Rail unions study White House wage offer and road plan
Three large railroad unions and the railroads studied a White House wage proposal that would raise yard workers by 7.5 cents an hour and road workers by 2.35 cents, with a potential five day 40 hour week for yard crews and a cost of living escalator. The plan, viewed as easing the three year dispute, would proceed on take it or leave it terms, without binding arbitration on interdivisional runs.
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Washington
White House
John Steelman
Steelman
Truman
Bitter Panmunjom talks produce no progress on prisoners
United Nations truce negotiators accuse Communists of blocking an armistice as the 62 minute session at Panmunjom yields no agreement on the repatriation of captured Reds. Allied head Joy says the UN will uphold humanitarian principles and reject forced returns while Nam Li accuses allies of mistreatment.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmuniom
Cormumieist
Conmununists
Ddate
Ch Phon
Vira Adin
C.turter Joy
Velows
Joy
Nam Wl
Charles Colson
ULN
Lahalied
Nam Li
Four Red Jets Are Shot Down in Korea War
U S Sabre pilots claimed four Communist jets shot down over Northwest Korea raising total destroyeds to 302 in the Korean War. Allied air losses were minor with B29s and B25s targeting rail bridges and front positions as ground action remained limited.
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Reon
Korea
A. S. Fifth Air Force Annoncement
Hoany
Air Tovrea
Sabra
Sinmbjie
Sunchon
Taedang River
Pyongyang
Air Force
Hamluing
Conans
Rioting Red POWs Clashes Reported at Pusan Camp
Rioting by Communist prisoners at Pusan led to one death and 85 injuries. Minor revolts occurred on Koje Island as Brig. Gen. Roy Roatner restored order with calm tactics. U S Army confirms screenings and mixed camp Enclosure 10 housing both pro and anti Communist inmates.
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Pusan
Kose Island
United Nations
Thatmer
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
UH. 8
Eighth Army
Price Curbs Off Canned Foods Up Starting Today
Price ceilings lifted on some canned vegetables fruit and juices causing 1 to 2 cent per can increases in many stores. OPS says higher margins for wholesalers to offset lower earnings and may extend loosened controls to coffee cereals cookies and canned meats while tuna and salmon remain exempt.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Knight seeks end of meter rule for downtown deliveries
Councilman Roy No Knight urged the Mayor and Council to abolish the meter ruling or meter the entire downtown area. He noted zones for buses taxis and loading and said deliveries by coal and fuel truck drivers were being charged in meters, harming motorists and prompting a potential wider enforcement. He warned that if the ruling remains, every downtown space could be metered and charged.
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Connell
Roy No Knight
Conseil
Downstown
Marold Kisev
Knight
Poing
Five Day Forecast Sees No Sunshine For Several Days
Forecast predicts mostly cloudy conditions with occasional rain through the workweek. Temperatures average near normal with highs in the seventies and mornings in the mid forties to mid fifties across regions.
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Enat
Suiay
Sindy
Local Driver In Route 40 Accident Reported
A truck driven by Mayo Garland Barnett aged 39 from Washington Avenue was in a fender bender on Route 40 near Frederick yesterday morning. No injuries reported and only property damage noted. no charges were filed.
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Mayo Garland Barnett
Washington Avenue
Ehron U. S
Frederick
Counties to receive 37000 from liquor board allocations
The Washington County Board of Alcoholic Beverage License Commissioners will distribute 37000 to Hagerstown Washington County and county towns. Hagerstown gets 22216 AD, County Commissioners 8893.58, Williamsport 2148.22, Hancock 1418.80, Boonsboro 141?, Pinkerdale Lawn 442?8, Sharpsburg 3?8, Smithsburg 50F, Clear Spring 270.84, Keedysville 8.50.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Washington County Board of Alcoholic Beverage License Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Williamsport
Hancock
Boonsharp
Pinks Lawn
Sharpsburg
Smithsburg
Keadysville
Liquor Board
First Of Two Victims Buried After Car Crash Near Martinsburg
A community paid final respects to the first of two victims in a Saturday morning crash near Martinsburg. The second victim, Hazel Draper, will be buried in Green Lawn Cemetery at Williamsport this afternoon after services at her home. William Myers, 17, a Williamsport High School junior and former choir member, was laid to rest at the Methodist Church.
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Martinsburg
Hazel Draper
Green Lawn
Williamsport
C. I Merde
Chureh
William Myers
Myers
Williamsport High School
Methodist Church
William
Cushwa
Rowland Reichard
Miss Draper
Harry Draper
Hancock Cab Driver Injured In Crash
Sherman Leighty an elderly taxi driver suffered head and arm injuries last night when his cab collided with an Ohio car on Francock Street. Both vehicles were damaged in the crash.
