Four Industries Trouble Spots Continues On Labor Conflicts
Labor leaders and Congress monitor rising tensions across maritime rail and construction sectors as contracts near expiry. Maritime unions led by National Maritime Union and Longshoremen face June 15 expirations with coastal wage disputes and shifting contract periods. Rail unions push for unified bargaining amid slow processes under federal act. Construction sees scattered local strikes as contracts end this season. A Coast and Geodetic Survey bottle drifted 15,000 miles before recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona
Congress
Presiden
Truman
Fva Clo
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Harry Bridges
AFL
CIO
Committee For Maritime Unity
Car- Tab
Reilroads
Death notices from Harrisburg area obituaries listed
Multiple obituaries from Harrisburg area including James H Armstrong John W Sisk William A Artz Mrs Sallie M Shulenberger George S Smith and Mrs Dalay Smith. Notable details include birth places residences church affiliations survivors funerals and interments at Rose Hill Rest Haven and Dunkard cemeteries with services scheduled this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Armstrong
James H. Armsty
Lutheran Church
the Moose
Knights
Harrisburg
Wa Gto County
Jacob
Margaret
Cordell) Armstrong
S. Heith J. Armstrongs
Preston J. Armstrong
Samuel Miller
Beaver Creek
Mary Nally
Emmett Armstrong
Lester Armstrong
York
Aierrow
Walter JL
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hraiss
Jghn
W. Sisk
John W. Sisk
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Albert
Daniel
Charles
Baltimore
Jennie Crum
This City
Clarence Daywall
Waynesboro
Charles Darwall
Youngstown
Ohio
Earl
Edgar
Harry
Minnich Funeral Home
Robert W. Koons
Rose Hill’ Cemetery
Dalay Smith
Daniel E. Smith
Weat Church Street
Rev. G. Rider
Dunkard Cemetery
Mother's Day Birth Twins Surprise New York Family
The Marvin B. Schapiro family celebrated Mother's Day with the arrival of twin girls born when Edith could not reach the hospital in time. Eleanor, the grandmother, assisted as the car rushed. Both mother and twins are reported doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marvin B. Schapiro
Edith
Eleanor
Rotary Speakers Discuss Peace at Area Conference
Rotary speakers addressed the conference in Altoona and nearby towns on peace and national security. Admiral Roscoe Good urged strength in presence, while Senator Clyde Hoey and DIA officials prepared talks on crime and postwar policy. The gathering included leaders from Hagerstown and districts across Maryland and Pennsylvania, with events at Hotel and local clubs and a closing luncheon tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon . Craft
Hagerstown
Tyle
Gun Rose
A Distriet
Altoona
Bedfort
Bellefonte
Hambersburg
Pafield
Coatport
Corfa
Cumberland
Grantsville
State College
Mt. Union
Miglintown
Huntingdon
Martinsburg
M. Tous Hugh MW
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Roscoe F. Good
U. S. Navy
Rotarians
United States
Combined dance at hotel ballroom in twilight
A program of their own tasklight today with a head down wan try Chip the eetoytininess Jove. A combined dance on the hotel ballroom at twilight at 2 p.m. with music by Dick Mout and his orchestra.
William D. South Celebrates 91st Birthday Today
William D. South the retired printer and longtime Reading resident marks his 91st birthday. A pioneer reader and the city’s oldest library patron, he enjoys daily walks and follows baseball keenly, from local teams to the Phillies and Dodgers broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William PD
South
Uth Lovust Street
Wells
Ap Thince
Gton County
Mr. South
Willow Lane Circus
Baltimore
Philadelphia Phillies
Brooklyn Dodgers
Herald-Mail Company
Old Clocks Of This County Contained In Washington County History
The article traces a clock’s journey from a burned house to John Luther Nicodemus of The Nicodemus Bank, then to Lancaster, its return to Hagerstown by bank directors, and finally to Thomas Hillard and Ned Hillard. It invites Washington County residents to share photographs and clock histories for future historical society features, with information blanks at the author’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Luther Nicodemus
Nicodemus Bank
Lancaster
Hagerstown
Thomas Hillard
Nicodemus
Peoples Bank
Ned Hillard
Spangler
Washington County
Historical Society of
Maryland
Protest Meeting by AFL in Hagerstown Chamber Clash
A mass AFL meeting to oppose the Chamber of Commerce stance on the Omnibus Labor Bill is set tonight at the AFL hall, called by the Central Labor Union, AFL. The Chamber urged support of the measure, claiming it would ease labor management tensions. Layers of rock or clay are described in coal seams.
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AFL
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Central Labor Union
Chamber of Commerce
In Memoriam John M Sharer Ady
In memory of father and grandfather John M Sharer who passed away May 12 1944. Gone, dear father, gone forever. We miss your smiling face and cherish the memory of a happy home. By his daughter Pauline Baker and grandson Leroy Ady.
