Emmitsburg Home Week Parade Tops Big North County Event
Emmitsburg celebrated a ten day Home Week with a Thursday parade drawing over 6 000 spectators. Mayor Rodgers led Miss Mary Fiery through Main Street to the carnival grounds as civic groups won prizes for drum and bugle corps bands floats and marching units.
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Emmitsburg
Thornton W. Rodgers
Mary Fiery
Northounty
Rites
Maintreet
Rodgers
Chamber of Commerce
Ponger
Col
Elmer F. Manhower
Philip Beard
Lloyd Hoke
C Ol. George Paxson
Carlton ‘Oore
Morris Rock Post
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Red Devils
Econd
Waynesboro
VFW
Westminster Municipal
Hagerstown Civic
Hine
Irishtown
Owings Mills
Queen and Court
Cheir of Elias Lutheran Church
New Windsor
Westminster Ladies Auxiliary
Short-Circuit Blaze Traced to Defective Cord on South Court
A window-frame fire on South Court street Thursday morning was blamed on a defective extension cord. A resident woman on the east side of Court street extinguished it with water buckets before firefighters arrived. First alarm went to Citizens hook and ladder near the blaze around 11 45 a m. The alarm was relayed to the United pumper and rescue truck and a mixup in directions sent them via Independent Hose Co West Church street. Hoover Alarmed Des Moines Aug 30 Hoover urged a return to old virtues over concerns about ethics and integrity in public life.
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South Court Street
Court Street
Citizen’s Hook-And-Ladder Company
United Pumper and Rescue Truck
Independent Hose’ Co
West Church Street
Truman invokes Taft Hartley Act on copper strike
President Truman invoked the Taft Hartley Act to end the nationwide copper strike affecting 58 000 Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. He named a board of inquiry led by Ralph Seward with Joseph L Miller and Allan Dash to report by September 4, prompting potential injunctions after the findings. The move comes amid urgent defense production concerns and frantic talks over Kennecott copper.
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Washington
Truman
Ralph Seward
Joseph L. Miller
Allan Dash
Philadelphia
Dash
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Steel
Garfield, Utah
American Smelting and Refining Co
Kennecott
Copper Strike Drags Production as AFL Unions Stand Firm
The Salt Lake City strike by Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and allied AFL unions halts most copper output after a week of action. Government injunction could extend for 60 days pending inquiry board findings. Separately, Senate Finance Committee backs about 1.045 billion dollars in annual excise tax increases in line with the House bill affecting liquor, cigarettes, gasoline, vehicles, and appliances. Iceland population noted at 140000.
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Per Co
Salt Lake City
Utah
CIO
AFL
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Knoxville Man Accused on Two Warrants
The Knox County Sheriff's Office served two warrants yesterday on William Rankles of Knoxville. He is charged with assault and battery and non support of his wife. West Virginia leads the nation in bituminous coal production.
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Knoxville
Sheriff's Office
William Rankles
West Virginia
Quirino Leaves On Pact Signing Trip to Washington
President Quirino of the Philippines departs San Francisco for Washington aboard a Philippine Airlines DC-6B to seal a mutual defense pact with the United States. He and President Truman will witness the signing, with aides to execute the actual agreement. Quirino then heads to Baltimore for a long-delayed medical checkup and will skip the Japanese peace treaty signing.
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San Francisco
Elpidio Quirino
Washington
Phillippines
United States
Quirino
Truman
Baltimore
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