Gun Identified As Stolen From Brunswick Club
Ramey’s revolver, used when he was shot by a watchman at the Brunswick Moose Club, has been identified as stolen from the same club about a week earlier. H.R. Rice, club secretary, confirmed the weapon tied to a March 30 robbery. Weir, wounded in the incident, has admitted participation in the earlier robbery as investigators review related Western Maryland and Virginia cases. Ballistics tests were planned to confirm the weapon’s origin.
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George Ramey
Cox View
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brunswick Moose Club
H.R. Rice
Robert L. Hawes
Ramey
Donald Weir
Weir
Frederick City Hospital
Maryland
Washington
D. C
Brunswick Club
Winchester
West Virginia
Construction Work Gaining Momentum in 1947 City
Authorized construction in the city rises toward the 1947 totals with March activity adding 55 850 to reach 131 330 by April 1 compared to last year. February figures also show gains over 342 632 year ago while local permits cover homes and commercial work at various sites including East Waterman and Center street. Copenhagen reports Christian X has suffered a heart attack but remains fatigued yet strong. Akron honors Henry Ford as rubber plants pause at 2 30 pm for his memory service.
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Eas
East Sin Waterman
Center Street
Unlawful To Dump Trash Sheriff Warns County
Sheriff announces a crackdown on illegal dumping across Washington County. Deputies at ten sites will police trash disposal with charges pending against violators. Residents report frequent dumping and plea for enforcement action.
Court orders two week delay in Lewis refund case
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough grants a two week delay before refunds totaling 2 8 million to the United Mine Workers and John L Lewis while assessing compliance with a Supreme Court mandate amid a safety shutdown in mines. The government seeks a ruling on good faith and continued compliance by the union and its president.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Ers
Union
Iis
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
UMW
Goldsborough
Clerical Employees Returning To Jobs In Baltimore
A substantial number of clerical employees returned to work at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Baltimore on the fourth day of a strike. Maryland strike director James Yewell dismissed the returnees as a minority, while Federation members claimed most clerical staff remained on strike. Officials assured workers they would not be dismissed or penalized for participating in the stoppage.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
James Yewell
Ince
Yewell
Maryland Federation of Telephone Clerical Workeri Ng
Che
Potomac
Hanexe
Comthe Company
Two Injured After Car Crash Near Home
A two-vehicle accident on Tuesday left two people injured and in shock as the car overturned near Cumberland. Mrs Harbaugh and Mr Baugh were hurt. they were driven home by Harsaugh's sister. A labor spokesman said wage dispute prospects at the Keily Springfield Tire Co appeared near settlement.
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St.ienes
Baugh
Conny
Harsaugh
Dis Cumberland
Keily-Springfeild Ture
Truman Says Prices Up To Business
President Truman stated that price levels depend on business, not government, and urged manufacturers to reduce prices without breaking anti trust rules. He cited a Supreme Court ruling on price fixing and said profits rose in 1946 and early 1947 while urging labor and management to reach fair wage agreements if prices fall.
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Truman
Pri
Ieep
Supreme Court
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Iness
Resson
Condemnation Case Ends in Frederick Area Farm Suit
Federal court proceedings over 97 acres of the Austin K Thomas farm near Frederick seek a government taking for a bombing range at Camp Detrick. Estimates of just compensation range from 13 200 to 16 000, with Thomas left 76 acres including a house and outbuildings. Jury inspections concluded as government seeks declaration of taking and related leasehold condemnations.
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Austin K. Thomas
Frederick
Mad
Camp Detrick
Thomas
Harry Ab. Riepe
Alexander S. Mack
War Department
Secretary of War
Thomas Farm
Bright
Ja King
Germantown
Nine Miners Dead in Explosive Knox Coal Disaster
An explosion at the Knox Coal Company mine in Exeter Pennsylvania trapped workers 350 feet underground. Nine men were killed and nine others injured with two bodies recovered soon after the blast and additional fatalities found during rescue efforts.
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Exeter
Knox Coal Company
County Deliberates on Daylight Time Changes for Towns
County commissioners weigh whether to adopt daylight time for incorporated towns amid calls from farmers and towns. No towns have reported plans, and Mayor Council of Brunswick has shown no formal action. Hagerstown and Baltimore have daylight time, potentially affecting Western Maryland Railroad schedules.
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Wwe
Coun
Daime
Brunswick
Gettysburg
Burg
Counsening
Hagerstown
Toners
Baltimore
Western Maryland
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Senator Sees National Bust
Senator O Mahoney warned of a postwar pattern of inflation followed by a crash unless general price reductions occur soon The senator told manufacturers that high prices may price them out of customers He urged stockholders at U S Steel Corp to take action to protect competition and curb inflation citing a Senate committee report on rising retail prices since 1945
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Icon Goods
U. S. Steel Corporaal
Tudust O'Mahoney Sai
21 Soldiers Hurt In Crash Of Plane
An Army C-47 transport crashed and burned after taxiing from Kelly Field. Twenty one soldiers were seriously injured and the names of the passengers were not released. The crew included members of a Negro soldier baseball team bound for Davis Mountain Field in Tucson.
