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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Silverman and
sons of 1133 w. Willetta combined
a San Francisco market trip with
a vacation this summer.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

Mrs. Phillip Marquisee and
daughters of 326 E. Weldon will
spend a few weeks on the coast
with her parents.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
Maxi Actor Honored

BONN, (JTA) - One of West
Germany'S highest decorations has
been awarded to Werner Krauss, a
German actor who is identified In
the public mind with the most re-
pulSive manifestations Of Jew-bait-
ing on the Nazi stage.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20
Miss MiIder Is Honoree

A farewell luncheon was given
Aug. for Joyce Milder, who, with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P,
Milder, of $50 Lamar Rd., is
moving to Tucson. The party took
place at the home of Elaine Kahn
of 842 w. Clarendon.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Brakeman
of 316 E. Moreland, who were
married in 1904 at Minsk, Russia,
celebrated their 5Oth anniversary
on Aug. 10.
1t was shortly after their mar
riage that they emigrated to
Churubusko, Ind. Seven years ago
they moved to Phoenix.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

The Pan-Israel Oil Co. has been
organized under the Panama cor
poration law for the purpose of
drilling for oil in Israel.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-08-20

Philadelphia's Association for
Jewish Children recently observed
its Tooth birthday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Cobo Questions
Street Program
At Meet Tuesday

The city'S street program came
In for considerable discussion last
night when city commissioners
Delio Cobo asked for a report from
City Manager Victor Lang on its
progress.
Cobo pointed out that "some of
che streets are pretty good and
some of them are not"
He added that he had received
considerable complaints on the
type of streets being produced by
the city's new street building ma
chine. Cobo also questioned the
cost.
Lang told him that the city is
saving money with the machine.
He pointed out that city workmen
have paved four streets at a cost
of only slightly more than $500.
But Cobo replied that he has
observed holes left in some of the
streets. 81 don't believe they are
going to hold up" he declared.
Mayor C. B. Harvey, in discus
sing possible reasons for inferior
paving laid by the machine, said
that "the crew may be in too
much of hurry"
'They are not taking pains-es-
pecially at intersections" he add.
ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Jet Crashes
In K.C. Today

KANSAS CITY, Kan. R-An Air
Force jet plane crashed today just
outside the downtown district and
an unofficial report said four per-
sons were killed, including the
pilot.
Two persons were also taken to
Providence Hospital suffering
burns and shock. Searching parties
were probing the debris of homes
in the crash area for other bodies.
Search was being made for three
children who we're reported to
have been playing near the first
home that was hit by the F84F
plane, which had just come off
the assembly line.
One of the three homes set afire
was occupied by Eural Redwine,
"a, an invalid. II was not known
whether he was in the house at
the time.
1t was not known whether any
residents of the homes were in
jured.
The plane, one of five in the air
at the time, made a banking turn,
struck tree and then sheared off
the top of a two-story concrete
block and frame house at $50 Ne
braSka Ave. 1t then plowed into
a house across the street.
First reports were that several
moving cars were hit.
Bert Kinney, Jr 43, was asleep
In the first house struck but he
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
County Board Hears Bid For
More Funds For FillProject
Variety Of Matters
Presented At Meet
Of County Commission
BY BILL SPILLMAN

William Warner, director of the
Monroe County Anti-Mosquito Dis
trict, told the county commission
ers at their regular meeting last
night that his first estimate on the
districts land fill project for the
proposed budget is $4,000 short Of
the actual need.
Warner said that he was sorry
that his first estimate of $4,000
was wrong but the purchase of adj
ditional equipment would be nec-
essary.
Action Asked
Warner asked the commission.
ers to act on his proposal in one
way or another so that he can
plan accordingly.
Gerald Saunders, chairman of
the commissioners, told Warner
that he is sure that all the COM
missioners are in favor of the plan
tut an answer must be received
from the state attorney generals
office on the legality of the ex-
penditure.
The exact nature of the sanitary
fill project was not explained at
the meeting. However it is believed
that it refers to the dumping area
on Stock Island.
Highway Proposal
Other business brought up at the
meeting included a proposal put
forward by citizen, C. Gonzales
Mendoza, for a S1O,0OO,0O0 pro-
motion deal to put a Pan Ameri-
can hig way across Cuba
Mendoza took a large portion of
the time of the commission meet
ing, reading newspaper articles
and letters describing the propos-
al. He also read letter he had
written concerning the road.
Mendoza's lengthy speech and
letter quotes included such phras
es as key to the situation: Need
Voodoo in Key West; Scheme Of
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Mendes-France
Has Plan For
IndOcllina War
Sending Of Draftees
To Reinforce Troops
Asked By Premier

