Coal strike feud shapes up under Taft Hartley board
President Truman uses the Taft Hartley Act to set up a fact finding board on the coal strike ahead of April 5. John L. Lewis complicates the issue with legal maneuvering while Cyrus Ching suggests fact finding on pension quarrel and back to work. Operators favor arbitration. Lewis resists, fueling public resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
The
Cyrus Ching
Umws
Welfare Fund
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice on Mothers and Jealous Partners
A reader asks how to handle a fiancé who resents his wife helping his widowed mother and vows to marry the bride but not the mother. Dorothy Dix urges choosing a partner with heart, suggesting time with the mother and rethinking marriage. Another letter asks about a jealous husband who won t let a baby stay with him. Dix advises patience and shared attention, then involvement with the husband to rekindle interest. A third asks about remarriage for a widow. Dix warns against marrying from loneliness and suggests pursuing a career instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix
Tom H
Easter Gift Sent To Burned Out Family In Sabillasville
Malcolm D. Lamborne Sr of the Star Ad Bureau Washington sent a $19 check to Mr and Mrs Sterling Benchoff whose Sabillasville home was destroyed by fire. The note urged readers to join a fund to help the couple restart life and happiness. A separate dispatch from Los Angeles notes two 102nd birthday profiles with advice on longevity. Christina Sweden born 1846 advocates hard work and large families. Robert Barnhart Tennessee fiddler praises bachelorhood and occasional vices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm D. Lamborne, Sr
Star Ad Bureau
Washington, D. C
News-Post
Sterling Benchoff
Sabillasville
Los Angeles
Christina
Sweden
America
Maine
Robert Barnhart
Explosion damages Catoctin House in 1898 incident
A house owned by the Catoctin Mountain Iron Company at the ore banks had its window glass blown out and part wrecked by dynamite placed nearby by an unknown person. A man and a woman inside were nearly thrown from bed by the blast. The Misses Beckley display Easter decorations in store windows. A Middletown High School Club beat Burkittsville 3 to 2 in a noted baseball game. RIpe 7 S are on the ripe tomato market for a quarter a box. Frederick Olders refuses a canal compromise proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin Mountain Iron Company
Misses Beckley
Middletown
Middletown High School
Burkittsville
Frederick Olders
Canal
Erection of Electric Traffic Signal at West Patrick Court
Twenty years ago the News notes completion and operation of an electric traffic signal at West Patrick and Court streets. Lions Club hears state forester Besley discuss Maryland forest lands totaling 2 660 000 acres. Shils Sara Ray, a sophomore at Hood College, named advertising manager for next year’s Touchstone. The father of Rev J Kurtz Miller, pastor at the Church of the Brethren, dies in Kauffman Pennsylvania, a day after his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Patrick
Court Streets
Lions Club
F. W. Besley
Maryland
Sara Ray
Hood College
Touchstone
J. Kurtz Miller
Church of the Brethren
Kauffman, Pa
Actor Falls From Stage But The Show Goes On
Leesburg Va Saturday night a Barter Players actor in The Hasty Heart slipped from a three foot high stage and injured his back yet finished the performance. Stewart Dar was treated at Loudoun County Hospital with condition listed as undetermined. The same play had been staged in Frederick last Tuesday. GALE WRECKS PLANES Alaska March 28 wind gusts wrecked 16 parked planes at Far Danks municipal airport toppled poles and uprooted trees. Weeks Field suffered damage in the city operation for filling post office vacancies announced by Samuel D. Crone secretary of the Civil Service Board. No written test required. Licenses issued Westminster George S Harman and Elia Fay Nusbaum Union Bridge Truman Burtner Bowers and Bretty M Waltman Taneytown John Mathias Long and Betty Jane Reddick Thurmont
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Leesburg
Leesburg Hick School
Stewart Dar
Loudoun County Hospital
Frederick
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Weeks Field
Ih Muicipal
Samuel D. Crone
Board of CS Civil Service Examiner
Frederic’c
Westminster
George S. Harman
Elia Fay Nusbaum
Union Bridge
Truman Burtner Bowers
Bretty M. Waltman
Taneytown
John Mathias Long
Betty Jane Reddick
Thurmont
Washington Daybook exposes rubber plant sale controversy
