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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
2
Daily Mail published in Hagerstown Maryland not to individuals confirms editorial and circulation departments. Paper notes AP membership and post office registration details with filing and rights statements for news dispatches.
The Portland Oregonian reports Dr Glenn Franklis calling the Republican presidential campaign "the Crusade Magnificent" and urging Republicans to stay grounded rather than soar, with some returning Republicans urged to dignify the effort by shouting "Raspberrian."
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt spoke at the Democratic State convention in Casper praising Roosevelt's 12 years in office. He cited rising national income from 40 to 70 billion, added farm income, social programs, and asset growth, contrasting with Republican calls for budget cuts and agency elimination. He urged voters to choose liberalism over deception and reaction in 1940.
After invasions Germany and Russia annexed five Polish provinces and now administer a General Government area housing 15 million people from a prewar 41 million. Warsaw’s population doubled to 2 million as housing fell apart. crops and industries are wrecked. Food costs rise. adults cost seven cents daily, children five cents. The crisis mirrors a widening European pattern and threatens famine and disease without end to totalitarian conquest.
New York city plans to evacuate civilians in case of an imminent Nazi attack. A disaster control board directs police and Army mobilization of 87,000 workers within four hours and 700 trucks. Refuges are prepared in buildings and subways. the major task is moving women children and unfit men to New Jersey Connecticut and rural areas of New York.
A California man proposes a civic movement urging citizens to pause every half hour and ask neighbors if they are mad at anybody. The plan risks misinterpretation or mockery, potentially provoking mistaken police involvement and harm, and critics warn it could lead to unsafe situations.
The British seize about fifty million dollars in gold held by the Bank of Italy in London. The move follows Italy's weak finances and prior London-Italy gold transfers tied to wartime purchases. In 1934 Italy's gold reserves stood at 518 million, dwindling to the current level amid debt drains and aggressive policy.
Washington Daybook notes reflect sharp party lines as Senator Gonnally and Senator Pepper clash over Mussolini and Spain. Observations touch on wartime economics, civilian impact, and political figures like Farley Wheeler and Verda Barnes, highlighting campaigns and activist roles in the 1930s era.
Paul Gordon, 15, climbed a tree in Lamar on June 19 and fired through a hole after a squirrel. A bullet tore through the tree and wounded him in the leg. Police reported no other injuries in the odd mishap.
Clare Maxwell of Life and Charles H. Babb, a one-handed aviator, shine as top wing shot and clay pigeon experts at the World's Fair miniature range. Babb, who once handled Ford tri-motors, also helped export planes to South America. The midway showcases warlike shooting galleries with air powered machine guns and spacious New Deal themed stands, including a citywide proliferation of New Deal named businesses alongside a GOP eatery near Harlem River.
A set of four political trivia prompts asks identify a man once talked of for vice president after a boat ride and notes a veteran California isolationist seeking a fifth Senate term. It also seeks details on Montana’s first woman House member seeking Republican Congressional nomination and a query about Secretary Hull's stance plus differences between recess and adjournment of Congress.
Officials said all passengers and crew of the Canadian Pacific Niagara steamship are safe following Tuesday’s explosion and sinking off the coast of New Zealand. The line reported the status tonight, with no immediate details on casualties.
Swell time at Coffeyville Kansas during commencment week at St Paula Evangelical Lutheran School mumps outbreak strikes forcing five graduating students to stay home.
The article traces the Hunter surname from Norman and early Scottish rulers to its Anglo Saxon roots in hinta. It notes hunting symbolism in the coat of arms, cites Captain David Hunter born 1728 in York County Pennsylvania and Martensburg Virginia as linked heirs, and mentions other Hunters in Rowley Massachusetts and modern figures. It also states half of North Carolina farms have buildings valued below $509.
A reflective poem notes a vandal ripping silver bark from a birch tree. It contrasts youth and age, beauty and damage, suggesting a mysterious impulse to mar what enchants. The piece contemplates human fascination and careless harm to nature.
Giant mild peppers are a favored garden variety. The article notes the new Fordhook cultivar earned All America honor in 1940, describes growth from indoors started seeds, and gives cultivation tips including spacing, watering, and pinching to boost yield. It contrasts mild peppers with hot varieties and warns against mixing in salads.
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