Wolf's Mind Blank Night of Slaying Declared
A jury heard that Wolf claimed his mind was blank the night of the murder and that he told witnesses he planned to kill Miss Falk and then himself. Attorney McLaughlin noted Wolf bought two guns, discarded the first after a landlord’s admonition, then purchased a second weapon used in the shooting. Wolf, described as poorly educated and shaped by early hardship, had recently moved from Cumberland to Hagerstown and met Miss Falk in February after which he decided to live with her on West Bethel Street.
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Miss Falk
McLaughlin
Wolf
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Miss Fulk
West Bethel Street
Masser Motor Co
Miss Zone
Wolf and Miss Falk in Domestic Tragedy at Bethel Street
Attorney McLaughlin testified that Wolf grew infatuated with Miss Falk and moved with her to 50 Elizabeth Street West. The couple, who never wed, quarrelled over her alleged nights away, culminating July 12 in a threat to burn the house and Wolf’s subsequent actions.
Witness Heard Wolf Talk of Shooting Miss Falk
Harvey C. Beard testified that Wolf, staying at Beard’s West Church street home after fleeing an Elizabeth street break in, spoke of intending to shoot Miss Falk and then kill himself. Beard said Wolf appeared deeply melancholy and Beard urged him against violence. Judges Huster Capper Mish preside.
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Elizabeth Street
Wolf
McLaughlin
Harvey C. Beard
West Church Street
Beard
Miss Falk
Huster, Capper
Mish
Ernie Pyle Home Deeded for Memorial in City Gift
The late Ernie Pyles small white house was deeded to Albuquerque for a memorial by his widow. Mayor Clyde Tingley said the gift was not accepted due to a condition that the city buy adjacent land for 12 000 dollars to create a desert park. The Pyle heirs and mayor would be invited to offer the home as a memorial without the land requirement.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ernie Pyle
Little White House
Tidal Wave Drowns 13 at Bombay Beaches
A tidal wave triggered by an earthquake swept Bombay beaches drowning thirteen people. Observers traced the quake to a point in the sea midway between Karachi and Bombay, marking one of the worst seismic events here in 96 years. No damage to American installations was reported.
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Bombay
Sev Kol
Karachi
India
North Dakota Observes Bonus Thanksgiving Holiday
North Dakota marks a bonus Thanksgiving as legislators decree the last Thursday in November a legal holiday. the law also makes any day proclaimed by the President or the Governor a legal holiday. President Truman chose November 22.
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Bismarck
WN. D
North Dakota
Truman
Noy
Thief Steals Purse Containing Good Luck Charms
In Salt Lake City on November 29 a thief snatched Mathilda Karas' purse. Besides money and keys, the thief took her eyeglasses and five good luck charms she cited to police.
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Salt Lake City
Mathilda Karas
Steel Workers Vote To Strike Nationwide
CIO United Steel Workers authorized a nationwide strike to press for a 22 a day pay raise after a pro strike vote of about five to one. unofficial returns show 342125 for and 70639 against the strike across 27 states in the NLRB election.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
USWA
National Wage Policy Committee
United States
First County Men to Leave Are Discharged
Five Washington county men who joined the first draft five years ago have been discharged and now pursue peacetime work. Three came from Local Board No. 2 and two from Board 1, sent to Fort Meade after patriotic ceremonies in the Mayor and Council chamber. They were scheduled to train for one year. Names: William Lee McCarthy, Jack M. Ebersole, Edward Myers, Leo Thomas Joly, Lawrence Knicley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Dozen Navy Crewmen Missing In Collision At Sea
Dozen crew members of a Navy seaplane salvage derrick are feared lost after the vessel sunk in a collision with the tanker SS McClelland Creek near Thimble Shoals. Coast Guard units searched the area for survivors. no bodies recovered and the tanker reported with no casualties.
