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Evening star., 1954-06-04

normal character, that she must
die; and more of amusement at
the sight of the mediocre Cham
berlaynes that they deserve
nothing better than each other.
It is try. if no more, in the
direction of making the charac-
ters in "The Cocktail Party"
more real than possibly Eliot
himself truly cared.
This summer production-and,
no doubt. any other-lacking
the masking sheen of brilliant
performance. discloses the plays
unevennesseS without destroying
its provocative essence. It stands
revealed as a work that has a
corkingly comic first act. one
that will be funnier in later and
surer performances, a highly
dramatic second one. and a third
which suggests Eliot wanted to
get the cocktail party over with.
The impression it leaves is
that the characters get what
Eliot thinks they deserve for
being the chartless materialist
muddlers they are.
BY now everyone interested
knows generally, and no one
specifically, what "The Cocktail
Party" is about so that will not
be gone into here.
+ 4 =
The Olney production is sensi-
bly, aware that the physical gilt
ter the play demands is beyond
its budget. It makes the best
terms possible with west end
London's elegance and glamour.
leaves the rest to Eliot's elo-
quence and the audiences toll
erance
Spectators look. in, then, on a
cocktail party four of whose
guests are standard equipment
of such affairs. three others dra-
matically mysterious. The first
group represents normal frus-
tration. the bored and the bor-
ing, the second poSSeSsors of
unworldly or other-worldly
wisdom which knows how to
deal with victims of Illustration.
Most interesting of the entire
lot is the psychiatrist played by
Fletcher. Tn this impersonation,
the character is a kindly, gray
ghost of a man, not the naughty
figure Alec Guinness made him in
the original production. Never
theless. in this softer guise, he
assumes the right to sentence
the plays nearest thing to a
heroine to death, to commit the
empty hearted Chamberlaynes
to each others care, and ignore
a young writer characters prob
lens as unworthy Of his atten-
ton.
The plays two most solid fig
ures at Olney are Fletcher's man
and his specifically flibberty-
glbbet female colleague played
by Miss Gateson. OF the others.
Teddy Kinsey Hanf1eld makes
warm and affecting figure of the
spiritually redeemable Celia Cop
plestone; j. Robert Dietz. an
amusingly vague colleague of the
psychiatriSt, and Tom Carlin a
spiritually uniformed figure of the
writer. William Callahan, usu-
ally one of Players, Ines. most
sure-footed actors, seems un-
miscast as the befuddled
Edward Chamberlayne. Frances
Sternhagen, one supposes, makes
the most of Lavinia Chamber
layne, of whom Eliot himself
does not make much.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Hollywood Diary:
Jack Benny Is Set
Eor-Yes-o Film
By Sheiloh Grohom

week ends. Where does this
leave Gene Tierney? I'd say
she was we'll out of 1t.
Marilyn Monroe will just have
to do "The Jean Harlow Story"
The producers say they will
settle for no one else. and have
offered Marilyn a bonus and
2Oth-Fox a percentage. But how
about Marilyn doing "The Mari
lyn Monroe Story? That's the
Cinderella tale Of the decade.
Red Skeletons new houseman Is
an Arthur Treacher character,
The other day. Red tried out one
of his comedy routines on him,
but no chuckles. mot funny.
huh?" mumbled Red. very.
very amusing, sir" replied the
butler. 1.-THE moment I'm of
duty. sir. I'll have q hearty
chuckle."
Marion Brando has a new love
Kaye Ballard. And current
woosome twosomes in Hollywood
include Gene Nelson and Chris
tiane Martel (Miss Universe),
Cesar Romero and night-club
singer Marian Harris, Terry
Moore and Ed Pauley. jr.
Lex Barker and Lana Turner
were at Hollywood Park track.
But, while Lana studied the rae
ing shetland picked five win
ners in a row-Lex studied real
form in a book of calories!
Clenched fists, jutting Jaws
and harsh words and observers
thinking Cornell Wilde and Direc-
tor Jean Negulesco would come to
blows on the set of their picture.
But they stopped short of swing
ing.
All the people interviewed by
Ed Murrow on his Person to
Person" TV show are wired for
sound. They carry batteries on
their hips, with mikes hidden
under mems neckties, and in the
er, ahem, bras Of the women.
That's why they walk so care
fully.
(Released BY NANA.)
Evening star., 1954-06-04

