No Change in Phone Priority Maintained by C P and Potomac Co
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City said it will continue meeting all service demands in the prior sequence outlined in Order U-2 of the Civilian Production Administration. Vice president A B Haneke cited ongoing facility shortages and waiting lists, noting the policy will persist until new facilities are available and outstanding applications are filled.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Vesterday
Civilian Production Administration
A. B. Haneke
Telephone firm advocates priority system for service
Mr Haneke argued under U 2 provisions the company should follow a fixed order of precedence to furnish telephone service. He said the wartime procedure worked well and should continue to ensure equitable service until all orders are cleared.
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Haneke
Cab Firm Loses Ownership of Studebaker Sedan
Franklin County court ordered Bell Cab Inc of Hagerstown to forfeit a 1940 Studebaker sedan to the Commonwealth and pay litigation costs after its unsuccessful bid to keep the vehicle. Fined driver Samuel Miller admitted liquor shipments from Maryland to Pennsylvania via Shangri La tourist court near State Line.
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Franklin County
Edmund C. Wingerd
Studebaker
Bell Cab, Inc
Hagerstown
Commonwealth
F. H. Henry
Pennsylvanian Liquor Control Board
Pennsylvania
Samuel I. Miller
Henry
Shangri la
State Line
Hamburg and Bremen: Chief German Seaports
Hamburg and Bremen stand as Germany’s leading seaports, handling major maritime trade and vessel traffic. The ports serve as key hubs for shipping routes, logistics, and economic activity along the North Sea and Baltic regions.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Storm damages Camp Campbell in Kentucky
A heavy rain and wind storm struck Camp Campbell in Hopkinsville Kentucky injuring an undetermined number of people and causing property damage near 250000 Major General Jens Doe said the storm flattened warehouses and other buildings in the quartermaster area. At least 100 trucks and several autos and War Assets Administration surplus property were destroyed.
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Hopkinsville
Camp Campbell
Jens Doe
Doe
War Assets Administration
Ruling On Compensation In Unemployment Benefits
Judge John T. Tucker in Maryland Superior Court ruled that employees are not eligible for unemployment benefits after a strike ends if the stoppage is proximately caused by a labor dispute. The decision, affecting about 1300 Bethlehem Steel Co. workers at Sparrows Point, followed a request by Harold D. Saunders who sought benefits for February 18 to 25 when work halted. The court noted the company resumed operations promptly, and benefits are denied even when the stoppage is linked to a labor dispute.
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Baltimore
John T. Tucker
Superior
Maryland
Tucker
Harold D. Saunders
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Saunders
Father Of Quads Delayed In Trip To Newark
Baltimore dated article reports Charles Henn Jr delayed by weather from taking a chartered plane trip to Newark to decide on moving his family of quads. C W Matthew, Newark contractor, offered a home and job with salary above 4000 dollars, plus a designed home after quads. Henn, 28, is a bookbinder and war veteran, with a British wife and other child. he considers Matthew's offer though heart remains in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Ohio
Charles Henn, Jr
Henn
Newark
C. W. Matthew
Matthew
Mathew
Three Die In Canton Apartment Fire Tragedy
In Canton Missouri three people died and three were injured after a fire swept a 10 unit two story brick apartment house across the basement where a mother Mrs Minnie Sublette 74 her daughter Vickie 3 and daughter Marjorie Miller 27 lived. The blaze started in a furnace room at the basement far end preventing escape.
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Canton
Missouri
Marjorie Miller
Vickie
Minnie Sublette
Chamber of Commerce to Vote on Labor Law Changes
The chamber committee weighs a national declaration urging revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. It argues the law is unclear and expanding interpretations threaten business with unforeseen liability. Proposals include defining compensable time and allowing discretion in damages where mitigating factors exist.
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Legislative Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber Organization
Chamber
National Organization
Atlanta Drug Store Blaze Overwhelms 75 Firemen
In Atlanta's financial district an eight hour blaze at a drug store released chemical fumes that overwhelmed 75 firefighters, sending 52 to hospitals. Firemen collapsed as gases rose from the basement, with ambulances repeatedly rushing to Grady Hospital amid a scene recalling the Winecoff tragedy.
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Atlanta
Financial District
Grady Hospital
Winecoff Hotel
Automobile Drives Into Rail Tunnel at Harper's Ferry
A North Carolina motorist mistook the tunnel entrance on the eastern side of the Potomac river bridge in Harper's Ferry West Virginia Saturday and drove into the railroad tunnel. No one was hurt and only slight damage occurred. the driver’s name was not learned and the car was removed within two hours after the incident.
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Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
North Carolina
Keping
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John D. Goodlee
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RFC
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Roe
Pilsner
Hagerstown Bankbinding & Printing Co
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Harry 5S
Myers
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
McCrory
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lancaster
Acme
Ion
Florida
Idaho
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Rob-Ford
Cal. Prunes
Asco
Calif
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Rod-Ford
Virginia
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