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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

Big Four from East Premier Otto
Grotewohl and Foreign Minister
Lothar Bolz.
Allied diplomats predicted today
that Russia would propose a Ger
man peace settlement providing for
the withdrawal Of all foreign troops
from a united Germany pledged to
remain neutral.
Though these sources predicted
that the Soviet plan would permit
the Germans to have an army,
navy and air force theoretically
strong enough for the country's
own defense, it also would bar her
from any coalition or military al
lance against any World War II
ally.
The West is certain to oppose
any such proposition as the latter
Russia wants such guarantee 10
keep Germany out Of the proposed
European army, which the Soviets
say Is designed to make war on
them. The West says the army is
purely defensive and directed at
nobody.
The Western Big Three were
reported ready to tell Russia they
would pledge their own armed
forces to bind a reunited, rearmed
Germany to keep the peace, but
only on condition that the Soviets
help to achieve an acceptable
German peace settlement.
Such an offer, it was reported,
was decided on instead of two
other previous suggestions: (1) a
general nonaggression pact with
Russia, and (2) Prime Minister
Churchiii's proposal last May for a
new pact similar to the Locarno
Treaty, which after World War I
bound its signatories to help any
victim of future German aggres.
sion or to aid Germany if she were
attacked.
Estimates of how long the con-
ference might last ranged from
three weeks to five or six.
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MAN CHARGES POLICE

lCcntinued From Page Onel
WAen they found Il on their bed
Reom floor the next day.
Roberts added that he has lived
u Key West and has q clean re-
cord during that time. He also
eaid that police had refused to
eve him a drunkometer test to
prove that he had NOT been drink
hg.
Charges Of being drunk and dis
erderis and disturbing the peace
wM be heard tomorrow afternoon
= the city court before Judge En-.
ssuue EsQuinaldo, Jr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
Drive Predicted For More Tax
Relief For American Families

WASHINGTON Ls-some House
Democrats talked today 81 ! drive
n set more tax relief for families
snd less for stockholders and bust.
nesses II any tax revision program
enacted this year.
They threatened ! Moor fight
aimed IT drasticaily revising i
IWc-billion-dolIar tax reduction and
revision plan strongly championed
W President Eisenhower and other
Republicans.
Several Democrats a the tax.
writing House Ways and Means
Committee said they hope TO elm
mate sections providing sharp Re.
ductiOns IN taxes on stock and
bond dividends, and much more
rapid tax reductions 10 business
Tor the cost Of new plants and
equipment.
These proposals, already ap.
proved BY the committee, would
reduce revenue an estimated els
million dollars the first year ard
provide much bigger savings TO the
taxpayers involved III the second
and third -perhaps three
times as much.
Republicans have hailed them Is
he most important points in !
project for rewriting almost all the
nations tax laws. Sponsors say
they win encourage investment,
business growth, more and better
Jobs and . higher standard Of living
for everybody.
But some Democrats argue II
would be far preferable To increase
personal income tax exemptions
thus reducing taxes more for large
families and low-inc0me groups.
and snoring up the economy
through their increased purchasing
power.
Democrats already have PRO-
posed 10 add 70 the program 4 500
increase u each personal exemp-
ton.
Now. several Democrats said,
they are considering 4 move on the
House door to knock out the tax
revision sections on dividends and
business depreciation and replace
them with the increase in personal
exemptions. Democrats argue that
the loss IN revenue-2k billions
from the personal exemptDDs In
crease-w0uld be almost the same
by the third year.
Rep. Eberharter (D-pa) said To-
day be personally favored this
strategy but Democrats probably
would not reach d final. party-line
decision until the committee com.
pletes the revision project. Severed
other Democratic committee men,
beers, asking not to BE- quoted BY
name, said they also favored the
idea.
EhDrharter said Republicans are
presenting the revision program toI
the puzzle as ntuSGly technical
changes ID Iax laws which will
benefit everybody.
"ActuMN, he said, "the plan ap.
pears to be q fundamental CHARGE
u the tax structure 70 shift The |
burden Of taxation from eoIpora-
lions and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. most
able TO pay-to wkge earners and
salaried people.
Eberharter said after the divi-I
dend proposal reaches full effect. |
. taxpayer with $500 In wagesl
would pay sl22 in taxes but man
with the same income from divi.l
dends would pay only 500 in taxes.
However, Secretary OF the Treas
ury Humphrey said last night In |
en- NBC television interview, What
helps business helps the people i
Things that help business createl
more tools. more jobs and keepl
our economy going"
The Ways and Means Committee
today went into It's eighth working
day On the revision project.
q "
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ACTING GOVERNOR
Continued Prom Pace One,

