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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1933
Page
7
A fire early Sunday morning damaged buildings on the Washington County Jail property. Estimated loss reached 1000 dollars, with a shed and pig-pen destroyed and a stable damaged. A Black man discovered the blaze, alarming authorities at 12 15. Firefighters and deputies freed eight pigeons belonging to Sheriff Downin, and straw in the shed burned.
A dated advertisement touts Resinol Ointment for itching bleeding and pain from piles. It promotes washing affected areas with Resinol Soap and applying the ointment night and morning or more often as needed, claiming soothing healing for all skin types and inviting requests for a free sample.
Officers believe a cigarette caused rapid fire in weatherboard homes. A reflection of Daniel was seen for blocks as flames spread. A chimney fire hit a North Jonathan Street house around 9 PM Saturday. The Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company also battled a minor blaze in a Groh building partition on North Potomac Street.
Earl Benedict of Waynesboro sustained serious head injuries when he tried to avoid a collision near a stone bridge on the Waynesboro Pike south of Leitersburg. Benedict braked as another car appeared from a side road and swerved into the bridge wall. A passing motorist took him to Waynesboro Hospital where twelve stitches were needed.
Dr. G. Stevenson of this city is among six Marylanders to have places on the program at the 37th annual convention of the American Osteopathic Association and its affiliated organizations to be held in Milwaukee from July 19 to 28.
Officers from Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia 29th Division surveyed Antietam Sharpsburg battlefield to study modern warfare plans. General Anton Stephan led the party with Major Joseph W Byron outlining battlefield points and Cramp ton Gap Harpers Ferry lunch stop noted.
The Maryland opens its second week with George Arliss in The Working Man a romantic comedy praised as 1933s best picture. Also features Martinelli singing The Troubador Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform, plus first Apple Blossom Festival scenes and other shorts. Broadway Bad at Colonial showcases Blondell Cortez Rogers and Ames with a two day run. Through Thursday The Crime of the Century with Hersholt Dee Gibson Hrwin Landon.
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 8 a racketeer named James O Leary admitted transporting liquor and said he was paid one dollar per day plus board to drive a whisky route.
A star trapeze artist dies during a death defying routine in The Circus Queen Murder now playing at Henry's Theatre. Thatcher Colt detective, famed from Anthony Abbott novels, solves the case with a dramatic climax in which he risks his life. The program also includes Roosevelt the Man of the Hour and the latest Metrotone News.
Federal officers arrest Paul Zagore on a complaint of obtaining naturalization papers through false testimony. He admits serving 16 years of a life sentence in Gradisca Hungary for strangling a girl and says he was pardoned to serve in the Austrian army during the war.
In Rome on May 8 Premier Mussolini and Russian commercial representative M Levenson signed two agreements. The first covers customs questions and the second addresses commercial interchange between Italy and Russia.
Tonight and tomorrow night and Wednesday the Fleisher Co presents its first Annual Summer Fashion Revue in Hagerstown. Twenty local young ladies were chosen as models after training by Mr. Stafford Pemberton from Washington. The show credits Miss Louise Rohrer of the Fleisher Co for tireless effort in making the event a success.
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