Baltimore executive urges opposition to public ownership of basic industry
Samuel Dewees of Baltimore and Western Maryland Railway executive addressed Frederick Lions Club at Francis Scott Key hotel, arguing against state supremacy and public ownership while praising free enterprise. He cited railroads’ postwar growth, rising tonnage, and new equipment, noting rail industrys role in coal, fuel oil, steel and iron. payrolls total 4 to 5 billion, taxes about 11 percent of gross income. freight rates up 52 percent, wages up 80 percent, costs 128 percent.
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Samuel Dewees
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Dewees
Lion Edward Mantz
Richard E. Zimmerman
Lion Ed Sokel
Darrell Prince
Forrest Haugh
Atlantic City
Ken Porter
West Chester
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Trial Date Set In Blue Law Violation Case
Hagerstown June 16 A trial of 19 persons on charges of violating a 225 year old blue law in Washington County was postponed today. Judge Joseph D Mish moved the start date from tomorrow to Friday June 24 after defense lawyers sought a delay. Defendants include theater and speedway employees whose managements challenged the statute. The first defier was a drive in theater operator east of Hagerstown who advertised a Sunday showing, prompting arrests by Sheriff Joseph D Baker after the Washington County Ministerial Association protested the ban on nonessential Sunday work.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Joseph D. Mish
Joseph D Baker
Washington County Ministerial Association
Land Condemnation Filed For Natural Gas Lines In Montgomery
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation filed two Federal Court condemnation suits in Montgomery County seeking lands for four 16 inch natural gas pipelines under the Natural Gas Act. One suit targets William H. Austin, others name Mr and Mrs Joseph Horgan and W Wallace Chiswell all in Montgomery. Chiswell and People's Life Insurance Co of Washington named as defendants. Austin must show cause by July 10, others by July 2. The action cites a certificate of public convenience from the Federal Power Commission. pipelines would be laid below cultivation level. Atlantic Seaboard says no agreement yet on compensation.
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Baltimore
Montgomery County
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Delaware
William H. Austin
Potomac District
Joseph Horgan
W. Wallace Chiswell
People’s Life Insurance Company of
Washington
William C. Coleman
Austin
Federal Power Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Replevies Property Case Filed in Cresgere Town
John Grayson Whites filed in Circuit Court to replevy furniture clothes insurance policy automobile title and other personal items from Mrs Ruth Rebecca Wiles 508 Trail Avenue through attorney E Austin James seeking return of the property and $100 in damages.
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John Grayson Whites
Cresgeretown
Ruth Rebecca
Trail Avenue
E. Austin James
CIO Phone Workers Threaten To Strike
Chicago June 16 CIO tele phone workers threaten a nation wide strike within 90 days to win bargaining recognition from the Bell system. A resolution calling for economic strike political and other actions to support a recognition drive was approved at the third International convention of the Communications Workers of America. The union, which joined the CIO May 9, says it represents 320000 workers in the telephone industry about half switchboard operators. The CWA move followed appeals to the National Labor Relations Board.
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Chicago
CIO
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell Telephone firms push new bargaining elections
Attorney W. Jerome Offutt and Lyman S. Sappington file a $1000 damages suit against Thomas Eichelberger over a January 30 automobile collision at Upper College Terrace and West Second Street. The suit claims Francis C. Sappington drove the plaintiff’s car during the crash and seeks recovery for car damage and loss of use.
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W. Jerome Offutt
Lyman S. Sappington
Thomas Eichelberger
Upper College Terrace
West Second Street
Francis C. Sappington
Eichelberger
Secret Marriage Revealed In Tragic Self-Destruction Case
Washington June 16 The parents of John R Transue and his teenage girlfriend June Marie Joy disclose they secretly wed last December in Ellicott City Md The youths met at Woodrow Wilson High School and after a failed attempt to marry due to Joys age Transue killed himself in a one man Russian roulette game near the Congressional Country Club Authorities found an annulment suit pending and Broschart noted no intent to kill himself Transue was an Army private stationed in Miami returning home yesterday
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Washington
John R. Transue
Ellicott City
Transue
June Marie Joy
Congressional Country Lab
June
Broschart
BR. L. Transue
Miami
Florida
Woodrow Wilson High School
Gobblers Knob
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Inter
Father’s Bay
Detroit
Packard
Glen Jeriwny Packard
Barbara Fritchie Motor CO
Patrick Street
Frederick, Md
Bell Telephone Companies
Bell Company
Venetian Blind Service
Frederick
Penney
Penney’s
Gowsatocku
Dad
ORTS
Rayon Sports
Seersucker
RONDO
China
N. Market St
J.C. Penney Co., Inc
Frederick, Maryland
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