New Power To End French Strikes And Our Schools
County Commissioner Winslow Burhans photographed stark scenes of rural school plumbing at Mt Lena showing water carried from wells in buckets to serve drinking and washing needs. He urges fellow commissioners to approve 1947 bond funds and Education Board plans for new schools, asking voters if such conditions are acceptable.
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Winslow Burhans
Mt. Lena
Burhans
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
General Assembly
William Brish
From Our Reporters Notebook at St Johns Lutheran steeple stunt
From Our Reporters Notebook describes a steeple jack at St Johns Lutheran Church planning a dangerous descent after repairs. It compares the risky climb to trapeze acts and notes the unique sheltering passage built inside to exit and reenter the tower.
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Neeks
St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. Edward “Harms
Contractors Being Checked for State Licenses
State headquarters orders a review of local contractors. License Inspector Thos A Gilleece says five delinquent contractors obtained licenses at 120.50 each, with four year coverage at 15 yearly plus 58.50 penalties and 2 clerk fees. About 190 local contractors fall under the law and only around 6 of 109 consistently licensed.
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Thos. A. Gilleece
Gilleece
Man Gets Two Years After Judge Affirms Verdict
Anderson Shaver of Baltimore, 30, convicted of assault on George Moser, 62, near Roonsboro last August. Judge Mish upheld the magistrate E G Miller’s verdict, calling the attack vicious and unjustified. Moser testified Shaver and an accomplice demanded money and water, then struck him with a rock, bound his hands, and robbed him of a dollar.
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Anderson Shaver
Baltimore
Maryland House of Correction
Joseph D. Mish
Shaver
George Moser
Roonsboro
Mish
E. G. Miller
Moser
Lilienthal Warns Atomic Knowledge Needed for Democracy
Chicago November 29 David F Lilienthal says the American people must be thoroughly informed about atomic energy to chart their destiny or democracy may perish, not due to a foreign foe but our own default.
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Chicago
David F. Lilienthal
Drop in Mishaps Attributed to October Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council reported October traffic fatalities at 2,980, down two percent from 3,020 in October 1946. The drop signals improved road safety as the year progresses.
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Chicasoa
National Safety Council
Prices and Wages Reach New Highs in Recent Weeks
Wholesale prices climbed to a postwar peak for the week ending Nov 22, 1926 levels about 59.2 percent above 1926 and 4.8 percent below May 1920. Manufacturing workers earned an average $50.97 per week in October, a record. Retail sales reached an estimated $16.025 billion in October, about $1.1 billion above October 1946.
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Washington
First Five Days Seal Sale Brings $660.50
Dr Crown O Diehl announces early returns totaling 660 50 from Washington county Christmas seal drive. The fundraiser supports tuberculosis control by the Washington County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, begun Monday and running through Christmas Day. The chair notes the drive trails last year’s response.
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Crown O. Diehl
Washington County
International Livestock Exposition Opens in Chicago
Chicago on November 24 marks the formal opening of the 48th International Livestock Exposition with emphasis on hunger relief and showcasing America's agricultural wealth. The event welcomes exhibitors and highlights pivotal farming achievements.
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Chicago
America
Federal Power Commission Urges Power Interconnections
The Federal Power Commission urges utilities without standbys to explore interconnections to meet rising power demands. In a Nov 24 1947 letter to Hagerstown leaders, the commission offers engineering support and rapid review for emergency interconnections while noting power needs exceed wartime levels.
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Hagerstown
Federal Power Commission
City Light
Potomac Edison
City Hall
Realty Sales Feature Hamilton Park Homes and More
Realty sales totaled 125600 in Williamsport area with mostly residential properties changing hands this week. Transactions include Charles R Decker and wife to Harry L Clapp on Summit Avenue Surrey Addition for 9000 dollars and Henry F Glover to Stewart M Decker at 905 Beechwood Drive for 7000 dollars.
