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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
AIRMEN MARooNED

GOOSE LAKE. Canada.-Nine
American airmen are marooned
in the heart of Labrador. 800
miles from here. Rescurers are
on their way to aid the airmen.
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Apt Advice

DENVER, Colo.-Among the
finished products displayed by a
tombstone maker on busy Den
yer street is one which reads:
1--WE can Wait-Drive Carefully"
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TYPHOON HITS MANILA

MANILA.-A tYphoon. blowing
more than 100 miles an hour.
struck this city today. President
Roxas has declared a state of
emergency. One ship was sunk
and five damaged along the
coast.
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ON BUSINESS TRIP

Jack Delaney of tho Key West
Junior Chamber of Commerce
left over the highway this on a
business trip to Fort Lauderdalc.
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MANILA southbound freight
train. at ll8th street. broke rail
this morning and jumped the
track. and northbound passen-
ger train plunged into the
freight. Six coaches were de-
rallied. The engineer and a fire
man on the passenger train were
injured.
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Late Bulletins
WRECK IN MIAMI

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Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country, with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Episcopal Chapel
Scene OF Weddmg

Mr.. and Mrs. Mark w. Roe of
Cumberland announce the marriage
Of their daughter, Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Roe Lee, to 1t. William Ed
ward Nicely, U. s.. NJ, son of Mr..
George w. Nicely and the late Mrs.
Nicely of Janelew, w. Va. The we'd
ding took place at noon yesterday
in the chapel of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church. The Rev. William
Lloyd Goodrich, former classmate
OF the bridegroom, off1ciated and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert M. Roe were
the only attendants.
Mrs. Nicely attended the Girls
Latin School in Baltimore and Sim
mons College in Boston. She has
been associated with the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. here for the
last eight years.
1t. Nicely is a graduate of West
Virginia University, obtaining his
law degree in 1940 Before entering
the Navy he was associated with q
law firm in Clarksburg, w. Va.
After wedding trip to New York,
the couple will make their home in
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Coast Guard Unit
Will Give Auimals
To Sick Children

Stuffed animals for the kiddies
will be the contribution this month
of the Washington Unit, Coast
Guard Welfare, to Children's Hos
pital.
Tomorrow members of the unit
will have luncheon at the Parrot
and then viii devote the afternoon
to stuffing with soft material the
cotton animals that already have
been cut and stitched.
Since the end of the war practi-
cally eliminated Washington as a
port, members of the unit have
turned their efforts to another
worthy project. They selected Chill
dren's Hospital as a spot where
there always are little hands
stretched forth to receive some lit
tie object that will help to make
illness and pain more bearable. So
each month the Coast Guard ladies
will have something gay and at
tractive for the youngsters.
Members of the unit individually
contribute the material from which
the toys or other objects are made,
cut the patterns and do the sewing
at home, and then put on the fin
ishing touches when the unit meets
for its regular monthly luncheon.
Mrs. r. B. Lank, jr.. chairman of
the unit, will preside at the lunch
con and meeting. Mrs. H. Laughlin
is chairman of the committee in
charge of the work and those as
sisting her are Mrs. c. A. Ander-
son, vice chairman; Mrs. L. Baker
secretary, and Mrs. F. T. Kenner,
treasurer of the Washington unit.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
LlUey Seywce Set Parties !
Keep Membeyy on the 90
Vandegrifts Are Hosts
At Birthday Celebration
By Betty Miiken

