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Evening star., 1953-04-30
Arlington Taxpayers
Generally Praise
County's New Forms

Arlington's new personal prop
erty tax form has won more
praise than condemnation from
taxpayers who have discussed
their problems with the Com
missioner Of Revenues office.
Based on a University of Vir-
ginia study which resulted in
adoption of the optional form in
neighboring Alexandria about
five years ago. the new system
works like this:
A taxpayer may elect to be
billed for personal property taxes
at 10 per cent Of the assessed
value Of his home and lot or so
per cent of his annual rent If
he is q renter; or he may choose
to list his personal property on
the form supplied by the county.
Percentage Favored.
George D. Fischer. commits
sioner Of revenue, said yesterday
more people have apparently de-
cided to accept the percentage
assessment method rather than
list their property. He based his
conclusion on a spot check OF
the thousands Of forms which
have reached his Office before
the filing deadline tomorrow.
Formerly Arlington taxpayers
used the standard State form
which listed all personal prop
erty including animals and farm
implements.
The dearth of farmers in
Arlington resulted in elimination
of many items contained in the
State form but enabled a listing
Of personal property by rooms in
the residence occupied.
Two Main Complaints.
The complaints which have
been registered with his office
hinge on two factors, MIR. Fischer
said. They are, the personal OBJ
jections Of most people to the
personal property tax as basi-
cally unfair and the standard
complaint that, my furniture
is not worth much, I couldn't
even give it away"
The optional form was adopted
as a means of "equalizing per-
sonal property assessments" Mr..
Fischer said, and had the appro-
val of the Arlington County
board and its fiscal advisory
committee, composed of local
residents.
Mr.. Fischer said he had no
idea whether the new system
would result in increased reve-
nues from this source Of taxa
ton. He felt that the county
would not lose money by the
system, however.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Prepaid Hospital Cost
Plon Backed in Virginia
by the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, April 30.-A pre-
payment plan to pay hospitali-
zation costs of persons on well
fare rolls in Virginia received
wholesale Endorsement today
from State and local health and
welfare officials.
Under a prepayment system, it
would be possible for about 70
per cent of the cost to be borne
by the Federal Government. The
State would carry about 10 per
cent and the localities the re-
naming IL per cent. according
to testimony before a subcom-
mittee of the Virginia Advisory
Legislative Council yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-04-30

HlghllgnCS OF the winchester, ,
Va, Apple Blossom Festival:
Cali events on Eastern Stand
ard Time).
Today.
2:3O p.m.-Coronation Of Miss
Kathryn Eisenhower at Queen
Shenandoah XXvI by Gen.
James A. Van Fleet at the Hand
ley School Bowl.
8 pm.-Presentation of "Our
Heritage-A Pageant of SPRING
time" at the Handley School
Bowl.
6::30 p.m.-Firemen's torch
light parade, led by cartoonist
Milton Caniff.
8 pm. - Fireworks display,
Handley School grounds.
p.m.-Square Dance, Lupton
Orchard Service Auditorium.
i. 10 p.m.SQueen's Ball. Ma
LlOnal GuarQ ArmOry.
:, Tomorrow.
8 a.m.-Beginning of all-day
visits to the orchards.
10 a.m.-Street exhibits open
for the day.
1890 a.m.-Repeat perform
ance Of pageant at Handley
School Bowl.
10:30 a.m.-Band concerts,
courthouse.
1880 a.m-Arthur Godfrey
and Hopalong Cassidy due to
arrive for festival appearances.
1890 p.m.-Seating stands
along parade route to open.
2 p.m.-Grand feature parade
led by Mr.. Godfrey as grand
marshal.
8 p.m.-Teen-age dance at
George Washington Hotel.
8 p.m.-Square dance at Lup-
ton Orchard Service Auditorium.
10 p.m.-Princesses Blossom
Ball. National Guard Armory.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Dr.. StieoIitz to Speak

DR.. Edward j. Stieglitz. author
and physician. will speak at the
annual luncheon of the Mont
gomery County Public Health
Lay Council Tuesday at the
Warner Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Kensington, Md.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Wins Award

