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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1947
Page
2
A brief entry from The Newt Frederick M4 dated Wednesday December 3 1947 notes happenings of the period. The item records local events and notices typical of the era with concise reporting and period tone.
Washington reports CIO leaders led by President Philip Murray announced plans for a third of postwar wage increases for 6 million members. They pledged to use collective bargaining to restore real income, while administration debates anti inflation bills and congressional scrutiny intensify. Murray signaled bargaining to begin early next year, with some unions to start sooner, as workers seek higher pay to offset price rises.
Cited as a small abstract carving, a canvas stored 30 years by Mrncken is valued by Benton at about 15 dollars while Mencken quotes the work cost at 50 dollars. Governor Lane calls Marylanders to extra caution to reduce holiday traffic accidents as the year ends and safety efforts are urged.
Philadelphia reports a 14-year-old boy shot himself in a junior high class at Bala-Cynwyd. Detective Sergeant Dirkes stated Donald Peabody Sargent fired a revolver into his abdomen, then left his seat. The incident occurred amid holiday warnings for extra caution as students watched in horror.
In a fragmentary account a man told a fellow student he would shoot himself saying he had no friends and nothing to live for, slipping into a room and collapsing dead near a woman and an instructor. The report notes the event occurred prior to attendees at a gathering.
Annapolis reports 65 voting machines received by the County Board of Election Supervisors for use for the first time in the May primary. The tally notes a 69 year plus segment comprising about ten percent of the U.S. population in 1989.
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