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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Local BPW Delegates To State
Meeting Return From Pensacola

1ofmer position that women enjoy
g IN business and professional
NE" she told the audience.
A graduate of the University Of
maryland Law School and a mem
DER OF the Maryland Bar, Miss
temple said that during the years
o. the 18th to the early part of
me 18th century the philosophy of
me Business and Professional life
was based on "the job to be done
and the person - man or woman
l. available to do it." She stated
mat the status of women has risen
almost to the former heights since
the turn Of this century. She point
ed out that there has been contin-
ual progress along the road to in
dependence and equality for wom-
en- through two world wars. She
said, international relations are
such today that to keep this dem
ocracy of ours afloat will require
that decisions affecting the nation
be decided mutually by men and
women, and not by. either sex
Alone
She explained the two primary
detectives Of the BPW Federation
l.. the field Of legislation as the
passing of an Equal Rights A.
mendment' and a bill to guaran-
tee Equal pay for comparable
Jobs" There has been some diff.
Guilty in getting both of these piec.
es of Legislation through the House
Of Representatives and she urged
the women to write to their con-
greSsmen on the subject. IF we
get these two we will have taken
two great steps forward in the
cause of women"
Miss Temple has been admitted
to practice Of law before the u. S.
Supreme Court.
Mrs. Lawrence Andrus, Pensaco-
la Junior College instructor was
principal speaker at the noon lun-
cheon of The convention. Her topic
was Democracy"
Mr.. Bob Skies, congressman
from the third congressional dis
trict was the principal speaker at
the conyention's "Coral Installa.
ton Banquet" During his talk on
"Timsi b Speak up" he proclaim
ed to IA assembly that he was
backing their two important bills,
the "Equal Rights Amendment"
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Carney Looks
AT Blast Area
On Bennington

QUONSET POINT, R. I. u
Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief of
naval operations, says he found
"freakish and unique" effects from
the blasts and fire that claimed
the lives of SO men of the big
aircraft carrier Bennington.
The Navy's highest ranking Of
ficer flew in last night from Cuba.
donned overalls and spent an hour
checking the blistered and black
ened compartments Of the $4,000.
ton vessel, victim Of a series of
explosions Wednesday.
Carney said that characteristics
ct the blasts were ''freakish and
very unique from anything Ishave
seen" but he said there jig mo
basis" for assuming they NAV
have been caused by sabotage.
He said he saw fabrics and
structural objects near one an
other, some showing (effects Of
heat and others no heat at all y
In other places, he said, there
was evidence of tremendous pres.
sures and other signs of complete
vacuums.
He said the explosions were ssthe
worst have seen in oil my naval
service"
He declined to speculate on the
cause, explaining that a host Of
technical experts from the Bureau
OF Ships is combing the Shin fo,
clues. Aoi
The Navy court of inquiry an.
nounced It win open its inyestiga.
ton tomorrow.
Two of the aol injured men died
at Newport Naval Hospital yester.
day. Nearly 100 injured are hoe.
pitalized-about 20 Of them in crit.
ical condition. Many Of these viii
require plastic surgery more than
q year from now because Of severe
burns.
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and the Equal Pay for Compar.
able Jobs" one hundred per cent
Prior to voting on the new Of
ficers Saturday afternoon, the de.
legates from Florida held open
house in the hotel for the entire
assembly and entertained lavishly.
Delegation went to the polls"
and elected their new officers for
the State Federation 1s54.19ss year.
Miami was rejoicing is Lila Mae
Durgan, who Is known to her many
friends in the local club, was elect
ed State 2nd vice president.
Lake Worth, tie home Of the pre.
sident-elect, Mrs. Dorothy (Mimi)
Southwick extended an invitation
to the assembly to hold the lass
convention in their city. Daytora
Beach extended an Invitation to
hold the 1854 State Board meeting
in their city.
Highlght Of the Saturday night
banquet was the installation Of of.
ficers and 4 parade Of presi.
dents" including all outgoing indi.
vidual clubs and past State me.
sidentS.
Mrs. Nix took part in a flower
memorial ceremony to pay tribute
to the members who passed away
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28

