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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
Nationalist China
General Predicts
Formosa Invasion
BY FRED HAMPsoN

TAIPEH, Formosa Up - Gen.
Wang Stunning, boss of National
list China's air force, thinks the
Chinese Reds are getting ready to
invade Formosa. The Nationalist,
he declares, can't drop their guard
for a moment.
Wang, known as tiger" although
he looks more like a bulldog, side
stepped the controversial issue of
Nationalist attacks on the main
land in an interview. But it wasn't
hard to see his real feeling.
He thinks the Reds intend to in
wade and that his air force ought
to be smashing anything that looks
like buildup. The idea of holding
his punch until an invasion is un-
derway doesn't appeal, although he
wouldn't say so in so many words.
Wang yearns for the day when
his pilots viii have more planes,
particularly Fs6 jets which are a
match for the Communist MIG15
jets. He now has FS4s. plus World
War II bombers and fighter-bomb-
ers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
NEHRU TO CHINA

CALCUTTA, India Up - Prime
Minister Nehru flew to Rangoon
today, en- route to Communist
China for a 12-day state visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
Chamber Division
Makes Plans For
Christmas Scene

Plans for erecting a 20 by 80
foot Nativity scene, complete with
manger, shed, figures, animals
and suitable lighting are being
made by the retail merchants divi-
sion of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Nativity scene will be erect
ed on the courthouse grounds di-
rectly in front of the Chamber Of
flee and will be maintained by
Chamber employees.
The division will also light and
decorate a Is foot Christmas tree
and provide carol music over 4
PA system.
An invitation will be extended to
church choirs and choral groups to
conduct a short recital on the court
house steps every evening during
Christmas week or all nights when
the stores are open.
Contributions are being solicited
from each member of the mer-
chants division and a large paint.
ed scroll showing the names of all
who contributed to defraying the
cost of the project will be erected
close by on the courthouse grounds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16

Hurricane Haze, exacting a
death toll Of at least 81 while
rayagiag an eight-state area, Dis
trict of Columbia and Canada,
caused hundreds of families in the
Pittsburgh, Pa, area to flee their
home today as the Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers rose to what
was feared would be flood stage.
The raging waters, caused by tor
rental rains, later began to recede.
But like the rest of areas which
felt Hazers wrath, the Pittsburgh
section reported untold millions of
dollars in property damage. No
deaths or injuries were known i'm
mediately.
One OF The Worst
Termed one of the worst con-
tinental storms of the century, and
spawned II days ago in the Wind
ward Islands about 1900 miles
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
6 Plead Guilty,
I Forfeit Bonds
In Caro's Court

Criminal Court Judge Thomas S.
Caro- yesterday heard six guilty
pleas and ordered seven other
bonds forfeited when the defend
ants failed to show in court.
Those whose bonds were forfeit
ed and the offenses were:
William j. Mason, Jr., driving on
wrong side of road, $3.50.
Richard Braxton, reckless driv-
ing, SIS.
George Sawley, no drivers lie
ense, $50.
J. w. Smith, no tag on boat trail
er, SIS.
H. S. Cohen, reckless driving,
SIS.
]. H. Thompson, passing school
bus, SIS.
Max Risch, reckless driving, SIS.
Those who pleaded guilty, their
offenses and sentences follow:
Herbert Roman Cruz, selling al
coholic beverage to minor, SIS or
60 days.
James Holloway, reckless driv-
ing, SIS or 80 days.
F. L. Ungvary, reckless driving,
SIS or Is days.
D. A. Whitman, no tag on boat
trailer, dismissed.
E. r. Bixby, reckless driving SIS
or Is days.
Mario LAMA Pellizzaro, drunk,
SIS or Is days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16

