Truman Seeks Strike Prevention Law By Labor Revisions
President Truman assigns Clark M. Clifford to gather input from federal agencies and industry to craft labor law revisions aimed at preventing future strikes. Clifford, noted for handling coal strike strategy, will coordinate recommendations for Truman’s State of the Union message to Congress. Details of proposals remain undecided as officials caution against premature speculation.
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Washington
Truman
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
White House
St. Louis
John le Lewis
Mr.Truman
Congress
Coal Output Rises Steadily After Bituminous Strike Ends
Soft coal production climbs across the United States reaching about 68 percent of normal as the coal industry restarts after the bituminous strike. Districts report varied output with Pennsylvania and Ohio producing thousands of tons daily while some mines remain idle pending return-to-work orders and fines disputes. John S. Lewis ends UMW contract with the government, signaling industry revival.
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Pittsburgh
Central Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Northwestern Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandle
West Virginia
Thief Steals Clothes From Car And War Bonds Stolen
Irving Tabler of Martinsburg Route 3 reports a thief broke into his car behind North Potomac Street and stole a blue suit necktie and shoes. H. E. Sharon of Berner Avenue says someone entered his home and took a large number of war bonds, with no record kept of the bonds.
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Irving Tabler
Martinsburg Rt. 3
Berner
Sharon
Foremen Union Question Echoes From Supreme Court
Washington reports a pending Supreme Court decision may resolve whether foremen can belong to a union. A Packard foremen case and a Jones and Laughlin dispute before the NLRB involve 136 foremen seeking UMW representation at four Pennsylvania mines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Company
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
Packard
Jones and Laughlin
UMW
Foremen’s Association of America
Production Workers’ Organization
Five Miners Dead and Ten Trapped By Mystery Blast
Whitehaven England December 10 rescue teams worked in knee deep rising water entering an undersea coal mine to reach 10 men trapped by a mysterious blast yesterday. Five bodies were recovered last night as operators of the United Steel Company Lowca mine could not confirm if the trapped men survived. More than 200 workers were in the mine at the time, 39 near the blast area. only 15 were trapped.
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Whitehaven
Eng
United Steel Company
Lowca
Leukemia Fatal To Four Year Old Boy
Cambridge reports the death of four year old Frankie Kajinski from lymphatic leukemia just after Christmas. His parents followed doctors guidance and kept the Yuletide observance eight years, with Frankie’s predated tricycle among many gifts under the tinseled tree. His one year old brother Paul is not yet old enough to ride it.
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Cambridge
Mass
Frankie
Kajinski
Paul
Maryland farms and assets reach 41 thousand in 1945 census
College Park Maryland reports that the state had 41 275 farms with total investment in land buildings equipment and livestock amounting to 450 348 645 dollars according to the 1945 census announced today in the capital area
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College Park
Maryland
Deadline Pressure From Lewis Risks New Labor Crisis
Lawmakers set March 31 as a deadline for labor control measures to avert a potential coal strike. John L. Lewis orders miners back to work until April 1, pressuring Congress to act on disputes in coal, steel, oil and transportation. President Truman tasks Clark M. Clifford with drafting administration recommendations aimed at a nonpunitive approach and clearer labor responsibility. Democratic leaders defer action pending White House proposals, while Republicans push for compulsory arbitration to curb strikes.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Truman
Lewis
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Miners Quit In Protest At Powhatan Mine Ohio
Ohio's Powhatan coal mine idle as 70 cent fines for a recent strike deduct from pay. Adolph Pacificio of United Mine Workers pushes a return meeting. Other mines Dunglen Blaine and Rail and River No 3 plan to end walkouts as workers vote to resume work.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Powhatan
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Adolph Pacificio
United Mine Workers
Dunglen
Hanna Coal Company
Blaine
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Rail and River No. 3
Maryland furloughed workers awaiting call back in coal walkout
Baltimore reports about half of 18,000 Marylanders furloughed during the coal walkout remain idle while a survey shows they have not yet been recalled to work.
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Baltimore
Hunter A L Miner Returns From Port Hunt With Buck
A L Miner of Middleburg pike returns from Conders Port near Harrisburg Pennsylvania after a week’s hunting. He shot a 145 pound deer, described as a buck, during the trip.
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A. L. Miner
Middleburg
Conders Port
Harrisburg
Ex Army Captain Travels 10000 Miles To Connect With Kin Of Fallen
John J. McCloskey Jr a 27 year old ex army captain completed a 10000 mile nationwide tour to fill in missing stories for families of 50 soldiers who served and died under his command in campaigns from Africa to Europe He spent 700 saved overseas with the 3rd Infantry Division The trip took him to visits with wounded and well comrades and to family ranches near Winslow Arizona He found a horse saddled at the Edwards ranch daily in memory of Johnny Edwards killed at Cassino McCloskey urged other veterans to follow suit saying it forges friendships and fosters tolerance and understanding in the country
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Orange
N. J
John J. McCloskey
Africa
Europe
Austria
Winslow
Ariz
Johnny Edwards
Cassino
McCloskey
Edwards
Set
Steven Gancas
Loup City
Neb
Jim Hackett
London
Ohio
Destructive Western Europe Gales Hit Le Havre and More
London reports fierce winter gales across western Europe. The Liberte, formerly the Europa, lies wrecked in Le Havre harbor mud after snapping moorings and sustaining a gash. Salvage may take a year or more. Heavier damage along northwest France with flooded roads, Beach terraces washed away, and many fishing boats lost. Gale warnings cover British coasts while fog ice disrupts northern England Scotland Belgium. Two trains collide in fog near Birmingham, injuring several.
