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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
City Commission
To Meet Tonight

The city commission will meet
tonight in special session at pm.
to consider the annual budget.
The latest ferry proposal submit
ted by the Caribbean Ferry Sys-
tenn Inc, will also be aired, it was
indicated today.
Although it has not been an
nounced officially, it is believed the
commission viii meet as the Equal
ization Board, as wen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

Dut q CAIlLCH COluLilttCG 4OIIHSU
at the suggestion of the Cham.
Der of Commerce. voted yesterday
at their second meeting, to recon.
mend that the city keep the door
open to other companies with ferry
proposals, by not granting an ex.
elusive lease to any one firm.
The committee voted SO on the
question with Mel Levitt, president
Of the Key West Motor Cour Asso-
citation and Cuban. Consul Oscar
Morales abstaining. The other
members Of the committee, Paul
j. Sher, Louis Carboneu Joe Al
len, WNliam Freeman and Mary
Lee Graham voted in favor of not
giving an exclusive lease to the
dock. Later. a motion put forth by
Levitt asking that the city do
everything possible to encourage
a ferry service, was passed.
Sirvse Asks Time
At an earlier meeting, the com.
mittee had expressed fear that the
city might tie themselves up with
an inadequate ferry service.
Joe Sirugo, local contractor who
is also promoting 4 ferry project,
exhibited pictures of two boats
which he is negotiating for at the
present. He asked that the COM
mittee recommend that action be
postponed for at least 80 days 50
that he would have something
more concrete" to offer.
But, informed sources said TO-
day that the city and Caribbean
Ferry Systems may arrive at an
agreement this weekend - If the
shipping firm will agree to the
non-exclusive clause. The point 10
not expected to be a major stumb-
ling block, since in an agreement
presented to the commission Mon
day, they agreed to match any
larger vessel that might be put
into Key West-Cuba Ferry service.
"I'm in favor Of granting them
permission to operate tomorrow
but not on an exclusive basis"
Commissioner Carbonel said To-
day.
City Commission Meets
The city commission will meet
tonight to consider the budget and
the latest ferry proposition is ex-
pected to come in for considerable
discussion. Commissioner Jack De-
laney, in particular. said Mon
day that there are a few points
he wants to see ironed out.
The Caribbean Ferry System has
agreed to make improvements to
the dock and to start service by
September / or the deal Is off and
they will forfeit all money paid to
the city before that date.
They propose to operate the 22S-
foot converted Ism, the Patricia,
three times weekly to Cardensas,
Cuba. The vessel is presently in a
Miami drydock undergoing final
repairs. Company officials have
said that the ship will be ready
for a test cruise about the middle
Of August.
The company is headed by r. H.
Bob" Reynolds, former Senator
from North Carolina.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
TWO CHARGES AGAINST
SAILOR ARE DROPPED

Charges of indecent exposure
and open profanity against Donald
Merle Green, q sailor, were drvp-
ped today by Acting County So
licitor Bob Youmans.
Youmans said the charge was
dropped because the witness, q
woman, was ordered by her ply
stefan not to appear In court
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COthrOn And Bateman
Are Found Not Guilty
Six-Man Jury
Frees Pair On
Larceny Charge
by DENIS sNElcR

As expected, The Big Ex-
pose laid an egg.
The time was 3:48 p. m.
yesterday when the six-man
jury filed into. the court
room.
The verdict was handed
TO Criminal Court Judge
Thomas S. Caro-. He handed
1t to Harry Dongo, clerk OF
the court.
To q hushed room of spectators,
Donqo read the not guilty verdict
that sent Alonzo Cothron and
Brooks Bateman home as free
men.
Cothron, a contractor, and Bate
man. former general manager OF
the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District, arose from their seats
ut the counsels' table and shook
hands with each of the jurors.
Grand Larceny Charge
Cothron and Bateman had been
charged with grand larceny.
The state had contended that
Cothron billed the toll district for
work he had not done and that
Bateman knowingly okayed pay
ment of the, alIegedly false bills.
y Later, Bateman said:
81 just want to thank everybody
for what they've done for me. The
Jury couldn't truthfully have
brought in any other verdict"
Said Cothron:
at was the only thing to do.
We knew this would be the result.
1t was an honest verdict by an
honest jury. / want to thank all
my Key West friends for their
confidence in me-"
Then the two men left the court
house for their homes - Bate
man to Marathon and Cothron to
Islamorada.
Marsh Goes Home
John Marsh went home, too -
back to his job as Dade County
solicitor.
So did James McEwen. He was
on the last plane out of here yes
terday, headed for Tampa and
his job there as states attorney.
Both men had been appointed
as special investigators by Acting
Governor Charley E. Johns to
probe the affairs of the toll dis
trict.
Earlier yesterday, lawyers for
both sides had summed up their
cases before the jury.
william v. Albury, one Of the
defense attorneys, apparently made
a telling point when he told the
Jurors that what the state contend
ed were excess payments by the
district to Cothron were in really
merely overtime payments.
States Contention
The state contended that Goth
ron billed the district for 10 hours
work per day six days a week,
when only nine hours were worked
on weekdays and five on Satur-
days.
Albury said that was true. But
that the extra hours pay on week
days and the extra five hours pay
on Saturdays were overtime -
double time on Saturdays.
He pointed out that the pay
Continued on Page Nine)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equuble climote in the
country. with ON overoge
r0nge OF only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
Citizens ann',e:ll=Urges
City To Keep The Door
Open For Ferry Deals
City Commission To Discuss
Caribbean Ferry System Bid

