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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1933
Page
3
Across the nation people return from cities to rural areas as factories slow. Many original country folk live in simple homes or shacks, garden, raise livestock, and work odd jobs locally. The piece praises self reliance but notes risks like contaminated water and urges community care. It also cites 1931–1932 income declines per Conference Board data and contrasts actual and 1913 dollars.
Chicago Daily News reports executives at mutual insurers show high pay despite depression. Among five top firms twenty seven officers total $1.698 million, with presidents earning $100k to $200.6k, several raises since 1925 1932. Average for the group about $62k. Policyholders face loan denials amid these figures.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports the 1932 national income fell about 53 percent over 1929. Humane week runs April 17 to 22, promoting kinder treatment of animals through school programs. Chicago area commerce notes rising wholesale retail turnover and stronger wheat, with electricity output edging up.
Washington April 17 The State Department runs a formal training for future ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary. Josephus Daniels and 14 Robert W. Bingham among others study daily under tutors Allen Winslow Paul Culbertson and John Minter, then Wheeler Delano Robbins before a final audience with the secretary of state.
The Cincinnati zoo guards a pair of rare secretary bird eggs, but officials fear they will not hatch on Easter Sunday. The male and female argue over which should hatch, risking the eggs as the birds’ hatch record is unknown.
The University of Maryland dental school will lend George Washington's ivory teeth for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago next week. The teeth, displayed since 1875, were donated by Dr. John Allen and traced to Dr. John Greenwood of New York, with notes on care and care instructions from Greenwood. The upper set is attached to a silver rod, the lowers hang by springs, relics from before dentistry was a profession. In California, hop acreage is projected at about 6,100 acres this year, up from 4,000 last year.
In wet Easter weather in Washington the Roosevelts attended a sunrise service at Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre and later joined crowds at the Washington Cathedral. Mrs Roosevelt rose early to greet the day at the rain soaked break of day ceremony and the President participated in Holy Communion with guests.
Ethele Coval, 38, former Ziegfeld Folies girl, is taken to Lagny France by gendarmes with statements from her and Rene Petitjean. She says she was forced to be a household drudge rather than have romance. Petitjean claims she is free to leave. prosecutor to decide. Coval refused to file a complaint. In New York, Charles Coval says he will send funds for her return and reports a letter describing detention prompted consular action.
The first legal beer arrived in Frederick on Saturday with sales starting at eight o'clock. Some individuals named faced objections preventing them from obtaining licenses on the day.
Broadcast grid lists NBC WEAF WJZ and CBC network slots across East Midwest and Coast regions with hourly lineups from 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM. Programs include orchestras, sketches, polyphonic acts, and talks with many named performers such as Don Lang Fred Berry, Ray Knight, Elvin Allman, and Jack Dempsey Gy.
Four young men drowned during a Sunday motorboat outing on the Ohio River at Huntington West Virginia. One survivor was Dickie Fredeking. The victims were James Smith 23 son of State Senator Jeff Smith of Jonesboro Tennessee Billy Jo Fredeking 24 E Campbell 27 and Henry O Dunfee Jr 16 all residents of Huntington. The boat was swept under a fleet of barges after motor trouble and swift current dragged the craft beneath the barges while another passenger escaped ashore.
Wheat quoted in Hagerstown today at 70 cents reached the highest point in years amid market chatter and buying interest. Farmers and merchants watched prices climb as demand remained firm and supplies faced pressure, signaling possible rally momentum.
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