Extraordinary decisions as military leadership shrinks in 1949
Illness retirements and reassignments have left the defense establishment with few senior figures. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are reduced to three leaders Generals Bradley and Vandenberg and Admiral Denfeld. Eisenhower is out of harness. Leahy Forrestal and Bedell Smith retire or resign. General Marshall is ailing. April 1949 finds the defense department in bad straits for administrators. The President faces an extraordinary set of decisions.
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America
Joint Chiefs of Staff Organization
Armed Services
Bradley
Vandenberg
Denfeld
Eisenhower
Wiliam D. Leahy
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Defense
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Russia
Marshall
Defense Department
Paper From Straw Could Cut Wood Use and Boost Straw
A Cleveland small paper maker believes he has a chemical method to produce paper from straw comparable in cost to wood pulp papers and suitable for common grades. If scalable, straw paper would save wood, use surplus straw, and may transform industries in regions without pulp wood, potentially impacting education and culture in the Orient.
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Cleveland
Orient
Dear Miss Dix Advice Helps An Anxious Wife Rebuilds Self
Dorothy Dix counsels a forties wife whose husband’s promotion brings social duties. With limited schooling and a lisp she must improve English, etiquette, and presence. She should hire a tutor, dressmaker, and dancing lessons to regain confidence and stand alongside her husband at social events.
Dear Miss Dix on marriage advise and self doubt
A reader seeks guidance on living with a friend's marriage and on choosing a future with an ex or current partner. Doroty Dix warns against third parties in a marriage, advises against returning to the ex, and stresses the dangers of misjudging love. Jeanne calls laziness a common disease and urges ambition to find purpose and thrill in work.
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Miss Dix
Gertrude B
Dorothy Dix
Jeanne
The
Bell Synd. Inc
Local Firemen Meet Plans for Westminster Prize Contests
The Junior and United Fire Companies held meetings to plan participation in prize contests at the State Firemen's convention in Westminster this June. Delegates and alternates were chosen. Additional items note the sale of the Joan Roelkey Farm for 18240 dollars and a fox liberation near the Groff House with a brisk pursuit by hounds. Two performing bears caused a brief disturbance on South Market Street before being ordered away. The aldermen visited Fishing Creek to evaluate damming it to bolster the city water supply.
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United Fire Companies
State Firemen’s
Westminster
Frederick
South Market Street
Ridenour
Pennsylvania Depot
Chilton
Board of Aldermen
Fishing Creek
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns
Twenty years ago on April 4 1929 local items include a plan to ask mayor and aldermen to allow one cent of the annual levy for the fire department, a fire razing Charles Winebrewer’s unoccupied 10 room house and storeroom, and work starting at the Lawrence Richey fishing preserve Catoctin Furnace for Hoover visit preparations. Arthur Hauver former Middletown star emerges as University of Maryland freshmen pitching hope with Melvin Derr handling shortstop duties.
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the News
Charles Winebrewer
Highfield Station
Lawrence Richey
Catoctin Furnace
Hoover
Arthur Hauver
Middletown
University of Maryland
University
Melvin “Hammy” Derr
Frederick
Atomic Energy Clash Tops Daybook Amid Navy Air Force Feud
Washington Daybook reports a fierce struggle in the Joint Atomic Energy Committee over how much information should be released on atomic energy. Navy and Air Force rivalry, Senate and House figures, and the Lilienthal report are debated while a separate note mentions Slavic protests in Argentina and Connecticut National Guard desegregation efforts.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Navy
Air Force
Q. T
T Ford
Stu Symington
Congressional
Congress
Millard Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Dave Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Oak Ridge
Joint Committee
Tydings
Brien McMahon
Senator McMahon
Carl Durham
Chet Holifield
Melvin Price
Jackson
Bourke Hickenlooper
Gene Mullikin
Tydfrigs
Sterling Cole
Charles Elston
Carl Hinshaw
Nations sign Atlantic pact as UN mood sours
The United States and 11 other nations sign the North Atlantic pact, forming a 20 year military alliance against Russia. The plan awaits Senate approval and funding, with President Truman expected to seek about 1.25 billion dollars for the first year. The signing foreshadows tense days at the U.N. General Assembly and a wary world following World War II.
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Washington
Russia
New York
General Assembly of the United Nations
San Francisco
U. N
General Assembly
New York Times
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
Leeland
Portugal
Italy
U.S. Senate
Truman
Congress
Hood College elects four campus leaders for coming year
Hood College students chose four leaders for 1949 1950 Miss Marilyn Peecock of Berwyn Pa will lead the Cooperative Government Association and appear in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities She becomes president after spring vacation Arley Lundie of Orange N J was named editor in chief of Blue and Grey and serves as Herald poetry editor Barbara Neumann of Pennington N J will edit Herald after three years on staff Jean Reynolds of Upper N J becomes Touchstone editor in chief and has roles in Trident and Y W C A work
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Hood Choir
Miss Peacock
Hood
Arley Lundie
Orange
N. J
Blue and Grey
Herald
Lundie
Trident
Barbara Neumann
Pennington
Y.W.C.A
Misseynolds
Brig Little Sister
Why partial funding for allied defense pact questioned
The text questions keeping down expenses while aiding allies and arming them. It warns Russia's strength could overwhelm European partners and jeopardize the pact's meaning. It suggests partners might lose faith or rely on the promise to defend them, or accept limited U.S. support.
