Hagerstown Postal Notice and Rates
Local post office notice provides subscription and mailing rates for Hagerstown. It lists rates by week month and year and notes Associated Press rights for republication of local and national news. The fragment references mail establishment and printing details from a historic newspaper page.
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Il” Mail
Hegetetown
Garvin Hager Bate
Hagerstown
Pe Por
Mente
Associated Press
Deserving Of Honor Of Us All AA’s Three Day AA
A three day AA conference in Cleveland draws about 10000 members. The piece praises AA for personal work and its impact on individuals and families, likening its devotion to religious evangelism and noting Hagerstown’s observation of local AA efforts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hagerstown
Jottings From Yesteryears at Local Fire Hall
A First Hose Co meeting approved rear building improvements with lounge and sleeping rooms for on duty men. County tax assessors clashed over county property values at a court house meeting. A four night festival by the Jr O U S M at Lauereburg features a colored cake walk. Harry Garlock took the barber shop on Randolph Ave and Locus St.
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First Hose Co
Jr. OL US Ass M
Lauereburg
Williamsport plant fire ends after 24 hours
Twenty years ago a stubborn fire trapped heat in the cal henner of the PL E. plant at Williamsport for nearly a day. Loss of fuel and a conveyor belt was set at 1000 dollars as firefighters contained the blaze. The heat wave increased typhoid cases in the county per health officer Dr Ernest F Boole. Rural residents drank questionable water, fueling seven county cases. The Hagerstown Shoe and Lemming Company painted town names and arrows on its Antietam Street Plant roof to guide visiting fire units read from miles away. Edward Oswald, longtime Circuit Court clerk since 1998, filed for the Democratic nomination to succeed himself, with a likely clear field in primaries.
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Cal Henner
PL E
Williamsport
Ernest F. Boole
Edward Oswald
Australia may ask U S loan to ease dollar shortage
Washington column discusses Australia Prime Minister Robert Menzies possibly seeking a U.S. loan amid a dollar shortage. It notes Australia’s favorable trade balance with the United States improving wool exports, the Export-Import Bank’s lack of loans to Australia, and potential loan terms or alternative remedies including U S purchases or private banking solutions.
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Washington
Rte. 2
NEA
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Export-Import Bank
Menzies
London
Min Later Menzie
Labor Party
Austraia
State Department
Labor
U.S
United States
U.S. Department of Commerce
Australis
Ince
Baruch’s War Control Plan Faces Congress Power Push
Baruch calls for full mobilization to fight war using every resource and urges Congress to grant President Truman authority to freeze prices and wages. He argues strong action now avoids inflation and secures rearmament funds, influencing Congress as Taft warns against overpowering controls.
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Baruch
Washington
Bernard Baruch
Congress
Truman
Banich
Taft
Ohio Republican
Ike
Boy Soldier Survives Korean Front Trench Tale
An 11-year-old U.S. soldier, amid Korean War chaos, recounts escape after his squad is killed. He traded clothing with a refugee, endured sniper fire, and reached a hilltop with aid from locals. He was awarded a Virgin Mary medal as he pressed on.
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Hal Boyle
U.S
Korea
Au Central Barrow
Western Front
Cantion
Nott
Cannon
Iit
Jme
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest The Better Side
Poet notes there are evil men yet urges focus on love faith and graciousness in humble neighborhoods. He champions churchgoing virtue and careful living to keep homes bright and hearts pure.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Barbs by Hal Cochran on fashion and food pills
Fashion note jokes about no expatriates this coming winter and the idea that food may be eaten in pill form after meals. A quip about people paying higher fares and hair growing when heated is paired with a joke about men irritated by hot weather that wilts color and their wives washing and ironing.
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Hal Cochran
Diarrhea and Health Notes From an Early Medical Column
A mixed health column discusses summer diarrhea risks from heat and contaminated food, symptoms like nausea and dehydration, and treatment ideas from rest to gradual reintroduction of foods. It asks about links to other conditions, notes historical vaccination and hygiene shifts, and offers reader questions on underweight, one kidney diet, and unrelated health anecdotes.
Road To Wealth Paved With Debts In Debate
Washington August 2 The financier HW Crawford of Emtenton Pa testified at a power commission hearing that wealth can be paved with debts. He offered to invest up to funds to assist finance construction of a proposed Alsas pipeline in northeastern Thoh plover. The hearing touched on debt and investment as a path to wealth amid broader economic debate.
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Washington
HW. J. Crawford
Emtenton
Power Commission
Vere von Tan
Crawford
Stansed
Hoarding Groceries Reported On Wane
Cleveland with Aug 2 reports indicate hoarding of groceries is waning as demand for sugar soap powders and paper products eases. Grocers surveyed noted sales returning toward normal and reserves on hand. observers attribute the slowdown to depleted hoards from prior weeks.
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Cleveland
Lucar
Romania Stages Spy Trials in Bucharest
Berlin reports that 11 Romanians were placed on trial by a Communist led military court on charges of spying for Marshal Tito and the anti-Soviet regime. The ANN news agency said the defendants were accused of high treason with few details released.
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Berlin
Romania
Marshal Tito
ANN
Bucharest
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Yesteryears
Harry Garlock
Willam Bollinger
Randolph Avenue
Locus Street
By James Marlow
Mr. Truman
Laber
Fellows
Alsaka
Siberia
Alaska
M. B
Thode Island
B. Y W
East First Street
Kaybee
People’s Store
W. Washington St
R. & G. Department Store
W. Washigton Street
Westinghouse
McEwen’s Furniture Co
Potomac Street
Leister Coal Co
West Lee Street
Cavetown Planing Mill CO
Cavetown
Maryland
Smithsby
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