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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20
re Victory Dance
Ticket Sale On

Tickets for the Red Cross Vie.
tory Dance 10 be held AZ the
cass Marina hotel on fhs night
Of March ? under auspices Of
Bets Sigma Phi have been dis.
tr..auied among oil civic organ
nations In the city and with
various merchants. This proee-
dure will make u easier for
those who desire 70 attend this
gala event a. well as to help out
in the Red Gross roll cell drive
TO obtain tickets, Miss Elizabeth
Acheson. chairman Of the dance
committee. has announced.
Gus AYala's popular dance
orchestra has been engaged for
the evening. The committee Is
making arrangements for On cut.
standing floor show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20

$4,000 per year post.
II win neither confirm nor deny
that the appointment may be
mine" Byrns said today. The for
mer Navy man was the 'sEisen-
hover for President leader In Key
West.
Meanwhile, newly appointed
Postmaster-Genera Arthur Sum-
merfield, who has announced that
he is going to put the nation's post
office department on a business
basis, is in Miami today to confer
with Republican leaders.
And tomorrow, Commander
Byrns win 90 TO that city for talks
with c. c. Spade, State COP lead
er s.relaiiyf tie rpsf'hls -
pointmens. J
I'D IKE II ~ 81 ssrvics 10
NE eosssusunlly--nes Only n fhs
businessmen bur 10 NE home
owner IS well" eyrns said.
II is generally the policy for ap-
pointments to the post to be made
from the ranks Of the party in
power at the time. Hence. the new
Key West postmaster Is almost
certain to be a Republican or an
Eisenhower Democrat" How.
ever, Summerfield has emphasiz-
ed that the choice viii be made
for the betterment Of the service.
1--WE don't want party hacks in
the job" he has been quoted as
saying.
The last Republican postmaster
to serve Key West was Charles
S. Williams who was In Office dur
ing the Hoover regime.
Postmaster Beryaldi emphasize
ed today that his decision TO re.
tire has no connection with the
change In administration.
81 have been considering Il for
some tirne--I am not well" be
pointed out. He became eligible
for retirement when he reached
the age Of IS, three years ago. Ber-
valid has seen the local post Office
Continued on Page Tenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20

The Associated Press TsIssyps
Features and Photo Services.
For 70 Yems Devoted 10 The
Best Interests q Key Wsss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20
Senator II eCeaLS
That He Will Not
AlIO,r Reduction
Vithout Fight


Senator George Smathers today
lelched rumors Of a cutback IN
val Operations in Key West
n he r 9oEed the result Of a
hone conversation with Sec,
asy Of ~ Navy Robert B. An.
On in washington
tie saif frat Anderson "as.
.ursd ;ts shss no such plans
we're In tie making and that no
era in TIE Navy Department
rev anything about such ~.
rcr&" S,afher's information
VS. cont ';rs6 in q copy OF
letter 10 tSe Navy Secretary 70.
ceived tot'sy ~ former city com-
missioner Louis carbonell.
The ruraors were, Smathers
/ sid, that the Fleet Sonar School,
in Key West of over
a year ago was slated to be moved
and that plans we're being made
% move certain submarine units
to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
AL the same time Smathers told
Secretary Anderson that "he would
protest vigorously any such
move"
The Senator, speaking as Z
member OF the Interior and InSu,
lar Affairs Committee. pointed oui
the military Importance Of the
base by reason Of lis strategic 10.
cation as well as the community's
economic dependency on the Ma
val Station,
AS you know" he wrote the
Continued on Page Tenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20
Smith Sentenced
To Two Yeurs In
Connecticut Court

william James Smith. Jr., self
styled millionaire who was cap.
tured near Key West after a six
Continued on Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-20
Postmaster Ho||on Bervaldi Says He
Will Retire From The Service Soon
US WI Act On Vessel Theft
Commander Ray Byrns Mentioned
As His Possible Successor Here
BY JIM COBB

