Armistice talks stall over airfield issue in Korea
In a 16 minute session Allied Col. Don C. Darrow pressed North Korea on airfield reconstruction and armistice aims. Negotiators showed little progress as staff officers debate prisoner exchange methods and POW camp moves. Koje Island holds about 130000 prisoners and 30000 civilian internees as new camps emerge in South Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mungan
Korea
Don C. Darrow
Chang Chun
Parrow
U.N
Gression
Mued
Reds
South Korea
Hey
Koje
TV Appeals To Less Educated Among Britons
A Py-Tele Vision survey of 3 006 families and 1 454 other viewers for the British Broadcasting Corporation finds lower educated and lower income groups spend more time watching TV and are quicker to buy sets. The study notes television sparked social shifts in Britain, with many adults who left school at 14 or 15 driving adoption and shifting leisure patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
Hetteroff
Nritein
WE Strike Drags Into 16th Day
Western Electric strike action by about 6000 workers continued into its 16th day as negotiators remained at odds over a single wage issue. The walkout, a major phase in a broad telephone industry dispute, involved CWA members including repairers and warehouse staff as talks resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Electric Company
Yalest
C10 Communications Workers of America
Obituaries from Keedyaville and nearby areas
Funeral services for George W. Buxton 74 a Citizens Bank cashier for 44 years will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Salem EUB Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery Keedyaville. Other obituaries note deaths of Mrs Margaret Wright 85 in Mount Lebanon Pa Mrs Martha Ritter and Mrs Ida Davis with services in Hagerstown Williamsport and Boonsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Buxton
Citizeng Bank
Keedyavilla
Salem E.U.B
Reva
Karl I. Warner
R .H. Strawbaugh
Fairview
Keedyaville
Earnshaw Funeral
Citizens Bank
Antietam Lodge
A. F
4. M
Backers Hope for Landslide in Pennsylvania Primary Today
Philadelphia April 22 Supporters race to mobilize votes in Pennsylvania on the presidential primary. Ike backers aim to sway Democrats and Republicans toward Eisenhower to boost 70 GOP delegates at the Chicago convention. Taft write ins possible. Stassen appeals minimal. Fine leads unpledged delegation efforts with 52 of 60 at large slots already arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
iPennsylvania
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Chicago
Harold KE. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
John D. M. Hamilton
Ohioan
Lance
Edwin F. Russell
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Fine
Hisenthawer
Moonshiners Are Busy In Texas
Houston April 22 moonshiners and illegal distillers are gaining on legitimate producers as taxes push liquor prices higher. Representatives from 28 states at the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators heard that bootleggers are filling the market gap. Patrick Gleason deputy commissioner New York State Liquor Control Board cited 10 000 illegal stills destroyed by the federal government last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
National Conference of State Liquor Administrators
Patrick Gleason
New York State Liquor Control Board
No Softening Of Attitude Toward Refusals To Fly
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Air Force chief of staff, states there will be no softening of attitude toward refusals to fly. He says the Air Force is a fighting organization and rejects the notion of adopting a sole stance on the issue of draft refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Vandenberg
Cdi
USAF
Jefferson Day Dinner Attendees Announced in Washington County
Mrs Lansdale G Sasscer and Mrs George P Mahoney accept invitations to the Jefferson Day dinner to be held April 25 at the Masonic Temple in Washington County. U S Senator Herbert R O Conor also will attend the reception earlier that evening. Tickets available from Mrs Irene Cunningham or Mrs Jane Burhans who will be toastmistress. Laurel Maryland April 22 2000 Py Board of Public Works approves Army lease for aircraft training on Spring Grove State Hospital property. Annapolis April 22 4 The Mayor Merrill L Harrison reelected to a third two year term with the opposition slate. Williamsport funeral chapel reports death of Mrs William Crawford Briscoe widow of William Crawford Briscoe formerly Sophie Gaither Smith. Surviving daughter Miss W Hnton Shaw Baltimore and son William Crawford Briscoe Albuquerque NM. Services at Church of the Epiphany Sacorra and later at Mitchell Funeral Home. Interment St Johns Cemetery Ellicott City Md.