PARIS R-Premier Pierre Men
deS-France said today he will ask
the National Assembly to approve
the sending of draftees to reinforce
French forces in Indochina if the
Geneva negotiations end in fail
ure.
The Premier also told the law
makers he would be leaving soon
to take personal charge of the
French delegation at Geneva.
Il have already said that the
reasons to hope for a favorable and
honorable outcome are present, :"
ne declared. THAT is still my opin-
ion today"
The Premier told the Assembly
there would be no means of assur-
ing the safety of French soldiers
already in Indochina if conScriptS
were not sent.
All Volunteers
Since the war started in l947,
all the fighting in Indochina has
been done by French volunteers,
North African troops, and Foreign
Legionnaires. The dispatch of
draftees to a combat zone was
specifically forbidden by the Ma
tlonal Assembly.
Mendes-France reminded the
deputies he has promised to re-
sign unless he can bring an end to
the fighting by July 20. He also
reminded them he has promised
to take all necessary measures in
the meantime to provide for the
safety of French forces already on
the scene.
The Premier said French mill
tary leaders concurred in his de-
cision to call on conscripts if he
attempts for a negotiated settle
ment fail. The Premier recently
conferred with Gen. Paul Ely,
Frances new commander in chief
In Indochina.
Mendes- France took office June
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Chamber Sets
Housing Meet
Rebuttal Offered
To Navy Brass
Statements Today

The Chamber of Commerce ap-
parently is not in full agreement
with Navy brass who say that Key
West has a critical housing short
age.
They called for a meeting
this afternoon of a committee ap-
pointed by Chamber president
Mary Lee Graham to discuss the
advisability of ordering an i'm
mediate fuD-scale survey to deter
mine exactly what the city's hous-
ing situation is.
The situation was brought about
by an article in Miami neWspap-
er. 4
Mrs. Graham comment4
In a statement to The Citizen to-
day, Mrs. Graham said:
"A Miami newspaper article last
week disclosed that a letter from
Rear Admiral George C. Crawford,
commander of Atlantic Fleet SUBJ
marine forces, to the Chief of
Naval Operations in Washington,
recommended that unless housing
conditions be improved in Key
West, consideration may be asked
for removal of certain fleet units.
The article quoted Rear Admiral
Crawford as saying, The situation
in Key West is critical. Personnel
reporting there for duty have con-
siderable trouble in finding a place
to live that they can afford The
article further quoted Crawford as
saying that there is a definite need
for more low-coSt housing; and
Rear Admiral George C. Towner,
the Navy's Key West commander,
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Havana Fire Chief
.Honored By City

Jesus Balbuena y Garrida, chief
of the Havana Fire Department,
was honored last night by the city
commission when they named him
an honorary citizen of the City OF
Key West.
Balbuena's courtesy to Key
Westers visiting Havana, his aid
in promoting trips there of the Key
West High School band and his
work in promoting close coopera.
ton between this city and the Is.
land republic were cited by Mayor
c. B. Harvey last night.
He announced that Balbuena will
be in Key West soon to accept the
honor formally.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Eisenhower
Red
China In UN
President Differs
With KnOwland
On Withdrawal

