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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1933
Page
6
A local notice drew hundreds of unemployed to the Chamber of Commerce to register for a labor survey directed by A. P. Underbill. Men and women stood in line from 7:30 AM as data was gathered, highlighting rising female labor demand in local plants and a prospective manufacturer seeking 1,000 women.
Helsingfors July 21. Long hot dry spell sparks widespread forest fires across Finland. Villages burned to ashes. damage runs into millions of marks. Weather records show no comparable heat in a century.
St. Louis hosts an international Lions clubs convention with greetings from President Roosevelt and Mexico’s Abelardo L. Rodrigues. Rodrigues is honorary president of the Mexico City Lions club. Rodolfo Fernandes delivered Rodrigues’s message as delegates arrived. Officials expect up to 10 000 visitors.
President Roosevelt today organized a recovery council with cabinet members and top administration executives to coordinate the economic emergency response. The body will meet weekly, replacing the normal cabinet session, and includes Morganthau, Jones, Peek, Hopkins, Douglas, and others. Flour deliveries to Weverton residents are restricted after a massive A and P truck crash damaged flour supplies. two workers escaped with minor injuries.
A mail carrier kidnapped by three Georgia convicts linked to a robbery and abduction campaign since escaping Cobb county prison camp last week was freed unharmed near Wake Forest North Carolina. The trio tied the escape to multiple robberies, kidnappings including John C. Lyle of Crawfordville and two other victims, as authorities pursue Leo McIntosh Lex ter Trippe and Paul Jones.
Employment on class and American railroads increased by 20 200 men in June from May. The Interstate Commerce Commission release shows 957 330 men on railroads in June up from 937 103 in May, excluding switching and terminal company staff. Most of the gain is in train and engine service, up 1.39 percent.
William Dunnock, 26, shot while fleeing Rox bury penal farm, is described as improved by local hospital attendants at noon. The inmate Phyatciana remains in danger with uncertain condition.
In civil court Judge John W. Massey ordered R. V. Alford to receive the broom from a Pentecostal Holiness church, along with its cash equivalent, after claiming pulpit, altar railing, prayer books and bulbs were his. The verdict after two days of testimony sustained the broom’s ownership, valued at $1.
William Henry 20 an ex convict charged with larceny leaped four stories from the criminal court room of Chief Justice Prystalski in Chicago. He had been injured in a car theft chase and was to face the jurist again for another auto theft today. Several women in the crowded room saw him pull himself up and fall to the pavement.
Reports from Moscow indicate Red Capital facing an alarming typhus outbreak for mid July. Foreign observers note hundreds of cases and many deaths, with official statistics reportedly withheld.
The Board of County Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to sell county road-making equipment to the State Roads Commission for 10010 dollars. R G Golty, purchasing agent for the state commission, submitted the offer. William H H Cunningham, board president, opposed the sale citing ongoing concerns. Other members said the state now controls the road system and the cash would aid county needs.
William E. Johnson known as Pussyfoot, returning to McDonough after a four month Northwest tour, told the Binghamton Press that the country is in for a five years drunk. He warned of complacency, likening it to a St Vitus dance in an eagle’s nest, and cited beer politics in the Northwest as a postwar surge that could undermine reform efforts. Johnson planned to rest on his farm for a couple of months.
Three men abducted with no ransom yet demanded. Lieut. John J. O Connell Jr of the New York National Guard, a Albany Democrat prominent, seized July 7 and held for 250000. John Factor a Chicago stock speculator abducted July 1 for 100000. August Luer, 78 and a banker from Alton Illinois, was taken yesterday.
Attorney E. Stuart Bushong, named local correspondent by the Farm Loan Commissioner, says he is ready to receive applications under the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933. Farmers may visit him to discuss refinancing needs and apply for loans up to 5000, with plans for a local Federal Land Bank Association to handle up to 10000.
New York reports 265 business failures in the week ended July 6, down from 345 the prior week and 498 a year ago. Dun and Bradstreet notes the week included a holiday, making this the smallest tally for a like period in recent years.
In Albany New York a 24 year old John J O Connell was abducted under threat of death for a 260 000 ransom The family and associates say the act appears driven by revenge against his uncles Ed and Dan O Connell Democratic leaders The kidnapers demanded payment and promised to communicate but have not spoken since Friday The motive noted by a family adviser centers on political vengeance rather than ransom Only fragmentary notes remain as the investigation continues page 2
New York police issue a terse bulletin seeking a green automobile linked to the abduction of John J. O Connell Jr The alert echoes the Lindbergh kidnapping era when green sedans prompted widespread car sightings as investigators chased similar leads.
A week remains until referendums in Alabama and Arkansas decide repeal prospects. Postmaster General Farley campaigns in the deep south, with Memphis speeches relayed to voters as several states set election dates through November 7. Others plan August and September ballots with Governors holding date powers.
Chicago July 11. A government crop report signaling the worst yields in 40 years drove sharp price gains. Rye led the rally, nearing $1.00 per bushel as September and December contracts topped the dollar mark. wheat also rose, with May wheat around $1.14 and December rye near $1.02.
Dr. Eugene C. Nelson, a black physician who wed Follies actress Helen Lee Worthing, is sued by Leo Desmond’s wife for alienation of affections. Desmond seeks dissolution of his marriage, claiming fraud in the husbanding of Nelson. Desmond’s wife testifies she worked for Nelson after meeting him in 1932.
Iceland July 11 Italian seaplanes depart for Cartwright Labrador were postponed likely due to gasoline shortages. General Balbo and airmen returned to Reykjavik from Vajnagardar bay after orders to be ready for takeoff. Albany milk control law upheld by Court of Appeals.
Alton Illinois July reports the abduction of banker and meat packing investor Luer by a comely young woman who gained entry by ruse. Police search in Alton and nearby towns fails to locate the car or abductors. A ransom demand had appeared 15 months earlier with no reply.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association has submitted a code to the Recovery Administration for fair competition across the lumber industry. Public hearings will be held days hence to review the proposal.
Secretary Wallace telegraphed to 49 cities in 38 states that the government will use its full powers if needed to prevent unwarranted increases in bread prices amid new processing tax measures. He cited consumer protections and warned against pyramiding prices as the Attorney General reviews complaints. Associated Press noted Hancock, Maine among telegrams sent. Dollar recovers in London trading on demand and cover.
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