Indictment of CIO Leader for Taft-Hartley Violations
Washington reports a federal grand jury indicted the CIO and president Philip Murray for violating the Taft-Hartley Act by endorsing a Maryland candidate through CIO News. Murray and the CIO challenge the law as unconstitutional, with Attorney General Tom Clark noting ongoing prosecutions and a court date to be set. Murray, born in Scotland 61 years ago, has long been a leading labor figure.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Maryland
CIO News
Tom Clark
Congress
Justice Department
U. S. Dist
Richmond B. Keech
Scotland
Pope Pleads For World Unity And Charity In Lent
Pope Pius XII told parochial school children that the world must unite by love or happiness will fail. In an Ash Wednesday radio address he urged prayers and sacrifices for war devastated Europe, recalling last year's child-led aid campaign that sent food, coal, medicine, and pennies to little ones in need.
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United States
Vatican City
Europe
Asia
Promises Protection For Upwed Tenants
In Washington on February 11 Senator McCarthy pledged to extend federal rent controls to protect tenants, saying he would ensure relief for the roughly 1.6 million renters who faced 15 percent boosts last year.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Soviet prints claim western allies aided Hitler after war
Berlin reports Soviet controlled German newspapers received extra paper rations to print charges that the western allies, in dealings with Adolf Hitler, paved the way for World War II. The claim frames Allied actions as facilitating the dictator's aggression.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Ohio River Ice Breakup Near Cincinnati
Ohio river ice is breaking up as the river rises with warmer weather. A seven mile ice run broke near North Bend carrying four empty barges, while another break started near Chile but halted soon. Two townboats plan a 60 mile attempt to breach an ice jam above Gallipolis Dam with towboats Onward and diesel power ready to move coal once ice clears. Weather expected to reach 40 to 45 degrees in Cincinnati.
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Ohio River
Ohio River Division
North Bend
Chile
Gallipolis O
George M.‘ Verity
American Rolling Mill Co
Semet
Semet Solvay Co
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
O. F. Shearer Co
Winchester
Kay
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Idles Many Workers in Maryland
Jobless benefit claims rose to 1238 as severe weather halted outside construction work. In Washington County 1421 people actively sought employment, per Maryland State Employment Service manager D Paul Shilling. He expects most idled workers to be only partially unemployed for weeks, with a 25 percent drop in claims once weather improves.
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Maryland State Employment Service
Washington County
D. Paul Shilling
Campbell Soup workers seek 30-cent wage rise in Camden
Camden New Jersey February 11 workers at Campbell Soup Co Camden and Chicago have asked for a 30 cent per hour wage increase. The protest was announced by Lewis Kentzley vice president of the CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union.
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Camden
N. J
Campbell Soup Co
Chicago
Lewis Kentzley
Agricultural and Allied
Ice Cutting Into Oyster Production
Baltimore February 11 At least one benefit from Chesapeake Bay ice floes is noted by John E Clark chairman Tidewater Fisheries Commission He says the floes have acted as oyster conservation agents limiting dredging and tonging in many areas and reducing current production though the later increase after ice clears may not offset recent losses.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bar
John E. Clark
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Bay
Clark
Sub-zero temperatures ease briefly with light moderating warmth
Sub-zero readings persisted in Washington County as morning readings rose to 15 above from 1 below zero. Howard Knapp reports in Hagerstown 5 above at the coldest, while Frederick logged 5 below and Unionville nine below. A nine inch Norfolk snowstorm caused 5 foot drifts and the Old Bay Line cancelled sailing. Chesapeake Bay ice reached 12 feet thick in places. Forecasters expect sleet and rain with another cold wave arriving Friday and Saturday bringing historic lows.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Hagerstown
Frederick
Unionville
Norfolk
Old Bay Line
Chesapeake Bay
Central
Plains
Rocky Mountain
Texas Panhandle
North Central Region
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Surrounding States
Weather report from Hagerstown Weather Station notes becoming cloudy and not quite so cold tonight across Maryland and Ohio with Thursday milder and chances of rain or snow. Virginia and West Virginia show cloudy skies, milder Thursday with rain in southern areas and rain or snow in northern zones. Yesterday's high 23 degrees, low 5 degrees, prevailing north wind.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Hagerstown
Ice Endangering Coastal Bridge In Delaware
A $500000 coastal highway bridge over Indian River near Rehoboth collapsed its south approach after ice buckled pilings. Three Electrical Construction Co. workers died, two were injured, and the bridge remains at risk of further collapse. Dead are John D. Adams Pasquale Capone and Benjamin L Wagamon Jr. Injured are James C. Clark and William Quesada. Coast Guardsmen aided survivors.
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Rehoboth
Del
Indian River
Electrical Construction Co
Philadelphia
James E. Stewart
John D. Adams
Berlin
Pasquale Capone
Dover
Benjamin L. Wagamon, Jr
Georgetown
James C. Clark
William
Quesada
Cambridge
Clark
Truman to Sweep Solid South Says Senator Pepper
Senator Pepper of Florida predicts Truman will carry every Southern state in 1948 but notes protests over civil rights may erode long running Democratic support. He argues the South is not far from Northern Republicans in policy. Mississippi Governor Wright vows to keep Southern protest alive and punish anti southern lawmakers. Taft đ in Bloomington pins prices policy as stalling GOP gain. Republican leaders attack wage price controls and rationing powers as a tool for blame. Carroll Reece appears in Johnson City Tenn.
