Allied armored thrusts reach near Seoul in bold Korean war drive
In a major tank offensive, Allied forces crossed deep into Red lines on the western front pushing within five miles of Seoul and advancing on parallel routes. Four armored columns struck Red positions, supported by planes and artillery, with heavy casualties reported on both sides and commanders declaring a significant armor exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Seoul
United Nations
Hoengong
Wonju
U. S. Eighth Army
Bose
Matthew B. Ridgway
Anyang
Suwon-Seoul Road
Yanchan
Fisher
Unjung
Deeds Recorded for Farm and Property Sales
Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for multiple transfers. Elroy F Grimes and Mary E Grimes sold to Walter M Bird a 143 acre Walkersville district farm with improvements for about 47500. Clark E Stull sold to Robert J Huebner a 150 acre New Market District farm with improvements for about 15000. Warren H Turner sold to M auther Mahoney a Military Road property for about 11090. Welty W Rice sold to W H Turner a Mountain dale area property for about 3500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elroy F. Grimes
Mary E. Grimes
Walter M. Bird
Walkersville
Clark E. Stull
Robert Jf. Huebner
New Market District
Warren H. Turner
M.auther Mahoney
Military Road
Welty W. Rice
W. H. Turner
Mountaindale
Albert Fletcher To Speak To PTA Here
Albert Fletcher superintendent of the Maryland Training School for joys will address the Parkway School PTA on delinquent parents as a method to handle juvenile delinquency. The meeting at Loch Raven will be open to the public with Joseph F. Rhoderick presiding and a business session to discuss plans for a new elementary school on Motter Avenue and a May carnival to fund PTA work at Parkway School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fletcher
Maryland Training School For Joys
Loch Raven
Fletcher
Parkway School
PTA
Joseph F. Rhoderick
Mottervenue
Drafts consider new rules for childless married men 19 to 26
Washington reveals Hershey said new regulations are in the works to draft married men aged 19 to 26 with no children. An executive order could end dependency deferments for those with one or more dependents, a wife and children, or more than one dependent, under universal military service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis’ B. Hershey
Hershey
Truman
Defense
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Parcel Post Mail Shrinks To Nothing
Parcel Post operations at Frederick are nearly halted due to a Post Office Department embargo extending to all states. First class mail over eight ounces and most third or fourth class mail are banned, with air parcel post limited to two pounds. Local mail and star routes to Baltimore remain excepted, but a looming terminal mail jam is anticipated as the embargo tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Pest
Post Office Department
Baltimore
Highway
Lancaster
Washington
Frederick
DiSalle Asks Mayor's Help in Anti-Inflation Effort
Mayor Elmer F. Munshower received a telegram from Price Administrator Michael V. DiSalle requesting the creation of a local citizens committee to assist the regional and district Offices of Price Stabilization. DiSalle urged Mayors of cities over 10,000 to form committees to promote public knowledge and observance of regulations for a sound national economy and national defense mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Munshower
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Telephone Service To Korea Is Re Established
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. announced that radio telephone service to Korea via a South Korean station at Pusan has been re established. The link was interrupted last month when United Nations forces withdrew from Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korea
Pusan
Haseen
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
United Nations
Seoul
Survey of Frederick agriculture facilities rescheduled
A survey of agricultural education facilities and training courses in Frederick county, postponed from last Thursday due to weather, has been reset for Thursday this week. The Chamber of Commerce farm organization and education representatives will conduct the survey including a visit to Damascus High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce, Farm Organization and Education
Damascus High School
Severe Cold Lingers As More Snow Ice Persist
The region’s cold wave eases slightly but deep ice remains on city streets and county pikes. Temperatures expected to dip again tonight around 20 as ice and snow stay. Schools reopen after closures. buses on routes with no accidents reported. The County Roads Board and Bridges crews continue snow removal work amid icy ruts and parking hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
County Roads Board
Roads Commission
West South Street
Culler Lake
Watkins Acres
Strike Talks Deadlocked In National Mediation Board
Washington February 5 A railroad spokesman said negotiations remain deadlocked before the National Mediation Board in the long running strike dispute stalling much of the nation’s rail traffic. He denied rumors of an impending settlement and said carriers and four unions expect to renegotiate the White House December agreement, which rank and file members rejected after leaders presented it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Mediation Board
Mediation Board
White House
Eisenhower Sees Progress in Western Europe Defense Talks
General Eisenhower appears to have won doubt among many lawmakers on integrating American troops into Western Europe’s defenses. He addressed four congressional hearings and a national radio television appearance last week while continuing to face questions from a cross section of senators and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Western
Dirksen
Damage In South Runs To Millions
The worst wintry storm in the deep south in years caused millions in damage as several cities faced four days of paralysis. Florida saw 3000 to 5000 cattle deaths from 14 hours of freezing rain, with livestock losses alone exceeding 1 million dollars amid reports of malnutrition and odd poisoning claims. Mississippi suffered 16 deaths, Louisiana nine, as temperatures plunged below zero in Natchez and Tallulah. Weather improved inland while the north felt subzero blasts and widespread snow and rain extended from California to the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Deep South
Florida
Ammon McLellan
The
Okeechobee News
L. M. Johnson
Martin County
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tallulah
Ane
Minden
Natchez
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
Northern Plains
Maine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Towa
California
Idaho
Washington
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Great Lakes
Virginia Executes Last Three For Rape