WASHINGTON Up - Presidet
Eisenhower said today he is con-
pletely and unalterably opposed to
letting Red China into the United
Nations under present conditions.
But he said he Il not ready to say
tilis b0ul mould Withdraw from
- UaN Il, the Reds are admitted.
Eisenhower thus took issue by
implimation with Republican SEN
ate leader Knowland of California
and some other lawmakers who
are urging United States withdraw.
al from the U.N.. If the Peiping
American protests.
At a news conference, the Presi-
dent also said a strike at the Oak
Ridge, Tenn, and Paducah, KY,
atomic plants would be a serious
thing and would put the United
States in a most embarrassing and
difficult position.
Strike Discussion
He said, however, he has great
hope the strikers will 60 back to
work as a result of his action last
night setting up an emergency
fact finding board.
Clio workers at the two plants
struck a few hours before the
Presidents news conference, ig-
norlng the possibility of a Taft
Hartley law Injunction.
On another subject Eisenhower
said prospects now are rosy that
Congress will enact a legislative
record, based on his proposals, of
which any administration could be
proud.
The President said he will be
proud to go before the country and
praise what Congress has done at
this session if the record proves
to be as good as he expects.
Eisenhower described himself as
delighted with the Houses adoption
OF the flexible price support prin-
ciple in the farm bill. He said that
although the bill wasn't exactly
what he recommended. he regards
us passage as a great and sweep
ing victory.
Flexible Scala
The bill provides a flexible scale
OF price supports for basic crops
ranging from S21z to 80 per cent of
parity, replacing the rigid 80 per
cent supports OF the present law.
eisenhower originally had asked
for a flexible system ranging from
IS to 80 per cent of parity, a price
calculated by the government as
fair to the farmer in relation to
the prices of goods he buys.
In response to question, Essen
hover voiced complete confidence
in the integrity, loyalty and ef-
ficiency of Allen Dulles. head of
the Central Intelligence agency
and said the agency is under o :,
slant examination by the executive
branch to see it does its work with
honesty and decency
Sen. Mccarthy (R-Wis) has said
the CHA is dangerously infiltrated
with Communists and has been
under preliminary investigation by
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Sewer Contractor
May Be Penalized
DeadIine Set
For July 10
For Powell Bros.

The city commission vot-
ed last night to assess a $3.50
per day penalty against one
of the contractors for the
Key West sewer project if
they do not complete their
work by the July 10 dead
1ine.
The city fathers, at the
same time, agreed to extend
the contract deadline for the
other contractor involved for
q period, not to exceed 45
days.
The action was recommended by
Jack Cooper, of Clifford and Coop
er Associates, the city's consult
ing engineers for the miIlion-dol-
lar project.
Powell Brothers Construction
Company, of TT. Lauderdale, is the
firm that faces the penalty.
Cooper said that Powell Broth
ers ''have not only delayed their
own contract but have slowed up
the work Of the Reinertson Con-
struction Company, as well"
Project Split
The sewer project was divided in
half with Powell getting contract
s'B" and the Reinertson Company
contract "a"
Cooper added that certain phas-
es of the sewer project, for which
the Reinertson Company is respon-
sible, cannot be completed until
Powell Brothers do preliminary
work..
There is no excuse - they have
just failed to meet their obifEa
ton, SAN cooper
He then recommended that the
commission instruct the city at
torney to inform Powell Brothers
that the penalty provision written
into the contract will be put into
force at midnight, July 10. mo ex-
tension should be made in the case
Of Powell Brothers," he said.
Reinertson Delayed
But he pointed out that Reinert-
son has been delayed by "circum-
stances beyond their control and
suggested that they be given an
extension.
Mayor C. B. Harvey suggested
that they be given an extension
equal to the time that Powell
Brothers run over the deadline.
''If they need more time, we can
discuss it with them at that time, "
said the Mayor.
Cooper recommended that the
extension be limited to maximum
of As days.
Cooper estimated that Powell
Brothers should finish work in a
bout 80 days and that Reinertson
would require about two weeks ad.
ditional.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Senk To Be Tried
For Rape July 10

Frank z. Senk, 20-Year.eId
Navy man, will 90 TO trial July
70 In Circuit court on . rape
charge, il was announced today
by States Attorney }. LaneeIot
Lester.
Senk will be tried on one Of
two indictments returned by
the Monroe County Grand Jury.
Married and ths father Of .
young boy, Senk was Jailed
January ~ on the complaint
Of . l7.Ysar-oId baby sitter who
charged that he forced her 10
submit to his advances.
Subsequent invssfis atien led
TO his being charged in con-
neefion with the rape Of fwo
other women, including . Il.
yesr-old Navy wife whom he al
legsdlY forced to accompany
him up the keys where he as
saUited her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
State Loses
Out On Bigger
|DogTrack
State Atty. Gen.
Wants To Appeal
To US. Supreme Court

