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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Govt Officials Keep Close
Watch On Mounting Market

City Federal Reserve member
banks stood at 1915, 900, 600 on
Dec. 20. That was an increase of
81 million dollars during the week,
and was 219 million higher than a
year earlier. Further sharp in
creases of that size could be a
strong factor in the thinking OF
the Federal Reserve Board.
Some factors appeared to indi-
cate that for the present, at least,
the stock market rise is largely
based upon nonspeculative ele-
mentS.
Officials said these factors in
cluded: credit buying of stocks has
not increased alarmingly; buying
has been concentrated on industrial
stocks, and has been further con-
centrated on shares of firms with
good earnings and growth records;
pension and mutual investment
funds, which favor such stocks,
have been. large buyers; for tax
reasons, many persons may be
waiting for the new year to sell
and take a profit.
Officials emphasized that it is
not the mission of the government
to control stock prices. The law
requires the reserve board to use
its powers Ito prevent excessive
use of credit"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
IEnglishman Gives
His Beard For
Benefit Drive

LEICESTER, England Up - One
! hundred and sixty BARRIERS
shipped off Alan Grimsley's beard
Wednesday to benefit a fund for
blind veterans.
Grimsley, a 2S-year-old engineer,
started the beard to win a pound
($2.S0) wager from a fellow work
man who bet he couldn't go a year
without shaving. When he collected
the pound, Grimsley sent it off to
the fund.
Then Grimsley had his great
idea. He walked into his local pub
and invited customers to help clip
his beard at sixpence q cents }
a snip. Three hours later the beard
was gone and Grimsley was richer
by 160 sixpences .($11.20). He sent
that off to the fund, too.
Will he grow another? ''Not
bloody likely" said Grimsley. ut
lost me all my girl friends"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
By WARREN ROGERS JR.

WASHINGTON R-American Of
ficials tempered a sigh of relief
with a cautious look to the future
today after the French Assembly's
belated approval of West German
rearmament.
President Eisenhower, vacation
ing at Augusta, Ga, expressed
great gratific alton" at the AS
sembly's 2S7-26O vote yesterday re-
versing its decision last week to
reject the rearmament plan. But
he said further steps must yet be
taken before Allied plans for in
tegrating West German troops with
free world defenses can become
4 reality.
Secretary of State Dulles took
much the same tack, calling the
French vote "a good augury" but
reminding that further parliamen-
tary steps lie ahead. The French
Council of the Republic, its upper
house, still must act, but little diff
f.culty was expected there.
On Capitol Hill Chairman Wiley
(R-WiS) of the Senate Foreign Re.
lations committee mentioned 1.-the
narrow margin of victory" but ex.
pressed hope all will be well from
now on.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Missing Girl
Found Working
In New York

NEW YORK Up - Jacqueline
Berg, 16, who eloped last Oct. 4
with a neighborhood boy, was
found yesterday as a result of an
anonymous telephone call to her
mother.
The mother, Mrs. Rose Berg Of
the Bronx, told police the call came
one day after she received a note
demanding SIS, 900 in return for the
girls life. The note was made
public by newspapers.
The girl was found working un-
der an assumed name in a Man
haitian office. She denied her iden.
tity to detectives but burst into
tears when she saw her mother.
She then gave the mother the
address of the rooming house
where she and 17-year-old Daniel
Bracciodetta had been living. The
boy was found shortly afterward
and both youngsters returned tt
their respective homes.
Both said they were married
about two weeks before the elope
ment, using assumed names and
false ages.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Cyclists Disturb
Beach Motel. Men

Some Key West motorcyclists ap-
paently didn't get the word Thurs
day and as a result a group OF
beach motels owners are up in
arms.
According to a Chamber of Com
merce release, local cyclists had
promised that they would cooper
ate in a noise abatement cam
paign to aid the city's tourist bus.
mess in the motel area. Motel men
have complained that their bust
ness has suffered because winter
visitors are being annoyed by mo.
tcrcycles and scooters.
But, at about 10 p. m. Thursday,
a group of motorcyclists roared in
to the area and proceeded to make
like racing drivers.
The result was considerable ir-
ritation to the motel men and their
guests.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Children Tell
OF Mothers
Cruel Acts

