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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Ten Years AGO.

aNen from the June IS, 1914 lsseu
Emerson Pepper, a student
OF the Greenbriar Military
school at Lewisburg, w. Va,
IS spending a part of the sum-
mer with his family, Homer II.
Pepper and family In Selby-
vile, and at Bethany Beach.
lie is also working with the
Pepper Poultry Company.
zee
The erection of a new mill
building, to replace the one
destroyed by fire several
months ago, for the Diamond
states Roller Mills, in Milton
IS progressing. AS soon as the
building is enclosed, machin-
cry for preparing stock and
poultry feed will begin. and Il
IS expected the mill will be IN
operation very soon.
aea
interesting copies of the u.
,. Bismark Sea ship paper
have been received BY friends
and family Of Captain ]. Lock-
wood Pratt. This is the first
issue from the presses of the
new carrier Of which Captain
Pratt Is the commanding ON
Ger. The new ship was chris
tened and launched on April
y at Vancouver, Washington.
Pictures Of Captain Pratt. his
crew the list Of officers. and
many interesting facts about
tne skipper" and his ship are
contained therein.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
EeTe ON vIgitors recenLIn-

were town visitors recently.
Mrs. James Scott, Jr., and daugb.
/ Ter were luncheon guests on Tues
day OF Mrs. Earle Allen in Laurel
Mrs. Harley Hastings and daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Scott, Jr., were
visitors in Wilmington last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Rhoda Garrett is i'll at her
home at this writing.
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Ro-
land Hudson and family of RAN
dolph Field, Texas, Mrs. Ruth Kerr
OF washington, d. c., and Mr. and
MRS. Edgar Hudson Of Laurel were
recent guests of Mr.. and MRS Har-
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Funeral services for Nor
man E. Jett, SO years old dan
uty warden of the Kent C,.,;7,ttv ttv
JAIL who died suddenly of a
heart attack in his home in
Dover last Saturday morn
Ing were held at 2 O'Clock on
tuesday afternoon from his
late home in that city.
zoe
star Sergeant Fred B. Mol
lums of Spring Hill, Tennessee
husband of the former Alice
Cleaver of this city, has been
given two Presidential cita-
tons, has been awarded the
distinguished Flying Cross
three Purple Hearts, and three
air medals. A member Of q
Liberator Group, Sergeant Nell
lums received the awards in
England.
A fighter plane from the Do
yer Army Air Field, crashed
ana burned near Harrington
last Friday, a short time after
the pilot parachuted 70 safety
The plane crashed on the edge
OF a woods on the Denton
Harrington Highway, a short
distance west Of Andrewsville.
digging a crater eight feet deem
IN the earth. Harrington Are
men answered the call, but the
plane was a mass OF DANES
when they arrived.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Mr.. Allan Smith of Freder-
lea has leased a lot of ground
and has purchased an outfit for
making cement blocks, etc. We
predict it will be a paying in
vestment.
Mrs. Charles r. Miller. wife
OF Governor Miller, has accent
ed the appointment of chair
man of the committee on gifts
OF the Delaware Association of
College Women. Mrs. Miller
will have direction of all gifts
for the new Women's College
Of Delaware.
Thieves visited the farm yard
of w. P. Cope of Chaplain's
Chapel. last Friday night and
took a pair of carriage shafts
and on Saturday night return
ed and took from the poultry
house, a brood Of young chicks
and the mother-hen. This is the
second time Mr.. Cope has miss
ed chickens from his hennerv
eos
Samuel Dykes of near
Greenwood, met with a misfor-
tune last Tuesday night. While
he was in town, leaving no one
at home but his wife, his fo6-
der stacks behind the barn
caught on fire and soon ignited
the barn, which burned down.
with the stable. a horse, a calf.
all the fodder, corn, wheat and
hay Mr.. Dykes had.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

cause fires caused by people run
IN dlrect proportion to forest use
Dy the public, we are grateful for
as widespread support as possible
TO bring home the need for keeping
down the huge annual loss of ouT
he said. - 0''
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

ry Spicer.
Thomas G. Starnes, son of Mr.
and Mrs Grady Starnes, received 4
Bachelor Of Arts degree At com
mencement exercises Of Eastern
Nazarene College. Quincy, Mass
Thomas is a graduate Of the Ian-
rel High School He maiored ii
philosophy at the Massachusetts
College and plans to enter the
ministry
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Cattle prefer to lick salt while
eating, not while drinking and
Tor the same reason humans do
to flavor food. Keep the salt near
the feed instead Of the water trough
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
ShriimperIs
StinAground
Coast Guard Says
75-FOOt Vessel
Is Badly Holed

