Write-In Winners May Decide Clearspring Election
Washington County Circuit Court may rule on Clearspring town election results where Dr. David I Brewer and H Alvin Kelley won as write-ins for commissioners over Clyde Ankeney and Bruce Gossard. Unopposed Daniel Boyd was elected. chlorinator installation disputes fueled write-ins.
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Washington County
Clearspring
Donald I. Ankeney
Burgess
Robert Roach
David I. Brewer
H. Alvin Kelley
Clyde Ankeney
Bruce Gossard
Brewer
Kelley
Ankeney
Gossard
Daniel Boyd
State Department of Health
Maryland
Edgemont Blaze Blamed on Hunters
Out of season rabbit hunters were blamed for a woods fire at Edgemont in this county. The blaze scorched an acre and a half of mature oak, hickory and pine before Forest Guard Donald Kendall and civilian helpers extinguished it. Damage was negligible but could have spread in a six mile wind. Walter J. Larrimore and Nicodemus heirs property suffered small areas of burn. Denton Jacques and Nicodemus workers helped extinguish near 12:30 p.m. Rifle shots heard prior to the blaze support the hunters theory.
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Edgemont
Donald Kendall
Herman Tobs
Walter J. Larrimore
Nicodemus Heirs
Denton Jacques
Nicodemus
Seek Attitude On Subsidies For 1946 Farm Program
County AAA seeks farmers opinions on continuing price supports and ceilings. It requests views on dairy feed payments after June 30 and continuing processing vegetables. Elections for county committees occur December 3-8. Farmers urged to vote and to file 1945 participation reports early to ensure payments.
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Agriculture Adjustment Agency
The
AAA
OPA Hearing Set For Hagerstown Retailer
The price department of the Ration Board announced that hearings will be held this afternoon for a Hagerstown retailer charged with violating OPA ceiling price regulations as cases continue to mount.
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Price Department of the Ration Board
Hagerstown
Bring Back Daddy Club Organizes in Toledo
In Toledo on November 9, over 300 young mothers formed a Bring Back Daddy club to press Congress for immediate release of fathers from military service. Members urged national organization, arguing cost of living outstrips the $100 monthly allotment and that any service removal creates hardship.
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Toledo
Change In Weather Due This Weekend Rain Likely Today
Cold weather is expected to arrive this weekend as the Weather Bureau predicts a shift in conditions. Rain is forecast later today and may persist into tomorrow, ending the spell of ideal fall weather across Washington County and nearby areas. The region saw a high of 72 and a low of 40 yesterday as the eastern coast enjoyed mild conditions while the west and middle sections faced snow and freezing temperatures.
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Weather Bureau
Washington County
Mercury
West
Middle West
Bill Slashing 6 Billion In Taxes Signed
President Truman signed a sweeping tax cut totaling 5.92 billion dollars for 1946, the first general tax reduction in 16 years. Congressional sponsors said the measure would stimulate business during reconversion and spur job creation. The White House stated the bill was signed yesterday.
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Washington
White Mouse Today
Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Bellm slashes wrists in county jail during Young slaying inquiry
Pontiac Sheriff Edward K. Thomas disclosed Edward Bellm, held for questioning in the Alberta Rose Young case, slashed both wrists while in isolation in the county jail and was rushed to Pontiac General Hospital in serious condition. Bellm had undergone a lie detector test after providing information on funds missing from Mrs. Young’s bank books, prompting a foray on Lawrence J. Theis, who had an apparent alibi when extradited from New York.
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Pontiac, Mich
Edward K. Thomas
Edward Bellm
Alberta Rose Young
Pontiac General Hospital
Bellm
Mrs. Young
Bellin
Theis
New York
Beall Fails To Vote Twice In UNRRA Roll Calls
Washington dispatch details Maryland members voting on UNRRA funding and publicity amendments. On the publicity amendment the roll shows Fallon Baldwin D Alesandro and Lasseer for. Beall and Roe not voting. In the $550 million UNRRA appropriation, Baldwin D Alesandro Fallon and Lasseer for. Beall and Roe not voting.
