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Daily se Mail announces its second class mailing details for Hagerstown with editor Garvin Hager and B. Phillips as general manager. Subscription rates listed include options for monthly, six months, and yearly plans, with zone-based pricing and foreign mail. The paper notes Associated Press rights and publication credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Garvin Hager
Badltor
B. Phillips
CG & BP
Membe Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Firepower and Allied superiority in Normandy and Saipan lessons
The piece argues that Allied firepower determines battlefield outcomes from Normandy to Saipan, noting four times the German firepower near the Normandy beachhead and the decisive impact of heavy artillery, rockets, and aerial bombs. It cites Saipan casualty ratios, German surrender psychology, and a U.S. push to massively increase heavy-shell production while replacing shells, not men.
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Patterson
Frepower
Normandy
English Channel
Jess
Saipan
Rembert James
Washington
Navy
A. P
Don Whitehead
St. Lo
War Department
European War Grim Forecast From Hitler Dictatorship
The report predicts Europe will endure a renewed tyranny as Adolf Hitler tightens control over conquered Western Europe and appoints Joseph Goebbels as chief propagandist. The piece cites disarray within the regime and the need for drastic measures to avert a broader collapse.
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Europe
Fries
Suidanes Robespierre
Psuitan
Marat
Vimar
Au Nurs
Adolf Hitler
Hasvortet
Greskic
Goebbels
Despair in Germany as Nazi Regime Faces Collapse
The report depicts Germany’s dire situation on the Eastern Front with immense losses rivaling WWI, cities in ruins, and a population sinking into black outlooks. It asserts Hitler and his top aides aim to persevere through force, risking further oppression and mobilization of enslaved peoples for the Reich.
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Hitler
Germany
Reich
Goering
Goebbels
Mordkin Remembered as Pioneering Ballet Figure in America
The obituary notes Mikhail Mordkin died in New Jersey at 63, saying he helped bring the Soviet ballet to the West after touring with Pavlova and Nizhinsky. It highlights his role in creating Ballet Theater in 1940 with Lucia Chase, and his influence on American ballet through New York tours and national reach. The piece also touches on broader cultural shifts in American dance and wartime industry mentions.
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Russia
Diaghileff
Paris
Pavlova
Ninjinsky
Karsatyina
Mikhail Mordkin
New Jersey
Mordkin
Itft
Leningrad
Moscow
United States
Lucia Chase
The
Ballet Theater
New York
Canada
Mexico
America
Mardkin
Fragmentary 19th Century Indiana-Area Dispatches Hint Prosperity and Accident
The report mentions Hancock as a prosperous main paint on the Wabash connecting link between Cumberland and Cherry Run with bright future prospects. An incident near Leitersburg describes John Holtzman fleeing after an automobile collision that struck a pole. An unrelated note mentions twenty-five men accepted for employment by WOM Bushey in a quarry at Cavers.
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Hancock
Wabash
Cumberland
Cherry Run
Catpetin Puyiace
WOM
Bushey
Cavers
Disease Panics Resume In Small Town Far West
A 2 year old report describes a strange malady called reach mouth spreading in Wagers taw with epidemic scope. One death is noted. Jean Leppert and Rostan are named figures amid a day of unusual activity and frigid weather. Mercury reads two degrees at one in the morning and expected to rise by afternoon. Lawing earn was reported rolls at because of fee hear.
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A. EB. F
Wagerstaw
Jean Leppert
Wheeling
W. Va
Ta Rostan
Hacerstown
Lawing Earn
I Corp
Grover Anderson
Anniston
Ala
Anderson
Diesel Boys of Normandy Evacuation Crew
Ernie Pyle profiles the ordnance evacuation company known as The Diesel Boys. He details giant M-19 wreckers and drivers like Sergt Milton Radcliff and Corp Grover Anderson, their work retrievings tanks, camo nets, and the close bond of a unit facing hazardous days. A jeep disappearance mystery, jokes, and wartime camaraderie color the field diary from Normandy.
The Miser to Strangers Neighbors and Friends
A poetical quartet on poverty and greed, hinting that wealth hoarding brings sorrow while shared toil and cautious effort may yield triumph. The piece contrasts capital and labor, noting friction and cooperation. It ends with a whimsical question about fishing and the allure of the chase versus the catch.
Invasion Weapons M-4 Military Tank Features
Describes the M-1 General Grant tank with armor, a 50 caliber and .30 caliber guns, a two inch mortar for smoke, a rotating turret, and a 5 millimeter gun capable of about 20 rounds per minute. Notes comparisons by Oliver Lyttleton and camouflage role in movement concealment.
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General Grant
Oliver Lyttleton
Arimoy Rommel
Behind the Scenes at the Democratic Convention
Washington notes reveal backroom plotting as Hannegan Hague Kelly and Flynn push Truman against FDR backed Wallace. Bosses threaten adjournment to halt a Wallace surge while Barkley irons out Republican style defections and Postmaster Walker promises patronage.
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Drew Pearson
Chicago
Washington
Hannegan
Hague
Kelly
Flynn
Truman
FDR
Bill Douglas
Douglas
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Kellys
Ilinois
Ickes
Hinois
Franklin
Wallace
Bob Hannegan
Sam Jackson
Jackson
Pepper
Florida
Frank Walker
California
Bob Kenny
Jim Pauley
Euchew
O Noiiy
Ward Teaders
Morgenthau the Farmer Morgenthau the Farmer
AP Features reports Henry Morgenthau Jr. tends a 1700 acre Dutchess county farm at Fishkill New York. He grows Freconia grapes to rival Maryland Delaware Concords and converts unproductive peach trees to apples. He sells fruit to chain stores and plans a roadside stand. Both he and Franklin D Roosevelt plan retirement to Putchess County.
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Fishkill
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Dutchess County
Francklin D. Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Maryland
Delaware
Roosevelt
Putchess County
Porcupine Delays Weather Report In California
Weather notes from the Digger Butte lookout were delayed as crews searched for a missing fuel moisture stick used to gauge ground cover moisture. A bold porcupine had carried it away, necessitating an all day hunt before it was recovered. Feather-weight balsa wood imports from Central and South American countries are used for life rafts mine floats and life preservers.
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Pyed Bluff
Calif
Digger Butte Lookout
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Ecuador
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John Holtzman
Leitersburg
Diesel Boys
Ernie Pyle
Ordnance
Ordnance Branch
England
Mammouth
Sergt
Milton Radcliff
Neward
Ohio
Owen Corning Fiberglass Co
Radcliff
Serst
Vann Jones
Birmingham
France
Sergeant Jones
Hig Wreckers
Hig
Dallas Hudgens
Stonewall
Rettriever
Ian M-19
Becadees
American Iron and Steel Institute Breese
Edgar A. Guest
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
Robert S. Allen
Army
Senator Barkley
Barkley
Roosevel
Ed Pauley
Pauley
Standard Oil
Oscar Ewing
Aluminum Corporation
White House
Jonathan Daniels
Jim Barnes
H. E. Bester Block Co. Academy
Cauffman
Washington St
Patent Medicines
Cosmetica — Magazines
Fountain Service
We Buy Used Bicycles
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
Pstomaec St
Howard W. Blakeslee
Nsw
Akron
United States Stonewear Co
Rudy
Manbeck
Shockey’s
Rand
West Washington St
Hageratown
Offica
Wetherill
Mather
R. D. McKee
City Hall N
Potomac &T
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