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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31
POLICE OFFICER PRAISED
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
When City patrol car tagged me to the curb as
dreamy driving along Roosevelt Boulevard the other
night, was, to say the least, mildly surprised.
When the arresting officer said I'd run red light
little ways back, was surprised. didn't remem-
Der passing kind of light let alone red one But he
acted like he knew what he talking about, so kept
my mouth shut.
Then another surprise pleasant one this time. In
stead of him bawling out like everybody says Key
West cops like to do this officer cean-cut young look
ing guy quietly and courteousy reminded me of the vital
need for drivers obey traffic signals for mutual safety
To add to the pleasant surprise all the time he was
talking and he handed the inevitable ticket,
this astonishing young officer addressed me Sir So
by the time he got thru with me- felt like wanted to
crawl in a hollow log.
His name, I found, was Herman Conley. He's from
Vidalia Georgia.
Somehow, get the feeling that Vidalia is pretty
nice town.
Sincerely
FREDERICK H. GREEN,
Gas United Street
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jected Laborite demands that he
try to persuade the United States
to halt further H-bomb tests. He
said:
''We should be doing a great dis
service to the free world if we
sought in any way to impede the
progress of our American allies in
building up their overwhelming
strength in the weapon which pro.
videS the greatest possible deter
rent against the outbreak of a third
world war"
He told the House there is no
foundation for fears that the Amer
lean hydrogen tests would get out
of control and cause widespread
injury or death in the Pacific. He
assured the House U. S. authorities
twill continue to take the most
rigorous precautions to minimize
the risks involved" and rejected
LabOrite demands for international
consultation on control over future
tests.
He said restrictions imposed by
United States law would make
such control impracticable.
Even if this were not so, I
should not myself be ready to pro-
pose it," he said. 1--WE have no
power to stop this.
g. l can say from our own
scientific knowledge that there is
no foundation for the suggestion
that these explosions are meal
culable in the sense that tn ose
making the tests are unable to set
limits to the explosive power of the
bomb or to calculate in advance
what the main effects will be-"
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March 81, 1884

Mrs. Calvin Bentley, of Miami
Beach was to arrive early
next week to help the Woman's
Club make final arrangements Of
the flower show to be held Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The
first flower show on a large scale
that was held in Greater Miami
was under the direction of Mrs.
Bentley, who sis one of the best
known private horticulturists in
the United States.
Judge Jefferson B. Browne was
returning passenger over the
East Coast after a vacation spent
different points in the state.
The roster of Key West Golfers
who were playing in the matches
with the Miami Biltmore Golfers
was announced by Glenn Price,
captain of the Key West team.
Some of the golfers included, VIM.
Demeritt, Jr.; E. A. Strunk; w.
P. Kemp; Sam Goldsmith; Prof.
O'Bryant; Curry Harris and Berlin
Sawyer.
Things were quiet on the polit-
ical front in Monroe County with
William v. Albury the only candi-
date who had made formal an
nouncement. The Citizen files in
1924 revealed that at that time 20
candidates had announced for Of
flee.
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AR NeNsfeofvres

Pick stepped inside the room,
and keeping well out of his reach,
motioned for him to precede her
back into the hall.
As We reached the head Of the
stairs, Bobby came out Of the
room that had been Colonel Du-
mont'S Office and into the lower
hall.
'Oh!" she gasped. 'Not-not-s
For one split second, Picks att
tention was diverted to Bobby.
Our prisoner realized it. with
what seemed to be a single leap,
he was down the stairs and disc
appearing through the open dooe
Of the smaller drawing room.
where did he get to-" Bobby
demanded blankly.
HE got away" Pick answered
Her voice sounded bitter with 70.
gret.
mo, he didn't" cried, and
leaped upon the top Of the wood.
box, perching there feet and all.
He tried to get out this way the
same as he did last night after
he'd killed Lee. But I snapped
the paddock on the other side
when we locked up. We've got
him!"
AS il in confirmation, the I'D
OF the woodbox gave a convulsive
heave beneath me, but managed
to stay put. A look of grim salts.
faction leaped into Picks eyes.
She turned to Bobby.
Run down to the stables anA
call some of the boys" she die
rected. peter and I will hold him
here till you get back"
Suddenly the front door Wa
thrown violently open, and We
heard Beau'S voice in the hall.
Il What's going on here! When
| reached New Orleans and found
that Dede and Henri hadn't sent
for me-"
ooh, Beaul" Pick broke in. Her
voice was tremulous with relief
He tried to kill Aunt Delphine
and Peter tonight, and"
Mile tonneres!" That was
Amedee.
"Peterl" he exclaimed in amaze
ment. What are you doing
there?"
Keeping the lid on thinss," I
answered. Literally"
He understood at once. "Yoa
can come out now, Haye," he said.
CTs be continueAl
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Chapter 81
NE HAD barely finished lock-

