Railroads to lay off 13 000 workers across system
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads announce mass layoffs due to the steel strike. Pennsylvania furloughs 9,000 with about 1,200 in Baltimore division. B and O plans 4,178 layoffs across 13 states plus 650 in Baltimore and 288 shop workers. Steel industry idle workers near 27,000 in Baltimore area.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Philadelphia
Brunswick
States
District of Columbia
Cumberland
Keyser
W. Va
Glenwood
An DuBois
Washington, Nd
Bethleherd Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Increase In Payments To Jobless Is Asked
Baltimore June 4 An increase from 25 to 30 dollars in maximum weekly jobless payments was urged by E J Moran president of the Maryland Industrial Union Council CIO to state legislators The bill to raise payments failed to pass Moran warned the current allowance lacks purchasing power and could threaten health morals and welfare if mass unemployment occurs
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Baltimore
E. J. Moran
Maryland Industrial Union Council Cio
Legislative Council
Moran
Gas tax up in Washington to five cents
President Truman signed legislation raising the District of Columbia gasoline tax from four cents to five cents per gallon, effective July 1. The move increases fuel costs for drivers in DC and reflects ongoing adjustments to tax policy.
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B. C
Washington
Truman
District of Columbia
Governor McKeldin Calls Real Estate Tax a Check on Assessments
Maryland could do without its real estate tax except as a check against under assessments by counties. Gov. McKeldin said the link between state aid and county revenues prompted a study of assessment policies by a commission named to examine the public school system. He noted the school equalization fund ties state aid to county tax efforts.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Keldin
McKeldin
Harry J. Green
Baltimore
Schools Study Commission
House of Delegates
Clarksburg Work Day Scheduled For June 14
Clarksburg Community Association plans a Work Day on June 14 to finish flag painting and park improvements. A bake luncheon will follow, with donations from Frederick and Montgomery merchants funding lumber and paint. Route 240 widening discussed, Civic Federation meetings noted, and a chicken supper announced for June 28. Next meeting July 7.
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Clarksburg
Fepart
Fenes
Parn
Jawan
Raymond King
Frederick and
Montgomery Countes
Jack Ammon
Theodore
Clarksburg Jordan
Community Association
Civil Defense School
Edward Deets
Henderson’s Corner
Hyattstown
Deets
The
Civic Federation
Austin W. Hammond
Montgomery County
Fredemien
Route 240
Raymond Wilhide
Clarence Day
Theodore Jordan
South Dakota Mount Mack Hille Area Claimed Oldest
A notice notes June 1, 1008, and cites South Dakota's Mack Hille area as the oldest mountain region on the North American continent.
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South Dakota
Mack Hille
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del Monte
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