Monres County would collect
$500 per month.
Nationals fares, said the peti.
ton, are fixed by the Civil Aero
nautics Board and that under CAB
rules, NAL can't add the 50 cents
to the present fare.
The petition further states that
NAL doesn't beliye the CAB would
approve a 50-cent fare increase.
Monroe cevnty's fees are vn.
reasonable, arbitrary, excessive
and constitute . sross abuse Of
the boards discretion 70 fix
charges" fhe petition adds.
II evicted from Meacham Field.
National says it wouldn't be able
to land at Key West, and the Civil
Aeronautics Act says that if .
carrier abandons a route, the car
rier is liable to criminal penalties
under the Civil Aeronautics Act.
National viii be irreparably in
Jured, the petition concludes, If the
county evicts the airline from Mea.
cham and deprives it of the only
entry to Key West.
A hearing on the petition proba-
bly, will be held Monday before Cir.
cunt Court Judge Aquilino Lopez,
Jr.
Yesterday morning, County
Judge Raymond r. Lord set 10
a. m. Tuesday as the time for q
nearing on the county's petition for
an eviction notice to Dust NAL from
Meacham.
Whether or not the Tuesday hear.
ing before Judge Lord ever win
be held depends on the Circuit
Court ruling on NAILS petition for
a declaratory decree.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
WPsr Cent Of Tax
Rolls C0HertedM
ConntyFor 7tb Year
Nearly 2 Million
Collected For 1853
In Monroe County

For the seventh straight
year, 100 per cent of the
county tax roll has been coll
lected, Howard E. Wilson,
county tax collector, said to-
day.
Monroe was the only
county with a 100 per cent
record in 1852.
Here are the figures for
the 1853 taxes, according to
Wilson:
1858 Figures
State license, $50, 640.29;
county licenses, $28,948.S8;
intangible taxes, $26,S43.42;
real and personal property
taxes, $685., 714.S4; auto tags
from Jan. 1, 1854 to Sept.
80, 1854, $275. 982.97.
These figures total 81
199. 629.SO.
The real and personal
property taxes are divided,
with $5OS,572.59 going to
the schools and $332,141.25
to the board of county COM
missioners.
Gain Shown
The real and personal
property taxes have shown
. steady gain over the past
few years, Wilson pointed
out.
In 1852, these taxes total
led $658,7S3.00; In 1868.
they were 1886, 714.s4: and
for the current year they
will be 81, 049, 481.25.
Tax bills for 1854 viii be
mailed out the latter part
Of October.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
Authorized
SoapiingOf
Windows Set
Cub Scout Officials
Plan For Directed
Halloween Activity
BY SUE JONES

No one can really blame
a small boy for soaping q
few windows on Halloween
- too many people remem-
Der t h r own youthful
pranks - but if the small
boy happens to be a Cub
Scout, he knows that his fun
causes a lot of hard work for
the owner of the soaped win
dow.
When father regales him with
nostalgia tales of Halloween when
81 was a boy" his Cub Scout can't
be blamed for feeling that father
had lot more fun and s'trick or
treating is pretty tame way to
celebrate Halloween.
Merchants To Aid
Local Cub Scout officials have
asked various merchants around
town to donate the use of their win
dows so that these small boys who
would like to decorate a few acres
of plate glass can do so in such a
way that everybody stays happy.
The % Key West Cub Scout Dens
will be supplied with washable wa
ter paint and the youngsters will
try their skill in a window painting
contest on Friday afternoon, Octo-
Der % and Saturday morning Oct
ober 30.
Cleanup Slated
Naturally, the pint-sized Scouts
have agreed to wash the windows
themselves after the contest is
over. Den Mothers and parents
will supervise the painting and
cleanup.
Three prizes will be awarded
for best windows by a committee
of judges selected by the Scout
Commissioners.
If you see a bunch of little boys
painting away on a shiny plate
glass window, the chances are the
owner of the window has a soft
spot In his heart for small boys
and is cooperating with Cub Scout
officials on project Halloween"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
Hnrv1cane Ranges 8
States oil Are Dead

east-southeast of Miami, Hazeps
100 m.p.h. center devastated the
island of Haiti last Tuesday, leav-
ing repeatedly more than 100 dead
on that tropic isle.
She smashed north = northwest
to bash the us. mainland early
Friday. Her hurricane winds were
s'calmed" to gale force by Pennsyl-
vania's Allegheny and Pocono
Mountains but she picked up
enough punch to disrupt upper
New York State and take nine
lives in the area.
Known Fatalities
Not counting those reported
missing, known fatalities by states
are:
New York, Is, Virginia, Z, Penn
sylvania, Z, Maryland, 6 New Jer-
sey 4 Washington DC. 3 Mas
sachusetts /, Connecticut /, and
Canada 7.
Hazel isn't .'dead," the New
York Weather Bureau said early
today and damage was estimated
in the millions as some districts
came under the heaviest rainfall
OF the century.
Although her outer winds mere
ly brushed" the New England
area, Hazel's prawling force still
was making itself felt early today,
with the coastal regions girding
against the threat of abnormaily
high tides.
Disaster Details
AS a result of the storm foment-
ed driving rains, a Springfield,
Mass, man was injured fatally
when struck by an auto driver
blinded by the downpour.
AT an early hour, storm warn
lngs still were being flown from
Block Island, off Rhode Island. 10
EaStport, Me.
The big blow grazed the New
York metropolitan area, but still
managed to whip up wind gusts
OF more than 100 m.p.h.
Hazels 100 m.p.h. center
smashed into the mainland about
40 miles south southeast of Myr-
Tie Beach, a resort community
half way up the South Carolina
coast. Thousands of beach homes
were torn to splinters and many
homes were washed away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
'WalkingBlood
Bank WILDE
Mon.

