New Soviet Peace Plan Outlined At U.N. Meet
Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet foreign minister, is expected to present a new peace plan at the United Nations Political Committee. The proposal revisits a Big Five peace pact and arms cuts, adds a section labeling the first nation to drop an atomic bomb a war criminal, and aims to sway world opinion as Truman speaks to the General Assembly on United Nations Day.
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Lake Success
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
U. N
Stockholm
Russia
U. N. Assembly
Vishinsky
U. S
U.N
General Assembly
Truman
America
Huge Gas Truck Wreck In Frederick Area
A large tank truck overturned about a mile east of New Market near Frederick spreading five thousand gallons of gasoline over a field. Driver Robert T. Lawrence of Baltimore said he was blinded by a headlight and swerved onto the soft shoulder. the cab hit a utility pole and the tank overturned. Lawrence sustained only minor injuries. The incident was the most serious among sixteen Frederick area accidents over the weekend.
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New Market
Frederick
Robert T. Lawrence
Baltimore
Lawrence
Lawrence Wat
Snow Fences Erected Across Washington County
Sixth District workers of the State Roads Commission began installing 25 miles of snow fences in Washington County a week ago. Ralph Thayer, resident engineer, notes fences are usually up by November 15, though recent years saw little snow before January. Cinders to prevent ice on Medways placed at strategic spots along state highways.
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State Roads Commission
Washington County
Ralph Thayer
East End seeks a new school for elementary and junior high
Residents of the East End of Hagerstown petition for a combined elementary and junior high to serve growing families. Three petitions circulate, with hundreds already signing. organizers urge Board of County Commissioners and Board of Education to discuss plans after the November 7 election. The East End lacks any school east of North Mulberry Street despite rapid population growth and new housing along Cave Town Pike.
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East End
Road of Education
Hagerstown
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Wayside
Woodland Way
Cavetown Pike
North Mulberry Street
Three Rescued After 12-Hour Bat Filled Cave Stay
In Harlansburg Pennsylvania on October 23, three youths Herbert Harkless 12 Eddie McClelland 16 and Ernest Mallinak 26 with a cocker spaniel were rescued after 12 hours in a newly found cave. They entered to view formations, lost their carbide lights and survived in a large chamber until five rescue teams guided them out. The townspeople plus 1 500 residents aided and the Harkless boy planned to return to school with a note from his mother.
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Harlansburg
Herbert Harkless
Eddie McClelland
Ernest Mallinak
Andy
Young McClelland
Pennsylvania
Harkless
McClelland
Mallinak
Herbie Harkless
Supreme Court To Review Convictions Of 11 Communists
The Supreme Court agreed to review the New York conspiracy conviction of top Communist leaders. Arguments are set for December 4, focusing on the 1940 Smith Act which makes advocacy of government overthrow by force a crime.
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Supreme Court
Washington
New York
Reds
Three Accident Tips Split Top Prizes In Weekly Tip Contest
Last week Daily Mail awarded top prizes to three tipsters who each received cash for accident and other news tips. Winners include residents from Sharpsburg Pike and North Mulberry Street plus a Washington Avenue housewife, each earning two dollars for timely phone tips.
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Daily Mail
Sharpsburg Pike
North Mulberry Street
Washington Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Williamsport
Vaughn Monroe Orchestra
West Wilson Boulevard
Lexington Avenue
Japan
East Lee Street
South Potomac and
Lee Streets
Rohrersville
Potomac
Highfield
The
Democrats Rally Through Frederick County Campaign Tour
Democrats led by Governor Lane U S Senator Tydings and Major General Russell P Hartle planned a countywide rally at the Frederick Armory this evening. Hartle joined the caravan in Emmitsburg and will make short talks in several towns as he continues platform appearances through Frederick and Montgomery counties before the election.
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Lane
U. S
Tydings
Russell P. Hartle
Congress
Frederick County
Frederick Armory
General Hartle
Emmitsburg
Tidings
Hartle
Allegany County
Cong
Beall
Heall
Frederick
Montgomery
County Rallies Start Thursday in Fairplay series
Democratic county candidates will begin a series of rallies in the county, starting in Fairplay on Thursday evening, October 26, announced by Democratic Central Committee Chairman C William Hetzer. Myron L Bloom, candidate for the General Assembly, is arranging the Fairplay meeting and each rally features a different principal speaker.
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Fairplay
C. William Hetzer
Democratic Central Committee
Myron L. Bloom
General Assembly
Sharpsburg
Smithshurz
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Clear Spring
Funkstown
Arrest 121 Traffic Law Violators Here During September
The Traffic Collision Statistical Bureau of the Maryland State Police reports 121 arrests in Washington County in September for motor vehicle violations. There were 112 warnings and 112 convictions last month. Six pedestrians were injured, five in Hagerstown. The most collisions occurred on Saturdays with 280 in Maryland last month, Fridays with 189 second, Sundays third.
Old Glory Upside Down After Rainy Morning
It was still dark when the Post Office janitor raised the flag as rain-soaked linen clung to the pole. A passerby noticed the flag hung upside down only near noon when a light breeze lifted a corner.
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Post Office
Old Glory
Rent Board Member Attends Regional Parley in Philadelphia
O W Michael member of the Hagerstown Rent Control Advisory Board returned from a regional rent conference in Philadelphia presided by Tighe Woods Housing Expeditor. Michael represented Paul Hogan vice chairman stating Woods aims to reassure Congress support for home rule in federal rent control and urges advisory volunteers to review tenant and landlord cases for fair handling while local surveys assess housing need.
