Mediation Efforts Intensify in Nationwide Labor Disputes
In Washington Benjamin F. Fairless of U S Steel prepared to confer with officials as CIO steelworkers press for a 1 cent an hour raise amid wide plant walkouts. Ford Motor Company and Caterpillar Tractor faced wage disputes while long distance trucking and Western Union strikes showed progress and deadlock across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Washington
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ford Mover Corporation
Lly
Hudson, Pack
Continental Man
Mid-Western
Middle West
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Peoria
New York
CIO American Communication Association
Western Union
Joseph P. Selly
Man returns to car finds citation and broken windows
In Los Angeles a man discovers his car parked in front of a fire plug with a traffic citation, and his car windows are broken. Firemen later use hoses through the windows to extinguish an apartment house blaze nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Card of Thanks for George W. Bleyer and Mrs Mitchell
Mrs Charlotte Mitchell thanks friends and neighbors for kindness, sympathy, flowers, and car use after her hospital stay and to the nurses for their care. A second note extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards and flowers on her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bleyer
Charlotte Mitchell
Postcard Bids Lincoln Gettysburg Address Copy
Springfield area note shows Robert Bendler of Camden asks Abraham Lincoln for a copy of the Gettysburg Address. Manager Hayden Davis of the Abraham Lincoln Hotel is to forward the speech in the next mail. The fragment mentions a Springfield Illinois address and a January date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Hayden Davis
Kidnap Murder Case Sparks One Of Chicago’s Largest Hunts
Police probe a brutal kidnap and murder of six year old Suzanne Degnan as officers question multiple suspects including Costello and Campbell. Clues cited include a ransom note demanding 29000, hair and wire fragments, a ladder, and evidence from a basement laundry room where the body was dismembered. Fingerprints in a Washington lab are described as a vital lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Campbell
Costello
Storms
Degoan
Chisease
Gostella
Suzanne
North Side
Kenmore
Degnan
Edgewater
Desnan
James E. Degnan
Chicago
CPA
PHT
FBI
Washington
Travel Agency Organized Here in Mathias Maryland
The Mathias Maryland Company announced the establishment of a travel bureau linked to its general insurance business to arrange trips worldwide. President Philip H. Mathias said clients need a cohesive travel service and that transportation by land sea and air will be coordinated with no traveler fees. The firm, located at 2 and 4 South Potomac Street, lists Victor D. Miller as vice president and Arthur F. Dettyow as secretary and general manager. The agency traces to 1944 through the Phillip H. Mathias Company and Maryland General Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias Maryland Company
Tts General Insurance
Hagers'yown
Philip H. Mathias
South
Potomac Street
No. 4
Mathias
Victor D. Miller
Arthur F. Detyow
Phillip H. Mathias Company
Maryland General Insurance Agency, Inc
German People Knew Of Horror
The witness described Gestapo torture in Oslo including lamp burns on the feet, long confinement, and two brutal interrogations that ripped hair and flesh. He testified of being beaten to paralysis, torn flesh, and a nerve-racking interrogation conducted as German agents roared like animals. A Swedish Count allegedly helped arrange rescue for Scandinavian nationals with Himmler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gestapo
Norway
Oslo
Bernadette
Heinrich Himmler
Cappelen
Grounds For Divorce Reported In Riverside Case
Mrs. Lillian Kerney of Riverside N2 testified before Advisory Master William R J Burton that her husband forced her under the car dashboard as he drove past a girl friend to prevent jealousy. Burton recommended a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Kerney
Riverside
N. 2
William R. J. Burton
Burton
Portland Judge Tests Interior Decorating Defense
In Portland on January 29, Municipal Judge A B Wheelock tried a defendant charged with intoxication. The prisoner claimed his occupation as interior decorating and the judge quipped about too much interior decorating, fining him 20 for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ore
A. EB
Search for victims in hangar wrecked by fire at Tinker Field