Virginia carries out the final three of the Martinsville seven in the electric chair. John Clabon Taylor James Luther Hairston and Francis Desales Grayson were executed within minutes in the state penitentiary basement amid calm. A wave of last minute pleas to the U S Supreme Court failed as two others faced similar fate earlier that week. Separately George A Shaffer and George T Shaffer were released on $250 bond each on charges of obtaining goods by false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Martinsville
U.S. Supreme Court
Ioo
Circuit Court of
U. S. Supreme Court
John Clabon Taylor
James Luther Hairston
Francis Desales Grayson
George A. Shaffer
George T. Shaffer
Taylorsville
Herman M. Brown, Jr
George Best
Absolution Granted in Equity Court Divorce Action
A decree signed in Equity Court grants Mrs Kathleen Barrick of Myersville an absolute divorce from Robert E Barrick of Walkersville. The defendant is ordered to pay the costs. Attorney Wilbur F Shemeld Jr represented Mrs Barrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity Court
Kathleen Barrick
Myersville
Robert E. Barrick
Walkersville
Wilbur F. SheMeld, Jr
New Weapons Aims To Halt Enemy In Europe
Washington reports Gen. J Lawton Collins says future U S weapons will outpace mass tank forces. He cites rapid missiles with atomic warheads and night capable guided missiles, plus advanced rifle and artillery munitions. Collins says not many years until these tools aid Europe defense and that the U S leads in atomic weapon development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Russia
Europe
Army
U. S. News and World Report
Collins
Air Force
U. S
Corea
America
Report Raps NPA Inaction in Mobilization Critique
Washington Feb 5 The Senate Small Business committee harshly criticized the National Production Authority for energy and imagination shortages in defense mobilization and for insensitivity to small firms. It warned that 14 000 aluminum fabricators could be forced out of business and cited poor coordination between the Defense Department and NPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Production Authority
NPA
Sparkman D-Alas
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Munitions Board
Defense Department
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses Democracy At St John’s
At St John’s College Annapolis Eleanor Roosevelt urged that democracy needs time to show its full force in the world and explained the aims of the United Nations committee on human rights in a Feb 5 speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Annapolis
Eleanor Roosevelt
St. John’s College
Committee On Human Rights
United Nations
Major Tax Increase Proposals From Truman Admin
Washington reports major excise tax hikes urged by the Truman administration. Proposals cover liquor cigaretts gasoline radios and other goods with rate increases ranging from 3 to 20 percent and per unit charges. Beer would rise from 8 to 12 per barrel while beer and spirits taxes are adjusted to higher levels per standard measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pricy Beer
Galloway
Parolee Among Three Held In Furnishing Station Burglary
Wert Schreyer the parolee, Margison Ridenour and George H Sigler, all of the Frederick area, were jailed over the weekend on charges of breaking and entering the May’s filling station on Route 20 near Frederick and larceny. Schreyer and others had prior burglary records. Sigler and Ridenour were also charged with stealing a candy vending machine from the Frederick Foundry and Steel Company plant canteen. Police and sheriff investigations led to arrests, with one machine attempt thwarted by a watchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wert
May
Frederick Jan
Frederick Tron and Steel
Margison Ridenour
Creagerstown
George H. Sigeler
Maceo
Sherif
Sehrager
Schreyer
Sigler
Ridenour
Paul Fout
Soviet Reply Given Big Four Conference Demanded Priority
Moscow reports that Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky presented the Soviet Union’s reply to the western terms for a Big Four conference. Western powers favor a four power gathering addressing all east west conflict points, but the Soviet note insists Germany's question have top priority. U S, U K, and France envoys delivered their credentials to Vishinsky at the Foreign Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U.S
Walworth Barbour
John W. Nichols
Yves Chaitaigneau
Foreign Office
Vishinsky
Germany
Rail Tieup May Close Auto Plants
The railroad switchmen strike enters a second week with no general end in sight, threatening to halt auto production. About 25,000 auto workers are idle, with employers warning layoffs could reach 600,000 if the walkout lasts another week. Train service is crippled nationwide as embargoes deepen shortages while some cities show partial resumptions and others remain fully tied up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rairoad
New York
Grand Central Terminal
New York Central
New Haven
Hartford
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey
Pennsy
Atlanta
Sontc
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Kansas City
Chattanooga
Tenn
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Ludington
Mich
Adult 4 H Leaders To Gather Here
About 150 adult 4 H leaders from Frederick, Washington and Montgomery counties will meet Friday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for an all day conference on youth problems. The event is the first of seven regional Maryland meetings under the University of Maryland extension service from February 3 to 10. Local arrangements are led by Bradley Jones with Miss Evelyn Hutson presiding at the morning session. The afternoon program is run by Ray Mueller. Meals are provided by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. Notable speakers include Myle 8 Downey Wakelin McNeel Ranger Mac W S Wilson Dorothy Emerson Robert Bechtold and LEATHER SALES FROZEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Washington
Montgomery
Francis Scott Key
University of Maryland Extension Service
Bradley Jones
Evelyn Hutson
Ray Mueller
Washington County
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Myle
Downey
Maryland
Wakelin McNeel
Wisconsin
Ranger Mac
W. S. Wilson
Dorothy Emerson
Robert Bechtold
Tax plan seeks 25 percent on radios and TVs
Washington reports the Truman administration asked Congress for broad tax hikes including 25 percent on television and radio sets, 16 percent higher individual income tax, and a big rise in excise taxes on autos, liquor, beer, cigars, gas, and cigarettes. The plan aims to fund a $10 billion tax boost and offsets with corporate rate increases and loophole closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Tolevedon
Pacia
Secretary of Treasury
Ouyeder
Truman
Woo
Shydey LA Boot
Snyder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orce
FSPAT
Parcel Post
Parolee
Grand Central Ile
Hagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft Division
E. T. Michael
Uaw-Cio
khhHivEs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!