Oldest Washington County sewing machine draws attention
From Our Reporters Notebook notes a Wilson patent from 1852 still in use at E. E. Reichter’s Williamsport store. The piece has been in his family for over 81 years, with only one bobbin remaining for repairs. The column then shifts through local curiosities, from flies in mid January to bears possibly in Garrett County, and ends hinting at improvements for Hagerstown.
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Washington County
Williamsport
E. E. Reichter
Reichter
Wilson
Caroline Reichter
C10 Raps Move In Congress To Outlaw Suits
The CIO opposes bills to bar portal to portal pay suits and restrict back pay cases. Pressman of the CIO warns such measures deprive workers of rights and threaten constitutional traditions. Subcommittee to hear Senate bills by Wiley and Capehart on back pay limits.
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Congress
Washington
CIO
de Lee. Pressman
Senate Judiciary
Wiley
R-Wis
Capehart
R-Ind
Mount Clemens
Mich
Pressman
United Steelworkers
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Missing in flash blaze at Knickerbocker Manor
In Cleveland on January 18 a devastating fire at Knickerbocker Manor left several people unaccounted for after an explosion in the furnace room tore through the three story rooming house. Seventeen were believed rescued and 11 hospitalized as cab drivers and late night restaurant patrons aided in evacuations.
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Cleveland
Knickerbocker Manor
James E. Nimmo
Hugo Hamfeld
Troomers
Harry Zelman
Zelman
Forger Receives 18 Months and 300 Dollar Fine
George McCormick, unable to write his name, admitted taking an income tax refund check made out to Eligha Jones from his mailbox and forging his mark. Federal Judge William C. Coleman imposed the sentence of 18 months in prison and a 300 dollar fine in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
George, McCormick
Eligha Jones
William C. Coleman
Prowler Reported Near 847 Memorial Boulevard Home
Abel Miller, owner of a property at 847 Memorial Boulevard, reported to police that a prowler has been hanging around the dwelling. A tenant said the apartment was entered through a back door.
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Abel Miller
Memorial ‘Boulevard
Body Identified in Los Angeles Parking Lot
The body of a young woman believed to be Miss Elizabeth Scott, 22, of Santa Barbara, California, was found in a Los Angeles parking lot. Identification came quickly via sound photo of fingerprints sent by International News Photos from the Los Angeles Examiner to the FBI in Washington.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Scott
Santa
Barbara
Calif
Los Angeles Examiner
FBI
Washington
Realty market shows quiet week with small turnover
Real estate activity was muted with less than 80 000 dollars in city and county transfers this week, contrasting a prior week that surpassed 250 000 dollars. Six days of mainly land parcels and modest homes changed hands, including a 40 acre tract near Northern avenue bought by Harvey H Heyser Jr and J Henry Reisner for 13 000 dollars. Several parcels in Smithsburg and Halfway change owners, while a development rumor circulates.
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Hamilton Park
Northern Avenue
Leo H. Miller
Harvey H.heyser, Jr
J. Henry Reisner
John W. Sandower
Margaret N. Jacques
Smithsburg
Robert W. South
Lowell D. Faith
Prospect Place
Halfway
Harriett C. Gardner
Carl B. Mongan
Sharpsburg
Alice K. Poffenberger
Charles E. Reid
Ralph E. Turner
W. Earl Crist
Minister And Singer Return Grand Rapids Affair
A Methodist minister Rev Daniel L. Reedy and singer Mrs Mary Marguerite Cowles, chased by police for adultery after a cross country trip, surrendered to authorities in Grand Rapids. Reedy faced preliminary hearing, bond set at 3000, bond posted by his wife and he was released. Mrs Cowles was hospitalized in nervous condition as her husband visited.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Daniel L. Reedy
Mary Marguerite Cowles
Port
Paul
Mrs. Cowles
Chinese Girl Testifies in Peiping Marine Rape Case
Shen Chung, 19, a Peiping National University student, identified Marine Cpl. William Gaither Pierson as the man accused of raping her twice after a Christmas Eve meeting on a polo field. She described being seized by two Marines and dragged to the field, while medical examiners found minor injuries and noted difficulty proving timing of bruises.
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Peiping
Pierson
Marine
Marine Cpl
Jay Cunningham
Burley
Ida
Cunningham
Peiping National University
Polos
Kang Ho- Cheng
Soldier Held On Hold-Up Charge At Royal Cafe
Pvt. Jerl Bricker thirty of Summit avenue was ordered jailed by Magistrate Harry E Snyder for a preliminary hearing January 20 on an attempted armed robbery at the Royal Cafe on Jonathan Street. Bricker claimed it was a joke and that a toy pistol given by a relative in New York caused the bluff. Police said he had about fifty cents, and there was no link to a street fight that damaged Joe's Loan Office window nearby.
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ne_grocer
Royal Cafe
Jonathan Street
Jerl Bricker
Summit Avenue
Harry E. Snyder
Bricker
John Adams
Mary Dixon
Raymond Hoover
Clarence Carroll
Donald Smith
Joe’s Loan
Wayne Sellman
New York
Handed 30 Days On Drunk Charge In City Court
George Baker aged 45 of Jefferson Street was sentenced to 30 days in Washington County Jail by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder after conviction in City Court on a drunk and disorderly charge. Patrolman Nervin Smith testified Baker panhandled yesterday afternoon in the first block of Jonathan Street.
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George Baker
Jefferson Street
Washington County
Harry E. Snyder
Nervin Smith
Baker
Jonathan Street
Six-Foot Girl Faces Longer Wait to Go Unnoticed
Grace Mundey, a 15 year old girl from Hagerstown Rt 5, is missing from home since Wednesday evening. She weighs about 125 pounds, has brown hair and blue eyes, and was last seen in a grey coat, brown shoes, and no hat. Police note her height should make recognition easy if she remains in the area.