Something new will be
added in Key West on Mon
day. That's the day when
the Walking Blood Bank"
sponsored by the Monroe
County Blood Committee
starts tipping blood for the
central blood donor file to
be set up by the Blood Com
mittee.
Registered nurses will be at
LOUIS Appliance Store, 522 Duval
Street, from 4:30 to 500 D. m. to
take samples which in turn wiz
be typed by registered technicians.
Complete File Kept
As soon as the blood is typed.
the donors name will be filed and
the donor viii receive a wallet
size card with his or her blood type
on it.
The idea of q walking blood
bank" is new to Key West but has
proved very successful in several
other cities.
There is no charge for the typ
ing and it only involves a few
minutes of time.
The nurses win be at LOUIS from
4:30 to 500 p. m. on week DAYS
and from 900 am. until goo
p. m. Saturday.
Cooperation Asked
All organizations maintaining
blood donor lists are asked 70 CO.
operate with the program and to
ask all persons on their lists to
come in and have their blood
typed if they have not already
done so.
Remember, some member Of
your family might need blood and
when the file is ser up. il Win take
a minimum Of time 10 find a don
or with the proper type.
The file will be kept at the City
Police station and the department
viii furnish transportation to and
from the hospital.
The Monroe County Blood Com
mittee is a non-profit organization
and is a member of the Key West
Community Chest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
NAL Petitions To Halt
Eviction From Meacham
Ferry Goes Today

The Key West csrdsnas
ferry, "city q Key West"
sailed This morning with sS
passengers and IS automobiles.
This Is ihs first "trip since ths
ferry was laid Up for q week
In Miami for repairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
TouBoard
MayFileSuit
AgainstSRD
Commissioners
Want Surplus
Funds Returned
BY jim COBB

Inc possibility of the Ov-
erseas Road and Toll Bridge
District Commission filing a
counter suit against the State
Road Department is being
investigated by their attor-
neys.
That information was released
yesterday following a meeting of
the commission at which time they
retained legal counsel to defend
them in a suit filed Oct. II by the
road department in an effort to re.
cover lands the toll commission
had decided to the Monroe County
commission.
Attorneys Named
Named to defend the commission
are attorneys william R. Neblett,
Julius Stone, Jr. and william ".
Albury, former commission attor-
ney.
They were instructed to take i'm
mediate action in filing an answer
to the SRD litigation. An answer
must be filed by Oct. 81 in circuit
court.
The commission agreed yester-
day to pay $500 as partial pay
ment to each Of the attorneys.
Anthony Demerritt, chairn.n OF
the commission then exhibited a
letter he had received from the
state Board Of Administration, in.
forming the commission that all
surplus funds after a million dol
lar bond issue had been paid off
would be turned over to the road
department. The surplus amounts
to about $274,0O0.
Money Disposal
st was our thinking that the
money was to be retained by the
toll commission for dispoasl and
use in the establishment of parks
for the use of Monroe County re-
sidents," said Demerritt.
He asked that the attorneys
STUDY the possibility of getting the
money back from the state road
department"
"Since the state road department
has made an issue of this, we
should have their rights in the
matter investigated" said De-
merritt.
Also up for discussion was the
districts rolling stock which was
turned over to the SRD The COM
nilsson wants to know if they can't
recover that also.
Named In Suit
The commission, along with the
county commissioners, were nam
ed as defendants in a suit to re-
cover keys lands valued at some
20 million dollars. The SRD holds
that their action in turning the
land over to the county when bonds
floated to finance the Overseas
were paid off. is uncon.
stitutional.
They have also challenged the L.
gality of legislation passed in 1s47
giving the commission authority to
dispose of the lands.
The road department claims al
so that they should get title to the
under the terms of a 1s46
lease purchase agreement nego-
tiated with the commission.
Present at yesterdays meeting
were commissioners Hilario RAM
os, Enrique Esquinaldo, Carl Ber-
valdi, Sam Harris and Demeritt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
Atty. Files To Halt Count,
In Custer, Fee Collection
BY DENIS sNEIca