The Caribbean Ferry System, of Miami, appears to
have the inside track in the to start automobile and
passenger ferry service between Key West and Cuba.
The company, only one of the three bidders with
boat that anywhere operating condition and to
offer definite starting date for thrice-weeky service
is seeking to lease the cityowned Clyde-Maory dock
for Key West terminal
Evening star., 1954-09-12
French Line
Cruises
NEW YORK.

The French Line has an
nounced its 1954-5 winter cruise
program out of New York.
The luxury liner lie de France
is to make two cruises. The
Flandre is to make five cruises
beginning with a Christmas-New
Year voyage to Port-au-Pr
Cartagena, Cristobal and King
ston and ending with 17-day
voyage with calls at Port-au-
Prince, San Juan, Port of Spain,
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Dominion Republic
Finishes Monument
SANTIAGO.

The Trujillo Peace Monument,
talleSt man-made monument in
the Western Hemisphere south
Of the United States, has been
completed after nine years Of
work. The 200-foot-high marble
and stone structure. erected on a
l.200-foot promontory overlook
ing historic Santiago, Dominican
Republic, was paid for. by con-
tributions Of the Dominican peo-
pie TO honor the accomplish
ments for peace and progress of
Generalissimo Rafael i. Trujillo,
former four term president.
The monument will be dedi-
Gated next year during observ-
ance Of the 25th anniversary OF
the Era OF Trujillo."
To reach the top of the monu-
ment visitors will use an eleva-
tor which rises 100 feet to q
veranda. Visible some 40 miles
away is 10.890-foot Trujillo Peak,
higest mountain in the Antilles.
The main structure Of the
monument Is i've stories high, of
Ionion' style. and supports q
tower Of marble rising about i25
feet above 1t.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Stoy at Hotel
Gives Driver
Free Gasoline
. MIAMI, Fla.

A package plan" providing
free gasoline to motorists II they
stay at specified hotels Is get
ting its initial tryout here:
Clarence Dalton. local hotel
man and originator OF 'tfree gas
oline vacations" has applied for
United States and Canadian
copyrights.
Under the system as now
operated. motorists going to the
Florida Keys from Miami can
gas up at q designated station.
II they stay two days at a
specified place in the Keys, cost
of seven gallons Of gas is refund.
ed them.
''In effect, the cost to hotels
would run just about the aver
age 10 per cent they pay travel
agents." Dayton pointed out.
He hopes to have the service
operate from the Georgia line
to the Keys. then expand it in
tourist areas through the United
States and Canada.
Arrangements are being made
so that this winter New Workers
would get free gas for their en-
tire journey southward when
coming for an extended stay at
subscribing hotels.
Evening star., 1954-09-12

Curacao, La Guaira, Montego
Bay and Havana. The liner also
win make three other cruises of
IL, IA and II days duration.
The lie de France cruises will
be January 28 and February II.
The first will take in Barbados,
Port of Spain, Curacao, Puerto
Cabello, Cristobal, Matanzas and
Nassau, returning to New York
February IA. The second will
include Barbados, Port Of Spain.
Puerto Cabello and Curacao.
The French Line will also
operate two cruises from the
Gulf ports of Galveston and New
Orleans with the. Flandre's sister
ship, the Antilles.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
SIS Million Sought
For Guard AA Units

