Union Shop Clause Declared Illegal in Coal Talks
The National Labor Relations Board ruled unanimously that John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers union shop clause in coal mine contracts is illegal for lacking an NLRB election. Lewis must drop the clause and not strike to force continuation. The ruling leaves bargaining units and future actions to the courts as talks with steel industry mines continue.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers Union
NLRB
AFL
Held For Murder In Slaying Of Sister-in-law
Randolph Bewster, 16, waived a preliminary hearing in Cumberland trial court on a charge of killing his sister in law, Katherine Robinette Brewster, 18, at her rural Cumberland home. Magistrate Frank Perdew ordered commitment to Allegany County jail without bond for October grand jury action. Brewster said he shot his sister in law after waking from a bad dream and wounded his brother Thomas, 23, who is recovering at Allegany Hospital.
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Cumberland
Randolph Bewster
Katherine Robinette Brewster
Frank A. Perdew
Allegany County
Brewster
Thomas
Allegany Hospital
AEC Plan Rejected by Committee on Spending Controls
Washington May 27 congressional investigators criticize an Atomic Energy Commission project as unnecessary and push for tighter oversight. Senate House panel disapproves an Oak Ridge gas pipeline plan and weighs requiring congressional preapproval for major AEC spending while Lilienthal probe continues.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lilienthal
McMahon
Senate House
Atomic Energy Committee
Texas
Great Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Texas Gulf Fields
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
National Securty Resources Board
Senate House Committee
Cobe
Etiows
Return from Guernsey sale at McDonald Farm
Mr and Mrs Ransom R Lewis Jr and Mrs Paul F E Brown with Robert Brown returned from Portland N Y where they attended the Guernsey sale on the McDonald Farm The high cow sold for 14000 and the high bull for 7000 The average price of cows on a sale of 43 was 2208 Greenland was first settled in the 10th Century.
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Ransom R. Lewis, Jr
Paul FE. Brown
Robert Brown
Frederick
Portland
N. Y
McDonald Farm
Bread enrichment linked to drop in beri beri and other ills
Dr. Russell Wilder cites Mayo findings that B vitamins and iron in bread reduced beri beri and pellagra, with Newfoundland’s trial adding vitamin A to margarine. Improvements appeared in Bellevue Hospital cases, child health in Newfoundland, lower death rates, and less skin and dental problems, while vitamin C remained absent from public health mandates.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
America
Russell N. Wilder
Mayo Foundation
Minneapolis
Wilder
Newfoundland
Bellevue Hospital
South
St. Johns
National Ayrshire Association names vice president
Walter J Hahn of Ceresville was elected vice president at the national convention in Indianapolis. Hahn could not attend. Directors included heifer sale, averaging $561 per head, with attendees John Krantz W Paul Evler and Walter P Feaga. Frederick County Ayrshire Breeders set August 10 field day for the fourteenth year. SISSIES! Baltimore May 27 bandits robbed a grocery using a pistol while Morris Talley clutched canned grapefruit and resisted, bandits fled. police investigating.
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Walter J. Hahn
Ceresville
National Ayrshire Association
Idianapolis
Hahn
National Association
John Krantz
W. Paul Evler
Walter P. Feaga
Antler
Frederick County Ayrshire Breeders Association
Baltimore
Morris Talles
Talles
Talley
English medieval archery law for men aged thirty six to sixty
In medieval England a law required all men aged thirty six to sixty to practice archery. The mandate aimed to ensure a ready defense and military readiness for the realm, reflecting broader Tudor and medieval governance themes.
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England
Dionne Quintuplets Turn Fifteen Tomorrow In Canada
Callander Ontario May 27 The Dionne quintuplets will be 15 years old tomorrow As Fathers Day approaches they and the eight younger Dionne children will honor their father Oliva Dionnne They have been receiving greetings from admirers and continue schooling under Sister Aimes De Agnes The quints have not chosen careers yet and one report mentions possible convent entry
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Callander
Ont
Oliva Dionnne
Quints
Aimes de Agnes
Kay Dawn To Lead Mountain Theater Season at Braddock Heights
Kay Dawn will play the lead as six newcomers join four veterans in the Mountain Theater stock company at Braddock Heights this summer. Co-producer James S. Decker returns from New York after final casting. Jean Osborn Don Kol and Barnet Biro return. Kay Dawn is the leading lady with prior stage and screen credits, while Henry Hamilton leads the male cast. The season starts June 22 with Parlor Story and includes ten comedies such as John Loves Mary and The Front Page. Season tickets are on sale.
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Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
James S. Decker
New York
Mr. Decker
Jean Osborn
The
Playhouse
Don Kol
Barnet Biro
Mr. Koll
Mr. Biro
Kay Dawn
Decker
Indy
Key Largo
Woodstock Theater
Henry Hamilton
Ethel Merman
Prince
Charles Crain
Victor Mature
Portia Morrow
Mark Russell
Juvenile
Bob Gallagher
John Loves
Mary
Optimist Month Awards Go To Burger And Kline
Frederick Optimist and Opti-Mrs. Club name Boy and Girl of the Month James Burger and Barbara Ann Kline at a Catoc tin Country Club dinner. Certificates and loving cups were presented. Speakers and attendees included Alvin G. Quinn William E Hardy and others. Local optimists plan to attend the Sixteenth District convention in Roanoke Virginia June 3 4. The article notes early Icelandic settlements by Irish monks.
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Frederick
James Burger
Barbara Ann Kline
Catoctin Country Club
Leslie Burger
Lewis A. Kline
Alvin G. Quinn
Burger
Helen Moler
Kline
Wiliam E. Hardy
C. Lease Bussard
Julius Smith
Francis Dutrow
Dora Andrews
Don Duncan
Cedric Smith
Ernest B. Stephens
Claude Feigley
Roanoke
Weather data snapshot for May 1948 and 1949
The table reports 24 hour precipitation ending 8:30 a m with none, May to date 4. inches, normal May 3.8 inches, actual May 1948 5.0 inches, excess in 1949 May 1 2.66 inches. It lists yesterday high 6, year ago high 7, last night low 4, year ago low 5, sun sets 8 28 p m, sun rises 5 47 a m, moon rises 6 44 a m, moon set tomorrow 10 44 p m.
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My Darling
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