Reds Hold Front as Allied Push Bites Deep Into Korea
United Nations forces widened the break through the 38th parallel front as tanks and infantry moved north from captured towns. U S Eighth Army officers described the balance shifting with key towns like Tiwachon Yonchon and Yongpong under UN control and secure escape routes sealed along Ilyan. Clearing weather allowed renewed air strikes while anti aircraft crews downed two Marine F 4U fighters on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ral Korea
Far East
U. S. Eighth Army
Ned Korea
Tiwachon
Redi Korea
United Nations
Yanayang
Yonchon
Seoul
Yongpong
Ilyan
East Central Front
Inje
U. N
Tenth Corps
Hwachon
Tributes Paid To Hero Dead At Boonsboro
Memorial Day services across Boonsboro and nearby towns honored fallen soldiers. EK of the American Legion urged keeping faith with the values these heroes died for as wreaths were placed on tablets and a Municipal Band played. Community leaders, ministers, and veterans groups participated in ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Hicks
American Legion
Court House
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bymnes
Hicks
America
Mississippi
GAR
Herbert L. Andrews
Morris Frock Post
Boonsboro
Boonstore
Legion Home
Main Street
Donald Stonesifer
Clopper-Michael Post
Red Men
Douglas Biven
Boons* Horo High School
Boonshoro
Y New School
Funkstown
American Legion Post
Clear Spring
Joseph J. Werhert
Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Obituaries and funeral notices from Hagerstown area
Franklin A. Trone of Virginia Avenue dies at 71 after two years illness. Eva G. Buchanan of Williamsport dies at 65 after long illness. Both services set for Tuesday. Trone buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Buchanan buried River View Cemetery. relatives named. church affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sodality of the Holy Virgin Mary
Charles W. Tausch
Dausch
St. Mary's Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Franklin A. Trone
Franklin Allison Trone
Virginia Avenue
Washington County
St. James
Benjamin
Elizabeth
Rowland) Trone
Hagerstown
Trone
Maryland Ribbon Company
First Christian Church
First Hose Fire Company
Mary Trons Etgen
A. K. Coffman
Withiam M. Norment
Eva G. Buchanan
Eva Gertrude Buchanan
Williamsport Sanitarium
Williamsport
Mary Ellen
William Ditlow
John Buchanan
William K
Kate Moffeditz
Mercersberg
Joseph Wiederhold
Hazerstown
Milton
John
Martinsburg
Zion Lutheran Church of
Leaf Feneral
Wiliam Huddle
River View Cemetery
Man 76 Confesses Welfare Fraud Case in Court
Defense argued Phillips did not willfully defraud the Welfare Board and should face civil recovery. Before sentencing he spoke of illness and wanting $700 for a proper burial and to leave an estate for his four children, two of whom were unreachable. Judge Mish reflected on burial hopes and the fate of many buried in unmarked graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Ottinger
Welfare Board
Mish
Tere
Pacific
Atlantic
Blind student graduates with honors at Kansas State College
Kas May 28. Totin Slaven, a blind Kansas State College graduate, earns honors with a 2.89 average. He credits classmates who read textbooks and notes aloud, noting his service in World War I when shell fragments hit him during the Battle of the Bulge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kas
Slaven
Kansas State College
Vlars
Alea
Staven
CAP Members Practice Assist In Statewide CAP Exercise
Civil Air Patrol members in Area Four including Hagerstown conducted a search and rescue drill near Hyattsville and Johnston Frederick County for a missing aircraft bound for Annapolis. Fourteen planes aided the exercise with local survivors found after smoke flares indicated a rendezvous. Weather halted the survivor recovery segment though CAP crews remained active until the cancellation. Westover Field observers and Baltimore CAP officials praised the Hagerstown squadron for its organization and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Hyattsville
Leon MacDonald
Bill Rinn, Jr
Johnston
Frederick County
United States Air Force
