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Evening star., 1952-05-28
Lay Health Group
Elects in Fairfax

The Fairfax County Lay Health
Association has elected the fol-
lowing officers and board mem
bers:
Capt. M. K. O'Sullivan, presi-
dent, Vienna; Mrs. Richard de
Butts. first vice president, Burke;
Mrs. Arthur z. Gardner, second
vice president, Mclean; Mrs. Al
ben Adams. recording secretary,
Vienna: Lehman Young, cor
responding secretary, Fairfax, and
Mrs. Thomas p. Chapman, treas
urer, Fairfax.
Board members from the Lee
district are Mrs. Walter Macombs
and Mrs. Paul Kinchloe, both of
Burke; Providence district, the
Rev. w. w. Hazzlett. Mclean,
and Mrs. George Balm, Vienna;
Centerville district, Robert r.
Dye and c. Meade Stull, both of
Centerville: GAINESVILLE district,
Mrs. I. w. Fox and Mrs. Perry
Winston, both of Vienna; Mount
Vernon district, Charles White
and Mrs. Irving Swerdlow. both
OF Alexandria; Falls Church dis
trict. the Rev. EsdaS Gruver and
1t. Col. j. Victor Keys, both Of
Annandale. and Falls Church City,
Mrs. William Wright. of Falls
Church.
Representing the medical So
ciety are DR.. T. B. McCord Of
Fairfax and DR.. Robert Hunt of
Falls Church. Persons represent
ing the PTA are Mrs Edwin z.
Wood and Mrs. nah Osborne of
Falls Church; j. j. Corbalis, Fair
fax; w. A. West. Vienna, and Ed
win Lynch, Annandale.
Evening star., 1952-05-28
1ransamerica Asks
Court 10 InyaIidafe
Antitrust Order
BY The Assoeiasad Press

The giant Transamerica bank
ing combine has gone to court to
hight q Federal antitrust order.
Harvey Gunderson, Eastern rep
reSentative Of Transamerica Corp,
said the firm asked the United
States Court Of Appeals in Phila-
delphia yesterday to invalidate the
Government order and also re-
queSted permission to present evi-
dence previously shut out.
He said the Federal Reserve
Board, which issued the order,
must now file a certified tran
script Of its proceedings with the
court and arguments are expected
to be heard by the court this fall.
On March q, the Reserve Board
ordered Transamerica to dispose
Of its stock In At Of the 48 banks
that make up the Transamerica
system, the worlds biggest bank
ing empire. It said the system
tended to create a monopoly in
violation Of the Clayton Anti
Trust Act.
Under the boards orders, Trans
america would be allowed to keep
its stock In only one bank-the
Bank Of America, q 530-branch
California chain.
Court proceedings could add
years more Of controversy to the
case, which was before the Re-
serve Board for almost four. years.
Mr.. Gunderson said that in the
documents filed in court. Trans
america declared the Reserve
Board hearings were conducted
unfairly and there was no evi-
dence Of q tendency toward
monopoly.
Evening star., 1952-05-28

~
i he tick Of time first
taunts man with his lack of
experience, then haunts
him with the lengthening
shadow Of advancing years.
Christian Science teaches
inaplain, Praetical way how
to escape the web Of resig-
nation to all such mortal
measurements.
Il shows how to find the
blessed ground Of ipintxAl
understanding which is age
less, endless, and results in
human health and freedom.
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Pastures Are Acid

OMAHA.-Pasture soils are gen.
orally poorer because they are too
acid for the best growth of pasture
1egumes or the better pasture
grasses. Their improvement usu-
ally requires lime.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
$4,000 CHS House
Permit Taken

Clyde w Montgomery. 26Ol
Seidenberg avenue will build an
$4,000 CHS house, it was re-
ported by Building Inspector
Ralph Russell today.
William L. Sands, 706 Duval
street, is making additions to his
present building at cost of
$3,373. Reynold Thompson. Ills
Grinnell street, is making $500
worth of repairs to his house, in
cluding painting.
Other permits were issued to
Aquilino Lopez, for minor apart
ment repairs amounting to $500
at TIA White street; to Margaret
Mitchell $500 for a fence at the
North Beach Inn and $500 for
building a ~kitchen at the Hibis-
Gus Motel.
Plumbing permits were issued
by Inspector Harry Alsing to Jo-
seph r. Richardson, 1900 Yemen
tia street and Lumley l.. Parks,
921 Packer street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
ChiIdren's Parade
For Polio Fund On
Duval Street Sat.

