Shippers and Seamen Resume Settlement Talks
Shippers and CIO seamen were summoned to negotiate today for the first time in five days at Atlantic and Gulf ports. Mediation officials reported shuttle talks with 40 companies and the NMU seeking concessions while ship operators consider wage formulas from the Wage Stabilization Board. The strike disrupts nearly all American flag shipping from Maine to Texas, though defense cargoes move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Clyde M. Mills
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO National Maritime Union
Maine
Texas
Constitution
Iids Atips
Gulf
Frank J. Taylor
U. S. Wage Stabilization Board
Taylor
Joseph Curran
NMU
Marine, Engineers Beneficial Association
American Radio Association
Tinione
Colers
Chamber Aid To Speak Here In Courses
Duane Strawbridge the southeastern division program adviser for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will address the Hagera town Chamber of Commerce luncheon on June 2 to outline how local chambers can participate in national affairs committees and build educational programs explaining business functions. He has worked with Westinghouse and Johns Manville and collaborates with chambers in Maryland Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Strawbridge
Southeastern Division
The
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Hagera
Town Chamber of Commerce
Iocal Chamber
Strawbridge
Chamber For Commerce
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
Obituaries from Hagerstown area dated notice dawn
Obituaries for Edith M Wallace Ruth Keedy Marie Snyder Alice Troxell list deaths in Hagerstown area. Wallace died at Ruth Keedy home aged 72. Snyder died in Delaware Hospital aged 70 with relatives in Hagerstown. Troxell died at Garlock Nursing Home aged unknown. Funeral arrangements set at Kratss Coffman and Rose Hill Cemetery interments. Survivors include nieces nephews spouses children and siblings with church and fraternal affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M
Wallace
Edith M. Wallace
Lece
Ruth Keedy
High Street
Virginia
Charles
Sarah (Lowry) Fleet
Harrisburg
Hagerstown
Kratss
Paul B. Watlington
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mary A. Snyder
Mary Agnes Snyder
Joseph W. Snyder
South Mulberry Street
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Del
Joshua
Sophie Zepp
Snyder
St. Paul's
E.U.B. Church
Cheerful Workers
Queen Esther Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Oriole Grove No. 1
Woodven’s Circle
Helen Krepps
Lilvfer Springs
Ralph C
Ida Donoghue
Harry Zepp
Frank
Newark
N. J
Joseph
Long Beach
Cal
A. K
Alice R. Troxell
Alice Reed Troxell
Generous F. Troxell
Funkstown
Garlock Nursing Home
Joseph and
Mary Dusang Reed
E.A.B. Church
Baker
Ladies Aid Society
The
Missionary Society
Hubert Stotelmyer
Hugh K. Hagerstown
Gistera
R. C. Adkinson
Cora Thomas
Denver
Colorado
A. K. Coffman Funeral Home
Raymond M. Miller
Funkstown Cemetery
Wool Market Boosts Washington County Sheep Industry
Washington County farmers showed renewed interest in sheep as wool sales at the Farm Bureau Co op wool pool totaled 30 226 pounds over two days. The United Wood Growers Association oversaw sales by 212 raisers, nearly doubling last year’s volume and promising at least 330 000 in county farm income. final prices await inspection and Rost on market pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Farm Bureau Co-op
United Wood Growers Association
M. L. Sutton
Buys
Byrus to be named director of Fire Extension Service
Cumberland Md June 20 Robert J Byrus will be named director for the Fire Extension Service at the University of Maryland. Byrus formerly headed the extension service at Iowa State College and will assume Maryland duties. He will replace James W Tuft who resigned amid criticism of Byrd. Thousands attend the Maryland State Firemen Association convention with Dr H L C Byrd's address slated as tonight's feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Robert J. Byrus
Cirect
University of Maryland
Byrus
Ames
Iowa
Maryland State Firemen's Association
HL. C. Byrd
Cumberland Evening Times
College Park
Byrds
Byrd
Iowa State College
Maryland
Byrns
James W. J.tuft
Juat
Irving W. Johnson
Firemen’s Association
Johnson
Special Concert For Children By Hagerstown Band
A children's music concert will be held at City Park on Sunday June 24 at p.m. by the Hagerstown Municipal Band directed by Dr. Peter Roys. A preceding children's religious service by the Church of God of is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
P.m
Hagerstown
Peter Roys
Church of God of
Park concert thrills with children and Cumberland Choristers
A program planned to delight all ages features Dr Bays' Childhood Kayes and songs for kids, followed by the Cumberland Valley Choristers led by Charles M. Caasel. The concert ends with varied selections, promising an enjoyable park evening for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bays
