21 Feb 1949
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1949
Page
1
Pound denies betraying anyone while a patient at St Elizabeths Hospital after being charged with treason for wartime broadcasts. He won the Bollingen Prize of 31,000 for The Pisan Cantos, with the jury appointed by the Librarian of Congress.
Out of town groups attend the 17th Cumberland Valley Artists exhibit at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Ira J. Deen Mrs John Cowden and Mrs C V Nace with Deens close in painting viewed the show Friday February 18. The exhibit runs through February 27 with museum hours 9 am to 5 pm on Tuesday February 22.
Due to rising flight costs and inflation men recognize ordinary life insurance falls short for families. The Jefferson Family Provider offers extra protection at under half the usual price for preferred risks. For a 35 year old male, annual cost is 158.85.
The text outlines two death benefit scenarios. First, death within twenty years or before 65 yields 14,460 dollars cash or 5,000 dollars cash plus 50 dollars monthly for twenty years totaling 17,000 dollars, with a note of 30 dollars per month for twenty years and 5,000 dollars cash totaling 19,472 dollars. Second, if death occurs after twenty years or after age 65, 5,000 dollars cash is paid immediately with cash values, paid up insurance, and extended term features beginning at the end of year two.
The piece argues Norway’s northern border is a fragile shield, with Kirkenes near Soviet lines and Narvik as the most viable defense point. It notes Norway’s weak garrisons, challenging terrain, and scant resources while Denmark and Sweden remain neutral. The article highlights historical memory of 1944 and suggests Moscow might prefer a skirmish over full war.
A Sunday movie referendum bill moves from the House to the Senate as Sen McLaughlin blocks progress. A Rimudredts of industrial workers delegation plans talks with Senate leaders to push the measure forward. The bill would limit Sunday movies to one phase and apply countywide, with public interest evident in editor letters.
Philadelphia cab drivers suspend a two day walkout after Yellow Cab Company and AFL Taxi Drivers Union fail to reach a negotiated agreement. International President Michael J. Quill urges acceptance as protests continue and mass rallies fill City Hall with both support and opposition.
Readers across Hagerstown and county women won weekly cash prizes for reporting tips to the Daily Mail. Tips must be phoned in between 7 am and 2 pm, and only the first tip per story counts. Prize winners identify themselves at the business office. The note also recalls William IV’s brief reign before Victoria.
Garden timetable in New York and New Jersey shows earlier blooms with crocus open six weeks early and yellow advenis blooming in Brooklyn four weeks ahead. Witch hazel and jasmine in flower in mild February, with forsythia nearly ready to open and pansies blooming in southern Connecticut.
The text notes Commodore Perry ended his voyage along the Japanese coast in 1953 as Yokohama remained a small fishing village at that time.
Congress moves toward a pact with more than a billion dollars in first year appropriations aimed at mobilizing Europe with surplus Army stocks. Senators discuss moral commitments and quick U.S. action against aggression, while others urge details and constitutional limits before approval. Capehart calls for cuts in European Recovery funds to finance new military aid without boosting total output.
Margaret Brent heiress and executrix of Governor Leonard Calvert of Maryland is believed to be the first tax paying woman in America to request political representation in 1647.
Polish Jewish demonstrators clashed with German and British police outside a Berlin theater over an Oliver Twist screening. Dozens of windows were broken and a news jeep was damaged. After a suspended show, authorities planned a new matinee with J Arthur Rank producers yet to decide the film’s fate.
London dispatch reports exiled aide Josef Josten claims Czechoslovakia’s Masaryk committed suicide after feeling spiritually murdered by Communists. In his book Oh My Country Josten rejects murder theory and says Masaryk saw his death as exposing evil, noting his body was found near his office window on March 10, 1948.
More than 1,000 Zulus swept across Queen's Bridge in Durban attacking every Indian in sight in the Wangeni area. The mob action followed a shooting of a native by an Indian and marked the second night of clashes between Zulus and Indians.
A historical note describes the American wolverine as bulldog sized with the body and paws of a bear, highlighting exaggerated creature comparisons and folklore imagery.
In Durban on February 2 a fresh outbreak of violence targeted the Indian community as a mob smashed into the Indian section, bricks and stones flew, a bus was set afire and the driver died later of wounds. police restored some order though casualties remain unreported.
Benj Swain, a well known retired Sharpsburg farmer in his 83rd year, who underwent a major operation at Washington County Hospital, shows slight improvement Friday. In a separate item, the throne of Japan was the prize in a wrestling match in 358 between two of the Emperor's sons.
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