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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
3
Dr J S Simon preached to graduates of Washington County Hospital at Trinity Lutheran Church last night. Thirty additional nurses and a large congregation attended as he urged nurses to emulate a higher standard.
The fragment describes a church service with a choir at Trinity singing Tel Deum and a remark about Christ ruling rather than serving. The text focuses on liturgical elements and a reflective statement within the ceremony.
Pilot Willy Neunhofer, flying a Junkers Bremen type from Desau, claimed a world altitude record of 41000 feet. A prior oxygen-tube break caused him to lose consciousness, and the aircraft plunged about 2200 feet before control was regained.
Ross C. Wolfe, jailed ten years in the Maryland Penitentiary for the J C Roulette Company holdup in which $5500 was stolen, petitions for parole. He waited for the paymaster, struck him, seized the satchel, hid his car, and wandered via Pennsylvania to Philadelphia before being arrested. He confessed and was sentenced in 1928. Another clemency candidate is George M. Kauffman, serving a life term for the first degree murder of his mother in law in 1919.
Baltimore May 26 A coroner ruled the death of George Gordon Cole of Los Angeles accidental after an airplane piloted by Otto Melaimet crashed on takeoff from Brooklandville Field. Melaimet was injured but aided the coroner at the scene, saying the wing struck a tree top just after leaving the ground.
In El Paso General Marcelo Carayco, once Chihuahua governor and Mexico's top land and mine owner, says he is broke and ill after fleeing across the Rio Grande. He claims he left nearly a million dollars when General Escobar departed with funds. In Newark Dwight W. Morrow, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, arrived from Mexico City with his family.
May 22 in Tilghmanton, a gathering at Mr and Mrs Roy Daviss home celebrated daughter Helen Davis with many young guests including Ella Showman Bernard Miner Howard Myers Mary Hennesy Russel Groff Leona Mar Imaduke Solie Mongan Helen Davis Everitt Smith Sadie Smith Harry Shafer Nona Moats Welby Hennessy Minnie Shaw Madaline Moats Russel Henneser Bernice Mumma Leona Hutzel Irene Moats Edgar Smith Vernon Shipley Russel Hutzer Ralph Lloyd Smith Helena Alexander Clifford Myers Eat Hart and Gloria Davis Allen Ellsworth and Frances Davis Holgar Norwood Show Columbus Smith family and Willis Lehman family joined. Mrs Stouffer of Hagerstown is caring for her ill daughter in law Fred Davis. Wm Rhodes and wife from Lapland visited Sprecher family. Mrs Harvey Paffenberger and daughter Ray were present. Today Prof Houser Mrs John Hutzell and son Maurice joined.
Burg. of Hagerstown reports activity including Mrs. Mary Trven and daughter Hattie as Blackbirds are seen in corn fields.
Garden clubs from Martinsburg Blue Ridge Summit Smithsburg and nearby towns will join the Flower Show hosted by the Hagerstown Garden Club on Wednesday June 5 at St Johns Lutheran Auditorium from 1 to 9 pm. Judges come from Blue Ridge Summit. popular vote prize will go to the luncheon table arrangement with tasting ballots for visitors.
Four persons including two children and an 80 year old man were killed in Pittsburgh when struck by motor vehicles yesterday and today. The victims are Rosella Nelson age 3 Wassili Meleschenko age 12 Mrs Anna Rosenthal and Robert M Harper age 80.
New York report highlights Nelly Don expanding her fashion line from house dresses to stylish outfits. Her business now totals about $2,000,000 yearly, driven by durable fabrics and bright colors. She credits Lux cleansing for care, saying its gentle alkali avoids rubbing and preserves color.
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