French Franc Devalued Amid Free Market Exchange
France announces a devaluation moving official rate to 214 francs per dollar and creating a free market where dollars may fetch higher francs. The move aims to stabilize the economy but draws concern from the International Monetary Fund and Britain.
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France
Paris
Siso
United States
Washington
Monetary Fund
Camille Gutt
Gutt
Britain
Sir Stafford Cripps
London
Schuman
International Fund
New York
Offeal
Engagement Announced Sliss Judith Bowers to Gordon Dutrow
Announcement of engagement made December 18 for Sliss Judith Fay Bowers of Woodsboro daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen S Bowers to Frederick G Pearre Dutrow of Frederick County. Groom to be Gordon Pearre Dutrow of Frederick, son of R Lee Dutrow and the late Naomi Dutrow. Wedding planned for late spring.
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Sliss
Judith Fay Bowers
Woodsboro
Allen S Bowers
Gordon Pearre Dutrow
West Second Street
Frederick
R Lee Dutrow
Adamstoun
Naom
Bread
Dutrow
Biss Sowers
Walkersville High School
Baltimore Business College
Dutrow i
Frederick High School
Baltimore College of Commerce
Baltimore
Bucket Brigade Saves Barn Near MecCar dell Farm
A neighborhood bucket brigade prevented a barn fire at MecCar dell Farm Graddock pike just after 7 PM Sunday. A backfire from a running car is thought to have ignited straw in the wagon shed. residents extinguished the blaze before the Independents' county engine arrived. Total damage was a scorched wagon-shed door.
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City
MecCardell Farm
Graddock Pike
Independents
George Wiliam Smith
Uphill Battle For Most Rationing Bill
Senator Flanders predicts a tough fight for his meat rationing bill with hearings set in a Senate Banking subcommittee and similar House prospects seen as dim. The measure would authorize the Agriculture Department to prepare rationing including printing books, but no action without Congress approval amid expected meat shortages this spring.
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Washington
Flanders
Senate
Vermont
Hurdie
Senate Banking
Javits
R-Ny
House
Wolcott Reich
House+ Banking Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
Pickrets End Sears Picket Line Amid Taft Hartley Critique
Harry Bridges led CIO longshoremen to halt four months of Sears front-door picketing after denouncing Taft Hartley and West Coast rival Marty Lundeberg of the AFL. Sears filed a 250000 suit accusing Taft Hartley violations. ILWU demurrer was rejected in Superior Court.
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Pickrets
DEAVY
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO Union Lodey
Sears, Roebuck Company
Taft-Hartley Law and Bridges
Marty Lundeberg
AFL
Cio-International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Sach
ILWA
Sears, Roebuck
Senator O Conor Opposes Canada Route for Deep Water Ship Canal
Herbert E. O Conor of Maryland today warned that building a Canada through route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic for deep water vessels would be a billion dollar undertaking at the worst possible time. He spoke as the plan again comes before Congress.
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Herbert BR. O'Conor
D-Bma
St. Lewmie
Canada
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Congress
Milk bacteria prize winner named Homer C. Gross
The 1847 award for producing milk with the lowest average bacteria count was won by Homer C. Gross of Jefferson. The prize amount is not fully shown in the fragment.
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Homer C. Gross. Jefferson
Chestnut
Perms Dairy
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Singer Sewing Machine Co
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Franklin D
Walter Snow
North Market St
Rexall
Mennens
Johnson's Oil
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Frederick Paint & Glass Store
Frederick, Ma
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Motorola
Patrick
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HFN
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Dupont Paints
J-M
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IB aTreete
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Milcor Steel
Warry Tinney Meuiltes
Phese
DR. P. L. Osteopathic
East Third St. AM
Ae Tate
Zimmerman's College
Peoples Drug Stores
All Peoples Drug Stores
Armour Laboratories Wheth
Lederie Laboratories
Sharp and Dohme
Ina White Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories
Ins
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Peoples Service Drug Stores
N. Market ST
W. Patrick ST
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Company OF New Jersey
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Esso Inc
Esso
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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