GI Loses Bid for Discharge After Court Ruling
In Baltimore on February 14, Pvt Donald Hicks was processed at Fort Meade as a new recruit after Federal Judge W Chestnut dismissed his habeas corpus petition to release him from the Army. Hicks, 25, Kingston New York, had argued his court martial for rape in 1944 was improperly conducted.
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Baltimore
Donald Hicks
Fort George G. Meade
W. Calvin W. Chestnut
John Biggs, Jr
Biggs
Hicks
Kingston, N. Y
For rent small chicken house ad joins goat house
Reno ad shows a vacant unfurnished rental for a couple with no children or pets and immediate occupancy by appointment only. Skidding noted as a factor in 3 percent of 1944 traffic accidents and several obituary style notices express thanks for kindness and floral tributes.
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Reno
Nev
In Memoriam Fragment Amid Jumbled Lines
Fragmented obituary style lines honor a wife and mother with memories and love. Names and relationships appear distorted by OCR errors, mentioning a husband father and family. The text conveys mourning and remembrance but lacks clear dates or locations due to damaged source text.
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Per Ier
C. Frank Mas & Child
Deaths Continued from Page 16 in Local Obituary Notes
Obituary items list multiple deaths with funeral details in the area. Edith V Trovinger and Virginia Handshaw Layman are noted with birthplaces, family survivors, and service plans. Roy H Crawford, Ida Florence Koons, and others are described with ages, affiliations, and interment arrangements. Funeral homes A K Coffman and Teeter are named along with service times and cemetery assignments.
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Ida Florence Koons
James Watson Koons
Millar Wright
Greencastle
Charles H. Minnebraker
Maplesville
Norman Minnebraker
Ha Xerstowm
Joseph Stine
Teeter Funeral Home
H. E. Krone
A. E. Martin
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Truman Faces Ickes Fallout and Cabinet Choices
The article outlines President Truman’s immediate tasks after Ickes resignation including selecting a new Interior Secretary, stabilizing party unity ahead of fall elections, and addressing the political fallout from Ickes’ charges. It notes Pauley’s nomination hearings and Ickes’ conditional reappearance, with mixed Democratic reactions to departmental reforms.
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Truman
Offaer
Ckes
Dea
Ickes
Tigre
Pauley
Ifornia
Democratic
Ken
Senate Naval Committee
Mr. Truman
Tekes
Wants Increase In Farm Prices
Discussion of farm price levels and labor needs as Dr. DeVault warns of a 10 percent drop in farm income for 1948 due to lower production. He notes Maryland farm values up 38 percent postwar, labor shifting toward mechanization with 8 million workers now vs 12 million years ago, and predicts no return to cheap labor soon. The session features A Ta Sherman and other Farm Labor Board speakers amid broader agricultural concerns. Much of central Australia remains unproductive due to water scarcity.
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DeVault
Maryland
A. Ta. Sherman
Washington
Farm Labor Board
the Extension Service
Arctic Musk-Ox trek delayed by extreme Arctic weather
Churchill Man. The Musk Ox exercise, a 3.10 mile overland trek by 42 Canadians and five Americans in 12 vehicles, postponed due to 40 below wind. Eskimo Point 50 below as 200 miles north, weather halts start. aircraft supply and Arctic air cooperation noted.
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Churchill
Man
Arctic
Eskimo Poind
Here
Magnetic North Pole
Yiost Burtant
Russia accuses Nazis of Katyn murders at trial
Russian prosecutors allege German forces organized and executed Polish officers at Katyn, claiming 10 000 bodies lie in mass graves. They say Germans used extortion to obtain witnesses and that Red Army work was falsely claimed. The dispute worsened 1943 relations with Poland exile government.
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Mernberg
Germany
Katyn Forest
Internacional Military Tribunal
Russia
London
Smolensk
Poland
International Red Cross
Kremlin
Red Cross
Waten Forest
G Mans
Adolf Hitler
Armhy
Chamber Plans Area Meeting In Hagerstown March 2
Several hundred Western Maryland businessmen are invited to a national affairs conference at Motel Alexander on March 2 co sponsored by the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce and the U S Chamber of Commerce. The event aims to discuss closer relations between business, labor, organizations and Congress and to show how committees may be organized for effective business participation in national affairs.
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Maryland
Alexander
Lefr
Congress
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
L. P. Dickie
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Witte Hh.ll. Mills
Slazerstown
Apen
Il Fom
National Councilos
Chambers of Commerce
Sui
Fred C. Wright
Soil Conservation Service District
Washington
SCS
Carroll Omiat
Department of Agriculture
Move To Hike Vets Priority Status To Buy War Surplus
Washington February hearings opened as the House Expenditures Committee probes the Surplus Property Disposed Act. Chairman Manasco says veterans seek surplus goods but opposes elevating their priority above Federal, state, and local governments. He backs new rules allowing discharge papers to replace Priority certificates.
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Washington
House
Manasco
D-Ala
Army
Navy
Manasto
Committee
Congress
Mediator Dewey Returns as GM Negotiations Pause
Detroit February 14 CIO United Auto Workers strike against General Motors enters its eighth day with special Federal mediator James F. Dewey back in efforts to narrow issues. No joint talks planned yet, as the parties trade proposals while UAW President Thomas predicts a near settlement.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
James F. Dewey
UAW
Dewey
TR. J. Thomas
Freak Weather Portends Trouble
A severe storm swept across Missouri and New England with rain and snow in Maine. One man was slight ly injured and $15 000 in Hollandale Miss in damage occurred as strong winds damaged a storage house and roofs. Telephone and telegraph lines were out in Tennessee and Nashville briefly dark. The storm paral ly disrupted a hospital delivery and cut power in much of the region as it moved toward the St Lawrence valley.
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Missouri
New England
Maine
Hollandale
Miss
Tennessee
Nashville
St. Lawrence Valley
Virginia
Nye Will Seek To Regain Senate Seat
Former Senator Gerald P North Dakota Republican said he will seek to regain the Senate seat he held for nearly 20 years before January 1945. He opposed the Roosevelt administration's foreign policies while in the Senate.
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Washington
Gerald P. North Dakota
Senate
Local races shape for Langer or Young bids this year
Unclear which candidate will challenge Senator Langer for reelection to a full term while Senator Young contemplates a run for the four and a half year unexpired term of the late Senator John Moses. The moves reflect a heated contest scene in the state’s political landscape.
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Langer
Young
John Moses
Democ
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