Boyle In Korea A Soldier's Mixed Remembrance Of War
The article recounts U S troops in Korea seeing home as New York Texas or Kangsa while missing Japan. It notes homesickness, flea and mosquito hardships, and brutal war conditions. It highlights moments of camaraderie in streams and mountains, glimpses of beauty, and the grim view of a nonvictorious army fighting Guerrillas amid rice paddies and valleys. The piece ends with a somber note on long memories of Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mal Boyle
Korea
U. S
New York
Kangsa
Texas
Japan
Hirohito
Tokyo
Yokohama
Labor Day 1950 Crisis Demands Rededication to Work
The article notes a man made cloud over Labor Day 1950 with no picnics or rest for American workers amid strikes that shut steel mills and electric output. It calls labor to reframe the holiday as personal labor toward a useful end and warns of broader home front tensions and profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lving
Washington
Special services mark 150th anniversary at local church
Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church begins a special Sunday service to observe the denomination's 150th anniversary. The event notes the faith's origins near Frederick at the Peter Kemp home in Rocky Springs dated September 25, 1809. Dr. DeWitt Pause, former Centennial pastor (1990-1937) now at Emigsville, Pa, will speak, and the church choir will dedicate new vestments during the 11 a.m. service.
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Centennial Memorial
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Brethren
Frederick
Peter Kemp
Rocky Springs
Centennial Memorial Church
DeWitt
Emigsville, Pa
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Oolum Of The News
Local items from September 2 1900 note cooler weather prompts parents to delay schooling. Frederick attendance: about 200 at the male high school and 80 at the female high school. James E Walker Frederick named foreman of the grand jury as the September term opens. Judge McSherry urges investigation into public school area craps. A horse attached to a peach wagon bolted on Market Street causing excitement but no injuries or damage. County Commissioners award cement walk contract in Court Park to W C Keller at 30 cents per square foot and start work. The Educated Mule is a Sparks Circus favorite, with a baby elephant drawing young crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
James E. Walker
McSherry
Joosé
Market Street
Board OF County Commissioners
Court Park
W. C Keller
Sparks Circus
Voter Registration Splits and Local Land Sale in 1930 Frederick
Twenty years ago in Frederick, voter registration showed 392 Democrats and 230 Republicans, a Democratic gain of 162. A 6 acre Walkersville farm of the late Charles Y Crum sold for 144.50 an acre to Allen Wachter, totaling 13 005. A broiling sun toasted city and county temperatures as 1 900 had enrolled by noon in city schools. Anti administration was of Brunswick Town being blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Republians
Frederick County
Charles Ye. Crum
Walkersville
Allen Wachter
Frederick
Brunswick
Weil
Bet
Mayer Aligire
Anniversaries and Birthdays in Historical American Figures
A recap of notable anniversaries and today’s birthdays across American figures. Includes Murat Halstead Henry George Eugene Field Albert Spalding Hoke Smith Hiram Johnson and others with brief notes on origins and death dates. Also lists September and October birth years, and a short horoscope advising diligence and moral focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Butler County
Ohio
Henry George
California
Philadelphia
Eugene Field
Chicago
St. Laws
United States
France
Boston
U. S. Treasury Department
Frederick Togas
Baltimore
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Roosevelt
U. S
Crete
Mediterranean
Belgium
Philippines
Wainwright
Allen QO. Whipple
Columbia University
Persia
Charles E Jackson
Natl Fisheries Institute
Washington, D. C
Columbia
D. C
Henry J. Taylor
Reuben Maury
The
N. ¥. Times
Butte, Mont
Giles C. Stedman
Mariner
United States Lines
Quincy
Mass
Preston W. Slosson
University of Michigan
Laramie
Wyo
Titan tank program reshapes future armored forces
Washington reports advance on titanium armored tanks with three times stronger plates and lighter weight for higher speed. Experimental 60 ton heavy tanks drive well and use a new high velocity 6 millimeter gun. Medium and light tanks planned for mass production, with a dedicated armored ammunition tender to sustain battlefield supply.
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Reed Blaine Washington
Dupont
Patton
Korea
Cadillac
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Millard Tydings
Senate Committee
Mr. Truman
Congressional
U.S
Hattle
Globe
Salvation Army retreat at Vindabona Hotel Heights
About 59 to 60 Salvation Army officers from Maryland and northern West Virginia plan a four day divisional retreat at Vindabona Hotel Sraddock Heights with 10 classes and lectures led by Army leaders. Commander Orames of Canada will be principal speaker. Lieut Col Robert Rose of Baltimore commands Maryland West Virginia Division.
