22 Feb 1929
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
1
Snow and weather conditions across the region ease as roads in Washington county reopen after melt. The Weather Bureau forecasted a late arrival of a storm that did not materialize, likely halted by mountain barriers. Sun warms the melt while eastern areas still report heavy snowfall and shoveling efforts.
Col. A Lindbergh has accepted appointment as technical advisor in the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce. Announcement was made in Washington by Secretary Whiting. Lindbergh joined a department inspection for his Transcontinent Air Transport venture.
A late report notes political tensions after a municipal election cycle. Republican insiders, labeled as Young Turks, question supporting candidates while warnings about elders’ advice circulate among street groups. The incident underscores concerns about nonpartisan and businesslike governance.
Boston February 22 Paul Revere descendant marries Dorothy Frances Brown a direct Alden descendant. Col T W Pownall Cumberland speaker at Kiwenigs Club luncheon on Washington and Lincoln as key figures in American history with address timed to Washington's Birthday.
Vienna merchants petition the government for income tax and obligation exemptions to recover from losses caused by the cold wave. The national relief funds are exhausted, placing hunger relief and housing duties on municipal authorities.
Obituaries report George Wire 65 of 316 South Mulberry died after six months illness,residence Virginia native lived 12 years in Hagerstown, survived by wife Mary and children Hazel Poole Roy Payne Ruth Milton H. Funeral Sunday 3:30 from home with Rev J Edward Harms. burial Rest Haven. Also Mrs Helen L Myers 27 Boonsboro died at Washington County Hospital from complications, survived by husband Omer F E Myers and son Gerald. services Sunday 2 at Boonsboro U B Church, Rev G C Carpenter and Rev W C Wachter officiating. Boonsboro Cemetery. Harry Bruce Boward 52 died last night after two days illness at 14 South Potomac Street. grocery businessman and Modern Woodmen member. survived by wife and daughters Blanche Coleman and Viola, father Emanuel Boward, stepmother Ellen Boward, step- and half-siblings. services Sunday 2 at the house by Rev Willim Norment. burial Rest Haven.
Mrs. Lewis E. Zurner and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy flowers and car use following the death of their husband and father Adv.
In loving remembrance of Catherine Zeigler who died February 22, 1928. A precious one from us has gone a voice we loved is stilled a place is vacant in our home. God recalled the boon his love had given though the body slumbers here the soul is safe in Heaven. Gone but not forgotten. Adv. her mother.
Federal Reserve Board warned that excessive credit is used for speculation rather than business. Cleveland Trust Company chart links brokers loans to wild stock market advances and urges restriction on speculation loans.
Denver reports show efforts to maintain transport and supply lines after a new snowstorm. An airplane delivered food and bedding to a truck caravan of 35 men, wives, and children marooned in Red Desert Wyoming. Three trucks from Rock Springs are missing, risking further delays and starvation for 40,000 sheep belonging to Cow Creek Sheep Company along the Colorado Wyoming line. Some regions reverted to pony express for mail delivery.
Nassau Bahamas February 22 The Bahamas prepare for the next hurricane with steel hurricane battens and brackets installed on public buildings. An observation station on Swan Island will broadcast warnings by wireless during the season, enabling rapid protection of public property.
February 22 report notes Koehl and Fitzmaurice planning a flight from Berlin to New York. The article highlights two pilots and confirms the transatlantic route as a planned venture.
New York Feb 22 Erno Bakos the Hungarian artist says the typical American beauty is blonde He searched through pulchritude at Vassar and Smith colleges studying nearly two thousand blondes before selecting Pearl Eaton one of the Ziegfeld girls as the perfect combination of beauty intelligence personality charm and spirit Bakos will return to Europe with a life size portrait of the most beautiful girl in America
Miss Fannie Axelrod’s curiosity led to a $50 addition to her hope chest after a speeding incident. Magistrate Healy ordered Sussman Bailin to pay the amount in lieu of a fine as he claimed to be helping a friend by driving a woman home. The couple left the court arm in arm.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Longaneck announce the birth of a son at the hospital today. They reside at 408 Linganore Avenue.
Feb 22 (P) Washington observed the 197th birthday of George Washington with a reduced schedule. President Coolidge planned an address at George Washington University where he and Mrs. Coolidge would receive a doctor of laws. Representative James M. Beck delivered the constitutional ora tion instead of the usual farewell reading in the House.
A collage of small items from Roscoe Miller’s sled accident on West Church Street to political endorsements, marriages, theater bookings, and public notices. Includes snow and ice conditions, a school superintendent rename, birthday cheer, new aluminum hats for Pioneers, and the Anti-Saloon League leadership in Beaver Creek. Dedication date set for the new Masonic Temple amid crop losses and severe cold.
A photo viewed under a microscope shows a grain of rice from the Museum Daru Falah in Delhi, India. It bears an inscription to Governor Howard M. Gore of West Virginia and notes similar grants were sent to rulers and presidents in Egypt Siam Venezuela and Peru.
William W. Wood, captain of a Augusta, Georgia fire company, was arrested in Philadelphia on a charge of killing Henry S. Wylie. Wood told police Wylie had offered unwelcome attentions to his wife.
In Coubalay France Costes obtains a new plane and aims to pass Lebrix in the Ment to Indo race. In Washington farmers press for a tariff on hides opposed by New England shoe manufacturers. A pie and cake sale is planned Saturday at Market House by St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Adv.
Easter Sunday forecast aims to fill every church as ten thousand five hundred seventy five worshippers attend last Sunday services. St John Lutheran 1015 and Trinity Lutheran 900 lead a list showing many parishes reporting 30 to 50 percent increases over the prior week.
Teun Nights in a Barroom will be produced at the i. of P. Hall in Williamsport by the C. B. Reno Company of ten. The company brings its own scenery. Herbert K. Betts stars as Jos Morgan the drunkard and handles a difficult role well. The program offers many comedy parts with vaudeville between acts.
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