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Russia
United Nations
Homemakers Club Meeting Recap at Mrs Tinney Home
The Jug Bridge Homemaker's Club met at Mrs James Tinney's home on March 23 at 7 30 pm with Mrs John Renn Jr presiding. The group held a reading, music, and talks on topics including care for piano and house cleaning, plus reports on art museum trips and international relations.
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Jug Bridge Club
Jug Bridge Homemaker's Club
James Tinney
Jennie Grabill
John Renn, Jr
Howard Mayne
Irving Berlin
Elmer Dixon
Homemaker's Council
William Zimmerman
Ronald Kling
Harry Zimmerman
Home Management
Daniel Thomas
Edward Sharpe
Grace Beard Young
Frank Nickerson
Valhalla
Catherine Romery Stewart
Lee Adkins
A. Davis
T. E. Robbins
F. Mickerson
Letters Granted in Lanner Estate Case
Letters of administration were granted in Orphans Court to Farmers and Mechanics National Bank for Keefer Alonzo Lanner who was killed when struck by a car. Heirs include two brothers and a deceased brother's son. Personal property estimated at about 3,300 dollars. Also notes on domestic air mail routes and diamond values.
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Keefer Alonzo Lanner
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Truck License Fees Approved In Maryland
Annapolis reports the House approved flat license fees for trucks and large vehicles with Senate approval of a minor farm truck adjustment. The Department of Motor Vehicles can issue registration cards at rates from 4 to 250 dollars, detailing new scales for taxis, funeral coaches, motorcycles, single unit trucks, farm trucks, truck tractors, trailers, school buses, and charter buses. Farm tractors remain tax free within five miles of the farm.
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Annapolis
House
Senate
Department of Motor Vehicles
Baltimore City
Hood College YWCA Conference Ends With Civic Focus
The Hood College YWCA conference concluded after sessions on The Moral Use of Power, Christianity and Communism, and Citizens of Two Worlds. Delegates from Franklin and Marshall, Mor an, and Storer Colleges joined Hood students for platform discussions, a social program, and a closing worship service.
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Hood College
Keehn
Franklin and Marshall, Moran, and Storer Colleges
Hood
Meyran Hall
Lavinia Hussey
Presque Isle
Harriet Biddle
Cheverly
Miss Biddle
Miss. Hussey
Cyril Scott
Nanette Epstein
Houston
Texas
Richard Mlar
Franklin and Marshall College
Mary Susan Neal
Braddock Heights
Hood Y. W. C. A
Eva Shipman
Elkins Park
Mary Ellen Kincannon
Chevy Chase
Churchill Speech Highlights Postwar World Struggle
In Washington April 4 Winston Churchill’s Washington speech is analyzed as focused on military force as the path to deterring Russia. The piece argues for moral persuasion and economic reconstruction over belligerence, noting Truman’s absence at Boston ceremonies and Bevin’s North Atlantic pact signing. A call for democratic language and spiritual courage amid Cold War tensions concludes the discussion. Also includes postmaster Marvin F. Birely resigning after 15 years at Blue Ridge Summit.
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Ina
Buenos Aires
Stalin
New World
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Latin America
Argentina
Slavic Peoples’ Union
Washington
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Britain
Labor Party
England
Truman
Department of State
Boston
Bevin
Fulton
Missouri
Europe
Kremlin
Moscow
New York
Blue Ridge Summit
Marvin F. Birely
Robert S. Davis
J. M. Davis
Birely
Questions and Answers on Congressional Prayers and Harrison Lineage
Q Is the same prayer offered each day at the opening of Congress. A The prayers are extempore and differ daily. Q What man was both father and son of a President A John Scott Harrison born 1804 Indiana son of William Henry Harrison, father of Benjamin Harrison the 23rd.
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John Scott Harrison
Indiana
William Henry Harrison
United States
Benjamin Harrison
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Opossumtown Turnpike
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NOBLE
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OPA
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Mason- Dixon Hne
House Appropriations Committee
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Globe Synd
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Marilyn Peecock
Jean Reynolds
Virginia Lee Best
Richard H. Best
Rock Hill
Sally Boone
Martha Jane Crum
Barbara Hull
Wanda Hull
Linda Marsh
Karole Moore
Kathy Schroeder
Buddy Althouse
Ricky Best
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