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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
9
The piece questions U S aims after military success in Korea. It asks whether forces will drive to the 38th parallel, stay to occupy South Korea, or withdraw. It argues the UN should answer, and that Korea must unite so Koreans choose their government.
German cartel experts face tension with former enemies as two German industrial groups are fined by a United States court in Germany for illegal price and production agreements with French and Italian firms. The piece notes Germany's restraint of trade via cartels and the Allied goal to curb German control of Europe’s steel, supporting the idea of an international coal and steel pool.
Local notes report petition by 81 residents to keep rural free delivery, a building contract for Centennial Memorial church at 8365 dollars with St James Lutheran kept as Sunday school, Frederick County Band Day drawing thousands to the fairgrounds Emancipation Day events and a September circuit court jury list from Frederick district including Ruprecht Butcher Dean Shipley Neidhardt Phoebus Duvall Walker Poole.
Twenty years ago on August 9, 1939, a fatal crash near Braddock Heights claimed Sherman R. Koo gie, once a Middletown hotel keeper, after he was hurled from a speeding automobile into a 38 foot ravine. Local reports note extreme heat with temperatures up to 108 at 2:15 PM and advisories urging bottled drinking water when the day neared 100 degrees. A Frederick car fire caused additional damage to a coupe owned by Walter Point.
BAL BOYLE with U S troops in Korea describes the vast refugee misery along dust choked lanes. He depicts a mother with a baby, a blind old man, a dying youth, and others fleeing ruined villages as artillery fires and tanks reshape the landscape. A lone blind man and a tattered refugee supply human milestones amid the front line’s dread.
Local law officers investigate a nighttime theft from a house under construction on West Seventh Street near Wilson Avenue. About 1000 feet of 1 by 8 sheathing and 502 by 4s eight feet long valued at 150 dollars were missing. Contractor Earl F. Hargett reported the loss. investigators noted the material was present Tuesday and gone when workers arrived.
About 1,100 production and maintenance workers at Maryland Drydock Co strike after failed contract talks delaying four government ships pulled from mothballs for the Korean emergency. One ship was to sail Friday, another Saturday, with potential for 1,500 jobs given current workload. A diverging note mentions a boa constrictor claim by the National Geographic Society.
Washington Daybook analyzes global oil production, noting Iran and Saudi Arabia as top Middle East producers and Russia’s potential to control Iran and Saudi Arabia. It argues Soviet aims in the region threaten Western security and U.S. oil supplies, with additional commentary on UMW and Capitol fashions.
The Pan American Highway will be a single continuous route over 15 000 miles long from Alaska to the Straits of Magellan once completed. The Vatican becomes an independent state following the Lateran Treaty signed February 11 1929. Most pines are evergreens though Larches and Bald Cypresses lose foliage in winter. Roughly three quarters of Turkey lies in Asia with about a quarter in Europe.
The Korean War redefines the Marshall Plan agencies mission. ECA pivots from civilian European recovery to boosting European arms output using AMP funds and counterpart funds. Southeast Asia also gains more ECA focus while funds move from nonmilitary uses to defense needs, signaling a changed but not ended ECA.
The article discusses widespread emotional turmoil caused by news of strikes crimes wars and private worries. It warns that emotional disturbance harms health and society and urges self control and informed cheerful faith as safeguards against emotional upheaval.
Colonel Carey Jarman of the Maryland State Police urges all motorists to use proper hand or mechanical signals before turning stopping or slowing. The slogan Always Use Signals appears on patrol cars to remind drivers that signaling in time provides warning and is lawful and courteous.
James Marlow outlines the National Guard and Reserve structures. The Guard offers pay, promotion, retained rank, and a potential pension after 20 years, with retirement at 60. Active and inactive reserves differ by service, with organized reserves earning benefits and volunteer reserves limited to education and potential promotions. Navy reserves differ, offering organized and volunteer classes, with only commissions preserved for volunteers and officers kept as officers for recall.
New titles invite readers to explore England and its history with Ruth McKenney and Richard Branston. Gladys Taver shares Connecticut outdoor life and its simple pleasures. Patty Berg offers golf instruction with practical tips. E M Zacharias exposes cold war secrets through diaries and interviews. YW Davies profiles Maryland caves in Frederick County with state geology notes.
Washington expects new light on U S relations with Nationalist China as W Averell Harriman returns from Tokyo He will report to President Truman after meeting Gen Douglas MacArthur who drafted the Formosa–Korea military picture Pentagon officials say the MacArthur report is military in tone and carries political echoes State and Defense Departments weighed the trip with mixed initial objections and later assent while Harriman seeks a fuller briefing on allied strategy.
A tax lien filing by Deputy Collector George Hofferbert targets James and John R. Loy trading as J. Ruskin Loy and Son for unemployment tax due in 1946 47 and 49 totaling 385.35.Separately Theodore McKeldin urged Maryland GOP to present a positive program as campaign activity spanned Baltimore events and Democratic rival George Mahoney intensified statewide swings with Lane Tawes and Hammond positioning for governor.
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