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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1934
Page
6
The general committee of the Tri-State Elks Association reports acceptances from leading state candidates of both parties for the 14th annual convention. Several candidates, members of the order, plan to attend early and stay through the event as invitations to other state and national socials go out and draws many replies.
Frederick residents formed the Frederick Convention Bureau to advance the town as a convention city. The move follows earlier efforts by local chamber leaders who organized a group to attract more conventions, aiming to benefit the community.
Canadian visitors claim Velasite currency value as prices rise. They defend rubber notes as viable money while tourism from the United States draws attention to the novelty claim.
Kansas City logged a 108 degree high as a new heat wave expanded from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian highlands. Readings of 100 plus were common across hard hit states. Missouri and Kansas suffered severe losses as hot winds worsened drought conditions. Four Iowa deaths linked to the heat, and livestock feed remains scarce in Dodge City as drought tightens its grip. Continued coverage noted on page 10.
Motorists in Westminster celebrate a Baseline price war sparked by a Hagerstown firm that recently set up shop there. Gasoline is selling at 14 cents a gallon, 9 cents per gallon plus a 4 cent federal and state tax, after weeks of price drops to meet the competition.
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler shifts from funeral oration to steering Germany through a grave economic maze. A foreign exchange crisis prompts rationing of raw materials and a new policy barring foreign residents from exchanging marks, effective October 1. Analysts warn production may falter while Nazi foreign policy concerns rise with Austria and Papen's Vienna mission.
Louis Berman of Baltimore had his fifteenth habeas corpus petition for release from a life murder sentence dismissed by Judge Frank G Wagaman in Circuit Court. The formal recommittal to the Maryland Penitentiary was postponed pending full case records from the Baltimore State’s Attorney. Berman advised by himself argued the petition, claiming the jury’s failure in his shooting of Attorney Clinton S.
Neal Myers a 21-year-old University of Oklahoma student must face a District Court trial on a murder charge in the death of Marian Mills former campus beauty queen. At defense request he was bound over on the specific charge of using an instrument in an attempted abortion following a preliminary hearing.
In Queens residents along Foster avenue and 47th street report James Hines Reis drove a large truck through parked cars. He continued down 45th street and into Foster avenue causing damage while police were unavailable. A damaged car owner pursued, aided by a passerby, as officials were delayed.
Mrs Catherine Chaney of 300 East Franklin Street suffered serious burns this morning when an oil stove exploded as she prepared breakfast. Her husband John Chaney was burned on the arms as he helped, tearing away burning clothing. She is hospitalized at Washington County in serious condition but likely to recover, with the worst injuries on her abdomen.
The Chevrolet Motor Company announced immediate construction of an assembly and body plant on a five acre site near Baltimore with operations expected to begin by January 1. Architects are on site and 15000 workers will be employed at peak. The plant sits on the Broening highway near Camp Holabird.
Grunndelsee Austria August obituary notes Herbert Adams Gibbons died at 54 after two years of ill health. He requested Debussy’s Quartet in G as his favorite melody before death. He sought relief in Paris Munich and Salzburg then retired to Grunndelsee. Bodies to Ling forfeation then ashes to Princeton for memorials.
The three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls rejected Galen L. Tait’s harmony ticket. Harry W Nice received open support from William F. Broening former Baltimore mayor and Mayor L. M. Wertz of Hagerstown at a Baltimore testimonial dinner. Broening said we can win with Nice while Wertz noted Western Maryland favors Nice. Goldsborough campaigns in Allegany avoiding speeches, while Allegany backers see Tait as a possible tilt toward Nice. Washington county old guard supports Goldsborough and primaries will test strength between factions amid widening GOP breach.
Frederick N. Zihlman, former Republican congressman from the Sixth district, will run again in Rockville amid an old feud with Democratic incumbent David J. Lewis. Harold C. Smith disclosed Zihlman’s candidacy after he withdrew to back Zihlman. Lewis has announced renomination. Smith said Zihlman’s candidacy papers were filed in Annapolis. Lewis previously held the seat 1911 to 1917. Zihlman served 1910 to 1981. William A. Gunter, Cumberland attorney, also seeks the Republican nomination and will not withdraw.
CHICAGO August 4 Tons of farm products are expected to be exchanged for gate admissions at the World's Fair during Farm Week starting Saturday. Exposition officials face disposal challenges as a commission may need to house 67 horses seven mules and two donkeys among other animals.
National guardsmen were told to cry halt three times before firing and to deliver 10 warning shots into the air, not at suspects, amid political battles between Huey Long and Semmes Walmsley. Only three shots occurred, two at a prowler and one accidental discharge. Court orders led to a blackout as guardsmen faced document servers at Jackson Barracks while Adjutant General Fleming dodged the scene.
A rear Elizabeth street dump caught fire this morning around 9 30. Firemen faced little trouble extinguishing the blaze and sounded an alarm for early containment.
In Fillmore New York on August 8 a cat named Winship welcomed a young rabbit into its litter of kittens. The curious visitors flocked to view the unlikely family as the cat sheltered the brood under a barn and refused to reveal them.
College Park Maryland August 8 Seventeen carloads of steers from the drought troubled area near New Brightone Minnesota are to be pastured in Maryland for relief within a week. Dr Thomas M Symons in charge said the cattle were shipped yesterday.
James Ayling and Leonard Reid launched at dawn to fly non stop to Baghdad covering about 6,500 miles. The Trail of the Caribou carried 600 gallons of fuel and food for four days as they faced North Atlantic hazards seeking the new long distance record then held by Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi.
Five young boys tending sheep were blown apart when a World War shell they tried to dismantle exploded. Two more boys were badly injured in the blast in Kowal Poland on August 8. Local authorities reported the tragedy amid a rough, sparsely detailed scene.
In West Virginia Democratic primary Rush D. Holt, 29, edges past rivals to win the nomination and challenge Sen Henry Hatfield for the November race. Hatfield, a 59 year old former governor, campaigns against Roosevelt policies as Holt pledges support for the New Deal. Missouri nominating contest favors the Pendergast machine as Harry S Truman leads Rep John J. Cochran, while Kansas backs Governor Landon for a second term amid a reshaped state slate.
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