Local Hagerstown park designer Jack Kausler remembered
Memorial tribute recalls Jack Kausler who transformed City Park from swamp to beauty. His landscaping, beds near the south entrance, and Circle features including millstones from early county days are praised. Also notes his work at St Johns Lutheran church grounds Rose Hill cemetery and Washington County hospital.
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Municipal Park Commission
Jack Kausler
United States
Park Circle
Fark
St. John's Lutheran Church
Rose Hill
Washington County Hospital
Winning The Peace In Postwar Planning Requisites
The piece argues three core precepts for postwar peace: citizens must think independently and guide government actions. peace efforts should start now despite unclear war end. and society must grasp tomorrow's world, including air power mastery, to avoid rendering veterans sacrifices vain.
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United States
Fair Enough on American Bigotry and Prejudice
The column argues prejudice and racism are deeply rooted in American history and not un-American. It cites labor disputes, ethnic tensions, and past riots to claim bigotry persists but nations vary in how they confront it. It condemns prejudice while noting occasional progress toward tolerance amid ongoing social tensions.
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Daily Mail
Detroit
Los Angeles
Abyssinia
Duce
Britain
Europe
Mexico
Australia
Chicken A La Yank In Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest laments wartime meat rations changing dining scenes. He contrasts beef dishes once common with chicken substitutes like wings and hash. He notes social menus shrink to chicken preparations, yet declares he will eat it happily until victory over Hitler is won.
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Hitler
Strength For The Day One Boy's Example
A reader letter from a soldier recalls a Catholic boy praying in camp which inspired others to follow. The example lifts the faith of men in training and may guide them in battle as they seek divine aid. The piece ends noting pandanus grass used for South Seas skirts.
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Earl L. Douglass
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
Old Line GOP Chiefs Favor Tribune Dominated Chicago
Washington reports old line GOP leaders back Chicago as the 194? Republican National Convention site to block Wendell Willkie and push a Tribune dominated platform on postwar isolation. Liberal Republicans prefer neutral venues like Cleveland or Detroit for fairer delegate influence. Churchill on air power cited. Knox lunch routine noted in Navy notes.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
U.S. A
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Lberal Reepublican
Cleveland
Detroit
Knox and Stimsons Office Visit in Interagency Talks
Knox regularly goes to Stimson's office across the river since Stim son outranks him. If several Admirals attend the conference, Knox phones Stimson and asks him to come over. Knox attends church every Sunday when his wife is in town. One of his close Washington friends is John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Both men hail from Manchester, New Hampshire. Though a Republican in a Democratic cabinet, Knox is said to avoid political maneuvering.
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Knox
Stimson
Harry
Washington
John Sullivan
Treasury
Manchester
N. H
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