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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
2
A wartime style appeal urges local residents to join the Cap’s call for recruits as weeds overrun alleys and citizens question the need. The speaker touts a plan to recruit quickly, comparing it to wartime mobilization and criticizing delays.
The piece discusses Harry Hopkins and his alleged preference for a U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa. It recalls past political interventions by administration officials, notes relief disbursement politics and partisan criticism, and ends with brief world affairs and a Maryland gas tax report.
Washington reports final congressional approval of a highway bill authorizing 357.4 million dollars for 1940 and 1941 and 150 million from old appropriations. Senator Hayden notes 155.5 million in new authorizations for 1940 and 191.9 million for 1942. bill now goes to the White House.
Washington dispatch recounts Rep. Jerry OConnell Montana maneuvering to substitute his power bill for Senator Wheeler's Fort Peck reservoir project. President Roosevelt privately commends OConnell with a personal Dear Jerry letter as Wheeler trims and touts gains.
New York correspondent recalls Billy Rose’s career from Crazy Quilt to Casino de Paree and Jumbo. He describes innovations at the French and International Casinos and a later return to vaudeville, yielding a $120000 box office in two weeks. The piece ends noting high Japanese telephone prices around $300.
A young caddie recalls caddying for a wealthy guest who imagined himself a gentleman after golf. The boy’s mother believes true gentility lies in kindness honesty and refined speech. The boy laments the guest’s poor manners and blunders during the round.
A historical overview notes limited progress in syphilis treatment over 25 years since Salvarsan. It cites Ehrlich’s 1910 discovery, combination therapies with fever, animal trials showing potential of fever plus antisyphilitic drugs, and early human results while cautioning against broad application. The piece ends with a unrelated historical fact about White House weddings since 1811.
Detective Asey Mayo investigates Marina Lorne's murder amid post office mural intrigue. Pam Frye is missing after hiding ambergris worth fifty thousand dollars. Roddy Strutt’s crash is questioned as Tim Carr’s alibi fails. Jack Lorne reveals Marina was already married to Tim, not him.
In a talky scene from the mystery, Lorne reveals a forged note, a marriage certificate, and diaries that threaten Tim Carr. Asey probes the premises for ambergris while Pam on the run, and town tensions flare as Nettie’s crowd rages and the telephone line fails.
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