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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
4
Fragmentary copy from La Crosse Wisconsin reports a religious building near loss to theft. A widow, now Mrs Z, contends she was unjustly imprisoned and appeals for divine aid and legal remedy. Continuation promised on page ten.
Thieves stripped Broadfording Dunkard Church of items including an eight day clock, chairs, rugs, dishes and kitchenware after breaking in via a coal hole. A wreath in the adjacent cemetery was vandalized. Deputy sheriffs investigated. Rev. David H. Petre reported the car presence likely linked to the theft.
Two Army airplanes practiced contact half a mile above San Diego for three minutes at night. No fuel transfer occurred during the test, which aimed to prove close proximity is possible for night mid air refueling. The pilots prepare for endurance flights starting January 1, with a tri motor aircraft simulating the endurance plane Question Mark and a refueling ship ready to deliver fuel.
Chicago, Dec 29. Werman Matten, a 45 year old Leap Year husband, was ordered by Judge Edgar Jones to pay Ida Matten 10 dollars weekly alimony after he quit his job following their marriage last April. The court noted the unusual claim did not excuse support obligations.
In Chicago on December 29 a 14 year old girl, Mrs Anna Lauman, believed she was in the way and hanged herself at her son's house in the attic. The incident occurred last night and was reported as a tragic case of self harm.
Chester Batt was fined ten dollars and costs after being found guilty of a charge against Willard Canfield at the courthouse. Magistrate Richard Duffey imposed the penalty.
Washington, Dec 29. Dr Joseph Goldberger, famed for proving pellagra is vitamin deficiency and for developing a yeast based cure, is suddenly stricken by a mysterious anemia like illness. Two blood transfusions given, 14 of 20 volunteers accepted, doctors unsure of primary cause.
Ray Edstrom of Council Bluffs Iowa filed a federal suit seeking 18000 damages alleging health impairment from army service. He claims battle injuries occurred at Samp Pike Arkansas during World War I and that cold weather and walking through water to tend a heating plant caused continuing health issues.
Nathan Leopold Jr one of the thrill slayers of Bobbie Franks is ill with influenza at the state penitentiary Joliet. His condition is reported to be not serious.
Walter Lutman a 37 year old city lineman and former police member shot his sister-in-law Violet Wyncoop and her husband Ross Wyncoop of Elizabeth street before turning the gun on himself in the same home. His 12 year old son Walter H watched the sequence as Lutman had ranted about killing his wife whom he believed to be with others. Lutman had been intoxicated for days and had beaten his wife the previous afternoon. Police advised the wife to stay away from home until morning, enabling her to escape danger.
CHICAGO December 29 The oddest happenings occur in the city The Rasmussen coal load caught fire yesterday The truck brakes overheated at Cottage Grove and Seventy Ninth street The coal began to burn causing half hour traffic snarls Firemen put out the fire Rasmussen shoveled coal clinkers and ashes back onto the truck and resumed business
Miss Ruth Duvall, 18, missing since her father J D Duvall was slain at State Prison arm Camp No 9 near Parchman. Police and guards search for Charley Shepherd, 41, a camp inmate blamed by Dr L T Fox penitentiary superintendent for the killings and the kidnapping of the young student who formerly won a beauty title at Sunflower Agricultural College.
May McAvoy, the film actress, announced her engagement to Maurice Cleary, manager of the British Dominion Film Company, which is producing in Jollywood Cal. The wedding is planned for April.
Two motorcycle police thought a speeding car carried bootleggers on an outlying road in Washington when they halted it they found Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist Church New York as a passenger driven by his son John The Stratons said they were hurrying to a religious meeting in Richmond and forfeited $10 in traffic court on the speeding charge Police estimated their speed at 50 miles an hour.
Washington plans a four mile inaugural parade for Herbert Hoover on March 4 with about 20 000 participants. The ceremony would take around two hours to pass and would accompany the inauguration events.
Health authorities in Ha gerstown dispel fear over grippe and pneumonia, noting no current rise over December and January. Physicians urge staying indoors at first sign of illness and following medical advice to prevent complications. No school closures planned as of now.
