Truman To Report Tomorrow Night On Pacific Talk
President Truman prepares for a major foreign policy address in San Francisco after a Wake Island conference with General MacArthur. The White House says the talks focused on Far East issues, with no hint of far reaching new decisions. Truman flies from Honolulu to San Francisco, aiming to return to the White House by Wednesday morning.
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Honolulu
Truman
General MacArthur
Wake Island
San Francisco
Far Pacific
Far East
United Nations Supreme Commander
White House
Hickman Field
Independence
Fairmont
Tip On Meeting Of Sailors Best Tip Wins Daily Mail Contest
Two local men with identical names, living on the same street, met aboard an attack vessel near Korea. A Fairground Avenue housewife won $4 for the tip, with a West Washington Street girl earning $2.50 for reporting a head on collision on West Washington Street. A Sharpsburg housewife received $1.50 for a related tip.
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Korea
Daily Mail
Fairground Avenue
West Washington Street
Sharpsburg
Highfield Pear Tree Blooms Second Time
In Highfield the Brown family's front yard sugar pear tree has bloomed out of season for a second time this year. Mrs Brown says the blooms appeared last Saturday as Mr Brown was picking pears, a change from its usual spring bloom and lighter fall crop possibly linked to spring rainfall.
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Herbert Brown
Highfield
Showers and warmer weather expected by Wednesday
Washington County forecast calls for showers and rising temperatures by Wednesday. Tonight should stay mild after a 34 degree night with light frost that did no harm to late crops. Yesterday reached 68 degrees and a similar high is possible today.
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Washington County
Weather Bureau
Army Leaders Endorse Hartle Candidacy For Congress
General Walter Krueger and General Douglas MacArthur join in praising Major General Russell P. Hartle for the Democratic nomination in Maryland Sixth District. Krueger’s cordial letter arrives after Hartle’s nomination, with MacArthur’s Tokyo note urging Hartle’s success in Congress. Krueger, retired, resides in San Antonio, Texas, after WWII Pacific service with MacArthur.
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Walter Krueger
Douglas MacArthur
Russell P. Hartle
Hartie
Congress
Maryland
Krueger
Scrappy
House of Representatives
South Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
Far East
Hartle
San Antonio
Texas
General MacArthur
Credit Curbs Tighten on Auto and Appliance Purchases
Washington reports new Federal Reserve controls tighten down payments for appliances and shorten payoff terms for new and used cars effective midnight. Protests arise from business groups while the Board defends the move as needed to combat inflation.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Boad
Maury Nee
Commerce Department
Reserve Board
Fast Action Saves Child in Abandoned Well
Spencer Lrons acted quickly to rescue his six year old daughter Priscilla who wandered from her family at Landing Neck Church near Trappe Easton Maryland. She fell into a 20 foot abandoned well with only a small amount of water. The father jumped in without hesitation and pulled her to safety.
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Easton
Spencer Lrons
Priscilla
Landing Neck Church
Trappe
Hurts Back Showing Others How To Jump
Salisbury fireman Eugene Bryant demonstrated jumping into a net during Fire Prevention Week at Peninsula General Hospital. He mishandled the stunt and injured his neck, remaining in the hospital after the demonstration.
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Salisbury, Md
Eugene Bryant
Peninsula General Hospital
Beck
Korean War End Expected In Weeks By Allied Leaders
Tokyo reports military circles foresee a swift end to the Korean conflict after UN forces reach Pyongyang within miles. Spearheads near the city. cleanup of holdouts to follow. Postwar rehabilitation will bring heavy economic and political challenges for Korea and Japan.
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United Nations
Pyongyang
Inchon
Siberian
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Red Army
Korea
Pyoncyang
Japan
Seoul-Inchon
North Korea
Synf&man Rhee
Republic of Korea
United Nations Action
South
Two-Year-Old Boy Wanders at Night in Tulsa
In Tulsa on October 17, Mr and Mrs K D Simmons woke to find their two year old son Kenny missing from his bed. They searched the house frantically and called police. Officers Lozier Brown and Dick McCully found the boy around 1 am in night clothes after the child apparently unlocked the front door. Parents plan to hide the key after this incident.