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Washington
Maryland
Congress
House
UNRRA
Fallon
Baldwin
Alesandro
Lasseer
Beall
Roe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
D'Alesandro
Beall and Roe
Names and Graves of 22000 Unknown Americans Worldwide
The U S Graves Registration Service intensifies efforts to locate identify 22000 unidentified American soldiers buried from Normandy to Berlin. Armistice Day nears as bodies recovered from England to the Alps are gradually mapped, with many graves cared for by French Dutch or Belgian families.
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Paris
U. 58. Army
Normandy
Berlin
America
U. S
Anzio
Appenines
Italy
Pacific
USAAF
England
Swiss Alps
Oder River
330000 Set To Strike In Canada Within 48 Hours
Windsor Ontario reports 330000 Canadian Labor Congress members alerted for a Dominion wide walkout unless Ford Motor Co of Canada strike is settled within 48 hours. Labor minister Mitchell expects word after talks with Henry Ford II. About 20000 Windsor workers idle since Monday as unions brace for sympathy action.
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Windsor
Ont
Canadian Labor Congress
Canada
Congress
Humphrey Mitchell
Henry Ford II
Detroit
Ford
Aawcio
Mitchell
J. S. McCullagh
Dominion
Labor Department
AFL
C. H. Millard
Ottawa
Labor Congress
National Committee of the Congress
George Burt
Uaw-Cio
Strikes Hold 275000 Idle Across U S At Peak
Labor strife leaves about 275000 workers idle as CIO unions clash with General Motors and United States Steel. In Detroit GM denounces CIO UAW wage demands as unjust. U S Steel plans strike vote November 28 for 500000 CIO employees in 13 subsidiaries.
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CIO Wnions
General Motors Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Washington
United States Steel Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Cio-Uaw
NLRB
Schools To Mark Education Week With Special Programs
Washington County schools will observe American Education Week next week with elaborate programs. Each school is mapping its own plan and parents will be advised of open house sessions through their children. Parents urged to visit schools to see methods and inspect buildings and conditions.
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Washington County
The
Board of Education
Peddicord Files for Democratic Governor Nomination
Baltimore on November 9 Stephen B. Peddicord announced he has filed for the Democratic nomination for governor. He previously ran for governor in 1938 but received no votes in that race.
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Baltimore
Stephen B. Peddicord
Lewis Pushes Wage Policy With No Limits
John L. Lewis proposes a wage bargaining policy to unite labor at Truman's Labor Management conference. He denounces CIO President Murray's plan to cap wage gains and outlines a program to allow labor to freely pursue what it can reasonably secure, with AFL support from William Green. Lewis argues free competition and efficiency will curb prices and profits while benefiting consumers.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Labor Management Conference
Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Murray
Labor
Apple Scarcity Slows Maryland Cider Production
Apple scarcity and high prices curb cider output in Maryland. Growers cite elevated ground apple and cull prices, boosted by canners, driving costs above reason. Some stores offer scarce cider at 60 cents a gallon as demand remains high.
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Maryland
Japs Claim Russians Occupied Five Islands Near Hokkaido
Tokyo reports Japanese sources say Russia occupies five small islands off Hokkaido. The islands named Kunashiri Shikotan Shitosu Suisho and Tairaku were said to be taken by comparatively light Soviet forces.
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Tokyo
Russia
Hokkaido
Kunashiri
Shikotan
Shitosu
Suisho
Tairaku
Bucharest Riot Ends After Five Die in King Mihai Birthday Clash
A six hour Bucharest riot between Communists and Royalist supporters was halted by Soviet General Susaikov after at least five people were killed and up to a hundred wounded. Soviet troops ordered a Romani n Communist division to stop firing. Demonstrators shouted pro king slogans as shots rang out near the Royal Square and the government blamed a proclaimed revolutionary plot led by Juliu Maniu and George Bratianu.
