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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
7
Stella laments a hillside of tenements and missing her old garden. The reader urged to view people as living gardens, seeing God’s image in each soul, and to cultivate holiness rather than dwell on bleak surroundings.
The Western Maryland Railway marks a century of service in the community, with W. Arthur Grotz new president and Eugene Williams chairing the board visiting Hagerstown. From 1872 when the first passenger train arrived here to today the line spurred growth, paid wages, and connected Maryland and West Virginia towns, while expanding freight operations and modernizing to reduce smoke and upgrade locomotives.
Covington Kentucky May 9 John Brick 38 has moved only his arms and head for 12 years yet he built an electric eye device to flash room lights during transfusions when flow stops Brick a St Elizabeth Hospital patient says the invention may aid diagnosis of heart conditions and hopes to walk again after hip replacement and hospital rehabilitation with support from Rev Morris Cners.
Ex polo player W Averell Harriman announces a Democratic bid for the candidate. The 60-year-old Harriman blends wealth and wartime policy work, with leadership roles on the Marshall Plan and NATO committees. Supporters list new York and Washington offices, while noting late entry limits for primaries and delegates.
Active duty military personnel jumped from 1 543 000 in 1950 to an expected 3 639 000 by 1953 while civilian personnel are forecast at 1 300 000 that year. In June 1950 the Army Air Force and Navy employed 706 149 civilians. Data from Council of State Chambers of Commerce.
In Hagerstown a 40 years ago column notes Belsinger Optical ads $1 eyeglasses and cautions on eyesight. It mentions the ten hour law reducing weekly wares for women and girls in stores. Governor Goldsborough appoints Grafton Downs to St. Mary's Industrial School and H A McComaga to the House of Correction. Harry K K Beachley becomes president of the Board of Education.
Twenty years ago sport riders prepared for the Fairgrounds race meet using the remodeled Hagerstown half mile oval touted as fastest and safest in the state. Officials forecast record performances amid a busy police district and tax debates on public spending. A rail link opened last year connected Lake Titicaca to the Pacific port of Matarani.
A fragmentary verse explores hidden motives behind a crime. The speaker reflects on theft to feed hungry children and wonders if personal suffering could justify wrongdoing. The piece contrasts stigma with shared hunger and questions responsibility for another's suffering.
In a humorous column Hal Gochran riffs on the craze to visit beaches and the urge to linger there. He notes strange anecdotes about brook trout shrinking in death and jokes about gum chewing and odd habits, reflecting a lighthearted, travelogue style.
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