Political Rhetoric Highlights 1948 Campaign Debate
The Maryland campaign features Senator Kilgore attacking Republicans as obstructionist while Governor Lane outlines $200 million road plans and an $80 million school-funding push. Mrs Edwards demonstrates grocery price changes since OPA days, arguing inflation targets and party responsibility.
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Indis Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Peale
Alétt
OPA
Dleo
Edwards
J. Parnell Thomas
FHI
Truman
Rosevelt
C. William Hetzer
State Democratic Central Committee
Joseph D. Mish
J. Hubert Wade
John Wheeler
Boonsboro
Sara Stouffer
Women’s Democratic Cluir
Washington County
Stouffer
Hetzer
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Governor Lane
Lane
Bay Crossing
Maryland
Life Of Policeman Here Is Threatened
Patrolman Don Smith in Hagerstown has received weekend telephone threats to stay out of a local investigation. An anonymous caller warned he will be bumped off and told a motorcycle rider with badge 24 to stay away. Smith believes the threats relate to an ongoing case.
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Hagerstown
Don Smith
Smith
Don
Human Chain To Recover Bodies From Wreckage
News crews led by Gordon Grosway and William White reached the crash site of an North Western passenger flight. Ten deceased confirmed with remains scattered along Burlington Railway area. A pilot identified as Capt. Robert Johnson from St Paul among the dead. A farmer and son witnessed the low flying plane before it crashed into Sutter's Ridge.
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Gordon Grosway
William White
Winora Republican-Hereld
Volker
NWA
Glosway
Robert Johnson
St. Paul
Closway
Ineares
Crosway
Burlington Railway
William Pehler
Charles
Pehler
Sutter's Ridge
School Groups Meeting on New Art Workshop Plan
School officials announce a three day Art Workshop for teachers at South Potomac Junior High School starting September 1. Miss Lilian Nunn of Binney Smith Company will direct and train teachers in art materials and classroom projects. Last March's workshop was highly successful and more sessions are hoped to follow for wider participation.
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South Potomac Junior High School
Lilian Nunn
Binney & Smith Company
Brish
CIO backs Truman in November vote endorsees weak on Wallace
CIO leaders plan to back Truman in the November race with some wavering toward Wallace. Senator Barkley received a 100 percent rating after the CIO reviewed 16 critical issues in the congressional record. The roll call included Democrats McGrath Green Murray and O Mahoney. no Republican matched the rate. The CIO notes Truman is favored not by strong affection for him but by less support for his rival.
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Austin
Congress
Harley MucKill
West Virginia
Labor
Washington
Kilgore
Paye 2
Wallace
Barkley
OIG
CIO
Bey
McGrath
Rhode Island
Green
Murray
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Truman
Lane in Line for High Post in Democratic Fight
Philadelphia reports on Governor Lane as a possible Democratic vice presidential or finance chair role. Observers note Truman may have welcomed Lane as running mate, but Barkley and others blocked the Lane boom. Lane’s appeal rests on popularity with governors, party loyalty, N C C influence, and wealth aiding fundraising.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Governor Lane
Lane
Bargley
Tydings
O’conor
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Maryland
Franklin, D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
New Withholding Form Tested in Maryland District
The Baltimore report notes Maryland Internal Revenue tax district tests a simplified withholding form for employer income tax and old-age benefits in one report. Federal officials say a successful test could lead to use in all 64 IRS districts nationwide.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Internal Revenue Tax District
Internal Revenue
Municipal Band Ends Season With A Bang
The Hagerstown Municipal Band closed its 1948 summer season with a dramatic finale at City Park. Company B of the National Guard supplied extra bangs with Indian war cries and a volley, while selections from Verdi’s Aida and Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance accompanied the show. After a dozen concerts and one rainout, the band will rehearse for the winter radio season.
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Hagerstown
Company B
National Guard
Little Big Horn
Custer
American Legion
Khatchaturian
Berlin Crisis Nears Climax
Western envoys in Moscow expect a four power communiqué outlining discussion procedures as talks drag on. Maj. Gen Alexander Kotikov leads the Communist drive in Berlin pressuring the city government housed in Soviet sector halls. Penguins differ from other birds in not having specially developed quill feathers on the wings.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Alexander Kotikos
Koukoyv
Spy Probe Hearing Ties to New York Sessions
In New York the spy probe resumes with hearing on Chambers and the alleged covert networks. President Truman and Clark deny new disclosures while Nixon notes the grand jury session begins September 14 and cites Chambers as having held a phoney payroll job aiding Communist work.
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Clark
United States
Truman
FBI
Grand Jury
Nixon
Chambers
New York
Miss Bentley
Washington
Nathan Gregory Silvermester
Record Heat Deaths Across States Rise After Storms
A heat wave sweeps the nation with a peak of 119 degrees in Blythe California and New York City reporting 42 heat fatalities. The stormy weather brings damage in Baltimore with a mid afternoon power loss and several deaths attributed to heat.
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Washington
Portsmouth
New York City
Blythe
Calif
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Virginia
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Baltimore
Pikesville
Demand Grows for Military Reinforcements and Supplies
The report notes requests for 10,000 additional men for December and a plan to raise demands to 30,000 monthly early next year. It also mentions a log that sometimes carries 200 pounds of water for every pound of dry wood, illustrating logistical strain.
250 Countians To Enroll Today
Chief of Staff told a St. Louis audience that the first draft call for 18 000 men will be made Thursday. Officials say at least 60 days are needed between the call and induction, placing earliest peacetime draftees in uniform by November 2, with possible delays if Selective Service machinery slows.
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St. Louis
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