Truman Plans New Message on Labor Problems
The article discusses Truman’s stance on labor issues amid six months of study. The Case bill moves through Congress toward the White House, proposing a federal mediation board and limits on unions. Presidential action remains uncertain as lawmakers and former colleagues urge approval or opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downyn
Senate
House
Ater
White House
House Rules Committee
Federal Mediation Board
Capitol Hill
CIO
Philip Murray
Ball
Minrt
Byrd
D-Va
Ellender
D-La
Hatch
D-Nm
Smith
R-Nj
Taft
R-Obio
Truman
Ask Culling Of One In Every Seven Hens
The County AAA office urged farmers to cull one out of every seven hens by June 30 to reduce egg production and free grain for human consumption. With grain prices high, poultrymen should limit grain use to sustain growth of young stock.
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AAA
In Memoriam Hammaker
In loving memory of husband Cpl Atlee Hammaker who died in Hawaii June 8 1944. A sudden end and bitter grief, a family note of loss and longing, with lines of remembrance from wife Leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammaker
Cpl
Atlee Hammaker
Hawaii
Goebbels Family Found Living in German Village
Katharine Goebbels 79 and her relatives Maria Kimmich 39 and Max Kimmich 50 were found living near Icking Germany under the alias Bievichs. Officers say they fled Berlin before its fall in 1945 and are under investigation for violating orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Berlin
Gackpels
Pennsy Miners Settle Strike After Broad Agreement
The United Mine Workers union endorses the anthracite contract as unanimously approved by a state committee and likely to be approved by the members in a referendum. Ralph Taggart of Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron warns of higher prices. operators seek federal approval to raise retail anthracite prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
UMW
Lewis
É4eman
Ralph Taggart
Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company
Klan Ties Suspected in Fatal Stabbing In Atlanta Area
A 21 year old Black veteran Porter Flournoy Turner was killed last August in a stabbing linked by witnesses to masked assailants. The body was found on a physician's lawn in Dekalb County near Atlanta. The case remains unsolved. A separate February 13 beating in College Park involved Hugh Johnson, who described a car full of men threatening him while his attackers used a leather whip. The incident and the broader Klan association claim draw controversy from officials including Georgia Klaus.
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Porter Flournoy Turner
Dekalb County
Atlanta
Hugh Johnson
College Park
Johnson
Pigid Point
Green
Association of Georgia Klaus
KKK
Stocking Employes Reject CIO Union
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a petition by the Italian Federation of Mas... for certification as representative of employees of the Interwoven Stocking Co. An election May with 105 valid votes showed 33 for the union, 72 against, and four ballots challenged. A Navy release notes LR. Carrell of USNR from 42 East Avenue, Hagerstown, released to inactive duty at Washington center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor He Board
Itay Federation of Massergers
MIO
NAVY
Carrell NW
Usnr
East Avenue
Higerstown
U.S. Naval Personal Separation Center
Washington, D. C
Property Transfers Highlight Dense 1900s Hagerstown Listings
A long list of land transactions from Hagerstown and surrounding areas shows dozens of parcels sold or conveyed to numerous buyers. Names include Walter Heiter, Bruce Hotan, Fairgreen, Boonsboro, and West Franklin Street, with prices ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars and districts such as Election District 5 and 12 noted.
Property transfers listed with names and prices
A series of conveyances shows E Moser and wife transferring two lots on Kuhn avenue for 300 to Albert J Powell and wife to Frank L Welty and wife for 500 on Hagerstown Sharpsburg road. Jeremiah W Barncord to Lester E Humby for 7500 on McDowell avenue. Lester E Humby to Roscoe P Keplinger for 3806 on McDowell avenue. Robert F Forkner to John J Bean for land on Clearview road. Richard M Mills Jr and wife to Raymond G Robinson for land on Ease Lee street. C W Fre Reynolds and wife with Edgar Harrison on West Ishington street. Charles E Gomer to HB Young on Summit avenue. Louise L Miller to Biltrite Homes Corporation on West Washington street. West End Development Company to Agnes V jet on Brewer street for 300. Harry B Davis to Harold B Chadwick for land at Sandy Hook for 4500. Edward I Schildtknecht to Hattie B Stallings on Spruce street.