A three paragraph letter from Texas Congressman Lyndon Johnson to President Truman urges restricting disposal of government synthetic rubber plants amid a looming April sale. The piece outlines losses on 13 plants valued at $128.9 million sold for $42.7 million and notes bids by major rubber companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Truman
Congress
Rep
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Arthur MM. Hill
National Security Resources Board
Bosomeal
Secretary of
National Defense Forrestal
U.S
Velasco
Tex
Humble O.1 Refining Co
Paul W. Shafer
Nachiganh
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate
John Bricker
Ohio Republican
Shafer
Hill
U. 5 S
Rfcs Rubber Reserve
Resources Board
Anniversaries and Birthdays Spotlight History Figures
Know America Today's Anniversaries lists John Tyler and Isaac Mc Wise among notable dates and births. It covers 18th to 20th century figures, including Elviu Thompson and Ales Hrdlicka, plus Today in History events from 1638 to 1947 and a batch of birthdays and a horoscope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
John Tyler
Virginia
U. S
Harrison
Charles City
Isaac Mc Wise
Hebrew Union College
Bohemia
Frank Leslie
New York
England
Questions And Answers From A Curious Page
The text presents trivia on carrots and carotene coloring roots, US libraries with over a million books including eleven university libraries, a cappella choir meaning unaccompanied singing, and a question about yule log burning with origins in England to ward off witchcraft, plus a fragmented query about a pilot’s cry on the Mississippi River.
Profusely a Word, a Daily Growth in Vocabulary
A read of language notes and misused terms highlights daily words and pronunciations. The piece cites examples of pies misnamed, Ennui pronunciation, and the habit of repeating a word to own it. It includes La Rochefoucauld on advice and a forest statistic about Europe.
Veterans Bills Flood Congressional Committees
Major Thomas M Nial reports hundreds of veterans benefit proposals reaching House and Senate committees in the 89th Congress. Housing, GI Bill amendments, NSLI changes, and secondary market fixes dominate, with more than 2,000 bills cited and many aimed at extending or improving benefits for veterans and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas ML
Nial
Washington
House
Senate
Veterans
American Legion
Max Schmeling
Congress
Reconstruction and Finance Corporation
National Service Life Insurance Ct
Congressional
NSLI
Hollywood Stars Take Four Of Six Awards
New York reports that four of six Antoinette Perry awards went to Basil Rathbone Henry Fonda Paul Kelly and Jessica Tandy for performances on Broadway. Katharine Cornell Judith Anderson took the other two for Anthony and Cleopatra and A Streetcar Named Desire. The Distinction Play award went to For Love Or Money and James Whitmore won in Command Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hollywood Stars
Antoinette Perry
American Theater Wing
Basil Rathbone
Henry Fonda
Mr. Roberts
Paul Kelly
Jessica Tandy
Bronaw
Katharine Cornell
Judith Anderson
N “Anthony
Cleopatra
Aiedea
Thomas Hegsten
Joshua Logan
Tne Lockhart
Gene Lockhan
James Whitmore
Newrican Theater Wing
Antoeite
Chs
Pleasant Grove Homem Club Meets In March Gathering
The Pleasant Grove Homem Club held its March meeting at Burgee’s home near George Wea ld with 13 members attending. A Dutch family box-relay was noted, fabrics in the home demonstrated by Mrs Mechi Hahn, and the art study “The Girl With a Red Hat” was presented. The next meeting is set for April 13 at Mrs Aubrey Davis’s home.
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Fleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove Homem Club
Burgee
George Weald
Beby Stuart
Raymond Barnes
Ehb
Mechi Hahn
Clyde Gray
Aulbrey Davis
Ind Indicators reveal expanding U.S. economy charts
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports the first of a 30 chart series from the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers titled Economic Indicators. The limited 160 copy issue, with copy number one to the President, outlines rising consumer prices, increasing personal income near 3210 billion, and growing industrial production since January 1947.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
U.S
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Presidents Desk
Joint
Congressional Committee On the
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Esence
Truman
James E. Webb
Nourse
Treasury
Snyder
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Res
Bureau of the Budget
Ths
Council of Economders
Waiting Room Conversation Gone Wrong
In a doctor's waiting area I strike up a chat with the other patient, sharing my ailment. The room mood shifts as the other person shuts down, reminding me many waiters prefer silence over unsolicited illness talk.
