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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-04
Administration
Intends To Push
Ahead With West
Defense Buildup
BY JOHN N. HleHTowER

WASHINGTON R.-offieial tag
ging of Red Russia as stiH a grave
danger to the free world clearly
indicated today the Eisenhower
administration, while welcoming
Communist peace talk. intends to
push ahead with the Western de-
Tense buildup.
Secretary of State Dulles told a
news conference yesterday that
nothing so far and nothing likely
in the Red peace offensive has
changed the basic situation of the
Soviet's aggressive threat.
He pictured Kremlln policy as
essentially unaltered and deeply
hostile" He said Russian peace
ogertures actually are responses.
at least in part. 70 the strong
policies" Of the administration In
both Asia and Europe.
The secretary called for con-
tinued defensive strength and
progress toward developing the
proposed European Defense Com
munity. under which West Ger.
many would be re-armed.
Dulles said his Commensurate
sequently issued as a formal state
ment by the STATE Department
expressed "the philosophy OF the
administration.
In response 10 queries az his
news conference, Dulles said he
tius Is TIE cost 81 e S. Ior %
aid for the fiscal year beginning
july / could be appreciably re-
dnced from the 81 .600, 00o 900 pro-
posed BY former President. Tru-
man.
This can be done without Inn
pairing American detectives,
Dulles said. BY increasing effiei.
ency. eliminating Unnecessary
spending and buying mere goods
abroad. He gave no details nor
dolIars.and cents reduction figures
In Paris, French Finance Min
lister Maurice Bourges Maunory
said . program for selling more
French defense goods to the U. S.
was worked out al Che Franco.
American talks IN Washington lass
month. lie gave no details.
Dulles expressions about Krem.
I'm peace maneuyers seemed 10
take a different approach tban
those voiced ~ hours earlier by
President Eisenhower. At his news
conference Thursday. Eisenhower
said Soviet peace talk should Be
taken ~ face value until proved
unworthy Of consideration.
The essence 0f what Dulles sal4
was that The American people ard
their allies should rot be blinded
to the persistence a DE danger =
AT the moment. be said n
see nothing which ends that dan.
ger or would justify ns 10 changing
Continued On Page TwoJ
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|AA's From Keys
Meet WithKW AA's
To Plan Future

The Islamorada branch of Alco-
holics Anonymous met with the
Key Wet group at its headquar-
tiers 515Ia Duval Street last week.
A Marathon representative also
came down for the occasion.
After the regular IA meeting,
the Keys and Key West selected a
delegate an an alternate to the
South Florida committee Of "A
which holds four sessions year.
It was also planned 70 hold re-
gnlar monthly meetings Of all
Keys members at Marathon which
is midway between Key West and
Islamorada. First such meeting
viii take place Sunday April 26.
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.Tars TakeOff
On BeWildered
Shore Patrol

An unidentified Good Samari-
tan. who spared a group Of eight
sailors the embarrassment Of q
ride IN the Shore Patrol Paddy
Wagon yesterday az Duval and
Caroline Streets, also left said
Shore Patrol with red faces.
This Is what happened: A group
Of white hats started to kick I'd
their heels in a Duval Street bar
and a few heads were cracked.
As will happen In such smeg.
seneiss. The Shore pafrei pulled
W on the scene snd fwe ~ ifs
members, with . sterling BIT cf
pelies work rounded Up and
managed 10 load said aKuheEsnf
sailors into IRE wsaoH where
Trey sat and ponsarad their fate
- ride back 10 ne bass ard
cancellation "a ihsis liberty.
They were left sitting there,
locked To the wagon. while he
shore pasgolnen vent back into
The bar 10 see II they bad missed
anyone.
AZ this point, the Good Samasi.
tan. sho shah remain nameiexs.
came stroiifns dowE DuYaI Street.
Apparently moved By the an.
pushed moans Of the sailors.
faced with the los IL their Hher.
~. be stepped over ard opened
the catch 60 TIE door a the wagcn.
Making tie most Il their o.
lcontFnncd On Page TEel
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singing as sunlight breaks behind
it over the water.
Huge sprays of flowers will
form the outline of three gigantic
crosses at Philadelphia's biggest
sunrise program, directe d by
Lutheran Minister, DR.. Ross
Slower.
In Idaho, thousands of wor-
shippers win, assemble at dawn atop
Lizard Butte, near Marsing,
Idaho; others at Snake River Can
yon, at Shoshone Falls, where the
pageantry eenters around a tomb
hewed out of lava rock.
Thousands win ascend the steep
trails and pathways to the base
of a 1033-foot floodlighted cross
atop Mt. Davidson, at San Fran
cisco, for worship and song as the
sun comes up.
There will be huge gatherings
in stadiums-the Hollywood Bowl
and Rose Bowl in the Los An
geles area and at the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas where singer
James Melton viii provide part
of the vocal music.
From the "Shrine of the Ages"
at Grand Canyon, Ariz., the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company win
broadcast services.
There win be several services
in Washington, D. c., with the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-04
Happy Easter
lis Planned For
|Five-Year-Old
Shrine Club Sets
Phone Call To
Crippled Child
By Parents, Sister

