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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20
Navy Has No
Surplus Ships

WASHINGTON t9 - The Navy
right now doesn't have a surplus
ship it could donate for the annual
Tampa, Fla, GaSparilla Pirate
Festival.
The event, one of Florida's top
winter events, has been featured
over the years by the arrival OF
"a gaily decorated ship piled high
with pirates.
The ship which has been used
fCr that purpose was condemned
and last February Eye Mystic
hIewe of Gasparilla" had to use
two small schooners.
Some of the sponsors of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

event thought one of the landing
craft now being harbored at Green
Cove Springs, Fla, would be ideal.
All that was needed was a good
hull. Eye Mystic Krewe" would
build the superstructure.
Sen. Holland (D.-Fla.) wrote the
Navy which replied that the craft
at Green Cove Springs are being
kept in good condition for emer-
geney use. The law is specific in
that only captured. obsolete or con-
demned ships could be donated.
But the Navy said it would keep
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20
Air Force and Army members.
The Joint Chiefs opposed this.

Air Force and Army members.
The Joint Chiefs opposed this.
A compromise, fashioned to
meet all objections. was worked
out.
The compromise, now past Con-
gress and resting on Mr.. Truman's
desk would do these things for
the Marines:
/. Put their commandant on the
Joint Chiefs with a voice in policy
or strategy matters that directly
concern the Marine Corps"
2, Assure them independence
from the Navy, of which they are
part, as far as size and or
ganixation are concerned.
3. Allow them permanently in
peacetime to build up to 400, 900
men and officers of three divisions
and three air wings. with no man.
power ceiling at all in war or
emergency.
The corps is now limited to one
fifth the peacetime power of the
Navy and has q strength of about
214, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20
Ordered Killed

DELAND Up -- Edgar Louis
Thomas, 30, former soldier and
seaman from Baltimore, is under
sentence to die in the electric chair
for the Jan. S Staying of a Daytona
Beach taxi driver.
A Circuit Court jury that In
cluded two women convicted
Thomas of first-degree murder
Thursday. Judge Herbert Fred.
derrick imposed the mandatory
penalty, but defense attorneys
asked new trial.
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xIhe
WrAT9rEnMAN
Say
Forecast

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued hot and
humid with isolated showers or
thundershowers. Gentle to mod
crate variable winds, fresh near
showers.
Florida: Continued hot, sultry
and generally fair through Satur-
day except for afternoon thunder
showers at scattered places.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits and East Gulf of
Mexico: Light to moderate vari-
able winds, mostly southeasterly
over south portion and south
westerly over north portion.
Weather clear to partly cloudy
through Saturday. Few local
showers In south portion.
Western Caribbean Sea: Mod
crate easterly winds and partly
cloudy weather through Satur-
day. Showers at widely scattered
places.
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SWEDISH CABINET
f(onf;nsod Eroun paoa 0nal

minesweepers have been combing
the Baltic north Of Gotland Island
for three days without sighting
either the plane or its wreckage.
The search would continue until
some trace Of the plane was found,
the navy declared.
The Swedish defense staff also
announced pointedly that its navy
and air force operations would con-
tinue in Swedish and international
waters without restrictions.
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apply To Wed

francis Blaine Heron, 80, USS
BARB and Marjorie Josephine Moo
ney' So 167 Lennox Road, have ap-
pied for a marriage license at the
once OF County Judge Raymond
R. Lord.
Robert Eugene Goodnight, 81,
boca ChIca and Mary Ann Parson,
10. bridgeport, Ind. have also ap.
piled to wed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Corp, Raytheon. Unexcelled Chem
lcal and Barium Steel.
Corporate bonds we're down with
foreign dollar loans quietly mixed.
U. ). governments in the over the
counter market sagged with the
new 2Sss lower.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

an eye out and if such q ship
happened along. it would be happy
to see it end up in the pirate
festival.
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Weather Summary for the
Tropical Atlantic. Caribbean Sea
and Eastern Gulf of Mexico:

Continued settled weather un-
der the influence of high pressure
continues over the tropical At
lantic, the Caribbean sea and the
Gulf of Mexico. There are no
indications of any disturbance at
this time.
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Model for modeI--costs less

