Draft 18-Year-Olds Before Vets Urges Policy Change
Washington reports that Selective Service Director Hershey proposed drafting 18-year-olds to expand manpower and exempt WWII veterans. He cited about 10,009 potential draftees in the 18 group and noted current rules allow induction only at 19 and older. He warned Congress may face this issue.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Services
Hershey
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Congress
Congressional
Military aims set to reach 2.19 million troops by 1946
Gen. Omar Bradley disclosed a target of 2,190,900 military personnel, 62 air groups, and 905 Navy ships by next June with plans for higher figures in coming years. He said defense costs would rise, noting a possible annual bill of 30 to 40 million dollars, while the 1946 operating budget could top 42 billion dollars.
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Washington
Military High Command
Omar Bradley
CBS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Congress
Bradley
Detroit
Matthews
Omaha
Neb
Mental Patients Planed Wedding Escapes From State Hospital
A 22 year old woman and a 39 year old man at Spring Grove Hospital in Catonsville Md escaped with their best man after early morning plans to wed. The woman wore a plaid skirt white blouse and yellow rain coat. The man had red hair brown eyes and an artificial left leg. The best man was 55 and all three were well dressed according to hospital authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catonsville
Spring Grove Hospital
Rush Buying Could Cause The Shortage
Commerce Department says any serious tire shortage would be due to rush buying. Production is ample for normal demand. Prices increased sharply in the 10 months ending August: over 25 percent for passenger tires and over 45 percent for track and bus tires. Inner tube prices rose 3 percent in June through August.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Senate Crime Probe Shifts To Philly For Policy Racket
The Senate crime investigating committee moved from New York to Philadelphia to focus on a $100,000,000-a-year policy racket preying on school children. Alfred M. Klein estimates the numbers racket takes that vast sum annually. List includes Richard Samuel, Judge Joseph Sloan, Samuel Rosenberg, Howard Sutton, and Frank Palermo among others.
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Senate
Philly
Philadelphia
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
New York
Estes Kefauver
D.tenn
Alfred M. Klein
Richard Samuel
Bernard Samuel
Joseph Sloane
Common
Spray Strengthened Stems Save Apples In Wind Storm
Washington County may have escaped heavy crop loss as wind gusts battered orchards. University of Maryland expert Charles Dunbar says a longstanding stem-strengthening spray kept fruit green and firm, preventing widespread damage and bruising that would lower Grade A apples or force cannery pricing.
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Washington County
Charles Dunbar
University of Maryland Laboratories
Hancock
Mercury Hits 99 Degrees in Los Angeles
Los Angeles recorded 99 degrees marking the hottest October day on record with suburbs near Hollywood reporting 119. The heat follows three hot summer months with little sunshine and long coastal areas also sweltering at around 101.
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Los Angeles
Frost Tonight Looms For County Farmers
The Weather Bureau predicts frost tonight with freezing temperatures possible down to 32. Late planted corn needs about one more week to mature and beans and tomatoes could be wiped out by heavy frost. A fine weekend is forecast with warmer temperatures Sunday. today may reach around 62 with a low between 19 and 31. Keedysville weatherman Travis Knode reports tonight's low and yesterday's 46-degree reading.
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Weather Bureau
Keedysville
Travis Knode
Fuel Oil Price Raised Half Cent a Gallon in Baltimore
Baltimore distributors boosted home heating fuel oil by half a cent to 12.2 cents a gallon, the highest rate charged in the area. The prior peak was 11.9 cents in 1947 and 1948, while the recent low stood at 16.3 cents from March 21, 1959.
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Baltimore
Truman Winged to Honolulu for Far East Conference
President Truman travels toward Hawaii aboard the Independence for a high level 6500 mile flight to map Far East strategy with Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The meeting location beside Wake Island remains to be announced with talks on Korea reconstruction and anti Communist plans in Indo China.
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Hawaii
Truman
Pacific
Honolulu
Douglas MacArthur
Charles G. Ross
MacArthur
Wake Island
United Nations
Korea
Far East
Indo-China
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base
San Francisco
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Base Hospital
Ross
Gen. Bradley
California
Chase
Independence
Air Force
W. Averell Harriman
Foreign Affairs
Army
Frank Pace
Philip C. Jessup
Warns Against Complacency in Sharpsburg Democrats
Washington County Democrats urged not to rely on a Democratic registration majority and to work now for a polling turnout. At the Sharpsburg Men's Democratic Club meeting, county candidates spoke against party apathy and stressed voters must show their majority with ballots, not platitudes. President Edward Carter urged personal contact to widen support.
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Washington County
Democratic Club
Sharpsburg
Edward Carter
Theft Reported Of Goods From Attic In Summer
TL Keeton of 10t binck South Prospect Street told city police that £225 worth of furniture antiques toys and pictures were stolen from the third floor attic while he was away since May. Items include silk draperies an upholstered chair an antique tea pot several pictures an electric train and other toys.
