Confessed or Forced: Airmen Describe Germ Warfare Torture
Returned U S fliers report Communist interrogators used mental and physical torture near Pyongyang to force confessions of germ warfare. They cite beatings, water treatment, cold rooms, and the midnights walks while detailing specific officers and airmen subjected to prolonged, coercive interrogations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Village
U. S
John Quinn
Peiping Radio
Quinn
Charles M Maulisby
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Hong Kong
Air Force
Reds
J.C. Franklin H. Hall
Pasadena
United Nations
Ward G. Tuttle
Bremerton
Wash
Tuttle
Hall
Avas
Halil
Thomas D. Harrison
Clovis, N. M
John G. Stevens
Tucson
Ariz
Waxahachie
Tex
Stevens
Paul L. Wilcox
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Manchuria
Pen Mar Park Acquisition Proposed by County Delegates
Washington County delegates Omer T. Kaylor Jr. and Charles L. Downey said they will introduce legislation in the next General Assembly to authorize Maryland to acquire Pen Mar Park from the Western Maryland Railway Co. The park north of Hagerstown overlooks the valley and once drew up to a million visitors yearly in the early 1900s. Meanwhile local crime notes include several disturbed peace charges and traffic offenses with small bonds posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County
General Assembly
Pen Mar Park
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Here
Omer T. Kaylor Jr
Charles L. Downey
Department of Forests and Parks
Pentagon
State Line
The
Western Maryland Railway Co
Peoples Life Secretary Addresses Underwriters Group
Frederick Live Underwriters Association met August 28 at the Southern Restaurant with 47 of 61 members present. W. W. White of Peoples Life Insurance spoke, noting his prior Frederick service, praising the group as a professional body, and outlining three underwriting principles: life, faith, and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Woodman
Frederick Live Underwriters Association
Southern
W. W. White
Peoples Life Insurance Company
White
Frederick
Underwriters’ Association
Medical
Bar Association
Four H Club Contests At State Fair In Timonium
Frederick County 4 H Club members will compete in most club contests at the State Fair in Timonium next week. They will exhibit 65 animals and enter education booths, tractor driving and egg judging contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Timonium
Mac Remsberg
Middletown
Roscoe Harbaugh
New Midway
Boyd Smith
Frederick
Larry Anhalt
James Stine
Carrollee Hope
Robert Hope, Jr
Jefferson
Dana Henson
Myersville
Joseph
Rita
Kathleen Smith
New Market
Bonnie
Roberta Redding
Betty Ann
Charlotte
Clifford
Howard Stiles
Bartholows
Wilfred Runkles
Charles Burke
Monrovia
Patrick Warner
William
Zene Wolfe
Wolfsville
James Fender
Sjamsville
Guernseys
Roberta
Bonnie Redding
Randolph Valentine
Rocky Ridge
Ayrshires
Rebecca Royer
James Smith
Ross Smith
Thurmont
Jacqueline
Allen Flanigan
Woodsboro
Allen Moore
Ballenger
William Remsberg
Wayne Guyton
St Burkittsville
Jerry
Wayne Hevner
Johnsville
James Grove
Ill
Janet Hood
Mt. Airy
Kenneth Zimmerman
Claibourne Noff
Paul Clemson, Jr
Libertytown
Walkersville
Clibs
Gaithersburg Man Held In Death Of 4 Year Old
A Gaithersburg man was ordered held on a manslaughter charge after a 35 foot tree section fell during landscape work, killing Joel Okin, 4, and injuring his brother Irvin and Judy Jacobs. Witnesses said Musser and fellow workers were cutting a neighbor’s tree for $50, with the accident occurring on North Rockingham Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaithersburg
Okin
Chiildren
Musser
Sterving Hood
Wiliam Glover, Jr
Gahersbore
Alumnae Return for Homecoming Week Luncheon and Tour
