Taft E at Less Proposal Faces Congressional Hearing
Taft's call to curb meat, dairy, and produce trade faces scrutiny as a joint congressional subcommittee prepares hearings on food prices in Providence. Sabath releases his letter amid concerns over the fertilizer trust and market manipulation. officials cite production costs and export demands as drivers of price pressures with wholesale commodity indices reaching new highs.
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House
Board of Trade
Sabath
Washington
Providence
R. C
Woolman
Grain and Feod Dealers National Association
St. Louis
Department of Agriculture
United States
Associated Press
Feud and agricultural indexes surge on September 11
Fragmentary report notes a feud tied to livestock and an agricultural component index rising to a peak on September 11. Details are sparse, with key entities partially cut off and no clear events or actors fully identified.
Man Says He Will Kill To Prove He's No Sissy
In a Newark case a eighth grade boy Smigelski from Our Lady of Chenstohowa Parochial School admits to luring Jackie Preston from Kearny to a warehouse After a confrontation Smigelski strangled him with a belt cut his chest and wrist with glass and returned home He later told police he planned the slaying to prove he was not a sissy due to chores and family tensions.
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Smigeiski
FBI
New Jersey
K. McKee
Preston
James Dlanna
Kearny
Smigelski
Our Lady of Chenstohowa
Harrison
Hanna
Newark
Jackie
U N Secretary General Sees Colonial Powers at Risk to Peace
In Baltimore Trygve Lie argues that former colonial nations may threaten world peace more than major powers. He says big powers are closer now than in the twenties and liberation movements could trigger conflicts if not checked by a global public judgment.
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U. N
Baltimore
Trygve Lie
Lie
Boy Survives 17 Hours Trapped in Chimney
Six year old Henry Bishop Jr. fell fifteen feet from a roof into an unused chimney during a weekend in New York. After 17 hours wedged inside he yelled for help until a neighbor alerted police who cut through a wall to free him. He told rescuers he was not hurt just hungry.
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New York
Henry Bishop, Jr
Henry
Treaties To End War Will Create Peace Across Europe
Ambitious postwar deals promise Greece gains in Dodecanese and Alpine regions while shifting coal and reparations to Yugoslavia, Russia, and Albania. Nations like Bulgaria Finland Hungary Romania and Romania face territorial losses and military limits as the United Nations weighs final terms.
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Dodecanese Islands
Yugoslavia
Istrian
Libya
Somaliland
Britain
France
United States
United Nations Assembly
Greece
Alpine
Russia
Ethiopia
Albania
Tin
Bari
Haly
James ¢. Dunn
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pietro Badoglio
Nunn
Bulgaria
Finland
Petsamo
Perkkala-Udd
Hungary
Transylvania
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Bessarabia
Squirrels Hunting Rules and Season Information
The article notes a squirrel food shortage prompting migration. Daily bag limit is six with hunting from sunup to sunset. the season runs until September 30. A general season opens November 14 for rabbits, grouse, quail, and wild turkey, with specified limits for each: rabbits four per day, turkey one per season, pheasants two per day and six per season, ruffed grouse same six per season, quail six per day. Hunters must display licenses and avoid posted or private lands as warned by game wardens.
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Turkey
Igame
President Truman Watches Battleship Guns In Action
President Truman boards the Missouri to observe 11 inch gun firing during a target practice. Captain Dennison orders 12 rounds in five salvos from turret one while Dyess conducts spot trials 15,000 yards away. Planes to relay spotting fire and a World War I veteran battery commander aids the exercise aboard the Missouri.
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U.S.8
Missouri
President Truman
Truman
Robert L. Dennison
Dyess
Dennison
129Th Field Artillery
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Dutch Guiana
State Rent Chief To Confer Here
Walter R. Heath Maryland Rent Director will visit Hagerstown this week to organize a rent control advisory board and discuss appointments with listed members. four men declined serving and said they had not been notified of their appointments before publication. Veterans Administration ruled today on World War II veterans who waive disability payments.
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Walter R. Heath
Maryland
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Heath
Washington
Veterans Administration
Short Skirts Still Favored In Paris
Paris observers report that knee length skirts dominate a city street scene in a knee-checker test. Short skirts tally 50, followed by 29 medium and 12 long, indicating Parisians favor knee exposure over longer styles.
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Paris
Associated Press
Veterans may reapply for benefits at any time
The agency ruled that veterans may reapply for benefits at any time and that reapplication does not forfeit rights to other benefits provided by law for veterans and their dependents.
Why Why Cries Grieved Mother At Police Station
A mother begs why as police reveal her son has been killed and kidnapped in a scene near a police station. John Preston, distraught and grieving, follows his son’s battered body to the mortuary, supported by a comforting young woman.
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John Preston
John
Eleven Mishaps Over Weekend
Over the weekend multiple injuries were reported. Mrs Mary Shank of 315 South Cannon Avenue twisted her foot and was hospitalized with a strapped ankle. Robert Borst of 605 North Mulverry Street cut his arm on glass. Paulette Bucy of 2 Maugansville Road swallowed a pencil top and was treated in ER then dismissed. Margaret Haines of Chewsville cut her right foot and had sutures before discharge. The Mississippi River basin is described as the greatest fertile plain on earth.
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Mary Shank
Cannon Avenue
Robert Borst
Mulverry Street
Paulette C. Bucy
Maugansville Road
Margaret L. Haines
Chewsville
Road Relocation Near Waynesboro Advances With Rock Clearing
Engineers report progress on the Hagers town Waynesboro highway relocation near the J. F. Neibert farm Antietam dunction. Dynamite blasts remove rock in the 18 fast cut as ballast and concrete work progress east of Waynesboro.
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Hagerstown
Waynesboro
J. F. Neibert
Antietam
Wayneboro
Fahnestock’s
Wayne Heights
Franta’s Hill
Little Antietam
Fahnestock's
East Main Street
Neibert
Westminster To Stage Big Parade
The Retail Merchants Association of Westminster announces prizes for the Westminster Days parade to be held Thursday night September 25 and events on September 26. Prizes include 54 dollars for best band and 56 dollars for best drum corps with additional awards forthcoming.
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Retail Merchants, Association of Westminster
Westminster
Distances and Prizes at Local Showdown Meet
The event lists prizes for best appearance and longest distance. Visiting organizations compete for top honors with monetary awards of 25 dollars for best appearance and longest distance, 15 dollars for second place and ladies’ auxiliary categories.
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Jonathan St
Acousticon of
Roy
Lescalleet
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I. Tp
Rulekraft Kramic Awning Co
S. Potomac St. Hagerstown, Md
Sissy
U.S
Becaue
Jayne
The
Beaver
Pratt At
Baltimore, Md
Si Rosenthal
Boston Red Sox
Kiled
Fenway Park
Boston
Cleveland
Red Sox
Venetian Blind Mfg. CO
N. Potomac St
Milly
Neue Coth
Nehl Bottling CO
Frederick ST
Martin Feed & Implements
Penna. Ave
America’s Finest
ALL CO
Market House
FORD
Genuine Ford Parts
E. Sharrett Motors
Hypswere
Pata
D. Earl Neikirk
Mgr
N. Jonathan Ph
Thomas Bldg
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