Montgomery Ward Threatened By Employee Union Walkout
Nationwide labor trouble looms as 75,000 Montgomery Ward workers authorized a strike by the CIO United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes. President Samuel Wolchok will time the walkout after further negotiation and possible arbitration. Other labor fights include Hollywood movie workers and a wage push by CIO UAW for auto workers. Total idle workers reached 223,000, with Chrysler being among plants not yet detailed.
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Associated Press
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO United Retail
New York
Samuel Wolchok
Wolchok
Hollywood
CIO United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corp
CIO
Japs Reluctant To Break Ties
Tokyo reports reluctance to obey General Mac Arthur s order for diplomatic isolation of Japan. Domei cites unnamed sources saying officials will sound out Allied authorities to see if the directive conforms to the Potsdam declaration. The transfer of all diplomatic properties and archives to the Allies was ordered, with a recall of diplomats abroad and halted relations with foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Domei Agency
Foreign Office
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Woman Reports Being Attacked Near Potomac Street
Mrs. Ella Buckelew of East Antietam street told police she was grabbed by a white man while walking home from the Vogue room of the Colonial Hotel around 12:30 last night. She escaped and reached her residence. the assailant was an unknown stranger and a search found no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Buckelew
East Antietam Street
Potomac Street
Four Enlist Here In Navy This Week
Four young men were enlisted in the Navy this week through the recruiting station at City Hall, recruiter Birch Shepherd reported today. They were Richard E. Miller of 941 Concord Street, James L. Henry of 400 Elizabeth Avenue, Eugene C. Werdebaugh of Pen Mar, and Lloyd H. Myers of Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
City Hall
Birch Shepherd
Richard E. Miller
Concord Street
James L. Henry
Elizabeth Avenue
Pen Mar
Lloyd H. Myers
Greencastle
Marine general bets on middle name spelling
Lt. Gen. Holland McTyeire Yowsn Mad Smith, in Salt Lake City for Navy Day, joked he would lose a bet if his middle name appeared correctly in print, claiming editors rarely believe its spelling.
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Salt Lake City
Holland McTyeire
Yowsn
Mad” Smith
Group of Sailors Ride Taxi Illegally in Hayward
A Hayward cab driver cited to appear before Judge C A Gale for allowing passengers to ride illegaly after state trooper L M Fowler described a squad of sailors moving down the highway like bees. Patrolman found eighteen sailors crawling from the taxi with blue jackets hanging on running boards and trunks.
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Hayward
Calif
C. A. Gale
L. M. Fowler
Twenty two local GIs discharged at Fort Meade
Twenty two Hagerstown and county GIs were honorably discharged from the service between October 23 and 26 at the Army separation center at Fort George G. Meade Md. The list includes Pfc Gerald W Hamburg 225 Jefferson Cpl Roger G Newcomer 63 West Franklin T 5 Ira M Mowen 327 West Washington T 5 John H Stevenson 1 Market Place T 5 Herman J Kuhn Boonsboro Rt 1 T 5 Joseph Be Hessong Chewsville T 3 Robert M Eikelberger 807 Maryland Avenue Staff Sgt Leo L Murray Hancock T 5 Raymond J Tracy Hagerstown T 5 Benjamin T Barger 56 Elizabeth Pvt Victor M Cowden 5 Witner T 5 Lamar D Paris 25 West Franklin Cpl Lewis L Gaither Hagerstown Rt 5 Tech Sgt Randolph T Wishmyer Hancock Pvt Josiah O Smith 347 Ridge Cpl Thomas E Johnson 120 North Mulberry Pfc George W Shrader 120 Randolph Pvt Charles F Ridgeway Hagerstown Pfc Lewis J Hose Jr 318 Ridge T 5 Mason W Waters Security Pfc May L Voleneck Hagerstown Rt 5 and Pfc Herald R Doyle 312 South Mulberry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Army Separation Center
Fort George G. Meade
Gerald W. Hamburg
Jefferson
Cpl
Roger G. Newcomer
West Franklin
Ira M. Mowen
West Washington
John H. Stevenson
Market Place
Herman J. Kuhn
Boonsboro
Rt. 1
Joseph BE. Hessong
Chewsville
Robert M. Eikelberger
Maryland Avenue
Leo L. Murray
Hancock
Raymond J. Tracy
Benjamin T. Barger
Elizabeth
Victor M. Cowden
Witner
Lamar D. Paris
Lewis L. Gaither
Tech
Randolph T. Wishmyer
Josiah O. Smith
Ridge
Thomas E. Johnson
North Mulberry
George W. Shrader
Randolph
Charles F. Ridgeway
Lewis J. Hose, Jr
Mason W. Waters
Security
May L. Voleneck
Herald R. Doyle
South Mulberry
Queen Mary Held by 50 Mile Waves in Worst Storm
London dispatch reports the Queen Mary with 1,000 passengers anchored off the Isle of Wight as gales persist for a fourth day. Waves reach 50 feet hindering dock arrival at Southampton, and wartime minefields and fishing vessel losses compound the peril in England's worst storm in two decades.
