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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Miss Maryland
IsUnhappyA At
Beauty Contest

LONG BEACH, Calf. B-Alls
quiet on the international front to-
day-final day of the Miss Universe
contest-although many contestants
come from nations which have
been warning for centuries.
But not so with Maryland and
Virginia. Civil war between them
may break out at any moment.
1t began over the disqualification
of Barbara Ann Eschenburg, Miss
Maryland. This classy beauty was
a heavy favOrite in the Miss U.S.A.
finals Wednesday night when her
true age-16-waS learned.
That disqualified her with the
judges. Minimum age for the con-
test is IS.
Miss Virginia, Ellen Whitehead
of Chatham, stayed in the contest
and became first runner-up to Miss
South Carolina, the winner.
Yesterday it was discovered that
Miss Virginia is only 16. Pageant
officials, explaining that her
prizes were only honorary anyway,
decided at first to let her keep
them, figuring no harm was done.
Pop Protests
But then DR.. Richard Eschen-
burg, father of Barbara Ann, COM
planned to contest authorities and
last night Miss Virginia had to give
up her trophy.
One contestant spokesman said
DR.. ESchenburg, a Berlin, Md,
dental surgeon here with his wife.
could not understand why is
daughter was not allowed to 90
into the final field of five and
Miss Virginia was.
There was a simple expIana.
ton" the spokesman continued.
I'VE discovered Miss Maryland's
age before the contest was decided
and we didn't discover Miss Viz
ginia'S until it was over"
DR.. Eschenburg said his daushter
was heartbroken about her dis
qualification and cried all night. He
said it was explained to the spon-
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
No Immediate
Break Seen In
Miami Mystery

MIAMI R - George A. Brauti-
gam, state attorney, said today
he knows of no imminent break
in the kidnap-slaying of Judith Ann
Roberts.
Reports originating ir Balt-
more that an arrest will be made
within "a hours are without foun-
dation," he added.
Judith Ann, 7-year-old daughter
of a Baltimore attorney, was kid.
mapped from her grandparents
home July 7. Her lifeless body
was found several hours later in
a mangrove thicket beside Bis
dayne Bay.
1t. Chester Eldredge of the
Homicide Squad, informed that the
child's father, James T. Roberts,
had issued a statement saying he
was confident the killer would be
found "among their own pet per-
verts who are treated so tenderly, T"
commented:
"An persons questioned were
treated in accordance with the
law and their civil rights"
Police of a score of cities have
questioned more than 800 persons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
One Dead AS
Plane Goes
ChinaSea
Navy Ply Rescues
Eight; Small Boat
Gets Three Others

HONG KONG R-A British Sky
master airliner, with II persons
aboard and one of its four engines
afire, ditched in the South China
Sea near Communicated Hianan
Island today.
A US. Navy ply flying boat
quickly rescued eight survivors and
recovered one body.
Airline officials in Singapore
said three other persons were
picked up by British Sunderland,
but they had, not reached here
hours later.
Eyewitnesses said they saw three
survivors picked up by 4 small
boat-pressimably = Communist
craft.
The ply landed here and the
survivors were taken to hospitals.
No names were announced Off
cially.
Nc Interviews Allowed
Newsmen were not allowed to
talk with the injured, many OF
whom sustained severe cuts and
bruises. Members of the ply crew
were not permitted to describe the
rescue.
Six of the IL passengers were
MISUNDERSTANDING five mem
berS of one family.
Singapore headquarters of Cath
ay Pacific Airlines, operators of
the four-engine Skymaster, said
"all survivors" had been rescued
and the search had been called off.
Eyewitnesses aboard two COM
mercial planes which saw the Sky
master crash land after one en-.
CINE caught fire said scores OF
small boats and sampans put out
quickly from Hainan and all
aboard the plane probably were
rescued unless some were trapped
inside.
The plane went down within one
minute, said British newsman Rus
sci Spur, who was aboard an Air
Vietnam plane which circled the
scene for Ak ninutos
Spur said he saw q small boat
pick up three persons from q life
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23