About eighty alumnae of Frederick Memorial Hospital attended a Monday luncheon at the hospital nurses residence marking Homecoming Week. A post lunch tour of the hospital followed led by hospital officials. Notable guests included Ruth Thurston Myers and Rita Simon Gordon. Guest speaker at the banquet was Raymond C. Brehaut of Anderson Orthopedic Hospital Arlington Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Georgianna Houck Simmons
Ruth Thurston Myers
Rita Simon Gordon
V. i. W. Country Club
Raymond C. Brehaut
Anderson Orthopedic Hospital
Arlington
Ruth Clements
Ethel Northam
Helen Karn
Ruby Roderick
Romaine Rouzie
Margaret Bitzer
Vada ‘Twentey
Muriel Baer
Mildred Kline
Mary Jane Watson
Mary B. Fogle
Alice Darner
Pauline Etzler
June Cole
Isabel Zimmerman Hopkins
Marian Moberly
Grace Rice Hedges
Dolores Gaver
Hypatia Smith Selby
Ken W. Hersperger
Catherine Coffman Smith
Thelma Snyder
Marie King Corrigan
Margaret Kepler Smith
Marguerite Hoffman J Kemp
Margarete McClain Kemp
Dorothy Philips Waltz
Betty L. Grabill
Grace Kepler Alker
Addie Burall Null
Mildred Ingram Rittase
Louise Grimes Shafer
Thelma Rice Shafer
Naomi McD. Wallace
Alice Green Schaeffer
Nancy Grove Bruchey
Betty Rhoderick Putman
Ruth McDevitt Sample
Sarah Staley Bennett
Dorothy Dorsey Stup
Grace Fogle Young
Nellie Kanade Beard
Amy Day
Ruth Holtz Smith
Ruth Holtenberg Smith
Mary Lakin McCleary
Lola Rice Wachter
Marian Marker Axtine
Charlotte Thomas Brown
Ruth Adams McLaren
Pearl V Eader
Mary Balm
Elinor Hutton
Freda W. Main
Betty Jane Harmon
Henrietta Cramer
Ruthellen L. Loy
June Sheffler
Hilda L. Dudash
Dorothy R. Cramer
Daisy Darner
Betty Grimes
Marian Comer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mary K. Remsberg
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gloria I Smith
University of Maryland Hospital
Youngsters Head for Camp for Cardiac Disease Sufferers
Frederick County heart association helps two boys from Frederick and Brunswick depart for a state sponsored camp for children with heart disease in Triangle Virginia. They will return September 3 after their first experience away from home. The local group funds heart clinics and has ECG equipment, supporting referrals from physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. Rice
Frederick County Heart Association, Inc
Robert Brooks
Frederick
Jerry Fravel
Brunswick
James Kline
Frederick Association
Washington
Children’s Hospital
Triangle
Robert
Jerry
Frederick County
Joyce
Heart Society
Maryland Heart Association
Virginia
Quantico
Frederick County Association
Health Department
Six Months Of Dial Phone Service Here Is Successful
Frederick area marks six months of dial service since March 1 with 9 000 subscribers and rising. Daily local calls rose from about 32 000 on manual boards to 40 000 dialed by patrons, aided by 100 operators maintaining long distance and local service amid rural expansion and continued work on Emmitsburg conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sullivan
Frederick
C. and P. Telephone Company
Monument
Walter Lanius
Local Co
Tance
Fredericksonians
Aunt Mary
Duluth
New York
Corporation of the World
Emmitsburg
Exchange
Deeds Recorded Involving Homes And Garages
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several properties. Dr and Mrs Ner Veil sold to Mr and Mrs Arthur M Stover a residence at West Seventh and Biggs avenues for about 17000. Maude I Alexander sold to Ida C Wachter 25 Winchester street and five adjoining garages for around 4000. A field fire on the Fair Grounds endangered barns and sheds but was stopped by fire crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerveil Beil
Arthur M. Stover
West Seventh Street
Biggs Avenue
Maude I. Alexander
Ida C. Wachter
Winchester Street
Highland Street
United Rescue Truck Companies
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Community Concert Association Drive Launches
Nearly nine hundred letters go out as the Frederick based Community Concert Association starts its seventeenth annual membership drive. Renewal priority is given to last year’s members before public subscription opens. The group spans Frederick and nearby towns with reciprocity allowing at least fifteen concerts across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Concert Association
