Racketeer Influx Hits Labor Unions Since Prohibition
The piece reports a surge of gangsters entering labor unions, prompting AFL and CIO collaboration with the National Labor Relations Board and district attorneys to cleanse the ranks. Metropolitan centers, especially New York, face intensified racketeering as unions are used as fronts. legitimate officials vow action though purging is lengthy and costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
New York City
CIO
AFL
Senate
Prisons Uprisings End After Demands Met and Steak Dinner
Mutinies at three prisons in New Jersey and Michigan ended as guards were freed and orders restored. Prisoners won all told demands, including reforms, and were rewarded with steak dinners after five days of clashes. One rioter died, nearly a dozen were injured, and damage ran into millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Michigan
Jackson
Daily Bread by Rev A Furnell Bailey
A pastor tells how a father teaches children to use talents by placing a silver dollar at the water line. The tide soon buries what is unused, illustrating Jesus teaching to use gifts entrusted to us. The father hopes his children remember the lesson and respond to the master’s call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Furnell Bailey
Jesus
Carson Seeks Re-Election as Charles Town Mayor
Charles Town WV May 5 Nicholas Carson announced he would seek re election as mayor at the by final election May 22. He is completing his second two year term. So far no other candidate has announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Charles Town
W. Va
Nicholas Carson
Kiss the Hand Or Palm In Modern Courtship
Boyle notes two kissing styles for ladies hands and palms, contrasts old courtly reverence with newer bold gestures in midcentury America. He jokes about elbow kisses and palm caresses while commenting on modern wives’ roughened hands from handiwork and home repair. He suggests avoiding hand kissing and instead gifting a history book of alternating current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Midwest
U. S
Homemakers Club Luncheon Observes National Home Demonstration Week
Members of the Ponolesville Barnesville Dickerson Homemakers Club and guests met at Bealisville fire house for a lunch. Guests included Mrs Rodney Whitaker and Mrs Gladys Hinenburg. Speakers were Mrs Paul Wise on world homemaker ideals and freedom, and Mrs Lucy Barnsley on aging noting eleven million Americans over sixty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Ponolesville- Barnesville-Dickerson
Homemakers’ Club
Bealisville
Rodney Whitaker
Montgomery County Homemakeral Council
Gladys Hinenburg
Paul Wise
Lewistown Homemakers’ Club
Lucy Barnsley
Rockville
United States
P. C. Baughman
Guy Lewis
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columna Of The News
Fifty years ago today May 5 1902 items include Mutual Insurance Company of Fredericks County directors elected James McSherry Charles E Trail Joseph G Miller James Houck Samuel Dutrow Milton S Urner David C Winebrenner James E Walker John Eisenhauer A C McCardell D F McKinney George A Dean Republican county central committee to meet May 10 to set primaries and convention Mr Wilfred McCardell leaves for Hagerstown for summer dental practice Belles Lettres topic debate Civilization owes more to the soldier than the sailor judges rule for the negative with Hines and Neighbours defining the argument
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Insurance Company of
Fredericks County
James McSherry
Charles E. Trail
Joseph G. Miller
James Houck
Samuel Dutrow
Milton S. Urner
David C. Winebrenner
James E. Walker
John Eisenrhauer
A. C. McCardell
D. F. McKinney
George A. Dean
Republican County Central Committee
Wilfred McCardell
North Market Street
Hagerstown
W. T. Schlosser
Belles Lettres Society
Sappington
Biser
Hines
Knights Templar Parade Observances In Frederick
Twenty years ago items note members of Jacques Demo lay Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar marching on Market street for Ascension Thursday, with services at Evangelical Reformed church following the parade. Leonard C. Barrick, Democratic County Central Committeeman for Frederick County and local lime producer, dies at 43 in Baltimore Union Memorial Hospital. Lions Club dedicates sixty eight George Washington bicentennial trees in North Bentz street park. Fire destroys a Brunswick home, owner engineer Leonard Jacobs and his four children lose their residence with damages estimated in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Demolay
