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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1933
Page
4
Philadelphia police and firefighters combed woods and abandoned mills along Darby Creek after a mysterious call to Mrs. Romeo Biron said her nine year old son Arthur Biron had vanished since Thursday. The boy's father is in a government hospital.
A five county unit of the National Depositors committee is being formed in the York area with Rev. John Hassler of Mt. Wolf as chair. The group unites depositors from York Lancaster Adams Cumberland and Dauphin counties. The first meeting was held in Mt Wolf last night.
Oklahoma City July 29 Spinz like the house of Charles Fetrschel awaits his return as machine gunners abducted the oil millionaire a week ago. The ransom demand has not yet been reached and seven days of promises have passed with no result. Market prices show eyes up a penny to 18 cents a dozen for eggs. Sweet corn 15 to 20 cents a dozen. Home grown lima beans 50 cents a quart. Ro cheater peaches 20 cents a five pound basket. Potatoes $1.25 a bushel.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will sell beer on dining cars Tuesday but not while trains pass through Maryland due to unresolved legal complications. Removal notice: Dr. W R Bender relocates from 44 W Franklin St to 34 W Franklin St Ady.
State Horticultural Society event in Hancock featured talks by Dr D F Fisher U S Department of Agriculture Dr E N Cory State Entomologist Lee Schrader University of Maryland and Dr T B Symonds chief of extension. About 150 orchardists and experts from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia attended the air conditioned Dillon place storage house session with demonstrations on peach thinning insects fertilizer and apple culture.
Wheat shipments fell to the exchange limits for a second day as all deliveries dropped five cents. Corn declined four cents while other grains followed the trend amid demoralized selling and crop news. Marriage licenses listed Emory L. McFadden and Louella Umbarger plus Jesse L. Stuckey and Mary B. Camby.
Mrs Sophia Koehler wife of Reginald Koehler former resident died of a heart attack at her Roanoke Virginia home She was daughter of late George W and Sophia Pole She visited here yearly until recently Surviving husband three children and five grandchildren Funeral planned in Roanoke Charles A Waynant died in Sykesville pneumonia Former Washington County Schools assistant superintendent taught in Hagerstown Martinsburg and at Washington County High School Funeral private for Gladys G Riser 119 Greenmount Avenue died typhoid fever Survived by husband parents sisters and brothers Funeral Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev Paul Watlington Burial Johnsontown West Virginia Viewing at Kraiss mortuary.
In Fayette County Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot orders state troops after sheriff Hackney rejects withdrawing deputies amid mine violent clashes. Deputy Mike Joyie lies seriously hurt while others are treated. Pickets thin as mines halt operations under martial mood.
Philadelphia note reports Judge Raymond MacNeille upheld a demurrer in a breach of promise case, stating Aunt Sarah may advise kin without grounds for alienation of affection claims. Plaintiff Estelle Maxwell alleged Mrs Bessie Dobson Altemus Eastman interfered with marriage to Lemuel Altemus and sought damages. co-defendant James Dobson Altemus named. The judge allowed amendment to include slander.
The last Firemen's Festival at Smithsburg will be held Saturday July 23 on school grounds and feature music by the Weyersboro Jr High Band of 120 pieces and a boxing card with a battle royal. The band will perform at 7 p.m. an hour before the festival. rain date is Monday.
In Hagerstown a 33 member advisory committee met at Hotel Alexander to organize a local drive to banish unemployment. John B. Ferguson was named general chairman pro tem, with plans for a nominating committee and five officers. A nationwide recovery effort will inform and educate, with a possible house-to-house canvass after registering about 1,000 unemployed residents.
Public Works officials announced Secretary Ickes approved moving the Tenth Region Public Works Headquarters from Richmond to Baltimore. George L. Radcliffe said offices would be set in the Fidelity building. Virginia Senators Glass and Byrd protested, arguing Richmond was more central.
Colonel Dallas Ward county commissioner is recovering after several weeks of illness. Workmen unearthed his last potatoes and displayed Irish Cob slicers weighing one and a quarter pounds and seven weighing a pound each. His crop yield this year is among the best on record. 35c ham biscuit supper announced at Community Hall Smithsboro on Thursday August 3 with cake and free ice cream by the Mite Society Cavetown.
Ford Motor Co has not signed the recovery code pending study but Henry Ford agrees to serve as honorary president of the national recovery committee in Dearborn. The move supports General Hugh 8 Johnson’s claim Ford backs the NRA program. Also noted are the death of Rear Admiral Thomas A Nerney at 72 in San Diego and the Maryland Odd Fellows reunion set for August 17 at Pen Mar Park with remarks by Baltimore Mayor Howard W Jackson and Congressman Cole. Charles H Eyerly’s condition improved after weeks of confinement.
Report outlines a proposed auto code binding the industry to minimum wages of 40 to 43 cents an hour with a 35 hour week. Johnson plans analysis before approval and notes Henry Ford has not signed. Perkins and officials discuss wage goals with Slovak workers in Pittsburgh. A separate NRA ruling states wages cannot be reduced to offset minimums, affecting 40 and 60 hour workers. Also an NRA hearing on steel unionization set for Monday.
The Farm Credit Administration reports over 200 million dollars in loans disbursed or approved by regional agricultural credit corporations in 34 cities. By July 21, 169.245 million had been disbursed to 32,803 farmers, with 43.239 million approved but not yet disbursed for 24,051 farmers and 20.342 million in applications pending for 8,219. Chicago led disbursements among office cities, while Minneapolis office advanced the most overall. Baltimore issued 594 loans totaling 1.092 million.
Wheat prices slipped again on the local market with noon quotes from 88 to 91 cents as haul and elevator variations affected values. Chewsville elevator shows 85 to 99 cents range yesterday, Farmers Cooperative near $1 at noon, Maugansville at 90 cents, and other elevators tracking Chicago market trends.
Baltimore July 29 grain note reports price quotes for wheat and futures. No. 2 red winter domestic spot and July and August terms appear with garlicky wording and unclear figures.
Sunday specials at Peter Pan Grill list roast chicken and roast leg of veal dinners each 35 cents and a T bone steak dinner 60 cents all day at 10 S Potomac location with Eirlein offered.
General Italo Balbo's 24 Italian seaplanes remain at Shoal Harbor Newfoundland due to cloudy skies. Preparations continue for the long flight to Valentia Ireland, the 12th hop in a series from Italy via Reykjavik and Labrador to Chicago. They have been in port since Wednesday.
George F. Mulliss, president of Interwoven Mills, announced a 25 percent pay raise for all employees, following a prior 1 percent increase. The company employs about 1,400 at Martinsburg and additional workers: 200 at Hagerstown, 110 at Berkeley Springs, and 200 at Chambersburg, with several hundred added to payroll across plants since April.
City Tax Collector and Treasurer Chase Fry announces a 3 percent reduction on 1933 city taxes for the remainder of July. The discount aims to ease tax payments and encourage compliance among taxpayers.
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