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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
3
President Roosevelt spoke at a large garden party of the Associated Country Women of the World. He promised to seek better substitutes if new programs fail, saying prosperity for cities depends on rural purchasing power and that policies must undo past mistakes and restore natural gifts.
Jacob Lushbaugh of Mill street was admitted to Washington County Hospital last night with a compound fracture of an arm from a fall.
Washington June 2 four witnesses accused the Townsend old age pension movement leadership of being in the hands of racketeers and called for a major reorgan ization due to disclosures by a congressional inquiry Mc Wade Wright Clements Hawks and the Rev Alfred J Wright criticized Dr F E Townsend and the alliance with share the wealth urging overhaul while Townsend defied the committee and faced contempt charges
Phillip Yecies and Carson Howell, both of Washington, D C, were seriously injured when their car rear ended a truck on the Western pike west of Clearspring yesterday morning. Yecies suffered severe facial lacerations requiring many stitches while Howell had a crushed jaw and several missing teeth. They were taken to Washington County Hospital by a passerby.
Sunday morning services followed by preaching at San Marchapel in Mapleville. Numerous local residents and visitors from Cambridge, Hagerstown, Boonsboro, and York County are listed as visiting relatives and attending the Women’s Work Conference at the Manor Church of the Brethren.
Harry Wachtel, 49, of Myersville, sustained a deep head cut after being struck by Calvin A. Grams’s car on South Mountain near Boonsboro. He was taken to Washington County Hospital for treatment as sheriff’s officers investigated the Sunday midnight crash.
Mrs James Waters of Lappans presented the first home grown peas at the weekend market as drought limits crop progress. The dry spell delays plowing corn planting and other farm work across the area.
The 1936 soil conservation program was explained by County Agent M. D. Moore to 55 farmers at Boonsboro High School. Additional meetings are set for Lappans parish house and other districts. Sign-up meetings will follow to fill out worksheets for program participation.
The Senate approved a House bill to coin up to 50,000 fifty cent pieces commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, Md. The action followed remarks by a Senator.
A live Texas horned toad arrived by mail to Mayor Irvin M. Wertz from the Texas Centennial. City Hall workers fled briefly until the reptile was adopted as the city hall mascot. Wilbur Fiery of the Water Department named chief custodian.
Millard E. Tydings of Havre de Grace substitutes his bill for that of Rep. David J. Lewis of Cumberland. Joint celebrations marking Antietam Battle, Washington county’s first settlement, and the founding of Hagerstown are planned for 1937.
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