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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
6
Dan Cupid appears to have a strong year in 1933 with the county recording high marriage licenses despite unemployment. Clerk Edward Oswald notes September brought 243 licenses and December may surpass prior yearly totals, with six months exceeding June in annual licenses.
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey extended their record endurance refueling flight as dense fog hampered visibility near Miami Fra. The pair faced exhaustion and debated continuing after surpassing the previous eight days four hours five minutes mark at 6 05 p m Yesterday. Marsalis reported ground crew fear and described dropping to 400 feet before pulling up to avoid danger while the airport vanished in the low mist. The stormy morning included lightning as the two women pressed the mission into uncertain hours.
Harold A Riser, 32, of Baltimore, and Mary M Reid, 35, of Hagerstown, secured a marriage license in the period report.
Courthouse records indicate 1520 deeds and mortgages recorded in 1933 versus 1931 totals of 2192, reflecting a low mood. The Clerk of Court reports 86 divorce suits docketed in 1933, down from 101 in 1932.
Two aviators were rescued after being found safe in their plane about 53 miles west of Grand Haven Michigan. Sudbury Ontario posted temperatures of 54 below zero as a historic cold wave gripped the region. New York City froze at three degrees below zero, the coldest since February 1 1920, sending residents into heavy winter attire.
Colorado Governor Edwin C. Johnson said he would not commute Walter Reppin an 18 year old from Newark New Jersey sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the killing of Vincent Regan a Colorado Springs taxi driver during a holdup Reppin faces execution in early January and Johnson noted the barbarity argument but found no grounds for mercy.
Howard Bohrer of Big Pool died yesterday after a seven month illness at his father in law M. Zeller’s home in Oakland. He leaves a widow and two sons Marvin and Willard. Funeral from Oakland home at 10 AM Saturday with services at Oakland Church and burial nearby. Susan A Tyler a well known colored woman died Thursday at 6 30 PM at Washington County Hospital after a few hours illness aged 46. She is survived by sister Mrs Clover Harper of New York City. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM at her home 428 North Jonathan street with Rev Grant officiating. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
New York gears up for New Year’s Eve with high prices at hotels and clubs. Hotels offer dinners and entertainment from 5 to 12 dollars per plate plus extras. Clubs range around 12.50 dollars while some venues skim more for cocktails and champagne. Retail liquor stores report strong sales as the city anticipates a festive night.
Frank Henson, 1 North Foundry Street, was seriously injured when the automobile carrying seven people overturned near Bridgeport Bridge at 1 AM. Henson suffered a spine injury and shock. hospital reports at noon listed his condition as fair. Driver Carol Cornell, U.S. Army, allegedly skidded on icy roads while approaching a sharp curve en route to Hagerstown. several passengers, including Cleve Henson, Mary Teach, Alvey Young, and Morris, escaped injury.
Civil unrest erupts as police fire on revolters wounding many and prompting deployment of machine guns in the city. Rebels cut telephone lines while crowds attacked police headquarters in Santa Fe and Hosario. Radicals convene in Santa Fe and Hosario voting against elections as Buenos Aires readies forces after Rosario outbreaks.
A four part Christmas program will be given tonight at 7 20 at Union Chapel Corbett street. Recitations dialogues duets and choruses will feature forty participating children. Rev Ira W Schindel pastor and Rev Hiram Davis former pastor will speak. Mrs Iola Dellinger will preside at the piano and Mrs C B Ridenour will direct the program.
The Public Works Administration backed a loan at 4 percent to fund a new hospital with repayment from the S. M. Bloom estate in about two years. A prior denial due to status of Washington County Hospital as a public institution was overridden by a General Assembly bill. The State Board and federal officials met in Washington to accelerate approval as the plan would employ over two hundred workers, including carpenters, steel workers, and laborers.
North Dakota story says Charles Johnson and his trained coyote nicknamed King were jailed. Johnson had five days for trapping without a license after the coyote dug out a skunk. Wardens later charged the animal with catching game birds. Johnson denied aiding birds but said he trained the coyote.
Reports to the American Society of Bacteriologists reveal tuberculosis in two iguanas a frog a turtle and a rattlesnake at the Philadelphia zoo gardens. Researchers Aronson and Hendrickson note prior findings in fish and garter snakes and describe guinea pig tests confirming cross species infection risk.
Quotations by Stein Bros and McComas Armstrong Building appear. A big shooting match set for Lat Dec 30 at Dam No 4 with turkey geese ducks and 12 gauge guns and ammo furnished by D W Milburn. City taxpayers reminded taxes for 1931 due by Jan 1 1934 with 6 percent interest from Sept 1 1933. tax office open Saturday evenings in December 7 to 9 to accept payments.
Investigators in Martinez California follow reports of a scarred neck man seen with Julian C. Whitman. Whitman, 50, a former San Francisco Stock Exchange secretary, was found dead with a wound to the left temple on a Jersey Island delta. A revolver near the body traced to a San Francisco pawn shop has been linked to the case. An autopsy inquiry was to proceed, with death deemed not by self-inflicted wound.
Hastings Nebraska December 29 reports errors in local school exam papers. Teachers note students learned about misstatements such as who was president and obfuscated terms. The piece highlights curious mistakes and classroom reactions.
Herbert K. Hyde, district attorney who prosecuted the Charles F. Urechel kidnapers, will become J. B. Dudley’s law partner next Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Hyde once shined shoes at a soap box stand outside Dudley’s office over twenty years ago.
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