Indiana Banker Plans to Buy Pirates
Indiana banker Frank C. McKinney arrived in Pittsburgh and said he expected to own the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club by this afternoon after conferring with Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler. He met with Wil Han BK Benswanger to consolidate stock in the Pittsburgh Athletic Company which controls the club and Forbes Field. Reports put the price near 2.225 million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Frank C. McKinney
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati
A. B
Happy) Chandler
McKinney
Wil- Han
Pirates
Pirate Club
Pittsburgh Athletic Company
Forbes Field
Three Railroad Workers Return To Work In Grantsville
Three workers from the Castleman River Railroad return to duty after a wage dispute. A federal mediator will review the case with a decision due by August 14 and retroactive findings expected. About 150 related workers in coal brick and lumber sectors faced layoffs last week as rates remain below other railroads. The valley’s Baltimore and Ohio line resumes a single daily train and regional production edges toward normal.
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Grantsville
Castleman River
Canton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Visitors Guide in Hagerstown Classified Section Spark Guide
In today’s classified pages, a visitors guide highlights local spots in Hagerstown. It lists places to see, things to do, and where to buy supplies, aiming to assist out-of-town guests with practical recommendations and directions.
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Hagerstown
Refunded to Tenants Across Western Maryland District
The OPA ordered $394 in penalties to the United States Treasury for violations while tenants received refunds totaling 1 597. May refunds reached 702, June 763, and July 142. Four landlords facing enforcement in Baltimore were cited. Cumberland and Frederick figures appear in regional totals with Hagerstown as the Western Maryland district office.
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OPA
United States Treasury
Clark
Baltimore
Cumberland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Maryland
Bride reports beating and cigarette burns in late night date
In San Antonio a 21 year old bride of a Fort Sam Houston soldier told police she was beaten choked robbed and burned on the breast with a cigarette by a stranger after a midnight drive. She described the assailant as calling himself Charles and threatened to kill her before leaving her unconscious.
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San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Charles
Wedded In Name Only Declares Father Divine Marriage
Father Divine proclaims his first wife wed in name only and that his late partner’s spirit watches over him. The bride, known as Sweet Angel in Montreal, previously worked in a jewelry shop and joined a large followers’ banquet with lavish courses. The ceremony occurred at Circle Mission church with vows linking to divine rule and Virgin Mary imagery.
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Mother Divine
Montreal
Sweet Angel
New Day
Divine Cult
Father Divine
Circle Mission Church
Father
Lamb of God
God
Mary
Court Cuts Bail To Let Laundryman Get Shirts
Philadelphia court reduces bail for Mock Yong Fong a laundryman charged with opium possession. Magistrate Morlock lowers bail from 2000 to 1000 dollars after noting the defendant’s shirts are at risk, asking if 1000 dollars can be raised and joking about retrieving the shirts.
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Philadelphia
John G. Morlock
U. 8S. Commierisoner
Mock Yong Fong
U. S
Thomas J. Curtin
Mock
Morlock
Mack
Bond Set In Assault Case For James Cliff
James Cliff age 28 of 236 Frederick street was ordered held in 500 bond for a preliminary hearing on August 22 after arraignment before Magistrate M W B Bostetter in City Court on a charge of assault on Armilla Shra der. Cliff pleaded not guilty and the hearing was postponed two weeks as officer Maugans testified the prosecuting witness was in hospital with a broken jaw.
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James Cliff
Frederick Street
M. W. B. Bostetter
Armilla Shrader
Cliff
Bostetter
Maugans
War contracts audit calls for behind the figures review
A Prowler Known Committee aims to probe war contracts by inspecting the underlying figures. The panel added two Bureau of Internal Revenue detectives a day earlier. Warren offered to show weaknesses in procurement uncovered by audits, including favoritism and unwarranted allowances. Senator Taylor urged a general probe into wartime profits by corporate giants, warning of monopolies and ties to major trade groups. Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser welcomed the inquiry.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Warren
Taylor
Ohio
Cor Orate Giants
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Henry J. Kaiser
Piciig Picnic Slated by Downsville Homemakers Club
The annual Downsville Homemakers Club picnic is scheduled for August 14 at Hager Park with lunch at 12 noon. D.8.T.
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Piciig
Downsville
Bitter Fight On Trieste Looms In Postwar Conference
The Paris Peace Conference moved into routine business after days of bitter wrangling. George Bidault presided as temporary chair and outlined procedure rules while plans to invite Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland to join sessions gained approval. Byrnes will lead the talks in rotation with the Big Four.
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George Bidault
Britain
Bidault
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
85-Year-Old Lawyer Beedle Becomes Father in California
In South Pasadena California at age 85 Joseph Curtis Beedle becomes a father for the first time to a son named Joseph born three days ago to his wife Opal Beedle. Beedle, once public prosecutor at Holdrege Nebraska and later a Los Angeles attorney, retired a decade ago.
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South Pasadena
Calif
Joseph Curtis Beedle
Joseph
Opal Beedle
Beedies
Holdrege
Neb
Los Angeles
Afghanistan Bid For UN Membership Opens Appeal
The United Nations membership committee began evaluating Afghanistan as the first of six overdue bids. Afghanistan, a buffer between India and the Soviet Union, is reviewed in closed sessions ahead of an August 20 deadline. A two-thirds vote by the Assembly is required after Security Council approval, where a veto can block.
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New York
United Nations
Albania
Uniter
Mongolia
Kingdom of Afghanistan
India
Soviet Union
Khyber Pass
Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
Interstate Commission Opens Two Day Meeting at Camp Ritchie
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin opened a two day meeting at Camp Ritchie Maryland with members from the District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania in attendance New officers will be elected and a program for the coming year mapped out Also Raymond Earl Rager has been granted an absolute divorce from Freda Cook Rager
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Camp Ritchie
Interstate Commission On the
Potomac River Basin
District of Columbia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Raymond Earl Rager
Freda Cook Rager
Defeat To Help Administration Defeat To Help Administration
Smith, renominated Tuesday, has declined comment on reports he might be opposed to the late Carter Glass term. Sabath and Michener praised Slaughter's defeat as improving prospects for minimum wage hikes and a permanent FEPC. The 40 to 65 cent wage bill had Senate support but stalled in the House Rules Committee amid a Southern filibuster. the GOP backs FEPC per 1944 plank. Firearms were introduced into Europe by the Mongols in the 19th century.
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Senate
Carter Glass
Smith
Slaughter
Sabath
Michener
Rules Committee
House
FEPC
GOP
Clearing House
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Milly’s
Brandt
Good Housekeeping
the Sheraton Dropleaf
Summit Ave
Pennsylvanian & Prospect Aves
Danzer Metal Works Company
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Miss
N. Y
Violet Millar
White Plains
New York State
Atlantia City
New Jersey
Prowler
H.L. Mills
Trieste
Papa
Harry S. Myers
Trea Ss Oe
Industrial Finance
Afghanistan
Commission
Europe
Crouse
North Prospect Street
Gunther
Jess Gunther
Brewer
Gunther's
Gunthers
Gunther Brewing CO. Inc
Baltimore, Meh
Thomas Distributing Co
N. Mulberry St
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