Republicans push local option rent control plan
Washington March 16 Republicans move to pass a local option rent control bill giving rent decisions to state boards appointed by governors while the Senate maintains federal controls to May 1 1949. House debate brands the measure as weak against tenants with critics citing boards packed with real estate interests and shifts blame to governors.
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Washington
Monroney
D-Okla
House
Senate
Holifield
D-Calif
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Sabath
D-Ill
Tennants
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Fruit Buds Swell as Spring Returns to Washington County
Last night and yesterday brought warm weather to Washington County with highs near 70 degrees and lows around 58. Early signs of spring appear as fruit buds swell and forsythia and other blooms threaten to burst, aided by warm breezes and showers reported by J. A. Miller of Keedysville Observatory.
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Washington County
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Weather outlook for Maryland Virginia and West Virginia
Maryland sees partly cloudy and cooler conditions tonight through Wednesday. Virginia expects mostly cloudy, cooler skies with possible rain in the southeast by Wednesday. West Virginia will be mostly cloudy and noticeably cooler tonight and Wednesday.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Cemetery Stock Sells For 18 50 At Public Sale
Sixteen shares of Rose Hill Cemetery Company stock sold for 18.50 dollars each at public sale in front of the Court House this morning. Auctioneer Joseph C. Snyder conducted the auction.
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Rose Hill Cemetery Company
Court House
Joseph C. Snyder
D'Alesandro Predicts Easy Victory for Ger Mans in Third District
Baltimore reports state that May or Thomas D'Alesandro forecast Rep. Edward Germanes will win reelection in Maryland's Third District in a cake walk, stating confidence from a remark made last night.
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Baltimore
Thomas D’alesandro
Edward
Special Charter Election Debate in Hagerstown
A reader letters editorial page criticizing a costly special charter election in Hagerstown and urging a referendum on controversial provisions. The piece argues for delaying drastic changes until the next regular election and stresses that the people should vote on the charter as a whole or on individual questions.
See No Dearth Of Meat Here See No Dearth Of Meat Here
The CIO Packinghouse Workers strike against major and independent packers prompts a return of more home-killed meat in Hagerstown. Stores expect little immediate impact due to ample meat in storage and prior city experience with strikes. Local livestock auctions will feed into slaughterhouses as weeks unfold.
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Hagerstown
CIO Packinghouse
Wall Street Journal
CIO
Suits Grow Out Of Auto Crash
Two civil actions filed in court arising from a January 11 auto crash at Antietam and Mulberry streets involve Charles A Fitzgerald, a noted race horse trainer, seeking 10000 for permanent injuries, and Julia Fitzgerald seeking 1000 for damage to her car against Chester M Frazier who said he rushed his wife to the hospital and ran a red light. Fitzgerald reports elbow injury among others as permanent. May court docket lists the suits.
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Antietam and
Mulberry Streets
D. K. McLaughlin
Charles A. Fitzgerale
Julia (Chaney) Fitzgerald
Chester M. Frazier
Frazier
Antietam
Fitzgerald
Mulberry
May Court
Guilty plea in Emmiteburg DUI case results in fine
Gilmore Needy of Smithsburg pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in Emmiteburg Sunday night. State Trooper Kenneth Bond captured Needy about midnight Sunday. Magistrate Jacob E. Baker fined Needy $100 yesterday afternoon.
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Emmiteburg
Hquor
Gilmore
Needy
Smithsburg
Jacob E. Baker
Kenneth Bond
Newlyweds Home Gutted By Fire
Newly married Lester and Mrs Clark lost their new home at 713 Florida Avenue to a morning fire. The one story bungalow with brick sidewalls burned from a chimney heat source. Clark attempted to save furniture and an electric refrigerator but retreat ed from the heat. No loss estimate yet. part is insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Clark
Florida Avenue
Clark
Clarks
Leckrone Home Scene Of Fire Damages Summer Kitchen
A summer kitchen at Benjamin J. Leckrone's East Franklin Street home was damaged by a fire yesterday afternoon. Firefighters confined the blaze to the small building, keeping damage minimal. Leckrone, a retired fire truck driver who spent 28 years with the First Hose Company, resides in the 200 block of East Franklin.
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East Franklin Street
Benjamin J. Leckrone
Leckrone
East Franklin
Oleo Tax Repeal Shelved by House Agriculture Panel
The House Agriculture Committee voted 16 to 10 to shelve all repeal efforts on oleomargarine taxes. Chairman Hope of Kansas said no repeal bills will reach the floor this session. Some supporters may attempt a discharge petition needing 218 signatures, but success is doubtful.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
R.-Kans
Congress
House
Truman to Speak on World Problems and Soviet Pressure
Washington dispatches report Congress awaits President Truman’s 12:30 p.m. EST Joint Session address on the foreign situation amid rising Soviet pressure in Europe. Lawmakers weigh potential moves to curb expansion toward Scandinavia and possible Italian election impact, with Turkey also in focus.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Europe
Senate
House
St. Patrick’s
White House
Marshall
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Turkey
Stockholm
Gustaf V
State Department
All In Favor Of Fast Time In Hagerstown
About 100 Alsatia Club members at a monthly meeting voted unanimously in favor of adopting daylight saving time again this year. They believe most city residents want the extra evening hour for recreation or gardening. The action will be sent to the Mayor and Council for consideration this week. The club also voted to sponsor a junior baseball team and re-enter the bowling-on-the-green league, noting their bowlers never lost a game last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
Daily Mail
Morning Herald
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
The
Hagerstown
Alsatia Club
Alsatians
Car Held Here in York Killing Case
A green 1933 Dodge sedan with New Jersey plates was abandoned Friday at a York filling station. George Miller reports two rushed young men bought gas and left when the car failed to start. Police search the York area follow the severed forearm discovery near York PA. Deputy Leister Isanogle says investigators will inspect the car today as officers pursue leads including a report of occupants asking directions to a nearby girls camp.
