Greyhound Bus Strike Spreads Across Seven States
Workers at Southwestern Greyhound Lines walk out in seven southern and western states joining 19 eastern states in a wage dispute. About 300 Texas employees quit, with other strikes in Oklahoma Missouri Kansas New Mexico Colorado and Arkansas. AFL union cites one cent per mile demand for drivers. company offers 5.3 to 5.4 cents. East of Mississippi no change. 4,600 drivers walked out November 1. Albuquerque terminal reports halted ticket sales and about 20 drivers and 25 others affected.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc
Greyhound
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arkansas
W. C. O’kelley
Amalgamated Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union
AFL
Southwest
Mississippi
Albuquerque
N. M
Angus Miller
Love plans new plant in Hagerstown after year start
Joseph Love, a top maker of younger children’s dresses in the United States, announced plans to erect a large manufacturing building in Hagerstown shortly after the first of the year. The announcement followed a Victory dinner at Hotel Hamilton for about 200 attendees, including workers from his two local plants and their families.
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Joseph Love
United States
Hagerstown
Mr. Love
Miss Myers Still Unconscious 89 Days After Fall
Miss Bertha Myers of 50 Broad way remains unconscious at Washington County Hospital for the 89th day after a fall from stairs on August 9. Doctors call the duration remarkable and among the longest for such injuries. An operation soon after admission failed to restore consciousness. Authorities noted a turn for the worse on October 16 and that her condition remained critical and unchanged this morning.
Miss Virginia Reed Named Library Custodian at Sharpsburg
Miss Virginia Reed is named custodian of the Sharpsburg library succeeding Miss Alexina Bender who resigned. Reed will start Thursday with high school students Patsy Remsburg and Janice Lum assisting. The library opens Thursdays 2 to 5 and 6 30 to 8 30.
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Virginia Reed
Sharpsburg
Alexina Bender
Miss Reed
Patsy Remsburg
Janice Lum
Ford Plant Barricaded by 2500 Pickets in Windsor
A crowd of about 2,500 union pickets formed a barricade of cars and buses on two Windsor streets in front of the Ford Motor plant. Workers at nearby plants including General Motors Chrysler Kelsey Hayes and Truscon Steel struck in solidarity. Officials anticipated all 8,500 Local 195 UAW members would join, affecting 10,000 Ford Local 200 workers. Police reinforcement was prepared but no incidents reported.
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Windsor
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler
Kelsey- Hayes Wheel Company
Truscon Steel and Motor Products, Ltd
Ford
United Auto Workers
Tiger commanded killings order at Manila war crimes trial
Manila report details testimony by Joaquin Galang a suspect ally who heard Japanese Lt Gen Yamashita angrily refuse to revoke the order to kill all Filipinos and destroy cities. Galang said Yamashita shouted an order must be followed despite Artemio Ricarte’s plea to revoke it. The exchange occurred at Ricarte’s house as part of the trial of the former Tiger of Manila.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Joaquin Galang
Tiger of
Narcisco Lapus
Yamashita
Ricarte
Galang
Lingerie Found as Two Women Evicted to Police Station
Patrolmen at Albany California headquar ters reported seeing unmistakably feminine lingerie on a line in the squad room. Sgt. Arthur K. Smith said Ruby Reaves twenty and Patricia Birney twenty one were evicted from a naval housing project with washing half done and sought temporary refuge at the police station.
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Albany
Calif
Arthur K. Smith
Ruby Reaves
Patricia Birney
Naval Housing Project
Five Arrows At Once Bow Captured in Secret Weapon
Saigon report says French authorities captured an Annamese automatic bow that fires five arrows from a magazine. Earlier British forces announced the seizure of an Annamese munitions center with a bow and arrow factory.
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Saigon
Bond Sale Near Half Million in Victory Loan Drive
County Chairman John D. Hollyday reported five days into the drive that local bond sales reached £2459,843.75 with BE bonds contributing $15,542.75. The total covers about 18 percent of the county goal of $2,400,000 while the E bond target stands at $800,000. A Navy train showcasing wartime equipment will stop at the B and O yards at 4 p.m. tomorrow and stay until 9 p.m., offering public viewing as part of six East tours to support the drive.