INDIANAPOLIS 1.-TWO chill
dren kept silent by fear for five
years spoke out yesterday with
grim story that caused the indict-
ment of their mother for second
degree murder in the scalding
death of their 4-year-old brother.
The county grand jury returned
the indictment against Mrs. Lucy
Hawkins, 81, after her two older
children, Russell L. Hawkins, 20.
and Mrs. Patricia Gary, 49,, ap.
peared before it.
Sheriff'S Capt. Morris Settles said
the two told him of being beaten
Tor years and also of being forced
10 beat the younger children. He
said they told him they decided to
tell their story after their mother
broke their S-year-old sisters arm
because she brought home a bad
report card.
At the time of 4-year-old David's
death in 1949, Mrs. Hawkins testi-
fled the boy jumped into a tub of
scalding water because he wanted
to be first to take a bath. His
death was ruled an accident.
The children told Capt. Settles
that their mother was boiling
water for baths and that David
soiled his pants. They said she
suddenly thrust David into the tub,
holding him there despite his strug-
gle
David died several days later.
Death was attributed to burns and
malnutrition.
The woman'S husband, Harold
c. Hawkins, 41-year-old machinist,
described her as 1.-The most sadis-
tic and vicious woman l ever
knew"
Settles said younger children cor
roborated the story told by the
older ones.
Mrs. Hawkins and her husband
have had IL children, 9 of whom
are living.
"It's all a pack of lies that Rus
sell told," Mrs. Hawkins said an
grily after her arrest. 81 just
spanked them when they needed
it."
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK B - The stock
market started is final day of the
year with a r4sh of buying.
Prices were up just about all
around the list. Some gains went
to between / and 3 points. Most,
however, were moderate.
Steels were an. outstanding fea-
ture with the smaller steel COM
pany stocks strong. Oils also were
in heavy demand.
Aircrafts were higher. Motors
edged ahead. Utilities were up.
Motion pictures were firm. Many
Individual issues were heavily
traded at higher prices.
Loew's, most active issue of the
past two days with a total gain
of 2M, started today on $500
shares up u at 21M.
Among higher stocks were In
land Steel, National Steel, General
Motors, Boeing, Radio Corp,
American Woolen.
Among declining stocks were
Pennsylvania Railroad, Santa Fe,
American Cyanamid, and Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
BY FRANK o'BRIEN

WASHINGTON R-Federal Off
cials in Washington are keeping
ar ever closer watch on the stock
market, as it continues to touch
new highs.
Their vigil is concentrated on the
use of credit.
If borrowing to buy stocks grows
to proportions that responsible Of
ficials here feel makes the market
subject to a price collapse, credit
controls enforced by the Federal
Reserve Board would be stiffened.
There is as yet no indication
that the situation has gone that
far. But it could change swiftly.
That is TIE consensus of talks
with highly placed officials who
asked that they not be quoted
by name.
The Federal Reserve Board has
authority to raise the margin re-
quirements on stock market oper-
ations from the present so per cent
cash requirements. The board in
February 1853 reduced the cash
requirement to so per cent from
the IS per cent imposed early in
1851 as an anti-inflationary meas
ure.
The board could also act less
directly by tightening up on the
supply of money and credit in gen.
eral. This would have the effect
of raising interest rates, and Of
making loans harder and more ex-
pensive to get.
Loans to brokers in New York
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Citizen Ads Bring Results
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Lost Trousseau
is Replaced

OXFORD, NC. R-Pretty Edith
Evans, 19 year old orphan,
marrieS her childhood sweetheart
at Mount Carmel Methodist church
today after a hectic week trying
to locate her lost trousseau.
The trouble started Christmas
Eve when she left ner suitcase
containing part Of her trousSeau,
including her wedding gown, on a
Philadelphia street corner. she
had paid for the clothes from her
wages while working IN Climbers
department store in Philadelphia
But by wedding time today she
apparently had the choice OF at
least three wedding gowns.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notl-
fled her yesterday that her bag
had been recovered by a Phlla-
delphian, Michael DeSanto, and
was on its way to the Raleigh-
Durham (N.C.) Airport. Meanwhile,
a Philadelphia department store
Lit Brothers-wired that it was
shipping a second gown to her.
The Ellis-Stone department store
at Durham said if the gowns failed
to arrive in time, it would make
a wedding gown available. And the
store said it will give Edith a
dress, suit and other items to re-
place those in the lost suitcase.
The suitcase was lost when
Edith'S brother Garland came to
Philadelphia to drive his sister to
Baltimore to meet her fiance Fran
Coley, who worked at an aircraft
plant there.
Edith, orphaned at an early age,
was brought up by relatives.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Observation Taken at Post Office
Building. 700 AM. EST.
Key West, Fla, Dec. 81, 1854
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
French Vote Gives Hope ToU.S. Officials