Continued From Page One,
IdOwSki, saying s'that be has been
one Of the men responsible for the
development Of the keys 10 L.
stature to-day"
PapY also commented that tho
keys area Is the s.n1ficn.s last
ocean frontier and through me
foresight Of men like Ssdowski.
rs full potential Is now being
reslirsd. He pointed out that the
first settlement IN fhe keys was
made ct Key vses lMarathon)
by Bshsmians more fhan 20
years ago.
He hailed the opening Of the poo
as '.one Of the very high points
in the growth and development Of
the remarkable Florida keys"
Il believed that the formal open.
ing this afternoon Of this magni.
ficent swimming pool is an event
of which ali Florida can web be
proud. By the completion of this
structure our own Phil Sadowski
and his son Dick join the ranks
of those far-sighted pioneers such
as Carl Fisher, and Henry NJ.
Flagler who had the vision to make
this great state of our the vacation
and living paradise that it IS to.
day" Papy said.
st is a testimonial to these mer
of vision that all Of us are gather,
ed here today on this momentous
occasion. We are particularly allx
ious 10 extend most cordial wei,
come to the entire Florida Keys,
to the visiting dignitaries and press
representative who are here with
us this afternoon. For those of you
who have seen the Keys in the past
the almost daily growth and deve.
lopment of this marvellous vaca.
tionland should be a revelation. To
those who are here for the first
time / want to express my feeling
that the progress in Americas last
ocean-front frontier, the Florida
keys, is only beginning.
81 believe all OF YOU who have
seen this remarkable structure
which extends out into the Attain
tic Ocean, will agree with me when
/ say that we of Monroe County,
can now take great pride in Flor.
ida's most outstanding swimming
pool.
III is pleasure having all Of
you with us today and / want to
take this opportunity Of introduc-
ing some of our distinguished visi.
tors to you," he added.
Papy then introduced distinguish
ed visitors including Senator Ed
Fraser, the honorable Cecil Webb,
chairman of the road commission
and David Lee, Florida State
Board of Health representative.
County officials who joined Mr.,
Papy and the Governor on the
platform included Circuit Coui
Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., States
Attorney j. Lancelot Lester, Coun.
ty Judge Raymond r. Lord, Sher.
iff John Spottswood, County Solici.
tor Allan B. Cieare, Jr., County
Clerk Earl r. Adams, County
Commissioners Joe Allen and Har.
ry Harris and County Attorney
Paul Sawyer.
Marathon officials who were in
troduced included w. A. Parrish,
pioneer keys developer. Mr.. Phil
Sadowski and his son Richard,
owners of the Key Colony.
The governor arrived at fhs
s.000-foct Marathon airport in
On Eastern Airlinss Falcon and
was immediately whisked 10 fhs
Key Colony 10 preside over fine
formal dedication Of the pool.
Father Joseph Marins, S. j.
blessed fhe pool and fine Cover
nor cut . blue ribbon. formally
opening n.
The Governor chatted voluably
with hundreds of guests at the af-
fair. Clad in a blue business s,Iif
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The
anunm.s
Wcatherman
Says
-
Says

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued mid thru
Tues. except for widely scattered
showers ID tie STRAITS. Moderate
Northeasteriy winds today, coca.
|sionally fresh offshore. becoming
East and Southeast Tuesday. Low
tonight about 70, high tomorrow
about So.
Florida: Mostly cloudy with oc-
|ca6i0nai drizzle North portion, be-
coming partly cloudy by Tues At.
|ternoOn. Partly cloudy elsewhere
thru Tues. Chance for widely scat
tered showers lower East coast.
Jacksonville thru The Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Moderate
North 10 East winds, except Oc.
casiOnalIy fresh thru the straits,
slowly veering and becoming most
~ East to Southeast Tues, except
occasionally Northeast over ex.
creme North portion. Mostly clou.
|dy over North portion today and
tonight with occasional drizzle.
Chance for widely scattered show.
|ers thru the straits. Partly cloudy
otherwise.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
Easterly winds thru Tues. Clear to
partly cloudy weather. Widely scat
tered light showers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
BARBARA GIBSON rs

tContinued from rage 0neI
natl Zoo Opera and for the San
Francisco Opera season. The Mia
mi Symphony engaged her and inn
mediateiy wanted her back for the
following year. II the 1888 sea
son she had every singers dream
come true when she appeared I'M
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