President Eisen nhower has
asked Congress to authorize the
Army to spend an extra $25 mil.
lion during the fiscal year start
ing July 1 for equipping and
maintaining National Guard an
tiaircraft units.
The proposal does not involve
any new appropriations, it was
made clear in proposals which
were sent to the Senate by the
President yesterday for revisions
in the Defense Department bud
get.
It called for transferring the
$25 million for National Guard
anti-aircraft facilities from the
budgeted fund for Army procure
ment and production.
Another proposal asked author
ity for the Navy to transfer
100000 from it's fund for air.
craft and related procurement to
pay weather bureau expenses for
weather observation in defense
related work.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Board Appoints 3
New Principals for
Elementary Schools

p
Three new elementary school
principals have been appointed
by the Board of Education.
Mrs. Fannie L. T. johnson is
the new. principal at Giddings
and Lenox Schools. She succeeds
Mrs. Rosa Fl. Jones, who re-
Gently was promoted to the post
of director of elementary educa-
ton. Mrs. johnson has been
teacher-in-charge at Stevens
and Phillips Schools.
Mrs. Julia B. Wilson has been
named principal of Crummell
School, and Mrs. Bernice s.
House has been named principal
of Cleveland School. Both ap-
pointments take effect July 1.
Mrs. Wilson has been assist
ant professor at the Monroe
Laboratory School since 1852.
Crummell, now administered by
the principal of Hayes-Ludlow
Schools, Mrs. Lillian S. Glascoe,
is to become a separate unit.
Mrs. House, teacher-in-charge
at Maury School, will succeed j.
Parker Gillem, who is retiring.
Also approved by the school
board Wednesday were these six
retirements:
Mrs. Ruth C. Stevenson; teach
er at Eastern High School; Mrs.
M. Gertrude Smith, teacher at
the Capitol Page School; Miss
Margaret A.. Huntington, teacher
formerly at Anacostia High
School; Miss Leanna F. johnson,
counselor at, Cardozo High
School; Mrs. Edna w. Capott,
teacher at Gage School; and Miss
Lydia M. Stearns, teacher at
Powell School.
Mrs. Capott's retirement al
ready has taken effect. The rest
are effective June 30.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Four Events Slated
In Delinquency Drive

A parade. a garden party and
two dances are being held as
part of a drive on juvenile de-
linquency by the Century Club
Of the National Association of
Negro Business and Professional
Women's Clubs.
The drive will begin with a
parade at / pm. Sunday. The
parade of floats, queens and
music groups will start at First
and N streets NV. and will
travel west on N street to
Twelfth street NV, then north
on Twelfth street to Vermont
avenue NV, then north on Ver-
mont avenue to Tenth and U
streets NV.
After the parade, at about 8
Evening star., 1954-05-21

pm. there viii be Q garden
party for the princesses Of the
Cotton Cotillion Contest at In
spiration House. 1867 Kalorama
road NV.
The cotillion will be the finale
of the programs planned for
teen-agers by the Century Club
It will be held at $3.50 pm. June
at the Lincoln Colonnade, 1915
U street NV. The queen, who
will receive a trip to Bermuda,
will be selected at the cotillion,
A free teen-ager dance party
will be held at 8 pm. May % at
the Walker Jones Playground
First and L streets NV. Tiny
Meeker and his orchestra will
provide the music.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Paris Subway Troins
To Use Rubber Tires

Paris subway trains are going
to be equipped with rubber tires.
After several years Of tests COW
ering $4,000 miles. the tires on
an experimental train have been
found to be still almost as good
as new.
Wear on tires was negligible
and the train had silent run
ming. quicker acceleration, bet
ter braking and lower electricity
consumption.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
ADVERTISEMENT.
Don't put off
that dream

u there a cherished something
you'vetalked aboutd doing, planned
10 do for ever 80 long-yet you
keeppostponing and postponing it?
Don't put it off too long, warns
J. P. McEvoy.
In June Readers Digest, he tells
the bitter-sweet story of a couple
who made the all-too-human mis-
take of putting off living until too
late. showing that practical peo-
pie might be a lot more practical
if they were just a bit DREAMER.
Get your June Readers Digest
today: 40 articles of lasting inter-
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Evening star., 1954-05-21
Boy Scout Leaders
To Heur Eisenhower

President Eisenhower will
speak briefly to a. meeting OF
Boy Scout leaders here on Sat-
turday. May %. the White House
announced late yesterday.
An honorary member Of the
Boy Scouts, the President will
greet 1,400 scout leaders at the
44th annual meeting of the ma
tional council of the Boy Scouts
at the Hotel Statler here. His
appearance is scheduled for
1880 pm. May 20.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Cotton Needs Sun

