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Evening star., 1950-08-14

Truman to consider problems of
growing old and how to meet
them. The program is being held
at the Shoreham Hotel.
Forecasts of a heightened life
expectancy came from DR.. Martin
L. Gumpert. of New York, spe-
cialist in diseases of the aged.
AS a first step in the longer
life program, DR.. Gumpert urged
special housing and nursing and
medical care for the older gener-
alton. Only the last several years
Of life expectancy will be linked
with disabilities now regarded as
companions" of old age, he de-
clared.
Today's discussions dovetailed
with DR.. Gumpert's long-life fore
cast-principally with a social
security program covering those
extended years and how, to pay
for it.
The warning on mounting costs
Of pension and welfare programs
in some industries was sounded by
Martin R. Gainsbrugh, chief eco
nomist of the National Indus
trial Conference Board. -.
He declared that from is to 20
per cent of the wage bill is the
cost of the pension and welfare
program in some industries. He
estimated the cost of full scale
social security program" at from
IL to Is per cent.
He urged the conference to get
the facts on the cost of pension
and welfare plans.
A contrary view was expressed
on pension costs by DR.. Francis
E. Townsend of Los Angeles. He
told the conference that the en-
ployer passes on pension costs to
the consumers. The proper dis
Evening star., 1950-08-14
Burns Prove Fatal
To Mrs. SiIVerberq

Mrs. Henrietta Silverberg, SO.
died yesterday in Garfield Hos
pital of burns she suffered Satur-
day in the kitchen of her home,
1851 Tenth street NV.
A certificate of accidental death
due to second and third degree
burns over her entire body was
issued by Deputy Coroner DR..
Richard Rosenberg.
Mrs. Silverberg was preparing to
light gas stove when her cloth
ing caught fire, according to
police.
Evening star., 1950-08-14
Polio Victim Runs
WytheyiHe Radio
Show Despite Attack
By the Associated Press


WYTHEVILLE, Va. Aug.
14.-Disc jockey Sidney Tear
is carrying on an old enter
tainment tradition-the show
must go on.
Mr.. Tear was one Of this
towns many polio victims. He
has now recovered sufficiently
to carry on his duties-from
his bed.
His spiels are recorded on
tape and his station, WYE,
dubs in the music. This ar
rangement was made at Mr..
Tears request and will be
continued for the next five
weeks that he remains in bed.
Evening star., 1950-08-14
Pension for Longer Life Span
Studied by Conference on Aging

The National Conference on
Aging went into its second ses-
sion here today after hearing a
prediction yesterday that mans
life span may be increased to 125
years. -.
The conference, which opened
yesterday, was called by President
Evening star., 1950-08-14

