Judge Mish Urges Grand Jury to Probe Gambling
Judge Joseph D. Mish opened the November term of Circuit Court calling Grand Jurors who know of gambling in the county to report the matter for action. He urged law enforcement to cooperate to drive this nefarious business out, noting violence and murder linked cases and a big time gambling background. He said the aim is a militant, alert stance, without a special investigation, and announced daily sessions start at 9 15 a m.
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Grand Jury
Joseph D. Mish
Circuit Court
Mish
Wne
Hagestown asks veto of policemen widow pension bill
The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown telegrammed Governor William Preston Lane Jr requesting he veto the state policemen widows pension bill enacted at the last legislative session. They claim it is class legislation and unfair to other municipal employees and note they were not consulted by Senator McLaughlin.
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Hagerstown
William Preston Lane, Jr
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Gor. Lane
Richard H. Sweeney
Satur
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic and Nearby States
Maryland and Virginia expect less cold air with increasing clouds tonight and a chance of rain later. Tuesday turns cloudy and mild with occasional showers, mainly west by afternoon. West Virginia sees rising clouds and not so cold conditions tonight with light rain Tuesday. Ohio reports cloud cover and rising temperatures with late rain today and Tuesday. Kentucky and Tennessee stay mild with scattered rain tonight and Tuesday, turning colder in the west by Tuesday night.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West
Weather roundup from Hagerstown station yesterday and today
Yesterday’s high reached 44 degrees with a 34 degree low this morning. Prevailing wind was from the West and skies were generally clear.
Funk Named Jury Foreman for November Grand Jury
J Kieffer Funk a retired teacher and former county and school board member was named foreman of the November Grand Jury at term opening. The panel includes John E Corderman Lester J Reeder John M Baer and Charles McKee among others with a list of petit jurors including Orville Helser Isaac Shank F Rollin McCardell David Newman James Lambros George Martin and 22 more named observers.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Joseph D. Mish
John E. Corderman
Lester J. Reeder
John M. Baer
Charles Mc. Kee
Chester C. Knepper
Charles I. Stottlemyer
Walter M. Daniel
Walter G. Blackwell
Percy M. Murray
Hamilton
David C. Newman
James L. Lambros
George D. Martin
Charles W. Huyett
Thurman C. Mowen
Frank G. Harsh
Donald Pauisgrove
Jacob G. Keckler
J. Hugh Warrenfeltz
Theodore Hopewell
Frank H. Delauney
S. Mitchell Wagaman
Edgar C. Mathias
Nelson L. Hause
Norman M. Holzapfel
H. C. Gordon
J. D. Sanders
Robert S. Cartee
L. Keller Garver
Marshall Grove
George W. Fisher
Charles E. Virts
Governor Lane To Sign Bills Amid New Sales Tax Indoors
Annapolis Md Nov 10 A stack of local and statewide bills enacted last week by a special session awaits Governor Lane's signature. An amended two percent sales tax on off premises food purchases begins at 14 cents, with exemptions for items under 13 cents and for in home consumption.
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Annapolis
Lane
Senate
Joseph R. Byrnes
House
C. Ferdinand Syrbert
James J. Lacy
Baltimore
Lacy
County Driver In Bad Collision Near Emmitsburg
Two cars collided Saturday morning near Emmitsburg injuring two people while an 8 week old child remained uninjured. Frank N Kretsinger of Smithsburg and Victor I Davis of Baltimore drove the vehicles. Mrs Josephine S Davis suffered shock and minor bruises. Orvis E Kretsinger of Republic Ohio suffered a lac erated left eye. State Trooper Kenneth Bond said Kretsinger’s car skidded before impact. No charges were filed.
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Frank N. Kretsinger
Smithsburg
Route 2
Victor I. Davis
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Josephine S. Davis
Orvis E. Kretsinger
Republic
Ohio
Kenneth Bond
Kretsinger
Kretsingers
Quiet After Fracas At Sharpsburg Party
All is quiet in Sharpsburg after a party near the Potomac River last Friday night ended in a fight among volunteers and auxiliaries at the town clubhouse. Two injured required medical attention, one with a bruised jaw initially thought fractured, others patched up. No charges pressed as residents hope the incident will be forgotten amid a summer carnival tradition run by the town’s volunteer firemen.
