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Evening star., 1953-11-24
Citizens Inaugural Committee
To Cut 100000 Melon Soon

fund is to be apportioned is yet
to be announced.
Mr.. McGarraghy, who is chair
man of the Republican State
Committee for the. District, said
a final financial statement now
is being prepared and should be
ready within a week.
Within another week there
after, he said, there should be a
formal statement announcing
the exact net and it's division
among charities.
District subscribers who under
wrote $684 $50 Of the costs Of the
three-day ceremonies have had
their advances refunded. The
final calculation of the surplus
was delayed to await settlement
Of the last bills.
Evening star., 1953-11-24

deadline. make an orderly story
out of them.
The range of his stories was
wide. He had written crime
news and church news, of big
celebrations and lonely suicides,
about Presidents and monkeys
in the Zoo. He had written
stories handed to him in prac-
tically perfect press releases and
he had written stories which he
had spent days digging out Of
reluctant sources.
He had a special talent for the
bizarre. One of his most famous
stories was about the man who
found a needle in haystack.
Handled Involved Hearings.
He was regarded as one of the
best reporters in town for COM
plicated court trials and involved
congressional hearings.
No story was TOO big or too
little for his careful attention.
Mr.. Shippen was born in the
Georgia mountain town of Eli
jay on August IA, 1901. His
parents were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Henry Shipper.
After completing grade and
high school courses, Mr.. Shippen
attended Georgia Tech, but
eventually decided he was not
cut out to become an engineer,
He took a job with the Meade
Pulp & Paper Co. in Chillicothe,
Ohio, where he lived with an
aunt, Mrs. Katherine Kennedy
Brown, Republican National
Committeewoman for Ohio.
First News Job in Atlanta.
He turned to newspaper work
and landed a job with the At
lanta Constitution in 1925. After
two years he came to Washing
ton and joined The Star staff
He had been with this newspaper
continuously except for a period
from 1912 until 1914, when he
was public relations director for
Bell Aircraft Corps Georgia
division.
He was married in 1882 to
Miss Frances Stubbs of Norfolk,
They had just completed con-
struction of a home on the
Potomac, on the Virginia side
across from Georgetown Uni
versity.
They planned to move into
the new home next Monday.
Memorial services will be held
at the Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street NV, at 3 pm
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
W. H. Shippen, Jr., Dies at 81;
Veteran Reporter for Star
Heart Attack Fotul
To Aviution Writer
And World Traveller

w. H. Shipper, jr., veteran
reporter for The Star, died un-
expectedly today Of heart
attack at his apartment, 1888
Summit place NV.
Mr.. Shippen, who was So years
old, had reported for work this
morning but complained Of feel
ing i'll and returned home. AS
far as is known, he had suffered
no previous attacks.
A member of The Star staff
since 1928, except for Is months
during World War II, he was one
of the best known newspaper
men in Washington. In recent
years he had been aviation spe-
cialist of The Star as well as a
reporter on general assignment.
Flew Bomber Raid on Tokyo.
He had covered an amazing
variety of stories. AS war cor
respondent for The Star in 1914
and 1945 he made a 30,000-mile
trip through the Pacific. In that
capacity he rode in a B-29 Super
Fortress on the historic bombing
raid on Tokyo by the 21st Bomb
er Command.
He was aboard the battleship
Missouri for the Japanese sur
render and he was in japan for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's tri-
umphaI return after the war.
In 1916 Mr.. Shipper went to
Bikini to report on atom bomb
tests for The Star. He covered
the first west-to-east crossing of
the Atlantic by jet aircraft in
1948 and followed up with a Sc
ries of informative stories on
the great Berlin airlift.
Flew Over North Pole.
One of the outstanding stories
of his long career was his awe
some report last year on a pio-
neering fight over the North
Pole, where it is easy to lose the
sense of position because every
direction is south.
On a more recent assignment
last summer-he boarded a
diving bell and submerged in
Chesapeake Bay to tell how a
naturalist records marine life
with the aide of new-fangled
inventions.
One of his more exotic assign
ments was that to accompany
his close friend, DR.. William M.
Mann, director of the Zoo. on
an animal-collect expedition
to Argentina. This trip, in 1889,
required three months. Mrs.
Shipper went along, too.
Mr.. Shipper got to make the
trip after covering the Zoo beat
for The Star and forming a
firm friendship with DR.. Mann.
A part of his duties was helping
care for the animals on the re-
turn voyage.
Unruffled Worker Under Stress.
In addition to the big stories
which carried his name, Mr..
Shipper had written thousands
of unsigned, small stories which
came into his domain as a gen.
eral rewrite reporter for this
newspaper. He was a calm, un-
ruffled worker who could take
conflicting and confusing details
and, often working against a
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Civic Group Rejects Plea
For Part Of IFS Territory

