Big Maritime Strike Expands Across U S Ports
The largest maritime strike in decades paralyzes major ports from New York to the Gulf and West Coast. AFL Seafarers International Union and Sailors Union of the Pacific join picket lines as 96,000 sailors walk off ships to protest wage actions. Baltimore also halts with 10,000 longshoremen refusing to cross lines.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
Commission
AFL Seafarers International Union
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
AFL
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
Maritime Commissine
Baltimore
AMVETS Incorporates Names Directors and Plans
The AM VETS in the area incorporated at their Thursday meeting at the American Legion home. Directors named are Edwin F. Wikirk T West Claggett Edward D. Sierm and Manuel Weinberg acting directors until the next annual election. A committee was formed to sponsor a basketball team and plan a local talent show. The Labor Day dance increased the treasury to about $1000 and Frederick was proposed as the site for the next state AMVET convention.
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Amvets
American Legion
Edwin F. Wikirk
T. West Claggett
Edward D. Sierm
Manuel Weinberg
Dorsey Shipley
G. Horton Peace
Melvin Seeger, Sr
Nicholas Forte
Harry Bartgis
L. L. Seibert
Building Fund Committee
Armory
AMVET
Frederick
O Conor To Speak At Mountaindale Picnic
Governor O Conor will speak at Mountaindale picnic Saturday arriving about 2 30 and meeting local committee at the Francis Scott Key hotel before heading to the picnic grounds for a 3 o'clock address. Notables meeting him include Alion Bennett Senator John B Funk William B Leichert James H Grove Jr G Raymond Shipley Gen Francis Perrott Robert H Routzahn Edward D Stott and others.
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Governor O'Conor
Mountaindale
Francis Scott Key
Alion ¥. Bennett
John B. Funk
William B. Leichert
James H. Grove
G. Raymond Shipley
Gen
Francis Perrott
Robert H. Routzahn
Edward D. Stott
Explosion at Glen Robbin mine kills one man
One man was killed and another seriously injured in an accident at the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company's Glen Robbin mine near Martins Ferry Ohio on September 6. Early reports described the incident as an explosion.
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Martins Ferry
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
Glen Robbin
Cease Fire Team Sought By Rescue Crew After Bombing
Peiping reports a cease fire team strayed by government airstrikes near Jehol province. A rescue flight was prepared to reach Chihfeng or Tolun while details from Yenan accuse U S policy of aiding Chiang Kai-shek. Three Americans were wounded and 13 other truce members injured according to the Yenan broadcast.
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Peiping
Jehol
Chengteh
Yenan
Associated Press
San Francisco
U. S
Chiang Kai- Shek
United States
J. H. Russemeyer
Leavenworth
Tolun
Marshall Flies To Nanking To Seek Cease Fire Accord
General Marshall traveled to Nanking to confer with Chiang Kai-Shek and receive Chou En-Lai's urgent dispatch as part of stepped up peace talks. Stuart and Marshall met Chou, then sent a document to Yenan for Communist approval and possible nationwide cease-fire terms.
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Nanking
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-Lai
Yenan
Chou
U. S
Ain? GS
Stuart
State Council
Kaling
PW Camp Liquidates After Labor Service Project Ends
The prisoner of war camp near Frederick closes with the Frederick Agricultural Cooperative Assn Inc liquidating its finances. A SEEV service charge funded the camp at five cents per hour, refunding 29 cents per hour to users. About $18,000 was distributed to local PW labor users as the camp was dismantled in 1946 after peak POW numbers near 490. Directors included James H. Grove Jr and E D McCain with Claude H. Barrick as secretary. County Agent Henry B Shoemaker aided the project.
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Frederick
Frederick Agricultural Cooperative Assn., Inc
James H. Grove, Jr
E. D. McCain
Deniel J. Thomas
Claude H. Barrick
Alvie M. Etzler
Henry B. Shoemaker
Sugar stamps confusion clears on September validity
The local rationing board announced stamp No 48 extended to September 30 while stamp No 151 remains valid from September 1 through December 31 when its replacement is announced. Also reported, the U S Army equipment worth about 20 million dollars is to be loaned to France under a Washington negotiated agreement.
