Housing and heart trouble haunt Ha gerstown reports
In Ha gerstown Francis E. King liaison officer for the First Air Force notes many residents have heart trouble. He seeks a suburban bungalow or apartment for his family, noting landlords worry about heart issues when told of his two young daughters. King arrived from Langley Field and can be reached by phone 3425.
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Francis E. King
First Air Force
Hagerstown
Langley Field Air Base
Sgt. King
Set
King
Record Tax Load set to rise for coming year
Washington reports a record federal tax load anticipated for the nation in the next year with total revenue near 50 billion dollars. Senator George chairing the Senate Finance Committee says a second tax bill, aiming to collect 7 billion more, will be taken up in January to fund Korea effort and defenses. The measure would include an excess profits levy on corporations and possible broad rules on individual earnings, atop a 5 billion tax increase already approved. The two bills would surpass the 44.8 billion 1945 peak and align with administration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Korea
Newsmen
Senate
House
Defense Dept. Inspects Camp Ritchie as Alternate Command Center
Defense officials disclosed ongoing inspections at Camp Ritchie connected to a planned supplemental communications installation near Hagerstown. The project aims to provide an alternate command post and communications hub in the event of an aerial attack, part of long range planning begun after World War I with further studies by the Army and Navy Munitions Board.
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Department of Defense
Washington
Camp Ritchie
Hagerstown
Pentagon
Defense
Defense Department
Maryland National Guard
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Gan
Mammoth
Kentucky
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Johnson
Wiley
R.-Wis
Department For Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marines and Army expand reserve recalls in August orders
Washington Aug 19 The Marine Corps and Army announce broader recall of reserves. Marine volunteer and Fleet reserve officers, including 89 000 volunteers, will be called to active duty with recalls set for September and October. About 570 reserve captains and lieutenants in the Engineer Corps to be summoned by October 13. Total recalled Army officers reach 8 432.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Corps
Army
The
Marines
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
Corps
Leutenant
Enineer Corps
Cement Company Buys Loose Farm
The H C Loose farm known as White Oak Forest near Security, spanning about 2006 acres, has been sold by ancestors of the Loose family to North American Cement Corporation. The home, built in 1804, remains well preserved with a 1745 notch in a log building. The site includes a stone mill once used for oil from black walnuts, later for grinding feed, now decayed, plus an outdoor bake oven and a still-used stone smoke house.
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H. C. Loose
White Oak Forest
Security
Loose
George III of England
North American Cement Corporation
North American Company
Man Dies of Injuries Brother of County People
Samuel Melvin Hill aged 57 of near Jefferson Frederick County died at Frederick Hospital from injuries suffered Sunday when struck by a car. He was a brother of William Hill Keedysville and Mrs Kate Harmon Boonsboro. Death due to fractured skull and internal injuries. Driver identified as Ralph Charles Snoots of Brunswick. Hill apparently walked into the path of the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Melvin Hill
Jefferson
Frederick County
Frederick Hospital
William Hill
Keedysville
Kate Harmon
Boonsboro
James H. Rouzee
Ralph Charles Snoots
Brunswick
Hill
Bookmakers Fined $500 Each After Chambersburg Raid
Two Chambersburg bookmakers, Robert Cook and Jack Hamsher, pleaded guilty and were fined $500 apiece after a June 30 State Police raid. Hamsher received a suspended one year sentence.
