Hurricane Damage Mounts in South Florida
One person is dead and hundreds homeless as the hurricane rakes south Florida. National Guardsmen guard Davie West Hollywood and West Hallandale where 40 homes destroyed and 79 trailers wrecked. An improvised hospital is set up for typhoid shots as authorities mobilize relief efforts.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
Wwese
Florida
Citrus Belt
Davie
West Hollywood
West Hallandale
Owen Adams
Owen
Amos Hall
Broward County
Company C
Florida National Guard
Hall
Paul Hughes
Broward County Health Department
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood
Curbs May Start New Eating Spree
Washington experts weigh how 1951 farm program and defense demand will affect consumer spending. They note past wartime shifts to richer diets as inventories shrank and consider whether higher down payments and installment limits will curb purchases of homes and appliances while income rises.
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Washington
Nineteenth Child Born To County Couple
A 40-year-old Reedysville mother delivered her 19th child this morning, a girl, now both mother and baby are doing well. The family, living in a five room Keedysville home, has 10 girls and 8 boys among the offspring. The father Walter E. Roberts works as a machinist at Pangborn and hopes for an eight to ten room house closer to Hagerstown as older children seek work nearby.
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Reedysville
Walter E. Roberts
Roberts
Keedysville
Pangborn Corporation
Hagerstown
Showers Delayed To Friday With Warmer Weekend Ahead
The Weather Bureau now says showers will arrive Friday night, not late today. Expect mostly sunny weather today, then clouds and milder conditions tonight and tomorrow with intermittent rain Friday. Yesterday's high near 70, low 43. today may reach about 80 with a night low in the upper 50s. Dense valley fog persisted until 8 this morning with visibility a few hundred feet per Keedysville forecaster Travis Knode.
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Weather Bureau
Keedysville
Travis Knode
Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charge
David Greenglass, 28, former Army sergeant, pleaded guilty in Federal Court to conspiracy in time of war to convey secret government defense information to Resa. The admission occurs in New York on October 18.
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New York
David Greenglass
Resa
Legs Crushed In Farm Accident In Maryland
Paul L. Stoner of Hagerstown Route 4 suffered compound fractures of both legs when a truck backed into him on his farm while he hung a door on a corn crib. His father-in-law Charles Forsyth did not see him. Stoner was admitted to Washington County Hospital in fair condition.
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Paul L. Stoner
Hagerstown
Stoner
Charles Forsyth
Washington County Hospital
Mencken Remains In Critical Condition At Hopkins
Baltimore October 18 The Sage of Baltimore H L Mencken aged 70 remained in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a severe heart attack last Thursday. Doctors said he was not expected to live.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dodgers Sign Woefle to 1951 Lancaster Deal
Brooklyn announces Fred Woefle a 20 year old catcher from New York has signed a 1951 contract with Lancaster Pa. of the Class B Interstate Baseball League. Woefle hit .356 in semipro ball this year and Lancaster is a Brooklyn affiliate.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred Woefle
New York
Lancaster
New York Campaign Heated by Letter About Hanley
Election spotlights in New York feature a letter in which Lieut. Gov. Joe R. Hanley hints at abandoning gubernatorial ambitions due to promises by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to settle his personal debts. Hanley, the Republican Senate candidate, says the note refers to a maturing life insurance policy.
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New York
Joe R. Hanley
Thomas E. Dewey
Hanley
Stocks Near 20 Year Peak On Broad Rise
New York stocks moved higher near 20 year highs with leading shares up a few cents to about $1 and key sectors like motors rails and steels driving gains. Nickel Plate Railways jumped $2 to 178 a share on dividend and stock split news with voting rights and arrears details noted.
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New York
Preferred
Financial
Freedom Scrolls Drive Seeks Deliveries for Friday
General Hartle of the anti Communist Crusade for Freedom in Washington County requests all scrolls be delivered to the Chamber of Commerce by noon Friday for completion of Maryland distribution. The movement, with over 160000 signatures at state headquarters in Baltimore, aims to enroll more people in the next two days ahead of United Nations Day October 24 and the Berlin dedication of the World Freedom Bell broadcast to the Iron Curtain.
