Raeder Appeals for Death After Life Sentence
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, chief builder of the German fleet, is appealing the life sentence by the international military tribunal to seek death by shooting. He argues age and health make life imprisonment untenable, claiming the verdict stemmed from a prosecution mistake influenced by political interests. Acquitted defendants Schacht, Fritsche, and Papen are mentioned with varying post verdict movements and detention statuses.
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Nuernberg
Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal
Allied Control Council
Raeder
Control Council
Hjalmar Schacht
Stuttgart
Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Palace of Justice
Stockhausen
Air route over world's top tested from Honolulu to Cairo
Lt Col F J Shannon, communications officer of the B 29 Pacusan Dreamboat, says non stop 10 925 mile Arctic flight proves commercial airways could operate over northern routes with low frequency radios despite sunspot disruptions. Dreamboat landed at Payne Field after 39 hours 56 minutes in polar test.
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Cairo
Arctic Circle
Honolulu
F. J. Shannon
WCAU
Philadelphia
Shannon
Dreamboat
United States
Payne Field
Desert
Here
Industry leader to address Maryland Pharma Meeting
Baltimore October 7 industry leader will address the 64th annual meeting of the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association with civic and state officials invited to a banquet Thursday night at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
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Baltimore
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
Lord Baltimore
Tip Prizes Last Week Split Across Several Items
The Daily Mail reports last week’s top prize split among tips about a tieup of loaded coal cars at Baltimore caused by an unrelated maritime strike, and an electrocution of a youth near Hancock by a charged fence. Second prize covers shortages of shortening at local bakeries and doubled game warden patrols during hunting season in the county. Third prize includes clues about a lost county place named Claggetts and a fainting incident at the city meat market. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 2 pm by phone, in person, or by mail.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
Hancock
Claggetts
Daily Mail
Washington Bakers Threaten Strike Over Wage Demands
Washington bakers threaten to cut 80 percent of the District bread supply with a strike tonight unless a daytime agreement is reached with 40 bakeries. The AFL local seeks an 1814 percent wage rise. U S Conciliator James Holden called a meeting of employers and union negotiators for today.
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Washington
AFL
U. S
James Holden
FBI To Train City Policemen In Hagerstown
FBI agents will conduct a January month long training for all Hagerstown Police Department members. Start January 17 the program covers legal procedure investigations evidence reporting public relations self protection and prisoner handling. Chief Max W Rickard says the department plans to expand and recruit six more officers to 49 total and views the training as a deterrent to crime amid rising national criminal activity.
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Hagers¢town
Federal Bureau of Investigagation
Max W. Rickard
Rickard
FBI
Board of Street Commissioners
Hagerstown
Richard
Coutses
Columbus Day Legal Holiday Bank Closures This Saturday
Columbus Day on Saturday October 12 will be observed as a legal holiday with all banks in the city and county closed for the entire day.
Trieste Issue Firm U S Stance at Peace Talks
Senator Tom Connally told the Paris peace conference the United States would make no further concessions on Trieste and urged adoption of commission recommendations. He stressed Trieste as a keystone of the peace treaty and called for a democratic, independent city free from outside influence as the plenary session opened.
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Paris
Tom Connally
United States
Trieste
Connally
D-Texas
Ernest Bevin
Italy
Yugoslavia
All Increasing Parade Prizes At Alsatia Mummers Parade
The Alsatia Mummer's Parade committee announced roughly 2500 dollars in cash prizes up from past years and several new prizes. A new scholastic bodies and floats prize offers 50 for first, 30 for second, 20 for third. Division A Organized Bodies tops at 150 for first, 100 for second, 50 for third and 25 for fourth. Froat Division offers seven prizes from 200 for first to 25 for seventh. The committee expects more floats due to the prize increases.
Mother Dies As Pilot Son Crashes Plane Into Schoolhouse
An Air Force Firefly single seater crashed into a school hall in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, after flying low over the pilot’s mother’s home. Eight students and the pilot died, with about ten others injured. the pilot’s mother died of a heart attack while witnessing the event. The impact tore a roof hole and ignited flames as gymnasts practiced.
