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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1945
Page
3
The Hagerstown newspaper announces subscription prices in advance and lists mail and carrier rates by zone. Garvin Hager serves as editor and the paper notes Associated Press rights and local news dispatches.
Oklahoma agricultural researchers at Stillwater's A and M College report ten rust resistant wheat varieties. Led by Dr. Kennet Starr Chester, the compound hybrids combine Oklahoma wheat with rust resistant northern strains. Originating from Woodward federal station, they resist root and stem rust and promise higher yields and improved grain quality across Oklahoma and neighboring states.
A survey shows American economists split on future living costs. Most expect at least 4 percent rise in six months, while forecasts beyond that vary from deflation to sharp hikes. Inflation risks rise with war decline and deflation pressures from war cutbacks and surges.
The article notes advancement in agriculture with plans for new farm implements. It mentions subsoil work and deeper tillage to ten inches, aiming to boost efficiency. The piece highlights soil protection, weed control, and the role of Baldwin and other regions in adopting improved tools.
Farmers adopt deeper furrows and twin moisture troughs to capture subsoil moisture. Subsoil irrigation aims to boost prairie productivity as scientifically tested implements are expected to raise crop yields across wide fields.
The luxury liner Normandy once world’s largest and most opulent served four years in deluxe Atlantic trade. Seized in 1941, then fitted as a troop transport, she suffered a damaged keel and is now idle at Bayonne New York awaiting possible sale for scrap.
Town Council of Williams approved a tax rate for the year, noting new figures that would slightly raise total taxes. The article references a patient care event at Wahenia County Hospital and ongoing local work on a concrete project near Trinity, with several weeks of recovery mentioned.
Second Lt. Chuck Wilt, 21, Altoona Pa., a B 24 pilot in the Lucky Dice squadron, describes the Luzon mission where his plane was hit by flak and enemy fragments. The crew bailed out at low altitude as rescue Catalina planes saved six or seven survivors. Wilt’s Mae West failed to inflate and he guided a Cat home after four hours in the water. He hopes the four missing crewmembers may yet be found.
Poignant wartime prose celebrates freedom won with grain blood and sweat and tears. A vision of peace returns as bells ring banners rise and men return to home and brotherhood.
A preacher notes that success comes from being on terms with God not from self planning. An older mentor says opportunities arise when a higher power provides them at the right moment. The piece warns the present is ours while the past and future rest with God. It cites accidental ladder falls causing deaths and injuries in the U S.
Washington social circles buzz as Margaret Truman leaves the capital for Independence Missouri after a lively season. The First Daughter’s dinner seating and guest choices stir protocol debates among dowagers and dignitaries, highlighting the era’s courtly rituals and family constraints.
Motorists urged to buy and display the new tax stamp before July 1 to avoid cash and jail penalties. Stamps went on sale at the local post office and internal revenue office Saturday. Baltimore’s collector George M Hoferbert warned rumors of repeal are false and advised recording stamp serial numbers in case of loss. The article notes a Roman rainmaking ritual as unrelated context.
Rev G Aubrey Young warned at a Winchester town meeting that mandatory training would harm youth by fostering undemocratic obedience and war fever alike. He cautioned militarists seek passage in Congress while Lee R Pennington of the American Legion district supports the measure. audience poll showed 49.6 percent opposed, 45.2 percent in favor, 5.2 percent undecided.
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