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E. D. Phobus
Paris
France
Washington
New Meat Price Ceilings Announced by OPA
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set new retail ceilings for most meats with an overall average rise of about 3 cents per pound above June 30 levels but below current prices. Some items like lard and canned goods rise Monday. beef top grades up about eight cents, lamb cuts up ten cents, mutton up four, pork up four, lard up five and a half, while veal and sausage stay unchanged.
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Washington
OPA
Annapolis editor beaten on Capitol grounds
Paul H. Gocke 28 editor in the Annapolis AP bureau was struck near College Avenue and King George Street while aiding a drunken sailor. He suffered a dislocated jaw, missing teeth, and head cuts and was described as in pretty good condition after a night in Emergency Hospital. The assailant fled with a wallet and a watch.
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Annapolis
Paul H. Gocke
Annnapolis
Associated Press
Capitol Grounds
Dutk
Gocke
College Avenue
King George Street
State Circle
Naval Academy
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kathryn Gocke
Morgantown
Washington
Disorders Abate in Bombay Amid Safety Measures
The government announced that Bombay’s communal disorders have abated notably after a week of violence that left 203 dead and 618 wounded since Sunday. Authorities said extra precautions would remain to prevent new rioting during Moslem prayer services later today.
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Bombay
Byrnes Speech Brings German Struggle Into Sharp Focus
Secretary of State Byrnes spoke in Stuttgart aboard Hitler’s former private train detailing U S aims for Germany. He urged a future rebirth, warned Moscow against expanding Soviet influence, and noted Potsdam border provisional status while highlighting prisoner releases and Franco-Saar implications.
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Stuttgart
Byrnes
Germany
U. S
Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Tom Connally
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Lucius D. Clay
Connally
Texas
Fuehrer
Tis
Opera
Impe
Moscow
Europe
United States
Potsdam
Warsaw
America
SED
Socialist Unity Party
Pullman Conductors' Pay To Be Increased
A special emergency board recommended today that the basic monthly pay of Pullman conductors be increased by 44.40 dollars. The White House released the board's recommendation, set up to resolve the dispute between the Pullman Company and employees represented by the Order of Railway Conductors. The board, appointed by the President August 2, held hearings in Chicago. Starting three days later both sides agreed on a 1842 cent per hour raise, the standard pattern for railroads, but the dispute was over how many hours constitute a full month’s pay.
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Washington
White House
Pullman Company
J. L. Shariman
Robert Simmons
Walton H. Hamilton
Chicago
Byrnes Urges Centralized German Government Soon
Secretary Byrnes signals a push for centralized German governance as Anglo American zones unify economically. The move aims to reduce occupation costs and foster a self supporting Germany while Western allies contest Russian influence and push for democratic development ahead of postwar arrangements.
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Germany
Byrnes
Russia
Moscow
Byres
McNarney
Society of Nations
United Nations Organization
Radio
Berlin
Rhine
Three Guilty In Gun Club Death
In York Pennsylvania a jury convicted Kessler Russell and Taunton Sutherland of second degree murder in the Loganville gun club death of steward John A. Miller after the trio allegedly robbed him of 79 dollars when beer was unavailable. Karl McCullough was acquitted of murder but pleaded guilty as an accessory after the fact.
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York
Karl McCullough
Freeland
John A. Miller
Loganville
Teen questioned in Kemp murder case in Washington
Police announced a teen was taken into custody and turned over to the homicide squad for questioning in connection with the Kemp case. James A. Kemp a 24 year old veteran and father of two was found fatally cut in a street last Sunday.
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Washington
Kemp
James A. Kemp
Somoza to Undergo Operation in Boston Tonight
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua will fly from New Orleans to Boston to undergo an operation tonight. The move follows medical evaluation and preparation for the procedure.
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New Orleans
Anastasiou Somoza
Nicaragua
Boston
Britain Warns On Trieste Status At Peace Conference
Britain threatens to withdraw from the four power agreement on Venezia Giulia if Trieste does not gain a genuine international free territory status. Hector McNeil says any change to the free territory concept may force reconsideration of the whole accord amid Yugoslav claims and French support.