be in for something. A 39-year-old
bear of a man with jet black hair.
he had been the county health
officer for five years. He also was
health officer of the county Of
Pulaski, which borders Wythe
County on the east and in whicn
he made his home. He had come
to Southwestern Virginia from
public health work in North Caro-
lima with diploma from the Uni
versity of South Carolina Medical
School at Charleston to hang on
his wall.
In the five years since his ar
rival there had been plenty OF
work. But there had been nothing
that could be termed an epidemic.
DR.. Pope's foreboding was not
unfounded. In a few days he was
contending with one Of the most
intense polio epidemics in history.
1t is still spreading and taking its
toll.
Over the week end five new cases
were reported from Wythe County
and one from Wytheville and II
new cases were admitted. to Me-
mortal and Crippled Children's
Hospital in Roanoke from other
areas in Southwest Virginia.
Wythe County has had 146 cases
and 16 deaths. Eighty-two Of the
cases were in Wytheville.
AS he was arranging his pins
DR.. Pope reflected on how puzzling
is the pattern of the incidence OF
polio. Here was the first case, the
Seccaflco baby in house near
the coal yard. Here were the
second and third. two little girls
in the Jones family who live a
little way out of the town.
The best medical thought on
polio now is that it is spread by
personal contacts. But it probably
would be impossible to establish
that q personal contact had been
made between the Seccafico and
the Jones tam1lleS.
Two children in one family are
not common in the spread Of polio.
The disease more often seems to
pick one victim, even in a family
with a large number of young
children. There were six children
in the Jones family.
There was another interesting
thing about this case. The mother
had polio when she was a child
still limps from its crippling ef-
feet. The students of polio would
be interested in that. One school
among them believes that sus-,
Iceptibility is hereditary.
Still in Iron Lung.
The two cases in the Jones
family were Betty Carroll Jones,
10. who showed positive spinal
test on July 2, and her 7-year-old
sister, Imogene, who came down
with it on July 4. Betty Carol
Jones is still in an iron lung in
the hospital in Roanoke, 1mo-
gene was one of the first children
to return from the hospital for
convalescent care at home.
At the start of the second week
in July Tommy Gard, 2-year-old
son of the Rev. DR.. G. o. Gard
pastor of the Christian Church on
Main street, was stricken. That
was on Sunday, July 9. His father
closed the church that day.
On Tuesday the disease again
struck twice in the same family
On that day the two Shockley
boys, Lloyd Wayne Shockley, g.
4 and Norman Sawyers Shockley, 2
Evening star., 1950-08-14
Soldier Killed
nCrash atFort;;
3Hurti in Traffic
August 3 Accident
Injuries Prove Fotol
To Former Policeman

The weekend traffic toll today
included a soldier killed instantly
at a Fort Myer entrance and q
former Washington policeman
who died of injuries in an Au-
gust 3 crash in Maryland.
In other accidents yesterday a
United States Park policeman
suffered severe injuries in Ar
lington, Va, and two Washington
women were hurt in collision
involving a 15-year-old girl
charged with driving without a
license.
Pfc. Albert A. Rawls, %, Of
Cardova, Ala, attached to an
Army service unit at Fort Myer.
was killed at 9 pm. when a car
driven by Pfc. Louis D. Werten-
berger, 25, jumped the curb and
ran into a steel fence near the
post entrance. Pfc. Wertenberger
and Pvt. Edward Chappell, 81, a
passenger, were treated for shock.
Victim Asleep at Time.
Daniel David Pittman, jr., %,
colored, of 3210 Thirteenth street
NV, whose father is a Washing
ton police lieutenant, died at Gall
linger Hospital. His neck was
broken in an accident on Route 5
near TB, Md, August 8.
Mr.. Pittman, who resigned as a
policeman in 1949 after a year on
the force, was asleep in the Car
driven by Mrs. Yvonne Sawyer,
26. colored, of 2607 Sherman ave-
nue. NV, when it missed a turn
and plunged down a bank. An
other passenger, Willie Jones, 81,
colored, of 3615 Thirteenth street
NV, was slightly injured.
Sergt. Andrew J. Bickford. At.
of 2003 Commonwealth avenue,
Alexandria, a park policeman, was
in Alexandria Hospital today with
severe head injuries and cuts and
bruises.
He was injured at $40 am. yes
terday at Ridge road and 28th
street, Arlington, when his cruiser,
police reported, was hit by a car
driven by Edward M. Brooks, 10,
of East Falls Church.
Driver Charged.
Police said the Brooks car went
through a stop sign and that the
driver told them he had been go
ing go miles an hour trying to get
away from another car" Brooks
was ordered to appear Friday in
Arlington County Court on
charges of reckless driving and
operating without permit.
Sergt. R. D. Livingston, 90. of
1o2 Rosemary lane, Falls Church.
in the car with Sergt. Bickford,
was uninjured except for a shak-
ing up. Ralph T. Rodenbaugh,
20, of 2117 North Glebe road.
Arlington, one of three passengers
in the Brooks car, was treated ct
Arlington Hospital for bruises and
shock.
In a collision at Kenilworth
avenue and Hayes street NE. last
night, Mrs. Gladys Griffin, As,
colored, of 507 @ street, and MIS-.
Bessie Nichols. g., colored. Of
Baltimore, suffered possible head
injuries.
A 15-year-old girl driving the
car that collided with the ma
chine driven by Mrs. Griffin's hus-
band. Bennie Griffin, 43, was
charged by police with driving
without a permit and on the
wrong side of the street. The
owner of the car, Ivan T. Petty,
1920 Twenty First street NV,
was charged with allowing her
to drive without a permit.
Evening star., 1950-08-14
DefectiVeGiVes
New Details on
Wire-Tdpping
BYunt's Testimony
Backs Earlier Stories
On Hughes Case
By Don S. Warren