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London
Isle of Wight
Southampton
England
Admiralty
Straits of Dover
Old Apple Trees Hit By Freeze
Hancock district orchardists report last May freeze killed many older apple trees in lower spots after two drought years. Trees weakened by dryness could not endure blossom shock, with some growers noting damage may trace to last winter. Some compare to New York State 1933 34 winter wipeout of Baldwin trees.
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Dreath
Hancock
New York State
Congress Moves Fast on Compulsory Draft by Christmas
Washington October 26 Congress signals full steam ahead on the compulsory military training plan. House leaders aim to decide by Christmas perhaps as early as late November. President Truman backs a year of training for all youths, placing Congress in a political hot spot ahead of the 1946 elections.
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Washington
Congress
House
Truman
Harrison High students kick off Victory Loan drive
Harrison High School students begin their Victory Loan door-to-door campaign in Chicago. They promise bond buyers protection from Halloween pranks and offer to clean any soaped windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choiago
Harrison High School
Hallowe En
Injury to Hand Claimed by Four Year Old Wyant
Four year old Fannie Lee Wyant of Hancock was admitted to Washington County Hospital this morning with an injured hand. The cause of the injury is not known.
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Fannie Lee Wyant
Hancock
Washington County
U S And Russia Relations Take Turn For Better
Washington reports growing U S Russian détente with talks on a four power council to govern Japan and Russia agreeing that U S position may prevail in council disputes. Russia to join Allied Far Eastern Advisory Commission meeting in Washington Tuesday.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Council
U. S
Britain
China
Japan
United Nations
World Security Organization
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Molotov
Council For
Germany
Hungary
Romania
Berlin
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Zhukov
de Lattre de Tassigny
Balken
Cupid Nips GI, Tennis Star At Gangplank
Seattle dispatch reports Pvt. Raymond A. Prentiss of Los Angeles married tennis star Mary Arnold at a dockside ceremony as he sailed for Nagasaki with his Army company. The couple met at Caltech last January while both worked in scientific research.
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Seattle
Cupid
Raymond A. Prentiss
Los Angeles
Nagasaki
Japan
Mary Arnold
Raymond
California Institute of Technology
American Eagle Flips to Peace Emblem on Flag
Washington reports the presidential flag seal and coat of arms now show the American eagle facing right toward olive branches of peace. President Truman unveiled the new emblem at yesterday's press conference, replacing the old pose with arrows in the left talon.
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Truman
Ley Death by Self Inflicted Hangs Nazi Leader in Jail
Nuernberg reports Dr Robert Ley chief of Hitler s labor front hanged himself in his cell at Nuernberg jail where war crimes trials for 23 Nazis are to begin Ley was found unresponsive after remaining seated for over two minutes and died at 3 10 p m EST officials said his death may alter trial preparations and exclude certain documents from evidence
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Nuernberg
Robert Ley
Hitler
Labor Front
Ley
Col
C. B. Andrus
Denver
Four More GIs Due From Overseas Arrive This Week
Four more local and county GIs are slated to arrive from overseas this week. Aboard the Lake Champlain due to arrive tomorrow in New York are Cpl. Charles R. Davis from Williamsport and Cpl. Franklin C. Wyand of Hagerstown. Scheduled to arrive aboard the Christopher Greenup due in San Francisco are S Sgt. Guy O. Hull of Clearspring and Pfc. Albert W. Mann of Hancock.