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London
Europe
Europa
le Havre
British Isles
England
Scotland
Belgium
Birmingham
High Temperature Mark Set Here In December Heat
Washington County recorded a December 9 high of 71 degrees the warmest ever for that date at Keedysville. J A Miller of Keedysville cited past Dec 9 readings and noted a recent mild fall amid a Bermuda Atlantic high pressure system and warm air from the Caribbean.
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Washington County
Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Miller
Chewsville
Airtel
New Weather Station Established in Washington County
Washington County will host a government weather station at the municipal water pumping station on the Potomac River above Williamsport. Richard Wilson, superintendent of the municipal water department, received notice from the U S Weather Bureau in Washington confirming a full climatological station with equipment coordinated by the Baltimore Weather Bureau. The site mirrors the standing of prior stations at D Paul Oswald Chewsville and J A Miller Keedysville, with rain gauges previously installed at Edgemont and West End reservoirs. The pumping station will provide 24 hour service with two staff on duty, and will report river stages hourly to Washington during floods.
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Washington County
Potomac River
Williamsport
Richard Willson
Manipal Water Department
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Baltimore Weather Bureau
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Edgemont Reservoir
West End Reservoir
Potomac
Boy 11 Found Guilty in Slaying Playmate
Harrisonburg Va December 10 Arthur Lee Whetzel eleven year old Broadway boy convicted of second degree murder for shoving five year old Patricia Ann Strawderman into the Shenandoah River. He received seven and a half years and was to be turned over to the Welfare Department, which declined custody unless indeterminate or suspended sentence.
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Harrisonburg
Arthur Lee Whetzel
Broadway
Patricia Ann Strawderman
Shenandoah River
Rockingham County
State Department of Public Welfare
Sam Callander
Welfare Department
H. W. Bettam
Arthur B. Whetzel
Liberty
Pierce V. Whetzel
Baltimore hosts Barbershop Quartet Contest January eleventh
Baltimore announces the Atlantic States Barbershop Association will sponsor the annual Barbershop Quartet Contest on January eleventh. The event aims to showcase quartet singing and encourage vocal harmony across societies.
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Baltimore
Balti
Maid- Atlantic States’ “Association
Former Hancock Navy Officer Killed in Car Crash
Charles J. Harden 25 of Hancock, a former Navy lieutenant who served in the Normandy invasion, died in a 1946 Buick crash on the Sunshine Trail last night. Three Western Maryland College students were seriously injured, including Rudy Williams of Washington DC and two Maryland residents, all taken to Gettysburg Hospital. The car left the road, struck a ditch, crashed through an orchard and into a tree around 6:30 pm, about 7 miles west of Fairfield Pennsylvania. Harden’s funeral arrangements and survivors are listed by family.
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Charles J. Harden
Hancock
Harden
Sunshine Trail
Rudy Williams
Washington,d. C
Western Maryland College
John Austin
Mardela Springs
Jean Douglas
Towson
Western Maryland
Gettysburg
Fairfield
Charles E. Harden
Berkeley Springs
Hancock High School
Navy
LCIL
Calvin S
Roy W
Martinsburg
Snyder-Rowland
Methodist Church
DeWitt Dickey
Cyclist Hurt In Early Crash At Washington Square
Charles L Shook 17 of 800 block Concord street was taken to Washington County Hospital unconscious after his motorbike collided with Elmer M Summers 52 of West Antietam street at West Washington and West Antietam streets Washington Square. Summers said he stopped to let cars pass then continued. Shook eastbound collided with the vehicles. Shook believed to have a fractured skull and leg injuries. condition listed as fair at noon.
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Charles L. Shook
Concord Street
Washington County Hospital
Elmer M. Summers
West Antietam Street
West Washington
West Antietam Streets
Washington Square
Lewis Blenard
Summers
Antietam Street
Washington Street
Shook
Dynamite Plot Tied to Anti Negro Group in Atlanta
Lanier Waller 21 and James Ralph Childers of Atlanta testified in a state case defending a charter revocation that the Columbians Inc sought to establish a Nazi like government. Waller said he aided a Columbian leader in buying dynamite to blast Negro homes and discussed burning or bombing them in a white settlement before leaving the group after a Loomis warning.
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Atlanta
Waller
Columbians
Homer Li Loomis
Eugene Cook
Georgia
United States
Elis Arnali
Cook
Neither Fit To Bear Daughter
A Maryland court divided on custody finding both parents unfit to rear their 10 year old daughter. Circuit Judge John B. Gentrum ordered the child placed with the Children's Aid Society or a qualified religious organization, citing a "veritable hell of earth" at home and suggesting they live apart with Thompson supporting his wife.
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Towson
John B. Gentrum
Pratt Thompsons
Gentrum
Children’s Aid Society
Baltimore Marine Supply
Matilda Pearle Thompson
Pratt Thompson
Thompson
Bald Heads Linked to Higher Masculinity, Study Suggests
Cleveland report from December 10 quotes Northwestern University associate professor Dr. Herbert Rattener linking baldness to above average masculinity based on endocrine activity. He notes hair loss is rare in women and children, and discusses primate patterns and potential genetic factors. Dr Age Rakoff adds stilbestrol has been used to stimulate growth but often causes impotence.
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Cleveland
Northwestern University
Herbert Rattener
American Academy of Dermatology
Age E. Rakoff
Jefferson ' S Medical College
Philadelphia
Shatzley Case Is Before Jury
The trial of Charles T. Shatzley, 25, of Pennsylvania, charged with manslaughter by auto after a fatal crash near Rowe’s Park, opened before a jury. He drove a car that struck a Michigan auto. a Detroit man named Butler was killed and several young women in Shatzley’s vehicle were injured, one losing an eye. He is represented by Attorney D. Angle Wolfinger.
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Charles T. Shatzley
Rowe's Park
Shatzley
Michigan
Butler
Detroit
D. Angle Wolfinger
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