The Northwest Boundary Civic
Association last night rejected a
request by the East Rock Creek
Neighborhood League that the
association give up part of it's
membership territory.
The association countered with
a proposal to let the East Rock
Greek league join the Northwest
civic group.
The meeting was held in the
Raymond School. Tenth street
and Spring road NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Request to Postpone
Animal Hearing Refused

The Commissioners today re-
fused request of the Humane
Society to postpone a hearing on
the proposal to make impounded
animals available to local medi-
cal schools and research centers.
The society asked the CommiS-
sioners to put OF the hearing for
two or three months to enable
them to gather information
which they would use in oppos-
ing the plan.
Evening star., 1953-11-24

That 100000 melon. which
sprouted from the success Of last
January's inaugural ceremonies
for President Eisenhower, is 60
ing to be cut pretty soon.
The chief of the custodians,
Joseph c. McGarraghy. who was
chairman of the Citizens In
augural Committee, said today he
expects to be able to make q full
statement in the next two weeks.
The net surplus is to be dis
tributed among charities, he said,
as was planned last March. when
rough calculations Indicated the
profit would exceed 100000.
There has been no change in
that plan, he said, but how the
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Accuser Must Face You,
Or Suffer Penalties

And today, although none or
you have the great fortune, I
think, of being from Abilene,
Kans., you live after all by
that same code in your ideas
and in the respect you give to
certain qualities. In this
country, if some one dislikes
you or accuses you, he must
come up in front, he cannot
hide behind the shadow, he
cannot asSassinate you or your
character from behind, with
out suffering the penalties an
outraged citizenry will impose.
Now you know, I must go
back for a moment to what I
said a while ago. I picked up
my own subject as I came
here. The only responsible
ity I have is to watch some
individual in front of me who
has cards, after I have used
up all my time. I just notice
he says go ahead, it's all right.
(The President was refer
ring to a television indus
try representative who was
notifying him of the amount
of time on the air remain
ing.)
I would. not want to sit
down this evening without
urging one thing: If we are
going to continue to be proud
that we are Americans there
must be no weakening of the
code by which we have lived
of the right to meet your ac-
cuser face to face; to go to
the church or the synagogue
or even the mosque of your
own choosing; to speak your
own mind, and be protected
in so doing.
Ladies and gentlemen, the
things that make us proud to
be Americans are of the soul
and of the spirit. They are
not the Jewels we wear. or
the furs we buy, the houses we
live in, the standard of living,
even, that we have. All these
things are wonderful to the
esthetic and to the physical
senses.
But let us never forget that
the deep things that are Amer
ican are the soul and spirit.
No matter what happens here,
the individual is dignified be-
cause he is created in the i'm
age of his God. Let us not for
get it.
I am not going to try to be
spectacular and~s you all to
rise in imitation Of the alle-
glance to the flag which in
Spired the old Fourth Of July
statements, as I once did when
I was 6 years old in the Nc
Kinley campaign. A good Re-
publican won that year. We all
said after the speaker, II am
pround to be an American"
But if I leave with you that
one thought, you not only will
repeat it every day Of your life,
but will say. II will do my part
to makesit always true, for my
life, but viii say. II will do my
part to make it always true.
for my children and my grand
children"
Thank you.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Northwest Council
Indorses Works Plan
On Hearing Prentiss

Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
Engineer Commissioner, last
night urged that any one oppos-
ing the suggested tax increases
in the Commissioners revised
1902 million 10-year public works
program give concrete sugges-
tionS on where increased rev.
enues are to be gained.
Gen. Prentiss told the North
west Council of Citizens ASSocia-
Evening star., 1953-11-24
ChupIuins' Chief to Speok

Maj. Gen. Ivan L. Bennett,
Army Chief Of Chaplains, will
speak at the annual Thanksgiv-
ing luncheon of Alexandria civic
and service clubs at noon tomor-
row in the George Mason Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
PIuy at Wilson Teachers

