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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1950
Page
4
The Daily Mail outlines subscription options in advance and by carrier with weekly and monthly rates. It notes association with The Associated Press and reserves republication rights for local news and dispatches.
A dated editorial urging support for the Ober Law on the Maryland ballot. It defends the act as constitutional and necessary to punish acts aimed at overthrowing government by revolution or violence, while dismissing opposition as fear driven. It cites alleged Soviet influence and stresses careful drafting by lawmakers.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson describes a new cohort of British Labour MPs aged 37 to 48 backing elder figures like Cripps and Bevin. The piece highlights 10 rising ministers including Gaitskell, Younger, Wilson, McNeil, Gordon-Walker, Dugdale, Robens, de Freitas, Crawley, and Stokes, noting their education, wartime service, and roles in a potential post Attlee era.
Jottings reflect election activity in the city ahead of November with mentions of voter registration, Democratic gains, and Republican losses. The piece notes a wreck on a local line, a trolley ride with Laura La Planta, and coverage by Frank B. Kent. It also highlights the Middle Atlantic Photographers Association meeting and local pigeon and Bombay duck trivia from the fair.
A fragment references prizes described as ends three thirds one fourth and an eighth in the pattern of regular rewards along with other pigeons.
Anchorage Times reports on the Military Air Transport Service as a nonstop supply line flying from Elmendorf AFB through Alaska into the Pacific toward Korea. Pilots endure brutal Aleutian weather while maintaining priority shipments, with bases at Shemya Adak and Cold Bay kept open. The vast network includes McChord and Hamilton Field, linking to Japan and Korea as cargo many crews rely on. Bengals kos distance reference adds a travel detail.
A historical health column explains iron use, absorption by ferrous and ferric forms, stomach acid role, and how anemia alters uptake. It notes iron toxicity risks from injections, radioactive experimentation, kidney excretion, and infection effects, with brief reader questions on tear ducts and bunions.
A humor piece notes women calling simple attire an evening gown and jokes about film cowboys who once shot now croon. It comments that stripes return as a popular pattern this fall and will catch men’s eyes along lines.
The fragment poses a patriotic plea contrasting freedom with tyranny. It questions what enemies could offer that would surpass the right of living free. It condemns foes of God and freedom while appealing to national loyalty and resilience.
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