NAACP Plans July 23 Rally in Hagerstown Wheaton Park
NAACP chapter in Hagerstown announces a mass rally at Wheaton Park on Sunday July 23 featuring labor leaders and state NAACP officials. Andrew Williams says the drive for new members continues in line with New York offices. Committees cover speakers publicity music and arrangements with names including Myer Compton Robert Mack Jarline Dixon Rebecca Merik and Charles Moore. Complete program details to be finalized this week.
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Hagerstown
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wheaton Park
NAACP
Andrew Williams
New York City
Williams
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Myer Compton
Robert Mack
Jarline Dixon
Rebecca Merik
Charles Moore
Employment Drop Noted in Maryland May
Maryland factory employment fell 16.8 percent from April to May 1943 levels, with combined payrolls down 6.3 percent. State Labor Commissioner John Pohlhaus reported 649 factories employing 217,404 workers. May earnings totaled $10,609,897 weekly while the 1929-30-31 index stood at 163.4 and Payrolla at 352.6. average May weekly earnings were $48.58.
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Maryland
John M. Pohlhause
State Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
Pohlhaus
Workers Ordered To Return To Jobs At Rheem Plant
The War Labor Board ordered 150 striking Rheem Manufacturing Co. employees in Sparrows Point Maryland to resume work immediately. Union leaders James Gageta and Albert Atallah were urged by telegrams to restore full production while the board continues to review the eight hour day claim but will not act during the work stoppage.
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Washington
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Sparrows Point
War Labor Board
James Gageta
Albert Atallah
CIO Steel Workers
Swine Conference To Be Held Here
Hagerstown will host the first of three Maryland Hampshire Swine Type Conferences this year to acquaint swine producers with Hampshire breeding and slaughtering types. The August 11 event will have time and place announced later, with Professor J. Coffey of Ohio State University serving as judge and speaker following a similar role last summer. Collateral posted by John Cromer of Hagerstown on charges of operating while intoxicated and failing to stay right after a Middleburg pike accident.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
John Cromer
Route 4
Middleburg Pike
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