War Labor Board Deliberates Soft Coal Wage Dispute
Washington May 25 The War Labor Board moves toward a late decision on the soft coal wage dispute with talks over portal to portal pay possibly returned to collective bargaining. Some members favor higher vacation pay and removal of lamp rental charges, while others urge full five day week assurances and avoid delays. The panel’s report last Friday urged bargaining over portal pay as an ideal topic. Operators and miners acknowledge administrative and legal issues in any portal to portal order, prompting consideration of negotiated solutions.
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Washington
War Labor Board
U S Moves To Force AP To Sell To All Papers
Federal suit filed last August alleges the Associated Press is a monopoly and seeks to compel sale to all papers. A three judge expediting court was set up January 11 at the attorney general’s request. AP answers in October denied monopoly claims and argued for a free press to gather and distribute news with open association.
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Federal District Court
Biddle
Associated Press
Chicago Sun
Associates Press
Pago Pago Girls Lack Glamour Says Marine
In Baltimore on May 25, Marine Private William J. Weber described native Pago Pago women as flatfooted with poor complexions and beards. He likened the town to a tropical melodrama and noted a lack of gin and drums, saying only mild beer called a pink lady was available. Weber recently returned home to Baltimore.
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Baltimore
William J. Weber
Pago Pago
Weber
United States
Lull on Russian Front Amid Ongoing Air War
Sporadic artillery and scouting activity persist along the Russian front as a tense lull holds, while air strikes continue to define the battle. Both sides press transport and communications targets, moving supplies to strategic zones ahead of summer operations. The Red Army clings to lines west of the Donets near Lishchansk and northeast of Novorossiysk in the Kuban, with no major front changes. Russian guerrillas raid behind German lines, damaging a German train of 22 cars in Crimea.
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Red Army
Donets River
Lishchansk
Novorossisk
Kuban
Crimea
Death notices from Hagerstown and Greencastle
William Lewis Wellinger of Hagerstown died at 2 50 am at 703 West Washington Street aged 60 years 1 month and 17 days He lived in the city many years and held various posts before retiring to private life He was a Democrat active in church and fraternal work and once nominated for councilman He is survived by his wife sister and two brothers Funeral at St Marks Lutheran Church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery Also Martha Elizabeth Mowen Benchoff died at 9 20 pm Saturday at the home of her daughter in Waynesboro aged 77 She was born in Greencastle and lived there most of life Surviving are a daughter six grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services at Yeeter Funeral Home Greencastle Wednesday at 3 pm with interment Cedar Lawn Cemetery
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William Lewis Wellinger
Jacob and Mary
Bauer) Wellinger
West Washington Street
Mr. Wellinger
Hagerstown
South End
Bower & Miller
Trust
Wellinger
Norman Council Jr
Daisy
Clark) Wellinger
Josephine Clayburn
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles E
Tiarry W. Wellinger
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Roy L. Sloop
Rose Hill Cemetery
Martha Elizabeth Mowen Benchoff
Frank J. Stall
South Grant Street
Waynesboro
Benchoff
Greencastle
Daniel and
Rebecca Palmer Mowen
Stull
Yeeter
George L. Kress
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Thanks for kindness at time of death of husband and father
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown after the death of our husband and father. Thank you for the floral tributes and the use of fears.
Chain Letter Nuisance Returns at West End
Two West End residents reported a new form of the chain letter promising luck if the chain is kept and misfortune if it is broken. The letter claims origin with an American officer and has circulated worldwide, naming Gracie Fields and Dr Ambrose as alleged examples. The Daily Mail prints many addresses daily.
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West End
London
Gracie Fields
Dr. Ambrose
Daily Mail
Spectacular raid nets alleged horse race bookie in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown a major raid led by Chief Peters and nine other officers resulted in the arrest of Paul R. Diffenderfer and six others suspected as inmates of a gaming room. Authorities seized radios, betting sheets, a roH down game, chuck o luck, poker chips and obscene literature. Diffenderfer, a barber, operated a short wave radio with earphones. Several inmates signed statements admitting they were there to play horses, witnesses described a crowded scene across from the Western Maryland station.
