Induction Notices Go Out For Eight Frederick Men
The first induction notices since the Korean War began are sent to eight Frederick city and county men registered in Draft Board 45. They are summoned for induction on Tuesday August 29 and will travel to Baltimore by bus at 8 a.m. The 1925 and 1926 born single non veterans comprise the initial group, with 1927 age group being reclassified. Names listed include Edgar Clyde Adams and Charles L. Yates among others. Local boards operate 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. five days weekly, with rules requiring certified copies of marriage licenses or births for status changes and reminding registrants to register within five days of turning eighteen. Most physical exam calls have been completed and nearly all registrants called have reported.
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Frederick City
Armed Services
Baltimore
Ynon
Edgar Clyde Adams
Buckeystown
Charles L. Yates
Ashley
Camp Detrick
Hubert M. Lutz
Middletown
Bruce C. Stockman
Jefferson
William N. Roelkey
Knoxville
Clyde McK. Roney, Jr
Rosemont Avenue
Frederick
Samuel G. Layer
Damstown
Barrington L. Herbert
South Bentz Street
Frederick County
Selective Service Boards
Selective Service Office
Circuit Court
Prisoner Has Magistrate's Name in Court Mixup
Police Court ended Wednesday night with Sergt Dan Swomley arresting a 51 year old man for intoxication. The prisoner identified as Edward J Smith request ed Washington DC as his address. Smith shared his name with the substitute judge from a prior case. Magistrate Edward J Smith presided in place of Magistrate Alton Bennett. Markell Baker and Charles Robery of Frederick were summoned for hearings on disturbing the peace.
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Dan Swomley
Edward J. Smith
Washington, D. C
Smith
Alton ¥. Bennett
Markell Baker
Charles Robery
Frederick
Lieut
Dorsey
Twentey
New Rocket Aids U S Airmen In Korea Battles
American airmen employ a new six hundred fourteen inch anti tank rocket to defeat Russian made tanks in Korea. General MacArthur's headquarters said the weapon entered service in record time after Lt Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg ordered rapid production four weeks earlier.
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Tokyo
Korea
Frederick Gas Seeks Natural Gas Taps For City
Frederick Gas Company filed with the Federal Power Commission for permission to tap the Texas to Eastern Seaboard pipeline with 24 miles of 6 inch steel lines to supply Frederick. President Raymond Brehaut cites public demand and regulatory steps, notes $5,000,000 cost, and says letters of support are being gathered. He warns wartime prioritization could affect civilian gas use.
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Frederick
Federal Power Commission
Raymond Brehaut
Frederick Gas Company
Brehaut
FPC
Texas
Rockville
Seaboard
Frederick Company
Rockville-Frederick
Public Service Commission of
Maryland
Eastern
Redskins Win From Rams in Charity Exhibition Opener
Washington Redskins defeated the Los Angeles Rams 17 to 14 at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles before a reported 90,135, an attendance record cited by the Los Angeles Times. Key plays included a fumble by Rams QB Bob Waterfield and a quick Redskins touchdown from Sam y Baugh to Bill Dudley, while Glenn Davis struggled in his pro debut for the Rams. The game featured a roughing penalty on Norm Van Brocklin that set up a Kalmanir rushing score. Also noted is Eddie LeBaron’s limited participation and the cautious tone of the La Crosse Wis. priesthood regarding a local Marian apparition claim.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Redskins
Los Angeles’ Rams
Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Times
Bob Waterfield
Rams
Sammy Baugh
Bill Dudley
Baugh
George Thomas
Fleet George Sims
Waterfield
Norm van Brocklin
Bob Boyd
Boyd
van Brocklin
Tommy Kalmanir
Glenn Davis
Army
Eddie LeBaron
Chicago
Johnson Attacked And Defended By Speakers
Alexandria Va Aug 17 Paul H Griffith Assistant Secretary of Defense said that Korean war costs would be higher without lessons in defense efficiency. He praised Defense Secretary Johnson as sincere and capable despite criticism. Clyde A Lewis VFW leader condemned Johnson for gambles in security for votes.
