28 Nov 1934
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1934
Page
1
NRA Paris reports Premier Pierre Flandin hinted at emergency codes to regulate industry. He said a recovery plan would order production and a committee of experts would decide which sectors cost or profit for the country while seeking public aid inspired by Roosevelt.
City officials announced federal relief funds totaling 133 780 76 with city contributions 68 503 93 transformed local infrastructure since June 1933. Improvements include Frederick Road Potomac and Pennsylvania avenues Municipal Stadium field work and airport resurfacing while all debts are current.
An Eastern Air Lines pilot bound from Chicago to Atlanta bailed out at 6000 feet north of Scottsboro Alabama when his engine failed. The pilot R G Bob Chew sustained a leg injury on landing as the plane caught fire and burned with its cargo.
Judge Frank G. Wagaman was sworn in before Clerk of Court Edward Oswald for a second term as associate judge of the Fourth Judicial circuit. He is the first of the newly elected officials to take the oath. The Orphans' Court judges, Board of County Commissioners, and Sheriff-elect Max C. Malott are set to swear in at the end of the week or by next Tuesday, with commissions received from Annapolis yesterday.
Father Will Whalen, on a sick call in fog and rain, lost his bearings and fell over chicken wire along the grass, breaking the third finger of his right hand. The priest said the injury left him semi speechless, noting he does most of his talking by mail.
Carlisle PA November 28 Stanton Massey of Eckles College Philadelphia reports traces of poison in new death masks made last night for the three little girls found dead on a hillside last Saturday. He will hand his findings to Cumberland County coroner Dr A E B Haegel and expects further details from him. Investigators say a solution may come by sundown as a Philadelphia woman with case knowledge arrives to view the bodies. Mrs Gooden Dill of Langhorne is also due to view the bodies. The mystery widens with a possible link to a man and woman near Duncansville and a family of five who stopped at a Langhorne tourist camp.
Edward R. Dorsey, 23, a former U S Army Air Corps lieutenant, died when his high speed stunt plane crashed at Hunghao airfield near Shanghai while filming a friend with a camera. He had set a China speed record days earlier and was to demonstrate to China's finance minister H H Kung.
The War Department awarded a contract to the Frederick Snares Corporation of New York to construct the Tygart River reservoir dam near Grafton West Virginia. The project value is six million nine hundred five thousand seven hundred seventy three dollars.
A famous actor was ordered to pay costs after a divorce suit involving Lord Ashley. The court granted divorce from Lady Ashley, and the actor was noted to have been friendly with her during the proceedings.
Three Mobile society girls were abducted by two masked men who forced them to drive 65 miles toward Jackson Alabama. They were ordered to a side road near the Tombigbee river toll bridge and then fled to a toll collector for help. Police traced the car and suspects as authorities launched searches in Mobile and Jackson counties.
Washington reports the AAA plans a 25 percent cut in cotton acreage for 1935, bringing plantings down to 75 percent of the 1928-32 average. Secretary Wallace prepared to announce the reduced target today, noting it is the maximum reduction allowed under current contracts and smaller than this year's 40 percent cut.
Drya won a local option election in Pulaske Virginia leading to no state liquor store being established. The vote tally was 588 to 295 against the store with church reform groups active and veterans largely quiet during the campaign.
Lord Ashley was granted a divorce decree from Lady Ashley with costs assigned to Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The suit, unopposed, lasted eight minutes with no jury. Lady Ashley is Sylvia Hawkes the musical comedy actress. Evidence cited misconduct at Hyde Park hotel and a North Mimms Park country house. Fairbanks’ wife Mary Pickford also sought a divorce.
A local man, J. P. Martin, claimed he found bright metal in a goose gizzard bought from a dealer in Manganaville. After cleaning the gizzard pieces rolled out, the dealer suspects the seller. Martin took the metal to a jeweler for examination. He killed the goose today.
Four Washington County men face federal indictments in Baltimore after a U S grand jury charged violations of Internal Revenue laws as applied to liquor. Lester C. Holmes of Mt. Briar, Fred Metz, Melvin Ferguson, and William Fisher were named in the three true bills. Holmes was arraigned and released on a $4000 bond.
L C Clinkscales, of Main street in Anderson, reported a fat possum dashed into his kitchen last night and was captured. The incident caused no harm and relieved him from worry over Thanksgiving dinner.
The Daily Mail will not publish tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving. No issue will be printed as part of the holiday custom.
Charles A. Hoff pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods. John L. Cave was convicted by a jury. Mrs Edward Cook received a suspended sentence for sale of liquor conditional on good behavior. John Faith's trial for larceny of chickens continued at noon. Robert Bell alias Robert Balk was called for trial and postponed due to the State's Attorney.
Senator Harrison forecasts a compromise to cash service certificates only for needy veterans. He said a bipartisan agreement could win passage if supporters accept targeting benefits. The remark followed discussions with President Roosevelt during a Warm Springs visit.
Dr Collier Cobb a UNC geology professor famed for worldwide field work died in Chapel Hill at age 72. He had long taught at the University of North Carolina and contributed widely to geological research. He passed away on November 28 in North Carolina.
Baton Rouge on November 28 193? twenty six LSU students were suspended by Dr James M Smith president for gross disrespect in petitioning reinstatement of the Reveille staff. The staff resigned when Smith said the editor must accept faculty censorship and could not publish material disparaging Senator Huey Long.
The First National Bank of Fairfield Pennsylvania was robbed at 10 am by two masked men while a third waited in a Ford V-8 with Pennsylvania plate 66795. Cashier Robert B. Martin and assistant Arthur Moore were bound and forced to reveal funds totaling $3,700 before the trio fled toward Waynesboro. No shots were fired.
Five bandits robbed the First National Bank of Mooresville taking between 3000 and 4000 dollars. The lobby was crowded when the men forced about a dozen customers into a rear room with pistols and ordered the bank employee to the floor.
One car was stolen and another recovered by authorities last night. The Buick owned by J Rush Strite of Clearspring was taken from East Avenue. Mrs Fannie Goldberg of Waynesboro had her Buick stolen earlier and it was later found abandoned along the Cavetown Leitersburg Dike by Constable Claude Ferguson.
Chicago November 28. An sung hero Federal Agent Herman E Hollis is identified posthumously as the man who shot Dillinger. The disclosure came after Hollis and Agent Samuel P Cowley were killed by Baby Face Nelson and an accomplice likely John Hamilton. The Justice Department had kept the killer's name private. Hollis had pledged to serve until Nelson’s death and had supported his friend W Carter Baum who was slain near Little Bohemia in Wisconsin last April.
The United States government formally demanded Austria extradite Captain Ivan Poderjay on charges of bigamy and perjury over a marriage to Miss Turverson while he already had a wife.
Tools valued at 75 dollars were stolen from the Potomac Heating & Supply Company truck parked on North Potomac Street last night. John K. Hamburger, an employee, left the truck only about five minutes and returned to find the tools missing.
United States agents press a wide hunt for Baby Face Nelson and a companion after a gun battle that killed federal officers Samual P. Cowley and another agent. The fugitives fled in the agents’ car, sparking nationwide manhunt extending to Minnesota. Police raids and arrests followed in Chicago suburbs as authorities push to capture the Dillinger gang member.
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