Link Between Russian Espionage in Japan and U.S.
Washington reports a recheck of files ties Russian espionage networks in Tokyo and the United States. Whittaker Chambers testified he helped recruit for a Japan apparatus in the mid-1930s, and an Army report yesterday cited a Tokyo espionage ring 1933 to 1941 that stole secrets from the Japanese cabinet and German embassy. The House committee may recall Chambers as it weighs possible connections between rings.
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Washington
Congressionalapy
Japan
United States
Whittaker Chambers
America
House Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Army
Tokyo
Navy
Wood
D.-Ga
Moscow
Jepen
Tokra
Japs Puzzled By Spy Case Story
Tokyo observers question the timing of revealing the Sorge spy case. Editors and publics wonder why the wartime Communist spy tale is revived now while newspapers flood pages with photos and reports. Richard Sorge is identified as the German Communist who posed as a Nazi and was executed as a spy.
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Tokyo
Japan
Richard Sorge
Finding Jobs Still Is Tough (Continued from Page 20)
The report notes 45 probation cases closed and 477 investigations conducted in the year. Categories include home and employment, intake, pre sentence, probation, special, interstate, clemency, and pre adoption in Montgomery and Carrell counties of Severn country.
Snow halts traffic in Washington county area
Snow blocked two small roads as the storm moved through from the northeast. The heaviest snow reached four inches in the Hagerstown area and southern parts of the county. High winds blew snow from trees onto roads creating drifts in low spots. temperatures fell from 45 yesterday to 28 last night. Keedysville weather observer J A Miller reported the drop.
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Hagerstown
Mercury
Washington County
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Armistice Seen Near Between Egypt and Israel
Rhodes. Feb. Uti An informant close to the Israeli delegation said last night that an armistice between Egypt and Israel is certain to be signed probably within one week.
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Rhodes
Uti
Egypt
Israel
Two Local Men In Fleet Maneuvers
Two Hagerstown men in Navy Carrier Division 17 will take part in Atlantic Fleet Fleet exercises in the Caribbean Sea from February 21 to April 1. Kenneth S Renner fireman USN of 616 West Washington Street serves on the USS Mindoro and Elmer L Smith seaman apprentice USN of 258 South Potomac Street serves on the USS D. H. Fox.
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Hagerstown
Carrier Division 17
Caribbean Sea
Kenneth Stuart Renner
USN
Weat Washington Street
Mindoro
Elmer L. Smith
South Potomac Street
D. H. Fox
Philadelphia Transit Strike Enters Second Day
Philadelphians faced ongoing union talks after a strike began, with deadlock over a 17 cent wage gap. Workers previously sought 25 cents rise reduced to 20, while company offers rose to three cents. Transit chaos affected commutes, nightlife, and Navy base workshops. Suburban snow and slick streets hindered picket lines and car traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cio-Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia
PTC
Bua
Philadelphia Naval Base
Navy and Marine
Long Battle Over Labor Bill Struggles to Move Minds
The ongoing fight over the labor bill fails to persuade lawmakers as opposition voices grow. NLRB general counsel Robert N. Denham testifies amid charges of bias while officials and union leaders weigh the Taft-Hartley era reforms sought by the administration.
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Thomas
Congress
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Neely Whal Yeater
Denham
Neely
Donhim
Cold Wave Grips West and Plains as Temperatures Plunge
A sharp cold wave sweeps through Montana and the northern plains after Havre and Cutbank see temperatures fall dramatically from mild highs to single digits. Wyoming remains a crisis area as winds whip snow. trains reroute around blocked transcontinental lines through Salt Lake City and Denver. Snow areas include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, and the New England coast.
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Ton
Wash
Montana
Plains
Havre
Mont
Cutbank
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake City
Denver
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
New York City
Mercury
New England
State Assembly Plans Solution of Oyster War
The Maryland and Virginia oyster dispute moves toward a bi state solution with a seven member Chesapeake and Potomac River Authority to regulate fishing and crabbing. The plan would add cross state oversight and potential presidential selection of the seventh member, awaiting ratification by Congress.
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State Assembly
Hlon
Lawyer's Guild
Aertscans For Democratic Action
Frank W. Ober
Senate
Mindasenty
Hungary
Carter
D-Balfa
Ird
Maryland
Virginia
Potomac River
Chesapeake and Potomac River Authority
General Assembly
United States
State House Delays Vote On Reapportionment Plan
A sparsely worded committee report was adopted amid debate led by Judiciary Committee Chair Della. The measure would raise House membership to 128 representatives with potential reappointment pushed to a constitutional convention. A separate bill to expand the State Roads Commission from three to five members was set as a special order for Monday night.