Oklahoma City January 29 AP workers pressed to find bodies in the burned hangar at Tinker Field a vast Army air force supply depot where at least ten people died and 43 were injured seven civilians were identified last night of the ten bodies found gasoline sparked flames that swept the 18 acre structure Col Ralph O Brown field deputy commander put damage at 750900 dollars
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
Army Air Force
Ralph O. Brownfield
Confidant of FDR Succumbs in Silence and Service
Longtime aide to Franklin D Roosevelt dies after a career marked by quiet dress and high posts. Hopkins served as special assistant, chaired the Munitions Assignment Board, and advised on lend lease while visiting Europe Africa and the Middle East. He lived at the White House for years and attended major wartime conferences with Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twendon
London
George V
Hopkins
Europe
Africa
Middle East
United States
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Britain
Casablanca
White House
Cairo
Paris
Georgetown
Russia
England
Stalin
Masenw
Tydings Presses White House On Disarmament Plan
Senator Tydings seeks a presidential call for an immediate disarmament conference to avert an atomic war. White House reaction awaited as colleagues offer mixed support. He argues UNO fails to outlaw war and warns a sudden atomic attack could strip New York City of its population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tydings
D-Md
White House
Truman
Maryland
Trumai
Senate
Tobey
R-Md
Austin
R-Vi
Downey
Calif
United States
United Nations Organization For Disarmament
McMahon
D-Conn
Special Senate Atomic Committee
U. S
New York City
UNO
America
Gladhill to Get Hearing February 2nd
Donald Glenn Gladhill, 17, was formally charged with slaughter by automobile in the death of Cody M. Kline, 23, in the 400 block Mitchell Avenue after a Saturday morning crash at Virginia and Snyder Avenues. Kline died about six hours after the 3:30 AM incident. Gladhill was released on $1,000 bond for the February 2 hearing. Sports note follows about contest enterers and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody M. Kline
Mitchell Avenue
Donald Glenn Gladhill
Ginia Avenue
Kline
Virginia and
Snyder Avenues
Local quotations from Hagerstown grain and farm prices
Furnished by Kime Bros. Benevols local prices paid producers include wheat at barn $2.00 per bu heavy hens sweet potatoes Kieffer pears country ham and fowl prices vary daily with ceilings set by OPA. A fragment listing prices and items such as bacon butter walnuts and peppers appears, indicating a rural market summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kime Bros. Benevols
Hagerstown
Kiloe Bratheen
Ericea
OPA
Maryland Steeplechase History and Taxpayer Impact
An overview notes Maryland has premier steeplechase venues like the Maryland Hunt at Worthington Valley and Foxcatcher Farms, comparing fences to England’s Grand National. It cites Dupont brush jumps at Pimlico, claims racing supports over one million dollars in state taxes, and describes Timonium as Maryland’s state fair with non profit status for several fairs.
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America
Maryland
Maryland Hunt
Worthington Valley
Baltimore
Foxcatchler Farms
Fair Hill
Cecil County
William Dupont
England
Pimlico
Old Free State
Maryland Jockey Club
Lie Of Norway May Be Compromise For Key Post Of UNO
London January 20 The Security Council is expected to nominate Norwegian Foreign Minister Trygve Lie as a compromise candidate for secretary general of the United Nations. In talks with Russia and Iran, key obstacles were being worked out after a five party meeting in Washington. The United States shifted from Lester Pearson to Lie, hoping for acceptance by the U S Britain and Russia. Lie, a 50 year old lawyer diplomat, was Moscow's candidate for UNO president but lost to Paul Henri Spaak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jull
Security Council
Trygve Lie
United Nations Organization
Russia
Iran
Ster
Edward R. Stettinius
U. S
Uunitad
Lester Pearson
Washington
Stettinius
Lie
United States
Britain
Moscow
UNO
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Slashed Child May Recover From Knife Attack
A boy hospitalised after a knife attack near a grocery store faces infection risk as doctors weigh prognosis. Lobaido, already in custody, denies guilt. Silences and police lab tests tie stains on his clothing to human blood. Rosalie Giganti, likely raped, remains in uncertain condition.