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A. K. Ridenour
Abbie Kathryn Ridenour
Charles E. Ridenour
Boonsboro
Jacob VY
Anna Geeting Reel
Keedysville
Mt. Nebo BE. U. B. Chireh
Boonshero
Pat R. Ridenour
Benjamin F. Reel
Vernon Lee van Horn
Vernon (Winkle
Lee van Horn
Vernon L
Amena Strauss van Horn, Jr
General Hospital
Lancaster
Matternal
He Strauss
Waynesboro
Vol. van Horn
St. Hagerstown
Grove Funeral Home
Frank Tosenberger
Green Hill Cemetery
Stine
Wil Mamsport
Luther I
Emma R. (Nave) Haul
Washington Square Methodist Church
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Women of the Moose
Auxillary
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rose
Temple No. 15
Pythian
Springe
Eva Evans
New Hone
Mere
Daisey Spielman
Hanover
Bernard Tull
Pleasantville
Sameb Tut
John Ww
I da C. Davis
Ida Cecelit Davis
Wear Salisbury Street
Williansport
Washington County Hospital
Pufter
Sanuel Spavis
Williamsport
Assembly of God Church
Williamsaport
Vernon Miles
Lawn Meadows Cemetery
Paramount
Bearera
Ansamily of God Church
Lansdale G. Sasscer
George P. Mahoney
Women's Democratic Organization
Washington County
Masonic Temple
U.S
Herbert R. O’conor
Laurel
Mis
Board of Public Works
Army
Grove State Hospital
William C. Briscoe
William Crawford Briscoe
Socorra
N. M
Sophie Gaither Smith
Chandler Price Smith
Baltimore
Mix
W. Hrntton Shaw
Albuquerane
Church of the Epiphany
Sacorra
Walter Byron Stell
Mitchell Funeral
Eutaw Place
St. John's Cemetery
Ellicott City
Apparently She Likes Manhattans
Actress Claire James and her estranged husband Dr. Peter Hoffmann testified in their divorce trial in Los Angeles on April 22. Hoffmann recounted a Palm Springs trip with Miss James who, after arriving in Hollywood as Miss California 1938, reportedly drank six Manhattans at dinner then six more at a nightclub and eight at another venue, with no meals each time.
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Los Angeles
Claire James
Peter L Hoffman
Hoffman
Pal Springs
Beautentts
Miss James
Hollywood
Halfway area to see lower fire insurance rates
The Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway reports possible further rate cuts on fire insurance. A recent Maryland Underwriters Bureau inspection, plus upgrades by the fire company including a new pumper and alarm system, may cut Halfway rates to about half of pre 1949 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flalrway
Halfway
Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau
University of Maryland Fire Service Extension
Fie
Hagerstown
Four Change Minds About Loyalty Oath and Dried Beer
April 22 1943 Philadelphia officials report four discharged veterans reversed refusals to take a state loyalty oath. Interns and other hospital staff signed the oath amid calls for reinstatement at Philadelphia General Hospital. Doctors Frank Johnson Curtis Ge Wherry and others were identified with the oath and hospital announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Picnica
Phila Uresdelphia General Hospital
Frank Johnson
Berwyn
Kenneth J. Hagen
New Haven
Middle States Council for Social Studies Meeting At Hagerstown
Hagerstown hosts the 449th Spring meeting of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies bringing educators from New York to Washington D C for two days at Hagerstown High School May 23 and 24. Sessions cover geography democracy economics and political science with tours of Antietam Battlefield and Ferry Hill Mansion. County schools will close at 2 p.m. Friday to allow attendance. Dr Frank E Sorenson from the University of Nebraska will open with Recent Studies In Geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
District of Columbia
Middle States Council For the Social Studies
Hagerstown High School
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Washington
D.C
Antietam
Ferry Hill
Wiliam Brish
Frank E. Sorenson
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Frank G. Brewer
United States
Sorenson
Unesco International
Quebec
No Honor Among Thieves Says Indianapolis Clerk
Hazel Allen, a cleaning establishment clerk, reports repeated robberies by the same man. He claimed a sick baby needed the money and promised it would be the last time. He took $15 April 4, $19 April 7, and £28 another date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Dick Springer Promoted At Quonset Point Navy Base
Dick Springer, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Springer of 801 Virginia Avenue, is promoted from airman to aviation structural machinist third class at the Naval Air Base in Quonset Point. He writes he is feeling fine and likes the life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Springer
Clyde Springer
Virginia Avene
Naval Air Base
Quonset Point
Finn
Appeals Direct To Roads Head Over Damaged Estate
Dr W Stanley Johnson owner of Stony Court near Bridgeport appeals to State Roads Commission Chairman Russell McCain for settlement of damages from highway work on the Sintthburg Pike. He cites removal of 300 feet of stone wall 150 feet of panel fence two gates with shrubbery and trees. He seeks wall restoration drainage and payment still refused after initial 700 escalated to 31200.
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W. Stanley Johnson
Stony Court
Bridgeport
Russell HH. McCain
State Roads Comission
Johnson
Sintthaburg Pike
Johnsen
McCain
de Johnson
de. Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Smithsburg Pike
Roads Commission
Stafford Cripps Dies In Zurich
Sir Stafford Cripps the Socialist statesman died in Zurich Switzerland. He served Britain during World War II era and earlier pressed austerity measures and economic plans. His work faced opposition amid fears of Soviet influence and shifting Allied priorities toward rearmament.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Russia
Prayer for TRYDAY Youthful Spirit and Hope
A faith filled prayer asking the Lord to renew the youth with rest and enthusiasm. It asks to free from cynicism and to burnish ideaths with religious faith while staying eager for each day’s promise. Amen. Presented by Hoover Rupert of Jackson Michigan.
