Dewey Accepts More New Deal Innovations
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, en route to Los Angeles, signals greater acceptance of New Deal ideas. In San Francisco he backed unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and price controls, and urged government action to create jobs when private employment falls short. He argued for market expansion, foreign trade, and enduring wage support while preserving the American system of opportunity for workers, businessmen, and farmers.
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Los Angeles
Dewey
Thomas E.dewey
West Coast
San Francisco
Civic Auditorium
United States
Editor Lampoons Critics Of Soldiers In Wartime Mail Box
A reader condemns locals who scorn soldiers from a nearby camp for minor misdeeds like paint on a mailbox. The letter argues kindness to GIs is essential as many gave their lives for freedom. It condemns harsh judgments and urges justice through generosity toward service members.
Electrocution of City Worker At Elizabeth and Center Streets
William C. Kiser 40, a Municipal Electric Light Department line man, was electrocuted yesterday at about 4 pm when a 2400 volt line contacted his chest during repairs at a pole on Elizabeth and Center streets. He died instantly, was moved to Washington County Hospital, and survived by wife Daisy, mother Addie Miser, son Jack in the Army, daughter Flo McCan, and siblings Beulah Hill Elsie Albert and Charles. Funeral arrangements pending.
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William C. Kiser
Municipal Electric Light Department
Elizabeth
Center Streets
Kiser
Washington County Hospital
M. E. Miller
Richard Yates
Daisy A
Addie Miser
Bridgeport
Jack
United States Army
Flo McCan
Chambersburg
Beulah Hill
Mercersburg
Elsie Albert
Steubenville
Ohio
Charles
Kraiss
Wallace Says F.D.R. Is Needed For Peace Tasks
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, in a Madison Square Garden speech before about 20,000, laid out a liberal postwar blueprint predicting continued Roosevelt leadership for permanent peace and full employment. He framed the race as Roosevelt versus Dewey, citing Roosevelt’s ties with Churchill and Stalin and stressing jobs for all and fair treatment of nations big and small.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
Wallace
Thomas HE. Dewey
Churchill
Stalin
Generalissimo
Farm Maid Acquitted On Murder Charges At Mercer
Tall blonde Janice Graham former maid on Everett Wilson dairy farm was acquitted of three murder charges in the shotgun killings of two people and the strangling of a third on the farm near Mercer Pennsylvania.
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Mercer
Janice Graham
Everett Wilson
Pennsylvania
Out Of Town War Workers Complain Of Hagerstown Life
New York and other eastern city workers in Hagerstown war plants say life here is dull and friendless driving some to seek releases to return home. Officials note many cannot leave due to selective service job referrals and War Manpower rules. Lack of social acceptance and spare time drives complaints. rural workers share similar unhappiness with cramped quarters. No single remedy exists though easing manpower controls after the European war may help the issue.
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New York
Hagerstown
U. S
Army
War Manpower Commission
Florida
Death notices in Marion area list Barnes Brandenburg Adams
Obituaries report Orville O Barnes 6 proprietor Hobby Shop West Franklin died at home 14 Randolph avenue. He belonged to St Pauls Methodist Church with cousins in Ha Zerstown Harrisburg. Kraigs mortuary named. visitation Saturday 7 to 9 p m. Also Marion G Brandenburg 87 died at son Elmer G Brandenburgs 950 Mulberry avenue after years of ill health. Survived by two children Carrie L Shank and Oscar C Brandenburg, siblings Lewis William Edward, fourteen grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Gladhill Funeral Home Middle Town to conduct services Saturday 3 p m Rev Philip Saylor. burial Reformed Cemetery. Also Noah F Adams 132 West North street died Thursday night after brief illness. Body to Caldwell Funeral Home. funeral announcements pending.
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Orville O. Barnes
West Franklin Street
Randolph Avenue
St. Paul's
Marion G. Brandenburg
Elmer G. Brandenburg
Mulberry Avenue
Middletown Valley
Susannah R Brandenburg
Christ Reformed Church
Middletown
Elmer
Carrie L. Shank
This City
Oscar C
Myersville
Lewis and
Wiliam
Baltimore
Edward
Manitou, Colo
Gladhill
Philip Saylor
Reformed Cemetery
Noah F. Adams
West North Street
Caldwell Funeral Home
Angry mob storms Maryland jail over slaying dispute
Police report an angry mob of up to 2000 men gathered in Preston and Denton after a shooting that killed James Davis, 35, a Preston restau rant owner. Howard Hubbard, about 47, and his 15-year-old son Howard Jr. were named in the incident, with the elder Hubbard jailed and the son held in Baltimore. Authorities allowed a jail search but refused to turn over the Hubbards, prompting calls from neighbors in Hurlock Federalsburg Easton Harmony and Grove to join the crowds.
