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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1933
Page
6
Washington County sworn in new inspector Saward B McNamee of Fairplay and Clerk Edward Oswald presiding. Appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. James H Grinun of Dargan sworn in as constable for the Dargan district.
Irish writer George Bernard Shaw delivered a caustic address at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, labeling American capitalism as broken and the Constitution as a charter of anarchy. He called Hollywood immoral and warned that America risks political turmoil while praising Europe. The crowd of elites listened as bankers Lamont and Reynolds smiled, and Shaw pledged no offense to Americans. Beer licenses issued in Washington County reached 144 as year-end totals.
Capt George H Sheetz retires after 62 years and six months with Western Maryland R R Co. He began as a brakeman in 1880 on the Edgemont to Waynesboro and Williamsport route and rose through roles to passenger conductor and later assistant superintendent. He witnessed many special trains to Pen Mar and Hagerstown Fair and made trips to Portland Los Angeles and San Francisco as a convention delegate.
The King’s Daughters request six usable mattresses for indigent residents lacking bed furnishings. Donors should contact the organization for pickup. The bi weekly Board of Street Commissioners meeting scheduled for last night has been postponed.
The second entry in the Daily Mail Maryland Theatre Color Contest is featured. Readers are directed to previous papers for full contest details and rules.
Tickets for a music picture symphony by Dudley Crafts Watson of the Chicago Art Institute will be at St Johns Auditorium on Tuesday April 18. Sponsored by the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, tickets are free at the Museum Library and Chamber of Commerce. Watson presents a new lecture type linking painting and music to enhance enjoyment.
Evalyn Knapp, rising film actress, stars in State Trooper at Henry's Theatre In. She is named a 1931 WAMPAS Baby Star by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, joining Constance Cummings as head of the year’s group for promising young stars.
Warner Bros. The Mystery of the Wax Museum opens at Colonia Theatre with thrilling mystery and vast color photography. The comedy between the girl reporter and editor Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh lightens the mood amid eerie crime elements.
Last showtimes today for The Keyhole at Warner Bros. theater feature Kay Francis and George Brent in a dramatic romance. The page notes Francis's radiant gowns and Brent's romantic appeal in a screening aimed to draw crowds.
The notice touts Radiator Heating as using less fuel for more warmth and urges readers to get an estimate before next season. It promotes monthly payments over two years as low as 33 cents a day, with a five month no-pay period, and claims rapid plant upgrades with minimal downtime.
The Board of County Commissioners and Board of Education discussed March teacher salaries unpaid and February salaries paid via a loan. Scrip plans faced opposition and likely drop. No funding method found to cover current obligations until June levy. Awaiting Legislature bill on county roads control before road actions.
Lions Club meets on the second floor of Hotel Hamilton for the first time in their new quarters. R Paul Smith of Potomac Edison Co spoke on electrical advances and donated an electric egg cooker to the closest guesser of homes with electric service. Lion W A Westphal won. District publicity chief W A Rosenberger sent invitations for the District Convention June 14–15 in this city.
Frank Alder of 231 East Franklin Street received a 25 dollar fine for unauthorized use of Karl Buckner’s automobile. Alder, arrested Monday by Detective William Peters, also paid 10 dollars plus costs for operating a car without a license. Buckner, a hotel guest, reported his car taken from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards and recovered in Williamsport.
In Shafferstown Lebanon County Pa old antiques and relics sold for strong sums during a Groh homestead sale D Webster Groh reported after a three day trip. A grandfather clock brought 202 a hand painted settee 36 a home spun couch cover 17 and antique china and bric brac pieces up to 25 each An old dinner horn sold for 16. Mrs Groh daughter Eleanora joined the three day trip.
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