Ox Fibre Shop Men Stage Major Strike at Plant
Ox Fibre Brush Company in Frederick faced a major strike by the local American Federation of Workers union. About 330 employees were absent as mass picketing began early and continued in shifts at the East Church street plant. Negotiations since July failed with a union shop dispute at issue. The company offered a six and a half cent raise plus vacation and hospital benefits. government conciliator attended three meetings. Police maintained order as mass picketing was planned daily from 6:30 a.m., with the nonstriking office and supervisory staff reporting to work.
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American Furniture Workers
CTO
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Frederick
East Church Street
STZAM
Ramnance
Fred Straley
88th Division Parade Demonstrates American Might in Goriza
Goriza Italy August 20 The U S 88th Division staged a large parade showing American military strength near the Morgan Line as Yugoslav soldiers watched. Relations with Yugoslavia were strained by several incidents including conflicting Yugoslav accounts in Venezia Giulia, the disappearances of eight British soldiers and seven German POWs south of Trieste, and the loss of an American transport plane between Vienna and Udine reported after tracer fire and anti aircraft fire.
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Italy
U.S
Tito
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giula
Trieste
Vienna
Udine
Two Escape From Jail At Annapolis
Anne Arundel county Sheriff Joseph Griscom reports two prisoners escaped from the county jail in Annapolis citing noncooperation by Warden William Crouse. Escapees are Robert Nothey 21 indicted for raping a Negro woman and John C Barber 18 charged with automobile larceny awaiting grand jury action.
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Annapolis
Sheriiff
Joseph Griscom
Anne Arundel County
William Crouse
Robert Nothey
John C. Barber
Returns to Missouri in custody after escape attempt
John Hawes, 21, a former Frederick resident, is being returned to Missouri to serve a five year term for robbery. He was escorted by a guard, was arrested in the city, waived extradition, and is traveling by bus to Washington before continuing by train to the Jefferson City state reform school.
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Jefferson City
State Reformatory
John Hawes
Frederick
Missouri
Hawes
Daniel Swomley
Marshall Murray
Washington
Start Soon On Highway Base Course
Work is set to begin within days on laying the base course for the AIA Cadam paving. The single lane will form part of a dual highway from Myersville to Route 40 west of the city. Contractor representative said weather permitting the road should be travelable later this year with full completion in mid 1947.
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Aia
Langenfelder Company
Sheokstown
Williams Construction Company
Myersville
Funkstown
Langenfelder Concern
Myersville-Frederick
Myersvilleacts
Fey
Ie Weenie Eee
New Program Draws Weis
Air Reserve and Air National Guard recruit thousands of Army Air Forces veterans, with plans for 61 groups and 123 reserve bases nationwide. RAF Reserve includes 17,500 combat crew pilots, 5,000 staff officers, 27,500 non pilots, and 126,000 enlisted reservists. Active duty training expected to start spring 1947, with efforts to include all active reserve personnel in 1948. Lily Pons cancels Mexico performances due to exhaustion and altitude, returning to the U.S. Seaman Mitchell J. Lewis injured after falling before a Lexington Avenue subway train at 96th Street station.
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Air Reserve
Air National Guard
Army Air Forces
Flying Magazine
AAF
Flying
RAF Reserve
RAF
New York
Mitchell J. Lewis
Seaman
Washington, BD. C
Lexington Avenue
96Th Street
Lexington Avenue Station
Yugoslavia Faces U S Pressure Over Trieste Row
Mackenzie notes hostile Yugoslav moves toward the United States amid notes protesting alleged Yugoslav troop incursions around Trieste and an American transport plane shot at near the frontier. He questions Belgrade fears, Tito’s aim to pressure the West, and Yugoslavia’s ties to Moscow while warning against overreaction.
Farm Hand Admits Slaying Of Girl
Danville Illinois August 20 authorities have a signed statement from 21 year old farm hand Robert Beatty admitting he fatally stabbed 19 year old Lois Nelson at a day at the ball game and the movies. Sheriff Wayland says Beatty will be charged with murder in an utterly pointless act. motive remains a mystery.