Postmaster Hollon Bervadi veteran of ss-years Of
government service announced today that he win retire.
the near future touching off concerning his pos
ble successor Bervad has been Postmaster 1914
At the same time. Commander Ray W. Byrns, USN
retred 602 Southland Street. revealed that he has been
offered the job by State Republican leaders but he decn
ed to confirm the possibility that he may be named to the
Evening star., 1953-08-30

and will be away Tor two years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Black
we'll have with them their
daughter, Mrs. James w. Grimes,
and her infant daughter, wilma
Elizabeth, who later will join 1t.
Grimes at Waco, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester A. Will
kins, formerly of Wolfe street,
and now of Chicago, have come
for a few days visit with Mrs.
Lucie Carneale of Radcliff road.
On Monday Mrs. Carneale en-
tertained at a cocktail party,
followed by a dinner, for her
house guests.
Miss Norma Jean Miller, for
mer resident, now of Chicago, is
returning after a visit with Miss
Joan Ann Sims at the home of
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. j. A.
Sims. Numerous parties hon
ored the visitor.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Novel Use of Fabric

walls. It creates the effect Of
a lowered ceiling and makes
the room seem more intimate.
You apply this with wallpaper
paste, either a panel at a time,
or you can stitch the panels
together until you have a
length that will extend from
wall to wall.
Today's markets offer many
patterns in matching fabric
and wallpaper, so that possibly
you would prefer to use a bor-
der of wallpaper rather than
fabric. The ultimate effect
will be the same.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Miss Roche
Is Married

The marriage of Miss Maureen
Therese Roche, daughter of Mrs.
William Joseph Roche of Alex
andria and the late Mr.. Roche,
to Mr.. Robert Louis Eppelein
took place on August % at
Blessed Sacrament Church in
Alexandria. The bridegroom is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Eppelein of Miami, Fla.
The Rev. Daniel E. Power S. j.,
of Georgetown University Off
ciated at the ceremony, which
was followed by a reception at
the Washington Golf and
Country Club.
The couple will live in Miami,
Fla.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Alexandria

Prenuptial parties for Miss
Barbara Armstrong, bride-to- be
of Mr.. Philip Anderson, continue
to add interest to the social
scene.
Today at Warrenton a beau
tifully appointed cocktail party
and buffet supper is being given
by Miss Armstrong; aunt, Mrs.
Vincent Jacobs, and her daugh-
ter. Miss Margaret Anne Jacobs.
Attending from this city will
be the guest of honor and her
f1ance, Mr.. Anderson; her
mother, Mrs. James Armstrong:
her grandmother, Mrs. Joseph
M. Armstrong; her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Ruffner Simmons; Mr.. Vincent
Jacobs, cousin: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Crockett, Mrs. James w.
Grimes. Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey
Barnett. jr.; Miss Midge An
drews, Miss Harriet Hammond,
Miss Joan Mclaughlin and Miss
Anne Gallatine and their escorts.
On Friday, September 8, at
the Carlton Hotel in Washing
ton. a rehearsal party will be
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
for their son, his bride-to-be,
members of their wedding party
and a few close friends. The
following day the wedding will
take place in st. Paul's Episco-
pal Church. this city.
Mrs. Irving Brown and her
daughters, Betty and Susan, are
vacationing at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. Brown and their son Bob
are off on a cruise.
Mr.. Robert Jackson is in Ko-
rea, where he flew with the
American Foundation, headed by
DR.. Rusk, associate editor of the
New York Times, and nine other
persons. From San Francisco
they flew to Honolulu to spend
two days, thence to Japan, where
Mr.. Jackson was two years ago,
and then to Korea. They will re-
turnt from foreign lands on Sep
tember S.
Miss Val Jackson returned
Monday from Camp Tonawanda,
near Hendersonville, N. c., after
a month holiday, and is with
her mother here.
Capt. G. Ian M. Balfour of the
Royal Navy and Mrs. Balfour,
who are leaving September 7 to
return to Scotland, are being
feted at numerous bon voyage
parties. Today DR.. and Mrs.
Paul Zeyfuss of Forest Hill road,
Belle Haven, are entertaining at
a cocktail party in their honor
and have included other neigh
bors and nearby friends on their
guest list.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Rice
will be leaving September 13 for
their new home in Houston, Tex,
where they lived several years
ago and made many friends.
On Thursday Mrs. Julian
Green was hostess at a coffee
party honoring Mrs. Rice, and on
September 8 Mrs. Charles
Loughran, Mrs. William Guide and
Mrs. Homer Cupples will enter
tain for Mrs. Rice.
Mr.. Homer Cupples has re-
turned from Cape May, N. j.,
where he spent the week end with
his wife and their son, Charles,
at the Admiral, where they are
vacationing.
Navy Capt. and Mrs. William
E. Mcdonald. formerly Of South
Lee street. have left for Paris
Evening star., 1953-08-30
By PouIine Groves

If you like a bit Of pattern
in a room. here's an idea
you'll want to borrow. Choose
a small patterned fabric and
use it, not only for the bed
spread and dust ruff1e, but as
edging for cottage curtains as
well. A chair, upholstered
with the same fabric, will
balance out the room scheme
beautifully.
For a final touch, run a
scalloped border of the fabric
around the top of all four
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Two Children Die
As Fire Razes Home
By q staff Correspondent Of The stur

