07 Apr 1945
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1945
Page
1
Daily Re Mail edits and pricing details outline subscription costs by term and zone. The page lists carrier and mail rates, foreign mail, and editor credits, noting Associated Press rights and circulation notes.
The war drives flour demand higher as distribution issues bite. Canada and the United States hold the largest wheat reserves, yet mill output drops. The Army has ordered 2,000,000 sacks for April with an additional 1,090,000 sought, while government take may reach 2.6 to 3.0 million sacks monthly for six months for relief use. Bakers and grocers stock up as box car shortages hinder supplies and mills face manpower shortages. Shortages may appear in some regions in the coming months.
The piece argues that after organized resistance ends in Germany, Europe will face a moral collapse unless food supplies improve. It notes Allied forces consume 3,000 calories daily while liberated regions lag, with Belgium France Italy and rural Greece famine risks. Dutch and Polish areas suffer, and Germany may be less fed after conquest due to looted crops.
Officials cite shortages tied to higher point values and a long planned receiver program. War Food Administration admitted underestimation of food needs for in invaded areas and for war prisoners, with large packers continually pressed to meet meat demands while smaller federally uninspected slaughterers cannot move across state lines.
A heated column contrasts meat shortages and price controls with Geneva Convention protections for German prisoners. It depicts Allied care as lavish, notes American wounded left in squalid prison conditions, and condemns the Nazis for withholding Red Cross food. The piece argues the convention benefits barbarians and hints at Japanese naval laxity.
The Ha gerstown to Hancock rate dropped to 10 cents by the C P telephone company. Smithsburg hires Joseph W Wolfinger as town attorney. Mayor Strite opens the green bag. Alexander Armstrong named city attorney with Elmer E Piper as city engineer. Eavey Nunamaker becomes market inspector and Charles A Spangler chief fire marshal. Harry K Beachley tax collector. Paul Bible noted as the most popular young man in Hagerstown via school popularity contest. City election and registration cost $632.17.
Jewelry and clothes valued about $500 were stolen from the Terrace home of J. Morris Guider, president of the Stagerstown baseball club. Police note the incident as part of a string of city thefts.
Building permits in Hagerstown for the first quarter of 1945 totaled 23 with an estimated value of 15320 dollars. Inspector Charles W. Smith cites March as 14 permits for 1281 dollars, mostly for alterations and additions amid tight material freezes.
In a Okinawa beach assault narrative, Ernie Pyle describes a final heavy naval bombardment, torpedo planes, and landing craft waves. He recalls watching fights, sharing cigars with sailors, and fearing death yet finding camaraderie as landing craft moved in and the first waves reached shore, signaling survival chances.
Bootblacks in Buenos Aires organized to protest for higher pay severance pay sick leave and paid vacations. They petition the government to grant minimum wage benefits and improved working conditions for workers in the bootblacking trade.
A union spokesperson expresses desire for summer seaside trips with some spending money and shoes shined by others. The text also mentions stretching hamburger with oatmeal or cornmeal as a minor note.
A nostalgic verse recalls a mother’s birthday once celebrated with gifts and joy. The speaker laments how those family celebrations fade, leaving only memories of her smile and twinkling eyes on this April sixth.
Benjamin Mazer, state income tax representative at the Court House, announced last night that he would assist in filing returns up to noon on Saturday, April 14, instead of April 16. He noted no notice of tax exemption for Merchant Marine members earning up to 1500, while armed forces members are exempt. In California, oil heaters are placed through fruit groves to diffuse heat when frost threatens, saving many crops.
Drew Pearson writes as if addressing Joseph Stalin about postwar peace in a personal appeal. He cautions Moscow that Americans seek a fair, non domineering peace, notes skepticism over Yalta promises, and stresses small nations must have their rights protected. The piece reflects on past failures, isolationism, and the demand for equal global treatment.
A feature notes how approaching train whistles rise in pitch due to piling up sound waves and departing whistles lower as waves stretch out. It explains the Doppler Effect and its application to light to judge whether distant stars approach or recede and to measure their rate.
A speaker warns that choosing a massive military buildup would bring the biggest army and navy, rockets capable of razing distant cities, and threaten civilization itself. The remark asserts the country must avoid repeating past mistakes after the last war and resists being pressed down.
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