Fasnacht Birthday Noted By Charlotte Native At 90
Jacob Adams Fasnacht born in Benevola, now 90, celebrates next Tuesday, 18th, with a special message for Hagerstown friends. He left Hagerstown in 1890 to open Fasnacht Bakery in Charlotte, with sister Mrs Detrow and brother Leslie his near relatives long gone. The Daily Mail is happy to publish his greeting and best wishes. The piece also covers reporters’ misadventure at Hancock High School, Carl Sandburg’s praise of Daily Mail coverage, and Morris Solomon of Baghdad seeking ad rates, plus courthouse memorial plaque concerns and other brief items.
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Jacob Adams Fasnacht
East Fourth Street
Charlotte
N. C
Benevola
Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Mr. Fasnacht
Fasnacht
Samuel Detrow
Leslie
Carl Sandburg
Lyceum
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Palavar
Antietam
Sharpsburg
Fox
Herald-Mail
Morris Solomon
Bagdad
Iraq
Morning Herald
Solomon
Hermit of Green Ridge: 69-Year-Old Recluse Found by Trail Club
Appalachian Trail Club climbers discovery on Green Ridge Mountain reveals Owen Slider a nearly seventy year old hermit living simply in a cabin near Merton's Orchard. He supports himself by making bee hives and purchases groceries with small earnings.
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Owen Slider
Appalachian Trail Club
Green Ridge Mountain
Trail Club
Elizabeth Powell
Hagerstown
Rip van Winkle
Hancock
Santa Claus
Holiday Magazine replies to complaint of chamber here
Holiday magazine answers the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce complaint about not mentioning Hagerstown in a Maryland feature. The editor cites space limits and topic selection as reasons, noting pressure from readers for broader coverage and showcasing photographs. The Editor Harry C Stinnett defends the magazine’s constraints.
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Holiday Magazine
Chamber Here
Hagerstown
Boost In Water Rate Seen Here
Hagerstown officials foresee a commercial water rate increase next year as costs rise in power chlorine and alum, with labor expenses up over 100 percent since 1942. No domestic rate hike is planned, and Cumberland’s rates are cited as a higher benchmark during budget hearings.
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Hagerstown
Water Department
Board of Water Commissions
Cumberland
Hazerston
Violence Spreads Across Italy as General Strike Threatens
Rome faces a general strike as violence spreads from numerous Italian towns to the capital. Leftists press the government of Premier Alcide De Gasperi, protest the arrest of a communist street car conductor, and target right wing media. Roberto Lucifero, Liberal Deputy, cited.
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Rome
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gaperi
Chamber of Labor
Labor Press
Piazza Escdra
Anti-Communist Association of War
Russia
Roberto Lucifero
Truce Reached In Battle Of Newark
The Newark battle over the decommissioned battleship New Mexico was paused as officials and the salvage firm negotiating scrapping at Port Newark reached a truce. Negotiations postponed any move by the 30,000 ton dreadnought into action against Newark’s two 30 foot fire boats, delaying combat.
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Newark
N. J
New Mexico
Port Newark
Remains of Pfc Palmer to Lie in Hagerstown
The remains of Pfc. Harry R. Palmer killed in action in Holland on October 5 1944 will arrive in Hagerstown Tuesday morning November 18. A service will be held Wednesday at 2:30 pm at Rest Haven chapel conducted by Dr. F Berry Plummer. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens with full military honors. He is survived by parents Fred and Mary Palmer and sisters Betty Jane Rosalie and Genevieve.
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Harry R. Palmer
Holland
Hagerstown
Rest Haven
F. Berry Plummer
Rest Haven Cemetery
Pfc
Palmer
Fred and
Mary
Mayhugh) Palmer
Betty Jane
Rosalie
Genevieve
Manila Ship Runs Afloat After Typhoon SOS Call
The Manila Steamship Co reports their inter-island vessel FS159 sent an SOS claiming the ship was adrift during a typhoon about one half mile off Bataam Island in Albay gulf, southeast Luzon.
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Manila
Manila Steamship Co
Bataam Island
Albay Gulf
Luzon
Health Movement Culminates In Opening Smithsburg Center
A Smithsburg health movement culminates in the opening of the Smithsburg Public Health Center, the county's first of its kind. The center aims to educate residents on healthful living, child care, home and family health, created by local volunteers with county health department support. A home nursing class is planned for November 20 from 2 to 4 pm, with officers Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. N. W. Thomas, and Miss Catherine Grove guiding efforts.
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Smithsburg Center
Washington County
Smithsburg
Washington County Health Department
Eastern Grain Growers
James Murphy
N. W. Thomas
Catherine Grove
Dewey Ave Home Sells for 16500 in City Market
A Dewey avenue home sold for 16500 and a Devonshire Road property brought 10000 in western city deeds filed this week. The market appeared lively yet buyers grew selective as abundant listings suggest supply outpacing demand. Weekly aggregate sales value reached about 140000 with multiple transfers including McAllister to Stoner, Wolford to McNamee, Ingram to Grim, and Barr to Babington and Waltz.
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Dewey Avenue
Devonshire Road
Wilbur B. McAllister
Roy E. Stoner
Sharpsburg
Elvert L. Wolford
Calvin A. McNamee
Villiage
Tilghmanton
Raleigh H. Ingram
Edgar M. Grim
Harpers Ferry
William C Barr
William M. Babington
Gaither L. Waltz
Gazette Ends Foreign Subscriptions In Four-County Area
Bel Air Maryland November 15 subscribers outside a four county region will be cut off from the Harford weekly Gazette. Assistant publisher Robert V. Kincaid says newsprint waste for nonlocals prompts the move to limit circulation to Harford Cecil and Baltimore counties plus York County Pennsylvania. Rates were raised to discourage foreign subscriptions and are now being eliminated.
