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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
14
Taxpayers rush to finish Federal and State returns as the deadline nears. The Internal Revenue Office at 120 West Church street reports heavy crowds, with officials emphasizing a do it yourself approach. State assistance by the Comptroller’s office also sees long lines at the courthouse as filing stretches to the final hours.
The Red Cross board met in the Federated Charities building with Charles V. Main presiding. Mrs. Alexander H. Lewis was appointed open-house chairman for April 27 from 3 to 5 PM. Headquarters moved March 31 from West Second street. Reports from Mrs. Edgar Bittle and Mrs. Paul Wizard were heard. Final campaign total announced at 519,420.22. Main named delegate to the National Convention in Atlantic City, June 13 to 15. Additional officers and members listed as present or attending.
Shepherdstown prepares to restart its town clock atop the Shepherd College building after weeks of silence. The council hired a repairer who could not source hands, yet the clock will be started to strike the hours and benefit the town.
Police report a blaze in a Sherman avenue cellar around 29 p m on Wednesday involved an oil burner with no damage. A separate dispatch from Henderson Kentucky identifies a confession to killing six people in the Kentucky Indiana region. Police Chief Kirby Stevens of Loansville Indiana provided the update.
L PFC Pasquale Fallavellita 21 from Worcester Mass was killed when a car rammed the rear of a parked tractor trailer on U S 40 just south of Aberdeen. The crash occurred today and involved a Worcester area serviceman.
Baltimore news reports State Department of Employment Security administrator William H. Mahaney resigned saying he needed rest and would move to private industry after vacation. The paper notes he was among three department officials who profited $2,500 from a land sale linked to a Towson branch office site.
In Augusta Georgia President Eisenhower seeks congressional approval for a new 34 nation Organization for Trade Cooperation. The plan was outlined during a social visit with Senator George and aims to broaden world trade and safeguard over 50 000 tariff concessions since World War II. The proposed body would oversee treaties, investigate violations and punish offenders by withdrawing concessions.
Senator Thye reports the 1957 inauguration will begin with a private noon oath on Sunday January 20 and public ceremonies on Monday January 21. He notes no Sunday end date has occurred since the 20th Amendment fixed January 20 as the oath day.
CHEVY CHASE Md Farm woman and former nurse Charles J Taylor 61 of Parsonsburg has been chosen Maryland Mother of the Year. The award announced by Mrs J Winthrop Peabody Maryland chairman of the American Mothers Committee will be presented in Annapolis this month with a later contest for American Mother of the Year. Mrs Taylor mother of nine who managed a country store and then a farm after her husband died five years ago.
A Maryland General Assembly session failed to pass a measure granting registration and voting rights to certain Camp Detrick residents. Legislators said the move would require Congress to retrocede jurisdiction first, a step not yet adopted. The article also notes other local bills on beverages and a proposed study commission for a unicameral system.
Frederick police investigate serious injury to 14 year old Charles V McDonald after he says he fell from a moving truck on West South Street near the county jail last Friday. The boy, admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with possible skull fracture, was reported stable this morning. A blood clot may have formed. Earlier reports said a woman driving the truck fled the scene. In a separate incident Robert E Williams was treated at the same hospital for eye lacerations after an alleged bottle assault at the colored Elks club. Williams would not identify the assailant. A meeting in Dunkirk discussed higher taxes to fund more schools and teacher pay.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania DAR moves to modify Washington statue design for weather, adding a hat. Miss Gertrude Carraway, DAR president general, announced at the 64th annual gathering noting the memorial bell tower project and a bas relief by Paul Jennewein. The statue remains by the same sculptor, using Rockwood Alabama stone.
Washington officials handed Soviet ambassador Georgi Zarubin a statement on President Eisenhower's proposed international agency for atomic energy data. Zarubin, invited by Livingston Merchant, said he received Merchant's written reply to a Soviet note from last November but would not discuss its substance.
Libertytown man Ambrose Hill was sentenced to 18 months in the Maryland House of Correction after admitting he struck William A. Smith in a dispute at Oldfield. The incident began when Hill swung a rifle butt at Smith as other witnesses observed the confrontation near Smith's car.
Senator Watkins defends the State Department against Edward Corsi's charge of a scandalous failure in administering the refugee immigration program. The issue centers on policy and management of refugee admissions and related duties.