Wilson Teachers College will
present a French play at an as
sembly at 10:15 am. tomorrow.
The play, lie Jongleur de Notre
Dame" is a French folk tale
modernized by Anatole France.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Revolution Relics Shown

Rare old American Revolution
relics, including a white-laced
mantilla worn by Martha Wash
ington, are being displayed today
only in the Stanley Galleries,
3218 M street NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Americans Right to Face
Accuser Stressed by President

of which most of you have
never heard. But in the West
it is a famous place. It is
called Abilene, KanS. We had
as our marshal for a long time
a man named wild Bill"
Hickok. If you don't know
anything about him, read your
Westerns more. Now that
town had a code, and I was
raised as a boy to prize that
code.
It was: Meet any one face
to face with whom you dis
agree. You could not sneak
up on him from behind or do
any damage to him without
suffering the penalty of an
outraged citizenry. If you met
him face to face and took the
same risks he did, you could
get away with almost any
thing, as long as the bullet
was in the front.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Cuban Newsmen Are Mum On Arrest
OF Former President Carlos PriO
BY JIM COBB

More than Cuban radio and eevison commentators
and here for visit strict wall
OF silence concerning the latest eopmen political
seenethe naming Of their dposed president Socaas
in grand jury indictment charging gunrunning operations
The made clear that The government General
FUIssneiO BsfIss which . coup TO- 1884, not
encouraging statements regarding the Indictment
o. imminent FsvOvsion have country past
weeks Mes prominent date mentioned for uprising teddy
CODES Memorial Day.
However member of the group that
Po viii flee to Guatemala when he his trouble with the Ame
Strengthened gov
there repeatedly has love for Ba and they have
oyerture to PRO granting him political asylum the informant said
Prio is appear Yoks District December
currently bond along with several other members
his government.
that "any attempt revolt
would beaten down short order by the Cuban Army and Navy
who loyal to General Batsta"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Widow Won't
MarryDempsey
After All
''Oil And Water
Won't Mix" SAYS
Wealthy Woman
By WATSON SIMS

NEW YORK IA pretty and
tabulously rich widow has called
off plans to marry Jack Dempsey
with the statement ~oii and water
simply won't mix" She says she's
Tying back to Florida today.
We're just too different" SAYS
Mrs. Estelle Auguste. possessor of
q fortune estimated at Is million
dollars.
The breakup came last night.
three days after the Palm Beach.
Fla, widow had announced she
would marry the man who used his
Eon tists to slug his way to fame
and fortune.
Dempsey had stalked out of Mrs.
AuguSte's apartment III the Wal.
aorf-AStoria Hotel a few minutes
before she announced the engage.
ment was broken,
AT the Mayflower Hotel. where
ne former world heavyweight
champion is staying, a telephone
operator said in answer to calls:
"Mr. Dempsey is extremely tired.
he has left instructions not to be
disturbed until tomorrow morning
ct 10 o'clock"
Mrs. AuguSte-who al u is is
years younger than Dempsey-was
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commentators association.
Twenty.four members of that
group are winding up a two-day
visit here today as guests Of the
city.
The program Of publicity con.
Quoted by city OF Miami makes
CubanS feel that they are interest
ed in their trade" Yniguez added.
He stated that Key West has
much TO offer ihe Cuban visitor
due 10 iss importance in the his.
tory Of the Island Republics fight
for independents and It's Cuban
heritage. Annually. Cuban tour
lists spend en- estimated s6-mil-
lien dollars in Miami. II was
pointed cut.
Yniguez also hailed the possibili.
ty Of a Havana-Key West ferry az
a potential big factor in promot.
ing business relations between Key
west ana (nDa.
The members Of the Cuban press
arrived by air from Havana yes.
terday morning and we're imme-
diately caught up in q busy round
of social engagements including
parties and q trip up the keys to
Marathon. They also visited three
Cuban patriotic Shrines here - the
monument to Jose MART in Bay
WED Park and the Maine Monu-
ment and shrine to Cuban Revolu-
tionaries In the City Cemetery.
They were invited. here BY the
city carmisslon as q goodwill ges.
ture. Kew West win receive eonsi.
Iderable B.icity as a result Of the
visit starting on Wednesday on the
top Havana TV station. emo. Two
one-hour programs viii be aired
then at 100 p. m. and again al
midnight featuring movies made Of
Key West and its environs and in.
terviews with members of the par.
ty who made the trip.
] Also planned for the future Is q
television panel program In which
Key Westers interested in the rpo.
motion of the much discussed fer.
~ operation would discuss the sit.
uation with Cuban interests. enc
sent cameraman Juan Pineda Fer.
nandez here to cover the trip.
The newsmen arrived yesterday
morning when they were whisked
to the City Hall and presented with
Keys to the City. They recipro.
Gated by presenting a bust of Jose
MART, Cuba's most revered patriot
to the city fathers. Mayor c. B.
Harvey presided over the eere.
monies, aided by Key Vests hon.
Continued Or Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
UN Action Is
OvershadOwed
By ke's Move