Stack up a Chevrolet truck against
any other truck with comparable
specifications. capable of handling
the same payloads. You'll find the
Chevrolet truck lists for less and
brings you great features.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Records show that Chevrolet trucks
additionally bring more at resae
than any other make which costs
about the same new. The market
value OF Chevrolet trucks stayG W
because the value stays IN.
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'iides

II kUSH
Naval Base
TOMORROW
HIGH Low
8::39 am. l:65 am.
1923 pm. $50 pm.
ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
Reference Station: Key West
Time ek Height d
Bahia Honda
(bridse) Oh Ion 90 n
No Name Key
least endl --+2h 1om
Boca chica
Station Tide high wssG
SANDY Ptl oh Com
Caldes Channel
tnorth sndl .-+-2h lom
+i.4 n
t-l-Minus Sign, Correction
to b subtxactsd.
t+EPlus sign: Corrections b
% added.
Fresh-water CLANS are para
sites of fish in the early part of
their lives.
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Observations taken At City Office
500 AN. EST
Key West, Fla, June 20, 1852
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Relative Humidity at ss00 I'M.
81%
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Mile after mile at rock bottom cost
Truck users everywhere have
proved that Chevrolet costs the
least of all TO own and maintain.
Valve in Head economy. in the
Loadmastcr or Thrifimasler en-
gines, saves on gas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Summer Solstice (Summer be
gins), 600 a. m, June Il,
New moon, June q.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-20

Barometer (Sea Levsll 500 AN.
5000 ins.-l0l6.6 mbs.
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Right truck Tor the lob saves money
Chevrolet trucks are factory
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ments. You don't waste money b
buying ''ioo much truck"-you don't
risk work interruption By buying
too Lille truck"
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Nine Soviet Refugee Group,
Set Up Liberation Agency
By the Associated Press

MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 30.-
Nine organized groups of refugees
from the Soviet Union united
today to work for the liberation
of the Soviet people from Com
munist rule. They set up a cen
trail agency known as the Co
ordinating Center of the Anti
Bolshevist Struggle"
The new union pledged itself to
the establishment in the Red
lands of a democratic form of
government rejecting the desires
of those people"
It invited other Soviet refugee
groups to join but specifically
barred any seeking restoration of
the pre-Communist Czarist Rus
sian regime or denying the right
of non-Russian people in the
Soviet Union to determine their
own future.
The union included four Rus
sian exile political organizations
and five nationality groups repre-
senting non-Russian peoples of
the U. S. S. r. The non-Russian
groups demand independence of
their homelands from Moscow
rule,
Evening star., 1952-10-30

KY. and could lay claim to no
Scottish ancestors.
Met on Vacation.
Mr.. Reynolds met the MacLeods
on the Isle of Skye last summer
while on vacation. He was invited
to be a guest at the castle, and
before leaving he asked Chief
Flora to return the visit. Mr..
Reynolds later wrote and illus
trated a story about the clan and
its romantic history for the mag
azine.
Mr.. Reynolds and Mr.. Kerns
are turning over their bachelor
apartment on Connecticut avenue
to the visitors for few days.
Chief Flora and her daughter
will be guests of the American
Newspaper Women's Club in the
Mayflower Hotel tomorrow after
noon.
Other entertainments and q
round of sightseeing are being
planned for the visitors, both of
whom are seeing Washington and
the United States for the first
time.
Chief Flora has visited Canada,
with special interest in the areas
where emigrants from the Isle of
Skye have settled.
AS to making friends and in
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Bevdn DismantIes Group,
Technically 0beying Ban
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Oct. 30.-Leftist
Aneurin Bevan technically dis
mantled his party within the
party" yesterday but his weekly
mouthpiece, the Tribune. will
carry on and his hackers will
continue to meet.
Bevanite sources said the caucus
of about a dozen members of
Parliament who support the fiery
leftist leader down the line will
stop meeting formally. Moderate
sources pointed out this does not
mean the Bevanites cannot have
meetings among themselves.
BY breaking up the caucus, MIR.
Bevan technically obeys the LABOR
Party's resolution last week calling
on all unofficial groupings within
the party to dissolve.
Evening star., 1952-10-30

f1uencing people, the visitors hope
many American tourists will visit
the island during "Skye Week, :"
next May % through the 29th.
Special preparations are being
made to accommodate and enter
tain tourists. These include pag-
eants, Scottish sports and more
bag pipe music than Chief Flora
heard when she alighted here yes
terdaY.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Chief Flora of MocL cod Clan,
Visits Here on First u. s. Tour
D. G. Host Unable
To Find Boepiper
For Her Welcome

