Daily Mail publication details and pricing notes
The Daily Mail of Hagerstown Maryland publishes each evening except Sunday. It lists addresses for The Mai Publishing Company and national advertising representatives, plus subscription rates, mailing zones, and copyright notices under Associated Press.
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Mai Publishing Company
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Maryland
Garvin Fager
National
Burke, Kuipers & Waboney, Inc
New York
Graybar
Chicago
North Wabash Avenue
Atlanta
Rhodes-Haverty
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Daily Mail
Memorial Day Reflections on Changing Times in American History
The piece laments aging veterans fading from memory as new generations and issues replace old battles. It notes Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor fading from living memory while Attu and Tunis gain prominence, and predicts new names will join the halls of American history in the coming year.
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Gettysburg
Beilean Wood
Argonne
Attu
Tunis
Allies advancing in Europe and Pacific stages of World War II
The article argues that Allied offensives in Italy and the Mediterranean, Attu and Russell islands, and broader Pacific campaigns show two simultaneous advances: territorial gains and mobilization of men and materiel. It credits sustained Allied successes since Egypt and North Africa and notes preparations for a future deep European invasion.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Attu Island
Russell Island
Solomons
Europe
British Indian Gurkha Raid Reinforces Jungle Warfare Lessons
The three month operation by British Indian Gurkha and allied troops disrupted Japanese plans on the Salween and Burma fronts. Raiders endured hunger and jungle hardship to outwit the enemy, proving jungle fighting feasible, boosting Allied morale, and signaling new combat lessons for imperial forces against a previously dominant enemy.
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Salween River
Burma
Singapore
Pheasant Troubles Bedevil Garden Author
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest complains of a proud bronzed pheasant loitering in the garden. The bird robs tender shoots, leaves the plot bare except for weeds, and defies the owner despite his kindness. The poem likens the bird to a well dressed thief.
Men Still Needed For State Guard Enlistment Drive
The Maryland State Guard offers a near full strength but needs a few more men. Enlistment is welcome at the Armory on evenings through next Wednesday, with guardsmen available to explain duties and sign recruits.
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Maryland State Guard
Estate of Graham Me Namee Totals 137 707 At Death May 9 1942
New York May 9. Graham Me Namee, ravin announcer, left a net estate of 137 707 when he died May 9 1942. Estate tax appraisal filed today shows the estate going to his widow Mrs Ann Lee Mc Namee.
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New York
Graham
Me Namee
Ravin
Ann Lee Mc Namee
San Diego War Life Crowds Coast as Pearl Harbor Echoes
In San Diego the war dominates daily life with soldiers sailors and air crews training and scavenging scrap while war widows and war babies rise alongside a city expanding beyond hills and desert. Anti Japanese sentiment rises with Pearl Harbor fear and a pervasive wartime mood frames local life.
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AN Diego
Cal
Pearl Harbor
Intermountain
West Coast
San Diego
Pacific
Internal Wrangle Threatens OPA Fight Over Prices
Washington reports a rising tempers clash inside the Office of Price Administration as leaders Lou Maxon and Kenneth Galbraith square off over higher versus lower price ceilings. The dispute involves Henders on era policies, labor wage pressures, and Byrnes’ White House influence.
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Price Administration
OPA
Cian
National Defense Council
Galbraith
Maxon
Charles H. Fleischer
A and P Stores
Richard Gilbert
Harvard Economics
Defense Economics
Russell Nixon
Harvard
OPA Labor Advisory Committee
Prentiss Brown
Robert R. R
Triple A
Brooks
Yale and
Williams
Byrnes
White House
Jimmy Byrnes
Ben Cohen
Price Wars and the OPA in Midcentury Scrutiny
The piece notes heated price debates among high and low price factions referencing Canadian-born Gal Braith and Maxon linked to Heinz promotions. It portrays CPA Boss Prentiss Brown lamenting his role as Czar of Prices while Henderson’s toughness creates tension. It also highlights the American housewife facing price confusion amid OPA troubles.
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Lou Maxon
Detroit
Prentiss Brown
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Lou
Billy
Maxon
Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith
Iona Station
Ontario
Cambridge
England
CPA
OPA
Strength For The Day By Dr Earl L Dodglass
The article recounts Beethoven losing his hearing yet creating timeless music and dying hopeful of hearing in heaven. It notes his moments of anger and unhappiness despite genius and praises those who persevere through handicaps to achieve greatness.
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Earl L. Dodglass
Beethoven
Mozart
Photos To Be Sent To Military Camps
Chief of Police William H. Peters proposed photographing all girls convicted of disorderly conduct tied to relations with soldiers or civilians and found infected with venereal disease. Copies would be sent to nearby military camps to warn soldiers. Three youths were photographed as the first subjects, all admitting relations with soldiers and two found infected.
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William H. Peters
Peters
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Hagéretown
Associated Press
New Times
Pear
Harbor
Bataan
Ent
Egypt
America
North
Africa
Japan
India
Edgar A. Guest
Navy
California
Plains
South
Guadalcanal
Doolittle
Nsiat
Triangle Food Stores
RAND
West Washington St
Stetson
ARROW
Musey & Evans
West
Washington Street
Bohman-Werre, Inc
Franklin S
Washington
Troiga
Leon
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
Hill’s Toy. & Novelty Store
THE
BON Ton
Sherwin-Williams
Smartest
Castel
Cotore Schindel
Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
R. D. McKee
Blue Ridge Bus
Office OF Defense Transportation
Blue Ridge
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