News (Newspaper) - August 23, 1933, Frederick, Maryland Last Edition TBS VOL 264 MD AUGUST 23 1933 fnm i f TEN PAGES cm Heavy Damage Done By Northeast Storm And Tropical Hurricane AJong Atlantic Coast Eastern Shore Communication Is Cut Off Many Ships Send Out Calls For Help SOS Messages Picked Up Liner With 90 Aboard In Municipal Pier At Cape May Gone New York Aug 23 second SOS distress call teas sent out by the steamer Madison shortly before noon s s t today The message picked up by Mackay Radio at 11.30 a m ind by the TJ S Coast Guard at 11.58 a m gave the position as 20 miles northeast of Chesapeake lightship off the coast jf Virginia and Housing The first distress signal at 7 o'clock this morning said that the entire forward deckhouse had been washed away The coast guard intercepted an answer to the second SOS from the steamship Emilia which did not give its position The Emilia reported itself on its way to give assistance Caught between a raging northeaster and a tropical ricane blowing up from Bermuda the Atlantic seaboard found no respite today from five days of storm and gales which ready have wrought death and destruction over a wide area An SOS from the Eastern Steamship Company liner ison with more than 90 persons aboard sent a coast guard cutter plowing to her aid off Cape Charles Va Reports from along the seaboard told of thousands of lars worth of damage and possible loss of life Communication along the entire Maryland shore was cut off at an early hour At Norfolk winds of 70 and 80 miles velocity ied by a heavy rain flooded low lying sections The North Carolina coast also was being pounded by mountainous waves and an unknown schooner wallowed lessly off the shoals while coast guard craft stood by unable to give any assistance New Jersey continued to be buffeted The pier at Cape May was washed away and telephone and electric lines were torn away Steamer Sends SOS Hew Aug 23 AP Ul steamer Madison with more than 90 persons aboard sent out calls for help Cape Charles Va shortly er t a m today Lau than hour liter fuard cutter reported itself on the way to five assistance cu UK imp a were passengers In first SOS call the steamer re- ported that Its entire forward house lad been carried away Its radio were weak it might be resorting to an wireless below decks The Madison cleared from the port of New York for Norfolk Va day The first call for help did not state whether passengers were taking to the roats or give any other details Although steamship books record a irew 80 for the liner the company said the crew numbered Between 50 ind 60 The vessel Is under command of William Heath Officials of Eastern Steamship Line owners of he ship said the passenger list was on board Virginia Beach Wrecked Communication was temporarily with Virginia Beach from timore today and the resort was ed wrecked The Hotel was flooded and furniture on the ground floor was Cottages were battered all night ind windows or roofs left Several were said to have been lifted jy the waves and floated away The residents assembled in the hotels Communication Lines Down Tents Hidden In Clouds Accuses Poloist Qty Caught In Nor'easter Ripping Limbs Off Trees Does Damage In County Heavy Rain Falls Driven By Strong Is Hard Hit Rain and wind were combined today in a sweeping easter which saw Frederick county crops take a bad battering and streams and rivers begin their second rise of the month In minj instances the harm to was more than compensation for the good had received In the rains on six days of the past seven GusM of served to beat down much of the growing corn and the ground was so soft that it kept the blades pinned down Farmers said they doubted II Miss Eugenia Rose above nune in an Evanston HI hospital has ed that Cecil Smith Texas polo star dragged her fiom an automobile after a tw struggle and attacked her Smith who MS in Chicago to ipate In the east-west polo matches labeled the accusation a Michigan Groups Accommodated At City Hall Over Night TOO WET TO CAMP OUT HORSES KNEE DEEP IN MUD iOES AQUAPLANING ON LAKE BOY 18 DROWNS Oakland Md Aug 23 ing from an aquaplane HI which he was in Deep Creek Lake Ellis Rhodes Pa s had not been recovered today The accident happened near Henry 14 miles north of Oakland Cy of Somerset Pa at whose cottage Rhodes was visiting said day that the youth started to swim towards shore but apparently had a cramp and went down for the time before Stahl could reach run VIRGINIA REPEAL DATE VOTE IS SET FOR OCT 3 Richmond Va Aug 23 Virginia General Assembly today a setting a referendum on repeal of the 14th amendment for October 3 THE WEATHER TODAY camp Ritchie Cascade Md Aug 23 AP w orst storm In years came to a climax here tofey bowling tents tearing from trees and bringing to a definite halt all activities m Camp Ritchie Telegraph ana telephone lines were down Officers and men were m mess shacks since the high made occupation the tents dangerous The ram lias fallen steadily since Sunday The clouds were so low that they were touching the tops of tents at practically shutting out vision Because of danger from falling limbs guards were called inside Horses of the Artillery were standing to their knees in mud but nothing could be done to clean tne stables SOLDIER IN SHOOTING AFFRAY DIES OF WOUNDS New Rochelle N Y Aug 23 AP Corporal Truman Smith of Luna O died today at Fort Slocum of rounds which