&4Ou4 Otd41Qd10 VI 0C04SA do N1Ad1Ao
mel No. 5 from DDT.
A seasons opener, then, of the
quality of "The Cocktail Party"
is a test Of both the professional
merit Of the producing group
and the taste of its audiences.
1t would be a pleasure to re-
port that everybody concerned
passed the test with flying colors.
That is not quite the case, how
ever. This is much more an in
teresting than a completely sue
cessful attack on a play which
numbers among it's many distinc-
tions a brilliant elusiveness.
Eliot as dramatiSt is a fascinat-
ingly eloquent man, Christian
enough to hope actors and au-'
diences understand him but
skeptic enough to doubt that
they do.
THE Cocktail Party" his best
and most popular play. repre-
sents him most firmly planted in
this detachment from RESPONSE
bility. He asks only the right to
agitate-anywhere between bor-
ing and exalting the spectator.
This agitation is achieved in
the Olney production, featuring
Bramwell Fletcher and Marjorie
Gateson. and directed by Leo
Brady with an eye to the COM
edy'S human values as opposed
to its brittle detachment. This
try for warmth in a playwright
himself unconcerned with it is
achieved occasionally at the ex-
pense of pace in the play and
despite some obvious casting
dilemmas.
The premise of this Cocktail
Party" which permits of infinite
choice of premises. is that its
people are more real than they
have been represented in more
sophisticated productions.
The assumption is sound one
In the pressing plight of summer
theater to get on with its next,
as well as its immediate. task. 1t
certainly presents Eliot's princi-
pal protagonist. the supernatu-
raj psychiatrist at the comedy's
center. in a more human light.
His patients are seen less as
mere leases" with proportion
ate increase in pity for Celia
CopleStone, the plays most
Evening star., 1954-06-04

THE COCKTAIL PARTY" by T. s.
Eliot. produced by Players Incorporated.
directed by Leo Brady. settings by
James Warins, costumes by Joseph Lewis.
At Olney Theater.
THE CAST.
Edward Chamberlayne,
william Callahan
Julia CMrs. shuttlethwaite)
Marjorie Gateson
Celia Coplestone
Teddy Kinsey Handfeld
Alexander MacColgie Gibbs
j. Robert Dietz
Peter Quilpe Thomas Carlin
An unidentified guest, later identified
as Sir Henry Harcourt- Reilly
Bramwell Fletcher
Lavinia Chamberlayne
Frances Sternhagen
A nurse-Secretary Marianne Lowenfield
Evening star., 1954-06-04
The Passing Show
The Passing Show
OIney Starts Its Season
With The Cocktail Party
By joy CdrmodY

Olney theater push tentative toe into
to test the pubc temperature It dives bravy into
its IA weeks with S. Eiots The Cocktail Party This
comedy staple of diet
Evening star., 1954-06-04

RoME'S STORY BEGAN WITH
A WoLF!...Tho wos in $50 B.c.
And things don't seem to hove
chonged much since then.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Man Who Involved
Himself In Miami
Case Sent To Ind.

