Stamp-Book Tax Plan Proposed for Social Security Expansion
Washington March 24 a stamp book tax plan urged by the administration to fund a broader Social Security program. The proposal targets farm workers and domestic labor, with 20 million new workers covered and benefits roughly doubled. Altmeyer outlined adding farm operators and urban self employed, plus extending coverage to 6 million farm operators and 4.7 million domestic workers, funded by raising the payroll tax and using stamp books to record employer and worker contributions. Veterans would receive wage credits for World War II service in computing benefits.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Securic
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Mr. Truman
Altmeyer
Home Rule Bill Backed by Maryland Municipal League
The Maryland League of Municipalities expressed support for Senate Bill No. 148 the Storm bill and for a constitutional amendment to provide municipal home rule. League President Mayor John C. Post Takoma Park said the bill signals a trend toward greater city powers, though not all counties will benefit.
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Maryland League of Municipalities
John C. Post
Takoma Park
Post
Edward D. Storm
Frederick County
League
Maryland League
Maryland
Community Players wrap up Arsenic and Old Lace run
Large audience attends final performance at Frederick High School auditorium on a three night run. Proceeds benefit the American Legion Hard of Hearing clinic and the Legion fund for rheumatic fever. Francis Scott Key Post handles ticket sales. next Monday the troupe repeats the play at Memorial Hall in Middletown, sponsored by the Mid-Valley Homemakers Club.
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Community Players, Inc
Frederick High School
American Legion Hard of Hearing Clinic
The
Legion Fund For
Francis Scott Key Post
Memorial Hall
Middletown
Mid-Valley Homemakers’ Club
Pension Bill Shelved by One Vote in House
In Washington on March 24 the House failed to pass Rankin veterans pension legislation by 208 to 207. The bill was sent back to the Veterans committee for study with a possible new measure later. Chairman Rankin said the recommit vote effectively killed the bill.
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Washington
House
Veterans Committee
Rankin
Sponseller Given Term Of 6 Months
William Eugene Sponseller of 26 East South Street was found guilty in a drunken driving hearing before Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg and sentenced to six months in Frederick county jail. A concurrent thirty day term for speeding 70 plus mph was ordered. He appealed and was released on 1250 bond. Hearing delayed to secure counsel and witnesses. State Trooper Melvin A. Snyder testified to speeds up to 85 mph and pursuit through Frederick before arrest.
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William Eugene Sponseller
East South Street
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Frederick County
Sponseller
Frederick
Sergi
Phebus
Franklin Street
Mt. Carmel Church
Murray
Washington Pike
Daniel S. Hager
Hagerstown
Cyril C. Sobeck
Baltimore
Sam Musseff
Pittsburgh
David E. Bittle
Myersville
Melvin A. Snyder
Cumberland Milk Price Will Drop in Cumberland
The Cumberland mayor's office announced a milk price cut effective April 1 reducing the retail price of homogenized milk to 22 cents and pasteurized milk to 21 cents. Separately, Bridgeville police sought a suspect in a Tuesday rape case, a locally known Negro resident who disappeared before investigators could question him.
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Cumberland
Arms Budget Would Not Hit Economy
Washington reports that Europe’s recovery takes precedence over a military program linked to the North Atlantic pact. Officials say Congress could be asked for up to 2.6 billion dollars to rearm allied nations, with Greece, Turkey, and Iran included, while the economy would not suffer. A foreign aid plan seeks 1.25 to 1.5 billion for North Atlantic nations plus 0.5 billion for Greece Turkey and Iran, with a three year program tentatively envisioned.
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Europe
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
National Resources Board
United States
North Atlantic Alliance
Greece
Turkey
Eran
Ernest Gross
North Atlantic
Iran
Senate rent control amendments Not Okay
Washington March 24 The House refused to accept Senate amendments to the rent control bill sending the measure to a House Senate conference committee to craft a compromise. Rent controls expire in one week unless a compromise is reached and the bill reaches President Truman.
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House
Senate
Senate House Conference
Truman
Russia Afraid To Let People See American Living Standards
The State Department said Russia fears exposing its citizens to American freedoms and living standards. It cited the blocked post war exchanges of students and scientists and argued three decades of Communism have not matched U S living standards, blaming Soviet restrictions on thought and contact for discontent.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
Moscow
United State
Soviet Union
Two Trains Crash In Fog Near Jesup
In heavy fog two trains collided head on two miles west of Jesup Georgia at about 7 30 a m. One crewman was killed the engineer of the passenger train died the fireman was badly hurt and the conductor slightly hurt. The Atlantic Coast Line passenger train derailed three coaches passengers to Jesup Hospital for examination and several others injured.
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Jesup
Atlantic Coast Line
Montgomery
Ali
Savannah
Georgia
Baltimore and Ohio recalls 85090 shop workers April 4
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad said 85090 shop workers furloughed by the coal mine shutdown will return to work on April 4. A spokesman avoided predicting outcomes if miners do not return but noted the railroad would act four days before any further furlough notices. Train crews affected by coal stoppage will be recalled as required.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New German State Plan Faces Rising Opposition
Frankfurt reports the plan to form a western German state meets growing resistance with observers now rating its chances as only about fifty percent. The shift to skepticism has emerged over the past weeks, altering earlier optimism.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Howley Struck By Drinking Glass in Berlin Park
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley, commandant in Berlin, was struck in the face by a drinking glass hurled by an American civilian during a party outside the American Press Club. Howley received cuts treated at the Army hospital. The assailant, an uninvited guest at the reporters’ celebration, was not identified per Ed Haaker, chairman of the club’s Board of Governors.