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Salvation Army
Maryland
West Virginia
Vindabona Hotel
Sraddock Heights
Orames
Canada
Central Territorial
Chicago
Robert Rose
Baltimore
Maryland-West Virginia
Formosa stance sparks doubt on U S Far East policy
A Washington column questions President Truman’s Sept remarks on the Seventh Fleet and Formosa. It argues this shift could signal appeasement toward Communist China, challenge MacArthur's line, and risk wider war in Asia, urging clarity from Washington on defense strategy and policy versus State Department appeasement.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
China
Security Council
United Nations
Truman
U. S. Navy
Straits of
Korea
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan-Okinawa-Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
38Th Parallel
Truama
Congress
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
General MacArthur
State Department
Great Britain
America
Japan
MacArthur
Department of State
Pacific
Asia
Munich
Swimming Meet at Heights Pool Monday
The annual Staddock Heights pool meet closes the season Monday at 7 30 p m with boys and girls events for under 10 to senior unlimited. A Braddock versus Jack Griffin four man relay and an underwater contest held last year by Ted Stultz are planned along with junior and senior diving. Local swimmers expected include Bob and Bill McCutcheon Don Russell Jack Croghan Jerry Miller and others. Open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staddock Heights
Braddock
Jack Griffin
Ted Stultz
Bob
Bill McCutcheon
Don Russell
Jack Croghan
Jerry Miller
Bill
Don
Mahoney Promises To Cut Income Sales Tax
Democratic candidate George P Mahoney pledged at a Hagerstown rally to reduce the income tax by 10 percent and raise the sales tax exemption from 14 to 4 cents while not taking a penny from schools hospitals or roads. Governor Lane challenged how such funding would be maintained and demanded a clearer plan.
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Associated Press
George P Mahoney
Maryland
Hagerstown
Mahoney
Lane
Summer fishing ends at Culler Lake with 962 fish caught
Officer Harry Quinn reports a two month open season at Culler Lake yielding 962 fish. Four fifths were sunfish totaling 801, plus 48 bass, 31 crappie, 78 bluegills, two catfish, one golden perch and one golden carp. The season ran July 1 to August 41, ending midweek.
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Culler Lake
Harry Quinn
Sick miller Thomas Rumbrun stricken in Maryland
McKinstry miller Thomas Rumbrun of Carroll county was felled by a paraly tic condition on Thursday and admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital where he is reported fair. The item also lists several hospital transfers and surgeries involving residents of Frederick area, with patients at Frederick Memorial University Hospital Baltimore and other facilities. It notes civic club activities and Greece sending a 5000-man infantry brigade to Korea.
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Thomas Rumbrun
McKinstry
Carroll County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Howard Keefer
Mt Airy
Willis Smith
Walkersville
University Hospital
Baltimore
G. C. Barton
Charles W. Ray
North Market Street
M. R. Atchison and Son
Jeanne Bussard
Lease Bussard
Frederick
Shirley Miller
Leroy Miller
Sruce Worthington
Wilbur J Cline
Myersville
University of Maryland Hospital
Irving Hanover
Washington
Hanover
Middletown Towne Theater
Henry Remsberg
Middletown
Harrisburg, Pa
Remshere
Elmer Shafer
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Charles Heffner
North Bentz Street
Thurmont Group Returns From Canadian Rockies Trip
APS Miss Mary Williamson Miss Julia Williamson and Mr and Mrs Garnett C Ball of Record Street have returned from a tour of Banff Lake Louise Yoho Canyon Emerald Lake Takakkaw Falls and Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland and Cannon Beach Along the way they visited Anaconda Copper Co mines in Butte and the Marshall Field's in Chicago A new baby girl Susan Elaine born August 23 to Mr and Mrs Thomas Glass of Thurmont and Beverly Kay born August 28 to Mr and Mrs Robert Leather man are noted Other items include a homecoming attendance at Eyler's Valley Church and a wave of travel by air with Mrs Warrenfeltz at age 76 and a brief radar destroyer crew roster in the Mediterranean theatre.
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Mary Williamson
Julia Williamson
Garnett C. Ball
Record Street
Canadian Rockies
Pacific Coast
Banff and
Lake Louise
Alberta
Canada
Yoho Canyon
Emerald Lake
Takakkew Falls
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ralph Norris
Cannon Beach
Pacific Shore
Butte
Mont
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Co
Ball
Chicago
Lake Shore
Marshall Field
Susan Elaine
Thomas Glass
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Glass
Phyllis Davis
Robert Freeze
Mr. Freeze
Ellen Gochel
West Milton
Ohio
Alice
Myrtle
Lottie Eyler
Eyler's Valley Church
Social Roundup Notes From Frederick Gazette
Side Glances garden group and local families feature a sequence of society updates. Notable items include Thomas E Williams Sr as association president planning a future community hall funded by resort residents projects. Anneivers, weddings, and travels of Hargett, Bussard, Bradstreet, Yingling, Pickett, Lore, Moore, Warfield, Anders, Johnston, Kremer, Houser, and Houser family details. The narrative covers births, engagements, trips, and a Korean War wounded veteran recuperation, with residence changes in Frederick area and connections to Nazareth College and St Marys College.
Weddings and engagements announced in local notices
Engagements and weddings are announced for multiple couples including Minerva Christine Smith and Harrison E. Ropp with a September wedding at St Timothy's Chapel. Hil da Catherine Anders and Roland A. Eyter engagement set by Thurmont parents. Thelma M Eyler engaged to Ralph Eyler of Thurmont. Miss Joan Mary Pickett and Craig Thomas Houser wed in Coldwater Michigan at St Charles church with Rev. Geo Higgins officiating. bride is daughter of Mrs. William C. Pickett and the late William C. Pickett.