UNITED NATIONS N. Y. u
The dramatic announcement that
President Eisenhower will fly
from the Bermuda Big Three con-
ference Tuesday to outline atomic
age perils to the U. n. Assembly
Overshadowed other developments
today in the international organi.
zation.
EiSenhower's move comes short.
ly after the U. N. Overwhelmingly
voted down again Soviet bloc de-
mands for immediate prohibition of
atomic weapons. Instead, the As.
sembly emphatically called on its
12-nation disarmament commits.
sion to intensity its efforts for
gradual disarmament to be eli.
NAKED by banning atomic bombs
and hydrogen bombs.
Eisenhower's audience presum.
ably will include Soviet deputy
Foreign Minister Andrea Vishin.
SKY, who has been drumming for
the immediate atomic prohibition
as part of Soviet peace plans
for four years, as well as other
satellite leaders and ambassadors
from some Asian countries which
have voted from time to time for
the Russian proposals.
1t will be Eisenhcwer's first
speech to the General Assembly
He visited the U. n. as presi.
dent-elect shortly after he was
elected in November, 1852.
The Eisenhower appearance as.
Sured that the Assembly would
not wind up its current session
Tuesday night as originally SEIZED.
uled. But U. N. officials said a
lag in some committees had made
it almost certain that the Assem-.
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Dean Meets With Rhee For
Talk On Unannounced Topic
By GEORGE MACARTHUR

PANMUNJ0M, u The chief
US. delegate Unexpectedly skipped
today's negotiations with the Reds
on a Korean peace conference and
instead met with South Korean
President Syngman Rhee at Seoul,
possibly to talk over the dragging
talks.
As Ambassador Arthur H. Dean
talked with Rhee, aide Kenneth
Young sat in for him at Panmun-
JON in a meeting he termed "a
move forward"
Young said all points Of the
negotiations were discussed by
both sides but gave no indication
of any concrete progress.
Before Dean met with Rhee, he
talked with Ellis o. Briggs, US.
ambassador to Korea, on what
Young termed urgent business.
Young declined TO reveal the sub
ject of discussion.
Dean represents 16 United Ma
tons and South Korea in the eff.
forts to set up peace conference.
Soauth Korea has been outspoken
in its ideas on such & conference
occasionally differing with Deans
limo rauots f;cr4
80 More Snub Interviews
In 1 . rs.
/. Thirty more South Korean
war prisoners refuSec to return
home, making a total of $50 WHIT
have snubbed interviews witt
South Korean officers. Not ont
South Korean has returned in tn,
five days of explanations.
g. The head of the Neutral Ma
iti0ns Repatriation Commission sale
THE Communists and the U.N
command should decide what Il
do with POWs who refuse to e
home if the peace conference doe,
not meet soon.
The UNC insists that by The
truce terms they must be released
as civilians on Jan. q even i
the conference is not under way
the Reds insist that they be hel,
until tha conference discusses
their fate.
The armistice terms give a con
ference until JSn. q to deal witt
1.-THE prisoners, but there is littl.
indication it viii get started b,
lhen.
Says Reds Lie
3. Air Force Maj. Gen. J. K
Lacey, L 5 repre- sentative on tn,
Joint Military Armistice Com
nilsson. accused ths Commu-tr-
jof lying when -
war prisoners have been released
Ior handed
Indian command.
Lacey did not give any specifi,
figures on how many Allied pris
oners might still be N Red PRISON
hut said: 'In the face of
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Commission Will
Consider Request
For TV Franchise

