Bevin Advocates Unity As Ground For Victory Peace
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the peace conference unity was the foundation of victory and must underlie peace. Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak criticized the Italian peace draft as too harsh, urging consideration of Ethiopia and Greece sufferings and reparations. Poland’s Rzymowski urged a clause to deter future Fascist groups.
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Paris
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Bevin
Paul-Henri Spaak
United Nations General Assembly
Italy
Germany
Ethiopia
Greece
Wicenty Rzymowski
Poland
Two Killed In Big Airliner Crash
Cheyenne Wyoming October 3 two people were killed and at least three injured when a United Airlines plane crashed a mile and a half northwest of Cheyenne at 435 am MST. Flight No 28 bound from San Francisco to New York carried 43 passengers. Most passengers were taken to Memorial Hospital for checks. The aircraft broke in two on impact near Fort Francis E Warren Military Reservation. The nose and two engines were torn off and the ship’s crew escaped with no serious injuries.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United Aiirlines
Here
San Francisco
New York
Memorial Hospital
Fort Francis E. Warren
Post
Robert E. Tuck
Tuck
An Airlines
UAL
Hagerstown Fire Equipment Demonstration Tonight
Preparations are complete for Fire Prevention Week as thousands are expected at City Park lake tonight at 8:15. Every fire fighting piece in Hagerstown will be tested, fully manned, while police keep Park Circle clear for the demonstration.
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Hagerstown
Park Circle
Red Envoy Charges U S Officials With Discourtesy
Russian Ambassador Nikoli Novikov protested to the State Department over allegedly discourteous treatment by American officials upon his New York arrival from the Paris Peace Conference. He was detained for nearly an hour at LaGuardia Customs as inspectors pressed him to sign a statement admitting his baggage held nothing illegal. He refused and was allowed to proceed.
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Washington
Nikoli Novikov
State Department
New York
LaGuardia Field
Adament
Inflation warning echoed by Fed chief Eccles
Washington October 4 Federal Reserve Board chairman Marriner S Eccles warned that prosperity depends on wage price trends and cautioned against a second round of industry labor disputes, price gouging, and speculative real estate activity that could lift living costs. He noted deflationary signals but viewed them as favorable.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Federal Reserve
Agriculture Department
Truman
John R. Steelman
Hagerstown Trust Stock Brings $20 At Public Outcry
Seven shares of Hagerstown Trust Company stock sold for $20 a share at public sale in front of the courthouse. One hundred shares of Potomac Edison preferred sold for $105.60 and 100 shares of Blue Ridge Fire sold for $1.55 a share. A single share of Hagerstown Broadcasting Company stock, par $25, sold for $55. All stock except the Potomac Edison block belonged to the Archibald Heiston Estate.
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Hagerstown Trust Company
Court House
Potomac Edison Now
Blue Ridge Fire
Hagerstown Broadcasting Company
Potomac Edison
Archibald Heiston
Agriculture Dept Estimates US Cotton Crop At 1.724 Million Bales
Washington on October 8 reports the Agriculture Department estimates this year’s cotton crop at 1,724,000 bales based on conditions as of October 1. The estimate reflects early-season yield assessments and regional production patterns in the United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chinese Reds Reject Truce Doom Peace Talks
General Marshall announced that Communist leaders rejected a 10 day truce offer in the Kalgan offensive allowing talks. The disclosure, a first of verbatim notes, underscored Red intransigence as they pressed Paoting and advanced toward Shihchiachuang while government reinforcements stalled along the Peiping-Hankow line.
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Nanking
Marshall
Kalgan
U. S
Chang Kai-Shek
Paoting
Peiping
Shihchiachuang
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Hopeh
Red
Peiping-Hankow
Chiang
Kaoleitien
Sunglintien
Tinghsin
Alleged Stolen Bugle Recovered in Cumberland Case
Hagerstown police say a bugle taken from the American Legion Home in Cumberland last Friday night has been recovered. Six slot machines with about $3,000 in cash were also taken. Four local men were questioned and released. two admitted to possessing the bugle. Cumberland police were not asked to detain the men. Detective Sergeant Wayne Sellman reports the bugle is at headquarters with full details provided to Cumberland authorities.
