Quiet Front Masks Heavy Chinese Build Up in Korea
Rain hinders Allied patrols as Chinese forces mass near Chunchon and Yanggu with tanks and artillery. Officers split on whether a sustained offensive is possible, noting supply strains and Air and ground movement limitations amid worsening weather.
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Chunchon
Choyang Hyer
Chunchons
Kapyong
U.N
Korea
U.S. Eighth Army
Yanggu
Seoul
W U. N
Eighth Army
North Korea
Nate Polowatzky
Edwards Murder Case Heads Back to Supreme Court
The long running Edwards murder case returns to the Supreme Court as lawyers debate motive and evidence. The defense challenges cartridge admissibility, suspect statements, alibi reliability, and bullet fragment tests while the State argues strong circumstantial evidence supports conviction.
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Earl L. Roger
Edwards
William J. McWilliams
Ridgely P. Melvin, Jr
Mahlan
Marley Neck Road
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Chesterfield
F.B.I
Gabby
Arthur B. Wilson
Anne Arundel County
Freetown
F.B
Hall Hammond
James C. Morton, Jr
Anselm Sodaro
Baltimore City
Robert M. Thomas
Kenneth C. Proctor
Rice Rupture Method Demonstration in Hagertown
Representatives of William H. Rice Inc. will be at the Alexander Hotel Hagerstown Maryland on Thursday May 17 to demonstrate the Rice Method for reducible rupture control. Admission is free with a 30 day comfort trial and no charge unless satisfied. hours 10 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9.
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Personel
William 8. Rice, Inc
Adams, N. Y
Alexander Hotel
Hagerstown
Adv
MacArthur Is A Possibility For 1952 Presidency
Milwaukee May 15 Senator Wiley Republican ranks Douglas MacArthur as a definite possibility for the 1952 presidential ticket. Wiley says it is too early to pick candidates but endorses a strong man who can win broad support and argues against choosing someone of limited appeal.
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Milwaukee
Douglas MacArthur
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Association To Meet Wednesday In Middletown
Members of the Central Maryland District Past Matrons and Past Patrons Association will gather Wednesday evening at the Masonic Hall in Middletown Frederick County. A highlighted program includes installation of officers for the ensuing year. About 200 past matrons and patrons are represented from Eastern Star chapters across Central Maryland. Simeon Borden completed the first geodetic survey in the United States in 1841.
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Maryland
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Middletown
Frederick County
Eastern Star
Simeon Borden
United States
Bradley warns MacArthur plan risks global war in Korea
General Bradley argues the plan to blockade Red China bomb Manchurian bases and use Chinese Nationalist troops raises the risk of a broader war. He cites Joint Chiefs reservations and emphasizes maintaining a global view to prevent Communist domination and safeguard allied support. He notes Korea is one phase of a wider struggle with the Soviet Union.
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Far
Bradley
MacArthur
Red China
Manchurian
Jenn
Wiiceepieu
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marshall
Russia
Une
United States
U. S
Berlin
Greece
Korea
Free Nations
Summer Weather Forecast Promises Warm Days Ahead
The Weather Bureau predicts sunny skies and rising temperatures with a high near 85 today and a stretch of warmer days including possible nineties by Thursday. Weatherman Travis Knode notes last night’s low of 42 degrees and yesterday’s high of 76 as the cold snap ends.
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Rauchera
Saya
Weather
Keedyavilla
Travis Knode
Reverend Hite Honored in Baptist Records Contest
Rev. Jesse R. Hite of Virginia Avenue Baptist Church is honored for his clerical records in the 1950 Better Minutes Contest. The award marks a first for the Seneca Baptist Association which includes 13 churches. He submitted records to the Southern Baptist Association and received a copy of A Giant in the Land about William B. Johnson.