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Sharpsburg
Potomac River
Miller
Retired Mail Clerk Claims Travel Title
Martinsburg resident Frank F. Clendening, a 40 year railway mail clerk retiree, estimates 2,991,280 miles traveled and 41,932,800 mail pieces handled. He spent six years on Bluefield to Columbus routes and 34 years on Washington DC to Pittsburgh trips.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Frank F. Clendening
Clendening
Bluefield
Columbus
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
State Offices To Close Tomorrow Armistice Day
All Maryland state offices including the employment and unemployment compensation offices will be closed all day tomorrow Armistice Day. Persons scheduled to report should appear the following day at the scheduled hour, announced manager D Paul Shilling.
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State of Maryland
Maryland
Unemployment Compensation Office
D. Paul Shilling
Chiang Airmen Crack Hard At Attacking Reds
Peiping report says 10,000 Communist casualties in massive air assault on Shihkiachwang with government planes and B series bombers. In Manchuria, 7,000 Communist dead and 1,000 captured claimed near Changwu amid disputed tallies. Air force flew 450 sorties. defense works rush built as Reds struck fiercely.
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Peiping
Szepingkai
Shihkiachwang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Central News
Mr. Fox Traps 35 Old Foxes At Woodmont
The famed trapper known as Mr. Fox returns to Woodmont Rod & Gun Club and captures thirty five foxes, all old, using a special baiting formula. The campaign coincides with plentiful wild turkeys, while nearby a large fox was gas‑poisoned on the DuBrutz Jacques farm, where rabbits and quail also vanished.
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J. A. Ambrose
Mr. Fox
Woodmont Rod & Gun Club
Henry P. Bridges
Woodmont
Ambrose
United States
DuBrutz Jacques
Leitersburg
Jacques
Robbed While Sitting In Police Automobile
In Miami on November 10 police sought a thief who snatched Mrs. Fanny Westberry s purse containing $20 and valuables while she sat in a police car near two officers. Westberry, injured in a traffic crash the day before, was in the vehicle during the investigation. A Negro man opened the door and fled with the purse.
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Miami
Fla
Fanny Westberry
Five Seized a Payroll Holdup in Boston Area
Five men were held by police in Boston New York and Newark New Jersey with a sixth freed on bail over a $116000 Hallowe en payroll holdup described as the biggest and boldest in Boston police records. The robbery used sawed off shotguns at the Sturtevant plant Westinghouse in Hyde Park on October 20. A second raid the next day yielded $29000 from the American Sugar Refining Company in South Boston. arrests include Joseph Bellina 39 paroled from a 15 to 20 year jewel robbery sentence and Sam S Granito 40 of Brooklyn awaiting federal trial on transporting stolen silver. Three others named Geoghehan Costa and Pina held by Boston police. Patrick Farina 34 released on $50800 bail.
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Boston
New York
Newark
N. J
Thomas F. Sullivan
Sturtevant
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Hyde Park
Southboro
Mass
Massachusetts
Sam S. Granito
Brooklyn
Geoghehan
Costa
Pina
Edward W. Fallon
Patrick Farina
Hughes Testifies On Meyers Expense Accounts in Senate Inquiry
Howard Hughes said he never saw John W. Meyer’s expense accounts until a Senate committee began probing wartime Hughes contracts. The accounts showed 164000 spent on entertaining Army officers and officials around contract time. some named individuals denied such sums were spent on them. Hughes testified before a Ferguson subcommittee investigating the contract awards to the West Coast aircraft builder and movie producer.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
John W. Meyer
Senate
Hughes
Meyer
Army
Army Air Force
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Ferguson
Rmich
Endorsement Shift In UAW Rivalry At Convention
CIO President Philip Murray endorses Walter Reuther for re election as UAW president amid bitter factional clashes. Murray’s move comes as Reuther claims a large delegate majority while Addes Thomas and Leonard accuse him of dictatorship. The convention opens with elections set for tomorrow amid strong tensions.
