Daily BM Mail Rates and publication details
The notice lists subscription prices for single copies, mail delivery by carrier or mail, and various zones with monthly and yearly rates. It notes Associated Press rights and reservation of rights for local and special dispatches.
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Pustumice
Hagera- Low
Gahvin Hager Hditer
Phiires
Cc & Tenureau
Lirculatun Membe
Mali
Loith Zune
Associated Press
Christmas Packages Reach Overseas Forces
Millions of American households shipped gifts to Germany France Britain the Aleutians Australia Italy India Burma and China. Over a million Christmas packages travel to troops in foxholes tanks planes and submarines, bridging seas to home and hearth. The effort strains Army and Navy supply stations, yet the outpouring is seen as essential as bullets.
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Germany
France
Britain
Aleutians
Australia
Italy
India
Burma
China
America
Arnold reports grim costs of air war and training losses
General Arnold warns combat flying is grim and dangerous as 72,000 AAF casualties in battle are reported since Pearl Harbor. He notes 42,000 American planes lost, with 17,500 at home and 9,900 overseas not in combat, plus 4.5 billion gallons of gasoline used to train 163,147 pilots.
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Arnold
Secretary of War
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
AAF
United States
General Arnold
Keining
Roosevelt Backed by Portland Journal and Oregon Journal
In a Pacific Coast context, The Portland Journal declares support for President Roosevelt in the current campaign. The Oregon Journal, aligned with Willkie, criticizes Dewey’s wartime stance and signals Roosevelt remains the stronger choice amid ongoing war and peace debates.
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Pacific Coast
Portland Journal
Roosevelt
Oregon Journal
Dewey
News From Toyland Teases Christmas Toy Climate
The piece notes Christmas is coming with toy planning for children. It highlights wartime substitutions by OPA for 1944 toys, predicting stronger wooden toys and possible prewar rubber items, while tax timing hints at December 15 guidance. Parents are urged to plan early despite shortages.
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Mother
Father Sill
OPA
Internal Revenue Department
Farmers Back the War Effort and Government Aid
A reader praises soil conservation programs and government mortgage relief that kept farms viable during hard times. He recalls camp helps, fences and labor support, and urges support for policies aiding farmers, while cautioning against candidates tied to John L. Lewis. He reflects on past administrations and expresses hope for future revival for his son in the army.
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Soil Conservation Boys
C.p.s
John L. Lewis
Mine Union Tzar
Lewis
Harding
Coalidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Uneasy Sleep by Ernie Pyle in North Africa 1943
War correspondent Ernie Pyle reflects on Allied troops in Tunisia April 1943. Frontline fighters embrace killing as a profession, while noncombatants struggle with the moral weight. He recalls brutal battles, casualties, and a veteran British remark: Brave men.
Robbery at A V Polack Jewelry Store West Washington
A brown BA in the jewelry shop of A V Polack on West Washington Street was robbed of diamonds worth 1900 dollars during the night. A reward of 5090 was offered for the thieves. The Wayneeboro Ministerial Union planned a protest to the Western Maryland Railway over Sunday dancing at Pen Mar Park. Trains to Hancock on the Wabash were expected by January 16, 1904. A reader condemned the fair’s atmosphere as devilish.
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A. V. Polack
West
Washington Street
Ministerial Union
Wayneeboro
Western Maryland Railway
Pen Mar Park
Hancock Star
Hancock
Wabash
Miss Ruth Malcamson Receives Hagerstown Reception
Arrangements were made to hold a reception in Hagerstown for Miss Ruth Malcamson Miss America described as the inmost beautiful and best shaped girl in America. At the Fairgrounds one hundred fifty horses gathered for the race meet, the largest ever assembled there. The year saw a short apple crop due to cold wet spring weather.
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Hagerstown
Ruth Malcamson
America
Wealth and life valued beyond mere money
Early Douglass Askin argues true wealth lies in life and its powers. He says nations prosper when they nurture noble, happy people and widen life’s helpful influence. He warns money alone is not wealth and stresses love, friendship, family, courage, and fidelity as core values.
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Douglass Askin
Major diplomatic reshuffle hints from wartime letters
Washington reports a likely parade of high level posts next month. Fiorello La Guardia may become top U. S. adviser to Italy, Sean Henderson to France, Randolph Paul possibly U. S. Minister to Italy, and Philip Reed to London. Churchill approves La Guardia while Marshal aides plan Germany’s postwar economy.
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Washington
Fiorella la Guardia
Italy
U. S
Sean Henderson
OPA
France
Eisenhower
U. S-occupied
Germany
Randolph Paul
The
Treasury
State Department
Foreign Economic Administration
Paul
Philip Reed
General Electric
London
Bonomi
la Guardia
Congress
Air Corps
War Department Lyrasshats
Churchill
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
The Boundaries of Value Beyond the Five Senses
The passage argues that valuing only material things narrows life. It warns that when a man’s values are limited to what can be sensed, he misses vast wealth beyond perception and sacrifices true worth for illusion.
Lenin grad Streets Restore Power After Blackout
Leningrad lights returned on Lenin grad's main street last night after a three year blackout ending the long disruption. Authorities noted the outage was caused by extended supply cuts and repairs across the city, with residents celebrating the revival of street lighting and normal routines.
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Leningrad
Moscow
Perpetual flowers and the meaning of time
A compact reflection on permanence and beauty as the speaker contrasts enduring flowers with fading blossoms. The poem notes a mother's memory of a few flowers she kept, but she rejects them as time proves that love tends to fade with each passing day.
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