The ancient clan of the Mac
Leods is almost as we'll repre-
|sented in Washington today as it
lis in the misty islands of the
Inner and Outer Hebrides.
The chief of the clan is here,
|along with the next chiefs mother.
THE party of two Is rather small,
as such things go in Washington.
but well-qualified to win friends
|and influence people.
The head of the informal dele
cation is Chief Flora, Macleod of
Macleod, who may or may not
be almost 76. Guides who have
volunteered to show her the sights
laround New England and New
York believe she is much younger
With Chief Flora, first woman
among the % heads of her clan
is her daughter, Mrs. Wodrige
Gordon, mother of the next-in-
line. The latter is John Gordon,
II. first-born of twin boys, who
will succeed his grandmother when
lhe is 81.
Family Built Castle.
The family built Dunvegan Cas-
tie on the Isle of Skye in the
Ninth Century on a rocky promon-
tory overlooking the sea. Succeed
ing generations enlarged upon the
castle, to which became attached
a family of hereditary bag
lpipers-the MacCrimmons.
The Washington host of the
party, R. j. Reynolds of the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine staff
had hoped to round up at least
one piper to welcome Chief Flora
and her daughter at Union Sta
ton yesterday.
Mr.. Reynolds had a rather
tough time of it on short notice
He learned that Boiling Air Force
Base had few bag-pipers, but
they could not be released from
duty in time. Mr.. Reynolds
roommate, however, was able tc
show up in a Stuart plaid jacket
The latter young man, o. c.
Kerns, an investment broker here
was embarrassed to admit that
his family came from Louisville
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Machines Do Work

DETROIT.-In 1850 only about
6 per cent of all energy used in
the United States was produced
by machines. Today machines
do 80 per cent of the work In
the United States.
Evening star., 1952-10-30

Best-tasting orange juice
ever to start the Real Amer.
ican Breakfast! And now
selling at amazing low price.
Lay in a supply-Birds Eye
is real orange juice with real
fresh squeezed flavor, real
fresh-juice goodness!
Evening star., 1952-10-30

Aunt Jemima knows how you
like your pancakes light and
richer-tasting! All you do to make
'em this way is add milk. stir
lightly and pour on the griddle.
Serve 'em tomorrow when you
FIX the Real American Breakfast.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Victor Lyman KebIer, Sc,
Resident Here Since Bow

Victor Lyman Kebler, 56, son of
IDr. Lyman F. Kebler. prominent
civic leader here. died in Mount
Alto Hospital Wednesday, after q
brief illness.
Mr.. Kebler. a native of Phila-
delphia, but a resident here since
childhood, lived at 1922 Park road
NV. with his father. DR.. Kebler,
retired physician and former lead
er in pure food and drug controls
is a founder and former president
of the Citizens Forum for Column
bia Heights, and he Is a delegate
to the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations.
A Navy veteran Of World War /
Mr.. Kebler was q former Boy
Scout representative and insur-
ance man who recently was en-
gagged in managing family prop
erty holdings. He was a member
of Mount Pleasant Masonic Lodge
and of st. Stephen and Incarna-
ton Episcopal Church.
Besides his father, he is sur
vived by a son, Victor L. Kebler
Ijr., of Washington, and two sisters
They are Mrs. Robert F. Kohr o1
Birmingham. Mich. and Miss Ruth
Kebler of Cleveland.
I Funeral services will be held al
10 am. Monday in the Hines fu.
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
INV. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Man, 100, 10 Be Honored;
WAS Held Bad Risk al 26
BY the Asseeiosed Press

GOSHEN, VT, Aug. Back ir
1878, Edward D. Blackwell wa:
refused life insurance. He was
regarded as a bad risk" physi-
cally.
Today, In his Tooth year, he il
planning to go to Chicago to re-
ceive honors at the Centennial Of
Engineering celebration under way
there.
Because the year of Mr.. Black
wells birth, 1852. also was the
founding year of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. Mr.
Blackwell will be honored as the
man who more than any other
individual now living symbolizes
the century of achievement COM
nemorated by the Centennial Of
Engineering"
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Insti-
|tute will confer the honorary de-
gree Of civil engineer on him. A
member Of its class Of 1874. Mr.
Blackwell is the oldest living
|alumnus of the institute.
Mr.. Blackwell, who still cuts his
own flrewood, retired 80 years ago
Previously, after purchasing thu
Brandon, VT, Electric Co.. he ac.
Iquired controlling interest in two
other power companies and be-
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Anthony MonteIIo, Taxi Driver
Who Befriended the Troubled