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Alexandria
Paul H. Griffith
Defense
Pest
Griffith
Johnson
Clyde A. Lewis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lewis
Detroit
United States
AFL Picks Candidates Endorsed by Maryland Labor League
The Maryland State and District of Columbia Labor League for Political Education endorsed John A. Meyer for Congress in the September 18 Democratic primary, opposing Sen ator Millard E. Tydings. The league also backed Gov Lane Attorney General Hall Hammond and Comptroller J Millard Tawes, with a full slate of congressional and Baltimore city endorsements and four incumbents dropped.
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Baltimore
AFL
Millard E. Tydings
Harry Cohen
Maryland-D. C
Lane
Hall Hammond
J. Millard Tawes
Baltimore City
League
Congress
Eastern Shore
Thomas F. Johnson
Worcester County
Maryland
William Boucher
ITI
Sarah Whitehurst
Lansdale G. Lasseer
William Prescott Alten
Edward T. Miller
William P. Bolton
George H. Fallon
J. Glenn Beall
Baltimore Federation of Labor
Warships And Shore Batteries Clash Near Hongkong
The British destroyer Concord and Chinese shore batteries exchanged fire in a 30 minute duel near Hongkong. The battle followed a prior exchange with Whitesand Bay on Lingting Island. One minor casualty reported, no ship damage. Reds shelled merchant ships for three days.
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Hongkong
Concord
Whitesand Bay
Lingting Island
Taitami
Puntin
Lingting
Royal Navy
Korean Girl Rewarded for Guiding Solders to Safety
A young Korean girl who aided five wounded U S soldiers of the Second Division near Pohang air field was flown to a hospital in Japan by the 35th Fighter Group despite regulations. She was wounded by snipers on the return trip and collapsed at a field dressing station. The Army is reportedly looking the other way about the deviation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Air Corps
Pohang Air Feld
35Th
Condition Of Streams At Frederick Junction And Knox Loita
Report notes water clarity low at Frederick Junction on the Monococy stream and Potomac at Knox-Loita, with streams described as clear in places and low in flow, indicating drought or reduced rainfall impacts on nearby watercourses.
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Frederick Junction
Knox- Loita
Dr William E Lampe Dies of Heart Attack at 75
Dr William Edmund Lampe of Philadelphia a Fredericktown native and former church secretary died suddenly of a heart attack noon Wednesday after a lunch with friends in the Schaff Building Philadelphia He was 75 He had long served the Evangelical and Reformed Church including 12 years as church secretary and resigned earlier this year Born May 23 1875 in Frederick he studied at Frederick Academy Princeton Theological Seminary and North Japan College He and his wife Anna Lenora Thomas had seven children Funeral plans will be announced.
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William Edmund Lampe
Philadelphia
Evangelical Reformed Church
Dr Lampe
Dr. Lampe
Christian Lewis
Mary Eva Lampe
Old Frederick
Lampe
Sendai
Japan
North Japan College
Aramachi
Miyago College
Imperial Household Department of
Princeton University Press
Reformed Church
United States
Edinburgh
Scotland
World's
Sunday School Association
Tokyo
Foreign Missionary Conference of North America
United Missionary and Stewardship Committee
The
U. S
General Synod of Reformed Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Catawba College
Salisbury
General Council
Jules Girden Found Dead In Hotel
Jules Girden, New York hotel death noted, registered as day Gordon, suspected overdose, left a despondent note, missing persons search followed. Brunswick theater owner, former Warner Brothers employee, 3050 47th Street LIC resident, widow and two children. Receivers appointed in equity court over $35,000 mortgage. theater expected to continue under receivers.
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New York
Jules Girden
Imperial Theater
Brunswick
New Yorker
Gordon
47Th . Street
Long Island City
Girden
Warner Brothers
Equity
Samuel RB. Goldberg
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Jack Wilen
Baltimore
Mowe House
Washington
New Construction Assessment Begins in Frederick County
County assessors Ernest Speaks and Robert Shipley started evaluating new construction in Frederick city and county. They have completed seven districts Lewistown Creagerstown Woodsboro Liberty Johnsville Linganore and Woodville. A hearing on the Linganore figures is set for August 21 before the County Commissioners.
