General Strike Hits Lancaster in Lancaster (Continued)
A general strike cripples Lancaster transit by more than 80 percent affecting 60 000 daily riders. Miles L Messerman CLO president says the strike continues until a settlement is reached between Conestoga Transportation Co and Local 1241 AFL. Paul Shaub CIO Council president will meet tonight to discuss the situation with no comment on crossing picket lines. A federal conciliator works toward resolution while Acting Mayor Coulter defers council action pending the conciliator report.
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CLO
Miles L. Messerman
Paul Shaub
Lancaster County Cio Council
CIO
Messerman
Conestoga Transportation Company
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Lancaster
Daniel W. Coulter
Inflation and wage boosts shape new price increase plan
Bowles explains a new program that ends the six month waiting period for price rise requests tied to wage boosts. He clarifies that the mechanism does not imply universal inflation across the economy and stresses the importance of understanding the targeted approach within industry or area patterns.
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Bowles
In Memoriam Virgie Williams Remembrance Ad
In loving memory of wife and mother Mrs Virgie Williams who passed away ten years ago February 18. Dear mother you are not forgotten though on earth you are to move. Still in memory you are with us as you always were before. -Mr Harry Williams and Children.
Relief For Your Cough Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims to loosen phlegm, soothe inflamed membranes, and promote rest and recovery without narcotics, urging readers to ask their druggist for Creomulsion.
Probes Spy Ring and War-Era Wage Patterns
The discussion notes wage trends across industries, with wage raises already set in many sectors. It highlights that in food processing and petroleum labor costs are a small share of sales while apparel and similar industries see larger labor cost impact. It also observes metal-using industries face significant labor cost effects on total price.
County Divorce Rates Rise Sharply in 1945
The report shows Baltimore city lagging in marriages but higher in divorces, while counties saw the greatest rise. Marriages rose 12.4 percent and divorces 10.8 percent for 1945, with the divorce ratio climbing from 7.8 percent ten years earlier to about 4.4 percent in Arkansas figures and Maryland overall trebling over the decade.
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Baltimore City
Arkanes
Riley
Maryland
Auto Accidents Keep Police Busy
Multiple auto crashes across the Hagerstown area left several injured and led to a string of reckless driving charges. Cap S. Te Fleagte of Waynesboro collided with a parked car on Leiteburg Pike. Clarence J. Kline and Gertrude Fitzgerald were among those hurt. Booster reports cite several other crashes, with David O. Webb, John A. Gates, and Emory Rudy also facing charges.
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Cap S. Te Fleagte
Waynesboro
Leiteburg Pike
Hagerstown
Bruce Spiekler
Dias Oy
Nan Block Porrest
Trobert Eshleman
Clarence J. Kline
Smithsburg
Rone
Cascade
Spickler
Cavetown
Howard Street
Summit Avenue
Donald Hose
Clearspring
Route 40
Hose
Perry
A. Carhauch
Route 2
Emory Rudy
Frederick Street
Raymond P. McGuire
Horoscope Horoscope for Aquarius and Jan Feb 791
Aquarius individuals are capable of great achievements with effort and may become future thinkers. Monday February 18 advises harmony at home with good relations and opportunities in home ownership. War produce postwar effects on goods for armed forces then fade as new products rise.
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de Dable
Wil
United States
U. S
Fate of the Earth if the Sun Explodes
Scientists warn that a solar explosion could devastate the Solar System. A supernova-like event would melt or scorch planets, with Earth’s crust possibly melting to shallow depths while continents and oceans largely survive. Dr Dean B McLaughlin explains heat from a sun explosion could raise crust temperatures dramatically.
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Dean B. McLaughlin
Michigan Univer Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Stars Forecast Solid Virtues Amidst Prognostication
A fragment references celestial guidance shaping character and conduct through prognostication. The text notes that solid virtues are foretold by the stars, implying a belief in fate guiding ethical behavior and personal strength.
Nova in Messier 31 Deepens Cosmic Fireball
A newly discovered supernova in the spiral nebula Messier 31 near the Big Dipper reached peak brightness 65 days after maximum light. The explosion transformed rocks to liquid and vapor and will keep Earth’s surface boiling for about a month before normal conditions resume. The event, a rare 68 million times brighter than the Sun, occurs roughly once every 400 years.
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Mearnat
Mer
Earth
Humason
Wilineh Mi Wilson Observatory
Big Dipper
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Ireland
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Dublin from London aboard a U S Navy plane and plans to meet President Sean T. O Kelly before returning to the United States. She cites Germany’s conditions as a reason for the United Nations and notes her aunt is Mrs. Gray.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Ireland
Dublin
London
United States Navy
Sean T. O'Kelly
United States
Germany
Rensevelt
United Nations
David Gray
Gray
Elevated Cardinals Spark U S Church Unity
The ceremony of elevating 32 new Cardinals highlighted the urgency of unity in the Church as Papal emissaries visited ten locations. Cardinal Spellman and others addressed materialism and urged a return to spiritual values, with upcoming birettas rings and a public consistory to conclude the creation.
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Martin Gilligan
Cincinnati
Oho
Unite States
Uat
Apostolic Chancellery
Cardinal Glennon
James A. Farley
Coeneral
Cardinal Spellman
Spellman
America
United States
Mother Frances Navier Cabrini
Cabrini
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Chicago
U. S
Cardinal remarks on universality of Church
The Pope spoke about the Church belonging to all peoples of the human family and not to any single race or nation, noting its universal nature. A separate note observed that dogs move their jaws only vertically, while a general fact states that about 70 percent of the body weight is water.
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