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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
5
The Daily TM Mail lists subscription costs with in town rates of 25 cents for a weekly carrier and 7.00 monthly, 5.50 six months, and 10.00 yearly by mail. A foreign mail option is 2.00 per month. Editor is Garvin Hager, and the paper is a member of the Associated Press.
A farmer recalls family spring and fall church fasts seeking God to bless crops and avert disasters. He contrasts faith with scientific farming while stressing that earnest prayer opens minds to divine guidance for preparing for and escaping natural calamities.
Ten Ku Klux Klan members were sentenced in Wilmington New Mexico for interstate flogging of a man and woman from South Carolina. The case invoked the Lindbergh kidnapping law and marked the FBI’s first use against the Klan. Governors in several states push anti Klan measures as public sentiment shifts away from the group. Decency grows though violent fringe acts continue to surface.
A poem by Edgar A Guest argues fortunes are found where people work not in easy chairs or play. It warns luck favors those in workshops basements and lathes, unseen by dreamers who search in idle spots.
Washington report details General Eisenhower’s plans after Europa. He arrives June 1 and aims to finish business with the Pentagon, the President, and Congress by June 3. He goes to Abilene June 3 and speaks June 4 at the Eisenhower Foundation cornerstone ceremony. A June 5 press conference in Abilene follows, with HQs later shifting to New York and Denver as summer begins. Paul Hoffman notes domestic issue positions are not yet formed.
Morris Frock American Legion Post confirms June 26 as election date for officers. First nominations on May 22, second and final nominations on June 12, with delegates to the state convention chosen that evening. Maryland tourism food sales reported at 327 million dollars for 1951 by the Maryland Department of Information.
Hal Boyle recalls oldtimers on bossing and suggests dramatic exit tactics for employees facing nitpicking supervisors. A comic lesson contrasts modern rights with practical comeback theater, then notes Bradford’s 1687 almanac and a 250 B C traffic law restricting women drivers in ancient Rome.
A Chicago Tribune feature argues for safer housing design citing a 31 year old mother’s fatal fall after mistaking a cellar door for the kitchen. It notes 1060 potential home hazards and claims many injuries stem from lighting, stairs, and aging dwellings with new New England data showing fewer burns in modern apartments.
Frederick Brotherton a lineman for Municipal Electric Lique Plant escaped with a dressed elbow after falling 26 feet from a pole on Liberty Street. City Blue Laws crackdown bans soft drinks ice cream and confections on Sabbath while cab drivers and shoe shine boys may operate. OD Walbridge and Company gains control of Hagerstown Licht and Heat Company. Albertus Semler and family of Liberty Street suffer pts poisoning from spoiled beans. one child in critical condition but improving after exposure.
A police judge laments too many thumb jerking drivers on the highway while commentary notes the season when grease grows fastest and later warns barefoot children will suffer. Ancient footwear signals rank in Greek Roman and Egyptian eras.
Twenty years ago the Maryland District of Columbia Federation af dahor chose Hagerstown as its northeoning annual convention site. The event brings horse racing money, some counterfeit issues troubled merchants and the Police Department. Mrs. Randolph W. Moore won the Fountain Head sweepstakes handicap at Fountain Head Country Club. Woodmont Rod and Gun Club and Washington County earned praise from the Maryland Conservationist Magazine as strong game-breeding sites in the region.
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