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FUNERAL TO BE
lcontlnaed Yrora p onel

lCcntinued Frnln Pan Onel
ther James Riee. Chaplain q the
Army Air Base, Fort Campbell.
Ky. Who knew the Roberts family
- Fey West, obtained orders q
drive the Roberts back TO Key
West. They arrived yesterday a
! 2. ~. Mrs. Roberts has been
under medical care since the sud.
den death 0f her husband.
A. soon a. the family arrived 4,
their home yesterday, Father Rice
GCt N touch with Father John
Armfield II st. Paul's episcopal
Church who came Immediately q
comfort the bereaved family.
Rayford Roberts said that from
the moment his father was strick.
en and 81 through this week. ~,
had the aid and comfort az the
thres Episcopalian priests.
h addition to this widow and
two children Alr. Roberts Is sur.
vived b. Z slSter, Mrs. Rodney Al.
bury. Taveruier, and q brother.
Milman Pindef. Key West.
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MAGAZINE TELLS OF

tContinued From Page onel
their business since the program
was adopted In 1875.
The vehicle inspection ordnance
provides that ell Of the city's 5000
passenger ears and trucks must
stand inspection twice . year, III
March and September. During In.
speesiOn periods, checks are made
from 3 Am. to s pm. sir days q
week. During the rest Of the year,
inspections Of newly registered
vehicles are made By city fIremen
when they are not out on regular
calls.
Figures obtained frOm the cheeks
reveal that n Per cent q the
vehicles checked are detective "a
some way.
Ihs program Is credited with re-.
dusing Key Vests accident rate
~ % pr cent.
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CHAMBER GETS

Continued From Page One)
Key West Provision Co. has agreed
TO fiFnlAh % many hot dogs as he
boys can consume. Holsum Bakery
= making rolls available and the
Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola com.
paniss are sending out 20 cases Of
sOft drinks. he Standard on Com.
pany ID loaning 4 large barbecue
grin for the occasion.
Garden tools have been offered
By Raul's Restaurant, he KEY
Ambassador and he Key WeStaT
mosels.
Men who have volunteered 10 be
% hard that day, 10 assist with the
hot dog roast, and % supervise the
work include Flo Garcia, Earl
Adams, Chuck ThOraburrh. All
Hunt, and Sam B. Curry. The
Knights q Columbus and the Jay
Gees are two organisations who
have agreed to send 4 couple Of
thar members out on the project
too.
Mr.. Ehrhart said that cleanup
day plans are progressing nicely
but that more tools win be needed.
Anyone who can make q lew
Ishovels. rakes and hand.saws
available for that day. are urged
20 can the Chamber office. The
borrowed tools win be marked 50
they can be returned 10 their own.
eKs after the days work Is com.
pleted.
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TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R-The stock mar
ket was steady today with price
changes small.
Most changes were MINOR frac.
tons either way with stocks trading
unchanged to higher dominating
the list.
Railroads were mostly unchanged
as were the oils. In the unchanged
70 higher class were steels, chemi.
Gals, and utilities.
The aircrafts were mostly higher
with the rise going into the major
fractions. Copper were slightly
higher along with rubbers and
Paramount Pictures.
Among higher stocks were u. S.
Steel, General Motors, Boeing,
Consolidated Edison, American
Cyanamid, Pacific Western OIL,
and Paramont Pictures.
Lower were Studebaker, National
Distillers, Westinghouse Electric,
General Foods, Reynolds Tobac-
co "B" and Johns. ManyilIe.
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ORTECA GETS

tC0nhnned from Page One1
eident on Stock Island last week
when he was allegedly passing the
Navy Jogging truck. Anestey APP
Ipeared ID court with his broken
Les h east, and bandages On the
other leg where be received cuts.
His son received . fractured skull.
Anestey alIegedly had . head-on
collision with southbOund car
when be tried TO pass the fog
truck. He Is . salesman from
Michigan, who had been On the
Keys with his family for . vaca-
|tion.
Edwin Alden was fined so and
costs for driving on . revoked
drivers license.
George Lee Gwynne was fined
$125 and costs on . charge Of reek-
less driving.
Duane NJ. Beeman was fined
500 and costs on q reckless driv-
ing charge. The young sailor was
represented By Albury and Esqui.
naldo.
On the docket for jury trials next
week, In addition 70 the cemetery
vandalism cases, win be the trial
Iof Charles Robinson, charged with
aggreyaled assault. Guilty pleas
win Be held Friday instead Of the
usual day Thursday.
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MOSQUITO CONTROL