officials said he inflicted on himself last seek after fatally wounding Private Donald Zmn ol York Pa Smith who had been in the army 25 years was said to have shot Zinn and then himself after an argument Tuesday nights showers were too much for a group of thirty Michigan schoolboys who believed in dry camping but didn't think much hoisting their in rain from Washington where trip bovs accompanied by their teacher and the driver of a bus found selves weather-bound at Frederick Their funds allowed for meals but not for and had to camp on the back their way through the nun of the group at Police Headquarters for help We're stranded and need some leap said Well have some benches re- plied Sergt Vernon T Smith If get too hard vou might roll ap your coats for pillows Happy at the suggestion the man called in the bus load of boys and told them to unbundle The benches of Police Headquarters and the tables and furnishings of the Engineer's and Boy Scout offices on the third floor were transformed into makeshift beds and the visitors slumbered until 8 o'clocK this The force under Sergt Philip E Grove assisted them in leaving and the party out for breakfast ing that either the rain would stop or would fall into equally at the end of their day's journey some of it would evci be straightened out who ventured on the streets below and the wind turning umbrellas skyward Leaden skies continued to send down the showers with little promise of an immediate Trees over limbs broken off as the minds became higher in the earlj afternoon Courthouse park here as strewn with fallen limbs and trees uere being stripped of branches in many sections Two reported blown down along the National Highway near and New Market reported strewn with limbs The rising water la the lower part of the county endangered the arch bridge now under on the of Rocks state road and fears were expressed by William J Grove contractor for the road which is being built that the bridge might be loosened One force of men strove to keep the water clear of floating timber while an- other anchored the bridge with wires The bridge contains a large amount of timber and was ready for concrete to be poured Three other bridges one over Catoctin creek and the others over its tributaries are completed and were not endangered A large sycamore tree was blown The gales were general throughout the county The storm proportions here were believed to be a product of the with a today lashing the verv wet Atlantic coast was in cistern and the coast beds were flattened in main sections here swept A pole was down on Park avenue did A business at the houi The precipitation here was 1 31 Inches from 5 o'clock Tuesday evening to 12 30 and brought the August total to 3 OB A continuous pouring from leaden skies made today the wettest and iest of the which set in last Wednesday and have left only dry In the meantime weather digressions show that eight days of the last have brought precipitation The farmer has been needing rain for his coin the who saw his vegetable crop up and all early August for rain have felt their needs answered in the tation of the middle and latter part of the month The ground Is wet and vegetation had gotten its second growth only to be beaten down The overnight rains up to 7 o'clock this morning brought the August mark higher than it has been for years here and within shooting distance of the 1933 record Its 5 29 inches early today have ed the big August mark of 5 25 inches in 1931 which quadrupled the drouth year mark of August 19 JO More than tnat this month's rains to date have surpassed the record of any month in 1931 and at 7 o'clock thijs morning were only a tenth of an inch behind the highest 1933 39 inches in April it will take a lot of rain to get Into the January May October and November class of 1932 Last year It will be remembered was More Adequate Is Urged For Hospital Envoy To Chile Precipitation for 24 hours ending at 7 a m 92 inch Precipitation August to inches Normal August 63 Inches actual August in 1933 to gust inches temperature High temperature a veir low temperature last Sun sets p m Sun rises tomorrow 30 a m Mow 93 a T Moon 23 p m Condition of and FATHER COUGHLIN ON STAND IN BANK PROBE Detroit 23 fAP the ence of a jammed the courtroom j overflowed into ors Fathe E Coughlin critic of Detroit began his testimony today before the one-man grand jury bank closings here Thp indicated he intended to discuss economics and lems from a philosophical standpoint before reaching the situation in Detroit which precipitated the Michigan and national bank crisis I have with me he said a of ies to back up statement I make regarding he banks ROOSEVELT IN RAIN VISITS BOY SCOUT CAMP President Roosevelt to Ten-Mile Bov Camp New York Aus 23 a rain Roosevelt across New today to visit the Bor Scouts York city the Ten tne Mrs Roosevelt to re- 4-H wnom she nad to the Pane home dav Representatives of the Frederick Countv Medical Society and local vice clubs met with the County Com- missioners at Tuesday after- noon and discussed the matter of more adequate of HI patients treated at The County Com- missioners and representatives of local service groups considered various phases of the care of the sick as result of which the Commissioners were to renovate and improve a building to the rear of the main institution in order that ths smaller may be utilized for that