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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1948
Page
1
Senator Barkley blasted Republicans and Dewey in a lively Kansas City rally. He mocked the GOP, vowed to clean Washington, and cited Democratic gains over 16 years. The demonstrators pressed for civil rights despite southern opposition.
Southern delegates shift to Barkley as potential vice presidential pick. Willis Olin Johnston Herbert R. OConor Millard Tydings weigh in. Rumors of a Barkley bid prompt banners from states and territories. Douglas decline reshapes the fight and moves Barkley toward front runner status.
Philadelphia reports a live moment at the Democratic National Convention when an engineer switched to a floor microphone near the platform. An inaudible speaker delivered a phrase about shoving prompting laughter among radio listeners. White tailed deer are noted to prefer second growth trees and thickets.
Arab forces supported by tanks and guns failed to retake Lydda as they pushed from Ramallah toward Jerusalem. Beit Nabala and Deir Tarif fell to Jordanian Legionnaires, who neared Lydda airport before Israeli fire knocked out two armored vehicles. The AP correspondent reported Israeli troops maintaining momentum from the coast toward Jerusalem, while awaiting a clash with Bing Abdullah’s Legion.
July 13 Philadelphia reports the Westinghouse Electric plant in South Philadelphia shut by a CIO driven protest strike involving 6000 workers. Local 107 leader John Schaefer says two aviation gas turbine division employees Frank Caragi and Herbert Lewin were declared security risks and placed on forced leave and escorted from the Lester suburb plant.
Philadelphia July 13 Ernest N Votan Regional Attorney of the U S Department of Labor today announced that an action to enjoin Norman C Baker sole owner of the N C Baker Lumber Company of Easton Md lumber mill operator from alleged violations of the over time record keeping and interstate commerce shipment provisions of the Federal Wage and Hour Law Fair Labor Standards Act was filed in U S District Court at Baltimore The defendant employs approximately 25 employees in and about his place of business in Easton and in logging operations in the neighboring territory in the production of lumber and in the sale and distribution of building materials
A London bookseller paid 15400 pounds at auction for a 500-year-old vellum Latin Bible printed in Mainz in 1462. The find, previously owned by the late Baron Horace De Laudau, fetched 61400 dollars equivalent.
Belgrade July 13 report that the Croatia Supreme Court began a mass trial of 50 accused spies and terrorists tied to the Ustachi network. Lead defendant Ljubo Molosh faced charges of responsibility for over 200000 deaths. the indictment links the Vatican and British American authorities to harboring and aiding the group.
In a pointed critique, speakers blasted the GOP convention's stance on Social Security and prices. They argued Republicans backed high profits over ordinary people, warned of deflation for farmers and labor, and warned of another severe economic downturn akin to 1929. Senator NeHman urged atomic energy international control as a first step toward disarmament, while McMahon labeled GOP isolationist for omitting atomic energy in the platform. Rep Kirwan called Congress under GOP control a failure for the masses, recalling 1921-22 issues from Japan to Teapot Dome and the stock market crash.
Sixteen thousand workers at Libbey Owen Ford Glass and Pittsburgh Plate Glass won hourly wage boosts of 19 cents today in Cincinnati area labor actions.
Washington reports James Boyd accepted his third interim appointment as director of the Bureau of Mines today. He has not been paid for nearly seven months, and the Senate has failed to confirm his selection.
The source cites a chilling aim to liquidate the Serbian race and Jews along with all opponents of the Ustachi regime, signaling a genocidal policy underlying the authority in power.
Housewives avoided high prices while some shoppers bought regardless. H M Conway of the National Livestock Producers Association warned the meat shortage would persist until grass fed cattle arrive around September. The Agriculture Department noted meat prices may rise as production dips and demand stays strong, with potential slower fall declines if income rises. Pickell of the Corn Belt Livestock Producers Association hoped cattle might average closer to 26 dollars a head next year than 36, citing a bumper corn crop to encourage feeding.
A fragment notes that feeding or management changes lead to heavier weights for meat animals and more animals reaching market. It references livestock feeding effects and market supply without specifying species, dates, or locations. The readable text emphasizes growth and market arrival rather than broader context.
Federal Judge W Calvin Chestnut issued an injunction ordering Baltimore to desegregate three public golf courses previously reserved for whites. The order, signed in the case of Charles E Law, prohibits the city from enforcing segregation at the courses.
The regulation reserving courses for white players is open to amendment. The judge in Law's case ruled Negroes may use all four city courses. He found facilities at the Negroes only courts are not substantially equal to those for white golfers.
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