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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
6
In Tegucigalpa on July 16 1916 Ze guard reports over 2000 letters hidden in the post office with stamps stolen. Sentorita Chinda Ramirez a postal clerk was convicted of stealing the stamps from the letters.
The U S Army Ordnance Department announced openings for twenty recruits. Applicants must be 21st birthday passed and under 25, have at least two years of high school, and be enlisted for three years. Training at Raritan Arsenal Metuchen New Jersey precedes department placements in roles such as armorer machinist munitions worker carpenter blacksmith artillery mechanic auto mechanic sheet metal worker welder clerk and equipment repairman.
Baltimore dispatch reports coroner certificates of accidental death issued for William J. Beatty Jr. and James D. Beatty, two of three burned in a Pasadena sawmill boiler explosion at Anne Arundel County's University Hospital. Rumors of sabotage were denied by State's Attorney Brady and Sheriff Carter.
The article praises a last minute financial infusion that saved Hagerstown’s Blue Ridge League team and notes the players accepted a ten percent salary cut to keep the pennant bid alive. It urges continued public support to sustain the team and town pride.
The Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House has been sold by Boomer-Dupont properties to a group led by Frank Hight, its longtime manager since 1901. The sale ends the Willard’s ties with the Waldorf-Astoria chain and preserves a historic site with more than a century of hotel history.
The amphibian plane Nonokah intended to carry mail between Buffalo and Toronto was christened with champagne. Sponsor was Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, wife of the former U S senator. The brig Dean was first built on western waters and launched at Allegheny City near Pittsburgh in 1806.
Multiple obituaries from State Line and nearby towns report Miss Elsie Pearl Mayhugh age unknown died after appendicitis at Washington County Hospital. Phillip Clark of Smithsburg died of kidney trouble aged 71 with funeral in Smithsburg. Mrs. Margaret A Swain of Sharpsburg died at her son's home in Williamsport from complications. funeral in Sharpsburg. Mrs. Mary V Doyle of Washington, aged 57, cerebral hemorrhage, survived by son James N. Doyle and sister Annie McCann. Interments in local cemeteries noted. relatives invited.
Rival forces massed along the frontier as Communist speakers urged punishment of Manchurian militarists. Workers pledged to defend the social fatherland, while officials noted delays in translating an ultimatum demanding Russian arrests be released and the railway seizure resolved by negotiation. Red troops move toward Siberia amid censored reports. Armored trains patrol the Chinese eastern railway from Harbin to Manchur, with troops garrisoned at key points along the route.
Three veterans, John F. Goff aged 86 Peter O Hall 91 and Charles Lockwood 87, of the 314 member Last Man's Club from Company B First Minnesota Volunteers, will dine quietly at Goff's daughter home in St Paul on the anniversary of the Bull Run battle. The yearly gathering once a joyous banquet now marks the end as the survivors are too frail to travel the Inn at Stillwater Minnesota. A ceremonial bottle of wine from the first gathering will be used by the last living member to toast departed comrades.
Wickersham concedes flaws in prohibition enforcement and suggests federal state cooperation. He envisions a plan to shift burden to the national government to curb importation manufacture and interstate shipment of intoxicants while states regulate sales and saloons. Governor Roosevelt calls for a permanent governors committee to share crime statistics and penal laws.
Mr B F Bond and family extend thanks to friends for kindness shown during the illness and death of their wife and mother. They acknowledge floral tributes and use of cars.
Twenty five active and fifteen honorary members were elected by the Volunteer Fire Company of Williamsport at last night’s regular meeting. The group now totals well over a hundred. An honorary membership was received. The standing committee was authorized to seek prices for rubber boots coats and hats for equipment and to report next meeting. A picnic is to be held and the entertainment committee may arrange for the sale and program. A. G. Hoffman received a rising vote of thanks for leading the street carnival effort. The company shared proceeds with the Community Band totaling 1007.77.
In Montgomery Alabama two mercantile establishments collapsed after noon yesterday. Three workers were seriously injured while 75 to 100 people were inside the rye buildings housing the Bullock Shoe Company and the Pizitz Smolian department store. Debts were removed to guard against entombment as 175000 dollars in damage was caused by the disaster.