Continued From Page Onel
spent il the Key West area while
ST. 80. so was expended in the
keys area.
Totals expended since the board
was ORGANIZED on Aug. l, 1851.
through June 30, 1858. show that
81, 726.5a was expended in the Key
.weat area and $Sl,24S.s3 on the
keys.
These figures are approximate
rs il Is next TO impossible 30 ex.
actly state the amounts spent In
the two areas but they are as near
Ily accurate as it il humanity pos
sible 70 ascertain them At this
time.
The methods we use are ap.
proved and recommended by the
State Board Of Health. which =
Igency contributes up to $14.O0
yearly in material and equipment.
I'VE have in our new budget
three additional trucks and we are
trying to get them into operation
as soon as possible.
in our fight against mosquitoes,
the Monroe County Anti Mosquito
District is not primarily concern.
ed with which area pays the most
in taxes. We are primarily con.
cerned with the killing Of the pesky
mosquito and, contrary to some
opinions, this county Is not divided
into three districts to correspond
with the approximate residence Of
the three commissioners.
ain the wise judgement of our
county commissioners, three men
from various areas Of the county
were recommended for appoint
ment to the original board to give
the entire county equal represen.
Itation.
"This system has worked out fine
and every area Of the county has
continued equal representation on
the board.
II would like to reiterate that the
Board is not angry at anyone.
This is still the free United States
'of America and any citizen has the
right to critic public servants. /"
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Ride Interrupted

PASADENA. CALI. B-Nine-
year-old Janet PuTkay had $50
ehange after she bought the news
paper her mother told her TO get
Tuesday afternoon.
Instead Of going home, Janet
went 10 q bus station. Two houxs
later her mother, Hrs. Gloria
Purksy Champion. reported her
missing.
At Baker, Calf. . bus driver
turned Janst over 70 her mother,
who drove 30 miIes 70 the desert
city 70 pick up the child.
II lust wanted to take q bus
ride, Mommy." Janet explained.
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BigFOm Meet
BSpurnedBy
Red Newspaper

MOSCOW B-In . majOF state
aent q Communist policy. Prsvda
Isday spurned he Vests can Or
. September eoptsrsnes Il ne Big
Eour fcrelgn miniSteEs % Ger
many ard Austria. The organ u
- Soviet Communist party said
" invitation vas . behind-the-
back IDEAL" attemptine to force
~ Gosi0e Unlonse hand IN I'd.
SDDca.
ne neWSpspsT b . tcuf.eoiumn,
k0Nt.page editorial gave The hrSt
Soviet reaetion 70 the July IS IN
Vilallon from he u. B., British
end Freneh ministers Cor Forsign
Minister v. u. Mololoy 70 meet
hem ii talks.
Observers b London concluded
nat she Pravda editorial Indicated
o. Kfemlin would reject The West
en- ID 70 . eonIsfsnee dealing
Oniy vita Germany and Austria.
PRavda did not dam he door
O. Ne possibility q soma hind ok
GouT.pOwer paFIey. Such : confer
Onee, & SAID, Under specific cir.
eumStanees could have 90 import
Ont ard positive Iigni6eancs."
The Newspaper iashed out At
sdoAls.' Il SAID he three Western
eogoien mInIsteee made j advance
q Their WaGhlngion meeting at.
eempgs 10 force upon he U. 5. 5. h.
both ne time and agenda d q
Iour-power meeting adopted With
Oul the participated ard behind
he back Il the representatives 81
Dno o. The four states.
These statements seemed 70 M
lIeate he eoviats want The pro.
eedufo tollowod 10 ~ past, agfee-
mont o. a agenda at 8 prelim-
harry conference d deputies q al
bur countries. The last prCpoSal
Icr i Big -Four meeting which
reached his stage died h 1851
bscanss the deputies, afsfe ~
months d nsgOsisticns n Paris,
we're unable u agree.)
/. d / + 3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-23