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Howard Hubbard
Howard, Jr
Baltimore
James Davis
Preston
Lions Club
Fire Department
Davis
Hubbard
Wright
Denton
Salisbury Sparks
Sherif Sarks
Hubbards
Sparks
Hurlock
Federalsburg
Easton
Harmony
Grove
Women Invited To Hear Casey Here Tonight
Campaign notes this evening invite women to hear Casey criticizing Governor Dewey and his wartime stance. Lane claims Dewey bases his campaign on wartime gripes while Radcliffe warns against changing national leadership during the war. Both say Maryland service members were not asked to vote for Roosevelt and accuse Democratic groups of not soliciting soldier ballots.
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Dewey
GOP
Lane
United Democratic Women’s Clubs of
Maryland
Radcliffe
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Ilinois
Round and Square Dance At W. O. W. Every Saturday Night
A weekly square and round dance at W. O. W. 128 North Potomac Street features music by the Maryland Swingsters with cakewalk and prize. George Wiles serves as figure caller.
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N. Potomac St
Maryland Swingsters
George Wiles
Adv
Kemp’s Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Handicapper's Own Pony Crosses Him Up
CHICAGO September 22 Dave Feldman turf handicapper for the Chicago Herald American and owner of a one horse stable says he apparently didn t have tight information on his entry at Hawthorne. Feldman s Random Breeze won his first race this year paying 96 40 to win 25 20 to place and 16 20 to show. He did not bet on Randy noting it was in very tough too bad.
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Chicago
Dave Feldman
Chicago Herald-American
Hawthorne Track
Feldman
Random Breeze
Randy
Black Mark
Ringworm Treatment Policy Sparks Library Access Debate
A Hagerstown dispute centers on allowing children undergoing ringworm treatment to borrow books. The author argues treating children may be safer than leaving untreated, claiming denying library access would be unjust. The policy change occurred after a mother complained her child was barred from books.
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Hagerstown
Colorful Jim Ferguson Dead
AUSTIN Texas September 22 news reports the death of Jim Ferguson 73 a colorful Texas political figure and former two term governor husband of Miriam Ferguson the state’s only woman governor He will be buried in the state cemetery Ferguson known for his Me and Ma and two governors for the price of one slogans rose from a Bell County farmer to political prominence a banker and farm leader who bridged farmer and banker rhetoric in Texas politics
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Austin
Texas
Jim Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Japs Take Wuchow Port on Siang River
A Chinese army spokesman announced Japanese forces captured Wuchow, an important Siang river port in eastern Kwangsi. Wuchow lies about 180 miles west of Canton and 170 southeast of Kweilin, near former American air bases. Advices said Japanese were within 14 miles of Wuchow overnight.
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Chungeing
Wuchow
Siang River
Kwangsi Province
Canton
Kweilin
Five Japanese Admirals Die in Action Reported
New York dispatch quotes Tokyo broadcasting five more Japanese admirals killed in action as per Yokosuka naval station. The names listed include Vice Admiral Tei Monzen and Rear Admirals Tei Seki Kan Mori Tsuneo Orita and Shin Okubo with no death circumstances disclosed.
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New York
Tokyo
United States
Yokosuka Naval Station
Tei Monzen
Tei Seki
Kan Mori
Tsuneo Orita
Shin Okubo
Self Government For Italy Discussed
President Roosevelt said at Washington that the Quebec conference with Prime Minister Churchill devoted much study to plans for gradually restoring full authority to the Italian people to handle their own rehabilitation problems.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
Churchill
Italy
Aged Resident Returns to Hospital After Fall
Miss Harriet Slifer, 81, of North Main Street Boonsboro, fractured a leg in a fall at home and is again a patient at Washington County Hospital. Last winter she spent three months in the hospital for a similar leg injury. Hugh A. Ford elected cashier of Boonshoro Bank, succeeding late John V. Alexander. Ford has 21 years with the bank. Saturday nights at Mt Lena Tavern feature Four Aces with fried chicken. Saum's advertises the highest cash price for old gold and silver.
