Dimout Plan Moves Across Nation During Coal Shortage
Government agencies push broad dimout orders as fuel stocks tighten. CPA orders three week gas stock curtailments and use of water power to stretch supplies. Navy to sell excess coal and lend generators. Officials seek governors aid to enforce conservation while Big Inch pipelines may transport natural gas to ease emergency needs. Decision on emergency operation feasibility expected next week.
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Key West
Civilian Production Administration
John D. Small
Connecticut
Delaware
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
CPA
Small
Navy
2000 Delegates Expected at State Farm Bureau Convention
Maryland Farm Bureau secretary treasurer C. E. Wise Jr announced about 2,000 delegates will attend the 31st annual convention in Baltimore January 7 to 10. Wool pool head Roy F. C. Weagly of Hagerstown will lead the pool serving about 1,000 growers, with resolutions and officer elections planned, and farm product exhibits on the Lord Baltimore Hotel's first floor.
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Baltimore
C. E. Wise, Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau
Bureau
Wool Pool
Resolutions Committee
Farm Bureau
Roy F. C. Weagly
Hagerstown
Waal Pool
Wise
Lord Baltimore
Third Break In Few Months For Denver Kiddies
Denver schools suspend classes due to heat shortages across 76 buildings. Officials plan remote lessons broadcast by Denver radio to continue instruction after the polio epidemic and a recent blizzard, marking the third closure this year.
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Denver Kiddies
Denver
W.M. Prepares To Furlough Crews In Coal Crunch
W M discusses furloughing crews due to coal shortages across the region. Cumberland schools fear rapid depletion, while Cumberland County and Allegany County report scarce supplies. Baltimore plant to shut Monday. rail and ferry services reduced. electric service to be dimmed through spring under Civilian Production Administration order. President Schmidt says notices will follow after study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Cumberland
Allegany County
Baltimore
Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
Baltimore-Love ‘Point
Chesapeake Bay
Civilian Production Administration
In Memoriam Showe Victor B Showe Death 1945
In loving memory of Victor B Showe who died November 24 1945. I have lost my soul's companion a wife walks alone with her beloved memory. Ady, Loving wife Rosa.
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Wfe
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Sympathy
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. We also thank for the use of cars. Adv Charles Earley and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Earley
May Pipe Gas To East From Texas
Washington reports the government may move to ease coal strike effects by piping natural gas from Texas to the east along 24 inch pipelines Big and Little through east coast refinery areas. Decision expected early next week by Interior, Army, Navy, FPC and WAA officials. Pipelines built at wartime cost 1.65 million. They have been idle over a year.
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Washington
Texas
Big
Iech Petroleum
Interior Department
Army, Navy
Federal Power Commission
War Assets Administration
East Coast
U S Surprises By Asking Delay On Troop Census
United States and Britain clash with Molotov over linking troop counts to disarmament talks. US demands immediate disclosure of all troops abroad and at home while Russia insists on burden sharing only when disarmament is on the agenda. Sen Connally says US will reveal full armed forces information wherever stationed.
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Molotov
Russia
United States
Molotovs
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Modletov
Two Dead Two Hurt In Route 40 Crash Near Ellicott City
A head on collision on Route 40 near Ellicott City left two men dead and two others injured. The deceased were William C. O'Donnell, 24, of Ellicott City and Joseph H. Dugan, 43, of Baltimore. Passengers Matilda Hodges, 46, and Michael Renshaw, both of Ellicott City, suffered minor injuries.
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Ellicott City
Route 40
William C. O’donnnell
Joseph H. Dugan
Baltimore
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Archibald O. Suitt
O'Donnell
Dugen
Matilda Hodges
Michael Renshaw
O'Donnel
Big Powers Clash Over Veto At UN as Talks Continue
The United States and Britain confront Russia over veto limits in the UN Security Council while drafting European peace settlements stalls. Molotov expected to oppose veto limits as Byrnes Bevin and Couve de Murville push for a framework for Trieste and future Italian, Balkan, and German peace arrangements.
