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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1950
Page
4
Hagetown newspaper lists editor Garvin Hager and contact numbers. It notes subscription rates for in city and mail, with varying terms and prices, and confirms Associated Press membership for local and dispatch news.
The text credits South Korean troops with fighting back after initial North Korean advances aided by early U N and U S reinforcement. It notes higher casualties among South Koreans, their crossing of the 33rd parallel, and their role in driving toward the Communist capital, challenging claims the war was solely U S. interference.
A poem about a mother bearing hardship to fund her child’s schooling. A ring on her finger contrasts with the grim duties she endures to ensure her child can attend college, while she hides resentment and asks only respect and politeness.
Fire officials in Hagerstown conducted annual inspections of schools and public buildings for fire hazards during Fire Prevention Week. Early replies from involved firemen praise the conditions of visited school buildings and predict overall excellent reports once compiled.
Washington column notes Switzerland fields 500000 trained men with universal training and home-armories. It traces armed neutrality, recent military budget rise, and shifts toward stronger defense while avoiding alliance debts, planning, and involvement in Atlantic Pact talks.
An improvised rubber ferry carried a Sherman tank across the Yeson River near Kaewong during a Seventh Cavalry march toward Pyongyang. The 87-ton tank drifted downstream, attracting enemy fire and cheers from rescued crews, before a Navy tug and Marine air tracked it down and guided it back. Engineers estimate a 36 mile round trip on the ferry as they resumed road work.
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed the perjury conviction of John F Marragon a former associate of Maj Gen Harry Vaughan and linked to White House ties The case related to accusations of influence peddling in Washington The report also notes 22 million enrollments in Blue Cross plans at early 1949 start across the U S Puerto Rico and Canada
The Supreme Court refused to review the Maryland oath-law dispute affecting candidates in the November election. The decision preserves a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that a governor candidate must sign the loyalty oath while a congressional candidate need not. Justice votes were split on whether to proceed before the written opinion.
Wires are being strung for town lighting with an up to date plant. Lights expected to be in operation in two weeks. William Sarganis, a waiter at the Maryland Dining Room, has entered the games in New York after winning a discuss throw at Patterson Park months ago. Seven Days closed its New York engagement after 402 performances at the Astor Theatre, marking 60 straight weeks of touring with no missed shows.
Twenty years ago students sold magazine subscriptions to fund college but many faced enforcement actions as police halted peddlers without permits. Rowe's Park added a water line from Conococheague Creek after a major lumber yard fire. The drought lingered with six weeks no rain forecast yet state engineer Abel Wobman placed Hagerstown on a low flood risk list. The oldest county business changed hands as W D Hrenner of Smithsburg sold to the Kretzinger brothers. the store traced its founding to J Svenner's father in 1
Private Silas S. Jackson of Greencastle Route 2 is taking a surgical technician course at the Medical Field Service School Fort Sam Houston Texas. He serves in Co C 1st Bn MF 8 8 and is listed by the Greencastle family.
Barbs by Hal Cochran comments on weather and drivers, fashion and rubber neckties in France, a Texas girl confessing to shooting a toy friend, and neighbors who conk onions with windows open. Fr Dr R S Broadwater begins chiropractic practice in Chambersburg after Palmer School graduation.
A letter urges cooperation to curb neighborhood racket and cites loud radios, horn honks, and engine backfires as common irritants. Solutions include sound absorbing materials, cork floors, isolation of machinery, rubber tires, and selective use of quieter equipment to protect health and productivity.
Reader asks about sun exposure for tuberculosis patients. The writer notes that old beliefs discouraged sun and that modern guidance warns against overexposure as it can aggravate tuberculosis lesions.
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