It's easy to see there never is q
dull moment in the lives of officers
In the Army. Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard. They're always
on the go, entertain frequently ano
we'll, and often have the pleasant
experience of renewing acquaintance
with friends made at some former
post.
When Col. and Mrs. John Craw-
ford Daily planned the buffet supper
they gave Friday night, the main
idea was to gather together group
of friends who had been stationed
at the same post before the war
And second, it was to give Col. Daily
chance to say goodbye before leav-
ing for duty in China.
There were twenty-five guests and
prominent among them was the new
Inspector General of the Army, Maj
Gen. Ira Thomas Wyche, who was
master of hounds at Fort Riley years
ago when Col. Daily was one of the
whippers-in on the hunt.
Gen. and Mrs. Wyche recently
came to Washington from Boston,
where the former was Commanding
General of the First Service Com
mand before his new appointment
They are occupying an apartment at
Fort Myer for the present, but are
busily searching for a larger and
more permanent residence. Their
daughter, Elizabeth, meantime is the
guest of 1t. Col. and Mrs. Thomas
Fletcher, jr., at 1755 Harvard street
Also on the party Friday were Col
and Mrs. John Turper Cole, who had
been at Fort Riley with the Days
In fact Col. Cole was captain of the
Olympic Riding Team. The Coles
recently moved into the house at
7 West Grove Drive in Belle Haven
which they purchased from Mrs
William c. Sherman. Mrs. Cole, her
daughter Jean, and son, Frederick
lived in Huntington, Long Island
while Col Cole was overseas for
three years. And when he returned
from Germany last fall, they re-
manned on Long Island until he was
able to find them a suitable house
in which to live.
Mrs. Daily and her son, John
Crawford, jr., student at Episcopal
High, are staying on in their house
in Alexandria until the exigencies
of the service permit them to join
Col. DAILY in China. There's the
problem of finding q place to live
there, too.
The Commandant of the Marine
Corps and Mrs. Alexander A. Van
degrift had few friends in for
cocktails yesterday to help them
celebrate their respective birthday
ANNIVERSARIES. Their son, 1t. Col
Alexander A. Vandegrift, jr., came
from Philadelphia for the party and
is remaining here over the weekend
The Quartermaster General of the
Marine Corps and Mrs. William P
Evening star., 1947-03-09
announcement
OfEngagement

Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry Bal
ley announce the engagement OF
their daughter. Miss Alice Killaly
Johnston Bailey to Mr.. Courtlandt
Winter Piehler of Worcester, Mass.
Miss Bailey is graduate of ST.
Mary's Female Seminary and George
Washington University and during
the war was a lieutenant in the
Naval Reserve.
Mr.. Piehler also was lieutenant
in the Naval Reserve and now Is
with the Department of Commerce
He is graduate of Amherst Col
lege and the Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Miss anderson
To Lead March

The daughter of the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Anderson,
Miss Nancy Anderson, has been
asked to lead the grand march
opening the Cotton Ball to be given
Jointly by the Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi State Societies March 81
at the Statler Hotel. The ball will
be in honor of the Maid of Cotton,
Miss Hilma Seay.
Mrs. Clifford Davis, chairman of
the ball, is interested in getting a
number of young official daughters
near the age of the Maid of Cot
ton-on the list of ball guests.
Miss Betty Ann Stewart, daugh-
ter of Senator and Mrs. Tom Stew
art of Tennessee, and the daughter
of Representative and Mrs. John
Rankin of Mississippi, Miss Annie
Laurie Rankin, have been named
co-chairmen of the young group.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Miss Garner Weds

The marriage of Miss Ruth Eayne
Garner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Creston B. Garner of Dowell, Md, to
Mr.. Robert Duff of Rochester, Pa.
took place Thursday in st. Paul's
Methodist Church in Lusby, Md.
Miss Flora Mae Barrett, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Daniel Barrett oil
Lusby was maid of honor and the
Rev. Paul S. Groseclose officiateo
at the ceremony.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
EHgageNzeHt

Announcement is made by Mrs.
Irene Dion Of Providence, R. l., OF
the engagement of her daughter
Miss Elois Dion, to Mr.. James r.
Henkel of this city.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