The Annual March of Dimes
Children's Parade will roll down
Duval Street Saturday at zoo
pm. il was announced today by
Mrs Ben Adams Forming at
Duval and Truman Ave. the pa
rade will proceed down DuVal to
Eaton Street to- Whitehead and
then south To- the county court
house where it will disband for
the awarding of prizes. Awards
will be given for the largest and
smallest pets. the best decorated
bicycle and various other things.
Tony Arrange. Georg, Hansl<at
and Mike Jacobs will be parade
marShals.
Junior Queens Of the March Of
Dimes. Jeanette Russell and
Rosemary Sanchez win ride in a
convertible at the head Of the
parade and local polio patients
will follow in other cars, Mrs,
Adams said.
All schools in Key West will
participate and large turnout
is anticipated. Boy and Girl
Scouts will be among the crowd
to accept donations for the March
of Dimes Fund.
The line OF march for the pa
rade will be as follows
Sound Truck.
Ke. West High School Band.
Polio Patients in Cars.
V. f. W Post 602. Marching
Unit.
Key West Guard of Honor.
Key West High School.
Truman School.
Boy Scouts.
Harris School.
Girl Scouts.
Poinciana School.
Continued On Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Set Hearings In Plane Crash
In Which Bischof Was Hero
Miss Mary Myers
Of go Eaton
Street Was Killed
I'm Wreck

NEW YORK, Jan. l7.-Hear-
ings in the December 29th crash
of an unscheduled airliner. in
which Navy Lieut.. William Bis
chof of Key West heroically took
charge of rescue operations, will
begin on January nth. the Civil
Aeronautics Board announced
here. Miss Mary Meyers of go
Eaton Street, Key West, was one
of those killed in the wreck.
Lieut.. Bischof directed remoV-
al of survivors Immediately at
ter the crash and set up tenn
porary shelters to protect the
living from the freezing tenn
peratureS.
He was among the Ia survivors
of the crash, near Little Valley,
N. Y. Forty persons we're aboard
the Continental Charters, Inc,
plane. bound for Buffalo. N. Y,
from Pittsburgh. Pa. Miss Mey-
ers was one of the 26 killed.
Allen p. Bourbon. of the CABS
Bureau OF Safety Investigation,
will be presiding officer at the
open hearings. which will be
held in the Cattaraugus County
Court House, Little Valley.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Junior Chamber
Holds Meeting

The Junior Chamber of Com
merce met last night at their
clubhouse on Flagler Avenue.
President Jack Murray express
ed his pleasure at the fine turn
out.
Chef Cold. John Pearson and
Bob Youmanns reported on the
District Caucas held in Miami
last Sunday
Jim Keen, chairman of the
committee for the Presidents
Ball to be held Feb. LIST at the
Casa Marina Hotel for the bene-
CONTINUED On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Claude CandOlfo
Announces For
Tax Assessor

Claude A. Gandolfo today an
nounced his candidacy Tor re-elect-
ion as Monroe county tax assessor.
Gandoifo has held the office of
assessor since Jan. I. 194l. He
has been in office during the
greatest expansion and growth
Monroe county has ever exper-
fenced.
When he first took office the
assessed valuation of the county
was approximately $500. 900. to-
day the assessed valuation of
Monroe cOuntv properties is $685.
600, 900. The tax roll for l941 had
SIC pages. the tax roll of 1851 had
2,l68 pages.
In 1941 there we're 1000 appli-
cations for homestead exemptions.
today applications number about
$500 year.
THE remarkable growth of Mon
roe county had added consider.
able more work and responsibility
to the assessors office" Gandolfo
said. Il have endeavored to keep
abreast of the growth | have had
installed a modern and UP to date
AddresSograph System and a
craftsman has been added to my
office force in order to keep the
office up with the subdivisions
sales and frequent realty transfers
on the rapid growing keys.
Gandolfo said he mad always en-
deavored and will continue to car
ry out the policy of assessing pro-
perues on their true value.
Il am not perfect. No assessor
is perfect for that natter Gan
dolfo said. There has been times
when | have been off on my as
sesSments, but the majority of
times and later sales subStantan-
tate it, | have been under the real
value of properties.
Gandoit0 SAID his only platform
IN his campaign for reelection is
continued efficient an: honest ad-
ministration of the duties of as
SCISSOR.
(Paid Political Advertisement
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Lowe Invited To
State Conference