Knights Templar
Market Street
Ascension
Templars
Evangelical Reformed Church
Leonard C. Barrick
Democratic County Central Committee
Frederick County
Woodthoro
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
George Washington
North
Bentz Street
Lions Club
Mayror
Elmer F Munshouer
Denton Jacobs
Brunswick
Jacobs
Emmitsburg Wedding of Neighbours to Paul Claypool
Miss Helen Louise Neighbours daughter of Herbert E Neighbours and the late Kathleen Crawford Neighbours married Paul William Claypool Saturday at Elias Evangelical Lutheran church Emmitsburg Rev Philip Bower officiated The bride wore Chantilly lace with seed pearl details and carried lilies of the valley with a white orchid The wedding party included sisters Ruth and Margaret Neighbours and several attendants from Emmitsburg and beyond Guests traveled from Lima Columbus Syracuse York Gettysburg Hanover Atlanta Washington Thurmont Frederick Annapolis Baltimore and Rockville The couple planned to reside with the bride’s family while the groom serves in the U S Navy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitsburg
Helen Louise Neighbours
Herbert Eutaw
Kathleen Crawford
Paul William Claypool
Paul W. Claypool
Columbus Grove O
Mr. Claypool
Philip Bower
Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ruth E. Neighbours
David L. Neighbours
Arthur A. Capone
U.S. N
Herbert H. Fowler
U. S. Army
Chase F. Mix
John R. Reigler
Frank Savala
U. S. Air Force
Armed Services Police Dept
Navy Gun Factory
Washington
Ruth Stuff
Emmitsburg High School
Hood College
University of Maryland
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Navy
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Lima
Syracuse
York
Gettysburg
Hanover
Atlanta
Thurmont
Frederick
Annapolis
Baltimore
Rockville
Fisher and Wineke Engaged for Fall Wedding
Mr and Mrs Oscar D Fisher of Route 1 Frederick announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Edna to John Frederick Wineke Jr son of Mr and Mrs Wineke of Reisterstown The bride to be Miss Fisher works for Price Electric Corporation of the city The groom is a Loyola High School and Loyola College alumnus now employed by Bendix Radio Towson The wedding is planned for the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar D. Fisher
Route 1
Frederick
Mildred Edna
John
Frederick Wineke, Jr
Wineke
Reisterstown
Miss Fisher
Price Electric Corporation
Mr. Wineke
Loyola High School
Baltimore
Loyola College
Bendix Radio
Towson
Vision of lasting values at Hood College vesper
Rev Harvey M Licht urged living for true values beyond short term gains at Hood College Sunday vesper. He praised future oriented philosophers and cited resilience in adversity, mentioning the United Nations as an example of youthful optimism guiding world events. He ministers at West Mantaim Evangelical and Re formed church in Hanover Pa since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey M. Licht
Hood College
United Nations
Mr. Light
West Manteim Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hanover Pa
Japanese Peace Treaty Ends War Powers Debate Seen
President Truman’s seizure of the steel industry to avert a strike prompts Congress to revisit emergency powers. With the Japan peace treaty ratified, about 150 wartime authorities end, while roughly 60 powers remain under renewal until six months after the Korean emergency. the debate over constitutional versus statutory powers intensifies amid calls to curb executive authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Truman
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Department of Defense
U. S
United States of America
Army
Navy
Senate
Union
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana
James Monroe
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Japan
Korea
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Spring Meeting At Camp Baker Braddock Heights
