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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
3
The Senate confirmed the temporary promotion of Major General Alexander M Patch Jr to lieutenant general. Patch, commander of the 7th American Army in southern France, hails from Fort Huachuca Arizona. The session also approved other promotions.
Ten officers receive major general or brigadier general ranks. The major general group includes Brig. Gen. James G. Christiansen of Portland Oregon, chief of staff of the Army Ground Forces, and Brig. Gen. William Frazier Tompkins of Richmond Virginia, head of the Army's special planning division for the postwar period.
Two minors pled guilty to larceny of six cases of whiskey from Cumberland Motor Express. They were sentenced to Maryland Training School until age 24, appealed the sentence, and posted bond for November. Detective Wayre Seliman arrested them. liquor was recovered. A 14-year-old boy also pleaded guilty to stealing $183 from Concord Clothing Store on South Potomac Street and was sent to Maryland Training School. he had been a former employee and took funds over about a week.
Robert B. Liskey, a leading local gun collector, has 112 firearms ranging from a tiny companion pistol to long rifles and muskets. The oldest is four centuries old. eight or nine countries are represented. One blunderbuss bears undecipherable markings, while a Potomac Civil War rifle remains in pristine condition despite water damage.
A fragment recalls a dueling pistol with twelve notches on the handle. It notes guns cannot talk, while best stories about the weapons remain untold forever due to their silence.
A blaze last night damaged two piles of lumber at Beach ley Furniture Company on North Prospect street. City police opened an incendiary origin probe as flames threatened nearby M. P. Moller Company plant. Rain had drenched the area two hours earlier, authorities noted.
A blaze quickly enveloped a lumber pile and spread to a second as fire crews battled the flames. The discovery occurred after the fire had taken hold. M. P. Moller guards noted recent sightings of men loitering nearby.
Readable text describes ongoing tensions as workers prepared lumber and repeatedly chased intruders away, signaling a tense confrontation at the site. No further verifiable details are available in the fragment.
Snakes lack eyelids and wear their eyes open at all times. This unique ocular trait means they cannot blink. Their transparent eye coverings protect their eyes while enabling continuous sight even during rest.
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