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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1939
Page
3
The excerpt presents the Daily Mail masthead with publishing details from 1823, listing offices in Ha Fetstoy Maryland and various city representatives. It includes subscription rates, postal classifications, and a note about the Associated Press rights, followed by an editorial remark on markers for traveler information and official names.
The public is urged to support the Boy Scout 1989 campaign for three days starting Monday March 13 aimed at raising 3500 to finance the organization. It stresses Scouting benefits to boys mentally physically and morally and emphasizes citizen responsibility to back the effort.
The Potomac bridges at Hancock and Shepherdstown prompt debate over naming. Maryland and West Virginia prefer James Rumsey for Shepherdstown, with discussions to also honor George Washington at Hancock. Locals expect practical naming by motorists as Hancock and Shepherdstown bridges, while some urge dual commemorations.
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins in a recent speech indicated a clear government stance favorable to business and capital improvements. The remarks suggest billions in delayed investment may move forward, with expectations of an upward economic trend as cooperative policy from Washington gains traction. Leading industrialists have praised Hopkins and foresee better times for business and workers.
A column contrasts American free speech with totalitarian regimes, noting 1500 police guarding a Nazism advocacy meeting in the nation’s largest city. It laments censorship, questions un-American actions, and satirically comments on liquor store window displays and personal misfortunes.
Preston Grover notes in Washington Daybook that petitions and memorials pour into Congress daily. State groups urge wildlife funds, tax shifts, pension bills, housing aid, and anti war measures while towns seek defense funding, wage rules, and embargo shifts, ending with Atlantic City opposing federal funding for a new municipal auditorium in Washington.
A fragmentary verse piece critiques time keeping and gender norms. It references a father taking his son to a ball game where the son shines, and advocates renaming Mothers Day to Parents Day. The text mixes playful imagery with social commentary on gender roles.
A Toledo laboratory reports that sound waves can sour milk and reversing the process can sweeten it. The research also notes that loud sound can induce nausea and warns of by products from loudspeakers. Additional devices can locate underground pipe leaks and locate ore bodies.
Readers are urged to explore local classified ads for practical knowledge and services while noting that parts of the town suffer from flies and odors as Europe is discussed in borrowed books.
A humorous portrait of Bill who worries intensely yet quietly despairs in every situation. The poem recalls his sneering dread and the way his fearful outlook casts a gloom over others, warning of doom without alarm.
Fairytales yield to books on aviation, athletics and vocational topics at Toledo public library. Readers favor practical nonfiction. last year residents checked out 1,907,627 books with non fiction demand rising 16 percent.
New York March 7 Bea Wain stands out as America’s most distinctive female vocalist, praised for clear enunciation shaped by chorus work with Kay Thompson and Kate Smith. Married to announcer Andre Baruch, her big break came with Larry Clinton who writes fitting songs for her and whose ballad Our Love recalls Reverie.
In Corner Books an essay on Henry C. Link argues The Return of Religion proves faith endures science conflicts. A bustling city portrait follows with varied pedestrians, then a humorous riff on names and notorieties, parole debates, and the music business.
Easton Maryland March 6 The Phillips Packing Company of Cambridge will operate the Cordova plant of Taibot Packing and Preserving on a full scale next season. Local residents feared closure and job losses after the plant was purchased last Saturday. Also noted are Coke burning fog lifting designs submitted to the British Royal Air Force for testing soon.
Washington March 7 The Solicitor General Robert H Jackson told the Supreme Court he hoped to see everyone in the government taxed even the President The remark came during arguments over a state authority to levy income taxes on government agency employers Economists say 1939 industrial output must surge 150 percent of the 1923 25 average for full employment.
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