Mahoney Recount Poses Problem For Convention
Maryland headlines report a Mahoney recount challenge after May 2 primaries. Four counties could swing the Democratic gubernatorial nomination from Lane if margins flip. Baltimore County delays threaten seating and delegate status as court action looms over canvass.
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Baltimore
Land
George P- Mahoney
Lane
Baltimore County
Mahoney
Garrett
Carroll
Anne Arundel
Wicomico County
Basii
County
Board of Election Supervisors
John R. Haut
Haut
House of Delegates
John Grason Turnbull
D.ballo
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Jane Mahoney
Democrata
William Presto Lane, Jr
Senate
Milliart E. Kings
Millard Tuwes
a-Hall Hamemond
House of Representatives
Jat
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Obituaries list several local residents with deaths and services
Multiple death notices from Halfway to Greencastle and Hagerstown detail ages, dates, and burial plans. Ivan C. Reid age 62 dies at home after six weeks illness. wife Aliee Beachiey Reid and children listed. Cora E. Palmer 72 dies at a relative’s home. services at St Stephens Lutheran Church. William L. Baker 54 dies after three weeks illness. service at Luke Rounnshare Funeral Home. Silas J. Newcomer 80 dies in Washington DC area. services at Leitershire Lutheran Church in Maryland. Burial plans in Rose Hill Cemetery and National Cemetery sites are noted.
Sheriff Calls Whistler Hoax In Inside Job Theory
Paradis Louisiana September reports Sheriff Leon Vial says new evidence supports his claim that the whistler frightening Jacquelyn Catlow is an inside job and a hoax. Catlow's mother disputes the hoax assertion as investigations wind down with a wedding planned next Sunday near Taft Louisiana.
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Paradis
Leon Vial
Jacquelyn Catlow
Clifford Catlow
Jane
Vial
Whistler
Taft
New Orleans
Miss Cadow
Sailors Die as Gilligan Encounters Heavy Seas at Harbor
Two sailors were killed and three injured when the destroyer escort Gilligan was struck by heavy seas at Coon Bay Oregon as it entered port after a two day naval reservist training cruise. The ship suffered a starboard propeller loss and damaged gear but reached berth under its own power.
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Coon Bay
Ore
Gilligan
Tsth Naval District
Seattle
Gefa
Ing
Maryland University President to be Honored in Two Fall Affairs
Byrd, president of the University of Maryland, will be honored this fall with two major events in Maryland. A mammoth testimonial dinner is planned in Baltimore's Fifth Regiment Armory on December 6, organized by Maryland alumni, with about 5.9 per sons expected to attend at 16 dollars per plate.
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Ore
Byrd
University of Maryland
Maryland
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment Armory
Elenor M Gross longtime Burkittsville resident dies
Mrs Elenor May Gross widow of Cheenee Gross of Burkittsville died Saturday morning after a six month illness at Wash Meton Corte Hospital. She is survived by two sons Clarence of Hagerstown Archie of Branswick two daughters Gladys and Beatrice all of Hagerstown three stepsons Edward James and Robert Grogs and one stepdaughter Mrs Rachel Holmes. Funeral services will be at Watson funeral home Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev R S Abernathy officiating interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Body viewed this evening at the funeral home 7 to 8. Atlanta report notes a third grade educated man scored highest on a test at the Atlanta Induction Center.
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William L. Baker
High Street
Hagerstown
Mollie Ticker
Hite Howard Baker
Benevala
Cifford Carbaush
Robert Baltimore
Ernest Stett
Alectie
Fred Crew
George Crum
Ungerstown
Carl Roonshare
Uke
Raat
Roonshare
Paul Bo Watlington
National Cemetery
Sharpshurs
Silas J. Newcomer
Heary Newcomer
Boulevard Weights
Washinston
1. C6
Tetersburg
Joan Rand Nancy (Barkdoll) Newcomer
Washington
Keller Memorial Lutheran
Frank
Newcomer
Philadelphia
Henry Newcomer
A. K. Coffman Funeral
Leitershire Lutheran
Eugene Young
Elenor M. Gross
Elenor May Gross
Cheenee Gross
Burkittsville
Wash- Meton Corte T Hospital
Clarence
Archie
Branswick
Gladys
Beatrice
Edward
James
Robert Grogs
Rachel Holmes
Watson Funeral Home
R. S. Abernathy
Rose Hill Cemetery
East Germany Joins Soviet Satellite Bloc After Purges
East Germany formally becomes a Soviet satellite as the Taegliche Presse announces the union and a purge of Western agents is launched. Allies seek end to wartime status while East German leaders claim to crush Western influence and secure elections with heavy Communist control.
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Berlin
East Germany
Abrle
Lagt
Germany
Wiyl
Seeyiet
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Dungary
Romania
Taexliehe Stunschan
Soviet Union
Kouty
France
Britain
United States
West Germany
Trunschau
Repub
Nesters
Senate Crime Probe Cites Chicago Man Over Ties to Graft
In Washington the Senate Crime Investigating Committee cited Harry Russell of Chicago for contempt after he refused to discuss alleged ties with an old capitol ring and S. G. gambling. Russell faces possible sanctions as the probe continues.
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Senate
Crim
Washington
Harry Russell
Chicago
Russell
Air-Hiking GI Flies to Wheeling for ailing Father
Army private John J. Everson boards a plane in Seattle to visit his dying father in Wheeling West Virginia. He travels despite limited funds and serves in Korea previously. His wife and son accompany him.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John J. Everson
Seattle
Wash
Everson
Army Pitnes
Korea
Sawyer says victory Korea won’t curb controls on industry
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warned against easing military preparedness after Korea. He suggested possible new business controls and priorities to channel materials and facilities to armament, including strict production halts and mandatory military orders when needed. He noted statutory powers to requisition and curb hoarding while keeping civilian sacrifice limited and output near record levels.
