10 May 1949
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1949
Page
1
The report cites advisers saying the economy faces serious trouble with hazards ahead like fourth round wage increases and a top heavy crop surplus. Rep Halleck criticizes government spending and avoids Truman responsibility if mood worsens, while Rep Sabath rejects recession forecasts.
Indiana Senator Brewster calls to repeal the 1 percent tax on transportation tickets while urging Congress to study possible cuts on air and freight levies. Senator George suggests delaying the social security payroll tax increase and reexamining excise taxes as a drag on business. The advisory council offered no position on the tickets tax but proposed reviewing freight taxes.
Ocean City Maryland May 9 two men seized in a police raid on Rick's raft obtained definite postponements of their hearings today.
Ford and United Auto Workers held talks with John S. Bugas leading management negotiations after Henry Ford II delegated authority. The dispute centers on speed-up and the human factor. Meanwhile Chrysler announced an indefinite layoff of 22,000 workers due to a shortage of windows, shutting final assemblies at Dodge, De Soto, Chrysler plants and Kercheval body operations.
Several students from the high school plan to enter four year colleges in September. Douglas Mina Jr is tentatively bound for the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Paul Byer Jr received a scholarship to Franklin and Marshall. Laura Shatto seeks Northwestern University with Cornell or Pembroke options. Other colleges named include Johns Hopkins Temple Virginia Georgetown Cornell and Goucher. The school offers guidance and campus visits to help students choose.
About 14 students plan to enter junior colleges or normal schools while 76 others intend to pursue trade schools beauty culture programs or nursing schools in a post graduation survey.
In Jersey City on May 10 voters decide Frank Hague’s decades long control of city and state Democratic leadership. The City Commission aligned with Hague faces a strong challenge from John V. Kenny leading the opposition “freedom” ticket, while Hague’s nephew Frank Hague Eggers backs the regular Democratic forces.
The Optimist Club will host a 6:30 pm meeting at Tortuga Restaurant featuring the YMCA Youth and Government program. Ralph E. Lewis from YMCA staff will explain the program and introduce participants from the Boys' Legislature in Annapolis including Robert Ritchie and Cadmus Hicks who will share their House and Senate experiences.
In Lisbon Portugal on May 9 the U S Navy bomber Truculent Turtle marks 30 years since the NC-4 first crossed the Atlantic. The flight time today matches the 16 hours 50 minutes of the historic voyage emphasizing enduring aviation milestones.
Insurance advisory agents visit orchards and fields to help farmers judge crop insurance levels. They assess risk from hail and advise against under or over insurance. A Hessian fly misattribution of wheat field damage was clarified by an experienced former farmer on the advisory team.
Crop and fruit hail insurance options are listed with per acre limits and rates. Oats and rye up to 5 cents per acre at 2.50 per 100 of insurance. Peas 100 per acre at four dollars per hundred. Beans 200 per acre at three dollars per hundred. Fruits up to 300 per acre at 5.75 per hundred with 10 percent deductible. A standard non deductible policy at 7.98 per hundred. Total hail insurance payouts reached sixteen million dollars in 1948. Local agents note high losses across insured risks, with one reporting 30 percent of prior year losses and another noting all risks except two suffered hail losses.
Pope Pius XII will receive Princess Margaret Rose in private audience at 5:30 p m in the pope's personal library in Rome. Afterward she will tour the Vatican museum to view Michelangelo s Last Judgment. Some English Protestants urged King George to block the meeting. The last prior encounter was more than twenty five years ago.
The article recalls a 26 year old royal meeting when Princesa’s grandparents King George V and Queen Mary were received by Pope Pius XI, predecessor of the current Pontiff.
In Bogota on May 9 floods in Ciudad Garzon left about ten dead and injured fifty others, according to a dispatch to El liberal.
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