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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1944
Page
2
Hagerstown edition lists editor J Garvin Hager and general manager P. Phone 14-115-106. Subscription rates shown by carrier and mail across zones. Foreign mail costs per month. Associated Press rights noted for news dispatches and local content.
Raymond Clapper, noted columnist, predicted Willkie would get a big kick in the pants and Dewey would be nominated. He faulted Dewey for his Lend-Lease stance and double talk to New York voters, calling him too slippery with words. Yet he trusted Roosevelt as the public figure who knows dangers and acts to meet them both at home and abroad.
The article surveys Allied aims for Germany after the war, noting England favoring a strong yet not dominant Germany while Russia seeks a weakened state. It discusses potential territorial losses, Rhineland and East Prussia claims, and scenarios ranging from a half-sized, impoverished Germany to the risks of future conflict without extensive policing.
Scientists show milk can yield materials for drugs plastics fabrics and synthetic rubber. Milk sugar dructose aids penicillin production and Aralac fiber enters apparel and hats. Waste whey disposal spurred research. early efforts faced pollution concerns but success grew, reshaping industry reliance on dairy.
The Missouri Democratic State Committee announces an anti Fourth Term platform. They state opposition to Roosevelt for the First, Second, Third, and Fourth terms, citing support for Hoover, London, Willkie, and Wall Street domination, while emphasizing a long-standing resistance to the Administration.
A vignette of a man, horse, dog, and crow under a scorching sun. The man sweats, horses fret, a dog pants, and a crow caws as a rider passes. A line from prayer echoes, asking for daily bread and relief from the heat in a rural scene.
Editor letters discuss remarriage and home life under wartime strain. A reader condemns or defends married women facing suspicion, arguing for empathy and recognizing human flaws. The exchange covers gossip, jealousy, public shaming, and wartime separations.
Four years ago today the dove season opened amid scarce birds. Reports advised sparing the few available. Balloons launched from Trinity Lutheran in Recktes's wand were sold at St James by Misses Annie and May Fehres, one bearing clear Stover’s name. Brewer and Myers presented Williamsport Drum Corps with reversible caps described as serge with white duck lingering and very natty.
A historic note records Mrs. Luther B. Miller being named acting firstmistress at Wil Nepert, serving in that role until a regular appointment was made, reflecting a transitional period in local governance and education.
The wire service correspondent describes hedgerow warfare in northwestern France, detailing small unit tactics, hidden German positions, and brutal close combat. It notes the slow, cautious advances, the use of machine guns, grenades, mortars, and sniper placements within hedgerows, and why continual, repeated skirmishes add up to a larger war with heavy casualties.
At the American Labor Party convention in New York on August 12 delegates nominated Franklin D Roosevelt for re election with Harry S Truman for vice president by acclamation Senator Robert F Wagner was re nominated for the Senate and Judge Marvin Dye of Hwchester chosen as Associate Justice of the New York State Court of Appeals The ALP also named the same State electors previously chosen by the Democrats.
Washington notes Bern ie Baruch once championed Albert Ritchie and Roosevelt now hints at backing Dewey. A flurry of backstage talks includes Searls contributions and comments from James Cox and Albert Lasker. WPB lumber division blocks a 765 million foot Tehema county pine tract despite Army Navy interest and Smaller War Plants support.
The piece notes WPB delays in securing timber despite its scarcity, criticizes Hunting ton Taylor for a manpower survey, and cites leaders Philip Boyd of Weyerhaeuser and Jack Winton of Winton Lumber as key figures. It references wartime resource competition and mentions historical egg production figures and Russia’s government later context.
Washington August 12 The diplomat Andrei A Gromyko was named Russia's delegate to the world peace agency talks in Washington later this month The choice suggests the Soviet Foreign Office aims to stay closely in touch with the discussions The appointment may influence the future course of world peace and reflect Moscow's strategy at the talks
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