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Danville
William Wayland
Robert Beatty
Lois Nelson
New York Primaries Underway Across 21 Contests
The Associated Press reports New York holds 21 congressional primaries today. The results could signal whether the midwest trend of unseating incumbents spreads to the eastern states.
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Associated Press
New York
East
Delay in Ceilings Likely as Board Deliberates
Washington August 26 The nation watches tonight for the Price Decontrol Board to decide whether price ceilings will be restored on meats dairy products grains cotton seeds and related commodities. If restored the new ceilings may not take effect until Friday with further delays possible if subsidies are involved.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Congress
Aldes
Agriculture Department
To Ask U N To Name Trustee For Palestine
London reports Britain will ask the United Nations trusteeship council to appoint a sole trustee for Palestine next month. The government says the move is needed as League of Nations rights dissolve, yet Britain will not surrender its mandate. The inquiry committee urged trustee status and immigration for 100,000 Jews. Negotiations bogged down over division plans opposed by President Truman.
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London
Britain
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Palestine
League of Nations
Holy Land
Ernest Bevins
United Alions Assembly
Truman
Weather report hints at cooler night after breeze
The temperature dropped to a comfortable 57 degrees with a cool northwest breeze and heavy dew. Today promises pleasant weather with temperatures likely staying in the low eighties after a cooler night compared with Monday.
Former King Caught By Housing Shortage in Cairo Villa
Rome dispatch says former King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy sojourning in Cairo faced eviction due to a housing shortage amid a Pan Arab conference. He and his wife moved from the villa guesting with King Farouk to a ground floor apartment in an Italian family home.
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Vittorio Envinuele
Mary
Vietin
Daily American
Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
Vinorio Emanuele
Sentenced for taking money in local court case
A 16-year-old local youth Norman Allen Green was sentenced to eighteen months in the House of Correction by Magistrate Edward J. Smith after pleading guilty to stealing $20 from Irving S. Weil. The case, tied to prior bicycle parts theft and earlier Juvenile Court involvement, featured arrest by Licent. R. O. Six and ties to earlier autos thefts. Separate proceedings fined or ordered support in other matters, including Leo O. Miller for non-support and two Baltimore residents for speeding violations.
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House of Correction
Edward J. Smith
Peoples Court
Green
Smith
Grand
Irving S. Well
Weil
Licent
R. O
Leo O. Miller
Saddleback
Catoctin Furnace
Alton ¥. Bennett
Charles W. Smith
Howard J. Werner
Baltimore
Ataache Saucule Ludds Ulu Wu
Sidney H. Schtnault
Kenneth D. Bond
Sugar Shortage Report Skews National Supply Outlook
An anonymous but credible source says sugar is at its lowest level in the United States and will grow tighter in October through December. Causes include droughts shrinking the Cuban crop and production gaps in the Philippines and Java East Indies. OPA price ceilings enabled European purchases of Cuban stock, while rationing and distribution efforts struggle to keep retailers supplied. Virginia remains notably short while Pennsylvania fares better near Philadelphia refineries. Home canners face curtailed peaches and reduced use of green cooking apples due to sugar limits.
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Frederick City
United States
Philippines
Java- East
Inaia
OPA
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Moscow Accuses Turkey of Mobilizing Troops
Moscow charges that Turkey has mobilized 500 000 men and is building air fields, claims aired by Moscow radio via a Baghdad message source. The Foreign Office in London declined comment and noted uncertainty over whether the message originated in Baghdad or Beirut.
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London
Foreign Office
Moscow Radio
Wasserting
Turkey
Lugervy
Baghdad
Beyrouth
Lebanon
Restore Order In Calcutta Riots End Amid Food Shortages
Calcutta regained a semblance of order as military police and rescue parties patrolled bloodstained streets. Rioting between Hindus and Moslems killed thousands and left 2,000 residents without food. Food distribution collapsed, prices surged, and refugees packed railway stations while disease fears grew. Estimates of deaths varied. officials cited about 400 while other reports claimed over 3,000 dead.
