Miners Fund Report Details Payouts and Reforms Across Years
The article summarizes a government report on a miners fund, noting total disbursals since inception in 1946 and payments in the first four months of the year. It cites pensions to 19,186 retirees, lump sum death benefits to 12,500 families, disability and sick insurance, medical care costs, and the evolving impact on widows, orphans, and younger miners. The report also covers retirement age changes, delayed applications, and early medical rehabilitation progress, including 12,504 treated under the medical benefit program and improvements in mobility for paralyzed miners.
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Symite
Minera
Tunnel Blast Ravages Hudson Tunnnel Causes Mass Panic
The blast trapped drivers and workers as flames and gas filled the tunnel from Jersey City to Manhattan. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours while gas fumes were vented by powerful blowers. The two mile tunnel, opened in 1927, suffered severe damage but did not collapse, with communications systems down and traffic restored after five hours.
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Father Shields
Jersey City
Lower Manhattan
Blask
Manhattan-to- Jersey
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
New York
Hudson
Court Clerk Asked to Resign in Baltimore
Wilford L. Carter, elected clerk of the Criminal court in 1944, was asked by the Supreme Bench to resign after a state auditor’s three week review found the office "much in arrears" in docket work and financial records. The auditor, Daniel L. Clayton, submitted the report. Chief Judge W. Conwell-Smith signed the resignation letter.
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Baltimore
Wilford L. Carter
Criminal Court
Supreme Bench
Daniel L. Clayton
Carter
W. Conwell - Smith
John L Lewis Shifts Tactics Toward Softer coal talks
Washington May 14 John L Lewis the veteran labor leader at 49 seeks a new smoother approach with miners and mine owners. Allied Syndicates and George Creel advise public relations help while Creel visits to aid health and welfare fund plans. The change aims at quieter bargaining, though duration remains uncertain if owners reject the new method.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cox
Minda
Mallon Coal
Allied Syndicates, Inc
George Creel
Wood-row Wilson
Committee On Publi Information
Creel
Pame
Ako Creel
China
Baltimore
California
Jaycees Plan Annual Election in Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce will elect seven new directors next Wednesday May 18. Names of 14 men were announced as nominees with the seven top vote getters to serve until July 1 1961. Several board members declined re nomination including Allen Clopper Joseph Hamilton Berlin Richardson Jacob Rudy and Harry Vollmer.
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Hagerstown
Ben W. Pesta
J. Kenneth Ridenourt
Douglas
VA Advises Vets on Benefit Deadlines
The Hagerstown VA office notes a July 25 deadline for unemployment and self employment allowances for most World War II veterans. Benefits may be claimed for employment through July 25 or two years after discharge, whichever is later. Free automobile claims for World War I veterans with leg loss must be acted on by July 1.
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Hagerstown
Veterans Administration
Parley Aims to End Berlin Blockade Dispute
Curran explains March 1 1948 status with no stockpiling and slow progress. West Berlin industries exhausted capital reserves to save Planta during the blockade and now need large credits from West Germany. Only 16 trains daily pass Soviet controlled routes. airlift reached one million tons of coal, while truck passes and trade restrictions fuel controversy.
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Curran
West Berlin
West Germany
Berlin
Germany
No. 13 Not Lucky Case Dismissed in Pittsburgh
Robert Johnson, charged with drunkenness, was arrested and placed in cell 13. His case was the 13th in police court yesterday, Friday the 11th, before Police Magistrate W H K Mac Diarmid, who dismissed the case. The note mentions his name totaling 13 letters and the phrase Those letters add up to 13.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Johnson
W. H. K. MacDiarmid
Farm Laborer Receives Life Term for Rape of Infant
Frederickeburg Va May 14 Massey T Jordan 28 year old farm laborer sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a 1 year old girl last November Judge Leon M Bazile pronounced sentence Jordan pleaded guilty yesterday.
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Frederickeburg
Massey T. Jordan
Leon M. Bazile
Jordan
Five Billion Dollar Red Predicted for New Fiscal Year
A Senate House Revenue and Taxation Committee staff estimate forecasts a $5 billion deficit for the year starting July 1 due to sagging business and higher spending. Receipts lag last year by about $1.6 billion, with income tax withholdings $1.4 billion below 1948 levels. The report could influence calls for new taxes and push for more spending oversight.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Colb Stam
Treasury
Truman
House
Senate
House Committee
Capitol Hill
Eisler Due In England Today
Communist Gerhart Eisler arrives near British waters amid diplomatic and legal wrangling after fleeing the United States with prior prison sentences. Extradition, stowaway status, and potential roles for Scotland Yard, the US embassy, and Polish authorities create a tense political dispute with possible return to New York or a Leipzig professorship.