Additional testimony about
overlapping by police under the
direction of 1t. Joseph w. Shimon
during the Howard Hughes war
contracts inquiry was given today
to the Pepper subcommittee of the
Senate.
The first witness as the in
veStigation was resumed in closed
session was Detective James G..
Bryant.
During the 1947 Hughes in
quiry, he was assigned to the
staff of 1t. Shimon while the
latter was detailed as chief in
veStigator in the Office of the
United States Attorney. He now
is a member of the sex squad.
officials said testimony of De-
tective Bryant corroborated ear
lier statements by police officers
of being assigned to tap or listen
in on telephone wires of the plane
builder or his agents.
Recording Expert Testifies.
Similar testimony was given at
earlier closed sessions of the sub
committee by four other police
men formerly detailed as aides to
1t. Shimon.
A second witness at today's ses-
sion was Joseph TAFT, owner of
the U. S. Recording Co., 1121 Yer
mont avenue NV, who has been
engaged for 10 years in the busi-
ness of selling or renting record
ing devices.
The subcommittee asked him to
appear to testify about recording
equipment, how it operated and, if
possible, who made use of such
equipment.
Mr.. TAFT was accompanied by
Attorney Martin F. ODonoghue.
Committee Confers With Fay.
The committee also conferred
with United States Attorney
George Morris Fay today.
Officials have said they wanted
information as to whom 1t. Shi-
mon made reports of his work
while attached to the district at
torney's Office and also if there
were any records of his investiga-
tions.
Another alleged victim" of
overlapping, informed sources
disclosed over the week end, was
Hugh Fulton, former chief coun-
sci for the Truman war investi-
eating committee. Mr.. Fulton at
one time represented Mr.. Hughes
and, like Mr.. Hughes, engaged
in hectic controversy with Sena-
tor Brewster, Republican, OF
Maine.
Brewster Admits Paying ShimOn.
Senator Brewster has told re-
porterS he authorized a payment
of 500 to 1t. Shimon, but he
insisted the payment was for
expenses 1t. Shimon incurred
while checking on man shadow
ing Senator Brewster.
Chairman Pepper Of the sub
committee told reporters last Fri
day that one of the scenes Of
re-tapping was the Occidental
Hotel. 1t later developed that the
tap was put on phones in the
Office of Fulton, HALEY and Wal
ter.
Mr.. Fulton's law firm has Offices
in the Occidental Hotel. In fact,
during the Hughes investigation,
reporters gathered in Mr.. Full
tons Office in the Occidental to
hear the attorneys side of a heat
ed clash with Senator Brewster.
Associated with Mr.. Fulton is
Rudolph HALEY, chief counsel for
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee headed by Senator Ke-
fauver. Democrat. Of Tennessee
Senator Kefauver is member OF
Evening star., 1950-08-14
Fighting on Unseen Enemy
Wheve Health Officer Reflects on Pznq Pattern Polio Incidence
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

