No clear end in sight in Korea conflict warns of broader war
A historical commentary argues Russia may be testing American resolve in the Far East as North Korea strikes, potentially signaling broader aims from Moscow. The piece contemplates whether Korea could be the Pearl Harbor of 1950, with questions on where the next blow might land and how the United States will respond amid a shooting war with Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
United States
Japan
Russia
Korea
Washington
Pearl Harbor
U.S
U. S
Europe
Stalins
Moscow
MacArthur
San Diego
North Korea
Pacific
U.S. Air Force
Coral Sea
Nem
Guam
Marine Corps
Dear Dorothy Dix Answer on Caring for a Widowed Mother
Dorothy Dix counsels against uprooting a grieving widow by moving her to a relative’s home. She warns daughters and sons about destroying the familiar space and memories that comfort a grieving mother. The guidance emphasizes keeping the mother in her own home with daily routines and familiar friends.
Dear Miss Dix advice column from a Maryland town
Sympathetic letters address elder care and marriage dilemmas. A mother laments moving an aging woman from her home to live with her daughter and seeks guidance on family duty. A reader confesses an affair and marriage conflict, asking for counsel on love, fidelity, and best paths for children and spouses. A worried mother seeks guidance on dating a 12 year old daughter and permissible outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
Bible Thoughts and Quotes on God and Creation
An evocative excerpt presents reflections on divine creation and Providence. It contrasts Ecclesiastes and Tagore, noting God’s work from start to finish and a vast universe seen through a single lane. The fragment emphasizes humility, awe, and the giver’s breadth of insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Tagore
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Fifty years ago on July 5 2000 readers recalled prize winners at Hagerstown and Martinsburg reed and reel races. The Indepndents won 100 dollars the MiniArs took second the Winters of Frederick won 74 The Uaped Nell Ascomation won 28 for best called cont pans. The city faced open flouting of a street ordinance with pistols and firecrackers ringing from dawn to night. Hundreds enjoyed fireworks along the Monocacy and Potomac rivers. Allen Kline caught a four pound nine ounce bass. About 2900 people rode the electric road to Myersville Middletown and Braddock Heights. Charles F Fleming a prominent contractor died at 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Frederick
Monagacy
Potomac
Allen Kline
A. J. Kline
Myersville
Middletown
Braddock Heights
Heights
Charles F. Fleming
North Market
Fifth Streets
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years ago July 5 1936 reports the largest crowd at Baker Park for a fireworks display about 5000 attendees. County health officer Dr Elmar Kefauver sprained both ankles in a fall in Stearnsville while on official duties. A grain elevator and warehouse owned by Gambrill and Carlin in Boyd Montgomery County burned, with loss around 10000 and about 2100 bushels of wheat inside. Potatoes spilled from a bushel basket on Main Street as farmer John Main of Myersville was struck and slightly injured stepping in front of a delivery truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Elmar C. Kefauver
Steamsville
Gambrill and Carlin
Boyd
Montgomery County
John C. Main
Myersville
Post Office deficit debate and underdog politics
Washington Daybook reports PennsylvanIa Representative Corbett arguing the Post Office is a service funded by users and not expected to profit, with costs spread across government functions. It notes criticisms of mail subsidies, rural service, and franked mail costs, plus comments on tariff protection and excise tax reductions shaping Congress debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Blaine Washington
Post Office Department
Pennesylvania
Robert J. Corbett
Pittsburgh
Postal Service
United States
Post Office
Corbett
Congress
Post Omer
Treasury Inj
Department of Agriculture
Armed Services
Eac
Post Office Iis
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
Senate
House Committee
Brown
Halleck
Martin
Globe Synd
Highest city in the United States leads at 10188 feet
Leadville Colorado is the highest city in the United States with an altitude of 10188 feet. Sharks bearing young: many shark species give birth to living young rather than laying eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leadville
Colo
Mobilization urged as essential against Soviet threat
Washington column argues for immediate limited mobilization to deter a new Cold War clash with the Soviets. It cites the Pearl Harbor parallel, Army and Navy needs, and warns against delaying decisions as public opinion could sour and risks rise in Europe and Korea.
Jail Term On Speed Charge Here
Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett presided over Peoples Court after a long Fourth of July weekend that claimed over 412 lives nationwide. Charles O. Denny, 22, of Cross Junction, Wat, was fined 200.78 and sentenced to sixty days in jail for speeding beyond 70 mph on Alternate Route 40 at South Monta, with First Lt W O Corbin noting 8 mph over the limit. Adamstown’s Benest Pierson, 48, was given thirty days and a 100.75 fine for similar speeds on North Market Street. Joseph P. Bischoff paid 24.75 for exceeding 30 mph on Route 1. Gelcendanner was acquitted for 40 mph over. Herman Daley, 4 Lincoln Apartments, convicted of assault and battery with a 26 fine and suspended three-month jail. Edward Saltzman ordered to pay and wife Mrs Serretta Laws a weekly a minor child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Charles O. Denny
Cross Junction
Wat
Wis
Denny
W. O. Corbin
South Monta
Inca Drmitken
Benest Pierson
Adamstown
North Market Street
Ben F. Phebus
Joseph P. Bischoff
Route 1
Mt. Airs
New Market
H. B O Brien Pan M
Daley
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Edward K. Saltaman
Linden Hills
Edward J. Smith
Serretta Laws
North Bentz Street
Sis
Paul B. Rhoads
William F. Sheffield
Saltzman
Strength For Today By Early Douglass
The piece argues religion should not be treated as a rabbit’s foot to chase luck or happiness. It contends faith remains an ever present help in trouble, lifting burdens beyond material remedies as life brightens with modern amusements.
