Chrysler Workers Win 13 Cent Hourly Increase
Detroit May 28 Chrysler strike ends with a flat 13 cent hourly wage raise for 75,000 UAW workers, two cents more than GM. Production to resume around June 7. salaried pay up about nine percent. Agreement under two year contract extended to Aug 2 1950, with one more wage reopening after June 15 1949. UAW to approve. meetings set for Sunday. An extra 1,700 employees get 3 to 10 cent raises.
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Detroit
Tiear Chrysler
CIO
United Auto
General Motors
Norman Matthews
UAW
Chrysler Department
Chrysler
Auto Management
Chrysler-Uaw
UAW International Executive Board
Wife Gets Divorce From Mickey Rooney
Betty Jane Rose testifies Rooney lived like a hotel with constant guests and no privacy. She wins divorce plus 100000 settlement, 5000 yearly child support, 25000 for a house, and college educations for two sons Mickey Jr and Timothy. Custody awarded. marriage dated September 36 1944. Rooney previously married Ava Gardner.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Betty Jane Rose
Birmingham
Betty Jane
Alabama
Mickey
Timothy
Rooneys
Ava Gardner
Four More Frederick Soldiers Among War Casualties Returning
The remains of four local men are among 4,459 American casualties being returned from Manila aboard the U S Army Transport Boyce. The ship carries Cpl. George W Ford Pte Joseph E Hemier Sgt Clarence E Roberts Pfc Norman L Windsor with next of kin listed. Ford, a former Frederick Recreation Center manager, died of wounds in March 1945. Roberts was killed in the Philippines in June 1945 after serving since 1940 and participating in Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. Hemler died of wounds in February 1945 at 23, having worked at Glenn L Martin prior to service. Windsor died in the Philippines from a fractured…
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United States
Manila
U. S. Army
George W. G. Boyce
Department of the Army
San Francisco
Boyce
George W. Ford
Cora H. Ford
Frederick
Joseph E. Hemier
Felix Hemier
Thurmont
Clarence E Roberts
Forrest Roberts
Iyamsvile
Norman L. Windsor
of Kin
Windsor
Keymar
Cpl. Ford
Philippine Islands
Guadalcanal
Roberts
Philippines
Hawa
Pearl Harbor
Vella Lavella
Pfc
Hemler
Glenn L. Martin Company
Pfe
Philps
Fr Wiegand Joins St Johns Clergy In Baltimore
Rev Francis A Wiegand of Towson is added to the St Johns Catholic church staff after Archbishop Keough announced appointments. He will join pastors Rev James M Hagen and Rev Herbert Jordan, marking the first time the parish will have three priests. Wiegand previously served Immaculate Conception Towson and St Ambrose Baltimore, with official start pending orders.
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Francis A. Wiegand
Towson
St. John’s Catholic Church
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
Fr. Wiegand
Herbert Jordan
James M Hagen
St. John’s
Father Wiegand
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Ambrose Church
Route 240 Blocked By Tractor And Trailer
A tractor and trailer blocked traffic on Route 240 south of Frederick Junction Friday morning when the heavy equipment ran off the highway and tore down 13 panels of guard rail. State Police reported the accident occurred about 10 30 o clock. Damages were estimated at 300 dollars. James Maker, 23, Winchester Virginia, was the driver of the tractor. The steering gear locked as he approached the Baker Valley road intersection and the tractor left the highway into the guard rails, blocking traffic in both directions. No charges were filed.
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Frederick Junction
Rch
Una
James Maker
Winchester
Beker Valley Road
Trafic
Amazon Named After Tribe of Female Warriors
The name Amazon is said to derive from a tribe of warrior women who supposedly inhabited the banks of the river. This folk etymology connects the term to legendary feminine fighters and has persisted in lore governing the continent's name origin.
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Amazon
Westminster Named Head of State Bankers
Norman B. Boyle of Westminster was elected president of the Maryland Bankers Association at its 52nd annual meeting in Atlantic City. He is treasurer of Westminster Saving Bank, succeeding T. Howard Duckett of Prince Georges County Bank. New MBA officers include W Robert Huey and Pierre N Lebrun. More than 300 bankers attended. Marriage licenses issued to Winfield C. Burkholder Jr and Marianna B Lambert LeGore and George S Jacobs and Mary L Parrish. Herb gardens were planted in European monasteries during the Renaissance for healing products.