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Hamilton Park
Harry Morningstar
Halfway
Charles R.,decker
Harry L. Clapp
Summit Avenue
Surrey
Henry F. Glover
Stewart M. Decker
Beechwood Drive
Joseph E. Lewis
Clarence M. Knox
Frank E. Ardinger
Francis D. Anderson
Vermont
Church Streets
Williamsport
Harry R. Seibert
Jacob E. Keller
Wiebel
Francis M. Heck
Willam A. Wiseman
Williamsport Pike
William P. Younker
Ellsworth E. Younker
Besley
Hancock
Silas B. Blevins
Roy Melvin Barnhart, Jr
Marshall Street
Georgia Avenue
Charles
Menagh
B. & C. Tied Up By Derailment Near Charles Town
Fourteen freight cars derailed early today on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Shenandoah division five miles west of Charles Town West Virginia. Traffic is detoured via Martinsburg and the Pennsylvania Railroad to Winchester Virginia.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shenandoah
Here
Martinsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
Man Acquitted Of Drunken Driving
Webster Barnhart, 32, of Hancock, was acquitted of drunken driving on appeal before Judge Joseph D. Mish. The defense challenged arrest procedures and argued officials blocked medical evaluation, while the state contended trained officers are better judges of intoxication. Barnhart testified he asked for a doctor after arrest and was told no doctor would come.
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Webster Barnhart
Hancock
Joseph D. Mish
Mish
Martin L. Ingram
Barnhart
Murfin
Beck Hotel
Basore
Four Inch Snowfall Creates Hazard in Garrett County
Heavy snow stalled traffic as Garrett County roads were buried by four inches of snow yesterday afternoon. State Police warned chains were needed and crews salted Route 40 beyond Big Savage Mountain while traffic in Grantsville snarled with stalled cars. Washington County saw a milder pause with temperatures dropping to 23 above zero after a day high of 50. Veteran weatherman J A Miller recalled historic November cold snaps in 1938 with sub zero days and a six inch snowfall.
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Garrett County
Washington County
Maryland
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Miller
Thomas
W. Va
Western Maryland
Big Savage Mountain
Grantsville
Blair J. Bucker
Italy warned civil war is drawing near
Former Premier Francesco Saverio Nitti warned the Constituent Assembly that the specter of civil war hovers over Italy. He cited division among parties and Italians, faulting Fascism and praising America. In Milan, Interior Minister Mario Scelba defended the government and noted the prefect’s request for removal as thousands demonstrated.
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Rome
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Constituent Assembly
Italy
Nitti
National Democratic Union Party
America
Mario Scelba
Milan
Christian Democratic
Scelba
Ettore Troilo
Troilo
Milann
People’s Committee
Antonio Greppi
Nation's Leading Scientists Meet To Reformulate Views
Nearly 50 top scientists gather in Princeton for a three day conference to rethink atomic energy's world role. The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists led by Dr. Albert Einstein organizes the session with no public statement expected until after the closed meetings. Dr. Einstein attends. Dr. Harold Urey is away in England.
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Princeton
N. J
Atomic Scientists
Albert Einstein
Edward Minnett
Einstein
Harold Urey
England
Japs Doubt Russians Tested Atomic Bombs Near Irkutsk
Two Japanese men who were nearby when a rumored Soviet atomic test at Irkutsk was reported to have occurred said they doubted any detonation. Maruo Tachiyama and Tsugio Tani testified to Yomiuri that during June 15 events they saw no flash, reverberation, or signs of a test while they were in the Irkutsk concentration camp.
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Tokyo
Irkutsk
Siberia
Yomiuri Today
Maruo Tachiyama
Tsugio Tani
Three Divorce Suits Docketed in Local Court
Three suits of divorce were filed in court yesterday and today. Trene Leah Jones sues Dewey A. Jones, Charles A. Repp sues Dorothy M. Repp, and Louise Nigh sues Paul B. Righ.
