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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1944
Page
2
Hagerstown daily newspaper notice with publication details shows editors J Garvin Hager and B E Phillips and management. Rates listed for single copy carrier and mail in various zones. Associated Press rights noted for local and dispatch news, with copyright statements.
An Army Cue Russia reports 25 Nazi generals captured with some surrendering early while others fight to the bitter end. The piece notes a growing cleav e in Germany and warns Hitler counts 12 million fanatics across war industry and home front. It argues the army’s cohesion will decide Nazi survival as generals falter.
A Dallas Morning News poll of 156 uniformed men at Dallas Union Station shows 148 would vote if given the chance with Roosevelt ahead of Willkie and Dewey. The piece quotes service men praising FDR and critiques GOP candidates while highlighting wartime leadership and New Deal achievements like bank guarantees and farm support.
The speaker touts Hoover's 12 year leadership on public works and reform including minimum wage laws and CCC relief. He argues Hoover’s continued leadership will secure victory and lasting peace, ensuring future generations do not face conscription again.
The commentary recalls Churchill's speech on measures to shield civilians from the robot bomb threat. Parents could request removal of children from London to the countryside with full government facilities. Churchill warned against separating mothers from children except by their wish, recounting past heartbreak when mothers and young children were separated. Nazis are said to be thinning out across the landscape as a grim note.
Poem asserts that the people ask little and deserve steadfast support. The speaker urges remaining at duty, providing homes, resources, and unselfish service. It stresses unflagging effort to keep the nation prepared and resilient for their protection.
The Socialist Party of Hagers town nominated Sylvester L. V. Young as candidate for Congress for the Sixth District. Charles Hyde was placed in charge of arrangements for the forthcoming Clearspring Tournament featuring automobile and foot races baseball and other athletic sports. Rural mail carriers of Washington county protested for higher pay claiming their $600 annual salary did not reflect the mileage traveled.
Two years ago Bert Healey and Frank Spigler gathered a string of 24 bass from Fall River waters, while Frank Wine found a shed skin of a blacksnake nearly six feet long. The Blue Ridge Transportation Co announced a new 28 passenger bus service between this city and Baltimore, priced at $16,900, touted as the last ford in motor transport.
Charact er sketches from Normandy describe Captain John Jackson known as Brinck, a German speaker on the 9th Division staff who captures or facilitates surrender of German generals around Cherbourg. Also featured is Pic Ivan Sanders, a handyman whose fix-it prowess keeps the unit running, and Byron Wallace, a returning Red Cross sergeant now serving in Normandy. The piece ends with a reflective moral on virtue and happiness.
The author argues that renouncing vice boosts lasting happiness more than any temporary pleasure from wrongdoing. He notes that while evil brings suffering and eventual death, righteousness and temperance yield true fulfillment through purity, unselfishness, and love.
Democratic conventions in Chicago reveal shifts in running mates as Louey Howe and Jim Farley maneuver for Roosevelt. In 1944 Howe is dead, Wheeler sidelined, and Farley seeks influence. Soldier candidates for Congress draw mixed outcomes, with Texas primary pitting Kleberg against Lyle amid scrutiny. Senate prospects look more favorable for Roosevelt’s party.
The piece notes Republican Dana will be replaced by Democrat Brien McMahon in Connecticut, praising his cleanup actions in Kentucky and a Civil War era slavery conviction. In North Dakota Democrats target Senator Nye with Governor John Moses backing the campaign. The White House plans vigorous support for both races.
Jimmy Sirbaugh of Florida Avenue was struck near his home and injured slightly when an automobile hit him. the vehicle fled the scene and police were notified.
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