GOP Version Plan Sought
Senator Ten of Obie urged a Republican plan for Western Europe aid and warned against adopting the Marshall Plan in its present form. Taft, a Republican presidential hopeful, discussed foreign aid costs, urged a $5 billion cap, and planned to convene the Senate Republican Policy Committee to shape the party program ahead of hearings on the Marshall Plan.
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Weshington
Ten
Obie
Commission
Ohicdn
Marshall
Germany
Taft
Missouri
Tinman
Congress
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peacetime coal output hits record in 1947 across nation
Washington reports peacetime bituminous coal production reached about 617 million tons in 1947, a figure surpassed only in 1944 during wartime. West Virginia set an all time yearly high, Pennsylvania second, with export tonnage around 42 million to overseas markets and 25.9 million to Canada. Police shifts updated for Frederick, with Chief Straley issuing departmental bulletin detailing day and night tour splits and officer assignments.
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Washington
National Coal Association
West Virgginia
Pennsylvania
John D Battle
The
Coal Association
United States
Canada
Fred M. Straley
Frederick
Dutfin Heffner
Norton Dietz
Faor
Hefner
Imntetia
Two Taft Hartley Labor Decisions Split AFL Unions
Two forbidden Taft Hartley rulings hit AFL unions as nationwide strikes hit four overseas communications firms and a Texas refinery. NLRB examiner Fitzpatrick found Local 74 of the AFL Carpenters Union engaged in a secondary boycott, while Judge Brennan issued a restraining injunction against AFL Teamsters Local 294 for six alleged unfair practices. The cases mark early applications of taft harley rules as labor tensions rise.
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Associated
Texas
Washington
Stephen W.rennan
Utica
AFL Teamsters
NLRB
U. S
CIO American Communications Association
All-American Cables Employee Association
CIO Oil Workers Union
PaniAmérican Refining Corporation
Texas City
Tex
Fitzpatrick
AFL Carpenters Union
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brennan
Teamsters
Iocal
Conway Express Company
Crosby Again Is Top Box Office Attraction
Bing Crosby topped the box office list for the fourth straight year in 1946 per Motion Picture Herald based on exhibitors polls. Betty Grable Ingrid Bergman Gary Cooper Humphrey Bogart Bob Hope Clark Gable Gregory Peck Claudette Colbert Alan Ladd lead the top ranks with Western stars Roy Rogers Gene Autry William Boyd and others also appearing in the top ten.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Motion Picture Herald
Betty Grable
Ingrid ; Bergman
Gary Cooper
Humphrey Bogart
Bob Hope
Clark Gable
Gregory Péck
Claudette Colbert
Alan Ladd
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
William Boyd
Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
Charles Farrell
Smiley Burnette
Johnny Miack Brown
Dale Evans
Eddie Dean
Actress Ann Sothern Granted Divorce in Hollywood
Los Angeles January 27 1948 actress Ann Sothern heads the Hollywood divorce parade as she obtains a decree from actor Robert Sterling on grounds of alleged mental suffering after his denial of marriage responsibilities. The pair wed May 23 1943 and separated last November.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Ann Sothern
Robert Sterling
Rural stars dominate Nation poll and year’s top film
Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby are rural America’s top stars for a second year in Country Gentleman’s Rural Motion Picture Poll. The Yearling is named best picture of 1947, with results to be published in January. Also noted are rankings for leading women and men and the year’s ten best pictures. A separate item reports a Hagerstown man pleading guilty to stealing hotel equipment with a suspended sentence contingent on leaving the state. Another note mentions a fur coat theft case and a cabin arrest, plus a trivia line about the hamburger’s first record in 780 A.D.
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Bing Crosby
Country Gentleman
Bergman
Crosby
Claudette Colbert
June Allyson
Greer Garson
Jeanne Crain
Gregory Peck
Cornel Wilde
Alan Ladd
van Johnson
Hollywood
Jolson
Ruth
Margie
America
Hagerstown
Arthur C. Welsh
Joseph D. Mish
Welsh
Ruth R. Welsh
Union
N. J. Welsh
Cumberland
Edwin R. Lilya
State funds sought for Frederick airport expansion
Frederick plans to apply for state funds to support the municipal airport. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler is authorized to sign papers and file the application, with an estimated grant near 25,000 dollars from a 120,000 dollar state allocation approved by the General Assembly. The city, eligible due to Civil Aeronautics Administration procedures, aims to bolster airport financing.
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Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Lloyd C. Culler
General Assembly
Maryland State Aviation Commission
Frederick City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
State Aviation Commission
Dorchester County Tax Rate Slashed to $1.75 for 1948
Cambridge January 27 The Dorchester county tax rate reduced ten cents to 1 dollar 75 cents for 1948 announced by President Baker Robbins on the Board of County Commissioners.
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Cambridge
Dorchester County
Baker Robbins
Board of County Commissioners
4 Lane Dual Roads Seen in Maryland Plan
Maryland's 200 million five year road program advances with four lane dual highways as a symbol of progress. State Roads Commission and Highways Advisory Council chaired by Howard Bruce oversee the project as units are completed across the state. No fixed list of roads is set. maps and plans remain elastic as construction proceeds.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Highways Advisory Council
Howard Bruce
Roads Commission
Highways Council
Governor Lane
Reds
Washington
Get Tough on Gamblers in Prince Georges County
Hyattsville Prince Georges county adopts a hard line on gambling. State's Attorney A Gwynn Bowie said he would personally prosecute 14 people arrested in two New Year's Eve raids. Warranted cases include Wil Harm Dietz and Ruben W Schwartz. Circuit Judge Charles C Marbury warned of stiffer penalties.
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Hyattsville
Prince Georges County
A. Gwynn Bowie
Wil Harm Dietz
Ruben W. Schwartz
Charles C. Marbury
Coal Cars Derailed Blocking Main Lines Near Cumberland
Thirty coal cars derailed on the Baltimore and Ohio line at McKenzie West Virginia ten miles west of Cumberland blocking both main tracks. Traffic diverted temporarily via Western Maryland Railroad from City Junction and North Branch to Rawlings. No crew injuries reported and clearing work began immediately. A broken beam on a gondola believed to cause the mishap. Earlier a B and O freight crashed into a stalled automobile at Mt Savage.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
McKenzie
W. Va
Western Maryland Railroad
City Junction
North Branch
Rawlings
B. and O
Mt Savage
Freight train derails car at Corriganville crossing
At Corriganville a freight train struck a stalled car, demolishing it entirely. Lee Simm Nicol of Lonaconing, 33, told Trooper Coddington he could not move the auto off the tracks. He escaped unharmed. The incident followed a similar derailment on December 23 at the same crossing.
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Corriganville
Lee Simm Nicol
Lonaconing
George Coddington
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