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Calcutta
Ane
Bisease
Walks To Jail And Surrenders In Mississippi Outbreak
Johnny Craft, one of three Negro brothers sought by a posse in Smith County for ambushing four white men, walked into the Hinds County jail in Jackson, saying he came from Smith County. The war veteran ringleader appeared unarmed and unharmed in Marine fatigues after evading a large posse in Sullivan Hollow. Craft reportedly walked to Jackson from Smith County amid a two day social disturbance.
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Miss
C. M. Herrin
Johnny Craft
Smith Ars
Craft
Sullivan Hollow
Hinds County
Nexro
Smith County
U.S. Marine
Smith
Recovery area market leaders show rising apathy
In New York on Aug 201 P-Selected slogans crawled into the recovery area today as several market leaders remained notably apathetic about the rebound.
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New York
Outrageous performance cited by Acheson in protest
Washington August 21 Secretary of State Acheson denounced a Yasor shiv attack on an American plane as an outrageous performance in a blunt rebuke while the United States issued its third protest in two days. TAKING OVER INDUSTRY Laidign August 20 The British Government said it would appoint a board to oversee the iron and steel industry. London August 20 The Work Office announced Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan was released from his duties as UNRRA chief of displaced persons operation in Germany.
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Lunder
Acheson
State Department
Dyrnes
United States
Rv OA Dt Cvhallant Siaige el Giceljvision
Iron and Steel Industery
London
oeThe
Sir Frederick Morgan
UNRRA
Germany
Morgan Denies Yugoslavs’ Claims Of Fire Incident
Lt Gen Sir William Morgan, Allied commander in the Mediterranean, says Yugoslav newspaper accusations that American troops fired first in the July 12 Ursina incident near Venia Giulia are false. He notes investigations show the Yugoslav frontiersmen were not in position and U S patrols were fired on from concealed shooters in Zone A, with returning fire by the U S patrols.
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London
William Morgan
Mediterranean
Ursina
Italy
Morgan
Vormelaye aMlonre
Iie
Zone A
U. S
Patral
United States
Missing Livestock From Red's Mill Train Wreck
Reported today that 40 cattle and 46 hogs from the Red's Mill derailment on the Baltimore and Ohio line remain unfound. Since the notice, some animals have been located and new leads surfaced. local officials gave no comment.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Leneate
Sonnsteciae Ag Farce
Strange Projectiles Reported Over France
Residents of Chatillon Sur Seine in Burgundy said they saw enormous long projectiles with orange red lights and piercing whistles nightly for a week. Paris papers ponder flying bomb tests or meteors as the direction of flight remains unreported.
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Paris
Chatillon-Sur-Seine
Burgundy
Sweden
Dijon
Look To Tito To Explain Air Attack
A Yugoslav spokesman says our pilot did the right thing as two Yugoslav fighters shot down an unarmed American transport over the Alps near Klagenfurt. A second C 47 was forced to land earlier, with one wounded passenger. Marshal Tito vacationing at Bled was reportedly sought for explanation by diplomats amid tensions in the Trieste area.
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America
United States
Trieste
Washington
U.S
Richard C. Patterson
Marshal Tito
Augoslavia
Italy
Belgrade
Uncle Sam
Russia
Moscow
Tito
Sam
Steed
Yugoslae Rayarnemant Eal Indas
Yuroslavia
Tursin Alps
U. S. State Department
London
Vienna
Udine
European Air Transport Service
Klagenfurt
Austria
Austrria
Spenlmen
Hareemalen
Bled
Marshal Titan
Viensna
Truman Walks Aboard Williamsburg In Brisk Morning
President Truman resumes vacation cruise after a chilly pre breakfast walk at Quonset Point. The Williams burg sailed from Quonset Point at 7 15 a m with Truman, Capt. James H. Foskett and Clark Clifford aboard. He wore white shoes and joked about needing a sweater as reporters noted a 59 degree breeze.
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Quonset Point
James H. Foskett
Clark Clifford
Aotary
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