Marshall Asked To Give Views On US Policy
Washington January 22 Secretary of State George C Marshall was invited to outline his views on American foreign policy to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The invitation, extended by chairman Vandenberg to show full cooperation with the new cabinet officer, allows testimony after the Moscow Foreign Ministers meet if Marshall prefers. He began work at the State Department with bipartisan praise for his non political approach to foreign affairs, seen as distancing himself from 1948 presidential prospects.
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George C. Marshall
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Vandenberg
Rmich
Marshall
Moscow
State Department
Congress
Truman
Bridges
Rep
Habeck
Indiana
House
Mar
Showdown Today On War Probers
Democratic Senators push to block a one year extension of the Senate's special war investigating committee. The vote set for 2 p.m. EST as Democrats seek to sway a few Republicans to join them, aiming to overturn the committee's continuation despite a 44 to 51 party split.
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Washington
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
Tobey
New Hampshire
Aiken
Vermont
Cooper
Kentucky
Bill Would Boost Students' Pays
Washington, Jan. 22 (P) Congress has a Navy recommendation to pass a bill raising midshipmen and West Point cadets pay by 20 percent. The raise would lift annual pay from 186 to 936 dollars, with Coast Guard cadets receiving similar increases. The Navy notes Academy pay scales have been flat since 1919.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Annapolis
Weat Point
Coast Guard
City unveils master plan for 15 year water system
The City of Hagerstown adopts a master plan for 15 years of water system development after an engineering study by Pitometer Company Inc of New York. The $219,850 program, to run through 1961, aims to fix trunk main capacity gaps and improve interconnections to ensure adequate pressure and fire flows citywide.
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Hagerstown
Thee
Pitometer Company, Inc
New York
Pitometer Company
Summit Avenue
West End
Plan Check On Eating Places
Washington County Health Department plans periodical swab tests of utensils used in soda fountains restaurants and taverns to ensure proper washing rinsing and sterilizing. Officials say many diseases including tuberculosis and diphtheria can be contracted from dirty tableware. Public patrons should refuse visibly unclean utensils and use disposable paper cups or dishes to avoid bacteria. Taverns violating sanitation rules face charges by the Board of Alcoholic Beverage Commissioners, while others are punished under State Health regulations.
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Washington County Health Department
Board of Alcoholic Beverage Commissioners
Department
State Department of Health
City considers bingo licensing for revenue boost
Cumberland's City Council weighs licensing bingo games to raise city revenue. City attorney Charles Z. Heskett says he drafted a bill setting a $1,000 annual fee for bingo operators.
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Cumberland
Charles Z. Heskett
Fire Destroys House On Medway Road
A morning blaze on Medway Road destroyed a two room house and all furnishings belonging to Mrs Elsie H Tracey. Firemen arrived too late to save the structure or contents. Tracey said she stepped out for water and found the home engulfed in flames. She does not know the cause.
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Elsie H. Tracey
Medway Road
Tracey
Herman Hartman
Five Hurt In Muskegon Bus Crash During Snowstorm
A bus carrying 38 passengers was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive as it backed through a crossing in a heavy snowstorm in Muskegon Michigan. Five passengers were seriously hurt and remained in hospital as of today Albert Eliason, 60, was listed in critical condition at Hackley Hospital along with four other Muskegon and Muskegon Heights residents. The crash left 20 other injured with varying serious injuries.
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Mich
Pennsylvania Railroad
Albert E. Eliason
Hackley Hospital
Muskegon Heights
Allegany County Opposes Plan to Abolish Orphans' Court
The Allegany County Commissioners oppose a proposed bill in Maryland to abolish the Orphans' Courts. The Sherbow Report, just released, recommends eliminating the court, a measure now before the General Assembly.
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Board of Allegany County Commissioners
Maryland
General Assembly
Sherbow
West Virginians Debate Renaming Their State
Charleston report says a proposed resolution seeks to change West Virginia's name or persuade Virginia to rename itself East Virginia. Delegates Knight and Blue push for a commission of West Virginians to study a new name and legal steps, while Knight doubts any change will occur.
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West
Charleston
W. Va
East Virginia
Frank A. Knight
Knight
William F.blue
Mountain State
Kidnapped Girl Back Home After 26 Harrowing Hours
Lodi California January 21 17 year old Alice Dean Devine a Lodi high school athlete was found unharmed after a kidnapping ordeal spanning 26 hours. A ransom demand of 10000 in mixed bills was reported but the kidnapper fled as authorities traced uses of two aliases Everett Wescott Stiles and William Giles. Alice escaped from a highway hotel near Sacramento when the kidnapper was away and notified relatives. Police FBI tracked the suspect who did not appear at a Sacramento bar to collect the ransom. The presiding family waited with police guards and the girl was returned home guarded by state troopers.
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Lodi
Calif
Alice Dean Devine
West Coast
Sacramento
Everett Wescott Stiles
Portland
Ore
William
Bill) Giles
Eastern Publishing House
Alice Dean
John Edward Devine
American Fruit Growers Association
FBI
Banks Adopt A New Schedule
Hagerstown four banks will start a new schedule from April 1 opening nine to two weekdays and Saturday nine till noon. The change aims to cap weekly hours at forty for employees. Some cities close Saturdays. Cumberland and Martinsburg banks have already closed at 2 p m daily.