A former Coast Guard vessel
still was on the rocks off Cottrell
Key today, apparently badly holed
and sinking.
The IS foot Elliott, now q
shrimper owned and explained
by Bryant Story. went aground
Sunday night. The Coast Guard
sent the White Svmae, . cutter,
and q 52-foot buoy vessel to the
scene yesterday. Story and three
erewmen were taken off yesfer.
day afternoon.
This morning the two Coast
Guard ships returned to the scene
and tried to pump out the Elliott
at low tide. According to a Coast
Guard spokesman, the water came
IN as fast as it was pumped out.
The spokesman said the Elliott
10 badly holed and any salvage
operations will be Up to The own.
o.. The Coast Guard Is not auth
orized TO conduct salvage opera.
fions.
The Elliott was launched in the
late 1905 as one of the fleet of
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Dick Haynes
Hides Away
From Officers

NEW YORK R-The door to the
hotel suite of singer Dick Haynes
and his actress wife, Rita Hay.
worth, stayed shut today while two
sheriff's deputies waited outside to
arrest him on a civil writ.
The deputies took up their posts
last night and still were standing
by Is hours later.
No food had been sent to the
room since the couple had dinner
shortly before the deputies arrived.
The deputies arrived at 8 pm.
last night with a civil arrest order
obtained by Haynes former wife.
actress jeanne Dru.
Lawyers for Haynes and Miss
Dru followed the officials on the
scene; the doors remained closed
to them too. Then came reporters
and photographers.
The civil arrest order was signed
yesterday by Supreme Court JUS
tee James McNany on the
strength of a similar one from
California courts.
Miss Dru alleged in the COM
plant Haynes concealed assets
for the purpose of defrauding
Continued on Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Marine Master Sergeant Ends
Thirt, Cine Years OF Service
John McCarley Is
At Home In XIV.
After Long Duty
By DENIS sNEIcR

He was orderly to President War.
rem G. Harding when Harding died
Aug. 2, 1923.
He fought in Nicaragua.
He fought in the South Pacific.
He fought in Korea.
But today Master Sergeant John
w. McCarley was back home at
|2825 Staples Avenue, retired after
81 years service in the Marine
Corps.
He stood his last parade last
Saturday at Camp Leievne, N.
C., when the Second Marine Di-
vision-lo0. 900 men-turned ovf
for his retirement ceremony.
The weather was cold. Snow and
|sleet fell. Maj. Gen. B. E. Goode,
USMC. read McCarley's retirement
orders. The two men, both old
timers in the Marine Corps, shook
hands. Neither said anything.
Il was too clicked up" McCarley
said today.
The 125-man band played "Red
Sails in the Sunset" as McCarley
walked back to his barracks. Two
hours later he was en- route to Key
West.
McCarley, whose wife is the for
mer Ruby Carey of Key West, was
born at Columbia, S. C. He enlist
ed in the Marine Corps at Paris
Island, S. c.
His first duty was Is orderly
TO President Harding. After ihs
presidents death, Mecsrisy ship
ped 10 Niesrasvs. After that
duty, he played with The Alma
rine baseball and football teams
at ouantieo, Va.
Then he sailed for Pekin, China,
for duty at the American Embassy.
More duty in Nicaragua followed
In 1889, McCarley was transfer
red to the Naval Station here.
Then came World War II and
McCarley saw action at Guadal-
canal, Cape Gloucester and Bou-
granville. He was wounded in each
of those engagements.
MeCarley was wounded again at
Guam. Those four World War Ii
wounds made six times he was
wounded in action-twice IN Nc
aragua.
After his Pacific service, McCar-
ley went to Klamath Falls, Ore,
for malaria treatments. Then he
was shipped to Boca Chica Naval
Air Station for duty.
From Boca Chica, McCariey was
shipped to Camp Pendleton. Calf,
and then to Korea IN 1850. After
duty there, he was returned to the
states, but in judy, 1858, he was
once more ia Korea.
On Sept. 8. 1853, he was at Camp
Continued On Fege Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
where's The
Pier?'
Motel Man Asks
City Promises
Early Action On
Cyde-Mallory
Dock Facility

