GOP Demands Truman Resignation Over MacArthur Rift
Anger over General MacArthur's removal fueled calls for President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson to resign. Senate debate raged as MacArthur’s downfall split Republicans and Democrats alike. Truman justified firing to curb war policy, while MacArthur planned a quick return from Tokyo and possible U.S. visit.
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MacArthur
Truman
Acheson
Senate
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulles
Japan
Welker
Idaho
White House
Barkley
Knowland
Calif
Robertson
D-Va
Far East
Morse
R-Ore
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
House Rules Committee
Uline
Truman impeachment call over MacArthur removal echoes in press
A committee declared Truman has failed to achieve peace or wage war, citing 60,000 Korean War casualties and MacArthur’s dismissal. Messages to Washington show mixed views with 125,000 telegrams arriving, about 4,000 sent to the White House. Press briefings noted opposition, newspapers split between impeachment and support, reflecting a nation divided in reaction.
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Truman
Korea
MacArthur
Western Union
Washington
White House
Short
Narion
Chicago Tribune
Washington Times-Herald
Baltimore Morning Sun
W S C S Zone Meeting Overview at Mt Pleasant Church
More than 200 attended the West Washington District WSCS Zone Convention at Mt Pleasant church in Frederick County. Officers were elected in the morning and installed in the afternoon led by Mrs. Ernest Bachsmid with Miss Ethel Holland speaking on The Home Field of Missions.
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Frederick County
WSCS
West Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Clifford Watkins
New Market
Missions
Ethel T. Holland
Helena Staufer
Isaac Nicodemus
Singapore
Monroe Thomas
Doubs
Edward H. Drake
Central
Alden Boor
Frederick Calvary Church
Ernest Bachsmid
West Washington District
Bachsmid
DeWitt ‘Dickey
Edna Masser
Urbana
Viola la Marr
Forest Grove
Edgar Thomas
Jefferson
Charles Nichols
Buckeystown
Clifford Watkins Jr
Frederick
Washington District
Holland
Dickey
Frederick Zone
Unionville Methodist Church
Octogenarian Hape Celebrates 80th Birthday in Walkersville
An octogenarian celebration marked John Hape’s 80th birthday on March 24 with Easter Sunday gathering at his Walkersville home. Relatives and friends from Taneytown York Pa New Midway Woodsboro and other nearby towns shared a dinner honoring Hape and also the marriage of Kenneth Clem and his Taneytown wife. Final trout stocking reported Frederick County streams opened Sunday at 5 30 am and close at 8 pm daily Standard Time. Heat pumps described as reverse refrigerator units moving heat between earth water and home
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John Hape
Walkersville
Hape
Harry Young
Patsy Young
LeGore
Alice Clem
Kenneth Clem
Linda
Emma Clem
Taneytown
Marshall Matthews
New Midway
Frederick County
Grange meeting speakers planned across several lodges
Carroll Manor Grange will host state road chairman Russell McCain and County Commissioner A Grant Hooper at eight o clock Monday in Adamstown Grange Hall. Emmitsburg Grange will feature extension agronomist Stanley Stabler at eight Wednesday in Emmitsburg High School to discuss pasture management and grass farming. Glade Valley Grange met Tuesday at Walkersville Fire Hall with plans for a June 30 memorial drive, a spring square dance, and April 23 degrees ceremony for Jefferson Grange, plus a May 23 Pomona meeting at Mt Pleasant. Wib Justi will visit April 24 for a youth literary program. Also noted, Americans use nearly one tenth of potatoes as potato chips.
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Carroll Manor
Russell McCain
State Roads Commission
A. Grant Hooper
Adamstown
Emmitsburg Grange
Stanley Stabler
Emmitsburg
Extension Agronomist
University of Maryland
Stabler
Glade Valley Grange
Walkersville
Edgar Zimmerman
Wildwood
Gost
Jefferson Grange
Grange
Methodist
Duade Valley
Pomona
Mt. Pleasant
Fatsie Himes
Wib Justi
Court News Foreclosure Suits and Divorces Filed
Foreclosure complaint seeks all rights of redemption in a property with two exhibits. Virginia Lee Shreany and John Lester Stream file for absolute divorce. Elite L. Thomas sues for absolute divorce. Anna G. Dixon vs Leroy Dixon seeks divorce temporary alimony and counsel fee. Marriage licenses issued for John W. Dodd Jr and Edith Lorraine Shorts. Legal notices cover deeds and transfers including William B. Kreh to Clifford Maloney and others.
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Court News
Washington Grove
Edith Lorraine Shorts
Olney
Herman R. Spear
Hazel BE
Park
Rawson
W. Va
Philip James
Lucille Holland
Washington
William B. Kreh
Clifford Joseph Maloney
Clarence Dillon
Rockson Enterprise
Alice R. Dean
Gilmore Ft. Flautt
Thomas m. Taylor
Walter L. Andrews
Hazel M. Mehrling
Operations Suspended At Cumberland Steel Company
The Cumberland Steel Company partially suspended operations due to steel shortages. Fifty of 80 employees did not work on Monday or Tuesday. The report notes some personnel observed in Montreal, Canada, dating to 1879. Nine players per side in a referenced ice hockey game.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Steel Company
Montreal
Canada
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