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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
2
Cluttered OCR text notes 28 credits and week by week dispatches. Mentions F Ganhvin Hage and S E Phillips with partial references to local specials and rights. Details are fragmented but suggest a regional wire service summary with credits and local bylines.
Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey argues that rocket requires new speed in planes. He notes fighter top speeds rose 190 mph in four years and predicts speeds near sound in service, with higher climb rates and ceilings as rockets beyond sound become common after Nazi use of supersonic weapons.
An RAF officer notes Germany drains fuel at 630000 gallons weekly as the Luftwaffe uses gas reserves for panzer divisions and raids. Allied bombing has aimed at oil fields since last May, reducing German production to 23 percent after Ploesti loss, then to 35 percent despite weather. The question remains how long Germany can sustain its fuel expenditure under Allied pressure.
War and shortages boost 144 crop year output with increased acreage and plantings. Farmers faced labor and machinery limits yet produced high per acre returns and near record overall wheat production. Severe weather and reduced power hampered planting efforts and tempers the gains.
The article states that with the approaching planting season farmers face continued labor shortages and a lack of available new farm machinery, despite extended work hours. The ongoing issue is expected to worsen this year, leaving farmers with insufficient labor and equipment.
The article reports that Americans spent about 97 hundred million dollars on goods and services in 1944, with total expenditures near 100.6 billion. Despite three years at war, living standards remained high as food demand rose, clothing costs edged up, luxuries stayed small, and services priced due to demand. Mortgages were paid off and personal debt declined as funds accumulated in banks and savings accounts.
Poem laments war and human cruelty. The speaker imagines what a book about mankind would reveal if written, noting thousands killed by machines and shells. The verse condemns warfare, calls for peace, aid, and brotherhood, and imagines a future of food and useful trades.
Miss Maud Grouni presented two new collection plates to the Leilersburg Lutheran congregation on Christmas morning. Sleighs were common on the Middleburg pike. The Jacob Rohrer family of Keedysville gathered at S. Clinton Keplinger’s home for a family reunion. Winter service will see Lewis Blair, Clearspring stage driver, making three trips weekly on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Berry Plummer, a Lebanon Valley College student at Annville, Pa, lost personal effects in the college fire that destroyed the main building during his vacation.
Mr and Mrs Z C Botlnser of Summit Avenue mark their 61st wedding anniversary. An official note lists 352 officers and enlisted Maryland National Guard as its largest peacetime strength, announced by Adi Gen Milton A Rechford.
The piece surveys a protracted war horizon with Allied victory unlikely before 1946, China’s collapse and Russia’s rise, and industry facing delayed civilian production, scarce goods, and rising prices. Labor faces union realignments, potential CIO AFL tensions, and a large back-home female workforce shift. Agriculture confronts preserving near-record wartime food output while preparing reconversion.
The article discusses postwar adjustments in food supply and price stability, noting potential shortages of meats and sugar while cereals and vegetables remain plentiful. It highlights likely continued rationing for certain items and possible spring potato scarcity. In politics, Republicans eye a 1946 comeback, with party leadership changes and Dewey’s 1946 gubernatorial bid hinting at a 1948 presidential run. Roosevelt may allow hopefuls to pursue early campaigns.
Discontent in the Democratic south targets big city machines and labor. CIO may expand beyond labor ties after a fourth term victory. Science predicts advances in penicillin, blood substitutes, and jet propulsion shaping 1945. Fashion and entertainment foresee greater femininity, war-tinged plays, and TV growth ahead of Japan’s defeat. Public life looks to faster planes and broader postwar cultural boom.
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes a Christmas turkey belonging to Brig Gen. Lewis G. Merritt was flown between Cherry Point North Carolina and Washington. Delays and fuel use reached about 159 gallons as 19 Marines and officers waited and rerouted. The piece also argues Congress deserves higher salaries to reflect costs and duties.
Dr Earl L Douglas discusses the Pentecost moment when the Holy Spirit formed the Christian Church. He portrays external signs like tongues of fire and wind as features of a deeper spiritual awakening in a small, committed group. The Church endures, sustained by believers who meet true spiritual requirements, despite opposition.
Washington reports total armed forces losses reached 626,441 by December 14, with Army totals at 547,823 and Navy 80,618. Army killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners rose by 63,866. Navy casualties increased by 2,107 as classifications shifted amid ongoing German counteroffensive concerns.
Pi Lucien Combelle, owner of the weekly National Revolution, was sentenced in Paris to 15 years hard labor. Charged with praising Gauleiter Sauckel and friendliness to German aims, witnesses testified he supported Pierre Laval without profit. Prosecutor sought death.
An unofficial Treasury review shows 1944 net receipts near 45 billion, expenditures around 7 billion, and a war cost total over 90 billion. Public debt jumped to 232 billion dollars with 62 billion borrowed, enough to cover a 52 billion deficit and lift Treasury balance to about 2 billion. Costa Rica export data notes 9.5 percent from coffee, bananas, and cacao in 1941.
Ward No 2 lists four precincts at Antietam Fire Hall Surrey School 623 West Washington Street South Hagerstown Fire Hall List for Ward No 4 includes Mulberry Street Wayside School Senior High School Ward No 5 covers Fleigh Garage Oak Hill Avenue Coston Motors West Franklin Street Salem Avenue and 224 Alexander Street
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