s'By The time the Doctor arrives
the patient may be dead"
Those were the words Of Mel.
Win Levitt, president Of the Key
West Motor Court Association
when he appeared before the city
commission last night to protest
the slowness the city has shown in
starting construction OF q public
fishing pier at the Clyde Mallory
docks.
Levitt, who appeared before the
commission more than q month
ago to ask the city to construct
the pier for use Of winter visitors
and local residents. But he point
cd out that the tourist season Is
moving along - and still no fish
Ing pier.
The commission told him that
the delay was caused by the slow.
ness of negotiations with Harry
Goldberg, owner Of the Champion
Seafood Company who leases the
dock. The city earlier filed an evic.
ton notice with Goldberg but later
instructed city attorney J. Y. Por-
ter to re-negotiate the lease 50
that the city could get additional
revenue from the dock. Porter re.
ported last night that negotiations
had stalled, but when Goldbers
put in an appearance at last
nights meeting, he went into q
hnddIe with the city attorney.
Porter offered him q lease call
Ing for the payment of $3.50 for
each Of the five winter months and
500 each month for the remaining
seven months Of the year. In addi-
ton, Goldberg would be assessed
25-cents for each box of shrimp
packed at the dock. He now pays a
flat ascent per box fee.
But the proposal met opposition
from Commissioner Delio Cobo
who asked that Goldberg be charg-
ed the same rate he would pay at
the city's commercial docks. After
Cobo asked that the lease nego-
tiations be continued, the commits.
sion moved to defer action until
their next meeting.
Goldberg has also opposed the
fishing pier, saying that 1t would
interfere with his operations.
But City Manager Victor Lang
said that in any event, construc-
ton Of the fishing pier win begin
today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
.Senk Faces Third
Rape Charge Here

Peace Justice Roy HamIin
said today that he will file q
third warrant charging rape
against Frank e. Senk, 70 year
old Navy man.
The Sheriff's Department said
that according to Information
contained in an affidavit filed
yesterday, the incident took
place last October.
Senk already faces one
charge Of statutory rape i'm
volvins q l7.yesr old girl and
. charge Of attempted rape in
Volvins another young girl. He
is being held in Monroe covn-
ty Jail under $4,000 bond.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Parking Measure
Passed Monday

Parking win be prohibited on the
east side Of Duval Street between
the hours Of { and D. m. daily,
according to an ordinace passed
On first reading last night by the
city commission.
Commissioners Louis Carboneil
voted no on the proposal, saying
nat ne wanted to check with mer-
chants to determine if the ban on
deliveries would work a hardship
On the merchants there. If not.
Carboneh said, he would 60 along
with the measure.
carbonell also asked that the re.
cord show his proposal that Duval
Street merchants be notified Of the
ordinance before it is passed on
second reading.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Housing Authority
Chairman Named
AT Annual Meet

Mrs. Aloysia van Goidtsnoven
was elected to serve as chairman
Of the Key West Housing Authority
at its annual meeting held Monday
evening az the Central Office,
Joseph Yates Porter Place. Mrs.
van Goidtsnoven has served as a
local Housing Commissioner since
August -, 1850. She succeeds
Ralph Betancourt as Chairman.
william Billy Freeman was elect
Cd as Vice Chairman.
In attendance at the annual
meeting were Housing Commission.
ers Ralph Betancourt, Mrs. Alloy
sia van Goidtsnoven, w. c. Sweet
ing. william (Billy) Freeman. Jam.
Is w. Murphy, Housing Attorney
william v. Albury and Executive
Director Vance c. Stirrup.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02

and repair.
The question arose after Lang
asked the commission for authori.
cation to call for bids on a 14-thou-
sand dollar road building machine
so the city could institute its own
street program. Lang, along with
Public Service Director Ivan Rob-
erts recently travelled to Orlando
to observe the machine in opera
ton.
But the commission rejected his
plan and voiced the opinion that
they "want first class streets"
The commission was of the opin-
ion that they did not want any
more streets like the city's abor-
tive program last November.
Eve don't want any more of
those secondary Streets" said Car
bonell after Lang admitted that
the streets he proposes to build
would not be the best possible.
And we don't want third class or
fourth class streets either" he
added later.
Commissioner Cobo then suggest
ed that ''h the city can obtain the
money, lets call for bids on first
claA ssssing OF The ejfss ae0rSt
streets" 81 -.
Lang said last night that he es.
timated the cityvwould have to
spent at least $1J poo to repair
all Of the city's stkeets that need
1t - including those which have
been torn up for TIE sewer pro.
jet now in progress and which
the city is obligated to patch.
There are about rs miles of
street in need of repair, he added.
Lang said today that the $750, 900
figure would include repairs to the
streets affected by the sewer pro-
ject. The city agreed to take over
that phase of the project when the
bid on the project was about $780,
BOO higher than the amount they
could finance.
Lang today continued his opposi-
ton to the commissions street pro-
posal when he said that a lot OF
streets in the city do not have
enough traffic to make it feasible
Continued On Page TwoJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Car Destroyed
ByFne Today