MRS. FLoRRIE 0UsLEY
KETcrIINGS


Mrs. Florrie ousley Ketchings,
50, passed away Friday, July II,
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Beverly Of Moultrie, Ca.
The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon from the Beverly home,
91s Hillcrest. Burial was in the
family plot in POulan, Ca.
Mrs. Ketchings leaves five chill.
dren, Dan McGirt, Wesson, Miss. /:
Tom L. Ketchings, Natchez, Miss. ;
Mrs. Harry Beverly, Moultrie, ca. /;
Miss Florrie Ketchings and Newt
w. Ketchings, Key West: and six
grandchildren.
Mrs. Ketchings win be remem-
bered by wide circle Of friends
in Key West. as she had made her
home in recent years with her
daughter, Miss Florrie Ketchings,
2S16 Seidenberg Ave.
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The
Weatllerman
Says

key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy today thru Friday with To-
cal thundershowers in the area.
Continued hot and humid. Gentle
10 moderate variable winds, fresh
In and near shower areas. Highest
temperature tomorrow about 81 de-
grees; lowest tonight about 60 de.
grees.
Florida: Partly cloudy TO cloudy
with scattered thundershowers es-
|pecially in the south and central
portions becoming partly cloudy
and widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers Friday. Little
change ii temperature.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Moderate
southeast to south winds over south
portion thru Friday. Moderate
south to west winds over north por-
ton becoming gentle to moderate
variable Friday. Partly cloudy to
cloudy with widely scattered thun-
dershowers.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
to east southeast winds thru Fri
day. Partly cloudy weather with
widely scattered showers.
Weather summary for the tropi.
cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea area
and the Eastern Gulf Of Mexico:
The weak easterly wave that was
located over southern Florida
southwark across western Cuba
yesterday has moved westward In
to the eastern Gulf and practically
dissipated. Conditions elsewhere
are quiet with about normal show
er activity and moderate eaSterly
to southeasterly winds.
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WOMAN SAYS

(C0ntinned From PasR 0ne1
b thought The man was ''0nly
fooling around with her. "
But when TIE wallet turned NJ
ID the trash can. minus the cash,
he said he realized that the money
was stolen.
Officer James took Hughes 70
the city jan where he Was booked
and held for investigation. he win
be arraigned IN city court fhiS
afternoon before Municipal Judge
Enrique Esquinaldo. Jr., On 4
charge of taking the property Of
another without consent.
No bond was ct By police.
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parliamentary session may mean
The Soviet purge launched with
Bsria's dismissal d not yes COM
pleee. One of TIE purposes Of the
session. Il Is believed generally,
WI be b eonfirn the action By
the government and the Commu-
nit party against Beria and his
erunies.
Perhaps, British officials specu-
late. the Soviet high command Is
not sure yet just what purges must
Be appcosS.
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STATE ASKS RELATIVES
(C0ntinued From PAGE Onel

tC0ntinued from Page Onel
flying into Key West Tuesday nieht
for the trial Wednesday. Merlin
Roberts d also } witness for the
state.
City polieemen and others win
also testify at the trial. The arrest
and transportation Of the sailors
from Norfolk, Va. where they IL
legedly confessed 70 the vandalism
has consumed lot Of the county's
time. effort and money, according
to Cleare.
Cleare himself. had to 20 10 the
graveyard 10 take down the name
Of The destroyed hsadstones and
memorials. -
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CLOTHING CONFUSION

PRESCOTT, Ariz, B - Clothing
appointments were confused In
q Prescott household today.
A woman, returning home from
. shopping trip, saw her husband
working in the garden and wearing
. paiamalike shirt.
why are you wearing that top?"
she inquired.
isn't that the new shirt you
made for me the other day?" he
countered.
Goodness mol" the wife ex-
claimed. cts the top Of my ma
ternity dress
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British Heads
Predict Change
In Red Setup
@ ARTAuR eANsMoN