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
April 80 (SpeciaD-Edward M.
Wyatt, Of Bon Air, third year
student at the University of Vir-
ginia, has received a Fulbright
Award to study mathematics at
the University Of Nancy, France.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Kathryn Eisenhower
Becomes Queen Of
Apple Festival Today
By Mary Lou Werner
Sfor Stuff covY0sncndent

WINCHESTER, Va, April 80.
The Eisenhower family gets q
new title today as Miss Kath-
ryn Eisenhower becomes Queen
Shenandoah for the annual
Apple Blossom Festival being
held here today and tomorrow.
The 19-year-old authenticated
niece OF the President was to be
crowned at 2:30 pm. today at
the Handley School Bowl by Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, retired Army
commander in Korea.
Miss Eisenhower's coronation
is the first major public event
of the two-day festival which
promises to be bigger than ever
this year. with such celebrities
as Arthur Godfrey and Hopalong
Cassidy partaking in the festivi-
ties. =. -
Pageant VIII Follow.
After Miss Eisenhower is
crowned. the traditional pageant,
"Our Heritage--A Pageant of
Springtime." will be performed
in front of the Handley School
at 3 pm. All events are on
Eastern Standard Time.
Miss Eisenhower is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl D.
Eisenhower of Charleroi, Pa.
Her father is the Presidents
brother. She arrived in Win
chester yesterday for a busy
round Of pre-coronation appear
ances and duties. She is a fresh
man at Penn State College, ma
joring in medical technology.
The queen-elect's first stop was
to cut a ribbon opening a Navy
combat artists exhibit. She
wore softly tailored brown
check suit. and a choker Of
pearls at the throat-much like
those that her Aunt Mamie has
made so popular.
She Cuts the Pie. -.
From the art exhibit, Miss
Eisenhower was rushed to the
nearby George Washington Hotel
for the customary apple pie
cutting. ~
The pie prepared for Miss
EiSenhoWer'S carving was two
feet in diameter and weighed
about So pounds. The initials
K. E., in honor Of the Queen,
were carved in the crust. Dom !
ming a chefs white cap and
apron, Miss Eisenhower skilhully
sliced 4 piece of the giant pie
and approvingly sampled it.
There wasn't time for Miss.
Eisenhower to show that she
could do as well, but she conf1ded
that baking is one of her hobbies.
Miss Eisenhower's escort for
the pie cutting and the distin-
guished guests luncheon that
followed was Jim Robson, 18,
Of Whitestone, Va, a freshman
at the University of Virginia.
Cartoonist Milton Caniff, creator
of the Steve Canyon comic strip, |
was guest speaker at the
luncheon.
1900 Children in Pageant.
While Miss Eisenhower was
getting her royal indoctrinatlon,
some 1900 Winchester school
children we're putting the fin
ishing touches on the pageant.
Without a flaw and with ideal
spring weather to encourage
them. the youngsters went
through the dress rehearsal as
though they were being watched
by the thousands of spectators
expected for today's perform
ance.
The festival expects its biggest
day tomorrow with the arrival of
Mr.. Godfrey and Hopalong
Cassidy. Mr.. Godfrey is to be
grand marshal Of the grand fea-
ture parade at 2 pm. Cassidy is
to appear in the parade also, and
at the Handley Bowl during the
pageant.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
President Coils Again
At Burning Tree
BY the Assoeiessd Press

" the Assoeiofed PFess
President Eisenhower spent
the afternoon golfing yesterday
at the Burning Tree Country
Club in nearby Maryland.
The White House as usual de-
clined to say what the Presidents
score was, or with whom he
played.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Caesar to. Be Stoqed

Hoffman Boston High School.
Arlington. will present Shake
speare's Julius Caesar" at $50
pm. tomorrow at the school
auditorium. ALI seats are re-
served.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Church Musicale PIonned

The Annandale (Va) Meth
odist Church will hold its spring
musicale at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the church sanctuary. Mrs. Paul
Gerhard will direct the choir and
orchestra.
Evening star., 1953-04-30
Festival Program

