Pittsburgh Strikers To Pick Union Election Order By NLRB
Pittsburgh October 11 The National Labor Relations Board ordered a bargaining election among 2700 production and maintenance workers forming a majority of 3200 striking independent unionists in a 18 day old stoppage against Duquesne Light Company. Election date not set. Other unions CIO Utility the City Workers and IBEW also challenged the independent association. A fifth option no union. In Washington a spokesman said likely within one week to ten days. Petitions circulate for a general membership vote on arbitration amid the stubborn dispute.
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Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Duquesne Light Company
Afl-United Mine Workers of America
Tosrd
CIO Utilara
Ciy Workers
Afl-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Association of Employes of Duquesne Light Company and
Associated Companies
UMW
Independent Union
Washington
U S Declares Draft Holiday
Washington Oct 11 With nearly 1,000,000 volunteers in uniform the Army declared a draft holiday for the rest of 1946. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said some men already called up for induction would be released and 15,000 November quotes exempt. For December there will be no quota and no promises beyond January. The War Department said the suspension does not preclude future calls. The action precedes possible congressional debate on extending the Selective Service Act beyond March 31, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
War Department
Negro Withdraws As Georgia Candidate
In Fulton County Georgia the Democratic executive committee withdrew a Black candidate for coroner then retracted to nominate former county commissioner Ed Almand on the fourth ballot. Twenty three white candidates clashed as the panel debated keeping a Black candidate from the coroner post in the November election.
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Asienta
Fulton County
Atlanta
Democratic Executive Committee
Ed Almand
Purelius
Scott
Georgia
Washington Hotels Hit by Major Strike Action
Washington hotels faced a sweeping strike by five thousand AFL workers, closing dining rooms and reducing services at key properties including the Ambassador and Willard. Picket lines formed as negotiations stalled, forcing potential delays in government dealings and broad travel disruption in the capital.
Frederick County War Records Project Forms Steering Group
The Frederick County Historical Society started a war records survey by naming a steering committee led by George C. Slagle to oversee collecting data from about 15,000 questionnaires. Dr. Harold R. Manakee outlined methods and goal to map every Maryland person or group influencing World War II efforts including agriculture and civilian contributions.
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Frederick County Historical Society
Harold R. Manakee
Baltimore
Manakee
George C. Slagle
Frederick County
Hal Ott
Wilbur W. Baker
Warner L. Brittain
Hammond Clary
John R. Fitzpatrick
John Ed Schell
William R. Slemmer
Louise Freeman Thompson
Maryland Historical Society
Local Historical Society
Maryland
County 4-H Stock Judging Contest Volunteers Named
Donald Keller and Paul Lutz of Middletown and Gaither Leatherman of Nix nneville join Robert H W Remsburg to represent Frederick County next week at the Baltimore Livestock Show 4-H judging contest. Frederick County 4-H boys exhibit 36 head of beef cattle and swine with drives from Walkersville Adamstown Urbana and others. Arthur Graham Walkersville Jack Page Adamstown Kenneth Harshman Myersville Peter Wight Urbana and Paul Luiz Middletown prepare multiple animals for beef cattle swine and sheep judging.
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Donald Keller
Paul Lutz
Middletown
Gaither Leatherman
Nix Nneville
Robert HW
Myersville
Peter Wight
Urbana
William Wilcom, Jr
Calvin Ausherman
Carroll Ausherman
Robert Sandbower
Adams — Town
Will
Irios
Paul Luiz
Mrs Paul Mellon Dies in Upperville Farm Home
Mrs Mary Conover Brown Mellon 41 wife of Paul Mellon and daughter-in-law of the late financier A W Mellon died this afternoon at her farm home in Upperville Virginia where the family had lived since 1938 She and Paul Mellon were married in New York in February 1936.
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Paul Mellon
Upperville
Mary Conover Brown Mellon
A. W. Mellon
Mellons
New York
Changeover to Gas for Montgomery Consumers Initiated
The Washington Gas Light Co. will begin a changeover from artificial to natural gas services for Montgomery County, Maryland consumers next week in Silver Spring, indicating a transition to new gas supply standards and infrastructure upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring
Washington Gas Light Co
Montgomery
Iweek
Hood College Campus Day Champions In Costume
Hood College students from four classes compete in the twenty eighth annual Campus Day. Seniors the Robin Hoods Juniors the Junior Varsity Sophomores the college merry go round and Freshmen the record makers of 1950. Photos show class representatives and members in themed songs costumes and marching formations.
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Hood College
Robin Hoods of Hood
Katherine Maguire
Wynnewood
Margaret Thacher
Moorestown
N. J
Jean Herman
Conover
N. C
Elen Bindon
Arlington
Teen-Aged Thrill Seekers Rounded Up
New York Oct 11 Six teen aged burglars aged fourteen to fifteen evaded adults in a string of thefts totaling ten thousand dollars. Police seized the six including leader Bugsy after raids on hideouts in Staten Island and Manhattan. They will be sent to Children's Court.