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Atlantic City
Norman B. Boyle
Westminster
Maryland Bankers Association
Boyle
Westminster Saving Bank
T. Howard Duckett
Prince Georges County Bank
Hyattsville
W. Robert Huey
First National Bank
Chestertown
Pierre N. Lebrun
Cecil National Bank of Port Deposit
Winfield C. Burkholder, Jr
Marianna B Lambert
New Windsor
George S. Jacobs
Mary L. Parrish
LeGore
One Jailed In Shooting William Brightwell In Jail
State Police investigated a late Thursday night shooting along the Mienocacy river near Carroll Creek. James C. Grant was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for a head wound and Brightwell was in jail, denying firing the rifle. Police seek two men thought to have driven Grant across the river after the shot, with further steps to be discussed with the State Attorney.
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Brightwell
James C. Grant
Camp Detrick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mienocacy River
Carroll Creek
Brightweill
Grant
J. F Bell
Ace
Buckeystown
C. D. McLane
L. M Ridge
Edwin F. Nokirk
Chile complains to UN over Russia rights and exit
Chile formally accused Russia at Lake Success of violating human rights by blocking Russian wives of foreigners from leaving with their husbands and breaching diplomatic norms by denying family departure for the former Chilean ambassador’s family. Delegates named Alvaro Cruz and Lidia Lesina, with about 50 Russians including Russia's ambassador remaining in Chile. The issue stems from last October when Chile severed relations with Russia, and a note adds a dental aside about wisdom teeth being third molars.
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Herman Santo Cruz
Alvaro
Luis D. Cruz
Ocampo
Russia
Lidia Lesina
Santa Cruz
Moscow
Chile
Local boy from Oklahoma speaks at Boys' Latin School exercises
Local graduate from University of Oklahoma and former Fred i wis member delivered the commencement address at Boys' Latin School in Baltimore at 10 30 a m on June 9. His son Thomas Jr was among the graduating class. Separate items note collateral forfeiture in Peoples Court for several drivers and a travel pay bonus for Jesse D. Clevenger, now 73, due since the Spanish American War.
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Graduate College of the Univers of Oklahoma
Fredi Wis
Boys' Latin School
Baltimore
Thomas, Jr
Tardy Madera
Calif
Jesse D. Clevenger
Philippines
Clevenger
Ten Years of Dairy Technology booklet released in DC area
The Dairy Technology Society of Maryland and District of Columbia published a new booklet titled Ten Years of Dairy Technology. Dr England, formerly with and now affiliated to the Dr Stephens Dairy Industries in Washington, serves as secretary treasurer of the organization.
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Dairy Technology Society of
Maryland
District of Columbia
England
Dr. Stephens Dairy Industries
Washington
Gets 60 Days For Assault In Baltimore
Franklin Dorsey of Baltimore received a 60 day jail sentence in leu of a $50 fine after being found guilty of assault and battery on his girlfriend. Ampende Jenie Black, 31, shared address faced similar charges with one dismissed. Route 40 west near Cumberland was cited as the scene of the fray witnessed by passing motorists and reported to Magistrate Alton Bennett.
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Franklin Dorsey
Baltimore
Felice Court
Alton ¥. Bennett
Ampende
Jenie Black
W. W. Corbi
Dorsey
Route 40
Cumberland
Charles Henry Baugher
Route 3
Alrold Simmons
Lawrence A. Son Remains Transferred to Johns Hopkins
Lawrence A., a year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. at 13 Winchester street, was removed from Frederick Memorial Hospital to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The ambulance of C. E. Ciine and Son carried the child during the transfer late last night.
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Lawrence A
Winchester Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
C. E. Ciine and Son
Seven Aboard Plane Crash Kills Seven Near Baton Rouge
A twin engine S-47 Army transport crashed during an electrical storm in a corn field about 20 miles southwest of Baton Rouge killing seven aboard. The wreckage spread over an acre, with bodies and plane parts scattered for hundreds of feet. The craft was en route from New Orleans to Roswell when it went down. authorities noted no fire despite an explosion on impact.
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Here
New Orleans
Roswell
Martin
Slack Bros
Rosedale
I National Guard
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