Political Activity Seething in Washington During May
In a burst of political activity Democrats will name delegates for 476 convention votes and Republicans 351 in 26 states this month. Florida and Alabama hold primaries with 18 and 24 votes, as conventions and primaries continue daily. By June 1 delegates tally could reach 906 of 1,176 for Democrats and 1,006 of 1,039 for Republicans. MacArthur declines nomination, drafts end, and party clubs prepare to disband. Also: Baltimore and Ohio reports April carloads at 302,099, up 4,405 from last year, with line loading 180,820 and connections 121,278. March carloads were 317,028. week ended April 29 saw 74,613, up 9,037 from 1943.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Wil Nave
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Rep
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Alimony Granted in Equity Court Divorce Consideration
Chief Judge Delaplaine ruled a wife may receive alimony even without filing for divorce if evidence supports it. Mrs. Mary Morgan is awarded custody of an infant and Charles J. Morgan must pay $850 weekly from March 18 to July 1 and $10 weekly thereafter, plus $25 to her attorney and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Delaplaine
Equity
Mary F. Morgan
Charles J. Morgan
Morgan
Benjamin B Rosenstock
W. Jerome Offutt
Fritz Maisel Hurt in Catonsville Fall
Former major league player and former Baltimore Orioles manager Fritz Maisel sustained head injuries after a fall at his Catonsville home. Police say he stumbled and fell from the second to the first floor. he was hospitalized at St Agnes in fair condition and serves as chief of the Baltimore County Fire Department.
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Fritz Maisel
Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles
Catonsville
Maisel
St Agnes Hospital
Baltimore County Fire Department
Constipation Relief via Kellogg All Bran Demonstrated
An unsolicited letter from a Knoxville reader endorses Kellogg's All Bran as a gentle daily regulator, claiming it ended constipation after a year of breakfast use. The writer urges others with similar issues to try All Bran muffins and notes it is a natural food, not a purgative, produced by Kellogg's in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg's
Broadway
Fountain City
Knoxville
Tenn
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
DeLuce Wins $500 Pulitzer Award and Other Honors
Daniel DeLuce of the Associated Press wins a 500 dollar Pulitzer for telegraphic reporting on international affairs. Ernie Pyle earns a 500 dollar prize for distinguished correspondence. Two 500 dollar photo prizes go to Frank Filan for Tawara Island and Earle L. Bunker for Home Coming. Byron Price receives a special citation for creating and administering the newspaper and radio code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daniel DeLuce
Associated
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
Associated Press
Fortress City Hit by Soviet Bombers in Brest-Litovsk Fight
London reports extensive Soviet bombing over Brest-Litovsk on Sunday night causing many fires as German forces seized the fortress two days after their 1941 invasion of Russia. Moscow says 1,500 Germans killed in local clashes. 600 slain north of a Romanian rail center. a German battalion killed near Stanislawow.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Red Army
Moscow
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Congress To Probe Seizure of Montgomery Ward Plant
Washington May 1 P Rep Cox ranking member of the House Rules Committee said he was assured the group would report tomorrow a resolution for investigation of the government seizure of the Montgomery Ward Chicago plant The measure likely would be debated Friday after the tax bill is out of the way The quarrel centers on Sabath and force to force the measure from the Rules Committee opposed by Rep Dewey and Rep Fish who expect a strong showdown in the House.
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Washington
Cox
D-Ga
House Rules Committee
House
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Mun
Astebilea
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Sabath
D-Ill
Rules
Rep. Dewey
R-Ill
Fish
P—Montgomery Ward and Company
Francis Biddle
Roosevelt
Army
William H Holly
Biddle
Ward
Power That Knowledge Gives Promises Health and Wealth
In Forbidden Tibet Edwin J. Dingle credits a mystic with unlocking answers to war pain poverty and death. He claims health strength and wealth followed and offers a free 9 000 word treatise via the Institute of Mentalphysic in Los Angeles.
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Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
England
Far East
Dingle
The
Institute of Mentalphysic
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
Los Angeles
Calif
War graft suit targets headquarter return and Avery dispute
A national test of presidential power unfolds as a lawsuit seeks to evict Federal operators and reclaim Sewell Avery as Ward's chief executive. The White House halted operations after Avery refused a War Labor Board order to extend a CIO union contract. In New Guinea, Allied forces report progress against Japanese remnants, with 677 enemy dead tallied through April 30 and four airfields captured. Separate items note Farm Security Administration funded farm outputs in Marinad and similar states, and Marsland turkey producers benefiting from a War Food Administration reserve for armed forces meals.
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White House
Avery
War Labor Board
CIO
IAPS
New Guinea
Lake Sentani
Hallandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Marsland
War Food Administration
Rockingham County
Army
Navy
Andrews Is Acquitted
Ruling insufficient evidence of alleged assault and battery. Walter Andrews of East Sixth Street found not guilty of charges sworn by his wife. The magistrate signed a warrant for James Dennison for vagrancy, and William T. Blank faced a separate arrest in a related matter. Several city cases list drunkenness, disturbing the peace, loitering, and traffic offenses with fines or costs.
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Sherman P. Bowers
Walter Andrews
East Sixth Street
Garland Forrest
Bernard Dison
J. J. Foreman
Oliver Disney
Eugene Howard
Hattie Navlot
Walter Toms
John W. Moore
Toms
Roy E Baugher
Rt. 5
Frederick
Frank TD Gentz Groser
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Ralph E Roderock
Mt Air
Fragmented report from Johnstown and Washington DC area
The item records a string of brief notes including a warrant service on Henry Ramsburg of Lewistown for child support, a civilian inquiry about a hen egg exhibited at The News-Post, and remarks on a speeding reduction at an intersection overseen by Officer Boone Lester Bernard Dorsey, with several names and places noted in passing.
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Johnstown Pa
Tgnio L. Cassins
Washington, DC
Boone Lester Bernard Dorsey
News-Post Office
Huoward
TL Boyer
Frederick
Boyer
New Hampshire
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Bran
J Marshall Staub
Frederick Merchant
Jacob Rohrbach
Steiner O. Summers
James C. Sier
Walter L. McCoy
Brunswick
Orphans Court
M. M. Lynch
Helen G. Miller
Margaret Kelchner
Congress
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Marinadd
Farm Security Administration
Andrews
Planney
Mary Lou
Baltimore & Ohio
America
Charles Woo Smith
Henry Mo Ramsburg
Lewistowia
Wedness
Thelma M
Ramsburg
Patrick Street
Uji
Focketbooks
Bax
Cgeo
Gt of
Raey
Reartetae
Keystone
Nicodemus
Shaun
Storm & Shipley
Frederick, Md
BR OL. Shipteys
EL Eiker
Telephone Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell System
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