What's better than an Easter
basket or even a bunny, when
you're in a hospital undergoing
surgical care that keeps YOU In
bed away from homer Little Bren,
da Joyce Neal, i've yea Old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, W. III
Smith can tell you. She's going to
have long distance phone cal
with her family on Easter after
noon.
Brenda was taken TO fta
Shrine Hospital at GreenviIIe,
S. c. on March 81 TO have
series Of corrective operations
for a mslformed feot. She's
been there ever since with the
foot in cast. II will be along
time before she can walk or do
anything like have an Easter
Egg Hunt, or come home. And
of course II Is too far to Caro-
lima from Key West and very
expensive TO make . visit very
often.
So the Key West Shrine Club
has arranged for the next best
thing. and that is for Brenda tC
be able to talk with her parents
her sister who is just a year or
so old. on Easter. The long dis.
lance reunion will take place al
p. m. tomorrow at the home d
Charles E. Blundell, president o
the Key West Shrine Club. Bren
da has been informed BY the tele
phone company to be ready Il
hear the voice Of the ones shs
loves. and who love her.
The Shrine club here has beer
extremely active in helping chill
dren who need special care.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-04
RY The Asseeiaied Press

y >
II someone were to sit at the
top of the sky and look down on
all these United States tomorrow
he would see some unusual sights
and hear some unusual sounds.
It would be Americans observ-
ing Easter.
He would see throngs Of people
gathered on hillsi de S, lighted
crosses, long professions winding
through parks and city streets,
great mosaics Of flowers, huge
stadiums with upturned thousands
Of faces, companies of horsemen,
and bonfires on the mountains.
He would hear bands throbbing,
the many throated chanting Of
prayers, the sturdy tones of
organs, the massed voices OF great
choirs, and the blast Of tromb0nes
in the woods.
He would see children scamper-
Ing on lawns filling baskets with
bright, colored eggs. and red
plumes on ladies hats, and men
in new, dark suits with carnations
in their lapels, swinging along.
For this is how il viii be to-
morrow. on Easter morning.
montage Of festival and worship,
Of display and devotion-across
the map Of the country.
Should a stratospheric observer.
with his telescope eyes and all
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-04
Ex-KingCar
Dies In Exile
At AgeOf5 50
Monarch Who
Denounced Throne
For Love Dies
In EsioriI, Portugal
BY LUIS LuPi

LISBON, Portugal R-Ex.King
Carol II, who abandoned the
throne Of Romania for romance
and wandering life in exile, died
early today in nearby EstoriI, an
exclusive colony II displaced roy.
atty.
His death, at 50, apparently was
due TO a heart failure.
Alone at his side was his third
wife, former Madame Elena Mag
dad Lupescu--the red-haired beau.
" who was his companion for %
years before becoming his wife.
A doctor, called from his home
next door. and Carols secretary
arrived at his deathhed too late, il
was reported.
The former ruler of now Com
munist controlled Romania had
complained recently Of heart trou-
bic. He made his last public ap.
pearance this week at memorial
services in ST. George Church here
for Britain's Queen Grandmother
Mary.
The long romance between the
handsome playhoy King and
Madame Lupescu, daughter of an
army officer, began in the mid.
ls20s, when he still was crown
prince. Her court influence later
won her the title Of the uncrowned
queen Of Rnmania. Twice she fol-
lowed him into exile.
The match. complicated By di.
vorees. finally became > marriage
In isa7. They wed Ia Bio dc janet.
70 under 4 Brazilian Law that a
person near deatas may be mar.
ried under any circumstances. Ii
was thought al the time that she
Continued On Page Twol
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.Placencia, Jr.,
ICOnyaleScing
On West Coast

