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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
3
Established 1528 edition lists post office registration at Bagera town as second class matter. Editor J Garvin Rager and General Manager BB Phillips named. Rates shown for mail and subscriptions, with zones and foreign rates. Associated Press rights noted.
Allied commanders fear a possible gas or bacterial attack by Germany as preparations and trains loaded with gas bottles are reported. Edouard Benes predicts Hitler will never surrender and that the German army will fight to the end, calling it a Wagnerian Goetterdaemmerung.
James Scott Kemper of Chicago, appointed as second top post in Dewey's campaign cabinet, funds the GOP push for Dewey's presidential bid. An isolationist figure and longtime ally of Col. Robert McCormick, Kemper wields influence over party policy as head of the Republican Finance Committee, linked to a network within the Chicago political and business elite.
Arnold Beichman recounts how Kemper and Close promote isolationism and nationalism within the Republican Party. He notes Close’s ties to the America First movement, their aura of influence, and resistance from internationalist GOP factions. The piece cites New York Times reporting on Kemper, Wood, and the America First stance shaping postwar policy debates.
A wartime editorial urges thousands of American students to return to school this fall despite earning summer wages in munitions and war work. It warns against delaying education, notes the ease of reentering higher education with a high school diploma, and laments potential reconversion delays while suggesting prudent plans for ongoing studies and careers.
A wireless report from Paris describes scarce food and disrupted life as liberation nears. Civilians endure bartered meals and gas shortages while expecting aid. most Parisians retain composure, with anger rising at German arrogance and brutality toward resistors. A hotel scene shows a German cap discarded by a landlady and kicked by a maid, illustrating lingering tensions.
A gasoline neo-Mut roaster exploded at Harry Fox's confectionery causing $1000 in damage. Captain J. P. Roman, a volunteer fireman, was severely bruised running to the scene. Clerk Hoover witnessed a mysterious Woman in Black near the City Hotel at 4 am. The Daily Mail enters its 15th volume as Editor Hamilton notes years entangle the young and beautiful.
Local children Doris Rite nour and Doris Eldridge received best dressed and best girl dancer prizes while Owen Lakin was named best boy dancer. A Swarthmore Chautauqua feature noted General Custer's death at Little Big Horn during a musical selection. The two-week event drew over 7000 attendees as Swarthmore Chautauqua closed and moved to Pocomake City for next week.
The column discusses how individuals should declare their personal platforms for growth and values. It then reports a study showing white women age 25 in the U.S. can expect to live to 71.7, white men 68.2, from a metropolitan life insurance bulletin, noting couples now anticipate about five extra years together compared with two decades prior.
The Senate Elections Committee agreed to consider a request to investigate at the America First party national convention in Detroit this week the introduction of a resolution calling for deportation or sterilization of laws. Chairman Green said the committee would meet tomorrow to consider an Anti Nazi League protest claiming the move incites racial strife.
Washington reports Texas Congressman Martin Dies has placed his 11 year old son on the congressional payroll as an office clerk earning 2400 dollars with overtime. His wife also draws pay, totaling 16300 dollars for the Dies family amid absenteeism and political shifts.
A soldier at an Army hospital near AHPA Fla. asked a feminine acquaintance if she fell in love at first sight. She replied negatively and his quick comeback was I’ll see you tomorrow, highlighting a light moment amid hospital routine.
War disrupts pawnshop trade as pledges fall 25 to 40 percent since Pearl Harbor. Pawnbrokers face thin margins with short loans, auction sales, and ceiling price limits. Many customers serve or work wartime jobs, shoplifting in pawnshops for odd items as shelves empty. Historians note the Nile valley as civilization’s birthplace.
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