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John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Washington County
Navy
Matthews, Head of Tuberculosis Association Dies in Maryland
William B. Matthews, aging 21 years as managing director of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association, died at Sinai hospital after a brief illness. His tenure saw free diagnostic clinics in every Maryland county and mass X-ray programs for workers. Miracle House at Claiborne increased capacity from 19 to 120 children.
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Baltimore
William B. Matthews
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Sinai Hospital
Maryland
Miracle House
Claiborne
Edmonia Brooks Granted Absolute Divorce From Harold Brooks
Edmonia Rose Brooks has been granted an absolute divorce from Harold LeRoy Brooks. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared for the complainant.
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Edmonia Rose Brooks
Harold LeRoy Brooks
Calvert K. Hartle
Housewives Tip Contests Highlight Odd News
Housewives won first prize of 3.50 for tips on vandals at Pines burg school and on an elderly man swallowing false teeth in sleep. Second prize covered a fatal accident and a concrete block shortage delaying building. Third prize included field mice invasion in North End homes and elderly resident falling ill from food poisoning.
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Pinesburg
North End
Expect House Salesmen Back
The Hagers town peddling trade, down since the war began, is expected to rebound as supplies and manpower return. City records show peddler licenses dropped from 185 in 1940 to 53 in 1943 and 62 in 1944, with licenses required for door to door selling. City Clerk Clyde Stouffer notes scarce prewar materials have held back goods but anticipates a strong comeback. locals wish for nylon hose sales tomorrow.
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Hagerstown
City Hall
Clyde Stouffer
Rationing End Date Outlook Seen Varying
OPA shifted from optimism to pessimism on when rationing ends, while Civilian Production Administration officials say a termination by year’s end or soon after is possible. The agency will make the final call.
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Washington
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
War Production Board
Many U S Soldiers In Japan Re Enlist
Tokyo November 5 More than 1500 American soldiers in Japan have applied for re enlistment. The 11th Corps headquarters said today most felt the army is the best place for a young man given labor condition uncertainty at home. Some seek to learn trades or professions through army training and others hope to acquire new skills.
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Tokyo
Japan
11Th Corps
Man robs motorist after aiding tire change near Jacksboro
A passerby stopped to help Mrs. Norman Cohen of Autus Oklahoma change a flat on a highway near Jacksboro Texas. After assisting, the man produced a long knife and robbed her of two diamond rings and a wrist watch.
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FIAT
Marines In China Accused Of Attacking Reds
U S troops in China face charges from Yenan based New China Daily News accusing Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer of lying about U S noninvolvement. The dispatch alleges Americans armed Central Government troops, invaded liberated areas, arrested staff, and threatened Communist forces.
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Chungking
New China Daily News
United States
Albert
Wedemeyer
China
Yenan
Chinwangtao
Hiayang
Tientsin
Nanyuan
Peiping
Kuan
Chinwang
Tao
Kuomin
School Bids To Be Approved This Week
The Board of Education reports bids for the Washington Street school addition will be approved this week. Plans and specifications are ready for final board approval, likely at tomorrow s regular meeting. The addition is to be rushed so it can be used by the opening of school next September.
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Washington Street
Board of Education
Local Y Instructor Discharged From Navy
Harry R. Eavey of 109 South Poto mac street was honorably discharged from the United States Navy on November 2. He served as Chief Athletic Specialist for two and a half years, outlining athletic programs and aiding Naval commanders in training and athletic activities for their units. Before enlisting, Eavey was an athletic instructor at the local YMCA.
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Harry R. Eavey
South Potomac Street
United States Navy
Eavey
Naval
Cattle Buyer Proposes Horse Sale in Hotel Room
John Haverfield of Scott City Kansas and several youths discussed horses in Haverfield’s hotel room in Clayton New Mexico. After praising a colt from Larry Kehoe of Texline Texas, Haverfield proposed buying sight unseen if Kehoe could bring the animal to the room and tie it to the bedpost, prompting cheers in the hotel lobby.