Ralph PIacencia. Jr., son Of
the US0 yMCA custodian. is
undergoing more plastic surgery
operations on his arm shattered
b. an airpIaBe propeller accident
last November.
Plaeeneia had hoped b return
to bis native city this month. He
wrote bis father, however. that
the surgeons at Letterman Gener.
al hospital San Francisco want
him 20 remain for further work on
bis arm and shoulder. tie asked 10
be remembered to al htx Key
West friends.
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State Beverage
Agents Expected
But Do Not Arrive

coufy Solicitor Allen n
cieare. 1r. 4 gsln waiting Tor
State Bese4aEs Agents Is ro
over ne ctarsez sffb him n 60.
sons ssseled II lsa gatasdsT
nights ganhlissg. bsnom raids
Though rssnk Refe afoaa4
fast stse agsnfs Sad Fezazuea %
Eey West. cleefe hsa aeen neish-
- hAse roe hasf IS shesa s. Tsa
Citzen Ntnf % rTssE
Re exrex aesu caNn = CO.
~ 81 ts txaef ehsFEsk = -
lied AGAINST the tes arrested
psp
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EASTER PARTY TODAY

The annual Easter Party fer
children Of LeglonnaiFes is
scheduled 10 GET underway ~
the American Legion Eiems en-
Stock island To-day 81 . .. m.
The parry wss originally sehsdu-
led for Easter Sunday sFsesnecn.
but was ehansed - today IN de-
gsren<e 70 IRE Chamber Of Gem.
HseFee Easter Parade.
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Man Is Given so
Day Term Friday

Carries Dxlroasn. 1877 =. ~,
eth Avenas. Mani wss hsnaed
= 90 day jaa term b Maaieipal
Court yesterday hy Judge EHySuae
EsGuinalslo. Jr.. On . theft charge
tccutlnued o. Page Twa3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-04

The Associated Press TeletYps
Features and Photo Services.
For 72 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
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Key West Florida. hos the
most equuble climote in the
country. with ON average
rCnge of only l4o Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Civic and Study Clubs.

Speaker Toy tCrmer I ReDresentasive 9aasi g pT;: K
Armstrong, "Foreign Affairs" To-
dsH morrow, T.aG pm ,ana French class Tues
pm orleEs discussfon, aaS saPossc topic
Status Of Women in Pakistan, Ja-
pan, Ceylon." Friday. 1870 pm.
University wOmens Club-Tomorrow 8
@ tea: speaFsa sRsa eRnxsysafSR Garfy Eaaard Real Real
Tuesday, 2 PM. portrait painting
Directors meeting. Tuesday. 5 pm.
nesday, 1880 am. current events
discussion and luncheon; Wednesday,
Dim dinner % wednesdas, saHSs nq pm me4sssSR spanisg
conversation. Thursday. IL am, book
review review THURSDAY, z pm, public
p.ms writer's sroup aer- dinner FRIDAY, day
surgical dressing unit. Saturday.
1880 pm, midlenten luncheon, fol-
lowed by Misunderstanding exhibit. Sat-
urday, 8:15 pm, piano recital
American Association Of University Wom-
en-. Arlington Branch-Tomorrow.
tb oTGon interest EC,qS ST0qP
rinne cohan. women and invest
ment."'. Tuesday. s pm. Kate Waller
RarreS6 School pa7ss branch
venile DELINQUENCY in the Metropolitan
Area. Thursday, pm. textile paint
Ing with Mrs. M. r. Mccormick. 1647
North Greenbrier street.
American Association Of University WOm-
en-. College Park Branch-TomorroW
pm, Maryland room, University Of
Maryland; speaker, Merrill Hartshorn.
RESISTING Attacks on the Public
AAUW. Washlngton Branch-Tuesday,
pm, 1885 Massachusetts, avenue,
NV. social studies and afternoon
groups, Joint meeting. Wednesday, II
Evening star., 1953-03-08
OK. Armstrong
To Address Club