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Chambersburg
Robert Cook
Jack Hamsher
Hamsher
Guessford Home Near Cavetown Sold This Week
The Guessford property near Cavetown a brick residence with outbuildings and 20 acres including an orchard sold to Everett N. Guild and wife. Transactions across the region totaled around 150000 in value with numerous parcels exchanged and several families listed as buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon N. Guessford
Cavetown
Allen Smith
Everett N. Guild
W. Preston Howard
Mr. Guessford
Mildred M. Ward
Joe Travis
Funkstown
Chewsville Road
George F. Ebersole
Charles P. Shaffer
Mauganaville
Harold G. Burrill
Joseph M. Harp
Hillcrest Road
George H. Day
Joseph N. Rowe
Clear View Heights
Robert R. Campbell
Warren M. Davis
Sharpsburg
Vernon L. Guessford
Josephine G. Weber
Helen E. Lyon
Louis Y. Lyon
Elia Lyon
Oak Hill
Norman M. Rowland
Cement Scarcity In County Limiting Construction
About 20 000 sacks of cement are produced daily near Hagerstown but demand and logistics strain supply. Officials cite road work and warm winter as key factors, with nearby production favored by freight rules. Cement cannot be stored long before it hardens, and scarcity predates the Korean War, continuing as builders press for material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
North American Cement Corporation
Ot Security
Truman seeks inflation controls without special privilege
President Truman urged authority to curb commodity speculation and impose broader production controls without special privilege concessions. Senators Maybank and Flanders criticized such amendments as harmful while Fulbright warned Congress must spell out the administration plan. The Senate vote on the measure is set for Monday as pressure to detail control powers grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
Flanders
R-Vt
Barkley
Fulbright
D-Okla
Administration
Five From Here Enlist In Navy
Five youths from Hagerstown including World War II veteran Leonard Weber passed preliminary Navy exams and will travel to Baltimore for finals. The group includes Eugene Harris Charles Cromer Leonard Weber Roger Rhodes and Joseph NeLean with seven more local qualifiers. Marine Corps reports three nearby enlistment applications with one draft age applicant and two underage with parental consent. married veterans may enlist as sergeants, with 3 or 4 year terms.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Eugene Harris
Belview Avenue
Charles Cromer
Spruce Street
Leonard Wa Her
Salem Avenue
Roger Rhodes
North Mulberry Street
Joseph NeLean
Funkstown
Navy
Marine Corps Recruiting Station
Marine Corps
Sale in Frederick County Draws 2500 Attendees
More than 2,550 people attended the Thursday sale at Wandsboro Frederick County of Mr and Mrs Lease Bussard. They sold livestock and equipment for 21491.50. Top figures included a cow and calf at 897 dollars and a top cow at 690 dollars. Fresh cows showed strong demand and bred grade heifers sold up to 292.50. A young registered herd sire topped nine bulls at 4235 dollars. The Bussards dispersed 52 registered Holsteins, 50 grade Holsteins and nine registered Holstein bulls.
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Wandsboro
Frederick County
Bussard
Russard
Man Shoots Self Beside Wife at Funeral Home
Buffalo police report Frank E. Smith, 48, killed himself with a butcher knife at a funeral home beside his wife Winifred who had died days earlier. Detectives found a pocket note reading Forever and ever you and me. Walk slow, honey, and I will catch up.
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Buffalo
Frank E. Smith
Smith
Winifred
Forces Regrouping and New Attack Pictured
In Korea the Literary Gazette describes captured U S soldiers as uncultured gangsters from Indiana or Oklahoma. Paul Sanders, heir to a rich Indiana farmer, was ridiculed by a correspondent who quoted Sanders saying he has no notion of culture. Other captive’s tattooed motto and drunken behavior are cited as proof of American若storm troopers. Tokyo reports four Communist divisions may regroup for a new assault near Taegu as UN lines hold along the Naktong River. A surprise Allied landing by South Korean troops on Tokchok Island 35 miles southwest of Inchon is noted, with possible guerilla activity behind front lines.
