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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03

for several weeks. Three
weeks ago, The Citizen re-
ported that P. & O. officials
were considering the re-
sumption of the tri-city SER
vice. The shipping firm, at
that time, confirmed the
fact that they were inter.
ested, but were non-com-
initial about details of the
proposed operation.
Both freight and passenger traf-
fic viii be included in their SER
vice, Osborne said He added that
negotiations have been completed
for purchase of a ship, the SIS De-
nall, now in Seattle.
The 450 foot ship can accomo-
ate 200 passengers, Osborne said.
The vessel is capable Of carrying
1900 tons of freight, including auto
mobiles.
Two Trips Weekly
Tentative plans call for the ship
to make twice weekly stops in Key
West. No rate schedules have been
released by the company.
The ship will leave Seattle within
the next two days, bound for Kew
West, via the Panama Canal. ac.
cording to P and o officials. When
service, is started, the ship will sail
directly to Havana, they added.
Service Ended
The P and o company Operated
the tri-city service out Of Kew West
for several years prior to World
War II. They ended service when
the 1885 hurricane washed out the
keys extension of the Florida East
Coast Railroad, and the govern
ment began to requisition ships for
war service.
Inc company operated the huge
SS Florida for many years out Of
Key West. That ship Is now in SER
vice bteween Miami and several
Caribbean ports.
Negotiations are expected to
start shortly between the shipping
firm and the city for use Of the
clty-owned Clyde-Mallory docks.
The docks are badly in need Of re-
pair.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Trio Reports
On Caribbean
Meet Thursday

Puerto Rico has made
great progress in health, ed
ucation and in it's economy
according to reports given
Yesterday by local delegates
to the Rotary Caribbean
Concentration held in san
Juan recently.
Claude Spear, Aquilino Lopez
Jr and Paul Sher spoke on tne
: conclave at the local clubs lunch
con meeting at the La Concha Ho-
tel yesterday.
They told about the fine univer-
s;tv Of Puerto Rico with 1l,OOo stu
dents enrolled and the public
schools they visited during. their
stay in San Juan.
In Puerto Rico all public school
students wear uniforms and tne
clothing is provided for need cnii-
dren.
Hinder an extensive slum clear
ance program, financed by the Uni
ted States government. large hous.
inc projects have been built and
tuberculosis and other diseases
caused. by poor sanitation and over
crowded living conditions have
been almost entirely wiped out.
Puerto Ricans, they reported, are
ssproud of their American demo
cracy' and grateful for the help
thew have received from the Unit
ed States, but not particularly anx-
ious for independence.
All three local Rotarians stress
ed that the Concentration was one
of the best organized that they had
ever attended and that every ef-
fort was made to make the visi-
tors feel at home.
They said that their convention
badges were an "open sesame" all
over the island and that the host
clubs went all out to entertain
them.
Other highlights Of the concen-
tration included dining in the homes
of members Of the San Juan Ro-
tary Club, and an official party
given at the San Juan city hall
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Democratic Natl Committee
Sets Free-For-All Battle
BY JACK BELL

NEW ORLEANS, R-Democrat-
ic National Committee members
turned up in record numbers to-
day for a free.for-all battle over
the choice of successor to Chair
man Stephen A. Mitchell.
AS party members huddled in
caucuses reminiscent of a presi-
dentia. nominating convention, the
unsettled question of how many
votes are needed to elect a new
chairman arose to plague them.
With II of the los committee
members having indicated their in
tention to attend, Mitchell said
that Rep. Clarence Cannon +
Missouri, parliamentarian, would
be asked to rule on the issue of
whether a majority vote, or only
a plurality, is needed to elect.
The issue was somewhat similar
to the old two-thirds rule which the
Democrats abolished in 1886
whether a majority of those voting
can name the new chairman or
whether the successful. candidate
must receive, in the present case,
IS votes.
The committee has 10S member
ships, but there are individual va
cancies from Texas, West Virginia
and Puerto Rico. A vacancy from
Nevada was scheduled to be filled
later in the day.
The numbers controversy took on
deep significance because of the
apparently tight race being run for
the Craftsmanship by three candi-
Committeeman Paul Butler
OF Indiana, James Finnegan, for
mer president of the Philadelphia
City Council, and Michael v. Di-
Sale of Ohio, former price admin
istrator. Not since 1912 has the
committee had wide-open contest
for the craftsmanship and its rules
are slightly rusty.
Butler is regarded as the choice
of Mitchell, who told a news con-
ference yesterday that If some sue
cessor isn't picked, the committee
will have to 60 without a chairman
after Jan. /. He said he is de-
termined to retire private law
practice, which he left to head
the committee in 1852 at the re.
quest of Adlai e. Stevenson, then
the yarty's presidential nominee.
From all the signs here, Steven
son has kept hands off the choice
of a new chairman. Nevertheless,
opponents are concentrating their
fire on Butler and saying he is
Stevenson's man.
Butler said he was Sin the race
to stay" adding he has especially
strong support in the South.
The choice Of Butler apparently
would not please former President
Harry S. Truman, whose support
was claimed by DiSaIle's backer:
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
DR.. Sam Cried
When Accused.
SAYS

