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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
8
The North American Cement Corporation raises wages at several plants by about 15 percent and shortens shifts from eight to six hours to spread work and boost purchasing power. The Security Plant is shut due to no orders, hoping Maryland will secure federal aid to resume road work and hire more workers.
Labor Department reports living costs fell 2.9 percent from December to June while wholesale prices jumped about 10 percent in the week ending July 8. The index closed at 67.2 with June living costs at 128.3 using 1913 as 100 and 1926 prices as 100 for comparison.
Unfavorable weather along the Newfoundland coast prevented Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh from departing St. John’s for Cartwright Labrador on their aerial mapping expedition.
Three men were found dead and bound with meshed wire under a Fort Worth bridge after a mail robbery dispute over $72 000. Identified tentatively as Jack Sturdivant Harry Rutherford and B Rutherford the victims wore torn clothing and jewelry. Local and federal officials charged several suspects with murder and the robbery with bonds set at 30 000 and 50 000 respectively.
Mrs Austin Keen of Raven Heights suffered a painful left knee injury while picnicking at Pen Mar Park. She struck her knee on a merry go round horse causing fluid from the knee pocket to spread. The injury is not considered permanent. Mrs Keen was formerly Miss Millicent Draper.
Fishermen report good luck as cloudy stream conditions persist. H. D. Draper leads with seven bass from Conococheague Creek, including a 2 pounds 11 ounces specimen and several between 1 and 1 pounds 14 ounces. Paul Martin adds a 2 pounds 10 ounces bass to local stock.
President Roosevelt proposes placing all postmasters under civil service but faces strong Democratic opposition in Congress. Senator McKellar questions extending civil service to larger postmasterships, noting political patronage implications and uncertain support in the House. The plan would require exams for new appointees and shift appointments from political lines.
Public appeal by two Luer family agents asks abductors holding Aug ust Luer 77 year old banker and meat packer to allow communication with his wife and ease her anxiety. Luer, a heart patient, has been in captivity 60 hours and the family would pay a limited ransom.
Poison alcohol is blamed for the deaths of four men found in and near Tarentum Pennsylvania. Physicians fear a fifth may die. Three victims were campers by the Allegheny named Joe Ross Jack Doherty and a 25 year old Snebold. The fourth victim and the hospitalized fifth remain unidentified.
Miss Charlotte Dudrow twenty of Walkersville fell from a motorboat near Buckeystown on the Monocacy river and drowned. Edward McDevitt and Elwood Baumgardner leaped to rescue her but failed. Four others have drowned at the same spot in recent years.
Community needs drive the creation of a new bank and trust firm allied with Hagerstown Bank and Trust. Two thirds of the required stock is subscribed as Edward Oswald Jr appointed conservator of the old bank and to oversee assets with a five member advisory panel. The new bank plans a 160000 capital and 30000 surplus, 15000 shares at 12 dollars each, and will seek Federal Reserve membership once fully subscribed.
Fred Palm of Lansing, once given a life sentence under the fourth offender law for illegal liquor possession, received immediate parole from Governor Comstock. The case spurred protests after a prior term reduction by Governors Green and Comstock, who shortened the minimum to five years nine months.
A tangled incident in Williamsport involved a garage man a baseball player an officer and a car owner. A mistaken belief the car on Clear Spring road was stolen led to a tow and later a deduction trail by the owner restoring the vehicle to its original location after fuel exhaustion and clarifying the events.
Local textile plants face uncertain status as codes under the National Industrial Recovery Act are drafted. Roulette Knitting Mills and Cromer Silk Mills expect their specific codes soon, while hosiery makers may stay under the general cotton textile code. Some plants delay an immediate 40 hour work week as regulators consider wage rules and code classifications.
Frederic J Persons 16, son of Richard R Persons, president of East Aurora Bank, escaped a kidnapping attempt on July 7 when two men in a dark car grabbed him on Main Street. Police have since shadowed him. no further attempts were reported.
Roy A. Stauffer, 522 North Church Street, a local taxi driver, was held in Martinsburg on a charge of operating an automobile while drunk after a Sunday afternoon arrest. Russell Eddins, present in the vehicle, was charged with intoxication and later released on a small cash forfeit. Two children were also in the car. the automobile belonged to W. O. Reese and was returned to him. Reese said Stauffer had been in his employ for some time.
The fast freight hump in the Brunswick yards reopened yesterday signaling better conditions. The Baltimore and Ohio restored furloughed workers as needed. The Capitol Limited ran three sections westbound Tuesday with passengers headed to the World's Fair in Chicago.
A Jersey City veteran named Pater Sharry asks Representative Mary T. Norton to stop his compensation so he can aid the government in the recovery program. Norton forwards the letter to the Veterans Bureau for action.
Washington July 13 The Secret Service has extended guard duties over the President family amid kidnapping concerns. Russell Wood guards the 15 month old baby girl of Mr and Mrs James Roosevelt while another operative watches Mrs Anna Curtiss Dall's two children and a child of Eliott Roosevelt. No threats reported. actions are precautionary under the presidential protection law.
In Anderson South Carolina a Negro preacher with a small farm refused to plow up cotton for the government’s acreage reduction plan saying it would be a sin to destroy crops. A lightning strike later damaged the parson’s cotton patch, and he agreed to sign up after the incident.
The State Roads Commission invites bids to build 3.8 miles of Route 11 from corporate limits to the Pa line. Bids are due July 25, 1933. The contract provides wage scales for unskilled semi skilled and skilled labor. The project will employ many local workers for about two months with expected completion in September.
Nellie the mate of Jake the prize polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo has begun a third week of a hunger strike after Jake died of a mysterious slow poison. The zoo reports Nellie fasting as mourning and investigators pursue the cause behind Jake’s death.
State troopers and authorities in Albany coordinate a night long search for the kidnapped heir to the O Connell political faction. G Lehman and the Connell networks appear to influence the effort as the Green County hunt for the missing youth persists across motor lanes and the troopers’ watch.
Lawrence Linebaugh 32 electric ian at the Funkhouser roof and stone plant at Charmian was electrocuted when he touched two live wires during repairs. Kenneth Booth, a fellow employee, found him hanging over the wires. A Blue Ridge Summit physician declared Linebaugh dead. he left a wife not listed and five children. He lived along the Emmitsburg Gettysburg highway.
John Factor a famed market speculator was freed after 12 days in captivity in La Grange near Chicago. He described mistreatment and a possible ransom under dispute with authorities noting figures from 75 000 to 200 000 reported paid. Factor appeared unshaven and ill as police confirmed a large ransom may have been sought and could not be verified.
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