Anthony Montello, 53-year-cld
taxi driver who played Good
Samaritan to many fares whom
he found in trouble. died of q
heart ailment yesterday.
Mr.. Montello. a native of italy
who came here from New York
IL years ago, drove a Diamond
cab. When that cab drove up
in front of his home at 905 Web
ster street NV. it would often
bring a passenger to stay with the
Montellos for night. a week OF
Ia month.
Mama would just stretch
things and they'd stay to supper, ~
said his daughter, Mrs. Virgins
Vitiello.
The family still corresponds
with mother and son from Ore
gon who had no place to stay
here and were given a sample oi
Mr.. Montello's kindness. A group
of soldiers, just back from over.
seas, was given a big spaghetti
dinner when the taxi driver found
them stranded at Union Station
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Mrs. Edward Groesbeck,
| Resident Here Since 1919

Mrs. Edward A. Groesbeck. a
Washington resident since 1919
died yesterday at her home after
a long illness. She would have
been 100 years old on September Z.
Mrs. Groesbeck lived in the
Kennedy-Warren apartments with
her daughter, Mrs. Clayton K
Haskell. She was the former Lett
tia Ide, a native of Troy. N. Y
Her husband, an Albany banker
died in 1916.
In addition to her daughter
Mrs. Groesbeck is survived by a
sister, Miss Sarah Ide of Troy, ano
by three grandchildren and five
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be ir
Troy.
Evening star., 1952-08-08

on a Sunday. Some Of them still
return for visits.
"Once Daddy found two bare
foot girls hitchhiking in boys
Clothes" Mrs. Vitiello recalled.
"He brought them home, gave
them some of our clothes to wear
Strengthened them out and re-
turned them safely to their fami-
lies"
lone Christmastime, a friend
was broke and tried to commit
suicide. Daddy talked him out OF
it and gave him all the money he
had-$10. We ate potatoes that
Christmas"
Mr.. Montello is survived by his
widow. Emily; Mrs. Vitiello and
another daughter, Mrs. Joslyr
Wood, all of Washington, a son
Albert. Of High Point. N. c.; his
parents and brother and three sis.
tiers all living in New York.
A requiem mass will be sung ir
st. Gabriel's Church, Grant circle
at 10 am. Monday following serv-
ices at $50 am. in the home
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Premier of Greece
Chats With Ridgwoy;
Visit Called Courtesy
RY the Associoted Press

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TERS ALLIED POWERS IN
EUROPE, Aug. Greek
Premier Gen. Nicholas PlaS-
tiras had a Commute chat
with Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-
way here today.
There was speculation that
the two might have discussed
the dispute between Greece
and Bulgaria over the island
of Gamma on the Greek Bull
garian border. Gen. Plastiras
refused to confirm or deny
that the subject came up.
The Greek premier insisted
he was merely returning a
courtesy visit which Gen
Ridgway paid him during the
Supreme Commanders recent
visit to Athens.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Col. W. R. Grove, Brought
|Lychee Trees 10 u. 5.
By the Asseeiated Press

VENICE. Fla, Aug. 8.-Col. W.
r. Grove, 80, retired Army officer
who developed the lychee fruit
business in this country, died at a
hospital here.
Col. Grove brought in lychee
trees from China and established
the first orchards in this country.
The lychee is a favorite fruit with
the Chinese.
Grove retired from the Army
after 81 years service which in
cluded action in the Spanish
American War and World War l.
He won the Congressional Medal
of Honor, the Silver Star and the
Distinguished Service Medal.
Surviving are his widow. a son,
Col. w. r. Grove, jr., stationed al
Fort Bragg, N. c.; another son
Clark Grove. and daughter, Mrs
Sue Stevens, both of Denver
Funeral services were to be held
at Sarasota today.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
By the Assceiafsd Press

