16 Oct 1936
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
1
The renovated three rooms of the local Y M C A boys department reopen tonight after summer work by the boy's work committee and Rotary Club. The Rotary Club furnished lighting, furniture, billiard and game tables, and wall pictures. The department will be open daily 3 to 9 except weekends with Saturday closing at 6.
Mount Asama volcano erupted today about 0 miles northwest of Tokyo. Thick smoke darkened the countryside as lava rained down, forcing residents to seek protection with umbrellas.
Los Angeles police call a skull and crossbones robe found near a Wilshire Boulevard hotel a film press agent hoax. Capt William H. Hynes says the garment matches costumes from three Black Legion terror pictures and likely was dumped to generate headlines.
In Annapolis Maryland Governor Nice wins approval to rename the executive mansion the Government House of Maryland The new bronze placard at the gate notes the change and cites historical usage from 1869 onward while the old building on Naval Academy grounds was razed for federal construction needs.
Grace United Brethren Sunday School plans Rally Day this Sunday at 9 30 a m. The orchestra directed by Roy Rider will perform with Edgar King as guest soloist The True Blue class led by Carl Cullers will provide flowers and decorations. A Nash Lafayette dealers meeting at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore outlined plans for selling the 1937 model with optimism for a good year. Attending were A A Harbaugh and Leon Austin of the Nash Hagerstown Company.
The address lauds Roosevelt era relief, Social Security safeguards, and WPA projects. Speakers include former Attorney General Lane and E Stuart Bushong praising Lewis and the New Deal’s reconstruction of the economy, bank protections, and unemployment relief.
Rev. W. M. Norment, pastor of the First Christian church, is named a member of the board of managers of the Disciples of Christ. He was elected at the International convention of the Disciples in Kansas City.
A clothes line became entangled with a passing truck owned by A. J. Worstell causing the truck to crash into a Peter Hill home. Flying timber damaged multiple people listed by name and address. N B Rowe attended the Second Annual Convention of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers in New York City with speakers from F W Dodge, Carrier Engineering, and FHA among others.
The piece argues that Landon wavers and makes gaffes while Roosevelt shows a firm grasp of issues. It notes Landon’s missteps on cheddar imports Social Security Bank Deposit Act and Corporation Tax while praising Roosevelts confident command and readiness to lead.
The Catholic Review urges Father Charles E. Coughlin and Monsignor John A. Ryan to retire from public political commentary. It argues 30,000 priests mostly serve their heavenly calling, while these two are described as political figures stepping beyond church roles.
Obese visitors at a Chicago convention were shown a doorless booth that fits more people, blocks eavesdropping and noise, stays comfortable in heat, and features a transparent telephone, promising relief for those who struggle to fit in standard booths.
Quotes from Stein Bros and partners at the McComas Armstrong Building on Chicago grain futures. Prices move with market signals as traders track corn and wheat bids.
President Roosevelt spoke from the east steps of City Hall to a crowd in Cadillac Square about raising the annual pay for automobile workers from six to seven hundred to over a thousand dollars. He tied New Deal aims to pushing social security and federal action, urging Detroit and the nation to vote on November 3 for a government that upholds human rights over laissez faire. He said historians will note the campaign’s key question as whether mass security and betterment will be maintained, and predicted a affirmative verdict.
William H. Ardinger of Williamsport, convicted last March of assault and given 18 months in the House of Correction, was among 11 prisoners paroled by Governor Nice. Ardinger shot and wounded a Williamsport woman after an argument and was confined to hospital awhile. Ed Mills, also paroled, had been convicted of forgery and sentenced to one year.
Berlin reports Dr Alfred Rosenberg head of the Nazi neo pagan movement charged that newspapers are responsible for Nazism in Spain. He told the diplomatic press corps that such organs should heed the biblical injunction against prevarication. He argued the major issue is Bolshevism versus Europe not Bolshevism versus bourgeoisie.
Gov. Alf M. Landon announced a west coast dash to Los Angeles then rapid eastward speeches in Oklahoma City Indianapolis Philadelphia Pittsburgh and New York as he winds up his presidential bid. He argued Roosevelt's policies undermine free enterprise and warned Congress risks yielding to a one man super government.
Franklin Kaylor a 4 son of Charles Kaylor from Big Pool was knocked from his bicycle on the Big Spring Clearspring Road yesterday evening. He remained in serious condition at Washington County Hospital with a fractured skull and severe cuts after colliding with Walter G Zimmerman Clear Spring driver who said the boy rode abreast with two others and veered into his car.
J Albert Laeffer of Emmitsburg was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate C E Heard for passing another car when the way ahead was not clear. The charge stemmed from an October 3 Leitersburg accident that forced a vehicle off the highway and into a tele phone pole, with no injuries reported.
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