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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1933
Page
6
H D Williar chief engineer of the State Roads Commission told the Chamber that Middleburg Pike will be completed by September 1 and opened to traffic. Earlier reports said work might delay opening until late fall. The pike is being rebuilt with concrete shoulders and has faced delays since start.
Norman B. Scott longtime general superintendent of Pinesburg Snyder and Mollor quarries for Pittsburg Limestone Co has retired due to ill health after 26 years with the company Mrs Louise Seard Alexander a treat.
The Associated Press reports Iowa joined Connecticut and New Hampshire in voting to repeal the eighteenth amendment, with 343,691 for repeal to 242,612 against from 611,000 votes counted. Iowa delegates were instructed to back repeal at the state convention, signaling a shift as Alabama and Arkansas loomed as next battlegrounds. Governor Clyde Herring hailed the move, saying Iowa is done with bootleggers and racketeers.
New York June 21 Mrs Charles H Sabin national chair woman of the women's organization for national prohibition reform said the repeal vote in Town New Hampshire and Connecticut shows the revolt against the eighteenth amendment is not confined to any one section.
Washington observers track the administration’s currency strategy amid the London talks. Secretary Moley travels to meet Roosevelt and relay instructions via Bernard Baruch while Dean Acheson says quick stabilization isn’t needed. The plan aims to revalue world currencies and calm fears of the dollar’s decline, drawing support from several nations.
In New York on June 21 national president Ella A Boole of the Women's Christian Temperance Union expressed disappointment over repeal election results in Connecticut and New Hampshire. She noted hopefuls were strong but the anti temperance or wet sentiment prevailed.
The old Northern trolley line between this city and Shady Grove is being stripped of tracks from Shady Grove to Reid as crews move closer to the city. The car service was halted months ago due to low business, with buses serving Reid area now. city may remove tracks or have Potomac Edison remove them, aligning with Hamilton boulevard rebuilding plans.
State county and city tax offices opened with crowds as County Treasurer John G. Bower and City Collector Charles E. Fry faced busy lines. First payments were made by Fountain Hand Country Club members and the Witzenbachers. Discounts include five percent in June for county taxes and four percent for city taxes, with no city discount after June. City motor vehicle taxes due at the county office this year. In a separate item, George Dean, 25, was killed and Eldridge Lloyd injured in a Cambridge, Maryland crash.
Chicago report describes a grave in Mt Olivet Cemetery catching fire yesterday. Superintendent Alex Mulvenna of Herwald notes the grave filled with dark material resembling peat. Officials state the official temperature was 98 degrees, but heat felt stronger in the cemetery context.
The Weather Bureau predicts evening and tonight showers will break the heat wave that sent yesterday's high to 36 and today may rise toward 98 if temperatures hold. At 10 am the thermometer stood at 87 in Keedgarike, with observer J A Miller noting the day could near the mid summer range before afternoon.
Portsmouth report details a double shooting in which Mrs. Ethel Pusateri shot and killed a woman, later identified as Mrs. Ermatrude Batterson McCoy, and seriously wounded her husband August Pusateri after discovering another woman in their house. Charges of second degree murder prepared. daughter Nancy present.
The Motor Lighthouse on Summit Avenue operated by the American Oil Company was broken into last night and $27.29 in cash stolen. Attendant Earl Browning reported the money, kept under an inside tank pump for night use, was missing after an intruder forced a glass window. Police seek fingerprints and clues.
Washington county's raspberry crop began moving Monday with AG crates of choice berries shipped to the Pittsburgh market. Prices for the first berries ranged from 7 to 8.50 per crate, a good, profitable level. A larger crop than last year faces minor damage from a cool spell. overall a profitable season is expected.
Baltimore mayor signs ordinance prohibiting purchase or sale of black bass within city limits. The signing pen is sent to Delegate Raymond Miller of Williamsport, who led a failed effort for a statewide version last session.
Hollywood dispatch reports Stan Laurel sued by wife Lois for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. The next day Oliver Hardy faces a similar suit from his wife Myrtle on the same grounds.
Bobby Carpenter eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs H D Carpenter of Hamilton boulevard will leave Sunday for Ocean City New Jersey to compete in the 1933 National Marble Championship tourney He will carry the colors of Hagerstown and Washington county alongside about a hundred champions from across the country Bobby earned the local title by outshooting about 200 older boys in May He travels with Harry E Wolf Boys Secretary of the Y M C A He hopes to win the Eastern title and then the All American championship with seashore trips and sea adventures awaiting him
Alfonso Bourbon Juniro, former prince of the Asturias and heir to the Spanish throne, married Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampad ro in Lausanne. The union defied parental wishes, with the groom retaining only the title Count Cavadonga as the queen expressed private support for her son's choice.
J Vincent Jamison III son of Vincent Jamison Jr of this city earned a Yale degree at the universitys 232nd commencement in Woolsey Hall. He was captain of the swimming and water polo squads as a senior and prepared at Culver.
John Squires of this city has been awarded a patent for a new steel propeller designed for aircraft. The U S Patent Office announced the grant through an Associated Press dispatch. The device, developed with his assistants, features a streamlined design intended to improve performance in flight.
A Philadelphia textile maker holding about 120000 in gold coins reportedly defies President Roosevelt and the federal will to turn hoarded gold into the Treasury. Bureau of Investigation agents met the owner, who remains unmoved by threats of publicity for hoarders, awaiting orders from the attorney general.
Intermittent reports describe President Roosevelt resuming his cruise along the coast from Nantucket to Gloucester after a late-night schedule adjustment. Col Edward M House and Lewis M Douglas, among others, discuss domestic and international affairs as the voyage proceeds, with a brief harbor stop for crew visits and a swift offshore dash toward North Atlantic waters.
Assistant Secretary of State Raymond F. Moley sailed from New York aboard the liner Manhattan as special representative of President Roosevelt. He said the United States may expect definite results from the American delegation to the World Economic Conference and was accompanied by Herbert Bayard Swope, former newspaper executive.
Watertown X Y June 91 A youth labeled mentally deficient by police was arrested today for allegedly sending a crudely made bomb to President Roosevelt last February. Yoseph Doldo 20 admitted the attempt and said he did it for fun He also said he sent several other packaged threatening letters to the President Arrested last night he was held on an open charge.
Washington June 21 the cotton spinning industry reported by the Commerce Bureau to have operated during May at 112.3 percent of capacity on a single shift basis, up from 95.7 percent in April and 63.3 percent in May of the previous year. Franklin Pa June 1 artist Richard A. Clarke dies at 63 after a riot combing yesterday. Firemen fought a slight blaze at Moses Lyons store on Revere Street, causing minor damage.
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