Adult members of the Frederick Association of Girl Scouts hold their spring meeting Tuesday evening at Camp Baker Braddock Heights. A six o'clock covered dish supper precedes the regular business meeting with Leaders Club and board of directors sessions. Mrs G Harris Stauffer chairs the supper committee. Mrs Herman Hunter is association president and Mrs Paul G Johnson is executive secretary. NO HEADWAY MADE MUNSAN Korea May (text cutoff) Allied and Communist truce delegates produced no signs of progress in an 11 minute secret session as armistice talks stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Munsan
Korea
Reversing Falls at St John Amid Tides of Fundy
The Fundy tides drive two way falls at St John New Brunswick. At low tide the river drops 11 feet into the sea while at half tide the whirlpool calms as Bay of Fundy waters rise. At high tide ocean water moves upriver making the water somewhat salty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
New Brunswick
Fundy
Bay of Fundy
Ineffable Beauty in Moving Clouds
A lesson notes the word ineffable meaning unable to be expressed in words. It gives examples such as drifting clouds creating an ineffable beauty and stresses careful word choice for misused terms and pronunciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guide Iverb
Benton balks at tape recorder in McCarthy libel suit
Washington May 5 Sen William Benton refused to testify at a pre trial hearing in Sen Joseph McCarthy s two million dollar libel slander suit against him because of a tape recording device McCarthy insisted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balks
Washington
Sen
William Benton
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Chimney Fire at Bartholows Disturbs Williams Tenants
The Independents were called to Bartholows near Plane No 4 at 10 30 a m today to extinguish a chimney fire in a home tenanted by a colored Williams family. A booster stream was used to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholows
Plane No. 4
Williams
Home Burglary Probed in Catoctin Furnace Theft
Sheriff's deputies investigated a breaking and entering at the home of John Carbaugh Jr. in Catoctin Furnace. About $12 was reported stolen. the robbery was discovered this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Deputies
John Carbaugh, Jr
Catoctin Furnace
Property sold by trustees on De Grange street
The Union Gospel Mission lot and church building on De Grange street were sold by Sherman P. Bowers as attorney for the trustees to Mr and Mrs Abraham I Ellin on Saturday. Bids were received and the consideration was reported to be about 8100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Gospel Mission
DeGrange Street
Sherman P. Bowers
Abraham I. Ellin
Labor Laws Swing in U S History and the Steel Strike
The Nation Today surveys how injunctions and federal acts shaped labor relations from the Necr ris LaGuardia Act of 1932 to the Taft Hartley Act of 1947. It notes the Wagner Act, TH, and presidential actions in the steel dispute, including Truman seizing mills and calls in Congress to broaden or curb federal interference. It highlights the ongoing clash among unions, management, and government over bargaining power and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maelow
Washington
IzSor
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
T-H
T-B
Jet 2
Rep. Smith
Virginia
Organized Labor
Montgomery Towns Elect Mayors In Rockville And Nearby
Voters in Montgomery towns go to the polls today to elect mayors and council members across Rockville Gaithersburg Garrett Park Brookeville Laytonsville and other communities. In Rockville two mayoral candidates vie with eight for council seats including the first Black candidate Rev James W Davis aged 67. Incumbents face challenges and write ins are allowed in several towns as primaries coincide with Maryland voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery
Maryland
Daniel R. Weddle
W. H. Hoskinson
G. LaMar Melly, Jr
Kelly
Mr. Weddle
Edward H. Hut
Gaithersburg
Harry C. Perry
Merton F. Duvall
Samuel B. Briggs
G. Sprigg Ward
E. Russel Gloyd
William M. Christie
T. L. Hebb Freeman
William N. Hurley, Jr
Ward W. Mullican
Garrett Park
Francis J. Short
Samuel T. Powell
Dudley J. Hill
Charler A. Freer
Lawrence M. Fisher
Brookeville
Baoswell
C. Willard Harvey
Howard T. Crayer