LONDON % - Leaders os Brit
aims aovornnnena we're reported
OR hon eonvineed today that Pre-
miee Goord e. Mflenkov wlaids
total pow6r b the SoSIet Union.
Qualified infoFmants said Prime
Minister Chnrehnl and hla eol.
leagues, q the harris u their own
Information from Moscow. welild
nj bo surprised q changes even
more dramatic than he purgine
~ Lavrenty !. Beria take place
q ~ Russian hierarchy, and With
d he iorosooahle future.
Government spokesmen did not
axpsess these vieWt officially. But
he private opinions were given
considerable support By Acting
Primo Minister h. A. Dutlsf's
statements 10 Parilament yester.
day.
pening 4 foreign affairs debate
b he House q ComnAoas. Butler
oxplainod he Western Allies had
propoted 3 Biz -Four foreign min
laaers meeting On Germany and
Austria even though thsy might
await tnrther and porhaps even
mora sensational events behind the
lroa Curtain, and aboys ell walt
10 ses who are likely 70 remain
The real Repositories a. power Ii
Moscow with Whom wo WI have
10 negotiate. !"
Uncertainties about he Soviets,
according % Butler. Led The Brit
iHh 70 shelve for The time being
Chufehill's proposal Tor Z toplevel
paKley between The Russians and
ne West.
Within The contsxt 81 this think
lng. British officials today Pen
dsRea IL meaning cf:
/. ne apparent failure q three
Aieh leaders q Ne Red army to
attend an important ma0tlng az
Russian military men n NoSecw
last Weak.
Z. The sudden eighk-day post.
ponalAenk a The meeting Of the
Seviet Unlon's parllament. the 81
preme Soviet which had been set
last week for July g and nov has
been pit Of b Aus. 5.
he Moscow meeting of the Red
army bosses was called % hear
dennneiatlons IL Deria. the deposed
police chief formerly considered
No. Z man 10 MalsnkOv.
British otfielals noted that the
Ahaankees Included one q TIE tWO
deputy ministers 81 defense, Mar.
shal Alexander y. Vasilevshy tthe
other deputy. MarsAal GeoPSi Zhn-
kOvs spoke &C The meeGing): Mar.
shall Ivan s. Kcnsv, before Stalin's
death commander 81 Soviet ground
forces and IN honor guard at Stall.
ms bier, and veteran Gen. SerRel
Shiemenko. . tOrmer army chisf of
stan.
Many officials here believe their.
absence fum Tie Moscow meet
Inc may mem they are not pre-
PARED . Identity themselves with
the campaign against Beria-and.
hence may also - h disgrace.
But cautiously. thase officials addI
Tie absences may have been
eaused b. less pogtenaOns reasons.
According 10 dee Informant,
Ne postpOaemeat a. The Russian
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BUILDING PLANNED

NEW YORK ia Is million
dollar Office building Is being
planned for midtown Manhattan.
The project, announced yester.
day, calls for . 52-story building
occupying he entife block bounded
by l1st and &2nd streets and Lex
ingtoB and Third avenues.
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STAFF WORKS

NS213tAA49ISN+ - NAal 80 NS~S@s
endangered but indicated Z truce
was sim possible. And Communist
wOrkmen continued work on . new
building for the afmiStice signing
ceremonies.
On . visit to the battlefront dur
inr the day, Rhee told Associated
Press Correspondent John Ran
dolph he would not obstruct an
armistice under certain condt-
tons"
"If we can see our way TO sur
yiye, We can reach agreement, |"
he said. 'sBut Il We cannot see our
way to survive, that Is . different
thing"
The old statesman has said many
times his nation cannot survive
divided and with Chinese Commu-
mist troops IN the North.
Before Rhee left SEOUL for the
|frcnt, hc talked for IS minutes
with U. s. Ambassador Ellis 9.
Briggs.
Briaes delivered q message
released In washington By y. s.
Secretary Of State John Foster
Dulles. The statement said the
United States presumed Rhee
would abide by assurances that
he would not impede On armistice.
A high South Korean source said
late today that ! U. s. State De-
|partment note delivered to Rhee
yesterday was quite unsatisfae-
tory"
The source, who asked not to be
identified, said the letter failed to
give satisfactory answers to ques-
tons raised by South Korea DUR
ing talks last month between Rhee
and Asst. Secretary Of State Wal
ter Robertson, President Essen
Ihower's truce envoy.
There were some answers to
some questions and no answers to
other questions. Quite unsatiafac-
tory the source said.
South Korean Prime Minister
Paik Too Chin said the u. S. gov
eminent Is threatening to withhold
q billion dollars In military and
Ieeopomic aid unless ''the Republic
Of Korea completely abandOns It's
opposition 70 American IDEAS %
to an aPmistice.
Paik called the billion-dollar aid
program the minimum for his
country 10 survive a. . democratic
nation.
Without Il, he said, the Republic
of Korea would 90 Communist.
Paik said the U. S. approach
u completely Wrong."
In Warrington, President Essen
hover told 4 news conference he
stil was reasonably confident 4
truce would be signed soon.
0fficial sources at the U. N.
truce headquarters In Munaan
expressed the belief that Rhee had
not blocked 4 truce.
But IN London Labor party leader
Clement Attlee called for . D. N.
General Assembly session 'sin view
of the tendency Of Syngman Rhee
and his government 10 run out of
their engagements. ["
Acting Prime Minister h. A.
Butler expressed shock at Rhee's
statement.
In New Delhi. Indian officials
called the situation confused.
The Communist Peiping radio
said South Korea's renewed oppO-
sition to q truce put the all-but-
signed armistiee IN great danger.
The broadcast also lambasted
''eontinned American eonnivanee"
with Rhee.
Only American cnDnivanee, es-I
pecialIy from U. S. Secretary al
Stats Dulles, can explain Rhee'sI
turbulence n openly threatening TO-
wreck the armistiee,'' Peiping de-
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10 make q special topping for i
fruit salad, add Z tablespoon or
two at chopped nut meats. walnuts,
.peeans. or almonds. to d mayor
naise and whipped cream dressing.
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Observations Taken ai City
Office. $50 AN.
Key West, Fla, July ., 1855
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-23

