War Notes From Korea: GI Realities Echo Past Conflicts
A wartime column reflects on the Korean front from a GI viewpoint, comparing tactics to Ruhr and Bavarian campaigns, noting similar house to house fighting and air raids. It recalls Marine patrol imagery, supply shortages, and fatigue, while mentioning the arrival of a new broadcast figure echoing Axis Sally stereotypes. The piece weighs morale and the emergence of a distinct warborn persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Ruhr
Bavarian
Pelelieu
Saipan
Tokyo
Sue
Stockpile costs and plans shape wartime economy
Washington discusses a 3.773 billion dollar stockpile objective by the Munitions Board to cover 71 items for minimum wartime needs. Experts warn even this stockpile may be insufficient, urging a larger plan for an eight year war and three year recovery. Copper spending from 1941 to 1948 totals around 7 billion as context for stockpile value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Blaine
Washington
Munitions Board
National Security Resources Board
Montana
Wesley D’ Ewart
D'Ewart
United States
Newspaper Editors Meet in Cumberland for Joint Outing
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs special car to Cumberland as about 70 editors and spouses attend the first annual joint outing of the Maryland Press Association and the Chesapeake Association of the Associated Press. Activities include lunch at Cumberland Brewing, visits to Lover's Leap, golf, card party, and dinners at the Country Club with leaders E. M. Jackson Jr. and Arnold Duane presiding. Continuous study sessions planned for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Maryland Press Association
Chesapeake Association
Associated Press
Times and Alleganian Company
Times and News
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland Brewing Company
Cumberland Country Club
Country Club
E. M. Jackson
Annapolis Evening Capital
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The New
Local items note Fred M Koogle sold his new 242 story frame house near the Middletown road to Luther Ahelt for 1175. Market reports farmers foresee dollar wheat around 73 cents a bushel. Ebert and Sons advertise buggies 55 to 75, wagons 30 to 65, carriage poles 4 each. A straw ride on South street ends with stones and spoiled dresses and a boy cut in the face. Dr H B Gross sold his Jefferson residence to Mrs Amanda Thomas for 2700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Koogle
Middletown
Jefferson Road
Luther Ahelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Ebert and Sons
Dayton
South Street
H. B. Gross
Jefferson
Amanda Thomas
Ezra Thomas
Dangerous road work clears curves near Hansonville area
Twenty years ago items from Aug 18 1938 report road improvements on the Emmitsburg pike with 3000 feet relocation and concrete shoulders from Harmony Grove to Lewistown. A cow along the trolley line Statween Bethel and Yellow Werings was hit and killed. Rick County farmers attend Marketing Congress at College Park noting drought impact.
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Hansonville
Emmitsburg
Harmony Grove
Lewistown
G. Bernard Zimmerman
James Dunns
Bethel
Rick County
College Park
Old Greenwich Wedding Unites Edelblute and Staley in 1 PM Ceremony
The First Congregational church of Old Greenwich hosted the wedding of Miss Joy Edelblute and Joseph R. Staley. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. Vincent Daniels at one o'clock with white asters palms and gladioli in the decor. The bride, escorted by her father, wore a lace trimmed marquisette gown with an illusion veil and carried a prayer book with orchids. Bridesmaids wore bright colors and carried colonial bouquets. After the ceremony a reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home. The couple plans to reside in Martinsburg West Virginia after a brief honeymoon in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Old Greenwich
Conn
Joy Edelhulte
Hervey W. Edelblute
Lockwood Road
Riverside
Joseph R. Staley
Irving E. Staley
Dill Avenue
Vincent Daniels
Lois Havenstein
Jean Owen
Joan Doubet
Niles
Charles Staley
James Maples
Frederick
John Lane
Stamford
Hood College
Duke University
Gettysburg College
Potomac Light and Power Co
Martinsburg
W. Va
Staley
Tennessee Avenue
Atlantic City
Weddings and engagements in Brunswick area announcements
