Jury awards Capt Funk $1000 Jewel Box reward
A seven man Corpora tion court jury awarded Capt F M Funk the $1000 Jewel Box reward after dismissing two other witnesses from evidence. The reward accompanies the burglary case tied to a $23,000 jewelry theft, with two Hagerstown men free to appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Corporation Court
F. M. Funk
Winchester Police Department
Elliott Marshall
Harper Bonebrake
E. Glen Hover
Hagerstown
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Police Court
A. C. Oates
Foreman
C. B. Curl
Douglas Fisher
Harry Bowers
Carson Dyke
Grover Kidwell
Henry Bush
Peyton Marshall
Francis
Funk
Warren Rudolph
Rohrer
Four Die in Fire Destroys Chicago Apartment Building
Four persons died and nine injured in a blaze that gutted a four story brick building housing 35 apartments in Chicago. About 100 residents escaped to the street in sleeping attire as firefighters carried roughly 25 occupants to safety.
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Chicago
Cast Your Vote Against Daylight Saving Time
Public notices urge Frederick County voters to oppose daylight saving time and vote on November 2. The message highlights polls on standard time and recalls past confusion during summer time changes. It notes the Capitol Theatre event and a Halloween dance at York Inn with Harry Fisher, plus a bank closing for Election Day.
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G & M Music Appliance Center
Frederick County
Capitol Theatre
York Inn Hallowe'en
Harry Fisher
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Russians begin factory removals in eastern Germany
American intelligence reports indicate a new wave of dismantling in the Soviet occupation zone. The removal targets include factories Russians own or seized title to, signaling potential withdrawal of occupation forces by mid 1949. A secret list cites 205 plants to be dismantled by June 1, 1949, with 162 already under Russian title and operated for reparations on German soil.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Dena
Tey
Army Top-Level Streamlining To Help Bradley
The Army plans a top level reshuffle to create a peace or war functional footing starting November 15. General J Lawton Collins will become vice chief of staff to run the show when Bradley is away, reducing the chief’s need to handle routine letters and orders.
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Washington
Army
Royall
Omar Bradley
J. Lawton Collins
Army Organization
Distributor's Body Found in Woods Near Fredericksburg
The body of 34 year old Fredericksburg beer distributor George Young was found in nearby woods. It was to be sent to Richmond for examination.
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Fredericksburg
Here
Richmond
George Young
France's miners return to work amid police protection
French miners resume work with police and military guarding pits as government forces clear pickets from 20 more struck pits. Non Communist leaders claim about 150,000 of 335,000 miners back, while communists resist further action. The strike runs into its 26th day and may see troop withdrawal next week.
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Paris
France
National Defense
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Auto Industry Sees Record Production Despite Shortages
Detroit reports the car industry is set to produce well over five million vehicles this year potentially topping 1929’s 5,358,420. Output faced material shortages and labor disputes but remains strong with US totals around 4.325 million. Analysts foresee 1949 models and price rises, plus Nash announcing a 20.4 percent price jump amid rising demand.
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Detroit
United States
Nash
Bank Loans Hit 47 Billion to Set Record High
Federal Reserve reports show bank loans rose sharply in September to a record 47.14 billion dollars while consumer credit climbed to 14.65 billion. Banking officials cite seasonal factors and crop movements, with calls for broader controls including insurance firms to curb lending.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Thomas B. McCabe
Marriner S. Eccles
M. S. Szymaczak
Eccles
Police Candidate Battles to Grow Quarter of Inch
Peter G. Barrick, 21, repeatedly sought to join the Metropolitan police but was rejected each time for being too short. After chiropractic stretches he returned for new exams, shrinking by 3-8 inch after a final day of testing and headed back for more stretching.
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Washington
Peter G. Barrick
Metropolitan
Barrick
Leaf Covered Lad Killed by Auto in Iowa Street Scene
In Indianola Iowa on October 30 a five year old boy Emmett Buchanan Small known as Bucky was killed when an auto struck him as he lay partly buried in a pile of leaves beside the curb during kindergarten lunch hour. A 16 year old boy driving down the street said he struck something he thought was a rock.
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Indianola
Iowa
Emmett Buchanan
Bucky) Small
Pauline Small
Bucky
Idle Bartenders Offer to Serve as Baby Sitters
About 100 Decatur union bartenders will be available next Tuesday to babysit while mothers vote. Local 23, Bartenders Hotel and Restaurant Employes union, coordinated the service through R. K. Young, citing idle workers. Illinois law closes saloons while polls are open on election day.
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Decatur
Decatur Union
R. K. Young
Illinois
Headon Crash Kills Three Engine Crews in Newbury Vermont
In heavy fog a head on collision between two trains near Newbury Vermont killed two engineers and a fireman and injured six others. Both trains were Boston and Maine trains with Northbound crew from Canadian Pacific aboard. Officials could not explain the automatic signal failure. The crash occurred on a single track section between Boston and Montreal. Both engines and several cars were derailed.