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Huey
Jesse R. Tits
Virginia Avenue
Seneca Baptist Association
Hite
Seneca Association
Southern Baptist Association
Southern Baptist
William B. Johnson
Southern Baptist Convention
Million Loss In Toy Plant Blaze in West Virginia
A massive fire at the Marx Toy Manufacturing Company warehouse in McMechen West Virginia caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Fire crews from Wheeling McMechen Moundsville Glenwood Glendale and nearby Ohio towns battled the blaze from 4 a m. through the day burning cartons and a box car full of plastic and metal toys. No injuries were reported and residents described intense flames and heat.
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McMechen
W. Va
Marx Yoy Manufacturing Company
Bradley Kincaid
Weirton Times
Paul Dawns
Wheeling
Moundsville
Glenwood
Glendale
Ohio
Mrs Jimmy Stewart Improves After Treated Surgeries
Mrs Jimmy Stewart, 32, wife of actor James Stewart, shows improvement at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a critical condition from a series of operations. She had twins born May and underwent multiple procedures for an intestinal obstruction, with doctors reporting she is finally out of danger. The actor reported getting rest after a long night at home.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Maya
Stewart
Rollins College Is Quiet Again
Rollins College in Winter Park Florida remains tense after a two man presidency dispute. Dr Paul A Wagner 8 decade old president was fired by trustees over finances and athletics and Dr Hugh F McKean 42 professor of art was named new president leading to student faculty protests. Wagner vowed legal action while McKean occupied the president’s office as classes resumed with a chance of reinstating dropped faculty and athletics.
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Winter Park
Fla
Rollins College
Paul A. Wagner
Fred
Linz
Hugh F. McKean
Wagner
McKean
Mclean
George Varrisony
Jacksonville
Wagter
Ian
Dr Mileham Heads Abroad To View Army Education Program
Dr James W Mileham dean of Hagerstown Junior College travels to Europe with Dr H C Byrd president of the University of Maryland to preview the Army education setup for a program to be directed after July 1 The group will tour facilities in several countries and meet program officials Mileham plans to return in time for the junior college graduation early next month.
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James W. Milehaim
Hagerstown
Mileham
Marshall Attends Reunion at Virginia Military Institute
Five Star General George C. Marshall return to Lexington Virginia for a Marshall Day ceremony at VMI. Full dress honors dedicated the George Catlett Marshall Arch amid other state tributes including a Distinguished Service Medal presentation by Governor John S. Battle.
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Lexington
George C. Marshall
George
Virginia Military Institute
Defense
George Catlett Marshall
Marshall
George Washington
Stonewall Jackson
Virginia
John S. Battle
Hospital Calls On Out-Of-Town Help When Nurses Quit
St Francis Hospital in Charleston relies on nurses flown from Clarkburg Wheeling and Parkersburg after 10 to 38 graduate nurses walked out in protest against hiring three Negro nurses and one Negro laboratory technician. Sister Halen Clave said replacements arrived to fill positions as Sisters of St. Joseph operate the hospitals in four cities. Sister Helen Grare noted administrators would talk with the dissenting group. The report also mentions parade ground and May 15 observances, with reference to Lernard M. Baruch and a memorial.
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Charleston
W. Va
St. Francis Hospital
Hospital Altimnate
Halen Clave
Clarkaburg
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Sisters of St.Joseph of the
Wheeling Catholic Whocese
Helen Grare
Milk Price Rise Seen After Wage Boosts in AFL Dairy Workers
Chicago May 15 A strike settlement with AFL Dairy Workers boosts wages for 8 000 workers and sets new seven day schedules. Thousands of drivers and inland workers gain weekly raises and retroactive pay, with consumer milk prices likely rising at least two cents per quart.
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Chicago
AFL
Inalde
Wiion
Jinsida
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Crouse Produce
Potomac ST
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Martin Jewelers
E. Washington Street
M Arthur
Middlekauff
Rev
Jimmy Stewart
Brazil
Land of
Dr. Mileham
Europe
America
Bacutitus
Siancer
Piper Laurie
Francis Goes TO the
Universal-International
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Frees
Eleanor Day
Mut
Cadeta
Hitler
Lernard M. Baruch
Joon Et Chemica
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