Commission Recommends Racial Affairs Changes In Maryland
The state commission studying the Negro question submitted four recommendations to Governor Laws, including an all Negro board for Cheltenham School for Boys and renaming the panel to Commission on Racial Relations. It notes limited progress on integration while urging better facilities for Negro medical training and tuberculosis treatment.
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Cheltenham School
Cheltenham
Negro School
Lane
Commission On Racial Relations
O’conor
Painter Takes Job On Ten Story Building
A painter jumped at the chance to use house paint costing four dollars and twenty nine cents a gallon from Howard's Paint Store while working on a ten story building.
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Howard
Interracial progress noted in Baltimore police relations and sympathy
Maryland newspapers praise improved relations between police and large Negro communities in Baltimore and broader intergroup understanding. They cite stark health disparities and contrast colored and white rates in pneumonia syphilis and related statistics as tangible indicators of progress.
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Baltimore
Citr
Maryland
Taxi Passenger Shoots Officer In Baltimore
In Baltimore on February 13 patrolman Benedict 39 was killed when a cab passenger shot him in the heart after a driver said a bandit hijacked the taxi. Sgt Mann witnessed the attack as Benedict pursued a suspect who fled on foot. none of the cab driver’s shots fired were reported. Benedict leaves a widow and three children.
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Baltimore
Joseph
Benedict
Fred Mann
Mann
Wheat Reserve Law Blamed For Break In Prices
The article reports Maynard, named by Secretary Anderson, profited over 200000 by short selling during a market drop. Senator Young questions whether similar timing and operations occurred on other grain exchanges and notes Congress set wheat carryover limits of 125 to 150 million bushels, to be held until July 1.
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Maynard
Anderson
Chicago Board of Trade
Young
United States
Congress
Senate
House
Truman Urges Continued Inflation Curbs and Savings Drive
President Truman reaffirmed the need for inflation controls despite market declines and backed standby powers for wage controls and rationing. He urged Americans to join a new savings bond drive opening April 15, and Senators Sparkman Maybank weighed in on political support for anti inflation measures.
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Truman
Chist
Congress
In & Rew
Jane
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Maybank
Young
Bushfield
T.S
Wolcott
Capitol
Icy Roads Delay Traffic Across County
Early ice storms caused dozens of skidding incidents on U S Route 40 near Conococheague. Blue Ridge Transportation reported 25 minute bus delays though generally schedules held. County Roads crews salted and cindered with 12 trucks out. Highfield areas slick. Hancock areas clearer. Temperatures fell to 2 degrees before rising. forecasters said the cold wave might be ending.
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Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Sheriff's Office
U. S. Rt. 40
Conococheague
State Roads Department
Sixth District
County Roads Department
Highfield
Hancock
Maryland
Elliott to Write Historical Novel About John Paul Jones
Ex president Roosevelt planned a biography of John Paul Jones in his final year in the White House. Elliott Roosevelt revealed that Mrs. Roosevelt found a 10 000 word synopsis among his papers. The father planned to amplify the rare data into a historical novel.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Paul Jones
White House
Bis
Elliott
Amy
Jones
Five Marines Killed and Four Captured in China Clash
A December 25 action near Wanglintao ended with the loss of Private First Class Brayton and four other Marines captured by the East Shantung Peoples Liberation Army. The POWs include Corporal Pollard of Fort Worth and Privates Dickinson of Olathe, Hart of Pittsburgh, and Kapodistria of Buffalo. The PLA demanded US apologies and warned of consequences.
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North
Chiis
Associated Press
Peoples Liberation
Communist
Wanglintao
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Peoples Liberation Army
Kidnaped Bride Returns With Husband After Escape
Sheriff Taylor said the kidnapped bride Mildred known as Sittie told him she and the man she married, Buddy Davis, slept in a car and stayed in woods near Savannah denying tourist camps. Doniver defended Sittie and Davis remains at large.
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Sheriff Taylor
Davis
Buddy
Taylor
Mildred
Savannah
Doniver
Sittie
Macon
Farmers See Wheat Price Break Hits Western Kansas
Western Kansas farmers report a sharp wheat price drop hitting Garden City and Dodge City area cooperatives. They blame market manipulation and tighter commodity rules, while some predict a rebound depending on next year’s crop. Ellsworth Sherman and H. Dean note farmer retrenchment and demand for investigation into the break.
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Garden City
Ellsworth Sherman
Kansas
Guy Sitton
Pratt
Equity Exchange Elevators
Fred Beck
Reno County
H. Dean
Dodge City Cooperative Exchange
Kansas Wheat Belt
Dean
Potomac Ice and Flood Forecast From Weather Bureau
The Potomac River remains covered with thick ice as rain continues with mountain snow tomorrow. A thaw is beginning on Chesapeake Bay while Maryland faces subfreezing temps Sunday and Monday. Flood risk hinges on heavy snow accumulations and subsequent rains. rivers rise only when all conditions align.
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Potomac
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Stassen Predicts Improved Postwar Economy
Philadelphia Feb 13 Republican presidential aspirant E Stassen says the postwar economic outlook is brighter now than since the administration warned of wage increases without price hikes. He contrasts this with earlier grave economic missteps and forecasts favorable conditions ahead.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Nubbins Hoffman Back Home Again
Forest Nubbins Hoffman, once near death from kidney damage and bladder complications, leaves Denver Hospital for Cheyenne Wyoming still a survivor. He underwent surgery last fall and earlier this year and was celebrated after fears for his life in 1944.
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Denver
Forest
Nubbins
Hoffman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Santa Claus
Letter Box urges universal military training and preparedness
The editor argues for six months of strict military discipline for youths to build strength and resilience. A Fort Knox program under Brig. Gen. J. Robert Sheetz is cited as evidence, aiming to prevent misuse of young lives and reduce casualties by better training before conflicts arise.
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Europe
Russia
Fort Knox
Kentucky
J. Robert Sheetz
Sheetz
Army training plan aims to forge ready soldiers
The article notes that about 660 University of Montana Training trainees will begin six months of instruction to produce a complete basic soldier. The general emphasizes moral and spiritual welfare, while observers urge immediate government action to avoid defeat and secure victory. A high school student comments on the urgency.
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Congress
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Bride
Stassen
Schlitz National
Budweiser
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Bikle’s
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Lee
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J. F. Deavers
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Hamilton Jewelers
Hamilton Hotel
Stanley
Children’s Coats
Caskey
Grocer’s
Clarety
Gsell’s
Funkstown
Nightingale Inn
H. A. Weiss & Son
W “Weiss
Friendly Market
W. Franklin St
J. C. French
W. Franklin St. Hagerstown
J. Ralph Fiery
Boonsboro Bakery
Pound
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Wantz Bottling Works
Old Export and
Budweiser Beers
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