Meyer May Be Out Wednesday
Pittsburgh reports that Billy Meyer remains employed but his status is undecided after a three hour meeting with Branch Rickey at Forbes Field. Rickey refused to commit and said decisions will come after further talks and the minor league draft in Cincinnati.
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Pittsburgh
Billy Meyer
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tennessee Diamond
Branch Rickey
Meyer
Rickey
Forbes
Knoxville
Tenn
Pirates
Billy
Ily
Brooklyn
Thas
Bill
Bue Brass
Cincinnati
Thurspaar
The
Bucs
Explosion Rocks E. I. du Pont Plant in Linden New Jersey
A large blast at the E. I. du Pont de Nemours plant in Linden, New Jersey sent a blue flame 100 feet into the air. An amine tank exploded on the second floor, buckling walls and causing minor injuries to workers. Automatic safety systems doused the flames and blanketed the area with ammonia fumes, with the blast audible across Brooklyn and felt in Elizabeth and Wilmington.
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Linden
N. J
E. J. du Pont de Nemours
Elizabeth
Brooklyn
New York Bay
Wilmington
du Pont
Tinden
Arthur Kill
New Jersey
Staten Island
New York City
Overseas service for Thom as E Harding Jr after boat training
Thom as E Harding Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Harding completes boat training in San Diego California and is assigned to overseas duty. His address lists care of Henry W Tucker in San Francisco. Smoke from a nearby event drifted across New York Bay causing coughing among Brooklyn waterfront residents. Notes on seeds of black mustard being more pungent than white variety.
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Thomas E. Harding, Jr
Thomas E. Harding
East Fourth Street
San Diego
Calif
SA Thomas E. Harding
U.S
Henry W. Tucker
F. P.O
San Francisco
New York Bay
Brooklyn
Skin Cancers May Grow More Common
Dr E N Walsh of Temple Texas speaking at the Southern Medical Association meeting warns sun exposure may raise skin cancer risk for outdoor workers as life expectancy rises. He notes national rise with emphasis on sunny regions and urges preventive action and early diagnosis and treatment.
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St. Louis
E. N. Walsh
Temple
Tex
Southern Medical Association
Southwest
Far West
Walsh
Colts Sign Brown In NFL Waiver Update
Baltimore on November 13 reports the Colts have claimed Hardy Brown, a linebacker, off waivers from the Washington Redskins. Rex Grossman, a defensive center and extra-point kicker since 1948, was released to make room for Brown. The Mississippi Delta region covers about 12,300 square miles.
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COLTS
Brown
Baltimore
Baltimore Colts
National Football League
Hardy Brown
Washington Redskins
Rex Grossman
Grossman
Mississippi Delta
Committee To Study Recapitalization Plan
Large stockholders named a committee to study Western Maryland Railway recapitalization to revise the proposed share distribution. The plan filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission would discharge dividend arrears of 24.22 million dollars on the seven percent first preferred stock. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad owns 94.2 percent of the first preferred and 13 percent of the four percent second preferred.
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New York
Western Maryland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland First
Company plan urged despite stockholder opposition
At a meeting of large stockholders a plan was urged to be withdrawn due to opposition from second preferred and common stockholders. Eugene S Williams, company president, overruled the suggestion saying the plan provides a good basis to proceed and not advisable to wait. Miller, 52, from nearby, admitted in magistrate's court today that in 18 years he never had a Maryland license and had not been stopped before. Magistrate Harry Snyder fined him 100 dollars for drunken driving and 25 dollars for the license offense.
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Eugene S. Williams
Neat Miller
Maryland
Harry Snyder
Miller Arrests For Drunken Driving In Hagerstown
Hagerstown on November 13 reports John Herbert Miller was arrested by city police on drunken driving and driving without a license. The license charge proved to be the more significant issue in the unfolding case.
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Hagerstown
John Herbert Miller
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Pinkham
Lomans
Slydia
Tricycles
Storm
Better Housing Show
State Armory
Rederick
Potomac Edison Co
Irene Caton
Kathryn Smith
the Community Players, Inc
Directed By
James Decker
Winchester Hall
Turkeys
Brookside Poultry Farm
Frederick
Cappello’s Food Market
N. MarKet St
Studebaker
Hillside Motor Company, Inc
West Patrick Street
Mars Opticians
N. Market Street
Hillside Turkey Farm
Ross Smith
Samuel T. Royer, JR
Thurmont, Md
Thurmont
Raymond Loewy
Wreeper
Potomac Edison
Taneytown
MT. Airy
Brunswick
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