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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1945
Page
3
The Daily to Mail announces its post office designation and editorial staff in a period voice. Garvin Eager is editor with a local office and phone numbers listed. The notice mentions circulation audits and prepaid rates as part of standard newspaper boilerplate.
After V E Day the nation faces a slow reconversion to peacetime production. Civilian goods will lag, with auto industry breaking even in eight months and others in three to seven months. By late fall or next spring volumes rise, but government policy must speed adjustments, tax revisions, contract terminations, and rapid plant clearance to minimize unemployment.
Announcement signals return of automobile manufacture for civilian use. Many American families rely on cars, but the current stock is aging. Production will gradually replace old models as new parts and labor come in, easing the vehicle supply shortage for the public.
During World War II the Vatican sheltered millions of books manuscripts scrolls and codices from global collections. Monastic staff loaded them into wooden cases while the Polish Academy of Jacow and Chigi Archives were moved from Rome and Ariccia. The Vatican Library drew resources to a secret 1942 shelter to avoid potential bombing.
A banana war unfolds in Sharshire with a store selling nine bunches daily. Frost fears hit county crops including corn and vegetables. W D Byron and Sons plan to expand their tannery at Williamsport from 4000 to 15000 pounds of hides daily. Crawford Autocar Works ships its 23rd machine as five large four cylinder jobs are under construction. Robert B P Zeigler of this city elected to the Phil Berta Kepr Society at Johns Tapsity where he will graduate next year. Justice Holtman warned hoarding housekeepers that his court is not a collection agency and that guardians housekeepers could call their own money.
In a Dun derland Valley report 20 years ago, criminals used money orders to fleece merchants. Suspects sent orders to merchants and pocketed cash as change. A postmaster controversy arose around Frank ent’s potential reappointment. A local group purchased a proposal and a newcomer transported items, with Elina Lane involved in the exchanges.
Report notes a one cent rise in retail poultry prices across regions including New Jersey and Tennessee. The change affects turkey and other fowl. details on specific retailers and timing are unclear due to garbled text.
Reporter Lee Miller recounts a night jeep ride to the 43rd Division near Manila and a day with Col. Joseph P. Cleland’s regiment. He describes hot heat, rough terrain, Filipino water carriers, artillery activity, a water point, a field kitchen, and a late return to Manila, noting fatigue from noonday climbs and mail awaiting on arrival.
A father reflects on his youth and his father’s quirks. The narrator recalls family habits and the cheerful, sly winks at meals. He notes how his father enjoyed telling old stories and the subtle signs of affection passed from generation to generation.
An analysis argues true religion rests on daily reliance upon God not mere churchgoing. It contrasts secular living with Christian faith, teaching that life, health, and salvation originate from God. Prayer embodies unwavering trust in divine mercy, and neglect of this dependence erodes spiritual life.
The government lists 2,287 silver finger bowls and 7,000 silver finger bowl trays for surplus disposal. The Navy ordered them for wartime use but found no longer needed. items vary from used to new and are now turned over to Commerce surplus property for disposal.
President Truman taps Tom Clark, ex War Frauds Unit head, as Attorney General. Clark prosecuted Antitrust and war fraud cases including Anaconda Copper and Baker and Lockwood, facing city boss cases on Mayor Kelly’s ally Bill Johnson and ex Governor Leche. Also covers Clinton Anderson as new Agriculture Secretary and Lew Schwellenbach as Labor Secretary with implications for New Mexico politics and Seattle power dynamics.
The Senate achieved a milestone by breaking Huey Long's filibuster as Schwellenbach took charge, forcing Long to stay standing for 14 hours before he was pushed from the floor. Proposed for Labor secretary, Schwellenbach won AFL backing after CIO opposition and Tobin’s withdrawal.
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