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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
8
Captain John B. Sauls, a member of the 82nd Airborne who just returned from a Nazi prison camp, spoke to the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Hamilton. He described initial decent treatment by German captors and a doctor from the Mayor Clinic, but exposed inhuman food conditions at the Bakhoven camp on the menu.
An advertisement touts St. Joseph Aspirin as faster relief and the world’s largest seller, priced at 10 cents per 100 tablets or 35 cents per 100.
A prison camp diet of beet and turnip top soup and “dehydrated turnips” drew 1050 calories daily, vs 2000 calories starvation figure. Captain Sauls, on leave in Fountain Head Heights, lists his decorations. Jaycees guided wounded veterans from Newton D. Baker Hospital through C and P Telephone and hosted them at Hamilton Hotel with operators and a parodied fashion show.
Dr. Thomas G. Pullen Jr addressed the Hagerstown Kiwanis urging praise for today’s youth and urging improved education. He cited progress in Maryland, the need for qualified teachers, and suggested compulsory military training if needed for national defense and early access to physical training. He noted many graduates lack college entry and highlighted state rehabilitation programs for disabled workers. Guests included David Zimmerman and Benjamin Willis.
Annapolis June 8 President Strinfetlow Barr of St Johns College said if the Navy requires the campus it must assume full public and moral responsibility for its actions. He wrote to the Annapolis Evening Capitol to inform residents that responsibility for the old state institution rests with the Navy. The St Johns Board of Visitors last April approved possible acquisition by condemnation or negotiation, provided the college could continue its work elsewhere.
President Truman announced support for raising congressional salaries from 10000 to a range of 15000 to 25000 dollars annually. He also said he would not veto a bill allowing House members 2500 dollars in expense money, urging adherence to a straight policy.
Liberator bombers struck Labuan Island in Brunei Bay British Borneo as air strike tempo against the East Indies rose steadily on a Wednesday. Manila reports the renewed Allied bombing campaign with intensified aerial activity over the region.
General Joseph W. Stilwell met General Douglas MacArthur during a visit to forward areas. Stilwell, formerly in command of American forces in China Burma India and now head of Army Ground Forces, spoke with theater commanders about ongoing operations. The exact timing of his visit was not disclosed.
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