Coal miners stage nationwide walkout as strike widens
About 100000 coal diggers joined a nationwide walkout affecting roughly 400000 United Mine Workers members while 80000 eastern Pennsylvanian anthracite and 30000 soft coal miners under new contracts stayed at work. The labor action follows Truman invoking Taft Hartley and seeks higher pay and welfare funds, with court orders looming to end the stoppage.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
West Virginia
District 29
George J. Titler
Titler
Tahiontown
Uncle Sam
Taft-Hartley
Taft
Hartley
New Manager Ben Levin Leads Enlarged Shoe Department
Ben Levin is named manager of the Leishers shoe department in Hagerstown. The department has been rebuilt with an entirely new stock of famous brands and will have Mr. Levin personally assist customers to learn preferences. Levin, 38 years in retail shoe business, served in the Army during World War II with the Second Armored Division. Mrs. Edna Cronine and Mr. Levin invite area women to visit the enlarged department during opening days with a gift for all shoe purchasers.
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Ben Levin
America
Army
Second Armored Division
E.T.O
Edna Cronine
Levin
Hagerstown
Viccinity
Yisk Fleishers
City water extension plans draw wider interest
Interest grows as Willkon outlines extending water lines beyond city limits to surrounding properties. He compares costs to digging wells, estimating $250 for a 100 foot depth plus pump costs, with extensions likely similar to well costs for property fronts of 60 feet. Future meetings will refine fees and funding, while a $100,000 revolving fund is not established.
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Willkon
Willson O
Feon
Milla
Seventh Attempt Made On Life Of Gambler In Hospital Bed
Dallas police report a rifle shot shattered the hospital window of wounded gambler Herbert Noble, in a seventh attempt on his life. Det Captain Will Fritz said the shot came from the ground level, splintered the window frame and ceiling. Noble, a longtime figure in Dallas gang violence, has survived prior attacks including a bomb aimed at his car and the fatal shootings surrounding the era’s crime wave.
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Dallas
Tex
Herbert
Will Fritz
Noble
Louis Green
Dilias
Green
Nobles
Fritg
Khe Noble
DP Committee Quits With Sharp Criticism Of Program
Annapolis Md Feb 7 Anne Arundel County loses a displaced persons committee as three members Watkins Lynch and King resign. They condemn the screening as slovenly and inefficient and say the program fails farmers and the United States. About 400 families were admitted to Maryland farms with some moving to other states. They oppose extending the program without proof of good faith and urge tighter screening and oversight.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel
Benjamin Watkins III
Charles J. Lynch
J. Tying King
Lane
Aetire
Maryland
David J. 0 Fringer
Enptoymient Service Division
Banployment Security Ward
Ayentfarterss
Stanley Bo Tay
Anne Arundel County
Rodney
Chierge
Cleveland
New York
Frank Po Parish
Tateytowa
Europe
Anne Arundel Committee
United States
Unemployment Near War Era High in Nationwide Rise
Unemployment reached its highest level since prewar September 1941 with January figures showing a sharp rise amid bad weather and seasonal layoffs. The Census Bureau reported 1.816 million more out of work than before December, with 7 percent higher unemployment than January. Government officials noted construction, farming slowdowns, and Christmas season layoffs as key factors while factory employment remained largely steady compared to the previous year.
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Washington
Taos Ue
Armed Forces Otherensus
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Dudus Thal
Census Bureau
MELP Revenue Up During 1949
City figures show MELP net revenue rose 11 000 percent from 1948 to 1949, with 1949 net around 470 728 and expenditures about 424 055.20. City official William Moore released the unaudited totals yesterday, noting increases over 1948 and pending CPA audit to finalize the books.
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Gz Light Départment
TOIT
William Moore
City Bookkeeping and Auditing Department
CPA
Dairymen and Farmers Honored Across the Area
The article lists numerous farmers and dairymen honored at a regional art fair and notes awards given to residents from Hagerstown Williamsport Boonsboro Falling Waters and nearby towns. Names include Martin Eimer Winters Blickensty Morn Ridenour Ther Mant Harp Needy Cunningham Herbst Keener Keller Le Brunner Arnold Haynes Wy Smith Cartee and others from Martinsburg Summit Point Rohrersville and nearby communities.
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Dot
Martin
Eimer
Wouth
Harry Needy
Z. Cunningham
Ravymond Herbst
Edgar M. Keener
Ilagerstown
Riety Daniel Roth
Williamsport
Bessie MM
Lilard
Summit Point
W. Val. Ellsworth
D. Reeder
Ralph Shiffier
Boonsboro
George Fo Zecher
Amos RL Keller
Jasper le Brunner
Kens Arnold
Burkittaville
Stanley Haynes
Gapland
David Wiley
Rohrerseile
Harry Kolayer
Che
Lieyd Ko
Mal Wadore
Ralph Campbell
Falling Waters
Ralph Wy. Smith
Grayson B. Cartee
Kavaville
Award Martner
Fred J. Deatrich
Keerville
Robert T. Tritapoe
Brownsville
Labor force figures cited amid strike and absence shifts
From December to January the labor force rose less than expected as 61,000 people were kept from retiring or entering the workforce. The count includes those on strike and workers on vacation who still hold jobs, treating them as unemployed despite not currently working.
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Baresa
War Hero Being Charged Anew
Walter Stankiewicz, once acquitted of manslaughter in a hit and run killing of three elderly men, faces five traffic charges in Baltimore Court. The new counts include reckless driving speeding failing to yield to a pedestrian failing to stop after an accident and failing to render aid. The case follows a prior dramatic acquittal that elicited screams and mixed reactions in the courtroom.
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Baltimore
Walter Stankiewicz
Stankiewicz
Joseph Sherbow
Stankiewics
Aeelser
Hay Edgett
Andrew Lockman
John Westt
Stankiewles
Polive
Sherhow Dhe
Republican Wins NJ Special Election In New Jersey House Race
Republicans avoided repercussions from the J Parnell Thomas darling and elected a GOP successor in New Jersey. William B Widnall, 42, a state assemblyman, scored a party victory in a special election for a vacated congressional seat.
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Vlavkensack
J. Parnell Thoms Darling
Wiliam B. Widnall
New Jersey
Movie Star Sermon Shocks Punxsutawney Congregation
Colleen Townsend, 21, Hollywood actress, gave her first sermon at First Presbyterian Church in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. She said she forsakes film work to follow God and told a hushed crowd of about 1200 why the life of God is found through Christ.
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Pupiit
Colleen Townsend
Punxentawney
Herman Humke
Kia
Nock
Colleen’ Townsend
Colleen
Presbyterian Church
Leone Lossman
Humke
Pennsyvania
Hollywood
First Presbyterian Church
Panxatawney
Willie
Punxsutawney
Cak Jleen
No Health Found In Cleaning Price
Los Angeles February 7 A court ruled that setting a minimum cleaning charge for suits and tops coats would not improve public health. The State Board of Dry Cleaners sought to restrain a business from undercutting the minimum, but Superior Judge Clarence Hanson denied the injunction, saying higher prices would not raise health standards.
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Los Angeles
State Board of Dry Cleaners
Clarence Hanson
Statue of Ameri Saint Unveiled at St Peter’s Rome
A new 11 foot statue honoring the Ameri saint Mother brint was unveiled in the Church of St Peter in Rome in 1946, drawing attention from local clergy and pilgrims.
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Ameri
Brint
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E. Antietam Street
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George Thomas Hailey
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Marian Lloyd
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