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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1944
Page
8
Rep Bryson of South Carolina urged a House Judiciary Committee showdown on his national wartime prohibition bill. He said the committee should vote it up or down, expecting a majority support, and rejected claims it would be shelved. The measure would outlaw traffic in alcohol.
Bryson says the measure targets beverages with over half a percent alcohol to curb weekend drinking and payday sprees, claiming it will cut absenteeism and speed war production. He notes Hobbs has delayed hearings but promises more sessions with industrial leaders as witnesses.
Fire at Daniel Flobr home in Highfield damaged the property Friday afternoon. A stove pipe routed through the second floor ignited joists and weatherboarding as flames appeared through the exterior. Firefighters and nearby children helped carry water to refill the booster tank. Loss described as small.
A Bern dispatch to Allehanda reports Nazi General Woeller, encircled in Ukraine, flew to Hitler’s headquarters to ask permission to surrender to the Russians, but Hitler refused even to see him. In Baltimore, Third Service Command announced the Tri-State Command had raised over $3,000 for the 1944 infantile paralysis March of Dimes campaign.
Additional names of individuals who donated blood during the Red Cross unit visit to Hagerstown last week are recorded. The Wednesday February 2 list includes Mrs Zaxel B Leiter and many others, with Thursday February 3 extending to Arthur F Polfenberger and numerous contributors.
Indianapolis readers were startled by a want ad claiming a private party would swap cash for a Washington machine, lawn mower, fence material and a young dog for a child. The note contrasts Akyab Burma receiving heavy rainfall with Phoenix Arizona’s drier climate.
An Army private stationed overseas sent a heated letter to Denver Internal Revenue Collector Ralph Nicholas asserting he owes no tax. He claims a $600 annual income with a wife and child and notes he would owe tax only if earning $1,300, insisting he cannot meet that in the Army. His captain approved the note.
The War Food Administration announced a large reduction in civilian provisions this year, cutting about 590 million pounds of evaporated and condensed milk. Civilians will receive roughly 53 percent of the total, with U S military services at 28 percent and lend lease, Red Cross, and foreign relief at 14 percent. Five percent reserved for emergencies. Also reported, the Federal Power Commission received an application for Harpers Ferry Paper Co to sell all properties, including a Potomac dam, to Potomac Light and Power Co for up to 150000 dollars.
Technical Schools To Air Wacs aims to train Women’s Army Corps members in the Army Air Forces Training Command in Chanute Field Illinois and Lowry Field Colorado for selected subjects. Candidates must be recommended by station commanders based on experience training or tests.
Workmen unearthed a partially broken tombstone under the former Maryland Motora Co. garage on East Franklin Street now Plant No. 73 Fairchild Aircraft. Inscription reads Wife of William T. Wright died February 6 1852 aged 22. name missing due to breakage. Site may have been a church cemetery. The tombstone is preserved by Fairchild plant workers. The Danube River length note follows non-related content.
The Academy revealed ten best picture nominees for the 16th annual Oscars with Casablanca For Whom the Bell Tolls Heavy Water Casablanca The Human Comedy In Which We Serve Ma dame Curie The More the Merrier The Ox Bow Incident The Song of Bernadette and Watch on the Rhine. Nominations top acting categories include Bogart Cooper Lukas Pidgeon and Rooney for best actor and Bergman Fontaine Garson Jones for best actress.
An old advertisement touts Natex a laxative stomach tonic claiming it improves bowel sluggishness and fits for winter health. It promotes a three way Watex action to ease headaches upset stomach and related symptoms with a ten to fourteen day use suggestion and large bottle savings.
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