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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
4
County Commissioners announce an expected taxable basis increase of about a half million dollars with most growth from new buildings. Readiness to reveal exact base soon follows widespread protests over the assessors proposed ten million increase. Continued on page 12.
Baltimore and Ohio crews with City Contracting Company workers establish field offices and camps to clear a 450 by 70 foot landslide at Doe Gulley Cut west of Hancock. Engineers anticipate removal of earth far exceeding the slide itself with potential loss of life estimates. The scene is one of intense activity as six steam shovels work.
Tokyo dispatch reports a near term battle between northern and southern Nationalist forces threatening Tientsin and Peking. Some 2760 families of northern officers and officials, mostly women and children, have been sent to Mukden Manchuria, signaling the high stakes for Peking's outcome.
Federal Reserve Board reports industry and trade have regained lost ground and reached about the same volume as a year ago.
At Langley Field Virginia on May 16 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics outlined advances in light weight oil burning engines for aircraft. Researchers report a heavy oil fuel engine under three pounds per horsepower has been developed in the committee laboratories.
Businessmen and citizens of Williamsport formed a temporary Board of Trade at an informal meeting in the town council room. Norman Grove chairs, James L. Madison is secretary, Lester G. Cottrill assistant secretary, G Arthur Miller treasurer, with several committees named and a public meeting planned to form a permanent group. A. O. Murray Harry Kaplan and Warren Seymour were named to arrange the event, and C. R. Claggittonis on publicity.
State Secretary of Banking rejected the charter for the Waynesboro Bank and Trust Co citing no local need for a trust company. Governor John S. Fisher concurred. Incorporators plan to reapply later. Subscrip tions totaled 300000 and deposits reached 318000 from 228 subscribers, with oversubscription by 700 people.
A jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the damage suit of Charles H. Earnshaw a retired mail carrier against Jos D. Baker contractor. Earnshaw claimed negligence after being struck by Bakers car on East Avenue and North Locust injuring his leg. Attorney W P Wachter represented Earnshaw Lloyd Harshman for Baker.
Joe Kaminsky a crippled Jessup youth was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the shooting death of Dr. Gerald Kelly of Jessup. He waived a jury trial and declared the act stemmed from the doctor cutting off his leg. The case occurred several months earlier in Scranton.
An aged woman and her ill son with pneumonia and no food were found by hikers in a shack near Mont Alto mountains on the way to a hunting lodge. They were taken to a hospital after being discovered in a dilapidated shelter and had suffered for about a week without aid.
Three large horse moving vans owned by L. G. Bedwell, a Maryland horse racing stable owner from Laurel, moved through the city this morning, drawing much attention.
In New York on May 16 Virginia Starr leaped from an upper floor as her husband and 10 year old son were present. The wife had been under medical care for nervous mood prior to the suicide in their West 75th Street apartment.
In Berlin on May 16, grave fears were voiced as Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Germany’s foreign secretary, suffers a kidney disorder that has left him bedbound. Three physicians were summoned for a consultation as family and officials monitor a potential turn for the worse.
Two amphibian planes under Major-General Fechet of the United States Army Air Service took off from Pictou Nova Scotia for St George's Newfoundland bound for Labrador coast to aid the German Bremen monoplane as it continues its flight to New York.
The May Grand Jury will adjourn around 4 30 this afternoon, a record for recent years in session only three days. The jury this morning returned nine indictments and will investigate buildings and prepare their report this afternoon. They began Monday morning examining witnesses and returned seven indictments the first day. yesterday they spent a full day and today examined nearly a score of witnesses.
About five thousand women gathered outside a Bradford cinema to see a film titled the dangers of ignorance When the theatre filled and no more could enter the crowd surged into the streets blocking traffic and clashing with police Dozens were bruised and many hats and umbrellas were damaged before order was restored
In New York on May 16 Leonard P Ayres economist says massive speculation cannot be killed off and will end only by its own action. He notes many first time speculators see profits rise and conclude working for a living is foolish.
Clay Willard the Pennsylvania forest warden appeared before the May Grand Jury admitting the shooting at the Quirank fire tower near Pen-Mar last October was accidental and that he manufactured a story of being shot by a stranger to protect his reputation. He said a stranger may have disarmed his gun and fled, but no supporting evidence was found. Authorities had suspected Willard aimed to shield a friend.
Monsignor John T Whelan longtime pastor at St Marys Star of the Sea South Baltimore died after a heart attack. He had been hospitalized at Bon Secours hospital for about two weeks.
Prince Carol of Romania left Godstone by motor car and departed for Ostend after arriving at Dover from Godstone. The departure hints at a possible London departure to board a boat train for the continent, as Britain’s guest moves toward continental travel.
Paris May 16 reports a new craze among ultra chic Parisians: permanent waved eyelashes. Fashionable women seek elaborate cosmetic tongs and dainty devices to curl and darken lashes, with results that are striking yet unlikely to become widespread.
Gregory Edison Miller and Martinsburg youths about 20 were fatally hurt when their motorcycle crashed into the car of Harry F. Beck bond salesman at Shepherds town fairgrounds. Beck and his party were en route to Martinsburg to visit friends. The youths were taken to Martinsburg hospital with multiple injuries and were not expected to survive.
Glenna Collett, former American champion, was eliminated in the fourth round of the British women's golf championship by Miss Mabel Wragg, Yorkshire champion, 3 and 2, at Hunstanton England.
Violent speculation surged on the New York Stock Exchange as news of an early trans continental air and rail passenger service inauguration sent Curtiss Aeroplane up to a record 178.50 and Wright Aeronautics to 228. Other airplane issues reached new highs while trading volume overwhelmed quotes and bear positions were forced to cover. Women investors were noted as a growing factor in the upswing with some firms creating separate rooms for convenience.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Italia is expected to return a king before Friday. Other explorers are also referenced as having expectations about the timeline.
In Kansas City on May 18 the revival of fundamental Apostles Creed articles of religion and 62 Weeley sermons were commended to the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church with only one dissenting vote from the committee report on the state of the church.
Local contractors J B Ferguson Company hold the contract to remodel the first floor of City Hall for the new Police Headquarters. Work progresses with tearing out fittings and installing a new fire alarm system. Completion and occupancy are projected for the first week in September, after which police will move in.
Washington county farmers face unusually dry soil hindering corn planting. The Mercury noted yesterday a 39 degree May temperature and an average reading, with J A Miller, government observer at Keedysville, reporting the conditions.
New York May 10 reports Roland Burger ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Burger fractured his leg after a fall at home. He was taken to Ston Cece Hospital for reduction and treatment today.
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