Wheat Steady at $1.08 Here in Local Market
Wheat holds at 1.08 a bushel in the local market, the peak of the current rise. Elevators pay 1.07 to 1.08. farmers sell for cash. Potatoes dig early to capitalize on prices around 1.60 a bushel.
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1933
Page
6
Wheat holds at 1.08 a bushel in the local market, the peak of the current rise. Elevators pay 1.07 to 1.08. farmers sell for cash. Potatoes dig early to capitalize on prices around 1.60 a bushel.
Local authorities pushing to solve the assault on Tonny Britt, who suffered a fractured skull. Police have questioned about six people in recent days, all released, while clues are being pursued with urgency.
Sixteen lives were lost in Pennsylvania during a violent weekend of motor boating and bathing accidents. Five motorists five pedestrians and a cyclist died in crashes. Five persons were drowned and many more were injured.
A 40 year old farmer Henry Lee was shot to death last night at about 9 30 in Buck Valley west of Hancock. State and Fulton County police joined a posse pursuing the killer who fled toward the mountains after Lee shouted a warning. A witness Leonard Schanhultz described the suspect seen earlier near Scott Smith’s home, about five miles away. The man is tall with brown hair wearing a blue denim bronge brown trousers and carrying an overcoat and a gun. Buck Valley lies at the mountain base on the Hancock Warfordsburg road.
Rosemary Henneberger, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Henneberger of Sunset Avenue, was badly bitten on the face by a neighbor's collie while feeding a puppy Saturday. The child, who was rescuing her pet, was treated by a physician and is improving.
A local tip contest brief notes first prize of 2.50 for the best tip on spotted fever at Brunswick with a second prize shared by a Charmain resident and a Halfway man. Tips accepted weekdays from 8:30 to 5.00, phone or bring to the Daily Mail tip editor.
Hundreds of workers in Hagerstown gain a 10 percent pay rise and an eight hour day under new industrial recovery codes. Textile workers return to a 40 hour week with purchasing power restored to 1929 levels across cotton rayon silk and allied products.
Los Angeles July 17 baritone David Hutton seeks divorce from evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton in superior court alleging mental cruelty He says their 22 month marriage was public and that Aimee fabricates events such as a baby birth hoax while she is away at sea en route from Europe to Baltimore The case notes the couple married on a flying trip to Yuma Arizona and cites ongoing temple intrigues and leaks within the Angelus Temple.
George E. Bowers through attorney Stuart M. Yeatman filed suit in this city for $2500 against Albert L. Wolfe and Joseph Grimm. He says the accident occurred near Middletown on July 4, 1952, with Grimm driving Wolfe’s car involved in the crash.
Dre Frederick Henry Baetjer a Johns Hopkins University X ray pioneer died at his home in Catonsville. He was 58 and reportedly passed in his sleep. A household member found him. Baetjer endured severe Roentgen ray burns that required amputation and cost him an eye yet he continued his work.
Carroll county authorities raided two Westminster stores and seized 14 cases from one and two beer kegs from the other after complaints of open beer sales. State's Attorney Theodore F. Brown issued warrants as tests will determine if the beverages meet the local option law’s two percent alcohol threshold.
Two Black pilots C Alfred Anderson of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania and Dr Albert Be Forsythe of Atlantic City depart from Atlantic City aiming to span the continent by air. Their craft named Pride of Atlantic City charts a course to Harrisburg Pennsylvania as the first stop with California as the final objective.
Wiley Post, American aviator, arrives in Moscow after landing from Koenigsberg during a globe-girdling attempt with Harold Gatty. Officials report fuel line repair, three tanks filled, and Post planning to depart for Novosibirsk within two hours. Post shows improved beard growth from departure.
London July 17 Sir John Ellerman shipping magnate and reputed richest man in England died today in Dieppe France. He was 71 years old and believed to be worth more than 30 million pounds.
President Roosevelt remains in the White House residence to handle affairs as a light cold persisted from a drizzly ride to Washington from Benedict Maryland. His secretary Marvin H. McIntyre described the cold as slight and no cause for alarm.
Joseph W. Harriman former head of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company disappeared from Regent Nursing Home in New York for a second time. Authorities including U S Attorney Medalie and William Donovan suspect flight to border points with federal guards alerted.
Oklahoma City July 17. A bass fisherman broke his leg while landing a four-pound ash bass. Attorney Ralph W. Day reports the angler fell and broke his leg in two places but kept the rod and landed the catch before reaching the hospital.
A formal notice states the Shenandoah Hotel in Martinsburg will be sold at public auction on Saturday July 29 under court order. The 102 room community-owned hostelry has been run by three receivers for creditors over the past nine months following its construction two years ago.
Darius and Stanley Girenas perished when their non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania ended in a crash near Soldin Pomerania. The plane struck trees in bad weather, mangling the bodies, with a route map and letters found at the scene. Local authorities guarded the site as investigations began.
Three deep south states Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee vote this week on repeal in a crucial national test. Postmaster General Farley urges covenant with Roosevelt to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Dry leaders predictvarying margins with Arkansas Alabama and Tennessee facing tight races.
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