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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1933
Page
7
County Superintendent Byron J Grimes reports a drop in marriages among teachers leading to fewer new hires. Married teachers may be transferred to distant rural schools, a policy to be fair to lower paid staff. Young teachers face extra hesitation amid the responsibility of marriage.
The Maryland State Horticultural Society holds its summer field meeting in Hancock on Friday July 28. Orchardists from Washington county plus University and U S Department of Agriculture officials attend. The program includes a visit to C H Loche r Co orchards, a stop at the Clenallen packing house, peach thinning discussion, and a look at insect laboratory work led by Dr E N Cory.
Final results show Tennessee, on July 26, casting about 6 000 more votes to repeal, keeping anti-prohibitionists unbeaten in 20 referenda across the states. Tennessee becomes the 18th state to vote on the 18th Amendment.
The final blackberry picking will occur Thursday and Friday in the county's southern section. The blackberry crop runs about 50 percent of normal due to last year's drought. Raspberry yields this year were near average. Prices started fair but declined late in the season. Three-fourths of the large crop had been gathered before a severe storm hit the south, after which the remaining fruit was sold to canning factories.
City Park records an unprecedented season of reunions picnics and events as July and August fill booking calendars. Park Board president Harry C Rudy cites easy access by car bus and train plus popular tennis courts art museum and band concerts as factors. A separate report notes a seven year old boy Robert Floyd died from alleged poisonous liquor with coroner Brent Welch sending organs to Columbus lab for testing. Missouri governor Guy B Park reports 75 to 150 job applicants daily since taking office in January.
Gunmen killed Deputy Roy Shamblin and wounded Deputy G L Dudley near Charleston as four men abducted prisoner Harper alias Ralph Wilkinson from a 23 year sentence. Harper, indicted for armed robbery, was later found murdered in a Huntington alley after escape and rearrest.
New York July 26 U S Steel reports a June quarter net earnings of nearly 5 million after operating costs and taxes. Dividends on preferred stock 50 cents payable August 30. Despite large depreciation writeoffs the quarter shows improvement over prior periods, with a final overall deficit reflecting heavy charges.
The Waynesboro Knitting Company enacted a work schedule aligned with the textile code. It establishes a forty hour week for sewing machine operators and eighty hours per week in knitting departments with minimum pay of $13 per week or 32 14 cents per hour for under forty hours.
Governor Ritchie announced last night the parole of two Washington county inmates. Harry Kelbaugh, 18 months for larceny of automobile tires, has seven and a half months left. Lester Shipley, three years for robbing a gasoline station, has four months left. Velya Leopold, Frederick county, one year for larceny, has five months left. The governor cited their youth and need for another chance.
Warner Bros presents James Cagney in The Mayor of Hell at the Colonial Theatre for a two day run through Thursday. The film portrays abuse in a reform school with Cagney as a ward heeler who confronts grafters and tyrants, aided by a nurse.
The World Gone Mad featuring Pat O’Brien and Mary Brian plays at Henry’s Theatre in a grand all star lineup. The epic depicts a universal low mood as it tours city venues. City tax discount notice appears from Chas. E. Ery, Tax Collector.
Harold H. Hoffman attorney for the Cumberland Branch No. 1 announces the local Home Owners Mortgage Bank branch will accept applicants soon though no application blanks or instructions have arrived yet. The permanent local office is not yet opened with N. B. Rowe as appraiser and Clarence Keedy as chairman.
Chicago July 26 The Seventh District Federal Reserve Bank reports continued gains in the auto trade. Wholesale new car sales in June rose 20.4 percent from May and first half 1933 show a 9.6 percent increase over the first half of 1932.
Henry Murdoch, a radio crooner known as Murdock, is found murdered in his apartment after keeping a 4 15 appointment with fans. The Phantom Broadcast reveals the strange world behind big chain radio programs starring Ralph Forbes.
Constance Bennett leads a notable cast including Joel McCrea and John Halliday in Bed of Rages a romantic drama at the Maryland Theatre making its first appearance today.
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