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Evening star., 1953-03-27
Resolution AsksStu
OF Laws Governing
Sanitary Commission
By q stoff Correspondent Of The stor


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. ga res
olution was before the Maryland
General Assembly today calling
for study of the laws covering
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission.
The resolution was introduced
by the Montgomery County
House delegation.
1t cites the need for such a
study, owing to the scope and
magnitude of the services and
work performed by the commits
sion." It also refers to demands
from other counties besides
Montgomery and Prince Georges
for the extension of the COM
missions water and sewer lines
The commission has asked leg
islation permitting it to expand
into Howard and Anne Arundel
Counties in order to serve the
new District training school.
The resolution would ask the
Governor to appoint q six-mem-
ber commission to make the
study
= Meanwhile, 10 bills asked by
the sanitary agency passed the
House yesterday and were sent
to the Senate. Six were money
bills. authorizing 81 million for
trucks W$2.1 million for refuse
disposal facilities, $6 million for
expanded water facilities, SIS
million in anticipation bonds, 81
million for storm water drainage
and 81 million in tax anticipation
notes.
The four other measures would
cut off free water to towns and
county agencies, extend the san
itary district to the Manor Club
area in Montgomery. County
relieve the commission of the
requirement that it prepare
sewage system plans for private
developers and grant the three
commissioners a pay raise of
$500 annually apiece.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Alexandra Seniors
To Be Feted by Alumni

The Old Boys Association of
Episcopal High School, Alexan-
dria, will hold its fifth annual
alumni dinner at $50 pm. to-
morrow at the Belle Haven
Country Club, honoring the SEN
ior class of 1858.
|. DIR. Harrison F. Flippin, a
Philadelphia physician and a
member Of the Class of 1926, will
be guest speaker. Other speak
ers will include Arthur B. Han
son, local attorney and president
of the association; Richard P.
Thomson, association headmas-
ter; Richard P. Williams, prin-
cipal emeritus, and Byron S.
Anderson, representing the 1858
graduates.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Virginia Hardware Men
Elect New Officers
BY the Assoeiated Press

ROANOKE, Va, Mar. 27.-E.
c. Wine of Harrisonburg is the
new president of the Virginia
Retail Hardware Association.
He was elected yesterday as
the group wound up its three
day convention at Hotel Roanoke.
j. Fred Cook of Waynesboro
was chosen vice president and
H. L. Gaines of Alexandria was
named a new director.
The organization voted to ask
the General Assembly to make
a substantial reduction in the
license taxes of retail merchants.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
; More Quit Ba|timore's
Housing Advisory Group
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 27.-Three
more members said yesterday
they were quitting the Housing
Bureau Advisory Committee in
a fight over administration of
the Baltimore um-clearance
plan.
Guy T. o. Hollyday, president
of the Mortgage Bankers Asso-
citation of America, and Mrs.
John B. Ramsay, housewife, said
they had sent their designations
to Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro.
Thomas j. Healy, president Of
the AFL TeamsterS' Joint Coun-
Gil, said he would resign.
The new designations were re-
ported within "a hours after
James w. Rouse quit as chair
man Of the Advisory Council.
G. Yates Cook, director Of the
Baltimore plan, resigned early
this year amid reports of dis
agreement on administrative
matters, including failure Of
City Hall officials to back estab-
lishment of an independent
housing agency.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Status of Maryland Bills
Resolution Introduced

Resolution Introduced
HR74-By Montgomery delegation
To request appointment by the Governor
Of commission to study laws govern
ing the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission (Montgomery and Prince
Georges delegations).
Bills Enacted.
SB211-By Kimble-Authorizing the
State Roads Commission to acquire and
cede to the Federal Government land
for q parkway along the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal from Hancock to Cumber-
SENATE.
Bills introduced.
SB520-By Della-To hold oficers Of
corporation personally liable for sales
and use taxes not paid by the arm
(Judiciary).
SB524-By Goldstein-To require the
Calvert County Commissioners to pub
lish annually. q detailed statement Of
receipts (Goldstein, Phipps, Monroe).
SB525-By Ramsburg-To authorize
point q chief clerk, stenographer and
clerical assistants (Ramsburg. Lofstrand,
sB556-By Bailey and ooldstein-To
exempt from the sales tax, service.
fabrication or processing on personal
property Qinance). -
Evening star., 1953-03-27
AIeppo Club Honors
Weeks at Luncheon

Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
was presented with the keys to
the city by Commissioner Renah
F. Camalier at a luncheon yes
terday at the Congressional Hotel.
Mr.. Weeks was honored by
members Of the Aleppo Club of
Washington. made up Of Aleppo
Temple members In Boston, and
the Alexandria Wa.) Shrine
Luncheon Club.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
D. c. Cracks Down
On Sale of Easter
Fowl Minus Permit

The District is cracking down
on merchants who sell Easter
chicks or ducks without a permit.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray,
at the Health Departments re-
quest, yesterday, ordered police
to inform merchants of the Ii
cense requirement when they
find live fowl being sold or dis
played.
William H. Cary, of the Health
Department engineering bureau,
said many stores accustomed to
sell Easter chicks and ducks do
not have the necessary permits.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
CorbaIis Heads
Sanitation Setur
For Alexandra
Quits Engineer Post
In Fuirfux for
New $l0,800 Job

James j. Corbalis, jr., Fairfax
County sanitation engineer, to-
day was appointed engineer
director Of the Alexandria Sani-
tation Authority.
Appointment of the 34-year-
old engineer was announced at
a special meeting of the author
ity this morning. His salary was
set at $4,000.
Mr.. Corbalis, who lives on
Keith avenue, in the town OF
Fairfax, said he has submitted
his resignation to the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors to be ef-
fective April 30. His salary in
the Fairfax post, which he has
held since November 1912, is
$8.400.
Albert A. Smoot, chairman of
the Alexandrian authority, said
Mr.. Corbalis will establish the
administrative organization and
be responsible for the engineer
ing development proposed by the
authority which was established
in January.
Mr.. Smoot said development
of adequate sewage facilities is
the primary aim of the new au-
thority. Both Mr.. Smoot and
Linwood Reed, secretary-treas-
urer of the Alexandria group,
agreed that cooperation with
Fairfax County in seeking a joint
solution to the sewage treatment
problem will be encouraged to
the full extent possible.
MIR. Corbalis is married and
has three children. He is a
graduate of Manhattan College,
New York City and did post
graduate work at Virginia Poly
technic institute. He is a naval
veteran of World War II.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Dr.. Persons Honored

DR.. Leon w. Parsons of 42O1
Massachusetts, avenue NV. has
been awarded a certificate and
gold pin in recognition of his
long service with the Tide Water
Associated Oil Co.'s Eastern Di-
vision. DR.. Parsons, manager of
the Washington Office, has been
with the company for 80 years.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
81 Million Cut
Off ffMckeIdin' S
Budget in House
Senators Expected
To Make More
SIushes Today
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Mar. 81
Gov. McKeldin's proposed $195
million budget, already hacked
50 million by the House, report
edly was due for more pairing by
the Senate Finance Committee
today when it makes its recon-
mendationS known.
The House last night approved,
with only one dissenting vote,
the big cut by its Ways and
Means Committee. There wasn't t
a word of protest. Delegate
Silk, Democrat, of Baltimore
cast the only nay vote, and he
didn't explain why.
Chairman Goldstein of the
Senate Finance Committee
promised to release the recon-
mended cuts in the budget some
time today. He indicated they
would be more drastic than the
House had inflicted but he
wouldn't say where the cuts
might be.
Several legislators felt the
Senate and House finance COM
mitteeS would appoint a con-
ference committee to try to
smooth out expected differences
in their budget-hacking. The
success of such a joint commit
tee could seriously speed up or
delay final legislative action on
the record-high budget.
Roads Plan Is Obstacle.
But the budget wasn't the only
hitch between the two Houses
The 12-year roads program ap-
peared as an even more serious
stumbling block before adjourn
ment.
Senator Goldstein said his
Finance Committee leaned to-
ward giving the State Roads
Commission money enough to
work on another year, which
would give the legislators more
time to study the recommended
program-and put off increasing
roads taxes until after the 1854
elections.
I am a practical politician
and I'm not afraid to say it,
Senator Goldstein said. IT don't
want to go home and run for
election next year and have to
say / raised taxes"
Chairman Logan of the House
Ways and Means Committee
however, is apparently agreed to
the compromise proposed by the
Roads Commission.
The commission stepped down
from its overall 12-year project to
break it into three four-year
plans and give the General As
sembly more authority as to how
the money would be spent.
Sees Majority Approval.
Mr.. Logan said he believed the
commissions latest recommen:
dation would meet the approval
of the majority of the delegates
And Mr.. Logan indicated he
thought the Legislature should
take action on the vast highway
improvement program at this
session and not delay it until
next year.
Gov. McKeldin said he was
confident the Legislature would
approve the Roads Commission s
program despite Senator Gold
STEMS suggestion.
Gov. McKeldin, in voicing op-
position to a piece-meal roads
program, said "the people of the
State want new roads started
and they want to know where
they are going after they are
started"
The Senate last night voted
down a move by Senator Phipps
Democrat, Of Anne Arundel to
force the State Roads Commis-
sion to build an interchange at
Davidsonville into the Baltimore
Annapolis eXpreSSWay.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Fenwick Says He'll Win
Norfolk District in Primary
BY the Assoeioted Press

