Deity in Mail and Postage Rates Listed
Entry notes second class matter at Hagerstown and lists editor names J Garvin Hager SE Phillips CG P. Phone numbers. Audit Bureau of Circulation shows subscription rates by zone including annual and foreign mail costs. Associated Press rights stated with publication of dispatches and local news.
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Hagerstown
J. Garvin Hager
SE. Phillips
Gener CG. & P
Bmcambe
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Stanee
Associated Press
Population shift seen after Pearl Harbor drives western gains
Civilian population in the United States has fallen by four million since Pearl Harbor, with three quarters of states showing losses. Twelve states gained, six in the West and three in the South, while New York City lost twenty thousand. California cities Los Angeles San Francisco and San Diego added 872,000 residents as the trend shifts from northeast to southwest, suggesting western cities may keep gains after the war.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Delaware
Connecticut
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
New York City
Pacific War Turns Against Japan As American Air Power Expands
The article portrays rapid American wins in the Pacific with air and sea superiority. It notes heavy Japanese losses in air battles and naval engagements, predicts Japan’s near isolation, and highlights the Saipan and Marianas campaign with bases like Aslito, Saipan, within range of American Super-Fortresses from Tokyo and Manila.
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Pacific
Hitler
Tojo
America
Japan
Tokyo
Marianas
Aslito
Saipan
Manila
China
Relief In England As War Winds Down For Now
The article notes England faces relief as war fatigue eases and Allied air bases shift from Britain to France. Millions of soldiers once crowded England begin to move to the continent, lowering uniform presence while Britain readies for counterattack and restoration amid wartime upheaval.
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England
France
British Isles
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Nnto
Will postwar jobs be guaranteed by business, says Hannegan
Robert E. Hannegan addresses Democratic leaders in St Joseph Missouri on postwar employment. He contrasts Republican postwar job plans with claims that private business would provide work if government cannot. He cites Bricker and Mackinac conference as GOP positions and warns of a history repeating itself if workers are left without guarantees.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
St. Joseph
Hannegan
GOP
America
Republican Party
Mackinac
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Mr. Hannegan
You Dont Say Forest Fire Timber Build Mine Sweepers
Forest fires burn enough timber each year to construct 2000 mine sweepers or 215000 five room houses. Global radium production since the Curies is about 2500 halfgrams, under three pounds, with radioactivity persisting for centuries and about half dissipated after 2000 years.
Rescue gambit and chase roll through town as danger spills
A Funkstown mother leaned into a cistern to rescue her three year old daughter who had fallen in. Both were none the worse for the happening. A small boy grabbed a 200 volt wire from a tree and could not release it until the power plant cut the current. On Jonathan street a wild chase saw Constable Alexander pursue a Harrisburg offender firing several times.
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Funkstown
North Avenue
Jonathan Street
Alexander
Harrisburg
Local firm outlines new service in city plans
Two years ago in Haverstox the Reiener Aero-Service Company announced plans for a living a service in the near future. Justice Ta Yourtee, with Sheriff Duffes and Deputy Kaylor, attended court in Taiv's Valley to arraign a man charged with disturbing religious services. Nearby, two copies noted high rent premiums for summer months as workers toiled on a state road near Sharps.
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Reiener Aero-Service Company
Haverstox
Yourtee
Duffes
Kaylor
Taiv's Valley
Sharps Wire
Laying Foundation by Ernie Pyle on Allied Europe Phases
Ernie Pyle explains strategic phases of the European campaign from the beachhead to Europe. He cautions readers not to expect rapid advances, noting phase four as the real war phase and phase five as the final push. He emphasizes buildup of troops, matériel, and air power in England and America to overbalance Germany.
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Europe
Channel
England
America
Germany
House of War in Europe Builds Foundation
The speaker asserts that a broad military campaign is underway in Europe, describing the early phase as laying the foundation of a war effort. It will take time to raise walls and secure a roof, signaling a long, planned sequence of actions.
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Europe
Invasion Weapons 155mm Howitzer 4P Features
The 155mm howitzer proved its worth in Africa, Sicily and Italy as a short barreled, six ton weapon firing a 95 pound high explosive or chemical projectile at three rounds per minute. It has an effective range of several miles and can be set up in five minutes using a three point support.
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Africa
Sicily
Italy
Siege artillery details show battalion deployment and crew
Wheels are raised and the folding carriage rests on a jack with a one man crew. In the triangle division a battalion of 155mm howitzers supports infantry cannon companies and light 105mm batteries. Twelve guns per battalion are divided into three firing batteries.
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Triangler
Money Not Stolen At Goodrich Store
City police learned last night that the $390 reported stolen from the B. F. Goodrich store on West Franklin Street Wednesday evening was mislaid. A clerk, prone to fainting spells, fainted on the floor and when he recovered the money he had planned to place in the safe was missing, later found in a drawer.
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B. F. Goodrich
West Franklin Street
Eckels backs single point quick-release parachute policy
Washington reports Major General Eckels of the Army Air Forces testified before the House Appropriations Committee that the current policy is to procure the single point quick-release parachute. He noted Navy preference for the three-point chute and discussed costs, water use, and deployment implications for paratroopers. A secondary item covers Senator Lucas receiving a mistaken $1,000 campaign hint from Senator Wherry and the resulting mix-up.
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Ben
Echols
Washington
Life Magazine
U. S
O. P. Behcels
Army Air Forces
House Appropriations Committee
Representative Case
South Dakota
Republican
Eckels
Rep. Case
Gen. Echols
Écehels
Navy
Hekels
Scott Lucas
Mlinois
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Lucas
Stavnach
Roosevelt
George Norris
Senate
Flying Newsboy Rides Sky Route Over Europe
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest celebrates a newsboy now delivering papers from the skies to Nazi-occupied Europe. He whisks over Paris Brussels Rome and Berlin, bringing news and hope as he did on the streets at home. He remains the emblem of duty and freedom for those under occupation.
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Aim
Holland
Brussels
Rome
Paris
Berlin
Sky
Children's Day Services at Park Head Evangelical Church
Big Pool June 22. Services to honor children will be held Sunday evening June 24 at Park Head Evangelical Church. Several local residents are mentioned visiting, ill, or traveling, including Mrs. W. E. Beard under a physician's care.
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Big Pool
Park Head Evangelical Church
W. BE. Beard
Ida Trumpower
Albert O. Cain
Leesville
Robert Shives
J. V. Younker
S. D. Shives
Elsie Cain
Harris Trumpower
Millard Shives
Marvin Cain
Marilyn
Alsbert Cain
Withur Miller
It Takes a Woman Every Time In Asia Command
An account describes Allied masterminds stalled by a roadblock of mahouts and elephants in East Asia. Locals offered arak and coconut juice. an elephant charged as a driver retreated. The mahout’s wife later intervened, guiding the column past the barrier while the elephant trailed behind.
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East Asia Command
Ceylon
Mahout
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