I. Hill have invited guests for cock
tails tomorrow from $50 to 7::30
o'clock In their quarters, and the
Director Of Organization and Train
ing of the War Department General
Staff and Mrs. Charles p. Hall have
issued invitations to similar party
Friday from 5 to 7 O'Clock in their
quarters at Fort Myer.
Col. and Mrs. John L. Hornor, IT,,
will be hosts at the cocktail hour
this evening, entertaining frcm $50
until 8 O'Clock in the apartment of
Col. Hornor's mother at the Argonne.
Rear Admiral Philip B. Eaton,
U. s. G. g.. and Mrs. Eaton enter
tanned at dinner Friday evening at
the Army Navy Club in honor of
Mrs. James Earl Within of North
Uxbridge, Mass, who is visiting Mrs.
Matthew John WhittaIl at the
Shorehain The other guests were
Mrs. Whittall, DIR. and Mrs. Guttorm
N. Brekke and Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der A. Armour.
Admiral and Mrs. Eaton gave a
luncheon Sunday in honor of DR..
and Mrs. Paul Baensch Of Wood
stock, Long Island.
Rear Admiral cary Jones has
Joined Mrs. Jones at Wardman Park
Hotel following a weeks trip to
Winnipeg. Canada.
Miss Virginia Barr, daughter of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. David G. Barr,
spent the week end with her parents,
bringing with her from Vassar Col
lege her classmate, Miss Sarah
Elizabeth Fletcher of Ell Paso.
Fort Belvoir Dinner-Dance
1t. Col. Dom r. Pepke was among
the engineer officers who entertained
at the dinner-dance Friday evening
in Mackenzie Hall at Fort Belvoir.
His honor guests were Maj. and Mrs.
Morrow r. Sexton who went from
Baltimore for the party, and the
other guests were Miss Patricia
Fletcher, 1t. Col. and Mrs. James
Thetford, 1t. Col and Mrs. Richard
Kjeldsteide, Maj. and Mrs. Charles
Wall. Maj. and Mrs. Thomas Wood,
Maj. and Mrs. Robert Hoffman, MAJ.
and Mrs. Sam Townsley, 1t. and
Mrs. John Johnston and 1t. Howard
RoadeS.
Maj. and Mrs. Melvin w. .Godshall
had as their guests at the dinner
dance, Maj. and Mrs. Ellis Pickering,
Capt. and Mrs. James F. Wright,
Capt. and Mrs. S. l.. Myers and
Capt. and Mrs. Siegfried M. Clement.
Capt. and Mrs. Theodore H. Eb-
berts' guests were Maj. and Mrs.
John Norton, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Duer. 1t. E. McRobbie, WAC, and
Maj. E. M. Wright.
1t. Francis E. LIE Clear entertained
Capt. and Mrs. Edmond J. Dollard,
who were guests of honor; Capt. and
Mrs. Richard A. Patze, 1t. and Mrs.
James r. Earl, jr., and 1t. Carl L..
Ford
Evening star., 1947-03-09

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Evening star., 1947-12-11
Judge Brown Includes
McCurdy in Naming
Falls Church Board

Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Paul
Brown yesterday named Augustus
Wedderburn and r. G. McCurdy to
fill two vacancies on the Falls
Church Board of Zoning Appeals,
and reappointed the boards other
three members to new terms. -
The new board will serve three
years, =. 80
Mr.. Wedderburn was one of two
candidates for the board recently
objected to by the Town Planning
Commission and Councilman j. H.
Mccarthy. Both the Planning Com
mission and Mr.. Mccarthy contend
ed appointment of Mr.. Wedderburn,
a builder, and Guy Hicks, another
candidate to the board. would be
unethical since, it was claimed, they
would have to pass on matters in
which they have a professional
interest. Mr.. Hicks is an attorney.
Mr.. McCurdy's name was among
the three latest candidates sub
mitted to Judge Brown at his re-
quest after hearing protests about
the other two candidates. The origi-
nal two candidates were submitted
to Judge Brown by the town coun-
Gil. When the controversy over
their candidacy arose, Mayor Fenner
S. Hazelgrove criticized the. Plan
ming Commission for attempting to
dictate membership on the Board
of zoning Appeals.
Terms of all five members of the
Board of zoning Appeals expired
Is. The other three
members who were reappointed are
wellington Brink. Malcolm Smith
and, Jerome Schleeper.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Land Suit Dismissal
Sustained on Appeal
By The Associuted Press


ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-THE Mary
land Court of Appeals yesterday up
held Prince Georges County court
decree dismissing a bill to require
the sale of land in a West Lanham
and West Lanham Hills real estate
development.
Judge Charles Markets. opinion
said Phillips H. Clarke of Washing
ton and Vincent C. Tompkins, jr., of
Norfolk, Va, sought to take all the
profits from a five-year real
estate speculation" conducted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Brunk of
Harrisonburg, Va
Mr.. Clarke and Mr.. Tompkins had
contended they purchased 50 lots
in the development at a cost of
$26, ,780 five years ago. An agree
ment with Mr.. and Mrs. Brunk en-
titled them to purchase additional
lots and gave them an option to
acquire unsubdivided land in West
Lanham Hills for $4,000, the plain
tiffs argued .,'
Besides the Harrisonburg couple,
defendants included persons who
had subsequently bought lots in the
area, as well as the Prince Georges
Bank & Trust Co., Inc, and the
West Lanham Hills Citizens Asso-
citation.
The court supported a defense
plea that delay by Mr.. Clarke and
Mr.. Tompkins in filing their suit
was inexcusable. 1t did not disturb
the lower courts ruling that MI.
Clarke and Mr.. Tompkins retained
the right ito sue at law"
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Falls Church Hearing Set
On PLANNING Measure