President Eisenhower orders a federal survey to ensure fair distribution of the Salk polio vaccine across all regions. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby to lead consultations with federal medical officers, private physicians, and pharmaceutical firms to emphasize voluntary distribution and report back.
The Soviet Union reported a serious agricultural crisis in northwest Russia blaming antigovernment attitudes for mismanagement on state farms. Pravda and Moscow radio cited failures to fulfill grain milk meat and potatoes deliveries and wasted fodder. Khrushchev pushes drastic measures to boost output.
Secretary of the Interior McKay announced the opening of four new market development field offices to promote fishes and fishery products. The Fish and Wildlife Service offices, including a fishery marketing specialist in College Park Maryland Hall P Mefford, will operate under Saltonstall Kennedy Act funds to boost domestic fish trade across Maryland Virginia West Virginia Delaware Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Brunswick development efforts by local business leaders have attracted interest from out of town manufacturers. A signed contract is expected soon as funds raised by the Brunswick Development Company enable expansion of the company plant to secure a new manufacturer locating in Brunswick.
About 3 390 report sheets on clean up paint up and fix up activities are being distributed this week to elementary and junior high students in Frederick city schools. The Jaycees and the Health Department sponsor the drive with Brooke Parkinson as chairman. Trucks will begin April 25 and cover the city in three weeks as sanitarians survey areas and compile a schedule.
Two Czech students, Karel Kucera and Zdanek Nachmilner, crash landed a stolen German made plane in a Regensburg field and asked for political asylum. German police detained them for interrogation as authorities cautious in light of a similar case.
In Huntsville Texas a band of inmates at a state prison protested with shouts for meals and refused to return to maximum security cells. Guards trained machine guns pointed at the 32 rebellious convicts as a tense standoff continued behind concrete walls. The striking inmates receive two meals daily while others outside the security section receive three meals.
The Town Council votes to operate on Daylight Saving Time beginning April 24, aligning Shepherstown with the Eastern Panhandle communities of West Virginia and neighboring parts of Maryland.
The storm dumps 13.36 inches of rain near Mobile as rivers swell toward Louisiana and Mississippi. Tornadoes kill three and cause widespread damage. Bridges washed away near Natchez, evacuations in Mobile County, and port access disrupted. Water shortages hit about 4,000 people in three Mobile towns.
Milwau kee Braves announce sale of pitcher Jim Wilson to Baltimore in cash and one minor league player to be named later. Veteran right hander, 63, waivers, fifth Braves season, pitched a no hitter last June 20 for 4 2 1? It was the only no hitter in the majors last year.
A national men's fraternity has initiated 11 University of Maryland students for leadership in five fields at College Park Maryland. Named include Rayburn Browning in religious and social activities Tom Shipley in music and drama and others from Frederick and the region recognized for leadership roles.
Chancellor Julius Raab told Austrians from Moscow that Austria will be free and reclaim its soil in full. The message, relayed by the Conservative party news service Our war prisoners and internees will see their home again, praised the Austrian people’s upright attitude. No details of Moscow talks were given, while reports spoke of a possible Austro Russian communique expected tonight and US Britain France approval for any treaty.
A city weather outlook predicts warmer conditions today with a high near the low 70s, followed by showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Saturday should turn fair and colder, with light overnight rainfall pushing April totals to 0.62 inches. Airport reading at 9:30 am stood at 32 degrees, seven degrees above yesterday.
A 34 year old Washington man shot his wife twice in the back at his apartment and then killed himself. John Malcolm Garner died about two hours later at D C General Hospital. Mrs Garner said the shootings occurred after Garner, unemployed since October, fired two bullets from a revolver.
Government seismologists reported an earthquake possibly stronger than the Philippines shock of April 1. The Central Meteorological Observatory said seismographs indicated an intensity of 8 on a 1 to 8 scale. Aftershocks continued for about ninety minutes.
Sir Percy Claude Spender Australian ambassador to the United States will serve on the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival court in Winchester Virginia April 28 29 He will be minister of the oath at the coronation of Miss Jean Stephens of Smithfield and serves as a member of the court under Mrs Monford BD Custer Jr director of the queen and her court
A City Service taxicab operated by Harlan De Grange was reported stolen from in front of his home at 18 East Fifth Street shortly after 11 o'clock Wednesday night. The taxi, an 1880 grey Plymouth four door sedan, had not been recovered by Wednesday morning.
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