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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
6
Plans announced for the Annual Urma Club picnic at Row's Park an all day event open to everybody and expected to be the largest gathering in the area. Records are to be shattered by a program featuring entertainment and a closing address by United States Senator Gerald P Nye from North Dakota.
Spokane, July 31. Thousands of firefighters battled fires across Western Montana, Central Washington, and into British Columbia. About 5,000 men fought blazes under forest service command as fires on some 40,000 acres near dry timber and wheat fields were either controlled or nearing containment.
An Initiation in Kansas titled Maty 31 recounts a boy named Gr"ey falling three stories with minor injuries, celebrated by his riveter father John Diaho who once survived a New York skyscraper fall. Meanwhile William R. Eckstine on Potomac Hills farm reports a wheat yield of 45 bushels per acre with Rob Wolfinger as the thresher.
Berlin and Freystadt dispatches report the 86 year old President of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, deteriorated to critical status. Doctors issued bulletins as family gathered at Neudeck estate, with a decision that acting presidency would pass to Erwin Bumke if he dies, per December 17 1932 law.
BAYREUTH GERMANY July 31. When Chancellor Hitler was informed today of the graveliness of President Von Hindenburg he immediately prepared to return to Berlin.
Baltimore July 31 William Walters 18 was struck and killed by a car while trying to rescue a small black kitten. He and friends were at a street corner when the animal darted into the street car path and the kitten found safety before the fatal collision occurred.
Rochester plans a heroic statue of Col Nathaniel Rochester to honor the founder who left Hagertown to establish the city. The Rochester centennial year prompts the memorial, designed by Bryant Baker of New York, with Charles H. Wiltsie and Edward R. Foreman directing the project.
Officials at Floyd Bennett airport report three men vanished after taking off Saturday morning for St Johns Newfoundland in a Ryan monoplane. The pilots were John Rizzo the oldest flyer at the field and two Brooklyn residents John Avery and Robert McDevitt. The trip was expected to take eleven hours and weather was favorable at departure.
Candidacy certificates were filed with the Board of Election Supervisors for Judge Frank G Wagaman Col Dallas Ward C Elmer Kiracofe Walter S Fisher and Deputy Sheriff Richard Renner. Wagaman seeks Republican renomination to succeed himself while Ward Kiracofe and Fisher file as Democrats or Republicans for County Commissioner and Sheriff posts. Ward a longtime commissioner and auctioneer and Kiracofe a former City Council member are among the names, with Renner filing for Sheriff and noting prior farming experience.
About 150 demonstrators from New York City march toward the capitol while police circle the Senate and Assembly chambers. They demand more unemployment benefits and protest a bill requiring oath to state and federal constitutions. One typhoid death reported at Ringling circus hospital in Detroit, man from Lone Island.
New York Democrats roar approval as Alfred E. Smith, Robert F. Wagner, and James A. Foley return to Tammany Hall to launch the 1984 campaign. Smith fires up the crowd with a speech and a kiss for Mrs. Mary F. Nolan as Roosevelt supporters are praised for their loyalty and leadership.
Atlanta July 31. Terry Druggan millionaire beer baron of Chicago during Prohibition was freed from federal prison. Warden A C Alderholt said Druggan was released last Friday after about a year in Atlanta custody. No other charges remained. his brewery partner Frankie Lake had been freed earlier. Lake faced 18 months.
Secretary Morgenthau announced a government wide effort to curb bootlegging by using Treasury powers in a Chicago district test case covering Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin. He aims to prove federal action can clean up illicit liquor inheritance and set a nationwide program. He hopes the public supports the drive.
Rose Brandon, 27, insists on forceful kick registration after disputing drug cleaning at Harry J. Hye land's shop. The incident ended with a plate glass display shattered by the impact.
In Chicago on July 31 Judge addressed Walter Kelly a Black man charged with stealing a violin. If the instrument is yours as you claim the judge said, he urged a tune. The judge then sent Kelly to Bridewell prison for a year.