Former Representative o. K.
Armstrong Of Missouri will give
a lecture before the Women's
City Club at 4 o'clock today at
the club, 1888 I street NV. His
topic will be what Is Happen
ing in Foreign Affairs"
The club will hold the third
in the series of discussions on
the status Of women at 8 pm.
Thursday.
Speakers will be Begun Mo-
hammed Ali, wife of the Ambas-
sador of Pakistan; Nine. Kami-
mura, wife Of the japanese Min
lister. end Mrs. D. w. Rajapa-
tirana, Of Ceylon. wife of the
alternate executive director Of
the international Monetary
Fund.
The series has been arranged
by DR.. Kathryn Painter Ward
program chairman. and Mrs.
Hester Beall Provensen. assist
ant professor Of speech at the
University of Maryland.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Decorating Topic

Miss Lois Reed. authority on
home furnishings, will address
the Ki-Wives of Washington at
a luncheon to be held at noon
Wednesday in the Mayfower
Hotel. Miss Reed will speak on
1.-THE Modern Trends in Interior
Decoration, Spring 1953." She
will be introduced by Mrs. Will
liam H. Press, program chair
man.
Preceding the luncheon, l8
new members of the club will
be honored at a get-acquainted
party.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Conservation Films
|WH Be Presented

Two movies on the subject of
conservation of natural resources
will be shown at a luncheon
meeting Of the Woman's Club
Of Bethesda to be held Tuesday
at the clubhouse. The films are
entitled. America, the Beauti-
full" and Power Behind the
Nation"
Mrs. Harry r. Christopher of
Baltimore, president of the
Maryland Federation of Wom-
ans Clubs, will be a guest at the
luncheon.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Community Clubs

woman's Club of Chew Chase-Tomor-
nue.. Clubhouse Committee: Tomor-
speaker. Ralph Lawrence. Mature $
Free shoT, snsg,., 1,uesds T,uesdsy SsG and u
dav 9:45 am, music section. Wednes-
day, 10 am, Executive Board meet
tnst,on ing WedneSday; TSdayd.v pm:: pimn::,o German
noon. art section. Friday. $50 pm,
p.sSSass sGSsFs dS1Ss Wo%.Ss ssstiSSnT; STubromorrov
Il. j. Phelps: 77ss Carroll "a avenue.
Takoma Park; Wednesday. 1890
6to s'''12a 7aa5 "a Mfi
Junior Woman,s Club Of Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase IN md aFts and
Lyn3btrook .Recreation Center. music
msssn TRS %Ts Eld9n swesaey eeaEa
S0O7 -Kentbury drive. Bethesda. Fri
day, $50 pm, married couples bridge.
with Joan Horvath. 1923 Forty-sec-
KeniiwCrtS e Ladies' Guild-wednesday,
noon, with Mrs. Julia E. Gard and
Mrs. Lillian D. Chase, Kenilworth
sfnuss Ghureh; N Z EKenilwOrth avenue and Ord
Woman's Club of woodside-wednesday.
1890 pm, with Mrs. j. G.. Pratt,
1907 Luzerne avenue, Silver Spring,
Beverly Hills women's Club-Thursday.
10 am, garden section: speaker; Mrs.
Howard Chaille. Your Perennials."
Junior WOmen's Club Of College Park
Thursday, pm, Parish Hall, month
ly meeting; speaker, Miss Virginia
Fontaine. Decentralization Of Public
Welfare"
College Clubs
stephens Alumnae Of Northern Virginia
Wednesday: pm, with Mrs. james
. Arlington; speaker, DR.. William Lit
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Business and Professional Clubs

