New York City Price War Expands Into Fifth Day
The five day price war in New York City spreads as Macy's Gimbel's and others slash hundreds of items. Officials investigate alleged price fixing and prepare a public inquiry ordered by Assemblyman Steingut. Retailers report strong price cuts and rising orders while shoppers react to the heated competition.
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New York City
New York
Jewn Steingut
Levislaore
Steiwent
Assembly Democratic
Rat Oatore Otheial
Macy's
Macs
Supreme Court
Mutehr
Gimbel
Rs ‘ Kern
Fom Iote
Etares
Giabels
Namin
Poaklear
Sen
Bids Sought for Million Dollar Westview Homes Project
The Hagerstown Housing Authority plans bids for a million plus Westview Homes a 20 building brick development in the West End on Lanvyale Street Buena Vista Avenues 13 acres. Families vacating by July 1 are being relocated while landlords resist housing families with children.
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Lanvyale Street
Buena Vista Avenues
Housing Authority
Westview Homes
Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty In Maryland Election Case
Jonkel, longtime aide to Senator Butler, pleaded guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations. He was fined $5,000 and faced potential prison time under Maryland election laws. The case stems from improper handling of campaign funds during the Tydings election period.
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Baltimore
Pyton Midankel
Rne
C. A. Anderson
Voth
Jonkel
Rotler
Saearise Mibara
Anderson
Cir
Jankel
Repoir Ranyknen
Marylaw
Senate Elections
Tydings
Butler
Trs
Monroney
Maryland
Patter
Cornelius BP
Mundy
Teonkel
Hej
Hine
Ile
Milly
Angelm Sodara
Senate
Grand
Reds Press Front In North Korea Drive Toward Main Line
Allied troops faced driving rain as they fought toward North Korea’s main redoubt, repelling fresh Red counter-attacks. U N forces advanced one to three miles in places while seeking to break the iron triangle centered on Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyonggang. Lt Gen Van Fleet said the pursuit would continue to destroy military carriers and prevent a new offensive against the Eighth Army.
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North Korea
United Nations
U. N
Sangoth
Yorchon
Kansong
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Yongchon
Yongpyong
Yongong
Hwachon
Highth
James A. van Fleet
Uf N
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Fierce Storms Cause Widespread Damage Across County
Severe storms swept across the county last night causing fallen trees minor property damage and widespread flooding. Rain gauges recorded 1.7 to 2.65 inches with hail reported in several areas and a Stouffer Printing plant fire aftermath.
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South Mountain
Chewsville
Cavetown
D. Paul Oswald
Bridgeport
Lester Burgesser
Retown
Travis Knode
Keedysville
Lee Harne
Edgemont
Hagerstown
C. & P. Telephone Company
Frederick M. Shaffer
Carey M. Muliendore
Stouffer Printing Company
North Avenue
Wright
Williamsport
Charles Reese
Elvin Tluaver
Acheson Says U S Could Not Guarantee National China Survival
Secretary of State Acheson testified before Senate committees that the United States could not guarantee the survival of Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist Government in China after 1945. He warned aid could not insure a recipient regime and stressed aid supplements efforts, not replaces them, amid social revolution and Communist advances.
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State Acheson
United States
Yalta
Russia
Japan
Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Far East
Douklas MacArthur
Pacffic
Chiang Kai Sheks
China
George c. Marshall
Chiang Kai- Shek
Marshall
Acheson Saith
Manchuria
Cumberland Men Are Fined Here
Two Canberland men, Ralph Basilio and William Carpenter, paid fines and costs totaling over 375 for possession of hasses of season. They were arrested by Deputy Game Warden David Gross at Dani No. 4. Basilio had three right sizeable hass on his stringer along with several rules fish while Carpenter had two hass. Basilio was fined $40.75 and Carpenter $24.75. Deputy Gross reported eleven spring arrests so far and that deputies patrol county streams for violations.
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Canberland
Ralph Baailie
William Carpenter
Jess Shank
Wiliamsport
David Gross
Sharpsburg
Dani No. 4
Basile
Carpenter
Basilio
Gross
Cal
Newstip Awards Highlight Daily Mall Contest Winners
Jefferson Street resident wins first prize of 4 dollars for the best local tip. Guilford Avenue and Roxbury Road residents earn prizes for reporting an electrician burn and a man found unconscious in a car. Park Avenue and North Cannon Avenue residents receive prizes for car overturn and packard following a soldier to Korea. County worker and other locals also recognized for local crime and accident tips.
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Jefferson Street
Guilford Avenue
Roxbury Road
Princk
North Cannon Avenue
Korea
Papa Avenue
Scared To Death By Barking Dog in Norwich
In Norwich Connecticut a woman died of a heart attack believed caused by fear after a dog chased her as she walked home from a movie. Capt. Gendron said Mrs. Hilzabeth Butklewicz 6% died on the way to a hospital. A separate incident reports William Curls Miller injured by a blackjack assault on Route 2 and treated at a local hospital.
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Norwich Conn
Joseph L. Gendron
Hilzabeth Butklewicz
Apt. Gendronaald
William Curls Miller
Smitha
Baptist Chaplain Gives Last Rites To Catholic Priest
Lt. Cornelius J. Griffin, a Catholic priest wounded in Korea, received last rites from a Baptist chaplain after an ambush near the Cho Sin reservoir. The chaplain’s clerk, Sat. Matthew Caruso, died shielding Griffin during machinegun fire.