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Sherman Leighty
Francock
Direction Signs On County Roads At Board Meeting
The Board of County Commissioners heard a proposal to place direction and mileage signs at all county road intersections. Garland Groh urged signage to aid new and existing residents and offered to cover increased costs as a taxpayer.
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Board of County Commissioners
Garland &. Groh
Gagnon Branded Liar And Faker
Boston officials label Alfred A. Gagnon a liar and faker amid claims he helped plan the Brink’s Job and the O’Brien slaying. Deputy Police Supt Daley cites FBI records and state police findings placing Gagnon in Tampa from 1949 to 1950 and associates him with planned robberies.
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Boston
James F. Daley
Alfred A. Gagnon
Gagnon
Pawtucket
R. 7
Carlton
O'Brien
Warwick R. I
Joseph F. McGinnits
Rhode Island
Providence
Daley
Willian BE
Trink
Dan Gagnon
Hery
O Daley
FHA
Tampa
Mla
FBI
Massachisetts
Hagerstown High Awards Thurs Honors Soph and Junior Classes
Hagerstown High School will present cash gifts bonds and gold medals to outstanding sophomores and juniors at a 2 30 p m ceremony. Senior awards will be given at the June commencement with additional letters to Breakfast Club members for tutoring aid.
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Hagerstown High School
Honda
Menihara
Rachel M. Sheetz
Lawrence Showe
Oil Workers Return in Wave as Pacts Signed Across Nation
About 25,000 of the 40,000 striking oil workers were back on the job in a wage dispute settlement with more expected by nightfall. Sinclair Refining signed a wage pact with 10,000 workers, while Stand ard Gil of Indiana and Cities Service at East Chicago faced breakdowns. The Wage Stabilization Board had proposed a 15 cent per hour increase effective May 11 and extra night shift differentials, with unions pushing for higher pay.
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Denver
Bac
Airlines
Hott
United States
Europe
American Airlines
C. J R. Smith
Sinclair Refining Company
Midwest
U. S. Goncillation Service
Standard Gil of
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Cities Service Company
Chicago
Cleveland Sohio Company Nefoliators
CLO
Cio
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
Enteht
Workers International Triton
Women Seek Defense Jobs In City Shortage Of Skilled Clerical Help
About 400 women in the city seek defense industry positions to supplement family income said Maryland State Employment Service Supervisor Matthew White. He noted employers overlook some job types and a firm recently laid off 150 workers during inventory. The office urges employers to list needs and says high school graduates will enter the labor market this summer.
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Tuper Town
Defense
Defense Industry
Maryland State Employment Service
Matthew White
White
Industriark and Ramplovers
Tonmmerea
Acheson Smeared Over Big Lie Claims
The State Department says Secretary Acheson is smeared by the big lie method in criticism by Felix Wittner in the American Mercury. Assistant Secretary Howland H. Sargeant denounces the piece as unsubstantiated and notes a private group is distributing it broadly.
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Washington
State Department
Acheson
Howland HH. Sargeant
Douglas
Sargeant
Felix Wittiner
American Mercury
Sargeant Quoled Grew
Service
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
School Break-In At White Oak Forest School
The White Oak Forest School district reports a break in during the night. £3 in cash was stolen from the principal's desk after intruders forced a rear door with a screw. No other items were disturbed and principal Mrs Cattie Bo Miller notified the sheriff.
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White Oak Forest
Cattie Bo Miller
Countian Charged After Route 40 Crash Injures Two
Roger F. Griffith of Sharpsburg was charged with reckless driving and speeding after a collision between his Plymouth and a 1951 Neo Soto driven by Mebvin J. Hahn of Frederick on Route 40 near Route 1A. The impact caused several hundred dollars in damage to Hahn’s vehicle.
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Roger F. Grifith
Sharpsburs
Plymouth
Ne Soto
Boys Trouble Lumber Yard. City Police Informed
Colonial Hardwood Flooring Company on West Washington Street reports repeated summer problems with local boys playing around the lumber yard in evenings. They jump between piles and perform gymnastic feats, risking injury. a night watchman has trouble keeping them away, prompting a police check of the yard after hours.
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West Washington Street
Scout Troop Seeks 800x16 Tire Stolen From Camp Trailer
Troop master William H. Courtney reports a theft at the Danser Metal Works site on West Lee Street. A spare 800 by 16 tire was taken from the troop camp trailer used for camping and civilian defense work, with the thief propping the axle on blocks and leaving logs behind.
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Boy Scout Troop No
Sone
Danser Metal Works
West Lee Street
William H. Courtney
Courtney
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