Leonard Says CIO Has Ousted Reds In Ranks
Leonard, as Walter Reuther’s envoy, told Frederick Rotary on Labor Day that the CIO has expelled Communist leadership and now represents the strongest anti Communism bulwark. He recalled Detroit union organizing in 1933 and outlined the CIO’s growth to about 70,000 Local 600 members and beyond.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Labor Union
Walter Reuther
Richard Leonard
Rotary
John R. Fitzpatrick
Service Club
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Railroad Men
Leonard
Detroit
Michigan
Fitzpatrick
Reuther
Frederick
Mr. Leonard
United States
Michigan Area
Charles
Mary McCarrion
Rouge
AFL Afl
Afl-Cio Noastio
Maryland State Fair Opens Amid Heat Wave Attendance Rises
A crowd of 13,173 braved near 100 degree heat for the opening day of the 1953 Maryland State Fair in Timonium. Attendance beat last year’s first day by 1000, with officials saying cooler weather could have boosted turnout by 2000 to 3000. 4-H and youth contests filled the day as Carol Sheets from Baltimore County won top prize in Heake baking among 250 competitors. Prince Frederick brothers Wayne and Donald Hutchins won first in bars tobacco class, while the Pomona Grange captured the top exhibit prize. The fair runs with exhibits, livestock judging, and a square dance to cap the evening.
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Timonium
Queenie
Farmland Garden
Maryland Board of Natural Resources
Quéehie
Fairgrounds
Carroll
Prince George's
Baltimore
Calvert
Harford
Somerset County
Prince Frederick Brothers
Wayne
Donald Hutchins
John H. Wayson
Lothian
W. W. Garner
Spring Hill
L. W. Hing
Baltimore County
Pomona Grange
Prince Georges
Frederick County
William Hofford
University of Maryland
Sparks
CIO Leader Calls For Labor Unity And Cooperation
CIO leader urged better understanding between unions and management to solve strained relations and defend democracy. He stressed property rights and free enterprise, inviting service club members to attend union meetings for broader labor insight, aiming for a stronger America against totalitarian threats. Attending were George Slagle Benjamin Rosenstock and Robert L. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Leonard
America
Mr. Leonard
Paul W. McAuliffe
Roger Willard
George C. Slagle
Benjamin Rosenstock
Robert L. Smith
Bridges urges revision of U S military plan over hydrogen threat
Washington Senator Bridges head of the Appropriations Committee calls for a thorough reexamination of U S defense policy in light of Russia’s hydrogen bomb capability. He wants the new Joint Chiefs of Staff to push interceptors fighters and guided missiles while noting cities cannot be fully protected. He urges prompt congressional review once the new chiefs report in January.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
New Hampshire
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
William E. Radford
Joint Chiefs
U. S
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Defense Department
Oklahoma
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Group
Radford
Colony Patriarch Joseph Smith Jessop Dies at Short Creek
Joseph Smith Jessop, 83, patriarch of the Short Creek polyga mous colony, died after days of grief following a Arizona raid on July 26 that arrested 35 men 72 women and 5 juveniles. He leaves 21 children 112 grandchildren and 130 great grandchildren.
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Short Creek
Ariz
Joseph Smith Jessop
Arizona
Utah
Dessop
Phoenix
Edson Jessop
Jessop
Kingman
Man Ordered to Stay in Jail for State Aid Repayment
MUST STAY IN JAIL GREENSBURG Pa Sept 2 Homer E Hoffer arrested last month in Westminster Md after a six year search today was ordered to stay in jail until he repays 10268 to the Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance He was directed to pay 130 a month for the support of his wife and four children whom he is alleged to have abandoned in Ligonier Township
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Greensburg
Homer E. Hoffer
Westminster
Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance
Hoffer
Ligonier Township
Pennsylvania
Corregidor Hero Gen Wainwright Dies in San Antonio
Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright known as Skinny and famed for defending Corregidor died in a coma at Brooke Army Hospital at 1:27 p.m. EST. He was 70, retired from the Army in 1947 after 45 years of service, and later chaired Time Life Insurance. His son and wife were with him. old friends and their wives were present. He endured two strokes and a long prison term in Japan after surrendering on Corregidor.