A car owned by a local Nav,
man was listed as a total loss after
it caught fire on Charles Street
early this morning.
Fire fighters identified the own.
er OF the car as r. A. Harding.
OF the Naval Station.
Cause of the blaze was undeter-
mined. Police officer Edward Ra.
mirez discovered the blaze early
today and turned in the alarm.
But by the time firemen from the
main station arrived the car was
completely Quilted by the flames.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Man jailed In
Connection With
Theft OF Tubing

Larry Rushlow, a, today was IN
the county jail for investigation in
connection with the theft Of 120
feet Of three-quarter inch copper
tubing valued at $s4.
The sheriff's department said
Rushlow was arrested last night
after the tubing was taken from
a truck parked in front Of Wyik's
Stock Island night spot. A warrant
charging grand larceny was ex-
pected to be issued today by Roy
Hamlin, justice of the peace.
The tubing, property of N. D.
Baxter, contractor On the sewer
line here, was recovered.
The deputy who made the arrest
asked Rushlow If he was going to
build a still and go into competi-
ton with Wylk's. Rushlow had
been employed as a bus boy at
Wylk's place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Was Blackmailed Into Signing
That Letter, James Charges
Son Of FDR Gives
Answer To Claims
By Estranged Wife

LOS ANGELES B - James
Roosevelt, denying his wife:
charges that he committed adul
terry with IL women, says he was
being blackmailed when he signed
Ia letter admitting nine infidelities
He says he knew the letter tc
be false but he signed it to keer
his wife from suing for divorce in
1945 and thereby adding to his
fathers burdens as president.
This was the answer given in a
prepared statement yesterday by
the eldest son of the late Franklin
Id. Roosevelt.
He said also that he viii decide
before April 2 whether he will run
for Congress in the 18th District,
Some Democratic party leaders
have suggested he withdraw. April
2 is the final date on which to
declare candidacy.
Mrs. Romelle Schneider Roos.
evelt made the adultery charges
in filing suit for separate main.
tenance last Thursday. The letter
was filed with her complaint. A
preliminary hearing on her de.
mand for support payments has
been set for Friday.
my wife has chosen to make
the most ugly accusation which II
is possible to make against any
man." Roosevelt's statement said.
each and every allegation of mis-.
conduct by the IL persons men
toned with me is completely false
and without foundation.
Roosevelt offered "an especial
apology to the nine women named
in the letter signed by him.
Each and every one of them
is completely innocent of any mis-.
conduct with me-" he said. 1.-The
harm which has been done them ]
can never repair, but / can and
do emphasize their innocence, ask
their forgiveness and understand.
ing of this unfortunate incident"
From the very beginning, he
said, his wife displayed an "un.
reasoning demand for material Sc.
curity" and developed ian unrea.
soning fear and jealousy" of his
social contacts. The result was ga
calculated campaign" to transfer
to her all his material assets land
a constant threat to accuse me OF
imaginary infidelities," he said.
This pattern reached its climax
in the early part of 1915, when
was repeatedly faced with the de-
mand that / acknowledge these
imaginary happenings and, as she
put it, purge my soul, ;" his state
ment said.
81 was given an alternative. She
stated that if / once did this she
would forever cease these demands
and begin our martial life anew.
If did not. she would proceed
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Traffic Report
Released Here

at isn't tourists and Naval per-
sonnet that cause most OF Key
Vests traffic accidents" City
Manager Victor Lang revealed to-
day.
It's the local citizenry.
Lang said that information Is
contained in a report now being
compiled for submission to the Ma
tional Safety Council.
The report shows that of the 474
traffic accidents which occurred
during 1858, only about rs per cent
involved Naval personnel - and a
much smaller percentage involved
tourists.
For example" Lang said. "of
"a crashes which occurred at inter
sections. the most serious kind,
only one involved tourist.
The report also shows that there
were only two traffic deaths in Key
West during 1858. Eighty persons
were injured in accidents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Formation OF
Girl Scout
.CollncilSet
Monday Meeting
Scheduled For
Organization OF
Fla. Keys Council

