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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1954
Page
7
Paris reports Dien Bien Phu has become a morale battleground for France. Vietminh siege tactics press inward as airlift losses mount. Christian de Castries and a fortified defense endure within shrinking trenches near the fortress rim.
Ambassador Nong Kimmy of Cambodia presented a protest to the United Nations accusing Vietminh forces of open aggression. The note cites two battalions crossing the border on April 2, burning Veeune Sai, attacking Siem Pang, and facing Cambodian defense under King Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodia claims independence from France.
In Baltimore on April 23 Mrs Elizabeth Holmes a 28 year old Black woman was sentenced to four years for forgery after admitting she obtained a baby from a midwife to deceive her husband and police during the forgery case. Her husband James G Holmes did not know of the deception until after the trial. She was also arrested April 15 for stealing government checks from mailboxes near their home. Judge William Coleman presided and suggested a conference to inform the husband of the facts. The note about lemon tarts is stray.
Edward M. Gather of Philadelphia testified that Chinese Communists beat him and paraded him before mock execution after he informed rivals of his escape plan from a North Korean POW camp. The court martial heard three ex POWs recount escape attempts by Corporal Dickenson and Gather’s claim that he was forced to reveal details under duress.
The 28th Annual Rural Women's Short Course is set for June 14 to 19 on the University of Maryland campus. Maryland homemakers will live on campus and attend morning classes in foods nutrition home furnishings public speaking and more. The program adds an International Relations class highlighting the IFYE exchange, with tours, a vesner service, a Maryland pageant, and a visitors day. Registration is required through county Home Demonstration Agents.
Moscow breaks diplomatic ties with Australia amid disputes linked to the Petrov case. The Soviet government accuses Australia of shielding a swindler and kidnapping Mrs Petrov, sparking an embassy staff exodus and asylum claims. Break lifts come ahead of the Geneva conference participation.
The Soviet note demanded Australia recall its Moscow envoy immediately, with Gromyko asserting the embassy must be pulled back and Australians to arrest Petrov. Australia, represented by charge d'affaires Brian Full, rejected the demand. A separate report notes Vishinsky’s readiness to return from home leave as a separate UN item. In other items, three new openings in local groups and a Detroit triplets birth are noted.
James Hildebrand a Frederick chauffeur for a Knoxville transportation firm was cited for reckless driving after a chain collision that damaged four cars on South Jefferson street near South street. The incident caused over 1400 in damage and the hearing is set for People Night Court next Friday at 7 p.m. The leafed report notes Hildebrand struck the Nash sedan owned by Miss P D Danner a Jefferson schoolteacher prompting further rear collisions involving John Raymond Long Jr and a Chevrolet pickup owned by Harry T Krantz. The auxiliary met at the American Legion Home East Church Street with President Mrs. Virginia Miller presiding.
Governor McKeldin formally accepted the Williamsport bridge across the Potomac River on behalf of the state. The toll was cut to ten cents after the transfer from Washington Berkeley Bridge Company, with a plan to remove tolls after investment recovery, possibly within five years. The ceremony marked an interim Potomac crossing step in Maryland's 12 year bridge program and future ceremonies were hinted at near the site.
United States Senate subcommittee votes to subpoena all records of telephone conversations related to the McCarthy Stevens dispute. McCarthy blocks reading a transcript. hearings resume after lengthy debate over admissibility and timing of evidence.
Stevens testified that McCarthy twice pressed him to aid Schine’s career while the subcommittee pursued Army subversion probes. He described requests for a direct commission, a furlough to finish subcommittee work, and later cancellations to avoid press coverage. The testimony noted timing around Ft Monmouth and New York area assignments as pressures mounted. Florida orange supplies and Florida orange freeze rates are reported, with California Navel output lower and production value up to February 20.
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