler
M. W. B. Bostetter
Spickler
Martin
Walter Vaughn
Lee Street
Baltimore
No Daily Mail Tomorrow New Year's Day 1947 Note
Tomorrow there will be no Daily Mail issued. The newspaper wishes readers a very happy and prosperous 1947.
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Daily Mail
Emergency Powers Ended As War State Remains
President Truman ended the period of hostilities of World War II while preserving Roosevelt era emergencies and the wartime state of war. He announced Congress will receive recommendations on canceling the national emergency, ending the state of war, and preserving select powers for reconversion.
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Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Smith-Connally
Must Balance Budget First Washington Budget Talks
Washington observers report Republican leaders and White House aides agree that balancing the national budget takes precedence over broad tax cuts. President Truman is said to oppose general tax reductions while not ruling out targeted changes to boost production or address inequalities. Senator Hawkes, former Chamber of Commerce president, among others, stresses budget balance as the top priority amid Capitol Hill deliberations.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hawkes
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Hawks
Spring Works to Manufacture Auto Springs in Hagerstown
Hagerstown gains a new industry as Spring Works Inc acquires the Farm and Forest Products property at 907 Maryland Avenue and takes possession. Principals are said to be Washington DC residents. The Maryland corporation plans to manufacture auto springs.
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Hagerstown
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