London Robbers Loot Homes For 20000 In Gems And Furs
London reports a wave of robberies netting about 20000 in valuables over the weekend. Adelaide Hall lost an ermine coat and cape, a silver fox fur and 12000 in jewelry. David Lowe, a British customs official, missed 3000 in jewels. Diamonds valued at 3200 were found intact at the Royal Palace of St James, traced to Lady Legh. Police note the gang appears domestic. no deserters link.
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London
Adelaide Hall
David Lowe
Royal Palace of St. James
Lady Legh
St. Piers Legh
London Evening Standard
Scotland Yard
Sunday Dispatch
West End May Get Ice Rink
Councilman Jack Hellane notes Reservoir Park could host year round ice skating and hockey for West End youths, mirroring City and Pangborn Park. He observed hundreds of youngsters playing there and proposed a winter ice facility for the area.
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West End
Reservoir Park
Jack Hellane
Municipal Stadium
Owls
City
Pangborn Park
Tip Prize Donated To Little Girl Of Eye Operation
Mrs Frances Wyant asks that any reward go to Mamie Morningstar of Foundry Street who via neighbors contributions received a delicate eye operation. A West End youth who collected the funds to aid her is praised. First prize is shared with a Hancock resident who called in a tip about a Berkeley Springs physician’s fatal accident. Second prize split on state reformatories fugitives at Funkstown hill tourist home and a Funkstown bridge crash. Third prize tied to a Waynesboro bus accident and testing radio control of trains by Western Maryland Railroad. Tips accepted each weekday 7:30 am to 2 pm at the Daily Mail.
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Frances Wyant
Daily Mail
Mamie Morningstar
Foundry Street
Hancock
Berkeley Springs
Funkstown Hill
Funkstown Bridge
Waynesboro
Maryand
Ten In Custody In Bomb Blast At Esslingen Office
The American military government reports ten people were taken into custody for questioning after a bomb exploded on a windowsill of the denazification board office in Esslingen. No one was hurt. Authorities suspect the attack is by the same group linked to earlier Stuttgart explosions.
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Frankfurt
Denazification Board
Esslingen
Stuttgart
Nicholas Semeschow
Greensboro
N. C
Gasoline fumes fatal to youth in Baltimore repair garage
Charles A. Diffendall Jr., five, was found unconscious and died after hanging over a gasoline container in a home repair garage. He was rushed to City Hospital where doctors ruled death by suffocation. The boy's father used the container to clear engine parts.
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Baltimore
Charles A. Diffendall, Jr
City Hospital
Traffic Gains in Maryland Roads Reported in September
Traffic on Maryland roads rose 3.5 percent over pre war levels last September, the State Roads Commission said, marking the first gain since March though 1946 remains 6.81 percent below the first nine months of 1941. Increases continued on the Chesapeake Ferry system and Potomac River bridges.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Chesapeake
Potomac River
Communists Lead In Bulgaria Election Returns
In Sofia and across Bulgaria the Fatherland Front led by the Workers party claimed a crushing victory. Early results from 99 districts show 296 seats for the Front and 8? for the United Opposition with the Front poised for a working majority in a 465 seat Assembly. The Workers party registered about 141,942 votes with Sofia returns showing 277-323 for the Front against 95,535 for opposition. Turnout reached roughly 60 percent in Pleven and 75 percent in Varna.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Fatherland Front
Worker's Party (Communists
United Opposition
Communists
Workers
Sofia Radio
CBS
New York
Communist
Pleven
Varna
Colored Youth Warned After Disorderly Conduct at Stadium
A 11-year-old colored youth received a 60 day suspended sentence in Washington County Jail after being convicted of disorderly conduct at Municipal Stadium. Magistrate M W Bostetter warned that continuing such acts could lead to serious sex crimes. Police arrested him after three girls reported he was under bleachers grabbing legs and exposing himself. he was placed on two years parole.
