Stassen Plans Run For GOP Presidential Nomination
Harold E. Stassen announced his bid for the 1952 Republican nomination from Philadelphia. He outlined a liberal program emphasizing a higher moral standard, full employment, and a modern gold standard, and said he would seek counsel from leaders like MacArthur, Baruch, Eisenhower, Hoover, Our UN envoys, and Farley for policy guidance.
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UPA
Harold E. Stassen
United States
GOP
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
All Tree
Philadelphia
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Stassen
Friends of Stasser Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Siassen
Douglas MacArthur
Western Pacific
Bernard Baruch
Finstal
Eisenhower
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Ralph Buneche
United Nations
Asia
Africa
Near East
James A. Farley
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Steel Strike Called Off For Jan 1 By USW Officials
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee voted to halt a nationwide strike on New Year’s Day while leaving final action to a January 3 convention in Atlantic City. The move delays a walkout over wage demands and contract terms, with President Truman welcoming the delay.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Union Today
CIO
United Steelworkers
Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
Philip Murray
USW
Wage Policy Committee
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Wsbs
Fairless
Jan Lo
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Forty five years since Terra Cotta wreck in DC area
Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the Terra Cotta train wreck near Washington. On December 30, 1908 two Baltimore and Ohio trains collided at Terra Cotta Station, killing 50 to 60 and injuring scores. Frederick residents among the dead included Frank P. Boblitz and George Keyser. Charles T. Fagan and others survived. The disaster, the district’s worst in decades, halted trains and stunned the region as details emerged late at night.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terra Cotta Station
Washington
Frederick
Charles T
Toad) Fagan
Howard Kussmaul
Camden Ramsburg
Frank P. Boblitz
George Keyser
Fagan
Ramsburg
Baltimore& Ohio Local
Metropolitan
Terra Cotta
Takoma
Terra Costa
Fox
Baltimore and Ohio
Otlock
District of Columbia
Harry Hildebrand
Frank Hall
J. C. McCallum
Robert Rutter
W. A. Morris
Maryland
Frederick council fixes tax rate and board changes
The Mayor and Board met at 1 p.m. Thursday to adopt the state and county assessment on city property and set a tax rate of 1.45 dollars per hundred for 1952. The McCurdy Field Commission was altered with Quynn and Dr. Kallaway joining, while Bell was found dead in a rented room on Middle alley.
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Board of Equalization
Frederick
McCurdy Field Commission
Rice
A. G. Quynn
Paul B. Kallaway
W. Jerome Offutt
Dorsey Shipley
T. S. Glass
Warner L. Brittain
Tragic 1942 Collision Killed 14 Passengers at Dickerson
A paraphrase of the Terra Cotta disaster notes a 1942 Me tropolitan Branch collision near Dickerson where two fast passenger trains and a freight wrecked, resulting in 14 passenger deaths.
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Metropolitan
Dickerson
Autopsy Planned After Death Of Local Former Coal Yard Boss
Thursday evening Sergt Ben Phebus and Officer Arlington Hemp investigated the death of a well known former coal yard employer. They determined the sep tuagenarian died presumably of natural causes. The county medical examiner was summoned and the body taken to Hicks Funeral Home. An autopsy will be performed. The man had been ill since before Christmas with the grippe.
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Sergt
Ben Phebus
Arlington Hemp
Hicks Funeral Home
West All Saints Street
Grippe
REPORT IN 10 DAYS WEST FRANKFORT IL
In West Frankfort Illinois a notice dated December previews a forthcoming action or deadline ten days from now. The notice mentions local officials and an administrative step set to occur, with officials warning residents to prepare documents or comply with required filings.
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West Frankfort
Officials finish underground mine probe into 119 deaths
Federal and state officials wrap up an underground inquiry into a coal mine disaster that killed 119 workers. They will not disclose findings but plan to present a joint report within about ten days.
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Campbell's Tomato Juice
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Lawson Motor Sales
W. Patrick St
Dailey’s
Reverent Services
East Patrick St
Frederick, Md
City Police
Joseph A. Bell
Middle Alley
Hillside Coal & Oil CO
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Hospital
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Mortgage Loans and Insurance
N. Market St. Frederick, Md
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Hospital Aid, Inc
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