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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Father Maring Presents Diplomas
III Girls Graduate From CMI

stead of taking religion out of the
schools, Catholics kept it in the
schools as an essential part of
education. He said, ''That if relig-
ion is necessary for the young and
for the old, it is also necessary in
the schools.
Curriculum Lavded
1.-THE Convent Students" he said,
"suffer several disadvantages in
attending a private school," but
they gain through having religion
kept in the school as an integral
part of the curriculum.
Father McEhaney told the grad
yates that 'the awarding of your
diplomas puts the Converts stamp
of approval on you"
After receiving their diplomas.
the graduates were presented with
arm bouquets of red roses by the
little flower girls. This charming
custom was revived by this years
class.
Each graduate was met by a
flower girl, given her flowers and
escorted to her seat. The little
girls made their curtsies to the
graduates with practiced ease.
Graduates Listed
Local graduates are Sylvia AL.
varez, Jacqueline Delaney, Flea.
nor Cato, Gloria Muniz, Elyira
Perez, and Barbara Twiehaus.
Other graduates are Catalina
Santamaria, Of Panama Civ Pana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
NavyRelief
Fund Drive
IsLaggiing
First Report Shows
Campaign Is Only
Halfway To Goal

The Navy Relief Society's annual
fund raising campaign has fallen
far below the $21, 900 goal accord
ing to the first report issued this
week by Commander R. M. Far
rell, USN, Campaign Chairman.
With only five remaining days
left in the campaign, the society
has netted only $10,571.59, nttie
more than one-haf their antclpat-
ed needs for 1854.
All receipts had not been recelv-
ed by the treasurer of the hey
West Auxiliary at the time the re-
port was released.
According to the report, receipts
from the officers wives bazaar TO-
tailed 1880. Grateful apprecla-
ton was expressed to all VINO as
Continued On Page TwelveI
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Bamboo Room Is
|Forcibly Entered;
No Loss Reprted

Police reported this morning that
the Bamboo Room at 422 Smith
Lane was entered last night by
an unknown person.
Police Officer M. Santana said in
his report that he answered call
at 5:58 a. NJ. On arriving at the
scene he found on the inside of the
Bamboo Room a rock weighing a.
bout 10 pounds. The rock was be-
lieved to have been the weapon
used to break the plate glass of
the front door for the intruder to
gain entrance.
Santana stated that the night
Waterman, Willie Gwynn, on max
ing his rounds at $50 q. m. dis.
covered the window broken and
Immediately called the co-owner,
George Curry.
Curry Immediately checked his
Continued On Page Twelve)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
France Will
CallFor
Added Troops
Draft Class Is
Set Up By
Four Months

PARIS R-Premi er Joseph Ian
iel's cabinet decided today to call
up $4,000 troops of this years draft
class four months ahead of time
as to free other soldiers for combat
in Indochina, a cabinet spokesman
announced.
The $4,000 troops, forming the
second and final group of the 1854
military CONSUMPTION class, are ex.
pected to be on duty within Is
days, the spokesman said. All are
men aged 20.
The cabinet acted on the rec
ommendation Of the National De.
tense Committee, which has been
holding highly important day and
night meetings since Gen. Paul Ely,
chief of staff of the French forces,
Continued On Page Twelvel
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Fourteen white capped and gown
ed graduates of the Convent of
Mary Immaculate received their
high school diplomas from the
Reverend Joseph Maring, S. j., at
commencement exercises at the
Convent Auditorium last night.
Miss Eleanor Anne Hidalgo Cato
graduated with highest honors.
Miss Gloria Marie Muniz and Miss
Ana del Carmen Rodriguez Perez,
of Oriente, Cuba, also graduated
with honorS.
Miss Muniz received the George
w. and Leonor X. Allen Memorial
award for scholastic achievement,
and Miss Rodriguez received the
Christian Doctrine award given
each year by the Convent.
Other Awards
Other awards went to Eleanor
Cato who received the excellence
award given by the CMI Alumnae;
school spirit award to Catalina San
tamaria, of Panama City, Panama,
in memory of George w. and
Leonor x. Allen; citizenship and
service award given by Paul Sher,
to Miss Cato; leadership award to
Miss Muniz, from the Beachcomb-
err; and the Business and Profess
sional Women's Clubs commercial
Award went to Barbara Twiehaus.
The commencement speaker was
Reverend J. McEnaney, S. j., who
told the graduating class that in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
COIN Disputes
Charge Made
Denies Mccarthy
Urged Commission
For David Schine
tag-COHN DISPUTES