Highlights of the Winchester,
Va, Apple Blossom Festival:
(All events on Eastern Stand
ard Time).
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08

must be shipped from Barlow, the
couty seat, to other municipali-
ties. There are not enough ma
chimes to 60 around when munich
pal elections coincide with county
elections and many small commu.
tiles canot afford to buy the ma
chimes, he said.
Counties would lose state financi-
al aid If they failed to assess prop
erty at full cash value under a bill
introduced today by Sen. Rogells,
Palmetto.
The law long has required as
sessment of property at full cash
value but few counties even claim
to approach the 100 per cent figure.
There is no machinery to enforce
it.
Failure Of the counties to assess
at full value would be penalized
by the cuttig off Of all state money
allocated for county government
purposes. Counties now get millions
Of dollars 4 year il state aid for
schools, roads,, health and other
services.
A 81 boost in Florida fishing Ii.
censes was asked in a bill intro
dnced by Sen. Branch. Tampa.
The measure would impose a 81
tax over and above the present
licenses cost. A, residents license
now costs 81 year. Non-residents
pay more. The extra money would
be earmarked for water hyacinth
control.
Another bill, introduced by Sen.
Pope, st. Augustine, would permit
cane pole fishing in any Florida
waters without license. Cane pole
fishermen now are permitted to
fish without q license only waters
in their home counties.
The Senate reversed itself to de-
feat. 1917, . bill which was de-
signed to tighten the laws against
worthless checks. The bill was
adopted Wednesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
Housewife Interviews Owner
OF New-Style Super Market

other ten percent. From this the
Shiyer store pays all running ex-
penses of the store, so you see the
actual mark-up is very small.
Another item of interest is, that
if Won have any doubts at all about
the item you are purchasing, you
NAV ask to see the actual invoice,
and see for yourself that the item
is priced as marked.
The price of meat is computed
the same way. The total price Of
the steer for instance, is computed
in price per pound after all bone
and waste is cut away.
The whole carcasses are re-
ceiyed every day, and cut by a
butcher on the spot. Steaks, chops,
roasts. and other cuts are sold at
the counter.
Ads running in these papers
are regular prices printed to help
YOU make your shopping lists.
Shiyers does not have sales. These
prices are good from day to day
and week to week.
Shivers Cost Plus Market is To-
Gated between Olivia and Truman
on Duval Street. They cordially In
vite you to visit their store and
see for yourself how the cost plus
plan works.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
SINATRA CHARGES
CONTINUED from Page One)

NNUiltiuucu HUN dkS Ouct
istic instincts sometimes are
aroused by the sight Of cameras,
charged the photographer. He
scuffled briefly in 3 no decision
match.
Police scurried up and led the
photographer away. releasing him
a few minutes later. Sinatra and
his wife hustled off, still bristling
with the indignity OF it all. The
photographer said he got two pic
lures anyway.
Sinatra and Ava arrived at the
London Airport while the British
European Arrays (BEA) plane
for Milan was still warming UP
its engines.
There were seven minutes to
spare, but airport officials wouldn't
let them scamper across the tar
mac to the machine. doors Of which
had been closed.
frankie TUNED with indignation.
.'I'll never fly BEA again." be
shouted.
"Td rather swim the channel. y
said Ava.
But the men at the gate wouldn't
bulge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
CITY ACTS TO OUASH

Continued from Page One)
time that "all not just some Of
the shippers are B-girls."
The amendment was passed on
first reading but never came up
for consideration a second time
after Rear Admiral Robert ].
White, member of q committee
checking Navy discipline through.
out the country said that if B.
drinking resumed in Key West, he
would personally recommend
to the Secretary of the Navy that
every B-Girl joint In Key West be-
placed out Of bounds" He accus-
ed the fast dollar boys" of try.
ing to weaken the city ordinance.
This morning, King summed it
up when he, ia that he viii not
start a B-giri drive It is already
in progress.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK IN = Quiet irregu.
larity with a downward slant to.
day marked the course Of the stock
market.
Gains and losses spread out over
a fractional range with the minus
signs in a slightly dominating pc.
sition.
RK0 Theaters held attention with
heavy buying by the company to
acquire $50, 900 shares at ga, up
"a, as part of a company incentive
stock option plan announced yes.
terday:
No single major division Of the
market held q positive position
either way.
Higher stocks included American
Telephone. General Electric. New
York Central and Loew's.
Lower were Goodrich, Sears Roe
buck, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft,
Kennecott Copper. American Cya.
namid, Nickel Plate and Gulf Oh,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
Would Cut 80
Miles From
Key Largo-To-
Miami Distance