Sen. Mansfield (D-Mont) told
newsmen "the victory is another
link" in traditional U.S.-French
friendship. Sen. Sparkman DALAI
said the French action must be
pleasing to all the free world"
Both Mansfield and Sparkman
serve on the Foreign Relations
Committee.
In his statement yesterday, Dull
les referred indirectly to the nag
ging French fear of putting guns
into the hands of Germans who
three times in a century had in
vaded France. Dulles said:
"A special tribute is due to those
iE France who saw that patrio-
tiSm required the burying of age
old hostilitieS. That this could hap
pen is a good augury for the years
ahead"
Eisenhower, too, spoke In this
vein when he said:
GAS decisive cooperation sup
plants age-old antagoriSm, so the
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Wrong Seat

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. R-An-
thony Pellegrini, IS, made the mis-
take yesterday of sitting in Munich
pal Court ito while away some
time"
A sharp-eyed detective spotted
him as the judge was holding court
and told two other detectives
Grab that guyi We've been look
ing for him for two weeks"
Pellegrini was ushered down
stairs to the city Jail and booked
on a charge of failing to pay 81;
hotel bill.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Prizes Given
In l6 Classes
In Tournament

The seventh annual Island
City Fishing Tournament,
sponsored by the Key West
Junior Chamber of Com
merce, officially opens 1901
Saturday, followed by for
NAL ceremonies ten o'clock,
Sunday, at the Charter Boat
Docks on Roosevelt Boule-
ward, when Mayor C. B.
Harvey will attempt to land
the first fish of the tourna-
ment.
"Fito" Lastres, chairman of the
fishing committee, said today in
addition to the unusual catch to be
made by Mayor Harvey, a balloon
containing a certificate would be
released during the ceremonies and
that rod and reel would be award
ed the person finding thu certifi-
cate, by the JayceeS.
The tournament which runs un-
til March 81 is open to persons of
either. sex, landing a fish, with a
rod and reel, within the boundaries
Ut the tournament area, from the
waters surrounding Key West, to
the northern end of Marathon.
In the seven years the Jaycees
have sponsored the tournament
thousands of dollars worth of tro-
phies have been awarded to people
in the United States and foreign
countries. According to reports,
this year will be no exception.
Each month of the tournament,
trophies will be awarded for the
largest catch in each of 16 cate
gories. At the close of the tourna-
ment trophies will be awarded to
the overall winners.
In addition to the regular awards,
this year the Jaycees will give a
"catch of the Week" trophy to the
person aboard a selected charter
boat, making the largest catch of
the week.
Two official weighing stations
have been selected, one at the Gar
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

rison Blight, where fish will be
weighed in each afternoon from
400 to 500 p. m. and at the Fish
in Hole at Marathon, the northern
boundary of the tournament area.
Catches may be entered at either
of these locations.
Trophies for the tournament are
on order and when received will
be put on display in the window
of Paul J. Sher, on Duval Street.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

prospect for a general and lasting
peace will be definitely improved,
and a measure of encouragement
may therefore even now be felt Dy
all who are earnestly striving to
maintain and improve the UNITY
and harmony of the free world.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
The Weatherman
Says:

Key West and Vicinity: Fair
weather thru Saturday, with little
change in Temperatures. Gentle to
moderate northeast and east
winds. Low tonight near 81, high
tomorrow about 80.
Florida: Clear to partly cloudy
thru Saturday. Slight chance for
brief showers along the east coast
Little change in temperatures, ex,
cept not quite SO cold extreme
north tonight.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to
moderate wind, mostly north to
northeast over extreme north por-
ton today; otherwise mostly north.
east to east winds thru Saturday.
Partly cloudy weather except a
slight chance for brief showers
near east coast.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
east and northeast winds thru Sat.
urday. Partly cloudy weather with
widely scattered showers.
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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
CAUTION!
Aes Fast when ceUgh Frossa
Common Cold h0nQs On

Chronic bronchitis may develop II
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron-
chitis is not treated and you cannot
afford TO take a chance with any medl-
cine less potent than Creomulsion. IL
goes into the bronchial system to help
loosen and expel germ laden phlegm
and aid nature to Soothe and heal raw,
tender, ,infamed observation-disclosures.
For children you can now get
milder, taStier Creomulsion for Chill
dren in a pink and blue package.
Get large bottle of Creomulsion at
your drug store. Use it all as directed.
Creomulsion is guaranteed to please
you or druggist refunds money. Adv.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Carney Warns
Of Reds Pacific
Sub Strength

