Unemployment Benefits in Frederick 1947 Records
The Maryland Employment Security Board’s eleventh annual report shows Frederick county paid 148,669 in unemployment benefits during 1947 from 9,676 checks averaging 16.33 each. Initial claims declined to 2,640 from 1,713 in 1946, while continued claims rose to 2,327 from 9,312. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act payments totaled 302,539 across 15,273 payments, down from 879,307 and 19,093 payments in 1946. Additional claims increased due to reporting changes. The local office logged new job applications 2,639, employer visits 849, and job openings 2,833. Overall, unemployment benefits dropped sharply after a postwar peak, with over 10.6 million paid statewide.
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Frederick Compery
Maryland Employment Security Board
Frederick County
W. Preston Lane
Girl accidentally shoots 6 year old brother in Maryland
In Syeer-cold Boyds Maryland a 6-year-old boy was shot in the jaw by his sister while playing with a 232 caliber pistol found in a trunk at neighbor Paul Braxton's home. The girl had never handled a real gun. John Boyd was taken to Suburban Hospital Bethesda in good condition.
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Boyds
Dames Lawrence
Paul Braxton
John
Edna
Braxton
Bethesda
Gaithersburg-Washington Grove
Eight-State Storm Toll and Weather Shifts Across Regions
Chicago reports that spring arrives amid cloudiness and storms across eight states from Texas to New York. Last week's violent wind storms and tornadoes killed 38 and left more missing in wrecked homes and schools. Rivers rise in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys but no major floods are forecast.
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Chicago
Plains
Midwest
Texas
New York
Mississippi
Ohio
Economic conditions lift 1947 payments above 1946 levels
The report notes 1947 payments rose as economic conditions improved and employment stayed high for most of the year, with a factor of changed eligibility rules effective April 1 contributing to the shift.
Beall To Run for Fourth Term in Md Sixth District
Cumberland, March 21 Rep J Glenn Beall Frostburg announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for a fourth term in Congress from Maryland's Sixth District. He called for removing Communists from the Federal payroll and urged continued GOP efforts despite his view of those efforts as disappointing.
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Cumberland
J. Glenn Beall
Frostburg
Maryland
Beall
Beall Backs Republican Plan and Cabinet Support
Rep Beall urged a Republican President and Congress to back a program with cabinet backing. He criticized the Truman Administration for foreign mismanagement and noted Republicans removed five State Department employees for alleged disloyalty, later absorbed elsewhere. He will file his candidacy with the Secretary of State tomorrow.
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Congress
Beall
State Department
United States
Truman
Iis
Rep
Secretary of State
Racial Equality Demand From Negro Groups at Tuskegee
Negroes in Tuskegee Alabama pressed a demand for racial equality in response to President Truman's civil rights initiative. In Washington on March 21 Miss Margaret Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt Jr will co chair the 1948 National Young Democratic Dinner in Washington on May 14.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Truman
Washington
Margaret Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Communism Or Catholicism Choice In Italy
Rome March 21 7 Trieste headlines mark Italy's April 18 vote to form the first republic parliament. Catholic voters face a clash between Communism and Christianity as parish priests backed by church hierarchy influence the outcome. Palmiro Togliatti, Moscow-trained Communist chief, supported Lateran Pacts to grant the church favored status and has since urged alignment with the church on religion in the vote.
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Rome
Trieste
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Catholic Clergy Rally to Support Elections Amid Conflict
The Milan archbishop Cardinal Schuster faced an attack as he urged priests to deny absolution to Communist adherents. Pope Pius XII and Catholic leaders pressed Catholics to vote in upcoming elections while critics like Nenni warned against church influence. A Vatican decree advised voting for approved candidates, framing church guidance as essential.
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Alfredo Adefonso
Schuster
Milan
Togliatti
Pietro Nenni
Pius
Vn Sacred Consistorial Congregation
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