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Tulsa
Okla
K. D. Simmons
Kenny
Lozier Brown
Dick McCully
Cola prices in St Louis jump to ten cents today
In St Louis on October 16 the wholesale price boost pushes Coca Cola Pepsi Cola and Royal Crown Cola to a ten cent price in the area.
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St. Louis
Coca-Cola
Pepsi-Cola
Royal Crown Cola
Ben-Gurion Resigns as Israel Faces First Cabinet Crisis
Jerusalem October 16 Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns triggering Israel's first cabinet crisis since statehood. The abrupt move shocks political circles and raises questions over future leadership and government stability.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gerton
Israel
Cuba Faces Hurricane Threat as Tropical Storm Forms
A tropical storm rapidly forming in the western Caribbean threatens Cuba with hurricane winds as it moves north northeast. Winds hit 75 mph at 4 30 a m EST with squalls spreading toward Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Storm warnings extend from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys while small craft warnings cover the region.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Cuba
Jamaica
Grand Canyon
Florida Straits
Bahamas
Florida
Camaguey
Palm Beach
Florida Keys
Stock Market Hesitates Amid Mixed News And Narrow Moves
Indecision hung over the New York market with prices edging slight down amid more minus signs than plus. Mixed signals from radio television names and mild selling in rubbers, chemicals, gold mines, and airlines contrasted with occasional strength in Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, St Regis Paper, Douglas Aircraft, Motorola, and Sears Roebuck. Bond activity remained mixed and quiet.
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Coca-Cola
Pepsi- Cola
St. Regis Paper
Douglas Aircraft
Mortorola
Sears Roebuck
United Air Lines
Johns - Mansville
International Paper
American Tobacco
American Cyanamid
International Nickel
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Philco
U. S. Rubber
Man Beaten Robbed on Middleburg Pike
John Martin, 33, of West Franklin Street, was beaten by three men along Middleburg Pike north of the city last night. He was robbed of his wallet containing several dollars and sustained a broken nose and possible fractured jaw. He was taken to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
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John Martin
Franklin Street
Middleburg Pike
Leister Isanogle
Martin
Washington County Hospital
US Steel and CIO Open Wage Talks in Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp and the CIO United Steel Workers began wage talks in Pittsburgh with President Philip Murray leading the union side and J A Stephens heading representatives for Big Steel. They expect a raise that could set industry-wide patterns, with the union seeking about 26 cents an hour from a current average of $1.70.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
USW
J. A. Stephens
Big Steel
American Steel and Wire Co
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Columbia Steel Co
Geneva Steel Co
National Tube Co
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Murray
Stephens
U.S. Steel
U.S
1. S. Steel
Parade Marshalls Needed for Hallowe'en Parade
Alsatia Club members are urged to attend a meeting led by president Frank Hin it Miller to discuss marshalling plans for the Hallowe'en Mainimners parade. With additional seating, twice as many marshals are required, and roles exist even for non walkers. The slogan remains Bigger and Better Than Ever, and the meeting starts at eight.
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Alsatia Club
Frank Hin
Miller
Omarech
F. H. Cost
Marshall Division
Universal military training forecast by Legion leader
American Legion national commander Erle Cocke Jr of Dawson Georgia predicts universal military training will pass next year. He spoke in Las Vegas after election at the Los Angeles convention and expects Senate action this year perhaps in December, with final passage at the next session. He embarks on an 18 state tour ending in Washington on Armistice Day November 11.
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Las Vegas
American Legion
Erle Cocke, Jr
Dawson
Los Angeles
Cocke
Senate
Reno
Elko
Nev
Washington, D. C
Wrecks His Car On Way To Make Final Payment
Earl Wheeler of Severn was driving to Baltimore to make the last payment on his car when a tire blew out the vehicle skid and overturned. His mother Mrs Mattie Wheeler was hospitalized for possible shoulder and back injuries while Wheeler and two other passengers escaped serious harm.