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Page Life
Molt M. Gail
Sanuel L. Hall
Fsband
Walter A. Heiter
Onset
Central Avenue
Lester BH. Gossant
Bruce Hotan
Wie Chive Reeve
Ben
Juni Poar Fit
N. Trofiman
Wiihide
Charles
Fairview
BR Vennebe
J . Lisle
Ora
Tox Morre
Oliver Pr
Nenek
Hancock Election Fi
Craig WL
Musee
Eigt Woltinger
Howard B. i
Hammond BR
North Hagerstown
Leitershire
Roscoe
Nickerson
Fairgreen Pac
Water S. Snyder
Woodford T. Norment
South Potomac Street
Walter Smith
Walter S. Snyder
North Side Broadway
Frederick Ludwig
Gilbert H
Dlong Mia Avemue
Luther Grove
Thurman
Alphin
Alphin and Wife, Pareel
Earle L. Dockstader
Aaron C. Burleson
Hagerstown
Lawrence B. Henneberger
Biltrite Homes Corp
Boonsboro
Edward R. Kyser
Augusta B. Kyser
J. Edgar Mundey
Charles Morrison
Moter Avenue
Robert F. Forkner
Travid T. West, Jr
East Side
Clearview Road
Av OG
Clarence M. Marks
Myer Linzner
Hamilton Boulevard
Harold
Stenger
Sterling L. Levie
Northwest Northern Avenue
Frank H. Delauney
Luther W. Garns
Franklin Street
the Wind Improvement Co
Edgar A. Renner
Brower Street
Jion
Roy Robinson
A. Fairchild
Lincoln Avenuue
Robert FL Forkner
Bruce J. Hontzberry
Enet
Runald
Britter
Manrice EL Snyder
Williamsport
Ralph W. Barneard
Jeremiah IV
Barneard
Luther FL. Ismith
North Avenue
Asnes H. Bartlett
Lewis J
Bartlett
Mt. Aetna
William I. Darby
E. Stuart’ Bushong
Im Factita
West Side
South Prospect Street
Board of Kiication of
Washington
Canhy
Tloyd E. Clark
Pareed
Clearspring
Ban
Ernes
Wiliams
Myrtle
Mendel Station
Moses
Gavangis
Withiin
Jackson and Wi
Spruve Street
Besoe Josep Vo
Anil
Tani
Eleanor Punkste
Beteth Patterson
Wrst
Shle
Wood
Tromtiensys
Shevo Ty
Francis E. Tloks
Toms Piagerstown
Aesiange Pede
Fug
Marsh Norris
E. Moser
Kuhn Avenue
Albert J. Powell
Frank L. Welty
Sharpsburg
Jeremiah W. Barncord
Lester E. Humby
McDowell Avenue
Lester E
Mby
Roscoe P. Keplinger
John J. Bean
Hichard M. Mills, Jr
Raymond G. Robinson
West End Development Company
Agnes V. R. Jet
Brewer Street
Harry B. Davis
Harold B. Chadwick
Sandy Hook
Edward I. Schildtknecht
Hattie B. Stallings
Spruce Street
Woman Slain And Body Is Branded
The nude body of an attractive red haired woman, identified as Mrs. Mary Duffy, was found in a second floor apartment. She had been beaten and strangled with facial injuries and a branded stomach marked A L possibly with acid. A 6-year-old painter who led police to the scene identified the victim and was held for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mary Duffy
WAC Captain and Husband in Custody
Col. Miller outlined a wartime jewel theft at Krotberg Castle where a WAC captain managed the officers home and received a hidden cache of rare jewels. Princess Sophie Hesse learned of the theft but the casket vanished before her wedding. Charges will be brought in Europe and the accused face court martial likely in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Miller
Miller
WAC
Col. Durant
Krotberg
Sophie Hesse
United States
Europe
Col. Mitler
Germany
County Raspberry Crop Promising for Harvest This Season
County growers report an abundant raspberry crop with large berries and early ripening, according to crop reporter J. A. Miller of Keedysville. Barley harvest is expected to start Monday, several days ahead of the usual schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Miller
Navy's Intentions on St. John's Sought
Governor O'Conor urged the Navy to issue a forthright statement abandoning its plan to take over St. John's College campus for Naval Academy expansion. He cited a House Naval Affairs Committee recommendation to permanently terminate the acquisition and hopes St. John's can proceed without the threat of federal seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O'Conor
Navy Department
St. John's College
Naval Academy
House
Naval Affairs Committee
St. John’s College
Foot Cut Off By Train Near Foundry Streets
William C. Norris forty of North Foundry street suffered the loss of his left foot when a Western Maryland Railway freight train struck him near West Franklin and Foundry yesterday evening about seven o clock. He was taken to Washington County Hospital with burns and facial injuries. Doctors fear amputation of the remaining leg above the knee. Norris had been walking home from work for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was reportedly drinking. a Goodwill ambulance transported him and patrolmen A C Lowry and A C Palmer investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Norris
North Foundry Street
Western Maryland Railway
West Franklin and
Foundry Streets
Norris
Washington County Hospital
Goodwill Ambulance
A. C. Lowry
A. C. Palmer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington County
May Drain Reservoir To Close Leaks
The West End reservoir may be partially drained to permit closing leaks in the tile interior structure. City Engineer Charles Stump told the Mayor and Council that reducing the level could be safe and advisable given the current water situation. Edgemont reservoir remains well filled. Councilman J G Hellane warned that springs in the far west end could dry up once leaks are plugged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Charles Stump
Stump
Edgemont
J. G. Hellane
Seven Men Enter Army Service in Baltimore Enlistment Week
Seven men sent to Baltimore for Army enlistment during the past week include Ralph Hays Ragan Haupt Ralph J Myers Richard K Myers Marvin L Burton Walter M Preston and James O Guessford. All but one are repeat service entrants and the lone first timer is 18. Also noted is a near snake escape incident as Nick Crane avoided a blacksnake while his companion William Kaetzel aided by pulling it away. Cianelli and Kaetzel were tearing out a ceiling when the incident occurred. Cianelli was not bitten and neither was Kaetzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ralph Hays
Smithsburg
Ragan L. Haupt
Rosehill Avenue
Ralph J. Myers
Pope Avenue
Richard K. Myers
Marvin L. Burton
Big Pool
Walter M. Preston
Fairfield
James OQ
Guessford
Carlton Avenue
Nick Crane
Uormah
William Kaetzel
Vista Avenue
Cianelli
Kaetzel
Downsville
Clanelli
Norbitten
Child Injured After Fall at Home on Hamilton Boulevard
Five year old Landis Coffman Sr. received head lacerations at Washington County Hospital after a fall while playing near 03 Hamilton boulevard. A separate incident reports a false fire alarm from Box 441 caused by a ladder dropp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An. Landis Coffman, Sr
Hamilton Boulevard
Washington County
Vospital
Box 441
Seamen Push for 44-Hour Week as Talks Extend
A union seeks a 44 hour at sea while ship operators press a 56 hour standard. Labor Department mediation discussed compensatory time off as a possible fallback. Talks continued late into the night with reporters barred from further details.
