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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
1
Final notices issued tonight warn all night parkers of fines after midnight Saturday. Beginning then owners of parked cars will be arrested and fined as city enforces the curb clearance to improve street cleanliness and aid sweeper operations.
John G Nail a native of Johnsville died Wednesday in Keedysville Washington county after a three week illness. He would have been 87. Survived by widow and children including Mrs Daniel Snively Keedysville Edward Nail Deland Fla Mire Pred Roach Boonsboro Jacob Nail Keedysville. grandchildren Mrs Alphonse Huffer John G Nail Jr Adelaide Richard Nail Harpers Ferry Ora Lee LaMar and Sliffard Lamar. Funeral today at 2 PM at Keedysville Lutheran Church with interment at Patrview Cemetery. He lived in Washington county since 1861 and was a Civil War prisoner in the old market house in Hagerstown. He married Macy Eilen Miller and was a longtime Democrat in Reedstown district.
Under fire Mayor Prack Hague of Jersey City faces charges before a New Jersey legislative committee probing alleged election fraud. Hague Jong is cited as a north Jersey political power in the unfolding investigation.
Tornadoes across northern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota left eleven dead and many injured. A seven mile swath east of Pender Nebraska to Dakota City caused six deaths, while a separate Dakota-like storm killed five near Yenk ton and wiped out Datis South Dakota. Walthill suffered heavy losses and 26 La mere school children were injured or killed, with teacher Miss Phyllis Stewart and farmer Eugene Keyser praised for organizing the students into a protective group.
New York on September 14 saw widespread speculation resume with near two dozen new high records. Strong gains occurred across groups as motors, motor accessories, oils, foods and copper issues led activity while call money climbed to 7 percent.
Two flying cadets from Kelly Field collided at 8000 feet twenty miles west of Dere. Cadet Gaynor Tostegin died in the crash. Cadet Shelton C. Yoder escaped with a parachute. The incident occurred as they trained at the advanced flying school.
Paul Jaworski, a 32 year old killer with a long police record, admitted taking part in the $10,000 Detroit News payroll robbery after a gun battle with police. He escaped from Allegheny county jail a year ago and denied further jobs. Detectives said his brother Sam was held in Pittsburgh on aiding him.
A September 11 report from the Auto Mobility Commissioner lists operators with revoked licenses for driving after suspension and DUI. Also noted are suspensions for displaying markers and various license refusals, plus local fines in Buckeystown Frederick Libertytown Middletown and Ridgeville for offenses including operating without license and markers of another car.
Cumberland September 14 AP Police hunt for a hit and run driver after a blacksmith Henry Cutter aged 63 died from injuries at Union Hospital Prestburg. A broken bumper caught in a wire fence is the main clue. the car fled the scene after striking Cutter near Lonaconing.
A museum notes that many bone finds from the public are misidentified as extraordinary discoveries. Experts explain common mixups with horse pelvises, dog skulls, and deer or rodent bones, while stressing interest in complete wild-animal skeletons and prehistoric bones when provenance is proven.
In Seattle, officials swear out a warrant for D E Mayer after Bassett’s car and watch are found with Mayer in Oakland. Bassett, son of Annapolis Chamber of Commerce secretary, vanished Sept 5 after leaving his brother in law’s home to use his car. Investigators theorize the murder aimed to seize the automobile.
About 20 prominent dairymen from Frederick and Montgomery counties traveled to Washington to meet Dr. W. C. Fowler, head of the District Health Department, to protest the rating system for equipment and barn rules. They argue smaller dairies cannot invest as large as bigger rivals, and object to barn distance regulations still under contention with the Milk Producers Association. Congressman Frederick We Chia district appeared on behalf of the dairymen and is noted in the report.
A. R. Zachert of New York City has arrived in Predenick to assume duties as general manager of the Ox Fibre brush works. He plans to move this week to the Elm Street residence recently vacated by Adolph Schaffert, the former general superintendent. Schaffert’s resignation was announced July 16 and took effect immediately. he had served in Predenick for three and a half years after transferring from Rochester, New York, where he worked with Yawman and Bitely Manufacturing.
Jack Schilleto 26, pilot for an aircraft company in McEresport Pennsylvania, died after being struck by a propeller at Kreider Reisner airfield. He sustained a fractured skull and died several hours later at Washington County Hospital in Revival Service Mears End.
William Ford brother of Henry Ford arrived from Dearborn Michigan with companions for business calls in Frederick. The party met with W A Riddell of Frederick Iron and Steel Co and dined at Pamela Beatt Key hotel before planning a motor trip through the area.
Emmitsburg Sept 14 With enrollment rising in both grade and high school the Emmitsburg High School moves toward full attendance. Total seven grade pupils reach 190 while 60 students are in the high school. Principal Homer Guyton notes a few more to register and hopes full turnout by next week. Harold Yonkers joins staff for biology and seventh grade guidance assisting with athletics.
Heavy losses and widespread devastation reported in San Juan Puerto Rico as a tropical hurricane pounded the city for hours. Winds near 100 miles per hour with gusts to 132 toppled roofs sank ships and cut communications. Estimated damage reaches about 2 million with unknown death toll and injuries.
Col William Thaw of Pittsburgh, co-pilot in the transcontinental non-stop flight, was injured when his plane crashed during a French landing near Decatur Indiana. He developed a heavy cold from exposure while he and Captain Morris were trapped for several hours in the wreckage as rain fell.
Paris reports the de France mail plane, catapulted 900 miles offshore, located off Bisiege Rock. The pilot and aides are safe. Rescue credited to a freighter vessel that picked up the seaplane crew near Pemunce Harbor.
Fragmentary OCR note cites a fatal attack on a physician with garbled phrasing and place unlikely to identify match. The readable bits mention Sept and a doctor victim, but details are unclear.
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