A toll highway that would
shorten the distance be-
tween the Keys and Miami
by 80 miles is envisaged in
q bill introduced yesterday
by State Representative B. G.
Papy, it was learned today.
The bill would sell to private
developers a SO mile strip between
Biscayne Bay and Key Largo,
partly submerged. It would run
from Key Largo to Sands Key,
old Rhodes Key and Elliott Key
on the outside up to Biscayne Key.
Thomas H. Horobin Of Miami, it
was said, offered 100000 to the
internal Improvement Board of
the State for the SO mile strip
which is largely submerged bay
bottom.
Papy Introduced . bill which
would declare . Legislative de.
ssrminasion" that ihs best inter.
ests Of The state require that the
Trustees OF the lib sell the 50
mile strip for private develop.
mens a. 100000.
The bill was referred to COM
mittee on Thursday.
The AP says that not only Is
Horobin involved in the proposed
sale but Joseph A. Kelleher, Home
stead realtor, who has been an
active bidder in state land sales.
On Sands Key. Elliott Key, old
Rhodes Key and unnamed keys in
the area, the strip would narrow
to 200 feet from the 1000 foot
width across the shadows and
channels.
The AP also says that at the
Monroe County line the strip to be
sold would follow the line Of bars
and keys to Key. Largo, where 1t
would narrow again to 200 feet
and connect with the old highway
above the turning over the over
seas highway onto the Key.
According 10 Papy's bill, The
f 3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
BOCA CHICA
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who represented the Lewis inter-
ests in defending the suit. Edward
F. p. Bingham, lawyer who spe-
cializes in condemnation suits, was
also associated with Porter and
Lewis, as well as Adrian McCune.
veteran Miami appraiser.
The case opened Tuesday and
lasted through until $3.50 Wednes-
day night.
Federal Judge John Holland pre-.
sided over the proceedings which
were held in the U. S. Courtroom.
Post Office Building, Simonton
Street.
Key West realtors Fred Dion and
Al Mills testified at the hearing on
values In Boca Chica.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
MOVIE COMPANY TO
(Continued from PAGE One)

NNUutkuuCu AiUtu d6C OAACJ
mise of being one of the finest of
the early summer season. and will
probably be among the best ever
planned for the CPO Club.
ALI ladies attending the affair
will be given a carnation corsage.
Dance music will be played by Nor
man Kranich, very popular local
orchestra leader. and his Saturday
Niters.
The program win be emceed by
George Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Chief Gall, who has promised to
put on some of the skits which
made him such a popular enter
tainer in such places as Australia
and Pearl Harbor during the war
years. He will supervise the award
ing of prizes for the Mothers Day
Contest. This contest, open to Mo-
theirs only, will award three grand
prizes to three lucky mothers. Con-
test rules will be announced just
prior to the contest. Presentation
of prizes is expected to be made by
one of the visiting movie stars.
In addition there viii be the usu-
al Saturday Mite Treasure Chest,
which features 10 surprise prizes,
and lots of fun for everyone.
Festivities get underway about
8 p. m. and will carry on until 2
a. m. Sunday morning.
There will be no admission to
this affair. All chief petty officers
and their guests are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
BY JAxoN

There's a new super market
opening on the site of the old Baer's
Market that offers a brand new
plan in merchandising to the peo-
pie of Key West. Otto Shiver has
been operating a super market
under this plan for whole year
in Miami and his success is plain
ly visible in the opening of the
SILVER Market here.
This is a store designed to save
the customer money and the chore
of comparative shopping. 1t is not
a coop, and the shopper does not
share in the profits as such, how
ever the profits of the store to the
corporation only amount to a small
10 per cent gross.
! was conducted through this
sparkling new store last week by
Otto Shiver, who explained every
thing to me in detail. The tour
took me down spacious aisles piled
high with all the nationally known
name brands of canned foods. The
big frozen food cases were full,
as were the packaged meat bins.
In the big iceboxes and cutting
rooms were whole carcasses of
beef, lamb, veal and pork. ALI were
stamped "U. S. Good which Mr..
Shiver claims is the best graded
meat for the money.
First / win tell you how the cost
plan works, and then explain how
they arrive at the meat prices also.
The prices on the merchandise,
prominently displayed is the act
ual price that Mr.. SILVER has paid
for each item. A quick bit of
arithmetic on your part will give
you the total you must pay. Thus,
if a can of soup is ten cents, you
know that the cost of the soup to
the market was ten cents, and you
will pay eleven cents for it. How
ever, each item is not so marked.
You will do your shopping, carry
it to the checking counter, where
it will be added. When the total is
arrived at, the clerk viii add an!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
Papy Proposes 100000
Sale OF Land From Largo
Kew T0Mln,,1i F0rHWuv

