Daily news clippings from Hagerstown newspaper theme
Hager editor Garvin Hager and Phillips General Manager lead the operation begun in 1828. The paper lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, zones, and foreign mail costs. It notes Audit Bureau of Circulation membership and Associated Press rights for local and dispatched news.
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Hagerstead
Garvin Hager
Phillips General Manager
Membe Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Gannett as Dewey’s influential confidential adviser
The Hidtor and Publisher notes Frank Gannett, prominent isolationist publisher, visits to Governor Dewey at the Executive Mansion far more often than others. It claims Gannett shapes Dewey’s plans, counsels him privately, and presses the press’s role in policy, paralleling Dewey’s outreach to other internationalist and isolationist figures.
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GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Hidtor and Publisher
Frank Gannett
Executive Mansion
Dewey
Gannett
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
McCormick
John Roy Carlson
Committee For Constitutional Governemnt
Lne
Curley
Brooks
Titnois
Chicago Tribune
Senate
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Edge
Pattern of Advance Pessimists Overlook U S Firepower
Analysis asserts American air and naval power will crush Japan as forces close on the Philippines and China, with bombers and battleships destroying ground defenses. It argues firepower determines outcomes, predicting swift landings and reductions before China and Japan shores, while noting Tokyo reports on Koiso and a deteriorating Japanese situation.
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Japan
America
Philippines
China
War casualties total 389125 urged to reflect on cost
The War and Navy departments announce 389125 American casualties, with nearly 87000 killed, noting the high cost of conflict yet praising improved medical care and lifesaving advances. The piece compares this war to WWI, praising the Navy role and noting victories toward Germany and the Philippines, while urging public attention to human sacrifice. It ends with satirical quips about polls, milk bottles, and Gestapo references.
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War and Navy Departments
United States
Marne
Hindenburg Line
Verdun
Somme
Piaye
Argonne
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Philippines
Postponed Promise to Take Edgar Third to Circus
Poem by Edgar A. Guest recalls a pledged outing to the Ringling Brothers circus with his son Edgar Third, now delayed as the father’s life or time limits alter plans. The verse reflects on time, parenthood, and the unfulfilled promise as the circus arrives in town.
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Hear
Seal
Edgar
Ringling Brothers
Elks Dedicate New Three Story Lodge on Potomac Street
The Hagerstown Lodge of Elks opened a three story home on South Potomac street with 13 attendees at a meeting. A black cat sat on the steps as local news noted. The Daily Mail railed against arrests of Wasbashers by railroad workers, claiming thousands were frightened from town.
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The
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
South Potomac Street
Daily Mail
Marine Band to perform with Kiwanis backing
Jessa a tribute by Prof Buys and the U S Marine Band will appear under Kiwanis sponsorship to play The Gateway to the South composed by Buys. The Norfolk and Western railway faced thousands in damage from washouts and slides in West Virginia. City Attorney A S Mason and Levin Stonebraker filed a motion to dissolve a 1922 injunction that restrained the mayor, council and street commissioners from issuing bands for a municipal light plant.
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Peter Buys
U.S. Marine Band
Kiwanis Club
Buys
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
A. S. Mason
Levin Stonebraker
Council
Board of Street Commissioners
NO PUSHOVER By ERNIE PYLE
Ernie Pyle reports from Ran Algeria in January 1943 on the North Africa campaign. He cautions Americans about optimistic misperceptions, noting Tunisian stalemate, green troops facing seasoned enemies, and slow progress. He outlines American and French policy, Axis sympathy among some French, and the difficulty of balancing soft treatment with security as U S forces push forward.
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Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Ran
Algeria
America
Merchant Marine
Jare
Munch
United States
Tunisia
Tyre
North Africa
Africa
Sleep and fish behavior fragment
Partial OCR fragment notes that fish do not close their eyes during sleep and mentions sleeping patterns. Limited readable details. focuses on aquatic physiology and behavior. No clear event, entities, or setting identified.
Strength For The Day Strength For The Day
Douglas Henman argued the universe as a natural law machine and questioned prayer. Sir James Jeans and Sir J Arthur Thomson offer views that the universe may reflect purpose and a greater thought. The piece contends science does not negate biblical teaching on God and prayer.
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Douglass Henman
James Jeans
J. Arthur Thomson
Eleanor Here and reconversion clash in wartime policy
White House puzzled by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Winston Churchill greeting in Quebec as President teases the Prime Minister. In reconversion battles, Cap Krug approves peacetime goods while banker Sam Anderson blocks steel for civilian use, triggering resignations over WPB policy.
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Washington
White House
Winston Churchill
Quebec
Eleanor
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Hong Kong
China
Boas
Cap” Krug
Donald Nelson
Nelson
WPB
Baruch
War Department
War Manpower Commission
O.K
Sam Anderson
Lehman Brothers
Anderson
Army
Maritime Commission
Navy
Manpower Commission
Charles E. Wilson
Turbulent AFL Teamsters Rift Faces Roosevelt Era Labor Rift
The scene centers on Nelsons Cap Krug crowder ruling banker Anderson and a massive steel reconversion clash as Bill Green, AFL leader Tobin, and CIO politics collide. Tobin plans mass union maneuvers, while Green denounces cooperation with CIO. Tobin warns of broad action with Sidney. The dispute tests loyalty among AFL locals.
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Nelson
Cap” Krug
Crowder
Anderson
Bill Green
A. F
Dan Tob
Unio
Tobin
Battlin Roosevelt
AFL
Ar Tobin
of L
Sidney
CIO
Green
Ald
Hiliman
Tobi
Philipray
Roose
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Tokyo
Koiso
Gestapo
Edgar A. Guest
Jessa
Rommel
Pameridads
Lovan
England
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Fearson
Robert S. Allen
Floer
Everly
Ddr Reed
R. D. McKee
Chesterfield
Stanley
You
Hart Schaffner & Marx
P.S
Pan American
Washington Street
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