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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
4
Garvin Bager editor and B. Eb. Phillips general manager listed for Daily sun flail. Subscription rates shown: single copy 24 cents, mail rates by zone, various monthly and annual options. Associated Press note included.
The United States Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees expanded from a 3 000 strong task to a 250 000-strong force in three years. They built and maintained bases across the Pacific and Europe including Henderson Field Guadalcanal Cherbourg and Brest. Most are overseas with an average age of 31 and many could have avoided the draft.
The Army disclosed that several American officers have been convicted and hundreds arrested for selling large quantities of Army supplies into the French black market. Over $200,000 in cigarettes were involved along with other goods. Most guilty men were not criminals of record but weak under temptation. The vast flow of supplies after D-day and market conditions in enemy-occupied France fostered a ripe black market, though the Army expanded military police to pursue gangs and lootings.
Reports from the front claim Allied air superiority is reversing German fortunes. The destruction of armament and transport hauls disrupted troop concentrations, with front line dispatches noting the enemy’s weakening position as Allied forces press forward amid deteriorating German logistics.
American armored column enters Bastogne as relief forces break German pressure. Allied air power disrupts supply lines and slows fuel for Nazi tanks. Defenders, outnumbered and short of ammo, repelled surrender demands while holding the key road and rail city, symbolizing a turning tide in the campaign.
The article notes Hattie W. Caraway, Arkansas Democrat, left the Senate after a long career begun by appointment to succeed her late husband Thaddeus Caraway. It reflects on women in politics since 1920 and laments a womanless Senate as Huey Long’s influence helped her secure a nomination. It criticizes the era’s limited female representation and cites wartime and other distant topics in the same column.
A speaker laments real estate brokers pressing to value and buy a cherished home. The poem frames the sale as a cold business, asking what price could be placed on memories, wear, and the stairway worn by years of use, noting the sordid nature of the trade.
Miss Mary B Smith of Ft Loudon Pa and George K Hoffman a city merchant were married at Zion Reformed Church by Rev Dr J Spangler Kieffer. News notes mention rail traffic delays from snow drifts and a distant shell explosion near Harpers Ferry associated with Civil War events. City officials also consider buying motorized boats for policemen due to rainy weather.
Washington county residents battle snow slush and pneumonia fears as Dr. George W. Crabbe calls for stronger church involvement to promote prohibition. Maryland delegates should best serve county needs, while Hagerstown Fair Association names officers and the Army offers a back photography course at 55 dollars per student.
AP News features writer Bonnie Wiley recalls a dive into the deep sea diver’s tank at the Treasure Island Navy Base. She describes the gear, the physical toll of 190 pounds of suit and equipment, and the nerve while descending, testing air valves, and finally surfacing after the ordeal.
Washington officials face housing and transportation woes as wartime discomforts linger. Attorney General Biddle rents a leaky house. Morganthau hunts for a housing fix. Elmer Davis struggles to hail a cab. Army prints Dewey Teney for troops abroad to ease exchange rates and keep pay flowing home.
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a remedy for tired aching feet and legs. It instructs using hot towels before applying oil, massaging until it disappears, then sleeping with cover for relief. A second morning application is advised for continued comfort and renewed energy.
Baltimore January 4 Decreases in both factory employment and payrolls for Maryland manufacturing during November 1944 were reported by State Commissioner of Labor and Statistics John M. Pohlhaus. Based on 653 establishments, the November factory employment index was 138.1, 13 percent below November 1943, and the payroll index was 349.4, down 14.7 percent.
Ankara radio announced Turkey will break off diplomatic and economic ties with Japan next Saturday. The decision, unanimously approved by the Grand National Assembly after Foreign Minister Hasan Saka urged it, follows Britain and the United States pressing for the move. Turkey had already severed relations with Germany last August.
Chicago January 4 Eleven Army hospital units head overseas without nurses due to a critical shortage, the American Medical Association journal editorial warns. The piece notes mounting casualties in Belgium demand maximum medical and nursing care and expects nursing needs to intensify in coming months. The longest canal in the world resides in China, completed in 1850 after 600 years of work, at 2100 miles long.
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