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Moscow
Literary Gazette
Korea
Indiana
Oklahoma
Alexander Chakovsky
Paul Sanders
Sanders
Chakovsky
Stockholm
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Naktong River
U. N. Wall
Taegu
Nakdong
Associated Press
Liet Erickson
Eighth Army
United States
U. S
U. N. Ines
Red
Tokchok Island
Inchon
Seoul
Yellow Sea
Navy
Tokchok
MacArthur Apokcaman
Antietam Names New Park Superintendent Doust
The National Park Service promotes Harry W. Doust, formerly chief ranger at Colonial National Historical Park, to lead Antietam National Battlefield Park at Sharpsburg. Doust, born in Bay City Michigan, has 25 years in government service and 12 years at Yorktown. His career spans army service in 1915 to World War I assignments and later posts in Alaska and other departments.
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National Park Service
Harry W. Doust
Colonial National Historical Park
Yorktown
Antietam Ratiefield Park
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Bay City
Michigan
Doust
U.S
Held On $500 Bond For Two Assaults
Clarence Forsythe of Cramer's Alley was held on $500 bond for action by the November Grand Jury on charges of assaulting his wife and step-daughter. Deputy Leister Isanogle stated the alleged assaults occurred August 4 and August 7. Forsythe waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Martin W. Bostetter and awaits a jury trial.
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Clarence Forsythe
Cramer's Alley
Leister Isanogle
Forsythe
Martin
W. B. Bostetter
Army states Korea war losses and casualty policy
Washington reports North Korean forces have lost about 50,000 men in Korea while South Korean losses reach roughly 37,000 up to three weeks ago. An Army spokesman notes American casualty tallies will no longer be released for enemy value. The last official American toll was 2,616 as of August 7.
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Washington
South Korea
Korea
Defense Department
Purple Heart To Pie Jack Zirkle Posthumous Award
Mrs Kinie V Zirkle of 221 West Howard Street receives posthumous Purple Heart for her son Private First Class Jack A Zirkle Infantry who died in Korea. Army letter from Secretary Frank Pace Jr expresses sympathy and notes the upcoming medal delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack A. Zirkin
Kinie V. Zirkle
Weat
Howard Street
Korea
Zirkle
the Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Jack A. Zirkle
Infantry
Sprinkle Fails To Arrive In Washington County Weather Forecast
Washington County remains dry as last night’s promised rain did not materialize. Keedysville reporter Travis Knade notes no measurable sprinkles with daytime highs near 84 or 86 and overnight lows expected between 65 and 71 degrees. Showers reported north in Pennsylvania suggest a Canadian cool wave is delaying humid conditions. The Weather Bureau forecasts warm, humid weather with possible scattered showers or thunderstorms today and tonight, with a cooler, cloudy outlook tomorrow.
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Keedysville
Travis Knade
Pennsylvania
Waynesboro
Fines For Two Who Damaged Telephone Lines Near Border
Two youths from Boonsboro and near Middletown were fined 10 dollars each by Magistrate Alton Bennett after pleading guilty to firing across a public road and damaging a telephone cable between Hagerstown and Frederick. State Police traced the incident to the Route 40 area near the Washington Frederick Counties border. Officials valued the damage at 95 dollars and noted service interruptions to subscribers.
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Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Frederick
Washington
Frederick Counties
Alton Bennett
Sibert
Shifer
Glenn Ridenour
Middletown
W. K
C. & P. Telephone Co
Gasoline Theft Plagues City Street Roller
The City Street Department reports nightly siphoning of fuel from a street roller in the alley between Belview Avenue and Woodland Way. Police are monitoring the machine after officials sought assistance.
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City Street Department
Belview Avenue
Woodland Way
Police Department
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Warren Stultz
Stultz
Kansas City
Washington County Hospital Alumnae Association
Lorraine Anderson
Harry Everts
Hancock
Frederick Dorsey
Dorsey
Nation
Defense Dept
Cement Company
Loose Farm
Guessford
Yanks
Charles Dickens
Battlefield Park
General Pershing
Pancho Villa
American Expeditionary Forces
Bloxhill
England
Army Ordnance Department
U.S. Post Office Department
Alaska
Purple Heart
Jack Zirkle
Mously the Purple Heart
Washington County
Weather Bureau
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