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Bucharest
Mihai
Susaikov
Allied Control Commission
Petru Groza
Groza
Juliu Maniu
George Bratianu
Liberal Party
Ministry of the Interior
Boy, 13, Given 50 Year Term
In Monmouth Illinois a 13 year old boy who pled guilty to murdering 78 year old Mary A Johnson of Kirkwood Illinois for scolding him when he walked across her lawn was sentenced to 50 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary by Judge Riley Stevens. The boy’s mother Gertrude Sells sobbed as his father is dead and his stepfather Curly Sells serves in the Navy after adopting him. State’s Attorney Henry D Lewis described the fatal beating with a length of pipe on Sept 15.
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Monmouth
Ill
Illinois State Penitentiary
Riley Stevens
Richard Sells
Gertrude Sells
Mary A. Johnson
Kirkwood
Henry D. Lewis
Lavada Mason Granted Absolute Divorce From John Mason
Lavada Lucretia Mason has been granted an absolute divorce from John Henry Mason. Attorney Cal vert K. Hartle appeared for the complainant.
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Lavada Lucretia Mason
John Henry Mason
Calvert K. Hartle
Nationalists Now Facing Yenan Reds
Hong Kong reports 1500 to 1600 Chinese dead after the river steamer Hai Chu hit a mine near the Canton river mouth and sank within minutes. Survivors say only 300 to 400 of about 1,700 soldiers and 100 civilians aboard survived. the troops were from the Chinese Eighth Army bound for shipment to North China.
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Hong Kong
Canton River
Eighth Army
North China
Allies Convene On Reparations Conference Opens In Paris
Representatives of 17 Allied nations meet in Paris to outline claims for reparations in the western German zones under Allied control. The Potsdam agreement sets 25 percent of total reparations for the Soviet Union with others to divide the remainder. Delegates from the United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Canada and more attend as committees prepare to trim claims over about three weeks.
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Paris
Britain
France
United States
Soviet Union
Potsdam
Russia
Europe
U. S
James W. Angell
United Kingdom
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Egypt
India
Greece
Lurembourg
Norway
New Zealand
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Union of South Africa
Bids For School Addition Advertised By Board
The Board of Education invites bids for a large addition to Washington Street School. Bids will be received at the Board's office in the Courthouse until 2 p.m. December 4 and then publicly opened and read. The board hopes the addition will be ready for use next September.
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Board of Education
Washington Street
Court House
Hirohito Still Seen as Figure of Japan's Nation
Tokyo dispatch notes the emperor retains vast religious devotion among Japan's 75 million defeated citizens though dissent grows. Communists push for change, but most parties seek democracy without challenging the Mikado's sacred status. Hirohito will visit shrines at Ujiramada next week.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Hirohito
Hiue
Ujiramada
Tse Provinee
Crucial Test Building Up Just North of Chinwangtao
American transported Chinese Nationalist troops have moved into battle positions opposing the Yenan Communists along the eastern end of the Great Wall near Shankaikwan ten miles north of Chinwangtao. Marines helped land the Thirteenth and 52nd Armies as the clash lines form, with no fighting yet broken out though both sides mass. The test centers on the Great Wall corridor and the Shanhaikwan area as the potential flashpoint in North China Manchuria.
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Chinwangtao
Great Chinese Wall
North China
Manchuria
Shankaikwan
Linyu
Gulf of Chihli
United States
Daniel Barbey
Great Wall of China
Eighth Route
Shanhaiwan
Great Wall
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chungking
Shanhaikwan
Final Warning To Indonesians In Java
British planes dropped leaflets at Soerabaja urging unconditional Indonesian surrender by 6 am tomorrow in a move that could ignite a Java wide uprising. The warning, issued in Lt General Christison name, warned of naval army and air force backing. Tensions rose as Dutch and Indonesian forces massed and observers cautioned UN or US intervention may be needed for peace.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
Javane
Philip Christison
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Soeradaja
United Nations
United States
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