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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Charity Carnival Queen Is Named Today

Fleet Sonar Schools Miss Bar.
bara Vincent with e20. 0s5 Votes
in pennies for charity won The
Navy Charity Carnival Queen
contest, II vas announced today
b. Captain A. e. Buckley, chair.
man Of the Board Of Governors.
She viii be crowned II 10 o'clock
iOmorrow night In d special caro-.
natien ceremony on she Carnival
grounds 1t the sespisns Bass.
Key West
Runnersyup 10 the Queen Coz.
test who earned her plses a.
ladies IL nsItfng 10 Miss yineens
we're BafbaFa TatIog NAVAL Ar
stationl for whom - II solss
were cast. and Gay Lou Barrosa
luSs Gilmorel a,ho reeeise1
voies sambering la7.77s
4 total 81 I.ssosis psnny 81.
ioss wsre east 10 Ne enfire eos.
80 wssb &c srder a. piaeemssi
IS g- fn fhe toY
IRE - togiorss ~ Base Aetfs5.
Les, Msrna Teal Wolfe 81
ssbmsrtae ssuadran n. Barhars
fcsnslnssa On pass Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Liquor, Not Cows, Parrots
Headache For XIV Customs
Officials Seized
Cache OF Spirits
Worth $500

Key Vests biggest smuggling
problem during 1852 was liquor,
chiefly rum, brought illegally into
the country, Deputy Collector of
Customs, Roy H. Alderman. said
today.
In one seizure Alderman and
his assistants found $500 in illicit
liquids. Other crack-downs BY his
office were on illegal clothing,
radios, and food delicacies.
Key West has never hal a COW
Struggled in, by plane or boat
since Alderman took charge more
than two years ago. This offense
prevails elsewhere in the States.
Nor has the Island been troubled
by smuggling of parrots, quaran-
tined by the U. S. Public Health
Service because of parrot fever
called psittacosis.
The illegal entrance of parrots
to the States has been most
troublesome near Mexico. In one
breakdown made by the U. S. Gus
toms officers, $4,000 worth Of ILL
cit birds were taken. Texas Dor
der points are also "hot spots"
for the parrot racket. Customs
Commissioner Frank Dow report.
ed.
During 1852 several persons
died from psittacosis in the coun.
try. and one customs agent par.
ticipating in the seizures suffered
. critical illness diagnosed as this
disease.
Narcotic traffickers also took
vigilance upon the part Of Gus
Continued On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Navy Will Furnish
Pistol instruction

Local Naval officials are CO.
operating with the city to furnish
flrearm instruction &c members OF
the Key West Police Department.
Glasses are already underway
the supervision Of y IT. Forsythe
of the Nays AUW School and
they viii continue on the first and
third Tuesday of each month.
Next Tuesday at 1000 am. For.
sythe viii deliver a lecture in the
city hall on The use Of firearms
and the police viii conduct firing
sessions at the pistol range on
Stock Island periodically.
City Manager Dave King said to.
day that Commander ]. H. Far
rell, of the AUW Schoc. madt the
arrangements for the instruction
which viii make Key Vests a
more efficient police force. All Of.
ficers will participate in the
course,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Company Sues |
.POinciana Firm
On Old Debts

Arista international. Inc, 4
New York corporation has
brought suit against Harry Rodack
who does business az Rodack's
Poinciana Sundry. charging In.
debtedness Of 81 .17s.44 payable TO
the former, for goods sold 70 the
latter.
The time covered BY the suit
was from February n. 1851 to
July q. 1852. The last payment
received as credit was on
November "a, 1859. leaving the
said remaining balance due plain.
tiff As above Indicated.
The company files this suit and
claims damages IN the sum Of
81 100.
Frank G. Oldham, Miami attor-
ney Is representing the plaintiff.
The suit Is No. 3-aos on the docket.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Injured Man Claims 100000
In Suit Against E. Schiller