Weddings Willigman and Miss Lorraine Snoots unite in Brunswick in a Bethany Lutheran ceremony with Rev. Ralph H. Miller officiating. Noel D. Williams and Miss Snoots plan a short wedding trip and a new Brunswick apartment. Engagements announced for Mamie Elizabeth Loeatherman and John David Lambert. Maralee Elizabeth Moore and Thomas Irving Insley Jr. wedding March 4 noted with attendants and nursing and legal education backgrounds provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Leatherman
Union Bridge
Mamie Elizabeth
John David Lambert
Della
Moore
William H Moore
East Church
Maralee Elizabeth
Thomas Irving Insley
Baltimore
Boyd Roberts Howarth
Episcopal Memorial Church
Maurine Vann
Arthur Cerra
Daniel D. King
Miss Moore
Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Washington
Insley
L. Irving Insley
Lake Providence
University of Maryland School of Law
Insleys
Strength For Today by Earl L. Douglass
Basic doctrine explains the atonement as Christ’s cross sacrifice that reconciles God and man. The text notes sin’s grievous power, God’s infinite sacrifice, and the cleansing effect on the sin-ridden soul through the crucifixion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Man
Barrick Johnson Wedding Week Plans Include Parties
Mrs. Sam W. Maples Jr. hosts cocktail party for Joan M. Johnson and Samuel W. Barrick at Rockwell Terrace followed by supper at Catoctin Country Club. Luncheon planned by Barrick family for Saturday. Engagements include Miss Penny Diem and Newton Arnold with a New York ceremony planned. Multiple pre nuptial events feature family members and friends across Frederick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrick-Johnson
Joan M. Johnson
Samuel W. Barrick
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sam W. Maples, Jr
Rockwell Terrace
Catoctin Country Club
Mary C. Hodgson
Nevin S. Baker
Barrick
Harry W. Barrick
Woodsboro
Miss Johnson
Paul G. Johnson
Fairview Avenue
Robert Davis
Robert T. Fisher
Walter Martz
Thomas Summers
Gambyill Park
Upper College Terrace
Harry W. Barrick, Jr
Johnson
William H. Thomas, Jr
Ernest Wachs
Thomas
Carroll Parkway
Penny Diem
Newton Arnold
Mountain Theatre Players
New York City
California
Mrs. Smith
W. Cash Smith
Woods Mill Farm
Harry W. Legore
Mimi Dell
Charles 8
Dell, Sr
Doris Dell Wood
E. C. Sanner
Marjorie M. Smith
J. P. Feiser
Dell
Baltimore
New York
Europe
Alpha Theta
Beta Sigma Phi
Adelaide DeVorak
Frederick
Pottsville
Cumberland
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dorothy Morgan
East Third Street
England
Scotland
France
Miss Morgan
Pan American
Bette Zimmerman
Local notices and visits fill Thurmont area
Notes of a Sunday ceremony at St Johns Evangelical Lutheran church in Thurmont and many social updates. Twin birth announced in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Local birthdays, gatherings, and visits include Shirley A Smith, Helen and Phyllis Lewis, Marthe Grover, and Michael Willard. Regional residents travel and relatives visit in New Windsor, Brunswick, and Jersey City.
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Kenneth K. Fry
Whisner Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Karen Sue
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Thurmont
Shirley A. Smith
New Market
Helen
Phyllis Lewis
Marthe Grover
Hagerstown
Willdwood
Hotal Seville
Joseph Kennedy
Linden Hillis
Michael Willard
William C. Willard
East Church Street
Michael
John Main
Cleo Etzler
Theresa Main
Billy Zimmerman
Eddie Whitmore
Kenny Droneburg
Rick Jones
Ruth Diane Droneburg
Larry Keyser
Mary Frances Myers
Mary Porter
Danny Porter
Bernadine Myers
Jerry Porter
Dolores
Osculation Emerges as Daily Word Lesson
Daily vocabulary note highlights oscultion as kissing with a formal lesson on proper usage and common misuses. It explains pronunciation os cu la tion and notes physicians do not approve promiscuous osculation. It also corrects common spelling and usage errors in related terms.
Old Defenders Day Theme Guides Frederick Garden Club Show
The Garden Club of Frederick will host a September 12 flower show at the Francis Scott Key Hotel from 3 to 9 pm with Old Defenders Day as its theme. Ten exhibitor classes include a patriotic arrangement contest titled The Rocket's Red Glaze. Competitors include Tasker's Chance Garden Club and local groups. judges are nationally accredited. Exhibits feature vegetables, flowers, and a sophisticated hothouse bloom display. public admission is free.