State Senator Charles r. Fem
wick Of Arlington said yesterday
he would carry the I'd congress
sional district "by a healthy ma
jority" in the July Democratic
primary for Governor.
He made this prediction after
several days of campaigning in
the Norfolk area. He found
widespread interest" in his plan
for a State agency to help de-
velop industry in Virginia. Mr..
Fenwick said in Norfolk.t
Evening star., 1953-03-27
MorvIond COP. to Meet

BALTIMORE, Mar. a B.-
Maryland Young Republicans
have set May Is as the date for
their next convention at Carvel
Hall, Annapolis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
Effect OF Tax
Cut Explained

WASHINGTON R-This Is what
tomorruw's cut In individual in
come taxes win mean, on an an.
nnal basis, to taxpayers In selected
income groups:
For a single person with no de-
pendents, the percentage reduction
in tax is 90 per cent at s., 200 in
come. 1t climbs to 1917 per cent
at $4,000 income and then drops
TO To per cent at $50, zoo and l.s
per cent at $500, 900.
For a married couple with two
dependents. the percentage reduc.
ton starts at a.a per cent at low
income levels, climbs to io.T per
cent at 10000; then drops to IA
per cent at $4,000 and I.6 per
cent at one million dollars.
The minimum rate on taxable
income drops from 22.2 per cent
TO 20 per cent. The maximum rate
on income. above $500. 900 drops
from 81 to 81 per cent, And the
total rate for any one taxpayers
overall income drops from s. e
81 per cent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

'POWs Ask To
Return Home
Request Is Made
As Year.End Head
Count Ii Taken
BY JOHN RANDoLPH

PANMUNJoM R-Indian troops
made a year-end head count Of
Chinese war prisoners in their Gus
tody today and 135 of the 4,3SS
checked asked TO return to Com
munist China.
An Indian spokesman empha'
sized that the count was not q
screening and did not substitute for
interviews, which ended Dec. e.
However, Indian guards gave
prisoners wishing to return home
every chance to ask for repatria'
ton.
There was no indication whether
the count would be extended to the
pro- Communist North Camp, which
holds q Americans who refused
TO return home.
Nor was there any indication
whether the count would be ex'
tended to North and South Koreans
or the one Englishman In custody
Officially, the count is being
made to give the Indian command
an opportunity to check its prison
err rosters and to find out exactly
how many captives it holds.
An Indian spokesman empha'
CONTINUED On Page Eight)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
City's New Year Celebration
Promises To Be Biggest Ever
BY JIM COBB

orleans and freedom-Ioving peo-
pie ell over the world.
The Associated Press reports
that in Moscow, the sale of cham.
payne has tripled in comparison
to last years holiday season. And
from New York to San Francisco,
theaters are expecting their great.
est crowds of postwar years.
And Key West, apparently, viii
be no exception. Nightclubs here
have reported that they are book.
ed solid with reservations.
Largest local observance win be
held at the plush Casa Marina Hotel
with their annual dinner dance.
Manager Emmett Commit reported
that their capacity guest list viii
be swelled by scores of prominent
Key Westers, led by State Repre-
sentative Bernie C. Papy and Mrs.
Papy.
But, the solemnity OF the occa-
sion will be pointed up with tradi.
tional watch night services in vir.
tuaIly all of the city's churches
The keynote viii be prayer - for
continued peace and prosperity.
And IS Key Westers prepared
for their usual gay and happy
Continued On Page Eight
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Work To Start
On City Hall

Work is expected to start immed.
lately on the removal OF the city
hall tower and the remodeling Of
the facade Of the 62-year-old edi.
flee.
The Drudge Construction Com.
pany, Key West, was awarded the
contract Monday night for the pro.
ject, which was rushed through
when engineers stated that the
brick structure was in grave dan.
ger of topping because of strue.
'ural defects.
Wednesday. the office of City Tax
Collector Archie Roberts, which
stood beneath the tower, was NOV.
ed to the old city electric building
at the corner of Duval and Greene
Streets. It was open for business
today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

