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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
8
Fragmentary text mentions Utah and Rio Jan, Herbert Hoor decides not to visit Havana. Reference to goodwill trip and inauguration, Mexico City and Texas, Pereira De matters, and a multitude. Unable to determine clear event or entities from the mangled source.
A Dec 20 report from the Labor Department notes price increases in fresh foods since October. Rice, onions, fresh milk, butter, tomatoes and prunes went higher, while oranges fell 18 percent and pork chops eased about 5 percent. Other staples showed varied gains, with sirloin steak and bacon among observed changes.
Williamsport Community Band will hold a Sunday 2 PM concert in the high school auditorium with director Partridge preparing a Christmas themed program. The band, noted for accompanying the Maryland delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Houston, Texas, continues musical progress under Partridge.
A famine in AC radio tubes grips the area with dealers nearly frantic over Christmas business. Except for one or two shops, no AC tubes are available locally. Trips to Baltimore and Washington fail to find stock, and the exact cause remains unexplained.
Drakesboro Kentucky mourns as funeral plans form for six miners killed in Diamond Mining Company mine Tuesday night. Bodies recovered after a long rescue effort amid debris blocked the entry. victims were Cleve Bolin 45 Leonard Eppley 24 Nelson Vermont 25 Ofer Davis 25 Roy Bzell 35 Jim Sullivan 29 all married.
Rev Dr Scott R Wagner spoke at the Monarch Club luncheon on the significance of small Christmas things. A Christmas program featured vocal selections by Claude Potterfield and Edward King with Mrs King at the piano. Guests included J E Melonas Baltimore John S Jones Daniel A Downing Joseph W Wolfinger and Dr Wagner. New member admitted was Dr A L Keim.
Quentin Shrader, 24, remains in serious condition after being shot in the back by Walter L. Kupp during a home looting. Hospital attendants report he is holding his own though the wound is grave. Service announcement notes Rev. Walter Byron Stehl to officiate at a Baltimore burial, with no service at St. John's Episcopal Church tomorrow.
Miss Laulee N Emmert daughter of the late John and Louisa Emmert died at 755 Summit avenue last night at 11 o clock from valvular heart trouble she suffered twelve years She accompanied her parents and siblings to Kansas in 1871 later returned to Hagerstown with sister Helen After death of parents She was a member of First Baptist Church Surviving siblings John B Detroit W N and Charles Kansas City Mo Mrs J M Rowland Tilghmanton and Helen at home Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Dr Irwin officiating interment Manor cemetery Shooting match at Mt Briar on Saturday Dec 22 Still target shot or rifle Ducks and chickens Geo W Abbott Keerysville Office closed Dec 22 to Jan 2 Dr E B Sefton For your Christmas Tangier Sound Craters wholesome fresh shucked daily from Tangier Sound packing houses free from condemnation Inspected by state and federal health authorities Wholesale and Retail Bhipp s Fish Market Phone 2478
The piece urges readers to support Salvation Army efforts during the Christmas season. It highlights the need to aid families in distress and prompts contributions to fund the 1928 29 budget, stressing that giving brings happiness to the less fortunate. It emphasizes the role of local sisters and volunteers in delivering cheer.
The Baltimore Sun reports a group of Montgomery county House of Delegates opponents to E Brooke Lee seeks Republican aid to gain control during the 1929 Maryland Legislature. The session starts January 2 with Democrats reportedly anti-Ritchie. a working agreement with Republicans could sidestep the Democratic caucus in Annapolis on the eve of the session.
Amherst Ohio December 20 The Amherst Savings and Banking Co a small country bank was closed this morning by state superintendent B H Blair after a run on the bank yesterday The run followed the death by own action Monday of Jacob Baus 60 vice president and director and a prominent shoe merchant His body was found hanging in his garage The closure ends a brief banking episode tied to a local leadership figure and market concerns in the community of Amherst.