Charlies R. Hawkins
Laytensville
Luther C. Howard
W. W. White
Augustus W. Ler
Pnmerr
Barnesville
Mark Pfeffers
Cecelia Hershberger
Albert Easter
Drummond
High School Glee Clubs In Frederick County Concert
The thirteenth annual concert by Frederick County high school glee clubs and the All-Frederick County chorus features 150 voices with a 35 piece orchestra. Performances include selections from many schools led by conductors Catherine Roderick, Ruth E. Stull, and others at Frederick High School auditorium on Wednesday at 8:30 pm. Participants include Elm Street, Middletown, Thurmont, Walkersville, Brunswick and Emmitsburg schools, with a large roster of student performers and accompanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School Glee Clubs
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Liberty Junior High School
Seitz
Kenneth McGolerick
Catharine Roderick
Elm Street Junior High School
Peter Piper
Whittredge
Foster
Lillian Braungart
April Showers
Silvers
Helen Davis
Brunswick High School
Taylor
Youmans
Donald Sullivan
June Miller
Mildred Trevvett
Nancy Carback
Virginia Shorb
Walkersville High School
Wanders
Fred Waring
Dave Rose
Madeline Burhman
Nancy LeGore
Joe Maddy
Chas
C. T. Stull
All County
Shirley Ambrose
Fran Arvin
Betty Brown
Marlene Carey
Frances Chaney
Sally Coffman
Elain Carter
Alice Cooper
Kate Gladstone
Patsy Henretty
Shirley Himes
Patricia Keyser
Linda Long
Patsy Merriman
Eleanor Moore
Ruth Shaw
Martha Woerner
Gary Angleberger
Ralph Brown
Edward Fisher
John Hipeins
Charles Keller
William Meinti2er
Robert Rumpf
George Smith
Eddie Wallace
Frederick
Mary Grams
Freda Hagan
Pastricia Harshman
Mary Ann Helter
Wanda Keller
Joyce Keller
Betty Newmans
Leona Norris
Barbara Pyles
Frances Ropp
Mariette Summers
Middletown
Dorothy Bailey
Barbara Brines
Shirley Biser
June Brown
Charlotte Brown
Shirley Broadbent
Laura Clshaugh
Beatrice Freshman
Louise Fogle
Ethel Gardner
Naomi Fraley
Charlotte Pryor
Beth Royer
Shirley Sprague
Dorothy Shinn
Barbara Weddle
Patsy Smith
Shirley Zentz
William Badger
Robert Bitner
Richard Bitner
Lewis Cori
Sterling Kelbaugh
Mickey Miller
Joe Sweeney
Norman Tressier
Shirley Gaver
Peter Forney
Irving Thomas
Nancy Bidwell
June Glisan
Doris Moore
Fred Bussard
Dorothy McBride
Basil Day
Lamar Foreman
Lee Kefauver
James Lightener
Franklin Tyeryar
Leon Masser
Maxwell Day
Friese
David Glick
Wayne Williar
Austin Rippeon
James Crampton
Robert Israel
Joyce Simpson
Barbara Herbert
Austin Rhoads
Clyde Bohn
Thomas House
Thomas Shaffer
Franklin Burkier
Barbara Sibert
Patsy Brendel
Gareth Biser
Kirk Cramer
Sharon Hooper
Ill at ease spirit sparks world progress in musings
Earl L Douglass discusses historic figures ill at ease fueling exploration and change. The piece argues restless minds propel discovery while contentment and quiet living curb progress. It notes Columbus Paul Wesley Cary and others as examples before shifting to church meeting details and a letters of administration grant for Obs em Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Columbus
Atlantic
St. Paul
Antioch
Asia Minor
Europe
John Wesley
England
William Cary
Chicago
Tribone Lrnd
Arnold
Daushier
Grace N. Keller
Jefferson
Robert
Araby
John Arnold
Nels Arnold
Brunswick
Helen
Deane
Frederick
Catherine L. Myers
Five Planes Destroyed in Seoul Air Skirmish
Sabre jet pilots destroyed four Communist jets and two propeller planes in a series of dogfights over Northwestern Korea Sunday. The Fifth Air Force announced the action, noting repairs completed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
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Gloria Caroline Baker
Union Bridge
Mary Washington College
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Columna of the News
the News
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Bolivia
Sucre
le Paz
William R. King
Syat
Scholin
Mary
Swift
Ruth E. Stull
Virginia Baumgardner
Earl L. Douglass
The
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Terry Johnson
William R. Scl
Karl Harner
Raymond Mills
Charles Vargett
Ray Wachier
Robert Cahill
Osborne Fagan
Glenn Keilholtz
Robert Rudy
Mary Holdcraft
Robert Stup
Johnson
Howard Minnick
Thomas Molesworth
Lewis Fagan
Calvin Sehjidsknecht
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