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Grace Mundey
Hagerstown
Two Patrolmen Freed On Bonds In Rape Case
Richmond police officers Carl A. Burleson and Leonard E. Davis were freed on $3,000 bonds after conviction for the patrol car rape of a 32 year old woman last October. They face a Feb 21 hearing on a motion to set aside the verdict after being sentenced by Judge John L. Ingram to seven years. The all white Hastings jury deliberated just over an hour before delivering the verdict. The woman testified the pair picked her up after finding her with a man, then drove to a sparsely settled area and assaulted her.
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Richmond
Liberty
Carl A. Burleson
Leonard E. Davis
Hastings Court
John L. Ingram
State Penitentiary
London Strike Eases as Drivers Return to Work
More than 35,000 truck drivers and dock workers in London resumed duties today while the government pulled troops from food transport duties. Over 20,000 dockers stevedores and Thames lightermen rejoined the labor force, with a potential return tomorrow to unload more than 100 ships stalled by the unofficial walkout.
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London
Thames
Arnall Resigns As Thompson Is Sworn In
Ellis Arnall resigned as Georgia governor effective at 10 50 am after Lieutenant Governor M E Thompson took the oath. Arnall said the lieutenant governor now has full powers until a new governor is elected. Arnall’s aides and supporters remained at the Capitol while Arnall planned to sue Fulton National Bank over checks. He warned the fight may have just begun.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Arnall
People of
Herman, Talmadge
S. Fulton National Bank
Herman Talmadge
General Assembly
Theaters Join In Polio Drive county drive cooperation
Judge Joseph D. Mish announced that Hagerstown and its four theaters will again cooperate to raise funds for the March of Dimes drive ending January 31. He praised George N. Payette and John L. Miller for assistance and noted past theater contributions. Coin boxes and envelopes have been mailed, schools are aiding, and local groups including the 40 and 8 and the American Legion Auxiliary contributed.
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Joseph D. Mish
Hagerstown
Judge Misha
Mish
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Silk Mill Deed Filed For Record
The Cromer Bros Silk Mill property on South Mulberry street transfers from Charles W. Cromer and wife to Hagerstown Ribbon Mills Inc for $165,000. Announcement stated the sale of the real estate and business to the new corporation. Cromer would keep the Shalwin Hosiery Mill on Bester street and continue operations.
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Cromer
Kenneth Wilson Thomas Sr Granted Absolute Divorce
Kenneth Wilson Thomas Sr has been granted an absolute divorce from Hilda Leida Thomas. The divorce grants both parties dissolution of marriage with all legal implications finalized. No custody or support details are provided in the record.
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Kenneth Wilson Thomas, Sr
Hilda Leida Thomas
Poland Holds First Parliamentary Election Since 1939
Warsaw reports Poland will vote tomorrow in its first parliamentary election since Nazi 1939. Premier Edward Osóbka-Moranowski leads the Communist dominated government against Stanislaw Mikolajczyk's PSL opposition. Observers expect a government victory. U.S., Britain and USSR previously backed free elections at Yalta and Potsdam.
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Warsaw
Poland
Edward Osubka-Norawski
Polish Peasant’ Party
PSL
Stanislaw Mikolajcz
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Mikolajczyk
London
Yalta
Potsdam
Four Hundred Chinese Drowned In Yangtze Steamer Sinking
Shanghai reports a river tragedy as the 1000 passenger Chekiang collided with a tug off Woosung and sank in the Yangtze. Four hundred Chinese are reported drowned, with relatives demanding compensation from the ship owner for alleged overload.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Woosung
Richmond leader of UDC dies at 72
Mrs. Parke Chamberlayne Bagby Bolling, 72, long service president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, died in Richmond at the home of her sister Mrs. Henry Taylor Jr. The obituary notes her two terms as leader of the UDC and lists her residence.
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Richmond
Parke Chamberlayne Bagby’ Bolling
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Henry Taylor, Jr
Westo gang busted in New York and Miami Beach hijackings
The FBI announced the arrest of 20 men in New York and one in Miami Beach as leaders of the Westo gang tied to more than 30 truck hijackings over the past year. Salvatore Imperiale, alias Salvatore Westo, and his lieutenant Romeo Garafola, alias The Judge, were named among the leaders, with others coordinating shipments and hijacking plans from two drops while Imperiale avoided direct hijacking. The operation aimed to stop a scheme costing shippers about 500000 dollars.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami Beach
Fla
Shippers
Edward Scheidt
Schein
Romeo Garafola
Imperiale
Scheidt
Imperials
Five Treaties Of Peace Ready For Signing
Washington reports that five peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Finland Hungary and Romania are drafted and ready for signing by the Big Four and the former enemies. The texts settle borders arm limits and restoration terms while awaiting signatures from Molotov and Bevin with Paris planned for Feb 10. Byrnes plans to sign all but the Finnish treaty before turning the State Department over to Marshall.
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Washington
Italy
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Romania
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Byrnes
Molotov
Britain
Bevin
Paris
Warren Kelchner
Foreign Ministers Council
State Department
George ‘. .Marshall
Chinese Reds To Delay Truce Talks
Chinese Communist headquarters rejected a government bid to reopen truce talks and authorised sources said the move ends the possibility of further American mediation for months. The Communists accused the government of deception in proposing to send an emissary to Yenan without meeting their two prerequisites for resuming negotiations.
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Nanking
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Senate
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Ann ‘Stewart
Tom Stewart
Tennessee
Chub
Marilyone Wherry
Kenneth Wherry
Mrs. Bolling
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