03 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
1
The piece outlines Democratic and Republican civil rights pledges from 1944, noting Taft era frames, FEPC aims, anti-lynching goals, and poll tax repeal. It reports Congressional inertia since 1947 and splits among Democrats over Truman's civil rights push, with private doubts about reviving the 1944 race plank.
Circulation department notes mail delivery options for readers on vacation including trips to the beach or mountains and visits to friends or relatives. The Herald-Mail Co. operates from 29 Summit Ave with phone contact.
Oregon faces new flood peril as rising snowmelt and thundershowers push the Columbia and Willamette basins toward renewed crest levels. Federal and state agencies coordinate rehabilitation for tens of thousands, with hundreds of millions in reconstruction plans and fresh efforts to restore rail and road links between Portland and Vancouver.
Southern Coal Producers Association presses for curbs on union power as Goldsborough weighs an injunction against Lewis to force industry wide bargaining. Johnston warns Taft Hartley could trigger repeated public crises while talks stall since May 19 with contract due by June 30.
In London the House of Lords rejected a five year test period plan to end the death penalty for all crimes except high treason and piracy by 181 to 28 vote. In Chicago a safety report cites 23 airlines with seven million passenger miles no fatalities last year. A truck driver report recounts a gunman robbing him of 256 dollars and forcing him to strip.
Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown features a 1910 entrance shift to South Potomac and Willow Lane, with a 1918 granite mausoleum and a landmark waiter tower. Jesse M. Long has managed perpetual care since 1945, while founders and early leaders included William T. Hamilton and George F. Heyser.
The enterprise credited for its untiring efforts began a more accurate accounting system and issued work orders. Dr N B Scott praised Updegraif on his retirement in 1905 for energetic duty execution. The secretary-treasurer post passed from Charles E Baechtel to O Jesse Stot tlemyer in 1931, then Clarence V Snyder, with William H Buchanan serving since then. The present Board includes Charles W Nikirk president and other officers.
Phillip Hardy 11 was stabbed to death in a west Baltimore home raid. His 25 year old brother Robert Hardy faced a slaying charge and was held without bond. Police recovered an eight inch butcher knife blade. Witnesses were held on bail as state witnesses.
Mrs Vanna Richardson operator of a Baltimore tavern and restaurant and John Fronimos a Baltimore lunchroom proprietor were each sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to file sales tax returns and pay taxes. The attorney said Richardson avoided tax payments totaling 682 dollars with penalties. Judge Moser imposed the fine after a nolo contendere plea.
A report claimed the Air Force mistakenly bombed the U S submarine Carp off the California coast, hospitalizing 50 crewmen. Navy vice admiral Radford and Air Force officials denied the incident, insisting the Navy conducts anti-submarine patrols. House member Scott, citing a sailor’s signed statement, pressed the claim before denial.
A past account from a sailor aboard the Carp turned out to be a tall tale written for his family. The narrative, once believed by some, is now recognized as fiction rather than factual shipboard report.
Havana reports Senator Carlos Prio Socarras 44, anti Communist, officially declared president-elect after the Superior Electoral Tribunal tabulated results from most precincts. His rival Dr Ricardo Nunez Portuonde conceded. Prio to take office October 19.
Reports from Pinar Del Rio indicate Manuel Benitez Valdes of the Liberal party elected to the House of Representatives, now living in exile in Miami. Flak Prio campaigns on a big public works program and attracting foreign investment mainly from the United States, while pledging friendly relations with the United States and other nations. Official returns delay on other counts, with votes tallied for vice president, provincial governors, and senators and representatives awaiting results.
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