MEMPHIS = Cotton requires
for it's development six to seven
months of favorable weather and
plenty of sun without prolonged
dull, cloudy weather.
Evening star., 1954-10-22
CicIing the Countryside
Weuvers Hosts at GlenQyIe

Mixing oil and water is
nothing compared to what the
Henry B. Weavers managed to
do at their cocktail party on
Sunday afternoon. Kitty and
Hank held an open house at
their Glengyle farm near AL
die for that stalwart group,
who rise at 4 to chase the lit
tie foxes: for the settled coun-
try-folk who view their foxes
from the hilltops, and for a
good many urban folk who
confine their foxes to the stole
around madame's shoulder.
From until well into the
evening, the happy combina-
ton Of guests wandered be-
tween the two bars in the liv-
ing room and the library, ad-
mired the .Weavers' new Irish
wolfhound pup. Meg, and
chatted of everything from the
hurricanes side-swiping of
Loudoun County to the next
Kiplinger Letter. Herb Brown,
of that portentous sheet;
White House Correspondent
and Mrs, Merriman Smith,
and the George Roscoes drove
out from Washington, leaving
their typewriters behind them.
Chevy Chase residents at the
party included the Henry
Classics, the Don Classics, the
Ed Pewitts, the Harry Youngs
and the Ashley Sellers. Mr..
and Mrs. George Galland from
Alexandria, the Freddie 9th
mans from Mclean, and Nam
cy Drewry and Henry Dudley
were among the pleasantly
new group who PARTED at
Glengyle.
Mai. and Mrs. William Wor-
all, who were entertained ex-
tensively when they returned
Evening star., 1954-10-22
Exclusively Yours !, ssrry !. szALs
GugQenheis Sturt Reverse Stream Of Visitors to u S. A.
Opening Night the Met to Be Gay Affair in Washington

ties. The White House has q
box and President and Mrs.
Eisenhower have been invited
to fill 1t in person: the David
Finleys are taking q flock Of
people and so are the George
Carrots, Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon. the Charles Carroll
.Glovers, the Jack Simmonses
and the Bob Guggenheims.
Something new and different.
says Curt Schiffeler, presi-
dent Of the National Opera
Guild Of Washington, an af-
filiate of the Met. will be when
the television and sound
cameras are turned on New
York's 400" when they ar
rive and again during inter-
mission at Sherry's, and later
on backstage scenes at the
Met. II some Of the cafeteria
society who have cut up in
Evening star., 1954-10-22
stan Photo.
noying many riders who have

1oying many riders who have
their favorite fords during
dryer weather. The Harold
Potters, r. D. Trimbles, jr., and
Thomas DeLashmutts, whose
yacht rode out the hurricane
undamaged, came in from
down Aldie way, and the
Thomas Cooleys treked all the
way over from Waterford.
Parties for riders will give
way for a party for horses on
Sunday over in Warrenton. A
Halloween Ball for Horses will
be held at / pm. at the VIII
liam Rochester's Elkridge
Farm admittance, horses
free. people BYOL. The judges,
Miss Mildred Gaines and Col.
Paul Kendall, will see the
horses with riders) through
four classes. with no jumps
over three feet six. and a pre-
cision ride that, from the
chart, looks like it originated
in an English maize. Prizes,
for horses only. viii be one bale
Of hay for the. most graceful
demountment and one bale OF
straw for the most refusals.
Evening star., 1954-10-22

the past for fiashbulbs are on
hand this time, 1t should be
more colorful than parts Of
the four operas to be pre-
sented. At least we know what
they're going to do.
Met BARTON Leonard War
rem, who opens opening night
with the prologue from
"Pagliacci." will give q concert
before then at the Library Of
Congress on October 80. He
will sing the fermentation Of
SAUL" by Norman dello Joio
He's Roy Leiffien's brother
in-law, by the way.
\ 4 \ y
When he first got the news
that the Norwegian freighter
carrying his wife to Europe
had exploded and sunk OF
Casablanca, Duncan Enrich
(See BEALE. Page B-5)
Evening star., 1954-10-22

