Northern Hagerstown to form own fire company
Residents at Hagerstown High School discussed forming a North End fire company. John E. Corderman to appoint a committee to meet the Mayor and Council for support, with a second mass meeting to follow. Fire Chief Max Hoover noted the need and expansion in the area, including schools in the North End.
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North End
Mostings
Hagerstown
John E. Corderman
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
T'S
Buddy
Corderman
Woodland Way Junior. High
Fountaindale
Pioneer
Fountain Head Heights
Fairgreen Acres
Hoover
Wage Increases Offered To Chesapeake and Potomac Employees
Baltimore October 21 The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore offered wage increases to two unions representing about 6 700 employees ranging from 1 to 6 dollars. A union spokesman said many would get closer to the 1 dollar raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
W. G. Morrel
Howard D. Jones
Maryland Federation of Telephone Workers
Morrel
Violence Rises as French Coal Strike Enters Third Week
Communist leaders pull maintenance crews from pits as 10,000 troops guard mines. Eight to nine mines flooded, 18,000 miners out of work, and daily coal output dropping by at least 500 tons. Arrests follow clashes with troops and police at Carmaux and other towns in Tarn.
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Lacoste
France
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Tarn
Toulouse
Carmaux
Chest Machinery Advances in City Chest Drive
The Alsatia Club leads a busy push for the Chest campaign with diverse meetings scheduled. Tonight at 7:30 the commercial public utilities educational federal state and city employees division chaired by John M Miller meets at Hotel Alexander Chalet Room. Tomorrow at noon the Washington County Ministerial Association gathers at Hotel Alexander to discuss their role in the drive. At 6:15 pm division leaders and captains in city and county divisions meet at Franklin Court auditorium. Next week remains packed with Chest activity leading up to November 9, the campaign’s end.
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Alsatia Club
John M. Miller
Alexander
Washington County Ministerial Association
Tomrrow
Franklin Court Auditorium
Hood College inaugurates Dr. Trexal New Hood as president
Frederick Maryland October 21 Dr Andrew Gehr Trexal author minister and teacher was inaugurated today as Hood College president he succeeds Dr Henry Irvin Starr who retired last July The ceremony in Hobson open air theater was attended by hundreds Dr Trexal a 4 year old Pennsylvanian previously held a full sociology professorship at Dartmouth University His inaugural address urged action today over daydreams and procrastination noting the value of preparation and consistent effort with two honorary degrees in hand he arrived from Dartmouth to lead Hood College
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Truxal
Hood
Dartmouth University
Prospects Fade For All Berlin City Election
The article notes continued Russian control of traffic and inspections in the Soviet sector, with plans for the city elections approved by western sector governors. A postponement occurred after banning election announcements and the Berlin city council rescinded voting for December 5.
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Berlin
Man Missing In Mercersburg Area
Emmert Eichelberger, about 60, has been missing since October 11. A posse, led by state and county police, searches the mountains near The Corner southwest of Mercersburg. He vanished after leaving a brother Frank’s near Claylick for another brother John’s near Kasiesville.
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Mercersburg
Emmert Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Frank
Claylick
John
Kasiesville
Big Five Seek Peaceful Berlin Settlement Drafted
The Big Five favor a peaceful resolution to the Berlin crisis with a neutral formula likely to succeed. The draft calls for no moves toward war, Russia to lift the blockade, four powers to activate the Moscow pact for four power control, and raising the blockade within 48 hours after approval. The proposal aims for a Security Council discussion tomorrow and a Foreign Ministers Council meeting soon after.
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Berlin
Security Council
Russia
Moscow
Foreign Ministers Council
Nicodemus Bank Guests Tour Pangborn Plant
Nicodemus Bank personnel and Pangborn Corporation officials toured the Pangborn plant yesterday. They viewed manufacturing departments with various machines under construction and observed molten metal pours, pattern and core making, and mold processes. The visit continued through engineering, sales, and office areas with interest in mechanical tabulating machines in cost and payroll.
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Thomas W. Pangborn
Pangborn Corporation
Nicodemus Bank
Pangborn
Havana Police Ban Street Gatherings After Fatal Disorder
Havana authorities outlaw street gatherings following deadly violence and injuries from clashes over a fare rise. One person died and twelve were hurt in yesterday’s disturbances as protests erupted over bus fare increases in the Cuban capital.
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Havana
Cuba
Brother Missing Causes Family Mixed Emmett Search
In the report, the siblings say their brother Emmett is missing and each believes he is with the other. The family confronts confusion as authorities continue a cautious search.
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Emmett
Nine Americans Die in Plane Crash Disaster
The crash killed nine Americans among 40 aboard with 30 passengers and 16 crew. Names include Mary Badir, Henry Femmie, Frederick Rohrs, William Gale, Rupert Wedermeyer, Emma Wedermeyer, James Rampas, John Reichel, and Matilda Rohrs. Many victims burned. witnesses described flames and desperate rescues as the craft plunged into a pasture.
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Lockheed Corp
Mary Badir
New York City
Henry Femmie
St. Albans
N. Y
Frederick Ludwig Rohrs
Lockheed
Rohrs
William Francis Gale
Rupert Wedermeyer
San Francisco
Emma Wedermeyer
San Francis
James Rampas
Cicero
John Reichel
Washington
Kilmarnock Royal Infirmary
Matilda Rohrs
New Jersey
John Adams
William Burton
Tarbalton
Plane crash over village claims deaths and blackout
The Lockheed Constellation Nijmegen crashed near a village after overshooting Prestwick in mist. Pilot Keena D. Parmenteer, a top Dutch flier for KLM, is feared dead as the aircraft struck high tension wires and disrupted telephone lines. Investigators travel from Amsterdam. The disaster ranks among Britain's worst civil aviation losses, with 39 killed in a July York collision over London.
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London
Lockheed Corporation
Constellation
Prestwick
Vilages
Nijmegen
Keena D. Parmentier
Family Survivors Die In Accident
An aged couple from Quincy Pennsylvania died in a head on collision with a tank truck. Mrs Hattie C Gorsuch 68 was killed instantly and her husband Jesse Thomas Gorsuch 67 died at Waynesboro Hospital from injuries.
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Sunshine Trail
Quincy
Hattie C. Gorsuch
Jesse Thomas Gorsuch
Waynesboro Hospital
Dewey Declares No Further Isolation for America
New York with Governor Thomas E. Dewey stating on October 21 that the United States has learned there can be no isolation for America. He emphasizes a shift in policy to global engagement amid ongoing foreign affairs.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
America
Peddicord Announces Write-In Campaign for Third District
Baltimore on October 21 Stephen B. Peddicord Maryland's colorful political figure announces plans to wage a write-in campaign for the Third Congressional District seat. He urges supporters to cast write-in votes in the upcoming race.
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Baltimore
Stephen B. Peddicord
Maryland
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