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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1944
Page
2
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The piece argues the charge that the President is swinging to the Left is vague and prejudicial. It notes liberal criticism from magazines like The Nation and The New Republic and previews Dr. Frank Kingdon’s forthcoming extracts from That Man in the White House You and Your President addressing attacks on the President.
Since war began American submarines in the Pacific have sunk about 600 Japanese ships, boosting a shift away from undersea construction toward munitions and surface navy power. The Sansapor landing, by bypassing 15,000 enemy troops, brings US forces within 600 airline miles of the Philippines, tightening the noose around Japan and threatening conquests south of China.
Wartime wood use grows as rationing cuts metal demand. National Geographic notes an "age of wood" where lumber saves steel, powering engines from planes to bridges. Wood is processed into fabric, insulation, plaster, acids, alcohol, and more, turning waste into valuable industrial products.
Experts note 15 000 lumber uses underpin war effort yet production lags demand. Pulp output fell to over five million tons last year, a 12 percent drop from 1942 as Canada diverts wood to Britain and imports from Sweden Finland and Norway vanish. Labor shortages plague forests to mills and WPB rationing mirrors metal controls. A nationwide scrap lumber drive may follow if the war continues another year.
The B-29 story shows the 1940 contract for an experimental bomber, inland Wichita plant choice, 1941 approval, and a 1942 start with hand assembly due to tooling delays. Despite early modifications in wings and wiring, production ramped up as the giant bombers aimed at Nipponese war industries.
A reflective verse urges maid and man to carry strength belief laughter love faith and courage into what lies ahead. It champions work plan heart and mind and body stout to face future tasks with devotion to the good and to possess manhood and womanhood as guiding ideals.
Four years ago today a local man was detained by police in an alley with 13 chickens, then released after no other claimants surfaced. Jarod Mee, Stouffer, Charles Kaylor and Thos Brashears from the city formed part of a 74 member party that undertook a 14 time jaunt over South Mountain ending at Boonsboro. Members of mercs and cer cme organiza pledged themselves to campaign for a hospital in Hagerstown.
The Oriental fruit moth appeared in Franklin County Pennsylvania causing anxiety among orchardists who fear spread into the area. references to Mt. Vernon Treformed Sunday school Kee hen a picnic near Ruckeys-Towd Frederick county and peaches at a city marker Water.
ERNIE PYLE recalls phase five of the Normandy campaign after D-day. He describes Bradley’s plan for a broad breakthrough west of St Lo, with three infantry divisions and armored support, preceded by a massive air bombardment. He highlights teamwork of Air Corps, Tanks, Artillery and Infantry, and details nights with the 4th Infantry Division and Maj. Gen. Raymond Q. Barton, noting July 23 1944 marks the start of open warfare across France.
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Radio’s Old Ranger program under Fonn Mc Bryde moves from historic western tales to Death Valley era with modern detective elements. Cast includes Robert Haag as the sheriff and CBS Bergen voice actors experimenting with a new dummy Mme X as NBC September 8 return date approaches.
Washington reports Smith aimed to trigger a Dewey denial by backing a nationalist run. The piece cites Smith prophecy from 1944 and 1948, his ties to veterans groups and business, and the campaign finance figure of over 35 thousand dollars from small donors. It also covers a Navy wartime labor dispute involving the Dravo Corp executive and a Kansas congressman Lambertson’s primary defeat aided by a pro-Germany letter.
A fragment notes Bertson's slur toward the military and Roosevelts’ resentment of Roosevelt boys. It mentions the War Department banning straight pins to conserve steel and a state dining room in the White House seating 100 guests.
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