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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1933
Page
5
London July 8 Roosevelt seeks world price recovery. Cordell Hull receives a long cable message from Roosevelt outlining guidance for the delegation. The move splits opinions between the gold bloc and nations backing American policy as the conference presses on.
A radio message relayed from Anadyr reports Jimmie Mattern, round the world flyer, crashing 80 miles west of Anadyr on the June incident with the plane demolished yet Mattern unhurt. The Northland intercepted the message in the Bering Sea and relayed it. Mattern later reached Anadyr by July fifth and was staying there.
Washington July has the farm bureau advising farmers to obtain a horse to increase mobility and potential wages. The pamphlet warns of an impending acute horse shortage and notes replacing 1,313,606 farm horses would free land for food and pasturage and reduce crop surpluses.
Joseph Zitto of Baltimore, staying at a Pen Mar cottage, was seriously injured after being thrown from a horse while riding through the mountains. Found unconscious along a bridle path, he was ordered to Baltimore for examination due to suspected back and possible internal injuries. An earlier break in at Stettey and Findlay yards saw a battery stolen and attempts to remove two batteries from trucks thwarted. Police are investigating.
A garage and barn belonging to Guy Johnson in Middleburg were destroyed by fire discovered late last night. The Greencastle fire company arrived quickly and saved the Johnson home. The blaze started in the garage near the Johnson car and spread to the adjacent barn, blistering the house side facing the flames.
London obituary notes the death of Anthony Hope Hawkins world renowned as Anthony Hope. He gained fame in America for The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hent e en Tristram of Brent Quiawate and Double Harness. He was tagged in 1918.
A message to Mackay Radio reports General Italo Balbo and his Italian air fleet expect to depart Reykjavik Iceland for Cartwright Labrador at about 11 o'clock BE S T tonight if weather holds.
Weather outlook begins Monday for North and Middle Atlantic states. Generally fair with cool Monday and Tuesday, followed by warmer Wednesday. Showers expected Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures moderating toward Friday.
Mrs Jimmie Mattern rejoiced when word came that her husband, famed around the world flyer, was safe in Siberia after weeks missing on a round the world flight. A later message said Mattern had crashed his plane, which was destroyed, but he was unhurt.
Three robbers held up the Com Exchange Bank and Trust Company branch at Broadway and 110th street just before 9 pm. One wore a policeman uniform. They seized between 20 000 and 30 000 dollars, escaped in an automobile with two confederates. License plate was recorded and police alerted. Watchman and eight employees, including the assistant manager, were held at gunpoint while vaults were opened.
Dispatches from Tampico report Soto La Marina a Tamaulipas seacoast village with 353 residents was destroyed by a hurricane. Heavy damage echoed across northeast Mexico with many buildings leveled and hundreds of animals killed. casualties unknown.
Bobby Carpenter of Hagerstown, winner of the town marble title and national championship trip qualifier, had his tonsils removed today at the hospital in preparation for next year’s contests.
Denver reports a wall of water from a cloudburst sweeping Idledale and Morrison. At least two bodies recovered, ten more believed trapped and drowned. Wreckage lined the creek for miles. bridges and railroad tracks washed away. Missing include Mrs Sylvia Soderman and her daughter Eunice. Vincent Soderman survived after clinging to his wife and child as the flood struck.
Amelia Earhart launches from United Airport Los Angeles at 11 12 p m heading to Newark New Jersey with a planned stop at Wichita Kansas. She aims to beat her 19 hour 4 minute cross country record for women while favorable winds aid the trip despite scattered thunderstorms in Arizona and New Mexico.
Ocean City Md July 8 The mayor and city council passed an ordinance forbidding bicycle use on the front boardwalks with a five dollar fine for each offense.
In Oklahoma City on July 14 D. Keller complains his landlady turns off power at 10:30 nightly and gains a restraining order. London reports steady American dollar with little drop from yesterday. Three men are held for questioning over a Kodak theft at Hay’s store. kodak recovered by police.
