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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1933
Page
7
D Paul Oswald Chenaville weather observer reports 1933 had heavier than normal rain and fewer snow days. total snowfall was 18 inches vs 31.8 inch average, 10 snow days, low of eight below zero on February 12, high 98 on June 9, 3.60 inches in 24 hours on August 23. first killing frosts April 27 and September 14.
Ten persons including the pilot and wireless operator were killed when an Imperial Airways London bound plane Apollo crashed in fog between Ostend and Bruges near Ruysselde. The aircraft, flying Cologne Brussels London route, caught fire after impact and burned.
The Daily Mail will not be issued Monday January 1st. The paper extends season greetings to its patrons and friends wishing a happy and prosperous New Year.
In Sinaia Romania a palace and royal pavilion explosion during the mourning for Prime Minister Ion G. Duca caused panic at the railway station where mourners gathered. One child was slightly injured as royal guards stabilized the scene. Duca, killed yesterday, had been anti semitic Iron Guard foe of King Carol.
Five months-old Sue Trammell, transported from Houston to Johns Hopkins, remains hospital in Baltimore after Dr. Walter E. Dandy and Dr. Paul A. Kunkel removed an obstruction causing hydrocephalus. The surgeon reports she is doing very nicely and should be ready to go home in two or three weeks.
The state will distribute 23 counties a total of $3,992,954.51 in 1934 and $4,174,670.62 in 1935. Washington County receives $256,159 with $119,546 for school tax relief and $126,613 for lateral road gaseline tax. Baltimore city gets $623,238.63 in 1934 and $668,667.66 in 1935 for gasoline tax shares, offset by a parallel distribution to cover bond expenses linked to emergency relief.
Ha gerstown and New York hotel associations bar flasks in dining rooms to start 1934. Guests must buy liquor at hotel table service, with moderate prices for New Year celebrations. Local hotels arrange to cater to the public for welcoming 1934.
Dr. Harold Sheely Diehl, son of Rev W K Diehl, a Clearspring native now leading the student health department at the University of Minnesota, is credited with a new cold treatment using opium derivatives. Time Magazine notes the discovery and its potential commercial use as codeine papaverine is highlighted as effective in easing colds.
New York state seeks federal aid to counter a wolf invasion in the Adirondacks. Conservation officials plan 75 new hunters with CWA funds after a wolf attack on two farm hands near Fort Covington.
Adrian Onderdonk Jr of St James School and Trinity College Hartford is among 11 students in Maryland and the District of Columbia nominated for Rhodes scholarships. Two nominees will be selected next Thursday at a district meeting in Philadelphia. Scholarships are 400 pounds yearly for three years at Oxford. Selection rests on manhood, character, leadership, literacy and scholastic merit, attainments and vigor.
Chicago observers recall the Iroquois Theatre fire as Fire Marshal Michael J. Corrigan prepares to flash the signal opening a commemorative meeting at City Hall. Corrigan set the alarm thirty years ago and returns to mark the tragedy that claimed 600 lives.
Snow covers the north portion with snow or rain in the south early in the week. Colder conditions expected Monday night or Tuesday, again Thursday night or Friday. Moderate temperatures prevail at other times.
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey completed the longest sustained flight by women, totaling 237 hours and 52 minutes. They began December 20 from Miami Municipal airport, tying the prior eight day four hour five minute mark, and finishing December 30 with a formal welcome.
The Terrace Holding Company owner of the Hagerstown Country Club sues the Western Maryland Railway Company for 25000 damages over a September 1932 fire that damaged club structures. The suit alleges sparks from a passing locomotive ignited a grass field, spreading to buildings. Also docketed today is G T Lampton filing a 10000 damage suit against John Squires for salary due and royalties on patients. continued on Page 4
Cumberland reports 100 places operate under temporary liquor licenses but the local liquor control law will reduce permits to 50 with the issue of permanent licenses following a special legislative session.
Cambridge report to the American Association for the Advancement of Science describes a new hypodermic called palinaesthesia. It allegedly revives individuals near death from alcohol drowning electric shock surgical shock and asphyxia. The method injects tiny amounts of hydrochloric acid intravenously.
Claude G. Myers Chevrolet sedan collided with Guy Sprankle Ford coach at East Washington and Mulberry streets yesterday afternoon. Ice on the street caused both cars to skid and damage Sprankle's vehicle.
U S Treasury orders banks to stop accepting gold coins and gold certificates as legal tender or deposits. Citizens in Hagerstown and nationwide faced deposits refused as gold must be sent to Federal Reserve custody for conversion to currency. The move, effective December 28, aims to compel hoarders to surrender gold holdings.
Authorities probing the slaying of 8 year old Josephine Woropay plan to have Mary Kavala reenact her claimed crime to corroborate her confession. The 11 year old, soon to be 12, would be shown the scene to demonstrate how she killed the girl and disposed of the body. No formal charge has been filed. she remains at the children's shelter in stable condition.
Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly declares opposition to women drinking at bars and will urge the city council to amend the liquor license ordinance. He says womanhood should be held on a higher plane after liquor returns allowed women to sit on stools beside men.
In Shawnee Oklahoma December 30 a wounded, barefoot man named Underhill was captured in a furniture store after leading a house siege. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Municipal Hospital in critical condition. two other residents were wounded. Police identified Raymond Roe and Havel Hudson as involved. Hudson is Underhill’s bride.
Leonardtown Maryland December 30 Harrison Hobbs a 45 year old St Marys county merchant is in serious condition from a pistol wound to the chest. His son Louis Hobbs 16 a student at Great Mills High School confessed the act saying family differences led to the shooting at the Hobbs home in Valley Lee. State's Attorney John Briscoe said no charges would be filed pending the outcome of Hobbs’s condition. Louis Hobbs is held in the Leonardtown jail while his father is treated at a local hospital. The wound entered the chest from a .38 caliber pistol and may have penetrated the lungs pending medical report.
Frostburg Md December blaze caused more than 50000 in damage to the Pricherd Company Inc building. Firemen battled the blaze amid bitter cold as rumors spread of dynamite at the site. Officials disclosed the loss today as investigators reviewed the scene.
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