March of dictatorship ends as ward conflict unfolds
Government troops seize Ward property in Chicago on April 26 1944 to resolve a union majority dispute. Avery removed from his office, later claiming the move was staged to dramatize a dictatorship march. The union wins a May 9 collective bargaining election and the property is returned. In other notes a research plane crash near McMurdo Sound injures eight of 23 aboard. An Andrew Carnegie stamp is announced with first day covers and sale details. A public sale in Jefferson area nets Blake D Mer son and wife about 4500 for a six room house and two acres.
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Avery
Ward
Chicago
Washington
Navy
McMfurdo Sound
Antarctic
Constellation
U.S
Andrew Carnegie
Post Office Department
New York, N. Y
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
New York
N.Y
Philatelic Sales Agency
D. C
Frederick Post Office
George Huffer
Jefferson
Middletown Road
Blake D. Merson
Urbana
Bennett
John Pontor
Business Tycoon Dies in Chicago Glory of Ward’s Leader
CHICAGO AP Sewell Lee Aver s 8 a powerful businessman who never shied from fees including the US Army died Monday in his Lake Shore Drive apartment after a year of declining health. The former Montgomery Ward chairman aged and hospitalised in 1959 for colon tumor removal, headed Ward's management from 1931 to 1956. His tenure featured clashes with stockholders unions and government, including battles with the federal government in 1944 and with Louis E Wolfson in 1955. Family members were at his bedside.
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Chicago
Sewell Lee Avers
US Army
Avery
Lake Shore Drive
Roger Follansbee
Montgomery Ward & Co
Louis
E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Ward’s
Ward
White House
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
CIO
United Mail
Republicans Plan 6000 Calls for Mathias in Frederick County
Republicans launched a three day effort to call about 6000 Frederick County voters for their congressional candidate Charles Mathias Jr. Democrats countered with Foley campaign phone messages from headquarters promising daily 30 second talks. A GOP rally at Emmitsburg Fire Hall featured speakers including Sanner Browning Bowlus and local supporters.
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Frederick County
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
John R. Foley
Goodloe E. Byron
Foley
North Market Street
Emmitsburg
Charles 5. K. Sanner
GOP Club
Republican County Council
Reyburn E. Browning
New Market Area
Young Republicans Club
Emmett R. Bowlus
Republican State Central Committee
Andrew Eyster
Yellow Springs
Tuscarora District Committee
Walter Martz Chossen
Herbert Duvall
Route 15 bids await federal approval on east Gettysburg link
A department spokesman said early next year a cre ee pass, pending U S Bureau of Public Roads approval of designs for the road, after a Gettysburg hearing August 3. The route east of Gettysburg from the Mary land line north 22.5 miles will tie in with other Route 15 sections and will not be altered. Bishop John Wesley Lord and Rev Clarence L Fossett were elected to Western Maryland College Board of Trustees.
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Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau F Or
Public Roads
Gettysburg
State Highway Department
Maryand Line
Lord
John Wesley
Washington
Clarence L. Fossett
Baltimore
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Lowell S. Ensor
Methodist Church
Fossett
Edgar A. Sexsmith
Gaithersburg
G. Bramley Oxnam
Washington Area
Bishop Oxnam
Rev. Fossett
Baltimore East
The
General Motors Plans To Spend 1.25 Billion In 1961
General Motors disclosed plans to spend 1.25 billion for new and improved plants in 1961. GM executives forecast seven million domestic and foreign passenger car units in the United States next year, depending on rising consumer confidence and economic conditions. Donner cited population growth, rising personal incomes, and suburban migration as factors driving a larger auto market.
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New York
General Motors Corp
United States
Donner
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Invisenet ® Fest
Frederick
Monogram
General Motors
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Union
Auto & Home
Wes-Mar
West
Patrick ST
Cab MO
Axiaes
Frederick, Ma
Frederick Bottled
Kaempf & Harris
American Standard
Frederick, Md
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East South St
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