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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
9
Washington reports Sixth War Loan progress with $3.663 billion in vaults toward $5 billion quota, $157 million above the schedule. E bonds total $1.468 billion, 59 percent of their $2.5 billion quota, $57 million under schedule. Overall drive total reaches $5.874 billion as deposits continue through December.
In Hagerstown and Washington county schools, 65,646 pounds of waste paper have been collected since term began. Broadway School led with 10,698 pounds, while fifth graders led by Mrs. Harp produced 2,251 pounds. Noel Spence and Bobby Hill topped individuals with 96.5 pounds. About 400 Broadway pupils joined the drive, earning Paper Trooper insignia from the War Production Board.
An Alsatian girl thanks the Yank liberators by kissing Lt Gen Jacob L Devers commander of the 6th Army Group during ceremonies inaugurating French military civilian rule of Belfort.
John Cotton, extension conservationist from the University of Maryland, arrives in Hagerstown to confer with County Agent Mark Miller on soil conservation policies and topics.
Some authorities attribute a 50 percent expansion in the circulation of $100 bills in 1943 to black market operations.
Local shop workers devised a new oil can to fill bus transmission and differential from above the filler plugs. The lightweight three gallon device uses an air tank valve and wet nozzle to pressurize and dispense oil, avoiding cramped underbus work and saving time and temper.
Washington reports that a three hour inquiry by the War Investigating Committee found the worst is yet to come in cigarette supply. Army overseas needs are growing, production can’t keep up, and retail shelves remain bare due to actual shortages. Ike's measures curb losses to under ten percent. high civilian sales abroad face court martial.
The passage notes 30 percent of available supply going overseas, a 15 percent annual rise in civilian consumption since 1940, and widespread consumer hoarding. Paul M Hahn of American Tobacco and a distributor leader condemn the shortage and urge relief, saying retailers bear the brunt of consumer complaints.
Heads of more than 100 CIO locals in Detroit support the strike at four area stores. Leaders urge unity and pressure for better terms as the disagreement over wage hours and working conditions widens across the local labor movement.
Montgomery Ward & Co. stores vow to provide fullest moral, financial and physical aid to the walkout. Unionists, meeting before a War Labor Board show cause hearing in Washington, stress their support of the strike does not violate the CNO wartime no strike pledge.
The record notes that cheese was produced in antiquity by Jewish, Greek, and Roman peoples. It also states the Winnipeg grain exchange was formed in 1908, marking an early 20th century milestone in Canadian trade history.
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