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Ate
Judiciary Committee
Della
D-Balto
House
State Roads Commission
Senate
Great Hagerstown Blizzard Turns Fifty Today
Fifty years ago the Great Blizzard overwhelmed Hagerstown with ice bound rivers, closed businesses, and a city buried under three days of snow. The Daily Mail chronicled daily needs, soup lines, and volunteer relief while the mayor distributed emergency funds and residents recalled past winters as trains stalled and the town endured a historic winter storm.
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Potomac
Hagerstown
King Sol
King Winter
Maryland
Fast Mail
Crown of
Hotel
Hamilton
Trafic
Oldstern
Fts
Daily Mail
Weather Bureau
Driver Charged After Salem Avenue Crash
Elmer C. Black of Hagerstown route four faced reckless driving charges after a two car collision on Salem avenue at Clarendon. Police said Black tried to pass a third vehicle as Clyde E. Cross of Waterloo route two drove the other car. Patrolmen Wisfield and Hoover investigated. Harold Meredith narrowly escaped death when his car skid on ice, rolled four times, and burst into flames but his horn woke him, saving him from the blaze.
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Elmer C. Black
Llagerstown
Salem Avenue
Clarendon Fant Nicht
Clyde E. Cross
Huntsville
Ont
Harold Meredith
Meredith
Axis Sally Trial Heard As Gillars Faces Cross Exam
Washington reports the Axis Sally treason trial nears its third week with Miss Mildred Gillars set to tell her own story from the witness stand. Prosecutors say sheBroadcast Nazi propaganda to Americans. defense argues she was a coerced American. Witnesses described wartime interviews at hospitals and POW camps, including an account from Michael Evanick who testified about gifts and a staged scene. Von Richter testified that Gillars was forced to broadcast and linked Kolschwitz to her transfer. his wife claimed dual German citizenship and involvement in wartime broadcasts.
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Washington
Xcovernment
Mildred EH
Gillars
Miss Gillars
John J. Kelley, Jr
Ahlet
James J. Laughlin
Sally
Michael Evanick
Hans von Richter
Laughlin
Richter
Otto Kolschwitz
von Richter
Kolschwitz
Hunter College
New York
Germany
Cleveland
Georgia James
Tucson
Ariz
Bulgaria charges 15 Protestants with treason
Red dominated Bulgaria indicted 15 Protestants including four Supreme Council members of the United Evangelical Church. Names include Yanko Ivanov, Mihailov, Cherney, and others leading the church. Indictment cites 13 Americans and Britons as foreign intelligence contacts guiding the case. Indicated trials may proceed in provinces with additional prosecutions.
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Bulgaria
United Evangelical Church
Yanko Ivanov
Nikala
Mihailov
The
Baptists
Georgi Cherney
Pentacost
Supreme Council of the
Topencharov
Cyril Blackk
Princeton University
U. S
United Nations Balkan Commission
John Evarts Horner
U.8
Sofia
Louia Beck
J. Hutchison Cockburn
World Council of Churchea
Church of Scotland
Paul Garber
Geneva
Switzerland
Duke University
Robert Tobias
World Council of Churches
Elaine Cooper
Lovech College
Bridgeport
Conn
Major Thompson
Robert Strong
Col. Thompson
Stanley Andrew
Mellony Turner
Miss Cooper
Supreme Council of the Evangelical Church
Hagerstown Live Stock Market Report February 9 1949
Market across cattle calves hogs and lambs with price ranges detailed for each category. Steers and cows show mid-teen to low-20s per hundredweight, calves vary by weight up to 34.75 per hundredweight, hogs and shoats per head and per 100 pounds, sows and stags with noted highs and lows. Includes dairy cows bulls canners and cutters with broad price spread.
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U.S
Stort
Paella
M. S. Johnston
Middlebury Pike
Orson
Big Blizzard
Cushwa
Winkler
Werner
Tme
H. L. Coder
Jonathan St
S. Main St
Hagerstown, Md
Chambersburg, Fa
Pratt and Lambert
Harry C. Garvin
Cor
Franklin & Prospect
Ste
Crouse
Haslacker's
Hassacker
Chrysler
Plymouth
Baltimore
Locust Street
Wathington St
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