29 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
1
President Roosevelt lauds strong war output and shifts toward home front vigor. He praises Soviet aid, vows to punish Fascism and aid Italy’s postwar rebuilding while warning Japan and planning further Allied strikes from the Aleutians to New Guinea. He cautions against long protracted conflict and pledges total victory.
A compact briefing on an OCD refresher course featuring review quizzes and practice drills. Mentions simulated raids natural disaster bite signals duties directives and panic prevention with post raid practice leading to certificate awards.
General Eisenhower outlined five points for an honorable peace with Italy, including German peace blocks, immediate cessation of hostilities, Italians cutting ties with German forces, return of Italian prisoners, and restoration of Italy’s liberties. The message, broadcast in multiple languages, echoed prior Allied appeals for surrender.
The Washington County Civilian Defense Council was approved by the State Defense Council under a 1943 act. It becomes its own governing body while aligning with state rules and regulations. The staff includes Mayor Richard H. Sweeney, Charles W. Hoffman, H. M. Garrison, C. L. Mobley, Miss Virginia Carmichael, Mayor Richard G. Hawken, I. Keller Shank, and War Service Branch chair Mildred Schoen.
Lawrence B. Fenneman and L. Stoutfer discussed Maryland War Manpower Stabilization plan on a radio broadcast. The plan keeps workers from being frozen to jobs but requires releases for non signers. Appeals and local offices govern releases. The program credits local leadership of the Manpower Management Labor Committee. The note ends with a Civil War era line about soldiers cooking.
Federal agents take charge after a Louisville to Nashville airliner crashes in Kentucky. Ten bodies visible in wreckage, coroner to conduct an inquest. The transport, piloted by Harry A. Suter, departed at 9:54 p m with 20 dead including three crew members and a baby among 16 passengers.
Local laundries rejected a proposed plan that would end luxury work and force operations to stay strictly local. Shilling noted protections for workers by declaring laundry staff essential, preventing hiring for other essential industries. Months earlier Hagerstown laundrymen asked the WMC to declare them locally needed as workers left their employ.
Washington county officials report the WMC Group NT restricted local industry status while laundry firms Troy Laundry Hagerstown Laundry Individual Anderson Dry Cleaners Hub and Murphy declined the offer. Brewer L Stouffer chaired the local WMC committee as the U S Employment Office lists 395 workers in Hagerstown laundries including 306 females and 89 males.
The Baltimore War Price and Rationing Board refused Tolchester Lines Inc a three month fuel oil permit for the Bay Ferry Bear Mountain stating the Francis Scott Key provides adequate Chesapeake Bay crossing between Baltimore and Tolchester. Company officials said they would appeal to the Price Administration regional office in New York as inconsistent with OPA rules.
President Roosevelt's address last night leads London newspapers this morning though editorial comment arrives late. One paper printed the speech under the headline Mussolini and Gang Wil Not Escape, while Sweden’s meat and pork ration may be raised for the coming winter.
Ha gerstown Fair Association officers meet at the Fair Board office Friday evening to discuss holding the Great Hagerstown Fair in late September. Most officials favor the annual fair though a definite decision awaits Friday’s meeting. The central Fairgrounds location would aid patrons despite the still uncertain pleasure driving ban, which may be lifted with higher gas allowances. If the ban eases, the Fair’s success would be more likely as it offers farmers ways to improve production and public display of farm efforts for the war.
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