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Southampton
Eng
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Scotland Yard
Bratory O
Eisler
Gdynia
CBS
Richard Yattee
Batory
Coney Road
Isle of Wight
U. S
New York
Cydnis
Physician Will Testify In Rod Rutledge Murder Trial
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 14 Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr of St Louis is expected to testify early next week in a murder trial. The state closed its case after presenting 40 witnesses over five days. The defense contends Hartman molested Rutledge's wife and that Mrs Rutledge will testify to a sordid chapter in their relationship.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
Walter Barngrover
Rutledge
Cedar Rapiss
God
Dr. Rutledge
Byron Hartman
Bt. Louis
Hattman
Rydney
Haseleo
Marice F. O'Neill
St. Louie
Hartman
Police Probe Many Complaints
The Washington Street School was broken into that night with $7 removed from principal L. Wilson Cabal's desk. Entry was gained by removing front door pins. Residents report BB gun vandalism on Brighton Place. Peter R. Potter's car was hit in a West Washington Street hit and run. W. B. Thomas's locker tote theft. Summers loses a Boston bull dog with a wart on its stomach.
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Washington Street
L. Wilson Cabal
Brighton Place
Peter R. Potter
Bryan Place
West Washington Street
W. B. Thomas
Preston Road
Fountain Head Heights
Virginia
Summers
Madison Avenue
Boston
Allies Approve Self Rule For Western Berlin
The United States Britain and France announced self rule for Western Berlin under limited Allied supervision. They signed a statement of principles granting Germans direct control of western Berlin while occupation authorities retain wide supervisory powers in disarmament restitution cartelization foreign interests displaced persons and security of Allied forces. AMONG GRADUATES Charlee R. Miller of Keedgeville was among 18 graduates of Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary who Thursday night received the bachelor of divinity degree.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Charlee R. Miller
Keedgeville
Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary
City Man Charged With Exceeding Speed Limit
Gerald B. Kayre, 27, of Hagertown Rt. 2, was arrested by city police last night and charged with exceeding 30 miles per hour in the city limits.
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Gerald B. Kayre
Hagerttown Rt. 2
Vets Ready to Paint for Loan-Aid Home Project
Chicago May 14 Larry Borko a 27 year old veteran with no arms leads a volunteer effort with his wife Anna to paint a house needed to secure a loan. Real estate man Joseph Schwartz and veteran Frank Gierek arranged paint brushes thinner and supplies while local veterans groups spread the word. The painting will be completed Sunday with the help of remaining volunteers.
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Chicago
Larry Borko
Borko
Pacific
Anna
Ens
Norman J. Still
Japan
Joseph Schwartz
Frank M. Gierek
Jos. Hines
VFW
George Linherdt
Oak Lawn
American Legion
Schwartz
Gierek
Hines
Linhardt
Communists Claim Advances As Hints Of War Readiness Rise
Shanghai reports steady artillery fire while Peiping radio claims Red columns move into Fukien with advances along the Hankow Nan chang railway. The broadcast says 5,000 govt troops surrendered and 1,000 more including four generals captured on the Hankow to Nanchang front.
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Hankow
China
Peiping
Fukien
Chungan
Foochow
Hankchow
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Shore Resort Swept By Fire at Bethany Beach
Flames destroyed Warren's Hotel and Hilda's Apartments in Bethany Beach near Rehoboth. Damages estimated at 100000 dollars as eleven fire companies battled the blaze, which also damaged two cottages. No injuries reported. cause linked to a cigarette. One damaged cottage owned by former Delaware State Senator L. A. Drexler.
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Bethany Beach
Del
Bethany Beach Bex Shout
Rehoboth
Washington
Warren's
Hilda's Apartments
L. A. Drexler
Delaware
Hagerstown Fire Demonstration During Clean-Up Week
A large crowd watched a staged display as firemen fought multiple blazes on a vacant lot at McPherson and Church streets. The Antietames and Western Enterprise aided with trucks while Fire Chief Matt Hoover supervised. A chemical extinguisher quickly doused an oil fire, drawing the event to a close amid a disrupted soundtrack.
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Hagerstown
McPherson
Church
Chamber of Commerce Safety
Antietames
Western Enterprise
Matt Hoover
Copper Market Rises as Demand Keeps Copper Prices Higher
In New York on May 14, brick demand for copper continued its ascent for a second day. The stock market overall moved quietly except for Curtiss-Wright, with most price changes turning upward.
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New York
Curtiss-Wright
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