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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1944
Page
9
Jimmy Dykes, manager of the Chicago White Sox, left for St Louis to take charge again after a ten day illness. He said he listened to Cleveland games and feared a relapse if dizzy while watching them. Shipyard earnings have risen 64 percent since January 1941.
A Camden New Jersey resident endorses Kellogg's All-Bran after four years of constipation. Scientists credit the cereal with aiding bowel regularity by supplying dietary cellulose that supports colonic flora. The letter urges regular All-Bran consumption and water intake for relief.
From the Normandy beachhead Ernie Pyle describes hard pressed war correspondents storming ashore with invasion forces. They worked without sleep and slept in wet clothes, with reports of one death and several wounded. He notes reporters shared the same peril as assault troops. Don Whitehead is referenced as a colleague.
Chicago report details Babe Didriksen Zaharias dominating the Women’s Western Open at Park Ridge with a 38-39-77 and a 290-yard drive. Her husband George Zaharias offered support as runner-up Dorothy Germain posted 39-40-79 and defending champion Patty Berg finished 41-40-51 amid miscues.
excerpts from reports by Thompson and O Reilly detail the brutal moments on the beach. Whitehead, Don, and others endured hours of shelling and mud as officers fell nearby. Whitehead, veteran of multiple landings, spoke of losing perspective and the numbness of recounting the nightmare.
AP features describe a large soldier carried flame thrower with back packs of fuel and pressure tanks connected by a hose to a hand held gun. The system uses heavy oil propelled by compressed air or nitrogen with a hydrogen spark to ignite the jet. The device weighs about 680 pounds and fires by a button that ignites hydrogen and releases oil.
Jean Senft and her attorney C Welles Little filed a divorce suit yesterday against her husband Stewart W Senft in a mensa et thoro. The filing notes no further allegations or settlements and references ongoing marital issues related to gravity and pipe lines.
Morgantown June 20 Students protested as Gov Neely pressed a plan to install an administrative head and argued the university had “been slowly dying of dry rot.” The seven member board, largely reshuffled by Neely, reconvened after dinner as protesters booed and a defiant slogan asked to keep politics out and Lawall in.
Radio program led by Fred Allen at 10 20 tonight headlines CBS Fifth War Loan broadcast. The Land Is Bright features at least 11 regular broadcasters including Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra and Conrau Nagel from Hollywood and Warren Hull and Mel Allen from Detroit and Birmingham respectively. A half hour talk A Year of Decision by Rep E M Dirksen Illinois Republican was cancelled after groans from the audience.
Listings show talks on Army Navy mergers at 9 30 on BS 9 30 and BLU 10 15 with Chester Bowles from OPR Also tuning tonight NBC 0 Dick Haymes takes over Ronald Colman show Ginny Simms 9 30 Fibber McGee 10 Charlotte Green wood comedy 10 30 Hildegarde and Eddie Cantor CBS 7 30 American Melodies 9 30 Judy Canova 2 30 Raymond Massey in Doctor Fights 10 Norman Corwin drama BLU 7 Milt Berle program 7 3 Green Hornet 8 20 Duffy s Tavern 9 30 Louis Prima band 8 30 Pick and Pat 10 30 Halls of Montezuma 11 San Quentin Prison 11 3 Sinfonietta Belgium is the most densely populated country in Europe with a
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