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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
7
Senator Tydings warned of gasoline shortages for inland farmers in May. He cited farmer complaints from nine Maryland counties and asked the Petroleum Administration for relief. The agency advised area managers to reserve sufficient fuel for farm needs and to allocate extra gasoline if shortages persist.
Long excerpt outlines a plan to set up a gasoline reserve for farming use only, allowing distribution on the Eastern Shore after clearance from the Petroleum Administration. It notes potential farm labor sufficiency, expected machinery shortages, and opposition to the Ruml tax plan with warnings of higher taxes under its adoption.
Ralph Armstrong formerly of Hagerstown has been reported killed in action by the War Department via telegram received by his parents on Madison Avenue yesterday. He had previously been reported as a prisoner of the Japs. No other details were provided.
A vintage advertisement touts Von Tablets as relief for indigestion, acid burning, belching, bloating, and sour stomach. It promotes a Kentia formula, offers trial and larger sizes, and urges purchase at local drugstores for at home use.
The Fighting Guerillas opened yesterday at Henrys Theatre with high voltage action and suspense. Philip Dorn leads Balkan patriots in a story of resistance against invaders as enemy trains are blown up and a patrol ambushed. The cast includes Anna Sten John Shepperd Virginia Gilmore and Martin Kosieck with Louis King directing Sol Wurtzel producing.
Tarzan Triumphs stars Weissmuller with Frances Gifford as Zandra in a jungle war adventure. The Maryland Theatre audience cheered as Tarzan faces German parachute troopers and proclaims war. Colonial Theatre features Lyle Talbot promoting Army aviation. Florida man George Fletcher dies naturally at 74 in Lakeland. A Keedysville woman reports the theft of a shopping bag. The piece notes 1937 auto fatality record of 3,643 deaths.
A major Boy Scout Camporee in Washington county at Leitersburg drew hundreds of Scouts and leaders over the weekend. W P Sperow presided at closing ceremonies with Harvey Miller at the Court of Honor. Maurice F Johnston earned an Eagle Scout award.
Eleven-year-old William Virts of Knoxville near Weverton was rescued from a tree in the swollen Potomac River late Saturday by two neighbors after many others failed. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Virts, had been playing along the riverbank near a boat when a companion pushed it into the stream causing it to upset. He clung to the tree for about two hours as more than twenty people attempted rescues, with four succeeding.
A fragmented report notes men in a boat attempting to blow bridges using a petard and landmine term. Robert Grubb and Morgan Webber are identified as forerunners in the era, with the narrative mentioning rescuing a boy and four men amid the perilous incident.
Plans to erect a tablet listing all Washington countians in the U S armed forces were launched by the local American Legion voiture. A committee including Judge Mish James Shirey John Valentine and Howard Mowen will map location for display and a public project. War bond awards of 25 each were announced for Emory J Sandy Margaret Fertz H B Martin George Burkholder H M Garrison and Lear Quickle, available through Samuel S. Cob en.
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