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Lake Champlain
New York
Charles R. Davis
Williamsport
Franklin C. Wyand
Hagerstown
Christopher Greenup
San Francisco
Guy O. Hull
Clearspring
Albert W. Mann
Hancock
Nine year old mails Santa letter to North Pole early
ALBUQUERQUE N M Oct 26 Nine year old Geneva Scalf mails her Christmas wish two months early to Santa Claus at the North Pole hoping to beat possible delays in mail delivery.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Geneva Scalf
Santa Claus
North Pole
Herald Mail Company offices to close for employee dinner
The business office of the Herald Mail Company will close at 5 30 tomorrow afternoon to permit employees to attend a dinner being given in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald- Mail Company
Yanks Would Give Okinawa Back To Japs, Writes Lt. M. W. Dutton
Lt. (jg) M. W. Dutton Jr reports on Okinawa typhoon experiences with 40 foot waves and ships driven ashore. He notes tents blown away, pontoons lost, and ships stranded, and includes Tokyo palace photos showing bombed devastation. He has served two years with one year at Guam commanding an LST and hopes to return home by Christmas.
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Okinawa
M. W. Dutton
Japan
M. W. Dutton, Jr
Hamilton Boulevard
Dutton
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Guam
LST
Terrified Nazis Recoil From German Peasant Girl
Theresa Neumann, a German peas ant girl, stood in her doorway displaying crucifixion like wounds. Harold Dittmann, an American chaplain's assistant from New Orleans, reported Nazis fled after seeing the wounds described as the crown of thorns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konnersreuth
Germany
Harold Dittmann
New Orleans
Theresa Neumann
Dittmann
Stranger Held For Jury Action
Edgar P. Newman Jr aged 50 of New Oxford Pennsylvania is accused of attempting a home break in West Washington Street and Berner Avenue. Richard Smith a recently appointed officer and a brother pursued and detained him about a block away. Newman denied the charge saying he could not have run due to sore feet and claimed he was walking to farms seeking work after a Miami trip. He had five cents on him and a bus ticket to Miami. He has postponed plans to appear before the November grand jury with bond set at $1000 by Magistrate Harry E Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar P. Newman, Jr
New Oxford
Newman
Richard Smith
Smith
West Washington and
Berner Avenue
Efe
West Washington Street
Miami
Florida
Hagerstown
New York City
Harry E Snyder
Divorce Suits Now Total 34 For Month
Four suits of divorce were docketed this morning bringing the month’s total to 34. Mabel R. Moats, via attorney D. A. Wolfinger, sues Emory P. Moats. Grace Viola Fleming, through Atty C. K. Hartle, sues John Wm. Fleming. Catherine Jeannette Cleveland, via Hartle, sues Roy Fields Cleveland. Lavada Lucertia Mason, through Hartle, sues John Henry Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel R. Moats
D. A. Wolfinger
Emory P. Moats
Grace Viola Fleming
C. K. Hartle
John Wm. Fleming
Catherine Jeannette Cleveland
Hartle
Roy Fields Cleveland
Lavada Lucretia Mason
John Henry Mason
Lt Dillon Returns For Leave After Long Navy Service
Lt. R. Samuel Dillon Jr. Han cock, commanding officer of a landing craft tank, spent a few days leave in Hancock with his parents after arriving from Okinawa. He took part in invasions of Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Southern France before serving in the Pacific as executive officer aboard a landing ship tank. He has been in the Navy three years and is assigned to Bainbridge, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Samuel Dillon, Jr
Hancock
Navy
Dillon
Okinawa
Tunisia
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
France
Pacific
Ditlon
Bainbridge, Md
Isaac Doleman Appointed Janitor at Local Post Office
Isaac Doleman of 2081 North Jonathan Street has been named a janitor for the post office. Doleman is a World War I veteran and joins the local agency’s staff roster.