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William H. Peters
Peters
Diffenderter
Cannon Avenue
P. V. Riffee
McDowell Avenue
John Heil
Franklin Street
George Street
Diffenderfer
Williamsport
Wayne Sellman
Sgt
J. B Brown
James EF. Ray
L. J. Britcher
David E. Clark
John E. Rohrer
H. Bkiser
H. R. Maugans
Harry Holsinger
J. J. Coady
Maryland
Navy reports partial destruction of Japanese bombers at Attu
Washington May 25 The Navy said seven of sixteen Japanese twin engine bombers that ventured into the Attu battle area Sunday were probably destroyed. An additional ten were originally reported as definitely destroyed.
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Washington
Navy
Attu
Press For Vote Next Week On Anti-Strike Legislation
House managers abandon this week's bid to force a vote on Connally-Smith anti-strike bill. They will demand action early next week with or without administration aid. Military Committee Chairman May says plans changed to avoid procedural fights while soft coal truce remains in effect and labor peace negotiations continue.
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Washington
House
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Battle Of Attu Continues As Forces Press Japanese
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the battle for Attu Island is continuing with Japanese troops pressed back on the northeastern tip. He reported no fresh information beyond yesterday’s communique and noted American forces have the enemy corralled on the peninsula. He declined to identify the bomber origin, speculating Kuriles as a possibility, and said no airfield feasibility reports had yet arrived.
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Washington
Knox
Attu Island
Atsu
Attu
Kuriles
Missing in Action: Lieut Charles F Elliott
Mr and Mrs Bruce A Elliott of 647 Sunset Avenue report their son Second Lieutenant Charles F Elliott age 24 is missing in action The telegram from the War Department says he entered the U S Army Air Corps last June 20 and was a bomber pilot He had served in the North African theater since the start of the year and is a brother of First Lieutenant Robert Elliott
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Bruce A. Elliott
Sunset Avenue
War Department
Charles F. Elliott
Lieut. Eliott
Robert Elliott
U. S. Army Air Corps
Local War Manpower Panel to Decide Hagerstown Status
Laundry workers warned layoffs would loom unless action stopped workers from moving to other industries. Stouffer stated no industry can be declared locally needed in Group TIT areas under War Manpower Commission rules. The change in Hagerstown’s grouping will be debated at Thursday’s local War Manpower Committee meeting.
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Hagerstown
WMC
Stouffer
War Manpower Commission
Hreerstown
War Manpower Committee
Labor and Management
Wanted: Modern home with July 1 possession
Cash buyer offers up to 5000 dollars for a six room modern home with possession on July 1. Communications directed to Box and care this paper.
War Dept Demands 44000 Rubber Workers On Strike Return
Akron May 25 The War Department urged 44 000 idle CIO workers to return to plants as Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich idled 49000 amid a wage dispute with the War Labor Board Sealed picket lines barred entry at Goodyear while URW head Dalrymple and Army official Mitchell pressed for production The three major firms reported thousands absent from work amid essential wartime manufacturing for masks barrage balloons and other gear.
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War Dept
Akron
CIO
War Labor Board
War Department
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
BFP
Goodrich Co
Pirestone Tire & Rubber Co
James P. Mitchell
Army Service Forces
Mitchell
Sherman H. Dalrymple
International Urw
Washington
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear
Firestone
Goodrich
OPA High Command Stands Firm Amid Price Fight
The Office of Price Administration faces sharp denunciations from businessmen and internal dissent as Administrator Prentiss M. Brown defends the meat and coffee price ceilings and the agency’s $400 million subsidy program. He seeks funds for 1,400 inspectors and 6,000 clerks to bolster enforcement and rejects talk of mass resignations, insisting OPA remains on the job.
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Chief Brown
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
House Appropriations Committee
Brown
OPA
Capitol Hill
Four Paroled In Circuit Court Under Suspended Sentences
Four to prison and six paroled in circuit court with promises to reform. Breeden and Foltz received suspended sentences, Cross was paroled after admitting thefts tied to whiskey, Tosten got 18 months suspended on a sobriety pledge, and Knode received another parole with warnings about immediate return to prison for further missteps. The judge stressed accountability and family character. The youth is 18.