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Washington
Korea
Sawyer
United States
Ha Npa
Retailers Here To Resume Monthly Meetings Sept 30
The Hagerstown Retailers plan a resumed monthly luncheon on Friday September 29 at 12 15 PM in the Potomac Room of Hotel Alexander. Guest speaker will be dot Weber Baltimore district manager of the U S Department of Commerce who will discuss US Commerce Services to Retailers.
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Hagerstown
Furean
Potomac
Mexanders
Weber
Baltimore
U. S. Department of Commerce
Oon
IT. S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Small War Plants Corporation
War Production Board
Mwe
Amult
Miss America Downgraded by Cold in Baltimore
Miss America 1951 Yolande Tiethoze of Mobile Alabama fell ill with fever and congestion in a Baltimore hotel. Three public appearances were canceled including events in Baltimore and Roanoke with a doctor advising bed rest for two to three days due to exhaustion from recent duties.
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Baltimore
Yolande Tiethoze
Mobile
Ala
Sheraton
Belvedere
Erwin Meyer
Atlantic City
Lancaster
Roanoke
Ito
Show Man Dies On Train Here
Fifty four year old Garnett Fleming Carter an employee of the Coffin Wilson Shows for about twenty years died in a sleeper car Sunday morning as the shows prepared to leave the city Police seek the relatives He had an identification blank naming the undertaker in case of death He is believed to have two sisters in Washington and was in charge of the Cetlin Wilson searchlights
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Garnett Fleming
Pop” Carter
Washington
Cetlin-Wilson
Rev Ballard Leads Maryland Pilgrims in Rome Basilicas
The Rev Fr John Ballard of St Marys Catholic Church joined Archbishop Keough and Bishop Shehan as acolytes in a Rome procession at St Pauls Basilica. The Baltimore pilgrims completed Holy Year devotions with mass at the Christ the King altar in the excavations under St Peters.
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John Ballard
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Keough
Shehan
St. Paul's Basilica
Rome
Baltimore Archidocesan
Mage
St. Peter's Basilica
Lawrence J. Shehan
Baltimore
Vatican City
Group Named To Aid Employment Of Handicapped
A Washington County committee has been named to promote employment of physically handicapped persons during National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week beginning October 1. Kenneth G. Stoner of the Vocational Rehabilitation Service chairs the panel, with members representing the Maryland State Employment Service the Veterans Administration and the Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
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Washington County
National
Kenneth G. Stoner
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
West
Washington Street
Maryland State Employment Service
Veterans Administraon
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Stoner W
Donald Ssersole
Auetting Mmantiger
Maryland
Met Service
Kidd D. Bails
Karpl S
Holdup Slayers Put To Death In Rockview Penitentiary
Two convicted holdup slayers died in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary in Pa. Alex ander Niemi 21 was pronounced dead at 12 21 a m EST and Walter Matoner 32 at 12 39 a m Niemi and Maloney were convicted of first degree murder for the shooting of Sarah Pavia during a Chester Pa tap room holdup on Jan 1 195% Both appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court but were denied The Pardons Board rejected Niemi s plea for clemency The report also notes a Buick car theft in Franklin and local classified ads for barber services and nursing home vacancies.
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Rellefante
Rockview Penytentiary
Alexander Niemi
Walter Matoner
Niemi
Maloney
Sarah Pavia
Chester
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
State Pardons Board
Aing
Rent curb measure tops Congress agenda after vacation
Washington reports federal rent control will likely be renewed this year with hearings set after the November reconvening of Congress. House Banking Committee chair Spence anticipates a bill ready for action, amid disputes over continuance and wartime housing needs.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Congress
Spence
D.-Ky
Tighe E. Woods
House
Senate
President Truman
Truman
Mr. Truman
Skip Alexander Injured Seriously In Plane Crash
Evansville Indiana September 25 a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed and burned in a railroad yard killing three officers and seriously injuring Skip Alexander a 32 year old Lexington North Carolina professional golfer He crawled into a field his clothes afire at Deaconess Hospital he was expected to recover his left leg broke above the ankle and his hands arms and face burned some third degree hospital attendants said the plane cleared houses near the yards and crashed beside the main track of the Chicago Eastern Minor Railroad three miles north of the city locals suggested the pilot mistook the flood lit yard for the airport Four quarters north east
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Evansville
Ind
Civil Air Patrol
Skip Alexander
Lexington
N. C
Deaconess Hospital
Alexander
Chicaca & Eastern Minors
Cit
Mounicipal
Canary keeper ponders breeding as birds color study grows
Mrs. Frank A. Feigley of 117 South Mont Valla Avenue keeps about 150 canaries in her basement. She has long kept canaries for their songs and now ponders color genetics, noting yellow and black markings and other hues as she considers selective breeding.
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Gertrude Stein
Frank A. Feigley
South
Mont Valla Avenue
Local notices for cider apple sales and soup event
Sweet cider and homemade apple products advertised by L A Zitzman at 16 W Church St. Phone 916. Organic lime marl spread offered by Keedus Harold Semier Rte 1 Sharpsburg. Chicken corn soup and chicken noodle soup meal at Chewaville U S Church on Thursday Sept 23 from 5 to 8 pm for 7 price.
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L. A
Chewaville U
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