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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1956
Page
4
A Census Bureau study shows larger cities require more municipal workers and pay higher wages. In areas under 5,000 residents 50 employees per 10,000 people are needed, vs 104 per 10,000 in cities over a million. The trend reflects higher living costs and diminishing returns on tax dollars.
Fire destroyed the General merchandise store of W L Maorer near the Western Maryland Railroad at Blue Ridge Summit with about $4000 in loss from sparks. Public road improvements near Frederick Heights saw one bid from Oscar B Cobrentz for 9406 subject to Geological Survey approval. Nellie Blessing Eyster informs Mrs Yeakle she and family lost homes in the San Francisco quake but are safe. Fund for quake sufferers rises to 376.50. Oriole Baseball beat a pickup team 22 4 with Schmidt and Bowers winning. Thurmont Lawn Tennis Association formed with Loy Sefton Birely as officers. Multiple farmhouses on a tour list remodeled kitchens and interiors. Labor union commentary included.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church marked the close of its second year of weekday church school with a 4S worship service attended by pupils and parents. The year averaged 168 pupils with ten teachers, and tenth grade students showcased their year’s achievements before refreshments. Summer vacation school is planned for the last two weeks of June.
The State Roads Commission will institute condemnation proceedings for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry to convert it into a toll free highway bridge. John Kelly Robinson, president of the Ox Fibre Brush Company, died in New York City hospital of pneumonia at age 56. He had lived near Frederick, on the Hayward Farm, for about five years before leaving Frederick in 1909. A careless fisherman was blamed for the county’s largest flood.
Wennae on ainakarg Waal and Marisa Lynn Murray Faupel born as the Mullinix child and twins are noted among local birth reports. A fire burned 390 to 400 acres on Catoctin Mountain watershed near Frederick Memorial Hospital, controlled by 100 firefighters. Leonard Mullinix suffered a broken left arm in a horse incident. Mary Catherine Hartman engaged to Leon William Masser. autumn wedding planned.
Roger W Babson argues for support of small publishers and small business as the key to America. He cites Dr William Warren Babson and J I Rodale, warns against broad aspirin praise, advocates self education and personalized schooling, and endorses do it yourself education to cut costs. He urges subsidies for small publishers and unknown geniuses.
Hospital X Ray Plan Explained frames the unit as a driving force requiring a near admission office site and a separate transformer. It details staffing with a full time operator and a part time secretary, plus ready admission forms and a snap pack. The report covers a May 2 board meeting and lists new and reelected board members, officers, and special guests from Frederick Memorial Hospital and tuberculosis associations.
Montgomery officials and bus company clash over desegregation after Supreme Court ruling. A small number of Negro riders used seats, while most transport services remained segregated across the South. Leaders weigh ending the five month boycott at a mass meeting tomorrow.
A fast spreading blaze struck the century old Carver Hotel in Warren Pa early today. About sixty five guests reportedly escaped to safety and officials said all occupants were accounted for within two hours after a 1 56 a m alarm. One guest identified as Deanna Oswego of New York crawled from a first floor window as firefighters hoisted ladders to rescue others near the rear stairs. The fire department worked through the night as hotel employees aided evacuations and local organizations staged a small exhibit of spring flowers at Calvary Methodist church nearby.
In Massachusetts McCormack led the Democratic write-in count with 12 392 votes while Adlai Stevenson trailed in the home city. nationwide Stevenson and Kefauver lag in MA as Eisenhower dominated Republican write-ins. Voter turnout appeared light, with under ten percent participation.
Federal government charged the International Boxing Club with operating a monopoly in violation of antitrust laws. It alleges IBC loaned 451052 to top fight figures over four years to secure title fights, with branches in New York and Chicago contributing large sums. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan hears the case.
Washington figures that a soil bank program will be adopted this session. Sen Russell of Georgia presses Secretary Benson at a Senate Appropriations hearing over a House proposal for 1.2 billion dollars in soil bank payments this year. Democrats debate authority under a 20 year old soil conservation law versus needing new authority.
President Eisenhower, in a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, hints at inevitable change in Soviet Russia and urges enlightened self governing peoples to pursue freedom. He cites Concord and the spread of independence as proof that dictatorial regimes must yield to human effort and peaceful change. The address, prepared and extemporaneous parts, focuses on how trade and policy relate to Asia and the possibility of relations with a Soviet government that respects freedom.
Mrs. Minnie Mitchell Hoy of West All Saints street died at home Tuesday night after a lengthy illness. She was daughter of Lewis and Clara Thompson of Centerville and a member of Ebeneezer Methodist Church. Surviving: son John V. Keeys, sister Mrs Noble Davis, brother Leonard Thompson, husband Clifford Hoy, two grandchildren, two aunts and many nieces and nephews. Services Saturday at Ebeneezer Church. interment church cemetery. Funeral director C. E. Hicks 3rd.
Funeral services were held for Dr. James M Goodman at the funeral home on East Patrick Street with Masonic rites at the grave. Eliza beth Worthington Dorsey Sifford and Curtis Powell also had services, all interred at Mount Olivet or Fairview. A federal grand jury indicted a private detective and a former telephone company employee in Baltimore for conspiring to tap a Silver Spring man’s wife's telephone under the 1934 wiretap law.
Local residents report multiple medical updates. Charles Gearinger is under observation at University Hospital Baltimore. David Kline, 10, treated at Frederick Memorial for a fall injury near his left eye. Miss Pat Lane and Mrs. Lane recover at home from scarlet fever. Mrs Wendell Kayser recuperating from eye surgery at Wilmer Institute. Arnold Whitmore of the News-Post in Frederick hospitalized for a fractured hip. Mrs Iva Miller improving at home. 81st birthday upcoming. Larry Blank listed home with pleurisy for three weeks.
Richard W. Slocum, president of the ANPA, warned that U S newspapers have not gained in the battle for a free press. He urged editors to scrutinize motives behind Senate subcommittee questioning of New York newsmen and the Treasury seizure of the Communist Daily Worker for unpaid taxes. He called for bold action against harassment or interference with public access to information. Rev Dr Walter Biner Freed will speak at vesper service Sunday evening at Hood College.
Mr and Mrs Milton A Frank of North Market Street recently observed their forty first wedding anniversary.
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