Beard Gets Five Years And 10000 Fine For Tax Evasion
Samuel R. Beard a 62 year old Washington gambler was sentenced by Federal Judge William Coleman to the maximum five years and a $10,000 fine for tax evasion. Beard previously faced charges for 1944 1945 and 1947 income years with substantial unreported income and checks totaling over 700000 passing through his hands. The judge noted the case involved a total lack of defense and refused bail or a delay for appeal.
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Baltimore
Samuel R. Beard
Washington, D. C
William ©. Coleman
Beard
George Cochran Doub
U. S
Emergency Loan Areas Designated in Delaware and Maryland
The Agriculture Department designated all of Delaware and 11 Maryland counties as emergency loan areas due to hurricane damage. Farmers Home Administration will provide 3 percent loans with ten years to repay, for losses in apple orchards poultry tobacco storage and fruit packing houses. Eligibility requires showing substantial private or cooperative financing is unavailable. The designation runs through December 31 1955 and includes Anne Arundel Prince Georges Calvert St Marys Charles Worcester Somerset Wicomico Dorchester Talbot and Caroline counties. Ralph Peters Maryland Delaware director noted the aid and deadlines.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Delaware
Maryland
Farmers Home Administration
Ralph Peters
Maryland-Delaware
College Park
Athe Arundel
Prince Georges
Calvert
St. Marys and Charles
Worcester
Somerset
Wicomico
Dorchester
Talbot
Caroline
Peters
American scientists win Nobel Prize for polio research
Stockholm Oct 21 three Americans share the 1954 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering polio virus multiplication in primate tissue. Dr. John F Enders Dr. Thomas H Weller and Dr. Frederick C Robbins split 35066 dollars for test tube findings enabling the U S polio vaccine program. The royal banquet and other prizes to be announced later.
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Stockholm
Sweden
John F. Enders
Harvard Medical School
Thomas H. Weller
Harvard School of Public Health
Frederick C. Robbins
Western Reserve Medical School
Cleveland
United States
Gustav Adolf
Proposal to ban private autos from downtown DC
Washington district commissioners received a drastic plan to bar all private automobiles from downtown during certain hours to ease congestion and parking shortages. Rufus Lusk of the Washington Taxpayers Assn. warned the move could take years and shift transit demand, while advocates argue it would boost public transit use. Ezra Taft Benson will speak in Salt Lake City on Saturday, with BYU homecoming queen banquet in Provo featuring Miss Barbara Benson, daughter of the Secretary.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Rufus 5. Lusk
Washington Taxpayers Assn
Lusk
Benson
Salt Lake City
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Utah
Brigham Young University
Provo
Barbara Benson
City Board adopts merit system amid traffic and TV concerns
The Frederick City Board of Aldermen approved a merit system for city employees and discussed TV interference complaints on Abrecht Place. They authorized street improvements on West South Street and traffic changes at the South Market and South Street intersection. Delinquent water accounts will be addressed by notice and possible shutoff. A modern bookkeeping system and coal deliveries were approved with monthly bills set at 6,469.72.
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Board of Aldermen
Frederick City
City Hall
West South Street
South Market
South Streets
Donald B. Rice
Joseph F. Fisenayer
Ais
Byron W. Thompson
James O. MecCanner
Charles W. Zehnder
William B. Burall
Emmett R. Bowlus
E. Paul ‘Magaha
Charles P. Staley
William H. Bartgis
John A. Derr
Eisenhauer
W. Jerome Offutt
Prime Inc
Paul L. Crum
Abrecht
Federal Communications Commmission
F.C.C
Crum
Potomac Edison Company
Offutt
Charles V. Main
South Market Street
South Street
Madison Street
Clark Place
City Register
Louis Eichelberger
George S. Rodock and Son
Byrd Concludes Wicomico Campaign in Salisbury Rally
Democrat H. C. Byrd wrapped up a robust Wicomico County campaign swing with a rally at the National Guard Armory in Salisbury. He signaled in a television appearance that his election bid would continue to press national issues.
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Byrd
Salisbury
H. C. Byrd
Wicomico County
National Guard
Democrats pledge aid to farmers and workers
A speech claimed Democrats would help farmers and laborers recover from low prices and unemployment seen during the Republican administration, highlighting relief measures aimed at restoring livelihoods and securing jobs.
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Doubs
Hume Davis
David Specht
Melvin Reeder
Raymond Basford
Howard Brown
Edward Carey
M Irs
Carlos Specht
Bid O'Clock
Glade Lions
Glade Valley Lions Club
Lutheran Church
Walkersville
C. C. Keeney
E. K. Helwig
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Thurmont
Union Bridge
Libertytown
Pires
Kabmpf & Harris
Better Homes Equip. Co
E. Patrick ST
Frederick Tropical Aquarium
Sam Miller
Jack
Jug Bridge
Bartonsville Road
Baily
East Patrick St
Hillside Motor Co., Inc
Studebaker
O. D
Dodger
Ford
Qur
E. Pat
St. Ext
Fair Grounds
Pleasant Grove School House
Wilcam's Inn
Hyattstown
Sodality
Ignatius Loyola
Carrollton Manor
Economy Oil CO
William S$. Hood
Driead Talevician
Arlene Dahl
Dailey’s Funeral Home
N. Market St
Frederick, Md
Plumbing & Heating Ree
Kaenpe & Harris
Rocky Springs
Rederick
Sieglers
Siegler
William 8. Hood, Inc
Frederick
West
Patrick St. Frederick
Bell's Millinery
Avacade
Soleil
Opis
Mundreds
Amercia
New York
Bell’s Millinery
North Market Street
Weil Brothers
Ato
Kehne Furn. CO
South Market St
Emerson
Best Buy
Sowico
William S. Hood, Inc
William S. Hood
West Patrick St
Francis Scott Key
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