A public hearing on an amend
ment to the Falls Church subdivi-
sion ordinance giving the Town
Planning Commission authority over
an AREA within two miles of the
boundaries of the town has been set
by the Town Council for February q
The February 2 date was set in
order that statutory IS days notice
may be given Fairfax County which
may approve or disapprove the pro-
poseal. If the county should dis
approve, the matter would be taken
to the Circuit Court. ~
At a Town Council meeting this
week Lytton Gibson, assistant Com
monWealth's attorney. indicated
that an attempt would be made
in the coming session Of the Legis-
lature to repeal that section OF the
State code which now gives towns
and counties concurrent authority
in the two-mile area adjoining in
corporated towns.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
B|adehsburg Police Chief
Wounded at Target Practice

Police Chief Henry j. Nebel, 33,
of Bladensburg, was recovering
today in Prince Georges General
Hospital, Cheverly. from bullet
wound which county police said was
received when his pistol was dis
charged accidentally.
The recently appointed chief
suffered a compound fracture OF
the right leg when a bullet from his
As caliber pistol entered his thigh
and came out at his knee, the
hospital said. His condition was
described as good
Police said Chief Nebel was
wounded while he and two 16-year-
old Bladensburg youths were
searching for cardboard, for target
practice, in the vicinity of the
county dump in Bladensburg about
pm. yesterday.
Police said Chief Nebel removed
his weapon from its holster and
placed it on the seat of his police
scout car. When the two boys,
Walter Trunnell of 41O9 Fifty
fourth avenue and Donald Leslie of
5404 Defense Highway, started to
enter the car, the pistol discharged.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Hotel Managers
Shooting Of Clerk
Held Sef-Defense
by fhs Asseeioted Press

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. ia mur-
der charge against hotel manager
who did as he was told when a desk
clerk tossed him pistol and said
now you're armed. Start shooting"
was dismissed In Police Court yes.
terday.
Police Justice Richard r. Pence
termed the fatal shooting Of John
Lee Garlick Clear and solid case
Of self -defense" and dismissed the
charge against James Paul Martin.
manager Of the Cavalier Hotel here.
Said Martin Of the November %
ihooting:
Il had burning sensation In the
'it OF my stomach and knew II was
Then or never" r
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Communities Back
Planning Commission
For Northern Virginia
D.. p~IA e n~iI:
By Rot art c. RolIinos

A proposed ordinance to create a
regional planning commission for
Northern Virginia was approved
last night by representatives of
the governing bodies of five of the
communities affected.
Endorsements was given at a
meeting Of delegates from the city
OF Alexandria; the counties of Ar
iington, Fairfax and Prince Will
liam, and the town of Falls Church.
The session was held in the George
Mason Hotel.
The suggested measure includes
provision for organization and oper-
alton of the commission. W.
Raymond " Long, director of the
Virginia State Planning Board, who
presided, summed up the purpose
of the project by saying it is ito
help the communities do together
what they can't do by themselves. "
Chairman Elected.
James j. Corbalis, jr., Fairfax
County sanitary engineer, was elect
ed temporary chairman. When three
of the local governing bodies have
adopted the proposed ordinance, he
will call a meeting for election of
permanent officers.
The commission will consist of
three representatives of each gov
ernment unit. One is to be selected
from the governing body, one from
the planning commission and one to
be designated by the governing
body.
The region to be covered by the
commission includes those COM
munities which sent delegates to the
meeting, plus Incorporated towns in
Fairfax and Prince William Counties
having planning commissions. It
was indicated other Northern Vir-
ginia counties might be admitted on
request and that there is a posi-
bility that another regional COM
mission, comprising counties far
ther north, might be formed.
Plan Is Outlined.
The agreement declares such
comprehensive plan shall be made
with the general purpose of guild
ing and accomplishing a co-ordin-
ated, adjusted and harmonious de-
velopment of the region, which will,
in accordance with existing and fu-
ture needs best promote public
health, safety, morals, order, con-
venience and general welfare, as
well as efficiency and economy in
the process of Development"
The agreement authorizes the
commission to cooperate with and
seek the cooperation of the Vir-
ginia State Planning Board, the
Federal Government. the National
Capital Parks and Planning Com
mission ana county and municipal
planning authorities ."
The new commission, similar in
some respects to the National Cap
ital Parks and Planning Commits
sion, would be merely advisory to
the governing bodies. The national
commission is autonomous in plan
ming matters.
Grant at Meeting.
In addition to delegates. those at
tending the meeting included Maj.
Gen. U. S. Grant III, chairman,
and John Nolen, jr.. director of
planning, the National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission,
and Edwin Cotton. engineer -secre-
tary of the Interstate Commission
on the Potomac River Basin.
Delegates included the following:
Alexandria-L- E. Peabody, Ed
ward j. Kelly, Philip B. Hall and
A. H. Brooks; Arlington, C. L. Kin
nier and A. T. Lundberg; Prince
William, j. Ritter and w. M. john
son; Fairfax, j. w. Brookfield, Keith
Price. J. E. Beard, Mr.. Corhalis and
K. c. Peterson, and Falls Church,
Mark M. Regan.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
| Mrs. Dockins Named
As Acting Head Of
Alexandra Hospital

