Lewis Found Guilty of Criminal Contempt in Coal Case
Washington April 19 Justice T Alan Goldsborough held John L Lewis guilty of criminal contempt for not sending str iking coal miners back to work as ordered. He will pronounce sentence tomorrow and may consider jail term. Courts actions alarm officials as two thirds of miners remain idle and the government seeks a Taft Harley injunction.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Aine Workers
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
Galdsborough
Cac
Justice Department
Cumberland
Frostburg
Firemen Find Home Ransacked After Basement Blaze
Reading Pennsylvania officers reported a basement blaze at Paul Fine’s home were called when neighbors saw smoke. Firefighters drove smoke from basement then opened vents and found the house ransacked. Thieves stole clothing jewelry and cash totaling over four thousand dollars.
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Reading
Paul Fine
Department of Public Safety
Fine
Temporary Freight Rate Hike Granted
Washington April 191P The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads a further temporary freight rate increase about four percent above present rates. The ICC had already authorized a 10 percent temporary rise last October and a further 10 percent in January. The latest increase takes effect on 10 days notice and remains pending final decision on permanent upward adjustments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
ICC
Kline Submits Lowest Bid for 23 Miles Macadam Road
Richard F. Kline of this city offered the lowest bid of 64813.13 to macadamize 23 miles of road between Middletown and Jefferson. Other bids ranged to 98003.70 from Interstate Amnesite Co. of Wilmington Del 68983.70 from T Edgie Russell Frederick and 68788.50 from M J Grove Co Frederick. The project covers grading draining surfacing and all steps to convert dirt to macadam. County roads board will act at its next session.
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Richard F. Kline
Middletown
Jefferson
Roger H. Willard
Interstate Amnesite Company
Wilmington
Del
T. Edgie Russell
Frederick
M. J. Grove Company
Group Two To Meet Here On April 29
Maryland Bankers Association groups Carroll Frederick Howard Montgomery and Washington counties plan a spring meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on Thursday April 29 at 615 p m daylight saving time Dr R B Hefsebower of Brookings Institution will address Capital Demand and Government Policy and discuss interest rate trends and income redistribution Officers include Millard M Rice Elmer L Eshleman and Bert S Hyatt The annual election of group officers will be held.
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Maryland Bankers: Association
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Francis Scott Key
R. B. Hefsebower
Brookings Institution
Hefsebower
Maryland Weather After Wild Spell Hits Crops Hard
Warmer weather returned across most Maryland regions after a spell that caused an estimated 2 million dollars in crop losses. Skies cleared by noon and temperatures were expected to reach the 70s in many areas.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Large scale chest X ray survey planned for Frederick County
Beginning April 26 approximately 8,000 Frederick County residents including students food handlers and workers will undergo portable chest X rays in the counties largest tuberculosis screening campaign. The unit will travel Mt St Marys College Emmitsburg Brunswick Hood College Frederick High School and Church Street School through May 14 with readings sent to Baltimore for analysis and follow up. The effort is directed by the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association under Janet Kerchner the executive secretary.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
State Department of Health
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Hou
Baltimore
Health Department
Mt St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Brunsick
Hood College
Frederick High School
Church Street
Mary
Janet Kerchner
Eutive
County Tuberc and Public Health Association
Truman Plan Faces Tepid Reception In Congress
President Truman again urged inflation controls but met a cool response from Congress, especially among Republicans. Senator Bridges and Senator Cavehar both questioned the program’s chances, noting its reception compared with last fall. Mrs Bates Dead: Mrs Susan Rebecca Bates, 57, of Charles Town died recently and will be buried tomorrow. survived by two sons and a sister. Truck On Fire: An Independent Hee Company report a coal truck on Jefferson near McCurdy Field caught fire in its brakes. chemicals extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Bridges
Cavehar
R-Ind
Hee Compa
Deleck
Jefferson Street
McCurdy Field
Truman Cites Cuba Freedom Struggle As Inspiration
President Truman called Cuba’s fight for freedom an inspiration during a joint session of Congress. He spoke at ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Congress declaring Cuba free from Spanish rule, urging calm resolve and steadfast commitment to human rights.
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Washington
Truman
Cuba
Congress
Western Germany Talks Expand With United States Britain France
The British Foreign Office says the United States Britain and France will start a new round of talks on western Germany. Benelux will be represented by Baron Michiels Van Verdy, Dutch ambassador to London. Military governors from the three occupying powers will attend privately.
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London
British Foreign Office
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Baron Michiels van Verdy
New
Ruhr
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Grand Jury Is Convened in Special Session
The February grand jury met in special session at 10 o'clock in Circuit Court with Judge Patrick A. Schnauffer addressing the group. Jurors answered roll call amid regret over the session, while noting county crimes and a number of pinball machines seized for possible presentment, plus a Pennsylvania woman extradited to Frederick on bank fraud charges.
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Patrick A. Schnauffer
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Court House
Nesses
Testiny
Powder Helps Heart Disease Patients
Two scientists presented a plastic powder that allows heart disease patients to eat salted foods again. Swallowed like medicine, it passes to the intestines and has aided patients with edema and joint swelling who previously could not tolerate salt.
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Chicago
PHHA
Greenblatt
Beth-El Brooxlyn
American Chemical Piety
Tragic New Guinea Plane Crash Kills 37
A civilian airliner crashed on takeoff from Lae airstrip in New Guinea killing 37 people. Among the dead were 33 New Guinea natives bound for the Bulolo gold fields. officials said the craft was hopelessly overcrowded.