Elizabeth Schuler, also known as
Ashworth. Is being sued for 800,
go BY George Salgado who was
allegedly seriously injured in Is
lamorada by her driving last June,
. suit filed by Attorney M. Igna-
thus Lester revealed today.
ssissde claims shst fhe "nsIi.
CERT and esrslsss driving" Of HE
uemsn en- me night 81 June n,
injured him 70 such On extent
HAT his earning capacity is
permanently impaired"
On a second count, Salgado
charges that s'the. defendant Eliza.
beth Schiller, while under the In
fluence Of Intoxicating liquor and
thereby being unable to reason.
ably centred her hereinafter men
toned automobile" drove in such
Away as to injure him.
The suit claims two further
counts. A trial by jury is demand
ed on all four counts.
Salgado claims that on the night
Of June II, he was in front of
White Laundry on State Road No.
5 in Islamorada. He walked across
the road and was about six feet
of the paved portion of the road
when Miss Schuler drove her 1919
Plymouth in = norikerly direction
so carelessly and negligently that
It ran into and struck down the
plaintiff. and as direct and proxi-
mate result Of the aforesaid negli,
gence Of the Defendant, the Plain
tiff suffered serious and painful
injuries in and about his head,
body. person. and limbs, consist
Ing Of cuts, abrasions. Commissions,
bruises, and 1 transverse fracture
in The middle third Of the right
humerus. which .ast mentioned in
jury is permanent. and all the
said injuries have caused excru,
iasing pain. the right humerus
necessitsied use Of silver bone
plate. his earning capacity m the
CONTINUED On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
HighSchool
Band Goes To
Cuba Friday
Cuban Navy Vessel
To Transport Group
For Second Visit To
Capitol This Weekend

The Key West High School band,
over a hundred strong, will be Ha-
yana bound tomorrow morning a.
board the Cuban Navy Frigate. the
Jose MART. as guests Of the Cuban
government at the opening Of their
annual Carnival Season.
Under the direction Of Harold
Casterton and Drillmaster Joe
Cornell, the students win leave the
Naval Station aboard the ship
which viii arrive here in ley
West at dawn, Friday.
The san Carlos lnxfifa<e.
spsrksd BY president julie csbs-
mas made ths arrangements fer
The trsnsporsafion.
Mayor and Mrs. c. B. Harvey
viii make the journey at the In
vitation OF the Mayor Of Havana
along with Mr.. and Mrs. Cabanas,
Fire Chief Charles Cremata, Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Fernandez,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodolfo Bora and 4
committee from San Carlos. Ii. j.
H. Forrestal, Naval Station viii
represent the Navy on the trip.
Senior Rene Dolz Caballero, di.
rector Of the Havana Carnival
confirmed the arrival Of the Cuban
ship in q telegram received by
Cabanas Wednesday.
In addition to the band, the Mi
ami Police Departments crack
motorcycle drill squad win board
the ship for the trek. They are
scheduled to arrive in the city ear
II tomorrow.
II will mark the second year in
. row that the band has been In
vited TO the Carnival which viii
get underway Saturday night with
q gala parade down the Prado,
Hayana's main boulevard. Last
year. they made the trip and were
distinct favorites with the Hava.
mans.
The Key West visitors win be
Continued On Page Two)
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Local Bar Owner Is
Fined $50 Wednesday
FOUND GUILTY In
CITY COURT OF
SERVING WHISKEY TO
INTOXICATED MAN

Lawrence Imburgia, CO.
owner of the Two Friends
Bar, Front Street, was found
guilty and fined $50 in city
court yesterday on a charge
that a man already under
the influence of alcohol was
served with an intoxicating
beverage in his place of
business.
Judge Enrique Esquinal-
do, Jr., after weighing the
evidence presented in the
testimony of five defense
witnesses issued the verdict
of guilty" The charge
stemmed from an incident
on the night of February 10
when City Manager Dave
King made a one-man check
of local bar operations. He
had reported that he had
personally observed a man,
Wesley Ramagos, of the
shrimp boat Champ" en-
ter the bar in an obviously
intoxicated" condition and
order another drink which
was given to him. Police
jailed Imburgia on Kings
complaint.
Yesterday, Imhurgia appeared
ii court with his attorney. George
Brooks with four witnesses includ-
inc the bar-maid who served the
drink, al Of whom testified that in
their opinion Ranaeos was not in.
fu1 ea.ea ~ enc Inns Of the incl
dent.
The quartet. Boots Emmick,
who is a barmaid at the club; DON
ma Betancourt, who served the
drink in question; Robert Kalb and
Joseph Michalek, local Navy man,
both of whom were patrons in the
place at the time Of Kings visit,
all said that Ramasos was sober.
Miss Beianeeurf said: ~ have
seen Wesley drunk before. but
he wasn't drunk that night. I
a.ways refuse 70 serve him when
ha Is.
Imburgia said that he was in
the place at the time and that he
didn't think the man was intoxi-
cascd. 'IIe didn't seem drunk to
niche was able to walk and
talk, the bar owner ayerred.
However, city manager King
and police officer Eugene Roget,
tContinued On Page Two)
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Stolen Boat
RecoyeredOn
Cuban Coast
1t. Pearson, &C..
Praises Help
OF Cuba In
Quick Recovery

