Tidy Sum by Race Tracks Latane Chairman Jer Hayward
Latane serves as chairman with Jer James F. Hayward in overseeing race track finances. The brief note highlights leadership roles and governance actions related to the racing venue.
31 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1928
Page
1
Latane serves as chairman with Jer James F. Hayward in overseeing race track finances. The brief note highlights leadership roles and governance actions related to the racing venue.
Wiesinger notes Hoover as food administrator during World War I followed his own guidelines. He set an example for crowds of distinguished guests and officials who dined regularly at the Shoreham in those days.
Gothia police arrest more than 100 suspects on charges including counterfeiting robbing the mails grand larceny forgery impersonating an officer extortion and felonies. The rounds followed orders from Police Commissioner Whalen to warn criminals that New York was unsafe. The first roundup a week earlier yielded 197 arrests.
Representative Cordell Hull, a Tennessee Democrat, condemned Republican moves toward high tariffs and strict trade limits. He urged his party in Congress to demand downward revisions of duties to counter the proposed protectionist measures.
Lauderdale Duncan of Hove, who is six months old, has made his first transatlantic voyage to America. At his present age he has crossed the Atlantic 140 times.
Annapolis December 22 The Maryland Motor Vehicle Accident Commission urged Governor Ritchie to create a state traffic statistics bureau and appoint a commissioner of motor vehicles. The group, led by Louis A. Schillinger, noted hit and run incidents nearly doubled in 1928 with 759 cases in eleven months, causing 16 deaths and 225 hospital cases while urging trained officers for state roads and stricter penalties to curb accidents.
In Rohresville Austin Poffenberger jammed his car into Samuel B. Myers vehicle from Sharpsburg, slamming it against the curb in the Public Square late Saturday night. Myers’ car sustained slight damage.
Disturbing item recounts a man shooting his wife then turning the gun on himself after police arrived. The tragedy unfolds at a second location as witnesses and family react. Authorities confirm the deadly sequence and ongoing investigation.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purifying remedy for colds flu and sore throats. One or two tablets at bedtime with water end a cold by next morning, with no loss of appetite or work. A family package with directions costs 35 cents at drug stores.
The text contrasts views of good, bad, and indifferent people in England and references Wales Scotland and Ireland. It notes a 1925 and 1928 context about paternal consent in marriage and mentions railroads spending 120,472,791 dollars in Florida in 1925 and 1928 to improve facilities.
Studebaker stands as the finest motor car credential alongside a champion, underscoring enduring quality and performance recognized in automotive circles.
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