04 Aug 1945
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1945
Page
1
The Daily Mall of Hagerstown Maryland lists editor J Garvin Hager and C and P phone numbers, with audit bureau membership, subscription rates by carrier and mail, and foreign rates. It notes Associated Press rights and restrictions on news dispatch publication.
The text notes that a nationwide or state survey may be unnecessary if agencies can handle it, but provisions under the GI Bill of Rights support loans for establishing such ventures. The main challenge is creating national or state listings and advertising to help veterans find opportunities.
OPA Chief Chester Bowles announces that Book 5 will go out with the close of 1945 and rationing under it may continue through 1946. Book 4 has served too long, printed on cheap paper to counterfeiting and ease of use. It has created a mass of paper confusion as housewives seek to protect books and clerks face duplicated books and lost coupons.
Rep. Butler 3B. Hare of Saluda South Carolina, a veteran Democratic House member, urges a shift from temporary war work to creating permanent jobs for returning veterans. He notes many towns could support new bakeries, laundries, watches, furniture, garments, and dressmaking shops, with government aid oriented to helping veterans start their own businesses rather than rely on ongoing federal construction projects. He argues existing industries are near capacity and long term employment requires entrepreneurs, not just stopgap projects.
A light verse about lottery luck in everyday life. The speaker laments that no matter the gamble whether for autos pictures pottery or war bonds his number is never drawn and others win while he prefers peaceful rest and forgets about raffles.
The article argues that growth comes from the capacity to profit by experience rather than the sheer amount of it. It cites a college professor’s remark about a student who never learns, notes that great writers often stay close to home, and observes Jesus of Nazareth found meaning in every life experience by examining its heart and significance.
A large fossil tooth measuring two and a half inches emerges from Bushey stone quarry at Cavetown along with reports of various skin games at The Mall circus. Harvard experts will assess the tooth while other fossils, tusks, and bones are noted nearby. The Hospital Board cites growing donations and plans to open soon. Father Nagengast buys five lots for local Catholic church. Summer boarders from Baltimore and Washington fill Gapland and Brownsville boarding houses.
A garbled report cites APL President William Green supporting a child adoption stance and notes meetings by leading citizens. It mentions West Church Street figures and a distressing incident with someone rushed to hospital, then references Maryland and a fire.
An editor writes that civilians crowd buses and trains while servicemen return from Europe on furlough, urging readers to travel only when essential to win World War II. He calls for more consideration for wounded troops and criticizes nonessential travel and gambling during wartime, noting drivers’ constraints and promising postwar improvements.
A brief note notes a person traveling to Berlin on a work assignment. Details are sparse but indicate official or corporate travel during a business trip.
An August 3 Washington column reports GI wives barred from Europe while General McClure's wife traveled there at taxpayers’ expense as an OWI clerk. Churchill declines a knighthood affecting Randolph’s future. a steel allocation battle pits big automakers against other manufacturers.
The text argues that auto makers use their market power to curb output and gain control over steel distribution, describing how steel is kept from allocation to others. It claims automakers are the dominant peacetime buyers of steel and that steel companies favor pleasing their top customers.
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