tag-COHN DISPUTES tag
WASHINGTON R-Roy M. Cohn
swore today Sen. Mccarthy never
in his presence requested a direct
commission as an Army officer for
G. David Schine-thus disputing
testimony by Secretary of the
Army Stevens.
81 say he's made an error"
Cohn said of testimony by Stevens
that, as he recalled, Mccarthy
made such request at breakfast
last Sept. 16 in the New York apart
ment Of Schine's parents.
Gohn also disputed details Of les
timony from Maj. Gen. Miles Il.
Reber who said Cohn exerted ct
pressure last July for a COMM
sion for Schine, young millionaire
and unpaid Mcearthy snbaammh
tee consultant who then faced -.
draft.
Rebex's Charge
Reber, the Army's lead-off wit
ness when the McCarthy-Army
hearings began April %, testified
he got calls from Sen. McCarthy's
office-most of them from COIN
two or three times a day in the
period from July 8 to July 80.
Cohn acknowledged he had taken
up the question of a commission
for Schine with Reber, then Army
iaison officer to Congress, but
placed the number of calls at Give
or six"
81 thought he (Schine) was en-
titled to a commission-I stiD do"
Cohn said.
Cohn, N-year-old chief counsel
to the Mccarthy subcommittee,
was in the witness chair for the
second day and under cross-exami-
nation by Special Counsel Ray H.
jenkins.
One Point Settled
AT the outset of this 23rd day Of
the hearings, one point of contro-
versy apparently was stilled.
Francis P. Carr, staff director
of the Mccarthy subcommittee,
was declared available to testify.
Continued On Page Twelve)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Program For
Memorial Day
Rites Released
Father McEnaney
Will Give Address
At Bayview Park 4

The Memorial Day program was
released today by Arthur Sawyer
Post No. %, American Legion. The
program is scheduled for Sunday
at 3 p. m. at the Gold Star Monu-
ment, Bayview Park and is as fol-
lows:
Introductory remarks - Post
Commander Bethel P. Johnson,
Arthur Sawyer Post 2S. Am. Le-
gion.
Advancement of Colors - Veter-
an organizations and Auxiliaries-
Musical Selections - Key West
High School Band.
Invocation - James Atkinson,
Chaplain, VIEW Post 3911.
Reading - Mrs. Adrianna Sands,
Gold Star Mother, Key West Chap
ter.
Musical Selection - Key West
High School Band.
Memorial Day Address - Father
James 1. McEnaney, St. Mary's
Star of Sea Catholic Church.
Memorial Tributes Veteran
groups and Auxiliaries.
Musical Selection - Key West
High School Band,
Salute to the Dead Firing
Squad, Key West Guzrd of Honor.
Taps
Retirement of ColorS
Benediction- Mrs. Glorianna
Bayly, Chaplain Arthur Sawyer I'm
it Is, Am. Legion Auxiliary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Navy Chief, Woman
Die; In Keys Crash
Car Crashes
Into Rear Of
TraiLer-Truck
A Navy chief and his wo-

A Navy chief and his wo-
man companion were in
stantly killed early this
morning when their car
crashed into the rear of a
disabled trailer-truck on
Long Key bridge, II miles
north of Marathon on the
Overseas Highway. The fat
al accident occurred at
12:45 a. m.
The dead were identified by Cpl.
S. r. Walker of the Florida High
way Patrol as CP0 Ernest E.
Meadows and Kay Johnson of 901
Duval Street.
A check at the Duval Street ad-
dress revealed that there was no
one of that name living there.
However it was reported that
Meadows brother lives at the
Duval Street address.
Pritchard Funeral Home, where
bodies were taken, identified the
woman as Josephine johnson Of
Tavernier.
Sfsiioned On DE
Meadows was stationed aboard
the destroyer escort Coates, now
operating in the Key West area.
His drivers license listed him as
coming from the Naval Base at
Bainbridge, Maryland. No further
identifi cation of either pers0n was
Immediately available.
Cpl. Walker said that the trail
er.trick, owned by Maule Indus
tries, Inc, a Miami firm, had
stopped approximately half way
across the bridge in ne north
bound lane.
The lights of the trailer-truck
were on and flares had been plac-
ed on me road by the, driver, Wal,
ton A. Gobbel and his helper, Tho
mas r. Westbury.
Truck Workers Unhurf
The two men and q mechanic,
Curtis McMakin, all Of Miami,
were working at the front of the
truck when the death car hit the
rear of the vehicle. None of the
three men were injured.
Cpl. Walker said that the auto
mobile struck the rear of the
trailer with sufficient force TO
move the heavy vehicle forward
several feet.
Traffic was moved over the
southbound lane until the wreck
age was removed and the trailer
truck towed from the bridge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28