CLEVELAND R-Dr.. Samuel
Sheppard's defense began taking
shape rapidly today, emphasized
by testimony that he broke into
tears when a detective first ac
cused him of numbering his wife
The incident was related by his
brother, DR.. Stephen Sheppard
first witness for the defense.
He quoted the accused man as
saying incredulously, "Those DO.
licemen think I killed Marilyn. y
This was the first time the de.
tectives interviewed DR.. Sam and
the witness went on to say of his
brother
"He was crying. He was ex-
tremely agitated and upset. The
change in him was tremendous. "
The three Sheppard brothers,
all osteopaths, refer to each other
as ''Dr. SAM" "Dr. Steve md
''Dr. Richard. 1t was Or. Steve
who took the accused man to the
hospital operated by the family
on the morning of last July 4,
when Marilyn Sheppard was bat
tered to death as she lay in bed.
DIR. Sam," his brother said, had
been injured. Sheppard's story is
that he was knocked out in a fight
with a powerful assailant, pre-
sumably the murderer of his wife.
The state charges "Dr. Sam
killed his wife for motives arising
from his affairs with other women.
"Dr. Steve" said he rushed his
brother to the hospital, early July
4, examined him, ordered X-rays
made of his neck, and admins
tered sedatives.
Later, he said, detectives ar
rived from Cleveland, along with
the chief of police of Bay Village,
where the family lives. He said he
permitted them to question his
brother-and himself left the room,
when the officers requested it.
But when he came back into
the room, CDR. Steve" said, his
brother was in tears. The .'tre.
mendous change" had taken place
he testified. The witness said his
brother told him a detective, .ean-
ing over the bed. and pointing his
finger, had made the statement:
II don't know what my partner
thinks. l don't know what the
chief, here, thinks. But / think
you killed Marilyn."
Through his testimony, the de.
tense began developing the first
of its main points:
1. That s'Dr. Sans injuries
were genuine, and severe.
2. That the police and coroner
carried out a sketchy, hit-or-miss
investigation of the house where
Mrs. Sheppard was killed.
3. That the doctor sent by the
coroner to make an independent
examination of ''Dr. Sam" did moi
.ook at the hospital chart, nor ac.
cept an offer to look at the X-ray
pictures of "Dr. Sans" neck.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Rotary Hears OF Puerto Rican
Progress In Address Thursday
Saunders Sets
SD Day Dec. Is

cssaId Saunders, chairman
Of the board Of county eom-
missionsrs. today designated
Dec. Is ss SD Day = ssfs
Driving Day.
He took fhis action In coop
Grafton with fhe national SD
Day Program which was pro-
claimed last month by Prssi.
dent Eisenhower.
The plan. Saunders added, is
to have no accidents during the
24-hovr period Dec. Is.
He called on all civic groups
and fhs people Of Monroe covn.
fy to drive extremely carefully
that day so the county can re.
port . 100 per cent no-aeeident
day..
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Pair Clash Near
Judges Office

Criminal Court Judge Tho
mas S. Caro- won't have TO 90
far to view fhs scene Of ifis
crime.
All he has TO do IS look out
Of his office window to see fhe
spot where fwo sailors were
fighting last night alongside the
county court house.
Deputy sheriff's Jailed The
sailors. They are Walter "A.
krsyssis. 70, charged with
drunkenness and assault and
battery, and Richard Martin.
", charged with assault and
battery.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
BULLETIN
BODY RECOVERED