Appointment of Mrs. Ruth
Dockins as acting administrator of
Alexandria Hospital was announced
today by the Board OF Directors.
The appointment followed the
resignation yesterday Of David G.
Book, president of the board, effec-
tive January l. Mr.. Book gave as
his reason the press OF other busi-
ness.
Mrs. Dockins, an enploye of the
hospital since May, 1912, will serve
in the absence of Administrator
Robert G. Whitton, who resigned
frecently-and will depart Tuesday
on leave of absence.
: THE effective. date of Mr.. Whit
tons resignation has not been set
but he said it would be mot later
than April l."
A native of Nebraska, Mrs.
Dockins is thoroughly familiar with
the operation of the hospital, ac-
cording to Mr.. Whitton. Before her
employment by the hospital she
worked for the. Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co. in Washington.
Mr.. Books resignation was the
second from the seven member
board in the past two weeks. Clar-
ence Robinson, a board member for
II years, resigned several weeks ago
and gave similar reasons.
Mr.. Book has been a member of
the hospital board for the past five
years and its president for a year
and half. He said his duties as
business manager of the Chamber
of Commerce demanded that he re-
tire from the hospital board.
He said his resignation had no.
connection with the recent hospital
survey that was highly critical of its
administration. The survey resulted
in the resignation of Mr.. Whitton.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

in May, 1922. Commissioned in
1914, he served in the European
theater for seven months, returning
to this country in May, 1945.
T/Sergt. EWers served overseas
as crew chief from 1941 to 1914.
He was born in April, 1906, in Ken
lucky, and has been in the Air
Force since 1910.
For the first time since GOA
ground control approach was in
stalled at National Airport last
summer, it was put to emergency
use last night.
Joe Vivari, the Civil Aeronautic
Administrations senior traffic con-
troller at the airport, brought an
ice-laden Beechcraft in safely, di-
recting the pilots course by radio
The directions were formulated by
position of the plane on the radar
screen.
Couldn't Land without Aid.
The planes pilot and only occu-
pant, Nick Carofanello, %. of Brad
ford. Pa, was completely helpless
to land without aid The windshield
was coated with ice and visibility
all the way down was zero-zero.
With no one to help with the
gears and flaps, Mr.. Oarofanello
was hard put to follow directions
Ice also made radio reception poor
But Mr.. Vivari brought him down
to the runway. and even talked
him along on his roll. He warned
the pilot he was headed toward the
left of the runway, and the plane
came to stop about Q feet off. Mr.
Carofanello later said he heard the
warning, but was unable to do any
thing about it.
Only once, when he veered slightly
off the course and. banked sharply
to get back on, did the pilot see the
ground. At that time he saw a red
runway light through side window
Shortly after 9 pm, Mr.. Vivari
went into action again. This time
it was a BIS bomber contacted Is
miles east of National Airport. BY
this time the icing conditions had
almost cleared, but the bomber
was low on gasoline and the pilot
had no charts to direct him to a
landing in this area.
Mr.. Vivari directed the plane with
radar until 1t was about III miles
south of Boiling Field. From there,
with the ceiling lifted to 900 feet,
the pilot got in on his own.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
II Tons Of Relief Goods
Gathered by Adventists

A total Of IL tons of clothing and
food has been collected in the Silver
Spring Takoma Park area by the
young people of ,Seventh-day ADJ
ventist Churches for distribution in
Europe.
DR.. De Voc K. Meade, chairman
Of the drive, said the articles have
been sent to New York for shipment
abroad. He said about $3.50 in cash
also was collected,