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Hoover Rupert
Jackson
Mich
First Methodist Church
Comsright
National Council of Churches
Maryland Senate Primary Scrutiny Surges In Both Parties
Maryland races heat up as Republican Beall challenges Mills and Taft allies back Beall. Mills argues Beall a do nothing congressman while Mahoney accuses Sasscer of falsities over Patuxent Water Co. rates influencing Naval Air Station housing.
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Senate
Maryland
Mayor Mills
Beall
Taft
GOP
Hagerstown
Phorman J. Mills
J.glenn Beall
Donothing
Washington
Chaiman
New Maryland
Robert A. Taft
William €. Purnell
Seu
Parnell
Heall
Mills
Allegany County
Frostburg
Garrett County
Allegany Line
Lauadale G. Lasseer
George P. Maehoney
Mahoney
Patuxent Water Co
Naval Air Station
Sasseer’s
Sasscer
Prescription Law Set To Take Effect This Saturday
The FDA plans a new nationwide prescription law that defines drugs needing a prescription and clarifies direct public sales. Spurred by two congressmen who are doctors, the measure aims to safeguard health and tighten labeling and dispensing rules nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Washington
Roep. Durham Genc1
Thanphyrey
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Queen Juliana Visits Canada Amid Wartime Ties
Queen Juliana began an unofficial six day stay in Canada with private meetings and a reduced formal program after her U S visit. She arrived by Royal Canadian Air Force plane from Detroit, while Prince Bernhard toured New York and would join her later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Juliana
Canada
United States
Wing
George VI
Royal Canadian Air Force
Petroit
U.S
Prince Bernhard
New York
Truman
Stevenson Would Feel Flattered If Democratic Party Chooses Him
Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois says he would feel flattered if the party thought he could render more service in the White House than as governor. Reporters pressed him about a draft but he gave no answer. Clark to speak at Frederick High School June 10. Local notices include a turkey supper fundraiser and watch repair ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Adlai
Stevenson
Minois
White House
Clark
Frederick
Tom Clark
Frederick High School
Gideons Elect Officers in Hagerstown Chapter
The Hagerstown Chapter of the Gideons International elected officers for the coming year. Kenneth Heefner was re elected president Lee Sterling vice president Joseph Hamilton secretary and Orville Ro Bitner chaplain Wilbur Hostetter treasurer. Charles Peipscrass spoke on the Gideons work distributing Bibles in schools hotels and public places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Gideons International
Yvear
Charles Peips Crass
Maryland, Delaware and
District of Columbia
Three Attorneys Move Law Offices in April
Three royal barristers changed offices this April. Angie Wolfinger relocates to room 6% on the second National Bank building sixth floor. John D. Hollyday shifts from the Kart building to the same bank structure. Magistrate William Kreykenbahn moves from the Earle building to Wegies building offices once held by Magistrate Jack Berkson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie Wolfinger
Afth
Second National Bank
John D. Hollyday
Kart
William Kreykenbahn
Earle
Wegies
Jack Berkson
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Potomac Beauty Salon
Potomac
Stone and Cinders
Ways I. Golden
Adv
Bo —Reading
Duquesne Valley Forge
Gunther
North Locust
Margaret Wright
Margaret (Byers) Wright
Francis Wright
Mount Lebanon
Presbyterian Church
County Downs
Ireland
Thomas W. Verner
William
Montreal
Laughlin
Mt. Lebanon
J. Russell Butcher
Allegheny Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Martha V. Ritter
Edward T. Ritter
Edward L
Lloyd H
Della Downs
Fairplay
Clara Strite
Clear Spring
Francis B. Stone
Amy Bell
Wikliamsport
Henrietta Schnebley
Wilson RB. Lesher
Narrows
Minnieh
Charles M
Rest Haven Cemetery
Ivy Florence Stine
McDowell Avenue
A'Elnek
Calvin J. Stine
Mildred Springer
Margaret Gibney
Ike Backers
Pennsy
Texas
Mrs. Sasscer
Mrs. Mahoney
Annapolis
Merrill L. Harrison
Shuarrett Motors
Baltimore Street
Newman's Packing House
Smithsburg
Washington Post
Washington Post Agency
Sunmit Ave
W. S
Social Studies
DR. Prankee, Sorenson
Henry J
Jon
Swadley
E. Washington St
Phono
Queen Juliana
Halil—All Welcome
S. Potomac Street
Saum
Jonathan St. Adv
Trinity Reformed
S. Boonshoro
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor Corp
Ttn
Electrical Engineering
A. G. Crankleton Electric Co., Inc
Greencastle
Gideons
Fairplay Fire Hall
Ine & His
Playboys
St. James
Sollenberger Metal Works
Mougansville, Md
Mr. Summers
Antietam Motors, Inc
East
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