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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1952
Page
6
Louella notes Effie keeps her children in church and plain clothes while her own girls wear dresses and permanents. The sermon recalls the tale of Samuel in the temple, stressing that God values souls over outward dress and that motherhood vows shape lasting character.
NEA correspondent Peter Edson surveys MacArthur support at the Republican convention. Multiple groups, led by L Hunt in Dallas, John Chapple in Ashland, and Ervin Hohensee in Washington, split with no cross-communication. They share one stance: oppose MacArthur as vice president. Hunt predicts 71 first-ballot votes if favored by Gov. Fine, while Hunt’s own role remains as an Eisenhower pledge in Taft’s camp. Hoover’s Cleveland hopes echo as a cautionary tale.
A bitter man delivered the Republican keynote as General MacArthur faced tainted praise and sharp criticisms for wartime policy. The speech stirred debate over wartime decisions, Soviet influence, and Manchuria, with questions raised about the accuracy of MacArthur’s wartime portrayal.
The Post quotes that generals questioned the courage to fight and that MacArthur blamed the administration for a combat retreat. The piece accuses him of second-guessing and political overstatement while urging restraint in portraying the national course as socialist or totalitarian.
A fragment humor piece notes an Indiana man seeking divorce claiming his wife kisses him too much while joking about cheap onions and lighthearted barbs. The excerpt omits full context and details.
A quirky musing ponders anger and swearing, coal dealers reconnecting with old friends, and how children cope when company leaves. The note mentions Roman decree in 397 A.D. banning trousers, labeled an invention of bar barians.
A poetic reflection on civic duty contrasts a humble wooden shack as freedom's temple with the public’s indifference. It mocks the forgetful voter who schedules fishing trips and sports but neglects election day, urging both parties to engage the glum, indifferent man.
Instructions describe fastening a hammer head by shaping the handle end to fit the hammer hole. Two shallow grooves are cut and two metal strips are formed with sharpened prongs to secure the head by bending over the strips for clinch.
George Foley, a 33 year old independent producer, warns outsiders in Oshkosh that selling a fresh TV idea is near impossible. He cites costs from 15000 to 50000 dollars to package a show and notes 75 percent of deals occur within a 15 block radius of Radio City New York. He urges more imagination in programming and believes a breakthrough can happen occasionally like a country girl going to Hollywood.
A former Olney resident returned to clear a childhood debt at Richland County fair officials, confessing he slipped into the fair repeatedly without paying. He initially peeled three dollars from his roll, then added two more, totaling five dollars after discussion. The official, accepting the repayment, sent him away.
Washington July 9 President Truman signed a bill authorizing a loan to Japan totaling 18 frigates and 50 landing craft to aid in building up the country’s new Coast Guard as the United States steps up postwar assistance.
A medical column discusses peptic ulcer related bleeding, symptoms of gastric hemorrhage, and emergency care. It notes that most ulcers bleed cannot be stopped easily, advises bed rest in hospital, careful monitoring, and gradual reintroduction of diet as bleeding subsides. It covers diagnosis timing and cautions against unnecessary X rays during active bleeding.
The oldest Masonic hall in the United States sits in Richmond Virginia built for that purpose and in continuous use since 1787 Edmund Randolph as governor of Virginia helped lay the cornerstone in 1785. A bombardment division of two medium jet bomber wings corresponds to an industry of 4000 employees and a net worth around 120 million dollars.
Robert G. Wilson Jr., 28, of Chicago, a partially deaf and mute man with one useless arm, has earned a Master of Science from IIT. Through Design Institute research he has created several devices to ease daily tasks for handicapped persons, including two shown below.
A cow in Cuttack devours health records of the Orissa State Department of Health hindering Deputy Minister Besantimanjari Devi. The Communist opposition pressed in the Assembly with calls to resign while new replies were ordered and guarded for delivery. In Baltimore a 13 year old boy, Alfred Diggs, died after touching a 11,000 volt line following a June 22 incident.
Jotted notes reflect a Hagerstown delegation to a Roosevelt backers convention in Chicago with D I Reichard Airafton Downs Charles Mar wit and Scott M Wollinger listed as ready to go A church reception for Rev Dr S W Owen and Mrs Owen is noted The Berkeley Springs Sand plant burned down causing an estimated 12000 loss Marie Walker of Hagerstown and Elga J Spangler of Penn Mar receive scholarships to the Maryland State Normal School in Baltimore
Twenty years ago the County Democratic Organization Club endorsed the Chicago convention platform and pledged militant support for re election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner. The county rasp berry crop was valued around $100000 from 28000 bushels. A beetle infestation appeared in the city West End with a color beetle photo in the Daily Mail window. Joan Squires, president of Air Propellers Corp., was recovering from appendicitis at Washington County Hospital. Flood losses in the U.S. averaged about $100 million annually in recent years.
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