MIAMI R-Walter Lee Vow, S.
year-old half caste Indian who cre-
ated a stir with a false confession
in q sensational kidnap-murder
case, was sent to Indiana today to
face a forgery charge.
Sheriff Harry Levi and Deputy
frank Hudson of Rush County,
Indiana, left here with the man
who had been cleared of any con-
nection with the death Of 7-year-
old Judith Ann Roberts.
judith was kidnapped from her
grandparents home July 7 and her
beaten body was found in a man
grove thicket beside Biscayne Bay
several hours later. The case is
unsolved.
Vow was arrested at Marietta,
Ca, for vagrancy. He told Georgia
police that he killed Judith, later
changing his story to declare he
accompanied the killer.
Miami detectives brought him
here and 1t. Chester Eldredge of
the homicide squad said Vow
s.failed miserably" to point out
anything connected with the sadiS-
bic Staying,
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
British Press Reacts Angrily
ToRapping OF Indochina Pact

LONDON R - US. criticism of
the Indochina cease.fire terms
touched off bristling editorials and
bitter cartoons in a wide cross Sec
ton of the British press today.
The angry reaction extended
even to some conservative news
papers which up to now had
strongly defended America against
British fault-finding.
One of these, the arch-Conser-
vative Daily Mail, said British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
singlehandedly kept the Geneva
conference going amid "cries of
'appeaser" and added:
"Only yesterday American SEN
ators referred again to another
Misunderstanding they have no
idea what Munich was.
what, anyway, is their policy?"
'Do they want another 100, 900
American boys killed and manned
for another Panmunjom?"
Vitriolie Cartoon
The big-circulation Daily Mirror
published a vitrioic cartoon de-
picting US. Secretary of State
Dulles seated glumly under a cal
endar dated July 81, 1854" as two
gaudily dressed businessmen
burst in, shouting Indignantly,
"peace has broken out!"
The Laborite Daily Herald quot
ed a writer in the New York Times
as saying, "the Communists have
scored another major victory IN
the struggle for the world" and
commented:
That is his judgment on the
cease-fire in Indochina, and his
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Jake Markovitz
Gives His Formula
For Longevity
BY SUE JONES

When you're 95 years
young and have lived 66
years in one town, you've
done a "lot of living and
seen a lot of changes"
That's what Jake Markovitz. who
celebrated his 95th birthday yes.
terday says.
The old gentleman who makes
his home with Mr.. and Mrs. AL.
fred P. Knowles, 821 Duval Street
because che doesn't want to leave
Key West" has great plans for
the future.
Aims At Century Mark
He confidently expects to live to
see his Tooth birthday, and to cele.
brate reaching the century mark
fright here"
A familiar figure in the neigh
borhood, Mr.. Markovitz walks out
every day and when he wants to
go uptown" he calls a taxi.
The young ladies" at the Ba-
mana Tree Grille where he has
most of his meals surprised him
yesterday at noon by having a
party for him complete with cake
and all the trimmings.
Another pleasant surprise was a
visit from his son Herman, and a
daughter-in-law, Kate, who drove
down from Miami. They were &C.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Hollander of Miami Beach.
His Own Formula
It's customary to ask anyone
who lives past 80 their formula for
longevity. Mr.. Markovitz said 81
never tried to be a big shot and
I've always supported myself. l
still do
He went on to say that he doesn't
use tobacco and doesn't touch alco-
hol, but Il like ice cream and cool
drinks"
Mr.. Markovitz has four sons.
three of whom are living. Two
live in Miami and one in Palm
Beach
He said that he. has about
twenty-three grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. 81 can't keep
count of them"
A widower for the last 80 years,
Mr.. MarkovitZ was in business
here for many years.
Mrs. Knowles said that he keeps
up with all the local news and is
always interested in happenings
around the town.
Thankful For Blessings
81 just thank God that / can
hear and see. l like to see and
Continued on Page Iwo)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Commission Cuts Annual
City Budget By $4,000
ST. Zonlmg La~s Uncomstlt1tlopal
Miller Ordered
Released From
Custody No'0