WYTHEVILLE, Va, Aug. IA
During the first week of July, DR..
Charles P. Pope. health officer,
stuck four pins into the map OF
Wytheville on the wall of his Of
flee. Each pin indicated a new
polio case in the town. That made
only five. The first case was the
infant son of Jimmy Seccaf1ce.
the second baseman of Wythe-
ville's professional baseball team.
The Seccaf1co baby was stricken
in the last week of June.
AS he fixed up his map, DR..
Pope wondered if he was going to
Evening star., 1950-08-14

Federal Security Administrator Ewing
Discusses Our Aging Population in on
Article on the Editorial Page.
Evening star., 1950-08-14

Second of a series of articles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Red Organ Reveals
Truth About
Inchon Landing

MOSCOW-(P,-Of course the
Russian Communist Party paper
Pravda prints only the gospel
truth-the Soviet gospel. So now
everybody in Russia knows about
what really happened when the
American Marines landed at In
ehon, on the west coast of Korea.
Pravda has revealed the facts
the truth about Americas plans
for exploiting the world. Accord
ing to Pravda. a group of Amer
lean business leaders was actually
aboard the flagship during the in
vaSion of Inehon. These Wall
Street wolves watched the land
ing with their binoculars. And
then. after the capture of Seoul,
they celebrated with a lush BAN
quet. According % Pravda, the
party was in honor of the trans
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
$4,000 Gasoline
Station To Be
Built In Key West

Orange State Oil company was
granted permission 20 erect q
$4,000 gasoline station al the
corner of Simonfon and Fleming
streets by planning commission
ers last night
Area covered vii be So X So
Representative Bernie c. Pzpy.
agent for the Cities Service com
pany. a subsidiary Of Orange
State Oh. made the request
Papy announced that TIE Con
structinn job Would be placed on
on bids. and that the work would
probably start within thirty 70
forty days. ~ 4.tt
The property IS already zoned
for business. but al building per-
mits for filling stations need ne
approval Of the planning c0mmis-
sion This IS specially stated in
the charter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Cautier BUYS
LandForS 2OM
OnKey Largo
Karl O. Thompson
Was Seller OF
The 40 Acres To
Jeff Cautier

approximately As acres of the
Thompson Tract. also known Is
the Club Estates on Key LARGO
has been sold for $50. 900. accord
ing TO warranty deed filed n
the office Of County Clerk Earl
r. Adams.
The property was sold by Kari
O. Thompson TO JEFF Gaufier and
others Of Miami.
Other warranty deeds were
filed as follows:
George ". and Mildred Laura
Griffin 10 Francis X. and Nellie
A Iglseder. Lots 6, Z. g. and 3.
Block. Of Grams Subdivision q
Grs ssey Key. for Sl,500.
B A. and Celia Sawyer C
Rachel c Rhodes. the south
seven-tenths of Drumm0nd Key
for $500. fttA
Mardelle Dykes White 10 An
drew E. Taits.fLo 1B. Block l6.
of Palma Sofa subdivision on
Key Largo. for 500.
Elizabeth H Evans 20 Hllds
Continued On PAGE Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
More Than 5000
Registered For
General Election
Registration Deadline
For November General
Election Is 5 O'clock
This Afternoon
This Afternoon

Approximately 5000 voters.
largest registration in Monroe
history. have qualified
to cast ballots IN the general cleo
ton next month. Supervisor of
Registration Samuel B. Pinder
announced today 49,
This number SuFpasseS the pre-
vious record registration by more
than 1000, said Pinder.
About Us of the registered vo-
tiers qualified since the primary
elections in May. Those who
qualified for the primaries are
not required to re-register for
the November elections Host OF
the recent registrantS are citizens
who attained voting age since the
roll closed last spring.
Today is the registration dead
line for those not already quail
fled, stated Pinder. Books VIII
close at 5 o'clock this afternoon
he said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
New Milk Prices
Go Into Effect
Tomorrow