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Apeldoorn
Holland
Record Gas Sales in Maryland Reach $1.28 Million August
Baltimore reports August gasoline tax revenues hit a record 1,280,054 dollars. Joseph McCusker, chief deputy State Comptroller, announced yesterday.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph McCusker
Mexico Has Plan On Atom Control
Mexico proposes a middle of the road concept to break the UN atomic control deadlock. The 112 nation United Nations Commission studied whether it is technically possible to build plants that use denatured nuclear fuel for industry power medicine and research without regenerating stocks that could be diverted to weapons. Mexican delegate Luis Padilla Nervo floated the idea as a possible compromise between U.S. and Soviet proposals if feasibility is proven.
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Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Mexico
Luis Padilla Nervo
Padilla Nervo
United States
Soviet
Russia
Doctor Fined $100 For Dizzy Driving
Dr. D. R. Sipes of Everett Pennsylvania was fined $100 and costs by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated. He did not testify. Police said he failed to stop at a Boulevard sign and collided with Fred G. Peck’s car at the Northern and Potomac avenues intersection.
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D. R. Sipes
Everett
Harry E. Snyder
Sipes
Nervin Smith
Donald Smith
Fred G. Peck
Oak Hill Avenue
Northern
Potomac Avenues
Northern Avenue
Peck
Snapping Turtle Alibi Fails in Franklin County Jury Trial
John S. Arnold's claim that a snapping turtle escaped from a box in his car and bit him on the arm to excuse driving while intoxicated failed before a Chambersburg jury. He was found guilty and sentenced to 58 days in Franklin County Jail.
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John S. Arnold
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Tax Revenue Drops in Maryland Alcohol Beverages
Annapolis Md Oct 7 State alcoholic beverage revenues declined from 782302 in August to 3620188 in September Comptroller J Millard Tawes reported Yet receipts for the past month surpassed those recorded in September a year earlier Reflects continued revenue variation in state liquor sales practices and seasonal patterns.
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Annapolis
J. Millard Tawes
Divorce Suit Filed by Luther L Vulgamott
Luther L Vulgamott files for divorce from Betty Lorraine Vulgamott in court today. It is the sixth divorce suit filed this month.
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Luther L. Vulgamott
Betty Lorraine Vulgamott
CPA Irks Church Moves To Street In Kansas City
The Rainbow Boulevard Church of Nazarene moved Sunday worship to the street after the Civilian Production Administration denied a building permit for the unfinished church. The CPA cited excessive critical materials and prohibited certain equipment deemed on the critical list. The Rev. Frank E. Harris stated services would continue outdoors while the dispute proceeds.
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Kansas City
Rainbow Boulevard Church of Nazarene
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Frank E. Harris
OPA
Maritime Tieup Settlement Near Washington
Washington October 7 conciliators pressed to end a week long maritime tieup. Capt Harry Martin president of AFL Masters Mates and Pilots said things look favorable and an agreement might be reached by nightfall though committees may leave if stalemate lasts. Chief Conciliator Warren postponed sessions to 2 pm to allow a weekend cooling off period.
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Washington
Harry Martin
AFL
New York
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Edgar L. Warren
CIO
Verbal Quit Notices Meaningless Says OPA to Home Buyers
Purchasers who bought occupied houses for their own use were told by the OPA that verbal quit notices are meaningless and that they should file a petition with the Rent Control office after sale. Veterans may move in after four months, others after six, and many buyers waste time without an eviction certificate.