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San Antonio
Jonathan M. Wainwright
America
Brooke Army Hospital
Wainwright
Fiddlers Green
Navy
Norfolk
Walter Seigand
O. I. Holman
Time Life Insurance Co
4Th Army
Corregidor
Korea
Truman
Philippines
Henry Stimson
Texas
Elkins Jewelers To Continue Doll Business
Elkins Jewelers, a father and son partnership, announce continuation of one of Western Maryland’s oldest firms. Joseph E. Elkins Sr and Jr purchased the business from the estate of James E. Doll at 9 South Market Street. They will continue selling gems, silverware and timepieces with certified watchmaking and engraving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins Jewelers
Maryland
Joseph E. Elkins
James E. Doll
South Market Street
Elkins
J. EB. Elkins, Jr
Doll
Elkins, Sr
Court Fines Totals 150 Dollars For Suspended Licenses
Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield imposed fines and costs totaling 150 dollars on James Edward Atkins near Monrovia for operating on a suspended license and displaying a license not his own. Atkins 19 had 40 days jail terms suspended on condition he stops driving. His mother asked leniency to help support a family of eight. In default he faced 45 days in jail. Curtis Henning near Thurmont in a non support case was ordered to pay Nevin Jackson 20 dollars weekly, plus a 100 dollar fine in five dollar installments. Henning owed 400 dollars. James Cain colored of Baltimore drove 45 mph through Frederick July 21 and failed to appear August 3. fined 250 dollars on two counts. Collateral forfeited for Ro ntand W Black. Lt Frank Dorsey and William A Kenneally of Baltimore cited for excess speed. Capt Magaha noted Cain’s trial absence and prior pace.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield
James Edward Atkins
Monrovia
Peoples Court
Atkins
Curtis Henning
Thurmont
Nevin Jackson
Henning
Jackson
Edwin F. Nikirk
James Cain
Baltimore
Frederick
Charles W. Magaha
Cain
Jug Bridge
Ro‘tand W. Black
Linwood
North Market Street
Frank Dorsey
William A. Kenneally
Canada Hill
Magaha
Predicts South Will Be Seared During 1976 Forecast
Washington reports veteran weatherman Dr. Charles G. Abbott, 81, predicts a dry spring and summer for the south and southwest in 1976. Abbott, former secretary of the Smithsonian, links sunspot cycles to weather and asserts a 234-year rhythm in climate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles G. Abbott
Smuthsonian Institution
Abbott
POW exchanges agreed to finish by Sunday at Panmunjom
The Communists and the United Nations command agreed to complete prisoner exchanges by Sunday. If unable to meet the deadline they will notify the U N Command before noon Saturday. The action promises the early release of Maj. Gen William Dean, the highest ranking Allied captive, currently at Kaesong, likely the last prisoner exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Command
Repatriation Commission
U.n.command
William Dean
Red Hands
Kaesong
Plane Without Gas When It Crashed
A private plane crashed at Isle of Wight airport in Ocean City Maryland injuring two Baltimore men, pilot James Mitchell and passenger Richard Reese, who had only enough fuel to lift off. Both were taken to Peninsula General Hospital for injuries.
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Ocean City
Isle of Wight
Baltimore
James Mitchell
Richard C. Reese
Peninsula General Hospital
Salisbury
Mitchell
Reese
Elwood Stacey
Charles E. Lynch
Lynch
Trailer Burns Near Jefferson in Fire Tied Up Route 340
A tractor trailer loaded with 20 500 pounds of waste newsprint burned near Jefferson early Tuesday. The load valued at 33 000 dollars. brakes overheated, a flat tire led to the fire. The truck, owned by Harry Heiffer of Washington, and driven by John Shirley Lucas Jr. of 115 East Fifth Street, escaped further damage after the tractor was detached. Fire units battled flames until about 3 a.m. with explosives trucks halted and later smoldering readiness rechecked. No surrounding property damage reported.
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Jefferson
Harry Heiffer
Washington
John Shirley Lucas, Jr
East Fifth Street
C. D. Mades
Albert G. Hedden
Lander Road
Hedden
Lucas
Halltown
W. Va
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Linwood Hargrove
Hargrove
Independent Hose Company
Braddock Heights
Frederick
Independent
Welfare Fund Shows Decline
Washington dispatch reports the United Mine Workers trustees say the coal miners welfare fund spent 74 million more than it took in the year ending June 30. Despite a royalty rise to 40 cents a ton, output fell, boosting costs and depleting reserves while plans for hospital construction in Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Federal payrolls trimmed by about 88000 workers
The Civil Service Commission reports net federal employment reductions since January totaling about 88,000. By July 31 there were 2,447,200 federal employees, down from a 1945 June high of 3,769,646 and above the June 1950 low of 1,699,444.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington WI
Civil Service Commission
No Alarm Over Russ A-Blast
Washington reports no alarm over Russia s latest atomic test as experts suggest U S production may be at peak and hydrogen bomb triggering advances loom AEC notes Russia's blast four of a series and Britain joins in secrecy stance while experts debate Soviet capability and U S stockpiling pace
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Washington
Russia
United States
Ralph Lapp
Lapp
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
London
Lower Speed Limit Reported Unsuccessful
Harrisburg Sept 2 A Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission official reported the experimental lower speed limit on the western section has not reduced the accident rate so far The test runs until Jan 2 and results from winter months are needed The steel strip experiments are praised for reducing cross over accidents with no serious incidents reported where installed.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
David E. Watson
Breezewood
No Armistice In Battle Of The Sexes
A columnist notes a man rude with a dishwasher tale to mock women as backward citizens. He argues equal rights aren’t the cure, urging women seize opportunities and men stop surprising wives with household gifts. The piece ends with two conclusions: the war between the sexes continues and husbands should not surprise wives with household aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
America
Father
McCormick Official Speaker At Detrick
J D Englar assistant director of production for the McCormick Company Baltimore spoke to about 80 Detrick reserve officers Tuesday night. He described McCormick’s multiple board system and how employee participation built a family like culture boosting production and wages. Englar noted nearly 1000 firms have adopted the approach since 1932 and cited Ford as a larger industry example. Lt Col Morris Guggerheim led the training unit and Ma Lyttle arranged the program.
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McCormick Spice Company
J. D. Englar
McCormick Company
Baltimore
Camp Detrick
Detrick
Englar
Maj
Nelson Little
Herome
Charles McCormick
McCormick
Ford Motor Company
Ma. Lyttle
Morris Guggerheim
Wnit
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Ford Foundation
NBC
Variety
Judith Quill
Staley Park
City Recreation Commission
Sandra Zimmerman
Barbara Baugher
Mary Elizabeth Elworthy
Joanne Derr
W. W. Corbin
Majorie Atkinson
Richard Freed
Dolly Butler
Bennet
Trailer
Burns
West Minster
Russ
Harmony Church of the Brethren
Clyde Grossnickie
Maynard Kline
Albert Brandenburg
Nadine
Linda
Patricia
Charles Brandenburg
Rudolph Brandenburg
Elmer Funk
Bernard
Boyd
Shirley
Martha
Irene
George Leatherman
Mildred
Charlotte
Harry Leatherman
Sarah
Kari Barigis
Russell Leatherman
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