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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
4
Furnished by Kline Bros Benevoir local price list shows wheat at 81.62 a barn rate for local produce. Items include country bacon butter onions fowl lard cabbage potatoes chickens and hogs with ceiling prices noted for some commodities. Also notes one tenth of coal mined in the United States is shipped via the Great Lakes.
In Leitersburg the Sixth War Loan Drive saw Leitersburg school pupils raise hundreds in bonds and nearly 500 more through canvassing homes with no children in school. The school bought an Army jeep with bonds. three soldiers demonstrated its use at a program. Collectors earned 584 beyond jeep costs, planning to buy another jeep. Students led by Bonnie Hartle 11, Max Ricé, Donald Wishard, and Robert Troupe funded bonds via hog sales, dairy work, apple picking, and penny-saving schemes.
Doris Hehl and Florence Jones, SPARS who led a local recruiting drive, will stay on from today through Friday to recruit 17 year old youths for the United States Coast Guard. Interested young men may visit the SPAR offices on City Hall second floor to explore service possibilities.
San Diego set a new high for December 11 with a temperature of 80 degrees, four degrees above the previous day’s maximum. The warm spell continued as officials noted the unseasonable warmth across the city.
The Television Broadcasters Association capped its first annual conference by awarding citations to Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin for their TV contributions. Other mentions honored WABD New York and related wartime advances. Programs that night featured CBS NBC and MBS lineups with Stars like Bob Hope Mil ton Berle and Roy Rogers.
The Washington county 4-H Baby Beef Club plans officer elections at the county agent's office with Jo seph Vial from the University of Maryland speaking Thursday evening. Vernon Holter and Mr. Vial accompany a tour of member homes feeding beef for 1945 on Friday and Saturday.
Baltimore market report dated December 1 notes steady prices for apples with several varieties at 3.00 to 3.55 per bushel, and other items including Red Delicious Maid en Blush and Starks priced around 2.75 to 3.75. Potatoes and poultry markets are steady with light receipts. roasters fryers and broilers mostly 33 cents.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to invest in the Sixth War Loan by highlighting the cost of medical air evacuations and base hospital care. The message links bond purchases to saving wounded servicemen, rehab, and guaranteed support for rehabilitation, framing bonds as essential to victory and return home.
A report notes the Yellow River in China lacks a fixed bed and has shifted as much as 500 miles over two years, indicating large geographic and hydrological changes. The development impacts local land use and water management planning.
Maryland State Superintendent Thomas G. Pullen Jr. lauded Governor O Conor s eight point plan for education as the state moves toward a 12 grade system, higher teacher salaries, and larger libraries. He noted Maryland lags behind in high school enrollment and calls for broader early education, health courses, and expanded libraries to improve teacher recruitment.
In Washington county, questions about hunting with lingering snow have prompted the Clerk of the Court to cite a game law provision. The rule clarifies that hunting in season remains legal in Washington, Allegany and Garland counties, with snow on the ground not prohibiting lawful pursuit.
The county law allows deer hunting with snow on the ground though the open deer season closed last Saturday. Upland game season runs to December 31 with pheasants rabbits ruffed grouse wild turkeys and Bob white quail legal. An amendment lets Frederick county hunters pursue deer in snow. Marines enlistment requires 63 more inches in height.
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