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Rosalie
Howard
Lobaida
Scarfe
Saul Finer
Lobardo
Sam
Jacob Giganti
Edward Wurm
Labaido
Searle
Youths Sentenced In Juvenile Court For Dyna mite Theft
Two of eleven year old boys admitted prying a stick of dynamite on the B and O tracks near Security and stealing a March of Dimes bank from South Potomac Junior High School Saturday night were committed to industrial schools yesterday by Justice Harvey M. Miller in Juvenile Court. A third youth was paroled while the fourth was sentenced for violating a previous parole. NAMED TO BOARD Arthur G. Ramey, supervisor of pupil personnel for Allegany County Board of Education, named to represent Washington County on the executive board of the Health and Physical Education Association of Maryland Schools. He will represent District One on the group promoting school athletics in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. and O
March of Dimes
South Potomac
Harvey M. Miller
Arthur G. Ramey
Allegany County
War patrol commendations and local service losses noted
The report details sailors and soldiers receiving commendations for war patrols, radar efficiency, and service awards. It notes a $50 War Bond award, Presidential Unit Citation eligibility, and wear of combat ribbons. Also mentioned are Pfc Lloyd Higgs’s discharge illness at Fort Meade and local family updates on Eugene Wolfe and Joseph Henneberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gether
Earth
Lehman
Arb
Lloyd Higgs
Virginia Wolfinger Higgs
Salem Avenue
Fort Meade
Wagton County Hospital
Higgs
The
Grove, Tee Cream Company
Bainbridge Frees Three County Men From Navy Service
Three county men were honorably discharged from naval service at Bainbridge separation center. Lester Raphael Smith, Y 2/c, 28 months in service, last aboard LSM 109, wife in Funkstown. Conday Grafton Sterling, SC 1/c, three years in Navy, last aboard SS Black Hills, parents at 508 Chestnut St. Russell Dale Jordan, SC 2/c, 43 months in service, last stationed in the Marshall Islands, wife in Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stainbridge
Lester Raphael Smith Y
Funkstown
Conday Grafton Sterling
Black Hills
Chestnut Street
Russell Dale Jordan
Williamsport
Marshall Islands
Bataan Nurse Seeks Annulment in World War II Tale
A Bataan nurse filed an annulment petition after learning Captain Wernuth, a liberated World War II veteran, had an American wife. She described meeting him during the death march era and stated she began the action after seeing his publicized marriage photos in Manila and Majayag papers. Filipino veterans recalled her aid to the wounded during the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
America
Wermuth
Bataan
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Milly’s
N. Potomac St
Coats
Lincoln
Triangle Food Stores
Kittie
Schindel-Rohrer & Co., Inc
S. Potomac St
Gladhill
Marylanders
Quentin Howe
Cumberland
Timonium
Gises
Pollyanna
Pultal
Tam Ra
Bea
Tsi Hone
Hige
Chaps
Mitny Rae
Anon
Eon Chaney
Martha O'Driscoll
John Carradine
Signel Atwill
Onslow Stevens
Glenn Strange
Jane Aderts
Wade Wolfe
Eugene Wolfe
Alvin c. Cockrell
Joseph H. Henneberger
H. A. Henneberger
Bainbridge Frees
Whiteset Music Co
Cail
Community Finance Service, Inc
Washington St
Erin
Rouckt
Kent Reccy
Stewart
Republic
Lanoy Mason Stones
iLee
Natta
Yfrancis
Kelly One Kruger
Erty
BETTY HUTTON _ SARTURO STARYS
Gronde
Evetee
Beargs Bart
Balto
Columbia Airlines
Baltimore Munisinal Airport
Frank Morgan
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