Effective Sunday. October 8,
the price Of milk in Key West
viii be &c a quart. That is for
grade A. pasteurized raw or
chocolate milk Pints viii sell for
l5c.
This price-fixing has been done
by the Florida Milk Commission.
The order was signed by L K
Nicholas, Jr., administrator of
the Milk Commission.
Price for homogenized milk.
with or without vitamin D IS
23c. Pints VIII sell for Ice
Butfermilk and skim milk's
selling price viii be 20c.
A consumers organization IN
Miami has notified residents of
Key West that an organization
viii be formed in Monroe county
to wage an about fight against
the commission. These county or
CARNATIONS intend to take their
problems to the. state legislature
But at present state law Of
Florida forbids the selling Of
milk for less than the above quo
ted prices
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Pinder Candidate
For Supervisor
OF Registration
Photo,

Sam B. Pinder, who was ap-
pointed supervisor of registration
N Monroe county by Governor
Warren to succeed John England,
resigned, is a candidate to sue
coed himself In a primary cleo
ton to be held next Tuesday. This
statement was issued today BY
friends of Pinder regarding Tues
days contest: 'sfi zsiss zs'sssaStiz
FAN honest election is based
primarily on an honest book of
registration Sam B. Pinder IS
known to thousands of residents
IN Monroe county, whom he serv-
ed faithfully and efficiently for
many years In various public
capacities. as a man of proven
ability and integrity. Monroe
county's list of registrations is
safe in his hands. Nobody's name
will be put on that list unless he
measures up In every way to the
qualifications as set forth. by the
Election Laws of the State of
Florida. -
while we know Sam B. Pin
der is the man to keep those
books honestly intact, there: IS
another most important thing we
should not forget-the duty of
going to the polls to vote. None
70 us should stay away from the
polls because there is only one
office for which to vote We
should not lose sight of the fact
that the. office at stake IS basic
in our electoral system We
should insist on capability and
trustworthiness in that office, and
the way for us to attain those
ends IS to go to the polls and
register our choice
Let US make our choice Sam
B. Pinder, a man in whom we can
place the utmost confidence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07

Goes On Trial
.ForLifeS Soon
Faces Trial For Murder
OF Gilbert Yglesia When
Circuit Court Opens
Here On October 10th

Louis Caraballo viii soon &C
on trial for his life for the spec
|tacular courthouse killing OF
Gilbert Blanco Yglesia.
His trial for first degree muir
der is the only criminal case slat-
ed for circuit court which con-
venes here October l6. Judge
Aquilino Lopez stated today tha;
scaraballo would probably br
tried during the week beginning
Oct. q.
The Caraball0 case win be the
first trial for first degree murder
conducted in Monroe county in
many years.
Yglesia, 24<year-oId bus driver.
was shot to death June 26. near
the door of the court room of the
Monroe County courthouse while
waiting to appear before a grand
jury investigating the death of
Caraballo's stepdaughter and
Yglesia,s sweetheart. l8-year-old
Mrs. Elena Castillo Harris.
: A coroner's jury had ruled
earlier that the young woman
met her death by jumping or
falling from a moving trasif bus
operated by Yglesia- Yglesia's
wife and two small children Were
the only, other passengers.
The grand jury reversed this
verdict, ruling that Mrs Harris
died from a head injury inflicted
by a malleable instrument. Med
ical testimony verified this rul-
ing. The grand jury had not nam
ed the killer.
Yglesia was squatting on the
courthouse balcony when he was
killed Caraballo walked to with
in five feet of the young bus
CONTINUED On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Potential Storm
Area Dissipating

MIAMI, oct 7-P-A po-
tential storm area in the Carib-
bean sea is in the process of dis
sipating-
Cloudy weather and humid air
is blanketing South Florida,
Cuba and the western Caribbean,
but lively rain squalls are dying
out and barometric pressure IS
rising
Said Eorecaster Pail Moore of
the Miami Weather Bureau: We
got by with that one.
We had a look at the inside of
an area of suspicion. but the dam
ger OF hurricane development
from it IS past now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Walter Harris
Tax Reports
ArriUed Here
This Morning

