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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1938
Page
6
A chamber of commerce meeting at 4 pm plans Hagerstown participation in the National Salesmen's Crusade. Local merchants will be urged to enroll their titles people in a mass meeting early in the week of June 26. A national speaker is expected to attend to promote the movement amid unemployment concerns and broader selling focus.
Minnesota primary results show Governor Elmer A. Benson leading challenger Hijamar Peterson after partial counts. With 1,000 votes separating them as 3,739 precincts reported, Benson held 76,598 to Peterson 76, AN. Roosevelt administration action against Victor Christgau as WPA administrator drew Benson’s support and Peterson’s criticism.
Cloudy on the coast and generally lazy inland tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Chesapeake Bay sees partly cloudy to clear skies tonight and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and winds.
The Board of Education will award four year scholarships to the Maryland Institute and St. John’s College this afternoon. Examinations were held last week. The board will also fill several school trustee vacancies and review the proposed building program, likely directing the secretary to advertise bids for the new Williamsport High School plans prepared by Baltimore architects.
Senator Lansdale G Lasacer and former State Senator William D Byron head a Democratic gathering in the Grice building chapel tomorrow night. John B White prince Georges known as Singing Delegate attends with his wife along with former Attorney General Will P Lane Jr and other party figures. A large turnout is expected.
New York Ine 24. Teon G. Turron, the special agent of the WBA who headed the espionage probe in the United States, resigns citing health strain and desire to write. He has a wife and two sons Edward and Victor at George Washington University. He helped recover the Lindbergh ransom money and persuaded Trautmann to provide handwriting samples for comparison.
Secretary of State Hull is developing a program to humanize warfare with the aim of stopping aerial bombings of civilians. Details are sparse as he works on concept, inspired by attacks on Spanish and Chinese cities. Officials note sympathy for Norman H. Davis’s London proposal for hospital zones and open-town protections.
Work on the last link of the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway is delayed by rights of way issues in Frederick County just west of Frederick. Grading and drainage contracts eastward are finished where rights of way exist, with three miles of concrete laid in the county. Plans with government funds call for paving one lane for the full distance in 1939 40, while deep fills settle by spring 1939 to form a solid base. Negotiations with Potomac Edison and the Sagers Town Frederick Railway for necessary rights of way must be resolved before completion.
Western Maryland Railroad prepares to handle eight to ten special trains on the Hagerstown division from June 29 to Gettysburg. The trains will carry thousands of Civil War veterans and escorts, arriving from the West and other regions and transferred at Cherry Run. Crews near Gettysburg rush to complete seven camps at the northwest edge of town for housing during the veterans celebration as tents rise for the “tented city.”
Stanley Scesney, star grid player from Mt. St. Marys College Emmitsburg, suffered left arm amputation after bone tumor. Hospital announced the operation was done yesterday by Dr Frank Marino. Home is Throop Pa officials withheld further comment.
The Maryland State Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles convened at LO. O. F. Temple with about 80 official delegates and hundreds of visitors. President Olin Gannett opened the session as Rev. Roy L. Sloop delivered the invocation. Mayor W. Lee Elgin welcomed attendees and presented a key to the city while Chas. G. Guenther gave the principal morning address on the order’s goals and benefits. A Baltimore mayor telegram regretfully noted absence.
Representative David J. Lewis, candidate for the Senatorial seat of Millard Tydings, will open his Cumberland campaign with a speech in the city hall plaza Friday night. Secretary Matthew Kearney announced the event, with Commissioner Thomas F. Conlon handling arrangements. This marks Lewis’s first public speech in the primary, focusing on Tydings’ anti New Deal record.
Wheat cutting began in the Keedysville section yesterday and will be in full swing by tomorrow, says J A Miller weather and crop observer. He notes ideal weather for wheat and expects good food yields in this locality.
Miles City Montana June 21 with 31 already known dead fatigue worn searchers worked to day to lift up again from the silt the sleeper which railroad officials estimated contained 12 more victims of the nations worst railroad tragedy in a decade. Twenty two of the 31 known victims were identified. The sleeper submerged nearly 36 hours by the flash flood was jacked up on blocks after hours of slow toil last night. Grimly the 75 railroad workers and volunteers started their slow job again through the night. Officials said all but one victim died instantly. Lucille Stumley nurse died last night at Holy Rosary Hospital. Of the 65 injured nearly all were released after minor treatment.
Berlin reports say the Nazi press defends antisemitic policy by casting Jews as swarming Berlin attracted by German prosperity. An editorial in Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler’s paper accuses Jews of smugging drugs currency counterfeiting and coercive behavior toward Aryan women. It recalls 1920 Alsace Lorraine expulsions and argues Jews are tolerated only under German conditions.
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse and Mule Association cites 14 million horses and mules on American farms with rising numbers of race and trotting horses and half a million riding horses. Baltimore sources report Governor Harry W Nice will seek re election and announce on a June 30 radio broadcast with Annapolis confirming a broadcast plan.
The Nevills expedition sails into the Green River on a 666 mile run down the Colorado with Norman D C Nevills leading. River men refuse to join, saying water is too high and danger lurks ahead. Included are Elzada Clover, Lois Jotter, Don Harris, Eugene Atkinson, and W C Gibson.
A bold thief tried to break into Mrs. Louella C. Strite’s North Avenue apartment by disabling the porch light and removing a pantry window screen. He fled when roused by an alarm. police swept the area but the intruder was scared away.
In the Potomac river six miles below Alexandria the steamer Potomac carrying 1000 passengers collided with the 30 foot cabin cruiser Casino. Three Casino passengers were injured and three others fell into the water. Potomac rescued all Casino occupants except owner Alfred G. Schicht and two officers who returned to Washington. Concession boy Charles Ruffener leaped overboard to help a Casino passenger. First Mate Chester Lows and others recovered the remaining swimmers.
Cumberland Maryland June 21 William C Walsh prominent Cumberland attorney former circuit judge and Western Maryland Democrat chieftain announces bid for Democratic nomination for Attorney General He has long practiced in Cumberland with family lineage in law and believes the office offers a chance to serve the public and advance liberal Democratic values Continued on Page 10.
Police search for a boy on Chicago’s west side who used a fictitious name to persuade a dealer to sell six ice cream bars for a commission. The incident, noted in a June 21 issue, involves a stomach ache as part of the ruse.
The article notes today marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Temperatures rose to around 30 degrees, with warm spring overall and brief cool spells. Official summer begins at 9 04 this evening as winds cool the heat.
Delegates from major European nations agree to send evacuation commissions to Spain to remove foreign troops and push toward a truce. Britain pressures France and Italy to back the plan while Soviet Russia joins the effort, as talks focus on Spanish government and insurgent acceptance for the operation.
City Council considers anti noise ordinance targeting barking dogs and radios after 11 pm plus a firecracker ban near the Public Square. Violators face up to 1325 dollars. another measure restricts whistles and horns not used for warnings. James A. Young announces renomination bid while backing Mayor Jackson for governor.
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