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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
6
Sheriff W Bruce Downin reported Deputies Renner and Brandt became snowbound near Millstone after reaching their assignment last night. Wind and drifting snow blocked return to the highway, forcing lodging at a nearby farmhouse. by noon they were slowly digging out.
Coast guards patrolled the battered Lake Michigan shore seeking wreckage of eight men killed when three fishing tugs sank in Tuesday’s storm. Bremen of South Haven and Martha of Michigan City sank with four crew each near South Haven Harbor and Michigan City lighthouse. Tuscarora crew of four escaped after their boat was driven ashore five miles away.
Dr. A. A. Redelin prominent Freeland physician and longtime official at local basketball games died after collapsing during a Penn State league contest between Freeland and Tunkhannock quin tets. The death occurred in Freeland on December 26, with Redelin serving as official timekeeper for over two decades.
Elizabeth Phillips of 186 South Potomac Street slept through the night but awoke to a Christmas tree fallen beside her bed. The incident left her with a few scratches and a severe fright, though she escaped injury beyond the shock.
Four men robbed the First State bank of Marlin at opening hour and kidnapped three staff members including M W Bradshaw the bank vice president and Miss Andrew Peyton an assistant as well as a negro porter The loot was estimated at about 40000 by bank officials The crime was discovered when a customer found the bank empty the vault open and a guest later saw Bradshaw leaving with the robbers A witness described a strange car heading west after the incident
Greensburg Pennsylvania is told of Mrs. Cyrus P. Markle who fed two hitch hikers last summer then jokingly invited them to sign the Hotel Markle register. On Christmas they sent a pantry set from a middle western city as thanks for the kindness.
Richard Walter, 66, of Baltimers, was found unconscious in snow on a lonely road near York and is in serious condition at York hospital with exposure. In Nanking, Revolutionary forces report a major national advance along the northern border of Fokien.
Sue Trammell, five months old, flown from Houston to Baltimore after an 1400 mile dash by aviator James Wedell, rests at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Drs Dandy and Kunkel assess hydrocephalus and consider surgery, with no immediate operation. The child’s condition is serious but not acute as officials review her case.
Jimmy Wedell landed his big red monoplane at Washington airport after a flight from Baltimore with Sue Trammell of Houston Texas for an emergency operation. He left the plane under field attendants and took a curtailed sleep without revealing his plans, with an expectation to possibly fly south later.
Patrick Dillon 54 of Belle Vernon, famed for rescuing six unconscious miners after the 1913 Mar ianna disaster, died yesterday in a Tremont mine accident. The report notes his heroic actions and his death in a state of tremor.
In Chicago, 15 month old twins Blanche and Barbara Marshall died after being smothered while sleeping with their mother, father, and 4 year old brother as temperatures plunged to eight below zero. The mother found the infants dead at 6 AM.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Captain Albert Gleason night commander of the police department was killed in a pistol battle with John Hrebener alias Conway a fugitive from New York state. Gleason died after being shot three times while pursuing the suspect in a hotel room. The slayer was found on a nearby roof with a bullet wound.
In Hollywood a motion picture scene forced Will Rogers to smoke a pipe. He turned pale and said he was sick. Production paused ten minutes while a messenger fetched an aromatic herb to ease his asthma.
Irvin W. Gearhart sues Richard Murray for 200 dollars claiming negligence after an automobile collision at Reynolds and Virginia avenues last October 31. The suit alleges the defendant operated the vehicle negligently.
The Bolivian government officially accepts a one month armistice extension with Paraguay to January 14, 1934. The Christmas holiday truce in the Chaco Boreal was set to end December 31.
The coldest winter day yet brought a 40 mph gale that left side roads blocked by five to six foot drifts. Snowplows worked through the night, while main arteries stayed open thanks to snow fences that kept the Williamsport road near Tammany clear.
In a 50 mile an hour wind and ten degree temperature, fire in the basement drove Robert L. Warfield's family from bed in Frederick Maryland. Firemen moved a family member down a ladder and confined the blaze to the basement. High winds piled snow drifts and highways were blocked. mail routes and trolleys were halted. Warfield sits on the Board of Education.
Wayneesboro milk dealers cut the price from 11 to 9 cents per quart following Hagerstown dairy moves, with producers not receiving lower prices. Secretary Henry Wallace said no consumer price fixing will occur if farmers get adequate income. In Virginia news, Stewart Jones, ex clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, pled guilty to misusing public funds and got six years in the state penitentiary.
United States trade data show exports at 184 million dollars and imports at 128 million, yielding a favorable balance of 36 million. The Commerce Department reported exports remained strong in November while imports fell sharply.
Russell Bennett Clark Waverly Clark and Albert Huntzberry surrendered to local federal authorities after a farm invasion theft and abduction in which they were linked to liquor charges. Prohibition agents found 828 gallons of spirits at the Clark farm and the trio faced federal warrants and possible state charges. They will be arraigned in Frederick at 3 pm.
At least six men died when a Missouri Pacific freight derailed after hitting a herd of cattle at Black Bridge Switch three and a half miles west of Calvert Texas. Three crew members perished. others were transients from Mart to Houston. Bodies of the trainmen were recovered. some transients remained trapped beneath wreckage.
Hundreds of members of the Democratic Organization Club are due tomorrow evening for the annual support and social at club headquarters. The Board of Governors will meet before the social to elect officers, with results announced during the event. The banquet includes a buffet, with turkeys and country hams roasting, as officers and leaders like President George A. Reed and Attorney General Wm. Preston Lane among expected attendees.
Raymond Eagle, 23, a tenant on farmer Henry Blatt’s Mount Colmon farm, confessed to shooting Blatt. Detectives said Blatt planned to marry in Florida and Eagle feared the marriage would affect his inheritance under Blatt’s will. The slaying occurred as Blatt planned to travel to Sebring Florida for the wedding.
In Miami on December 27 Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey hovered under low clouds to push toward the women's endurance record. If all goes as planned they will reach their sixth day at 1 30 p m and aim for the eight days four hours six minutes mark by 5 09 p m tomorrow. The Siam court report notes the King and Queen may visit the United States as White House guests of President and Mrs Roosevelt in Washington.
Bitter cold continues across North America with blizzards and heavy snow. Dozens die from exposure and accidents as fishermen perish at Michigan and the southeast endures roaring gales. Canada and distant provinces also report fatalities amid subzero conditions.
Eight-foot drifts and subzero temperatures blocked major highways north of St. Johnsbury Vermont as a blizzard raged. Four inches of snow raised the local depth to 17.2 inches overnight, with fierce winds worsening travel conditions.
New York faced a heavy 11 inch snow cover after yesterday's storm as an army of over 20 000 workers shoveled streets. The city hired about 18 000 additional unemployed laborers to clear snow, augmenting the regular 13 600., forecasts warned of a warmer tomorrow but potential more snow remained likely.
The 1600 milk wagon drivers strike in Philadelphia halted milk deliveries to many homes while shipments from Hagerstown to the city remained. Over 200 Washington County farmers send milk to Philadelphia and talks aimed at settling with local drivers continue as boycott calls spread from Havana.
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