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Hagerstown
Hagerstown Clearing House Association
Cumberland
Martinsburg
Four Treated Last Night At Hospital For Minor Injuries
Four patients received treatment at Washington County Hospital for minor injuries. Mrs Nona E Sprecher of Hagerstown Rt 2 broke an arm. Dorothy Lee Kershner aged 13 of Carrollton Avenue injured her ankle. John B Martin of Ravenwood Heights sustained a laceration above the eye requiring stitches. two year old Carl Lee Hastings of Hagerstown Rt 4 injured right arm in a wash machine incident, with no broken bones and later discharged.
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Washington County Hospital
Nona E. Sprecher
Hagerstown
Rt. 2
Dorothy Lee Kershner
Carrolton Avenue
John ‘B. Martin
Ravenwood Heights
Carl ‘Lee Hastings
Hagerstown Rt. 4
Way Now Clear For Talmadge To Submit Issue To Supreme Court
Atlanta January 22 The way is clear for Herman Talmadge to bring the dispute over who is the real governor before the Supreme Court within 20 days Attorney General Eugene Cook said He noted Talmadge could file quo warranto against J B Edwards to test the claim In the lower courts within 10 days and appeal in 10 more The clash with Lieutenant Governor M E Thompson over executive powers continues but Cook wants the issue decided on legal merits not personalities
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Talmadge
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Cook
Talmade
Andrew J. Whitehurst
Thomas County
Cook
J. B. Edwards
Ellis Arnall
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
County Fourth In Buying Bonds
Maryland counties show County Washington ranking fourth in 1946 U S Savings Bond purchases with 3 039 339 total, 1 835 601 in Series E and 31 204 788 in Series F and G. Montgomery led with 3 932 980, Allegany second at 3 053 328, Harford third at 3 062 637. The Treasury notes payroll savings boosted sales, with over half of Series E bonds in Maryland bought via payroll deduction.
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U.S. Savings
U.S. Treasury Department
Washington
Montgomery
Allegany County
Harford County
Treasury Department
Firemen extinguish chimney blaze on West Washington
Firemen answered a alarm at about five o'clock this morning from box 7-4 to a chimney fire on West Washington street. No damage was reported.
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West Washington Street
Four Ministers Clipped By Stranger for 70 in Hagerstown
Four Hagerstown ministers were targeted by a man posing as a worker needing cash to tide himself over until payday. He collected about 70 in total from the ministers, with individual sums ranging from ten to twenty dollars, as police investigated.
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Hagerstown
Warmer At Pole These Days Than Right At Home
Washington reports from Little America show Antarctic temperatures fluctuating from 29 to 31 above zero, while the U S capital at the time faced 14 degrees, and Minnesota logged 24 below. Alton L Blakeslee notes the contrast as a warmer spell at the pole than in many parts of the United States.
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South Pole
United States
Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Navy Antarctic Expedition
Little America
Minnesota
Unofficial Zero as Hagerstown Feels Freezing Day
The mercury dipped to an unofficial zero in Hagerstown with D Paul Oswald noting a 7 above low in Chewsville and J A Miller reporting 8 above at Keedysville. Forecasters blamed a cold northwesterly wave as Western Maryland faced wind whipped snow and a freak storm on the Eastern Shore.
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Hagerstown
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
J.A. Miller
Keedysville
Keédysville
J. A Miller
Mercury
Maryland
Oakland
Grantsville
Garrett County
Five Thousand Dollar Trespass Case In Boonsboro
Harvey J. House and wife sue Calvin L. Moser and Edith Moser in Boonsboro district for $5,000 damages in a trespass suit filed in circuit court. The complaint claims the defendants broke into and entered property on the west side of the road from the old Sharpsburg road to Littlestown, cutting down a fence and injuring land adjoining others. The Mosers are represented by Martin L. Ingram and John J. Allen. House is represented by Leo H. Miller.
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Calvin L. Moser
Edith Moser
Boonsboro
Harvey J. House
Leo H. Miller
House
Sharpsburg
Littlestown
Martin L. Ingram
John J. Allen
Eyesight Restored Youth Ready To Return To School
Jackie Wisnowski of Verona Pa, blinded at 12, regained sight after corneal transplants in New York. He received 90 percent vision in one eye and then both, thanks to community and doctor efforts despite his mother’s death. He starts ninth grade at Peabody High School with plans to study alongside peers.
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Pittsburgh
Jackie Wisnowski
Verona
Jackie
New York
Oper
Peabody
Suits For 5 Billion Are Filed
Washington reports that the Treasury allows wage claim repayments under portal-to-portal suits to be charged against taxes, boosting past tax funds. Commerce official Foster warns many firms could fail if courts deem claims excessive, noting nearly 5 billion dollars filed and urging Congress to protect industry production and employment while preserving FLSA protections.
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The
Treasury
William Chapman Foster
Senate
Portal
Foster
Commerce Department
Congress
Navy
Commerce Departments
Army
Chesapeake and Potomac to Seek New Rate Increases
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company told the Maryland Public Service Commission it will seek additional rate boosts beyond temporary increases already asked. August B. Haneke said preliminary increases could raise monthly bills from 25 cents to 1.50, arguing the temporary rise yields a reasonable return and that permanent rates should be based on fair value. The firm estimated the temporary hike would bring about 3.5 million dollars annually, contending 1.4 million from that total is not enough. (Continued on Page 3)
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Chesapeake and Potomac
Maryland
Public Service Commission
August B. Haneke
Haneke
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