| rectors of the San Carlos Institute
will be hosts at a reception follow
ing the exercises.
Pre-primer class graduates in.
clude: Elsie L. Peters, Juanita F.
Navarro, Margaret A. Musse, Mar.
sha L. Mann, Terry L. Spencer,
Donna L. Norris, Ellen M. Han.
son, Michele Orbovich, Margaret
Mcdonald, Amelia C. Quesada, Pa
tricia A. Carpenter, Lynda L. Utter.
mark, Jan Hudson, Glenda J. Es-
ties, Ronald Stribling, Robert D.
Buster, Tom L.. Sawyer, Richard
P. Rueda, Scott C. Gates, Stewart
Bassert, Arthur E.. Olsen, Thomas
B. Schmidt, Robert H. Gillette,
George E. Bouchard, Miguel A.
Garcia, John HARDWOOD, Daniel Pu-
mar, III.
HonorS will be presented to the
following pupils: 3rd grade: Joy
M. Hartley, Michael Valdez, Jen-
nter Valdez. End grade: Brian
Reynolds, James W. Scott, Cecile
Gates and Elizabeth Mariscal. LIST
grade: Veda l.. Schmidt, Ralph
Arnold, Gerardo Abreu, Jr., Gail
Hartley, Joseph Sawyer, and Do
loreS Chavez. Pre-primer:: Scott C.
Gates, Marsha L. Mann, Elise L.
Peters, Juanita Fay Navarro, and
Patricia A. Carpenter.
First year Spanish certificates
will be awarded to the following
children of the special class: San
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Venus Not Perfect

LOS ANGELES "a - Venus de
Milo, long regarded as the perfect
beauty, isn't, says DR.. Sidney r.
Bob. He says she has a hammer
toe on her right foot.
DR.. Bob, after inspecting the
famed statue during a European
tour, told the California Assn. Of
IChiropodists:
Female vanity hasn't changed
much since the days of the ancient
Greesk. l suspect the model for
The goddess, like her modern coun-
Iterparts, wore the wrong shoes be-
cause she thought they flattered
her feet"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
San Carlos Graduation Is Set
For May %; Graduates Named

Graduation exercises will be helt
at San Carlos School on Friday
May %.
The program, which begins al
lis p. m. has been arranged BY
Miss BenildeS Remond and Mrs
Alice Roberts to combine final ex
erciSes for different groups of IN.
struction.
The music will be under the di.
rection of Bergljot Abrahamson
Eula Fritz, Alfredo BarroSo, Man
uel Camera and Armando Sosa.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the exercises.
The program will open with the
American and Cuban National An
thems. San Carlos principal, Ben
ildes Remord, will make the open
ing address.
The kindergarten pupils will pre-
sent marches, rhymes and songs,
followed by poems and songs by
the pupils of the first three grades.
A group of children will partici-
pate in a school contest. Latin-Am-
erican music for piano and violin
viii follow the contest.
Cuban games and songs will be
presented by pupils of the special
Spanish class and the third grade.
Julio Cabanas, Jr., president of
San Carlos Institute will present
the diplomas.
Miguel Brito, Jr., at student at
San Carlos, will speak on "Our
English Class at San Carlos" Au.
relic Gomez will offer words of ap-
probation.
The exercises will close with the
singing of God Bless America" by
the audience.
The members of the board of d.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
ALPHABET CHANGE
FOR CHINESE REDS

TOKYO R-Peiping radio said
today the Chinese Communists
have begun work on language re.
form which eventually will do
away entirely with the ancient
Chinese characters.
An alphabet will take their
place.
Wei Cheuh, described as vice
chairman of the committee for the
research on the reform of the Chi
nese written language, said the re-
form will be gradual. The Chinese
characters, which actually are pic
lures of ideas, will be simplified
first. (This is process that has
been going on in China for 80
years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28

dra McGrievy, Marilyn DeLand
Maria Theresa Slgnorelli, Behind,
Berman, William J. Flannery, Jr.
Linda Marie Marquee, Jacquein,
Elizabeth Craft, and Ralph Edwar,
Third year: Perla H. Sosin.
First year English certificate.
will be presented to the followin,
adults of the special class: Mig
dalia Brito, Eglantina Gonzalez
Josefina Montenegro, Miguel Bri
to, Jr., Aerulio Gomez, Jose Lei
vd Sofia, Miguel Brito, ST., Melb;
E. Ramirez, Carload Vargas, Zoi
la Negron, and Antolina Montana
Armas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28