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New York
United States
Britain
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Council
France
Ruhr
Germany
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
China
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Couve de Murville
Trieste
Balkan
Finland
Teacher Named At Smithsburg High School
The Board of Education announced the appointment of Glenn J. Wight of Flushing New York as agriculture teacher at Smithsburg High School. A Cornell and St Lawrence graduate, he has taught in New York for several years and arrives highly recommended.
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Glenn J. Wight
Flushing
Smithsbers High School
Board of Education
Wight
Cornell
St Lawrence Universities
New York
Taylor Directed To Return To Vatican For Peace Mission
President Truman ordered Myron Taylor to return to the Vatican for about 30 days to seek guidance and cooperation from all people of goodwill in pursuit of peace. Taylor has long served as the President’s personal representative to the Holy See for Truman and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Truman Todey
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Taylor
White House
Youth Accused In Fatal Shooting In Baltimore Park
A 15 year old boy was docketed at Northwestern Police Station on charges of assaulting and shooting Richard Wayne Truman a 13 year old whose body was found in Gwynn's Falls park honeysuckle thicket. Truman had been missing since September 30. A 12 year old was listed as a Wit ness. Police speculate the boy may have been shot accidentally while playing in the park with friends.
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Baltimore
Northwestern
Richard Wayne Truman
Gwynn’s
Falls Park
Richard
Wit ‘Ness
Henry J. Kriss
Detective Bureau
Seamen Vote To Return To Work After Settlement
In San Francisco a federal conciliator stated AFL masters mates and pilots voted 1123 to 980 to accept working conditions in negotiations with the Pacific American Shipowners Association. The coastwise MMP acceptance removes the last major barrier to resuming west coast shipping as ILWU and Marine Engineers union had already reached accords with employers earlier in the week.
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San Francisco
AFL
Omar F. Hoskins
C. F. May
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Hoskins
MMP
International Longshoremen's
Ution
Merine Engineers Beneficial Association
Wonder Drug Expansion At Local Hospitals
Cotter explained the drug may be given at doctor discretion and used for bloodstream infections and tularemia among others. Streptomycin has been used in place of penicillin and shown strong effectiveness though not as wide as penicillin. A physician said its effects are not curative but highly satisfactory in cases lacking other treatments, often clearing infection overnight. Washington County Hospital will distribute the drug to doctors as civilian supplies increase.
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Cotter
Washington County Hospital
Veteran Clerk Of House Expires In 82nd Year
Washington dispatch reports the death of South Trimble 82 veteran clerk of the House of Representatives at his home after a brief illness. A Hazel Green Kentucky native, he entered the House in 1901 as a Democratic representative from Kentucky and served three terms. He was elected in 1911 and served until 1918, then again from 1921 through the last Congress. Trimble studied in Frankfort public schools and Excélsior Institute.
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Washington
South
Trimble
House of Representatives
Hazel Green
Kentucky
Frankfort
Excélsior Institute
U N Committee to Visit State Maryland Farm Tour
A subcommittee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization will visit the University of Maryland today and tour Montgomery County farm show-places. Sir John Orr of Great Britain chairs the 19 nation group, with aides and agricultural organization representatives, making a party of 100. President Byrd will greet the experts and they will tour the dairy barn, artificial breeding laboratories, livestock barns and farm facilities.
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College Park
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
University of Maryland
Montgomery County
Great Britain
Sir John Orr
19 Nation
H. C. Byrd
U S Takes Over Gambling Ship Bunker Hill
The U S government seized the gambling barge Bunker Hill off Long Beach after a federal judge ruled it was used for gambling rather than coastal trading. Tony Cornero Straits operated the ship, which earned $173000 in its first three days, while authorities attempted to shut it down.