Acting City Manager Charles
Roberts stated today that no de-
eision on the amount of taxes &c
be paid by the Key West Homes
company for their contemplated
1.U08 unit housing win BE made
this Monday.
Roberts said that he has not
participated in any further
conferences regarding taxes for
TIE proposed housing project
since last Wednesday morning
when an informal discussion
was held. At that time. no
mention was made Of the city
arriving at decision by Mon
day. Roberts added.
The tax report from the Miami
evaluatiOn expert on the seven
million dollar housing just ar
rived this morning in the offices
of City Attorney NJ. Ignatius Les
ter.
Proper procedure, Roberts
thought. would be for both tax
assessors to study the report and
then submit their final findings
TO the Key West Homes compa-
n.y.
Should the formula be unac-
ceptable to the company. Then
the Key West Homes should
bring the matter before the city
commission for a decision
II. was said to be the opinion
Of Walter Harris that contempla-
ted rents are at a peak now, but
that some costs, such as mainte-
nance could be cut to allow the
payment of approximately SIPS
900 to the city and county.
Under the Harris plan, the city
of Key West would realize S67--
S13.64, and Monroe county would
get SCI. 154-74. The city yield is
based on the current assessment
Of "a mills The county is pres
emily operating on the basis of
% mills.
Harris. noted tax authority,
was employed by the city and the
county to study the tax problem
and make recommendations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Rear Admiral
FahriOn Will
Arrive Monday
13.Gun Salute
Will Be Given
Him After Colors
That Morning

A 13-gun salute Immediately
after colors Monday morning will
honor the arrival of Rear Admiral
F. G. Fahrion. USN, Commander,
Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic
Fleet. Eleven officers and seven
enlisted men viii accompany the
Admiral on an inspection of fleet
activities IN the Key West area.
The inspecting party. aboard
the USS Power DD-839l, VIII
finish their inspections Thursday
afternoon and wiz depart Fri-
day morning. A full guard win
Continued On Page Five
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
HOffcers
AreTold
EnforceLa
So Declares Chief
Kemp In Answer To
Letter Urging War On
City's Migrants

Police Chief Joseph Kemp to-
day stated that all of his officers
are told to enforce all ordinances
Of the city of Key West, including
the one on vagrancy.
The chief took exception to
a published letter in The citi-
zen's peoples forum which
urged city officials TO rid the
city of hundreds Of vagranfs
both White and Negro who hang
out IN local saloons.
No ones hands and feet are
tied on the police force. All are
told to enforce all ordinances Of
ficer Cerezo can bring in all the
Migrants that he finds. But an
officer has TO be careful about
arresting someone for vagrancy.
He may find himself sued. Jusg
last night, a woman was arrested
for vagrancy." said Chief Kemp.
And he added Officer Cerezo
did not make the arrest. -
The peoples forum writer had
praised Buster" cerezo as /. ne
man on the police force WHO if
given the job of cleaning the city
of Migrants would do so in no
time flat.
Kemp also brought cut the
fact that were 4 police officer
to falsely arrest someone on a
vagrancY charge that the police
officer and not The city of Key
West would be sued.
Under state law. the cities of
Florida are not responsible for
action of their police officers in
erroneous arrests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-07
Naval Housing Tax Decision For Key West
Homes Will Not Be Made Monday By City
No Inquest In
Death OF Sam
Lawson Here

Justice of the Peace Roy Ham
lin today said that no cOroner's
inquest viii be held in the death
of Saw Lawson, colOred-
Lawson, 4, was found dead in
an old bus near AIS Petronia
street. He was at one time en-
pIoyed by the scavenger depart
ment in Key West and by the
state road department.
Lawson's body was found at
ll:10 last night. Officer Charles
Papy investigated for the city.
Hamlin pronounced the man
dead of natural causes,