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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1939
Page
3
The article presents a standard copyright disclaimer from the Associated Press stating exclusive rights to AP news dispatches and local coverage. It emphasizes publication rights, use restrictions, and reservation of special dispatches, typical of syndicated content in local papers.
The piece jests about a protracted heat spell and forecasts seasonal shifts. It muses that summer differs each year, laments the heat, and suggests focusing on the present pleasures rather than complaints. It ends by urging readers to enjoy what remains of summer.
A historical overview honors the Red Cross for 75 years of aiding victims of war and disaster, crediting Henri Dunant for founding the organization and highlighting its global reach regardless of race, religion, or nationality. The piece notes the neglected recognition of Dunant and touches on themes of compassion and civilian preservation amid conflict.
The War Departments announce a seven member War Resources Board modeled on the World War I War Industries Board. It will coordinate national industrial and commercial facilities to support defense if war arrives, with powers and authority similar to Baruch led efforts, reflecting a realistic view of Europe’s situation.
Emil Ludwig, famed for biographies, was struck by a falling Jerome Bonaparte statue in Ajaccio City Hall Corsica while inspecting Napoleonic relics. Ludwig, who criticized Jerome in print, joked about payback as the statue toppled. The incident recalls Jerome’s marriage to Betsy Patterson and the Bonaparte lineage.
A debate at a sociology convention concluded that morals cannot be taught as a separate subject. True moral instruction should emerge through life and through teaching in history, literature, and science, with character and example shaping ethical ideals alongside broad development.
Washington Daybook analyzes the shifting alliance web as a Russo-German non aggression treaty shadows England’s search for a new ally. Preston Grover traces historic pattern from 1902 Japan pact to today, noting England’s habit of never burning bridges and the potential impact on U S relations and security.
A short verse explains driving responsibility framed as a license. It urges vigilance near children and the blind and stresses that road safety comes from thought. The poem equates the license to sanity, fitness, and trusted conduct, urging pride in possessing it.
Benjamin F. Frock, who survived a 50 foot fall into the Potomac near Hancock beneath the old bridge, has returned home to Berkeley Springs while still suffering brain concussion and injuries. Investigators believe he fell or was thrown from the bridge into shallow water near the West Virginia shore.
New York Aug 28 column recounts readers’ misaddressed mail about By George Loane Tucker and other figures. Notes mixups with Ray Tucker and R Tucker while lampooning map sales, European signs, and colorful local names and scenes including Brenner Pass, Blarney Stone, and a Prime Minister sign. Orbits around George Tucker Associated Press and eccentric New York personalities.
Governor Loren D. Dickinson expands his anti gambling campaign to include bridge parties with prizes. He spoke at memorial services for the late Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald and urged vigilance against gambling temptations among youths. Ottawa militiamen prepared for coastal defense duties as about 10,000 members from 99 units were called out. Canadian tobacco growers set a 1987 harvest record of 71 million pounds, up from 46.1 million in 193?.
A quiz feature presents ten questions about public figures and events from 1939. Topics include a businessman containing large checks, Leopold Huber, Ickes refugee policy, Estigarria’s presidency, and the Buchalter case. It asks about a New England mayor, Dies Committee member, Father Divine, and capitals of three nations.
In a farming column readers learn bean and pea weevil life cycle and eight point control plan using rotenone derris dust and storage fumigation. Also Mary Marshall Frost named city controller of Monongahela to succeed her late husband Merle, for a term ending January 1942.
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