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Indiananalis
Korea
Cornelius J. Griffin
Marino
Chosin Reservoir
Matthew Caruso
Rocky Hill
Conn
Father Griffin
Craven
Krelt
Abby
America
Machine Gunner Mosher Stops Red Breakthrough in Korea
Maurice Mosher from Glen Lyon Pennsylvania led a machine gun platoon of the 24th Division in Korea. Ambushed by Chinese forces they moved to a pass and Mosher set up a gun on a baggage truck firing sustained volleys. He claimed about 300 enemy dead with many wounded as his unit withdrew and he earned praise and a Distinguished Service Cross nomination.
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Korea
Maurice Mosher
Glen Lyon
Mosher
Pfe
Edward Malone
East Alton
Pene
Masher
Lis
DP Girl Who Came To This Country In 1949 Among Smithsburg Grads
Lina Galushko 18, a displaced person from Yugoslavia settled in 1949, graduates from Smithsburg High School. She moved from Austria to the United States, learned English rapidly, earned a GED, and received a high school equivalency certificate. Lina, fluent in Yugoslavian Russian and German, plans to attend Juniata College on a four year scholarship. Her family lived on local farms and commuted to Smithsburg for her schooling.
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Lina Galushko
Smaithsburg High School
Cof Yugoslavia
Ivan Galushko
Lina
Duniata ‘College
Smithaburg
Vost
Bheen
State Department of Education
Ling
Yugoslavia
Austria
Fing
Calushko
Ralph Mickensteff
Smithahnieg
T. H. Schroyer
Middletown
Flora &. Schroyer
Europe
Huglish
Marvy RB. Poote
City Zoning Control Now in Mayors Hands
The City of Hagerstown awaits zoning action with the Mayor and Council sole arbiters after the Zoning Commission completes its advisory role. The Mayor may veto council moves, prompting a potential override at the next meeting, while zoning can proceed by ordinance based on commission findings and public notices.
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Hagerstown
Fhe Zoning Commission
Zoning Commission
Couneil
Herman Jy Mills
Connet
Connes
Metnber
One Driver Charged After Collision on West Franklin Street
Two autos suffered heavy damage in a 1:30 a m crash on West Franklin Street with no injuries. Raymond C Rustowicy 21 of Huf fala New York drove west as Jerrell J Wil Hamson 17 of 148 Alexander Street allegedly struck from behind. City police charged Wil Hamson with reckless driving.
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West Franklin Street
Raymond C. Rustowicy
Huffala
New York
Jerrell J. Wil Hamson
Alexander Street
Willamegar
Rites Wednesday For Patrolman Lynwood Newcomer
Funeral rites for Patrolman Lynwood M. Newcomer 34 who died after contacting an electric live wire during a storm will be held Wednesday at theportment Funeral Home. He died at Washington County Hospital about three hours after injury. Survived by wife Janet Tanaka and daughter Lynette, plus parents and several relatives. He served in World War I and was a member of the First Christian Church Pang Yorn Lodge and Fraternal Order of Police.
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Patrolman
Lynwood M. Newcomer
Virginia Avenue
Theportment Funeral
Newcomer
Washington County Hospital
Pacific Theater
First Christian Church
Pang- Yorn Lodge
Janet Tanaka
Lynette Marvine
Myr J
Charles V
Local Soldier Body Returns From Korea
The body of Pfe. Jack A. Zirkle 19 of 211 Howard Street is among 34 being returned from Korea. Zirkle the first Washington County casualty in Korea enlisted in 1949 and went to Japan in January. The Lawrence Victory docks in San Francisco today with two other Marylanders aboard Private William R. Perry of Rock Hill and Private William J. Geary of Frostburg.
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Pfe
Jack A. Zirkle
Howard Street
Zirkle
Washington County
Korea
Japan
Hagerstown
Lawrence Victory
San Francisco
Willian R. Perry
Rock Hill
William J. Geary
Frastburg
Tass Claims U S Using Japanese Troops in Korean War
Tass reports from Shanghai accuses the United States of employing Japanese troops in Korea. The Soviet news agency says 4,500 Japanese dead are buried in ashes sent to Yokohama, while American occupation officials deny the charge.
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Tass
LS Lira
Shanghai
Urna
Yokohama
Petain Near Death Says Medical Bulletin In France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain aged 95, leader of the Vichy regime, was reported near death in a Paris medical bulletin. The former World War I hero and wartime head of state has been imprisoned following a life sentence tied to alleged collaboration.
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Ne Dyen
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Ile Hag
Korea
Sason
Sergeant Brewer Returns Home From Korea
Sergeant Brewer arrives in Seattle after an eleven month absence spent largely in Korea. He is greeted by his wife Maxine Martin, a five month old son, and other family members.
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Alphas
Brewer
Berne Avenue
Korea
Vane
Maxine Martin
Hrewer
Seatle
Four Die In Frederick County Car Crash Near Emmitsburg
Four teenagers including Robert Brown Staley 17 of Frederick were killed when their car failed to negotiate a curve on Route 15 near Emmitsburg at 2 48 a m They were returning from Gettysburg and were passengers with Louis Cooper 18 James K Long 15 and Jos William Cooper 17 all of Thurmont Route 2 Also killed was passenger Michael Jr The relatives named include Mrs Thomas and a cousin of the deceased boy.
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Robert Brown Staley
Frederick
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