NATION, III. R-Three chill
dren suff0cated from smoke Of .
basement fire in their home yes
terday while their parents attend
ed . polio benefit dance.
An older brother, Walter Whit
ley Jr., IA, LEFT In charge Of the
others. escaped BY jumping from
the window Of his second floor
bedroom.
The dead were Tommie, 2;
Cathy, .; and Norma, II.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

FoLKSToN. CO. 1.-TWO sleep
ers 81 the Atlantic Coast Line
railroads Dixie Flyer, moving
about five miles an hour, were de-
rallied last night near here. Pas
sengers were transferred 10 other
cars on the same train and the
journey continued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

TALLAHASSEE 4,-State Sen.
Leroy Collins, candidate for gov.
ernor, win tour West Florida the
first part Of this week, then 60
to Bradenton for an address Thurs.
day night and 10 Orlando for q
meeting Of the Citizens Constitu-
tional Committee Saturday.
The West Florida tour win in.
clude Panama City today and Pen
sacola Tomorrow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

der the baton Of Arturo Toscanini,
singing Eurydice in Gluck's Cor
pheus."
All this adds up to a sparkling
beginning for career that will go
far. Coloraturas are hard to find
and q good one is even harder.
Barbara Gibson has begun by sing
ing her way to fame and she keeps
to the pinnacle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

Key West, Fla, Jan. Is, 1854
Observations Tsksn A. City Office
q = AM. EST
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

GUATEMALA, Guatemala III
Guatemala's Leftist government
was reported busy today with q
roundup Of alleged plotters against
the regime.
Unofficial reports said Is per-
sons had been arrested over the
weekend, that q number OF private
homes had been searched and that
police also were stopping cars and
chedking them for weapons.
Rumors were current that the
government was about to suspend
constitutional guarantees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

PORTLAND, Maine, IRA three
alarm fire swept the Pocahontas
Fuel Co.'S 3o0-soot coal wharf early
today.
Portland, South Portland and
Coast Guard firefighters battled to
stem the flames steady advance
through 5000 tons of steam coal
valued at $3.50, 900. The fire was
brought under control in about four
hours.
Total damage was estimated un-
officially at half . million dollars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

LONDON, R--Author w. Somer-
set Vaughan celebrated his Soth
birthday today and declared he had
run dry Of plots.
II have writer's cramp,n
Vaughan told an interviewer. II
can't dictate, and ! don't type. So
| guess there viii be no more
novels and short stories. Besides,
/ have exhausted all my themes,
and try as win / can't think Of
q plot. I'm not as inventive as ]
used to be-"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

HANOI. Indochina N - TIE
French high command announced
today that ss.s57 Communicated
vietminh troops had been killed
during the last four years Of the
ssVensvear Indochinese war.
Losses In the French Union
forces were not announced for the
four-year period, but earlier this
month the ministry for overseas
|tcrritorities In Paris put the total
killed and missing during the sew.
|en-year war at 5i,434, including
i2,S2O Frenchmen and 3s.6l4 ma.
tive troops.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

OTTAWA M-Hume Wrong. 50,
Canada's under secretary Of state
and until two months ago the ma.
tons ambassador to the United
States, died yesterday Of 4 heart
ailment.
The tall, slim former university
professor served more than hall
Of his nearly n years IN the for!
eign service In Washington and
was Z friend Of the last four psesi-
dents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

LISBON, Portugal M-Jellyfish
put out the lights Of the U. S.
aircraft carrier Bennington while
she was anchored in the Tagus
River here.
The hellyfish, which swarm In
the Tagus at this time of year,
were sucked in by the water pumps
cooling generators and obstructed
them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

Relative Humidity, J Am.
86se
Barometer lses Lsvsll. 700 AN.
30.2l ins.-41023.0 mbs
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TenerreNsa Almanac
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Mrs. Pearl Alexander;
Lived Here 3 Years