The City Commission viii con-
slider an application for franchise
to offer "closed circuit" televiSon
to the city, it was announced to-
day.
The application will be presented
by the TeleviSion Relay Co., Inc,
a local concern. A spokesman for
that group said today that in the
event the franchise is granted, they
expect to be able to start opera
tons in February, working in con.
junction with Miami TV Station
WTVJ. They would also offer local
programs, it was reported.
Under their plan, cable would
be laid to Key West and the pro-
grams would be relayed to home
owners through a specially install.
ed cable system. Negotiations with
Continued on Page rwo)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Elks Memorial
Services Are
Impressive Rites
Honor Deceased
Members OF Lodge

Impressive in its simplicity was
the annual memorial exercises Of
Key West Lodge of Elks, No. 5Sl,
held Sunday afternoon.
Nearly 500 persons witnessed the
ceremonies which were presented
in the air-conditioned lodge rooms.
Under the able direction OF Tom
Whitley, 100 young ladies, young
men of the Key West High School
chorus, inspired the gathering with
the singing of the Lords Prayer,
Ave Maria and the Battle Hymn
of the Republic.
The stage setting, prepared un-
der direction of Navy Chief Leo
Warren, drew much praise from
those attending the ceremonies.
A giant cross Of hovgainvillea,
fhe flower which 10 the Elks'
eoieFs, had. foe is backdrop fhs
plsqves on which are inscribed
the names Of ell deceased mem.
bsrs Of Key West Lodge OF Elks
and the date Of their death.
A vacant chair, representing the
absent member. was slightly Il
the left of the cross.
Potted plants and baskets o.
NUNS decked the speakers rost'
rum, which was Immediately be
low the stage. Throughout the hal
assorted ported plants were placed
to advantage.
In his memorial address, Ger
aid Saunders, chairman Of the
Monroe county commissioners,
said: "As we recall and give
thanks for our Brother EIks who
have departed from our limited
physical vision we confess here
TO each other IS we did 10 them
when they were with Us, that oil
their good deeds are enshrined
in our hearts and that any re-
cord we might have made OF
their faults was written In the
sand and has long since been
washed away, forever. by our
understanding and Gods great
redeenfing love-"
/ In brief remarks. Earl R. Adams
Exalted Ruler, told the assembly
that Elks lodges throughout thG
United States on that day were
holding like services.
| A brass horn quarette from thu
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
State Attorney
General Visits
In Key Vest

RichaFd w. Erwin. state a.
iorns's general left Key Wrss
late Yesterday after . shors
holiday here.
Erwin. who stayed a. the A..
Isnsie Shores Motel, SO South
S.. was accompanied by Judge
Quentin Lens, Of HsIIendsIs;
Otis Curry, Of the state srsa.
sUrer's office, Miami; and Paul
Miller, . close friend of Erwin.
The party, along with Allan
B. clsare, Jr., county solicitor,
and Mrs. clssTs, were guests
fer dinner 81 Al LosUn's Res.
tavrsns Of the feet Of Simon.
ton S..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Navy Community
Chest Campaign
Tops Civilians

A house-so-house cleanup cam.
paign calculated tc contact one
hundred per cent of the city's DO
tential Community Chest donors ID
continuing with good results, It was
announced today.
At the same time, It was p.
ported that $2s,l19.73, or $3.50 Der
cent Of the $50, 2ss Chest goal has
been collected TO date. OF this
figure, 81 ,327.73 or 22.s2 per cent
was contributed by the city's eivIl.
ian population while ST, 1890 o.
1888 per cent came from Naval
personnel and civilian workers A
the Naval Station as the result a
their campaign.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
World War II Was Forced
On US Tnelpe Years Ago

At las p. m (EST) IL years ago today the
United States was precipitated into hstorys great
est
On Dec. 2, 1s41, over 100 Jap planes and mid
get submarines attacked the u. S. Pacific Fleet at
anchor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Eighty-six ships
were at anchor that Sunday when the Japs struck.
The battleship Arizona was a total loss. Severe
ly damaged were the battleships Oklahoma, Nevada,
California, West Virginia, three destroyers, one
target ship and one minelayer.
Ships that damaged but repaired were:
the batteships Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennes-
The cruisers Helena, Honolulu and Raleigh,
a seaplane tender, a repair ship and drydock.
Eighty Naval planes and 81 Army planes were
lost The Japs lost % planes the Navy, 20 to the
Army and three submarines of as tons each.
Naval Casualties were 2,117 officers and men
killed, $50 missing, s76 wounded. The Army lost
226 officers and men killed and 3s6 wounded.