National Airines yesterday moved to ston the conn
~ from evcting the line from Meacham Field and from
collecting the controversial 5Ocent fee for each
ger using the field.
petition Tor decaratory decree was filed in CIR
cult Court late yesterday afternoon bv In.aIs. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-16
POLIO DEATH

TAMPA IA young mother
died of polio here yesterday as
the total number of cases for
Hillsborough County this year rose
to los, or Al above the 1853 record.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Lone Woman Honored
At Besieged Fortress
By the Associoted Press

PARIS. May 6.-Nurse Gene
We've De Galard Terraube, only
woman in the besieged fortress of
Dien Bien Phu, has been awarded
her second military decoration
in a week.
The French radio reported
today Genevieve was awarded
the medaille militaire (military
medaD last night. Only a few
days ago she was made a knight
of the Legion of Honor.
The nurse was trapped in
Diem Bien Phu in March, when
her helicopter could not leave
the fortress.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Senate Funds Group
Favors Tax Break on
All Types Of Pensions
By J. A. o'Leory

The Senate Finance Commit
tee was reported today to have
approved in principle the House
provision in the general tax bill
to give all retired individuals
some tax relief on their pen
SionS.
Under existing law, the Social
Security and Railroad Retire.
ment Benefits are not taxable.
The House regarded this as dis
elimination against recipients of
industrial pensions and those
who provide independently for
their old age.
The House bill sought to pro-
vide equal treatment by allow
ing all retired individuals a 20
per cent tax credit on retirement
incomes up to $4,000. This is
equivalent to exempting 81 200
of retirement income from taxes,
since the bottom bracket in the
income tax is 20 per cent.
No Implications.
Retirement income would in
clude pensions, annuities, divi-
dends or rents. but to avoid du-
plicating exemptions, the retire.
ment income would be reduced
by the amount received from
Social Security.
There were reports that the
Senate committee may change
some of the details of this part
of the bill, but the exact changes
have not been disclosed under
Chairman Millikin's announce
ment that committee decisions
will not be disclosed from day
to day.
AS the committee began it's
third closed session on the 875-
page measure. Senator George
of Georgia, the ranking Demo-
cratic member, came out against
the secrecy rule.
Opposes Secrecy Rule.
Senator George, who has been
convalescing from illness, was
not in Washington when Chair
man Millikin imposed the
secrecy rule Tuesday. On his re-
turn yesterday Senator George
said he favors a daily statement
of committee decisions.
The dean of the Senate re-
called that when he was chair
man of the Finance Committee
decisions on tax bills were an
nounced from day to day. He
said a tax bill is too important
to handle in any other way.
Answering the argument that
daily announcement of decisions
may bring pressure on the COM
mittee to change it's decisions
before the bill is completed,
Senator George said that can
not be avoided in the handling
of a big tax bill. He said the
public is entitled to know what
the committee is deciding.
Senator Williams, Republican,
OF Delaware, revealed today that
he will move to cut the deple-
ton allowance of oil and gas
producers from 271a per cent
to Is per cent, which would give
the Treasury about $3.50 mill
lion a year.
The depletion allowances are
based on the theory that as
companies take minerals out of
the ground they are using up
their assets. Senator Williams
said he does not believe any one
would give up an oil we'll, merely
because the depletion allowance
to be deducted from gross in
come was cut to IS per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

deaconess discovered, to her de-
light, that she was aboard a
junior edition of Noah's Ark for
there were an elephant, a camel,
four horses and two dogs on
board. Travelling with an
elephant was exciting" recalled
the deaconess, "for we never
knew from day to day whether
she would remain in her pen
She did remain in her pen but
managed to eat an officers hat
and the tarpaulin with which
she was covered"
The deaconess was met in
Puerto Rico by the rector of the
parish to which she was going.
and as they started across the
island. they received a warning
Of another hurricane. BY then
the deaconeSs was accustomed
to the idea of hurricanes.
The deaconess made between
200 and $50 visits a month in
Puerto Rico. She says if she
ever makes a change. she would
like to go back to mission work
because it is there that she is
close to the people. "A mission
has a real part in the lives of
mountain and country people,"
she says. land they come to you
with their joys and sorrows"
And the deaconess thinks it is
the habit she wears that draws
people to her! Well, maybe
But she can not see her own
lovely face as others see her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

