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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1929
Page
9
W C Durant and Mr Hoover discussed why the 18th Amendment has not been effectively enforced. Durant offered $25,000 for a practical enforcement plan, prompted by renewing his U S passport before a Europe trip last summer.
Mexico City reports a world altitude record claim for a flight by Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco and American co pilot C B McMillen in a Stinson monoplane with a 400 horsepower wasp motor. They reached 20140 feet carrying about 4554 pounds with six passengers.
Big Spring residents share holiday visits and greetings with family. Miss Helen Eckstine and Miss Mary Hykes spend time with relatives. Several families, including the Carbaughs, Palmers, Stouffers, and Pittengers, host callers and mark Christmas gatherings. Miss Nellie Pittenger remains confined with grippe while Preston Myers injures his foot cutting wood. Arthur and Pete Greencastle attend with relatives as others recover from illness. Church bells are tuned by chipping the edge to reach the proper notes.
Historic notes record New Year’s Day wedding of Ethel M Nigh to Ernest L Day by Rev J Simon at Smithsburg and a parade of local anniversaries and civic posts. Roosevelt inaugurations and social events headline a legacy page of births marriages and community turnouts with names from Williamsport Sharpsburg and beyond.
Rich ard Murphy from Utica New York and P Hayes of South Hadley Massachusetts won the National Indoor Junior Championships doubles title by defeating Billy Jacobs of Baltimore and Richard Covington of North Carolina with set scores 6 3 6 6 1 1. Murphy also won the singles title over Frank Shore in straight sets 6 1 6 1 6 2.
University of Michigan defeated Penn State 32 to 11 in a basketball game at Arbor Michigan. The visitors scored first but Michigan led rest of the game and stood 17 to 3 at halftime. Penn State used a full five man substitution at fifteen minutes.
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