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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1927
Page
6
Baltimore police hunted a swarthy heavyset man about forty linked to a crude bomb blast that damaged the East Falls pumping station. A new bomb squad guarded public sites as investigators described high explosive use and noted similar dynamite damage at Mayor Broening’s home. No injuries were reported.
London Aug. 26 Viscount Cecil refused to deny or confirm reports he resigned as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster over differences with colleagues on League of Nations policy He said I cannot answer that question in response to inquiries about the rumor
At the 55th annual WCTU convention in Minneapolis Mrs Harriet G Wheeler age 100 of Tecumseh Michigan was celebrated as the world’s oldest active temperance worker. She joined the society fifty years ago.
In Omaha on August 26 Rachel a two and a half year old Gypsy child was found to have Gypsy blood after medical tests by Dr A P Condon. She had been snatched from Oakland Nebraska where the caravan camped, amid efforts by families in Pureka California and Archer Nebraska to locate their lost child. The caravan returned to Oakland content that Rachel remains with her people.
Vinton Hershey chairman of the new industries committee of the Chamber of Commerce conferred with two representatives of a company considering locating in Hagerstown and will conduct an investigation. Routine business was discussed at the meeting.
Roy A. Haynes former prohibition commissioner announced he would head the Economy Fire Insurance Company as articles of incorporation were filed in Maryland.
Vienna August 26 Dr Joseph Muir of New York presented a new radioactive seed method for inflamed skin tissues at the Cancer Research Congress The seed uses radon contained in a platinum screened container with withdrawable threads to avoid burning and permanent implantation The seeds aim to destroy malignant tissue more efficiently than prior radium methods Dr Muir formerly led at the New York throat nose and lung hospital and has since focused on radium therapy
Workers battle to free Fred Lenau of Auburn who was trapped in a forty foot well after a cave in. Rescue teams feared the wall would collapse again delaying the operation as dawn approached with hours of digging ahead. Lenau clung to hope, telling rescuers he could hold out all night if rescued.
A large mob of Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers attacked the American consulate in Cherbourg. Police soldiers and gendarmes fought rioters as firemen tried to push back the crowd. A barricade of coal wagons and barrels was stormed by colonial infantry, many injured but none seriously. Fifteen rioters were arrested.
Sheriff William C. Roderick and deputies arrested Ralph B. Routzahn, proprietor of a Middletown road house, and seized 415 bottles of homebrew along with equipment used to make it. Routzahn received a four month term in Frederick County Jail.
New York Aug 26 steeped in hurricane fury passengers of the Martha Washington described 80 to 119 mile per hour gusts 50 foot waves and decks rolling as ships labored through the Atlantic. Other liners including the Resolute and Yoro reached port with injuries and delayed sailings after the storm.
Patrolman Ambrose captured Dewey McVane following a chase through several blocks yesterday afternoon on West Washington Street. Railroad workers reported McVane entering a car and fleeing Antietam Street. police found an operator's card and registration papers issued to McVane in Grafton, West Virginia.
Old Glory the Fokker monoplane, carrying Lloyd Bertaud and J. D. Hill with full fuel and supplies for a 4300 mile nonstop Rome flight, remained grounded again due to persistent adverse weather. Philip Payne, representing Hearst, cited 1200 miles of headwinds between Roosevelt Field and Newfoundland as the obstacle delaying takeoff.
Maurice Bokanowski minister of Commerce and aviation in the French cabinet arrived in Detroit from Toronto by airplane to meet Henry Ford and inspect local industrial plants. He traveled with his son Jean Francois 19 and Garreau Dombasle attache of the French embassy in Washington.
Washington reports that radicals seized the Amparo Mining Company plant in Jalisco Mexico. Seventeen foreign workers were said to be threatened with seizure in their homes while 18 Americans and 11 British took refuge in Amparo. The embassy later said the military had the situation under control and the serged group’s position was satisfactory.
Keedysville weather observer J. A. Miller notes yesterday’s high of 74 ties a near record for August in 23 years. Morning low was 48 with a raw wind and slate skies. some forecasters predicted snow tomorrow, though Miller calls that idea unlikely.
Fire destroyed the barn of Chester Creek along the State road near Sideling Hill on the Alleghany county line. The blaze consumed the entire crop of wheat oats and hay valued at about $500 and farming implements worth around $100.
Major Bechon Somerville in charge of the Washington district closed the public hearing on Potomac River Corporation’s request to build dams at Great Falls. He will prepare a report within a month for the Federal Power Commission. Protests cite loss of river beauty as the project targets Virginia Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The body of J Ogden Armour Chicago financier and jacker arrived in New York on the liner Berengaria from London. Accompanied by Mrs Armour and her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John J Mitchell, funeral plans call for Chicago service next Tuesday.
Frank Lloyd Wright, famed architect, granted a divorce from Miriam N. Wright in Madison Wisconsin. She receives cash settlement and a trust fund totaling 30 thousand dollars with monthly payments. Wright may marry again after a year under Wisconsin law. The decree notes a moral life pledge and settlement arranged at Taliesen estate. Wright had previously divorced Catherine L. Wright in 1922 on desertion charges.
In Wilmington Maryland Aug 26 Miss Bessie Darnell 23 of Baltimore and her mother Mrs Frank H Darnall 41 were badly injured when the touring car they rode collided with a south bound Pennsylvania Railroad train at the DuPont Boulevard crossing near Haven Lake Milford.
Rev J E Klingaman of Dover PA former pastor of St Pauls Clearspring will preach at the Sunday evening service at 730 oclock at the Reformed church there Miss Florence Cutty of Baltimore will sing.
Fair weather draws fifteen thousand farmers and families to Conomac Park for the eleventh annual picnic hosted by the Washington County Farm Bureau and Rural Federation of Women’s Clubs. The program features three speeches by farm experts, athletic contests, dances, band concerts, and a basket luncheon to foster farmers meeting each other.
Reports from Brunswick and Caracas say Pan American aviator Paul Redfern, bound for Brazil, had not been sighted after departing Brunswick at 12 46 PM local time. A Nassau radio sighting placed him 300 miles west of the Bahama Islands, but no confirmation has followed as ships and islands are asked to report any sign of the Port of Brunswick.
Police arrested Lee Redman after parents accused him of giving whisky to an invalid youth. Authorities found Redman with a partly full pint bottle of whisky as he was with the youth when Patrolman Hasty arrived. He faced a charge of being drunk.
Memorial services at sea were planned by San Francisco citizens for seven missing fliers from the Dole Flight. The Matson liner Maui would halt 700 miles west of San Francisco on Sept. 16 to cast flowers and offer prayers aboard, with the Maui sailing Sept. 14. The search for the missing Miss Doran and Golden Eagle continued as naval vessels scoured the Pacific for the remaining planes and crew.
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