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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
2
A meeting of all white members of the Junior Police Club will be held Friday evening August 4 at 7 30 o clock in the new club rooms beside the City Market. The club will organize and discuss activities for the rest of the summer and the fall.
The article notes that Mohammedans first used coffee as a stimulant to endure lengthy religious ceremonies.
Maryland state police will flood the roads with plain clothes units and non standard color cars in an emergency campaign to curb speeding and accidents. Training officers will enforce 50 mph on special patrols and 35 mph in regular khaki cars while some units use 55 mph limits at night. The program includes electric stop police signs and cooperation with Army and Navy authorities on infractions by military personnel. Police report June 1944 saw a 40 percent rise in fatal accidents with 6,328 accidents and 184 deaths in the first half of 1944, highlighting a rising speed trend. Cooperation with automobile groups and military authorities aims to steady enforcement and safety.
AP Features describes Rouen Chartres Argentan Alencon Lisieux Caen Eureux and Brest as historic northern French cities along the invasion corridor. Notes Rouen for medieval figures, Chartres cathedral fires and sieges, Brest naval role, and regional industries from leather to shipbuilding.
Tilghmanton, Aug. 3. Dale Taylor and family moved to Hagerstown from Mrs. Taylor’s father Reynolds French home. The Groffs hosted away from home guests with a watermelon party in honor of Pvt. Donald Keplinger’s furlough from Camp Wheeler. Other visits included Sgt. Fred Sprecher on leave, with news of his wounded brother Roger in France earning the Purple Heart, and several local families hosting relatives and guests across the area.
The report notes more than 100 geysers and over 4000 hot springs within Yellowstone National Park, underscoring the park's geothermal richness and unusual activity.
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