I'VE HAD barely finished lock-
w ing up the house for the night
including, this time, the outside
opening to the woodbox, which
attended to myself-when Uncle
Bountiful rushed up upon the
gallery shouting that the stables
were burning!
Cousin JEFF and Lewis Have
rushed out of the house at once,
while Bobby and Pick and I fol-
lower more slowly.
For the next fifteen minutes or
so we just stood there with that
desperately helpless feeling you
get when you're forced to look
on at wanton destruction, know
ing that you can do nothing
about it.
All of a sudden a thought ex-
plooed in my head with violence
The fire had drawn ali of us away
from the house-all, that is, ex-
cept Aunt Delphine. And Aunt
Delphine had just announced that
evening that she knew something
about the murders, and wanted to
tell it to the sheriff!
ooh, Heaven! It's all been a
trick to get us away!" | cried
'Aunt Delphine! She's back there
alone!" I flung over my shoulder
as I turned and started racing
hack touyord tho b01Ica
l found the front door standing
half open when I reached it, and
couldn't remember whether we
had left it that way or not.
Aunt Delphine!" called, then
held my breath.
To my infinite relief, ner voice
answered me.
Peter! It's you, cherie? Come
and stay with me-"
Then l felt her reach up ano
tug at my sleeve for me to benc
closer.
Hes here" she whispered
quickly. Hes hiding over there
in the closet"
who, Aunt Delphine?" asked
She breathed a single word.
Only her poor, misguided i'm.
agination again! I started to draw
a sigh of relief, only to have i
turn into a gasp midway. She
hadn't said what we had al
thought she had been saying evel
since Lees death; she had said ).
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IT'S DEATH, my DAR[InG !!
BY Amelio Reynolds lono

TOO LATE I heard the creak
L of a board directly behind me
/ gripped the wrist of the hand
about my throat and pulled down
ward and outward with all INV
strength.
That gave me just enough room
for nice, backward kick. Nv
lungs were beginning to feel as
though they were going to burst
while objects swan before INV
eyes. ! saw two Aunt Delphines
spring out of two beds and fling
themselves at my assailant But
he flung them both aside with
one sweep of his arm: and thew
crumpled back upon the bed
where they merged and became
one again.
But to do it, he had been
obliged to remove his hand for
an instant from my mouth. That
was all I needed. / let the breath
out of my tortured lungs in a
yell that would have done credit
to an air raid siren during the
war.
"You little hellion!" the man
snarled, and tried to clamp the
hand back over my mouth. But
managed to catch it side on, and
brought my teeth together with
force that made my jaws ache
The man let out a yell than ran
good second to my own, and
let go of my throat. Then his
clenched fist struck the side OF
my head with a force that made
me see stars, but I hung on.
closed my eyes and prepared
to 60 down fighting-or biting
to be more exact. And then Al
the final second, help arrived.
"Put up your hands, Pick.
voice commanded from the door.
way. 'I've got Grandpere's SOUR.
rel gun, and you know I can use
it."
The man twisted his body half.
way around.
Don't be a fool, Pick" he sale
sharply. There's been a mistake
If you'll put that gun down, II
explain"
you're right" Pick said grim
ly. There has been a mistake
and you made it. I'm keeping thi!
gun right the way it is, and 70,
can do your explaining to tn,
sheriff. Bobby's downstairs phon.
| ing for him now"
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Cop Searches For
Missing Pen

HOUSTON, Tex. Up - Homicide
1t. L. L. Watts asked police for
help Tuesday.
Last week Watts found a foun.
tain pen at his home and pre-
sumed he had absent indedly
picked it up at his police head,
quarters office.
A note on the homicide bulletin
board failed to find an owner.
Watts, meanwhile, left the pen
on his desk and it disappeared.
He added this note to the bull.
letin board:
Here is the sad situation:
have learned this pen belongs to
my Wife's sister. l need to recover
it. If you can help me, l would
certainly appreciate it."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-31
KEY WEST
Ter, and Twenty
Years Ago
March 81, 1874