BsFemsisT tses Levell, 5:oo An.
zoos ins.-1017.e mbs.
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t0mpe4atufas
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Relative Humidity. ! AN.
S7%
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ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
RsfeEoaes Stnsions Key West
Time q Height ~
Evening star., 1953-05-13
Group Urges Continuation
OF EdqeWood Racial Policy

The Metropolitan View Citi-
zens' Association last night asked
the District Recreation Board to
continue restricting EdgeWood
playground to the use of white
children only.
Mrs. Franklin G. Sartwell,
president, pointed out that three
Fairgrounds in the area have
been integrated and have, in ef-
feet, become colored Fairgrounds.
The white children who formerly
used them now use the Edge
wood playground, she said.
In other business the group
awarded certificate of merit to
Barton R. Margerum, retiring
air raid warden, thanked Precinct
Capt. Irwin H. limbaugh, who
has been transferred to the
morals division, for his co-opera-
ton with the group and well
coined Capt. John B. Monroe,
who replaces Capt. limbaugh as
precinct captain.
The members voted to meet
only four times next year instead
of every month with the hope
the move will increase the at
tendance at the meetings.
The meeting was conducted
by Mrs. Franklin G. SartweH in
the Noyes School, Franklin and
Tenth streets NE.
Evening star., 1953-05-13
Lake Seorchedf for Two Airmen
In Secret Rocket Plane Loss

predecessor, the Bell XII. has
made brief test flights at speeds
reported in the 1,000-mile-an-
hour range. Sound travels at
about 760 miles per hour at sea
level.
The X-1A, second in the series
OF rocket-propelled ships built
for research by Bell for the Gov
ernment. is expected to be tested
this summer at Edwards Air
Force Base. Calf, where the XII
broke the sound barrier.
The X-2 is reported to be
faster than either of the previous
models. Bell is believed to have
more planes of the X-2 type.
Most details of the X-2 are
classified as secret information.
Evening star., 1953-05-13
BY the Assoeiated Press

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May
13.-Search planes scanned the
waters of Lake Ontario today for
two airmen missing after an un-
explained explosion that caused
the loss of the Bell X-2, an ex-
perimental rocket-poWered craft.
The two, one the chief test
pilot for Bell Aircraft Corp. here.
fell. jumped or were blasted
from the bomb bay of a B-50
bomber, a mother ship to which
the X-2 was attached.
CAT Trenton, Ontario, the
Royal Canadian Air Force re-
ported sighting wreckage and
an oil slick on Lake Ontario in
the search for the airmen.
OficialS said the Wreckage
could not be identified because
heavy fog had set in as rescue
craft were approaching the
Scene.)
The X-2, known in aviation
circles as "the hottest plane in
the world" was blasted free of
the mother ship last night about
Is miles off the American shore
of the lake northeast of Roches-
ter. The ship was flying at 30,-
900 feet.
One Aboard B-5O Injured.
Bell officials said they did not
know whether the explosion,
which injured one of the seven
remaining crewmen aboard the
B-50, occurred in the B-50 or
in the X-2 itself.
The B-50 landed safely here.
The company said no one was
aboard the X-2 at the time of
the accident.
The missing men were Jean
(Skip) ziegler, 80, Bells chief
test pilot, and Frank Wolko. SO,
a Bell flight engineer. The in
jured man, Robert F. Walters.
81, of Buffalo, suffered an eye
injury and burns in the blast.
Navy, Air Force and Bell planes
Joined the search under direc-
tion of the Royal Canadian Air
Force.
Details of X-2 Secret.
The Bell X-2 is believed to be
capable of flying much faster
than the speed of sound. It's
Evening star., 1953-05-13
THOUSANDS or SENSATIONAL @0vAlUEs1.1z1. q '~

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lives in aboveaverage homes you're
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Lecture Series to Open

Miss Elizabeth Lam, formerly
professor of religion at Western
Reserve University, will deliver
the first of five Sunday lectures
on 1.-THE Gospels and Acts" at
1880 pm. tomorrow in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and
H streets NV.