Key West delegates Alice NIX
outgoing president of the local Bus
mess and Professional Women's
IClub, Mrs. Grace Crosby, and MIS-
Wilhelmina G. Harvey attended
the 35th annual State Convention
of the Florida Federation of Bust
ness and Professional Women s
Clubs, Inc. held in Pensacola, Flo
rida, May 10, to 70.
Mrs. Harvey, state chairman Of
the nominating committee joined
the rest Of the delegates Thursday
evening in Pensacola by air rom
Havana, Cuba.
The ESQ members in attendance
were officially welcomed by Vice
Admiral C. P. Mason, (retired),
Mayor Of Pensacola, followed by
a fun festival Thursday evening at
the hotel. Hostess clubs for the fes-
tival were Escambia, Fort Walton
Beach, Panama City, Pensacola,
st. Andrews and Warrington, max
ing up District /.
Earlier Thursday visitors were
entertained with a tour Of historic
Pensacola and the Naval Air Sta.
ton.
Friday morning at Z q. m. a
"take-off breakfast was given and
at 8 a. m. business sessions start
ed. Mrs. Pauline M. Hoover, State
President, presided over al meet.
ings. The state budget was pre-.
scented and adopted, reports of dis
trict directors, and standing COM
mittee chairmen were given. Cita-
tons were presented TO the various
clubs and districts for outstanding
achievement during the past year.
Among the honored guests at
tending the convention were Miss
Majorie Temple, national Lesis-
lative representative from Wash
ington; Mrs. Frances Thurman,
national health and safety chair
man; Miss johanna Walsh from
Winchester, England, representing
the British Federation Of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs,
Inc; and Mrs. Edna Van Acker,
Secretary Of the Southeastern Re-
gional Conference.
Miss Marjorie Temple was guest
speaker at the Friday night "Five
Flags" banquet. ut is the aim of
the BPW Federation to regain the
, 1954-04-21
Of Gambling.
AS / look back today over many Of the diff

AsI look back today over many Of the difficulties OF the past
-four years, and INTO someo Of the maneuvers which have taken place
during the past tWAAahars Irecognize, the powerful opposition which,
4 created for mysenyBecause Of the unalterable stand Z have HEIDI
and continue to hold, against discrimination in public places and
against the legalzation of gambling. However, I feel SO dedicated
in opposing these lmwholesome designs that ! would take the iden-
hcal position today if ! were called upon to do So
My Successor.
AS you know, ! have applied for retirement from the fedefai
Service as Of April 8, 1854, when my successor, the Honorable
Archie A. Alexander, vii be inaugrrated as the thirteenth Governor
of the i. S. Virgin Islands. AT this time, I call upon all the people
Of the Virgin Islands, as 81 did call upon you when I announced the
appointment Of the new Governor last February 18th, to unite whole
heartedly in support of the new administration and of our new Gov
ernor.
I have had the privilege of meeting Mr.. Alexander IN Wasnmg-
ton and / am much impressed BY his ability, his experience, ana
his strong desire to govern wisely and well. It would be Wen n
all segments of our community discard sectional differences i any
there be-, and give Governor Alexander the greatest possible CO.
operation, which I shall be happy to give myself to the end that
his administration might rebound to the further advancement Of our
people.
Ito be coneluded4
, 1954-04-21
GARD oF THANKS

The relatives Of the late
Miss Christiana Joseph wish
to thank the many persons
who showed kindness and ex
pressions of sympathy during
the illness and at the death Of
their beloved one.
Estelle Fensmark 3 Family
, 1954-04-21

Yet some of these great detectives seem closer than ever Of achieve
ment, due to our strong representations to the Congress during the
past year, as both the Senate and the House Of Representatives have
before them for consideration new organic acts which we hope may
shortly be reported out by the respective Committees on Interior
and Insuar Affairs
the Virgin Islands are well advanced in the application of the prin-1
ciples Of American democracy and Of self government ] believe that
we should be given the right to elect our own governor as soon as
we have demonstrated our capacity to undertake the responsibilities
Of greater selfzgovernmenta under a new organic act. I hope that.
this will not be later than ia 1856.
NY Position on Racial Discrimination and Against the Lasalzins
, 1954-04-21
FAREWELL sUPPERTIME CHA.
feontinued from yesterdayl