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Newbury
Boston and Maine Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Boston
Montreal
50 Million Vote Total Estimated in Tuesday Election
The 1948 presidential race nears its end with roughly 50 million voters deciding between Dewey and Truman. Dewey campaigns in Madison Square Garden stressing unity and competent government while Truman tours Missouri urging action against the do nothing Congress. Thurmond and Wallace also campaigned, but Thurmond focused on the South.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Madison Square Garden
South
Dewey
Harry S. Truman
St Louis
Issouri
White House
Truman
80Th Congress
Henry A. Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Tennesse Guard Called to Check Mob at London
Tennessee National Guard units moved into Loudon county seat at Governor McCord’s order to quell threats of mob violence. The crisis followed a traffic crash near Loudon involving Hillbilly Singer Ray Brewster and the sheriff and a deputy facing accusations of causing his death. Brewster’s family filed warrants, while authorities warned armed crowds outnumbered local officers and danger remained imminent.
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London
Tenn
Tennessee National Guard
Tenessee
Jim McCord
Gov. McCord
Loudon County
Ray Brewster
Loudon
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Brewster
W. S. Watkins
Warants
McDonald
Clifford Hughes
Newspaper Polls Still Indicate Dewey Victory
Polls show Dewey ahead as campaign nears end with Dewey leading in many states. Democratic leaders attack polling methods and predict different outcomes. Gallup and Crossley responses hinge on adjustments for error. News summaries note Truman comments on polls and prior polling in Fortune and Roper figures.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
New York City
J. Howard McGrath
George Gallup
Dewey
McGrath
Archibald Crossley
Crossley
New York
Oregon
Maryland
Gallup
Fortune Magazine
Elmo Roper
Ex pupil declines chance to scold teacher in drive case
Revere Massachusetts October 30 A patrolman stopped a speeding driver who turned out to be his former grammar school teacher. He joked he would make her write it pays to drive carefully 100 times, then delivered a light lecture about safety.
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Revere
Mass
Ralph D'Ambrosio
D'Ambrosio
Israeli Forces Attack Lebanese On North Front
Heavy fighting persisted on the northern front as Israeli forces attacked Arab Liberation Army irregulars led by Fawzi Al Kaukji to retake heights. UN observers in Haifa reported dawn assaults aiming to disrupt supply lines to Jewish settlements near the Lebanese frontier amid a UN cease fire order.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Holy Land
Toay
Fawzi al Kaukji
Arab Army of Liberation
Kaukji
U. N
Haifa
Tarbikha
Hulen
Paris
United Nations
Beirut
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Holy City
Royall Calls Peace Through Readiness At Virginia Meet
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall told the Virginia Education Association convention in Richmond that the strongest world peace lever is the U S readiness to repel aggression. He called differences between educators and military supporters unfortunate and urged a common ground for military training and civilian education to shape citizens for war or peace.
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Richmond
Kenneth C. Royall
United States
Virginia Education Assn
Royall
Shenandoah Brick Plant Expands With 24 Hour Production
Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corp announces a new 56 by 30 office and laboratory at its Smithfield Ave plant. The firm, led by President Joseph F. Hughes, operates 24/7 with a backlog of orders and plans to install heavy clay testing equipment to develop shale bricks in three textures.
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Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corp
Smithfield Ave
Seymour J. Barr
Alfred University Chemical
Shenandoah Corp
Joseph F. Hughes
Baltimore
Colonial Bbck Co
Hughes
Washington
Benjamin
Dennis
Welfare Fund
Adam Myers
Bryan Landry
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Reds Claim Victory in Long Manchurian War
Nanking dispatch reports Communist troops swarmed Mukden, with sources split on full occupation. Foreigners remained in the city as U S Consul General Angus Ward and staff were evacuated or guarded, while Nationalist forces reportedly fought southward toward evacuation ports Yingkow and Hulutao in a campaign of more than 400000 troops across 72 hours of battle.
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Nanking
Mukden
U. S
Angus Ward
Mary Eleanor Braden
Dysart
Iowa
Ralph Rehberg
Rochester
N. Dj
Wei Li-Huang
Manchuria
Yingkow
Hulutao
Gulf of
Chihli
Chinhsien
Muke
The Vineyard mansion and its enduring Shenandoah view
The Vineyard a square brick two story eight room white dwelling on a high hill near Shenandoah offered a fine Blue Ridge view from a south porch with six large round wooden pillars. It housed poet Philip Pendleton Cooke and wife Anne Burwell from completion until her death in 1899.
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Shenandoah
Blue Ridge
Philip Pendleton Cooke
Anne Corbin Tayloe Burwell
Gainesboro
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Washington St
B. M. Sullivan
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