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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1933
Page
2
Two fatal crashes on the National Highway in this county within two days involve trucks and autos. The incidents prompt calls for thorough investigations, responsibility assignment, and stronger enforcement to protect public safety on growing motor traffic.
The Wagner-Lewis relief plan proposes a 50 million dollar federal grant system with a federal relief administration to allocate funds to states. Half of the total could be distributed by federal dollars for state and local needs before October 1, then 250 million dollars as direct state gifts. Proponents say relief shipments prevent deeper debt and curb demoralization. English workers’ willingness to take jobs is cited as reassurance against the dole label.
A. O. Tozzer of the Associated General Contractors cites over 3 400 planned projects totaling more than two billion dollars as ready for immediate initiation. Bridges tunnels waterworks flood control highways schools hospitals and municipal plants are named as areas to be acted on within three to nine months. The report argues a Washington led public relief works effort could relieve unemployment nationwide. There is also a note on fewer children in twin families affecting birth rates.
The convicting of Gaston B Means in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnapping is broadly welcomed. His Washington court tale proved a concoction, yet Means remains a remarkable, plausible personality whose allure persists despite improbable claims. Secret service figures admit he puzzles them as deceit and imagination blend with genuine adventure.
The president faces a veteran gathering in Washington and proposes 25,000 jobs on a reforestation project to address the need for relief. He urges veterans to seek local aid and notes active, willing service from those able to work, while implying nonparticipants may be less urgent.
A four year old named Lucy on a visit asserts she is a big lady and a neighbor gently scolds her for finger sucking. The mother’s sharp rebuke makes Lucy cry and return to finger biting. The piece argues scolding fails, urging distraction and engagement to ease discomfort and boredom.
Bishop Arthur B Statton of Kansas City Missouri will preach at the 9 o clock early service at St Pauls United Brethren Church and at 1046 o clock in Emmanuel United Brethren Church He previously lived in Hagerstown for 28 years and has served as bishop of the Southwest District for eight years He was re elected to a third term at the General Conference and is visiting his son Philo A Statton and daughter Mrs Edw Oswald Jr before returning home
The Zion Reform Church choir under Rev Scott R Wagner will give a musical service Sunday afternoon May 21 at 4 30 in the church auditorium Merritt Campbell will be soloist directed by Charles H Roderic with Miss Eva Schulenberger organist Also Miss Martha McGraw will solo at the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening Rev D William Hesy will preach a new sermon to the Eastern Star members prior notice of attendance expected
A grand Washington mansion on Sixteenth Street draws fresh attention as Roosevelt sends his disarmament message to world powers. Analysts debate whether direct diplomacy with Kalinin signals recognition of Soviet Russia, echoing prior exchanges under Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge.
David McNair of Durham county was electrocuted at the State's prison in Raleigh after confessing guilt in the murder of Mrs. J. W. McCown of Guilford county. The fatal shooting occurred during an attempted robbery at her husband’s filling station near Greensboro on November 11, 1932.
Poem notes that facts, like drunken women, fall low and many avoid facing truth. It counsels a cautious, balanced judgment, urging honesty, gentleness, and restraint in speech. It compares words to a scale, urging measure and fairness before judging others.
The article explains how human body temperature fluctuates 1.3 F through the day, peaking around 4 or 5 pm and dipping to 98.2 F about 3 am. It notes shifts in sleep patterns can invert these cycles and suggests a 12 or 36 hour rhythm may arise from altered schedules.
Readable church notices list Sunday School times morning and evening services for many congregations across Potomac Street Prospect to Antietam including Trinity Lutheran Second Christian Ebenezer St Johns and more with times 8 11 6 7 30 and 8 00 o clock plus midweek prayer and confirmations noting pastors and locations for Union Chapel Christ Reformed First Baptist Grace United Brethren and other churches local to Washington Square and surrounding avenues.
Church listing outlines morning services Sunday School times at multiple congregations led by Pastor F L Stine and others, plus Pa Conference Branch Women’s Missionary and Otterbein Guild convention, and various evening services. Includes Mt. Lena, Saint Paul’s, Leitersburg, Salem Lutheran Hebrew Mission, Mount Carmel, and others with service times and speakers.
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