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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1944
Page
5
Registration for blood donor volunteers trails the 1000 target but nears the mark as the week ends. The registration office at 4 South stomach Street operates daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through Saturday. Call 2191 to sign up. participation highlighted by volunteers including Frank B. Barr and George Hack.
A long roster of residents and spouses appears in the social column, listing Alma Rhodes, Mary Binning, Tera Bailey, Robert McCauley, Alma Bowser, Ralph Bailey, Eugene Winders, Dorothy Kuhlman, Virginia Mathews, Lula Hann, J. D. Ausherman, Guy Knepper, Rachael Baylor, Hazel Mellett, F. A. Thompson, Roy Hoover, L. J. Himell, Joseph Gardenhour, John Garver, H. Cameron Elgin, Ralph Blickenstaff, J. Roche, F. K. Coss, Lewis Snare, A. F. Jamison, Frank Day, Edward Kuhn, and numerous others in a broad society roll.
Baltimore January 24 Leo H McCormick director of the State Office of Price Administration says the black market rivals nothing this country has seen. He warns patrons are fueling crime and inflation by buying liquor gasoline food clothing and essentials in a broadcast.
The Associated Press poll of the Democratic National Committee shows House Speaker Sam Rayburn leading for the vice presidential nomination with 18 votes, ahead of Vice President Wallace with 14, Farley with 7, and Byrnes with 5, while 24 members expressed no preference and 8 abstained. The group favored Roosevelt’s fourth term, and several officials appeared in the scattered category.
Municipal band concert program lists Invincible Eagle March and Sailors of Fortune overture. Transcriptions feature Merry the Rookies March and My Heart Stood Still. Roster includes naval airs All Hands on Deck and River Spiritual with March of the Mannikins novelty pieces. Contributors—Hildreth Benter Briegel Rodger Taveseee Noivas.
At a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington Vice President Wallace and Speaker Rayburn shared the stage in an oratorical tryout for the 1944 Vice Presidential nomination. The crowd of about 1,000 noted Wallace’s revival of the New Deal theme as Hannegan urged continuity under Roosevelt during wartime.
London report notes Pravda editorial asserting Hitler failed in all political and diplomatic maneuvers to split Allied unity. Moscow broadcast, via Soviet Monitor, quotes Pravda saying military calculations also shattered.
Baltimore January 24 The body of an Army test pilot from the Glenn L Martin plant remains unfound as military crews continue search for a twin engined bomber that sank near Gibson Island after a routine flight from Martin airport. The pilot’s name is being withheld pending next of kin notification. A separate note recalls Joe McElroy Mann pitching Princeton to a no hit victory over Yale in New Haven on May 29 1875.
Rep. Warren G Magnuson said thieves stole his luggage and confidential papers in Vancouver Canada while he ate breakfast. He doubted the loss included valuable military information and noted replacement of reports from hearings and Alaska trip papers. Police ruled out a professional thief. Magnuson suggested an enemy agent could be involved.
The promotion of Cecil Marvin Gerber 26 East Lee street this city from second to first lieutenant was announced yesterday by the War Department.
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