Great Britain clinched the Davis Cup with Fred Perry defeating Frank X. Shields 6-4 4-6 6-2 15-13 in a marathon fourth encounter. The series ends with Britain holding seven victories in the long history of Davis Cup play, after dethroning France last year.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of Lowell Landers former Fisk University football star. Landers and Addie Exum were tried for the murder of Addie Exums husband Irvin Exum in Staten Island. Bath were convicted, but later freed.
Berlin dispatch reports the German press predicting the Kurt Schuschnigg cabinet in Vienna will not last. Expect more turmoil as jealousy between the Heimwehr and the Christian Social party could spark a power struggle.
A divorce court granted a decree nisi to Mrs. Ronald Coleman against film star Ronald Coleman in an undefended suit. The couple married September 5 1920 at St George’s Register Office in London and have lived apart since 1926 when Coleman left her. She says she now resides in a London hotel.
Checks totaling 173113.22, representing ten percent of deposits, are mailed to Mechanics Loan and Savings Bank depositors as receiver A C Merriam reports. Judge Waga man confirms the receiver's report and aid. About 128000 will be paid to Second National Bank Class A preferred stockholders upon presentment of certificates.
Chicago July 31 1931 Stockyards workers remain apart as 3000 government cattle arrive keeping the market from full inactivity. Commission men ride between pens seeking buyers while an embargo on shipments lingers after handlers walked out. Trade resumes on midget proportions as strikers and unions slowly yield.
The body of James Gamvas, 14, of Fitchburg was found in a city swimming pool. Police say he was slain with a blunt instrument, with a skull fracture. He had lived in Fitchburg 25 years and was last seen yesterday afternoon.
Alex the alligator escaped captivity and bolted toward the park lagoon. He briefly surfaces before retreating when attendants arrive with nets. A hacking pony toppled the enclosure wire days earlier, enabling the escape.
Page M Thuseelah Kittanning Pa July 31 UP Nine gangs and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Reitz claim a longevity record. Their total age mileage is 53 years an average of 72 years each. Benjamin the oldest in a3.
In Muskogee Oklahoma July 31 a convicted robber Charlie Martin 35 shot two officers Ed Hensley 45 fatally and Billy Guy 45 wounded severely. Martin critically wounded fled from Mc Alester penitentiary where he served 30 years. Officers halted a taxicab on a residential street. Martin forced to exit, seized Guy's pistol struck him and opened fire on Hensley who returned fire.
Paris officials said the illness of President Von Hindenburg alarmed the government. A spokesman warned that his death could create a very difficult situation, with Chancellor Hitler expected to seek the presidency and gain free rein in German affairs. A Yugoslav warning to Italy over military actions on the Austrian border did not ease French fears of German domination.
Baltimore July 21 Conservation Commissioner Swepsondale today estimated Maryland crab supply will be above half of last year. He cited a very marked shortage due to the severe winter long freezes and ice conditions on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Dr. Robert H. Riley reports a 3.081 percent rise in measles cases in the state for the first half of this year, totaling 44,615 cases to date. The findings come from the State Department of Health director's midyear review.
Vienna July 31 two Nazis Otto Planetta and Franz Holzweber were hanged after a court martial found them guilty of high treason in the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss. Planetta admitted firing the fatal shot. Holzweber led the Nazi putsch. Clemency was rejected as the defense invoked Dollfuss dying words urging peace.
Frederick county resident J W Brown appeared before Justice Richard Duffey after paying 100 in fines for drunken driving. On the Boonsboro Caretown road last evening he collided with City Officer William Hamill’s car. Brown owes about 45 for damages. no injuries were reported.
July 31 report: charged with holding eight year old Ranchter’s arm over a gas flame to discipline her for stealing pennies. M Pansuelo Aveledo began serving a 31 day jail sentence for battery after the neighbor found the child with hand burns. The mother admitted striking the child in the face but denied punitive intent. She pleaded guilty to the charge in court and warned the child about future misdeeds.
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