Ocean City Mayor clashes over resignation and bond vote
Ocean City Md July 22 AP G Lester Eshman temporarily withdrew his resignation at an unscheduled meeting of the mayor and city council. Mayor Daniel Trimper accused the three councilmen of trying to make him the goat and walked out. Eshman said he withdrew to keep the council united until after the August 4 bond vote to improve the water system. City officials refused comment on a letter the mayor wanted published. In Baltimore, George H French declined a union invitation to address striking drydock workers. Dexer E Phelps’s will Probate Details.
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Ocean City
Lester Eshman
Atlantic Resort
Daniel Trimper
Eshman
Trimper
City Ofice
Rudolph D. Dole
Crawford Savage
Baltimore
George H French
Maryland Drydock Company
Walter H. Oakes
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
French
Oakes
Probing Building Industry Racketeering Probe Begins Fall Tour
Washington July 22 a House labor subcommittee announced it will visit 15 cities this fall to probe monopoly racketeering and restrictive practices in the building industry. Chairman Ralph Gwinn with Reps Owens and Lucas said the inquiry will start August 4 and 5 in Washington and run through December 16 to 19 in Birmingham Alabama. The panel will examine local laws, material limits, price trends, and labor financing in construction.
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Washington
House , Labor
Coarman
Ralph Gwinn
Outing on July 2 at Montgomery County General Hospital Supper
A July 29 hospital supper features a 3 p.m. baseball game between Colesville and Dayton teams in Howard County. Supper times and arrangements are set by a steering committee led by Mrs. Ann G Boyd and Mrs. James W Barnsley, continuing a 20 year July tradition at the hospital.
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Montgomery County General Hospital
William H. Gilpir
Mahlon Kirk IV
Colesville
Dayton
Howard County
Ann G. Boyd
James W. Barnsley
Free concert at Browningsville Band event in Montgomery County
A community gathering in Montgomery County features a free evening concert by the Browningsville Band, a group with a historical link to William W. Walker who organized related affairs about two decades after the Civil War, drawing local interest and nostalgia. Washington report notes national oil export controls moving through Congress to protect defense and civilian needs. The bill targets gasoline Diesel bunker and lubricating oils, requiring Commerce Secretary certification and monthly export reports to Congress.
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Browningsville
William W. Walker
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House
Senate
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
Secretary of Commerce
Congress
Street Flower Show Tuesday Afternoon
A street flower show under the Playground Commission and Frederick Garden Club attracted 182 entries. Held Tuesday afternoon from 1 30 to 3 faced the Sears Roebuck store on West Patrick Street, the event was judged by Miss Virginia Miller Mrs G Hunte Bowers and Mrs William A Rid.
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Playground Commission
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Garden Club awards and upcoming conventions noted
The Frederick News notes Garden Club awards for flowers and arrangements with first and second places listed for several categories. It also lists upcoming conventions for groups including the Knights of Columbus and the National Federation of the Blind, with tentative dates in 1947 1948 and 1949 in Baltimore.
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Garden Club
Mary Summers
Phyllis Sewell
Ruth Lambert
Betty Lou Kemp
Thomas Gouker
Thomas Speak
Dorothy Hoffman
Harry Reid
John Poland
Barbara Hoffman
Baltimore
City Convention Bureau
State Council
Knights of Columbus
Central Atlantic States Association of Feed and Drug
National Federation of the Blind
Southern State Caann
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