Cut In Farm Price Support Sparks Mixed Reactions
Quenka February 13 Grain and livestock men condemn government price supports while calling for reform. Taft outlines farm program proposals including no general controls and selective tax on cooperatives. He argues for parity based on national income and criticizes price control and rationing as failures. Washington meanwhile funds underground coal gasification experiments at Gorgas, Alabama to explore future energy options.
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Taft
Livestock Exchange
South
Omaha
Nebraska
Lincoln
Truman
Washington
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Gorgas
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Infant born without mouth opening in Uniontown
A four pound baby girl born January 29 in Smithfield Pa had no mouth opening. Doctors at Uniontown Hospital performed two operations to separate jaws and free the tongue. After treatments the infant now weighs four pounds five ounces and can move jaws cry and nurse with a special nipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette Country Medical Society
Smithfield
Uniontown Hospital
2 750 Oculists Named In Price-Fixing Suit
Government names 2750 oculists in price fixing suits against two optical firms. Suits allege rebates to doctors to raise patient costs, violating the Sherman Act. Prosecution says doctors received over 10 million dollars and seeks binding verdict from 1946 suits. Annapolis probe call arises from Tidewater Fisheries Department controversy. Maryland Commercial Watermen Association asks Governor Lane to appoint an unbiased panel to examine the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rei Bates
Annapolis
Tidewater Fisheries Department
Maryland Commercial Watermen Association
Lane
Tidewater Department
Garden plots aid new gardeners at Maryland campus
University of Maryland reports 10 to 20 percent of planners have no gardening experience. Edward K. Bender notes many are young couples aiming to cut food costs by using campus housing plots. Officials in veteran housing have provided plots, helping families improve diet and learn fresh vegetables, while suggesting county extension bulletins for beginners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Edward K. Bender
Europe
Three Steelworkers Hurt In Baltimore
Baltimore February 33 Three steelworkers were injured today when a crane lowering them into a water tunnel under construction slipped. George Weideman 29 and Leon Campion 26 both of Baltimore were descending 2200 foot shaft siding on a steel girder. Campion grabbed a board but was seriously hurt when swung against the shaft wall. Shaft Superintendent William Gammill 44 Baltimore suffered a broken arm from a falling hammer.
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Baltimore
George Weideman
Leon Campion
Allen Berman
Weideman
Campion
Hwall
William Gammill
Miss Myrtle Rowe Breaks Arm After Icy Fall
Miss Myrtle C Rowe of 245 South Market street slipped on an icy sidewalk after leaving Union Manufacturing Co to travel to Baltimore. She fell, broke her arm, and was taken to a doctor then returned home.
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The
Union Manufacturing Co
Baltimore
Myrtle C. Rowe
South Market Street
Files Demurrer In Damage Suit Involving Police Lieutenant
Lieut Frank K Dorsey of the Frederick City Police demurred to a $2000 damage suit filed by photographer Charles W Reese over a September 28 incident. Reese alleges false arrest at a fatal accident scene, unlawful detention, and disparagement including removal of film. The suit cites assault, imprisonment, humiliation, and forced surrender of film, with Eshleman’s fatal pedestrian accident cited as context.
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Frank K. Dorsey
Frederick City
Charles W. Reese
Lieut. Dorsey
Richard E. Zimmerman
Roerke
Clifton Wirts
Benjami
Rosenstock
Paice
Roelke
West Church Street
West Patrick Street
Vanogus Ve
East Patrick Street
Lieut Dorsey
Rodke
Frederick
Clarence R. Eshleman
Hagerstown
Eshleman
Litigation filed over auto collision damages
Rodke sues for 2000 dollars after a follow vehicle struck. Attorneys filed the suit last November 12, with a blanket demurrer raised by Attorney Zimmerman on behalf of Lieut. Dorsey this past Friday.
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Rodke
Zimmerman
Lieut
Dorsey
Armed Services Told to End Public Quarrels
Washington Feb 13 Defense Secretary Forrestal ordered the armed forces to stop quarreling in public over controversial issues and to submit all statements to him before any public or Congressional release. The Council discussion on February 3 highlighted friction between Army and Navy over funding. The memo urged minimizing public evidence of interservice friction. Only 11 percent of homes used gas for heating in 1940.
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Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Navy
War Council
Army
Ar Force
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Three Years For Petty Larceny In concurrent sentences
Walter Green a 19 year old colored man from 19 East Sixth street pled guilty to four counts of petty larceny. Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg sentenced him Friday night to three years in the House of Correction on each count, to run concurrently. Witnesses identified recovered goods including seven pairs of children's rompers bacon Crisco waxed paper two dresses and four steel traps. A Mrs Wachter claimed a blanket stolen from her car and Mrs Gosnell identified a valuable camera recovered.
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Walter Green
East Sixth Street
Manuel M. Weinberg
House of Correction
Green
Frank Dersey
Dan Swomley
Wachter
Gosnell
Stolen Goods Case Follows Guilty Plea Prospects
Warrants issued against Green as prosecutors push for a guilty plea on multiple larceny charges. Police still seek unidentified items despite last night’s witness reports. Debris traced to October 1947 with State’s Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk leading the case. Other court actions included a suspended sentence for Henry Himes on drunkenness and small fines for Richard Donsife and Silas Cooper for peace disturbance.
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Dack
Nony
Green
Omer Leet
Edwin F. Nikirk
Henry Himes
Buckeystown
Bell
Richard Donsife
Silas Cooper
Frederick
Omcer Royer
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Allen’s Market & Second
Allen’s Corner Market
CO. H. Coblentz
Coblentz Contracting CO
P. D. Box
Frederick, Maryland
Middletown, Maryland
Middletown
Joan
Worth Market ST
Erick
Armed Services
Cal
Bernie’s Arena
South Market
WM. D. Bowers Lumber CO
Hatiying
C.E. Cline & Sons Funeral Directors
Ambulance Service
John R. Fitzpatrick
Frederick Iron & Steel, Inc
George Hamilton
Dtal Siguwar
Victor
Lémm
Unie
Eaece
AD Civic Groups
South Market St
Ogee
Serutan
PRUAR
Allen
Corner Market & Second Sts
Weil Bros., Inc
Your DeSoto
Plymouth
North Market Street
West Patrick St
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