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Sydney
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Bululo
New Atomic Test Reported From Pacific Proving Grounds
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a new atomic test at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It said the test involved an atomic weapon but refused to specify if it was an atomic bomb or a new type, citing the 1946 act and congressional restrictions.
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Washington
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Atomicnergy Commission
Bikini
Pacific
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Congress
GOP Picks a Keynoter For Convention
Republican leaders in Philadelphia choose a keynote speaker candidate for the national convention as debates unfold. Harold E. Stassen campaigns as Senator Taft returns to Washington amid a crowded field including Vandenberg, Millikin, Lodge Jr, Green, Wherry, and Baldwin. In Ohio, Stassen challenges Taft for 23 of 33 delegates while Taft cautions about a tough May primary.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Robert Taft
Washington
Kernoter Post
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Klichigan
Eugene B. MiHikin
Colorado
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Vandenberg
Millikin
Dwight H. Green
Uinois
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Siassen
Taft
Cleveland
Germans Draft Russians Claim Russians Draft Germans
The German Socialist press claims Russians are drafting young Germans in their zone into the Soviet army. Reports from Frankfurt an der Oder and another city in the Russian zone cite former Wehrmacht nonfront-line soldiers. The piece notes German fear of a Soviet formed army in western Germany.
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Berlin
German Socialist
Social Democrat
Frankfurt An der Oder
Wehrmacht
Presian
Russia
Expansion and security drives in Soviet strategy across continents
A historical overview tracing Russia's expansion from a Moscow principality to a vast empire and then to modern Soviet aims. It discusses expansion routes westward and southward, the shift from Czars to Kremlin planners seeking world domination, and Soviet use of international communism as a paralyzing weapon to cripple enemy military and government. It also notes potential targets for sabotage and the importance of communications and transportation facilities in any conflict with the United States.
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Elton ¢. Fay
James Marlow
Wuries Alderals
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Stan
Argumen
Russia
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Baltic
Poland
Black Sea
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Vladivostok
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Greenland
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Alaska
China
Atlantic
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Communist Party
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United States
Sunpapers Press Damaged by Fire in Baltimore
A fire damaged the Sunpapers plant in Baltimore injuring no one reported. Firemen said the press would be down for two or three days while Evening Sun would still go to press as scheduled. Chiang Kai Shek named China’s first constitutional president with broad powers.
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Baltimore
Anil
Dit Young
Evening Sun
E K. Kavanaugh
Sunpapers
Chiang
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Italy votes in fateful election amid anti Communist surge
Early returns from Rome and Milan show Christian Democrats leading the Popular Front by wide margins in Senate contests. Premier Alcide De Gasperi's party gains ground nationwide as turnout soars toward likely world high levels with 90 percent of eligible voters casting ballots.
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Rome
Popular Front
Italy
Milan
Mian
Christian Democrats
National Bloc
Cide de Gasperi
Chris
Alcide de Gasperi
P—taly
Europe
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
West
Pius XII
Vatican
Christian Democratic Party
Yesterda
Hira
TCS
Hale
Nationwide Protest Leads Push Against Jim Crow in Military
Nezro leader eP-Grant Reynolds told the House Armed Services committee that a nationwide civil disobedience campaign begins to protest racial segregation in the armed forces. He disclosed a draft-card pledge refusing Jim Crow service and plans to circulate it widely along with 160,000 support buttons bearing Dont join Jim Crow army.
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Washington
Grant Reynolds
Congress
Armed Services
Reynolds
House Armed Services Committee
Man Held In Assault Case
Bruce W. Grable, 25, of 820 East Patrick Street, is held on $100 collateral for assault with intent to rape involving an eight year old girl. Police said the alleged attack happened at his residence. case bound for a grand jury session. investigators cited City Officers Simmons and Phillips under State's Attorney Nikirk.
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Bruce W . Grable
East Patrick Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Grable
Frederick
Arnold Simmons
Harry Phillips
Edwin F. Nikirk
Elected Officers of O U A M State Councilares
Approximately thirty three officers and representatives from Maryland councils attended the annual O U A M meeting at Pythian Castle. New officers were elected with Howard Olds as State Councilor and John Giltord as State Secretary. Representatives to the Salisbury national convention were James M. Dubel H G Chadem and S Raymond Harris. Membership rose by thirty three. FAKE OPENER Boston April 194- Athletics beat Red Sox 5 4 in 11 innings at Patriots Day crowd of 22402.
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State Council of
James Hwaach
Cherry Luam Thomas
Lawrence Bayonne
J. A. McDowell
Principio Furnace
Chapital S&s
Lee Craig
Perryville
Salisbury
James M. Dubel
H. G. Chadem
Salsbury
S. Raymond Harris
Boston
Philadelphia
Athletics
Red Sox
Local Weather Forecast for Maryland Counties
Baltimore Harford Carroll and Freder counties see sunny and warm conditions with highs 68 to 73 today. Tonight fair and warmer with lows around the mid 50s. Tuesday brings more clouds and warmth. Allegany and Garrett counties expect partly cloudy skies with sun and highs 70 to 75. Some showers possible tonight in the Alleghenies with lows in the 50s. Tuesday also has considerable cloudiness and a few showers.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Baltimore
Harford
Carroll
Freder
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Alleghenies
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