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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1939
Page
7
Plattsburg reports Gen Hugh A Drum urging realism in self defense as First Army maneuvers reveal manpower and equipment gaps. He says the field force totals only 23 percent of paper strength with 67 percent machine gun shortfall, 3 percent truck deficit, and 57 percent rifle shortage.
Baltimore August 16 Attorney General William C Walsh questioned whether 5214 merit system jobs were placed legally and urged a full review of the system especially for 1923 to 1928 positions. He said uncertainties should be cleared by amendments or executive orders or both. Resorts Atlantic City NJ.
Manon played by Lamarr in an Oriental drama where Delaroch pursues her while she outwits him to secure passports for her and her husband amid lavish settings. Jack Conway directs as a supporting cast including Schildkraut Franklin Cossart and others highlight the production. In New York George Dietrich-Musica pleads guilty to 14 counts of mail fraud and conspiracy possibly facing 67 years and 36000 in fines.
Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr star in Lady of the Tropics opening tomorrow at the Maryland Theatre. The Indo Chinese intrigue and mystery frame a romance as Taylor, a penniless American, arrives in Saigon and falls for Lamarr’s character amid exotic settings.
An airplane owned by a New York advertising executive crashed during takeoff from Rentschler Field in Hartford. Two men were killed Michael Madrazo of Corona Queens and Joseph Kransky of Jamaica Queens. Pilot Wynn Bradford of Flushing and co pilot Eli Abramson of Hempstead were critically injured. George Daulfkirsch of East Elmhurst New York suffered lesser injuries.
Chambersburg Public Opinion editor Ross K Gilbert is reported critically ill at his summer cottage in the Caledonia section.
Baltimore Aug 16 The State Unemployment Compensation Board weighs whether Celanese Corp Cumberland plant 11 day stoppage was a strike or a lockout The Textile Workers Union CIO represented by Isadore Katz argues it is a lockout to suppress workers rights Celanese contends workers walked out under union leadership and that operations could resume when allowed by management The hearing adjourned as union lawyers prepare a reply to the company brief and wage and recognition disputes looming since August 1 1928
Hazel Lindsay, 16, in the 100 block Clarkson Avenue was bitten in the leg by a dog yesterday evening. She received medical treatment and the dog was ordered confined for 10 days.
George Walker of Bethel Street sustained a slight leg injury when his motorcycle collided with an automobile on the Middlebury pike last night. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Franklin Delano Jones and Homer Adams Jones were hospitalized in Beckley while Rush Dew Jones remained at home in Eccles. The three triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones, born three months ago, were named for President Roosevelt, Governor Holt and Senator Holt. Doctors say the two ill children suffer from an infantile complaint but are not in serious danger.
Palm Beach county grand jury indees Charles Jefferson, a smooth talking promoter, on charges of kidnapping, rape, and murder with the state seeking the death penalty. He allegedly lured two Miami high school girls from their homes, attacked them, stabbed one to death, and held the other prisoner for three days. The survivor, Jean Bolton, a night club singer, testified to the ordeal endured in a car beside a swamp near Boca Raton.
In Raton, the bruised body of 17 year old Frances Dunn was found near the zone. An indictment followed a week after the girls were abducted, signaling a swift legal response to the case.
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