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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1956
Page
3
The National Geographic Society highlights European lead in life expectancy. A Dutch woman average reaches 72.9 years while American women are 72.7. American men at 66.6 years rank seventh, behind Dutch, Norwegians, Swedes, New Zealanders, Danes, and Danish peers.
A dozen men at the McMurdo Sound Antarctic base voted in the U S presidential election. Others found the envelopes contained only ballot applications, making it unlikely they could cast ballots before election day. Ballots for those who could vote were sent via New Zealand. The advance party heads toward Late America with an electronic crevasse detector.
Washington column notes Moscow backs Adlai Stevenson's plan to halt H-bomb tests, arguing for a broader disarmament link while the United States maintains testing as part of a package. It warns of Soviet propaganda in a divided America and cites Democratic support and committee disclosures as evidence of bipartisanship eroding.
Daughters of the American Colonists DAC meet in Martinsburg with two day session starting tomorrow. DAR holds a three day meeting from Tuesday with national and state officers including Mrs Frank Garland Tray and Marjorie K Templeton. The event features speakers and local officials in attendance at the state police state chapter gathering.
Kiwanis Kapers presents a two act show on Oct 25 at 8:15 pm in Mount Airy High School auditorium. Eddie Parlett directs with all new songs jokes dances and specialty acts featuring local talent. Proceeds go to Kiwanis welfare fund.
Fifty years ago in The News column Francis T Rhodes, a well known Frederick resident, died at 71. A former sexton, chime ringer, founder of the Frederick Cornet Band, and manager of the City Opera House, he also served as chief engineer of the Junior Fire Company and helped at Harpers Ferry during the John Brown raid. The item also notes a mill rebuild contract awarded to D W Dietrick of Philadelphia, with local builders Shook Kuhn James handling brickwork and Lloyd Culler carpentry, and mentions Carlos M deGarmendia breaking his leg at Tuscarora Station, plus a fire at a tented event due to a gasoline stove explosion and a relief collection by the Agricultural Society.
Twenty years ago the city adopted an ordinance authorizing Potomac Edison Company to discontinue trolley service on key streets and permit bus substitutes. An immediate order for bosses will be posted. Rev. Dr. Albert Edward Day spoke on The Alternative To War at a peace meeting, with resolutions urging neutrality legislation. News of the death of Allen Jears, former county resident and ex-board member, was received. A hockey anecdote described a slide mishap on Hockeystown Pike involving Horace Bead and Lane Kilo, with others injured.
Ruth Auchenbach national Secretary of Literature for the Evangelical and Reformed church will headline the Maryland Regional Women's Guild meeting at Grace Reformed church on Wednesday October 31. Registration starts at 9 15 am with the morning session at 10. The theme The Church Our Household of Faith will be presented by Auchenbach and a workshop follows, with Luncheon at noon. Mrs Warner Potomac Synodical president will deliver greetings.
In Fairmont West Virginia the government aimed to finish its Hanna tax evasion trial today. Witnesses testified about the Hanna Insurance Agency not filing returns from 1930 to 1954 amid miscommunication between Hanna’s company manager Edgar McCandless and Hanna himself. The defendant, Heater W Hanna, a prominent state Democrat, faces charges of evading 31777 dollars in income taxes for 1953 to 1954.
A jail incident led to sentences and fines as magistrates processed multiple defendants. Prison terms were handed for resisting officers and related charges while collateral forfeitures and public intoxication cases were resolved, naming individuals and towns across Maryland and nearby areas.
Miss Rhoda Giletan of Emmitsburg and John Leaking of Keymar were admitted to Annie Warner Hospital in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. John Jordan of Emmitsburg was discharged from the same hospital.
The Associated Press reports rain in parts of the Northeast and Far Northwest while most regions remain fair. Night showers occurred from the Carolinas to Maine, Pennsylvania seeing the heaviest falls with Philipsburg recording 1½ inches in six hours. Day forecasts show rain spreading along the North Atlantic Coast with showers for the Middle Atlantic states. Elsewhere, fair mild conditions prevail from the Southern Plains to the Atlantic, with widespread fog in the eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
Maryland State Police say a 71 year old Virginian, Wilson Otis Atwell of Colonial Beach, is sought in connection with the Potomac River shooting of a Tidewater Fisheries Commission inspector. He reportedly was apprehended and held by Virginia State Police. John W. Stone, 60, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for public intoxication after a Trial Magistrate's hearing. The case notes he was convulsing and treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital before release.
A short Union Bridge Maryland native, Lester Clark, steward third class in the USN and husband of Amade Ward, is listed at Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Chula Vista California. Keystone Shoe Store on North Market Street Frederick marks its 25th year in business this year under local manager Levey Reanley.
The Ev angelical Reformed church youth fellowship performed a day of work in Middletown to fund their benevolent offering. Participants earned by washing windows cleaning yards and mowing lawns and donated 110 to the church fund as part of the national youth program. Also noted is Valley Memorial Post No 3 Amvets 10th anniversary banquet and dance with new commander John Hedges and a full slate of officers installed October 4 at the Post Home.
Ansel B. Solenberger, 49, of Frederick County, was sentenced to 72 years in prison with concurrent terms totaling 16 years for illegal financial manipulations totaling 66027 and for making a false sworn statement to the State Corporation Commission. Commonwealth's Attorney called the case one of the worst swindles in the community. total gains estimated at 232,226 since 19. Solenberger pleaded guilty to nine indictments and one more, related to Shawnee Building and Loan.
Explosion before midnight at Magnolia Refinery in Beaumont Texas sparked a gasoline fire that burned out of control for hours. Two men were critically burned as flames rose about 100 feet, involving roughly 16000 gallons of gasoline. Unit is a vital link. damage may force an indefinite shutdown. no estimate given. CORRECTION clarifies a prior property sale misstatement in the same item.
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