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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
4
Illinois naturalist Gordon Pearsall notes blue birds woodpeckers meal larks and robins wintering in Chicago during the milder spell. The birds skip their usual southbound trek as temperatures stay unusually warm for February.
Southwest Pacific spokesmen report 1450 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged in six months as MacArthur notes 36 more downed at Rabaul Bougainville. January losses near 550 for defenders with Tobera Lakunai hit. Halsey forces strike Rabaul and other Japanese positions daily.
Lt General Joseph W. Stilwell told reporters in New Delhi that reopening a land route to China through northern Burma is workable. He noted Chinese and American forces have coordinated for 18 months, endured casualties together, and remained committed to building the road despite skeptical critics. He did not specify force size or completion date.
Washington Feb 1 new rigid draft deferment and reclassification rules take effect affecting about 214 million men in dependency groups as selective service boards target 600000 inductions in early 1944. Rules require pre induction medical exams 21 days prior and end broad occupational deferments for 18 to 21 year olds unless farming or essential industry certified.
Sam Mason, colored, was fined 150 dollars for selling intoxicants without a license and found not guilty of maintaining a disorderly house. He faced sentence before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder after a raid found whiskey at his street home. A 20 year old white witness testified purchasing beer and whiskey from Mason on four occasions.
Chicago reports Miss Linwood Lelane Giscard of Donaldsonville Louisiana modeled a gown at the wash apparel display. The dress was all cotton and trimmed with war stamps totaling 1A 500, reflecting a notable value amid the exhibition.
Multiple deaths are reported including Raymond E Kuhn 48 of Smithsburg died in Rockford Illinois after a three year illness. He served in the Navy in World War I and is survived by wife Ethel and children plus relatives in several states. weitere obituaries note Fort George Meade resident Linnie Strite Greencastle died at home. Clarence E Waltrick Baltimore veteran of World War I. funeral details in Green Castle and Baltimore. Funeral notices mention Hattie Smyre with a memorial verse.
Dr Willard, city and county health officer for three years in Hagerstown and Washington County, will resign to join the U S Public Health Service as a surgeon. He will remain here until activation and will be replaced by a new officer appointed with state and local approvals.
The Army will display atrocity posters in U S factories to detail Japanese brutality. Following policy changes, posters prepared earlier are now distributed, with two shown so far: executions of captured Tokyo raiders and netting of wounded on New Georgia.
The court voided the show cause order against M. P. Moller Inc after ruling the firm not involved and noting Forrest’s age and filing defects. Forrest seeks reinstatement after dismissal on January 29, while CIO affidavits labeled the move as oppressive amid AFL and CS bargaining tensions over Moller workers.
In Springfield on Feb 1 bids rose for Governor Dwight H. Green to mow eight lawns at a war bond auction. The governor proposed to mow in Dorothy Lamour's sarong, with a final bid of 460,000 dollars from Don Schweitzer of Allis-Chalmers. Schweitzer said the company would plant a 25 acre timothy patch on its grounds and the governor could start there.
Depew, a veteran with Fairchild, reflects on a career spanning the globe and a life saved by flight in 1926 over the Alleghenies near Johns town. He praises Hagerstown as an ideal town and notes his active Maryland CAP Wine involvement.
Washington, Feb 1 The new 2.315 billion tax bill moved to legislative drafting for polishing before ratification by House and Senate. It aims to raise over a billion from excises, about 864 million from individual income taxes, and extra from postal rates, with changes to renegotiation act and a shift in earned income credits. The measure includes new excise rates such as 20 percent on furs and cosmetics, 30 percent on nightclub checks, and 15 percent on transport and local telephone service, with Airmail postage rising and other fees higher. If enacted, rates take effect March 1 for excises and 30 days after enactment for postal, while certain tax rules apply only to the 1944 year. The conference expects swift action in both houses. Afterward, leaders aim to simplify the tax structure over time.
Harrisburg report says Pennsylvania Attorney General James H. Duff will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. After weeks of silence he issued a formal statement denying any pursuit of the seat. Duff had been considered by GOP leaders as a potential challenger to Senator James J. Davis.
The William D. Byron launch at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard in Baltimore is postponed by strong winds. Katharine Byron will break the bottle. guests include Senators Tydings Radcliffe, Gov O Conor, and many Byrons. A luncheon will follow. Byron died in 1941, his widow later won a special election.
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch said the Allied effort to neutralize Japanese airpower at Rabaul is on schedule and could not say when it will be knocked out. He predicted Japan will defend New Britain until it becomes unprofitable, then withdraw movable personnel and equipment while leaving others to fight.
Odd Fellows' Temple offers a Wednesday and Saturday program starting at 7 P.M with prizes including War Stamps groceries and merchandise. A square and round dance is held every Friday and Saturday night at Spanish Danceland Kemp's Mill Tavern advertised under Your old Friend Ross.
A roundup of service members with new addresses and updates. Paul A. Kline earns paratrooper wings at Fort Benning. Pvt. Charles E. Sweigert Jr. reports a new post at Keesler Field. Naval Cadet Joseph McKinsey Charles graduates from flight training in Keene New Hampshire. Several others share new postings, furloughs, and travels from Bainbridge to Camp Adair, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Jackson, Camp Bland-ing, and more, with family ties noted.
The library reports a 22 percent uptick in war book reading from 1942, with readers seeking battle stories and socio economic war analyses. Demand for Wendell Willkie’s One World was so high that 19 copies were purchased. Trustees secured extra city county funds for another trained full-time staffer and appointed Miss Carrie V. Anderson of Richmond as a general library assistant.
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