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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
14
The article notes a three day long weekend as Labor Day closes the season opening of schools. Forecasts call for fair and cool weather with rising temperatures by Monday. Banks, offices, post office, and The News observe holiday schedules while courts and state offices close. pools may see last big play, parks crowded, and traffic increase Friday night.
Thirteen Frederick City Police officers earned trophies at the annual pistol qualifications on the Maryland State Police range in Barracks B. Officer William A. Boone Jr. led with 283 of 500, claiming top honors and a 1955 winner engraving. Seventeen officers qualified as experts, sharpshooters, or marksmen amid generally higher scores than 1954.
Pastor John Gerberding of Holy Cross Church Menomonee Falls was found innocent on seven charges in a secret trial by the Northwest Synod of the United Lutheran Church. The eighth charge was set aside as administrators seek action to address what the church called an offensive situation. The verdict was unanimous and Gerberding said he was surprised by the outcome.
City eyes completion of the Pennsylvania Railroad switch relocation at East and Church streets by today. A crew of over 50 Pennsy and city workers moved the switch 150 feet closer to the freight station after a week of prep. Road resurfacing from Patrick to Church to be done by Sept 15 barring weather delays.
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, ten years after Japan’s surrender, said the United States may consider progressive withdrawal of American ground forces from Japan. After three days of talks with Secretary of State Dulles, he expressed satisfaction though no withdrawal date was set. He planned a trip to New York and then Tokyo as talks on a time schedule were to begin with Japanese-American conferences to come.
NEWPORT NEWS A naval spokesman said today the Cartier Forrestal s burned out propeller shaft bearings will be no obstacle to the Navy acceptance of the ship. Rear Adm. 8. F. Stout, president of its Navy Trial Board of Survey and Inspection, said mechanical difficulties delaying full power runs will be corrected and the ship will be delivered to the Navy as scheduled in September.
A 30 day fact finding and a 30 day cooling off period under the Railway Labor Act loom as the CIO Transport Workers Union threatens a mass walkout of 35 000 nonoperating Pennsylvania Railroad employees over wage and hour demands and old grievances. President Eisenhower moves to avert the strike by creating an emergency board, with members to be named soon, while unions claim management has hedged on arbitration. If the board fails, a wildcat strike could disrupt Labor Day travel across multiple states and the nation’s largest railroad.
$2,248.24 was sent to National Red Cross headquarters for flood victims. The amount is 58 percent of the area quota, with 115 postal districts still awaiting reports. Postmaster James A. Grove oversees the drive with postal staff and carriers volunteering to continue gathering donations through today and tomorrow. Austin W. Angleberger, Red Cross Disaster Relief chairman, noted the public support and daily reports on receipts.
Los Angeles case by the maternal grandmother Ales Florence Barton Klansenberg seeks court ruling Huntington J Hartford TV as the boy's father to obtain a passport and possible military entry under the rightful name. The suit notes the mother Mary Barton died in 1941 and alleges Hartford has not acknowledged paternity.
A Baltimore police special squad on U.S. 40 near the east city limits has arrested about 100 large truck drivers in three weeks. Lt. Arthur Black says arrests peak in early mornings for speed and other violations. Thirty three drivers were jailed in one night last week, many from outside Maryland, with bail set at $6.45. The unit works a one mile sector inside the city edge to curb heavy truck traffic between Baltimore and major northeastern cities.
Police report James Howard Johnson was arrested on a forgery charge for allegedly forging Harry F. Kessler’s name on an $8,644 check cashed by Millard T. Conley at a local restaurant. Johnson jailed on $1,500 bond. warrant expected for Jolson at a local hotel. Detective Sergt Norman Tera leads the investigation. Johnson’s residence history unclear.
In Oldtown Maryland Charles Keech and his 1 year old son Charles Keech were killed when their sports car collided with another vehicle about half a mile west of Oldtown. A bystander, believed to be seriously injured, was taken to Cumberland hospital. Nearby, New York steel shares led a market rally as trading resumed.
The State collects under a new pay as you go income tax system starting July 1. Self employed and those with other incomes file declarations by Sept 15 estimating 1955 income and paying at least one quarter. Employers will file by Oct 21.
Frederick County homemakers resume club activities in September with demonstrations on Eat a Good Breakfast Start a Good Day. Training for local leaders occurred August 24 and a 15 minute radio program series begins September 6 led by County Council president Mrs Ray Smith and Miss Beatrice Fehr. A September 9 radio publicity readers meeting follows, with Sept 13 County Council reports on the Chicago National Convention and booth plans for the Frederick Fair featuring refinishing of furniture. Local leaders from New Market Libertytown Urbana Braddock and others contribute to the project. A braiding rags program continues September 22 22 30 under Miss Vivian Curnut. Regular meetings resume September 1.
Baltimore reports strike halting production at six Bendix plants. Picketing started at midnight after a one year contract with the AFL. The International Association of Machinists expired and a manpower shortage affects wartime equipment orders. A Maryland road inspector and a Marine Reserve clerk are named in related notices. New polio cases rise to 2219 last week per Public Health Service.
Air Force Lt. Guy H. Bumpas, captured in Korea, said he was coerced into long “friendly chats” with Communist captors and signed a letter that did not amount to a confession or reference American propaganda. He described the six hour first interview and denied threats or torture while recounting the crash near the truce line and his injuries.
A 29 year old woman, Mrs Cora Armor of Perryville, was forced off Maryland 222 into a deep creek early today. The water rose fast. unable to swim, she kicked out a window and climbed to the roof. Four unidentified men heard her cries and rescued her. She was admitted to Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace.
News dispatch reports furious clashes along the Gaza front with Israeli jets downing two Egyptian fighters and ground forces destroying an Egyptian headquarters near Yad Mordechai. Both pilots killed. 36 Israelis and 10 Egyptians dead since Thursday amid intensified hostilities and a U.N. brokered cease-fire effort.
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a new contract six hours after a regional strike halted plants in five states. The deal mirrors Ford GM patterns, includes layoff pay of 60 to 65 percent for up to 26 weeks, and starts a trust fund contribution today with benefits beginning June 1. Dulles commends inspectors who faced South Korean demonstrations for firmness under pressure.
The Ralph M Parsons Company gains a 90 day extension to wind down Camp Detrick operations. About 260 employees will be laid off by Friday with a broader plan reducing Frederick staff from 450 to about 60 by September and to around 15 by October 31. Some workers may transfer to the home office in Los Angeles or other branches in the United States and abroad. The Fredrick office at Odd Fellows Home will close at extension end and the Second and East warehouse site will shut earlier.
Frederick residents face circuit court actions regarding a May Mt Pleasant break in at Avalon Tavern and May 22 drive in concession theft. James Lewis Johns waived grand jury and seeks immediate trial on fraudulent checks dated August 11 and 14. Willam E Deianter trading as Avalon Tavern faces burglary and grand larceny charges with items including radio cash box tools and 18 cigarette packs valued around 175 dollars. A second criminal information stems from a Braddock Drive In theft of 23 dollars in cash a steel change box and food.
Police found Leroy Eggleston known as Tiney, 49, dead in a shallow well six miles north of Fort Worth. He was shot in the back of the head amid the stay-for-pay murder case of oilman William P. Clark. Only Mrs Mary Clark and mobster-informer Harry Hugems remain alive as principals.
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