Korean Vet Is Home On Leave
Sfc. James K R Stone of 120 East Eighth street returned for a 30 day rotation from the 24th Division in Korea. He was wounded in China linked fighting aboard the Jutlandia off Wonsan and in a Japanese hospital, carries a bullet in his left leg, and has earned a Purple Heart with Cluster along with the Victory and Army of Occupation Medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
James KR Stone
John M. Stone
East Eighth Street
Sfc
Stone
Jutlandia
Wonsan
Japan
Navy
Buckler
Seattle
Washington
D. C
Stec
Hagerstown
Orient
Tokyo
Tokyo Rose
Tojo
Sugamo
Espionage Talk Delivers OSS Insights to Civitan Members
Frederick dairy operator Joseph Vona, a former OSS major, spoke at the Civitan Club dinner at Francis Scott Key Hotel. He described indoctrination, training durations from six months to three years, and field life including operatives aged 30 to 65 with some women, emphasizing cover stories and rigorous discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
England
Frederick Civitan Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Charles Hartman
Joseph Vona
Excelsior
OSS
OSS contributions praised in local meeting remarks
Maj. Vona highlighted OSS achievements and parachute missions while noting diverse personnel including experts in safe cracking and field defense. The meeting, led by President David D. Oland, also reviewed a Chesapeake District Council report and announced a directors’ meeting for Tuesday. Court news lists divorces, marriage licenses, and property deeds among area filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Oss
Vona
OSS
Maj. Vona
David D. Oland
Chesapeake District Council
Trenton
N. J
W. Jerome Offutt
Elmer W. Singer
John Alexander
Real estate transfers listed in county records
A sequence of property conveyances shows multiple couples and trustees transferring parcels for nominal sums. Items specify grantors and grantees including Marquis, Mumma, Linton, Rice, Morgan, Hendrickson, Miller, Young, Fahrney, and Yoder among others, with designated cities and counties.
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Howard E. Marquis
W. Clinton McSherry
Paul B. Kallaway
Gilmore R. Flautt, Jr
Isaac N. Shipley
Charles Richard Wachter
Richard E. Shaff
Lillian W. Mumma
A. Laverne Fogle
Bessie L. Dubel
Florence Virginia Smith
Elty
Catherine E. Linton
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Herman W. Rice
Charlies McC. Mathias, Jr
Herman Wilson Rice
Bruce H. Morgan
Yolanda C. Cole
William E. Hendrickson
Mary A. Fout
Esther M. Miller
Christian C. Schokey
Fred N. Young
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Viola E. Young
H. Lawrence Fahrney
Bronson Construction Company
Carl E. Yoder
Clinton V. Rhodes
Rent Gouging Rumor Confirmed By Army
A Senate committee report on rent gouging near Army posts was confirmed by Second Army headquarters, validating the rumor's relevance to the Second Army area. The report originated from the Armed Services Subcommittee on...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade
Senate
Second Army
Armed Services
Army struggles with housing for service families at key posts
The Second Army headquarters notes progress but still cannot provide adequate housing for families at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky Indian Town Gap Military Reservation Pennsylvania and Camp Pickett Virginia. It cites trailer court permits and requests under the Wherry Housing Act to address needs though the act cannot fund permanent housing at temporary posts.
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Second Army
Camp Breckinridge
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Camp Pickett
Doll Show At North Market School Awards Given
City Recreation Commission sponsored a doll show at North Market Street School. Judges from East Sixth Street Civic Association awarded prizes to Katherine Dixon for largest doll, Lenny Royer for character doll, and Kaye Eury for best presented doll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recreation Commission
North Market Street School
East Sixth Street Civic Association
Irma Fox
Katherine Dixon
Lenny Royer
Kaye Eury
Oldest and Realistic Dolls Highlighted in Show
The News notes Mary Lipps’s oldest doll and Ellie Royer’s most realistic baby doll, Donna Joan Himes’s most usual doll, and Nancy Talbert’s smallest doll observed at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lipps
Ehlie Royer
Donna Joan Himes
Nancy Talbert
Federal share raised for Social Security relief programs
The Senate passed a bill increasing the Federal share of old age assistance and other Social Security relief programs by about 140 million dollars annually. The reference notes Houston served as the capital of Texas until 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Houston
Texas
1840
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James R. Stone
Civitan
Frederick Gas CO. Inc
Court News Equity
Mary H. Baugher
Oscar R. Baugher
Tunis F. Lewis
Catherine E. Favorite
Thurmont
Robert Eastwick
Stroudsburg
Carmen Z. Heckman
Minisink Hill
Roy Brunner Miller
Maxwell Avenue
Betty Pauline Hann
Douglas L. Schietterbeck
Letitia B. Sprecher
Edward ©. Beachley
Middletown
Naomi May Boleyn
Knoxville
Stephen Earl Green
Bertha
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Albert Clifford Sprankle
Abe Charles
Lilie Margaret Asher
Myer Kaplan
Bernard B. Burch
Orville A. Wagaman
Ceare Frederick Helring
West
Pattick St
Admiral Cope May
Freeproof
Bridge
Winte
Cape May
Or Muntz TV
Jack Kennedy
Wilson Line
Broadway
Baltemore
Homes — For Sale
Yellow Springs
Braddock
M D. Harp
Surance Pythian Castle Building
General Acceptance Corp
Easonised
America
Kefauver
Baltimore American
Baltimore News Post
Lorna UU
Said _ HALE
Greene
Ann Blythe
Mark Stevens
Katie
Irv
Jefferson
Sas
Gene Autry
Sons OF
New Mexico
Eddy Arnold
George M. Chapline
Chapline Bldg
W. Patrick St
S. Market St
Esskay & Home Dressed
Kellogg’s
del Monte
Kelly
Free State
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Hospital Aid, Inc
P. O. Box
Frederick, Md
Frederick County National Bank OF
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cigeal Trade
Frigidaire
Your Potomac Edison
Frederick — Taneytown
MT. Airy — Brunswick
Farmers Feed & Supply Company
East All Saints St
Walter Snow
South Market &T
Sam Miller
Imperial Brunswick
Stephen Gail McNally
Russell Alex Nicol
Peggie Castle
Druid Theater
Damascus
Maryland
Macdonald Carey
Wendell Carey
Bruce Hennett
Cemicolor
Hiway
Tonite
Leo Gorcey and
the Bowery Boys
Butch
Brod Crawford
Dick Foran
Fuzzy Knight
Shomp Howard
Johnny Mack Brown
Wyoming
Mike
Heston
Sear Tamar Richard Audrey Conte
Totter Vot
John McIntire
Samm Maffesi
Strramick Universal- International Picture
Carla Balerra
Pleo Moore
Machin
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