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Crusade For Freedom
Baltimore
Russell P. Hartle
Crusade
Washington County
Chamber of Commerce
Maryland
State Crusade
Southern Hotel
General Hartle
United Nations
Berlin
Iron Curtain
Radio Free Europe
Democrats Hear McKeldin Speech Recording in Baltimore
Baltimore Democrats plan a big tally on the state ticket with a recording of Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, the Republican candidate, from a March 1949 speech. Governor Lane, seeking re election, says it is one of the best Teddy ever made and deserves notice.
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Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Lane
Teddy
Maryland Democrats Seek Harmony as O Conor Heads Baltimore Rally
Senator Herbert R. O Conor will preside over a large Baltimore rally as Maryland Democrats push to mend rifts from the Lane Mahoney primary. Senator Tydings campaigns in Caroline County while Republican Theodore McKeldin tours Carroll County attacking Lane spending and promising tax cuts. Butler questions Truman MacArthur meeting, and Tydings links World War II policy to Harding era missteps while praising the United Nations as a renewed League of Nations.
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Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
Baltimore
5Th Regiment
Millard E. Tydings
O'Conor
Lane
George P. Mahoney
Theodore R. McKeldin
GOP
Westminster
Carroll County
McKeldin
John Marshall Butler
Senator Tydings
Truman
Wake Island
General MacArthur
Butler
MacArthur
Tidings
Caroline County
Denton
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Tydings
League of Nations
United States
U.N
Democrats Invited to County Campaign Meeting at W.O.W. Hall
All Democrats are invited to tonight's Men’s Democratic Club meeting at the W.O.W. Hall. President C. Wm. Hetzer says any interested person may attend regardless of club membership. The session begins at the scheduled hour and will include a full discussion of campaign tactics and a county rally schedule.
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W.O.W. Hall
C. Wm. Hetzer
Three Americans Die in London Air Crash Killing 28
London reports three Americans among 28 dead in last night's British European Airways Dakota crash. Max Jacobson of Pittsburgh is named as the third American victim. Lt. Thos. Karr and his wife also perished. A single steward survived as the wreck ended in a North London backyard. Karr, stationed in the Azores, and his wife were en route to Glasgow to visit a friend.
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London
British European Airways
North London
U.S. Air Force
Thos. Karr
Karr
Azores
Glascow
Scotland
Senate Moves To Check Into Beds Getting Material
Senate subcommittee promises a swift inquiry into government actions since the Korean war to prevent strategic materials from reaching Communist China. Senator O Conor chairing says officials from State and Commerce will be questioned, amid testimony that steel plates and other equipment may have been shipped to Red China.
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Senate
Washington
China
O’conor
State and Commerce Department
Red China
Korea
Flying Cloud
Tedbrandtsen Line
Japan
Philadelphia Vice Squad Chief Dies by Own Action
Craig Ellis, 51, head of Philadelphia's vice squad for ten years, shot himself on a hill near Median. He left a note about failure as a leader and pain. Authorities said the suicide is not linked to the multi million dollar numbers bank investigation. Mayor Samuel and Safety Director Rosenberg praised Ellis as an outstanding officer.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
Craig Ellis
Ellis
Howard P. Sutton
Bernard Samuel
Thim
Samuel Rosenberg
Aquad
Scientist doubts hydrogen bomb could wipe out humanity
Dr James Arnold of the University of Chicago argues in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that a hydrogen bomb might not be capable of blanket killing over the globe. He cites technical limits, high cost, and uneven dust spread as factors that would prevent uniform global contamination.
