Chiang, Chinese Communists To Bury Hatchet
Labor front warnings rise as 6000 textile workers quit in Paterson New Jersey closing 70 plants. Officials predict 68,000 more workers idled in 214 plants across nine states within 24 hours and half a million garment workers could join. Nationwide CIO oil workers strike talks fail after 13 days.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N. J
A $Io
New York City
CIO
Chicago
Washington
Schwellenbach
Two Men Sentenced in Baltimore Mail Fraud Case
Cumberland railroad worker James A. Darling and ex Martin Company employee Sherwood A. Wiseman were sentenced to 18 months each after pleading guilty in Federal Court in Baltimore. They devised a scheme to defraud Martin Company of nearly $5,000 through fake invoices and rubber stamp drawings, creating a Pittsburgh-based setup and delivering a forged shipment in 1945.
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Cumberland Railroad
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
James A. Darling
Cumberland
Sherwood A. Wiseman
Martin Company
Wiseman
Former Maryland Forester Missing Since Sept 20th
Walter J. Quick Jr once Maryland state forester, missing from Catonsville since September 20. He was last seen leaving the War Production Board office in Washington where he worked as a lumber specialist after 1942 resignation. Car found in northeast Washington with bag missing. relatives fear amnesia. He is about five feet eight inches, 155 pounds, blue eyes, partly gray hair.
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Catonsville
Walter J. Quick, Jr
Maryland State Forester
Quick
War Production Board
Washington
State Forestry Service
Rinehart Case Nearing Close in Circuit Court
Testimony is expected before Judge Joseph D Mish as Mrs Norvella K Rinehart seeks to annul and revoke a divorce decree granted to her husband Archie Rinehart The hearing opened yesterday with Mrs Rinehart represented by former Judge D Lindley Sloan and John Wagaman while Archie Rinehart is represented by C J Yartle and C Welles Little The principals reside near Ringgold.
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Joseph D. Mish
Norvella K. Rinehart
Archie Rinehart
S-Sgt Shuffler Receives Honorable Discharge
Staff Sgt. Irving L. Shuffler of 532 Salem Avenue, Dallas, is honorably discharged after two and a half years in service with the 5th Ferrying Group at Love Field. He earned nine battle stars, the Distinguished Unit Badge with cluster, and theater ribbons. He organized the Universal Friendship Club and wrote a poem honored by London newspapers after aiding in a London rescue following a V bomb raid.
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Irving L. Shuffler
Salem Avenue
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Shuffler
Universal Friendship Club
London
Troops Flown to Bahamas Aide Labor Crisis 1942
Berlin dispatch reports 135 men of the old Sixth Cavalry were secretly flown to the Bahamas in 1942 to help maintain order during a labor dispute. The unit, now in Berlin, was said to respond to a request from the Duke of Windsor then Governor of the Bahamas.
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Berlin
Sixth Cavalry Regiment
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Washington
Burglars Torch Safe, Make Off With $90 In Mesa
In Mesa on September 28 burglars cut through a motor company safe door with an acetylene torch and took $90. The next morning the operator reported the safe had been left unlocked.
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Mesa, Ariz
Delphey Plans For New Store On East Franklin
Chester F Delphey the bicycle dealer plans a new one story brick store and repair shop on a frame triple dwelling site near East Franklin and Cannon Avenue. An architect will draft a 34 by 100 foot building to house the business with future expansion for additional stories. The site lies near the East Franklin outlet of the Dual Highway, close to North Cannon Avenue, where Delphey has long operated his bicycle business and licensing services.
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Chester F. Delphey
East Franklin
Cannon Avenue
Delphey
Hhe
East Franklin Street
Lewis Asks To Meet With Coal Operators
John L. Lewis asked the bituminous coal operators negotiating committee to meet him Monday over the mine foremen dispute that has idled 36,000 workers. He warned that failure to accept the invitation could prompt independent action by the United Mine Workers. The strike closed 79 mines across Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
POWs Gorge On Grub After Grasshopper Diet
Chief Petty Officer Robert L. Baker on the receiving ship USS Ozark in the Pacific described released American prisoners eating voraciously after two years on grasshopper stew fishheads and scraps. He recounted breakfastes of 10 fried eggs, 3 oranges, multiple potatoes and bread and butter, and others consuming 12 large hot cakes with fruit bacon and ice cream between meals. Baker, the ship’s cook, said the men deserved the meals despite medical concerns as they adapt to freedom two days after transferring a group of captives.
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Robert L. Baker
Uss
Ozark
Pacific
Helen Baker
East
Franklin Firest
Baker
Easton Bear Hunt Grips City Before Season Opens
Easton Pennsylvania residents locked indoors as a bear roamed the streets. Shirley Ostrander, 20, fled into her home pursued by a large caped man, while Samuel Geraci and Dominic Murgia spotted an animated fur coat turning out to be a brown bear. Police pursued with heavy equipment but the bear vanished.
