09 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
1
A Maryland lumber company case opens with Hamby seeking permanent total compensation until a $3750 cap. The plaintiff, father of seven, may have funds first directed to the State Accident Fund to repay prior compensation. A truck driver testified Hamby and a yard boss walked near a moving truck before a chain strike caused head injuries.
Bandits using speed launches and machine guns escort passenger ships sailing south from Canton as river piracy rises along southern China waterways.
Chicago December 9 John McNeal 22 a taxicab driver confronted a motorist who had cut him off at a south side intersection. The driver fired a fountain pen type tear gas gun into McNeal’s face momentarily blinding him. He received hospital treatment after the attack and the automobile fled.
Marvin Sanger and Joseph Poll from the University of Maryland extension service will speak at the Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association dinner at the First Christian Church. County Agent Mark Miller confirmed the event drawing over 140 attendees. Farmers with herd butterfat averages above a threshold will receive certificates. The program includes officer elections and a motion picture presentation.
Anna Eaton, 33, returned from a two month visit and, after speaking briefly to her husband John Eaton, emerged from a room with flames from kerosene on her clothing. Eaton and a carpenter were repairing a kitchen window when the blaze started. Eaton suffered burns to hands and face as firefighters extinguished the fire. An investigation by Talbot County deputy medical examiner is underway.
A mother left a baby boy with Mrs. Marie Peika at a northwest Chicago theater. Thirty minutes later theater staff handed the child to Racing Avenue police after a note in the sweater pocket pleaded for help. The note said the writer could not provide for the child due to zero earnings.
In Harmony Pennsylvania, 490 volunteers and investigators searched December underbrush and Conequensing Creek for three year old Richard Butch Lutz missing since yesterday afternoon. Bloodhounds tracked a trail to a crack bank 100 yards from the Lutz home as authorities widened the search area.
Metropolitan Opera soprano Regina Resnik required police protection during her latest performance after receiving anonymous letters and threatening calls. A woman with a Teutonic accent allegedly phoned her multiple times before the notes arrived.
A government spokesman accused the Communists of psychological warfare over unfounded rumors that Chiang Kai-shek was critically ill. An AP reporter observed Chiang on his usual Sunday car ride and a secretary later said he was perfectly well and conducting business as usual. Durant Starts Team.
Labor strikers press for an 10800 francs minimum wage, seven dollars above the government offer. Labor Minister Mayer calls the proposals concessions, Frachon accuses the government of bad faith while authorities crack down with new anti strike laws. one man arrested at a Montpelier auto plant.
The U S Weather Bureau was organized under the Department of Agriculture on July 1, 1891.
Panic and clashes near Jerusalem cited as Hagana sources reported no deaths though earlier reports claimed eight killed. Thousands of Jews aged 17 to 25 flocked to registration offices for the Jewish agency census aiming to join security posts in the proposed Jewish state. Arabs also claimed participation in the same period.
Farmers push for improved barn construction to reduce heat stress in cattle as mobilization efforts intensify. Humidity and high temperatures threaten comfort and productivity, prompting calls for better ventilation and shading.
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