Mrs. Pearl Tidd Alexander, 70,
mother -in-law of retired Police
1t. George E. Cooper. died yes
terday in George Washington
Hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Alexander lived in Wash
ington for about % years with
her daughter. Mrs. Frances G..
Cooper, and her son-in-law, 1t.
Cooper. About Is months ago.
they moved from 5619 Ninth
street NV. to Woodbridge, Va.
Mrs. Alexander, a widow. was
born in Columbus, Ga, and lived
there until she came to WASH
ington. She was a member of
the Church of Christ in Wash
ington.
Besides Mrs. Cooper, she is
survived by four other daugh-
ters. Mrs. Ina Royal, Miami,
Fla Mrs. Hazel L. Richardson,
1888 Longfellow street NV; Mrs.
Mary Lee Andrews, Columbus,
Ga; Mrs. Sibyl Gattis. Charles
ton, S. c.: IL grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow in the Church Of
Christ. Sixteenth and Decatur
streets NV. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Maurice A. Wanhen,
Building Inspector

Maurice A. (Buddy) Warthen,
62. a District building inspector
for more than 18 years, died yes
terday in his sleep at his home,
3103 Seventeenth street N w.
Mr.. Warthen was born in
Kemptown, Md, and was grad
uated from Northwestern Uni
verSity. He was with the civilian
branch of the Army Engineers
in Washington during World
War I. He had been a civil en-
gineer with various construction
companies here and in New York
and was chief engineer On con-
struction of the Mount Vernon
boulevard in Virginia.
He specialized in bridge work
and had been employed in va
rious parts of the country before
joining the District Government.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Catherine Connolly Warthen; a
daughter, Maureen Ann, and his
97-year-old father, Nathan B.
Warthen. Baltimore, a former
Damascus (Md0 farmer.
Services will be held at 9 am.
tomorrow in Sacred Heart Cath
olic Church, Sixteenth and Park
road NV. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
franklin J. EhIet,
Advertising Official
AT The Star, Dies

Franklin j. Ehlert, 43, adver-
tising production manager for
The Star. died of cancer yester-
day in Emergency Hospital fol-
lowing a prolonged illness.
He had undergone an opera
tion last November and returned
to work for a brief period before
being hospitalized again about
month ago.
A big. genial man. with hun
dreds of friends in the adver-
tising and retail trade fields
here. Mr.. Ehlert joined The
Stars retail advertising staff in
December, 1851.
Lost Left Arm.
He was a member of the board
of directors of the Advertising
Club of Washington and had
participated in many local cam
paigns of the Community Chest
and Red Cross.
While still a teen-ager. Mr..
Ehlert lost nearly his entire left
arm as the result of an accidental
shotgun blast during a deer hunt
ing trip. His associates soon be-
came used to seeing him balance
food tray in the one hand, or
lift a typewriter from a desk and
balance it with one hand.
Mr.. Ehlert was a native of
Trenton. N. j., and had worked
for the South Orange Record, the
Union Register and the Linden
Observer, all in New Jersey, be-
for coming to Washington.
Taught at George Washington.
He studied advertising design
at the Newark School of Indus
trial and Fine Arts and advertis-
ing at Rutgers University. In re-
cent years. he taught an adver-
tising course at night at George
Washington University.
Mr.. Ehlert lived at 10031 Ten
brook drive. Silver Spring, Md,
and attended st. Johns Catholic
Church in Forest Glen. Md.
He is survived by his widow,
Katherine; four children. Jay, 10;
Robin, IT; Diane, 16, and Lynne,
IA; his mother, Mrs. Sophia En-
lert, of Union Beach, NJ. and
two brothers. Albert and George,
both of West Orange, NJ.
Services will be held at 10:30
am. Thursday at Warner Pun
phrey's funeral home, Silver
Spring. Burial will be in ST..
Johns Catholic Church Gene
terry, Forest Glen.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
City Heads 10 Hear
Protests on Housing
Before Taking Action

