Steel wage talks and GOP delegate battle unfold
Weirton Steel Co seeks a $5,450 per ton price increase to cover higher labor costs while USW union members push for broader contracts at smaller firms. In Chicago, Taft and Eisenhower fight over delegates, with 72 votes at stake and the count at 475 to 409 in Taft’s favor as the convention nears.
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CIO
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Sio-Usw
USW
Steel Arma
Wage Stabilization Board
Harrisburg
Steel Corp
Mening Pew
Philip Murray
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight J. Hisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Irnational
Texas
Louisiana
Yart
Stalin's Spies Use Tactics as U S Soldiers Die in Russia War
AP Foreign News Analyst William L. Ryan outlines a global spy network tied to the Soviet Union starting around 1924. He notes NKVD training, embassy staffers, and intelligence that shaped Cold War tensions as Western forces faced Russian clandestine operations.
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William L. Ryan
Morea
Ang 8 &Pyy
Canada
England
Sweden
United States
Russia
Lenin
Josef Djugashvili
Stalin
Kremlin
Two MPs Assigned To Hagerstown On Permanent Basis
Major S. H. Wolford announces permanent Military Police assignment to Hagerstown. MPs will work with local police authorities, reducing need to dispatch from Baltimore for apprehensions and civil court duties in distant counties.
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Hagerstown
S. H. Wolford
Mpc
Maryland Military District
Necossary
Baltimore
Driver Charged In Rear-Impact Crash On Weat Wilson Blvd
One driver was charged with following too close after a crash at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing on Weat Wilson Boulevard. Thamas A. Payne, 27, of Foet Franklin Street, stopped at the crossing when Ernest A. Smith, of Chestnut Street, rear-ended his vehicle. Smith was charged with following too close.
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Weat Wilson Boulevard
Thamas A. Payne
Franklin Street
Ernest A. Smith
Chestnut Street
Payne
Smith
The Nicest Thing About TV It Enables Entertaining Guests
The sentence notes TV helps entertain guests while you catch up on ales, highlighting social ease and leisure in hosting.
Werner set as worthy successor to Lewis and Byron
Mrs. Stella Werner launched her Sixth District Congressional campaign with a party at the Peter Pan Inn near Frederick. Democratic figures praised her as a successor to Lewis and Byron and highlighted her minority council service in Montgomery County. She pledged consistency across appointments and campaigns, emphasizing a dining-room staff of nearly 60 volunteer women handling administration and research.
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Peter Pan Inn
Frederick
Stella Werner
Conevers
Stuart Bushong
Democratic State Central Committee
David J. Lewis
William JD. Byron
Winslow Hurhans
Board of County Commissioners
Werner
Montgomery County
Jane Burhans
United Democratic Women's Chilhs
Maryland
Washington
Montgomery
Regany
Carroth
Baltimore
Alegany
United States
Ali Intiejdnead
Democrats Begin Campaign With County Picnic Rally
President William Hetzer announced a county-wide Democratic picnic in late August to launch the campaign. He will attend the Chicago Democratic Convention as a Maryland delegate and expects George Mahoney to visit for the event and a nationally known speaker may speak, with plans to depart July 19 to join the convention.
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Gluh
William Hetzer
Hetzer
Chicago
Maryland
George Mahoney
Jletzer
Martineburg
Fisherman Reels Two Bass From Potomac On One Cast
Irvin W. Traver of Williamsport and Clint Jacobs fished the Potomac near the Maryland bank. Cast with a plug produced a double hookup with two bass, one in the mouth and another in the gut, weighing about 2% pounds total. The river ran 2.6 feet above normal with many boats and fishermen along the pump station.
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Irvin W. Traver
Williamsport
Traver
Clint Jacobs
Maryland
Potomac River
Raver
George (Hooper) Wolfe
Wiliamsport
Chester Brewer
Williamaport
Atalavle
Budget Deficit About Three Billion in Fiscal 1952
Treasury bookkeepers estimate the fiscal 1952 deficit at about three billion dollars, roughly 38 percent below Truman’s prior forecast. Outlays rose about 50 percent from the previous year due to defense spending, while revenue rose about 29 percent from fiscal 1951. Large wartime orders not yet delivered kept funds obligated but not spent.
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Washington
Ily
Truman
Treasury
Willian Dolkarss Dacome
Trimnan
Waituay
Parking Ban on Jonathan Street to Start Tuesday
The city announces a two block Jonathan Street and one block Summit Avenue parking ban during peak hours from 6 30 a m to 8 30 a m and 4 40 p m to 6 26 p m beginning Tuesday July 8 for a 0 day trial. Signs will mark the three blocked blocks and police will enforce the ban. The ordinance followed traffic committee advice that the three blocks carry the most traffic and that narrow streets cause jams during heavy truck movement.