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Washington County
Municipal Stadium
M. W. B. Bostetter
A. C. Palmer
H. B. Whittington
Bostetter
Thieves Break In Store On Public Square
A thief or thieves broke into Stanley's Dress Shop at 15 Public Square early today and attempted to jimmy the cash register but disturbed nothing else. Patrolman John Draper investigated and said the break in occurred at the rear as reported by a store employee.
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Stanley
Public Square
John Draper
Alsatia Mummers Parade Lineup For Thursday Night
Thousands expected for the 1946 Alsatia Mummers Parade with divisions marching in formation. The parade leads with a motorcycle police escort Mayor Council Alsatia Banner Municipal Band and Alsatia Queen on West Washington. Children’s Division forms on North Prospect east side led by Sons of American Legion Shippensburg with Dundalk Fife and Drum Corps also active. Comic form on Library alley led by Quincy Orphanage Band and St James Drum Corps. Scholastic-Form on West North Prospect led by Hagerstown High School Band with Sons of Veterans Drum Corps Baltimore and American Legion Hagerstown. Adults Elaborate-Form on West Washington led by Francis Scott Key Drum Corps Frederick Civic Band Hagerstown and Veterans of Foreign Wars Chambersburg. Comic-Form on North Walnut Street led by Volunteer Firemen’s Band Williamsport with Blue Helmet Drum Corps Baltimore. Continued on Page 2.
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Alsatia Queen
Alsatia Club
West Washington Street
North Prospect
Washington Street
Sons of American Legion of
Shippensburg
Dundalk Fife and Drum Corps
Dundalk
Marshall Howard Stottlenger
Library Alley
Quincy
St. James Drum Corps of
Baltimore
Marshall Lewis Harrison
Hagerstown
Sons of Veterans Drum Corps of
American Legion of
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Chambersburg
Marshall Earl Stoner
North Walnut
Williamsport
Marshall
Boys Puncture 7 Auto Tires Near Church of God
Police hunt three juvenile hoodlums suspected of slashing seven parked cars on Rose Hill Avenue near the Church of God. Victims include Rev G A Horn Smithsburg E C Gaynor 27 South Potomac Leon Harbaugh 925 Maryland Avenue L E Gilbert Hagerstown Rt 1 Earl Harbaugh George Renn 504 Ridge Avenue. Some tires show up to five puncture marks and church windows were tapped during services.
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Rose Hill
Avenue
Church of God
G. A. Horn
Smithsburg
E. C. Gaynor
South Potomac Street
Leon Harbaugh
Maryland Avenue
L. E. Gilbert
Hagerstown
Masters Prepare To Board Ships as Pickets Withdraw
New York Oct 28 Captain A E Oliver co chair of the Negotiating Committee of the Masters Mates and Pilots Association AFL said this morning that union pickets would be withdrawn at noon from New York City piers where they have patrolled since the maritime strike began Oct 1 Masters of ships were being cleared to return aboard immediately followed by signed voyage men and then by the general membership
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New York
A. E. Oliver
Masters, Mates and Pilots Association
AFL
New York City
Oliver
Family Finds Silver Lining As Garage Home
Denver couple William and Mrs. West, long plagued by housing woes, find a temporary home for their five children in a donated garage. After failed moves to Missouri, a baby’s death and a legal threat to place their kids for adoption, neighbors step in with aid to keep the family together.
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Denver
William B. West
West
Missouri
Springfield
Kansas City
Funkstown Home Damaged By Fire
Fire in Funkstown damaged a two story frame dwelling owned by William Minnich on West Side Avenue. An oil stove in the kitchen exploded while Mrs. Minnich was shopping nearby. Firefighters confined the blaze to the kitchen but smoke and water caused extensive damage to the rest of the home.
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William Minnich
West Side Avenue
Funkstown
Man claims suicide to scare wife. faces disorderly conduct
John Smith, 34, of 400 block Freemont Street, appeared in court after police found him in his cellar with a shotgun and a spent shell nearby. He said an argument over their daughter led him to stage a suicide attempt, admitting he had been drinking. Magistrate Bostetter warned him against repeating the act.