Victor Lowe. Secretary ot the
Key West Civil Service Board
and vice resident of the Florida
Association OF Civil Service and
Personnel Agencies. has been
asked TO attend the meeting OF
the Associations executive com
mittee at Daytona Beach. Feb
ruary 7th or 9th.
The executive committee and
convention committee are meet
ing to plan the annual conference
which takes place in Jacksonville
on March 9th or 18th. Lowe
was elected vice-preSident Of the
association at last years conven-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Sheriff
~riticiizes
Press, Radio
Governor Candidates
Oldham, Adams Also
Spoke To Association

JPONI - EASSUSA1ssVss
DAYToNA BEACH R = Speak.
ers before the Florida Sheriffs AS.
ISOLATION took Florida's press, ra-
dio and magazines to task Wednes.
day.
Charles Hahn Jr.. executives sec
rotary of the National Sheriffs AS
sociation. told the Florida group at
its mid-winter session mot enough
of our sheriffs and deputies know
how to deal intelligently with the
press and radio"
To correct this. he indicated the
National Association is considering
preparation of brochure on i'm.
proving public relations.
Hahn, who. has offices in Wash
ington, ID. {. said he was con.
cerned about persecution" of law
enforcement officers throughout
the country and joined Circuit
Judge Herbert B. Frederick OF
Daytona Beach in criticizing news.
papers and radio.
Referring to the BASTARD,
things being said about Florida in
the press and magazines, Fred
erick said II would be the last
one to put a limitation upon free
dom of speech or the press but il
can be carried to extremes. He
did not elaborate.
Hahn gave the Groveland rape
case of several years ago as an
example of what he meant
Four Negroes we're accused of
raping a young Lake County farm
wife. One Negro was killed in West
Florida by a posse seeking to ar
rest him and three were convicted.
One OF those convicted was
sentenced to life because he was
Just is. The other two Appealed
their death sentences TO the U. S.
Supreme Court and won retrials.
presumably because no Negroes
we're on the trial jury.
Just after the original arrests
Sheriff Willis Mccall of Lake Coun.
ty hid the Negroes in his home
and saved them from mob action.
Rowing night riders. however. rode
the area burning several Negro
Continued On rage Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Sailor Hits And Runs From a Cars
DAMAGING All In Record Time
c. A. PereIIa, %
On $500 Bond:
Nary Turns Him
OUer To City

C.. A. Perella. %, USN,
spent a busy ten minutes
last night hitting four ears
and racing away from the
scene of the accidents. po-
lice reported today.
He is in city jail on bond
of $500.
Within Is minutes four
aggrieved ear owners piled
into police headquarters
last night TO report the
damage TO their ears.
First of the four reports came
in, at ll:35 pm. Officer Soriano
was told that there had been a
hit and run accident at the cor
ner of Duval and Greene streets.
Three minutes later another call
came in that a blue 1916 or '48
Chrysler had hit a parked car on
Front street. Four minutes later
William Campbell came into the
station to report that his car han
also been hit by departing
driver. Then Miss Vickie Rad
eliffe of the Tropical Hotel stat,
cd that her car had been hit
while it was parked in front of
the Habana Madrid.
Officer Soriano went around to
the Naval station and asked the
Marine guard if he had seen a
1916 or l948 Chrysler with
damaged front end. The Guard
said yes. Soriano noticed the
Chrysler parked, and asked to
have the driver turned over to
city police by the Navy. 1t. Nc
Claim of the Shore Patrol found
Perella, turned him over TO So
riano who brought him to the
police station.
He was booked for reckless
driving. having four accidents
and leaving the scene of the &C
cidents.
First victim of the hit and run
sailor, was Campbell also of the
Navy. He came to headquarters
and wrote in his report:
Il was parked on Greene street
opposite the Duval Club at ll:35
pm. and had just walked into
the Duval Club when | heard
crash. / ran out and saw d dark
green or blue Chrysler swerving
down the street. 1t swung lett
on Duval street and / saw the
left front fender smashed"
Campbell was quick enough to
observe that it was Monroe
county license plate. He then re-
turned to his car and saw that
the rear fender and guard were
dented. He said the Plymouth
parked behind him was badly
smashed in the left front, and
had been pushed a few feet into
the street.
Miss Vickie Radcliffe Of the
Tropical Hotel. came into head
quarters to report at 1889 that
her car was smashed in the left
front fender by the ubiquitous
blue Chrysler. A cab driver call
ed her and told he saw the de-
parting hit and run car.
AT at ll:44 John Plummer,
USN. was parked on Greene
street. The busy Chrysler came
around the corner. failed TO
straighten out and ran into his
left front fender. Instead of
stopping. the driver speeded up,
turned the corner on to Duval
street and continued on. Plum
mer noticed that ii was a 1916
Continued On Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
San Christobal
Vessel Disabled