National has been flying
four flights a day between
here and Miami.
According to r. E. Pence,
NAL station manager here,
the only remaining flight
will arrive here at SIT pm.
daily and depart for Miami
at 1886 pm. daily.
The other three daily flights,
Pence said, are booked almost SOL
/ id until about Jan. S. These pas
sengers, II appears, win have to
find other means Of transportation.
Pence added that the reduction
10 one flight . day was effective
until further notice.
Yesterdays special county com.
missioners meeting began quietly
lenough but ended in q jangling row
between commissioners and rep
Iresentatives of National and Aero
! Was @ airlines over increased rates
! for use OF the field.
/ Tempers flared on both sides.
Commissioners Joe Allen, Clar.
lence S. Riggs and Gerald Saunders,
board chairman, all spoke in de.
lfense of the Increased rates, which,
they said, would bring added rev.
enue that would be spent to i'm.
prove the field.
Allen and Higgs we're particul.
arly ineensed at the protests OF
1.-The airlines.
The sqvsbbls reviewed around
. ss-eent charge for zach pas
sengsr using The fisld.
r. P. Foreman, secretary Of Ma.
Itional Air Lines, called II a head
Itax.
i Manuel Quevedo, Of The Cuban
air line, told the commissioners
-Ithat his line had been operating
into Key West at a loss. He added
: that they could look at the balance
sheets Of the airline for proof.
:. Then he asked:
"How Is this assessment 10 be
collected? Who is going to collect
1.-THE 50-cent per passenger fee7
1.-The airline can't absorb IT," he
continued.
1 He added that his line had spent
$780, 900 In repairs to its quarters
: at the field.
] Commissioner Allen said the So
cent charge would be added 10 the
ticket cost.
THE county Is not satisfied
i Continued on Page Eight)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
SuewbaIl Happenings In Old Year
Things Were Real Crazy In 1853

aEasion people pieksd Up things
that didn't belong 10 them. A fel.
low in Wichita, Kan. wired his
cir conditioner 10 . line sup
plying power 10 . deefoF's x.FaY
machine next door. As . result.
the doctor misread an x-rsy and
treated patient for ulcers when
the Guy merely had gas on the
stomach.
In Akron. Ohio, an s-year-old
girl stole an adding machine from
a store window, while in Seattle a
man with sS,5O6.S3 In bis pockets
stole = pair OF socks. And the moss
frequently stolen library book in
Tulsa, Okla, was the Bible.
The random impulse was the
cause Of 50 many things. Like
the man in Chicago who fell II
stories and had the presence Of
mind 10 say when he got to his
feet. vniniuFed. ~ must have
forgotten my psraehufe. !" Or like
the Mobile, Ala., barber who,
plagued b. ulcers and . nsssins
wife, had police lock him up for
me weekend.
Names, as usual, made news.
The University Of Oklahoma en-
rolled q freshman named Never
Fail A fellow in Frederick. Nd.
changed his name from Clubhouse
10 Dean. In Caldwell, Idaho. q
marriage license was taken out b.
. chap named FiddIer-his first,
last and only name, just plain
Fiddler. In Caldwell too a new &C..
officer showed up. Hi
~ -zse- TAx Trout
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
lib Reports
They'll GiUe
LOgu'l Deed
In TiUO Weeks

The city commission voted
last night to continue their
opposition to the sale Of It'd
al basin lands" at the foot
Of Simonton Street to Al Lo-
gun. owner of the South
Beach Restaurant and Nor
ris and Hilda Mazur, owner
of the adjacent Atlantic
Shores Motel.
Logun and Mazur have
applied to the State Internal
Improvement Board for pur-
chase of the land, but spirit
ed opposition from the city
commission has delayed the
transfer. The land in ques-
ton amounts to about q half
acre in the ocean in front of
the two establishments. They
plan on improving the area
for a beach.
But last night. City Attorney j.
Y. Porter told the commission OF
the RECEIPT Of letter from Sin.
clair Wells. Of the lib. saying that
be was about to transfer the land
10 the two applicants.
Porter said that he succeeded In
having the sale held up for two
weeks. He added that. In his opin-
lon. the city has two courses OF
action open 10 them.
I. Filing suit In Lsen County
tTallahssseel 10 enloln the sale.
4. Toxins local action to test
The valldiiy Of earlier sales here.
The commission instructed him
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