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Labor Department
Unlucky June 1 For Mrs Carl McCleary
Mrs Carl McCleary of Freder ick Street recalls two near drownings near Chesapeake Bay and Miller's Sawmill. On this June 1 anniversary she warns against water after slipping on a board and plunging in, saved by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl McCleary
Frederick Street
Chesapeake Bay
Miller’s
McCleary
Ecuador Envoy Urges Sovereignty Concession For World Peace
Ambassador Galo Plaza of Ecuador told graduates at College Park Maryland that nations must surrender some sovereignty to the United Nations for lasting peace. An alumnus of the University of Maryland he received an honorary degree and warned that atomic bombs and long range weapons erode traditional security. He added the Monroe Doctrine must yield as the United States assumes a world leadership role in troubled times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Galo Plaza
Ecuador
United Nations
University of Maryland
Pacific
United States
Jailed For Disorderly House Arrests Reported
Arthur W. Dorsey of Jail Alley was jailed at police HQ on a warrant accusing him of operating a disorderly house since June 1. Also charged were Elmer Jones Pres Cook Effie Eshelman Mary Baughman as inmates. Detectives Wayne Sellman and Patrolmen Wolfe Karn led the arrests yesterday at about 3 PM. In Moscow, Truman condolence on Kalinin death appears on the front page of Izvestia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Dorsey
Elmer Jones
North
Cleveland Avenue
Pres Cook
Braxton Street
Effie Eshelman
Mary Baughman
Fayetteville
Wayne Sellman
Wolfe and
Karn
Accident Victims Treated After Friday Afternoon Crash
Three accident victims with minor injuries were treated at Washington County Hospital. Bessie Swisher of Williamsport cut her foot on glass and was discharged after treatment. Oscar Warrenfeltz also injured when a garbage can fell on his foot was treated and discharged. Merle Hovis of North Potomac Street suffered head injuries while working and was admitted to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Bessie BE. Swisher
Williamsport
Oscar Warrenfeltz
Merle G. Hovis
North Potomac Street
Forfeits $100 For Drunken Driving Case
Harry Davis of the 400 block Mitchell avenue forfeited $160 collateral and costs after failing to appear in City Court on driving while intoxicated charges. Davis was arrested yesterday at Potomac and Church streets by Lt. Magaha and Officer O Hara of Maryland State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Davis
Mitchell Avenue
Davis
Potomac and
Church Streets
Magaha
Set. O'Hara
Maryland State Police
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MILLY
Danzer Metal Works Company
Tristate Detective Service
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Arte Whig
New England
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Cays
West Coast
Mathias
Maryland Co
Potomac St
Goebbels
Klan
Ermiene Incorpe
W. Washingto
Signature Furniture Auto Credit Plan
Eecepneres Nst
Phare
Municipal Electric
Stanton FE
Massie
George
Harwood Road
Y. Keller
Conoco
Forkner
Elbert TL
Carlisle
Gsr
Stanton E. Massie
William P. Goodrich
Daniel A. King
John
Seaforth
Musey & Evans
West
Washington Street
Rince Hill's
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Cacapon State Park
Henry T. McDonald
Storer College
Beginners
New York
Pty
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
St. John’s
Wetherill
America
Brest
Eny
R.D. McKee
City
Victory Bonds & Stamps
Kaybee Peoples Store
Washington St
Rudy
Standard Insulation Co
Moscow
Mikhail Kalinen
Izvestia
James T. Wolfe
Republican
CAM
Meyers & Berkson
W. Franklin St
Harry M. Friedman
Harry's Loan Office
North Jonathan Street
Heine's Market
Mulberry Street
Bair’s Market
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