yam order issue d by
Cifcuit Court, Judge Aqui-
limo Lopez, Jr,S today de-
clared. that Stock Island
Izoning laws are unconstitu-
tional. r.
The order is a result of
charges brought against A
braham H. Miller for alleg-
edly operating a. trailer
park in a section of Stock
Island that the county COM
mission had zoned for resi-
dences.
Today's order, in the case of
Miller VS.. Sheriff John M. Spots
wood, reads:
81. That Chapter 27756, Lws of
Florida, 1851, be and the same de-
clared to be and is held. uncons-
titutional.
"2. The realtor, Abraham H.
Miller, be and he is hereby dis
charged from custody.
Done and ordered at Key West,
Monroe County, Florida, this 21st
day of July, A. D., 1884"
Judge Signs
Lopez.
Miller has been free in $500 bond.
About a month ago, Judge Lopez
issued a write of habeas corpus, re-
quiring Spottswood to produce Mil
Ter in court.
William V. Albury, attorney for
Miller, stated in his petition for the
writ of habeas corpus that Miller
was in the custody of the sheriff
and was being illegally deprived of
his liberty.
The petition continued:
Petitioner (Miller) would fur
ther show that the respondent
(Spottswood) is holding the peti-
toner upon a capias issued out Of
the Criminal Court of Record of
Monroe County, Florida, based on
an information filed in said court
by the County Solicitor of Monroe
County, Florida. charging petition.
er with failing to abide by and
obey a duly promulgated resolu-
ton of the Board of County Com
missioners of Monroe County, Flo
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
New Red Tide
Outbreak Called
Bad At Sarasota

MIAMI @-Four University of
Miami authorities left hurriedly
today for Sarasota to investigate
reports OF a bad break of the
fish-killing red tide Is to 20 miles
offshore.
The research men of the univer-
slty's Marine Biological Labora-
tory are DIR. limo Hela, Robert
Ingle, Donald de Sylvia and Selwyn
Bein.
They will board a boat at Sara
sofa and take water samples, TEN.
perature recordings, check the di-
rectlon Of currents and suryev con-
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Little Girl Is
Doomed To Die

NEW ORLEANS R-Oschner
Foundation doctors today con-
firmed the diagnosis of a Florida
physician that two-year-old Mary
Jeanne Helms is doomed to die of
leukemia.
Mary Jeanne and her mother,
Mrs. Larry T. Helms, were sched-
uled to return to their home in
Lakeland, Fla, later today, since
hospital officials said the drugs
to ease the pain could be applied
by the family physician.
The 25-year-old wife of a milk
routeman brought her daughter
here for examination Tuesday aft
er Lakeland doctors gave the
blonde, blue-eyed girls case up
as hopeless.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Two Are Held
In Attempted
Safe Cracking
Mrs. Carcia's Home
Is Entered By
Thieves Last Night

Two men today were be-
ing held by the sheriff's de-
partment for investigation
in connection with | as t
nights attempted sa f e
cracking.
Thieves entered the home of Do
ra Garcia, 708 Eaton St., and made
off with more than $4,000 in cash
and jewelry, but were unsuccessful
in an attempt to crack a safe.
According to the report of Police
1t. Gene Hernandez and Patrol
man Mario Santana, the thieves
made their haul by forcing a door
on a closet in the living room.
They also attempted to crack a
safe but only succeeded in smash.
ing the combination.
Loot Described !
Mrs. Garcia, who is In the
amusement machine business, said
that the loot included $50 in
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Birth, Marriage
Outr,u1nber Death
AndDivOrce Here

Monroe County births far evt.
numbered deaths during the
first five months Of 1854, &C.
cordins to . report received
today by the Menres County
Health Department.
The report was from the
Bureau Of Vital Statistics Of ihe
Florida State Board Of Health.
The report showed sS7 birfhs
and Ia deaths. lnsshs dssths
were "a.
Marriages tetaled Ie4 while
divorces and ahnvlmsnfs were
lo7.
Deaths from illness and II.
seass for fhe flvs.menth per.
iod amounted 10 ~. Avts seei.
dents accounted for anethsr
four deaths while ether aeel.
dents killed II persons.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
CiyWde
Sales Set
Merchants Division
Of Chamber Plans
August Sales Days