TYLER, Tex. R--Adm. Robert
,. Carney. us. chef of naval
operations, says that Russia has
ended the United Ststes' sea power
monopoly In the Pscific and may
have 100 submarines in that area.
Carney spoke here Friday at
the Tyler Rose Festival. He said
the United States plans q fleet of
new-type destroyers and escorts to
counter the grave" Russian
threat. A sister-ship to the nuclear-
powered submarine Nautilus is on
the way and that two others are
planned, he said.
The Navy chief put Russia's ship.
building capacity for the next two
or three years. at $50 cruisers.
$50 destroyers and $50 seagoinr
submarines" The Russians are be-
heved to have $50 submarines now.
he added.
ITO our sorrow," he said. we
nave badly underestimate the
mental and productive capabilities
q this new Russia"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
COP Leaders
Want Ike To
Speak Out
Nv MARVIN /. ARRoWsMITH

~ MARVIN l. AkROWSMITH
DENVER B-Republican lead,
ers, showing increasing concern
over party chances for continued
control of Congress, are calling
for President Eisenhower to speak
out vigorously and more often in
the campaign.
II don't think we have been able
to get across just how good our
program is" Rep. Halleck Of In
diana, the House Republican lead
er, told a news conference here
yesterday after a political strate-
az conference with the President.
Halleck declined to say wheth-
er he specifically asked Eisen-
hover to play a more active role
in the November election cam
paign, but he did declare:
THE Presidents voice k q
strong voice and the people have
confidence in him."
And he added:
'T would like to see some repeti-
ton Of the Presidents Los An
geles speech"
That was q reference to Eisen-
hower's Sept. q Hollywood Bowl
address in which he stripped off
the velvet gloves for the first time
and said recapture Of the legisla-
tive branch by the Democrats
would lead to political ''field
day" In Washington and result in
"stagnation" In government.
The President has made no po-
Htical speeches since then and has
only two more major campaign
addresses scheduled - a nation
wide radio-television address from
Denver with Vice President Nixon
FRAY night and another coast-to-
coast appeal Nov. /, election eve.
Associates say the chief execu-
lives Friday speech win be his
hardest hitting effort Of the cam
paign.
But Halleck, saying - as other
COP leaders have - that the
Republicans face q though fight
to maintain control Of Congress,
left no doubt he would like to see
the President make more than
those two addresses.
His news conference dealt most
y with the Republican outlook in
the House, and he was something
less than. wildly enthusiastic.
He did say that despite the
slough fight ahead he looks for
his party to come out on top in the
elections. But he declined to 90
along with COP National Chair
man Leonard Halls forecast the
Republicans win gain Is to rs
House seats.
THAT is more than I'd predict"
he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Ouake.In Alaska
Make Buildings
Rock And Roll

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, IN Tall
buildings rocked and rolled and
residents fled to the streets in
their night clothes early YESTERDAY
In an earthquake seismologists said
would have caused disaster il the
epicenter was in a populated area.
NO casualties were reported.
however. =
The tremor shook q 1,OOo.mile
area of the Alaska mainland but
was felt most severely in n fri.
angular area 30 to 100 miles west
and south Of here.
It cracked building walls and
shattered windows at Anchorag %
Seward, Valdez and Homer and
was felt at Fairbanks, Homer
Cordova, Kodiak and Yakutst'
Some residents Of Anchorape's two
history apartment buildings fed 70
the street in their night clothes,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

Congress shall make no law re-
speeding an establishment of reli-
sion, or prohibiting the free exer.
else thereof; or abridging the free
dom Of speech or Of the press: or
the right Of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the
government for q redress of griey-
ences."-Bill Of Rights, Article
, 1954-03-06
Myrna 10y Richard Greene
Mar. e TOO YOUNG 10 KISS
Van johnson June Allyson
FORCED AUCTION

In accordance with Section
So 8 fthe Ordinance providing
for the Assessment, Levy and
Collection Of Taxes upon real
property and with the consent
of and further directions Of
the Administrator for St
|Croix the following properties
in arrears for taxes for the
wear 1851 will be sold at the
|Vendue Directors Office at
the time hereinafter mention
ed.
No. 48 Hill Street
MondayM Mar. 8, 1854 at 3 pm
according the tax list be-
longing to William H., Jr. &
Mary Hodge
All expenses Of the sale in
Guiding the interest charges on
the tax due are to be paid by
the purchaser y.
Vendue Directors Office
Christiansted, 9th Feb. 1854
w. F.
vendue Director
, 1954-03-06