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Gordon S. Smith
Route 1
Frederick
Minerva Christine
Harrison E. Ropp
John T. Bradley
East South Street
St. Timothy’s Chapel
Franklin Street
Samuel S. Johnston
Charles H. Anders
Thurmont
Hilda Catherine
Roland A. Eyter
Ammon B. Eyter
Lester Kendall
Smithsburg
Thelma M
Ralph £. Eyler
Allen Eyler
Radar Not Yet Used by State Police in This Area
State Police sources said radar speedometers are not in use by troopers assigned to Barracks B. Twenty five motorists were stopped for speed violations during tests of the new equipment, which is currently limited to a heavily traveled highway section with plans to roll it out statewide after demonstrations in Maryland including Frederick.
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Barracks B
Washington-Baltimore House
Maryland
Frederick
GE Faces Walkout By Largest Union
New York dispatch reports General Electric faces a coast to coast walkout by the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers. Some 23,000 members are already striking in New York and Massachusetts, including 3,000 at a jet engine plant, with 33,000 more to join within three days, among them 400 at GE’s government reactor site in Schenectady. The IUE called the strike for higher pay and pensions after failed late concessions.
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New York
General Electric Co
Massachusetts
Schenectady
N. Y
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Missionary Society Holds August Meeting at St Matthews
The Missionary Society of St Matthews Lutheran church met August 23 at Mrs Howard Fry’s home with 16 members and five guests. The program led by the president featured hymns, scripture, and prayers. Guest speakers from Doubs Methodist Church, the Church of the Brethren, Trinity Evangelical and Reformed, and St Paul’s Lutheran spoke on sharing ideas, relief missions, home and abroad work, and notable church meetings. Monthly leaders were appointed for the coming year, and refreshments were served. The September gathering will be at Mrs Atley Compher’s home.
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Church of the Brethren
Frederick
Misa Ruth Kreig
Trinity Evangelical
Atley Compher
Truman signs resolution to release emergency military funds
President Truman signs a resolution authorizing the Pentagon to begin spending the $16.7 billion in emergency military appropriations authorized but not yet passed by the Senate. The action clears the way for rapid disbursement of wartime funding to support defense programs.
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Washington
Truman
Pentagon
Senate
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Boyle
Oolum of the News
the News
Know
Washington Daybook
Treman
Burkittsville
Maurice Grossnickle
Miami
Fla
David Lawrence
Heights Pool
Roy D Sundergill
U. S. Marine Hospital
Civinette Club
Mabel Cecil
West Seventh, Street
Francis Scott Key
Greece
Athens
Sophocles Venizelos
Trygve Lie
Robert Leatherman
Beverly Kay
William Peters
Route 2
Shirley Weddie
Beulah Weddie
Christ Hospital
Catawba College
Salisbury
N.C
J. W. Warrenfeltz
Wolfsville
Charles Town
W. Va
Sipe Springs
Warrenfeltz
Washington, D.C
Dallas
USS
Dyess
Owen D. Stewart
Seaman
USN
East Bst
Marvin Speck
Linda
Martha
Susan
Raleigh
Mr. Speck
Mrs
J. Luther Speck
Ivan Rotttzahn
Annetta
Virginia
Elva Remsberg
Maurice Remsberg
Pittsburgh
Bell Telephone Company
Remsberg
Hood College
A. Ralph Eichelberger
Hollis
Long Island
Albert ¥. Boileau
Arthur D. Younkins
Kenosha, Wis
Romer C. Younkins
Charles S. Owen
Joyce
Neal
Taneytown
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
Asbury Park
N. J
Walter E. Waybright
Newville
William Rockensmith
Denver
Mr. Waybright
Lutheran Church
Harry E. Carmack
Maurice C. Easton
East Third Street
Colorado
Donald Easton
Stephen
Greeley
Milton Carmack
Vindobons
Braddock Heights
Community Center
Joseph Rhoderick
Robert McCutcheon
Michael J. Croghan
Charles E. Hargett
Taney Apartments
Clarence A. Bussard
College Place
New England
Arthur H. Bradstreet
Nashua
N. H
Katherine R. Bussard
Morris Ward
Renee Poulleau Smith
A. R. Yingling, Jr
Ralph Francois
Mt. Airy
West Coast
Ralph. Yingling
Ralph M. Pickett
Airy
Stanley Lore
Watersville
Lucinda Louise
Georgie Moore
Judy
Robert L. Warfield
Urbana
Santa Paula
South America
Mr. Warfield
Robert L. Warfield, Jr
Mercedes Marquez
Caracas
Venezuela
William H. B. Anders
W. H. B. Anders, Jr
West Church Street
Gladys Lyon
Connellsville, Pa
Anders
All Saints Episcopal Church
Johnston
Holly Johnston
H. W. King
South Duxbury
Johnstons
Nancy
Bartlett F. Johnston
Baltimore County
Nazareth College
Mary Lou Kremer
Lansing
Mich
Joseph A. Houser
Linus L. Pickett
Springfield
AME
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