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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1949
Page
2
Mayor and City Council ordered a crackdown after complaints about pad weed conditions. City Clerk Eldon Kerney said police will warn property owners and enforce action. Connie Mack's Athletics won the pennant in 105 with a leading hitter at .284.
Georgia has had Savannah Augusta Louisville Milledgeville and Atlanta as capitals with Atlanta becoming the capital in December 1877. Babe Ruth struck out 1330 times in his major league career, the most of any batter.
A car involved in a Sunday night crash on Howard Street struck a pole injuring a woman student and her instructor. The Easy Method Driving School said none of its cars has ever been involved in a crash during student training and that the vehicle was not owned or operated by their school.
Unus, 42, born in Vienna, wowed New York after joining Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus last spring. He balances on his forefinger, impressing crowds as editors praised him, with performances slated for Wednesday in Hagerstown featuring Birthdays and other shows. Ancient Saxons practiced tattooing to mark fallen warriors.
D Paul Oswald's Bridgeport weather records show May 1949 total rainfall at 4.41 inches, above the 3.28 inch normal. Across recent years May rainfall exceeded five inches in 1947, 1946, 1942, and 1943, with various totals. May 1949 also featured a high of 30 and a low of 34, with 14 rainy days and numerous partly cloudy days.
A reader purchase appeal from The Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept invites mail orders for pattern 7483 with 12 motifs in a 5x51 inch frame. It promises improved visuals, step by step directions, and a 109 design catalog covering crochet knit embroidery quilts toys. Send twenty cents for pattern and fifteen cents for the catalog with name address and pattern number.
An important association meeting is scheduled tonight at 8 16 at the Grill in Williamsport. All players and club officers are urged to attend.
A small jointed creature related to freshwater shrimp is identified as a parasite living on the skin of whales. These creatures are known as whale lice.
Warner Brothers officials announce next Sunday screenings at Maryland and Colonial theatres at 3, 1, and 9 pm while Academy theatre remains closed for a convention. A grand jury review is planned to test blue laws amid Sunday movie cases and other actions.
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