At the Retail Merchants
m e e t i n g yesterday, Mrs.
Kathleen Lucas, chairman of
that division, announced that
Is merchants are planning to
participate in the coming
Key West Bargain Days
Sale scheduled fer Monday,
Tuesday, and WeanesdMAT
August 2, 8, and 4. + Il
Each of these stores has a&r@ed
to feature different articles lof m er-
chandiSe during this sale ssstr-
ing the shopper of the widest pos
sible variety of bargains. TheSe ar
ticles, and their sale prices, will
be advertised through the local
press and radio, and through hand
bills.
Variety Offered
The list of participating stores
includes dealers in wearing ap-
parel for men, women, and chill
dren; appliances, gifts, auto ac-
cessories, furniture, fishing tackle,
photographs and cameras, floor
coverings; office supplies, jewelry,
sundries, toys, and dime stores.
To further stimulate interest, the
merchants have chartered all city
busses for one hour - from 10
a. m. to II a. m. on the first
day of the sale, August 2, and all
passengers will ride the busses
free of charge during this hour as
guests of the merchants.
This sale - to be known as Key
West Bargain Days - is being
conducted somewhat in the. nature
Of an experiment.
First Venture Here
Although Ss1M1laf u11pfh0tions
have long been part df tlR routine
sales pattern in other areas, this
is the first attempt by Key West
merchants to organize a city-wide
sale.
Over half Of the members Of the
Chamber of Commerce Retail Di-
vision are cooperating in this pro-
motion, and these stores will be
identified on sight by banners
which will be placed in their win.
dowS.
Only the stores displaying these
banners are participating in this
city-wide sale organized and sane.
toned by the Retail Division of
the Key West Chamber of Com.
merce.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Is Held
ForSuicide
Pact Survivor
Family Rushes
To Bedside OF
Pretty Brunette

NEW YORK R-Pretty Helene
Jacobs, 19-year-old Columbia Uni.
versity student, today clung in un-
consciousness to the life she appar.
emily sought twice to throw away in
a suicide pact with a friend.
The friend, Madeline Jean Som
mer, also 10, died yesterday in
the East Side art ery-apartment
where the girls evidently turned on
kitchen gas after a night of wine
drinking.
Both girls, clad only in scanty
night clothes, left farewell notes.
Miss Jacobs still groaned when
the building superintendent broke
into the apartment. She was taken
to Roosevelt Hospital where her
condition appeared improving.
Parents Fly In
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Jacobs Of Chicago, and an
uncle, Philip Goodman, flew to
New York late in the day after
police notified them.
AS Mrs. Jacobs, her eyes
brimmed with tears, stepped off
the plane, her first words were
sis she dead?"
Meanwhile, police had questioned
relatives of the dead girl, who had
been missing for a week from her
Bergenfield, NJ. home.
Two days ago the missing Der.
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
JUDGE LOPEZ, FAMILY
LEAVE FOR VACATION

Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lo-
peg, Jr., today was scheduled to
leave for a New England vacation.
His wife and daughter are accom-
panying him.
He said he will drive to New
York City, Boston, and then back
to New Jersey and on west to Chi
cago in time for the American Bar
Association convention there Aug
ust Is to 21. He will return to Key
West after the bar meeting.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

view is widely shared on the other
side of the Atlantic.
"But Mr.. Anthony Eden is no
Communist. Nor is Monsieur
Mendes-France. Nor is Mr.. Nehru.
"Yet all these and multitudes of
other people of every race hail
the sanity of the settlement as a
triumph for the art of negotiation.
The contrast between these two
viewpoints is stark and shattering.
"Was it really wrong to stop the
fighting?"
Note Of Alarm
The Liberal News Chronicle
sounded a note of alarm at the
possibility of a serious rupture in
relations between Britain and
France on the one side and Ameri-
ca on the other.
"At Geneva, France and Britain
have had to act to a large degree
without America" the News Chro-
nicle said. There need be no harm
in this. 1t may even be healthy
provided the independence does not
lead to estrangement. To prevent
this happening is the next big job
for diplomacy on both sides of the
Atlantic"
The Conservative Daily Tele-
graph echoed what it regarded as
the essence of President EiSenhow
er's news conference comment yes
terday - that there is no sense
in criticizing when you have no
alternative to offer"
Canberra, Australia R-Australi-
an Prime Minister Robert Menzies
warned his country today not to
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Mendes-France
Looks Happy
After Farley
French Premier Is
Back Home To Tell
Assembly Of Terms
sy HARVEY HUDSON