TALLAHASSEE R-The Florida
Supreme Court refused yesterday
to reconsider its decision voiding
1858 legislative act giving the
state bigger share of the profits
from public wagering at dog rae
ing tracks.
The court, by the same 4-3 lineup
that declared the additional dog
track tax law unconstitutional, de-
MED petition for rehearing filed
by Atty. Gen. Richard Eryin.
Erwin declined comment on the
courts action, but said he would
"if at all possible" appeal = de
United States Supreme Court.
Justice John E. Mathews, who
wrote the majority. opinion voiding
the law which imposed q gradu-
ated scale Of percentages due the
state from the II per cent take"
from pari-mutuel pools at the dog
tracks based on the daily handle,
again wrote the majority opinion
which denied the rehearing.
4 Justices Concur
Chief Justice B. X. Roberts, Jus
tice H. L. Sebring and Circuit
Judge E. Clay Lewis, who partici-
pated in the case as a substitute
for Justice T. Frank Hobson, con-
Cured as they had in the original
ruling. Justice HobSon disqualified
himself in the case because of his
ownership OF a small block of
shares in a Sarasota dog track.
Justices Glenn Terrell, Elwyn
Thomas and E. Harris Drew dis
scented. None Of them wrote a dis
senting opinion from the ruling
throwing out the law, but Justice
Terrell put on paper his reasons
for believing the rehearing should
be granted and Thomas and Drew
concurred in his dissenting opin-
ion.
The court, in ruling June l that
the new dog track tax law was
unconstitutional, held it was ar
bitrary and capricious and denied
larger tracks equal protection of
the law.
Majority Opinion
Justice Mathews, in the majority
opinion, said the petition for re.
hearing had alleged the court
overlooked and failed to consider
some particular question or the.
DRY" which is then pointed out.
"A comparison of the petition
with the opinion emphasizes the
fact that the specific questions or
theories which it is alleged the
court overlooked and failed to con-
slider were not overlooked; that
the court did consider, discuss and
pass upon each Of the questions
or theories presented" the court
majority said.
The petition simply takes issue
with the court on the ruling and
conclusions of the court and
amounts to a re-argument of the
case without the permission of the
court"
In his dissenting opinion. JUS
tice Terrell wrote. "it is a sor;o,,.
matter to strike down an act Of
the Legislature and it should never
be done if there is any logical
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Child Is Raped, Slain
' In Miami Early Today
SaUageIy Battered Body Of
7-Year-OLd Girl Is Found

MIAMI (AP) - Judith Ann Roberts, 7-year-old
daughter of Baltimore attorney kidnapped from
the home of her grandparents today raped and beaten
to death.
Police found the nude and savagely battered body of
the little girl in wooded area just off fashionable Bay
shore Drive on the shore of Biscayne Bay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Retail Stores To
Close Thurs. Pm.

Local stores will be closed
Thursday afternoon as usual,
me Chamber Of Commerce an.
noUneed today.
Their information was 70.
leased by Kathleen Lucas,
chairman Of the Chambers Re-
tail Merchants Division after .
meeting This morning.
Some confusion had arisen
over closing hours. due to Mon.
days holiday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
SPANISH.LANGUACE
.COLUMNIST is BACK

Many friends of Raul Alpizar
Pogo will be interested to learn
that he has returned from Havana.
Cuba, where he has been hospital
lied for the past several months.
Alpizar arrived in Key West on
Sunday and said today that az am
improving every day."
He hopes to resume his column
"Notas Cubanas" which appears
in The Key West Citizen, next
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07

