County Streams Are Bank Full Amid Frost and Snow
Cold front lowers rivers as Garrett and Cumberland counties face heavy snow and icy roads. Snow and wind bring hazardous travel with plowing crews active. flood threat grows on Potomac and Wills Creek while Cumberland crews move equipment from vulnerable spots.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay
Garrett County
Frostburg
Allegany
Cumberland
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Cumberland-Ridgeleys
Captured Heart Too Big Leads Frank Noelle’s War Photos
The article recalls Frank Noelle, a young Marine photographer famed for frontline coverage. He refused rest, staying with companies and platoons six weeks, capturing the Changjin reservoir assault and earlier famous images, including Water showing a Lascar Indian and a 1943 Singapore–Calcutta voyage.
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Greece
Frank
Hamming
Changjin Reservoir
Xoel
Lascar
Singapore
Calepoulla
Indian Ocean
Pappy Noelle
Teacher With Goat Trouble Around One Room School
Palmerston Ontario reports a rural one room school where teacher Shirley Alton battles a stubborn goat intruding on lessons. Students remove a herd of cows and pigs to regain order as the goat sleeps through classes. The piece notes the ring as the oldest personal jewelry form.
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Palmerston, Ont
Shirley Alton
Cnws
Pyongyang Is Doomed City
The city faces an urgent exodus as thousands of residents and Korean refugees flee northward after Red forces retreat. Army engineers blow a partially built rail bridge at 12 20 p m EST stranding refugees on the south bank while the Taedong River barrier remains a perilous barrier to escape.
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Tom Lambert
Pyongyang
Taedong
Army
William R. Anderson
Greenshoro
N. C
Attlee Truman Hold Talks On Allied Policy Alignment
President Truman met with 107 military and diplomatic leaders in a weekend conference ahead of talks with British Prime Minister Attlee. The discussions centered on aligning policies, upholding democratic values, and sharing burdens in global crises from Korea to the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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United Nations
Korea
United States
British Commonwealth
United
Southeast Asia
Far East
Truman
Gunshot Fatal for Hunter Stanley Fileus Jr Near Pittsburgh
Stanley Fileus Jr died Friday after an accidental gunshot while deer hunting near Pittsburgh. He was husband of Evelyn Willard Files of Foxville, survived by father Fileus and brothers John and Robert of Pittsburgh. Body at Creager Funeral Home Thurmont, friends may call until Tuesday then church of God near Foxville.
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Stanley Fileus, Jr
Pittsburgh
Fileus
Evelyn Willard Files
Foxville
John
Robert
Creager
Thurmont
Church of God
Reds Press South Koreas Front as Chinese Push Gathers
Report from the Korea front describes massive Chinese forces pressing toward South Korea while U N forces, including the Eighth Army and U S Marines, retreat through Pyongyang. Allied air power targets Red troops and supply lines as U N forces hold chokepoints and fight through captured terrain near Changjin reservoir and Hamhung.
Soldier Seeks News From Friends at Camp Rucker
Private Waverly Kethanah, new recruit in the U S Army, trains at Camp Rucker Alabama and asks friends to write to him at RA 1aath Engr 1 2 Co Camp Rucker Alabama. Funeral services will be held at two o clock with Rev Evans officiating in Smithsburg Cemetery.
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U. Army
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Reto Waverly Krihangh
RA St
Rev. Evans
Smithsburg
Congress Seeks Truman View On Curb Needs
Congress debates wage price controls amid Korea war pressures as Michael Disalle resumes role as price administrator designate and William Truman ally. Symington warns against rapid curbs, predicting the defense program's impact will emerge after April 1 while housing chief Woods defends delaying rent control lapses.
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Di-Sal
Disalle
Toledo
Truman
Congress
Tripnan
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
XSRB
Symington
NLRB
Tighe Woods
House Ranking Committee
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Senate
West Berlin Election Dashes Reds In Record Municipal Vote
West Berlin voters turned out in a record municipal election with participation highest in working class districts near the Soviet sector. The Communist party ran a boycott by coercion, while West Berlin’s new House of Deputies moves toward statehood as allied permissions linger.
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Reds
West Germany
Reuter
House of Deputies
West Ger
Man Republic
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