The stolen shrimper Ramos was
found and seized this morning BY
Cuban officials at Matanzas, 50
miles east of Havana, 1t. Glenn
Pearson, local Coast Guard COM
mander reported.
Three men are aboard the ves-
sci allegedly stolen from Thomp.
sons dock early Tuesday morning.
Pearson congratulated Cuban Of
ficials for their swift action on the
communication sent to them by
District Commander Of the Coast
Guard in Miami.
Pearson had reason 10 believe
that ths missing vessel was
bound for Cubs. He called the
Miami Coast Guard, which In
turn alsrtsd Cuban officials. An
American Naval atfaehs helped
in seizure Of The $4,000, 80 fsss
vessel.
Local Coast Guard headquarters
had alerted all shipping to be on
the look out for the stolen vessel.
Owner Frank Frantz was over
joyed when informed by 1t. Pear
son that the vessel had been found.
He is now going through legal
channels to insure apprehension Of
the men who took the boat.
Frantz is General Electric.
analyst at Naval Ordnance Unit
here. He had not given up hope.
but felt that plane search would
be futile. 800 IS
Meanwhile 1t. Pearson had
CONTINUED On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Citizen Poll
Reveals Brisk
Guest Business
BIZ SUSAN MeAvoY

The 1868 season in Key
West though late in starting
is reaching record proper
tons, a poll of leading mo-
tells and hotels revealed to-
day. Seasons peak is gener-
ally February %.
At the Casa Marina the
house count was the largest
in history. last night, mana
ger Emmitt Commit told The
Citizen today.
I'VE have more guests In NE
hcssl than In HE s years I have
been here" cenniH said. I'VE
are beeIssd solid through March
end Of course We are sfsylnu
epsn until May l."
The new Key Wester and Key
Ambassador out on Roosevelt
Boulevard have little basis for
comparison with last year because
they were hardly complete by
then.
nenlamin fitzpatrick, co-owner OF
me ney Westers says, however;
ou. business Is excellent. Il
s.aI'eu rising Sharply the end OF
sanusLy ana we nave been tuu
ss H slnce
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Tag Deadline
PM. Tomorrow

1852 license tags expire on all
vehicles tomorrow al midnight,
Tax Collector Howard Wilson
said today.
'tAnd there are still more than
1000 motorists who have failed 10
get their 1858 tags" Wilson said.
Unless the tags are obtained at
the courthouse by pm. tomor.
row. motorists run the risk Of
summons by Deputy Motor Vehi-
Gle Commissioner Tommy Dixon
who win start his checking sat.
urCay.
Only Monroe comfy residents
with 1858 license tags and stickers
can pass free through the Over.
seas toll gates.
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The Associctss Press TelstYps
Features and Photo Services.
For 7s Yeus Devoted to he
Best Interests al Key Wssi
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Earl Adams AT
State Conclaye

Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams
is attending the annual meeting Of
the Florida Associations Of County
Clerks Il jacksonville, February
20 and 2ist, il was learned today.
He was accompanied 10 the
meeting by Ross c. Sawyer. hon
orary member Of the association
and former county clerk here
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
s. Season Nears Peak
With MoteIs And Hotels
damned Since Feb. |
Pianists Whittemore And Lowe
Offer Rich Program Tonight

full and varied program to suit var ETY. of tastes
will be offered tonight at $3.50 by Americas celebrated
duo-pianss Arthur Whittemore and Jack Love- in the
Community Concert series at the Convent Auditorium
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-19
Internal Revenue
Office TOCIOse

The internal Revenue Depart
imsns Office in ihs Post Office
Building will be closed oil day.
Monday. February 23rd In oh.
ssrvsnee Of Wsshinstop's Birth.
day. officials there announced TO-
day.
While ths holiday falls on Sun.
day This year. most federal en-
plsysss will bs slvsn Monday off.
Evening star., 1953-08-26