scores of Florida cities, to
sponsor a law which would
give Key West one cent out
of the four cents the state
collects on every gallon Of
gasoline sold in the state.
Under the present law, the
money is held by the state
road department for prim-
airy roads and administra.
ton.
Carbonell presented the commits
Sioners with q copy of a resolution
given to him by Miami Mayor
Abe Aronovitz, asking that Key
West pass a similar measure.
Equal AIloestion
Carbonell pointed out that stu
dies have shown that IS per cent
of the gasoline sold In Florida 10
purchased in urban areas. The
resolution also states that the mon
ey should be apportioned to the
cities on the basis of the number
Of gallons OF gasoline sold within
the municipality.
The resolution has the full sup
port OF the city commission.
The Citizen supported the pro-
posed legislation in an editorial
June 30, holding that the additional
revenue would relieve the city Of
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Third Suspect
Jailed Herein
RobberyProbe
Theft Loss By
Mrs. Garcia Is
Estimated AT $500

A third suspect was arrested
for investigation last night in con-
nection with a robbery and at,
tempted safe-cracking on Eaton
Street.
He was identified by police as
Oliver Suarez, SOB Southland Street.
He is being held in the city jail.
Earlier, two men identified as AL.
Geo Perez, 18-E Porter Place and
Amado Rocamora, SOS Ashe Street,
were arrested by police for in
vestigation and later turned over
to county authorities.
The arrests are the result of a
probe by the police and sheriff S
department into a robbery We'd
neSday night in the home of Mrs.
Dora Garcia, 7O8 Eaton Street.
Figure Scaled Down
Originally, Mrs. Garcia reported
that $4,000 in cash and jewelry
were taken, but today police said
that the figure had been scaled
down to about 5000.
The thieves made their haul from
a closet in the living room to which
they gained entrance by smashing
a door. They failed in an effort to
crack a safe, succeeding only in
smashing the combination.
The robbery was the second to
take place in Key West this week.
Police reported also that the
Happy Hour Bar, Duval Street,
was entered Tuesday night result
ing in the loss of 81, 500 in whisky.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Suspicious Area
PrObed In Study
OF New Red Tide

SARASOTA R-Two groups of
scientists studying the red tide
probed an area Of suspicion about
2O-3O miles out in the Gulf of Mexi-
CO today.
-Four research men from the
University of Miami Marine BIZ.
illogical Laboratory came in re-
Spouse to reports that dead fish,
apparently killed by the red tide,
were floating on the surface in an
area southwest by west Of Sara
sofa.
They were joined in a visit 10
the area by three members of a
University of Florida team which
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Is
Into
|SenateDebate
BY DONALD SANDERS

WASHINGTON IA COP move
to bar use of Atomic Energy Com
mission funds for construction oi
commercial power plants today
shot new heat into the marathon
Senate debate ON the administra'
tons atomic bill.
Sen. Hickenlooper (R Iowa),
floor manager for the bill, pro.
posed the ban even as COP lead
erS were trying desperately &c
force an end to the talkathon
which, for all practical purposes,
has gone on continuously since 1C
am. Wednesday.
Sens. Anderson (D-NM) and
Gore (D-Tenn) charged Hicken.
looper's move was an effort to tor.
pedo the major victory they and
other critics of the original bill
won yesterday.
If it is pressed, they said, debate
would be prolonged.
BY a 45-41 vote Thursday, the
Senate adopted an amendment
which would authorize the federal
government to go into the com
mercial production of atomic pow.
er.
Critics Cheer
Critics of the original bill
cheered this as a victory in locking
the door against the private pow.
er monopoly"
They said it would authorize
Acc, the Tennessee Valley Au.
thOrity or other government agen'
cies to get into this field.
The amendment would apply to
different section of the bill cover
ing Acc funds but Anderson insist.
ed "it would nullify" the previous
Senate decision.
Sen. Knowland of California, the
Republican floor leader, made d
formal move to limit debate, and
so break what he calls. the "fili'
buster" against the bill, but there
appeared to be little optimism
among the Republicans that il
would succeed.
Knowland filed, shortly after
midnight, a petition for cloture-
the parliamentary term for limit
on debate. Under the rules, a vote
on the petition is impossible be-
fore Sunday morning. Knowland
said he does not look for vote
before Monday.
Across the Capitol, the House be.
gan consideration of its own atomic
bill with the yelled suggestion Of
Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY) that
it avoid the Senate example Of
marathon debate.
Chairman Is Hopeful
Cole, chairman of the Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
expressed hope that the congress
men would give the measure
STEADY, full and deliberate de
bate" without side excursions "intC
realms having nothing to do with
it."
In the House, each side is Limited
to two hours debate, but this car
be stretched indefinitely by parlia
! Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Commissioners
Set Tentative
.CountiyBudget
Increase OF 20
Mills Planned
Over Current Rate

