Racketeers Grip Labor Amid Political Alarm in Maryland
Frederick Maryland heard a call for a new Maryland Labor Relations Act as reformer Harry Klinefelter urged curbing Wagner Law abuses. He described unions using check off and intimidation, and argued equality between workers and employers with licensed bargaining agents and required arbitration. The luncheon noted broader wartime needs and local support for Christmas gifts for hospitalized servicemen.
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American Citizens Association of Baltimore
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Florida
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Kiwanis Club
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Francis B Sapp Pington
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Zonta
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Lions Clubs
Charles K. Taylor
American Legion
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Scattered Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Frederick County
Frederick County reports scattered scarlet fever cases under Dr. F. E. Kefauver health officer. Two diphtheria cases noted in November, both mild or diagnosed, with patients recovering on toxoid treatment. Outbreaks confined to several county sections, mainly central and northeastern communities.
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Baltimore City
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Chinese regain Pachai and Kweiyang front in China war
Chinese High Command announced regaining the highway town of Pachai 65 miles southeast of DIR Wweikaig as Japanese forces drive toward the capital. Japanese claim Pachai taken. Chinese say recaptured and still in contact south of Pachai. Tushan remains in Chinese hands though Japan claimed it was taken three days earlier. Chiang Kai-Shek warned of a strategic error if Japan advances into Kweichow Province. Editorials note public unease over inconsistent Chinese communiques.
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Maryland farmers receive wheat loan advances in 1944
Maryland farmers obtained 2,336,340 in wheat loans under the government program for 1944. Loans covered 1,497,400 bushels delivered to terminal elevators in Baltimore and Philadelphia and farm stored wheat, with rates of 1.568 per bushel for No 2 Red Winter and 1.43 to 1.47 plus seven cents storage for on farm stock. The Commodity Credit Corporation announced a May 1 1945 offer to purchase both terminal and farm stored wheat at 5 cents per bushel above loan value.
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Dee 5
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Fauera Thins Fall
Joseph Blandford
CCC
Blandford
Commodity Credit Corporation of
Maisland
Carroll
Cecil
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
St. Marys
Washington
Montgomery County
Kent
Queen Annes
Talbot
Coroline
Dorchester
Infantry gains from anti aircraft units shift to front
Washington reports that Allied Jai superiority has released many anti aircraft artillerymen to the infantry. They are retraining for six weeks with an extra six for noncoms. Some coast artillerymen freed by wartime losses are being converted to field artillery duties.
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Washington
German Losses in Six Months Reach 2 500 000 Men
Paris dispatch reports an army of 2.5 million Germans plus 60 satellite divisions, with 1.15 million killed or captured in France, 1.05 million on the Russian front, and 300,000 in Italy. German manpower shortages force reductions in front lines at the expense of war production.
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Eleven Men Missing After Ammunition Blast in Magazine
McAlester Oklahoma December 5 Captain Elmer Woodside commander McAlester U S Naval Ammunition Depot said 11 men are believed missing after a magazine explosion where torpedo warheads were being transferred from a truck. Debris included parts of two trucks and a witness reported a huge flash. Officials are counting personnel casualties and designate possible civilian and enlisted participants.
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Nazi Planes Shot Down Over Berlin in Large-Scale Raid
London reporting Americans claim 91 Nazi planes were shot down in a heavy Berlin raid. Over 500 Fortresses bombed the German capital and Munster, with 1,500 tons of bombs. Dozens of bombers and fighters failed to return, some likely landing in France. Eight hundred fighters plus long-range missions aimed to shield bombers while U S heavies struck Berlin factories and military targets. Actual Berlin damage centered on Tegel vicinity and western armament plants. Also noted is a Maryland 4-H dairy contest winner, Hedwig M. Heinemann, first woman supervisor of a Maryland dairy herd association.
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Tegel
Gerd ‘von
College Park
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Clearspring
Washington County
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Miss Heinemann
Maryland
Jap Attack Turned Back Near Ormoc in Philippines
World War II dispatches report American ground forces halted a tank supported Japanese assault along the Ormoc highway south of the Leyte River bridge near Limon. MacArthur noted the destroyer and five small freighters destroyed by Leyte air forces, with Japanese air activity at Manila and ground gains in ridges south of Limon. Navy updates list losses including three small vessels and the Mount Hood ammunition ship. The Central Pacific fleet also reported losses. The Frederick Bicentennial Committee met to plan publicity with a December 12 adjournment date.
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Marbury Named Chief Judge of Appeals Court
Governor O'Conor announced the appointment of Judge Ogle Marbury of the Second Judicial Circuit as Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals under the Bond Amendment. A Laurel resident and Johns Hopkins alumnus class of 1902, Marbury will take effect January 10 and also serve as Chief Judge of the Second Appellate Judicial District.
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Ogle Marbury
Second Judicial Circuit
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Lindsey Sloan
O'Conor
Iall
Laurel
Johns Hopkins University
Corporations Over Top In War Loan
Washington reports corporations jumped three billion in a day to 10.038 billion toward the Sixth War Loan while individual buys lagged in the trenches. Total sales to date reach 12.468 billion. Brand quota may be surpassed soon, but officials caution the drive isn’t a full success. In New Jersey, Boston Red Sox plan spring training at Pleasantville High School, Atlantic City quartering, with their base 50x.
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House Freezes Security Tax in Senate fight over rates
The House approved a bill to block an automatic increase in old age and disability insurance taxes, sending it to the Senate 262 to 72. The measure would peg the tax at 1 percent on workers and 1 percent on employers, with the current plan set to rise to 2 percent. Presidential veto expected. backers predict Senate approval. If not raised next year, Cooper warns, future rates will rise sharply to avoid subsidizing the fund, affecting over half a million workers. Graham-Paige Motors idle as UAW pickets continue after a week-long strike over seniority rights.
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