cerned; they had her in an oxy-
gen tent: they we're not certain
she would pull through.
Chopel Will Move
She told a story of a little
Jewish boy who had almost lost
his eye. His grandmother had
paced back and forth. back and
forth. until nurse suggested to
her that she go into the hospitals
little Chapel Of the 1ntercession
to say a prayer. This the grand
mother did and she continued to
go to the chapel every day while
her grandson was there.
1--WE are going to take our
chapel with us when we move"
said the deaconess. 1--WE shall
Just have it picked up bodily and
moved to our new site on the
Soldiers Home grounds"
The deaconess loves to en-
broider and somehow she has
found time to make several ex-
quisite altar pieces and sets of
vestments for the communion
services held in the hospitals
chapel. She likes also to sew for
children and she has made some
beautiful garments for her little
grandnieces and grandnepheWs to
whom she is Aunt Marg."
Puerto Rico Mission
Before coming to Washing
ton. the deaconeSs was for eight
years at La Mission de San An
dres in Puerto Rico. That was a
period of teaching and visiting
in homes of the people that the
deaconess thoroughly enjoyed.
She recalled with amusement
her Introduction to Puerto Rico:
AT the beginning of the jour-
ney, the ship was held at dock
overnight by the threat of an
approaching hurricane. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Deoconess BechtoI of Episcopal Hospital
Leads Busy Life Helping in Many Fields
By Horriet French

If you always think OF a
deaconess as being solemn and
sedate. you really should know
Deaconess Margaret Bechtol.
Superintendent of the Episcopal
Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital.
In her busy little Office on the
first floor of the Hospital. she
ood-humoredly deals with staff
and resident physicians, nurses,
statesmen. church women and
complaining or praising patients.
The telephone rings constantly
and the demands on her seem
endless but her sense of humor
never forsakes her.
At the time appointed for this
interview, the deaconess was on
the phone talking to young doc
tor about an evening course that
he was scheduled to take. callers
were waiting and bells were
buzzing. Then her alert little Sec
rotary. Joy Mimnom, diverted
the calls and callers.
In answer to a question, the
deaconess stated that any un-
married woman OF widow may
become a deaconess. Il was
brought up in the church and
from the time that I was IL or
Is years old. I wanted to be a
deaconeSS, although I had never
seen one. I had just read about
them.
Some girls. who might be in
terested in doing church work.
think the black habit worn by
deaconesSes is a barrier and
might keep them from being
close to people. This is not true,
because it actually draws people
to me. I rarely go into a restau-
rant without some ones asking
me how to get relative into a
hospital or how to solve some
other problem. People are al
ways speaking to me- One man
on the street called me sister"
Born in New CostIe
Deaconess Bechtol was born in
New Castle. Pa. attended ele-
mentary school there. then went
to the New York Training School
for Deaconesses at the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine. She was
too young to be a deaconess
when she was graduated so she
returned to New Castle and be-
came a dentists assistant for
a year.
OF the IA in her class at the
training school. only nine were
graduated. But those nine had
the same belief; That church
workers should be happy: that
they should not go about doing
good with long faces. 1T makes
all the difference" said Deacon
ess Bechtol. IF you find Joy in
your work. it is not burden, no
matter how hard it Is. Hospital
work is not easy but every day
something nice happens. 1t may
be that a patient. on his way
home. may stop in to tell us how
much he appreciated the care
given him. Little things like
that make the day seem brighter.
Being a deaconess." she con-
tinued. lis not just so many hours
OF work day. It's not just doing
job. it's living life"
The deaconess enjoys going out
and visiting friends but her life
is centered in her work. She was
anxious about a little girl who
was in the hospital with seri-
Gus throat condition. She said
that the whole staff was con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
.AAUW Dinner

M. r. Sundaram. cultural at
tache of the Indian Embassy,
will address dinner meeting of
the combined Washington area
branches Of the American Asso-
citation Of University Women to
be held Thursday in the National
AAUW headquarters.
Mr.. Sundaram, who recently
returned from trip to his home
land, will discuss Democracy at
Work in India"
The affair is under auspices of
the Silver Spring branch of the
AAUW.