Frederick Association
Ward French
Frederick
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester
Waynesboro
Hanover
George B. Douglas, Jr
Clifton
Robert E. Clapp
Michael J. Croghan
Frank Lewis
Shirley Braungart
Charles Byerly, Jr
Charles C. T. Stull
Lewistown
Earle B. Blakeslee
Ray Spurrier
Helen Shafer
Middletown
Robert W. Leichert
Croghan
Clapp
Victor Palmer
Raymond Randall
J. Walker Carty
John L. Sullivan
Ignatius Bjorlee
Irving Landauer
Family celebration honors Preston Mossburg on 57th birthday
Preston Mossburg was honored at a family dinner in St Marys Hall Barnesville marking his 57th birthday. A long list of relatives attended including Crone Jones Johnson Glickman Cromwell Linthicum VanDercook et al. Gifts were given and music by Johnny Glaze and his Ramblers concluded the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Mossburg
St. Mary’s Hall
Barnesville
Charles Crone
Lloyd Jones
Glenn Jones
Harry Meem
Jacob Johnson
Gene Johnson
Harry Glickman
Shirley Hays
Dorothy Croneburg
Nick
Douglas Roberson
John Engle
Mildred Flohr
Naomi
Spencer Fisher
George Butler
Lester Flohr
Mansfield Daniel
Robert Dayhoff
Russell Mossburg
Wilson Mossburg
Betty Hossler
Harold Lewis
Ollie Duvall
Gladys Ray
Ethel Platter
Charlotte Korrell
Robert Sandbower
John Glaze
Edward Coleman
Robert Grubb
B. Poole
Lewis Bader
Charles Moore
Virginia Hershberger
Webb Hershberger
Charles Kohlhoss. Jr
Robert Gallery
Larry
Gus Comeaux
Johnny Glaze
His
Ramblers
Elderberry Blossom Pancakes Noted in Kitchener Breakfast
FLOWER PANCAKES KITCHENER Ont four local residents gathered to enjoy an old world breakfast with elderberry blossom pancakes topped with Waterloo County maple syrup. The menu includes fruit juice, strawberry pie, and coffee. The recipe uses elderberry blossoms in bloom for about two weeks, dipped in pancake mix and fried until crisp, one blossom per pancake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Ont
Waterloo County
Germany
Tyrolean Alps
Italy
Switzerland
Bail Posted For Ben Gold
Ben Gold, Russian born head of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union, was released from jail on a $500 bondsman fee after surrendering on an account perjury indictment. He sought to post $10,000 in union bonds but clerks rejected them without union authorization. The case cites possible 15 year prison term and $30,000 fine if convicted. Gold headed the union since 1935 and was previously aligned with the Communist party before renouncing ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ben Gold
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
Gold
U. S. Treasury
Justice Department
Court House
National Labor Relations Board
Gori
Dist. Atty
Leo A. Rover
Treasury
James Menendez
U. S. District Court
Joseph A. Lowther
Charlies F. McLaughlin
Menendez
Union
Martinsburg to honor Morgan descendants at 115th founding
W V Aug 1931 Martinsburg celebrates 115 years since founding with guest of honor Albert M. Morgan descendant of Morgan j Morgan the first settler. Morgan Morgan VI and Morgan Morgan VIII noted among living descendants. Morgan Morgan settled near Bunker Hill about 1726. Governor endowed a monument in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Morgan J Morgan
Albert M. Morgan
Monongalia County
Ephraim F. Morgan
Zakquell Morgan
Morgantown
Morgan Morgan
Bunker Hill
Morgan
Morgan Morgan VI
Morgan Morgan VIII
Marriage licenses issued in Westminster on Sept 1
The Carroll County Court House in Westminster issued licenses for Chas William Otto Jr and Thelma Virginia Jones. David G Hughes and Norma Jean Mitchel. Otis Eugene Smith and Virginia LaRue Harman. Casimer Kuchinsky and Sarah Yarnutskey. James Emmett Fisher and Jane Harriet Virginia Rice. Donald R Baker and Mathie Baker. Addison Dillon Jr and Betix Jane Richards. An oven baking tip notes removing the broiling pan to protect it from extra heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Carroll County Court House
