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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
5
In Hagerstown the debate over the town's hottest outdoor spot continues. Police on Public Square claim heat when sun is high, railroad workers favor yards, but the City Market parking lot tops the list for scorching days. The Smithsburg Volunteer Fire Company seeks funds after eight local fire fatalities since 1980 and plans gear upgrades.
In early Colonial houses white was the standard color for woodwork with mahogany for hand rails and sometimes stair balusters. Floors were commonly painted red or squash. Peanuts arrived in America on slave ships and fed enslaved people aboard the gorage from Africa.
Fairchild Aircraft Division tests a voluntary payroll deduction system to fund charity campaigns. Workers would contribute ten cents weekly from hourly pay and fifty cents semi monthly from salaried staff into a common fund for charities including March of Dimes Cancer Fund Heart Fund and Community Chest. Most respondents favor the plan and it would end plant solicitations if approved. Employees may opt out of specific charities or direct full deductions to one charity. Bulletins will report distributions by charity.
Martinsburg West Virginia was sweltering with temperatures in the high 90s when two heat related deaths were reported. Coroner George C. Martin identified one victim as 59 year old Harry N. Duvall and noted his partner was found on a stream bank. The other victim, Gray William Unger, a local orchard worker, collapsed while working and died shortly after at a hospital.
Washington County Welfare Board funds cover thirteen chronically ill patients in private nursing homes. Operators say grants are too low to meet expenses. County Commissioners are willing to fund the increase but worry that state allotments would be reduced, leaving no net gain.
A $5,000 damage suit from a four year old auto crash on Northern Avenue settled out of court Friday afternoon. Richard G. Harnish, of Northern Avenue, sued Frankie Kroeger of Club Road for injuries from the February 25 collision as Kroeger’s car, driven west on Northern Avenue, struck Harnish’s parked vehicle. The settlement came after most testimony had been heard and the plaintiff argued Kroeger was negligent and driving at high speed.
Some cultures kill twins at birth due to beliefs they are bad luck, while others honor twins as a sign of good fortune. The note contrasts ruthless practices with reverence, highlighting how societies assign fate to twin births.
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