West Coast ships idle as labor cost and strikes persist
Amid a wave of ship idle time on the West Coast 222 dry cargo vessels tied up by October 15. Each crew averages 45 men costing about 159000 daily in wages while West Coast CIO workers were paid 57000000 last year. The Eldorado Oil Company dismissed 125 workers and lumber mills cut operations with no end to the strike in sight. The Waterfront Employers Association cites no real economic issues, blaming leadership at the Longshoremen's Union and CIO Marine Goods and Stewards as the key problem.
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American Airways
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Sionth
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Seattle
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Mobile
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Iort
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Eldorado Oil Company
Waterfront Employers Association
Harry Bridges
Lonsshoremen’s Union
Hugh Bryson
CIO Marine Gooks and Stewards
County Planning To Borrow Money
County officials approve payment for the Dual Highway high school site and for an agricultural teaching building at the vocational center. The move aims to provide a clean financial slate for the School Board. Discussion then turns to borrowing next year’s taxes from local banks as Michigan State College notes Flint players, except one guard.
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Brish
B. C. Willis
Frem County
Willis
I. Keller Shank
Clarence Eldridge
Over. Nee Strike ParIs Hits Riviera Rail Traffic
A 24 hour strike crippled railway traffic along the Riviera in sympathy with France's 17 day old mine strike. Communists demand a minimum wage of 15000 francs monthly and the coal tieup cuts industrial output by about 20 percent, costing 335000 miners idle and over 2 million tons of coal. France blames social agitation and the Marshall plan losses.
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Paris
Riviera
France
de Gaullist
Gaston Palewski
Palewski
Kidnaped Baby Found Alive After Abduction Incident
Jo Ann Mezzanotte, a months old infant in a white dress wrapped in pink bunting, was found alive. FBI officials said no federal violation was established. Police pursued a description of a woman seen with a bundle as the search continued in a busy shopping center.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Jo Ann
Moves to City W Schildknecht relocates to East Antietam St
W. W. Schildknecht retired City Water Department employee has moved from Funkstown to 238 East Antietam Street in this city. He recently returned from California after visiting daughter Mrs. L A Conder who this week flew to China on Army duty.
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W. W. Schildknecht
City Water Department
Funkstown
Antietam Street
Schildknecht
California
L.A. Conder
Ching
Fox hunting ranked oldest field sport beside falconry
The article states fox hunting is the second oldest field sport after falconry, emphasizing its long tradition within hunting circles.
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Falcoury
Truman Aims To Woo Workers In Last City Drive
President Truman campaigns across key stops in the final drive, urging unity against big-money Republicans. He outlines a stark choice for voters and plans speeches in Chicago Cleveland Boston New York Brooklyn St Louis with side talks in South Bend Elkhart Pittsfield Worcester Fall River New Bedford Woon socket Providence Scranton Wilkes-Barre Johnstown Pittsburgh and nearby towns.
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Fall River
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Deserters Seek Refuge After Russian Bomber Incident
A twin engine Russian bomber with two Soviet air force officers landed at an American air base near Linz Austria in October. The pilot and navigator said they fled for political reasons and two officers who claimed they were fleeing the Soviet Union were granted refuge in the U S zone. The aircraft overshot the runway and crashed into a wooden fence but no one was injured. The sergeant aboard faced a choice to parachute over Soviet territory or stay with the plane.
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Vienna
Linz
Soviet Union
U.S
Austria
Ukraine
Smoke Report Details Two Hagerstown Firms In 1930s Inspection
The September report by Burvill and Gwyns lists two Hagerstown firms. Heck Dry Cleaning received instruction to reduce smoke emission. Colonial Hardwood Flooring was the first firm convicted under the city antismoke ordinance.
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Hagerstown
Burvill and Gwyns
Heck
Colonial Hardwood
Fear Seven Lost In Harbor Collision Near Baltimore
Seven crewmen feared dead after a collision outside Baltimore harbor sank a tug and a barge. The bargemaster and his wife and their three month old child were rescued. Two tug crew were found dead. the cook is missing. Bowgran master made no crew loss report. Eastern Transportation Co identified rescued barge occupants Captain Thomas Russell and family member Lorraine Russell and Clifford Russell.
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Baltimore Harbor
Gon
Coast Guard
Columbia
Nas
Claymont
Del
Bowgran
Chesapeake Bay
Cook
Eastern Transportation Co
Thomas Russell
Lorraine Russell
Clifford Earl Russell
Gideons Donate Bibles to Washington County Hospital
The Hagerstown Gideons International donated fifty six Bibles to Washington County Hospital for ward and room use. Bibles are on display in the hospital reception room and a ceremony is planned Saturday afternoon. A later goal is to place a Bible in every doctor’s waiting room in Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
Gideons International
Washington County Hospital
Gideons
Child Runs Back And Dies In Fire
A six year old girl, Margaret Johnson, ran back into her blazing Brooklyn home and died in the flames after breaking away from rescuers. Officials could not determine why she darted back into the fire swept ground floor apartment.
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New York
Brooklyn
Margaret Johnson
Battle Raging In South Korea
A pitched battle looms in the extreme south as loyal forces clash with insurgent Korean soldiers after rebels killed or captured about 100 police. Martial law was declared by Home Minister T Y Yoon as Syngman Rhee returned from Japan.
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Korea
South Korea
T. Y. Yoon
Syngman Rhee
Japan
Yasu
Suchon
Yoo
Yosu
Korean Coast Guard
Kwangju
South Cholla
Six youths jailed or given suspended sentences for Burglary
A gang of six youths pled guilty to breaking into Jack Charles filling station on Dual Highway. Three received two years or six months in reformatories, while three got one year suspended sentences. State Trooper Snyder recovered most of the merchandise. Judge Mish noted prior trouble for the group.
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Martin L. Ingram
Jack Charles
Preston L. White
House of Correction
Robert Sw
Mish
Atne
Special Broadcast Of Hood Ceremony For Hood College
Hood College will inaugurate Andrew G. Truxal as president with a special broadcast Friday from 4 30 to 5 30 p m on radio WARK The day long ceremonies will be taped with highlights aired during the hour R Paul Smith of Hagerstown Md president of Hood College board of trustees will preside More than 109 college presidents expected to attend Coyotes weigh about five pounds and derive their name from the Aztec word coyotl meaning barking cog
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Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
WARK
Trutal
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Negro Rescued From Lynching in Savannah
Savannah, Ga. police saved Frank Mack, 28, an ex convict, from vigilante Negroes after he robbed and attacked Dr. B. W. Hardee, a 71 year old white druggist. Detective Chief John C. McCarthy said white detective J. W. Walker and Negro officer F. B. Mullino pursued Mack, who was captured after a lengthy chase amid threats from the mob.
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Savannah
John C. McCarthy
McCarthy
J. W. Walker
Megrace
Frank Mack
Mack
B. W. Hardee
Walker
F. B. Mullino
School Lunch Program Supports Whole District System
Superintendent William Brish says school lunches teach daily food needs and healthy choices while linking the cafeteria to the educational program. The district uses student work in commerce classes and agricultural classes for meals, with 26 schools in full operation and seven supplying milk. Sixty one staff run the program and last year served over 781 thousand meals.
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William Brish
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