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Norfolk
Thimbie Shoals
Coast Guard
Navy
Local Bride Hurt In Auto Accident Near Harrisonburg
Mrs Henry B Pitzer Jr bride of one week sustained injuries in an auto collision near Harrisonburg Virginia while returning from their wedding trip She is at Harrisonburg hospital The former Miss Catherine Elizabeth Huyett daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Huyett East Franklin Street married last Wednesday at St Johns Lutheran Church Details of injuries not immediately available The Huyetts left for the hospital yesterday evening
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Henry B. Pitzer, Jr
Harrisonburg
Catherine Elizabeth Huyett
Charles Huyett
Franklin Street
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Court rules against union checkoff by city of Baltimore
Maryland Court of Appeals holds that a city may deduct union dues from an employee only if the individual voluntarily requests it. The ruling addresses a bargaining contract between Baltimore and Local 825 and Teamsters No. 62, and clarifies that the city cannot delegate wage deduction authority. The decision clarifies the checkoff issue but does not declare all municipal union contracts invalid.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Garag
Teamsters
Court of Appeals
Mugford
Byrd
High Court
Fala Injured After Encounter With Blaze the Bulldog
Fala the Roosevelt Scottie was treated at a Rhinebeck hospital after a fight with Elliott Roosevelt's 135 pound bull Mastiff Blaze. Fala sustained loss of blood and multiple bites requiring stitches and was to be discharged Sunday. Blaze suffered no injuries.
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Rhinebeck
Fala
Roosevelt
Scottie
Elliott Roosevelt
Blaze
Thomas Sheldon
Attle Scottie
Margaret Suckley
Roosevelts
Hyde Park
Suspend 5 More In Horse Doping
Maryland Racing Commission announces suspensions of all horses owned or trained by the named owners and/or trainers from racing until a formal hearing is held. Purses in the affected races will be withheld. The hearing is scheduled soon. W L Brann's stables include Challedon Challa dette and Galorette.
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Mahoney
Maryland
Maryland Racing Commission
W.L. Brann
Challedon
Challadette
Commission
Racing Commission
Pimlico
University of Maryland
New York Racing Commission
Veteran returns from South Pacific with honors
Capt. Charles H. Larkin arrives home at 401 South Cannon after 27 months overseas with 119 combat days in the Philippines and the Yamashita surrender witnessed. He wears the American Defense ribbon Asiatic Pacific ribbon Philippines Liberation ribbon Presidential citation Bronze Star and three battle stars. He served from 1940 to 1945 with time in Hawaii New Guinea and Luzon and led the Service Company of the First Infantry. He is on leave with his wife La Rue Settles and son Kenneth Wayne until January 14 when he enters officer reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Larkin
Philippines
Yamashita
South Cannon Avenue
First Infantry
Miss la Rue Settles
Kenneth Wayne
Retired Berkeley Springs Merchant Dies in Virginia Hospital
John E. Helsley 76 former Berkeley Springs merchant and WV State Senator died in a Winchester Virginia hospital from complications. A Democrat elected to the 15th District in 1932, he taught 21 years before opening a store. Born August 22 1869 in Frederick County Virginia. Funeral Friday at Mt Wesley Virginia.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
John E. Helsley
West Virginia State Senate
Winchester
Helsley
Senate
Frederick County
George K. Helsley
Katherine D. Helsley
Berkeley
Navy discharge for Harry H. Long from Shoemaker center
Harry H. Long of Hagers Town Route 2 has been honorably discharged from active Navy duty at the U S Naval Personnel Separation Center Shoemaker California.
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Glenn H. Bonner
East Avenue
Army
Fort Knox, Ky
NAVY
Harry H. Long
Hagerstown Rt 2
U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center
Shoemaker
Calif
War Dept. Sends Commission to Germany on Artificial Limbs
The War department will dispatch a commission to Germany to study new artificial limb developments including a prosthesis connected to the wearer's muscles. Secretary Patterson said a few German patients may be brought back for further study, noting past impracticality but potential value from recent progress.
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Battle Creek
Mich
War Department
Germany
Robert 5. Patterson
Patterson
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Catoctin Clarion
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