New Books At Artz Library Readies Fresh Titles
New Books At Artz Library features a practical fresh water fishing handbook by Lou Caine with illustrations and habitat details plus a fish cookery guide by Mao Miloradovich. Also included are Modern Parables by Fulton Ouster, Great Mistakes of the War by Hanson Baldwin, and More Fainting Patterns for Home Decorators by Ruth Swears.
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Lou Caine
St. John Shellman Baer Natural History
Mao Miloradovich
Fulton
Gene Tunney
Blackstone
Magician
Hanson Baldwin
Elizabeth Baldwin
Head College
Ruth
Put God at the Center and Find Strength in Religion
The text argues that true religion centers God in life and yields automatic improvements in personal efficiency and happiness. It asserts religion brings miraculous outcomes, granting strength to bear pain and courage for any path, while noting religion is not magic but miracle and divine sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sCopfright Broson
Fat Man at Jamboree Encounters Scout Cries in Banter
HAL BOYLE notes a rotund man at Valley Forge meets a BEAVER patrol Scout and learns the quirky patrol calls. The comic exchange covers Eagle and Beaver cries, with a humorous contrast to tribal signals. The fat man jokes about becoming a lawyer as the scene closes with a final kreeseeree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Valley Forge
Kreaee
Kreeee
Eagle Patrol
Kreece
Beaver Patrol
B 29s Start For Far East From Spokane Runway
Spokane Westward bound B 29s lift off toward the Far East with crews many battle tested. Capt G H Granny Wright from Sun Valley Calif oversees the 16 man crew as he leads the ship into the sky. Sgt James Jarvis of Spokane leaves behind a newborn daughter born last night. B 29s previously served in World War II with the 8th Air Force in England.
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Spokane
Wash
Ward
Pacific Coast Air Force
Far East
G. H “Granny” Wright
Sun Valley
Calif
Wright
Pacific Coast
James Jarvis
Jarvis
Tve
W. H. Vaughn
Payette
Idaho
Vaughn
8Th Air Force
England
Quit claim filed in Wayne County divesting Peters interests
A quit claim deed filed in the Wayne County clerk’s office ends the equity case between Elizabeth Lewis Peters and Gerrit Peters. He relinquishes all interest in property on North Court street and the Hotel Braddock site plus two Braddock Heights lots, with a 24000 dollar valuation. He also gives up any claim to the Lewis farm near Trail Ridge Road in Colorado.
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Wayne County
Mich
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Gerrit Peters
Detroit
Peters
North Court Street
Braddock
Braddock Heights
Lewis
Frederick
Fourth of July as War News Fades Into Celebration
Independence Day in the United States mixed crowds at beaches parks and picnics with somber notes from Korea. Franklin Dulles Eisenhower and Churchill warned of a costly struggle as U N efforts to halt the war proceeded. Overseas reports spoke of South Korea as troops moved forward while Manila and London observed the day with mixed resolve.
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Associated Press
United States
South Korea
Washington
Truman
Korea
Pentagon
John Foster Dulles
Jts
Dulles
Washington Monument
Valley Forte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Munich
Eisenhower
United Nations
New York
U. N
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
Manila
Anxiou
Quirina
American Society
Ij London
Winston Churchill
Ssi
Cham ber of Commerce Picnic and Washington Trip Planned
Taneytown hosts annual outing on August 10 with bus to Washington National Airport luncheon, tour, and admission to Washington-Boston baseball game at no extra cost. Meeting notes announce John Chenoweth as cabinet president and outline water main extension and road bypass plans toward Taneytown. Also reported are road repairs pending and a travelogue by Rev. Charles S. Owen. private enlistment details and a local Odd Fellows delegation present.
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Taneytown
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
National Airport
Mervyn C. Fuss
John Chenoweth
David Smith
Westminster
Roop’s Mill
Kermar-Littlestown
State Roads Commission
Charles S. Owen
Pfe
James B. Sager
Samuel Sager
32Nd Infantry Regiment
Seventh Infantry Division
Japan
Fort Jackson
S. C
Odd Fellows
Prosperity Lodge
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Douglass
Artz Library
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Rocky Mountain National Park
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Jamestown Settlement
Alice Walker
Somerset
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Sign Corps
Ft. Monmont N. J
Camp Tuesda
Elmer Fuss
Hesson-Snider Post 120
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Stanley King
Brunswick
Ft. George
Taneytown High School
Nevis Ohler
Volunteer Fire Co
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Kenneth Morelock
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