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Hagerstown
American Legion
Cumberland
Wayne Sellman
Cumberland Police
Legion
Hire the Handicapped It’s Good Business Says Labor Chief
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach cited a Bureau of Labor Statistics study of about 10 000 workers noting impaired workers had an efficiency index of 102 versus 100 for unimpaired workers under identical conditions. Absenteeism was the same, non disabling injuries were higher among the impaired, and minor first aid use was more common. The data come from 47 plants across seven states.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
District of Columbia Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
West Virginians Find All Game Scarce This Season
Martinsburg West Virginia October 8 reporters on the third hunting day saw plentiful squirrels in the eastern panhandle mountains while turkey and pheasant were scarce. Leaves slowed approach but hunters mostly reached four squirrels daily. A few pheasants were flushed but not killed. Turkey hunting is banned in Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Panhandle
Berkeley
Jefferson
Child Ill After Pet Duck Stolen
Fourteen year old Rose Marie Nalley of Kemps Mill cries after thieves steal her pet duck Billy from under her trailer. She identified the perp vehicle license and hopes the duck is returned. her father says he will not prosecute if Billy is recovered.
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Rose Marie Nalley
Kemps Mill
Billy
Rose Marie
Florida
Held In $500 Bond For Hearing On Assaulting Officers
Lou Green aged 48 of Guilford Avenue was ordered held on $500 bond for a preliminary hearing on October 11 after arraignment before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in City Court on a charge of assaulting two officers last night on North Foundry Street. Patrolmen Donald Smith and W. A. Younkins swore to the charges, saying Green knocked them to the floor and, after they regained their feet, they pacified him with a blackjack. Green was taken to Washington County Hospital, where 17 stitches were needed for a head wound. En route to the hospital, Officer Younkins said Green, a man of huge physique, tore the handcuffs from his wrists. Green pleaded guilty previously to a drunk and disorderly charge and was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate Snyder.
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Lou Green
Guilford Avenue
Harry E. Snyder
North Foundry Street
Donald Smith
W.A. Younkins
Green
Foundry Street
Washington County
Younkins
Snyder
Washington Bakers Strike Over Wage Increase
About 1,000 Washington bakery workers walked out in a strike led by the AFL Bakery Workers Union. Union agent Charles B. McClosky said the walkout took effect at midnight but urged finish of in‑progress bread batches. Negotiations failed as the union demanded contract terms beyond next April. current wages range from 65 cents to $1.25 for day work and 70 cents to $1.45 for night shifts.
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Washington
AFL Bakery Workers Union
Charles B. McClosky
Employing Bakers Association
Dewey and Taft Split Over War Crimes Trials
Dewey declared opposition to Taft on Nazi war crimes trials and defended their fairness. Democrats hailed the split as easing foreign policy tensions, while Republican leaders warned Taft’s remarks could jeopardize his 1948 nomination. Taft argued the Nuernberg verdicts condemned Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Dewey
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Lucas
D-Ill
Carroon Reece
Republican National Committee
County Turkey Crop A Big One
Washington countians expect a large turkey harvest for Thanksgiving and Christmas as a survey shows the second largest crop on record will be marketed this year. Slightly lower than forecast due to spring feed tightness, the drop is offset by lower military demand, with heavier birds abundant and small birds scarcer. Prices may hold steady through the holidays as storage turkeys diminish and trading stays brisk.
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Washington
Schacht Got Water After Temper Fit
Maj. Frederick Teich said Hjalmar Schacht’s temper led to a coffee thrown at AP photographer B I Sanders on Aug 29 in Nuernberg prison. The coffee was cut off and water remained the only liquid Schacht received until his release.
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Nuernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Associated Press
B. I. Sanders
Reichsbank
Frederick Teich
Teich
Schacht
Sanders
Changes Proposed in Maryland Jobless Benefits Rules
A Maryland legislative council study group recommended broad changes to unemployment compensation. Proposals include disqualifying those who quit without good cause, workers discharged for dishonest acts, and claimants who refuse suitable work unless they have earned at least ten times the weekly benefit. Principal employers would bear benefits when a claimant earns over 75 percent of wages with that employer, prorated among others if under 75 percent.
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Baltimore
Legislative Council
Maryland
Maritime Peace Talks Pressed for Last Chance Accord
The government summons strike bound ship operators and union leaders for what may be a final effort to end the all coast maritime tieup. An unofficial 48 hour deadline looms as AFL deck officers and CIO engineers negotiate while West Coast tensions rise over separate contracts for CIO longshoremen on AFIL ships. CIO leader Harry Bridges warns of continued port idling unless steam schooner ship demands are met.