Charlotte 6 o d o n Coleman,
3l-yesr-old Miami bookkeeper,
drowned early today when her
car plunged into the wafer off
the north end Of Big Pine Key
bridge. thc Florida Highway Pa.
troll reported.
Cpl. S. r. Walker, Of the high.
way patrol, said the woman
watch was stopped at $40
q. m.
The car. completely svbmers-
cd, was spotted fhis morning
by MabIe Knowles, AT Simon
ron Street, who reported II to
The shsriff's department.
The woman's death was Mon
roe covnfy's twentieth traffic
fatality this year.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
MOvie Co. Will
Film, Subs Here

Twentieth csnfvry-Fox will
begin filming submarine opera.
tions here Monday. the Navy
announced today.
The film will be . 10 : min
ute documentary In Technico-
lor and cinemascops. The New
London, Conn.,, phase Of iis film
has been completed.
Anthony Mvfo, film company
Representatives. . crew Of four
and Navy technical adviser
will be here for The filming.
One day Of shooting will bs
at doekside. The other fwo days
will be spent st sea.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
a Strange Neeiden99 Nes 9I Caracas !?
ButNodody yqzneys For Certain
Key Vest CAA
TOaUer Hears
Wierd Stories
By DENIS sNElcR

A flying saucer from out
er space landed at Caracas,
Venezuela, last night, injur-
ed a number of persons, and
took off again.
That information was re-
ceived by The Citizen to-
day.
The Associated Press was
attempting to get the story
from Caracas but up to The
Citizens press time no word
had been received.
A story of what may be a flying
saucer's first confirmed contact
with the earth reached Key West
shortly after sunrise today.
cAA Reperfs !.
The Interstate Communications
Station Of the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority at Boca Chica Naval Air
Station overheard two pilots talk.
ing by radio about the flying sau-
Ger landing at Caracas.
H. v. Blackman, airways specia.
list at the communications station,
told The Citizen that the two pilots
talked back and forth in Spanish
about the saucer landing.
Then one of the pilots called the
communications station by radio
and reported to the station in Eng
lish that a flying saucer had land.
ed at Caracas.
Blackman said one Of the pilots
was aboard q Caba Aero Postal
plane, flight 3O4, southbound for
Havana.
The other pilot, Blackman said,
was aboard flight sos Of Transpor-
tes Aereas Nacionalis.
The pilot Of flight TAN 503, ac-
cording to Blackman, told the other
pilot about the saucer.
The TAN 5O3 pilot, Blackman
added, said the flying saucer land
ed at Caracas, that number of
people were injured, and that the
saucer then took off again.
Many injured
Blackman said it wasn't quite
clear whether the injured were hurt
in the landing of the saucer or whe-
ther they were wounded in a skir-
mish with the riders of the saucer.
No estimate of the number of
injured were given. The pilot did
not say whether the flying saucer
landed in the city of Caracas pro-
per or on the outskirts.
However, Blackman did say that
the TAN SOB pilot said motion pic
lures and still photos lad been
made of the scene.
The TAN sos pilot, Blackman
went on, said that the pictures
would be shown on TV today.
Blackman added that it was his
understanding that the films would
be televised over a Havana sta
ton.
The Associated Press office in
Miami told The Citizen that every
effort was being made to get word
from Caracas.
Blackman's story was relayed by
The Citizen to the Associated Press
in Miami. From there the story
was wired to the AP office in New
York City where it was moved
through the foreign desk to Cara
cas-.
At The Citizen's deadline today
no word had been received from
Caracas.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
STOCK ISLAND STREET
CONTRACT is AWARDED

Contracts to pave the streets
leading from U. S. 1 to the dog
track and to the drive-in theater
on Stock Island were awarded at a
special meeting Of the county COM
missioners yesterday at 4 .. m.
Charlie TOPPING and Sons were
the only bidder. The price for paw
ing and raising the streets is s28,-
376.10.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
UNDERWATER CLASS
GRADUATED BY NAVY