P. O. Plans for Christmas Hiring
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson urged applicants to file early for December work at the post office. Appointments will follow the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 and depend on business volume.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
Mayor Objects To Taxi Garage Move
The city will ask the Circuit Court to enjoin Harry Stotler and the Local Cab Company from building a taxi garage on West Franklin Street at Alexander Street. The action relies on an ordinance banning garages within two blocks of a school, following a circuit court finding that Building Inspector Charles W. Smith acted arbitrarily in denying a permit. Mayor Mills said attorney Kenneth McLaughlin will pursue the case, while Stotler’s attorney Paul Ottinger reports ongoing excavation.
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Circuit Court
Harry Stotler
West Franklin Street
Alexander Street
Kenneth McLaughlin
Charles W. Smith
Stotler
Mills
McLaughlin
Paul Ottinger
Series Money Is Divided
Baseball Commissioner Chandler split receipts from the world series with 32 Yankees players coaches and others receiving full shares of 5727.95. The Phillies shared 4081.24 to 32 roster members with nine others. Mullery said the shares were a little on the low side due to distribution decisions and TV and radio rights proceeds were not yet settled.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phils
Walter Mallery
Baseball
Mullery
Police Asked To Investigate Many Complaints In City
City police were called to investigate numerous complaints from prowlers to overgrown limbs and weeds. Residents reported prowlers near Central Motors used car lot on Summit Avenue and in the 29 percent block of North Prospect Street.
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Central Motors
Summit Avenue
North Prospect Street
Fairview Road
Fairchild Avenue
Hamilton Park
Potomac Avenue
Unemployment Low in Hagerstown Five Years
The Maryland State Employment Service reports fewer jobless claims in Hagerstown and more openings across clerical to technical posts. Claims fell to 295 last week, about 55 below the prior week, marking the lowest level since 1945.
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Hagerstown
Maryland State Employment Service
Donald Ebersole
Ebersole
Hagersstown
Preparing For Snow And Ice Rolls Of Red-Panel Fences
State Roads crews in Western Maryland prepare for winter by erecting snow fences in Garrett Allegany Washington and Frederick counties. They will move 13 to 14 thousand tons of cinders to strategic points and continue major road projects if weather allows.
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Washington County
Garrett County
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Maryland
No Allied Landing Evidence Amid Korean Front Bombardment
On the Korean front South Korean infantry pushed north from Wonsan as bombarding ships and Allied planes assault Red Korea supply lines from Siberia. U S forces kept up air and naval strikes while MacArthur prepared for a Pacific rendezvous with President Truman.
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Tokyo
Siberia
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
Red Korea
Kim Ji Sung
Red Capital
Pyongyang
Roka
United Nations
Missouri
Itok
U.S
Rochester
MacArthur
Pacific
Truman
Wake Island
Korea
William Jorden
Jorden
Hamhung
Hungnam
Reds Kill Political Prisoners in Wonsan as Retreat Follows
Survivors report Red Korean police killed or carried off many political enemies before losing Wonsan. Prisoners numbered up to 500 in a week, with cases like Jung Yong Duk who organized a strike, was jailed, later shot but survived by feigning death.
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Wonsan
Korea
Rhoe
Jung Yong Duk
Jung
Boosted Social Security Checks Harsh for Washington County Welfare
Increased Social Security pensions will be partially offset by Welfare Board grants for old age assistance and related aid in Washington County. About 50 recipients in the old age group may be affected, with first higher checks raising the monthly totals to roughly 113000 from 50000, while some already ineligible now gain eligibility due to new rules.
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Washington County
Washington County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Welfare Department
Caken
Galen Foxes Talk With Son In Tokyo Surprise Call
The Fox family received a phone call from their son Corporal J Warne Fox in Tokyo Japan after he arrived by air from Honolulu. His parents and brother William spoke with him during the three minute call confirming his orders to Japan. Warne serves in an ordnance unit and is a World War II veteran.
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Galen C. Fox
Beliview Avenue
Japan
Honolulu
Warnes
Warne
Ordnance
Pfc Hammersla Returns To U S From Goose Bay Labrador
Pfc Charles R. Hammersla son of Mr and Mrs R E Hammersla Funkstown has returned to the United States from Goose Bay Labrador He is now stationed at Tucson Arizona His new address is 43rd Food Sqd D M A F B Tucson Arizona
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Charles R. “Dick” Hammersla
R. E. Hammersla
Funkstown
United States
Goose Bay
Labrador
Canada
Tucson
Arizona
Food Sr. Sq. D. M. A. F. B
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Palermo
Mana
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Rosenberg
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Sloan
MBS
Kefauver
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Alexander Wiley
P. O
U. S
Song Sue Maung
Red
Song Sue
Antl
Red Premier
Social Security Office
Galen Foxes
Son
Call
Pfc. Hammersla
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