81 81. John has been provided with
al modern health facility at Cruz Bay
b water supply facility at Cruz Bay
81 pioneer road between Cruz Bay and Coral Bay
81 New and modern telephone systems
lO Waterfront improvements at ST. Thomas
1D New High Schools in St Thomas and St croix under con
struction.
~ Contracts awarded for new elementary school il. Chris
tiansted and rehabilitation Of all ST. John and st Thomas rural
schools.
l0 Expansion Of power plant and rehabiltation Of a@stribut
ing systems. @
1D Overseas telephone service in cooperation Will private
development.
11 Financial assistance from the Ford Foundation for I'M
provement in the quality Of pubic-school teaching.
1D Rehabilitation Of the programs Of the Virgin Islands Cor
poration 4
10 improvements in relationships. federal and local level
with our neighbors Of the British Virgin Islands
l) Establishment Of the first U. s. Army Reserve Unit "a the
Virgin Islands
Rlt IN the debit sida-.-a have aiIad Ito obtain - =
, 1954-04-21

WEDNESDAY. APRIL q. 1954
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Mdrch OF Dimes Collects
March OF Dimes Collects
ry.Co-Round Adds Fun, Funds To Drive

"Anybody wanna 60 Slow" Char.
lie Person shouted.
Faster" the kids screamed,
faster"
Charlie obliged. He fed the en-.
CINE a little gas and the merry.
go-round on the back of the truck
whirled faster.
Almost every night Charlie parks
his merry-go-round truck at the
March of Dimes street show and
gives the kids rides.
" kid has Q penny. . nickel
or . dime TO drop in ths March
Of Dimes box, that's ekay. IT'S
okay. roo, If they don't have any
money. They ride anyway. Every
penny he collects goes TO the
March Of Dimes.
Last night at Southland and Du.
val Streets, while the Douglass
High School. band played and the
majorettes strutted, Charles mer'
ry-go-round spun.
Volunteers circulated through
the crowd, picking up eontribu'
tons to the March Of Dimes.
A man stuffed . dollar bill ard
some change into HE collection
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OF
Reserve Forces
Told To Senate
Fear OF BENG
Called To Active
Duty Said To
Cause Deficiency
BY EDWIN 3. HAAKINsoN

WASHINGTON R - A Senate
committee said today the ma.
tons military reserves are badly
undermined.
1t blamed the shortage in large
part on the calling of inactive re.
ServiStS-many of them World War
II veterans-to duty in the Korean
War.
The Senate Armed Services Com.
mittee issued report stressins
the importance to national defense
of "a strong ready reserve force,
but it said its study showed tina:
the reserves of all the services are
suffering from a serious shortage
of manpower.
The National Guard, the repor,
indicated, is in better shape. blu,
in need of at least a years train.
ing to be ready for combat.
The committee recalled tina,
nearly a million reservists were
summoned to active duty in tire
Korean War and that most of these
were World War II veterans.
It noted that thousands of these
veterans were inactive reservists,
undergoing no training and receiv,
ing no pay, while thousands of &C.
tive reservists remained at home
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Rash OF False
Alarms Reported

A sef-Styled comedian faces a
lot OF trouble if local police catch
up with him.
He's been phoning In false fire
alarms in the early hours Of the
morning and the fire ladies dom
like it.
They reported today that they
have received four such false al
arms in the last 10 days. The latest
occurred this morning when an
anonymous call was received at
=. m. telling them that there was
a fire at 3522 Duck Avenue. They
sent two trucks out, only to find
that it was false.
Previously, they have been call.
ed at about the same time to a
Roosevelt Boulevard drive-in res
taurant and to Poinciana.
Fire Chief Charles Cremata said
today that whoever is turning N
the alarms may not know it, but
he can be given a 80 day jail term
and $3.50 fine, if he is caught.
And it's a good bet that the jok.
Ter viii get the limit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-30
Big Four Is Deadlocked On
New Alderman Government