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Washington
Oct
AFL
CIO
Harry Bridges
West Coast
Bridges
San Francisco
Blustery Weather Heads North From Florida Storm
Washington county braces for the tail end of a tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic from Florida with squally winds and rain expected tonight. The surrounding mountains may ease the wind. Keedysville observer J A Miller logged 85 as yesterday’s high and 51 at night.
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Washington County
Atlantic
Florida
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Army B-29 Weather Plane Forced Down in Guatemala City
West Palm Beach Florida reports that yesterday a U S Army B 29 weather plane pursuing the hurricane was compelled to land in Guatemala City Morrison Field says fuel shortage likely. The craft had been at 28000 feet as the storm’s top rose to 33000 feet and it was unclear if it crossed the peak.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Guatemala City
Morrison Field
Woodcock Backs O'Conor Opponent in Maryland Senate Race
Amos W. Woodcock, a lifelong Republican veteran of World Wars I and II, said Col. D John Markey is unqualified for the U S Senate and will vote for Gov. O'Conor instead. He defended his stance by noting his service in the National Guard and as acting commander of the 2%th Division.
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Baltimore
Amos W. Woodcock
GOP
D. John Markey
Col. Markey
O’conor
Woodcock
United States
Maryland
International Prosecution Commission
Japan
National Guard
Col
United States Senate
People of Mary
Carl McClearys Have Close Shave When Coffee Pot Explodes
Mr and Mrs Carl M McCleary of Frederick Street escaped serious injury when a vacuum coffee percolator exploded in their cottage near Miller s Sawmill. The blast shattered kitchen glass and a fragment pierced the bedroom door as McCleary slept. He missed his morning coffee but later boated a 512 pound Mississippi cat and a large bass.
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Carl M. McCleary
Frederick Street
McCleary
Mr. McCleary
Soap shortage blamed for idle West Virginia coal mines
Cincinnati October 8 The president of West Virginia Coal and Coke Co says federal action is needed to relieve a nationwide soap shortage affecting miners. About 1,500 workers at four Logan County mines have been idle since last Friday amid protests over meat lard and soap shortages. A Procter and Gamble spokesman cited government limits on fat usage and a voluntary rationing plan, but noted daily production and shipping continue and area quotas may be increased.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia
Charles Dorrance
West Virginia Coal and Coke Co
N. H. Collison
Interior
Kiug
West Virginia Concern
Logan County
W. Va
Dorrance
Proctor and Gamble Co
Freakist Twist Brings Relief To Rich West Coast
A Caribbean hurricane aimed at Florida’s west coast unexpectedly weakened. Strong winds diminished to about 50 mph as the storm moved inland toward Georgia and South Carolina. Lakeland reports minor citrus losses. a $150 million crop forecast was anticipated despite the weakened storm.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Florida
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay
South Georgia
South Carolina
West
Lakeland
Florida Peninsula
Georgia
Atlantic City
Federal
Jacksonville
Colton to Speak at Smithsburg Rally Taking Off Gloves
John M. Colton Democratic candidate for States Attorney will headline tonight at Smithsburg Community Hall. He will expose Republican machinations in state and county races as Van Hynre chairs and Brewer Stouffer also speaks. The 8 PM meeting targets Smithsburg Leitersburg Chewsville Ringgold and Cascade districts inviting all local Democrats to attend.
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John M. Colton
Smithsburg
Mr. Colton
Herman L. Mills
Mckheldin
Baltimore
Colton
Washington County
van Htnyre
Brewer L. Stouffer
State Senate
Leitersburg
Chewsville
Ringgold
Cascade
Democratic State Central Committee
Hull Condition Unchanged at Bethesda Hospital
Bethesda Naval hospital said there was no essential change in the condition of former Secretary Cordell Hull, eight days after he suffered a stroke. The report follows earlier notes of improvement and confirms stability in his health.
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Hull
Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Cordell Hull
Divorce Suit Filed for Frances L Jones Against David M Jones
Frances L. Jones files for divorce from David M. Jones in court. They were married January 12, 1946 and separated in April.
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Frances L. Jones
David M. Jones
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