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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1949
Page
1
Senator Taft after a 12 week tour through 75 Ohio counties says voters top concern is the size of the public debt and government spending. He sees no socialist trend and emphasizes liberty and American system issues in his re election campaign.
Eight crew members were rescued from the Dutch motorship Doros after an explosion caused it to sink about 300 miles east of Miami. Of the 24 aboard, 16 were reported missing. The Doros departed New York at midnight December 13 bound for Port au Prince Haiti. The Coast Guard Cutter Mocoma and five aircraft planned to search the area amid heavy weather and easterly winds.
Reports indicate a convicted rapist killer faces execution after a trial in Utah. The case centers on the murder of a teenage girl and related rape killings, with Gardner reportedly confessing to multiple crimes.
Hollywood hosts two dozen famed veterans to mark The Squaw Man anniversary. Cecil B DeMille recalls starting the film in an orange grove near a bank 36 years ago. Attendees include Theda Bara Mae Murray Jack Holt William Farnum and more as they reminisce for news cameras.
Pennsylvania tests a new roof pinning method to reduce roof falls. State Mine Inspectors Association address by Richard D L Maize says the system anchors the roof to strata above with a long bolt, potentially replacing current shoring techniques. Investigation to be completed in about six months.
Howard M. Showalter, 68, head of Monongahela Rail and River Coal Co., was named a welfare board nominee. He said his company has not signed an agreement and will wait to see what others do as the December disclose date passes.
City Council schedules a public hearing Thursday on an ordinance to make stray dogs available for medical research, with advocates and opponents weighing potential benefits and ethical concerns.
The virus causing cold sores was observed under an electron microscope at the University of Pennsylvania, announced by Dr Tarver Hankbover at a Chicago convention of the Academy of Permatology and Syphilology. The virus resembles polio measles influenza and other viruses, prompting experts to study its similarities and differences.
Eleven year old Bobby Lovell will receive a tombstone for his unmarked mother's grave in Montoursville Pennsylvania. The marker was donated after Police Chief Stanley Zartman helped locate the grave and local donors offered engraving and placement before Christmas.
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