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Easton
Shirley Ostrander
Samuel Geraci
Dominic Murgia
Arthur Haring
Brain
Injuries Sought In Auto Truck Crash Lawsuit
Ruth Aldridge seeks $10000 in damages through attorney Charles Grice from H Blair Minnich Albert J McGarrity trading as Motor Service Center and Albert M Rockwell Geowid Melville for injuries after a January 25 collision in the first block of Frederick Street. Elmer Adrige sues for $1000 for damages to his Plymouth.
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Ruth Aldridge
Charles Grice
H. Blair Minnich
Albert J. McGarrity
The
Motor Service Center
Albert M. Rockwell
Geowid Melville
Elmer Adrige
Ruth Adrige
Plymouth
Frederick Street
Aldrige
Sleeper Car Service Sought From Hagerstown to New York
The Office of the Chamber of Commerce requests sleeper car service from Hagerstown to New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad citing numerous complaints about inadequate train service. Chambersburg and Waynesboro chambers join the effort to improve the route, where a Roanoke to New York sleeper currently runs via Hagerstown and often fills before reaching the town.
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Hagerstown
New York
The
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Roanoke
Virginia
Resurface Two W Franklin Blocks On Private Contract
Two blocks of West Franklin Street from the Pennsylvania rail road to Potomac will be resurfaced with blacktop beginning Monday. The new surface matches that laid on Mulberry and Potomac streets. Resurfacing of South Potomac Street was completed yesterday.
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West Franklin Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Potomac
Mulberry
Potomac Streets
South Potomac Street
MacArthur Orders 34 Japanese Suspects Seized
Tokyo Sept 28 General MacArthur ordered the U S Eighth Army to seize 34 Japanese officers and men suspected in the Palawan massacre of POWs Dec 12 1924. The target range from sergeant to lieutenant colonel Oie Satoshi, linked to the murder detail. He also limited stock exchange reopening pending approval while allowing factories to resume essential goods production in limited quantities. Socialists gain traction as labor unions reorganize amid liberal moves in postwar Japan.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
U.S. Eighth Army
Palawan
Philippines
Oie Satoshi
Japan
Stock Exchange
New Liberal Movement
Pacific War Returns Target 1.49 Million GIs Home
General MacArthur's headquarters announced that War Department estimates project returning 1.49 million servicemen from Pacific areas over the next seven months. Target departure dates set for US-bound units from the Philippines include Thirty-First Division on Oct 31, 38th on Nov 1, 27th on Nov 15. The 48th Division begins arriving in Yokohama as plans progress. Monthly troop returns estimated for Oct through Apr are listed.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Pacific
War Department
Philippines
Yokohama
False Arrest Suit Filed Against W. T. Grant Co
Mrs. Lillian M. Harlow through attorney D Angle Wolfinger filed in circuit court a suit alleging false arrest by a city police officer at the West Washington street store of W T Grant Co Inc. She seeks about $10 000 in damages. The incident occurred in spring with arrest, detention at police headquarters, and release.
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Lillian M. Harrow
D. Angle Wolfinger
Futling
W. T. Grant Co., Inc
Harlow
West Washington Street
Trio of soldiers forced home as points delay return
In Yokohama on Sept 28 Army officers ruled that Cpt Leroy Edwards Elk City Oklahoma Cpl Lloyd Maxwell Pine Bluff Arkansas and Cpl Leon Breeze Nowata Oklahoma must return to the States now despite Breeze not having enough points. They hoped to stay until Col Carol Hacker of St Louis could decide but orders say go home.
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Americal
Yokohama
Cpt
Leroy Edwards
Elk City
Okla
Lloyd K. Maxwell
Pine Blum
Ark
States
Fdso
Lavine
Cpl
Leon E. Breeze
Nowata
Point Department
Breeze
Col
Carol G. Hacker
St. Louis
Woman Seeks Divorce After Three Months of Marriage
Elizabeth Bohe Walker 85 filed in Domestic Relations Court for recovery of 33000 in real and personal property from her husband Richard Walker 66 after three months of marriage. She seeks annulment or divorce. she cites that he changed from loving husband to problem.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Bohe Walker
Domestic Relations Court
Richard Walker
Send Students With Skin Disease Here Home For Treatment
Public Health nurses in Hagerstown found cases of impetigo in younger students during a routine school check. Washington County Health Department says some children are sent home for treatment to prevent spread, with Dr. J A McCallum urging early care rather than later.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Health Department
J. A. McCallum
Health Department
Water Department Income Holds Steady Through 1945 Half-Year
Officials report that the municipal water department posted net income of 45 644.88 for the first six months of 1945, roughly matching the same period in 1944 when a profit of 92 000 was recorded. They expect year-end results to hold unless a sharp drop in consumption occurs in the last quarter.