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New York
Kia Crime, Inc
Bugesy
Staten Island
Buggsy
Manhattan
Kid Crime
Children’s Court
Maryland growers discuss $800,000 federal funds plan
Baltimore October 11 Maryland fruit and vegetable growers met with University of Maryland Extension Service members to plan spending their share of about $800,000 in federal funds for state agricultural marketing research. Funds will be matched by state appropriations and allotted over five years under the Flannagan Hope Act. Packaging analyses and consumer preference studies shaped proposed uses focusing on improved marketing facilities, cold storage, and expanded cooperative merchandising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Fruit and Vegetable Growers
University of Maryland
College Park
Col
Maryland
C. E. Cox
Francis Stark
University of Maryland Extension Service
Edgemont Man Dies In Plane Crash Remains Identified
Tech Sergeant Richard A. Myers of Edgemont died when a military plane crashed near Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft went down after takeoff for Belo Horizonte, killing three women passengers and two Army crew. Myers, a 1940 Smithsburg High School graduate, resided in Rio with his wife and child as investigators assess the crash cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Gail Kennedy
Nashville, Tenn
War Department
Phyllis Low
Recife
Brazil
Driver In Wreck Pays $40 Fines On Route 40 Crash
Clarence M. Akers a Washington Maritime Commission chauffeur was found guilty by Magistrate Edward J. Smith of rockless driving and failing to keep to the right of the center of the highway after a collision on Route 40 near Hillcrest Orchards. He paid total fines of 40 dollars and costs. The eastbound car collided with the westbound vehicle driven by Joseph Daniel Geisinger.
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Route 40
Hillcrest Orchards
Washda
Clarence M. Akers
Washington Maritime Commission
Magstrate
Edward J. Smith
Joseph Daniel Geisinger
Route 2 Hoth cars face damage and acquittal outcomes
State Police Sgt May and Orville Jahnson presented a case with Jahnson acquitted of disturbing the peace and $2.50 collateral refunded. District Game Warden Keitells cited an area violation on squirrels. Various individuals including Leo Schneck enberger, Dorsey, and Fleming faced auto law and reckless driving penalties from Sgt May and city officers.
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Route 2
Hoth
W. K. May
Orville Jahnson
John Baugher
Libertytown
D. W. Keitells
Leo Schneckenberger
Dorsey
William E. Fleming
Sgt. May
Arthur L
Watkins
Germantown
Samuel E. Smith
Brunswick
Douglas Stup
Most Dairy Cows Sold Before Reaching 6 Years
College Park reports that over 30 percent of Maryland DHIA dairy cows are sold by age six, often before turning a profit for their owners. In the year ending August 31, 1956, 17 percent of the 2,018 cows in Maryland DHIA herds were sold, per Ralph A. Porter, Maryland Extension Dairyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Maryland Extension
Ralph A. Porter
DHIA
Dairy cattle cull reasons and breeding advice in Lancaster
Porterfield cites 17 percent culls from low production and disease, urges cows last beyond six years, noting two years to raise to milking age and two more to recoup renting costs. He recommends breeding for cows lasting over four to five years and more replacements. Lancaster October 12. Harvey L. Thomas, junior biology major at Franklin and Marshall, served two years in Europe with the U.S. Army. Sucrose noted as the most abundant plant sugar.
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Porterfield
Lancaster
Harvey L. Thomas
Clarence C. C. Thomas
Adamstown
Franklin and Marshall College
U.S. Army
Europe
Magaha Held On Charge of Assault
Cedric E McGaha formerly of Frederick is charged with assault and battery after allegedly forcing his ex wife Frances McGaha to accompany him from Frederick to Baltimore and Catonsville. The investigation showed a confrontation at a tavern and injuries to Mrs McGaha. McGaha was held in Catonsville and later bonded for a hearing on October 21. Page was released.
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Frederick
Cedric E. McGaha
Frances McGaha
East Third Street
City
Market
Third Street
Edwin Page
Buckeystown
Baltimore
Liberty Road
Catonsville
McGaha
Page
McGaba
Frederick Sale
Paul B. Rhoads
Austin Heffner
McGeha
We Woman
U S Will Not Stand Aside On Dardanelles
The United States reasserts opposition to Soviet bases in the Dardanelles and warns Russia not to force its hand in straits negotiations. A note delivered in Moscow by Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith reiterates the U S stance, dated October 9 and released by the State Department.
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Washington
United States
Dardanelles
Russia
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara-Moscow
Britain
Potsdam
Montreux
Black Sea
Security Council of the
United Nations
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Union
Clo-Marine
Maritime Commission
Pacific
U. S
TE Ee
Marvin Senger
Senger
University of Maryland Dairy Department
College Park, Md
Joseph G. McGarrathy
AFL
Clyde Mills
McGarrathy
Jibe
Ambassador
Annapolis
Carlton
Continental
Harrington
Hay-Adams
LaFayette
Martinique
Mayflower
New Colonial
Raleigh
Roger Smith
Lee Sheraton
Shoreham
Statler
Watdman Park
Warhington
Willard
Hood
Bette Blome
Isabel Gill
Hurley
Dorothy MacArthur
Glens Falls
Polly Tomlinson
Haddonfield
Olga Will
Richmond
Elizabeth Haller
Garden City
N.Y
Sue Kamens
Cumberland
Dorothy Fischer
Balti
Biltmer
Patricia Masson
Charlene Halpine
Dana Silvis
Greensburg
Mary Lee Miller
New Brunswick
Katharine Ross
St. Louis
Barbara Patterson
Rochester
Doris Magee
Bogota
Barbara Woodall
Grosse Pointe Shores
Mich
Availade
Dorsey F. Shipley
North Market ST
Edgemont
Willys Univ
Jeep
Packard Sales & Service
Barbara Fritchie
Patrick Street
Allen’s. Ws
Allen’s Corner Market and
Second Sts
Cal
Bers Arena
ASCAP
Prince
Matchareln
Are Maria
Stradivari
Duchess OF York
Katherine the Great
Allen
Col. Market & 2Nd St
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Magaha
U.S
Anthony Madden
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Mary Jana
Sarry
South Market
Frederick Iron & Steel, Inc
Fredericktown
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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