PARIS Up - Smiling and looking
relaxed, Premier Pierre MendeS-
France returned home from &C.
neva today to present to the
French Assembly the Indochina
cease-fire he promised a month
ago to win from the Communists.
His DC3 military plane touched
down at Villa Coublay Airport and
a few minutes later Mendes-France
stepped out jauntily to greet about
$50 persons, including members of
his cabinet, his family and a corps
of newsmen and photographers
crowded about the ramp.
The Premier first kissed his at
tractive wife, then moved on to
greet other members of his family
and Finance Minister Edgar Faure
acting Premier during his weeks
of bargaining with the Communists
in Geneva.
Mendes- France made no state
ment before pushing through the
crowd to his car and heading for
Cabinet meeting.
No Demonstration
The group about the plane had
applauded politely as he stepped
down but there was no other dem
onstration.
Leaving Geneva earlier today,
Mendes-France said he believed
the results of the conference were
worth the efforts we had made. "
81 have read" he said, "that
yesterday was the first day of total
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
$l,668,9l9 School
Budget Is Presented
County School
Funds Up 5000
II, Last Decade :

The annual school budget
Tor support and maintenance
of schools for Monroe Coun-
ty in the amount Of 81, $685.
D19 has been tentatively ap-
proved by the School Board,
subject to approval at a pub
lie hearing at the School Ad-
ministrative Building We'd
pesday, July %, at 8 p. m.
Local taxation will yield approx
,mately $59s, 1888. 1t is expected that
the state viii contribute through
its minimum foundation program
approximately $24,5OO.
The balance is made up Of
various miscellaneous income and
cash on hand at beginning Of this
school year.
Budget Breakdown
OF the total amount So per cent
will be spent for instruction, 221s
per cent for general control, about
IS per cent for capital outlay pur-
poses and 10l4 per cent for re-
serves for cash balance and con-
tingencies.
The budget is based on a nom
exempt valuation of $39, 9,O67 $40.
The school millage remains the
same as last year and is made
up as follows:
Is mills for support and main
tenance.
III mills for county bus and
building fund making a total levy
Of 14h mills.
Ten Years Age
Ten years ago the school budget
for support and maintenance of
Schools was $315, 1854 as compared
with $1,66s,919 this year
The cost of instruction ten years
ago was set UP at $170,538 as COM
pared with $79O,OOO this year.
It is interesting to note that the
amount withheld for income taxes
for salaries last year amounted to
$101,3O
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Worker At Jax
Killed In Fall

JACKSONVILLE B-An 1s-year-
old lab0rer was killed in an acci.
dental fan today on a construction
Job at the Naval Air Station.
The victim was Robert c. Haney
Jr. He was working on the second
floor of an electronics laboratory
when he slapped backwards, and
plunged is feet down a Stairwell,
witnesses said.
Justice of the Peace George Har-
ris said no inquest will be neces-
sary.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

No accidents were reported
in Key West yesterday.
Just when things begin to
look especially dark, we run
into one of these days. Maybe
there is still some hope that
we can beat last years traffic
record.
City hall records indicate that
Roosevelt Blvd. is one of the
danger spots in the CITY Let's
use special care when driving
in that area.
1t is tempting, we know. TO
step on the gas there - but
remember, the speed limit
there never exceeds 40 miles
per hour.
Remember: Safety is here to
stay - are you?