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Foltz
Breeden
Cross
Hagerstown
North Potomac Street
Hig
Mish
Tosten
Knode
Potomac
South Potomac
J. S. Mail
Edsel Ford Remains in Critical Condition
DETROIT May 25 Edsel Ford 49 year old president of Ford Motor Company was reported still in a critical condition at his Lake St. Clair home. Ford son of Henry Ford and chief executive for 24 years suffers from undulant fever a long persist ing painful disease transmitted from animals and through milk.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Lake St. Clair
Gas Coupons Restricted For Pleasure Driving
Government ration notes limit gasoline use for nonessential driving and announce penalties for those traveling to Memorial Day events in Sharpsburg and Rose Hill cemetery or to a PERA Fairchild Aircraft gathering. Ration Board may revoke or suspend gasoline coupons. Navy tableware highlights non slip cup and sauce. Armadillo size note.
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Sharpsburg
Rose Hill Cemetery
PERA
Fairchild Aircraft
Ration
Local air force notes mark promotions and losses of wartime crews
A Daily Mail dispatch details promotions and assignations of service members. Captain Kenneth A. Beecher, promoted after distinguished raids over Germany, reports oversea service and a missing former co-pilot. Several relatives receive postings and new duties across the Army Air Forces and Navy units. The column lists Elswhere Lt. Miner and Ensign Staley, among others, with home addresses and posting details, noting training, gunnery schools, and expected reassignment as the war continues.
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Kenneth A. Beecher
Flying Fortress
Germany
Aaron Reecher
Russia Demands Immediate Food Aid for Red Army
At a U N food conference in Hot Springs Virginia Soviet delegate A D Krutikov urged urgent food relief for the Red Army and liberated populations, saying relief is needed during postwar restoration and that lend lease supplies are not fully meeting Russia's needs. US officials acknowledged Russia's concerns though Adm Stettinius declined comment.
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Hot Springs
United Nations
Red Army
Russia
A. D. Krutikov
Krutikovy
United States
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Flood Devastation Upends Illinois River Towns
A flood disaster marchs across Illinois as Beardstown and other river towns face possible abandonment. Army engineers report multiple levee failures, rising river crests forecast at 80 feet, and evacuation orders along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Chester C. Davis calls governors and ag officials to meet in St. Louis to plan food production in flood areas.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
Commissioners of Agriculture
St. Louis
Beardstown
Army Engineer
Ilinois
Mississippi
Army
Nameoki
Venice
Chouteau
Mlinois
Big River
Columbia
Chester
Gale
Illinois River
Rummage Sale at Summit Ave Planned by Ladies Aux
A rummage sale at 18 Summit Ave runs May 26 and 27. The event, organized by the Ladies Auxiliary, offers many nice items for sale and support for the group.
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Summit Ave
Ladies Aux
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W.L.B
U. S
Smith Furniture Co
W. Franklin St
Columbia College Summer School
S. Potomac St
Arta
Reichard
W. Antietam
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Meeth
Freethen St — Tatobi
Marine
Ida Freed Ang
Ady
Kraiss Funeral Home
Potewae
Nao
Paul R. Diffenderfer
North Foundry i
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Avenue
Lieut
Elliott
Signature Auto Furniture Loans
Hageratown
Safi Netkire
C.P.A. High Command
Saum’s
Jonathan St
Winfred O. Miner
Roswell
New Mexico
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
New México
Lt Miner
University of Batimore
L. H. Miner
Wayside Avenué
May A. Love
Charles Spielman
Roessner Avenue
Charles, Jr
Grand Island
Nebraska
Army Air Forces
Charles
Fort Wright
Spokane
Iss
Charles F. Spielman
9Th H. B. Processing Hdq
Army Air Base
David L. Staley, Jr
Naval Air Corps
South Pacific
Leutenant
Co Fleet Post ‘Office
San Francisco
Pfé
Bob Bentz’ Creager
Kathryn ’B. Creager
Funkstown
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Hagerstown High School
Creager
W. C. Porter Co
Army of Baltiamore
Army Air Forces Training Center
Miami Beach
Deryle C. Cuddy
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Ohio
A. S. Cuddy
St. Clair Street
Allen Vernon Davis
Morning Herald
Armed Forces
Atlantic City
N. J
Pie. Davis
Huntsville
Texas
Lester Lushbaugh
Central Avenue
Pvt
Leonard
Pat) Lushbaugh
Co. I
APO
Camp Shelby
Miss
Funketown
Lushbaugh
Internaional Correspondence School
Box
Wagerstown
Mil
R. E. Henry
Severase Hamilton Hotel
Community Finance Service
Washington St
Summit
Avenue
Thomas Weatherstrip Co
Boonsboro. Ida
Carpenters
Brandt
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