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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
8
Boston police link the fatal bakery slaying of 18 year old Ethel Zuckerman to a dispute over stale bread. A man aged 50 to 60, once a taxi driver, who asked for 10 loaves earlier, is being sought for questioning. No money appeared stolen.
In Panquitch Utah Dee Imlay and wife left their children Rae and Chad asleep while visiting a relative. The children searched the dark 10 below zero house and walked with Rae guiding Chad to Uncle Frank's house before returning home. Rae carried Chad until rescue arrived. Rae, Chad and Rae’s mother suffered minor injuries.
In Smithsburg area near Bonny Brook the Fritz family faced a near tragedy as coal gas from a stove flooded their upstairs apartment. Dorothy and Bobby Fritz woke their parents, enabling Lorraine Fritz and Dr Joseph Protzman to escape danger as the doctor helped others outside. Birds caused debris buildup that nearly blocked the gas pipe entrance.
T. G. Connors hires counsel to defend his chow dog charged by Police Chief Postlethwaite with killing James Johnston's cat. The case, to be heard in police court, states the dog has a habit of killing cats and biting people. If convicted, the chow must die.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Keyser of 60 West Church Street were injured when their car left the highway near New Market Virginia Tuesday overturning. Mrs Keyser was unconscious with head and facial cuts while Mr Keyser suffered lacerations. They received treatment at New Market and continued to Ingham Virginia to visit relatives planning to return Sunday.
Three youths Leroy Wilkinson 18 Mayor Barnett 21 and Roger Bloom 21 are held in connection with a December 14 store robbery at J M Buchanan on Manila Avenue. Officers chased one into a Foundry Street doorway and found tobacco blankets cigarettes socks gloves pipes and other items in a suitcase and bureau drawer.
In Poznan Poland December 21 funeral crowds estimated at 60 000 attended a mass burial for eight schoolchildren killed in December 15 wreck. Four coffins carried the children each with Christmas toys including a dolk.
In Harrisburg the House passed the joint resolution ratifying the federal child labor amendment after Senate passage. Governor Pinchot supports it. A separate note reports Charles Curry’s bicycle theft at 253 East Howard Street yesterday.
Food poisoning claimed the life of Danish Arctic explorer Dr Knud Rasmussen in Copenhagen after a long illness linked to his Greenland expedition. He was 54 and had been gravely ill since returning November 2.
The Canadian national liner Prince George was abandoned after running aground at Vadio Rock in northern British Columbia. All 12 passengers and part of the crew reached lifeboats safely at Annox mining center four miles away. Coast guard vessels from Alaska and Prince Rupert headed to the scene as the vessel’s holds were punctured and flotation was not expected without aid.
Paris police say a 40 member espionage ring operating across France implicated German involvement with possible Berlin links. Two Americans, the Switzes, were among ten arrests as investigators seized vast documents, some Soviet in origin, and feared military secrets may have already left the country. The United States consul discussed the case with French authorities as deportation looms pending further evidence.
Thieves entered Western Enterprise Fire Hall through a side window and ransacked four first floor lockers stealing about $100 in cash. Phreaner Logan's locker yielded $53 and Charles Goetz's $40. The robbers acted while two drivers slept on the second floor.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr says he would not have left England and Gertrude Lawrence for the current role. He will not discuss marriage to Miss Lawrence until Joan Crawford's divorce is final on May 14. A friend says engagement could be announced after May 14 and a wedding soon after.
Three trains carrying government supporters for Cuba's anti Platt amendment demonstration were wrecked by unknown assailants near Aguilar Casaj al Manduito causing at least two deaths and multiple injuries. A sniper barrage accompanied the unrest as Havana mayor Alejandro Vergara reportedly resigned to President Grau San Martin. In Camden New Jersey a wife had her husband arrested after a beating, who faced a bigamy charge and a two to five year prison term following police testimony. In Miami Frances Marsales and Helen Richey pursued aerial endurance flights to stay aloft beyond New Year’s Day.
Western Washington faces renewed floods as rivers rise amid fifth storm of winter. Everett endures worst Snohomish county flood on record, while Chehalis valley, Skagit county, Aberdeen, and Cowlitz and Columbia rivers see rising water. A toppled tree on Snoqualmie Pass killed C. J. Aschenbrenner, 46, of Portland, Oregon.
Representative Cole appeals to President Roosevelt over a proposed coast guard and navy merger. The protest, led by Maryland Yacht Club chairman W Tilghman Hemley, warns the consolidation would damage shipping, yachting and coastal defenses.
A gang of eight heavily armed men stormed Russell Clark's stone mansion near St James early this morning, abducted Clark and his employee Abe Huntsberry, and seized cash and papers. Mrs Clark described the raid detailing firing, handcuffing, and the family's scramble as the assailants looted a shed and departed with the hostages two hours later.
The Democratic Organization Club announces a buffet supper menu of turkey country ham potato salad celery olives ice cream take and coffee for next Thursday night. An executive meeting of the Board of Governors will precede the social and officers for the year will be elected. George A Reed is expected to be urged to keep the presidency due to his popularity and active club leadership.
In York Pennsylvania police link oyster truck hijack from Crisfield Maryland to an apparent oystermen’s racket. Victims Harold Ward and Milburn Elliott report forced drive on Susquehanna trail then held 24 hours. Truck missing. authorities seek leads. In Maryland, 16 Eastern Shore watermen released on bail of 300 dollars each after raid on Potomac river boats.
John H. Muller, a furniture salesman in his 30s, repeatedly found mice in bowls of soup at three New York restaurants. Witnesses say Muller made a fuss, while a wary restaurateur claimed never to have served soup with mice.
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