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O. WH
Michael
A. F. of
Hagerstown Rent Control Advisory Board
Philadelphia
Tighe E. Woods
Paul Hogan
Hagerstown Board
Woods
Loreal Rent Control Administration
Hagerstown
Rent Office
Cooler Weather Moves Eastward
A weather summary reports Washington County received last night three-quarters of an inch of rain while Wisconsin saw three inches of snow. Temperatures ranged from 75 daytime to 55 at night with showers. Snow covered Land O Lakes Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, North Platte Nebraska, and Goodland Kansas. Duluth Minnesota dipped to 30 degrees. Forecast calls for cloudy, cooler conditions with possible rain and highs in the 63 to 68 range and lows 45 to 50 for today.
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Washington County
Wisconsin
Keedysville
Travis Knode
Land O'Lakes
Sault Ste. Ma-rie
Mich
North Platte
Neb
Goodland
Kansas
Duluth
Minn
Plains
New England
Weather Bureau
Army Wolfhound Regiment Raises Funds For Osaka Orphanage
The 27th Infantry Wolfhound regiment in Korea collected 2750 to aid Holy Family Orphanage in Osaka for September. Spt Marvin Isanogle of Hagerstown, son of Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle, helped medics solicit funds as the unit fought on the Korran front. The Stars and Stripes notes the regimental effort continued despite heavy combat, continuing a tradition of supporting Japanese orphans through monthly gifts and Christmas aid.
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27Th Infantry “Wolfhound
Korea
Spt
Marvin Isanogle
Hagerstown
Leister Isanogle
Stars and Stripes
Holy Family
Osaka
Thieves Take $85.75 But Leave $24.00 At DoNet Shop
City detectives probe a weekend break in at DoNet Shop on Summit Avenue. Intruders took $85.75 in cash and left $5 and $19 notes in the register after gaining entry by removing a small rear door pane. No fingerprints were found.
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Summit Avenue
Cider Making Time Here Causes Chewsville Thefts
Cider making season has begun with theft complaints from Chewsville as sheriff reports about 20 gallons of juice stolen over the week by boys from the cider press operation.
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Chewsville
Hos
Reds Flee North as South Korean Forces Close On Border
South Korean troops pushed within 50 miles of the Manchurian border as Red Korean forces retreat toward Kanggye. Kim Il Sung’s guerrilla leadership and mass prisoner actions marked a brutal last stand with POW massacres reported and 68 Americans machinegunned 40 miles north of Pyongyang.
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Seoul
Korea
Kanggye
Kim Il Sung
New Korea
Yalu
Red China
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Missing atom expert Pontecorvo tracked to Russia
Rome and Canberra dispatches report Bruno Pontecorvo sailed September 2 from Finland to Leningrad aboard a Russian ship. Italian born scientist once at Harwell disappeared after July 25 vacation, with Oliphant saying Pontecorvo was among Harwell’s brightest and had no motives for leaving Britain.
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Rome
Britain
Bruno Pontecorvo
Finland
Leningrad
Stockholm
Il Tempo
Henrico Altavilla
Helsinki
Pontecorvo
British Atomic Research Plant
Harwell
England
Russia
Canberra
Australia
Marcus Oliphant
British Atomic Research Stat
Oliphant
Little Hope For 25 On Freighter
St John s Newfoundland October 23 Little hope was held today for 25 persons believed aboard the former Canadian freighter North Voyageur feared to have gone down 60 miles off Argentia. The Marconi radio said all ships had abandoned search after the distress call. Four vessels and a U S plane from Argentia scoured the area but sighting no trace. It was not known if any escaped in lifeboats. the fate of those aboard remains unknown. The freighter formerly ran for Clarke Steamship Co Montreal and was later sold to Greek owners under Honduran registry.
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St. John's
Nfld
North Voyageur
Argentia
Marconi
United States
Clarke Steamship Co
Montreal
Bonicas Brothers
Local Boy in Kansas Misses Daily Mail
A Dodge City call reveals how vital the Daily Mail is to Hagerstown residents. Freddie Brimmer, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brimmer of 524 West Howard Street, works on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad and for ten days has gone without his hometown paper. He traced the issue to a post office bottleneck and asked the paper to tracer his missing delivery, hoping to hear news of Hagerstown, Martinsburg, and his classmates.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Daily Mail
Hagerstown - Martisburg
Arad
Here
Hancock Man 43 Held In Shooting Case
State Troopers from Hagerstown Frederick and Cumberland with sheriff's officers rushed to Hancock last night after a shooting incident in which a man reportedly barricaded himself in a shack. Earl Hull 43 Hancock Rt 3 was held on a charge of assault on his nephew Lester Yonker 28 of the same area. A trooper Lauren Ridge was killed earlier on Northern Avenue. The shooting suspect was arrested peacefully in a Hagerstown club a few hours later.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
Cumberland
Hancock
Earl Hull
Hancock Rt. 3
Lester Yonker
Lauren Ridge
Northern Avenue
Atate
Hollow Road
Pearl
Hull
Yonker
Traffic and Parking Plan to Be Revealed to Chamber
Long range recommendations to ease traffic and increase parking in Hagerstown will be presented this afternoon by the Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee to the Chamber board. Details await board approval. The panel, led by A. F. MacDonald, has spent a year shaping a program for more parking space through traffic flow and clearer signal markings.
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Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board
A. F. MacDonald
Robert G Irving In Korea Attack
Robert G Irving an electrician’s mate third class in the U S Navy was part of a destroyer hitting force during an amphibious landing against Communist forces on Korea’s west coast. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J M Sheeley of St James and attended Williamsport High School before enlisting.
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Robert G. Irving
USN
J. M. Sheeley
St. James
Korea
U. S. Navy
Daily Mail
Navy
Robert
Williamsport High School
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Wonsan
Army
Korran Front
Yalu River
Little Hope
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