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Clayton
N. M
John Haverfield
Scott City
Kas
Haverfield
Larry Kehoe
Texline
Tex
Kehoe
Coldest Fall Day Records 20 Degree Readings
The day opened with the coldest fall temperature. Keedysville weather station reported 20 degrees as frost covered fields. Cumberland dropped to 24 and Baltimore to 34. Ground remains well frozen and winter wheat benefits from the prior weekend rainfall of .41 inch. Fields to turn green soon, Miller notes.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Allotments For Victory Fund And Community Chest
Hagerstown and Washington County Chest sets a $120 450 goal for the campaign with $60 107 to the National War Fund and $60 343 to the local Community Chest. Allocations include Boy Scouts 7140 Day Nursery 1000 Girl Scouts 3800 Infant and Child Health Center 3971 Salvation Army 9113 Juvenile Delinquency supervised by Salvation Army 7500 Hagerstown Summer Playgrounds 1500 M C A 18212 Playgrounds and activities supervised by the M C A 3000. The plan notes a $3393 Chest increase to meet expanded local welfare needs offset by a reduced War Fund share, keeping the total goal near last year’s. A stated aim is to invest in the future by supporting local agencies that combat juvenile delinquency and build better citizens.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Community Chest
Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
National War Fund
Victory Fund
Make Up the Chest
Four More From Here Due From Overseas Arrive
Three Hagerstown GIs and a local Wac were due to arrive Saturday from overseas aboard the Frederick Victory in New York. T/5 John E. Fritz and T/5 William Z. Shuman from Hagerstown with Pfc. Earl E. Weaver also listed. Mary J. Hoffacker of Hagerstown landed at Hamilton Field, California, on an ATC plane from overseas over the weekend.
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Hagerstown
Wac
John E. Fritz
William Z. Shuman
Pfc
Earl E. Weaver
New York
Mary J. Hoffacker
Hamilton Field
Cal
ATC
Truman Urges End To Industrial Strife In Reconversion
President Truman told management and labor leaders they must resolve their differences to avoid halting peacetime reconversion. He urged solving disputes without government direction, saying the American people despise industrial strife after pledges to cooperate with government. Pickets outside marked tension as he pressed for production continuity and a democratic path forward.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Labor Department
Fair Board Meeting Postponed To Tuesday Evening
The Fair Board meeting planned for Saturday night was postponed to Tuesday at 7 o'clock. Five directors attended, and the delay was to consider approving a director's claim for services at last July's race meet.
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Fair Board
Aged Umbrella Mender In Court
Rallie Taylor, 79, appeared in city court on a drunkenness charge and was dismissed. He told Magistrate Harry E. Snyder he has no business drinking at his age, saying he rarely buys hard liquor but was given whiskey yesterday despite his lack of money.
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Rallie Taylor
Umbrella Mender
Taylor
Harry E. Snyder
Offer Training To T. B. Patients
Kenneth Stoner of the State Education Department reports success in offering business training at the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Fifteen patients with arrested T B infections, certified noncontagious, are enrolled in shorthand bookkeeping and typing courses four hours weekly. The program aims to keep patients at the sanatorium until cured and to prepare them for suitable work after release.
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Kenneth Stoner
Western
Maryland
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
State Department of Education
Stoner
Rehabilitation Service
Secrets of Hitler on Austria Anschluss Revealed
Secret archives from Goering’s air ministry record Hitler fearing a frightful military position if Austria was protected by other powers in 1938. The notes show Mussolini’s submission rewarded, and Goering orchestrating intervention to avert bloodshed. Prince Philip of Hesse acted as go-between in German Italian talks.
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Associated Reas
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Mussolini
Duce
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Air Ministry
Germany
Prince Philip of Hesse
Mafalda
Italy
Buchenwald
Hesse
Rome
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigs
Two Divorce Suits Filed This Month In Court
Two suits of divorce were docketed today in court, bringing the monthly total to four. Bruce T. Rinehart, by attorney Martin L. Ingram, filed against Kathryn R. Rinehart, while Betty Lee Corders, by attorney C. K. Hartle, filed against LeRoy Cecil Corder.
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Bruce T. Rinehart
Martin L. Ingram
Kathryn R. Rinehart
Betty Lee Corders
C. Kk. Hartle
LeRoy Cecil Corder
Apple stealing opossum halted by Patrolman Lashbrook
Patrolman Orville Lashbrook nabbed a stubborn opossum thief after a struggle in Kansas City. The culprit resisted law enforcement, and Lashbrook held the animal from the patrol car window as his partner drove eight blocks to the station.
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Kansas City
Orville Lashbrook
Lashbrook
Man Pleads Guilty To False Robbery Claim
Roseburg Oregon November 3 a Drain man was fined 50 dollars and given six months in jail after pleading guilty to filing a false police report that two sailors assaulted and robbed him the tale chosen to explain his absence from home.
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Roseburg
Ore
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