National Secretaries Association, Capital
Chapter-Tomorrow, GAS p. m, east
lounge. National Press Club. dinner
business meeting: speaker. Margaret
K. O'Dell. "FfIing for Secretaries"
District Business and Professional
WOmen's Club-Tomorrow. 7:30 pm,
business clinic radio program on
Professional Writer'S Club-Tomorrow
bly, rooms: speaker, Mrs. Jessie Fant
National Secretaries' Association, Ex
ecutive Chapter-Tuesday. 6:15 pm,
Dodge Hotel, dinner meeting.
District CHAPTER. Special Libraries As:
sociation--Tuesday,. pm, Whittall
Pavilion, Library Of Congress; speak
ers Bernard Fry Scott Adams, Legare
Obear, Plat Bed Facsimile Trans
722 jackson place NV. legislative
Edeosd Esfers1ce gToap HtD dinner speaker.
sion Reports"
ZOnta Club Of Observation-Disclosures
day. 1890 pm, YWCA, Seventeenth
and x streets NV: speaker, Mrs.
Helen Perlee Solon, governor Of Dis
trict III Of Zonta International.
SOrOptimist Club Of WashingtOn-Wed-
nesday. / PM, Willard Hotel. little
cabinet room, business meeting.
Altrusa Club-Wednesday. 6:15 pm,
Brookings Institution, dinner meeting,
book review.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
On the Enqoqement Pad

S'm.. ottS poetry erOup. thursday,
Pm: international relations African
AAUW, Alexandria Branch-Tuesday, s
pm. International relations group,
With Miss Harriet Robinson. Hunting
Towers. $50 West: "Our Foreign Policy
ana Argentina" pm, creative writ
ing Hn6 group; our; with MIS- MIS- Winters Haydock.
group. With Mrs. Il. E. Finnegan' a4os
alexander street, Alexandria, pm.
pridge group, with Miss Alice Wake
nSId, 2O!-C, 800 Washington street,
Alexandria.
District LeaEue Of Women Voters-Tues-
aday az shGFias scboop HSssl tnns 18th
speakers, H. van Buren Cleveland, Her
man Barger, g. Neil Perry; 2:30 pm.
informal discussion: S:15 pm, eve
Am6asssdcr Of fndis. ao1r Trade r idi with
Underdeveloped Countries" and Ger
hard colm, Chief economist, National
ss Planning Association, THE Relation
ship Between United States Foreign
and Domestic Economic Policy"
Woodbridge Book Club-Tuesday, 10 am.
McKendree Methodist Church. 5000
South Dakota avenue NE, book re-
views.
Twentieth Century Club-Wednesday
2:30 PM, nature section. with Mrs.
H. Freeborn Johnston, 650S Ridge
wood avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. Thurs
day, 1890 pm, YWCA, luncheon
meeting: speaker, Chief Of Police
Robert v. Murray. "our Metropolitan
CAPITOL History CIub-Thursday, 1O:45
AM, Washington Post lobby. educa-
Evening star., 1953-03-08
College Clubs

STEPHENS Alumnae Of Northern virginia
Wednesday. 8 pm. with Mrs. James
G.. Burge, 1918 South Columbus street.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Virginia Phone Rate Rise
After Pay Boost Seen
BY the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Oct. 9.-Tele-
phone company officials have in
dicated that rates for Virginia
subscribers may be increased
because of the $3.50 and $3.50
a week increase granted en-
ployeS of the company.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. and the CIO
Communications Workers of
America reached agreement on
a new contract yesterday after
three months of bargaining, dur
ing which the old contract eX-
pired and the union employees
staged a 12-hour strike.
j. Rhodes Mitchell, vice preSi-
dent of the company, issued a
statement Immediately after
the agreement indicating that
telephone subscribers likely
would have to bear the addi-
tional costs brought on by higher
wages for the employees, 1000 of
whom belong to the union.
A company spokesman said to-
day there would be mo immedi-
ate increase" but he explained
there is no way for the company
to absorb higher costs other
than raising rates.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Vienna Man Kills Self;
Despondenf Over Wife

