Intense Cold Wave Hits Midwest and East Coast
The Weather Bureau and veteran forecaster J A Miller predict a new deep cold wave spreading from the Hudson Bay region across the midwest to the eastern half of the country. Sub zero temperatures are forecast with lingering cold into Saturday as snow and blizzard-like conditions affect Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and areas as far south as Missouri and Ohio valleys. Garrett county faces near blizzard conditions with several inches of snow and strong winds prompting chain requirements for travel.
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Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keedynville
Mr. Miller
Hudson Bay
Midwest
Garrett County
Cumberland
H. L. Jacobson
Chicago
Florida
Mothers Killings Shock Topsham as Husband Kresses
Police say Howard Russell shot his wife Mabel Russell then her sister-in-law Hattie Crosman in Crosman home, later drowning in a well. Four children witnessed the double murder. Russell, who had sought divorce, reportedly ranted and blamed Crosman for their separation. The motive cited was reconciliation rejection.
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Topsham
Frank Carver
Mabel Russell
Hattie Crosman
Carver
Howard Russell
Dimes In D
The March of Dimes collections from city parking meters for the first week of March totaled 1.70. The funds, along with other collections up to January 1, will be turned over to Judge Joseph D. Mish, county chairman. City tax receipts yesterday totaled 23,803, bringing year to date to 49,038.
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Joseph D. Mish
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Virginia
Maryland expects generally fair conditions and a colder night. Friday brings increasing cloudiness followed by light snow. Virginia shows fair and colder weather tonight with Friday turning cloudy and some light snow in the northern portion.
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Maryland
Virginia
Stow
Wheat Crop In Need Of Snow
Washington County farmers who grow wheat hope for a blanket of snow to protect winter crops from freeze thaw damage and provide moisture as it melts. J and Miller report Keedysville wheat looks weak for the season and snow could boost prospects, with early signs suggesting the farmers may get their wish.
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Hagerstonians
Washington County
J. &. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Green In Favor Of 45 Hour Week Labor Plan
AFL President William Green proposed voluntary 43 hours a week with overtime pay to boost output and curb inflation. He told the Senate Banking Committee that Congress should back anti inflation measures from Truman’s 10 point program, excluding wage controls. Tonight the committee will hold an overtime session with grain industry witnesses.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Labor
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
Green
Brunswick Pentecostal Church Fire Destroys Parsonage
A fire gutted the interior of the Pentecostal Church in Brunswick and destroyed Rev. Jacob Heck’s rear apartment with furniture and clothing. The blaze, likely from a hot air furnace under the pulpit, was followed by an explosion. Church walls and roof remained largely intact while living quarters were left a charred ruin. Market Still Off in New York trading showed downwards drift with scattered resistance and numerous declines near midday.
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Pentecostal
Brunswick
Jacob Heck
New York
Bevin warns Soviets drive to dominate Europe risks war
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that Soviet Russia is ruthlessly trying to dominate Europe, a strategy seen in Poland Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. He warned this expansion will lead to another world war and linked it to the Marshall Plan. He noted Greece as a dangerous power politics case and hinted at a possible Anglo French Benelux alliance.
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London
Bevin
Soviet Russia
Europe
House of Commons
Yalta
Soviet Union
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bavin
Russia
Western Europe
Stettin
Trieste
Elbe
Greece
Long And Jones To Fight It Out On February 24
In Louisiana the second Democratic primary heads to a Feb 24 showdown between former governors Earl K. Long and Sam H. Jones. Long led after the first primary with 147,209 votes, Jones trailing at 96,956 as Kenyon and Morrison trailed. They topped a field of four as precinct returns rolled in.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Sam H. Jones
Long
Louisiana
Jones
Robert F. Kenyon
James H. Morrison
D-Le
National Family Week Proposed To Meet Divorce Challenge
A 42 year old judge on the domestic relations bench advocates a National Family Week to address rising divorces and broken homes. Judge Thomas J. Cunningham cites high divorce decrees and many new marriages, urging focus on stability, family ties, and balanced home life amid social and economic pressures.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Thomas J. Cunningham
Hhet
Cunningham
Sabillasville Fire Wipes Out Garage. $29,050 Loss
Fire of unknown origin today threatened Sabillasville’s center and destroyed the one story garage operated by A. E. Moorehead. The blaze spread to the warehouse of Early Eby & Sons and damaged the Epy building, a general store, totaling about $29,050 in damages. Eight engines from Blue Ridge Summit to Emmitsburg fought the fire, confining it to the original structures.
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Sabillasville
A. E. Moorehead
Eby & Sons
Epy
Friend’s Creek
Stalin Hitler Deal Revealed By Captured Records
The United States released a 362 page volume of captured German records detailing the 1939 to 1941 Moscow Berlin pact and the 1938 trade and territorial deals with the Soviet Union. The State Department issued the book to expose the Axis collaboration and Stalin's demands for influence in Finland the Dardanelles and the Middle East in exchange for a four power axis. The release follows VOA broadcasts aimed at exposing the arrangement to Soviet and European audiences.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Voice of America
Reat
Europe
State Department
Moscow-Berlin
Rusela
Hitler
Soviet Union
Germany
Poland
Stalin
Finland
Dardanelles
Oilrich Middle East
Walkers Have Right Of Way In City Intersections
Magistrate Harry E. Snyder and Baltimore Traf fic Court Chief Magistrate Joseph M Wratt agree that not all motorists with a green light have the right of way over pedestrians. Snyder notes drivers hurry to turn at intersections and rely on horns to clear pedestrians, a practice widespread in Hagerstown. Pedestrians moving across streets still have priority when a turn would conflict with them.