one naQ Deen reported
missing some five hours be-
fore by her mother, Mrs.
Shirley Roberts. She disap-
peared from the home Of
Mrs. Roberts parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Rosenberg.
The child's absence was discov.
cred at ITO am, when Mrs. Ros-
enberg was awakened by the sound
OF car leaving her home. Police
found the car at $40 am. between
Bayshore Drive and the bay shore.
Body Found At G:lS
A score of officers famed out
from the abandoned car and one
of them found Judith AIMS body
at Sis am. in a clump of bushes
block south of where the car was
discovered.
She had been beaten on the head,
apparently with a heavy instru-
ment. Her body was caked with
blood and dirt, indicating she put
up a fight for her life.
A piece of gauze was twisted
about her throat and police said it
appeared the material had been
used to strangle her.
Ne Ransom Affempt
Homicide Detectives /. ]. Whit
man and Charles Sapp said there
was no indication that an attempt
had been made to collect ransom.
Mrs. Roberts said she and her
husband, James, were in moder-
ate circumstances and not a likely
target for q ransom kidnapping.
Mrs. Roberts said her husband
was defeated recently in a cam
paign for a seat In the Maryland
House of Delegates. She said she
had considered but discarded the
thought that the crime might have
been committed by a political en-
envy.
The Federal Bureau Of Investi-
cation had ordered a statewide
search for the kidnaper before the
body was found.
Her flimsy seersucker night
gown, white with red polka dots,
lay eight feet from the body.
An examination by DR.. Ben Shep-
pard, medical expert in the
sheriff's office, disclosed that
Judith Ann had been raped.
The kidnaper apparently went
into RoSenberg's bedroom, stole
the keys to his car from the pocket
of his trousers, then took the child
from the studio couch in the living
room where she was asleep, police
said.
Mrs. Rosenberg said she heard
the car roar away and when she
got up found the child missing
and the front door of the house
standing open.
Bloodhovnds Used
Bloodhounds were taken to the
spot where the body was found to
hunt for the murderer.
After a preliminary investigation
FBI agents reported the case did
not fall within their jurisdiction.
Roberts was away from home,
comforting with a client who ID
seeking a Florida divorce, when
the child's disappearance was dis
covered, police said. He returned
few minutes after police and FBI
agents arrived.
The family left Baltimore last
Saturday to drive to Miami for
their annual summer visit with
Mrs. Roberts parents.
Roberts lives in Dundalk. q
Baltimore County suburb, south
east Of Baltimore City. He has
been associated with the Baltimore
law firm of Roberts, Gilbert and
Rocklin since 1850.
The Roberts have two other chill
dren, a son Jimmy by a former
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Man Says He'll Sue City
For Turning Down Request
City Fathers
Pass Ordinance
Banning Trailers


another lawsuit as a result of their
action last night in refusing to per-
nit the construction of a trailer
park at 712 TOPPING Court.
Maurice Jabour, who owns pro-
perry at that address said that he
will take the matter to court after
he was turned down for the Sec
ond straight week by the commits
sion. Jabour appeared before the
commission a week ago, with his
attorney Robert Youmans, who
said that there is nothing in the
city code which prohibits the erec-
ton of trailer parks within the
city limits.
But the commission refused to
grant him permission, holding that
they had gone on record some
fine ago as being opposed to any
more trailer camps.
Ordinance Passed
They had an ordinance drawn
up to that effect. The ordinance
was passed last night on first read;
ing.
But Jabour argued before the
commission to renew his plea for
permission to start work on his
trailer park. He said that before
he bought the land, he was told
by his attorney that he would be
permitted to place trailers on it.
But, he said, he was later refused
q permit. ~sai>- 8
City Commissioner Louis Carlo
nell led the opposition to granting
the request. "Trailers moving in
to residential areas have become
hot-potato-the city commission
has got to stand up and have the
CUTS to stop it," he said.
When City Attorney ]. Y. Porter
pointed out that there is no law
prohibiting more trailer parks,
Carbonell commented: "You mean
the city commission has been pro-
hibiting trailer parks on their nerve
with no law to back it up?"
Porter said that on March II,
1852, the Planning Commission re-
commended that an ordinance be
passed banning construction of fur
ther trailer parks in Key West.
Words JUggIed
The city commission, Porter add
ed, passed such an ordinance on
April Fl, 1852, but the words ''tour-
ist cabins" were substituted for
trailer parks"
Porter said that he was of the
opinion that there was no legal
basis for turning down Jabour's re-
quest.
Then Commissioner Jack De-
laney moved that the permission
be granted. He explained his
move by saying. that he wouldn't
do it except that we can't legally
refuse him."
Commissioner Delio Cobo second
ed Delaney's motion, saying that
the proposed trailer park is in ian
area of town that StinkS already"
But Commissioner Carbonell and
Mayor Harvey voted no on the
proposal. Commissioner Paul R.
Roberts, was absent from the meet
ing and the motion died.
Jabour then said that he would
take the matter to court.
The commission later instructed
attorney Porter to prepare another
ordinance which would provide
that anyone wishing to park a
trailer within the city limits, for
any reason, must obtain permits
sion from the city commission.
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ACTING JUDGE NAMED

Attorney Ben Ketchum was ap-
pointed acting city Judge last night
to replace Enrique Esqinaldo, Jr.,
WAile he Is on his annual vacation.