Standing farther out was
a destroyer escort.
The Navy and State De-
partment b o t h released
statements here on the ar
rival of the ship.
Last Sunday two fleet
type submarines departed
from the Naval Base here.
The departure of the subs was
shrouded in secrecy and the Navy
here would make no comment
when asked about the subs or their
destination.
T Speculation On Subs
There was speculation here that
the sailing of the subs may have
had some connection with the ar
rival of the Alfhem in a United
States port.
The submarines sailed so unex-
pectedly, it was reported, that
some crew members who were on
leave in Miami were left behind.
These crew members, it was said,
were flown to meet the subs at
another port.
!. Concerning the arrival of the Al
Them here, the u. S. Customs and
the U. S. Coast Guard would make
no comment.
. Nays Release
The following Is the text aof a
release from the Navy's Public In
formation Office here:
''The SIS. Alfhem, of Swedish
register, arrived off the Sea Bouy
early this morning and was escort
ed to an anchorage opposite TT.
Taylor by the U. 5. Coast Guard
where she anchored at 0I00 this
morning.
GUS. authorities who had been
flown to Key West yesterday from
Washington, D. C. boarded her
with local harbor officials at $500.
Captain John Henry Lind and
the crew of the Alfhem cooperated
with the Naval authorities one hun
dred per cent"
State Dept. Release
The u. S. State Department also
issued a release here.
Although the State Department
release was handed to newsmen by
Capt. C. L. Murphy, chief of staff,
Capt. Murphy was very explicit in
saying that the Navy had nothing
to do with the State Department
release.
He said he was merely acting as
an agent for the State Department
in handing the release to newsmen.
Asked if he had ever acted in
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28

For Quick Communication.
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reoch buyers and SELLERS
tenmis or workers Ju1
DIAL 2,sssl or 2-s6S2.
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Reporters
Try Visit
To Vessel
Photographer Gets
Pictures, Reporter
Fails On Interview
BY BILL sPILLMAN

The Citizen investigated
a report this morning that
the Swedish freighter ALI
hem was anchored in Key
West Harbor. A boat was
quickly chartered by the re-
porter and Mrs. Sybil Ar
rington, Citizen photograph
er.
The Coast Guard Vessel c.
52303D was running circles
around the freighter and ordered
The Citizen boat to stay clear.
An attempt was made to board
the freighter but the Coast Guard
boat ran between the gangway
of the freighter and The Citizen
boat.
Stay Clear"
An officer aboard the Coast
Guard boat yelled through q
megaphone, "Stay clear of this
freighter 100 yards"
by whose order?" he was
asked.
"The Coast Guard" was the
answer.
For what reason7" he was
asked.
No answer.
"Are we a menace to .naviga-
toni"
No answer.
Cusseu.s OFFICIAL Seen
At one point a customs official
stuck his head over the side of
the ship and waved to the Coast
Guard boat. He motioned him to
keep The Citizen boat clear.
The freighter Alfhem was
brought to Key West for unex-
plainable reasons. It was reported
that the freighter had delivered
arms to Guatemala from Russia
and was returning to Sweden
when it was requested to come
in to port for questioning.
Upon observation, no visible
flag display was on the yard arm
of the vessel to indicate that the
ship was under inspection by Gus
toms or immigration officials.
The yellow quarantine flag was
not being blown.
Peek-A-Boo
When pictures were being TAX
en-, the people on the ship would
suddenly pull their heads behind
the rail of the ship and out of
sight. Two women were observ-
ed aboard the vessel.
'sWho gave you orders to keep
Continued on Page Twelve)
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Macy Re-OPens
Beaches Today

