Army to call 62 000 reservists for 21 months
Washington says 62 000 enlisted reservists from a 185 000 pool will be mobilized in September and October to strengthen National Guard and Organized Reserve units. First wave by September 15, ages 19 to 25, with priority by dependents. About 116 000 reservists in units exempt. Those termed come from all regions with area quotas and must pass medical examinations before reporting for 21 months active duty.
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US Uuly
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Army
Eroun
First Army
New York
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Second Army
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
Third Army
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Fourth Army
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fifth Army
Ilinoia
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Sixth Army
California
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
House Starts On New Control Bill
The House junked a mandatory wage and price curb bill and began anew on an economic control measure. President Truman denounced the plan as inviting a five percent rise. The 172 to 161 vote was unrecorded by name, leaving a bill with land by allocation and priority powers for the President to requisition materials, grant production loans, and curb credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Petition for New Park Seeks Neighborhood Ball Ground
A petition with 265 signatures was presented to the Mayor and Council asking a new park on land owned by Central Chemical Company near the Pennsylvania Railroad. The signers request swings, sliding boards, sand boxes, a backstop and a tool shed. The petition goes to the Board of Park Commissioners for consideration. Early this year an agreement to lay out a ball diamond on the site was made, but residents now want a more developed park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Chemical Company
J. G. Hellane
Board of Park Commissioners
Franklin M. Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hellane
Family Of Coal Black Groundhogs Sighted In Field
Travelers on the Williams port Pinesburg road along the Backbone report a family of coal black groundhogs seen in recent days in a field. Two Pinesburg brothers Raymond and Lloyd Crilly observed an old one and four young ones, all coal black, playing near the Backbone. An effort will be made to capture the groundhogs alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Pinesburg
Raymond
Lloyd Crilly
Russia Must Not Have The A-Bomb
Moscow reports 115275940 Soviet citizens aged 16 and over have signed the Stockholm peace petition to outlaw nuclear weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Mocow Presse
Stockholm
Truman vows to keep Acheson and Johnson in cabinet
President Truman declared he will retain Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Johnson in his Cabinet indefinitely. He also: pressed Senate to reconsider a 100 million loan to Spain, disagreed with Senate leaders on Hawaii and Alaska statehood timing, disputed remarks by Armed Services chair Tradings, rejected withdrawal of two controversial nominations, and said a permanent Vatican ambassador is under study.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
Acheson
Solia
Senate
Spain
Jeader
Lucas
Hiinola
Hawaii
Alaska
Tradings
Armed Services
White House
Edwin W
Jap Beetles On Wane In Pennsy County
Washington County farmers face a waning invasion as Japanese beetles move westward about ten miles annually. Lancaster County reports near disappearance after a prior overrun. Local spraying by farmers and flowers by housewives helps repel beetles, though pockets remain. A county search party notes a northwest drift in recent checks, with more details on page 9.
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Pennsy County
New Jersey
Lancaster County
Amos Reeder
Washington County
C Max Malott Dies Suddenly
C Max Malott former sheriff and Hagterstown leader dies at 65 in Washington County Hospital from a heart attack at home on 48 Fast Avenue. Born in Williamsport he served one term as sheriff and worked for Fairchild Aircraft as a guard. Survived by wife Maude E Barr Malott, father John S Malott, sisters Waldo Hill Nellie Conklin, brother Webster, and granddaughter Paricia Ann Hebb. Services Monday at 2 pm at Suter funeral home with Rev Frederick D Eyster officiating. interment Rose Hill Cemetery.
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C. Max Malott
Hagterstown
Washington County Hopital
Fast Avenue
Hopital
Mr. Malott
Williamsport
John S
Lydia (Read) Malott
Fairchild Aircraft
Ife
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
RK. Paul Smith and Clever Bible
Malott
Orphans Court
Maude E. (Barr) Malett
John §. Malett
Waldo Hill
Nellie Conklin
Webster
Paricia Ann Hebb
Suter
Frederick D. Eyster
Rose Hall
State Ends Fiscal Year With Surplus Of Over $7 Million
Maryland ended fiscal 1950 with a general fund surplus of 7,448,351 dollars, Comptroller J Millard Tawes reported. The figure topped prior estimates by 1,700,741 dollars as general land receipts and department refunds also rose above expectations.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Mason Dixon Markers Sought in Washington County
Maryland Board of Natural Resources dispatches a three member team led by William A Bayliff to locate Mason and Dixon line markers along the Maryland Pennsylvania border. The effort aims to identify missing stones and reinstall markers at one mile intervals, the first survey since 1965, with some originals dating to 1763.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Board of Natural Resources
Mason & Dixon
Mason & Dixon Hne
Manon and Dixon
Planning Meeting For New X-Ray Survey In Hagerstown
The second planning meeting for the forthcoming best X-ray survey was held at the Hotel Alexander to stir interest among groups responsible for general participation. State supervisor Doris Jeani Jackson and Roy Moon of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association attended, with Byron McCandless citing an early positive response and noting the schedule is not yet fixed. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor, and the mobile unit will visit Public Square and other public locations on nonconsecutive days aligned with peak shopping periods.
