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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
3
The Daily Journal announces post office entry and editorial staff details at Hagerstown with circulation figures, subscription rates, and mailing options. It notes Associated Press membership and rights, with publication credits and dispatch usage.
The Treasury plans to auction one thousand K-9 Corps dogs due to home shortages. Honorably discharged canines are deemed surplus property as owners cannot provide shelter. About three thousand veterans may need rehabilitation, but disposal for free is illegal since the dogs remain government property.
Paris begins a long series of treason trials with George Suarez facing the death sentence after praising Hitler in Aujourd hui. The article notes eyeing UN reaction and Allied plans to prosecute Nazis for war crimes, while France promises due process and appeals via the supreme court and De Gaulle.
The United States sustains recognition of De Gaulle’s Provisional Government strengthening his position amid France’s crisis. Food shortages and loyalty uncertainties persist as De Gaulle works to reestablish order and living conditions, with 190,000 traitors listed and others at large. Washington supports France choosing its own leaders and restoring its status among nations.
Analysts estimate 17.6 million will leave war plants and 15 million leave the armed services, totaling 22 million. About 2.5 million may find work, while normal unemployment sits around 2.9 to 3.0 million. Statisticians miss the American spirit to work for oneself, many eyeing farming and self employment opportunities.
The War Production Board outlines a 495000 gun order for civilians incl. shotguns and rifles for law enforcement, farmers, and ranchers. Pistols and revolvers excluded due to military demand. limited sporting guns possible later. Program to finish by June 30, 1945.
New York reports a steady return of Scotch whisky from England with 100000 cases arriving last week and an expected 1600000 cases in the coming year, about half of prewar imports as British authorities permit a limited resumption of distillery operations subject to grain supply, with aged stock ready for sale. The piece also notes U S population growth in 1943, Guatemalan revolution, MacArthur’s vow to return, postwar manpower needs, and Tokyo’s strategic concerns about fleet fate and prestige.
sR Hill Ardinger caught a six pound, 14 ounce bass at Big Pool and exhibited it in Hagerstown as one of the area’s largest. A nearby farm owned by Os ear Cordeman burned completely, including a barn, dairy stable, hog pen, silo and straw stack, with stock losses. total value around 4900 dollars. The Harpers Ferry Tire pulp mill agrees to halt dumping refuse into the Potomac amid disputes with Maryland game warden Colonel Avirett.
Beaver Creek region residents faced an epidemic scare as four cholera cases were found. A local United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter organized in Boonsboro as the Jefferson Davis Chapter. Interwoven Mill, employing 225, resumes full week operation after a four day week. A private garage and an automobile were destroyed by fire on Roessner Avenue, with Junior Fire Company responding to the blaze for almost an hour.
Ernie Pyle describes the terror of dive bombing by 436 Invader planes in Italy during January 1944. He contrasts German Stukas with Allied dive bombers, notes pilots’ nerves near mission limits, and praises American British cooperation and camaraderie in the air.
Poet recalls youth and a hidden apple tree as boys steal fruit. The speaker, once a thief, laments aging and notes that boys will seek apples regardless of concealment. He acknowledges South Dakota as the Sunshine State.
This excerpt discusses religious doubt and church attendance. It argues that indifference or hostility to religion often stems from superficial life and failure to submit to Christian practice, not merely doubt. The piece cites Chesterton and other thoughts on faith and action.
In a statewide race that mirrors national tensions, Sen. Robert F. Wagner leads Republican Thomas J. Curran for New York’s U.S. Senate seat. Wagner backs Roosevelt’s New Deal, while Curran, 45, aligns with Gov. Dewey’s administration. Curran is a former city alderman and U.S. attorney aide. Wagner, 67, sits after resigning a $25,000 state supreme court judgeship to win his Senate post.
Uncensored advices from Moscow say Stalin and Churchill kept a firm stance on Soviet borders while aiming for peace. They praised Dumbarton Oaks work, toasted Molotov Eden Hull, and noted improved relations, though gaps remained. Churchill sought Moscow invitation. past frictions at Teheran and Berlin referenced. Roosevelt notified via Harriman of World Peace plans.
A dated November 7 1944 list details polling sites and public halls across Hagerstown Hancock Boonsboro Smithsburg Leitersburg Sandy Hook and surrounding areas. Entries include schools fire halls and community buildings such as Reavens Hall Municipal Building Odd Fellows Hall New Town Hall and several U A M halls with numbers marking each location.
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