04 Apr 1936
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1936
Page
1
Italian squadron attacked the Addis Ababa airfield today, machine gunning two Ethiopian planes and using incendiaries. Five planes hovered for 45 minutes causing mass evacuation and marketday crowds to stream from the city while the wireless station near Sarkaki escaped damage.
Trenton April 4 Bruno Richard Hauptmann's last words as quoted by his spiritual advisers Rev D G Werner and John Mattiesen express peace with God and insistence on innocence. He hopes death may help abolish capital punishment if proven by circumstantial evidence and states he dies without malice or hatred, at home with his Lord.
Joseph E Byrne 66 was found hanging in a shed at 1901 Pope Avenue after daylight. Justice Heard ruled death by own action. notes addressed to two daughters revealed causes. Byrne, longtime Underwood Company accountant, survived by two daughters and a son with several siblings. Body removed to Coffman funeral home. burial planned at Waynesboro.
Nashville dispatch reports a small boy on a balcony crying for help as a fire destroyed a two-story frame home. Mrs. Grace Phelps, 28, and her five-year-old son Jimmie Phelps were found dead in an upstairs room. the boy witnessed the tragedy.
Weather outlook for April 6 to 11 covers North and Middle Atlantic States with occasional showers in the first half of the week and again Thursday or Friday. The south experiences moderately warm weather early, while the north is cooler, especially Monday night or Tuesday. Colder air returns Friday or Saturday.
Foreseen fair and warmer tonight and Sunday across Maryland with showers in extreme west Sunday afternoon or night. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras expects fresh to strong west winds this afternoon, diminishing tonight, shifting to southwest Sunday. fair weather tonight and Sunday. Chesapeake Bay: clear and slightly warmer tonight, Sunday fair and warmer with winds diminishing then becoming southeast on Sunday.
Robert B. Snyder Sr., a railroad office worker, spoke extemporaneously to the Democratic Organization Club, stressing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s worth. Club president William P. Lane Jr. praised Congressman David J. Lewis and predicted his renomination and reelection by Maryland’s 6th District. Snyder highlighted Roosevelt’s sincere effort to provide equal opportunity for all citizens.
Federal and local officers continue chasing William Dainard also called William Mahan, linked to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping. Reports say he appeared at a Butte tavern Thursday night, with a ransom bill later found in a local bank deposit from the $200000 payment.
In Eugene on April 4 Professor Eyler Brown of the University of Oregon gave his agriculture class an exam and graded the papers. He discovered one nameless sheet and realized it was his own with a grade of C that labeled it average.
West Virginia April 4. Teresa Hawkins an 18 year old girl whose 30 hours of laughter ended by surgery took a few faltering steps in the hospital today and expressed hope for a trip next week. Doctors say she may go home Monday after another operation to remove adhesions.
A Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce delegation attended a dinner in Harper's Ferry supporting the proposed Washington to Gettysburg Boulevard via the Antietam Battlefield and the Harper’s Ferry National Park site. About 350 people heard guests including Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland pledge that the commission is considering this and other routes.
The Board of License Commissioners indefinitely suspended the beer license of Charles O. Hurd, Rosys Place, 700 block West Washington Street, and declined renewal. The action followed a petition by residents calling the venue disorderly. protests for renewals were due March 1, with public complaints welcome anytime for board consideration.
A Mayo Clinic report describes a woman attempting suicide by shooting the left chest, missing the heart due to it being on the right side. The condition called congenital dextrocardia is noted as not uncommon and usually symptomless. The shooter would likely have died if the heart were in its normal position.
Floods and freezing weather devastate southern towns with Cordele and Greensboro majorly damaged. Deaths total 52 across Cordele and Greensboro with hundreds injured. Officials predict Cordele damages around 3 million and Greensboro over 1.5 million. Crops suffer statewide from Arkansas to Georgia as Tennessee reports eight inches of snow in the Great Smokies and fruit orchards face severe losses.
In Kamenz Germany April 4 the aged Frau Hauptmann broke down after learning her son Bruno Richard Hauptmann died in the electric chair at Trenton New Jersey for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Friends aided her as she sobbed and clutched a photo of Hauptmann with his wife and son.
Former Representative Franklin W. Fort declared he would oppose Governor Harold G. Hoffman for a delegate-at-large seat at the Republican National Convention due to the Hauptmann case. He stated the Governor’s handling of the case compromised courts and juries and tarnished the office, and he would not remain silent.
The piece argues that the world longs to see Jesus during Holy Week. It warns that nations race toward arms and hatred, urging divine influence in finance industry and government. It calls for unity with Christ, condemns secular drift and emphasizes personal relation with God through Jesus as the Way.
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending for one year title one of the Federal Housing Act to provide loans for repair and modernization of homes. The renewal continues until next April 1, signed aboard the U S S Potomac and announced by Marvin H McIntyre. A federal expert group seeks a long term housing program though action this session remains in doubt.
The April 4 estimate from Charles F. Sargent, regional VA manager at Fort McHenry, projects the Maryland veterans bonus at about 35 million dollars. The figure reflects expected payments to veterans based on the program's provisions and regional administration.
Barney Fleming, 29, a Black man convicted of killing Mrs. Labella Butler, was hanged at the state prison in Walla Walla on his chosen execution date. He requested the ritual before his spiritual adviser Rev. Arvid Chrnell departed for Europe, and the court granted his wish.
POTTSVILLE Ohio April 4 The strain of 48 hours in a caved in coal pit killed George Treskoloski a 27 year old Shenandoah miner a few hours after fellow miners rescued him He did not regain consciousness muttering thanks as rescuers pulled him into a shaft then fell into a coma he never woke. He was trapped Wednesday when the slide left only his head and one arm free and rescuers tunnelled from beneath to avoid another cave-in.
Kent, Eng. April 4 Col. and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh plan to remain in England for many months as friends say they will not return to the United States next winter despite news that Bruno Hauptmann died in the electric chair. The family, living at their timber house, reportedly maintains they will not discuss the case and have given no word since Hauptmann's Flemington trial conviction.
SHENANDOAH Pa April 4 Fire in the heart of Shenandoahs business district destroyed one building and badly damaged three others causing loss estimated by businessmen and firemen at more than 100000 dollars
Trenton April 4 The body of Bruno Richard Hauptmann lies in the state prison morgue awaiting embalming after execution. An undertaker arrives from New York as Hauptmann, the Lindbergh baby killer, is pronounced dead at 8 47 30 p m. The widow Anna Hauptmann reacts emotionally as authorities confirm completion of the death sentence.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann prepared to return to Trenton to claim the body of her husband executed for the Lindbergh baby murder. She declared she is not ashamed and proud of him, awaiting cremation per his wish, after a period of distress in the Bronx with her three year old son Manfred.
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