Wise Mons know that windy
days call for extra skin protection
for fresh.air seekers. TO keep
Oensitive cheeks and hands from
windburn or chap, smooth on .
protecting Aim Of Johnson's Baby
Lotion. This creamy white lotion
wards of the sting Of windy
weather.
Spring outings need not be long,
but babies do need fresh air every
single day unless it's too stormy
out. Mother, too, will benefit from
q few moments spent In q protect
ed and sunny area in the backyard,
or a brisk walk just to the neigh-
borhood store. helps put sparkle
in eyes and bloom in the cheeks
, 1954-03-06
DURING HIS STAY in office this paper ha

DURING HIS STAY in office this paper has many times
differed with Governor de Castro on principle. However,
therein lies the value Of the democratic process = that there
can be difference without losing sight Of whatever there IS
of merit in the two sides.
WHETHER THERE should Be parades, an official eta
lion, ~banquets, programs, medals, Or what have you, is but
detail. It would be an awful oversight, even reHecting on the
patriotism and sound thinking Of the people Of these Islands
should the opportunity Be allowed to slip By. n honoring q
native son who has done 50 well IS to recognize that there
is here the ability, and that it IS appreciated. But more, we
will be telling others everywhere that we are not so obivious
to what the democratic process entails that we fail 70 recog-
nize its initial step.
THE OPPORTUNITY to honor the first nGtioe GoVerror
before he leooes office should not be 0ElotOed to 60 By default.
, 1954-03-06

MORRIS +. DE CASTRO has performed a significant
and unselfish service for the Virgin Islands covering a span
of over 80 years Of uninterrupted devotion to the welfare and
concerns of his home. And now that he is slated to retire from
active public service, as such nothing could be more fitting,
both from the point Of doing honor to a stalWart public ser
want and to giving expression to appreciation for that service,
than totake the necessary steps in that direction promptly.
STARTING WITH a clerkship that because Of youth
and inexperience carried no major responsibilities Morris F.
de Castro quickly showed that he could apply himself to
whatever task he was assigned, and doing It with eonstancy
and skill, took on more and more of the responsibilities that
come with higher office. Up the ranks he climbed, to Chief
Clerk, to confidential secretary to Governors, to Commissions
ernor Of the Virgin Islands. He had the distinction Of being
the first native Governor
IT Jul HAVE been most unnatural, and indeed,
we venture to say, most menjoyabIe, had he attained and
kept these positions Of responsibilities without opposition,
real and make-beieye. of course he knew, as he must have,
that as Governor he was in a most vulnerable position one
to which pot shots are taken in many instances for no other
reason than the popularity which comes from an attack on
the chief executive which called for, among other things
pleasing one and all, all Of the time. But he did extremely
well.
THAT HE HAS compiled a record Of commendable SER
vice is common knowledge. However, what to us required the
staunchest adherence to principle was the stand on maintain
ing a policy Of absolute freedom from any traces Of segrega-
ton. Ii could have been SO easy to hedge, and to use a local
expression, bite and blew, on this issue But he did nor
, 1954-03-06
LET'S DO HONOR

SOMETIME BEFORE the new Governor takes office
the people Of the Virgin Islands should take time out to honor
Governor Morris F. de Castro, and the honor should Be non
partisan, and come from the entire group, without exceptions
or reservations.
, 1954-03-06

orRGN0Tn
unIFs
Kodiak mirror., 1954-01-16
Notice fo Creditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Alf Madsen, was on the 17th day of December, 1953, by an order of the above entitled. Court appointed administrator of the estate of Louis Joseph Neudonne Page, deceased; i; and that he thereupon quali- fed as such administrator in the manner required by law, and all creditors of, and per- sons having claims against said decedent are hereby re- quired to present their claims, with the necessary vouchers, within six months from the date hereof. to the under signed administrator at the office of his attorney Paul A. Dapler. Kodiak, Alaska, which office the undersigned hereby designates as his place of business in all matters con- nected with the said estate.
 DATED at Kodiak, Alaska, this 17th day of December, 1853.
 Isl Ali Madsen Administrator of the Estate of Louis Joseph Dieudonne Page,
 deceased. list. Publication: 1-2-54 Last Publication: 1-23-54