The Navy beaches were re.
opened today as tests showed
the pollution condition that has
existed for . week was well
within the acceptable range for
swimming or wading," The
Navy said. Tests will continue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-28
Further Delay
In Building
OF Turnpike
Broward, Palm Beach
Interests Protest
Route OF Road

MIAMI H-Further delay in con.
struction of the proposed toll turn.
pike from Miami to Fort Pierce
loomed today as Broward and
Palm Beach County interests pro.
tested location of the road through
their area.
Marvin Adams, chairman of the
Florida Turnpike Authority, told
some $50 members Of the protest
ing delegations at meeting here
yesterday that the board was mot
married to" the present location.
Spokesman for the delegations
called the proposed location "mur-
der and suicide" to their future
and limited prolonged legal action
unless the authority located the
superhighway west Of State Road
Z.
Adams said If the directors
could obtain competent engineer
ing opinion that the move would
not destroy stability of the turn
pike bonds, the authority would
consider Changing the route. I
Harry w. Stewart, Palm Beach
attorney, said the groups had no
funds to employ such experts and
asked that the authority either re-
study the findings Of their own
engineers or employ another firm
to check the original recommends
tons.
Adams promised an answer in
10 days, after q conference with
other authority members and their
engineering and financial advisers.
The present location, Stewart
said, "would work irreparabie
harm and damage to the east
coast of Palm Beach County and
would 50 destroy our economic
growth that we can never recover
in our lifetime"
eff you are going to destroy
our lands and homes, it would be
better not to build a turnpike at
ALL" he added.
However, L. w. Holloway, West
Palm Beach city commissioner,
asserted that Stewart spoke for
'slarge landowners against the
common, people"
Holloway said the turnpike had
been made a political football"
in West Palm Beach and Palm
Beach County and claimed the OBJ
jectors represented only a small
number of people.
1.-THE present location would be
definitely detrimental to the eco.
homie and agricultural develop
ment of our county," said Lamar
Allen, spokesman for the Palm
Beach Development Board.
Broward County citizens said
they also favored moving the turn
pike west of route Z.
Engineers reported it would cost
Ia million dollars to build bridges
and underpasses across the turn
pike to take care of future roads
not yet built but wanted by many
communities.
Meanwhile the State Road
Board, in a separate meeting, let
contracts on projects in 10 ,coun-
ties. Low bids totaled a little over
two million dollars.
Chairman Cecil Webb said con-
tracts for the entire 1O3 million
dollar road program promised by
Acting Gov. Charley Johns will
be let before he goes out of office
next January.
Webb said there would be an
other contract letting in Tallahas-
see June Is. He said more than
80 million dollars worth of con-
tracts have been let since Johns
took office last September and
that the board would 60 ahead
rapidly with contracts for the rest
Of the big road building program.
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Swedish Freighter Is Questioned Her
US. Authorize AskAbdpqtRB3ed
Arms Shipment 10 Guatemala
BY DENIS sNEIGh


The Swedish mystery freighter Afhem today anchor
ed off Key West and its crew was being questioned by
u S. authorities about shipment the freghter
delivered to Guatemala.
It has been reported that the cargo of arms was
picked up at port behind the Iron Curtain
The big, dirty freighter anchored off the Mole at
the Naval Station at a. m. today.
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Reaches Run bridge approach.
He estimated the cost of the ex-
presSway would be about SIS
million.
Cost Estimate Attacked.
3. G. I. Sawyer. District en-
cheering and planning chief.
took exception to the planners
cost estimate of S26 million for
the Reaches Run bridge and its
main approaches. He said that
it would cost 1892 million to do
what the planners proposed, ex-
elusive of land costs in Virginia.
But he contended it would cost
either $46.6 million or $50.6 mil
lion to carry out either of two
plans needed to make the bridge
"a partly workable highway
facility"
4. j. N. Robertson, District
highway director. said the bridge
could never be made to func-
ton to its full capacity" He
said the only adequate way to
get the increased north-South
traffic across Constitution ave-
nue. would be to build a tunnel
from south of Constitution ave-
nue. to north of G street. He
said he didn't know what this
would cost but that 1T would
be plenty"
/. S. Douglas s. Brinkley. Dis
trict planning engineer. made a
more detailed attack on traf1ic
movements proposed by the
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plain he considered the parents"
to be the planning commission.
Cooperation Pledged.
He said every argument they
had presented had been pre-
sented to and rejected by the
planners. He said that Congress
had set up the planning COM
mission to resolve such disputes
and urged that Congress approve
the Reaches Run project.
2. J. E. HARDWOOD. of the Vir-
ginia highway department. read
a letter from Virginia Highway
Director James Anderson saying
the department has agreed to
cooperate within its means in
building approaches for either
the E street or Jones Point
bridges.
Mr.. Anderson's letter said a
very hurried study" by the plan
ming commission indicated that
the Reaches Run approach cost
could be many times the ap-
proaches needed for an E street
bridge" Then Mr.. Anderson said
he doubted that Arlington off,
Gals would approve of spending
State funds it gets for such a
bridge.
He also added that the State
has mo immediate plans, nor has
it established any priority" for
the Four Mile Run expressway
which would link with the main
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Catholics Contribute
$4,000 for Shrine

