Budget Forecast Signals Record $43 Billion Federal Outlay
Truman faced with a record budget around 943000000000 for the next year as defense costs rise toward 15000000000 and foreign aid remains high. The plan may include higher taxes, extended price controls, broader social programs, and mandatory allocation powers to manage scarce materials. Changes aim to bolster civil rights, health, education, housing, and farm supports while extending export controls and trade agreements.
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Keyserling
Truman
St. Lawrence
Couple Found Dead In Auto In Mercersburg
State Troopers report a couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked station wagon near Mercersburg. The man was identified as Barges son of a local pool hall operator and the woman as a Keel relative. Officials say a broken exhaust pipe allowed fumes to enter the sealed vehicle.
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Academy
Barke
Keel
Lininger Funeral Home
Cdy
Barges
Christ Barges
Mercersburg
Burke
City Budget Notes Show Light Plant Revenue Rise
The city reports 90 percent taxable basis with 98 percent tax collection last year. Municipal Electric Light Plant revenue for 1949 is estimated at $726,667, up from $715,000 the prior year. Transfers from surplus for Light Plant expansion totaled $700,000, with $368,151 scheduled for 1944. Budget lists include Water $245.46, Sewer $152,841, Street Dept $135,750, Police $129,140, Fire $88,821.
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Municipal Electric Light
Stranafer
Water Department
Sewer
Strent
Police
Fire
Obituaries Continued for Snyder and Seigman
Charles Ellsworth Snyder died at his home aged 85 at 9 p m Saturday. He worked 40 years for Cumberland Valley and Pennsylvania Railroads and was a member of Trinity Lutheran church and the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Survived by daughter Mrs Virgil McCauley of Hagerstown and son Raymond Snyder of Yonkers New York. Interment in Rose Hill cemetery after service at Suter Funeral Home led by Rev Dr Wilson P Ard. Emma Cornelia Seigman widow of George Seigman died at Washington County Hospital at 7 am aged 92 after two weeks illness. Born Chewsville, she lived in Hagerstown 15 years and was Evangelical United Brethren Church member. Survived by seven grandchildren six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at A K Coffman Funeral Home with Rev Harry Fehl officiating. Interment in Chewsville Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery.
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Charles E. Snyder
Charles Ellsworth Snyder
Wayside Avenue
Hagerstown
Samuel A. Snyder
Mary Miller Snyder
Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania
Trinity Lutheran Church
United American Mechanics
Mre
Virgil McCauley
Raymond §. Snyder
Yonk
Emma C. Seigman
Emma Cornelia Selgman
George Selgman
East Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Chewsville
Charles and
Mary (Stouffer) Bowers
Hagere
Evangelical United Brethren Church of
A. K. Coffman
Harry Fehl
Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery
Chewaville
Roth Brothers Railroading and Army Service Pioneer
Warren SN Roth and his son were both prominent railroad and military figures linked to the Western Maryland lines and Patton's Army in France. The obituary details Roths career from 1917 to 1944, notes, medals, and family ties, plus funeral arrangements at Washington Square M E Church and Rest Haven cemetery.
Sweeney Urges Bond Authority for Traffic Grade Crossing Plans
Mayor Sweeney proposes seeking legislative authority to issue up to one million dollars in bonds to fund underpass or overpass projects at Route 40 and Route 49 in Hagerstown. The plan would require voter approval and aims to align city funding with state road commission support for grade crossing eliminations.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Washington
West Franklin
List of pallbearers for Pfc Warren Roth named
The tentative pallbearer list for Pfc Warren Roth includes DD Cottingham Ralph Roth Thomas Jackson Arthur Kiracofe William King Ralph Bowers Robert Bowman Arthur Miller Jack McGlaughlin Lloyd Hahn Kenneth Sodergren Gilbert Thurn ton Roy Spickler and John Harner among others.
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M. A. Foss
R. H. Jenkins
T. B. Davin
Pfc
Warren Roth
DD. T. Cottingham
Ralph Roth
Thomas Jackson
Arthur Kiracofe
William King
Ralph Bowers
Robert Bowman
Arthur Miller
Jack McGlaughlin
Lloyd Hahn
Kenneth Sodergren
Gilbert Thurnton
Roy Spickler
John Harner
Physical therapy in the county hospital battle on disease
The Washington County Hospital uses passive vascular exercise devices and ultraviolet and infrared lamps to treat circulatory problems skin diseases and rheumatic conditions. The iron lung donated in 1938 aids infantile paralysis while water baths and supervised exercise retrain paralysed limbs. Space limits hinder equipment expansion. a $1,260,000 building fund aims to expand facilities and sustain the health protection program.
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Caskey Baking Co
Wahington County
Washington County Hospital
Plane Crash Kills Fourteen In Hangar Disaster
A plane crash left fourteen people dead and many others injured as the wreck lay jammed in a charred mass against the revetment. Rescue crews worked through the night to remove burned bodies and identify victims while some victims received hospital care and others were found unharmed or aided outside the hangar.
Tiny hearing device aids deaf users without wires
Thousands of deafened people show wide interest in a palm sized hearing device that lets music, sermons, and companionship be enjoyed without bulky battery packs or wires. The Beltone makers claim AMA Council on Physical Medicine approval and offer a free descriptive booklet and home testing without cost.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Council On Physical Medicine
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
Aircraft crash traced to slick runway in freezing rain
Witness Brown described a liftoff with both engines working before the left wing dipped. The plane dropped, bounced and swerved on an icy runway. State patrol noted a single wheel track at the impact point as survivors were rescued from the wreckage.
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Brown
State Patrol
Eye Witness Tells Story Of Harrowing Plane Crash
An eyewitness describes escaping a burning aircraft through a door after others followed. He recalls a mechanic or bystander helping him, the plane's interior torn and seats jumbled, and the crowd scrambling in the hangar. His watch read 10 16, apparently fast.
Shanghai Council Seeks Peace Talks Amid War Lull
Shanghai council urged peace talks with the Communists as strict censorship gripped Peiping. Nanking’s Nationalist government showed concern about a possible northward separate peace while undercover maneuvers continued. Chiang Kai-Shek ordered Gen Fu Tso Yi to Peiping for reconsideration, but Fu did not appear citing bad weather.
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Peiping
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso-Yi
Heavy Frost Strikes Florida and Great Plains Storm
A severe cold wave grips Florida with heavy frost yet to linger across the nation. Temperatures fall near zero in Western Nebraska while Western Kansas sees 5 to 15 degrees above, and Northwestern Oklahoma 5 to 10 above. Snow blankets New Mexico and El Paso, Texas as Eastern Colorado and Wyoming endure the season’s heaviest snowfall. Deep drifts slow travel, some Denver flights canceled, about 200 motorists stranded at Nutn, Colorado, housed in a public hall as Southeastern Wyoming bans all traffic except highway patrol vehicles.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Nutn
Colo
Rescue crews mobilize as guardsmen free stalled bus
A bus driver and eleven passengers were marooned at Twin Springs Idaho awaiting four National Guardsmen with a rotary plow to dig them out. Subnormal temperatures hit the Pacific Coast with Bakersfield dipping to 33 degrees. Some highways near Los Angeles to San Francisco were blockaded and winds churned seas off Santa Catalina Island.
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Twin Springs
Idaho
National
Pacific Coast
California
Bakersfield
Cal
Mercury
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Santa Catalina Island
Ares
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