Monroe County's new bud
get, as set up tentatively at
yesterday afternoons coun-
ty commission meeting,
shows a &c mills increase
over the current budget.
The tentative budget is
set at go mills compared
with &C mills for the cur
rent budget.
The new budget will be taken
up at the next meeting of the
county commissioners - Aug. 3.
According to Earl Adams, coun-
ty clerk, here is a breakdown of
the new budget compared with the
current budget:
New Budget Breakdown
Fine and Forfeiture fund for
1854 - 3 mills or $165, 815.5S; for
1858 - "a mills or $121, 2O7.
General Revenue fund for 1854
IS mills or $685., 1S4.12; for 1853
= 80 mills or 1904, 1850.
Road and Bridge fund for 1854
- $127, $3.50; for 1858 - $132, 1897. :
so.
No tax millage was set for the
road and bridge fund this year or
last year because the money comes
from the gasoline tax.
Building Certificates for 1854 -
8 mills or $39, 2O2.55; for 1858 -
6 mills or $39,027.
Bathing Beach Bonds for 1854 -
4 mills or Sc, 505.7O; for 1853 -
a mills or $23, $3.50.
Capital Outlay fund for 1854 -
$500, 900; for 1858 - $17, 4OS.75.
$500. 900 Capital Outlay
OF the $4,000 capital outlay
fund in the tentative budget, the
county anticipates selling $45O, 900
in airport certificates to finance a
new terminal building, extended
runways and other improvements.
The remaining $50, 900 in the cap
ital outlay fund is expected to be
raised from airport revenues. This
$4,000 will be used as payment
on the $3.50, 900 airport certificates.
The budget as set up at 81 mills
does not include the tax millage
for Monroe General Hospital, the
mosquito control district and the
County Health Center.
These all are political subdivi.
SionS and they will submit their
own budgets to the county commits
Sioners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Carbonell Is Named General ;:
Manager OF Kennel Club Here
Key Wester
Given Top
Post For 3rd
Racing Meet

Native Key Wester Louis
Carbonell has been appoint
ed general manager of the
Key West Kennel Club, it
was announced today by Sid
ney Aronovitz, president of
the organization.
The appointment to the tracks
top post, Aronovitz said, is in keep
ing with the Kennel Club policy OF
hiring local personnel whenever
possible. Carbonell will take over
the reigns of the club on August
1.
The Kennel Club will start its
third annual meeting Jan. l. The
meeting will continue for 80 racing
days.
Carbonell, presently serving his
third term as a city commission
er, has had wide experience in the
business and sporting world.
He was the proprietor of a res
taurant in New York City for 49,
years before returning to his ma
tive Key West in 1871. He then op-
Grated a restaurant here up until
four years ago when he started
the appliance business which bears
his name.
Sports Background
He was the man who gave Key
], rst its first taste of professional
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Community Spirit Is Shown
In Outing At Sigsbee Park
Watermelon Feed,
SOngfest Enjoyed
BY Large Group
BY BILL sPILLMAN

Five hundred residents of Sigs
bee Park were on hand last night
to make the outing sponsored by
the Sigsbee Community Council
q huge success.
On-the-scene observers stated
that the outing is a big step for.
ward in making SigSbee Park a
community instead of housing pro
ject.
A definite air of community Spir
it was shown by all people pre-
sent who enjoyed plenty of colo
watermelon and participated in 9
song fest.
Captain C. H. Murphy, Chief o.
Staff to Admiral George c. Town
er, Commander Naval Base, tolG
the group that the council had hi;
support as well as that of Admiral
ToWner. He indicated that the Ma
val Base command would offer ma
terial support also when neces
Sary.
Endorsed BY Major
Mayor C. B. Harvey, represent
ing the city government, endorsed
the community council and offer
ed city support toward its success
He also said that he was sure thai
the rest of the citizens of Key
West considered the residents q
Sigsbee Park a community of oul
city instead Of just a housing pro
ject.
Mrs. J. Curran, a representative
from the National Community
Council Defense Services, said tha'
she was very pleased at the res
ponse and backing given by the
citizens of Sigsbee towards the
councils success. She said she wa:
amazed at the progress made il
just three weeks.
Mrs. Curran is in Key West fol
the express purpose of giving hel
organizational abilities to the for
nation and success of the newly
formed community council.
Mgr. LaUds Council
Claude Spear, civilian housing
manager of the Navy community
offered support for the organiza
ton and said that one of the pri
mary reasons for the councils ex
iStence was to solve domestic anC
community problems in a neighbor
ly way. He urged all residents Il
support the council and its pur
pose.
Spear was responsible for OBJ
tanning the watermelon at very
low cost for the outing.
Captain Murphy was visible i'm
pressed at the plaque bearing his
name that is mounted on the Gov
cred patio that is used by the Sigs
bee council and for Sunday eve
ming religious services.
Murphy played the major role
In obtaining the covered patio fol
the Sigsbee Park Community.
Present executive members o.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

