Ex-GIs Rise Up To Shelve Wage Boost For Brass
A House bill to raise military pay for top officers was sent back to Armed Services Committee by a 227 to 163 vote. Despite broad support, lawmakers cited economy concerns and veteran strains, with President Truman backing the plan. The measure would have lifted pay 3 percent for lower ranks to nearly 50 percent for generals.
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Washington
House
Congress
Button
D-Tenn
Navy
Sutton
Armed Services Committee
Kilday
D-Tex
Truman
Colored YMCA Nears Reality in County Plan
The Board of County Commissioners approved transferring title of the old North Street school from the Board of Education to the county. A Colored YMCA organization will be formed and the property remodeled as a community center with potential outdoor pool for colored residents.
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Board of County Commissioners
North Street
Board of Education
County Commissioners
YMCA
Bond Drive Wagon Schedule Tour Through Maryland
Two of the covered wagons promoting the U S Savings bond drive will tour Maryland next month. The first will visit Hagerstown June 11, Frederick June 13 and Baltimore June 14 and 15. It will be in Annapolis June 16, Cambridge June 17, Salisbury June 18, and after a swing through Delaware, will return to Eastom June 72.
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Baltimore
U. S
Maryland
Hagerstown
Frederick
Annapolis
Cambridge
Salisbury
Delaware
Eastom
Bellevue Work Is Progressing On County Home Renovations
Improvements at the county home move forward with 22 rooms being restored in the wing. The Board of County Commissioners authorized a $6486 payment to contractor Scott A. Barver for remodeling supervision. Fire damage from years past is being repaired as attendants are interviewed by trustees. The May grand jury called the home a disgrace, a claim Commissioners deny while defending current spending.
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Bellevue
Ote
Board of County Commissioners
Scott A. Barver
Board of Trustees
Fred Long
Grand Jury
Joseph Hoffman
Eldridge
Missing Babe Found Asleep On Precarious Perch
A three year old girl, Margaret Laverne James, was found asleep about 40 feet above the Potomac River after a nine hour search in Indian Head Maryland. More than 300 volunteers joined the effort, organized from the Community Building, as searchers combed Potomac Park area and riverbank.
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Aindian Head
Potomac River
Margaret Laverne James
Potomac Park
Greencastle Girl Falls From Car
A two year old Greencastle girl, Helen Maxine Shimer, was admitted to Washington County Hospital after falling from a moving car near her home. She suffered body abrasions and possible head injuries but was reported in fairly good condition.
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Greencastle Snl
Washington County Hospital
Helen Maxine Shimer
Greencastle Route 2
County Storage Building Ready for Occupancy
Road Superintendent Les Swain notified the Board of County Commissioners that the new concrete block storage building at the Roads Department grounds off Northern Avenue has been completed and is ready for occupancy. Part of the facility will store election equipment. broths, tables and chairs from a private company will be moved this week, saving the county about 300 dollars annually.
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Les Swain
Board of County Commission
Roads Department
Northern Avenue
Dedication at Hancock Planned with Beall as Guest Speaker
Congressman J Glenn Beall will speak at Hancock Memorial Day exercises May 29 at 2 p.m. for the dedication of a new band stand and flag pole in Hancock Park. The Webster B Harrison Post American Legion and Hancock Businessmen's Association organize. rain venue is Hancock High School auditorium.
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J. Glenn Beall
Hancock
Hancock Park
Webster B. Harrison
American Legion
Hancock Businessmen’s Association
Legion Post
John Nimick
Hancock Legion Post
Congressman Beall
Middleburg
Beall
Hancock High School
Park
J. W.hogshead
Hancock Presbyterian Church
Hancock Leionnaires
Matthews sworn in as Navy secretary in Washington
Francis P. Matthews of Omaha Nebraska is sworn in as Secretary of the Navy. Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem North Carolina becomes Undersecretary of the Army and Dan A. Kimball of Los Angeles California is inducted as Undersecretary of the Navy. Judge Edward A. Tamm administers the oath.
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Washington
Francis P. Matthews
Omaha
Neb
Navy
Gordon, Gray
Winston-Salem
Army
Dan A. Kimball
Los Angeles
Calif
Edward A. Tamm
U. S. District Court
Matthews
Crab Pickers Settle Strike in Cambridge Crab Houses
A month-long strike by crab pickers at two Cambridge seafood houses ends. Workers return to work by Friday at 17 cents a pound, restoring the original piece rate after a 15 cent reduction and a proposed compromise.
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Cambridge
Truman Nominates Nathaniel Davis as Minister to Hungary
President Truman announces Nathaniel P. Davis as Minister to Hungary, replacing Selden Chapin after the Mindszenty case. Davis, currently Ambassador to Costa Rica, will be the first U.S. representative in Hungary since the Mindszenty proceedings and joins three other ambassadorial nominees including Joseph Flack to Costa Rica and George P. Shaw to El Salvador.