The first graduating class of the
Navy's Underwater Swimmers
School received diplomas Wednes-
day, the Navy announced today.
There were II men in the class.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Key West Havana Tampa Run Starts In Januar
e 0. Announces They'll
Haul Passengers, Freight
BY JIM COBB

The p & o. Steamship Co viii resume +ho;r -
observation-disclosures run early in January it was an
nounced today by K A. Osborne general manager of the
firm. = W
The announcement came as the first official con-
Irmatlon OF rumors which have been flooding the cy
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
DRAFT BOARD WON'T
SEND OUT GREETINGS

DALLAS, Tex. R-Dallas County
selective service officials have an
nounced that no greetings from
the President" would be sent out
from Dec. 2l through New Years
Day.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Pope Plus Shows
Some Improvement

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican called the
ropes condition satisfactory today but renewed anxiety
for his life emphasized reports on the severity and
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03

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Evening star., 1954-11-21
Christ Child Settlement
Will Hold Open House

There will be an open house at
Christ Child Settlement and
Merrick Boys Club, 608 Massa-
chusetts avenue NE, from 3 to
9p.m. Tuesday.
Interested members Of the pub
lie are invited to visit the settle
ment and tour the buildings.
which has just been renovated
from top to bottom.
Miss Mary Virginia Merrick,
who founded the Christ Child
Society 67 years ago, will be pres
sent during the afternoon to
welcome the guests.
Evening star., 1954-11-21

eye. Said the caption: "Now
read me the part where ! disin-
herit everybody"
"It's been joke in my family
for ages" says Mrs. Brearley.
1--WE used to use it on my father
CDR. George w. Lady)-always
in his presence, of course" she
hastened to add.
Mrs. Brearley formerly was in
public relations. In 1941, when
she worked here with DR..
Syngman Rhee, president of the
Republic of Korea, who was
then in exile, Mrs. Brearley was
present when DR.. Rhee predicted
the Pearl Harbor disaster.
'He warned the State De-
partment, but apparently it
merely became a matter of rec
ord" she said.
Second-prize winner is Mrs.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Contestont Used Fon1iIy Joke
To Win Baby Banter Prize
Former Teacher
And Aid to Rhee
Gets SIS Award

"This is the first thing I've
ever won!" exclaimed a former
District school teacher when she
learned she was top winner No.
20 in The Stars Baby Banter
Contest.
She is Mrs. Grace Lady Brear-
ley, 1452 Juniper street NV,
who until recently taught in the
sixth grade at the Rudolph Ele-
mentary School, Second and
Hamilton streets NV. Mrs.
Breayley's husband is an elec-
tronics engineer in the Navy
Department.
First prize of SIS went to
Mrs. Brearley for her caption
to a picture of a toy -brandish-
ing individual of the pablum
set with a devilish look in his
Evening star., 1954-11-21

Carl Ashline, 1850 Westhampton
drive. Alexandria, Va, who wins
$40 for this gag: MY parents
majored in child psychology
what's your excuse?" Her hus-
band is an Army major sta
toned at Gravelly Point.
"Iff you think you feel bad
now, wait until you get my bill" !"
was the line produced. by Theo-
dore E. Wirtanen. l19 Wellesley
avenue, Glen Echo, Md, third
prize winner of SIS. He's mill
tary intelligence specialist in the
Army Map Service here. He has
submitted entries to each days
contest thus far, he says.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01
Peace For The World

