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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1952
Page
5
A sermon reflects on Acts 2, describing the Holy Spirit as a mighty wind that filled the believers. It notes ordinary men as chosen vessels and urges penance and baptism in Jesus' name, promising the Spirit to all whom God calls.
House members face higher taxes and new deductions while serving in Washington and their home states. The piece notes November 1941 tax hikes, future changes in tax exemptions, and the cost of maintaining two homes and offices for lawmakers. It argues for raising congressional salaries to reflect expenses and urges full fulfillment of the Revenue Act provisions.
Miss Bally Rutz of Woodstock High School completed 12 years of schooling with perfect attendance before a week of absence. She wed Pfc. Maurice L. Morrisette and the couple traveled on a brief wedding trip. The bride later returned for senior exams and diploma, amid notes of the surrounding Virginian forest.
NEA Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports that US aviation gasoline would be critically short in a sudden all out war, with 90,000 oil workers striking on April 20 and aircraft operations slashed. Officials warn production data are classified for security, while refinery expansion advances continue under Defense Production Administration.
Squadron Adjutant Capt. Dick Stenger will speak on Africa Lonke Ahead at the 411th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron meeting at the Junior Fire Hall at 7 45 p m Monday. He will describe a 15 day training course by the First Air Force at Mitchell Field Long Island and movies will be shown.
This column discusses preventing disease through mosquito control, insecticides, repellents, and home modernization. It warns about DDT resistance, outlines methods to kill adults and larvae, and stresses eliminating breeding sites. Readers’ letters address driving fear, a lingering cough, jaundice causes, and pregnancy weight gain.
Father Frank Doods an Irish Columban missionary who served 17 years in Korea earned the unofficial rank of buck sergeant after a year of frontline service with the U S 2nd Infantry Division. He received the American Medal of Freedom for aiding troops and performing last rites for hundreds of wounded. He hopes to return to Korea, praising U S soldiers as fighters upholding civilization and Christianity on the frontlines.
The piece notes pets claimed in the Summit Avenue area including Patsy the cat Lucky and Trixie and Tuffy cats from area families. It then traces Washington County’s 1776 founding, nine clerks of the court, and a highlights reel on Louis B. McComas and public service leading to a DC Federal Court role and U.S. Senate appointment.
Maryland’s tax collections for ten months through April show a 4.8 percent rise over last year, with total revenue from 15 major sources at 118,343,400 versus 112,586,776 a year earlier. Gains came from motor vehicle licenses inheritance licenses gasoline insurance state hospitals income and corporations while real estate racing alcoholic beverages sales and motor vehicle titling lagged. The decade’s largest gain was motor vehicle licenses rising 49 percent. First United States warship Hannah commissioned in September 1775.
A Bible passage recounts Jesus healing a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath. He asks if saving a sheep from a pit on the Sabbath is lawful, then tells the man to stretch out his hand and it is restored. The teaching emphasizes doing good on the Sabbath.
Barbs and humor on pace estimates and Sunday drivers. The column notes readers have ordered garden seeds and jokes about a future watermelons. It captures a light weekly jab at gardening trends and common expectations.
Poem reflects a mother's enduring concern through a child’s life. The speaker notes constant care from infancy to adulthood, with joys and worries interwoven. Mothers carry the load of家庭 affection, love, and vigilance that anchors home and family.
The city notes Frank Thomas named a director of Blue Ridge College. Complaints rise about scavenging on Bellevue grounds. D W Reichard invited to the Republican National Convention in Chicago by the State GOP Committee. Representative Lewin offers a bill to pay Charles Renneburg twelve thousand dollars in back pay for Civil War wounds received while serving Union soldiers. A local man was shot by a provost guard while subduing drunken soldiers.
Taxpay ers Association representatives met city officials to discuss lowering the tax rate. Street Commissioner J W Jamison Jr said a sizable reduction would follow if all wealthy taxpayers settled delinquent accounts. Also noted were a new Kee Mar Alumnae Junior Association with officers Aleda Conk Tony Horrt and Camilla Rohrer. The Fair Board planned booth rearrangements to handle larger race crowds. Simultaneous fires damaged warehouses near Flrat Hoss Company and the adjacent halbach property on East Antietam Street, with damage pegged at 40000 dollars.
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