TOKYO, Aug. "a Japanese
general, imprisoned by the Rus
slams for supposedly engaging in
germ warfare against the Soviet
Union in World War II, has been
heard from for the first time in
nearly three years.
The business newspaper Sangyo
Keizai reported that Gen. Otoza
Yamada, chief of Japan's forces
in Manchuria when they sur
rendered to the Russians in 1945.
had written to his wife in Tokyo.
In his letter Gen. Yamada said
he could receive packages from
Evening star., 1952-08-08
|RaiImen Call Strike
On New York Central
Eastern Line Monday
BY the Assoeiafed Press

NEW YORK, Aug. "a strike
of engineers, firemen, enginemen
and conductors will start against
the New York Central Railroad
east of Buffalo Monday at l pm.
(EST), officials of three unions
announced today.
The National Mediation Board
only last night had asked the
union to postpone strike action
and called for a union-manage-
ment conference with board rep
resentatives today.
Union officials, announcing the
strike. declined to comment on the
boards efforts.
The dispute revolves about
claims for back pay and other
grievances by the union.
A strike, besides tying up the
roads long lines, would hit sc, ,000
or more New York commuters.
The strike was announced in a
statement signed by Thomas j.
Harkins, assistant grand chief
engineer of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers; c. H
Keenen, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, and j. F
Casey, senior vice president of the
Order of Railway Conductors.
A fourth union, the Brother.
hood of Railway Trainmen, Is
prevented from striking by a pro.
baton imposed last fall by tht
Cleveland Federal Court after q
sick" strike, a spokesman said.
| It's members, including brake
men and yardmen, would bt
virtually idled, however, by 8
strike of the other three, he said
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Mrs. Laura 6. Bets, "a,
| Relative Of CIV President

Mrs. Laura G. Belts, 81. the
mother -in-law of DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, president Of George
Washington University, died yes
terday at her home in Los Angeles.
In addition to Mrs. Marvin, Mrs.
Belts is survived by three sons
and three daughters.
Funeral services and burial will
be held Monday at Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
10 Pickets Protest
Fuqitive's Extrudition
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. s. - Tel
pickets paraded in front of tn,
National Republican Club las
night in protest against the ex.
tradition of George Clayton, whs
escaped from Georgia prison
camp.
The pickets, sponsored by thu
Civil Rights Congress, carried
signs and distributed leaflets urg.
ing Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to can.
Gel his signature on extraditioI
papers for Claybon's return tt
Georgia. Clayton is under life
sentence on a murder conviction
There was no disorder, police
said, during the hour and q hall
demonstration.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
California Reds Gel
Maximum Sentences
|0n Conspiracy Count
ey the Associated Pres.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.-Cali-
fornia's IA leading Communists
including a self-styled founding
member of the party in Russia
are under maximum sentence of
five years in prison and $4,000
fine each today for conspiracy
against the United States.
The heaviest judgment possible
under the Smith Act Of 1910 was
levied yesterday by Federal Judge
William G. Mathes after he upheld
the jury's guilty verdict.
The defendants. including Rus
sian-born Frank Spector, took
their sentences without flinching.
All made strong, some defiant
statements maintaining innocence
ALI IA filed immediate notice of
intention to appeal the case to the
United States Circuit Court.
All Proud of Party.
The convicted Communists
found guilty after six months trial
OF conspiring to teach and advo-
cate overthrow of the Government
by force-all professed pride in
the Communist Party.
| 'I am a founding member of
the Communist Party" Spector,
81, said. He dated his party entry
September, 1919. He has been in
the United States about Is years
and was Los Angeles County in
dustrial organizer for the party
when indicted last December
Spector faces alien deportation
proceedings.
Others Sentenced.
Others sentenced: William
Schneiderman, ex-California party
chairman: Frank Carlson, Philip
M. Connolly and his wife. Dorothy
Healey Connolly: Ben Dobs. Err
nest Otto Fox. Mrs. Rose Chernir
Kusnitz, Carl Rude Lambert, Al
bert Jason Mickey Lima, A
Richmond, Mrs. Loretta Starvu!
Stack, Henry Steinberg and Mrs
Oleta O'Connor Yates.
Mrs. Yates is due to return tx
court today for further sentenc'
incurred when she declined Il
answer questions on the witness
stand. She was the only defend
ant to testify during the trial.
Judge Mathes, denying the de.
!. fense motion to reverse the jury!
verdict, imposed. uniform sen
fences with the comment, II an
unable to distinguish between
), these defendants in an ofenst
such as this-they are equally
o1li1tV "