O Conor Entitled To Senate Seat After Investigation
The Senate Rules Committee declared Herbert R O Conor duly elected Senator for Maryland for six years beginning January 3 1947 after a lengthy 1947 recount and probe of the November 1946 election findings. The full committee unanimously endorsed seating O Conor and sent the resolution to the Senate. The investigation cost about 190000 with both sides employing multiple attorneys and no further challenges expected.
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Washington
Enate Rules Committee
O'Conor
Senate
Jenner Ir
Jenner
Maryland
West Virginia
Brooks
R-Til
Hickenlooper
Lodge
R-Mass
Wherry
R-Ne
Conor
Rules Committee
iGen. Marker
Walkersville
State Roads Honor P Watson Webb At Testimonial Dinner
Officers and employees of the State Roads Commission honored P Watson Webb at a Cambridge testimonial dinner for long service as a commission member. Governor Lane, Sens. OConnor, and former editor Wedd attended along with current commissioners and chief engineer William F. Childs. Webb served eight and a half years, the longest term yet.
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Baltimore
State Reads Commission
Watson Webb
Cambridge Business Reader
Wedd
The
Cambridge Baumer
Joseph M. George
Sachersville
Lane
Webb
No Aid For Those Who Sell War Goods To Reds
ERP Director Paul Hoffman announced that the United States will cut off economic aid to any European nation that supplies war machinery to Russia. In New York, rising market tendencies continued with cautious trading as many leaders restrained by light selling.
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Reds
Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
New York
Long Distance Phone Lines Strike Looms
Washington May 13 A nationwide strike of long distance telephone operators is being set up by the CIO American Telegraph Workers Union led by John J. Aloran. The union, representing 23 000 workers in 42 states, left the walkout date open after talks with ATandT conciliators through the Federal Mediation Service.
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Washington
CIO American Telephone Workers Union
John J. Aloran
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. and
Federal
Auto Strike Halts Briggs Plant Work An Industry Wide Walkout
In Detroit 75 000 Chrysler production workers walked off the job to press for 17 cents more per hour. UAW leaders said the strike will last for the duration and could span two months as orderly picket lines formed at 12 Chrysler plants in Michigan plus sites in Indiana and California. Briggs Manufacturing shed 11 000 workers with more sent home as the action spreads. The strike tests Michigan labor law requiring a vote, though the union argues it does not apply to plants outside Michigan.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Auto
Big Corporation
Emil Mazer
UAW
Michigan
Indiana
California
New Castle
Ind
Briggs Manufacturing Co
CIO
Overflow crowd glows at State of the Union parade
Despite bad weather a large audience attended the City Opera House event tied to the Legion sponsored movie State of the Union. The Francis Scott Key Post American Legion Drum Corps and guards marched through Blarket street with the Maryland National Guard units.
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Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Opera House
Willard Horine
Elm Street
Mother And Baby Shot. Police Seek Husband Evins
A 23-year-old housewife and her infant son were shot in their Va home. Police seek husband Kerman David Evins, about 23, an ARMAD service employee. Woman identified as Elizabeth Ev was shot in the head and arm, and their child Robert was wounded in the forehead.
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Geom
Usiy
Kerman David Evins
Armad Service
Fr Elizabeth Ev
Robert
Holidays Designated By Chamber Commerce
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce retail division designates Bendays following Memorial Day and Independence Day as holidays with Sunday dates. Retail stores will observe regular Wednesday afternoon closing hours during those weeks. Seoul reports Dr. Syngman Rhee's supporters captured at least 61 of 200 seats in South Korea's constituent assembly.
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Frederick Chamber of Commerce
RHEE
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Constituent Assembly
Split Over Military Aid For Europe
Washington reports a Senate Foreign Relations Committee split over how far to pledge military backing for Western Europe. Vandenberg drafted a working paper urging regional defense treaties within the UN framework and opposing charter revision until other options fail. Debate centers on limiting big power veto use and avoiding a new world organization, with fears of a multi billion dollar program and shifting political stances amid Russo American tension.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Vandenberg
Truman
United Nations
Edule
U.N
U. N
State Department
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Senate
Taylor ‘Didahoi
Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Defense Forrestal
America
Hitler
Forrestal Taylor
Knowland
Calif
Tajor
Split Threatens Over Admitting Europeans
Washington report notes a party line split over a proposal to admit displaced Europeans into the United States. Senators McGrath and Hatch urged a substitute bill reducing entry barriers to 260000 over two years, easing housing and job requirements. The plan contrasts with earlier Senate Judiciary committee approved limits of 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
United States
McGrath ‘Rid
Hateh
Vest Trey
McGrath-Hatch
Senate Judiciary Committee
Western Europe Dismayed By Turn In U S Russian Affairs
Western European papers and radio react with dismay to Secretary Marshall's statement that the United States will not hold direct talks with Russia. Coverage centers on Wallace's Madison Square remarks and Smith Molotov exchange, with British hopes for thaw and French debate on two way talks.
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Western Europe
Moscow
George C
United States
Wallace
Mprom
Pravda
Izvestia
Truman
Marshall
London
P—eading
New America
Britain
U. S
George C. Marshall
The
Daily Express
Molotov
Express
Times of London
Times
Walter Bedell Smith
U.S
Russia
L'Aurore
Leon
Blum
le Populaire
Driver Jailed After Accident With Harold E Thompson
Harold Thompson, 16, was reported in favorable condition after a collision on Route 240 near Urbana. William Warren Biggs of Anacostia Station No 4 Camp Springs was sentenced to sixty and ten days in jail for drunken and reckless driving, with fines totaling $125 plus costs. the crash demolished the farm tractor Thompson drove.
