Civic groups plan antisubversion session in city hall
The session will feature an FBI representative outlining threats from subversive groups. The Cosmopolitan Club backs a Maryland constitutional amendment barring any member of an organization aiming to overthrow the government from holding office or profit roles. Norman Wessel described last night’s meeting and urged a local antisubversion program. Letters go out to involved organizations before next week’s gathering.
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Clty
FBI
Maryland
United States
Norman Wessel
Baltimore Cosmopolitan Club
Baltimore
Leaders Try Woo Back Negro Vote Of This City
Washington County Republican leaders launch a campaign to win Black votes for the GOP. Judge Hobson Reynolds from Philadelphia denounces Democrat civil rights plans and praises Governor Dewey. Speakers include Leonard Curlin and Stanford Hoff, with a banquet at the Elks afterward.
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Cor
Washington
Philadelphia
Brotherly Love
Hobson Reynolds
Dewey
Leonard Curlin
Fifth Ward
Young Republican Club
Stanford Hoff
Republican State Gentral Committee
the Elks While
Reilly
D. K. McLaughlin
Martin L. Ingram
Republican State Central Committee
Washington County
House of Delegates
Hugh K. Trovell
Joseph D. Baker
State's Righters To File Petition For Ballot Fight
Maryland petitions with over two thousand signatures seek to place the State's Rights Democratic ticket on the ballot. Attorney General Hall Hammond says the petitions are invalid for missing the April 12 deadline. Officials plan to appeal if rejected and consider electoral slate issues.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Bertram Boone
Hall Hammond
Boone
E. Stuart Vaughan
State Rights Democrats
Hammond
States Rights
Tt Hammond
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Canada seeks control of atomic bomb in U N debate
In a General Assembly session on atomic control the Canada proposal prompts debate. Arce and Vishinsky clash over timing and text as the session suspends. The Security Council readies for Berlin issues with Austins chair and veto expectations from the big five.
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Argettina
Jose Arce
Russia
Andrei Y ¥. Vishinsky
McNaughton
General Assembly
Atomic Commission
Assembly
United States
France
Britain
Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
Council
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Berlin
Argentina
Juan Atiio Bramagna
Arce
Soviet Union
U. N
Fonda to Star on Electric Theatre Premiere
Henry Fonda will headline the premiere episode of Electric Theatre on Sunday October 2 at 9 p.m. on the CBS network in One Sunday Afternoon. He leads a guest list including Basil Rathbone Margaret Sullivan Herbert Marshall and Marlene Dietrich while Helen Hayes is away in London until November 14. Potomac Edison Company sponsors the program.
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Henry Fonda
Mr. Roberts
Columbia
Mr. Fonda
Helen Hayes
London
Basil Rathbone
Margaret Sullivan
Herbert Marshall
Marlene Dietrich
The
Potomac Edison Company
Roosevelt Here Tomorrow in Middle East Focus Lecture Series
A former Harvard and Caltech scholar, Roosevelt will lecture on the Middle East, drawing on his war service and research. He and his Wife toured the region in 1947 visiting Iran, Bedouins, and Arabi leadership, while he writes a novel and studies Saudi Arabia, Trans- Jordan, Syria, and Palestine. Season tickets for the lecture series go on sale at the door tomorrow evening.
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Harvard
California Institute of Technology
Huntington Library
San Marino
Calif
U. S. Army
Middle East
Italy
Bir
Rooseveltt
Roosevelt
Syria
Palestine
America
Acheson on Stalin and Soviet aims in Europe
Acheson argued Stalin chose to stand by the doctrine of Communist regime inseparability and seek security through Soviet power. He cited Russia’s efforts to seize strategic areas including Tran, Greece, Turkey, Trieste, Italy and France and asserted Soviet influence did not extend beyond wartime lines despite heavy propaganda and Western hardship.
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Acheson
Stalin
Soviet Union
Russia
Tran
Greece
Turkey
Trieste
Italy
France
Europe
Safety Movie Shown In Hagerstown Schools
The Miracle of Paradise Valley, a safety film by MG M farm and home safety, is shown in Hagerstown junior and senior high schools by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee. After premiers at South Potomac junior high, it was shown at Hagerstown High with Woodland Way and Washington Street junior highs to follow. The program aims to illustrate the dangers of carelessness and promote safety measures, the first in a series alongside Destination Death and Drunken Driving.
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Paradise Valley
MG. M. Farm
Hagerstown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roland Hebb
South Potomac
Hageratown High
Woodland Way
Washington Street
Safety Committee of the
Jaycees
Bill Pennington
Jaycee Schools Committee
City Will Not Sell Any Trees
City officials state no trees will be sold and note 200 trees have thrived while 60 000 pine seedlings planted in 1939 and 1949 helped prevent soil erosion in the Edgemont reservoir watershed. A 2 inch rainfall no longer muddies water flowing into the reservoir.
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Wilson
Edgemmont Reservoir
Edgemont
W M Holds Gains During September
Western Maryland Railway reports September profits outpacing year-ago levels. Through three weeks gross from all sources reached about 2.73 million dollars, up roughly 17 percent. Coal freight revenue up about 12 percent and other freight revenue about 26 percent higher than 1917.
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Western Maryland Railway
Stern Gang Chief Held
Reliable informants said Israeli police arrested Nathan Friedman Yellin head of the Stern gang in Tel Aviv. The terrorist arm boasted of assassinating Folke Bernadotte, the U N Palestine mediator, on September 17.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Nathan Friedman Yellin
Stern Gang
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine Mediator
Mbekient
Cloudy and Warmer Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
The Weather Bureau predicts cloudy and warmer conditions with a chance of a shower over the next 24 hours. Keedysville observer J A Miller recorded a high of 76 and a low of 54, with .12 inch of rain overnight.
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Weather Bureau
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Miller
Smithsburg Driver Has Close Shave
Richard McPherson a Smithsburg Route 2 truck driver escaped harm after his load of apples was lightly damaged when a ten and a half vehicle overturned south of Urbana early yesterday. He was en route toward Washington when the accident occurred.
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Richard McPherson
Smithsburg
Urbana
McPherson
Washington
Truck overturns after leaving highway shoulder
A truck left the roadway and rode the highway shoulder for about 100 feet before striking a culvert and tipping onto its side in a ditch. No further details on injuries or exact location are provided in the readable text.
Apples Thrown From Truck Prompt Trooper Brown Probe
A patrol report notes only a few apples were discarded from a truck while State Trooper H J Brown heads the inquiry. No charges were filed as the investigation proceeds.
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H. J. Brown
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