Reds drive large scale withdrawal from Shanghai to South China
Reports say Chiang Kai-shek personal troops evacuate garrisons from Shanghai Nanking and Hangchow toward Chekiang as Communist forces tighten grip north of the Yangtze. Evacuations prompt rail disruptions and new army movements while negotiations with the Reds show mixed signals.
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Nanking
Hangchow
Chiang Katthek
South China
Chek
Iang
Chikow
Yangtze
Manchuria
China
Peiping
Spencer
Moose
North China
Meating
Talyuen
Shansi
Kweisul
Sulyuan
Felping
Tientain
Red Radio
Li Chi-shen
Red
Li Tsungtsen
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Reds
Bhao Li-txe
Moscow
Obituaries Continue with Local Notables and Services
The notice lists deaths of Mrs. Alice Graham Miller of Downsville and Mrs. Mattie E. Snavely of Waynesboro along with survivors, funeral arrangements, and interment details. Also named are Pearl Suffecool, Leona Bingaman, Ruth Rodeffer, Ola Lushbaugh, and other relatives. Services set for Tuesday. locations include Suter and A. K. Coffman funeral homes and the Gerardstown Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Ville
Pearl Suffecool
Clearspring
Leona Bingaman
Greencastle
RFD
Ruth Rodeffer
Ola Lushbaugh
Suter Funeral Home
Frederick Unger Dies Publisher Honored in Community Roles
Frederick Unger publisher dies at Mercersburg aged years after sixteen years since 1942 marriage to Inabel Ott. He served in the Presbyterian Church as deacon and trustee and belonged to local clubs Haly, Masons Blue Lodge Can alstory Shrine Avon Literary Society Kittochipinny Historical Society Mercersburg Chamber of Commerce and Conococheague A R chapter. Surviving: wife Isabel Ott Wager and siblings Oswald J Pittsburgh J Irwin Av ia Guy G Harrisburg Mrs C H Bradley Mercersburg Mrs Sophia Smith Weat feld N J. Funeral Wednesday at 11 from Lininger chapel Rev J D Turner. interment Clearview cemetery. Friends may call 7:30–9 Tuesday evening.
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Inabel Ott
Unger
Presbyterian Church
Mercersburg Hotely Club
Masonic Blue Lathe
Canalstory
Zembec Shrine
Harriaburg
Avon Literary Society
Kittochipinny Historical Society
Mercersburg
Lininger
Rev. J. DE. Turner
Clearview Cemetery
GI Home Loans Drop In County
The county sees loans under the VA plan drop with 469140 total GI home loans and 13200 in two farm loans. VA guarantees 26500 on farm loans and 10825 on six business loans. Some banks demand 20 to 25 percent down payments and some won’t accept VA loan applications. In 1945 fifty five veterans paid off 55 home loans and three business loans from prior years, with some profits noted on properties bought before inflation.
Arthur Brice Takes Bride
Arthur H. Brice, longtime Maryland Public Service Commission member and former state Senate president, wed Mrs. Hallie Shipley in Baltimore. The ceremony at St. Mark's Methodist Church was conducted by Rev. Cranaton R. E. Riggin, after which the couple left for a Florida wedding trip. Brice, 62, farmer, lives at Betterton, with two children, Dr. A Talbot Brice and Mrs. Elizabeth Camber, in Baltimore.
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Jan
Arthur H. Brice
Maryland Public Service Commission
Lane
Hallie Shipley
Cranaton Re.riggin
St. Mark's Methodial Church
Florida
State Senate
Brice
Betterton
Kent County
Maryland
Senate
O'Conor
A. Talbot Brice
Elizabeth Camber
Congress Eyes Extensions and Hearings This Week
Congressional action focuses on extending the reciprocal trade program before June 30, with Truman seeking an unconditioned extension. Senate and House committees weigh 7 month extensions to anti inflation and rent control laws, aiming for longer rent limits and no automatic hikes. Acheson briefing and a White House visit by the Big Four may shape priorities, as Zarubin is recalled to Moscow for talks and the Freedom Train wrap ends its tour.
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Herbert Hoover
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Sth Congress
80Th Congress
Senate
House Banking
Congress
House Foreign Committees
Dean Acheson
White House
Rayburn
McCormack
McKeller
Lucas
Busy Week Faces State Assembly Budget Tuesday
The draft agenda includes a bill from the State Commission on Subversive Activities without public hearings. Debates loom on repealing segregation on common carriers, notably the Chesapeaka Bay ferry, and on purchasing the O'Sullivan building plus adjusting House of Delegates representation.
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State Assembly
State Commission On
House
Senate
Judiciary Committees
Chesapeaka Bay
State Senate
O'Sullivan
Baltimore
House of Delegates
West Staggered By New Snow
Storm disruption spreads across the Midwest and Great Plains with blizzards. Travel snarled as Union Pacific trains halted in Wyoming and highways become impassable. One fatal crash follows a stalled snow plow near Helena Montana.
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Sputh
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kansas
Baltimore
New England
Texas
Atlantic
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Green River
Wyo
Denver
Kansas City
Nebraska Highway Patrol
Helena
Mont
Israel Egypt Resume Talks On Armistice
Bunche pressed for a restart of negotiations as both sides held hard lines over boundaries in the Negev Desert. Egypt seeks pre Oct 15 positions, while Israel refuses to return to pre Oct 15 lines. Bunche met with each delegation chief into the early hours hoping for a minor breakthrough.
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Ously
Negev
Bunche
Refusl
Bunch
Truck Mishap Injures Two Helpers In Transit
A truck driven by Joseph D. Weller of Mercersburg hauled six or seven tons of ashes and iron rust in a steel container lifted by crane. With the vehicle on a downgrade and stopped at a traffic light, the heavy container slid forward, injuring two helpers riding between the container and the cab.
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Joseph D. Weller
Mercersburg
Rt. 3
Maryland Pipe and Supply Company
Vacumatic Carburetor Promises Gas Savings
An early 20th century Wisconsin inventor claims a Vacumatic unit auto-adjusts fuel mix to prevent over rich carburetion. Marketed as automatic and installable in minutes for cars trucks tractors, the Vacu matic Carburetor Co invites customers to write for free details or send name and address for a penny post card.
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Wisconsin
Vacumatic Carburetor Co
State St. Wauwatona
Wic
Adv
Men Freed After Truck Box Pinning Them
Witnesses recount a dramatic rescue as a driver calls for help when a box containing ashes pins two men. A passing coal truck tows the box by a cable, its brakes locked, and the coal truck’s movement frees the trapped men. One man fainted during the extraction and all escaped with a narrow margin.
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