Few Employers Seek Labor Priority Under WMC
Brewer L Stouffer reports few employers in the city and county have applied for labor priority ratings under the WMC program. Forms were mailed to all employers but only a comparatively few firms applied. This slows filling orders as demands through the U S Employment Service cannot be met as quickly without the rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMC
U. S. Employment Service Office
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown Area
WMC Committee
Stouffer
U. S
Routine Matters Before Council Reorganizes Water Office
The Water Board urged the mayor and council to remove counter duties from Water Department Superintendent Albert Heard to focus on technical supervision and to appoint Helen Lyon as a full-time department employee. No action taken. Other items include fire coverage for city hall, airport floodlight excavation contract, sewer extension, wage and pension inquiries referred to street commissioners, and new street lights with a reflecting sign at Washington avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
Board of Water Commissioners
Albert Heard
Water Board
Helen Lyon
Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown
Bester-Long
Pennsylvania Railway
Central Chemical Company
Board of Street Commissioners
Nottingham Road
West Washington Street
Mont Valla Avenue
Water Street
Washington Avenue
CIO Designated as Bargaining Agent for Colonial Wood Co
The National Labor Relations Board announced that Local 472 of the United Furniture Workers (CIO) has been designated the collective bargaining agent for the employees of Colonial Hardwood Flooring Co. in Hagerstown Maryland. About 34 of 29 eligible voters favored the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Furniture Workers of America
CIO
Colonial Hardwood Flooring Co., Inc
Hagerstown
National Labor Relations Board
Furniture Workers Union
Sgt Semler Receives Distinguished Flying Cross in England
Staff Sergeant Robert L. Semler 31, of Hagerstown Maryland, a ball turret gunner on a Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement over Germany and occupied Europe during thirty heavy bombardment missions. He is cited by group commander Col George L. Robinson. Semler was a sheet metal worker before joining the RAF, and his wife Pauline lives in Hagerstown.
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AAF
England
Robert L. Semler
L. E. Semler
West Wilson Boulevard
Hagerstown
George L. Robinson
Los Angeles
Calif
Semler
Germany
Europe
RAF
Sgt
Victor Products Corp
Pauline Francis Semler
Mirginia Avenue
Flood Protection Officials Chosen for Potomac Areas
Rep Randolph announces chairmen of committees for three Potomac River flood protection regions spanning West Virginia Virginia and Maryland. The groups will coordinate federal and local efforts to reduce flood danger and protect lives and property. Randolph says past floods caused tremendous damage and this program is a first.
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Washington
Randolph
D-Wva
Potomac River
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Army Engineers
Colonel Starling Dies In Hospital
Col Edward W Starling 69 longtime White House detail head died at St Luke's Hospital after pneumonia treatment since July 14 He protected five Presidents including Wilson Roosevelt Harding Coolidge and Hoover over 23 years with no assassination attempt He and his wife lived in Miami Beach Florida after retirement and he handled about 50 crank letters daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New G York
Edmund W. Starling
White House
U.S
Secret Service
St. Luke’s Hospital
Col. Starling
Washington
Miami Beach
Fla
Starling
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
GOP Chairman Sees Party More United
In St Louis governors finalized parts of a 14 point program as National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. hailed a more united party. The talks centered on federal state balance and the Dewey administration’s perceived tightening of federal reins, with efforts to complete the plan expected to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Brownell
Dies Takes Rap At CIO Group
Dies asserts the CIO Political Action Committee faces House action if the Justice Department does not file election law violation charges within 30 days. He claims officials aided the group while Attorney General Biddle had previously found no law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Justice Department
CIO
Biddle
Congress
Turkish Assembly Requires Frock Coats and Top Hats
In the Turkish National Assembly the dress code mandates frock coats for members while the president is required to wear dress clothes and a top hat, reflecting formal, period-appropriate attire guidelines for official proceedings.
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J. M. Colorado
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Michigan
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Ohio
Jeg Wieer
Washington St
Concordee le
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
Warner Bros Rcd
Autry Ley Burnette
Senane Estorey Tpita Tova Duncan Renaldo EE
Mes
Wiej
Alec Templeton
Morton Gould
Orc
Bonlomea
Wethertone
R. D. McKee
Lyanay
Yowre
Normandy
Victor McLaglen
Edward G. Robinson
Academy Theatre
Anne David Za
Gwynne Bruce
Lodise Weavers
Bobby Brooks
Wue Sawter
THREE
Stooges
Montg
Imery Ward
Montgomery Ward
W. Washington St
Colonel Starling
GOP
Party More United
Zoe
Dies
CIO Group
Shockey’s
Triangle Food
Electrical Service
A. G. Crankleton Electric CO
Coats
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