Federal officials, r. L. Peters
of the regional FWA office in At
lanta, and J. r. Brennan senior
FWA engineer for the State of
Florida, were in Key West con-
ferring with city and Navy offic-
ials and Ernest Ramsey, manager
of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com
mission and Curry Moreno of the
Board of Public Works. They dis
cussed the water and sewer sys-
TENS in the city.
The Key West Players were get
ting three one-act plays ready for
production. The Players were
nicely settled in their play house
back of the Woman's Club-thanks
to that organizations civic con-
seriousness"
Only $1,000 remained to be col
lected in order to put the Key
West Chapters American Red
Cross drive over the top.
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NOTAS CUBANAS
por RAoUL ALpIzAR Pogo

nariaS y por 10 interesante que es
conocer ell complicado proceso de
fabricar nuestro azucar, la mejor
de TODD ell mundo.
AcaSo por poser tantos atrac-
tivoS, han dado en- lamar
PASACABALLOS ell "Paraiso del
Caribe".
Los medios de transportation
hacia tan bello e interesante lugar,
son comodos y frecuentes.
De la capital Guiana salen
diariamente dos aviones hacia
Cienfuegos. Ell primero a las Seis
y veinte minutes de la manana y
ell segundo las ocho de la noche.
AL legar al Muelle principal de
la hermosa bahia, muy cerca del
aeropuerto, ell viajero debe de
tomar una comoda lancha, que 10
llevara tras un viaje lleno de
emocioneS y bellezas panoramicas,
hasta PASACABALLOS TOURIST
CLUB.
Esas lanchas tienen I'm comodo
itinerario. A las am, 7.45 a. m,
II am, 12a.m., 3 pm, 4 pm. y
$50 de la tarde.
Por la Inca de Omnibus Menen-
DEE, puede llegarse a la ciudad
de Cienfuegos, en- comodos omni-
bus, identicoS a los de la Grey
hound que circular en- este pals.
Cada bora sale un omnibus rumbo
Cienfuegos. Ell mas interesante
de esoS viajeS, 10 es sin duda al
guna, ell qIe sale de la capital
habanera a las 6 a. m, approve
chando ell fresco de la mafana,
para que pueda admirarse la
belleza de la campina Guiana, en-
esa bora temprana, cuando la
neblina comienza disolverse
castigada por los rayos solares y
va apareciendo Ell campo, como
81 sc deScorrieSe una Simbolica
cOrtina, moStrando en- tOda su
plentiful nuestros campos, con sus
guardarrayas de lindas palmeras.
En- esa bora en- que ell campesino
enyuga SIS bueyes y sale a rea-
liar las arduas labores de romper
y arar Sus tierras, que mas tarde
Sc convertiran en- un emporio de
riqueza, con suS cultivos memories
y ell verde de sus hojaS.
En- PASACABALLOS ell turista
puede 10 miSmo alojarse en- la casa
Club, como alquilar una de Sus
lindas cabaiias, en- las cuales ell
comfort mas perfecto Sc ofrece al
viajero. EStas cabanas son algunas
de mamposteria y otras de MADEIRA
rustica, dando al lugar I'm verda.
dero encantamiento.
va va siendo hera de que Sc
trate de nevar al turista, al interior
de nuestra Republica. Sobre TODD,
aquelloS que viajah mas que
en- busca de diversiones mas o
menos icitas, al mayor numero,
que eS ell que realiza SuS Wales,
en- busca de descanso, de bellezas
panoramicas y muchos de elloS,
con ell justo afan de ampliar sus
cOnocimientoS.
Todas las grandes ciudades son
POGO mas menoS igualeS. La
Habana, es innegable que poSee
atractives unicoS. Sus avenidaS, SIs
teatros, sus hoteles y sus tiendas.
Pero, para los que huyen del
bullicio de las grandes ciudades,
para los que van buscando recu-
perar perdidas energias, ningun lu-
gar mas apropiado entire otros
muchos con que cuenta Cuba, que
csc PASACABALLOS TOURIST
CLUB, donde encontrara comodi-'
dad, afecto, buena alimentacion y
al retornar a Su pals, podra decir
que va conoce a Cuba
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terrent against the outbreak of a
third world war"
Addressing a House of Commons
deeply concerned over the threat
to humanity from hydrogen war
fare, the 79-year-old leader re-
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Churchill Is In Favor OF H-Bomb Tests

LONDON R- Prime Minister
Churchill has thrown his support
behind the U. S. hydrogen bomb
tests in the Pacific and said Amer
can possession of the H-bomb
provides the greatest possible de-
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and Ohio canal led by Supreme
Court Justice William o. Douglas
and party.
The dogs, one a collie and the
other a beagle hunting dog, joined
the Douglas party at Sharpsburg,
Nd, and "hiked better thun so
miles" Tbs dogs were left behind
here when the expedition continued
on into Washington.
Riley says he is anxious for the
owners to claim the dogs.
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Dogs Left Behind