CONFESSION REPORTED-New YOrk-NIildred Mcdonald,
2-year-od stenogapher police say confessed the
Staying of yearold Mary Di Rocco of SOmervIle Mass,
with the 22caiber revolver found in Miss McDOn
AIDS YWCA Traffic PatrOlman George F. Grace
rested when recognized picture in newspaper.
-AP WrephOtO.
Evening star., 1953-08-26

comment angered Miss McDon-
aid, 1t. Murphy said.
He went on with this story:
The father, Angelo Di Rocco,
arrived home a short time later,
ate lunch and left.
Minutes later Mary ordered
Miss Mcdonald from the house
and threatened to call for help If
she stayed. Incensed, Miss Nc
Donald suddenly drew her gun
and ordered Mary into a room.
She made the teen-ager q vir-
tual prisoner, watching over her
as she twice answered telephone
calls from a cousin.
Then, fearing Mary had man
aged to give the cousin a warm
ing, Miss Mcdonald started
shooting when she thought she
heard some one at the door.
Lit. Murphy then quoted Miss
Mcdonald as saying:
II shot her several times"
Story Becomes Vague.
From this point, 1t. Murphy
said, the petite stenographer's
story became more and more
vague. His account Of 1t con-
tinued:
Miss Mcdonald barely remem-
bered dragging the girls body
from the ground-floor bedroom,
through the kitchen and into the
cellar.
The suspect also recalled cut
ting Mary's throat and pouring
oil on the body and igniting it.
But she said she got some water
in the kitchen later and at
tempted to douse the flames.
Miss Mcdonald was booked
shortly after dawn on a New
York City charge of violating the
weapons law.
New York police said Miss Nc
Donald told them she had come
to New York Monday, taken a
job as a waitress and was to start
working today. She was quoted
as saying she had moved to a
YWCA residence after spending
a night at the Hotel Statler.
Gun Found in Room.
In her room, the police said,
they found an apparently blood
stained skirt and a Boston news
paper with an account Of the
Staying. They said they also
found there a gun of the type
used in the killing, a knife,
loaded cartridges and six dis
charged cartridges.
Before the body of the Di
Rocco girl was found, Miss Nc
Donald had left her job at the
Somerville Office of the State
Employment Security Division,
saying she was i'll.
Her superior, William v. Ward,
said Miss Mcdonald could only
be described as a girl of the
highest type" and was respected.
The slain girls mother is the
sister of Boston City Councilman
Gabriel Piemonte.
Evening star., 1953-08-26
StenOgrapher Admits
Staying Sister Of
Former Boy Friend
BY the Assoeiotedj Press

NEW YORK, Aug. ga pretty
Stenographer from Somerville,
Mass, was quoted by police to-
day as admitting the Staying Of
her former boy friends teen
aged sister. officers said she
apparently was shocked into the
killing in a fit of anger, mixed
with nervousness and fear.
After hours Of protesting her
innocence, a Massachusetts, State
trooper said Mildred Mcdonald,
25. had signed a written state
ment admitting she shot Mary
Di Rocco, IA, in the Di Rocco
home in Somerville.
The officer, Detective 1t. Da-
v1d Murphy, assigned to the
MiddleSex County. Mass, Dis
trict Attorneys Office, said Miss
Mcdonald admitted going to the
Di Rocco home Monday to tell
her former boy friends mother
what she thought" of her son.
Instead. 1t. Murphy said, Miss
Mcdonald found only Mary
home and the Staying followed.
Recognized by PatrOlman.
A sharp-eyed traffic patrol
man. George F. Grace. took Miss
Mcdonald into custody last night
near Times Square after recog-
niZing her from an Associated
Press Wirephoto published in the
New York Daily News.
Police in Somerville started
q search for her soon after the
body of the teen-ager was found
Monday. The slain girl had
suffered five bullet wounds while
a sixth shot went wild; her
throat was Slashed, and her
clothing was covered with oil.
Police said the slayer apparently
had tried to set the body afire.
Miss Mcdonald - dated for
three years by one of the slain
girls brothers, Joseph, who mar
ried another girl last April-was
questioned first by New York
police and then the Massachus-
ettS officers.
About dawn the New York de-
tectives told newsmen she was
meeting their questions with re-
peated pleas of Il didn't do it."
Then scarcely an hour later
came the break, announced by
1t. Murphy.
Tells OF Going To Home.
1t. Murphy said Miss McDon-
aid told of going to the Di Rocco
hame and talking with Mary,
who commented on the happy
marriage of her brother. This
Evening star., 1953-03-24
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how these items work magic at cost YOU Some
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items from regular stock.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
LentiIs Make
Tasty Dishes