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Jonathan Street
Surpmit Avenue
Antietam Street
Church Street
Summit
Jonathan
City Street Department
Counci
Hagerstown
A. F. MacDonald
MacDonald
Perloda
Summit Avenue
West Antietam Street
Rowth Potomac
Council To Hear Requests At Session Tonight
The mayor and council meet in a special session to address weeds in alleys garbage and speeding on Jonathan Street and to hear any delegations appearing before the group. Councilman J G Hellane cites zoning board plans and costly zoning actions while residents urge action on vacant lots.
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Jonathan Street
J. G. Hellane
Herman Mills
Iit
Ian
Connei
Lelane
Ward 1
Plans To Modernize Two Rural Schools This Week
Preliminary steps to modernize two of the county’s rural schools begin this week. Russell Takepler and Edward Imker will draft renovation plans for the Greensburg and White Oak Forest three room schools. possible improvements include indoor toilets central heating and new lighting as part of a long running program to update outmoded schools.
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Russell Takepler
Edward Imker
Board of Education
Greensburg
White Oak Forest
Kepler
Baker
Security
Smithsburg
Reds Halted On Heartbreak Ridge in Korea
North Korean battalion attacked through near Heartbreak Ridge in Korea but was repelled by U N forces. The assault failed to breach United Nations positions despite heavy fighting.
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Heartbreak Ridge
Seoul
Korea
Enatain Korea
U. N
Munshower cites shortage of officers to enforce speed laws
Baltimore July 1 The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission heard Superintendent Munshower say there are not enough state police to enforce speed laws. He noted speed causes about 75 percent of highway deaths and that 119 of his 250 patrolmen are on duty. He asked the Legislature for 190 more patrolmen and received only 10.
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Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Liner PF
Munsower
Miunshower
Gas Rationing Ends In Japan
After more than a year of gasoline rationing, Japan ends civilian fuel quotas. Retail price for gasoline is 74.4 cents per gallon as wartime controls expire.
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Japan
Tokyo
Fuel Oil And Kerosene Prices Advance Today
Prices for fuel oil and kerosene rose in Hagerstown as OPS authorized an eight tenth cent increase for fuel oil and seven tenths of a cent for kerosene. Standard Oil announced immediate action with new prices effective today to ensure supply along the Atlantic coast for the coming heating season.
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Hagerstown
Office of Price Stabilization
Atlantic Coast
Standard OW
OTS
Seaboard
OPS
Magistrate Rules Against State Funeral Board In License Case
Magistrate Paul Otlinger acquitted Ralph N. Martin of directing a funeral without a director license. The Rest Haven Cemetery Company hold a valid director license issued May 10 for the coming year, and the board's challenge focused on qualifications. Rev. Paul M. Robinson testified to Martin’s competent service while the case centered on license status, not Martin’s fitness.
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Ralph N. Martin
Rest Haven
Rest Haven Company
State Board of Funeral Directors
Paul OlUftinger
Charles D. Delosier
State Board of Funeral Directtors
Martin
Stone Bridge
State Board of Hexaminers Baal
Oltinger
Paul M. Robinson
Leo H. Miller
Deloater
Magi Birate
Miller
John Hollyday
Hollyiday
Eimp
Ortinger
Machin Af Creart
Nest Haven Company
X-Ray Mobile Unit To Visit County Towns
The health department and supporters launch a county tour by a mobile X-ray unit. It will visit Suitsburg Avonsboro Kanks Town Williamsport Clear Spring and Hancock to offer X-ray checks. Volunteers assist while sponsors praise Hagerstown Junior Chamber efforts.
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Smithshore
Teo
Flagers Town
Suitsburg
Avonsboro
Kankstown
Williamsport
Clear Spring
Hancock
Health Department
Lubarentosis Associaton
Merister
Hagerstown
Mercury Drops to 53 as Cold Front Hits County
A Canadian cold front saddled Washington County late yesterday driving the thermometer to 53, the chilliest in over a week. Heavy rain totaled 1.34 inches at the Keedysville station. temperatures fall to near 60 at night. Expect cool, pleasant conditions through today and tomorrow with northeast winds easing tonight and a gradual warm up by Thursday.
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Washington County
Keedysville
Travis Knode
Hera
Hagers
Degepes
Weather Bureau
Fireman Injured After Fall Near Thurmont
W. M. Widmeyer, a Western Maryland Railroad fireman of 642 Washington Avenue, suffered facial and shoulder injuries yesterday afternoon near Thurmont after leaping from a locomotive as it struck a parked tractor-trailer at a Thurmont seating plant. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital.
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RE. W. Widmeyer
Washington Avenue
Maryland
Washington County
Thurnont
Widmaver
Fran
Siesel
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