Cong David J Lewis praised the first ninety days of the Roosevelt Democratic program before a capacity crowd at Democratic Organization club HQ. He cited banking reform Blue Sky laws and Muscle Shoals reopenings, contending more was accomplished since March 4 than in twelve years of Republican rule. He spoke at a public works meeting in the courthouse and urged new voters to declare intentions.
Chicago July 8 Britain demands missing stock broker John Factor be apprehended to block his extradition to England. British Consul Lewis Bernays and Attorney Franklin Overmyer say U S authorities must produce Factor. England accuses him of swindling British investors of 7 million pounds. Factor appeals extradition in U S Supreme Court.
A downtown Williamsburg explosion injured one and destroyed five buildings, causing about $100,000 in damage. The blast hit the Wonder department store on the first floor and the National Guard Armory on the second floor, blowing out ends and shattering windows two blocks away. Leon Humpfleet, 20, son of G J Humpfteet, editor of the Whitley County Journal, was killed by falling brick. Officials could not determine the cause.
Dorothy M and Sally Helm colored were each given three months in the House of Correction by Magistrate Richard Duffey for attacking Jesse Jackson colored last night. Jackson received five days in jail for disorderly conduct. Police reported the women attacked Jackson with clubs and he required hospital attention.
Washington July 8 President Roosevelt reportedly lost eight ounces after his valet Irvin McDuffie reduced breakfast portions. The breakfast now included one egg fewer? one slice of bacon and one piece of toast unnoticed by the President. Scales later showed half a pound less.
Chicago prepares for the arrival of General Italo Balbo and 96 companions after a 6100 mile Rome to Chicago flight. An estimated 500000 people are expected to greet the seaplane airmen as they arrive and spend four days in the city. Italian American crowds, society figures, and officials will honor the visitors along 24 seaplane roads set as the focal point of the welcome spectacle.
In J Eisenberg 108 North Potomac Street was run down while crossing West Franklin Street this morning. Miss Catherine Bowser driving the car picked him up and took him to the hospital. His ankle was injured but he was later released and returned home.
Baltimore July 8 An increase in applicants for license tags for automobiles during May and June this year over the same months last year was noted today by E Austin Baughman commissioner of Motor vehicles Three hundred more persons were granted license tags during June than during the same month last year and 617 more licenses were issued in May 1933 than in May 1932
The American Railway Association announced today that revenue freight car loadings for the week ended July 1 reached 634 074 cars, up 23 406 from the prior week and 145 793 above 1932 levels.
Maryland employment jumps up to 30.3 percent from May to June based on 450 plants. Payrolls rise with men shirts and overalls up 35.8 percent, beverages 17.8, cotton goods 29.9, hosiery 18.7, woolens 16.7, iron and steel 30.4, foundries 10.2. Industries show broad gains amid generally softer hiring climate.
H Densmore Shute, 25 year old American pro from Philadelphia, won the British open after a 36 hole playoff with Craig Wood. Shute led from start to finish, finishing 75 75 149 to Wood's 78 76 154, in all America playoff at ST ANDREWS Scotland.
The Public Works Committee met at 9 30 this recess from 2 pm to hear city proposals covering numerous improvements and new construction. Baker Frederick and others present, Mayor Wertz outlined a 10 project program with five to be funded by Federal grants and five by loans 70 percent financed locally. Federal grants cover regrading Pennsylvania and Potomac avenues Memorial Boulevard with a total of 290 039, while the loan financed projects total 198 400 including water mains new storm drains drainage in the northwest and south, and an incinerator installation. Congressman Lewis explained National Recovery Act provisions and urged a detailed city budget if a loan is sought. William H Cunningham presided for the Board of County Commissioners. Continued on Page
Reading Pennsylvania July 8 The strike in Reading’s hosiery industry halts production of full fashioned stockings about 16 000 workers are idle and a settlement hinges on a Federal mediator Dr Benjamin M Spires Chicago representative of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins plans another mediation visit Monday as unions and manufacturers clash over employee signatures and union recognition control the $31 million industry currently at a standstill.
Suburban Day sale is set for the coming Tuesday July 9 with participation from local merchants. A Warsaw Poland report notes three military planes were involved in a crash last night causing multiple casualties.
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