For the second straight day,
Key West has had no accidents
reported to police. Even so, the
traffic toll during July is run
ming ahead of last month.
Let's all work together and
see if we can't keep the re-
cord down this month.
With a weekend starting to-
day, it will require special eff
fort to reduce the toll. 1t is
hot weather - real beer drink
ing weather. So, if you feel the
urge to quaff a flagon of suds
- or something stronger -
don't drive.
A large percentage Of the
traffic injuries reported in Key
West this year can be blamed
on drinking.
Remember: Safety can't be
preserved in alcohol.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23
Knight Tells
Rotary OF
Polio Work
Activity Of Local
Branch Of NATL
Foundation Told
BY SUE JONES

When a person is stricken with
polio in Key West the local chap
ter of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis rusheS the pa
tient to Variety Children's HoSpi-
tai in Miami by ambulance accord
ing to Jeff Knight, Monroe Coun-
ty chairman who addressed the
Rotary Club at their meeting at the
La Concha Hotel yesterday at noon.
doctors say that speed in start
ing treatment helps to prevent
paralysis, and as soon as we are
notified that case of polio has
been diagnosed we make arrange
mentS to get the patient to Miami
as soon as possible" knight said.
After the patient is out of dan
ger, the family is asked if they
can help finance the cost of treat
ment - between $500 and $500 a
month. If the family is unable to
assist, the Foundation pays all ex-
penses ....---.
Knight stressed that the family
is never put under any obligation
= ANY contribution they make is
voluntary"
% This Year
''The local chapter has cared for
80 cases so far this year." knight
continued. 1--WE spent $500 on one
case that developed in 1946."
1.-THE cost of keeping a patient
at Variety Hospital is SIS a day
which includes therapy and hospi.
tai care. Each doctor at the hos.
pital who sees the patient makes
a flat charge to the chapter of $50
for his care of the patient for one
year"
Several club members asked if
the daily charge was excessive
Knight asked DR.. R. S. Simpson.
of the Naval Hospital to comment
DR.. Simpson replied, 81 don't
see how they can provide the kind
of care that a polio patient needs
for so little. Variety Hospital Is
equipped with all the latest de.
vices for polio care and they are
doing a wonderful job"
DR.. Simpson also said that the
actual cost of caring for patient
in the acute stage is closer to $40
a day.
The local chapter cares for Navy
dependents as well as civilians.
$50, 900 Raised
knight told the Rotarians that
the Monroe County March of Dim.
eS in January has raised $50. 900
dollars. The local chapter receiv.
ed one third of this amount.
Of the other $20, 900, one-haf was
used by the National Foundation
for research, especially on the Salk
Vaccine which it is hoped will
prove a death blow" to polio.
The remaining $1,000 was spent
on the gamma gobulin project, and
to help local chapters whose funds
are exhausted.
knight said, Last October an.
proximately 5000 shots of the gam.
ma globulin were given in Kew
West and the same number in this
spring. Each shot costs $40.
I'VE have received almost $3.50.
900 from the National Foundation
for the two mass NEGOTIATIONS in
Key West"
Need Increases
"The January March of Dimes
raised SIS, OOO, 900 nationally but we
need SIS 900, 900 if we are to con-
tinue to provide for the care of
patients and maintain our research
program.
THAT is why we are having an
: Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-23