SENECA, Md. Ri-Ray Riley re-
ported yesterday that he has a
couple of aogs on his hands -
stranded after last weeks hiking
expedition along the Chesapeake
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the Of its read
but the editor the right to delete items which
considered lbeoUs The writer's should be
fair and eonfine the letters 200 side
OF the only Signature Of the writer accompany the
letters and will be published Une.. requested Otherwise
Evening star., 1954-05-31
/. A. Whe|an, ST.,
Florist and Member
Of Old District Family

Thomas A. Whelan, ST., Wash
ington florist for the last 20 years,
died of a heart attack in Casualty
Hospital Saturday.
Mr.. Whelan, 64, of 1928 South
ern avenue Sc. was connected
with the Penn Flower Shop at
the time of his death. Member
of an old Washington family, he
was born here and lived in the
District most of his life. He
worked for a number of florist
shops and was in business for
himself part of that time.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Margaret Whelan; two
daughters, Miss Charlotte WHEEL
an, also Of the Southern avenue
address, and Mrs. Edward Van
Der Rhoer of 1920 Colesville
road, Silver Spring; a son,
Thomas A. Whelan, jr., of 2809
Arlington boulevard, Arlington;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Quill OF
1906 Wisconsin avenue NV. and
Mrs. Nora Davis of 356 Raleigh
street Sc, and a brother, John
Whelan of 921 Burns street S.E
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at 9 am. in st. Jo-
seph's Church, with burial in
Holyrood Cemetery. The Rev,
Charles Davis of st. Jerome's
Church, Hyattsville. a nephew OF
Mr.. Whelan, will officiate at the
rites.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
William J. Blake, 81,
Coast Guard Expert

Funeral services will be held
tomorrow for William j. Blake,
54, a Coast Guard industrial
specialist and baseball coach of
st. Johns High School.
A requiem mass will be said
at 9:15 am. at st. Anne's Catho-
lie Church, North Frederick
street and Fairfax drive. Arling-
ton. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
MIR. Blake had been employed
for more than 20 years by
the Coast Guard as an in
dustrial contracts and materials
specialist.
1t was his second year as coach
of the baseball team. Last year
the st. Johns team won the
Catholic high school league
championship.
Mr.. Blake and his wife Celeste
May were in the process of NOV
ing from 1901 North Kennebec
street, Arlington, to the home OF
their daughter, 3716 South Four
teenth street, Arlington, when
he was stricken. He died Thurs
day at Arlington Hospital.
He is survived also by two
sons, Marine Pfc. Thomas A
Blake, stationed at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station, and
Navy 1t. William j. Blake, jr.
stationed at Key West, Fla.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Rx fha A.,oeiniad Pres,

CAPnLO PEAK. N. NJ. May
31.-Wonderful weekend wealth.
er helped radio amateurs break
the southwestern bottleneck and
complete history's first trans
continental relay on the two
meter band.
Working under q blazing sun
on the mountain tops and plains
Of the Texas Panhandle. New
Mexico, Arizona and California,
the amateurs rolled both east
and westbound messages
smoothly through the area where
last weeks test broke down.
"They can't blame us If they
don't get through this time. %
said Hubbard Harrell, W5FAG.
who set up his station just OF
United States Highway 66, seven
miles east of Clines Corners.
The westbound message. which
left Ed Tilton's Canton, Conn,
station, W1HDQ, at 6:25 am.
(EST) Saturday, reached Ed
Luckey in Manhattan Beach,
Calf. W6EMM, about IA hours
later.
Evening star., 1954-05-31

dent for three years Of the Vir-
ginia State Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
She was a lifelong member of
the WCTU'S world organization,
and until she became i'll was
president of the local group in
Northwest. She had attended
more than so WCTU conven-
tions throughout the country.
Mrs. Weech was a member
for many years of the McKen-
dree Methodist Church, Twenty
fourth street and South Dakota
avenue NE. In 1920 she organ
lied the Kings Messengers wom-
ems class there.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Grace Faulkner, 1451 Park
road NV, and three nieces,
Miss Mabel LOTUS, 1640 Rox-
anna road NV; Miss Hazel
Faulkner Of the Park road ad-
dress and Mrs. Elsie wilhelm.
Services will be held at II am,
tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will follow at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Anne 0'Hare Mccormick
Rites Set tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 81. "A
requiem mass for Mrs. Anne
O'dare Mccormick, member of
the New York Times Editorial
Board, will be offered at 10 am.
tomorrow in the st. Jean Bap-
tiste Roman Catholic Church.
Burial will be in Gate Of Heaven
Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, N. Y.
Mrs. Mccormick, 72, died Sat-
urday night at Doctors Hospital
here. Her husband, Francis j.
Mccormick, and sister, Mrs.
Paul Gill, were at the bedside.
Mrs. Mccormick, who won the
Pulitzer Prize for foreign cor
respondents in 1887, had been a
foreign correspondent for the
Times since 1922 and a member
of the editorial staff since 1886.
She was the second woman
ever to win a Pulitzer Prize and
was the first woman to serve as
q regular contributor to the
Times editorial page.
Tributes to her have come from
notables around the world since
her death, among them British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden,
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault and French Ambassador
to the United States Henri Bon
net. President Eisenhower also
expressed regrets.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Scott Beats Lennon
For Nomination
By the Associoied Press