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Atlantic City
CIO
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
N. J
Murray
U.a.w-C
George Addes
R. J. Thomas
Dick Leonard
Reuther
Addes-Thomas-Leonard
UAW
Thomas
Union
Moderation Expected As Weather Warmth Returns
The day opened with a 26 degree low at Keedysville and a cold night, with several regions reporting heavy snow cover. Snow persists in southeastern Iowa while western Nebraska to northern Colorado shows five to eight inches on the ground, and Duluth and International Falls hold six and twelve inches respectively. Watertown South Dakota records a low of 10 above zero as the coldest point nationwide.
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Keedysville
Missouri
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Iowa
Alliance
Nebr
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Duluth
Minn
International Falls
North Central States
Watertown
S. D
Turks To Crack Back At Russia
Radio Ankara the Turkish official voice opened a propaganda counteroffensive against Russia. It broadcast in Balkan languages across the Soviet dominated region declaring that the Russian people are moaning in the throes of misery and hunger.
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Russia
Istanbul
Turkey
Radio
Ankara
Voice of
Balkans
Radio Ankara
Truman Warns Greece Still Free Thanks to U S Aid
President Truman told Congress that Greece remains free because of U S aid but its economic and political situation has not improved and the military outlook worsens. The report through September 30 shows Greece and Turkey have spent only part of the aid, with most funds still available for programs and administration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Turkey
LaFollette May Be Named Director Of Aid Plan
Washington reports speculate Robert M. LaFollette Jr. could head the projected European aid program. The debate centers on whether to run the Marshall plan via a new independent agency or under the State Department. The Harriman committee urged a strong, empowered director and board with major decision power and proposed a first-year spending of about 5.75 billion dollars, including 3.6 billion in nonrepaid food and fuel grants. Estimates for four-year self-help aid under Marshall ranged from 12 to 17 billion dollars, down from earlier up to 20.9 billion.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Truman
Citizens Committee
State Department
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Harriman Group
Marshall
Confessed Killer in Reno Police Detectives Slaying
Reno authorities say David Blackwell confessed to killing two Reno police detectives Roy Geach and Allen Glass during a hotel room confrontation after officers questioned him about a robbery. Blackwell, wounded in the ensuing shootout, was hospitalized as the case moved toward murder charges.
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Reno
Grant N. Bowen
David Blackwell
Blackwell
Clayton Phillips
Roy Geach
Allen Glass
Long Range Aid Costs For Europe At 16 To 20 Billion
Secretary of State Marshall asked Congress for 597 million dollars in emergency aid to Europe through March 31 and projected 7.5 billion more over 15 months. He estimated long range European recovery at 16 to 20 billion, noting Soviet nonparticipation. He cited urgent needs in France Italy and Austria and discussed future China aid and recognition of Chiang Kai Shek's government.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
Europe
Marshal
Senate
House
Russia
Soviet Union
Truman
Commerce Harriman
France
Italy
Austria
China
United States
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai Shek
Gas Tanker Crash Near Ridgeville Causes 4500 Gallons Loss
At 2 am on U S Route 4 south of Ridgeville, a gasoline tanker driven by Leon Brunner age 37 left the road and crashed into a tree. The truck was totally demolished and about 4500 gallons spilled. Brunner escaped with a sprained ankle and minor injuries. He cited a mechanical defect as the cause.
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Ridgeville
Leon Brunner
Charles Street
Brunner
Herald-Mail to Close At 1 P M Tomorrow
Armistice Day notice states Herald-Mail offices close at 1 p m and stay shut the rest of the day The Daily Mail will be issued tomorrow.
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Herald-Mail
Hearld-Mail
Daily Mail
Tip On Holdup Is Best Of Week
The Daily Mail announces weekly tip prizes for readers. The top prize goes to a tip about a Virginia truck driver’s holdup on Leitersburg Ringgold road. Second prize is for a tip about a chicken sandwich package found in beans shipped from the South to a local market. Third prize honors a tip about an invasion of mice in Hampers Homes Ha gerstown. Tips are accepted by phone, in person, or by letter weekdays 7 am to 1 pm.
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Leitersburg-Ringgold
Hagerstown
Daily Mail
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Aberdeen, Md
Maxa
Georgia
Chiang
Wily Reynard
West 52Nd Street
Joyce Mintz
Margaret Pierce
Charine
U.S
LaFollette
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