In Chicago a two months old baby, Marillyn Ann Cuffall, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Cuffall of Cleveland, was believed to be the first of her age to travel on an inter city air line. The infant flew with her parents from Cleveland to visit the grandmother, a trip chosen for the baby's rest.
Eddie Kane sought for twelve years as a member of a notorious pearl robbers gang has been captured in Milwaukee. A 1926 jewel heist of Jesse Livermore pearls worth 127000 is attributed to him. gang leader James A Monaghan, known as Boston Billy, is already serving fifty years in Sing Sing.
Thieves rifled the H. Clay Kelley store near Highfield taking watches guns and other merchandise while Kelley was away for Christmas. Deputies investigated as a fire started in a room likely from a defective flue and local fire crews extinguished the blaze before Blue Ridge Summit arrived.
Cyrus Newcomer, a Ringgold farmer, was badly injured after falling from a wagon and striking a fence. He suffered three fractured ribs and lay semi conscious for a time before crawling to attract help from a household member.
New York dispatch reports Mrs Georgen R Kinsey and Colonel Kinsey once planned a year apart to test compatibility. After returning from France she met again at the Hotel Pennsylvanian and agreed to end the separation, deciding to marry at once.
Cincinnati hospital battles for 18 month old Jans Proch who swallowed a toy motorcycle and hovers between life and death. Dr Feul N Fleming, recently recovered from grippe, offers his services and cites experience with esophagoscope and Dr Chevalier Jackson trained at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia. He notes he is subject to immediate call in Cincinnati. He had previously removed a turkey bone splinter from Mrs Nina Stouffer’s esophagus, saving her after Christmas dinner injury.
CHICAGO December 29 A mother killed herself and her two babies by turning on gas stove burners in their Cicero home. Victims are Mrs Mary Zabradnik Joseph Jr age 4 and Otto age 1. The mother punished the boy for disobedience by breaking his nose. the father left for work and found the scene this morning.
Leander Livingston Lawrence aged 58 a native of Hagerstown died yesterday in New Rochelle New York He acted for years in many prominent companies Born November 20 1870 in Hagerstown Survived by widow Bessie Belle Lawrence son Robert Forrest Lawrence of New Rochelle daughter Renee Lawrence Birch of Clarendon Virginia Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery Washington tomorrow.
Four family members and two servants bound with adhesive tape as jewels worth $10,000 were stolen from the Samuel Blisky residence in Chicago last night.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday follows a cold start in the North and Middle Atlantic States with fair skies. Temperatures rise slowly with rain or snow around Wednesday followed by fair conditions and cooler temperatures thereafter.
Despondent over illness John W. Stouffer aged 54 hanged himself at about 2 AM in the rear of his 1925 Virginia Avenue residence. He suffered liver cancer for two years and recently worried about his condition. Survived by wife two sons Oscar F. Stouffer and others. Funeral Monday at 1 PM at home with Rev. W. L. Remsburg officiating. burial Manor Cemetery.
Berlin faced an unprecedented blanket of fog, rivaling London, spreading across the capital and the republic and obscuring visibility throughout the day.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on December 29 rewards were piling up for the arrest and conviction of a mob that lynched Emanuel McCallum a wealthy automobile mechanic. The lynching followed a mass meeting sponsored by the Hattiesburg Chamber of Commerce. A reward of 24 dollars was offered by a wealthy lumberman while city and county officials met to set an adequate reward. McCallum was taken from his home by about 12 men around midnight Wednesday. His body was found hanging from a tree limb about five miles away the next morning. Authorities have not determined a motive for the crime.
The Igloo Club Inc of West Washington Street filed with the State Tax Commission for incorporation. The club aims for social and recreation purposes with capital stock of 1000 shares at par value $1. Incorporators are Cyran E. Everhart Russell Warner and Peer Boretos.
Firemen wearing gas masks fought dense smoke for about an hour at the American Wool Stock Company plant on Fairmont Avenue and Haven Street in Baltimore. A large quantity of wool cloth was destroyed and losses were estimated around 980 000 at the company’s office.
John A. Miller, longtime merchant and observer at the government weather station in Keedynville, is a victim of the gripe wave and confined to his home at Rak.
Tires were stolen from the biles of R Scott, Harry Bt Eldred Rinehart, Risggeld in the past ten days, authorities said.
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