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

council but he is opposed. new
ertheless,. by Mr.. Redding and
three other Democrats, Buddy
Bartlett. Bruce E. Grant, and
Ernest o. Voigt.
On the Republican side for
the June 8 primary there also
are five candidates: Theodore r.
OwingS, Edward H. Gibbons.
Leon M. Giles, Tilden w. john
son, and Richard M. Westbrook.
Last night the Republican fact
finding committee on the district
endorsed Mr.. Owings. city clerk
of nearby Culver City, as its
candidate.
Under CALIFORNIA; cross filing
system, Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Redding have also filed for the
Republican nomination and Mr..
OwingS, Mr.. Giles and Mr.. West
brook have also filed for the
Democratic nomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Roosevelt Asks Unity
As Dispute RACES
Over His Candidacy
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES. April T.
James Roosevelt apparently is
trying to pour oil on the troubled
political waters boiling around
his congressional candidacy.
He said in a statement last
night that it is time "for all
Democrats and independent citi-
ZenS to work for the establish
ment of government which will
follow principle and a conStruc-
tive program to give to the people
of our country the kind of gov
eminent which is so desperately
needed in these crucial times"
And he added:
II would like now to respect
fully suggest that we all unite
for these. common purposes. The
stake Of the American people in
the results of the coming election
is too great to endanger it in any
way by intra-party or personal
strife"
There was little doubt about
"intra-party strife" over Mr..
Roosevelt's candidacy in Cali
fornia's 26th district.
Withdrawal Suggested.
National Chairman Stephen
Mitchell last Sunday suggested
that Mr.. Roosevelt stand aside
from election contests until his
personal problems are disposed
of; obviously the separate main
tenance suit, with allegations of
inf1delity, by Mr.. Roosevelt's
estranged wife Romelle, in which
trial is pending.
Mr.. Roosevelt refused to drop
out Of the race, saying that Mr..
Mitchell's suggestion would "open
the door to political blackmail
against every controversial polit-
1cal figure"
California Democratic Chair.
man George Miller. ir.. retorted
bluntly to Mr.. Mitchell, saying
the national chairman would
do we'll to keep his nose out Of
California politics"
Sees Roosevelt Interfering.
But Ned Redding. opposing Mr..
Roosevelt for the Democratic
nomination. declared: 1T is
Roosevelt, not Mitchell, who is
interfering. He is an interloper
and carpetbagger, for he moved
into the district only to become a
candidate there"
Mr.. Roosevelt received indorse-
ment of the district Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Filling Stations
In Air for Planes
Proposed by Firm
BY the Associated Press

>
Gas stations in the sky were
proposed yesterday to the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
The practice of supplying fuel
to military aircraft in fight is
old hat. but CAB spokesman said
this was the first proposal to go
in for aerial filling stations for
commercial flights.
United Nations Aviation Corp,
a Massachusetts, corporation with
headquarters at Cresskill. N. j.,
filed the proposal. The COM
pany's idea is to sell gas to
commercial liners in the air over
the United States and way sta
tons in midocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
PTA to Discuss BUDGET

Fairfax County's, proposed
1954-55 budget will be discussed
at a meeting Of the Oakton
School PTA at 8 o'clock tonight
in the Oakton Elementary
School. County Executive C. C.
Massey and Robert Walker, di-
rector of surveys and informa-
ton for the school board, will
participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Murder or Munsluuuhter

Leading lawyers in New Zea-
land are sponsoring a. move to
have infanticide treated as man
slaughter rather than as MUIR
der, as 1t is at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Too Fast for SteepIeiucks

Just as steeplejacks were about
to start demolishing a 103-foot
chimney at Whitley Bay, Eng
land, it fell down.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
BY the Assoeiassd Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24.-This
is a day before Christmas that
the families of % soldiers will
never forget. For some 1t is
a day of heartbreak-for others
a day Of thankfulness.
The 23. happy that they were
to be home for Christmas, were
aboard q chartered DC-3 air.
liner which crashed In the
Monongahela River near here
last Wednesday night.
Five crewmen also were aboard
the ship when it ran out Of gas
q bare two minutes before it
was to have landed at Allegheny
County Airport to refuel.
Today nine of the soldiers
are dead. So Is the pilot whose
skill in negotiating the crash
landing probably saved many
lives.
The bodies Of all 10 victims
were recovered from the murky
river yesterday. A few hours
later the Allegheny County NOR
que released their identity.
The body Of the pilot, 33-year-
old Harold Poe Of Seattle, Wash.
was among the last TO be re-
covered.
The soldier dead came from