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Harry E. Snyder
Joseph M. Wratt
Baltimore
Snyder
Hagerstown
County Is Given Potato Allotment
Washington County, one of seven Maryland counties receiving acreage allotments for the 1948 white potato crop, is allotted 293 acres. Only growers within their farm allotment may join the price support program, with prices kept at 90 percent of parity or higher. Washington County shows the largest cut, down 42 acres from last year. The Maryland government bought 49 percent of the prior year’s white potato crop.
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Washington County
Maryland
PMA
College Park
British Had Date Hitler To Strike
Two months before Germany attacked Russia in 1941, the Nazi naval attache in Moscow knew less about Hitler's plans than the British Ambassador. A telegram dated April 24, 1941, reports rumors of war spread by travelers from Germany. The Italian embassy counselor cites predictions of June 22 as the outbreak date, with May 20 also mentioned, while the attache seeks to counter the rumors as absurd.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Draws Knife Here On Woman Fined In Drunken Row
Rodney Thomas, 38, of Frederick, convicted of assault for drawing a knife on Ida Belair near the Blue Ridge bus terminal. He pleaded guilty after admitting intoxication and memory loss. A bus driver knocked the knife from his hand before police arrived. Officer Lowry testified. Thomas said he and a friend had too much to drink. DESTROY PROPERTY Fred Schleigh, building new houses near Woodland Way School, asked police to patrol at night as neighborhood children destroy property.
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Rodney Thomas
Frederick
Ida Belair
Potomac Street
Blue Ridge
Martin V. B. Bostetter
Thomas
Albert C. Lowry
Thoman
Fred Schleigh
Belview Avenue
Woodland Way School
Aince
Propacer
Food Shortage in Soviet Zone Is Uncovered
Dresden, Jan 19. Difficult food situation may force grain shipments from the Soviet Union into the Russian occupied eastern zone of Germany under the Molotov plan. Maj. Gen. Timoffei Dudarov, acting military governor for Saxony, says imports are possible but not yet decided. He stresses any grain would not be a gift. The Russians reveal how eastern Germany is being drawn into Moscow’s economic scheme as cooperation with the Marshall plan ends.
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Dresden
Saxony
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
Timoffei Dudarov
Berlin
Moscow
Pilot Of Burned Ship Known Here
Captain Merrill B Thayer pilot of the Newark bound Con stellation flight from Miami, which burned at Boston airport, is well known in Hagerstown. He is credited with saving 28 passengers who jumped to safety in a snow bank as flames swept the 60 passenger aeroplane. Thayer spoke of passengers remaining orderly and doors not jamming, while engines were cut and one burst into flame during emergency procedures.
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Merrill B. Thayer
Miami
Boston Mass
Hagerstown
Anna May Murray
Hamilton Spouteward
Thayer
Protest Rations Spark Bavarian Worker Walkout
In Bavaria the Trade Union Federation calls a 24 hour walkout of nearly one million workers starting at midnight to protest food shortages. Earlier 200000 workers held a 24 hour strike in Nuremberg and Cologne, the largest in western Germany since the last seafood crisis.
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Trade Union Federation
Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Nuernberg
Cologne
President May Order Preemptive Strike Without Congress
Washington reports Col Louis E. Coira of the Air Forces Operations Division argues the President has the constitutional right to deploy armed forces without a war declaration in a preemptive attack on an aggressor ready to strike. He warns delaying action risks national survival and urges readiness to assume responsibility for such orders.
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Washington
Congress
Louis E. Coira
Air Forces Operations Division
Coira
Air University Quarterly Review
Massive Chester Garage Fire Destroys Buses At $500000 Loss
A 3500,000 blaze in a center city garage of the Southern Pennsylvania Bus Company in Chester, Pennsylvania, destroyed 36 buses and forced 2,000 residents to evacuate as winds spread embers 1,500 feet. Firemen from five Chester companies battled oil fed flames for an hour. gas and oil tanks caused 15 explosions. One bystander was lightly hurt. Authorities evacuated a block area as the flames were controlled. In a separate Florida note, two bank robbers sought after stealing about 16,350 from Perkins State Bank in Williston. They fled in a black sedan after forcing three employees to lie on the floor.
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Chester
Southern Pennsylvania Bus Company
Williston
Fla
Perkins State Bank
Battle Of Sexes Spurs Grade School Talk In Plaid Skirts
A grade school controversy sparked by a third grade girl wearing her brother's trousers to Howard Street School prompts discussion of changing gender norms. The issue mirrors a prior high school incident, with teachers noting boys and girls reacting differently as the fashion shift unfolds.
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Gex
Daily Mail
Herb Ridgely
Ray Lovell
Shirley Rind
Dungaree Brigade
Daily Mail Today
Hagerstown High
Howard, Street School
Acherne
Hoover Urges Slash In Aid Plan Debated In Europe
President Hoover calls for reduced international aid as part of a six point constructive plan. The White House outlines a European aid program with proposed cuts and restructuring amounting to billions in savings.
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Hoover
Slash
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Portugal
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Adolf
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Murray
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