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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
2
Marylands surplus rose past 9 million dollars in May per State Comptroller Tawes report. End May surplus stood at 9,039,832 with year end record 9,119,270 set in 1941. May gain occurred despite a 4 million deduction to offset real estate tax cuts.
Army and Navy night will be celebrated at the Hagerstown Mid-Summer Festival all week at Willow Lane circus grounds. Sam Lawrence and the Lawrence Shows operate midway attractions and donate a percentage of tonight's gross receipts to the Army and Navy Relief Fund. The festival runs daily with over fifty midway attractions and a free nightly act by Helen and Eddie Bellitti. A Saturday matinee from one to five offers free children’s attractions.
A 1935 automobile offered at two dollars by a young man at a Western pike garage was reported stolen in Oakland. The operator fled when the bargain collapsed, abandoning the car. Tate County sheriffs and State police joined in the search for the suspect.
Frederick Md June 17 Wilbur Devilbiss longtime Frederick High School principal resigned to become a state supervisor of high schools County Superintendent Eugene W Pruitt announced Devilbiss was appointed by the State Board of Education upon State Superintendent Thomas G Pullen recommendation He will oversee a southern Maryland area
Twelve missionaries who were in Japan at the outbreak of war with the United States are safe and will be exchanged soon. Dr. Arthur V Casselman said he also was informed by the State Department that two missionaries in Yochow, China were interned and that Dr. R. Pierce Beaver of Baltimore would be repatriated soon. The synod includes 106 congregations across Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia and named delegates to the general Synod in Cincinnati.
Dr. Hal C. Long national representative of the Townsend Clubs said the movement has spread to forty-one states. He spoke at a Sunday rally at the W. O. W. Hall, noting strong attendance from various clubs. J. G. Mains, state representative, also attended and spoke.
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a cure for itching eczema pimples red blotches and itching feet. It claims relief in one application with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The product is marketed through druggists for 35 cents.
Henry's Theater screens Mississippi Gambler a Universal film about a reporter tracing a racetrack murder amid a Mississippi gambling racket. The cast includes Kent Taylor Frances Langford John Litel Shemp Howard Claire Dodd Wade Boteler and Douglas Fowley with Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton and Jimmy Dorsey in a notable lineup.
A Paramount musical comedy featuring Dorothy Lamour and a stacked lineup of stars drives into the Academy Theater. The Fleet's In blends top tunes from one of the nation's best bands with a story ripe for humor and crowd-pleasing numbers.
Lupe Velez stars as Carmelita in Mexican Spitfire at Sea at the Colonial Theater. The comedy follows the Lindsey family misadventures as Buddy Rogers struggles to land ad contracts causing domestic upheaval. Leon Errol appears as Uncle Matt and Lord Epping with ZaSu Pitts Marion Martin Elizabeth Risdon and Lydia Bilbrook in the cast.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds 325,811 square feet of exhibition floor space.
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