Catholics of the Washington
archdiocese have contributed
$13l 900. or $4,000 more than
their quota. to complete the Ma
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception on the Catholic Uni
versity campus.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle. Archbishop of Washing
ton. made the announcement at
a dinner meeting of the John
Carroll Society last night in
Archbishop Carroll High School.
The society is composed of Cath
Ole business and professional
men.
Funds for the shrine were COL
lected on December s. but con-
tributionS have continued to
come in. The local drive is part
Of national campaign to raise
So million to complete the struc-
ture.
Ashbishop O'Boyle, guest of
honor at the dinner, told the
gathering he was extremely
grateful" to the people in the
archdiocese for their generous
response to the appeal,
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara. Auxiliary Bishop of
Washington, was also honored at
the dinner. John L. Sullivan,
former Secretary of the Navy
and president of the society, in
troduced the two prelates.
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Ruth De Lorenzo, II. testified
that on the night Of the alleged
attack, her husband left, their
apartment carrying a flashlight
and a knife. ostensibly to seek a
suspected prowler.
She said he returned half
hour later and appeared unex-
cited and in a normal state.
May Go to Jury Today.
The case is expected to be
placed in the hands of jury
today.
Yesterday the dark. curly
haired defendant told of making
a pickup acquaintance with the
woman several days before. On
the night of the alleged attack.
he testified. he left his bride with
the excuse that he heard a
proWler outside.
To back up his story, he said,
he took a flaShlight and a knife
with him.
Il didn't want my wife to
think I had a date" he said.
Then he said he went to the
wOman's apartment nearby. He
entered by an open rear door,
he testified.
Stories Differ.
De Lorenzo S denial that he
forced his attentions on the
woman was at direct variance
with hel story told earlier in the
trial. She testified she had never
before seen De Lorenzo.
Judge Burnita S. Matthews
is presiding at the trial in the
United States District Court for
the District of Columbia.
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Woman Tells Court
r {.
|0f an Urge 10 Drop
Charge Of Assault

The 26-year-old complaining
witness in the De Lorenzo rape
case today admitted she once
contemplated withdrawing her
charges.
Her statement caught Prose-
cutor Arthur Mclaughlin by
surprise He asked her why she
had thought of such action. The
witness asked time to consult
with her attorney and shortly
afterWard resumed the witness
stand with this statement.
"Basically. I feel this I'M
fortunate affair would never
have happened if the door had
been locked. / feel there was an
obligation on my part and
on the part of the Washington
Realty Co. to provide adequate
locks on the DOORS"
He Says She Invited Him.
Earlier the 19-year-old de-
PENDANT, GirardO V. De Lorenzo,
had testified the woman had in
vited him to visit her several
days before. He had testified he
entered the apartment in the
400 block of Kennedy street NV.
through a rear door which was
slightly ajar. He said the woman
welcomed him in and acquiesced
to sexual relations.
The complaining witness, de-
spite her admission that she had
wanted to withdraw from the
case. was emphatic in subse-
quent testimony that De Lorenzo
did rape her last September.
Earlier the defense attorney
Bernard Margolius, melodrsmat-
ically waved a pearl handled
knife in front of a Federal Court
jury in attacking credibility of
the complaining witness.
Mr.. Margolius flashed the knife
in a darkened courtroom in an
attempt to prove the defendant
could have seen the handle of
the knife.
Told of Dark Room.
The woman had testified that
her bedroom was pitch-da
that she could see nothing but
felt a knife at her throat.
Wife of the defendant. Mrs.