Chas
William Otto, Jr
Thelma Virginia Jones
Finksburg
David G. Hughes
R. D
Norma Jean Mitchel
Baltimore
Otis Eugene Smith
Union Bridge
Virginia LaRue Harman
Casimer J. Kuchinsky
Barnesville
Sarah Yarnutsky
James Emmett Fisher
Jane Harriett Virginia Rice
Frederick
Donald R. Baker
Taneytown
Mathie “A. Baker
Taney
Addison
Iam Dillon, Jr
Wesineton
Betix Jane Richards
Liatestown
Ten Nurses Receive Diplomas at Frederick Memorial
Ten young women completed the 42nd graduation exercises of the Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Special cash awards honored top students Peggy Lou James Sally Shelton Tinney Barbara Burdette and Nellie Buchanan. Dr. Truxal urged graduates to keep feet on the ground and eyes on heaven as they assist doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Nursing
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Loretta Liecille Boyle
Mary Louise Bratt
Nellie Geneva Buchanan
Barbara Jane Burdette
Doris Sue James
Peggy Lou James
Helen Jane Kepler
Ruth Elizabeth Moxley
Patricia Lee Strother
Sally Shelton Tinney
Paul S. Michael
Hospital Board of Managers
Dorothy Filler McBride
Elizabeth Craigmile Schroeder
Sally’ Shelton Tinney
William Elder Craigmile
Barbara June Burdette
Frederick County Medical Society
Thomas H. Legg
Truxal
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
A. A. Pearce
Nursing School Council
Pearce
Daisy Darner
Ruth Clements
Edmund L. Gettier
H. David Hagan
Elm Street
Bible Class Visit to Homewood Near Williamsport
Grace Reformed Church Bible Class from Williamsport visited Homewood on a Wednesday afternoon August 12 with 32 members and friends. A program featured Mrs. Thomas, Rev. Wagner, Mrs. Railing, Mrs. Nikirk, Mrs. Hoffman, and Miss Esler plus music from Frankie Miller and Eugene McCracken. Gifts were presented to Rev. Dr. Levan 95 and Mrs. Ida Landis 96. next meeting set for September 2 at 7 30 in the classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faithful Circle
Grace Reformed Church School
Homewood
Williamsport
Thomas
Frankie Miller
Eugene McCracken
R. L. Day
Mr. Wagner
Margaret Railing
Old Rugged Cross
E. Roy Nikirk
Amy Hoffman
Mrs. Railing
Ivory Palaces
Roy Nikirk
Margaret, Railing
Jesus
Mary Ellen Esler
Dr. Levan
Ida Landis
Calvin Gaugh
Five Day Forecast Shows Warm Weather Through Weekend
The heat wave continues through Friday with slightly cooler temperatures expected over the weekend. Scattered showers are likely Friday and Saturday. Temperatures run about 7 to 10 degrees above seasonal normals. Western Maryland highs mid to upper 70s, eastern and southern areas lower to mid 80s. Lows range from around 50 in western Maryland to about 65 in eastern and southern sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
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Henry F. Brown
East Sixth Street
Wilson M. Butler
Middle Alley
Rozer O. Brown
Lincoln Apartments
James R. Bramson
North Bentz Street
Kanade
Huddieson
Boost
Furashi Hasegawa
Robert L. Frye
Huddleson
Peoples Life Secretary
Nurses Home of Hospital
Merrle Adams Meadow
Buckeystown
Earl C.lenhart
Paul W. Rice
U. S. Army
Korea
Lenhart
Army
Rice
Fort Meade
Earl C. Lenhart
Sgt. Rice
Fern Rice
James Fisher
Ira Ausherman
Edgar Fagan
Marion Ausherman
Lawrence Ausherman
Connie Jeans Ausherman
Larry Ausherman
Janet Thompson
Katherine Linton
Mary Linton
Ralph Linton
Patricia Linton
Herman Rice
Willie ‘Rice
Sharon Rice
Gary Rice
Norman Marsden
Linda. Marsden
Ruth Eton Lenhart
George Harpord
Florence Guyton
Melvin Boone
Maria Boone
Wilhenia Boone
Lewis Lenhart
Ruby Lenhgh
Betty Lenhart
Earl Hawkins
Myers Smith
Alice Rice
Kenneth Rice
Bernard Norwood
Clyde Rice
Gottlieb Hausler
Old Braddock
Hausler
Hausier
Paul G. Hausief
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