purchaser would be authorized
to build roads, bridges, viadvets
and eavssways and TO charge
rolls for their use for . period
Of 50 years.
Unless bridges for the develop
ment of the land are built within
five years from the date of sale,
the land would revert to the State
of Florida. under the proposed
bill.
Dade County legislators did not
sign the bill as co-introducers, de-
spite the fact that the bill would
result in transfer to private deve-
lopers of a big slice of Dade
county waterfront and submerged
lands, the AP said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
The
Weatherman
Say,
Says

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued hot today
thru Saturday. Chance for scatter
ed shower or thundershower near
the shore. Gentle TO moderate var
liable winds, fresh near showers.
Florida: Scattered showers and
thundershowers in south and CEN
trail portions today and in south
portion Saturday. Otherwise fair
thru Saturday. Little change in
temperature.
Jacksonville Thru The Florida
Straits: Gentle to moderate winds
mostly southerly today becoming
variable Saturday. Partly cloudy
weather. Scattered showers and
thundershowers south portion.
East Gulf OF Mexico: Gentle to
moderate variable winds today and
Saturday. Partly cloudy and scat
tered showers III south portion and
fair In north portion.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
easterly winds and partly cloudy
weather and widely scattered show
ers thru Saturday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
News Briefs

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina Ia
A bomb exploded in suburban Bel.
grano shortly after midnight, in.
Juring four persons. the newspaper
Democratic reported today.
Argentine police blame a ring of
terrorists for a series of recent
bomb explosions here. They have
arrested scores Of persons on sus-
picion-many of them members of
political parties opposed to Presi-
dent Juan D. Peron.
NEW DELHI, India H-India's
lower house of Parliament today
passed q bill providing for the ma
tionalization of India's airlines. It
sets up two state-directed corpora.
tons, one for domestic services
and the other for Indian-owned
International services.
SYDNEY MINES. N. S. R-Two
miners were injured seriously early
today in an explosion in the Indian
Cove Coal Company pit near here.
Ten others escaped the blast.
ATHENS, Greece IN - Athens
newspaper publishers. whose costs
were doubled by last months de-
valuation Of the national currency,
decided today to limit their papers
to four pages. They have been
putting out six to 10-page papers.
NEW YORK R-Miss Bertha S.
Adkins says survey of the morn
ing traffic peak in Washington
shows Republicans are getting to
work half an hour earlier every
day than their Democratic prede-
ceSSorS.
I'VE wanted efficiency in govern
ment," Miss Adkins, assistant to
the COP national chairman, told q
party dinner last night. We've
got it."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08

John L. Showers. - former Key
Wester. died at bis home in Hay-
ana. Cuba. on April %. his niece
Mrs. Harriet Showers Wilson told
The Citizen today.
Mr., Showers. who Is survived by
his widow. also in Havana. came
10 Key West in 1893 with his broth
er James r. Stowers. and founded
Stowers music store. Daval Street.
He left several years later 10
start store ia Havana where he
has lived ever since,
He Ia survived By two hroshers
In addition 20 his widow. TIE
brothers are Farms Showers. Den.
yer. Colo. and Tnognas Ssowers,
Fort Worth. Texas
Barial took place IN Havana
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08
FRANCIS PIODELA

Continued from Page One)
American Legion Boys State. Tall
ahassee, June 21-27, 1858.
Plans were completed for the
Voiture to be represented at the
Grand Promenade to be held in
Orlando, May 2iSt and May 22nd.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08

The rapidly growing freight ton.
mage of the u. S. inland waterway
system has reached SIS million
tons a year says the National Geo.
graphic Society.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08

The last great aux, a bird which
could not fly, is believed to have
been killed about the middle of the
18th Century.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-08

During the coronation of william.
the Conqueror. riot between Sax
ons and Normans ragged through
the streets of London.