The Coast Guard has sent out
aid to the shrimping trawler, San
christobal. which is in trouble
off Rebecca Shoals.
The vessel is having engine
trouble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Sailor Injured
In Accident Here

G. Daun. USN. was thrown off
a Cushman scooter and taken to
the Naval Hospital Immediately by
q Ii. after an accident involving .
Greedy Hendricks. As. Police Chief
Joseph Kemp said today.
Officer Soriano saw the scoot-
er at the corner of Truman and
Simonton streets. He arrested
Hendricks on charges of reckless
driving. having an accident and
'ailing to have a drivers license.
rhe accident occurred at 7:35
pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Now Look What
Carlsbad Has
Started Here
Florida Cities Are
Competing On Who
Can Melt Ice The
Fastest
BY The Associated Press

pr fHe ASSoGtotS0 FtsSs
Officials in three Florida towns
famed themselves vigorously witt
chamber of Commerce brochures
Wednesday and proudly watched
heir one-ton icebergs melt into
he grass.
II was all in fun contest pro
posed by Carlsbad, n. NJ, to see
who rated the Sunshine City title
but none of the mayors who
acted as official judges was selling
his community short.
After a late start, ST. Petersburg
officials reported their ton of ice
was down to 220 pounds in 31I2
hours.
The ice was set out late after
the city changed its mind about
Competing with lightweight" cont
enders. "We're the champ" said
i. Pete.
AT last report, st. Petersburg
olks complained of a rare over.
cast sky and we're still calling il
"the Sunshine City" even if the
ice didn't melt so fast.
Cocky New Smyrna Beach sent
St. Petersburg a wire reading "old
champs just melt away" Mayor
c. B. Jones said his ice melted
to i00-pound cube in just 81
hours and Sc minutes.
The mayor. bridling at some
other out-o.-state contestants who
he said were letting bathing beau.
ties sit on the ice against the rules
sent Carlsbad a telegram which
reported:
mo wind, no rain, no fog, no
smog, no bathing girls to aid and
abet-just melted by the power
of pure unadulterated Florida sun.
Sebring's mayor, J. d. Mitchell,
said his town still claims to be
"the warmest city in Florida. "
Mayor Mitchell said Sebring's ton
of ice was only a puddle after
80 hours and 80 minutes.
Officials Of the Carlsbad Cham.
Der of Commerce were unhappy
Frank Kindel. manager of the
Carlsbad Chamber. reported the
city's ton of ice was still about
800 pounds Wednesday while claims
of victory continued to reach him
from other contestants.
The latest to claim the champion.
ship was Ell Paso, Tex. where
the ton Of ice was reported well
below 100 pounds shortly after IL
p. m. MIST. The ice had been
placed IN the sun at a. m. Tues.
day.
Although Kindel ruled out Gal.
weston and Corpus Christi, Tex.
and Various Florida cities on a
'dchnicality. he received a bid. for
the title Of the nations sunshine
CITY from News Smyrna. Mayor
Jones wired his city had complied
with all the rules of the contest
even to the extent of having sun.
shine.
Rain in Los Angeles gave Kindel
an excuse to rule the Pacific Coast
city out. And he dismissed the
Florida and Texas claims because
of the steamy heat from swamps
which he said we're found in those
areas.
The Ell Paso claim was particu.
iarly disheartening because FL
Paso was one of the first cities
challenged. Kindel found no
grounds Immediately to rule Ell
Paso out.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Skull Of Recently
Killed Man Found
At Loggerhead Key
Kathleen Wehrbei,,
Inherits $4,000
,ss.r,aI a. nc Citizen .