West German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer, but officials said they
would not yield to any pressure to
bring in the East Germans.
While Molotov had still to be
heard from on the Eden plan in the
conference. the official Soviet news
agency Tass assailed it in a dis.
patch from Moscow as a device
by the Western powers to take
over Germany.
An. anti Communist underground
scattered leaflets in Soviet oc-
,cupied Thuringia today telling
East Germans u de Eden plan
for uniting the nation. The type.
written leaflets, put into mailboxes
in Erfurt and other cities, said:
1--WE give you information that our
(Communist) newspapers refuse
for lack of space"
Though the German question
mad moved up to priority attention
for the Big Four, the US. and
Russian ministers also decided to
go into their preliminary talks on
atomic energy control tonight.
Over cocktails and caviar las,
night Russia's v. M. Molotov and
Americas John Foster Dulles ar.
ranged to come to grips with the
problem of how to make nuclear
energy an aid to better living in.
stead of horrible device for sud.
den death.
Molotov and Dulles will meet
again tonight after the regular ses'
sion Of the Big Four foreign minis.
tiers. They will have with them
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/ box Of The msrry-se.roUnd. Char.
lie asked him II he wanted TO
ride. The man said no.
The band from the Cabana Bar
started the show last night. The
Douglass High School band and
majorettes followed. II was an all
Negro show on the band stand.
And the crowd was a mixture OF
Negroes and whites. Kids Of all
Ikinds-black, white, big, little, boys
and giris-were lined up waiting
their turns to ride on the merry.
go-round.
Once little white boy tried to
move in at the head Of the line.
go to the end Of the line, 4"
Charlie told him.
The kid started for the end OF
the line. About halfway there, a
Negro girl grabbed his hand and
pulled him into line ahead Of her.
Some Of ths northern do-sood-
srs vino talk about fhe bad re-.
Istions between HE blacks and
The whites in The south should
have been 81 Dvvsl end Sovthsrd
Streets last night.
When the Douglass High School
band took a break, Charlie got out
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his accordian. As the merry-go-
round whirled and the kids yelled,
Charlie played take Me Out To
The Ball Came"
In the middle of his number, the
band started again.
Charlie grinned and quit play.
ing.
THE competition Is too tough,
he laughed.
Charlie drove his meFry.so.
round truck to Key West from
New York. Such merry.se-rovnds
are . common sight in New York
City during the summer. They
work fhe erosstown streets and
fhe kids mob them.
Charlie has a record player and
"a radio built into the cab Of the
truck.
THE kids want music when they
ride" he said.
He stopped the merry -go-round.
unlocked the gate and helped the
kids to the sidewalk.
There was another line waiting
to ride.
Almost every kid said "thank
you" as he helped him out.
The March Of Dimes did pretty
well last night.
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Officer Snatches
Girl To Safety

a local resident rock time ove
today 10 commend another Key
West Police Officer for heroic
conduct IN saving . finy school
child from aImosf sef5ain death
The officer is Willie csmero,
. school guard stationed az
Harris School. Sevthard snd
Margaret Streets.
He was a. his post Thursday
nosn when q Tiny Girl dashed
o0f inso siss path Of an oneom-
inu ear.
casfsro lesrsd out into HE
street and Switched The girl 10
safety. narrowly missing being
run down.
Sewer Inspector {. Sam 3.
Curry observed HE incident.
He fold The Citizen about Il 70.
day and warmly praised HE
action Of the officer.
"lt's The only thing . could
do" said Camera today. at ell
happened TOO fast for HE driv.
sr 10 STOP"
Camera also urged motorists
to b careful In school zones.
He pointed out that The driver
In the car in question was OK.
ereisins normal caution, bot
that The accident almost hap.
pened anyhow.
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CAB To Weigh
Complaints In
CodfreyCase
Possible Suspension
OF Entertainers
Private License
Is Considered

WASHINGTON R-It's now up
to a Civil Aeronautics Board ex-
aminer to weigh complaint that
Arthur Godfrey was careless in a
plane takeoH against the enter
tainer's contention that he was try.
ing to avoid a collision.
Possible suspension of his license
as a private pilot is involved.
The case went to an examiner
yesterday when Godfrey waived a
hearing on a complaint filed
against him by S. w. Bobskill,
regional attosaey for the Civil
Aerunautics Administration.
Whatever Recommendation the
CAB examiner makes is subject
to approval by the full board.
The complaint grew out of God
frey's takeoff Jan. Z from the air.
port at Teterboro, NJ. There were
reports at the time that Godfrey,
flying his twin-engine DC3, buzzed
the control tower because he
wasn't allowed to use the runway
he preferred.
After an investigation, Bobskill
formally told the CAB that the
TV-radio star flew so close to other
planes and the air traffic as to
create a collision hazard"
Bobskill recommended that God
frey's pilot license be suspended
"for such period as the board may
deem necessary in the public in
terest" and until Godfrey gets a
medical certificate.
In his formal reply to the COM
plant, Godfrey said he did not
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