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Pepper
Truman
South
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Corn Belt
Bloomington
Republican Congress
Johnson City
Tenn
Carroll Reece
Two Maryland Airports Named For U S Air Help
The Civil Aeronautics Administration lists 27 Maryland airports including one at Hagerstown and another in the Hancock-Clearspring area as part of a revised plan for a balanced national airport system. The sites are prioritized to receive federal allocations under the Federal Airport Act of 1946 in the next three years.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Maryland
Hagerstown
Hancock-Clearspring
CAA
Gov
Divorce And Delinquency Threaten U.S. Disintegration
Los Angeles Feb 11 A top psychiatrist, Dr Edward A Strecker, warns America stands on the brink of disintegration due to rising divorce and juvenile and adult delinquency. He says parents fail to instill self reliance and both mothers and fathers neglect children, amid a materialistic civilization eroding spiritual values. He notes high divorce rates, lax marriages, falling birthrates, rising delinquency as surface symptoms, but argues a tremendous effort could still turn the tide.
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Los Angeles
America
Edward A. Strecker
Psychiatry
National Research Council
Strecker
Bread Flour Sugar And Meat Prices Are Down
New York bulletin reports grain prices falling under selling pressure as Chicago pits opened stocks skid again though more slowly than yesterday. Hog prices rise 50 to 75 cents a hundred with top at 23.25 as urgent arrivals mark fastest Wednesday since October 9, 1946.
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New York
Chicago
Back Of Post War Inflation Broken Is How AP Views Food Price Slump
The Associated Press reports the postwar inflation has eased with a sharp break in commodity prices. Analysts see no imminent recession despite potential panic, noting strong employment and demand. Farmers have benefited from high prices, while food should trend cheaper as global markets stabilize.
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New York
Trader Made Huge Profits in Wheat and Oats
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate Agriculture Committee that Chicago trader E. T. Maynard earned several hundred thousand dollars on recent price breaks in wheat and oats. He had no inside information and no corruption was involved, the secretary said. Maynard, a Board of Trade member, traded over 1,000,000 bushels this month and was named publicly after Senator Young demanded disclosure. Young cited a $400,000 profit and Anderson blamed mass speculation by small traders for the market boom and bust.
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Washington
Anderson
E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Senate Agriculture Committee
Maynard
Chicago Board of Trade
Senator Young
R-Nd
One in twenty two veterans drew unemployment checks
The Veterans Administration reported on February 11 that about 1,200,000 World War I veterans, roughly 55 percent, received at least one unemployment payment under the GI bill, with each receiving up to 1040 dollars.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Boards Agree To School Program In Washington County
County Commissioners and Board of Education jointly approve a definite school construction and modernization program to start immediately. The plan, agreed February 10, 1948, specifies no bonds will be issued at present and calls for immediate final plans.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Washington County
Motor Checker Stolen From Auto in Washington DC
A Megger checker valued at 275 dollars, used to test motors, was stolen last night from the parked car of engineer S. B. Roach in Washington DC at West Washington and Prospect streets. Detective Wayne A. Sellman said the device weighs five or six pounds and would only be useful to an electrical engineer. Pawnbrokers and junk dealers have been alerted.
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S. B. Roach
Washington
Man Dies While Ordering Breakfast at Prospect Diner
Albert Yingling a 70 year old janitor for Leiter Brothers store collapsed after ordering breakfast at Prospect Diner this morning. Police believe cerebral hemorrhage caused the death. Survived by sister Mrs Elizabeth Bem bry of New York City. Body sent to Suter Funeral Home. announcements to follow.
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Albert Yingling
Washington Street
Leiter Brothers
Prospect
Elizabeth Bembry
New York City
Suter
Surplus Of Food Sparks Major Local Price Cuts
A large local retailer in Hagerstown announces widespread price reductions on staples. Bread drops 14 cents per loaf, sugar falls for 10 pound sacks and 100 pound sacks, meats ease 6 to 10 cents per pound, bacon to 70 cents, flour 95 cents per 10 pound bag. Retailers attribute declines to surplus, with an Associated Press survey noting markdowns across 23 cities and expectations of further cuts, though suits and wool fabrics may not follow.
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Hagerstown
Roc. Ery
Associated Press
This
American Woolen Company
Chicago
Expect Drop In Livestock Bids At Four State Mart
Heavy livestock arrivals at Four State Livestock Mart as bids fall in reaction to slumps in major markets. Hog prices may drop from $3 to $4 per hundred, steers off $1.50 to $2, last week’s top steer price around $25.20 hundred, with calves fetching up to $86 per hundred previously.
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Four State Livestock Mart
Washington February 1 reports determined policy stance
A brief Washington dispatch notes February 1 reporting a determined stance on policy despite tight conditions. Officials and agencies are cited as aligning on the approach, with emphasis on steady steps and practical measures going forward.
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