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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
9
The Daily Mail presents subscription rates in advance including per copy, weekly city carrier, and monthly mail options. It notes edition details for Hak town and lists rates for six zones and foreign mail, with AP news access rights and editor information.
The National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools argues public education must rise to wartime demands. It cites Korea era tensions and population growth, urging top priority for better schools, noting Maryland's recent progress and the need to maintain democratic goals. It quotes General Bradley on educated people leading society.
Army Secretary Frank Pace imposes a 12 midnight curfew on Washington social events due to wartime mobilization. Navy Chief Matthews and Defense Secretary Marshall support earlier departures. Joint Chiefs and Air Secretary Finletter follow, while Army Chief Collins sometimes resists. The White House aide Vaughn is dropped from Washington social lists.
A letter from Korea imagines a massive all American meal for Frances and family. The writer lists dozens of regional foods and asks for them staged in a bathtub feast, joking that postwar life may include Bermanda or Sheepshead Bay. He notes troops crave varied fare and the army’s chow has improved since World War II.
Former Governor Warfield urged the Beate Roads Commission to pay the Baltimore Frederick Turnpike Company 190 900 for Ita road from Baltimore to Boonsboro and proceed immediately. A New York report says President Taft may appoint Associate Justice Edward Douglas White Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Five new diphtheria cases were reported to Health Officer. Royston Waynesboro. Rigid quarantine will be enforced and police dispersed gatherings of boys on streets.
Edgar A Guest reflects on aging and memory as he compares his fading skill with his grandfather’s understanding of the car’s hood and mechanical parts. He recalls Mr. and Mrs. Marion T Krepps celebrating seventieth wedding anniversary and a vanished past in Washington and Shepherdstown.
The article recalls Karl Wellinger once a standout 马 in Marers town High now making a name as a back field star at Western Maryland. It notes expectations of a coaching role and touches on life beneath a city official and local liquor licensing struggles.
A historical note recounts tularemia, or rabbit fever, linked to hunting and skinning wild animals. It highlights Mme Riki Ohara, wife of Japanese scientist Hachiro Ohara, who volunteered as a human guinea pig to determine incubation, contracting the disease through infected tissue without a skin wound and recovering after weeks. It covers transmission by ticks from infected rodents, possible mother-to-offspring spread, and varying infection forms with different lesion sites depending on season. A separate letter asks about pleurisy causes, noting infection, hemorrhages, clots, and tumors as chief factors.
The column discusses symptoms of a disease with swollen glands and possible mis diagnoses, notes the historical limits of treatments, and mentions a new antibiotic chloromycetin as promising. It also includes questions on breech birth hip issues, cold hands and feet, and circulation, with brief expert answers.
A playful note about craving real food and relying on leftovers. The speaker mentions returning from a meal, the idea of feeling real food, then offers old snacks from the refrigerator. The tone is intimate and light, with a nod to a saved spouse named Harold.
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