AS the year 1853 draws to close and the pros
pect of twelve months labeled 1854 faces us,
the fervent wish of the world is for peaceful new
year The prayers of all Go6fearing are for the
worldwide reign of the Prince of Peace.
The world, at least the free world wants peace
Peace within and among nations is the allembracng
goal of statesmen of every country Their conferenc
es and meetings their pacts and codes all gesred
to one final objective: peace
It might be well for all men interested in this
search and IL is search in every Of the word,
to re-examine the goal to redefine just what it is
they are looking for. II is frightening but mat
ter of fact, most of them do not know.
Many good-hearted men Of today are looking for
something, evasive something, that remains just
beyond their reach They know what they want in
confused way. and label it peace. But they are
bound to be disappointed because their definition Of
peace is confused, partial and unrestrctive.
Peace, in the popular concept of the word, is too
widely defined il il can be said 10 have any defn-
tion at all To the modern world, peace is the ees
sstion of hostles II is the state of existence in
which man finds himself when not actively engaged
in war 1t is according TO this modern definition,
freedom from agitation mutual antagonsm
Man has missed the point in accepting these
things the definition of peace Again, man has
here mistaken the effect for the cause. These things
mentioned above are really the effects of true
together can be said 10 exhaust or even tax the
definition OF peace
True peace is not essentially general thing
visiting the whole great portion Of mankind at
once. II doesn't come upon the masses like rain
upon the countryside touching all II doesn't come
from without, but rather from within.
Peace true peace is an individual thing. Some
thing that exists in John Jones Mary Smith II is
thing Of the soul thing that has spiritual existence
first and foremost and only secondly has notice
able palpable effect the external, general world
True peace is the state of soul existing in and
by Gods grace II is that participation in Gods own
life by the soul of which we know as being I'm
the state Of Sanctfying grace TO define peace as
the cessation Of hoSilIties appears as utter non
sense to the man in the state of grace or for that
matter to the man who has lost this stale Tell
in the state Of mortal sin that the war is over" "
and he might well reply: What war;"
True peace Tor the world can only come with
the acceptance Of Christ by the world ie by each
Individual that makes mp the human family There
will be your end of Then will the differences
tnst divide mankind be dissolved Then will men
see in every brother.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01
The Spirit of Christmas Past

Christmas 1853 is quickly spending itself
Another week or Will see the last OF the Christ
mas tree and is gay colored baubles The decora-
tons IN the home and in the shop windows viii soon
come down and be packed away for another year,
Last Of all the crib with The figures of Mary and
Joseph and the Christchd will be reyerently taken
down and put away until Christmas 1854 is with Ms.
And so the Christmas season with its spirit"
viii be gone and will return to the normal.
unfestive, hum-drum state that eharacterzes the
difference between late December and the other
months Of the year.
And here IS a great tallacy. 10 equate our
Christmas and lis effects to the relatively short
period Of time accorded 10 Christmas and lis cele
bration BY the world is to neeate entirely or al
least to lose much of the message of Christmas
Much has been written in word and song about
the Christmas feeling or spirit" There IS dffe
renee at Christmas. We've all noticed IL. But 10
put II down to some indescribable something
the songs do 10 the time Of year TO some other
equally unsatisfactory cause Is TO miss the point
entirely and practice the greatest selfdecepton.
The Christmas spirit which is noticeable dur
nf this time is merely. merely in It's root sense
Of "trulyo. the Christian spirit. It is notice
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01
The FOlIOw-Through

Golfers and other sporting enthusiasts tell us
that one of the most important steps toward perfec
tion Is developing the "follow-through" We could
20 them one better and say that this is a valid prn
ciple not only in sports but in many other lines of
endeayor
This community can re eoice in the efforts and
their effects of the recent campaigns 10 Put Christ
Back Into Christmas There was very noticeable
increase in the quality and quantity of Christian
decorations, and other evidences of the true mean
ing OF Christmas.
The Job is not by any means finished There
still remains much 10 be wished for both in a posi-
tive and negative way. The practice could easily he
extended and amplified There are some abuses
which need TO be rooted out.
All in all though, good beginning has been
made-and now, follow-through is needed TO
perfect the game.
While the memory of the decorations is still
fresh in our minds while the articles in the differ
ent newspapers are still remembered while We
still enjoy the recolleetlons OF inspiring broadcasS
or TV shows--let's follow-through and tell the
people responsible that We noticed and appreciated
what they did TO cooperate in the drive to Put
Christ Back Into Christmas"
letter phone call to the merchants civic
groups, papers stations that added their bit 10
the cltys Christmas observance would 90 a long
way toward entrenehng the practice and expanding
IL in the years TO come
To some OF these people Putting Christ Back
Into Christmas novel idea. An experiment.
Rest assured the knowledge that their efforts did
not 90 unnoticed unsppreeisted will have
Wonderous effect
II takes such little effort 10 commend people.
The result is all out Of proportion 10 the energy
entailed Don't put II off. DO IL now