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Hotel
Alexander
Mia
Doris Jeani Jackson
Atate
Roy Moon
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Byron McCandless
Public Health Association
Hagerstown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Revivalist Sparks Rye of Radiation Program in St Joseph
Evangelist Jack Shuler, reading an interdenominational revival in St Joseph, asked how many heard his program on radiation KRES. He claimed a listener raised a hand and warned that the devil is at work in St Joseph as the air carried the broadcast this morning.
U. S. 25th Division Faces Intense Drive On Pusan Seaport
American forces clash in southeast Korea as the 25th Division bears the brunt of a major push toward Pusan. MacArthur HQ reports about 600 enemy dead on one front, tanks misidentified as roadside wreckage, and renewed fighting near Taegu and Chinju. An American tank infantry task force countered a Soviet-sized threat 22 miles behind the front as the battle intensifies.
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U. S
MacArthur
Taejon
Chinju
McArthur
Punan
Bane
Wotbung
U. 8. 25Th
U. 8
Taegu
Pusan
Fuswa
Pongam
Chiniu
Security Council to Take Up Korean War Issue Again
United Nations Security Council votes to focus on a U S resolution condemning North Korean defiance and to localize the conflict amid heated exchanges. Soviet attempts to seat Communist China are rejected. Warren Austin and Jakob Malik clash over responsibility for the war. Panama offers bases and troops. Panama also pledges medical aid and transit rights for UN forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakob A. Malik
U. N
Council
United States
Koreas
U. S
Warren’ R. Austin
Malik
Austin
Boriet Union
Nritieh
Gladwyn Debh
United Nations
Cho Ose
Soviet Union
Stalin
U.N
Korea
Panama
Work Stoppage At Iron Works Underway Here
A stoppage by United Steel Workers at New York Central Iron Works plant in this city left most workers at bay. A union spokesman cited about half the staff abstaining while details of the dispute awaited an International rep. plant officials offered no comment. Pickets painted signs as workers remained near the two entrances of the 60 plus employee shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steel Workers, Cio
New York Central Iron Works
New York Central
Uaw-Cio
Fumes From Paint Endanger Two Washington County Men
Two men nearly died after inhaling paint fumes in a cistern incident near Downaville and Security. Wayne Hoffman collapsed while painting, and Edward Godlove faded unconscious for about five hours before neighbor Mary Gearhart rescued him. Godlove was found crawling on the cistern floor, revived by a shower and assistance from the Gearhart girl.
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Washington
Mr. Godlove
Godlove
Great Drouth Hit Here Just 20 Years Ago
Washington County faced a brutal drouth with temperatures peaking at 108 degrees on August 4 1930. Moonshine operations paused as streams dried and fish died. Prohibition lingered as petitions for rain surged from Hagertown and Hagerstown churches. Forest fires burned, corn crop scorched, and hatcheries suffered as weeks passed without rain.
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Drouth
Moonington
Washington County
Hushrouth
Hag-1
Erstown
Washington Hagerstown
U.S
Bureau of Fisheries
Orty
Allegany County
Iwan
Clinton i
Mercury
Koontz
Sharpsburg
Names on Two Primary Ballots Flag Major Party Contests
The Board of Election Supervisors closed today with 97 names on two primary ballots. Democrats field five governors, four U S senators, two for Congress in the Sixth District, plus sheriff and county offices. Republicans list two governors, three U S senators, two attorneys general, plus sheriff and other posts. Referendums will appear on the November general ballot.
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Democrac
Board of Election
U. S
Conatasamag
House of Delegates
Register of Wills
County Commissioners
Aged Man Guilty Of Trespass Charge
James Meadows a 70 year old man was found guilty of trespassing on Western Maryland Railway property. Magistrate Harry E. Snyder fined him $15 plus costs and sentenced him to 15 days in default of payment. Meadows pleaded guilty to one trespass charge and not guilty to another, requesting time to obtain witnesses. He was arrested by Edward Chapman, a lieutenant with the Western Maryland Railway police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railway
James Meadows
Harry E. Snyder
Meadows
Edward Chapman
Western Maryland
Three Treated For Accident Injuries
Three persons were treated in the hospital ER last evening for injuries from accidents. Merle Stephens, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Stephens of Boonsboro Route 1, suffered an arm injury in a fall from a dike. Roy Colburn Jr., 18, of North Foundry Street, sniffed a dislocated finger when he struck it with a hammer. Betty Jena Wittington, 145 East Avenue, sprained her ankle in a fall. All were discharged shortly after.
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Merle
Stephens
Albert Stephens
Boonsboro
Roy Colburn, Jr
North Foundry Street
Betty Jena Wittington
East Avenue
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Philadelphia
Johnson
The
Daily Mail
Lancaster Intelligencer- Journal
Harry F. Stacks
Intelligencer- Journal
Maryland Board
Pusan Seaport
Tokyo
Southeast
Mets
Security Council
Bower
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