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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
2
Fragmentary text reflects a deposition or testimony about tax invasion charges. Mentions two vices, an overlord figure, hired help, clothing, and a New Jersey to New York beer context. Garbled names and phrasing obscure specific facts or identities.
The excerpt notes early initiative in 1807 with a pioneer agricultural society. About a decade later mechanical ingenuity emerged with labor-saving devices like cradles and threshing machines, replacing sickles and flails, and by 1817 George Reynolds of Shepherdstown patented a machine with three
Federal Judge James A. Lowell died at his home after ten days illness aged 64. His death ends impeachment proceedings over his decision to extradite George Crawford to Virginia for a murder charge. Crawford, arrested in Boston for the slayings of Mrs Margaret Boeing Tsley and her maid Nina Buckner at Middleburg, had a habeas corpus writ ruled invalid by Lowell citing jury exclusions for Negroes in Virginia. The Circuit Court of Appeals later overruled Lowell and Crawford was returned to Virginia. Lowell hailed from a lineage of four Lowells on the federal bench dating back to the first appointed by Washington.
Rainfall here was below normal as Thanksgiving Day closed a cooler month. The Chewsville station recorded a high of 70 degrees under cloudy skies, with a 19 degree rise from 1932 and a 37 degree rise from three years ago. Yesterday’s low reached 47, far above the 1930 Thanksgiving minimum.
Norfolk and Western Railway reports ten month net income of 18,060,078 dollars, up 6,388,877 from prior year. October net income reached 32,726,663 dollars, up 211,845 from October 1932 but down 217,28 from September 1933 due to coal traffic decline after seasonal peak.
Staff Sergeant Preston L. Miller and James H. Dodge, both from Bolling Field, were killed when the plane they owned crashed on the Fotomac River bank near Cumberland. A fellow enlisted man, Wolfe Hamley, identified the ship and said the crash followed a high wind. The wreck crossed the river and debris fell on the Maryland side. Bodies were taken to wait for field instructions.
Fred L. Kenney age 69 of Dallas Texas former vice president of the American Tobacco Company died last night at his home. In Cranston Rhode Island Mrs John Pappa aged 61 choked to death during Thanksgiving dinner.
Pedestrians shed heavy coats as rainfall reached 0.88 inch against a 2.03 inch normal. At Chenaville, November snowfall totaled 0.25 inch, far below the 1.10 inch average. Mr Oswald reported the month’s weather figures.
Report outlines ongoing actions by Governor Ritchit and Attorney General as district judges consider reconvening the Somerset county grand jury. A secret hearing is planned, with witnesses summoned including state policemen tied to affidavits. Banter of releases followed a riot in Princess Anne and Salisbury, while a gunshot injury was ruled accidental.
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