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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
5
Icelanders vote on transforming the monarchy era into a republic with results showing a decisive majority for change. The official tally shows a large margin supporting a republic, with Reyjavik reporting. The referendum marks a historic shift for the Nordic nation.
Final plebiscite results show about 98 percent turnout on the island. The new republic is expected to be proclaimed June 17, a national holiday.
Hagerstown live stock sale prices show stock heifers per head 22 to 89 dollars, stock bulls 249 to 379, cows to 124, steers medium to good 16 to 35, heifers 20 to 60, calves to 18.20, lambs to 12.10, ewes and shoats per head to 3, hogs and pigs per 100 pounds 90, sows with pigs boars and other graded lots listed with varied weights and values.
Prices paid to producers for wheat at the mill and barn listed. Wheat at the mill 2 dollars 70 cents per bushel. Wheat at the barn 1 dollar 68 cents. Prices paid farmers for country bacon 25 cents per pound. Butter 40 cents per pound. Shoulder 26 cents per pound. Onions four dollars per bushel. Fowl with OPA ceiling price applied.
The pope urged preserving Rome as a noncombatant sanctuary at all costs while warning that any attack on the city would be matricide before God. An Associated Press London post noted the address was forceful and well received, with hopes Rome avoid war.
The pontiff spoke of refugees, Rome’s dire needs, and humanitarian work amid conflict. He recalled the 6 000 to 7 000 refugees past hope and described efforts to feed the population and negotiate sea shipments, while urging unity and a just future order amid religious divisions.
May 25 wedding linked Kathleen Cave and Edward Ruffner at Winchester Reformed Church with Rev. Stephen F Ing er officiating. Cave active in Bakersville Sunday school. couple to move near Winchester. Also notes church confirmations at Bakersville and visits from relatives. kitchen tip on preserving cut fruit.
The notice advertises a No 3782 hat and dress pattern for children with washable stuns, requiring 2 yards 35 inch fabric and braid. Send 36c for the pattern and 2c extra for mailing to Hagerstown Daily Mail Pattern Department, 121 W 159th St New York.
June 2 radio bulletin outlines invasion era plans to share short wave links between London and New York. Army Signal Corps sets up new overseas facilities as networks prepare for coordinated broadcasts with live war coverage and campaign discussions featuring John Wicker and Gov. J Melville Broughton.
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce urged that the 800 bed state hospital authorized by the 1943 General Assembly be built in Washington County. The chamber sent a letter and telegram to Dr. Robert R. Riley, director of the Maryland State Health Department, pushing the site decision.
The chamber cooperates with the Washington County Medical Society which has shown favorable interest in building a county hospital, signaling local medical backing for the plan.
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