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Sharer
John M
Father
Pauline Baker
Ruth Judd Escapes Asylum After Noted Killings
Ruth Judd, confined for the 1931 murders of Asnes Anne Leroi and Hervig Samuelson, escaped twice in 1959 from the state hospital near Phoenix. She vanished after a trunk discovery in Los Angeles and was recaptured in a downtown department store before being returned to the hospital. State officials cited prior violence and jealousy as motives in the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Judd
Shi
Liberty
Yuma
Hold Young Boys In 5 Burglaries
Police linked a group of small boys to five burglaries including a green house ransack on South Potomac street and the theft of two Tom's Roasted Peanut trucks. Fingerprints and ragged overalls marked the youths who asked for cigarettes and claimed parental consent to smoke. An additional break‑in attempt at Miller Machine and Engineering on West Memorial Boulevard damaged the front door glass.
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Page i
R. S. Spencer, Jr
South Potomac Street
Concord Clothing
Miller Machine and Engineering
West Memorial Boulevard
Building maintenance salesmen wanted in Dallas Texas
Our proven maintenance products are in demand and we seek salesmen to handle growth. Earnings potential is uncapped with some men earning 820000 yearly. Write to Dr. Box 382 Dallas 1 Texas for details and permanent lifetime business opportunities.
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Box
Dallas 1
Texas
Phone workers idle as WV union rejects tentative settlement
The Communications Workers Union in West Virginia reports its members rejected a tentative settlement with Chesapeake and Potomac Co. Terms were not disclosed. AT&T said 20,000 members of the American Union of Telephone Workers had agreed last week, but only 3,000 returned to work amid picketing by other unions. Mother's Day long distance traffic ran about 65 percent of last year.
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Commeniation Workers Union
West Virginia
Maryland Phone Service Normal After Picket Line Walkout
Maryland telephone service returned to normal after five weeks as Baltimore operators crossed picket lines and others manned switchboards around the Chesapeake and Potomac Company. The Baltimore group resumed work under an agreement allowing crossing lines if needed, while union president Margaret Weiss expressed discontent and planned talks with C and P to avert a statewide strike over wages and working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Margaret Weiss
Telephone Traffic Union
Waiss
C and P
Strike at Security Settlement Sought in Cement Strike
North American Cement and Security workers faces unresolved strike with 323 employees in 33 plants. A Newtown report cites a proposed wage pact change ending the pack-horse clause and setting a reasonable starting time for regular crews, aiming to end the stoppage that began May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Cement Corporation
Alientown
North American
Cement Workers
The
Newtown
AFL
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum
Uniun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Four Industries
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Caf
Sen
Hamilton Jewelers
Hamilton Hotel
Timken
Combustioneer
Fridinger & CO
Mulberry St
General Acceptance Corp
Earl Nelkirk
Mgr
N. Jonathan Street
Thomas Building
Hageratown
William A. Artz
William Henry Artz
South Locust Street
Washington County Hospital
Bakersville
Thomas J
Susan (Aver) Artz
First Brethren Church
Odd Fellows
Red Men of
Furkstown
Townsend Club
Mary Eleanor i Mills Artz
Ervin Strump
Lansdale
Elizabeth Artz
Thomas Biershing
J. G Koontz
Claude C. Artz
A. K. Coffman
Victor Leatherman
Rest Haven Cemetery
Sallie M. Shuienberger
Sallie M. Shulenberger
W. C. B. Shuienberger
North Potomac Street
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Misa
Eva
Rachael Shulenberger
Suter Funeral
Scott R. Wagner
George S. Smith
Edgar Mutllendore
Trego
Andrew KH. Smith
Robrersville
Bethel A. B. Church
Edgard Mullendere
Pasedena
Rotary
Admiral Good
Hors
Tel Alexander
John R. Craft
St. James
Vernon Kell
Senator Hoey
United States Senate
Lo M. Leiter
Mvc Math
Ence
Fountain Head Country Club
Lee H. Lincoln
Couderport
Rotary Anna
Senator
Hoey
T. H. Rose
Lee H, Lincoln
William D. South
Memoriam
Acgusticon
W. Wash
Ruth Judd
Martin’s
Martin
Franklin
W. Franklin St
Seaoa
Seven-Up Bottling Co
Prospect St. J. £. Coona
C. Franklin Funk
Chas. B. Funk
East Washington Street
Goodyear
Balto, & Locust Sts
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
W. Washington St
Minil
Franklin Institute Dept
Rochester
N.Y
U. S
Arate
Lane Cedar Hope Chest
Furne E Co
Hagerstown, Md
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