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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1952
Page
4
A special wage tribunal cut wages by 25 percent for 20000 non hosiery workers amid competition from non union mills with wage differentials up to a dollar per dozen. The decision follows a dissent by one of three board members and reflects broader supply demand forces reshaping the hosiery market.
An analysis of taxes as a dominant operating cost cites International Harvester’s 1950 report. It shows a 33 percent rise in earnings before tax but a 6 percent drop in net income from the prior year, with stockholders receiving 436 dollars per common share while tax per share was 4.72 dollars. The piece argues stockholders pay large taxes while government gains from corporate profits.
Letters to the editor urge legislation allowing one yearly major prize raffle by bona fide organizations to fund fire companies in Frederick county. Local police warn against raffles, buyers fear liability, and community members push representatives to act as finances dwindle. A theft report from Frederick High notes a wrist watch and wallet stolen from a clerk, later recovered. Totem pole cactus note closes item.
Major Thomas M. Nial outlines status of National Service Life Insurance dividends. VA is mailing 198 NSLL checks and awaiting 600000 recipients for 1848 NSLI dividends while processing the 1952 special dividend. Veterans may be asked to delay filing if information on premium waivers or allotments is incomplete, with Navy and Marine payments expected faster due to lighter paperwork.
Items from February 7 1982 recount state Senate talk of a Baltimore and Frederick Electric Railway bill, Brunswick district petition, Myersville incorporation favorable in House, coal carts stuck at Market and Church, appeal for funds for Home for the Aged, maintenance costs in 120 at post institution, Liberty Copper Mines work halted pending machinery upgrades.
From the February 3 193% issue a memorial of events twenty years back notes a TV store hold up thwarted by locals at Henry Steiner’s drug store on Nevin Market Street and a fire at a home in Stup preceding control by firefighters. Turnkey Ira Rout named at Frederick County jail by Sheriff Crom succeeding W Kolb. Paul Winchester a one year old publisher dies in a Baltimore hotel. former Frederick Press editor and Marylander weekly publisher tied to 1910 era papers.
Babson Park column reflects on foreign missions, wartime policy, and a call for a world truce. The writer contrasts past missionary zeal with current Korea China actions, urging unity, sacrifice, and consistent Christian witness. He cites Truman policy, Point Four, and Edison to argue for peace through just behavior and global aid.
Fed spokesmen label as untrue stories alleging the Air Force used 284 pounds of coffee as floor sweeping compound and that the Navy had improvised forks on surface weapons. The British government formally charged Egypt over a diplomatic note and response to Cave casualties.
The U S government signals openness to discussing cutting diplomatic relations with Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and Romania. It notes embassies serve as listening posts but laments harassment of diplomats and checks on movement. A Paris review next month could signal patience limits and push for a broader moral stance against Moscow led governments.
Wilbur Feeble reports from Washington as he travels the National Capital on a reporter’s stroll through political culture. He teases Hoovers agents, jokes about Congressmen and Senators, and finds humor in bureaucratic life while admitting the era’s hidden meanings. A rabies outbreak headline follows with Virginia counts and county impact.
Funeral services were held at Hicks Funeral Chapel on West All Saints Street for Mrs Mary Jones, colored, who died Sunday in York. The ceremony was conducted by Pastor Tiltety and drew many friends and mourners from the community.
The Community Players opened Ah, Wilderness at Winchester Hall to mixed nerves from a conservative small town audience. Ray Simpson faces a hard role as Richard the intellectual rebel, yet delivers sincerity as the family tale unfolds on the Fourth of July weekend with deft acting and able staging by James Decker and Don Bruchey.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Amy Doris Weddle at St John’s Reformed church Woodsboro with interment in Rocky Hill cemetery. Also noted are interments for James Broun Nathan Lyles and Clarence Duchett at Fairview cemetery and for Mrs Salonua V. Claggett near Hyattsville. Other services honored Dewey Arthur Hess in Taylorsville and Dewey Hess’s pallbearers. Also listed are local funeral directors Powell Hartzier W. L. Burdette C. M. Waltz. A Truman administration nomination for George F. Kennan as ambassador to Mostow is reported, along with a brief, unclear note about milk production and crop prices.
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