RALEIGH, N. c., May 81
Former Gov. w. Kerr Scott is
North Cardinals Democratic
nominee for United States Sem
ator.
Mr.. Scott, 57-year-old dairy
farmer, defeated Senator Alton
A. Lennon and five other can
didates in bitter primary battle
Saturday. The racial issue
played major role in the latter
stages of the campaign.
Lennon supporters brought
the issue into the campaign
after the United States Supreme
Court issued it's decision banning
segregation in the public schools.
Mr.. SCOTS hackers charged
them with publishing a "phoney"
newspaper advertisement and
with distributing thousands of
reprints Of the ad. which said
Mr.. Scott had worked for nom
segregation.
Unofficial returns from 1913
of the States 2,027 precincts
gave Mr.. Scott 297,O01 votes to
Senator Lemons 271 ,661. This
was a lead of 25,340 for Mr..
Scott and a 5.341 majority over
the field.
Mr.. Scott will oppose Repub-
lican Paul West of Raleigh in
the November general election.
Mr.. West was nominated in
convention. The Democratic
nomination Is tantamount to
election in this traditionally
Democratic State.
Four Tar Heel Congressman
won denomination handily. They
are Representatives L. II. Foun-
tain. Carl T. Durham, F. H.
Carlyle and c. B. Dean. j. C.
Sedberry. Charlotte municipal
judge, won the Democratic nom
ination to oppose Representative
Charles r. Jonas. Republican, in
the November election.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Mrs. Amy {. Weech,
Minister S Widow,
.WCTU Worker, Dies

Mrs. Amy c. Weech, SO, a ma
tive Washingtonian and widow
of a District Methodist minister
died Friday at her home, 1888
Eighth street NV.
Mrs. Weech, q lifelong resi-
dent Of the Washington area,
had been i'll for about one year.
She was the daughter Of
Frederick B. and Caroline L
LOTUS Of Washington and the
widow Of the Rev. William
Weech, former minister Of the
Union Methodist Church here.
Mr.. Weech, who held pas
torates at several Washington
area churches in addition to the
Union Church at 814 Twentieth
street NV, died about so years
ago.
Mrs. Weech was, while making
her home in Alexandria, presi-
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Louis Pincus, Head
Of Building Firm

Louis Pincus, To- year old
builder, died yesterday at his
home, 5000 Old Bladensburg
road. Silver Spring.
Mr.. Pincus, president of the
Peerless Construction Co., was
the developer and builder of
Pickwick Village in Silver Spring
and other developments in the
Washington area.
He was born in Russia and
came here in 1906. He immedi-
ately went to work on his own
in the construction business and
soon had established a company
in Baltimore. Gradually he ex-
panded to the Washington area.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Sol Lev
enSon & Bros. funeral home in
Baltimore. Burial will follow at
the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
Mr.. Pincus is survived by his
widow Rebecca and five chill
dren: David Pincus, Is Tucker
man street NV; Benjamin Pin
Gus, 1411 Tuckerman street
NV: Mrs. A. A. Alperstein, $500
Pinehurst parkway, Chevy Chase,
Md; Mrs. William Starr, 5000
Greenvale road, Chevy Chase,
Md, and Mrs. Harold Unterberg,
New York City.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Gerald {. Coppins, Aide
In Trucking Association

Gerald c. Coppins. assistant
director of the American Truck
ing Associations field service de-
partment. died yesterday at his
home. 1903 Coquelin terrace
Chevy Chase. He was 40.
A native of Hudson, Mich, he
attended the Engineering School
at the University of Michigan.
Mr.. Coppins moved to Washing
ton from Hudson after he was
named to the field service de-
partment post January Is, 1851.
Mr.. Coppins is survived by his
widow Mary and a stepson, David
Steger, 19, a student at Green
brier Military Academy, near
White Sulphur Springs, w Va,
and his father, Asa B. Coppins
of the home address.
Funeral arrangements have
not yet been completed.