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Los Angeles
Uncle Sam
Bunker Hill
J. F. T. O’connor
Tony Cornero
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Northern Ireland
Ox Fibre Plant To Resume Work In Frederick
Frederick Md November 23 officials of the Ox Fibre Brush Company and the United Furniture Workers CIO announced a 14 week strike settlement and said production would restart Monday. The truce followed a back to work movement and clashes at the plant gates with pickets. 23 pickets face charges of unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace. No details of the settlement were released.
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F. J. Straley
F. W. Weitzel
Warning Given To Tanners on Consumption Trends
In the hide and leather sectors, difficulties may be greater than average warned Zelemek. Tanners faced a warning that the consuming public has reached a critical point as talogs income shoots up but purchasing durable goods may lag without dipping into savings after the holiday shopping season ends.
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Zelemek
Big Steel Plant Curtails as Strike Hits U S Steel Units
Pittsburgh reports the first impact of the soft coal strike on steel. Carnegie Illinois Steel shuts Sve furnaces and Edgar Thompson, Duquesne, Clayston, Homestead, and Youngstown plants bank furnaces. Edg ar Thompson and Duquesne two furnaces banked for repairs. Jones and Laughlin sees no banked furnaces this weekend. Next week steel ingot production projected at about 73 percent of capacity versus 102.3 this week. Also notes upcoming eighth annual rally for King’s Apostle Holiness Church of God on West Bethel Street with Bishop Camphor and Brother Barber in charge. U S Department of Agriculture experimenting with peanut fiber.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corporation
Edgar Thompson
Duquesne
Clayston
Homestead
Youngstown
Ohio
Jones and Laughlin Corp
King’s Apostle Holiness Church of God
West Bethel Street
Walter’ Camphor
Harry
Barber
Lane May Seek To Oust Heads
Lane signals intent to challenge senior officials in key state posts to push his policy agenda. The piece traces four and six year term extensions for the Motor Vehicles, State Roads, Labor and Industry, Industrial Accident, and Public Service Commissions enacted during the O Conor era, with implications for Lane’s upcoming administration. It notes Elgin’s questionable fit, the Roads Commission term structure, and minority representation, framing Lane’s limited early influence on commissions.
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Lane
O’conor
Tthe Lane
State Roads Commission
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Industrialccident Commission
Public Service Commission
W. Lee Elgin
Elgin
Millard Tawes
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Robert M. Reindollar
P. Watson Webb
Russell H. McCain
Frederick
Catfish becomes jail mascot after stubborn survival
In San Jose California on November 23 detective George Pyne reeled in a dozen catfish. Eleven were fried with no issue but one fish resisted and refused to fry leading jailer Charles Martin to keep the stubborn fish as a jail mascot for its heroic persistence.
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San Jose
Calif
George Pyne
Charles Martin
Backward Clock At Ventura Barbershop Tells Time in Mirror
In Ventura on November 23, customers at John Morrissey’s barbershop read time from a clock that runs backward after the owner rewired it from 50 to 60 cycles and altered the numerals to counterclockwise order, so a mirror shows the correct time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Roof Leaks at Maryland State House Prompt Repairs
Annapolis officials discuss leaks in the State House roof as budget director Walter N. Kirkman explains the need for repairs during a top official meeting. The remarks suggest concerns over the building’s aging infrastructure and the urgency of maintenance.
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Annapolis
State House
Maryland
Walter N. Kirkman
Walter
Kirkman
Stata
Reporters' Notebook on price shifts after OPA ceiling end
The piece notes scarce supplies and lifted ceilings causing varied store prices and active price comparison by the public. It also cites D Paul Shilling warning engineers may flood the market and urges tradespeople’ advantages amid construction demand. Charles Wolfinger, visiting Smithsburg, will speak at a Smithsburg Group meeting Monday November 25 at 7 p.m.
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Charles Wolfinger
Smithsburg
Smithsbure
Smitheberg High School
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