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New Jersey
George Miller
Potomac
York
Leister Isanogle
Pennsylvania
Isanogle
Miller
Truck Demolished Truck Driver Is Unharmed
Jacob F. Rockwell a 21 year old of Mercersburg escaped uninjured when the truck he drove blew a tire on Rt 40 near Cedar Lawn. The vehicle overturned and the cab was demolished after the front tire failed sending it over an embankment and into a pole. Rockwell was en route to Hagerstown with 1800 feet of lumber for Victor Products plant in Hagerstown. Deputy Sheriff Leister Isandgle reported the incident occurred early this morning.
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Jacob F. Rockwell
Mercersburg
Rt. 40
Cedar Lawn
Leister Isandgle
Rockwell
Hagerstown
Victor Products
Forest Warden Toms Fights Maryland Field Fire
Radio communications helped summon State Forest Warden Herman Toms near Hagerstown to battle a blaze in Frederick county. A windblown field fire threatened Burkittsville school prompting evacuations. guards and line crews worked to prevent power outages. Toms fined John W. Rice for a prior timberland blaze but urged strict brush-burning limits after a damaging afternoon.
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Herman Toms
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Salmandar
Smithsburg
Toms
Potomac Edison
Burkittsville
Washington County
Brunswick
John W. Rice
Frederick’ County
Uplands
Hamburg
Salmander
Lamb’s ‘Knoll
Coal Strike Expands Across Industries Nationwide
Pittsburgh reports the soft coal walkout expanding quickly with 210,000 workers, over half of soft coal miners, quitting in support of John L. Lewis’s demand for $100 monthly pensions. The United Mine Workers union has 23,000 members out, with others halting work in 11 states. U.S. mediation officials try to halt the strike while considering government action. President Truman faces possible injunctions and the Taft-Hartley Act’s emergency provisions would require time to activate.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
U.S
Truman
U.M.W
Lewis
Miners Back Lewis in Pension Fight in Pa Mines
Uniontown area miners idle over pension demand for 60 plus years with 20 years service backed by nearly all United Mine Workers. Some independents still operate as they stand by Lewis’s plan, arguing operators profit from royalties while workers receive little.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Fayette County
John L. Lewis
Library
John
Lewis
Iit Ie
30000 Army Men Added To Aid Security
Rome reports Italy has added 30000 army men to public security forces to deter a leftist seizure of power after April elections. Pacciardi, deputy premier and public order chief, said troops will be armed for street fighting and police guard duty during the critical post election period. Some observers doubt the Communist accusation that the Marshall Plan aids will influence Italy’s government.
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Rome
Italy
Tandolfo Pacciardi
Pacciard
Pacciardi
Alcide
Marshall
U.S
Aly
Palmiro Togiliatti
Western Germany Voted Into Plan at European Conference
Paris reports the European Recovery Conference voted unanimously to include Western Germany in the Marshall plan. Portugal's Jose Caeiro De Mata urged Spain be included, praising its cultural and agricultural resources. The committee recommendations move to final session for approval as all 16 nations are represented. The plan’s financing comes from the U. S. Treasury with the Senate having approved a $5.3 billion appropriation.
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Paris
European Recovery Conference
Germany
Portugal
Jose Caeiro de Mata
Franco
Spain
de Mata
Marshall Plan Union
U. S. Treasury
Senate
Four Cars Stripped Near North American Cement
Four automobiles at the North American Cement plant in Security had tires tubes and batteries stolen overnight leaving interiors stripped. Owners include Charles E Dayhoff Glenn L Bowers Charles R Sprecher and Mike Luiperspeck of the Hagerstown Security area. The theft occurred between 11 p m and 7 a m Deputies report no clues and warn of potential danger at a second site Reginald Ankeney farm near St Pauls where a 60 foot belt and bags of feed were stolen from a barn. deputy warns returnees will face a shotgun.
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North American Cement Corporation
Leister Isanogle
Cement Company
Charles E. Dayhoff
Glenn L. Bowers
Charles R. Sprecher
Mike Luiperspeck
Hagerstown
Reginald Ankeney
St. Paul's
Isanogle
Krug Named Honorary Rat Catcher in Wheeling
Washington March 16 Secretary of the Interior Krug accepted appointment as honorary rat catcher and lifetime waiver of duties. Mayor Carl G. Bachmann of Wheeling WV sent Krug a certificate praising the appointment as significant amid a national campaign to rid the country of rats, germs, and waste.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Wheeling
Carl G. Bachmann
Sweden Urged To Ready For War Preparations
Sweden urged to mobilize for possible conflict as Gen Helge Jung reports to King Gustav about low readiness across army coast guard navy and air forces. defense staff pleas for more funding and materials to boost Sweden military preparedness nationally.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Helge Jung
Navy
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Benjamin
Chippy) Weiner
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Western Germany
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