81 s 4 z. 90
Basto and his wife and Senior
Henrique Balsenao and his
Senhora. The Pinto" in the
formers name q common
name in Portugal - means
''little chick" and this little
chick is the Portuguese rep
resentative Of Socony Vacuum
Oil Co.
The two couples win stay at
the Guggenheins' estate
through Monday. viii dine en-
famille with them tomorrow
night, will be the cause of q
dinner party there Sunday
night and will be feted Mon
day by Portuguese Ambas-
sador and Senhora de Esteves
Fernandes.
n Il 4 4
Herbert Hoover, jr. says his
father Is not coming to Wash
ington to live with him-called
him, UP from California to
chuckle over the rumor. :.
The Hoovers will move into
the Tracy place house they
have bought from DR.. and
Mrs. William Stirling on No
vember 8, the day the censur-
ing Senate convenes. H. H.
will feel at home in the neigh
borhood-he was brought UP
in it, he notes. The Strings
will move to, the Shoreham on
Saturday until their new
apartment at 2101 Connecticut
Is ready. They wanted less
housing responsibility to allow
for more travel. -.
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Republican publisher Henry
Luce, who can always be
counted definitely, among the
right OF center, will make a
speech at-wonder Of won-
ders-the dinner celebrating
the 10th anniversary of the
New Republic, the noted jour-
nal of liberal, opinion. His
talk, scheduled for November
II, will be on "The Liberal
Tradition"
X r Il
Opening night Of the Met
ropolitan Opera in New York,
on November 8 will produce
something of q tizzy in WASH.
ington. Specially televised at
the Capitol Theater, 1t will
draw a raft of Capital social
Evening star., 1954-10-22

on ouK backs and we escaped
In q little rowboat to Ger
many. There I worked as a
common laborer-one had to
work to get rations-until the
Americans came in 1945," she
said.
Miss Grigaitis worked with
the United States Military
Government as a translator
she speaks English, German,
French, Polish, Russian and
Italian in addition to Lithu-
anian-until 1946 when she
emigrated to the United
States.
cit is SO gratifying to be
able to speak to my people
behind the Iron Curtain and
to tell them the truth about
what is going on In the world"
she said. "And we know that
people listen to us at great
peril to their lives. In fact,
we received a small, hand
carved amber boat which was
smuggled out of Lithuania, as
a token of appreciation for
the VOA broadcasts. And
three fishermen who escaped
recently told us how much
people listened to us and how
very thankful they were"
Broodcosts to Arabs
One of the top women in
the Middle East section is
Houda Abdel Ahad, whose voice
has been familiar to Arabic
speaking listeners since 1949.
She attended the American
College at Cairo and later
worked for the owl and aft
erwards USIA in Cairo before
being recruited for her pres
ent position.
She has organized a variety
of feature programs for Arab
listeners.
Zone of the most popular
ones is a program called The
Silver Screen, which is some
thing of a movie review, and
helps to guide our listen
ers to American movies which
are more representative of our
way of life, since so many
Arabs judge Americans only
by their movies" she said.
1--WE also have a stamp club
program which is very popular
and a pen pal program where
by many young Arabs CORE
spond with Americans here.
OF course, the news is always
broadcast, but these are little
sidelights which our listeners
want and enjoy" she added,
These, three young women
are just examples of the many,
girls who are hard at work
beside their male counterparts
helping America put it's best
foot forward abroad. They not
only must know their own
language thoroughly-nothing
annoys a listener more than
hearing his language mispro-
nounced-but they also must
speak perfect English, have
the type Of voice which broad
casts well, and be able to write
imaginative and interesting
scripts.
This wealth of international
talent will be a happy and in
teresting addition to Washing
ton society.
Evening star., 1954-10-22
BY Dolores Phillips

from overseas duty and were
staying with Mrs. Worall's
mother, Mrs. Thomas Furness,
drove out from Washington
for the afternoon. Along about
spaghetti and cold sliced tur-
key time, the dining room held
q well blended mixture Of Rap
pahannock, Piedmont, Orange
County and Middleburg regu-
lars, with a sprinkling of just
plain people.
Mrs. Archie Randolph, Sally
and Dulany Randolph, the
/, George Robert Skaters, Josh
Fletchers. c. v. B. Cushmans
and Mrs. Frederick Couch
nauer and daughter Anne came
down from Upperville way; Jim
Bill Fletcher from the Rap
pahannock country; the John
Mitchells, back from a years
trip abroad, and the Don Pat
tersons came over from the
Orange County territory; and
from Middlehurg, the Howard
Hayes, Mrs. Holger Bidstrup.
II. Thompson Woodlands, Don
MacKenzies, and William John
Logan, most Of whom had
taken in the SPCA Hunter
Show on Saturday.
Miss Mamie Fred was relax
ing after her party after the
show on Saturday. and Louise
Fayen, who won the coveted
Ballantrae trophy in the ladies'
side-saddle class, had finally
dried out after swimming
Goose Creek, via horse, on Sat-
urday morning before the
show.
Goose Creek rose in mighty
Splendor after the storm, an.