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Harriet Slifer
North Main Street
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Slifer
Hugh A. Ford
The
Boonshoro Bank
John V. Alexander
Ford
Service Members and Veterans News From Hagerstown Area
Notices from families in Hagerstown describe soldiers abroad in England France and at home. Pfc Robert Stockslager and Cpl Earl Wolfe Jr report safety and eagerness to return. Pfc Paul Carbaugh overseas near Camp Chaffee Ark Lt Thomas Woolridge arrives as platoon leader in the 28d Cavalry Recon Sqn 16th Armored Division. Catherine Hornbarger graduates from Naval Training School Yeomen W at Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College campus.
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Robert B. Stockslager
Lester C. Stockslager
Hagerstown
Second Armored Division
France
Earl S. Wolfe
Blof Smithsburg
Cpl
Earl S. Wolfe, Jr
England
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Thomas G. Woolridge
Martha Woolridge
Highland Way
16Th Armored Division
Woolridge
Catherine E. Hornbarger
West Washington Street
Naval Training School
Yeomen-W
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Toan
United States
Sergeant Peer Killed in Action in France
War Department telegram announced Staff Sergeant Joseph C. Peer was killed in action in France on August 28 while serving with the 29th Infantry Division. He was overseas 15 months, trained in England, joined the Army in December 1942, and attended St Marys High and Columbia Business College. Survived by his mother Mrs. Allen G. Peer and four siblings.
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War Department
Allen G. Peer
Washington Avenue
Joseph C. Peer
France
Peer
England
Army
Sergeant Peer
St. Mary’s High
Western Maryland Railway Co
Columbia Business College
Navy
Monogrammed Waffle Invention and Odd Modern Patents
A conglomeration of quirky early 20th century patents includes a Nebraskan beehive mover and a Californian migratory stabilizer for bees. Frederick W. Coffing of Danville Illinois touts a portable collapsible bed cover frame, Seth S. Baker of Ottumwa Iowa offers a wax removal device for poultry, Kiara Halmos of New York patents a adjustable ladies hat, and Brooklyn inventors market a non smudge plastic protector for a woman’s lips.
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Frederick W. Coffing
Danville
Seth S. Baker
Ottumwa
Ions
Kiara Halmos
New York City
Brooklyn
Milady
Former Bulgarian premiers arrested by Red Army
Moscow radio reported the arrest in Bulgaria of former premiers Bogdan Philovy and Dabri Bosilov, the former regent Prince Cyril, and the German ambassador to Sofia, as Red Army troops carried out the detentions.
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London
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philovy
Dabri Bosilov
Cyril
Sofia
Moscow
Red Army
Local AFL Agent To Attend FDR Meeting
E. W. Butler, business agent of the AFL Teamsters and Chauffeurs union local 992, will attend the meeting of the teamsters union representatives at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C., tomorrow night when President Roosevelt will speak to the group, delivering his first campaign address. Also ads for dances and a local watch sale appear.
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E. W. Butler
AFL
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union Local 992
Teamsters Union
Statler Hotel
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
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Ratphdins and Cobbler
W.G. Turner
Hamilton Hotel
Balto. & Locust Sta
Salway
Gardenour Bros
Smithsburg
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Frederick Street
GMC
F.D.R
SAUMS
Jonathan St
Hagerstown Ice Co
Casey
Jonathan St. Adv
Eric Summer
Bible
Chesterfield
Stanley
Valley Inn
Ike
Silvertone Melody Boys
Herald
Head Heights Model Homes, Inc
Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co
LEE Tires
Reichard
Antietam St
Keystone 1
Public Square
Multiple Listing Bureau
Jeremiah W. Barnford Groh
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Washington Co
Peaches
Smokehouse
Jonathan Grimes
Golden
W. Church St
L. A
Zitzman
STARK
Columbia College
SM. Funk, P. D
South Potomac Street
Auto Mechanics
WMC
Hagerstown, Md
Pontiac
Bell County
MT. Lena Tavern
Four Aces
Saum's
Mayflower Cab Co
L. E. Bentz, Prep
Green Lantern
Potomac Street
Columbia
S. M. Funk
General Acceptance Corporation
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Pfc
Paul L. Carbaugh
Ward Carbaugh
Sgt
Joseph Peer
Herald-Mail
Heart Shield
Saum’s
Value Center
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Arte
Arthur F. Detrow
Mer
Jonathan &T
Roy G.reeder
Keedysville
Community Finance Service, Inc
Erie
Saiway
Newman’‘'S Packing
Consumers Credit Service
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