A husband who was upset be-
cause his wife was sent to a
mental hospital shot and killed
himself today, Fairfax County
police reported.
He was Lawrence Lowe. %, of
Vienna, Va. He was shot through
the heart with a .412-gauge shot
gun. police said.
Mr.. Lowe lived with his in
laws, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram S.
Fisk, on Route 2, near Vienna.
Mrs. Fisk told police her son-in-
law told her he was going outside
to shoot a rabbit. Seconds later
she heard a shot and found Mr..
Loves body about so yards from
the house.
The Fisks told police Mr.. Lowe
had been despondent because his
wife bessie was sent to State
mental hospital one week ago to-
day.
Mr.. Lowe was employed as, a
tree trimmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe
had no children.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Nd. u. Pep Rally
Bottles Up Traffic
At College Park

Traffic was stopped on the
Baltimore boulevard for a time
last night as hundreds of Uni
versity of Maryland students
staged a pep rally for Satur-
days football game here against
Georgia.
The crowd, estimated at
about 800 students, finally was
broken up by a student leader
riding in a sound truck. Traffic
was reported stopped for 10 or
Is minutes. One student said
the group wanted to get motor
lists to blow their auto horns and
add to the rally noises.
A Prince Georges County pa
troll car arrived as the crowd
was breaking up. No injuries
or damage were reported.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
GIenarden 10 Celebrate
14th Birthday Tomorrow

Gov. McKeldin of Maryland
will speak at, ceremonies tomor-
row commemorating the 14th
anniversary of the Town of Glen
arden, Md.
Other speakers at the 2 pm.
program will be Representative
Small, Republican, Of Maryland,
and State Senator John r. Flet-
cher, and town and county Of
flcials.
A parade will include the Sd
Infantry drill team, majorettes,
American Legion members,
Knights of st. John. Elks, Miss
Glenarden and her maids of
honor and decorated cars and
bic. -cles. A teen-age frolic will
be held at 8 pm.
Ballots for the election of Miss
Glenarden may be purchased for
10 cents. Candidates are Mar
garet Bates, Rose Ann Prather,
Mervine Newman, Elizabeth
Smith, Helen Thompson and
Theresa Williams.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Special Grand Jury
To Hear Green Again
tuesday in Custer

A special Arlington grand jury
hearing testimony on a charge Of
malfeasance against the County
School Board is in recess until
10 am. Tuesday.
Twenty-four witnesses, includ-
ing Attorney John Locke Green.
who made the complaint against
the board, have appeared before
the six men and one woman on
the jury.
Supt. T. Edward Rutter was
behind closed doors with the
panel for nearly an hour yester-
day.
Other witnesses included Mrs.
Frances Waters. a teacher at
Washington-Lee High School,
and Mrs. Dorothy Lorraine, a
teacher at st. AIMS School.
Mr.. Green, who testified on
Monday, and Accountant Roy
Halquist, who appeared before
the jurors yesterday, have been
Subpoenaed to return Tuesday.
Also scheduled to testify on
Tuesday is E. L. Daniels, a con-
tractor, who did not come to
the courthouse yesterday because
he was i'll.
Mr.. Green has accused the
five members of the school board
of permitting the mingling of
white and colored students and
adults and the showing of Aims
of nude men and women.
He also charged the board with
incompetence in its construction
program.
Mr.. Green is asking removal
of the board members from Of
flee.
The jurors, when they have
finished hearing testimony, will
report to Circuit Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
23,012 Births in District
Exceed 81 Record by Isl

There were 757 more new ba-
bies in Washington during the
first 80 weeks of this year than
for the same period last year, the
Bureau of Vital Statistics re-
ported today.
The totals showed 14,792 white
births this year compared with
14,549 last year, and 1920 col
ored births compared with 7,706
last year.
Deaths also increased, with
6,882 reported this year against
6,734 for the first 80 weeks of
last year. Among the COM
municable diseases, pneumonia
was the principal cause of death,
with 189 such deaths reported.
Last year 166 deaths from pneu-
monia were reported during the
first 80 weeks.
There were fewer than half as
many polio cases-116 last year
and SO this year.