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Berlin
Frank L. Howley
Howley
Army Hospital
American Press Club
Ed Haaker
Haaker
Maryland Observes 350th Anniversary Friday
Baltimore reports Maryland will observe the 350th anniversary of its founding as a legal holiday. Banks close tomorrow but reopen Saturday. parochial students get the day off while public schools hold classes. The General Assembly in Annapolis convenes with a ceremony at 2 p.m. in the old Senate chamber.
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Baltimore
Maryland
General Assembly
Annapolis
Senate
Danger from broken fluorescent lamps highlighted
A safety campaign warns that powder inside broken fluorescent tubes, containing Beryllium Diphosphate, can harm skin and when inhaled, with dangers emphasized by the National Safety Council and local experts. Disposal guidance urges caution, wet handling, and outside disposal to prevent dust inhalation and wounds from glass.
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mid-West
National Safety Council
Potomac Edison Company
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, D. C
Fire Department
Fire Engineering
National Safety Organization
Coal Miners to Return to Work March 28
Pittsburgh March 4 John IL Lewis ordered his 463 000 idle coal miners to return to work Monday An executive order to district officers find The present memorial period will terminate Monday March 28 Production may then be resumed in all mines and all members should make themselves available for work at that date The order was directed to mines east of the Mississippi who have been idle since March 14 in a work stoppage Lewis said a memorial to dead and injured workers Durin the mine shutdown nonl carrying railroads rni off more than 70 000 employes
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Pittsburgh
John IL
Lewis
Washington
Mississippi
James Boyd
U.S. Bureau
Nonl
Rni
Soviet Delegates Invited to Tour American Factories
Russian delegates to a world peace conference were invited to inspect major U S factories in New York on March 24 with arrangements routed through Soviet ambassador Alexander Panyushkin. NAM president Wallace F. Bennett said the tour could foster world peace if approved by Panyushkin and Shostakovich.
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New York
United States
U. S
John F.X. McGahey
National Association of Manufacturers
Alexander Panyushkin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Rusaan
Wallace F. Bennett
NAM
Panyushkin
Maryland Senate weighs railroad gross earnings tax bill
Maryland State Senate debated a bill to cut the gross earnings tax on railroads with sponsor Senator Della warning that taxing Maryland lines at common rates could force Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads out of business while Baltimore and Ohio would be spared. The measure faced delays and an uncertain outcome.
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Maryland
State
Senate
Della
Gib
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Ohio
Atlantic Pact explained by Fames Marlow in The Nation Today
The Atlantic Pact, aimed at countering Russia, has two main sections focusing on self help and mutual aid and on collective action if an ally is attacked. The piece notes Senate timing, possible costs, and the political uncertainties of whether Congress would authorize war or broader support, with expert comments from Acheson and anticipated presidential requests.
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Fames Marlow Washington
Congress
Canada
Britain
France
Norway
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Russia
Senate
Lwe
Truman
State Acheson
Pearl Harbor
Acheson
Huge Gas Fire Burns In Ground Near Houston
A large underground gas fire in the Houston oil field ten miles southwest of Houston burned uncontrolled this morning. Police set a cordon to keep onlookers away, with no evacuation needed. The blaze began from a blowout of an abandoned well around 7 p.m. yesterday.
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Houston
Tex
Here
Mississippi River Levee Break Floods Port Allen Area
A Mississippi River levee breached about three miles north of Port Allen near Baton Rouge, flooding Highway 190 to three feet and forcing residents to flee. Red Cross set up a refugee center at Port Allen while deputies and volunteers urged evacuations. The break surprised officials, with water moving three miles in three hours and gaps about 200 feet wide forming as the levee crumbled on both sides. Port Allen, a small sugar areas town, faced widespread damage as higher ground remained the only escape route.
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Baton Rouge
Port Allen
Red Cross
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Total Blockade Would Lead To War Bevin Says
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin warned in the House of Commons that a total economics blockade of Soviet controlled eastern Germany would trigger war. He opposed a full counter-blockade but argued sanctions could still mean war. He noted eastern areas should not receive war material while eastern Germany remains connected to Western trade chains.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Germany
Atlantic
West Berlin
Bevin
Switzerland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
No Change In Payments For Maryland Mental Hospital Patients
Annapolis March 24 An administration backed plan would keep county payments at 125 dollars per patient annually, while Senate approved a House backed increase to 300 dollars. Baltimore Mayor Thomas D Alesandro and county delegations protested. Attorney General Hall Hammond and the joint committee agreed to soften the hike. The amended bill is expected to cost the state about 1.65 million dollars yearly.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House
Ways and Means
Baltimore
Senate
Lane
Thomas D.alesandro
Hall Hammond
Atlantic Pact Could Cause War Halting or Trigger
John Foster Dulles warned at the Philadelphia Bulletin forum that the North Atlantic Pact could halt war or provoke a third world conflict. He said the pact is defensive but Soviet leaders might see it as offensive and risk a war the pact aims to prevent.
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John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
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