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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1936
Page
2
Baltimore June 6 Governor Harry W Nice proposed that a 75 million dollar bond issue for road purposes be among several options to be presented to a legislative highway revenue study committee. He noted it was only a suggestion and not yet studied and could be one of many before the committee.
Patrolman John Lillard saved a Pennsylvania couple from embarrassment by stopping to retrieve a roll of bills found on the running board of a car in Public Square. The astonished tourist later learned the officer's name via a bellhop after dropping the money near a roadside inn on the Western pike.
Dallas Texas June 6 Legendary Texas opens a 25 million centennial birthday today. Fifteen thousand workers labored around the clock to ready 200 acres of midway attractions exhibits and amusement spots for an expected 300000 opening day visitors amid fresh paint warnings and a state wide celebration of Texas independence.
W Murray Baechtel presented a history of Kiwanis International and the local club at Hotel Alexander. The Hagerstown club, formed in 1921 with 82 members, supports underprivileged children, youth work, and vocational guidance, having spent over 10800 to date. The Golden Rule emblem toured Capital District clubs, and plans were announced for a July Fourth theater party organized by the boys and girls committee.
John O Brown aged 17 from Smithsburg High School is named Maryland’s state winner in IBM’s nationwide essay contest on How Education Develops the Power to Think. Evgyln Coe, 17, from Tularosa High School New Mexico, secures the national four year college tuition scholarship. More than 35 000 participants from about 1500 schools across 48 states entered the contest with winners aged 15 to 18 and exactly twice as many girls as boys.
Dayton police hunted a man known to them after he shot and killed Lou Bodine a 30 year old radio singer in Dayton Ohio. An eye witness said the killer laughed as he walked away following an argument about a woman earlier.
Moscow reports serious concern for the life of Maxim Gorky aged 74. The famed Russian novelist and propagandist, originally Alexis Maximovitch Pyeshkoff, has grippe and lung complications and remains hospitalized after a lifelong revolutionary career.
A Smithsburg High School commencement honored 26 graduates with diplomas. Medals and athletic letters were awarded. Rev Pfaffko delivered the address. Class motto was Character is the cornerstone of success, with officers led by Rodney Happel.
Cumberland man F R Bloul was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate Robert S Clingan after an accident on May when Corporal C C Dillinger of the State Police says Bloul forced him off the highway. Dillinger was slightly injured while escorting Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore and other officials during a Western Maryland tour.
Dr. Ralph Highbarger will depart Sunday to attend the seventh annual graduate conference and eye clinic at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. The event runs during the week of June 10 to 13 and includes practicing optometrists from across the country.
D Webster Groh of Hagerstown Md writes of a Health Culture article by August Pacini PhD arguing vitamin E in wheat germ boosts vigor and learning. He links wheat-eating nations to intellect and claims milling reduces healthful germ content. He urges mills to preserve germ and oil and points readers to May Health Culture at the local library.
Grace Moore stars in The King Steps Out with Franchot Tone and Walter Connolly and others. The Austrian court tale follows a princess disguising as a dressmaker to wed her beloved count while entangled with the emperor during a birthday celebration.
Wallace Beery John Boles and Barbara Stanwyck star in a 1920s adventure romance. The film promises high adventure glamorous nights and boisterous comedy as a tale of fate for three nations unfolds.
Robert Donat stars in The Ghost Goes West a gay romantic comedy by Alexander Korda blending whimsy with a social charm debuting at the Andemy Theatre Monday and Tuesday with Jean Parker and Eugene Pallette. Mrs Rose Caroline Straub of Troy is noted as Kansas's sole woman county commissioner.
The Board of Education awarded the Sharpsburg school contract to W. H. Miller of Williamsport as the low bidder at 352 900. Construction starts immediately with plans by architect A J Kiinkhari. The brick and stone building follows modern schooling trends. a Maugansville bid opens June 19 under a county bond issue approved by Maryland’s last legislature.
A veteran Maryland theatre manager says director Frank Capra has become a major box office asset. He notes Capra’s rise in fame after directing Lady for a Day Broadway Bill and It Happened One Night, with audiences seeing him as a Garbo-like personality in film.
The musical comedy Deeds Goes to Town is set to premiere on Monday at the Maryland theater. Cast and crew members from the production are expected to attend the opening night performance.
Annapolis Md June 6 The State Survey Commission's abolition on June 1 leaves 20550 32 available for completion of the executive mansion The commission expended 29424 68 during its year of operation employing 17 people with total salaries 327072 24 Senator Harold E Coburn Cecil County earned 1083 32 as a commission employee
Jack Hendrickson, a telephone lineman, was bitten in the leg by a copperhead while adjusting exterior wires at the summer home of the late Dr. Henry M. Thomas in Blue Ridge Summit. He drove to Waynesboro for medical treatment.
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