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Baltimore
Earl Wheeler
Severn
Mattie Wheeler
Wheeler
Polio victim Moses Bowers dies at age 14 in iron lung
Cumberland Maryland October 16 reports Moses Bowers fourteen year old boy stricken with poliomyelitis last week died yesterday after hospital admission and life support in an iron lung.
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Cumberland
Moses Bowers
Pfc Sanderbeck Dies Of Wounds In Korea
Pfc George W Sanderbeck aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs George T Sanderbeck 116 East Irvin Avenue died of wounds received in action in Korea on September 9 after being reported missing in action the same date He had been at the front in a motorized infantry unit since July 14 a West Palm Beach High School graduate He enlisted in December 1948 and was the only child of the local couple residents of Hagerstown for the past year.
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George W. Sanderbeck
George T. Sanderbeck
East Irvin Avenue
Korea
Young Sanderbeck
West Palm Beach
Fla
Army
Hagerstown
Medics Register At Draft Board
Washington County physicians dentists and veterinarians under 11 who served in the armed forces less than 21 months or who were trained during World War II and are not in reserve groups registered today at Selective Service headquarters City officials said no registration figures were available. They will fill a questionnaire to determine status and will be asked if they will accept a reserve commission.
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Washington County
Selective Service
City
Lall
Car Knocks Down Signal, Plows Front Of Sandover Liquor Store
Charles W. Breeder, 21, of Weet Church Street, swerved to avoid a failing to stop car and knocked down a traffic signal before crashing into the Sandover liquor store at South Potomac and East Lee Street. He was charged with reckless driving after the 7 a.m. crash. no damage estimate given.
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Charles W. Breeder
Weet Church Street
Sandover
South Potomac
East Lee Street
Breeder
Reds Fight For Pyongyang In
Allied forces pressing toward Pyongyang with South Korean First Division and American First Cavalry Division racing to reach the Red Korean capital. Reports say MIA and prisoner totals grow as frontline moves hail signs of Red Army crumbling, with MacArthur poised to commit more troops.
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Red Capital
Tokyo
U. S
Sinemak
Namchonjon
Suan
Jack Macbeth
Manchurian
Siberian
MacaArthur
MacArthur
Wake Island
Truman
United Nations
Samchok
Yonan
Seoul
Commununists
Hungnam
Wonsan
Yonghung
Manchuria
Child Hurt After Fall From Moving Auto
Three year old Lloyd C Heiston Jr of 705 Pennsylvania Avenue suffered facial lacerations when he fell from a moving car last night. He was treated and discharged from Washington County Hospital. Also treated were John W Barton of 226 West Franklin Street for facial and leg lacerations and Arnold B Shafer aged 12 of Greencastle for a foot injury from a hike fall.
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Lloyd C. Heiston, Jr
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington County Hospital
John W. Barton
West
Franklin Street
Arnold B. Shafer
Greencastle
Ex Starlet To Wed Divinity Student
Hollywood reports marriage plans as Miss Coolleen Townsend 21, former film star turned religious worker, becomes engaged to Louis H. Evans Jr. 24, a first year student at the Presbyterian San Francisco Theological Seminary. Engagement announced by Dr Louis H Evans from Hollywood First Presbyterian Church. The couple, who met at Hollywood High School, plan a Christmas wedding with Evans Sr. presiding.
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Hollywood
Coolleen Townsend
Louis H. Evans
Hollywood First Presbyterian Church
Miss Townsend
Louis H. Evansfi Jr
Presbyterian San Francisco Theological Seminary
Dr. Evans
Hollyweed High School
Market On Winter Schedule Next Week
City market to resume winter hours with only Tuesday and Saturday openings. City Clerk E. L. Kerney says Thursday market day is eliminated for the remainder of winter due to end of vegetable season and reduced products to sell.
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E. L. Kerney
South Amboy Opens Schools After Long Summer Break
South Amboy New Jersey October 16 Some 590 public school children return to classes on two shifts after the longest summer vacation. The opening was delayed by May munitions explosion that damaged city schools. The high school is the only building open, serving high school students in the morning and elementary pupils in the afternoon.
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South Amboy
N. J
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Elizabeth D. Bittinger
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Trigger
Dixie Riding Academy
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Fred L. Palmer
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