Charles S. Wilson, former New York state agricultural commissioner, represents New York on the new federal farm board. He runs an extensive dairy farm near Hull, operates in Hull, and serves as president of the New York Horticultural Society.
Maryland National Guard at Camp Ritchie prepares for an air attack to be ready to strike targets towed by aircraft. Major William D. Tipton will fly over the camp later this week, towing targets behind a plane. The First Battalion members returned from Baltimore, commanding Colonel Amos W. Woodcock, as the Rainbow Division veterans parade passed.
A jumble of notices from the era mentions theft on Wayside avenue, a nursing school graduate Anna Beckert, a Christian Sunday School bid by Clinton Travinger, debt warnings for teachers, the death of Henry S. Miller, and Hagerstown’s sports standings. Also notes libel suits, wheat prices, Democratic figures, marriages, population figures, a Presbyterian reunion, and local legal actions including J M A Healey’s bond in a liquor raid with Richard Spielman.
Mr and Mrs CG J McKnight announce the birth of a daughter at the hospital this morning.
Horta Azores July 16 Major Casimir Kubala aboard the Polish Schoolship Iskra arrived with the body of Major Ludwik Idzikowski. Kubala, visited by the British consul and civil governor, rests under medical care with interviews forbidden. He shows relief at surviving but grief for his comrade and plane. Crew say a wireless station on Graciosa might have altered the outcome.
The New York American reports Mrs Basil Miles wed Colonel H H Rogers in Zurich Switzerland last week. Miles, deceased 1928, was an American administrator at Paris. Witnesses included Count and Countess Andrew Zichy. Rogers, a Standard Oil magnate, divorced from Mary Benj Rogers on June 26 in Utrecht. They are Millicent Ramos' parents.
The Teaak Walton Chapter plans a day along the Conococheague at Brewers Friday the 19th with Waltons from across the state expected to attend. Activities include clay bird shooting bass fishing swimming and others ending with the Waltonian feed and prizes for contests. Roger Cook Benny Huntz perry Robert Snavely D N Henson oversee clay shooting while Stanley Wilmoth and Harvey Musselman handle other events.
The First Christian Bible School invites a Wednesday excursion to Pen Mar. Train leaves Hagerstown at 9:00 am and returns from Park at 7:30 pm with stops at intermediate stations. Adults 60 cents, children 30 cents. Adv.
In Peking a two year-old Mongolian boy is named the Great Immortal Lama destined to govern millions of Asians. On the death of the former lama his spirit is said to inhabit a child born the same day. The search found a lama with marks on his body attributed to Buddha. Ten thousand monks will guard him. no woman will attend him. the Grand Abbot will administer from a sky-high monastery. His toys will be skulls and bones to ward off evil spirits, and a hole will be cut in his head upon death to release the divine spirit.
The Fresh Air children from New York's East Side, about 35 now, may grow to 50 before July 20. They will land in Hagerstown at 5 40 p m on August 2 and depart August 16 at 9 40 a m. Local hosts listed include Mrs Hentz and A K Coffman with many families in Hagerstown, Williamsport, Boonsboro, and surrounding areas.
Constable Easterday, the dog catcher, raided the Bowery and arrested three dog owners without tags. Fines reached 7.10 dollars. merchants sometimes delay licenses. Easterday says he received orders from the County Commissioners. Dog owners urged to license at once at two city magistrates. Smithsburg Constable Verguson is issuing tags.
Washington July 16 Senator Caraway Democrat Arkansas plans an investigation of lobbying in the capitol once the Senate reconvenes August 13. He targets groups including the Association against the Prohibition Amendment the Anti-Saloon League the American Federation of Labor and the National Association of Manufacturers to examine lobbying activities sources revenues expenditures and purposes of spending and their influence on legislation.
New York traders saw call money at 12 percent with restrained loan demand guiding prices higher amid pool activity. Fleeting profit-taking caused irregular railroad moves while Fleischmann, Detroit Edison, Ingersoll Rand and American Locomotive hit new highs with American Locomotive up over five points to 13.
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