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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
2
The excerpt directs readers to send communications to The Daily Mail Editorial Business or Translation Department and not to individuals. It lists E Phillips as General Manager and provides department routing instructions.
The text notes that cloudy skies subtly affect the human mind and reduce confidence during winter storms. It counters with a philosopher's view that all skies have beauty, and argues constant sunshine would dull nature's wonder while winter rainfall sustains water and turbines.
The article describes REA administrator Harry Slattery accusing private utility companies of hindering rural electric service in North Carolina. It cites cases in Hoke and Robeson counties where lines redrawn or built to exclude cooperatives, plus Duke Power in Stokes County, as examples of obstruction to cheap government-supported power for farmers.
The Wake Surry Wayne Hoke J and Cumberland cooperatives aim to serve all area farmers. They argue power lines should cover both large profitable farms and smaller back county plots to ensure benefits of electricity reach everyone.
The government urges all aliens in the United States to register by December 26 as part of security measures. It defends fingerprinting as a lawful identification tool and notes wartime fears of subversive activities. In New York City an estimated 700,000 aliens exist with millions nationwide.
The article reports that the Lockheed Interceptor is the world’s fastest aircraft at 3,100 miles range and 4,000 feet per minute climb, praised by Major General Henry H. Arnold. It notes America’s defense progress, engineering triumphs, and confidence in rapid production for national security.
Testimony in Los Angeles from a former communist organizer Leech claimed Hollywood teemed with reds including James Casney Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March. House member Martin Dies cleared these screen stars of un American activity and declared them patriotic Americans.
Jack Dempsey, New Mexico representative long active in the House, campaigns for the U S Senate while backing Hatch Act reforms. The text highlights his unlikely rise from waterboy to railroad telegrapher to oil-free political influencer, noting his 100th sponsored bill becoming law and his strong personal popularity.
A columnist asserts that a communist who acts as a company man uses heavy ideology and a joyless dialectic. They claim informers betray friends and even noncombatants, noting that Nazis and Fascists share similar line of thinking and should align with their bosses.
Mrs. Catherine nger escorts her six sons aged 5 to 13 to a local hospital for tonsil surgeries in Perryville. The article notes contention over a production area definition by the Wase-Hour Administration, calling it a hardship on small growers.
In Manhattan August reports on Mr. I. J. Fox funding couture for cinema stars and ads that flood papers and airwaves. At the Riviera in Ft. Lee a lit airplane ad for Fox furs passed under a starry roof while J. J. Fox watched, amid theater chatter, Pearl exhibit plans, and Broadway’s late-season pause before rehearsals heat up for Tourney to Jerusalem with Maxwell Anderson directing.
An essay compares illness to a roadside arrest by Mother Nature s traffic officer. The bedside warning cards urge lawful living in Work Food Worry and other areas, implying illness follows disregard for proper habits and restraint. The piece uses a gentle, moralizing tone.
Morton is a local surname linked to Morton in Nithsdale Scotland and to many parishes in England. The name derives from Gaelic mor meaning big and dun or tun meaning hill or town. Early settlers include George Morton born 1535 in Austerfield England died 1624 in Plymouth Mass who sailed with the Mayflower party and served as London financial agent for the Pilgrims. his wife Juliana Carpenter. Descendants include Henry Samuel Morton of Hoboken New Zealand born 1874 and John Morton who came to America with the British Army in 1760. Noted Beuvers with the name include writer David Morton Amherst Mass and George E Morton, animal husbandman Fort Collins.
AP Feature Service reporter William McGaffin describes postwar Britain’s shift to wartime readiness. London streets crowd with soldiers and women volunteers, sandbags and barbed wire guard landmarks, and a nation hardened by air raids, rationing, and blackout life under Churchill’s renewed vigor.
A compiled list shows individuals with varied roles and locations including surgeons Henry H in Colo Brooklyn N J Ira A religious education psychologist in Denver James F curator Paterson N J James M5 dx judge Boston John J surgeon Rochester Katharine A educator Cheyenne Lindley cement manufacturer Birmingham and other entries across states.
A verse from Edgar A. Guest titled Just Folks urges self-reliance and modest effort. It contrasts helpful, diligent work with blame and laziness, and highlights the fisherman's luck as a reminder that reaping may come from others' success rather than one’s own efforts.
The Justice Department warned foreign born residents with first citizenship papers that they are not exempt from alien registration and fingerprinting requirements. Director G F Harrison said non-citizens aiming to become citizens before December 26 may delay registration to November 15 or December 1, believing citizenship would exempt them.
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