Long Ts Speaker At Kiwanis Meet Set
Sgt Elmer E Long veteran Frederick Marine told Kiwanis Tuesday noon at the Francis Scott Key hotel of his three and a half years in a Jap created hell in Corregidor and a Japanese prison camp. He described brutalities hunger and toil with only faint hope. The talk echoed in a town pondering whether to back universal military training and the atomic bomb policy as Kiwanis members heard of future speakers on national defense.
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Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key
Elmer E. Long
Frederick Marine
News-Post
Sgt. Long
Long
Frederick
Ganstantaana
Corregidor
Allan.c. McBride
Frederick County
Manila
Lang
Walt
United States
Loral Marine
North Market Street
Japan
Marine Corps
James H. Grove, Jr
Kiwanis Audence
Charles K. Taylor
Hamilton Holt
Kiwanis International
America
U. S
He J. Keller
Ili
Resub
Kenneth L. Metcalf
J. Milton Brunk
Richard 5. Bowlus
J. Vernon Coblentz
Walter E. Eiker
Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
William Johnson
A. RB. McEwen
Richard F. Kline
Nevin JT. R. Waskey
Preston Long
Soldier Finds I Child Alone Invine
An unidentified soldier rescued two and a half year old Joseph Grabowski Jr. after a night search in Baltimore. The boy wandered miles from home and identified his mother from a newspaper photo. Neighbors recalled a drunken man leading the child away on Caroline Avenue. The mother, exhausted by vigil, reunited with her son at an Eastern station.
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Baltimore
Joseph Grabowski, Jr
FBI Knew Jap Attack Was Coming
Washington November 13 reports say the FBI learned of Japanese war intentions 11 days before Pearl Harbor and advised the armed services but were ignored. Rep Gearhart said intercepts showed evidence of war plans, with messages decoded for Navy translation and FBI action. Gearhart and Rep Keefe expect Hoover to testify. Kramer may be a key witness, while political overtones loom over the inquiry. A birthday party was held for Mary Ramsburg at Poolesville with family and friends.
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Washington
Rep
Gearhart
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Pearl Harbor
Armed Services
Honolulu
Army
Navy
Hoover
Hawaiian Islands
Gearhert
Keefe
Congressional Committee
Hatch
D-Nm
Naval Intelligence
Kramer
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Tom
Christmas Seal Sale Opens Here On Friday
Frederick County Tuberculosis Association launches its thirty-ninth annual Christmas Seal drive with 4,200 envelopes to be mailed. A five color stamp for 1945 features a blue clad youth by a snow scene. Dr E C Kefauver appeals for contributions noting peace time still battles disease through seal sales funding clinics tests rehab and health education.
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Frederick County Tuberculosis Association
E. C. Kefauver
Seal Sale
Frederick County
Jeffersonian Club II Disbands to Ease Upcoming Campaigns
Members of the Jeffersonian Club board voted at the Francis Scott Key hotel to disband the Democratic factional group. The action ends the last vestige of the late David Winebrenner’s organization as the party seeks unity for municipal county and state campaigns next year.
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Jeffersonian Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick County
David Winebrenner
Ritchie the
Winebrenner
Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Riot staged by 1500 sailors ends in deaths and arrests
Honolulu riot erupts after rumor that two sailors were killed. About 1,500 Navy personnel rampaged in Damon tract for hours, overturning cars and smashing windows. Joseph Gutheridge, 75, died of a heart attack watching the events. Police detained dozens, blaming Navy cooperation and flagging alleged civilian attacks. Local officials and Navy spokesmen clashed over responsibility and safety measures.
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Honolulu
Damon
Joseph Gutheridge
Eugene Kennedy
Navy
14Th Naval District
Kennedy
Damon Trade
William A. Gabrielson
NAS
Singer
Schwellenbach Plea Is Rejected Again
The U S Steel Corporation rebuffed for the second time Secretary of Labor Schwellenbachs bid to renew wage negotiations with CIO steelworkers under a Government conciliator. Schwellenbach invited a meeting with Arthur S. Meyer as mediator. CI0 President Murray reported union acceptance. Fairless, president of U S Steel, refused. He demanded assurances from OPA that wage-cost gains would be offset by higher ceilings.
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Washington
U. S. Steel Corporation
Schwellenbach
CIQ
Arthur S. Meyer
New York State Mediation Board
CIO
Philip Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
OPA
Fairlees
Appeal filed over beer license denial at 489 East Church
Charles Henry Klipp Jr appeals a Circuit Court ruling on a denial of an on sale beer license at 489 East Church Street by License Commissioner Richard M. Zacharias. Through attorney C Clifton Wirts he alleges the decision is against public interest arbitrary unreasonable and illegal due to insufficient evidence. The license denial followed a hearing that found safety in nearby industrial plants would be threatened by employee overindulgence.
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Circuit Court
Richard M. Zacharias
East Church Street
Charles Henry Klipp, Jr
C. Clifton Wirts
Zacharias
Health officer fills two counties duties amid illness disease
Dr J F McCallum of Hagerstown acts as deputy State Health Officer for Washington and Frederick counties during Dr E C Kefauver’s illness. Washington County staff visits Frederick twice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday, as officials report most trouble stems from civilian juveniles aged 16 to 18 in groups of six or more carrying metal rods and clubs.
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J. 4. McCallum
Hagerstown
Washington County
Frederick County
E. C. Kefauver
Frederick
May Endorse Collective Bargaining
Washington reports a possible endorsement of collective bargaining by business delegates at the labor-management conference, while avoiding a commitment on President Truman's wage increase proposal. CEO Eric A. Johnson said delegates may discuss the CIO plan, present a substitute, or state a stance on scope, with two leaders opposing Murray's resolution.
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Washington
Labor-Management Conference
Truman
Eric A. Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Management Conference
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers
Philip Murray
NAM
Murray
AFL
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wage policy debate at conference on collective bargaining
President Truman's radio address endorses collective bargaining for general wage increases within current price structure. Lewis and Green oppose, fearing a cost of living limit. CIO proposal criticized as "namby-pamby and innocuous." Voting procedure remains disputed with unity sought but dissent possible. Conference rules committee to decide. At war start, salary roster listed 1,774 men.
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Truman
Lewis
Green
CIO
AFL
George W. Taylor
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