Local notes reveal town tales and civic fixes
The column reports on a stray raccoon nicknamed Old Rutus on a city dump, a Medway Road resident noting its pups, and a planned sidewalk by the Raritan Club to improve child safety near Maugansville School. It also covers potential retirement of C Lester Burgesser from the County Treasurer’s office, tree thefts near Edgemont Reservoir, a hawk scaring pigeons around Foltz Manufacturing, and reader questions about naming public schools after national heroes.
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Rey
Charles Lowman
Medway Road
Pneiae Ap Astelly
Maugans Road
Maugansville School
Raritan Club
Chub
Coorthouse
Wway
C. Lester Burgesser
Laster
Caryetown
Lester
Register of Wills
Albert Beyard
Bill Thurston
Wey
Foltz
Washington and
Locust Streets
Rosa Cunningham
Smithsburg Man Kills Himself After Wounding Fellow Worker Kills Two For Autos
A Smithsburg Reservoir supervisor was wounded when a co worker, Paul Martin, 57, shot him in the leg and then killed himself. Earlier in New York a 17 year old, Fred Sommer Jr., confessed to shooting two men for their cars, both deaths tied to an attempted auto theft spree. The wounded supervisor, Daniel Sterling, 69, was taken to hospital. Martin died at his home after firing on Sterling and then turning the gun on himself. Authorities found an unsigned note by Martin. The incident follows prior friction over Sterling’s appointment as reservoir superintendent.
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Bath
Hirch
Fred Sommer Jr
Cameron Mills
New York
Cevil Stratton
Leo W. Brown
Stratton
Catlin
Brown
Corning
Corning Glass Works
Summer
Pye
Sommer
Horseheads
Smithaburg Reservoir
Daniel Sterling
Washington County
Paul Martin
Martin
Thomas Funkhouser
Marlin
Cavetown
Smithsburg
Funkhouser
Sterling
The
Reservoir
Cal
U S Tax Forms Ready To Mail
Baltimore dispatch notes first batch of federal income tax forms will mail next Monday from the Bureau of Internal Revenue office. About 1,650,600 returns are expected by the April deadline. plans aim to have all forms in the mails by end of January. A tax form change requiring business expense accounts on the face was dropped after complaints from small taxpayers. The itemized expenses must still be shown as income and actual expenses may be deducted.
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Baltimore
Bureau of Interna Revenue
Itmnes
Youths cited after BB gun incident on Corbett Street
Two boys aged eight and ten shot Wanttow Catmack in the hand with an BB gun on Corbett Street. Police took the youths to headquarters for questioning. the victim, Wanttow Catmack, lives at 1 Black Corbett Street.
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Wanttow Catmack
Black Corbett Street
Poates
Rise In Ownership Of Private Planes In This County Noted
The article reports a sharp rise in privately owned planes in Washington County attributed to industrial firms and farm operators. It notes a national trend with 30 private planes in the county, a 36.5 percent local increase, and contrasts with airline aircraft. The piece cites a Civil Aeronautics Administration survey and compares county ownership to regional levels.
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New York
Washington County
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Administea
Farma
Uto
South
Atlantic States
Creper
Maryland
Stockholders of Hagera Town Fair Nominate Officers Today
Stockholders of the Hagera town Fair Association meet this afternoon at the Fair to nominate officers and directors. The annual election will be held at a later date.
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Hageratown Fair Association
Mds
Hancock Man Fatally Burned In Gasoline Station Blast
Daniel Smith, 51, of Hancock, died at Berkeley Springs Hospital shortly before 10 am from burns suffered when a gasoline booster pumping station owned by Southern Pipeline Co. of Lancaster exploded near Hancock. The 20 by 60 foot tin structure housed a 260 horsepower motor and was ripped open, with gasoline storage nearby not exploding. State police said high octane gasoline ignited after 3 am. cause undetermined. Smith lived with his family on Black Oak Road, near the station, and was the sole night worker.
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Daniel Smith
Hancock
Berkeley Springs
W. C A
Bitrng
Southern Pipeline Company
Lancaster
Paig
Smith
Pipe- Fing
Elmer Flowers
Black Oak Road
Realty Market At Standstill For Holiday
The Yuletide kept the local real estate market at a standstill with few sales this week. About a dozen properties changed hands, totaling under $100,000, including transfers to Albert R Hedden and wife at 941 Summit Avenue and Claude M Smith and wife for land along the east side of Baptist Church Road in District 5. Continuous notes indicate further deeds continued on Page 01 Col. 6.
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L. Russell Barlup
Albert R. Hedden
Welling
Summit Avenue
Charles ¥. Wertman
Claude M. Smith
Eest
Baptist
Church Road
Ernest. Deteen
Tal
M. Pickens
Drunken driving conviction fines and jail time for Sallenberger
Howard H. Sallenberger, 31, of Fayetteville, Pa., was convicted of drunken driving and fined $150 with costs and four days in jail by Magistrate Edwin H. Miller. He faced an additional 20 days if the fine is not paid. Patrolman Melvin L. rims ley testified to the arrest on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Howard H. Sallenberger
Fayetteville
Edwin H. Miller
Sallenberger
Pennsylvania Avenue
Melvin L.rimsley
Sollenbergberger
Sollenberger
Rain Ends Late Tonight With Sunny Sunday Outlook
Weather report notes potential rain ending late tonight and sunshine tomorrow. Potomac River crested at 8.9 feet then receded as temperatures hover near freezing. Wet, cool conditions persist across the eastern half with snow and rain in the Great Lakes region and thunderstorms along the central Gulf Coast.
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Potomac
Great Lakes
Indiana
Mlinois
Plains
Mississippi River
Gulf Cast
Dead miners found after Virginia West Virginia mine blast
Rescue teams recovered 11 miners dead after a gas explosion trapped 25 men in Mine No 1 Pocahontas Fuel Co on the Virginia West Virginia border. Fourteen miners emerged uninjured around midnight as officials wrapped victims in canvas and removed them by coal car.
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Amonate
Virginia-West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia
Bluefield
Va.w.va
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Courtields
Bishop
William Fullarton
Pacahontas Fuel Co
Plana
Watch In Helpless Horror As Young Mother Shot To Death
A neighborhood witnessed a fatal shooting as a young mother was killed after a man fired at close range and abducted her child. The woman's husband believed to have been nearby, and the child was later retrieved after a call from the father. Details on motives and the suspect remain unclear.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Margie Bell Kirby
David
Carroll Lane Kirby
Bob Jefferies
Galesbeth
Jefferies
Gale
Kirby
Santa
Pocahontas Fuel Co Mine No 3 Layoffs And Mine Explosion Tragedy
A gas explosion at Pocahontas Fuel Co Mine No 3 trapped 25 miners with 14 rescued. Layoffs planned for 534 of 775 workers due to coal order shortages as flagging production follows the disaster. Bodies of three workers recovered by dawn. rescue efforts continue amid dangerous gases.
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Amonate
Pocahontas
Youth Confesses Killing Mother With Rifle In Anger
A 17-year-old youth walked into a Brooklyn police station and confessed to killing his mother with a .22 rifle after she nagged him about using the telephone. He described dragging her body to the bathtub and claimed a friend helped carry the body. Police found Mrs. Gladys Jessup, 35, in the described location. The youth, John Jessup, was charged with homicide. a friend named Howard Denlea was questioned on juvenile delinquency charges. The report notes the killer’s quick temper and a motive tied to anger over a telephone dispute.
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Brooklyn
John Jessup
Gladys Jessup
Jessup
Howard Devlea
Denlea
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