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Kelly Field
Davis Mountain Field
Tucson
Jatil
John L Lewis’s comeback drives national focus on mine safety
The Nation profiles John L. Lewis as he defies setbacks from the Supreme Court ruling on the coal strike. He rallies miners to quit April 1, seeks to spotlight unsafe mines, and draws Senate and House attention to mine safety reforms while facing legal pressure and political backlash.
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Big John
Supreme Court
Centralia
Big Jon
Lewis
Senate
House
Tanktown
Senator Morse
Oregon Republican
National Federation of Telephone Workers Ends Strike Talks
Officials announced an understanding on wages after a meeting between executives and representatives of the National Federation of Telephone Workers. The discussions followed a strike threat and aimed to avert disruption to service.
Meat House Robbed and President Truman Visit Planned
Readable fragments report a meat house robbery with items described as a ham a middling and a shoulder from a 400 pound hog. Separate item notes indicate President Truman will visit his mother in Missouri this weekend, with travel planned for Saturday.
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Meat House
Aefes
Faege Crouse
Mother Washington
Truman
Missouri
Krug Blasts UMW Safety Record During Hearing
Interior Secretary Krug accused United Mine Workers leaders of an almost unbroken safety neglect while lauding federal action on mine safety. He urged union officials to use new safety duties, as UMW lawyers prepared to contest a multimillion-dollar contempt fine before Judge Goldsborough.
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Sec Interior
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Senate
Ahean
Interior Department
UMW
Krug
T Alan Goldsborough
Music Clubs Set for Maryland Federation Meet
The twenty second annual Maryland Federation of Music Clubs meet opens Friday with attendees including Mrs G Franklin Onion of Baltimore and Mrs Stephen S Langley as host representative. Co chairs Francis B Sappington and committees cover credentials registration decorations program transportation publicity and hospitality. The National Federation of Music Clubs founded in 1898 has over 4000 member groups across 48 states.
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Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
G. Franklin Onion
Baltimore
National Federation of Music Clubs
Stephen S. Langley
Monday Musicales
Francis B. Sappington
Roland Whitehurst
Philadelphia
George B. Douglas
Ernest F. Kennedy
John H. Cramer
Paul B. Beckhelm
R. Ames
Richard P. Ross
Beckhelm
Shirley Braungart
Patricia Kennedy
Jean Reed Douglas
Barbara Beckhelm
Mera Braungart
America
Detiro
Union Offer To Return To Work For Emergency
The Ve Workers Union urges members to return to work for an emergency offer. National Federation of Telephone Workers headquarters publicized the proposal as McCowen's union faces strikes against Southwestern Bell since Monday.
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Oklahoma
St. Loui
Uni
National Federation of Telephone Workers
McCowen
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
City Employee Injured In Sewer Cleaning Accident
A city worker injured while cleaning a Carroll pathway sewer when a cleaning apparatus rod snapped. He suffered a severe gash under the chin and a hand wound, was treated at Derick City Hospital, and later released to recover at home.
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Pornins
Lex Poomenbes
Trea
Iis
Tuesd
Carroll Paway
Derick City Hospital
Woodward tornado toll climbs as hundreds feared dead
Initial Red Cross estimates place at least 100 dead in Woodward Oklahoma with 300 to 1,000 injured. About 100 blocks of the city destroyed. rescue teams searched rubble while power failures halted services and hospitals relied on candles and generators.
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Higgins
Tex
Ghizier
Gage
Okla
Wood- Sheasiwardier
Wichita
Kascere
Emen
Torrai
Red Cross
Texas Panhandle
Howard Boxwell
Briex
Pampa
United States Seeks U N Council Delay on Greek Aid
At Lake Success on April 10 the United States demanded the Security Council defer action on a Soviet plan to place U S aid to Greece under UN supervision. Warren R Austin argued no council action until Congress approves the aid program and U S Greece Turkey accords are reached. Poland announced a push for an international relief agency akin to UNRRA to address Greece needs.
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United States
Security Council
Greece
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Congress
Turkey
XNI
Poland
UNRRA
California quake rattles region with minor damage reported
A sharp earthquake lasting nearly a minute shook southern California at 10 59 am. No deaths or serious damage reported though Caltech seismologists say it was deep seated and potentially strong in some areas. Felt from Santa Barbara to El Centro, light in Santa Barbara and San Bernardino, unrecorded in El Centro and Owens Valley reported water disruption in LA area.
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Los Angeles
California
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
Owens Valley
Shores Virginia Trapper Dies Here
Text shows a local obituary for Shores, a Virginia trapper associated with the Potomac region. The report notes his death here, with limited readable details about family or services. It mentions proximity to Lover's services and a life spent near Shores.
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Shores
Virginia
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