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Bel Air
Harford Weekly Gazette
Robert V. Kincaid
Gazette
Harford
Cecil
Baltimore Counties
York County
Kincaid
Building Sull Continues Here
City Building Inspector reports only five new construction permits issued this week marking a seasonal lull starting in November. Permits include Hartleys’ 32x28 brick one family dwelling on Cleveland Avenue for $6,000, Wilson Ice Cream Store electric sign at East Franklin and Mulberry for $50, Harbaugh garage on Marshall Street for $150, Mary Bowman addition at 1203 Potomac Avenue for $250, and Harrison garage on 826 South Potomac for $400.
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Richard Hartley
Cleveland Avenue
Wilson Ice Cream Store
Franklin and
Mulberry Streets
H. W. Harbaugh
Marshall Street
Mary K. Bowman
Potomac Avenue
L. R. Harrison
South Potomac Street
Two City Hunters Wounded In Washington County
Two hunters were injured this morning in Washington County. Raymond F E Wetzel was shot in the left eye by a stray bullet from his son's gun and admitted for observation at 9:45. Samuel J Weddle sustained a pellet wound to his left hand and was treated and released. Deputy Charles Deneen investigated as poor visibility from snow rain and sleet contributed to the accidents.
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Washington County Hospital
Raymond FE. Wetzel
Vista Street
Charles Deneen
Wetzel
Paul
Paul Moats
Samuel J. Weddle
Lanvale Street
Rabbits Shot by Drake Dofflemyer in Morning Hunt
Drake Dofflemyer of the Daily Mail mechanical department reports a successful morning as his party bagged a dozen rabbits. He notes rabbit abundances and hunting luck in the field.
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Drake Dofflemyer
Daily Mail Mechanical Department
Drake
Families urged to eat a hen a week for relief plan
Philadelphia reports a plan to prompt American families to eat a hen weekly to save 56,000,000 bushels of grain for foreign relief. The initiative targets reducing grain consumption while boosting aid for overseas relief efforts.
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Philadelphia
Potomac Edison requests end to tie in talks
Potomac Edison President R Paul Smith writes Mayor Sweeney that the city’s request for a five year tie in contract should be terminated. He notes city officials discussed the issue at length and implies the city is no longer interested in PE’s proposal after a Citizens Committee recommended a 10 year interconnection. The letter follows Mills urging a five year term and a full page advertising position in the Daily Mail.
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Potomac Edison Company
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison
Thomas W. Pangborn
J. W. Jamison, Jr
H. P. Hoopes
Herman L. Mills
Board of Street Commissioners
City Light Plant
Daily Mail
Mills
Sweeney
Potomac’ Edison Company
Prize Hen Lays Egg In Truck
Claude Edwards of Rockdale reports his prize hen laid an extra large egg in the truck during a corn husking trip three miles away. The hen and egg vanished that morning, only to be found later when the bird crowed from the truck and rode home with him in the evening.
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Claude Edwards
Rockdale
Edwards
First Snow Of Season Hits Washington County Area
Washington County reports a mix of snow sleet and rain this morning with a 34 degree low and 52 degree high yesterday. A band of precipitation stretched from the Carolinas to the northern Plains with several inches of snow in Iowa and widespread snow or forecast snow across Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas and Illinois.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Hagerstown
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ilinois
Indiana
Weather Forecast for Maryland Delaware and Nearby States
Maryland and Delaware expect rain tonight ending early Sunday then mostly cloudy and slightly warmer. Virginia sees rain and colder tonight with Sunday mostly cloudy and a touch warmer and coastal morning rain. West Virginia cloudy windy and warmer with intermittent rain tonight, Sunday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Ohio warmer tonight with occasional rain in east and north portions, Sunday cloudy and cool. Yesterday high 47, low 34, north wind. general today snow sleet rain.
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Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Hagerstown
Tringali Convicted After Road Rage Incident
In Baltimore traffic court Peter J. Tringali testified he was crowded by a heavy truck while driving beside it and punched the driver in the eye when the vehicles stopped at a light. He was convicted and fined $15.
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Baltimore
Peter J. Tringali
Tringali
Local Decision Reversed Over Bank Account Contested
The Court of Appeals at Annapolis reversed a Washington county court ruling that a $2451 Bank of Brunswick savings account be part of Annie B. Reeser’s estate. It held that Ella N. Grimm and nephew Joseph E. Himes shared the joint account, reversing the lower court’s decision and noting no just reason to set aside Reeser’s natural disposition. Charles Wirts, executor, had sued. lawyers Harry E. Snyder and Omer T. Kaylor represented Grimm and Himes.
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Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Washington County Court
Bank of Brunswick
Annie B. Reeser
Ella. N. Grimm
Mrs. Reeser
Charles E. Wirts
Joseph E. Himes
Harry E. Snyder
Omer T. Kaylor
Noted surgeon Clovis Vincent dies in Paris
Paris November 15 Professor Clovis Vincent renowned French brain surgeon died at his Paris home yesterday at age 66 He was chief neuro surgeon of Pitie Hospital and a protege of Paris Medicine school authorities reported
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Paris
Clovis Vincent
Vincent
Pitie
Medecine
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the Hancock High School
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Election Supervisors
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Mr .Rip van Winkle
Shider
Italy
Adrift
Edith Tetlock
Dewey Ave
Winter Street
George Rash
Daily Mail News
Pauline Downey
Albert Snyder
Citizens’ Committee
Bureau
Missouri
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