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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1951
Page
10
A farmer named Ager from Toledo, Iowa, attempted to salvage materials from an old barn by using dynamite. The plan failed as the blast revealed the barn’s age and fragility, complicating the teardown and salvage effort.
A derelict barn is dynamited to loosen boards and salvage a cache described as gold ore. Balloun lights a fuse and escapes as the structure rumbles but remains intact. The note hints the proceeds will fund construction at Cripple-Crock, with the ore sold via schoolchildren nationwide.
A farmer Heiberger from Preston, La, asserts he would rather ride horses than drive cars after a perilous trip to Des Moines. Heiberger claims driving a car is too dangerous and fears harm if he sleeps at the wheel. He notes he has never owned a car and prefers his two-seated buggy for travel.
Washington reports a new rent control law layering on the old. Marshall and Wilson may impose controls anywhere judged critical to defense while Woods can reimpose only where he decontrolled. New York remains an exception with state-wide limits unless national rents rise faster. Landlords may raise rents 20 percent from June 39 1947 after filing a sworn application.
A Bronx housewife helped police nab an alleged bookmaker after she turned $100 into $1,885 in horse race bets. She, a mother of two, says she wagered about five dollars daily without tapping her bank or her husband’s $85 weekly pay.
A war sergeant in Kaesong shows disinterest in cease-fire talks as she sharpens a pencil for delegates. A young receptionist with a Red Star insignia appears at the conference venue amid news of open transport routes. The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks opened to tourists in summer 1948.
The fragment notes a rare mention of cotton gambling in Africa, where such trials have not been attempted, suggesting uncertain prospects and limited activity in local textile ventures.
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