That old year, 1883, saw many
people doing unusual things-screw
ball, ingenious, happy things.
A suburb of Montreal was troubl.
ed for a while by a Peeping Tom
who rode to his peeping places or
horseback, planted a ladder, and
climbed aloft for his observations,
Was he crazy?
Well, In okIahoms, . county
eouFt had been depending on .
psyehiafrist for years for advice
in sanity easss. But last March
q Jury found him mentally in
competent.
Still, men kept trying to STICK
sanely to their Jobs. In Ohio a
gasoline delivery truck driver de-
Iliyered $l,T00 worth of fuel to 9
station-then discovered he haC
stuck the hose nozzle in a sewage
drain by mistake.
In Missouri an eager workman
sawed and sawed at what he
thought was q tree root-until he
cut through a cable and killed ser.
vice On 1000 telephones. In Okla.
homa another eager workman sat
on q tree limb and sawed II off.
Seine men tried TO blame their
Troubles o. women as the battle
ct tha sexes sursed ahead. Pc
lice In Ashland, Ohio, hreke epsn
. car rvnk when shsy heard
cries fer help. Out eraMied .
wemsn who said she had hidden
there 10 cheek Up on her hos
hard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

In at midnight tonight and he'll Be
able to relax after q long and &C.
tive public career which started
June 4, 1924.
when | came on the force, there
we're only 81 members" he com
mented, "and things were a little
bit quieter. :
Kemp came by his vocsfien
nasuraIIy--his father William o.
Kemp served % the eitY's first
police Captain under the late
Mayer Walter MaloneY.
The chief spent couple of years
as a patrolman and then was made
jailer a post he held for two years
before going back on a beat.
AS the years flowed by, he gain
ed successive appointments as po
lice sergeant and lieutenant ant
then was appointed chief TO serve
out the unexpired term of the late
Ivan Elwood, who died in office
during the sos.
Kemp was finally appointed per
manent chief In ls4S and has serv
ed since.
A hearty, robust man Of IS, will
ia keen rest for LIVING, Kemp saiC
today that he ''haS no plans fol
his retirement.
But. It's sure thing he'll depotl
a lot of his time to his rose garden
and fruit trees. The yard of hi
home at 1918 Duncan Street 1
loaded down with orange an,
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

Key West, along with the rest
of the world, will apparently usher
lin the New Year tonight with one
of the gayest celebrations on re.
cord, survey indicated today.
The populace, swelled by thou
sands of winter visitors, have
shown that they'll let out all the
stops with parties ranging from
crowded night club fetes to simple
gatherings In private homes.
But the local celebration will
be sempered with . more serious
note with fhe hope for world
peace foremost in fhe minds Of
many. The past year has seen
the end Of fhe Korean War. but
the threat Of World War III still
hangs heavy in the hearts Of Am.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
AIRPORT ADVISER
HAS A NATURAL
INTEREST I'M FEES

Harold a. Wilde Of Miami.
Monroe County airport adviser.
draws his pay from fhe county
al the rate Of 10 per cent OF
the gross income Of Meaeham
Field.
Wilde, who was hired on that
basis by the County Commits
sioners Oct. 8, drew Up the
schedule Of increased rates for
airlinss using ne field.
To bring in additional airport
revenue, Wilde also advised The
commissioners TO lease out eoa-
eessions for snack bar, .
parking lot and . car rental
agency al the field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31

In Perth Amboy. N. J., a 81
|year-old fellow was standing on a
corner when . beautiful woman
stopped and asked directions. Sud-
denly she began hugging and kiss
ing him. 81 was so excited and
she was so nice" he sighed later
until he discovered his wallet and
$3.50 were missing.
Various couples were divorced
for various reasons, including a
husband who would buy only ham,
a husband who insisted or giving
his wife weekly intelligence tests,
husband who tied his wife in the
cellar and poured water over her
to ''cool her off"
Then there was fhe wife vino
insisted on taking her first hvs-
band along whenever her second
husband took her out fer dinner.
The second husband won Q d.
vores, complaining he always got
/ stuck with HE check.
It was . great year for the
young in spirit-of all ages. A man
in Leonia, N. j.. who was warned
of a weak lung in 1851. celebrated
his l04th birthday. In Lainsburg,
Mich. Z man warned Of a weak
heart 50 years ago celebrated his
Tooth birthdy.
A Il0-year-old Confederate vet
eran- took his first airplane ride.
In England a s5-year-old man was
forbidden to ride his motorcycle
for three years after police caught
him speeding with bottle Of whis-
by in his pocket.
- IRE ae-eral nseed ~ exhiI-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-31
SEARCH ON FOR
RAPE SUSPECT

Sheriff's Investigators today still
were searching for the man WHO
attempted TO rape a six-year-old
girl in William St. rooming
house.
The attempt took place at 3:3G
a. m. Tuesday in a third-nooi
bathroom of the rooming house.