Westover Field
Mass
Robert J. Powers
Harry RB. Richard
Gerald Thomas
Bennett Crane
Marry Ward
Albert W. Ward
Baltimore
Gcol. Crane
American Red Cross
Williamsport
French Red Told To Send Peace Appeal To Joe In Kremlin
United Nations delegate Warren R. Austin urged sponsors of Communist led peace appeals to address Moscow and Peiping not the UN. He suggested a delegation visit Moscow to urge the Soviet circle to honor the UN charter and COE agreements and then go to Peiping to push for end to Korean conflict. Austin’s letter was made public yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Kremlin
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
U. 8
Moscow
Peiping
Frederic Joutjot-Curie
World Peace Council
Avestin
U.N
Kores
PLN
Austin
Youth Hurls Seat Arm At Screen In Theater
A youth at the Academy Theater on Saturday night hurled a wooden arm from a chair through the picture screen, making a five inch hole. Police say the object narrowly missed the sound system and was thrown from the seventh row about fifty feet from the stage. He faces formal charges today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivevear
North Foundry + Street
Academy Theater
A&a
Berera
Anderson Sees Truman Re-Election Odds With Taft Clash
Senator Anderson of New Mexico says he still expects Truman to win in 1952 if he runs, despite Taft predicting an adverse effect from MacArthur’s dismissal. Anderson notes testimony may shift Republican views, while Taft dodges a 1952 candidacy decision and avoids confirming a Taft for President campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
D.N.M
Taft
Ohio
MacArthur
Truman
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
NBC
Teaman
Chairman
Sen‘ain Democratic Campaign Committee
Hin
Senate
Wheather
Aft
New York
Presbyterians Reluctantly Report They Cannot Increase Pensions
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A. May 28 reports a special committee reluctantly advises not to raise minister pensions from 600 to 1200 per year. To fund a rise, a 21 million dollar reserve increase and a 27 percent raise in employer contributions would be needed, risking participation in the pension system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hibbard
Board of Pensions
U.S. A
General Assembly
Slayer Of Woman And Boy Sought In Gulfport
Gulfport Mississippi May 28 officers hunted a killer after two bodies were found on a rocky beach. The woman about 25 to 30 and pregnant, was found face down. the boy aged seven or eight showed brutal head injuries. Sheriff Laz Quave said both were dark complexioned of Latin extraction. An autopsy confirmed the woman’s pregnancy and a violent death. A burned clothing bundle and signs of a possible canal incident were reported nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Christian
Wiliam Lee
Flamer Gray, Jr
Quave
Qtave
William
Rippy
Lehevue
Tien
Middies Told Of Three Essentials At Naval Academy
Naval Academy graduates face life duties with three essentials: a strong body, a sound philosophy, and the capacity to serve with charity and peace. Chaplain Young warns that courage alone is not enough and urges belief in a purposeful life and duty to fellow service members. General Omar Bradley adds a note on avoiding provocation and honoring fallen sailors in service to the United States.
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Annapolis
Navy
Naval Academy
Camdy Morley
Young
Academy
New York
Samson
Saul
Omvar Hratley
Jeurely
Joint Chiefs of
Beadley
Jawdah Waa
UW. 8
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Ranes
HFC
HFC Labzeain
Public Square
Hage Leora
L & B Hat Shop
Rstown
Sane
Muzeafar Raqgai
Tehran
Iran
Dr. Baqai
Nero
Rome
Salvation Army
P.D
Qpoy
Dixiesuppiyg
Pee Ely
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
National Council of Churches of Christ In the
USA
Sherrill
Presbyteriana
Hawayar Astrong
Jess Chrint
Middies
Swancroft Hall
Bradley
Peng
Lhuuy Haw
Wildwood
Rehoboth
All-America Airways
Chambrays
Packard Patrician
Amerita
Netwest
Packard
Packard Thunderbolt
Coston Motorstreet Factory
Hagerstown, Md
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