Marine Veteran Held In Murder Case
Marine private Earl McFarland appeared in a police lineup after being charged with murder in the strangling of 18 year old Dorothy Berrum, a War Department clerk, at a golf course. Witnesses failed to identify him definitively. McFarland protested his innocence.
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Washington
Earl McFarland
Marine Corps
Dorothy Berrum
War Department
Sire
Potomac Park
McFarland
McParland
Detective McFarland’s Child Death Ties to Slayings
Detective McFarland, questioned with attorney present, denied having children. Navy records show a wife and two children. He claimed his wife was partially paralyzed in childbirth two weeks earlier and the child died. The slain girl’s body, said to have been raped before garroting, was turned over to her father. BR. S and Berrum of Chippewa Falls.
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Chile
Robert Barrett
Barrett
Mcfayland
P. Bateman Ennis
Navy
New Market
Tenn
McFarland
A. Magruder Maconald
14 Are Killed In Crash Of Bomber
A heavy bomber crashed near the Texas Company refinery in Dallas at about 12:30 p m Sunday. The crew of fourteen were killed. The craft clipped a power line and damaged a refinery warehouse near gasoline and kerosene tanks. An investigation was begun by Second Lieut. Stephen Tubre.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Company
Here
W. E. Dowell
Hensley Field
Stephen Tubre
Hensley
Average weight of a bale of cotton in the United States
A nation wide measure shows the typical bale of cotton weighs around 500 pounds, a standard figure cited in agricultural reports. This benchmark aids farm planning and market comparisons for fiber production nationwide.
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The
United States
Scouts Collect 25 Tons Of Paper
Boy Scouts gathered 25 tons of waste paper in the city and county last Saturday, with 20 tons in the city and 5 in the county. The eighth drive since March followed 17 prior tows, and officials noted less curbside paper this time. Trucks were supplied by local firms including Fairchild Aircraft and Potomac Edison, with several county towns participating. The next collection is scheduled for November 4.
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Robert Shircliff
Fairchild Aircraft
Potomac Edison Co
Charlton Brothers Transportation Co
Moses Berkson
Maryland Pipe and Metals Co
Liquor Production Surges in August Across Distilleries
The Treasury reports August beverage spirits reached about 50 million gallons, far under the normal 150 million. Of 129 beverage distillers, many shifted fully to beverage production after 22 months of industrial alcohol for war needs. Whiskey led with 13,585,910 gallons, gin 887,221, brandy 467,563, plus 23,083,499 gallons from registered distilleries and 3,785,734 gallons of unfinished spirits.
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Washington
Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Drachma Value Set in Patras Greece Act Nine
Panayotis Kanellopoulos Greek Minister of Reconstruction and Administrator for the Petoponessus set the drachma at 150 million to one American dollar. The prewar rate was 125 drachma per dollar, but German inflation in the last three years produced a fantastic exchange rate.
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Patras
Greece
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Pheasant Causes Disturbance on Garlinger Avenue
Mrs. Lester J. Britcher of Garlinger Avenue opened her back door yesterday and startled a bright plumed pheasant, which strutted about before taking flight when she appeared.
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Lester J. Britcher
Garlinger Avenue
Hunting Question Still Unsettled Near Green Ridge Preserve
The petition to move the German prisoner camp from Green Ridge near Cumberland prompts review of hunting use. Outside Denver, hunters may use a 20 000 acre tract hosting a POW camp with 2 000 acres used by government. prisoners help clear paths. No areas opened yet but action expected. movement of the camp doubtful though hunting areas may be mapped.
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O'Conor
Green Ridge
Cumberland
Denver
Colorado
Plans Delayed by Dispute Between State Officials
Plans have been delayed by a dispute between State Forester J P Karlor and State Game Warden E LeCompte over management and policy. Both agencies clash on approach, stalling progress on the project and prompting internal reviews.
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J. PF. Karlor
E. LeCompte
Cook Appointed To Western Maryland Railway Post
James W Cook is named Traffic Service Agent for the Western Maryland Railway Company, transferring from the Cumberland and Pennsylvania to Cumberland. R Stewart Bryant moves to Chicago from Cumberland after a year in place. James Dunn, Frostburg, becomes chief clerk to the mechanical engineer at Mt Savage shops after 27 years with the C and P.
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Meberland
James W.cook
Cumberland
Western Maryland Railway Company
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cook
R. Stewart Bryant Cumberland
Chicago
Bryant
Baltimore
James Dunn
Frostburg
Mt. Savage
C. and P
Maryland
Hagerstown
Ickes Attacks Dewey Followers in Hollywood Dinner
Interior Secretary Ickes accused Gov. Thomas F. Dewey of inviting isolationist supporters into the White House, likening them to a Trojan horse that would reveal “destructive and vicious” ideas if Dewey wins. He spoke at a Roosevelt campaign event in Los Angeles. The note also mentions England's art auctions dating to the 17th century.
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Los Angeles
Ickes
Thomas F. Dewey
Wh House
Roosevelt
Hollywood
Dewey
Laboratory tests reveal watch crystals crack under sixty pounds
Tests show ordinary watch crystals break when subjected to 60 pounds of weight. This finding warns against heavy handling and suggests protective design considerations for timepieces. Researchers emphasize material vulnerability and the need for stronger crystals to prevent damage.
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Metra
Golda Mayer
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ABA Potemac
Icodemus
LIN Banks
Ette
Republic’ Picture
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Walter Aline Huston - MacMahon
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Kee
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Cae
Ali Ih Bowman
Dirictol
EG Ceme
Montgomery Ward
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Phone
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Mage"stowr
Caskey’s
Caskey Baking Co
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
Nijmegen
Holland
Waal River
S.C. Phot
Bob Frankenfield
Ephrata
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France
Bob
Victory
Leiter Brothers
Sears, Roebuck & Co
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England
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RED Cross
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Nsist
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