Activities of Granges in Frederick County Pomona
Frederick County Pomona Granges announce recent activities across Creagerstown Braddock Linganore Carroll Manor Jefferson Singapore Middletown and New Market units. Events include pond construction for fire prevention, donations to Grange extension and Red Cross, soil conservation efforts, membership drives, degree work, literary programs, and upcoming meetings and field days.
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Frederick County
Pomona
Creagerstown Grange
Grange
Emmitsburg Grange
Geo. Hubbard
Chas. Shine
Roy Fisher
Vernon Fisher
Braddock Grange
Monocacy Motors
Edna Roberts
Minnie Heffner
Cleo A. Cline Linganore
Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Andreas
Gates
Doubs
Harry Kanade
Ray Smith
Clark Gibson
Merritt Lockwood
Earl Remsberg
Red Cross
Charlotte Fry
Paul Johnson
Roy Smith
Elmer Michael
William Landis
Jefferson Grange
Daniel C. Poole
Singapore Grange
Annabelle Remsburg
Guilie Keller
Jan Thrasher
Jack Lakin
Arthur House
Gla Lakin
Dorothy Long
Middletown
Money Stolen From Residence in College Park
Police hunt for an intruder after about $700 in cash and $250 in jewelry were reported missing from the home of Charles A Gentile, bowling alley operator, in College Park Maryland. Earlier reports cited $20 900 or more. a bowling league purse was said to be the source. A glass door break in the residence marked the burglary.
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Washington
Prince Georges County
Seare
iCollege Park
Charles A
Gentile
Baltimore Boulevard
Authority
Mediterranean
Doctor Says Slow Pace Best Treatment For Stuttering
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains stuttering arises from nervous temperament and shock triggers. Early treatment aims to slow living pace and reduce excitement. avoid high tension at home. manage handedness issues. answers readers in daily column with general guidance.
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Jordan
Opportunity Lost at Trenton and the Word Made Flesh
The piece recalls Colonel Rakhi the Hessian commander at Trenton on Christmas 1776 who ignored a critical note and delayed action, costing Britain the chance to defeat Washington. It contrasts this folly with timely counsel and ends noting the Word of God as the perfect message.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Rakhi
Trenton
Washington
Great Britain
Neas
Babson
Fynd
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Belt Synd. Inc
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Washington Daybook
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Bult
Doc Eaton
Mr. Truman
Ted
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Vandenberg
Dec Eaton
Bat
Department of National Defence
Truman Keemus
Democratic Party
Ine Chen
Walter Rex
United Automobile Works
Robimer
Reuther
Howard McGrath
Democ
New Deal
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkmen
McGrath
Globe Lynd
Delaware
Peter Minuit
Christiana
Wilmingtton
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Panama
U.S. Cavalry
Villa
San Geronimo
Foch
France
4Th Motorized
Truk
LaGuardia
John L Lewis
Illinois
Vera Micheles
Asso
Russia
Frances P. Bolton
Lyndhurst
Ohio
Cleveland
Charles A. Eaton
Watchung
N. J
Nova Scotia
Howard Lindsay
Waterford
Warfield T. Longcons
Baltimore
Association of American Physicians
Justin R. Whiting
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
St. Clair
Mich
George W. Merck
Merck & Co
Rahway
Eugene F. Savage
Yale
Covington
Ind
James V. Allred
Houston
Bowie
Larz
Isabel) Anderson
Brookline
Mass
Boston
Mate
Mar
Lassissippi River
Europe
European
Vinland
Encylopedia Britannica
Cake Methodist Church
C. A Gilson
Ibert
Millard
Tabler
S Eihel
Ruby
Clyde ©. Thomas
Harry Shafer
Arthur da
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
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