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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
2
The article notes money in circulation rose to 8.395 billion dollars with 4. not active as deposits and hoarded cash. Monetary gold stock climbs to 21.637 billion, marking record levels for the country this November.
National Safety Council links bad weather darkness and holiday mentality to higher Yuletide deaths and injuries. It urges driver pedestrian cooperation and stricter traffic enforcement to improve December’s highway safety record and sustain recent gains.
Amid wartime upheaval, a mass refugee flow reshapes culture as scholars and writers flee oppression. Notables linked to Germany, Austria, and France seek safety in the United States and abroad, including Einstein, Mann, Borisse, Maeterlinck, Undset, and de Rothschilds.
The Paris writer Genevieve Ta bouis faced an arrest order issued by the Petain government after years of reporting in L'Oeuvre on Hiller that drew his ire.
The piece notes shrinking beaver habitats in North Jersey and growing populations in South Jersey. It cites Cant BH. J. Burlington of the State Fish and Games Commission suggesting a possible open season. Pennsylvania already has beaver seasons, while beaver dams slow erosion and flood certain lands, shifting value and work to southern counties.
A bank leader argues capitalism rests in savings invested by ordinary people. He says capital belongs to the nation’s workers and families, whose earnings fund loans, homes, and business expansion, while bankers act as stewards and strict guardians of those funds to build wealth and industry.
Washington saw rapid growth in war expenditures with a daily total surpassing 10.5 million dollars. Major contracts included Curtiss Wright 29 million, Consolidated Aircraft 14 million, Mergenthaler Linotype 600 thousand, National Tube 1 million, Baytown Ordnance Works about 8 million, and various eastern firms supplying artillery and ammunition.
Washington reports a national defense brain trust led by Dr Charles Kettering aims to spark rapid invention. Ideas pour in from the public, with examples ranging from plastic planes to rocket torpedoes, while experts stress practical, homegrown U.S. innovation.
In Milan the photo record and loud speakers atop churches replace belfries since bronze is reserved for armaments. Educational officials note two percent of US adults hold college degrees.
Howard Blakeslee explains how to distinguish blueberries from huckleberries by seed crackle and leaf markings. Huckleberries show 10 large seeds with peach-pit coverings and resin dots beneath leaves, while blueberries have many seeds and subtle crunch. Professor Slate notes blueberries are superior to eat, though naming confusion persists with huckleberry terms.
The article traces the Cutler surname from Old French knife maker roots and medieval spellings, noting immigrant ancestor John Cutler who arrived in America in 1637. It lists prominent Cutlers in various professions and records a Chicago jewel thief incident involving Maurice Sater reporting a $75,000 jewel robbery on a Loop sidewalk.
The 1912 journey of Adoniram Judson shows limits on British permission, leading him to Burma and Karens where prophecy and duty guided his work. Livingstone notes similar divine direction in his own plans. Lincoln echoes faith in a higher power guiding decisive choices.
The Cunningham comet, discovered Aug 15 at Harvard, promises naked-eye visibility around Christmas Eve. It will traverse the western sky near Altair in Aquila, with a tail extending over 50 minutes of arc and brightness near first magnitude, brightest between Jan 10 and 16 before fading in twilight.
Poet notes the season’s end with snow and biting winds. He declines winter golf, preferring to wait for milder times when grass greens and birds sing, concluding he is not hardy enough for winter play.
Keefer Manahan, 16, of near Thurmont died in Frederick after a Friday hunting accident during Mayland's deer season. He fell and discharged his rifle, wounding his abdomen. Frederick firemen donated blood after the family found incompatible blood types. The tragedy follows the opening of the five day season. New York City has more than twice as many telephones as London.
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