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Harold E. Thompson
Frederick Memorail
William Warren Biggs
Anacostia Station No. 4
Camp Springs
Alton ¥. Bennett
Peoples Court
Urbana
Kenneth Bond
Thompson
Victor Thompson
Sjamsville
Biggs
Joseph R. Whipp
Hyattstown
Young Thompson
Raymond E. Proctor
Washington
Vincent Laporte
Connellsville
P. EH. Beaver
East Patrick Street
Ryan Thomas
Adamstown
D. Cromwell
Ceeding
Thomas F.mer
Monrovia
Martin East Fifth Street
Tr Cooper Richard A. Re
City to Begin Laying Main on East Patrick Street
City Water Department plans to start work May 24 on a new water main from Carroll to Wisner streets along East Patrick Street. The project may take a month or more and may be followed by State Roads Commission blacktop improvements. The new main will run on the south side, requiring continued service from the old line and extensions to individual connections, with hopes of maintaining at least one-way traffic on Route 49 in Baltimore during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Department
Patrick Street
Carroll
Wisner Streets
Strees
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Defies Congress To Get Confidential Information
Washington dispatch reports President Truman says the farm program will be sent to Congress tomorrow. He asserts the administration will obtain confidential information as needed to advance the farm bill.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Locked Door Because Of Rule Artist Explains
Earl S Moran testified that a company rule kept his studio door locked while painting a model in 1943 New York. He said the door was not a privacy issue but to finish the work and that Miss Williams was not nude. Moran said he wore shorts while painting in hot weather.
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Los Angeles
Earl S. Moran
Moran
New York
Chii Willams
Miss Williams
Inecond
T Paint Girls
Ruman
Truman
Chance Wilm Readying Schooner for Australia Trip
Atwater plans a long voyage on a three masted foot Staysail schooner for four months. The crew, including room for two more to share costs, aims for Australia where he hopes to settle. They cannot secure steamship passage until 1949 and bought the boat to make the trip.
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Wilm
Australia
Atwater
New Trial Granted in Bartgis Trespass Suit
A new trial was granted in the trespass case filed by Charles F. Bartgis and George W. Bartgis against Henry Hoppe. The Circuit Court jury had ruled for the defendant on April 23, and the Bartgis parties, through H. Kieffer DeLauter, requested a new trial with Richard F. Zimmerman representing the defendant.
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Iction
Charles F. Bartgis
George W. Bartgis
Yellow Sprin
Henry Hoppe
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Richard F. Zimmerman
State May Issue Bonds For Schools
Representatives from several counties urged the Legislative Council to authorize a State bond issue to fund county school construction. They noted local funds and existing incentives fall short of needs, while counties struggle to accumulate capital for building. A separate witness argued for voluntary roadside advertising controls over zoning, citing past cooperation on the Hagerstown Frederick road.
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Legislative Council
Hooper
Fishoners
Hagerstown-Frederick Road
Spring Breakfast At Hood Honors 110 Dean's List Girls
Hood College hosts a Sunday spring breakfast for 110 students named to the Dean's List for the first semester. The event honors 49 seniors, 24 juniors, 23 sophomores, and 14 freshmen from Frederick County, with faculty and staff invited.
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Hood College
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Frederick County
Elizabeth Derr
Harry S. Derr
Louise Hendrickson
R. Ames Hendrickson
Second Street
Mary Susan
Neal
Guy M. Neal
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Elva Remshberg
Maurice F. Remshberg
Middletown
Sarah Safrit
Helen M. Safrit
North Market Street
Patricia Swearingen
Frank V. Swearingen
Thurmont
Ann Tresselt
Frederick Tresselt
Staf
Henry Irvin Stahr
Ruth E. Perry
Grace N. Brown
Marjorie Stoughton
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Alumnae Association
Carolyn Mr. Loomis
Shriner Hall
Anna K
Strike Looms as Government Controls Railroads
A top union official said a federal judge may soon issue a permanent restraining order against engineers, firemen, and switchmen to halt a strike while the government maintains railroad control. Unions seek a 30 percent wage rise and 33 working-rule changes.
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Tong
Inme
Inday
Brotherhood
T. Alan Goldsborough
Brotherhoods
Debate on Mundt Bill Aims to Curb Communists in U S
Washington May 13 The House faces rapid passage of a bill from the House Un American Activities Committee to tighten controls on the American Communist Party without outlawing it. Supporters argue it protects national security. critics warn it violates civil liberties and could entangle labor unions. The Senate may slow action as questions arise about free speech and constitutional rights.
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Washington
House
Communist Party
House UN
Senate
CIO
Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
House Un-American Activities Committee
American Communist Party
Supreme Court
American Communist Parti
Europe
Committee Bi
No Steel Contract Unless Taft Hartley Law Met
CIO President Philip Murray announced on May 13 that major steel firms will not negotiate new contracts with CIO steelworkers unless the union adheres to the Taft Hartley act. The stance marks a potential impasse as labor talks stall under federal labor law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Philip Murray
Comics Omitted from Today's News for Friday Release
The note states that comics are omitted from today’s edition and will appear Friday with the date’s releases. No further details on content or timing are provided.
Truman Sees No Greater Peace Hope
President Truman said hopes for peace have not improved after Russia notes exchanges. He supports Marshall’s view that action is needed rather than general talks and noted he would meet Stalin if invited, while stressing no new departure in U.S. policy toward limiting Soviet expansion and pursuing negotiations through the United Nations.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Hmit
Marshall
United Nations
United States
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
U.S. A
Soviet Union
Ambassador Smith
Smith
Korea
Chile moves to outlaw Communist party in parliament
The Chamber of Deputies narrowly approves a government bill to ban the Communist party in Chile by a 93 to 20 vote with several abstentions. The measure targets communist activity and allied groups as part of a broader political crackdown.
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Santiago
Chile
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
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