Marines Dress Blues In Combat In Korean War Zone
Private First Class Norman L Hooker of St. Joseph Missouri described wearing dress blues beside a dusty Korean road after a package from his mother arrived in California. Marines joked a rifle squad cheered as he wore the uniform, hoping the colonel wouldn’t notice. A note later mentions tuberculosis kills about one American every 11 minutes.
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Norman L. Hooker
St. Joseph
California
Korea
Marines
Corpa
Forest service study of timber growth at Old Fort Frederick
The Department of Forests examines timber management near Old Fort Frederick State Park. Since 1924 researchers planted about one acre plots to compare growth of desirable and undesirable trees. Final counts will yield valuable data and another county study is promised tomorrow.
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Department of Forests
Parka
Worthleas
Fort Frederick State Park
One-Eighth Of County Land Is Now Useless
A Maryland county faces 13 percent waste land that could be converted to tree crops. Pfeiffer notes rocky hillsides and gullied slopes, with Halgerstown already planting 40 000 evergreens in the watershed. The book highlights historic forest loss and current timber production figures.
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Washington County
Karl E. Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Halgerstown
Warners Gap Hollow
State Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources
Department of State Forests and Parks
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Maryland
Sherbrook
Selrbrook
Wwrigne
I. Wight
Couey Do OG
Afrars Cl
Swighly
Sherbrook Meget
Moncey Cant
W. Washington ST
Golden Wheel
Norton
Rie Basco Eas
Milliona
Duan
Westinghouse
W. Franklin Street
Lorcsiey, Maryland
Ladies
Rayon
West Washington Street
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