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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1944

Page

2

Daily see Mail Hagera Establishment and rates

Daily see Mail from Hagera established 1828 lists editor Garvin Hager and general manager B E Phillips. Subscription prices shown include advance single copy 4 cents, weekly 18 cents, monthly and yearly mail rates across zones, and foreign mail at 1.50 per month. Also notes Associated Press affiliation and rights.

Hagera Garvin Hager B. E. Phillips Audit Bureau of Circulation Pesama Hr Nian Mash Chips Ra Associated Press

Food in Paris under Nazi rule drives prices higher

A Paris report details rapidly rising food costs under occupation with eggs at zero cents, butter eight dollars per pound, meat four dollars per pound, wine two dollars forty a bottle, cigarettes five sixty a pack, and bread sold at one forty a loaf on the black market. Dining out becomes a costly luxury as meals range six to ten dollars, often served with soup, meat, vegetables, cheese, fruit, and wine, consumed mainly by Germans and well-financed French collaborators.

Paris Eges

Governors’ meeting echoes 1917 wartime rally for Dewey

The article compares a 1948 session of 26 Republican governors backing Thomas E. Dewey with a 1917 White House gathering of 48 governors supporting the war effort. It notes partisan aims in both eras, contrasts leaders, and criticizes today’s Dewey candidacy and vote restrictions affecting New York servicemen.

Thomas E. Dewey New York White House Calvin Coolidge Massachusetts Woodrow Wilson St. Louis Dewey League of Nations Charles Evans Hughes Lowden Illinois Leonard Wood

Division Plans for Germany Occupation Debate

Reports indicate the United States Britain and Russia have not finalized plans for dividing Germany. Surrender terms remain unsettled and France's role and territorial demands are unclear. General de Gaulle has pressed for a French flag over occupied areas.

Germany United States Great Britain Russia General de Gaulle Che

Rhineland Demands and Postwar Territorial Realignments

The article outlines Allied and Soviet postwar aims including Alsace Lorraine and German territories in Baden and the Palatinate on the Rhine left bank, with Tito pressing for Istria and Trieste. It notes possible London and Washington support, and warns that honoring claims would validate all, forecasting long diplomatic toil as Germany would be reduced to a pin point.

Rhineland Alsace Lorraine Baden Palatinate Rhien de Gaulle London Washington Russia Poland Germany Marshal Tito Yugoslavia Istria Trieste

Food Demands Seen Rising After Allied Europe Victory

Guaranty Trust Company of New York highlights in a survey that U S food needs will surge as Allies advance in Europe. Farm machinery, labor, and transport must expand to meet distribution. Even now relief shipments to Italy reach 100000 tons monthly, with Rome’s fall adding over two million people to those to be fed.

Guaranty Trust Company of New York Europe America Rome Italy

Japan's position as seen from California during war

A commentator sketches a hypothetical California vantage on Japan’s wartime strength, noting 50 million potential Californians if elsewhere, air bombardment on industries, enemy bases within 1500 miles off the coast, and shifting fronts from the Philippines to Vancouver. It warns Japan’s power of attack is rising as defenses shrink.

Pacific Japan California United States Hawaii Panama New Guinea Philippines Vancouver Kuriles China Burma

Reward for Hitler's head posted in France reduced

A 10 franc bounty for Hitler’s head has been posted in France and appears to have been reduced for a closing-out sale. The compact notice notes a price drop and frames the bounty as a short term, sale style price.

Hitler France

Local fair tales of prizes and feats at Clear Spring

Samuel Emmett prepared a fifty dollar rubber-mounted double harness for the first prize at the Clear Spring tournament. Jacob Lemen on Ripple farm threshed half a pound of wheat in fifteen seconds, at two bushels per minute, witnessed by Leo Thompson. James Scennebrook, Cumberland Valley engineman, returned from the World’s Fair and urged seeing the Boer War as well.

Samuel Emmett Jacob Lemen Ripple Leo Thompson James Scennebrook Cumberland Valley

Fee Promiscuous Checks and Raiders at Williamsport Roost

Sheriff Iffes warned of dras tic action for promiscuous use of checks with no funds as authorities express concern. In Riverview cemetery high trees Williamsport, Chinese lanterns and Roman candles dispersed blackbird pests from a roosting site early in summer. Twenty two local high school boys, supervised by Joan Wilson and Glenn Poffenberger, left for Piney Mountain Pa for two weeks of intensive football training.

Richard Iffes Williamsport Riverview Cemetery Yiy Joan Wilson Glenn Poffenberger Tiney Mountain

Courage on the Western Front Pilot Rescued After Eight Days

Ernie Pyle recounts the rescue of a British pilot trapped in a damaged plane for eight days. Medics and soldiers worked to free him, administering morphine, lifting with belts and a board, and finally easing him onto a litter as the fresh air brought relief. The pilot, though exhausted, showed astonishing strength and courage throughout the harrowing extraction.

Western Front Strone

Polish forces storm Warsaw police HQ frees eight priests

A Polish telegraph agency report states that underground army units in Warsaw assaulted the German police headquarters and liberated eight priests captured under the Nazi surrender or die ultimatum to Polish resistance.

New York Polish Telegraph Agency Warsaw

Strength For The Day Strength For The Day We Have A Long Way To Go

Dr Earl L Douglass reflects on a hypothetical return of Christ and the likely reactions. He argues Jesus would face mob violence, political dismissal, and economic scorn, yet asserts the gospel’s spiritual and ethical implications surpass worldly progress. Every person has a long way to go before touching the hem of Christ’s garment.

Eople Christ Earth Jesus

Move to banish Nelson tops long warfare in wartime policy

Washington Aug 24 An extended look at Donald Nelson and his role in the vast wartime production drive reveals a clash between government and business. Nelson, a Missouri native turned Sears Roebuck executive, led a record output program without dictatorial control, yet faced opposition from the Army led by Somervell and Undersecretary Patterson over civilian closures and recreation limits. Strong ties with Baruch frayed as the war effort accelerated and Nelson remained focused on maintaining production amid criticisms and delays.

Drew Pearson Washington Donald Nelson China Roosevelt Missouri Mark Twain Mississippi Chicago Sears, Roebuck Nelson White House FDR Don Bernard M. Baruch Wall Street War Industries Board Don Nelson Patterson Somervell Baruch Military Army

Blaze at Moller Dry Kiln Burns Wood Bonding Plant

Fire broke out in the dry kiln of the M. P. Moller Company on North Prospect Street yesterday afternoon and was controlled about an hour later. Firemen said the blaze was confined to the kiln with moderate damage and the building filled with smoke for over an hour.

M. P. Moller Company North Prospect Street

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