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Paris
Great Britain
Venezia Giulia
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Hector McNeil
Britain
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
McNeil
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Rlolotov
Demiv
Andrei Vishingky
Luxembourg Palace
Vishinsky
Italy
Molotov
Moscow
Neil
License Hearing Today Delays Cartwright Off Sale License
Fifteen witnesses testified as Richard Zacharias chaired a Woodville district hearing on Edward Cartwrights application for an off sale beer wine and liquor license for a new Plane No 4 establishment costing thousands. Opponents including 98 Plane No 4 residents argued market saturation while the panel prepared for further examination this afternoon.
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Hkieffer DeLauter
Cartwright
Richard E. Zimmerman
Woodville
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
No Progress Reported in Truckers Strike Settlement
Cumberland reports no progress toward settlement as seven trucking firms remain suspended since Monday night due to a strike by drivers affiliated with the APL Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union. Attorney Fred A. Puderbaugh said the status quo likely to be maintained for some time.
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Cumberland
Fred A. Puderbaugh
APL Teamsters and Chauffeurs’ Union
Byrnes Presses Central German Government and Rebuffs Rhine Ruhr Claim
Secretary Byrnes urged rapid creation of a centralized German government and opposed France’s Rhine land and Ruhr claim while warning that Germany’s eastern border is not fixed on the Oder. He outlined a plan for a German National Council to govern as an economic unit under Allied supervision and said Nazi leaders must be removed. He stressed long-term occupation and continued American involvement in European affairs.
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Stuttgart
James F. Byrnes
France
Rhineland
Ruhr
Russia
United States
Germany
Oder
Byrnes
Poland
America
Potsdam
Allied Control Council
Allied Occupation Forces Pphs
German National Council
Molotov Requests Meeting of Foreign Ministers Council
Paris dispatch reports Russia's V M Molotov asked for a Foreign Ministers Council gathering this afternoon. An official media source said James C Dunn was set to represent the United States in Secretary of State Bytes absence.
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Molotov
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Mediaay
James C. Dunn
United States
Bytes
Repatriation ships called in by Russia claims
Soviet spokesman Konstantin Popov charged that MacArthur blocked ships for repatriating Japanese nationals from Port Arthur and North Korea, while U S Ambassador Atcheson said the talks collapsed over excluding Japanese prisoners of war. He noted 55 Liberty ships would redeploy to the U S this month and next. Popov projected 300000 from Port Arthur and 100000 from northern Korea would be repatriated under Russian control.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Port Arthur
North Korea
Konstantin Popov
U. S
George C. Atcheson, Jr
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council
U. S. Navy
United States
Popov
Korea
Sakhalian
Kurile Islands
Japan
Hokkaido
Sakhalim
Ohio Man Killed In Accident On Route 30
Lewis C Campbell 61 of Cincinnati was killed instantly in a head on collision with a Tidewater Express Lines truck one mile north of Woodensburg on Route 30. Melvin E Heindel 31 of Hampstead was charged with manslaughter by automobile and reckless driving and released on 1000 bond to await a hearing in Reisterstown. Campbell died of a broken neck and his car was completely demolished.
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Lewis C. Campbell
Cincinnati
Tidewater Express Lines, Inc
Baltimore
Woodesburg
Baltimore County
Frank Badger
Melvin E. Heindel
Route 1
Hampstead
Reisterstown
D. D. Caples
Campbell
Governor Defends Pay Increases For State Workers
Annapolis reports Governor O'Conor defended a general interest in pay raises for state workers as free of legal difficulties and in line with a state law department ruling binding on the executive.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
State Law Department
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Chiang
London
Foreign Office
Saar
Pullman
J. M. Roberts, JR
Rhuneland
Tie Ruh
Bonnie Bline
Lynch
Columbia
Masons of
Philanthropic Lodge of
New Market
Bonnie Brink
Maryland
Francis F. Reinberger
Lynch Lodge
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
Bulletin
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