Millions Of Miners Stay On Strike Across Six States
About 60,000 miners in six states refuse to work amid a pattern of stoppages. In Pennsylvania and West Virginia protests involve soft coal fields and unions led by John L. Lewis weigh options including a five day week and potential Taft Hartley Act intervention. Some miners seek a government emergency order to force a labor settlement.
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United Mine Workers
Greene
Fayette
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Adolph Pacti
Fice
UMW
Western Pennsylvania
Illinois
Lewis
Uniontown
John L. Lewis
Paul Terreta
Labella
Weirton Coal Company
Lewie
White pepper Compared To Black Pepper Ripening
A concise note states white pepper is simply well ripened black pepper with the outer layer removed, explaining the processing difference without additional context.
Governor Lane Seeks Record Low Real Estate Tax
The Tax Survey Commission backs deeper income tax relief and debt-service review to lower property taxes. It cites boosting dependents exemptions from 404 to 600, aiding about 186000 taxpayers, with 50 percent of Maryland’s income taxpayers earning 2500 to 5000 dollars. Republican leaders push for dependent exemptions and lower earned income tax, but omit sales tax.
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General Treasury
Lane
Tax Survey Commission
Maryland
Commission
General Assembly
Robert B. Ennis
Democratic State Central Committee
Lane's Real Estate Tax Cut Promised to Save Homeowners
Governor Lane unveils a sweeping real estate tax reduction described as the lowest in state history. The proposal promises varying per person savings depending on property value and locality, with details to be determined by legislative action and local assessments.
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Lane
Ladies Win 11 Of Tip Prizes
A column lists residents who tipped on local incidents earning $1 each by naming events from thefts to accidents. Winners include a Myeraville resident on two hogers with double kidneys and a Virginia Avenue homemaker who reported an accident on McPherson Street. Additional tips cover a missing hen, a groundhog incident, a Rohr vernville pupil fall, a burglary on West Washington Street, and a straw slack fire. The piece notes other tips earned honorable mention and urges readers to continue sending tips by phone, in person, or by letter to the Daily Mail.
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McPherson Street
St. James Road
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Fairplay Route 1
Knoxville
Daily Mail
Hich
Myerly
N. Potomac St
Hagerstown
Joseph M. Harp
The
Morning Herald
Grover C. Crilley
WJEJ
Stewart ‘W. Phillips
WARK
Charles D. Lyon
the Potomac Edison Co
Legislator Says His Home Is Closer to Other Capitals
Virginia State Senator Lloyd M. Robinette says his home in Jonesville lies closer to the capitals of Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and West Virginia than to Richmond Virginia's capital. He cites his measures to support the claim.
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Richmond
Dan
Virginia
Eign
Lloyd M. Robinette
Jonesville
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
West Virginia
Ihan
Bitter Winter Is Seen Ahead
The article recalls historic Potomac floods and cold snaps from 1810 to 1936, tracking winter severity and flood peaks. It notes a 1936 flood about 23 feet above the 1926 level, with record lows of 16 below zero, and compares earlier floods in 1810 1877 1852 1889, including rail and bridge damages and the Johns town disaster.
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U. S. Engineers Ofice
War Department
Mercury
Potomac River
Washington County
Potomac
Conocochesque Creek
Williamsport
Antietam
Conococheague
C. & O. iGanal
Martingburg
Cumberland
Travatlwar
Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown
Potomac River Valley
Atllantic Seaboard
Johnstown
Gen Hap Arnold Dies at 64 in California Funeral Set
Gen Henry H. Arnold America's wartime air chief dies at his Sonoma ranch at 64 from coronary occlusion. Funeral planned for 3 p.m. Thursday in Arlington Cemetery with honors. Arnold led the Air Forces from 1938 to 1945 and shaped U S air power into a global force.
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Sonoma
Calif
Henry H
Jay) Arnold
America
U. S
San Francisco
Arnold
Russell ii Lee
Palo Alto
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D.C
Bone in Throat Almost Fatal Medical Emergency
A woman nearly died when a bone became lodged in her throat and could not be removed locally. A neighbor drove her to Baltimore’s Hopkins Hospital where a throat specialist operated. she recovered and was discharged. Andrew J. Way broke his left arm while skating and received a cast before discharge.
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Bana
Hopkins
Elmer Byrum
West Washington Steet
Baltimore
Frederick
Igg
Martinal
Byrum
Andrew J. Way
Hedgesville
George W. Armstrong
Smiths
Injury Report Involving Mr and Mrs Kupp
Mr and Mrs Herbert Kupp were cut in the head by a wooden block. Both were treated and discharged from medical care.
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Herbert Kupp
Senator George Seeks Three Billion Dollar Budget Cut
Washington January 16 Senator George head of the Senate finance committee proposed a 900 million dollar cut in President Truman's 42.439 billion spending budget. He said Congress should heed the public and trim government outlays without harming essential services or commitments abroad. He projected a deficit of more than five billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Truman
George
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Georgia
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