purpose A number of those present and of- at favor the complete segregation of ill patients from regular inmates and transients by removing all sick from the large main building At present white patients are treated in a section new one ui the wings of the hospital and colored in separate building The ing to the rear of the main building it was explained could be about 60 persons At present there are 23 patients white and colored in the hospital The of pital work has been nearly doubled in the past several years it was stated The number of regular inmates of the institution is 155 and transients are be- given food and a night's lodging The importance of more at was brought to the attention of the Frederick County Medical Society some time ago by Dr B O Thomas physician at and at Tuesday's conference the Medical was represented bj Dr Charles P Goodell Dr Ira J McCurdy and Dr Charles H Conley Mrs Michael E Pue represented the Frederick ty Children's Aid Society and the erick Zonta Club James H Gambrill IH the Frederick Rotary Club A Hart Etchison and Roger B Wolfe the Lions Club and Dr E C Kefauver the tj department Dr McCurdy In speaking of the ect called attention to the fact that there are fewer physicians in tion to the of Frederick countv than some years ago and that now in the county there is one to every persons Messrs Gambrill Wolfe and Etchison pledged support of the clubs they represented and Mrs Puc spoke of her long the ation she had received with Children's Aid Society cases Special emphasis was laid on obstetrical cases of which there are many and also the Tact that will receive cases of diseases whereas the Frederick City Hospital does not The number of obstetrical cases July 1 1 1933 was 55 and since 1 there have been 11 Tile County stated that they would consider the if aid the building to the rear of main ing a future hospital ana would cure estimates as to the cost of the Stolen Kiss Brings Pistol Play Ram Postpones C E Picnic Became of the continued the of county district in the have postponed the picnic which planned to hold at Buckeystown on Thursday A new date for the nic hvs not set and Ha H above banker former publisher o Corpus Tex s o be named XT S to wife Mrs Clara is Democratic trou India 23 i fant which was T its day shortly after hr had been released custody tij tne government Women's Division Committee Meets Plans CONSUMERS ASKED TO SUPPORT BLUE EAGLE Chairmen Of Campaign Named Divided Into Plans for a county-wide campaign to be Inaugurated Monday M to secure the cooperation and support of consumers in the National Recovery Administration program mill bt dis- cussed at a meeting of the steering committee of the Women's Division which will be held at the Y M C A 730 o'clock tonight In order to make effective the NRA undertaking it essary to secure assistance on the part of all who buy It is aimed to secure from nil the country to cooperate In the NRA program and business which have enlisted un- der the insignia of the Blue Eagle Mrs R S J Dutrow general man of the Women's Division in this county sent out call for meeting The consumer campaign will be divided into two parts the city to be in charge of Albert W Condon and the county in charge of Pearson Numerous workers will be asked to assist In this canvass The county will be divided into districts and committee will work In each district Another important in the Division of the NBA will be the Employers cooperation com- In city Mils Mary will head committee in charge nan will be the chairman High Tide Rips Out Sections Of Boardwalk TROLLEY CARS TRAPPED Atlantic City N J Aug 21 Many streets and basements were under Uo feet of water today and a high tide ripped out sections of the boardwalk and railings as the Weather Bureau cast further storm warnings The rode inlet section carrying with it huge tities of seaweed and driftwood Water flowed across Maine avenue trapping ten trolley cars Scores of auto- mobiles were stalled in uptown streets The section suffering most was along the beach front from Vermont to side avenue Here large sections of the decking were carried away HELD FOR GRAND JURY IN CHICKEN THEFT CASE Lloyd Lewis Foxville Placed Under Bond Charges of theft of two chickens in trv of Lloyd Lewis of near under bond for action of the grand jury at a inary hearing Justice Guy K Motter iii Peoples Court morning received prominent mention in the Clyde Hauver shooting case of four years ago in which he was one of the defense Tne charse of was by Hauver of the ville who related that he missed eleven from his no and who in staying around his chicken yard Further testimony against j was given by Charles who said re one of the missing chickens in a Lewis nad The arrest was made by iff William E Foreman left in tne of his father Dallas Lewis to look bond He was represented oy Samuel A Lewis Heavy Damage Reported In Delmarva Peninsula Section Ocean City Hit Anne Arundel Damage High Winds Along Seaboard 23 new storm bore down On A kiss stolen in the garden of Chi fashionable Lake Country I Getter Club just the you'd give a baby to who j Scotland Aug 33 AP i York PV Country it didn't mean But her husband Albert Cleveland CM only in the associate who had seen the had to do some last j s open ol Great explaining lie as pictured here r a j today In his the shot he fired when Mrs King returned j and for her M ate i College H C