NEW YORK. Jan. ~
Mrs. Kathleen MacIntYre
Wehrbein of 37lS Flagler
Avenue. Key West, inherits
S63.e03 from the estate of her
husband, the late DR.. Helm
rich L. Wehrbein. uroloJist
here. it was learned today
when his holdings were ap-
praised by ihe New York
State Transfer Tax Depart
ment.
The assets were valued al
$6S.690. gross. and S63,8o8.
net. Mrs. Wehrbein is the
sole legatee.
DR.. Wehrbein. who died at
the age of 81 on January 9.
1851. had practiced urolosY
here for 20 years. He pre-.
viouslY did biological re-
search at the University OF
Indiana and held a Phi. D.
from the University of Held.
elberg.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
May BE That
Of Nary Filler;
Medical Men
Examine Today
BY SUSAN McAVOY

BY SUSAN McAVOY
The broken skull of a
man recently killed was
found al Loggerhead Key.
OF miles west of Key West
in the Dry Tortugas OIL
Sunday and is being emam'
ined to ascertain il il j.
that of a Navy flier missing
in any recent plane crash.
the Coast Guard annOunc.
ed today.
The skull which has dis.
tinct traces of recent death.
according to- the Coast
Guard, was found by Mrs.
Jack DE Weese.. wife of the
superintendent of historic
Fort Jefferson.
She was picking up
shells on Loggerhead Key
which is one and one-half
miles west of Fort Jeffer.
son.
Jack De Weese brought
the skull to Key West ON
his regular monthly boat
trip Tuesday.
Navy medical anthoriz
ties examined the skull
this morning and irnnled-
lately sent their charts of
il To Boca Chica Naval Air
Station SO that authorities
there can check the teeth
and bone structure with
those of filters missing in
crashes.
The skull was fractured
in five places. The lower
jaw il missing but all up
per teeth are present and
will be checked with files
al Boca Chica.
The skull was turned
over To Monroe County
Sheriff Berlin Sawyer al
| p. IN.
The official medical re-
port of the unknown hu-
man skull states the fol.
lowing:
|. Fracture maxilla, extending
from tooth number Ii up TO mira
orbital foramen.
2. Fracture lateral wall OF
right orbit,
3. Separation of right tempero-
pariestal suture.
1. Separation of right zygoma.
5. Fracture from the occipito-
tempered junction into foramen
magnum.
8. Fracture of the occipital
bone
z. Fracture Of base, extending
from occipital tuberoSity to fora
men magnum,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-17
Cire Drugs, Blood
PiUSAnd To Man
Who Sustained
Bad Injury 4tSen

Caught in the anchor
chain of the shrimp boal
Venture crew M II
Jack Brewer of Sa>el. Lon.
Island, N. Y, sustained in
juries which may cost him
his right leg. The limb was
almost severed below the
knee.
The accident occurred
about 3 p. IN. last night in
Dry Toriugas waters. In 20
minutes after being mott
fled that shrimper had
sustained a badl. injured
leg. the Coast Guard ship.
Ariadne, based here. was
underway. commanded by
LII Norman Weineri.
Al II p. IN. the Coast
Guard boat Ina,le contact
with the Venture. Hos
pital corpsn,an Enpcne G..
Olsen, HMI and Gerald NJ.
Delpriore, HM3, volun-
ieered To give immediate
medical assistance on the
scene. Using plasnla soda.
tives and first aid methods.
the two rescuers saved the
mans life.
On arrival in Key Vest
ut 2:35 IA. m. today, Brew
er was rushed to the Mon.
roe General hospital.
DIR. ]. l.. Lester, who re-
sponded To the eniergene.
call Immediately, said This
morning that Brewer con-
dition was extremely criii-
cal and that i'm all proba-
bility am amputation would
be necessary since the
twisting anchor chain had
torn the leg almost COM
pleiely off at the lime oil
the accident.
Only the valiant efforts
and medical knowledge of
the Navy corpsmen attach
ed To- the u. :. Naval Dis
pensary kept the victim
from bleeding 10 death.
Brewer was i'm u state al
shock and only constant
care and medical assistance
on the return trip kept him
alive.
Credit il also due Hugh
X. Huston. HMl. corps
man i'm charge AT the dis
pensary for Iris alert action
in dispaiching the two at.
lending Navy corpsmeD To
the rescue aboard The
Ariadne.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10
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Evening star., 1952-11-21
Man, 80, in III Health,
lis Found Hanued

An elderly man, depressed be-
cause of failing health, was found
hanged today at the home of his
daughter and son-in-law at 1925
Thirty-ninth street NV.
He was Joseph Sparks, 80, the
father of Mrs. Ferd Friend, whose
husband is general manager of
the Hertz Car Rental Company
here.
Mr.. Sparks body was found
about 8 am. suspended by a cord
from a banister on the stairs
leading to the third floor,
His grandson, Robert Friend of
1910 Davis place NV, said Mr..
Sparks had suffered from harden
ing of the arteries for the past
four or five years.
Mr.. Sparks came to Washing
ton about II years ago after re-
firing from grocery business in
st. Louis. During the war he as