New York reports a British flyer’s wife bringing a compass to the United States. Customs initially confiscated the compass and poured out the alcohol inside. After explanation to a superior, the delicate instrument was admitted intact for future flights and use.
Clarence Saunders founder of Aladdin chain grocery married Miss Patrick Houston of Mississippi in a quiet Chicago Temple ceremony conducted by Rev. W D Fairchild. The union links a notable Southern family with a pioneering retail magnate in a high society event reported from Chicago.
Shreveport, La. Dec. 20 A tri motor Fokker army plane completed in sight refueling in flight near Alabama as it continued west to Shreveport. The operation, the second in aviation history, used a rubber hose cable from the supply ship C-2 to the Question Mark at 1500 feet, saving about 20 minutes versus landing to refuel. Major Garl Spatz and Capt. Tra C Baker piloted the Mission from Montgomery to Shreveport and planned onward to Midland, Texas.
Do You Recall YEARS AGO TODAY reports the Home Light Plant had 2 075 users and a $63 000 bill with $50 000 still due though value quoted at $138 000 Nevin Oswald organized a Mercershurs barnstorming basketball trip Stanley Hoffman was last in spelling bee in Smoketown Baltimore papers listed eight Morris Martin Bloom and Joseph C Rou ite among six biggest men in the state Eva Swope Wilson Gardner Miles Shady Bower Nina Koppitch Lettersburg Clayton Miller Kea dysville Madeline A Penn and Charles W Hook newlyweds J M Bower elected Councilor Funkstown Jr U A M
Turkeys remained steady at 10 and 15 on the city market. Henry Strite of Cear Oss Pike Brant weighed four birds totaling 60 pounds. JT Spickler of Fairview buried his 32 year old family horse. An grippe epidemic swept Baltimore. P N Bowers of this city became Adams Express Messenger on the Harrisburg Winchester run replacing Edward Mickey. Henry S Kaiss, 82, and Missouri Neill, 16, both of Mt Aetna, with O G Crumbaugh and Edna L Jacobs of this city were licensed to wed.
Spokesmen in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia say they know nothing of any plan to move the body of Belle Boyd from Kilbourne Wisconsin to Virginia. Historians note Boyd died in Wisconsin in June 1900 during a theatre tour and was born in Berkeley or Jefferson County West Virginia. Confederate groups say they have had no information about a monument to her memory.
Crashes and explosions shattered shop windows and damaged a mile of pavement from Shaftsbury Avenue to Bloomsbury. Pedestrians were knocked down, a motorbus was struck, a horse killed, and a taxi overturned. One resident reported a blast that blew them off their feet as fire engines arrived then left. Omer C. Layman of 116 East Baltimore Street was hospitalized.
Washington reports the Senate will continue to fight the Roy O. West nomination for Interior secretary. West faced questions over Salt Creek royalties and links to Samuel Insull as the Senate pubic lands committee reviewed testimony calling him unsuitable. A Federal Water Power Commission letter noted ten waterpower license applications pending before the commission, of which the Interior secretary sits.
Keedysville Bank with a 25000 capital reports a four percent dividend for the year totaling one percent, citing 21114 in undivided profits and a 50000 surplus. President Grant Wyand says every penny of surplus and profits has been earned by the institution.
New York December 20 The stock market resumed gains at the open with broader volume. Central Alloy Steel moved 22 000 shares at 45 1 2 cents and Sinclair 611 10 000 shares at 41 1 2 cents, both up slightly. Early leaders included Montgomery Ward Wright Aeronautical Magna Copper and General Electric while Vick Chemical rose 3 4 point to 80.
Berlin December dispatch reports Swedish explorer Sven Anders Hedin stating Chinese geologist Yuan unearthed 30 fully developed Jurassic dinosaurians in western China south of Santai. Three newborns, 24 inches long, were found near the mother, with an egg also discovered nearby. Claim notes this as Asia’s first Jurassic dinosaur discovery.
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