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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
2
William T. Dewart who served as president of the New York Sun died at his home in New York after a lengthy illness. He was 68. The newspaper veteran passed away last night, authorities said.
About 400 Washington County Farm Bureau members and guests heard Rep. August H. Anderson of Minnesota attack consumer subsidies as ineffective for boosting production and potentially inflationary. Introduced by Rep. Glenn Beall of Maryland, with D. Eldred Rinehart Ringgold presiding, Anderson criticized New Deal policies and subsidies while urging higher farm production and prices.
Speakers included C E Wise secretary of the State Farm Bureau Roy C F Weagley president of the state organization Mrs Weagley vice president of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau and Superintendent of Schools Benjamin Willis who spoke on vocational agriculture education in the county. D E Rinehart reelected president and other officers named with a list of councilors and officials. A death resolution noted for E P Cobbill. Also notes on Beall Andresen comments and small estate for Leo Weinberg with widow L Rae Weinberg as administratrix.
Blondie star Penny Singleton returns as Blondie with Arthur Lake as Dagwood in Footlight Glamour at Henry's Theatre ending its run today. Supporting cast includes Larry Simms Jonathan Hale and Danny Mummert with Ann Savage stirring comic complications. Chaplains are not provided on U S ships smaller than heavy cruisers.
A joint statement details the torture of prisoners by Japanese captors in the Bataan death march and camps. It names Comdr. Melvyn H. McCoy Lt. Col. S M Mellnik and at. Col. William E. Dyess and recounts beatings beheadings burials alive and brutal sun exposure endured by 12 000 prisoners at Camp O’Donnell Cabantuan and Davao with death tolls and harsh conditions. It notes Dyess Mellink and McCoy survived with others including Major Michiel Dobervitch Major Agustin C Shofner Major Jack Hawkins and Corporal Reid Chamberlain reporting extensive abuse and starvation practices by Japanese guards.
Cited warning of chronic bronchitis from untreated coughs and chest colds. Promotes Creomulsion as the effective non narcotic remedy that goes to the seat of the trouble to loosen phlegm and heal bronchial membranes. Encourages asking pharmacists for Creomulsion with a money back guarantee if it does not restore rest and sleep.
A vintage ad touts Moroline Hair Tonic as the solution for a well groomed tame look. It highlights a large bottle priced at 25c and claims the product is sold everywhere for lustrous, unruly hair to lie flat.
A U S Army report notes prisoners suffered from teii beli due to poor diet and harsh labor at Davao camp. Red Cross boxes in 1943 brought chocolate, cheese, meat, tea, sugar, salt, pepper, drugs, and quinine, boosting morale. Supplies arrived aboard a diplomatic ship in 1942. seven months passed before reach. Sixteen hundred plus prisoners remained able to work after initial detentions.
An ad-style note describes FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on denture plates to prevent rocking slipping or sliding. Claims improved grip, no aftertaste, no souring, and elimination of denture odor. Mentions non acidic formula and easy purchase at drug stores.
A prisoner will continue to work until actual hospitalization occurs, with punishment for malingering described as severe. The latest Hungarian military uniforms are woven from nettle fiber cloth.
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