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John Smith
Freemont Street
Lucille
Edward Kuhlman
Smith
M. V. B. Bostetter
Bostetler
High Court Declines Georgia Voters Case Review
Washington Oct 28 The Supreme Court refused to disturb a three judge Atlanta district court ruling upholding Georgia's county unit voting system. Eugene Talmadge won the Democratic nomination for governor while James Carmichael carried the popular vote. Gov Ellie Arnall backed Carmichael. Justices Black and Murphy favored hearing the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Carmichael
Ellie Arnall
U. S. District Court
Atlanta
Th High Tribunal
Black
Murphy
Truman Repeats Firm Stand On Homeless Jews
President Truman reiterates support for immediate immigration of at least 100,000 homeless Jews to Palestine. He rejects Ibn Saud’s claim of U.S. inconsistency and opposes violence or terrorism in political aims, stating Jewish leaders do not plan aggression against Arab states.
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Truman
Washington
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
School Board Finishes Bus Route Analysis in County
The Board of Education reports near completion of a detailed analysis of county school bus routes. Adjustments to ease overcrowding will be made quickly, though fluctuations from families moving have slowed action. Today the Leitersburg bus is being adjusted with Reid Paramount and Hagerstown routes to transfer pupils and reduce congestion.
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Board of Education
Leitersburg
Reid and
Paramount
Hagerstown
Death Toll Rises From Italian Storm Bursts
Rome Oct 28 Italian press dispatches report forty persons killed in weekend cloud bursts across Sardinia and Tuscany. Houses collapsed as the storm struck the prison island of Procida near Naples.
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Rome
Sardinia
Tuscany
Procida
Naples
Tung Star Mine Fire Destroys Big Producer
The Tung Star mine near Bishop California, a major tungsten producer in the war, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss estimated at 250000 by vice president George F Temple father of actress Shirley Temple. Fire traced to a defective water heater.
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Bishop
Calif
George F. Temple
Shirley Temple
GOP Loses City Hint in Baltimore Polls for Governor Race
Baltimore crowds eyeing next week's election show GOP alarm as city canvasses peg Lane ahead of McKeldin by about 12 to 11 thousand in a normal 200 thousand turnout. If turnout drops, Lane leads by 17,700. a heavy turnout could widen Lane's edge to 33,900.
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Baltimore
GOP
William Preston Lane
Lane
McKeldin
Mr. Lane
G.O.P
Housewives Face Dual Squeeze Over Oleo Prices in Hagerstown
Hagerstown housewives confront rising oleo costs as price ceilings fade and butter climbs. Stores report oleo jumping from 26 27 to 43 cents per pound, with retailers earning about 5 cents margin. Packaged oleo seepe bene bypassed by shoppers shifting to higher priced butter.
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Oleo Price Sears
Hagerstown
Showdown Stage Here Is Strike To Be Prevented
Washington October 28 AP The pre election coal crisis heads to a showdown as John L Lewis and the Truman administration face a possible 400000 miners walkout on Friday. Krug and Steelman review the Krug Lewis May pact to see if the contract can reopen November 1, Lewis claims a termination clause carried over from the operators’ pact. The White House must decide to concede again or let miners quit work before the elections.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
White House
J. A. Krug
Krug
John R. Steelman
George Washington
Solicitor General’s Office
Krug-Lewis
United Mine Workers
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Memorial Forest Booklet Arrives in Hagerstown
Five thousand copies of A Memorial Forest Is Born, reprinted from American Forests, arrived in Hagerstown for distribution to World War II veterans. The article by Harry W Dengler and Dendric J Dengler chronicles the first memorial forest planted with help from 4-H, the mayor, city council, and Water Department, Water Commissioners, and the plan to present each local service member a tree.
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American Forests Magazine
Hagerstown
Washington County
Harry W
Dendric J. Dengler
Extension Forester
Maryland
Water Department
Memorial Forest
Corneil
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