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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
9
Advice column piece recounting a girl named Boots and her long running affection for a boy nicknamed W. Boots asks if the childhood romance will endure as she dates others. The response encourages remaining with W and dating others until genuine feelings are confirmed, avoiding premature decisions.
Washington reports RFC funds could be used to cushion jobs or handle increased orders if war comes. Jesse H. Jones said credits would be available as needed, noting private credit pools are large and exports might be financed, with no firm government plans yet in place.
A timid 18 year old asks if leaving X for A was right after X’s harsh note. Betty advises delaying marriage, choosing carefully, and building friendships by being a true friend. She recommends not declaring love, avoiding hasty judgments, and keeping letters confidential with pen name and real name.
Three youths arrested by Sgt. John Divine and Patrolmen Jack Brucher and H. R. Maugans confessed to larceny of brass fixtures from the former Rowletta knitting mill property on East Washington street. Arrested are Grover Boyer, 18, South Foundry street. Robert Fitz, 19, 400 block Park Place. and Donald GriMich, 18, Cannon avenue and Washington street. The youths said they broke the fixtures into bits and sold them to a local junk dealer.
Police last night arrested a youth who is said to have admitted taking a kodak from a parked car on_Wrat Nut street. The owner may reclaim the item by proper identification.
NAMED MANAGER E W Mackley of 135 Broadway has been appointed manager of the Harrisburg branch of New Idea Inc succeeding the late C P Hench. He will assume duties September 5 after a 20 year sales career with the farm machinery maker beginning in 1919 in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Hagerstown district has led New Idea nationwide for 12 years. Seridham had disappeared from Great Britain by the end of the 15th century.
Ralph S. Tagg, Federal Investigator of the Alcohol Tax Unit, transfers from Wheeling to the Baltimore office for fingerprinting work. Previously moved from Hagerstown to Clarksburg West Virginia and then Wheeling, today he relocates with his family to Catonsville. Also notes that Thomas Hardy’s ashes rest in Westminster Abbey while his heart lies in his parish churchyard in Wessex.
Hagerstown Council 312 of the United Commercial Travelers launches a campaign to recruit 16 new members by November 29, 1939. Senior Counselor Preston Cearfoss says the effort aims to place the council among leading international units and earn an award for meeting quotas. Local organizers include Ed Bailey Stover Kreps Roger Batti George M Estaley and Charles Buser. A council meeting at K P Hall features initiation and visitors.
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