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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
6
Local retailers report luggage on the shelves ranging from limited to nonexistent due to manpower, metal shortages, and rising demand. Government and transport pleas aside, residents are traveling more than ever, widening the supply gap.
United States entry into the war spurs travel as people visit friends and relatives far from home. Local stores report scarce stocks, factory supply limits, and wartime sidelines reducing luggage production. Merchants note canvas bags sell, though a robust line is needed, while future luggage aims to be lighter and better suited to air travel.
A fragmentary note questions if John L. Sullivan fought with stomach ulcer pains and indigestion after meals. The text mocks medical ads and urges readers to try Udga tablets with a money back guarantee.
State 39 local price panels may negotiate direct settlements with merchants for treble overcharge damages. Violators can enter compliance conferences with local boards, with State OPA approval. If no settlement, cases go to State OPA for possible prosecution under the revised Emergency Price Control Act.
Final rites for Wendell L. Willkie, Indiana lawyer and world figure, were held in Rushville. Eight men who tilled his Rush County farm carried the body to its grave while Dr. George Arthur Frantz delivered a sermon praising Willkie for championing justice, peace, and democracy, with prayers by Rev V. Reeder.
Washington county prepares for the seventh annual 4 H fat stock sale at Four States Livestock Sales Inc with about 100 animals shown and sold today. E B Clarke, Four States proprietor, again pledges a dinner for each 4 H youth who shows and sells animals. Assistant County Agent Vernon Holter announced the plans yesterday.
A German soldier in Luxembourg surrendered to U S Ninth Air Force with one arm raised. His other arm was wooden. Nearby a German captain wore thick glasses and carried a scroll claiming exemption from saluting due to being blind in one eye. Report by Lt William Byers from Portland, Ore.
Police report two former Hagerstown residents, Charles Jackson 16 and Vanville Dove 17, escaped last night from Cheltenham School in Southern Maryland. They are described as two young Black males missing from North Street.
An old advertisement urges readers to remedy indigestion by boosting digestive juice flow with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It promises relief within about 30 minutes and encourages purchasing at drugstores for 10 cents, stressing natural digestion aided by the product.
Editor's Mail Box comments urge a Sunday beer ban and curfew for under ten to curb juvenile nightlife. Citizens criticize parents and promote truant enforcement, Junior Police Club funding, and wartime duty, arguing for a dry Sunday to support servicemen and returnees.
The county fire department association plans a Friday meeting at Sharpsburg Washington. Nomination of officers for 1944 will occur along with other important business. Refreshments will be served.
Vague OCR fragment touts a bold aspirin promotion claiming quick relief for achy muscles and sore throat. Mentions Joseph Aspirin and Bis 100 tablets with exaggerated claims, but text is garbled.
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