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Chicago
James Arnold
Earth
Arnold
Initiate
University of Chicago
Bulletin of Atomic Scentists
Fog Blamed For Morning Car Crash Near Hagerstown
Two motorists were injured in a head on collision on Sharpsburg Pike two miles south of Hagerstown at about 7 am. Elmer Koontz 42 of Sharpsburg suffered lacerations and chest injuries and was admitted to Washington County Hospital for X rays William Stockslager 45 of this city had minor lacerations and was treated in the emergency room and released The Stockslager car was demolished and Koontz vehicle sustained about 256 in damage State Trooper Raymond F McGuire investigated no charges filed yet pending an investigation
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Hagerstown
Sharpsburg Pike
Elmer Koontz
Sharpsburg
William HW. Stockslager
Koontz
Washington County Hospital
Stockslager
Raymond F. McGuire
Dense fog disrupts Baltimore area travel and flights
Very foggy conditions covered Maryland with the Baltimore area reporting the worst stretch in years. Two auto accidents on Washington Boulevard were blamed on the fog. injuries included a head wound to Charles G. Holupka and a broken arm to Homer H. Works after separate crashes. Fog halted operations at Friendship International and Reagan National airports as forecasters noted minimal air movement under a high pressure system.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Washington- Baltimore
Charles G. Holupka
Savage
Homer II
Works
University of Maryland
Beltsville
Leland Memorial Hospital
Riverdale
Friendship International
Washington National
Rent Board Meeting Here Is Postponed
The regular monthly meeting of the Hagerstown area Rent Control Advisory Board has been postponed indefinitely, announced by the Rent Control office. Acting state rent director Thomas E. Barrett Jr said greater reliance on the advisory board is planned for local rent control administration and that the rent adjustment policy has been generalized to help landlords with increased costs.
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Hagerstown
South Korean First Division Enters Pyongyang in Drive
South Korea's First Division reportedly breached Pyongyang airfield and crossed the Taegong River into the Red capital, capping an eight day, 90 mile push to reach the city ahead of American forces. Allied columns pressed a Red defense line around Pyongyang as the war neared a potential end.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Pusan
South Korea
Republic of Korea
ROK
Taegong River
Pusan Radio
United Nations
ROKS
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Manila
Pnce
oldiPassa
Taeru
Southeast Korea
South
Allies Massing For Final Blow In Korea War
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy said in Tokyo that if Red Koreans could see the power the Allies are mustering they would surrender without delay. He cited meetings with Maj Gen Field Matrix and other top officers after a 2000 mile flight. Carrier planes joined in air attacks on North Korean targets.
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Tokyo
Far East
C. Turner Joy
Korea
Joy
Field Matrix
First Marine Air Wing
Wonsan
Arthur D. Struble
Seventh Fleet
U.S.S. Missouri
A. FE. Smith
United Nations
U.S.S. Collett
MacArthur
North Korea
Moscow Accuses Tourists of Spying in Sweden
Washington reports a Moscow propaganda charge claiming American tourists swarm Sweden to spy on military formations. A Stockholm dispatch cites a guide with 890 so called menace phrases in English and Swedish. The Defense Department recalls a 1943 booklet for overseas troops as context.
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Washington
Moscow
Sweden
LOS
Stockholm
Literary Gazette of
Asx
Defense Department
Literary Gazette
Moscow Radio
Police curb unclaimed bikes at city hall
City police urge youths with stolen or missing bicycles to visit City Hall fourth floor to claim unclaimed bikes. More than a dozen bikes remain, awaiting owners who can identify them.
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City Hall
Prisoner Escapes From Penal Farm
Police seek Jack Little age 16 of Baltimore after he escaped from the State Reformatory for Males yesterday afternoon during a work detail around 4 oclock.
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Jack Little
State Reformatory
Little
Baltimore
Hunting North Korean Reds Like Rabbits Named In Hagerstown Letter
Pvt. Carroll Pompeu from Hagerstown compares pursuing North Korean forces to rabbit hunting. He writes from Korea about dive bombers, shelling, and night marching with his unit to assist the 3rd Platoon where his fellow soldier Kline Blevins serves. He predicts an imminent end to the Korea fighting.
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Hagerstown
Kiine
Pvt
Carroll Pompeu
W. S. Blevins
Park Place
Blevins
Kline
Korea
Carroll
County Man Sentenced 2 1 2 Years on Federal Hog Theft Charge
Charles E. Shafer Jr 27 of Sharpburg Pike yesterday received two and a half years in a federal prison at Lewistown Pennsylvania after entering a guilty plea in Harrisonburg Virginia to transporting stolen hogs across state lines. He was accused of moving hogs stolen in Winchester Virginia to Hagerstown earlier this year.
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Charles E. Shafer, Jr
Sharpsburg Pike
Lewistown
Shafer
Harrisonburg
Winjebrseen
Hagerstown
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