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Ernest €. Speaks
Robert L. Shipley
Frederick City
Lewistown
Creagerstown
Woodsboro
Liberty
Johnsville
Linganore
Woodville
Slightly Hurt In Crash At Intersection Here
Mt Airy youth John Raymond Meldron, sixteen, sustained a forehead laceration when two Mt Airy cars collided at the North Bentz and West Second streets intersection around 1 55 p m. Stull failed to stop, striking Hoffman’s northbound vehicle. Meldron was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Damages surpassed fifty dollars per car. no charges filed as parties agreed to settle.
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Mt Airy
North Bentz
West Second Streets
John Raymond Meldron
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Rydell F. Hoffman
Mt. Airy
Bentz Street
Leroy Stull
Property Withdrawn After Public Sale Near Emmitsburg
The property of Donald M. Gordon located about one mile north of Emmitsburg on Route 15 was withdrawn at a bid of 4600 dollars at a public sale held on the premises Wednesday. The 1 five room cement block house was sold as Gordon moves to Florida and sells substantial personal property bringing good prices. Null and Null were the spectators and M. Alexander served as clerk.
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Donald M. Gordon
Emmitsburg
Gordon
Florida
Null
M. Alexander
32 American Prisoners Die in Korean War Massacre
HAL BOYLE reports that 32 American prisoners were executed by North Korean forces on Hill 303 near Waegwan as a U.S. patrol arrived. Survivors describe brutal details, including torture with wires and a staged transfer toward Seoul, amid a broader raid and heavy air strikes in the area.
Russia, China Face Korea War Drift and New Fronts
Washington reports say U.S. officials fear Moscow and Peiping will press to seize North Korea above the 38th parallel rather than allow a U N victory to unify the country. Analysts weigh whether Soviet and Chinese leaders will act jointly on Korea Formosa and broader Far East issues as U N power strengthens in the south.
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Washington
Russia
North Korea
38Th Parallel
U. N
Soviet Union
China
V. M Molotov
Peiping
May Tse Tung
Molotov
Korea
Formosa
U. S
Red
South Korea
Sehethée
Far East
Invaders Press Korean Front From Taegu In Major Push
North Korean forces estimated at 25 000 to 40 000 men launched a powerful attack along the Taegu front, pushing through mountains toward the provisional South Korean capital. U S Marine and Army units counterattacked near Changnyong as battles raged with heavy Marine involvement and a push to hold the Naktong river line.
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Tokyo
Waegwan
Kunwul
Taegu
Nakiong
U. S
8Th Army
United Nations
Korea
SR 24Th Infantry
Changnyong
Bulge
Naktong
Marine
Jack Macheih
Macbeth
Targu
South Korea
Stan Swinton
25Th Infantry
U.S
Swinton
Masan
Pusan
Korean Peninsula
Engineers' Reserve Unit Heads to Camp for Two-Week Training
The 797th Army Engineers' Reserve Unit of Frederick, comprising 20 enlisted men and four officers under Lt. Brice Hopkins, departs Sunday at eight a.m. for two weeks of training at Fort Belvoir Virginia. They will join the 415th Engineers' Brigade from Columbus and work with equipment to augment classroom-based training. Lt. Robert Moberly of Walkersville left today to arrange for the unit's arrival.
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797Th Army Engineers
Frederick
Fort Belvoir
Church Street
Brice Hopkins
415Th Engineers
Columbus
Robert Moberly
Walkersville
Uniit
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Ellsworth C. Valentine
Martinsburg
W. Va
la Crosse
Wis
Mary Anna van Hoof
Necedah
Wis. Farm
William E. Lampe
Brunswick Theater
Hal Boyle
U. S. First Cavalry
Airidge
Fifth Cavalry
James Melvin Rudd
Salyersville
Rudd
Roy L . Day
el Paso Tex
Day
Tak
Seoul
U.N
Wiley
Wiley R-Wis
South
Philippines
India
Southeast Asia
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Malik
Lake Success
Jakob A. Malik
United Nations Security Council
U. S. 25Th Infantry
U. S. First Cavalry Division
MacArthur
Njewsepa
Gp Aarhnve
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