HUGHESVILLE, Md, Nov. 10.
Two small children died and
their 74-year-old invalid grand
father was saved last night in a
fire started by an exploding kero-
sene lamp.
The f1ve-room frame house on
the j. B. jackson farm. a few
miles north of here, was de-
stroyed, leaving eight survivors
of a colored family homeless.
Chief L. Spencer Knott of the
Hughesville Volunteer Fire De-
partment identified the victims
as Agnes Jennifer, 5, and her
brother James, 4.
Five other children of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jennifer, occupants
of the house, fed or were carried
out. Their ages ranged from 2
to is years. The father was not
at home at the time.
Mrs Jennifer tried vainly to
rescue Agnes and James from
bedroom, but was driven back by
the flames.
Rachel, the oldest child, ran
to Mr.. Jackson's home, 200 yards
away. Harold Jackson, "a, son
Of the owner. sped to the burn
ing house, smashed a bedroom
window and dragged the grand
father, Philip Coates, to safety.
Then he drove a mile to the
nearest telephone and turned in
the alarm.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Bird Dogs Run Near Orange
In 44th Annual Field Trials

Association, and Guy H. Lewis of
Langley. Washington area con-
tractor and president of the Vir-
ginia association.
The trials are being run on the
farm recently purchased by Mr..
Lewis from the State, and being
made into a model farm game
preserve.
Judges are George M. Rogers,
Mount Holly, N. j., and George
Suttle. Newport News, Va.
Among the early results, two
Washington dogs were winners.
Derby first brace: Tuck's Piscataway
Mack. owned by DR.. Preston A. Nc
Lendon OF @146 Wyoming avenue NV
and Valiant Elizabeth owned by Ford
Young of 5435 Alta Vista road. Be-
thesda.
Second brace: speedomatic, owned by
E. E. Miller of Mount Holly. N. j.; The
Knitter, owned by DR.. o. B. Kirby,
Charlotte, N. c.
Third brace: oakvies Caroline Bob
owned by @ B. Oakes of South Boston
Va; Gamewood's Bobwhite Lady. owned
by T. H. Maddux, ,jr. of Remington, Va.
Fourth brace: Oakview Teddy. owned
by G. B Oakes. South Boston, and Earl
of Chatham. owned by Clarence Ed
wards of Chatham, Va.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Area Hospital Conference
Splits Up for Seminars
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1O.-Some
$500 hospital administrators,
nurses and doctors attending the
annual Maryland-DiStrict of
Columbia Delaware Hospital
Conference, broke up into dis
cussion groups today prior to
ending their two-day meeting.
Seminars were scheduled for
the morning, and the meeting
was to end after general ses-
sion at pm.
Mrs. Abraham Pinanski of
Boston, national hospital
auxiliary leader. yesterday
translated hospital rates and
cost of nursing into terms of
pay for baby sitters and plumb
ing service.
She said hospital rates could
be computed at so cents or IS
cents an hour. depending on
whether the daily cost was $12
or $18. rJ...
"In my community. she said,
that is about what you pay a
baby sitter-and she won't
watch your baby around the
clock"
She said the nurse ION whose
skill the life of a human being
often depends gets, if she is we'll
paid, between $1.50 and $1.75 an
hour. while the plumber who
fixes the pipes in our homes is
paid practically twice that"
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Arlington Bid 10 Buy
Land for State Roads
Is Declared Illegal

An Arlington County plan to
speed primary highway construc-
ton by buying rights-of-way for
the State has been rejected by
the State attorney general as il
legal.
The County Board planned to
consider floating a bond issue to
acquire land and donate it to the
State, if the proposal proved
feasible.
The county hoped to take ad-
vantage of State law requiring
the State Highway Commission
to give preference to projects for
which rights-o way are avail
able.
Arlington Commemorative At
torney William j. HaSSan yester-
day advised County Manager A.
T. Lundberg that the county
lacks legal authority to carry out
such a program.
oAAA ANFAOCu Wy CllC dGLOl llCy
general that the county, since
it elected to retain jurisdiction
over its own roads, does have an
obligation with respect to such
roads within it's boundaries that
are not a part of the State pri-
mary highway system. And, in
order to meet this obligation,
the county board has been au-
thorized by the Legislature to
levy road taxes and expend cer-
tain county funds, but no such
authority has been granted to
allow an expenditure upon the
primary system of State high
ways.
II am, therefore, of the opin-
ion." Mr.. HaSSan wrote, that
the County of Arlington has no
authority to levy a tax or expend
public funds for the purpose of
acquiring rights of way for the
construction or improvement of
the primary system of State
highways"
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Montgomery Jury
Studying Fall Cases