M State
Cumberland Valley
Charles M. Caasel
Youngsters No Longer Face Early Draft Age Change
Maryland officials outline new draft law reducing compulsory induction age from 15 to 18. About 3,000 married men, 2,200 men in 4-F, and 6,000 18 year olds are affected. officials say 18 year olds won’t be called until later. A rummage sale notice follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altimore
Maryland
Sergion
U. S. Calls In Scrip To Check Counterfeiters
Frankfurt reports the United States withdrew millions of occupation and defense scrip in Europe and Africa to deter counterfeiters and black market traders. A new issue replaced the old scrip, voided after 1 p.m. local time. About 350,900.00 dollars were at risk as thousands face losses amid market panic and mixed national currencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Europe
Africa
Atlantic
Ilegal
Keener Herd Receives Prefix Name Keen-A-Tea
George M. Keener of near Hagerstown is granted exclusive use of the herd name Keen-A-Tea for registering his Purebred Halatian-Friesian cattle. The prefix will be recorded by the Hala-tain-Friesian Association of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Keener
Higerntown
Keen-A-Tea
Drive Opens To Push Tax Boost Through House
Washington reports the Administration launched a campaign to pass a record 7.2 billion tax increase in the House by Friday. The bill would raise individual rates by 1244 percent, raise corporation and excise taxes, and face limited amendments under Ways and Means. It also proposes relief for some, like income splitting benefits for the single head of family and capital gains reinvestment rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Man Charged With Stealing Local Car Is Sent To Jail
Louis Rizer Jr 26 of Baltimore was sentenced to 70 days in jail for speeding and driving with license refused. He is charged also with unauthorized use of Eugene Metz’s car in Hagerstown. Metz car theft occurred in Baltimore and River War was captured after a tire was shot by a State Trooper in Howard County. Magistrate David Force fined River 250 dollars and jailed him for 70 days when payment failed. After release, Baltimore police will pursue further charge for taking Metz’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Rizer, Jr
Baltimore
Eugene
Metz
Hagerstown
B. C. Hammersmith
Howard County
David W. Force
el Heart City
River
Meta’ Ear
Two Local Girls Make Dean's List
Two Hagerstown girls, Hood College dean's list honorees for the semester just ended, are Martha Jetsy Cannen and Mary Gray Schofield. Both are entering their senior year. Cannen is daughter of James V. Cannen of 1102 Hamilton Boulevard and Schofield is daughter of Addison R. Schofield of Fountain Street Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Hood College
Martha (Jetsy) Cannen
James V. Cannen
Hamilton Boulevard
Mary Gray Schofield
Addison
Schofield
Fountain Stend Heights
Hood
Martane
Festival Supper at Cavetown Church June 22
Lets go to the Festival Supper at Cavetown Christ Church Friday June 22 from 6 to 12 PM. Good food and time with the Men’s Bible Class proceeds support the Salem Reformed Henef Building Fund and local projects in Dearfoss Pike Ady Rand Boons Rohrereville. Rain dates listed after events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henef
Building Fund
Salem Reformed 8
Cavetown Christ'’s Church
Rohrereville Rand
Boons
Men's Bible Class
Adv
Canners face labor shortage as plants expand in Cumberland Valley
H J Helns Company of Chambersburg gears up for a heavy production season amid a shrinking labor pool. Plant manager Robert H Pollock says 600 workers plus 300 to 400 regular staff are needed during August and September to process nearly a million bushels of tomatoes into ketchup and chili sauce while peaches are turned into baby food. The firm plans to recruit locally and import Puerto Rican laborers as defense projects pull workers away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagara
Cumberland Valley
H. J. Helns Company
Chanmhersburg
Farmore
Helna
Robert H. Pollock
Heing
Henry
Heinz Field Money Port
Fairchild Aircraft
Camp Ritchie
NRAB Refuses To Pass Upon W M Test Case
The National Railroad Adjustment Board refuses to pass on a test case from the Railway Industrial Union for 3L Western Maryland Railroad workers. It remanded to the parties after noting failure to reach accord and stating the division lacks authority to define hostler duties. Case involves three men and about £71,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Railroad Industrial Union
3L Western Maryland Railroad
Adjustment Board
RIG
Co. W. Thomas
T. W. Smith
Sestlers
Hagerstown
Frederick Man Injured by Camp Detrick Air Tank Explosion