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Isaac Doleman
North
Jonathan Street
Doleman
Truman Expected to Deliver Important Navy Day Speech
President Truman is set to speak tomorrow in New York on foreign policy during Navy Day observances. A 25 minute address broadcast on all networks will occur at 1 30 p m EST, with a prior 11 a m EST French speech aboard the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Eben Ayres called the Central Park address the most important since he entered the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
New York
White House
E.S.T
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Eben Ayres
Central Park
Truman Asks Report On Filipino Unrest
President Truman directed Paul V. McNutt Philippine high commissioner to conduct a prompt investigation into agrarian unrest in the islands. He was asked to examine the activities of a guerrilla army that threatens government stability, the White House said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Paul V. McNutt
Islands
McNutt
White House
Truman to Outline Wage Policy in Radio Address
President Truman will announce wage and price stabilization proposals in a radio address Tuesday night as strikes rise. He disclosed plans at a news conference, naming John W. Snyder to resign as price adviser and Dr. John R. Steelman as special assistant. He denied encouraging a 45 hour week and released the Labor-Management Peace Conference agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
J. Spikes
John W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
White House
House
Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Jet planes could run on corn liquor says Bell engineer
Benson Hamlin of Bell Aircraft Corp Buffalo told Albany chapter of the Society of Professional Engineers that jet planes can use corn liquor as fuel. He noted current fuel is kerosene but any volatile substance, including Kentucky corn liquor, could be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Benson Hamlin
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
Kentucky
Society of Professional Engineers
Cumberland strike vote at Kelly-Springfield Tires
In Cumberland Maryland 1460 workers voted 40 to strike in a National Labor Relations Board election. Ralph C Beard president of Local 26 United Brotherhood of Publishers called the result supporting a general wage increase. Company officials declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
National Labor Relations Board
Ralph C. Beard
United Publier Workers of America
Bevin links Hitler policy to European privation
Foreign Secretary Bevin warned in the House of Commons that hunger and privation in Europe could cause a new, deadly wave of human loss worse than war or atomic bombs. He urged approval of a $1.6 billion UN relief fund, saying without it UNRRA would fail and Europe face disaster. Bevin said Nazi policy left Europe in chaos and that Britain alone cannot cure the aftermath.
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London
Bevin
House of Commons
Europe
United States Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRA
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Argentina
Arthur Salter
Harmonica Removed From Child's Stomach
Karen Liberty aged 334 years in Chicago was reported resting comfortably at Edgewater Hospital after surgeons removed a three inch harmonica from her stomach. The toy, three fourths of an inch wide, had been swallowed days earlier and initial instrument attempts failed, leading to surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Karen Liberty
Edgewater Hospital
Four Restaurants Face OPA Charges Hearings Set
Four Hagerstown restaurant operators will face charges of violating OPA ceiling price regulations at OPA price panel hearings this afternoon. The office said the alleged violations were uncovered during a survey of restaurants ending this week. OPA workers noted city price conditions were generally satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
OPA
Office of the Ration Board
Drunken Driving Case In City Court
William Socks of Hagerstown aged 31 on Rt. 1 forfeited collateral of 100 dollars and costs on a drunken driving charge in city court this morning. Socks was arrested days ago by Patrolman Don Smith while driving a pickup truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Socks
Hagerstown
Rt. 1
Socks
Don Smith
Humorist Adams Treated After Hospital Visit
Franklin Pp. Adams, famed newspaper and radio humorist, went to Winter General Army Hospital to entertain patients and ended up as a patient himself. He was treated for sinus trouble in the hospital’s eye ear nose throat clinic during rounds.
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Topeka
Kas
Franklin Pp
Adams
Winter General Army Hospital
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