Lawmakers Seek May Testimony In War Profiteering Probe
Congressional wrangle over summoning Rep May to testify continues as Mead defends committee control while May seeks conditions of judicial fairness. Mitchell moves to summon chairman for informal witness status as Erie Basin Metal and Batavia Metal hearings proceed and key witnesses Garsson and Fields are dismissed.
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May
Mead
Kentuckian
Guy
Mitchell
D Wash
House Military Committee
D-Ny
Army
Senate
House
Washington
Combine
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Elgin, Ill
Batavia
Bl) Metal Products Company
Associated Companies
George Meader
Anish
Henry Garsson
Benjamin F. Fields
Fields
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Byrnes To Report On Radio Tonight
After a conference on peace treaties for Italy Finland and the Balkan states the United Nations assembly will meet in New York on September 23 Byrnes plans a ministers meeting before then to discuss Germany and Austria terms. New problems arise including anti Jewish violence in Poland border tensions at Trieste and funding for a potential loan. The British loan passage thrills Byrnes and shapes shifting U S Britain policy with possible disagreements on future issues.
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Italy
Finland
Balkan States
United Nations Assembly
New York
Byrnes
U. N
Germany
Austria
Poland
Trieste
Congress
Truman
Connally
Vandenberg
House
Paris
Ali
Britain
United States
Defining Representation Expansion For Baltimore County
The 1867 constitutional framework sets county representation in the General Assembly. Each county gets one Senator. delegates vary by population from two to six. The piece urges adjusting representation to be more equitable, noting some counties now underrepresented due to population shifts. It calls for a bipartisan group to draft amendments for the 1947 General Assembly, subject to referendum.
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General Assembly
House of Delegates
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Bride of Four Days Fatally Injured in W Va Crash
Norma Louise Smallwood a 19 year old bride of four days died after a Friday car crash near Clarke's Gap on State Route 9 while returning from her wedding trip. Her husband Willard Glenn Smallwood of Millville was seriously injured when their auto struck a taxicab at the intersection. The body was moved to Leeburg Va for burial services tomorrow.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Bolivar
Norma Louise Smallwood
Willard Glenn Smallwood
Millville
Clarke’s Gap
Blue Ridge
Here
Smallwood
Leeburg
Wanted distributorship and sales position ad
Classified notice seeking distributorship sales or public relations work with an established firm. Veteran, 32, owns a car, good references, some capital available. Respond with Box 12 Herald Mail.
Manpower fears loom as fall labor shortage may hit
War Mobilization officials warn of tighter labor markets this fall as returning veterans flood the job pool. CPA analysts say housing drives and lower paid industries will feel strains, with women and retirees likely to rejoin the workforce if wages rise. Unemployment is estimated around 2.56 million, and the Census Bureau notes many are already permanently out of the labor pool.
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U.S. Employment Service
USES
CPA
Armed Services
Old War Manpower Commission
Census Bureau
Stolen Truck and Recovered Car Reported in Sharpsburg
Milton E. Rems burg’s truck from Sharpsburg Route 1 was stolen Saturday evening from the residence. E. F. Dodson’s car on North Prospect Street was stolen Saturday night and later recovered on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Milton E. Remsburg
Sharpsburg
Remsburg
E. F. Dodson
Prospect Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Britain seeks huge loan to aid world trade
The British plan a large loan repayable by 2001 with funds direct from the United States Treasury, aiming to boost freer world trade. Russia would need Export-Import Bank support, but the bank has less than 1 billion dollars available.
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Ture
London
United States
Moscow
England
U. S
France
Ethiopia
Plans For New Houses Need OK
Plans for new houses list multiple builders with dimensions and costs on Spruce Chestnut Maryland Salem Devonshire Florida avenues. A Veterans of Foreign Wars post got a remodel permit at 66 68 East Washington Street for 6000 dollars.
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John Tracy
Chestnut Street
Douglas P. Ridenour
Maryland Avenue
Calvin C. Parkinson
Salem Avenue
Theodore Knox
Devonshire Road
Harry 8. Stouffer
Maryland racing legends and Pimlico funding facts
Governor Eden owned the racehorse Whynot and Vernor Eden lies buried in Annapolis. Bowie owned Crickmore in the 1880s who defeated Hindu. racing is a Maryland tradition. The Maryland Jockey Club says two people fund racing: the horseman and the racegoer. The state contributes no money, making the horseman and public the priority at Pimlico. Pimlico handles large sums but dividends run under two percent due to the structure.
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Governor Eden
Maryland
Anthony Eden
England
Whynot
Vernor Eden
State House
Annapolis
Bowie
Crickmore
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico
Ney
Ameren
General Byron Opens Hagerstown USO Ceremony
Major General Joseph C. Byron headlined city park events marking the closing of the USO in Hagerstown. He praised USO efforts in WWII, noted improved GI conduct, and urged continued postwar coopera tion. Dorothea Kendriks presented service certificates as the Municipal Band and Masonic Choir performed.
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Joseph C. Byron
Craiging
United Service
City Park
Hagerstown
USO
Masonic Choir
Byron
Army
Dorothea Kendriks
Gram
Peter Buys
Masonic
Samuel Fleagle
Country
17th Century Turks Enforce Death Penalty for Smoking
A fragment notes that in the 17th century the Turkish authorities imposed the death penalty for smoking. The brief item hints at strict era regulation and harsh punishments tied to tobacco use.
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Herald-Mail
Alfred White
Mihailovic
Aik
Konstantin Fotich
Yugoslay
Peter
Miahilovic
U.S
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Warsaw
Central Committee of Trade Unions
Russia
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Spruce Street
State Reformatory
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Breathedsville
James E. Owens
John Klatzenberry
Theodore Gehrman
OPA
Redwood City
Calif
Ralph
W. Franklin Street
Marylanders
Quentin WO
Pimlico Dome
Chevrolet
Hoffman Chevrolet
Washington and Levant
House of Blue
Rogers Jewelry Co
West Washington St
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Stow Franklin
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Harry M. Friedman
Harry's Loan Office
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