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OPA
Rent Control Office
Power Union Proposes Settlement Amid Pittsburgh Power Strike
Pittsburgh October 7 A new independent union offer for the ongoing power strike was to be presented to Duquesne Light Co officials as department stores planned to reopen with emergency generators. The independents claim about 3 500 workers may back a proposal while 700 dissenters join the AFL United Mine Workers Union and seek NLRB recognition. Public schools stay open while parochial schools close and city traffic braces for jams.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Minion
George L. Mueller
Golden Triangle
Boy Scouts Seek 500 Acre Tract In Fulton County
The Washington County Boy Scout Council aims to acquire an additional 500 acres in Fulton county Pa for camping and recreation, adding to 200 acres already held in the Plum Run Ft Littleton area. An option for 560 more acres adjacent to the property has been disclosed. The Baltimore area scouts have 800 acres near Woodmont Rod and Gun Club on Sideling Hill Creek in Washington county, a gift from Aaron Straus.
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Washington County
Boy Scout Council
Plum-Run-Ft. Littleton
Fulton County
B. J. Hagedorn
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts of
Baltimore
Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
Sideling Hill Creek
Aaron Straus
Record number of new voters signed in week
Six hundred four new voters registered in six days, the largest such total since permanent registration began, with about 200 on Saturday. Since January 1, 1946, 2799 county residents registered, 1306 before the June primary and 1493 after. About 500 transfers issued. Roughly 30,000 residents eligible to vote.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Death of Albert W. Woodfield Noted Galesville Packer
Annapolis Md Oct 7 Albert W Woodfield 44 a prominent Galesville seafood packer died early yesterday morning of a heart attack in Anne Arundel county authorities said Woodfield was a delegate and noted local business figure his death came as a shock to the community and is being investigated as a natural death by county officers
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Albert W. Woodfield
Galesville
Meat Shortage Sparks Local Petition in Waynesboro
A Waynesboro meat merchant H P Thornton offers a protest petition to customers sign to vent anger over a national meat shortage. Thornton directs shoppers to sign while noting Congress should change its approach, urging action to alleviate the shortage.
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Waynesboro
H. P. Thornton
Thornton
Truman
Congress
Bakers Blamed For Oleo Dearth In Hagerstown
Bakers face shortages of lard and butter in Hagerstown as oleo becomes a substitute. Merchants report bakers driving demand, lard scarce and selling above ceiling prices, public sales fetching high prices, and some traders violating price controls to meet needs. Prices for lard soar to 22 cents, while oleo sells at 29 to 30 cents per pound.
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Hagerstown
Terminal Pay Is On Way To Vets
Washington Oct 7 Five year Treasury bonds head for final gov ernment clearance to pay about 2.7 billion dollars in World War II terminal leave claims. Most claims over 50 dollars await bond payments while smaller cash settlements proceed. Army officials aim to settle claims within 60 days of application with about 15 million eligible service members.
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Washington
Treasury
Army
79Th Congress
Maryland Court of Appeals opens October term
Annapolis Md Oct 1 With 71 cases docketed for the term the regular October session of the Maryland Court of Appeals opens today Argument will start tomorrow morning
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Hurricane Threat Affects Florida Citrus Belt Coast
Miami officials report an urgent hurricane alert across the Florida peninsula with winds above 100 mph. The storm centers near 130 miles west of Key West and is forecast to track toward the Fort Myers to Tampa corridor, threatening the $100,000,000 citrus crop while Key West foresees diminishing winds and rain.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Cedar Keys
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Weather Bureau
Fort Myers
Tampa
Key West
Florida Keys
Miami-Palm Beach
Gold Coast
Statehood Vote Taints Alaska First Test Today
Juneau Alaska October 7 Alaska's canoe vote will test support for statehood in today's advisory referendum on changes needed for statehood. Opponents call it costly for the small population though many groups push the cause led by the Alaska Statehood Association. The election also selects a Congressional delegate, territorial officers and legislators, and may adopt a blanket primary. Hawaii previously chose statehood in a similar referendum but remains a territory.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Statehood Association
Congress
Hawaii
Deaths and births dominate Washington County July report
Washington County recorded 63 deaths in July with a 10.6 per thousand rate. Half the deaths were from heart disease and cancer, while nephritis and stroke declined. 173 births were logged, 94 in Hagerstown and 78 in rural areas, and communicable diseases fell to 31 cases.
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Washington County
State Department of Health
Hagerstown
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Power Union
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