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Trene Leah Jones
Dewey A. Jones
Charles A. Repp
Dorothy M. Repp
Louise Nigh
Paul B. Righ
Premier Would Crack Down On Agitators
Paris dispatch reports Premier Robert Schuman rushing toward the Assembly rostrum to confront a Communist speaker. Jacques Duclos accused him of wearing a German uniform in 1914. Edouard Herriot cautioned Duclos and defended Schuman’s wartime sufferings and Alsace Lorraine origins.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Jacques Duclos
Communist Party
Schuman
Edouard Herriot
Assembly
Duclos
Monsieur Schuman
Alsace Lorraine
Germany
Truman Given Pension Records of 28000 Wartime Officers
Washington reports that the Army will supply President Truman with the records of 28 000 wartime officers retired with tax free disability income. The list includes Meyers and spans ranks from generals to second lieutenants. The move follows the Bennett E Meyers case and aims for Mr Truman’s information. Meyers’ own $550 disability retirement pay has been halted while investigations continue.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Army
Truman
White House
Meyers
Senate
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Mevers
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force Purchasing
$3100 Found In Dead Man's Home
Officials completed a search of the Catoctin Furnace residence of the late George H. Baker who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his living room on Wednesday. They found $3100 in currency and coins cached in a linament carton along with other valuables. The closest known relative is sister Mrs Barbara Smith of Frederick. Baker lived alone and was a former employee of the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Co.
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Russel Jordan
Williamsport
Mr. Mason
Jordan
Mason
Catoctin Furnace
George H. Baker
Barbara Smith
Frederick
Baker
The
Hagerstown and
Governor and family attend Army-Navy game festivities
Governor Lane and his wife Mrs Lane along with daughters Dorothy and Jean arrived in Philadelphia for the weekend activities surrounding the Army-Navy game. The governor planned to entertain several Southern governors after the game.
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Philadelphia
Lane
Dorothy
Jean
Safe Crackers Captured Before Reaching Georgia Tour Camp
Hagerstown police alerted by Georgia authorities that three safe crackers en route to a tourist camp in the area were captured in Georgia before leaving the state. The manhunt began after the trio were reported en route to the camp and were stopped in time to prevent any cross state travel.
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Hagerstown
Georgia
Georgis
Paris Fight After Strikes Prompts New French Law
Premier Robert Schuman sought six month powers to curb agitation by speeches writing or tracts aiming to stop strikes in France amid a wave of Communist inspired action. The bill, approved 26 to 13 by the civil and criminal law committee, would penalize those who incite or aid stoppages with six months to five years in prison and fines up to 500 000 francs.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly Today
France
Assembly
Dar
Schuman
Midwest Braces for Record Cold as Subzero Hit
A wide slice of the middle west faces the coldest weather of the season with temps dipping to 17 below zero in Grand Forks North Dakota the nation’s low. Record subzero readings are reported in Fargo La Crosse Aberdeen Alexandria Huron Minneapolis Rochester Duluth Rockford Mason City and more with Chicago at 4 above a seasonal low before moderating in the east though subfreezing conditions persist into Pennsylvania.
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Midwest
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Wilionis
Grand Forks
N. D
Fargo
la Crosse
Wis
Aberdeen
Alexandria
Minn
Huron
S. D
Minneapolis
Rochester
Duluth
Rockford, IL
Mason City
Chicago
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic States Cold weekend forecast
Maryland: fair and colder tonight and Sunday. Virginia: fair and colder tonight. Sunday mostly sunny and colder. West Virginia: mostly cloudy and colder with snow flurries tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and continued cold with snow flurries in the north.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Three Teens Held on Breaking and Entering Charge
Jacob E. Hildebrand Jr Jack La McCoy and Dewey McK Breedon all youths in their early twenties were arraigned before Magistrate Harry E Snyder for a preliminary hearing and ordered held for February grand jury action. Each was ordered to post 500 dollars bond for appearance. Arrests were made by Domaty Sherk Leister loomagis.
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Jacob E. Hildebrand, Jr
Jack la McCoy
Dewey McK. Breedon
Richard Hebb
Cavetown Pike
Harry E. Snyder
Domaty
Sherk Leister Loomagis
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Guy Weargley
J. D. Baker
J. A. Heller
Hancock Drug Store
Doc Heller
Town Hill
Green Ridge
Henry Pp. Bridges
Woodmont Rod & Gun Club
Bureau of Labor Statistics
D. Angle Wolfinger
Howard Murfin
Harold Basore
Wolfinger
Ingram
Garrett
Dead Man’s
Army-Navy
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
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