Lewis A. Rice 25, son of a Frederick merchant, was critically injured when a compressed air cylinder exploded at Camp Detrick early today. He suffered a mangled left arm and other injuries, received first aid at the camp infirmary, then was transported to Marine Hospital Baltimore for further evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Camp Detrick
Army Biological Warfare Center
Lewis A
Bud) Rice
Rice
Jeamp
Marine Hospital
Baltimore
Former Pressmen Union Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Charles Smith, former treasurer of AFL Pressman's Union Local 223, admitted embezzling 2041 dollars from the union. Judge Mish will consider sentencing after the hearing. Smith, a former Herald-Mail pressroom employee, was indicted following an audit. Attorney Wolfinger pleaded for leniency, citing Smiths family financial difficulties and repayment offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
AFL Pressman's Union
Joseph D. Mish
Iment
Smith
Herald-Mail Company
D. Angle Wolfinger
Vand
Soldier Donald Frish Returns to Korea After Illness
Sgt Donald Lye Frish son of Mir and Mrs. Clive Prash of Big Pool has returned to Korea after hospitalization in Japan for frozen feet sustained with the 7th Cavalry Division during last winter’s fighting. He invites letters from friends and relatives. address can be obtained by calling Clear Spring 2815 or Hagerstown 4199.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lye Donald Jr
Frish
Mir
Clive the
A A. Prash
Big Pool
Korea
Japan
Don
Sth Cavalry Division
Frau
Hagerstown
Purge In China Believed To Have Taken At Least A Million Lives
Hong Kong dispatch reports estimates that China’s purge has claimed at least a million lives with more millions destined for mines and labor. The piece attributes causes to Mao Zedong and land reform tied to the Korean War era, noting public denunciations and mass meetings as tools of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hong Kong
Xoimi J
Detp
Mao Tze-ling
AG Fairs
Mporiattam
Korea
Mao
Kored
Rea
Fayth
United Nations
Sir Edwin Watkeins
Burlington
Mich
Bartillery
Watkins
Chis
Nese
Stretelier
Moscow
Horato
Mano
People's Daily
Reda
Rete
People’s Daily
Striking Pilots Ignore Mediation Board’s End Walkout Directive
Striking AFL pilots of United Air Lines ignored the Board’s directive to end an illegal walkout. The union and company have been in dispute for 22 months over hours and mileage amid faster planes. The strike halted all commercial non military flights and grounded 132 aircraft across 68 cities including Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
United Air Lines
U. 3
APL Ate Line Pilots Association
International
UAL
Wne
Honoluloan
San Francisco
Los Angeles
UAT
Boy 11 Cuts Leg on Nail in Funkstown
Charles Br. Waugh, 11, of Funkstown, cut his leg last evening on a nail. He received treatment in the hospital emergency room. Watch Clock jewelry repairing. Pearl rearringing Saum's 21 Jonathan St Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charies BR. Waugh
Funkstown
Saum’s
Jonathan St. Adv
Carbon Dioxide Treatment For Nervous Disorders Is Effective
A Duke University psychiatrist reports a six month trial of inhaled a mixture of 70 percent oxygen and 20 percent carbon dioxide helping 80 percent of 50 patients with nervous disorders. Improvements seen in alcoholics, stutterers, asthma linked emotional upsets, and a hysterically blind patient who regained sight and walking after 14 sessions. No cures claimed, results described as preliminary with no evident harm, though caution for heart or lung patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Duke Hospital
Duke University
George A. Silver
Associativ Neuropsychiatry
Duke Medical School
Nahie
Silver
Rubber Stamps Made In Jiffy By Stouffer Printing
Stouffer Printing Company offers quick rubber stamps with prompt service from its shop at 1200 Ady Street. Call for pricing and turnaround.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stouffer Printing Company
Telephone
Manchestrer light cruiser returns to U S service hero
Seaman Russell Rats of Hagerstown Maryland recently returned to the United States aboard the light cruiser Manchester. The ship supported UN ground forces in Korea and fired a record amount of ammunition in the campaign. It aided major UN amphibious operations and naval bombardments of coastal cities near the Siberian border, earning 6000 enemy casualties in one attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation Russ
Seaman
USN
Mra
William M. Rats
Korea
Hine
Siberian
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Roston
Dallas
Tex
R. T. Shiela
Antietam
Frank Trinity Lutheran Chapel
U. S
Keener Herd
Administration
NRAB
W.M
Frederick Man
Pressmen’s Union
ABC Artists’ of
York, Pa
Sliver
Ielcher
Retcharda Service
Shipley
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
Washington Street
Jake" Hoffman
Mer
Londor
Lawna
Spickler Motor Lines
Cearfoss
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor Corp
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