The new Montgomery Circuit
Court grand jury was named
yesterday and began considera-
ton of a record number of cases
for the fall term.
Ralph S. Scott, former owner
of SCOTS Hotel was named fore
man of the grand jury. He took
the post of which Thomas M.
Amatucci, jr., Wheaton auto
dealer. had asked to be relieved.
Mr.. Scott, SIS, lives at Horizon
Hill Farms. Falls road. Rockville.
He teaches law at Southeastern
University.
The grand jury is expected to
take more than a week to- COM
plete its work. States Attorney
Walter w. Dawson will present
between 80 and 100 cases to the
grand jurors for their considera-
ton.
Members of the grand jury in
clude Alexander Hamilton,
Thomas A. Garrett, Drusilla
Montuori, Pauline F. Harrison,
Margaret B. Matthias, Persis D.
Luet Jing, Glenie L. Gray, Will
liam D. Pyles, Kathryn M.
Chaplin. Lawrence w. White,
David L. Weed.
Also: Charles Kohlhoss, CheS-
ter M. Lizear;, Lewis w. Rice,
Earl L. Williams, Helen j. Pres
ton, Wesley M. VanDercook,
Donald v. Smith, Everett w.
Hawkins, Edna U. Wescott,
Samuel Monaco and Virginia H.
Bromwell.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Silver Spring Man
Named Butler Aide

A Silver Spring attorney was
named yesterday as legislative
assistant in the Office of Senator
Butler, Republican, of Maryland.
He is Robert E. Brown, 30. Of
1909 Rosemary Hills drive.
Senator Butler annoinced
that Mr.. Brown would conduct
legal and legislative research as
we'll as serve in an administra-
tive capacity.
Mr.. Brown, a native of Cum
berland, Md, is a graduate Of
Columbia University in New
York, where he majored in
political science. and Fordham
University Law School. where
he completed the law course in
1949. He also has taken gradu-
ate work at Georgetown Univer-
sity and Toledo University law
schools.
He is married and is a MEM
ber of the New York and Mary
land bars. Before taking the
present assignment, he practiced
law in New York and then was
employed as legal adviser to the
chief of Army Ordnance at the
Pentagon.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
AIexandridn Resigns
As Traffic Chairman

E. Waller Dudley has resigned
as chairman of the Alexandria
Traffic Board because, he said,
every major decision of his
board has been upset by city
council.
Mr.. Dudley and Irwin G. Huf>
ford are the only two citizen
members of the board, which
determines traffic and parking
matters. The boards decisions,
however, are subject to review
by the council. The other five
members of the board are city
officials.
In his letter of resignation.
Mr.. Dudley recalled that the
city council authorized a $500
traffic survey. Using the survey
as a guide, Mr.. Dudley said the
board tried to improve Alexan-
dria's parking and traffic con-
ditions. He added:
II regret to state. however,
that can recall of no instance
in which the board has been
upheld by the city council where
any serious opposition has been
voiced by one or more private
citizens
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley
said he accepted Mr.. Dudley's
resignation but was sorry to
see him resign. The mayor said
he would appoint a successor
tonight.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
ScaIding Water Is Fatal
To Clinton Md.) Girl, 7

A 2-year-old Clinton (MdO
girl died in Providence Hospital
yesterday as a result of being
burned by scalding water in her
home on Sunday.
The victim. Melinda S. Dent.
was the daughter of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Joseph E. Dent of Wood
yard road, Clinton.
According to police she was
burned on IS per cent of her
body when she pulled over a
pan of boiling water from the
kitchen stove. She died at
$50 pm.
Besides her parents. Melinda
also is survived by a 6-week-old
sister. Mary Jaqueline.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Maryland Driver Fined
S325 on Four CHARGES

A 25-year-old Anne Arundel
County man was given sus-
pended prison term and fined a
total of 1925 yesterday, after he
was convicted of four traffic
charges in Upper Marlboro
Police Court.
Judge w. Britton Moore inn
posed the penalties on Harry
Lindy Dove, jr.. of Edgewater,
Md.
The court suspended a six
month sentence and ordered a
$500 fine for speeding, S25 for
reckless driving, $50 for passing
on a curve and $50 for passing
on a hill.
State Police arrested Dove on
September 26, after a chase on
Routes 301 and 214 in the Mitch
ellville area.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
By james BirchfieId
Stor Sfoff Cerrespendent