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Franco
House
Senate
Spain
Senate House
Joan Brill
Henry Jackson
Washington Democrat
Europe
Free World
Nicodemus
Garden Club
Frank Nicodemus
Garden Club of
Frederick
Walkersville
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Virginia Miller
Francis Scott Key
Jed
Tasker's Chance Garden Club of
Helene Stauffer
Eral
Saim W. Maples
T. Stuart Haller
F. Earle Shriner
Frank C. Nicodemus
National Military Policy in Need of Reassessment
Washington analysis argues the United States lacks a unified national military policy after World War II. It criticizes overreliance on NATO, UN coalitions, and Pacific risk, noting Joint Chiefs of Staff pressures shaped a limited, unbalanced defense plan and questioning decisions on Korea and Japan threats.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Pacific Ocean
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
South Korea
Acheson
Korea
Japan
Kores
Russia
Boyle In Korea By HAL BOYLE
American soldiers at night in Korea feel closer to home as cooling air replaces day’s heat. The night sounds from nearby Korean homes echo family life, while strategic concerns and the shift in military policy loom with a Senate subcommittee led by Lyndon Johnson. A separate notice reports a warrant for extradition in an Arkansas theft case and five arrests in Frederick for intoxication and loitering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Korea
Japan
Russia
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Chapman
Kentucky
Kefauver
Tennessee
Hunt
Wyoming
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Morse
Oregon
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Seoul
Washington Daybook
Dupont
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Globe Syndicate
East 5. Street
Brunswith
Carrie Pumphrey
Leviah L. Moter
Franklin L. Good
the News
Connecticut
Willigman
Mary Jane Pace
Brunswick
Herschel FE. Williams
Bridt
Brunswick High School
Milady
U. & Navy
B & O. Railroad Co
Williams
West Potomac Street
Earl L. Douglass
Dorothy Williams
Leonard F. Ayres
Taney Room
W. R. Williams
John W. Boyer
Ida Zimmerman
William
Wallace F. Ayres
Ayre
Inlaw
Arlington F. Ayres
George W. Arnold
John B. Gardner
Fishel Northam
Samuel VU. Gregg
Margaret Sumner
Gordon J. Greenawalt
Harry S. Fogle
William J. Simmons
Gloria Biddle
Mary C. Rogers
Henrietta Cramer
Harry K. Mummany
Fountain Head Heights
Mountain Theater Players
Braddock Heights
Charles Gordon Buckey
Charles William and
Richard Daniel Buckey
Charlotte, N. C
Mr. Buckey
Daniel H. Buckey
North Market Street
Ralph F. Wachter
North College Parkway
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Misa Joy Grove
Paul B. Riddlemoser
Washington Street
Miss Joy Grove
West South Street
Grover L. Welty
Calvary Methodist Church
Miss Grove
Harry G. Dorsey
Burton M. Creager
East Second Street
Brodhead
Wis
Dorsey
H. Norbert Dorsey
Chicago
Janet R. Engebretsen
Lee Engebretsen
Regina
Mary Elizabeth Dorsey
Wisconsin
Mr. Creager
Robert Hyatt Roelke
Charles Roelke
Odell Osteen
Damascus Methodist Church
Roland Green
Damascus
Harold Wright
Laytonsville Methodist Church
Philip Harvey Green
Roetke
Basil Lawrence
Webster's Grove
H Webster
E.E. Walker
Eakiex Mill
Lillian O. Brown
Lindbergh Avenue
Jerem Brown
Mercersburg
Dianne Taylor
Mrs
Charles Irving Staley
Stalee Farms
Flossie Cain
Mrs. Rose Cain
West Third Street
Hotel Hershey
Hershey
Henry Bury
Gurney Davis
Eldersburg
Davis
Clyde Cooley
South
Georgia
Herbert Cooley
H. Karl Harner, Sr
Laurel
Kenneth L
Mercer
Nelson Lansdale
Mrs. P. S. Lansdale
Writers’ Digest
Theater Arts
Me. Lansdale
Jos Joseph Mouriry
Rose Marie
Donald E. Nelson
Clarence Nelson
Whidden-Damuth
Howard Damuth
Julia Ann
Guy Carleton Whidden
Rendel Whidden
Phil
William C. Royal
First Baptist Church
This City
Ridgecrest
N. C
Social Service Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
Silver Spring Baptist Church
Jersey City
N. J
Richard W. Smith
Franklin Grove
Adam T. Smith
New Windsor
Mr. Smith
Edward and
Adeline Smith
Wakefield Valley
Illinois
E. L. Havermale
Quebec
Canada
West
Jinx" Myers
Wilbur D. Myers
Elmendorf
A.F.S
Alaska
St. Myers
T. S. Hurd
Davy
Ed. Cain
William D. Ferrell
Petersville
Norman S. Remsberg
Indiana
Niagara Falls
Tno
R. Butler
USMC
Butler
Connie Jean
Lewis Leather
Buckeystown
Alameda
Calif
Leather
William L. Lloyd
Boston
Leonard D. Carmack
Baptist Ridgecrest Assembly
Ralph Baumgardner
Westminster
Harry Baumgardner
Taneytown
Paul
George
Monterey Park
Los Angeles
Kr. Wadsworth
David Lawrence
Boyle
Pennsylvania
George Murphy Stegall
Edwin F. Nikirk
Harrisburg
Stegall
Thurmont Volunteer Fire Company
Ridgely King
Lee Soper
Gordon Troxell
Harold Bolleson
M. Paul Teeter
Lowell
Ark
Lieut
Kanade
Trump
Utah
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