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Washington
Truman
Nathaniel P. Davis
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Davis
Costa Rica
Selden Chapin
Minderenty
Chapin
Joseph Flack
Bolivia
George P. Shaw
Texas
el Salvador
Albert Nufer
Pete Jarman
Alabama
The
Home
Australia
Doctor Accused In $50,000 Suit
Clair W. Hutzler of Butler contends his wife had a long affair with Dr. Paul A. Hinchberger from 1947 to 1949 and that a child was born. He charges the physician attended the birth and billed $122.50 plus an $385 hospital bill, seeking $59,000 in damages. The suit was filed in Butler County prothonotary’s office.
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Butler
Clair W. Hutzler
Hutzler
Hinchhberger
Cleaning Equipment Stolen From Truck Near Guilford Avenue
Police report theft of sewing and cleaning gear valued at 250 dollars from a truck owned by Mike Luby in the 600 block of Guilford Avenue. Missing items include a vacuum cleaner a small hand cleaner a portable sewing machine and a briefcase from the Singer Sewing Machine Co. track near his residence.
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Mike Luby
Guilford Avenue
Luby
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Battle for Shanghai Intensifies as Communists Push In
Newsreel style report from Shanghai on May 25 describes Communist forces overrunning much of the city while Nationalist defenders fight to escape via Woosung and Kiangwan airfield. Explosive blasts, heavy shelling, and street fighting disrupt the metropolis as foreign residents seek safety.
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Shanghai
Woo- Bung
Kiangwan
Woosung Fortress
Communism
Soochow Creek
Ofice
Szechuan Road
Broadway
International Settlement
Ares
Western powers stand firm against Soviet four power Germany plan
Paris reports that Dean Acheson and foreign ministers Schuman and Bevin reject a Soviet proposal to restore quadripartite control over Germany. They call such moves disastrous and insist the Allied Control Council and Berlin Kommandatura remain non revival.
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Germany
Paris
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
France
Erment Bevin
Britain
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Negotiators In Ford Strike To Resume Talks
Detroit May 25 Negotiators in the Ford strike head back into peace talks on the 21st day of the CIO UAW walkout. Management and the union plan to discuss arbitration offers related to one phase of the dispute involving 166000 Ford workers. A union official says an agreement could end the strike over minor issues. A gunman attack on Victor Reuther at a hospital will not block resumed negotiations. Victor Reuther is educational director of the UAW CIO and has no direct Ford strike connection.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
U. A
Victor Reather
UAW
Emil Mazey
Reuther
Victor Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Mayor proposes $1.5 million bond issue for city plant
Council debate looms over Mayor Herman L Mille's plan to issue bonds totaling 1.5 million dollars to fund Municipal Electric Light Plant expansion. If approved by voters under the new charter, total city debt would reach 6.423 million dollars. The mayor cites heavy past spending and warns of a tax rise, while council members question prior actions and expenditures.
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Herman L. Mille
Ward One
J. G. Hellane
Hellans
Mills
Millz
Luther Broom
Milla
Victor Reuther Shot At Home In Detroit
Victor Reuther, education director of the CIO United Auto Workers, was shot through a window at his Detroit home. The 37 year old faced possible loss of his right eye from shotgun pellets. Police sought a shooter, following a pattern similar to the April 20 attack on Walter Reuther. Walter called the acts terrorism aimed at pro American and pro democratic trade unionists. The attack mirrored an earlier Windsor Ontario shooting of UAW member William Allen at his home.
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Tontha
Taw-Cio
Reuther
Walter
UAW
Victor
America
Windsor
Ont
Canada
William D. Allen
Allen
Ford Motor Company
Berlin Rail Strike Ends With West Marks Pay Offer
Berlin war rent a strike ends as Reichsbahn proposes paying strikers in West marks to meet their demands. Kreikemayer says workers would be recalled except those deemed guilty of damage. Western sector police guard rail yards as Soviet troops seek locomotives with American troops limiting action.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Reichsbahn
Willy Kreikemayer
Kreikemayer
Anhalter
Prieaterweg
Priesterwege
Frank Howley
Potadam
Scattered frost possible in Western Maryland valleys
The forecast predicts temperatures near 33 degrees tonight with scattered frost likely in mountain valleys and gullies across Western Maryland. Frost is also expected in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia as the cold spell continues. Temperatures should rise back to normal by tomorrow night.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather Outlook Across Mid-Atlantic States
Maryland reports clear and cooler tonight with Thursday fair skies and slowly rising temperatures. Virginia and West Virginia see clear and cooler conditions with frost in mountain valleys tonight and fair, warmer Thursday. Western Pennsylvania forecasts clear, cooler weather with scattered frost tonight and a likely shower in the north by afternoon as temperatures rise.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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