No Hope For Dip In Price Of Coffee
Washington reports a New York expert told a Senate Banking subcommittee that there is no hope for a price drop while demand stays normal. Leon Israel of the Coffee and Sugar Exchange cited Brazil exchange rates and ongoing demand as factors behind prices above a dollar per pound in places, with no shortage of coffee despite market fears. Latin nations worry about boycotts harming US exports as frost and high demand push prices higher.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Leon Israel
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate Banking
Israel
Brazil
Chau
Gustavo Lobo
Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Subcommittee
Sen. Beall
R-Md
Cites
Bush
R-Conn
United States
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
State Department
Indasr
Binder
Walter Bedell Smith
Latin America
Zweta
Newsmen
Legislature Votes Money For Colleges
ANNAPOLIS Feb 8 WF The General Assembly overrode Gov McKeldin vetoes approving two 250000 buildings at Washington College and Western Maryland College as part of a 15 million bond bill. Senate actions and House votes backed the college expenditures while licensing and tax measures faced mixed outcomes. Strong fiscal debates continued on liquor tax changes and farm machinery exemptions with potential overrides pending.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
McKeldin
Washington College
Western Maryland College
House of Delegates
Blaze Damages Home on West Patrick Street
Fire crews from United, Independent and Citiz ens units responded to a chimney fire at 422 West Patrick Street shortly after 4 pm Monday. Four pieces of equipment battled a roaring flue blaze that saturated the house with smoke, penetrating the chimney bricks.
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United
Independent and
Citizens Fire Companies
West Patrick Street
Grand Jury May Look Into Silk Wills Strike
HAGERSTOWN FEB 8 Chief Judge Joseph Mish told the incoming grand jury it may investigate the strike at the Silk Mills in Williamsport if proper jurisdiction exists. The judge said the panel should determine if criminal laws were violated or if authorities enforced them, and cautioned against taking sides in the labor dispute. The hosiery plant, with about 400 workers, has been strike bound since late December amid earlier union recognition issues and a rejected one cent per hour raise offer, with reopens unsuccessful and incidents leading to charges.
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Hagerstown
Joseph Mish
Washington County
Williamsport
Lone Diet
Aera Ags
David Goetz
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Textile Workers Union
Democrats Urge Ike to Curb Republican Attacks
Democrats in Congress condemn Republican jabs at their party with House Leader Rayburn calling terms like Communist untrue and harmful. Sen. Symington warns continued attacks risk national disunity and aid to a potential enemy. They reference a speech by Sherman Adams accusing political sadists of pressuring a fear campaign.
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Nashington
Capitol
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
House
Rayburn
Sherman Adams
Quiet East Berlin as unity talks fade in Big Four
Soviet zone reports indicate no incidents in 48 hours after quick police action jailed about 500 disgruntled workers last week mainly in Halle Dresden Gera Oelsnitz Erfurt. Communist agitators were beaten in Schwerin and Magdeburg, with no further violence reported by Allied or German quarters.
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East Germany
Berlin
Soviet Zone
Halle
Dresden
Gera
Oelsnitz
Erfurt
Schwerin
Magdenburg
New Clerk of Malenkov Is Court Resigns Still No. 1
HAGERSTOWN Md Feb 8 John R Black sworn in last Thursday as clerk of Washington County Circuit Court resigned today after a heart condition was disclosed in a weekend medical exam. His appointment caused a clash among Fourth Circuit judges. Black’s letter said the resignation would become effective at the court’s earliest convenience and an acting clerk would be named until a permanent replacement is elected in November to succeed J Guy Wearley who died. Deputy John Hartle also resigned, citing political reasons. The Republican State Central Committee said he was chosen to gain experience before the election, the first GOP clerk named since 1908.
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Hagerstown
John BR. R. Black
Washington County
Black
Cumberland
Joseph Mish
Mish
J. Guy Wearley
Didtian Nad Geen
George Henderson
Republican State Central Committee
Henderson Lis
Florida
Harris
Insanity Report Shelves Death Penalty in Youth Murder Case
New York Feb 8 An insanity report ends the first degree murder case against 20 year old Harlow Fraden who killed his parents with cyanide cocktails. A psychiatrist found him insane and unable to understand charges or mount a defense. Fraden likely to be sent to Matteawan for the criminal insane. co-defendant Dennis Wepman found sane. Prosecutor still intends to press charges, though difficult if Fraden remains out of court. The Fraden estate allegedly stood at about 96 000 with 50 080 spent before arrest. The parents William and Mrs. Fraden died after champagne cocktails laced with cyanide in their Bronx apartment on August 19.
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New York
Harlow Fraden
Dennis Wepman
Fondiane Bronx Dist
Atty
George
le Luca
Fraden
Matteawan State Hospital
Beacon
N.Y
DeLuca
Wepman
William Fraden
Bronx
Las
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Promise New Life for Lacking Energy
The ad targets men and women around forty to sixty, claiming iron deficiency slows them. It touts Ostrex Tonic Tablets as easy to take, supplying iron and vitamins B1 and B2 to restore youthfulness, with a 50 cent sample and druggist availability.
John Derr Named District Chairman in Baltimore
Republicans in Maryland named district leaders to coordinate campaigning across six of seven districts. D. Eldred Rinehart announced the lineups, with A Parks Basin Jr, Thomas W Fey Ovines Mitts, and others including Mrs. Oliver M. Currier, Mrs. Eleanor Beck, and John Derr in Monrovia for the Seventh District, while a similar slate was to follow for the Seventh. A note of a death by own action and conflicting reports appears amid scattered references to a WepmanFraden dispute last December. Federal Reserve reports show 1953 bank profits at 65 million, up 36 million from 1952.
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Baltimore
D. Eldred Rinehart
Republican State Central Committee
A. Parks Basin Jr
Chestertown
Thomas W. Fey Ovines Mitts
Oliver M. Currier
Havre de
Grace
Anthony France
Eleanor Beck
Charles A. Dorsey
Mullie Neal
Thomas B. R. Mudd
la Plata
Harold W. Lady
Laurel
Sith
John Derr
Monrovia
George Barncord
Cumberland
Rinehart
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Preston
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Schmick
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Here
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Chatham
Yamaha
Modie Cannon
Cambridge
Fed
Board of Estimates
5Th Regiment Armory
State Board of Public Works
Markell & Ford
South
Carrall St
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Western
Maryland
Alcoholic Beverages Committee
del North
Dtalbot
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del. Robinson
D-Balto
Supreme Court of the United States
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Myers
del. Dempsey
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Montgomery
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Kehne Furn. CO
Monument
Grand Jury
Ike
Woo
Sam Miller
South Market Street
Malenkov
North Broadway
Darmage
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Russia
Georgi Malenkov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Kremlin
Red
Bertin
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U. S
Moscow
Pravda
Izvestia
Malyenkov
Tass
Red Press
Tzvestia
Supreme Soviet
Kazan
Medotov
Eves
Walter Snow
L. H. MacKenzie
Frederick Tropical Aquarium
Prescription
Eoples Drug Stores Service
N. Market ST
W. Patrick
Provenses Economy Oil CO
M. L. Summers Frederick, Md
Jack
Jug Bridge
Bartonsvile Road
Francis W. Bush, SR
Fairview Ave
Frederick
Dean
Better Homes Equip. Co
E. Patrick St
Pole
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Reserve System
East Patrick St
Monocacy Oil Company
Frederick, Md
THE
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Plymioutti Or Desoto
Nodges Cadillacs
Nashes
Frederick County
Weil Brothers
Plymouth
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North Market Street
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