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Municipal Water Department
Philly Lady Seeks Aid of Local Mayor
Mayor Richard S. Sweeney said a Philadelphia woman phoned asking him to help hire a job for her husband. He noted mixed outlooks for Hagerstown’s prosperity and stated she spent 115 on the call while he would offer possible assistance.
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Philly Lady
Richards. Sweeney
Philadelphia
Hagerstown
Jobless Benefit Claims Rise in Maryland Postwar
Maryland officials reported about 700 people attempted to file unemployment claims at the Maryland Compensation Board and U S Employment Service offices, with 360 actually filing in the past two months. In the war’s end two weeks, claims were negligible. Of eligible claimants, 186 were placed in jobs in Hagerstown. Many found work without filing, and 350 to 400 housewives were disallowed for insufficient earnings in 1944 and will become eligible April 1, 1946.
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Maryland Compensation Board
U. S. Employemnt Service
D. Paul Shilling
Shilling
Hagerstown
Appeals Conviction Of Drunken Driving
Ralph E Johnson was fined 160 dollars with costs after drunken driving conviction in city court. He appealed and posted a 3000 bond. The hearing was postponed until Officer Nervin Smith could appear after he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
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Ralph E. Johnson
Harry B. Snyder
Johnson
Nervin Smith
Smith
Takeoff Late Today Inaugurates Round-World Air Service
Washington prepares for a historic first as a 46 passenger Douglas Skymaster of the Army Air Transport Command starts at 5 p.m. for a round-the-world flight via Bermuda Azores Africa India China Philippines and Honolulu. The crew and observers undergo tests and examinations with several layovers and crew swaps planned.
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Washington
Atlantic
Washington National
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Bermuda
Azor
North Africa
Keyor
India
China
Hac
Philippines
Honolulu
Pacific Isles
Unity Now is Assured By Treaty
The Moscow radio reported Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-Tung reached an agreement to reform the national government with wide political representation and early elections. It also provided for demobilization of Communist armed forces and claimed unity in China has been established aided by a Soviet China treaty.
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London
Moscow Radio
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Tse-Tung
Chungking
China
Russia
Five New Divorce Suits Filed With Annulment Case
Five new divorce cases and one annulment were docketed in the local court, bringing this month’s total to 33. Plaintiffs are John L. Inglehart versus Mildred F. Telchart, Marion L. Hawbaker versus Kenneth Leon Hawbaker, Ruth E. Neal versus Lawrence Stanley Neal, Rhae Etta Myers versus Ralph Leroy Myers, and Roy W. Davidson versus Lena Pearl Davidson. Annulment: June Isisie Snoke against Theodore James Spoke. Attorneys include John J. Allen for Myers and C. WK Hartle for the others.
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John L. Inglehart
Mildred F. Telchart
Marion L. Hawbaker
Kenneth Leon Hawbaker
Ruth E. Neal
Lawrence Stanley Neal
Rhae Etta. Myers
Ralph Leroy Myers
Roy W. Davidson
Lena Pearl Davidson
June Isie Snoke
Theodore James
John J. Allen
Myers
C. WK. Hartle
Rhode Island Governor Named Solicitor General of Justice Dept
President Truman named Roy T. McGrath of Rhode Island as solicitor general of the Justice Department. He will succeed Charles Faby and assume duties immediately. McGrath, a former U.S. district attorney, has practiced law in Rhode Island since 1929.
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Washington
Truman
Roy
T. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Justice Department
Charles G. Ross
McGrath
Charles Faby
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Ross
Ut.s
Night Club Camera Girl Found Dead In Gas Filled Room
Washington dispatch reports 21 year old Inez Sykes Boone, a night club camera girl, was found dead in a gas filled apartment. Detectives identified her and traced notes to a man named James Mickaelson, master menies at Troika night ore sia, and to her mother Irene Sykes of Kansas City. The notes mention she was tired and sorry.
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Wasiington
Mndhy
Votiscmy
Sorg Richard Felber
Inez Sykes Boone
Nets
Jota James Mickaelson
Troika
Ore Sia
Irene Sykes
Kansas City
Felver
Michaelson
Johnny Sinclair
Boone
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Maryland Forester
Rinehart
Sgt
U. S
Hard
CIO Oil Workers International Union
August W. Hummert
William L. Knous
Colorado Supreme Court
James G. Houston
Easton, Pa
W. Franklin
M Arthur
Lillian Harlow
World
Beers
A. T. C. Tubtie
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