Controls On Inventories Established
The Civilian Production Administration imposed strict inventory controls on manufacturers across finished goods to curb hoarding and preempt price rises. Firms may not hold more than 30 days of output, covering furniture, appliances, tools, and building materials, with August 4-15 as the compliance window and penalties for excess stock.
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Washington
Civilian
CPA
Enem
John D. Small
Hmits
Bird Problem Before Mayor And Aldermen
A three hour session before the Mayor and Aldermen covered traffic and light issues plus a starling nuisance. Property owners on East Second Street protested parking of a fuel tank truck, with similar complaints lodged previously. The council ordered prompt action to stop the practice and instructed the City Engineer to survey East Street for possible widening. A one way northbound ordinance for Court Street between Council and West Second Streets was authorized, and the police will use firearms temporarily to curb starling noise and dirt while seeking nonlethal solutions. Additional business included parking requests on West All Saints Street, lighting on Ninth Street and Fleming Avenue, a police call box on Water Street, light location changes on Hamilton Avenue, traffic light concerns at Bentz and West Patrick, approval of water convection work in Linden Hills, and investigation of a water line near the Ely real estate development. bills totaling 2726.46 were approved for payment.
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Starling
East Second Street
Ocean Si
Eighth
East Streets
East Street
Court Street
Council
West Second Streets
Alfred L. Diggs
Clarence Cooper
West All Saints Street
Ninth Street
Fleming Avenue
Water Street
Hamilton Avenue
Bentz
West Patrick Streets
Charles
Linden Hills
Roosevelt's Former Yacht Swapped for State Cutter Potomac
Maryland Governor announces swap of the s steamer Dupont for Coast Guard cutter Potomac, Roosevelt's yacht, with Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder present. Potomac to replace Dupont in patrolling Maryland waters, Dupont to be retired as impractical to restore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Dupont
Coast Guard
Potomac
Roosevelt
O'Conor
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Coast Guardsn
Pointed Gui
Naval Officer Redin Cleared by Federal Jury in Espionage Case
Russell officer Nicolai G. Redin, a former Soviet Purchasing Commission representative, was acquitted by a Seattle federal jury of espionage and conspiracy. He was arrested in Portland last March 26 and faced charges of obtaining secret information on the USS Yellowstone and its radar and fire control. Redin expressed gratitude to the jurors and stated the verdict ended what his attorneys called an injustice.
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Seattle
Rassini
Naval Licent
Nicolai G. Redin
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Piis
United States of America
Redin
Portland
Ore
U.S. S. Yellowstone
Ag T
Supervisory Workers Covered By Agreement in Coal Mines
Washington July 17 Vice Admiral Ben Moreell announces a government union agreement covering pay and working conditions for 136 supervisory workers at four Western Pennsylvania bituminous mines of the Jones and Laughlin Coke Corporation. The move marks the first such contract in the soft coal industry and tests the longstanding issue of organizing mine foremen amid resistance from coal operators.
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Washington
Ben ©. Moreell
Federal Coal Mines
Western
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Jock Corporation
Union claims control of management in wage pact
Supervisory workers at J and L affected by the pacts received a $1.85 daily raise plus overtime after 40 hours. The increase is retroactive to May 22, 1948. The J and L and Industrial Colleries Clerical and Technical Workers, represented by the same union, also gain 11 cents hourly pay rise and other awards from the Government UMA deal for miners.
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J and L
J. and L. and Industrial Colleries
UMA
Drive On Gambling At Ocean City Md
State's Attorney William G Kerbin announced renewed efforts to end gambling in Ocean City Maryland as a raid on Rick's Raft night club yielded six slot machines a dice table and several cases of whiskey. About 50 people were apprehended with a 10 am Police Court hearing planned. Sheriff Edwin D Lynch led the raid with deputies and state police. the club owner Charles Rickards was named. Estimated loot totaled seven to eight thousand dollars. Magistrate John Robbins scheduled the hearing and cautioned on charges.
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Ocean City
Mea
Worcester County
William G. Kerbin
Edwin D. Lynch
Kerbin
Rick
John Robbins
Robbins
Lynch
Charles Rickards
Education Program Outlined for Maryland Priorities
State Superintendent Thomas G. Pullen Jr outlined an eight point program to improve Maryland education at a Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers session in College Park. He urged smaller elementary classes, more junior colleges, higher teacher salaries, new school buildings, dormitory space, expanded veteran education options, and a revised pension and diploma pathway. He noted two existing junior colleges and two planned for Towson and Bowie, with veterans as a key motive for expansion.
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College Park
Maryland
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr
Pullen
University of Maryland
Baltimore City
Salisbury
Montgomery County
Towson
Bowie
Russian writer Ehrenburg notes cars as lovers bed in New York
Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg, quoted by Moscow radio, says Central Park strolls reveal motor cars as a substitute for lovers beds in New York during his U.S. visit. The remark underscores a striking cultural contrast observed in the United States.
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Russia
London
Ilya Ehrenburg
U. S
Moscow Radio Tonight
Central Park
New York
Candidates Overworked By Picnics
Candidates complained Wednesday about the picnic schedule after three events in one day. They said it was impossible to greet all attendees and distribute campaign materials at Manor Woods Saint Joseph's Church, Petersville Frederick Ellis affair, and the Frederick Voiture 40 and 8 outing. Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin, introduced by J. Tyson Lee, spoke at Manor. Congressman J. Glenn Beall attended briefly. About thirty candidates from state and local offices attended, with over 500 dinners sold despite high food prices.
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Manor Woods
St Joseph's Church
Frederick Ellis
Petersville
Frederick Voiture
Manor
Theodore R. McKeldin
Baltimore
J. Tyson Lee
J. Glenn Beall
Doapeke
Camp Kanawha
Frederick County
Libertytown
Pine Mountain Park
Howard
Montgomery
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Charles Burras
Gledwater
Texas
Studebaker Cmdr
Plymouth
Oldsmobile
Ford
Tudor
Plymouth Fodor
Hillside Motor Co
Studebaker
Patrick SL
Waler
Ely
N. Market ST
Weil Brothers
Frederick, MD
Frank Keefer
Reel’s Mill
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reels Mill
Yellowstone
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Fredericktown
Federal Deposit. Insurance Corporation
Hanes
Barbara Britchie Motor Co
W. Patrick St
Paul L
Romsrure
Gach
PLUL
WFMD
Sovial and Economic Research Foundation, Inc
S.E.R.F
Jay
The
Social and Economic Research Foundation
West Patrick SL
Moose
Frederick Iron & Steel CO
John R. Fitzpatrick
Perts
Hendrickson
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