Progress Made In Coal Talks Washington May 28
John L. Lewis called his policy committee and district presidents into another meeting to report on progress in contract negotiations with soft coal operators. Officials declined to say if a contract has been agreed upon for submission to the 200 man UMW policy committee while talks continued with Southern and Northern operators. Ten-day vacations for about 350000 miners in 2509 mines are set to begin June 26 with $100 payments, pro rated for shorter service, under Krug-Lewis terms. An escape attempt at Maryland Penitentiary was foiled when guards stopped James DeMichais after a 17-foot jump and 22-foot drop. another prisoner, Peter Barmackie, remains at large.
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Washington
John L.lewis
Lewis
cSide
United Mine Workers
UMW
N. HE. Collisson
Colisson
Krug-Lewis
Coal Mines Administration
Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Frederick Fredericks
James DeMichais
Chicago
Patri Brady
Peter Barmackie
DeMichals
Bredy
Optimist Club To Be Formed In Frederick Tonight
Twenty one men form the nucleus of Frederick Optimist Club with a goal of forty by charter night. An organization meeting at 6 30 p m at the Fran cis Scott Key Hotel precedes next week’s officer elections for the club’s first year.
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Optimist Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Oficers
Joyd Fogle
Bruce Oland
R. F. Seymour
Richmond
Louis Guy
Norfolk, Va
Morris Bassford
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Catonsville
Major Seymour
Optimist International
Hotel Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Hugh W. Fisher Receives Civilian Service Medal
Hugh W. Fisher a veteran with over 30 years of service to the Navy including duty in Spanish American War era and as chief clerk at the Great Lakes Training Center is awarded the Civilian Service Medal. The citation honors faithful service to the naval establishment and foresees his later work with Evening Star Washington.
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Navy
Hugh W. Fisher
Fred
Herbert J. SN
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Naval Establishment
Naval Service
Fisher
Civil Service
Ordnance Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Roosevelt Administra
The
Evening Star
Washington
J QD. Co
Junior Civic Club Closes Activities
A dinner meeting at the Catottin Country Club marked the close of the Junior Civic Club summer activities. Guest speaker Miss Onica L. Prail spoke of her UNHRA work in Palestine and Greece, while the club also announced aid efforts for Frederick Memorial Hospital and elected officers for the coming year.
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Catottin Country Club
Junior Civic Club
Henry Wiser
Monic
Onica L. Prail
Hood College
Palestine
Greece
UNHRA
Miss Prail
Misli
United States
Calvin E. Schildksecht
Junwr
Ynat Staraddy
Lilian Bazzell
Garland Feaga
Frederick Meral Hospital
Asiows
Helen Palmer
Caroline Feagen
Dorothy Morgan
Jean Blumenauer
Virginia Nicodem
Lillian Baz
Atomic Delegates Clash Over UN Atomic Controls
Delegates from the United States Britain and Canada clashed with Soviet diplomat Andrei A Gromyko in a UN Atomic Energy Commission meeting over a proposal to bring atomic energy controls under Security Council veto power. They oppose any veto on punishment for atomic crimes and warned the discussion could drag for two more years.
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United States
Britain
Canada
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Gromyko
U. N. General Assembly
Thhe
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Miss Jacqueline Everhart Receives Maryland Science Honor
Eight high school students from across the state were honored by the Maryland Academy of Science at a May 15 ceremony in Baltimore. Brunswick senior Jacqueline Everhart earned academy membership and a science magazine subscription after writing a 590 word essay on her scientific goals in a contest open to Maryland students. Her parents attended along with Mr and Mrs Donald Shafer of Knox.
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Jacqueline Everhart
Jackie” Everhart
Maryland Academy of Science
Hay
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore
Stern Maryland
Security Council to Decide Atomic Punishments
The article notes ongoing debate between the United States and Soviet Russia over how to handle atomic offenses. Russia maintains Security Council must have final say, while the U S supported by nine of the twelve nations insists no legal escape from punishment is possible for atomic offenders.
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Ted States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Poin
Security Council
United States
Commission
Zonta Club hears Mrs. Clapp urge music for world peace
Mrs. Robert E. Clapp president of the Maryland Federation of Music Clubs spoke at the Zonta Club meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. She argued music appeals to emotions, cited Honneger’s Pacific 231, and said music can unite nations, referencing ASCAP president John Gregg Payne. The federation dates to 1898 with 20 members and now counts about 500000 members. A second item reports mail carrier P B H Rinehart held on $1000 bond for rifling the mails after an arrest by postal inspectors.
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Robert E. Clapp
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Clapp
Honneger
New York
Couren 2
Federation Music Clubs In America
Chicago
Hagerstown
B. H. Rinehart
United States
C. Wells Little
Rinehart
Referendum Sought to Oust Elgin as Motor Vehicles Chief
Petition signatures totaling 6656 were delivered to Maryland officials seeking a referendum on ousting Motor Vehicles Commissioner W Lee Elgin. The Attorney General will review validity after certification by the Secretary of State. if approved the question would appear on the ballot in November 1948.
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Annapolis
W. Lee Elgin
Secretary of State
Paul Berman
Baltimore
John B. Funk
Louis J. O'Donnell
Funk
Heve
Elgin
Awning fire destroys front door at 220 North Market Street
Fire swept the awning over the front door of 220 North Market Street on Wednesday around 11 PM. Flames were extinguished by an Independents booster stream. Origin suspected to be a discarded cigarette as all companies responded.
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North AM Market Street
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Mee
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Ray McKinter
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Nobody’s
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PHOME
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Loose Prunes
Wilkin’s
Abe
Texas
Calvert
BR “Ame
Montgomery Feed and Hardware CO
J. T. Fisher & Son
Poolesville, Md
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