ORANGE, Va, Nov. 10.-The
44th annual field trials of the
Virginia Amateur Field Trial AS
sociation are being held at the
Hawfeld plantation near here
today.
The trials. sponsored by Vir-
ginia's oldest bird dog group, got
under way yesterday with the
running of the derby trials for
younger dogs.
Sportsmen from three States
ran 25 dogs in the derby, which
will be finished in runoffs this
morning.
The all-age trials, with Al dogs
competing, will begin later today
and will continue through to-
morrow.
Among local dogs running in
the trials are those owned by
Ford E. Young of Washington
w. N. Oliver of Bethesda, secre-
tary of the Potomac Field Trial
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Falls Church Council
Moves 10 Control and
Protect Children

The city fathers Of Falls
Church, alarmed by recent juve-
nile disorders and tragedies. are
taking direct steps to better con-
troll and protect the city's chill
dren.
The City Council last night
considered proposals to prevent
children from Suffocating in dis
carded ice boxes, to break up
noisy gangs of teen-agers, cover
abandoned wells and set up a
detention home for juvenile de-
linquents. Specifically, the Coun-
Gil:
l. Tentatively approved and
ordered a hearing on November
% on city ordinance to outlaw
the leaving "in a place accessible
to children" of any icebox or
similar container without first
removing either the snap-lock or
doors.
To Take Up Lettering.
2. Accepted for hearing on
November % a city ordinance
forbidding "habitual lettering or
loaf1ng on the streets, alleys or
other public places" punishable
by a fine of SIS to $500 and up
to six months in Jail.
The Council acted after hear
ing letter from Municipal
Judge William T. Finley, which
said the act is necessary to deal
with diSorderly congregations of
juveniles outside one of the
city's drugstores. Judge Finley
said police need the law to pre-
vent "delinquents from making
a nuisance of themselves.
3. Heard Councilman Charles
c. Seymour declare that the
death of a 3-year-old girl Sat-
urday in a hidden we'll in Suit
land, Md, suggests the need of
third ordinance directed
against abandoned wells.
Studies Detention Proposal.
4. Took under study a proposal
to set up a joint detention home
to serve the juvenile courts of
Falls Church and Fairfax and
Loudoun Counties.
The council also opened bids
on the purchase or rental of the
old police headquarters building
and property. The high bid for
the entire property was $35, 900,
made by the Falls Church Bank.
The council will announce it's
decision on whether to accept
the offer at its next meeting.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
College Park Gets Own
Stars and Stripes 10 Fly

The town of College Park, Md.
finally has its own American
flag.
The community'S American
Legion post presented one yes
terday to Mayor Charles r. Da-
Wis in a brief ceremony at the
Town Hall, witnessed by repre-
Sentatives of a number of civic
organizations.
The presentation also marked
the legion posts observance of
Loyalty Day in American Educa-
ton Week. The American Le-
gion is one of the four sponsors
o fthe week.
In the past. the town has had
to borrow an American flag for
| holidays and ceremonies.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Historic Firehouse
Damaged by Blaze;
Relics Threatened

A fire at Alexandria, historic
Friendship Firehouse threatened
some of the city's valuable fire
fighting relics last night.
The blaze was discovered in
time, however. to prevent serious
damage. A first floor partition
was charred and there was smoke
damage. Firemen said an electric
light left burning had ignited
the old wooden partition.
Exhibited in the f1rehouse are
a number of fire fighting relics,
including a reproduction of the
pumper that George Washington
donated to the company in 1774.
The city of Baltimore has the
original, and at present is con-
Sidering a request to return it
to Alexandria to be displayed at
Friendship.
Evening star., 1953-11-10
Slot License Clerk
Admits EmbezzIinq
BY q stoff Correspondent of The Stor

LA PLATA, Md, Nov. 10
Mrs. Elsie M. Martin pleaded
guilty here yesterday to embezzl-
ing a total of $500 while en-
ployed by Charles County as a
slot machine license clerk.
Circuit Judge j. Dudley Dlgges
accepted her plea and ordered
her released in $500 bail pend
ing imposition of sentence.
States Attorney Robert T.
Barbour said Mrs. Martin had
admitted taking the money be-
tween June /, 1851, and June Is,
1853, the period in which she was
employed. MI. Barbour said the
court had indicated sentence
would be imposed in about 10
days.
Through her counsel, Rudolf
A. Carrico, she had waived pre-
liminary hearing and oonSidera-
ton of her case by the county
grand jury.
Mrs. Martin, 25, is the mother
of one child. She is The wife of
a local businessman.