Thurmont Governor lauds Fire Hall Dedication in Bicentennial
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin spoke at Thurmont on a sunny Sunday during the town bicentennial celebration dedicating a new fire hall. He praised American freedom, warned against federal and state overreach, and contrasted Thurmont with Russia while noting an open house and supper with local officials.
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America
Theodore R. McKeldin
Thurmont
Paris
Jacob R. Ramsburg
D. Sayler Weybright
Guardian Hose Company
Howard Damuth
Fhonor
S. E. Barnjfatt
Town and Fire Company
Church Street
McKeldin
Camp Cozy
E. G. Miller
Boonsboro
Betty Miller
Hitler
Russia
Ivan
Serge
Kremlin
Jos Stalin
Vladimir
Igor
Antony
Bogdan
Maryland
Thurmonts
Taft Attacks Korean War at Annapolis Rally
Senator Taft denounced the Korean conflict as a useless war with 80,000 American casualties and billions spent. He argued for peace negotiations delaying the danger, accused Truman of starting the war without authority, and criticized socialization and price controls as measures of the emergency.
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Annapolis
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Maryland
Senate
Korea
Truman
Ohio Republican
Tait
Taft Criticizes State Dept. Actions and Maryland Senate Picks
In a Maryland focus Taft praises Butler as a rising Maryland voice in the Senate while accusing a pro Communist influence in the Far Eastern Division of the State Department. He notes Tydings as heading a committee viewed as whitewashing the department’s issues. In Hollywood, actress Maureen O'Sullivan gives birth to her seventh child, Theresa, a eight pound girl, at St Vincent's hospital. husband is director John Farrow. The family includes four girls and three boys.
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Maryland
Ohio
John Marshall Butler
Senate
State Department
Taft
Tydings
Butler
Hollywood
Maureen O'Sullivan
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Theresa
John Farrow
Return of a 600-year sword after Japan’s surrender
Tokyo July 22. After Japan’s 1945 surrender Maj Iseo Tada gave American Capt Ramon Grelecki his 600-year-old Samurai sword. Grelecki, an OSS officer, now seeks to return the blade. Tada’s letter asked acceptance of the sword and pledged hopes for freedom and peace.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ramon Grelecki
College Park
Office of Strategic Services
Formosa
Iseo Tada
Tada
Grelecki
Sword import standoff reaches Japan under occupation
Grelecki recounts trouble delivering a ceremonial sword to Japan as customs blocked entry, used to seeing exports rather than imports. Occupation authorities must approve the shipment before the sword can be stored or displayed. The episode reflects broader Allied efforts to support democratic institutions amid postwar reforms.
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Ana
Japan
Grelecki
Tada said Greleck cannot locate him
The statement quotes Greleck expressing uncertainty about the whereabouts of a person named he. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
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Tada
Greleck
Car Race Accident Leaves Wright Critically Burned Near Hagerstown
Joseph Wright of Alexandria, age 27, sustained second degree burns over nine percent of his body in an automobile crash during Sunday races near Hagerstown. He was listed in critical condition at Washington County Hospital.
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Joseph Wright
Alexandria
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
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Chas. K. Vaylor
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Tweedie
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Bush and
Edgerton
Kemp
Aten Ride
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Firestone
R. F. Purdum
Damascus
Pirdy Gare
Rae
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