was made from the red lentils.
To prepare the lentils for use
In other dishes, pick over ! pound
Of them and wash well. Put them
in a saucepan with cold water
to cover. Let soak. covered for
about 6 hours. when they should
be soft. When ready to cook,
don't drain the lentils; add 21a
cups of boiling water, salt to
taste and a bay leaf. Simmer un-
til tender
II you get what are known as
modern processed" lentils, pick
over 2 cups of them, and soak
them in boiling water for just l
hour. Add teaspoon of minced
onion, some chopped parsley, 2
tablespoons Of butter and salt
and pepper to taste. Cover, bring
to boil and boil for hour until
tender, then add a tablespoon of
lemon juice. Pour into ramekins,
adding just enough Of the lentil
water to moisten. Heat through
or brown under the flame in the
broiling oven. If it is not a fast
day you can top each ramekin
with a couple of slices of bacon
and broil that under the fame
for additional flavor.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Legislator
Asks Support
OF FDA Bill

Representative Leonor Sulli.
van, Democrat. Of Missouri, yes.
terday called for an aroused pub
lie to back up proposed legisla-
ton amending the language Of
the Federal Food. Drug and
Cosmetics Acts factory inspec-
tion law to permit inspectors to
enter factories at any time dur
ing working hours without pre-
vious notice.
These inspections were inval-
idated by Supreme Court de.
cision Of December 8. 1852.
Mrs. Sullivan. who spoke at
luncheon meeting of the Wom-
ans National Democratic Club.
said she had found that the
language in the act responsible
for the Supreme Courts decision
had authorized the inspector to
enter and inspect the plant and
warehouse premises only "after
first making request and OBJ
tanning permission of the owner,
operator or custodian"
The legislator recently intro
duced House Bill No. 1851, en-
amendment which would allow
the inspector to enter lawfully
by simply presenting his cree
dentialS.
President Eisenhower, in his
State-of the Union message, said
the FDA Supreme Court decision
was based solely on the fact that
the present law contained "in-
consistent and unclear provi-
sions." He declared these must
be promptly corrected.
In addition to the amendment
of the factory inspection law.
Mrs. Sullivan said another type
of action also would be required
by the Congress to "get purity
into the Pure Food Law"
This, she said, would be to in
crease the FDA appropriation so
as to allow the hiring and train
ing of more inspectors and to ex.
pand the work Of its laboratories
and information program.
Mrs. Sullivan pointed out
there are, at present, only 205
inspectors to check on more than
n, 900 manufacturing plants and
warehouses as well as thousands
of other establishments which
handle food, drugs and cosmetics.
"This number of inspectors is
the smallest in years." she added.
ut would take nine years for
their men to make one call on
each of these plants"
Evening star., 1953-03-24

Mix and heat together oil and
butter in a skillet. Add minced
onion and garlic and the rice.
Let fry over a slow fire until
rice is brown, stirring frequent
ly to prevent burning. When
light brown add wine, season.
ings and green herbs. Stir well.
Dissolve bouillon cubes in hot
water and keep hot in a pan
on stove. Pour a cup of it over
the rice, stir once, then cover.
tightly. Cook slowly until this
bouillon is absorbed, then add
another cup. Continue this
process until rice is tender and
bouillon used up. Do not stir
after first bouillon is added.
Serve this risotto with raisins
cooked in half wine and half
water, with a little allspice add
ed. Makes 4 large servings.
Evening star., 1953-03-24

veal, cook together. stirring to
blend all ingredients we'll. This
improves when kept hot in a
chaflng dish. If brandy is omit
ted, a teaspoon or two of sherry
may be used after the dish is
combined.
RICE SAVORY WITH HERBS.
/ cup uncooked rice
2 tablespoons salad oil.
2 tablespoons butter
/ small onion, minced
! Glove garlic
2 tablespoons white wine
u teaspoon salt
/ teaspoon paprika
u teaspoon fresh parsley
" teaspoon Savory
4 bouillon cubes
4 cups hot water.
Rub uncooked rice clean with
a dry towel. but do not wash.
Evening star., 1953-03-24

Lentils always seem associated
in my mind with Lent-and ap-
propriately enough as they are
high in protein, carbohydrates
and fats, and. therefore, well
qualified to take the place Of
meat on fast days.
Actually, they are one Of the
oldest foods known to man, and
have been called the food of the
strong and the poor.
Commercially the Egyptian
and the French lentils are rated
most highly The French are
yellowish gray and the Egyptian
reddish The red lentil is grown
to a large extent in Mexico and
also in sections of the United
States. It Is believed that the
pCttage for which Esau sold his
birthright in the Old Testament