The District Commissioners
today postponed action on a
public housing site in Southeast
Washington until they had a
chance to hear from several OBJ
jectors.
The site in question is an ex-
tension Of the present CAROLS
burg Dwellings near Second
street and Virginia avenue Sc.
The National Capital Housing
Authority plans to construct 600
more dwelling units there.
James Ring, executive director
of NCHA, said the project is
ready to go but needs the ap-
proval of a definite site by the
city heads. After this approval,
NCHA would come back with de-
tailed plans for further con-
sideration.
Mr.. Ring said he had obtained
options to buy from about SO
per cent of the owners of prop
erty there. Options from an
other 35 per cent may be OBJ
tanned at an early date, he
added.
He said objections to the
project had come from one
property owner and a citizens
association - the Progressive
Citizens association of George
town.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
Prentiss pointed out the general
area already had been approved
by the Commissioners and part
of the project has been built. He
said what was being sought was
only an approval for extension
of the project.
Commissioner Samuel Spen-
Ger said he felt the objectors
should be heard first, and his
view prevailed.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

father of Capt. R. S. Cole. head
of the Arlington Police Depart
ment's uniformed bureau.
A native of Ashburn, Va. Mr..
Cole had been employed in re-
cent years as gardener at Ar
lington Hospital. He died of
cancer after a three-month ILL
ness in the hospital.
He was a member of the Odd
Fellows and of Walkers Chapel
Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Edna
Elizabeth: two other sons,
James w. Cole of Lakeland, Fla,
and Ervey F. Cole. jr.. of 6501
North Nineteenth road. Arling-
ton; two daughters. Mrs. Theo-
dore w. Payne of Falls Church
and Mrs. Donald B. Furcher of
5708 North Eleventh road. Ar
lington: eight grandchildren
and one great granddaughter.
Burial was to be in Chestnut
Grove Cemetery in Herndon, Va.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Robert Lee Black, "a,
Brother Of Justice
By The Associoted Press

SYLACAUGA. Ala, April 81
Robert Lee Black, "a, elder
brother of Supreme Court Justice
Black, died yesterday after a
long illness.
A native of Ashland, Ala. Mr..
Black moved here after the death
of his wife last January. Pre-
viously he had lived in Birming-
ham.
Mr.. Black at one time operated
an Ashland store and also taught
school there. He was author OF
a book, THE Deserter."
Surviving. in addition to JUS
tice Black. are three sons. Robert
L. Black, jr., Birmingham; Hollis
o. Black. San Gabriel. Calf, and
1t. James M. Black, Norfolk, Va;
and six daughters, Mrs. Aubrey
Taylor. Sylacauga; Mrs. Cutler
Smith. Falls Church, Va; Mrs
Joe Davis. Amarillo. Tex; Mrs
Lewis Faucette, Northport. Ala.
Mrs. Hugh Price and Mrs. Claude
Boone, both of Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
John D. Newsom, Author
Headed u. S. Project
By the Associoted Pres.

NEW YORK. April 27.-John
D. Newsom. about so, author
who was national director of the
Federal Writers Project before
World War II. died Saturday
aboard the liner Roma on the
way to Italy, it was learned
here yesterday.
Mr.. Newsom, who recently
had lived on a farm in Bucks
County. Pa. repeatedly had in
tended to do literary work in
Europe with the novelist Arthur
Koestler. He published a num-
ber of novels in the 20's and
sos, mainly about the French
Foreign Legion. One was the
basis for a 1887 movie, Trouble
in Morocco"
Evening star., 1954-04-27
| Charles W. Sherier,
Retired Construction
Supervisor in D. {.

Charles w. Sherier, "a. retired
District building inspector and
construction supervisor on
Washington theaters, died Sat
urday at Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda.
Born in Washington. he lived
at 5005 Macarthur boulevard
NV. on a tract of land that
had been in his family since the
1700s.
Mr.. Sherier had travelled to
various parts OK the world on
construction jobs. He helped
build the MitSui Bank Building
in Japan, an earthquake proof
building. and Fort Knox, KY. He
helped build the Commerce De-
partment, the Rialto and Capitol
Theaters. Memorial Bridge and
the National Press Building.
He retired from the District
Government about five years
ago.
Mr.. Sherier was an avid deer
hunter and went hunting every
year until two years ago. He
was one of the early members
Of the Corinthian Yacht Club
and used to have his own boat.
He was in the power squadron
here patroling Washington wa
terwayS.
Mr.. Sherier was past COM
mander of Potomac Command
cry of Knight Templars and past
master of George C. Whiting
Masonic Lodge.
Survivors are his widow, Sarah
Eliza; two daughters, Mrs. Fran
ces Damren. of the home ad-
dress. and Mrs. Ella Waterman,
SOILS Macarthur boulevard NV;
four grandchildren and three
brothers.
Services were held yesterday
in the Chevy Chase funeral
home. with private burial rites.