Ross the eastern shore of Maryland today piling more damage on ths already Delmarva peninsula Communication with 1 he entire section was cut off at an hour today and little was n as to the damage Telephone and companies were unable to send messages and flooded highways in some sections made automobile traffic im- possible On the Chesapeake Bay usually a quiet and peaceful body of water the wind whipped up high waves and the liner City of Havre on entering port here today reported the bay as rough as on ocean passage Before telephone lines went down to Ocean City Maryland resort on the Atlantic the Associated Press correspondent said the water was washing trom the ocean across to the village to bay He said there apparently had been little age but vacationists were marooned in their hotels and tages Salisbury Md reported last night that flood conditions were prevailing on the Wicomico river and that two dams that held tne water back above the city were weakened Pennsylvania Railroad SMALL REMERS United Business Men's Assn Head Calls Them Chiselers UNDERMINING BUSINESS Washington Aug as Small retailers investment M not more than J500 were called the of tin fair competition today by A Lincoln Wisler of the United the resumption of hearings on the re- tall code Wider who said there sere about such them M a growth that has been gnawing at the of good and fair retailing said hs represented in These are of the who are undermining business in every locality and he cald The unfair com- petition that exists today in retailing comes from this type of merchant He never joins his Chamber of Commerce trade association or business men's sociation MAYOR'S RIFLE TEAM IS WINNER OF PRIZES Major Returns From Matches At Quantico Va Major Elmer F today received announcement of awards to members of his rifle team which In the National Rule Regional Matches held at tico Va last week from Wednesday to Saturday inclusive About 15 men from various of Maryland led by Major commander of the First Battalion M N O in the matches and awards announced today were non in the final matches Winners In the Maryland team in- cluded the Lieut P H Hart Washington member of the Fifth In- E First Infantry Sergt W T Warburton Company E First In- fantry Elkton Lieut D P Chambers Fifth William H Spicknall Company F Hyattsville Sergt William L Sullens member of State Police and also of Fifth Infantry ardson Company K Guardsmen and Virginia civilian teams the District of Columbia and various states and teams the various branches of the service including the Marine Corps and Coast Guard in the events the entire blage numbering 300 and 400 men Richardson Centreville a member of Major er's team made the highest record in the National Guardsmen class in Can of Baltimore was for the earn For the past two years regional rifle watches have been held Ji different sections but pnor to then the rifle events were held at Camp Ohio where Major has on many occasions the dam under the main of UM Delmarva Division here could not MM much longer The coast fuard reported that wind at Ocean City wu an hour Intensity and was to gain during the day Not only had the cut off com- the Eastern Ml Southern Maryland alto was and the Chesapeake and Potomac phons Company said all to were out of order In Baltimore a high wind ing and SORM damage wat by UM heavy rain aad falling w badly A call seat a coMt patrol from the Fort to 67 two at Channel and all te harbor wu halted A now Ml heavy damage la and county high WhUe it is known that received UtU the Naval Academy where i were lunk and f treew wen hp blown down and most of UM Ma phone and power in UM Heavy rate fell at but the wind unusually high at either place Washington Aug It described of intensity wai today to be inland tram Virginia on a westerly Bureau that if i storm which weaved a u it came up from the tlon it would over before nightfall were uprooted in UH and downtown section of Ington the storm swept in reported considerable had done around the tidal basin The Potomac river wu rapidly FIND CIVIL WAR SKELETON Of Soldier By C C C The skeleton of a Confederate addi icr on the last week while of the Civilian Corps there were working along tha road One or two were seen protruding from the reund Cp Then Down New York Aug 23 iAP markets had a touch of inflationary ferer today but it last soon dropped -o its re- Inere was a heavy turnover of stocks j with gains of fractions to a point or more scattered over j ling 51 Call one per i cent word was at once dispatched to of tbe battlefield The ground was removed until OM entire form of the skeleton was All the main bones were found together with buckles and from the man's uniform Tbe location of the helped to establish Its tj as of a Southern soldier buf important was the ol a of Confederate balto which bad evidently been carried la on ammunition kit which was burled mar and had long roice rotted that the bones would be In- in the national etery Heavy had washed a surer near the fence Since the 0 aco thf Seld has been sin scene o the flad was just out of road and near the Rodgers house The soldier in the attack on afternoon of July 2 or he been one of men in fee assault ctt the final day of the his crave WM and til undisturbed Superintendent MM for burial not M completed it w definitely whether the awn ww a nf Northers or While shot and used toy the tile the of a also f I