Next Monday evening, February
%, win mark an important mile.
stone in the history of Girl Scout.
ing in Monroe County. At that
time, Miss Sarah Bowman, special
advisor from national headquar.
tiers Of the Girl Scouts OF the USA,
will be present at the formal or.
'ganization of the Flprida Keys Girl
Scout Council.
This group will hs chartered
~ national hesdquarters r. care
for en- sesisiiiss - On seeusins
in This area.
Prior to the formation Of the
Scout Council, the leaders and
committee members did their ex.
ecutive work under the supervision
of the regional office. The setting
up of the Council chartered to sup.
erviSe scout activities viii faciIi.
tate work and make 1t possible to
enlarge scouting activities within
the county. This will free the lead.
ers for work within their troops.
A. present there are a active
Girl Scout Troops IN Monroe
County which brings scouting to
4l4 girls and ITO adults. The pre-.
sent organization hes grown
from five troops IN lS4s to HE
present number.
There is, at present, a known
need for at least five more troops
within Key West city limits. The
growth of the keys and the increas-
ed school population on the keys
has created a need for additional
troops. Islamorada and Coral Shor-
es are planning troops as soon as
trained workers can organize the
girls.
The Council will be formed Of q
board of directors selected from
interested citizens in the communi-
ty. Girl Scout leaders, eoleaders,
and committee members. The
board of directors viii have charge
of the administrative work Of the
Council, with the approval of the
entire council body.
At the organizational meeting TO
be held next Monday evening at
8 p. m. at the First Presbyterian
Church, the constitution will be Of
fered to the Council for adoption,
after which the election and in
stallation OF new officers and ap-
prevail of the budget win complete
the work necessary to set up the
Council for action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Polio Fund Gets
Gift From Elks

The Key West Elks Club has
presented a check amounting to
$S1i.95 10 the March of Dimes Po-
lilo fund. The money represents the
proceeds of a dance given last
week at the club.
In addition, the Elks voted ear
Her TO give $50 to the March of
Dimes.
The committee which planned the
affair, assisted by the BPOE Does,
included: j. Stuart Hicks, James
FELTON,, Charles FELTON,, Charles
Kraegar, Norman X. Mcdonald,
Charles Brown, Myrtland Gates,
Charles Wells and Don Thompson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
City To Launch S750000 Street Program Soon
CobO, Carbonell Spark Drive
To Use Cigarette Tax Surplus

The city commission moved last night to put the
citys cigarette tax fund to work on rst class street
repair program.
First step in the program will be call for bids on
100000 worth of "asphalty- concrete" streets Com
missioner Delio Cobo moved that City Manager Victor
Lang be instructed to issue the call for bids after Com
missioner Louis Carbonel revealed that he believes the
city borrow money the cys future receipts from
state cigarette tax revenue.
Presently, the city has slightly more than $500 900
IN their cigarette tax account Key West receives
than 100000 annually from that source Under the
law the money be spent only for street construction
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Electrical Law
Passed Monday

A % page ordinance modifying
the city's electrical code was pass.
ed on first reading last night by
the city commission.
They asked that anyone having
any questions or objections to the
ordinance appear at the next meet
ing of the commission at which
time hearing will be held.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Retail Division
Meet Postponed

Today's meeting of the Retail
Division of the Chamber OF Com
merce has been cancelled.
The meeting, set for z p. m. TO-
day at the Flame Restaurant, has
been postponed until next week,
the time and place to be announced
chamber officials said.
At the meeting next week, plans
for the children's Easter parade
will be discussed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-02
Grand Jury To
Meet On Feb. Is

Circuit Court Clerk Earl r.
Adams. today mailed out calls
for fhs Monroe County Grand
Jury for Monday. February IS.
Al that time, II is expected
that The grand Jury will probe
. murder charge held against
Isnaxio castislis, who IS held
In The county iail after admit
ting 10 the Staying Of Bruno
James coIosime in . Dvvsi
Street bar.
The jury Is also expected TO
consider rape charges held
against Frank Z. Senk, local
Navy man.