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The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
Holiday Death
.TonLowest
In Six Years
357 Lose Lives
In Motor Mishaps
During Weekend
BY THE AssoclArEp pRsss

Accidents during the long Labor
Day weekend killed more than 500
Americanssbut the traffic toll was
the smallest in six years.
New tabulations today showed
that traffic deaths numbered S57,
drownings 81 and miscellaneous
fatalities 70. The total was SGT.
The traffic toll was lowest for
the Labor Day holiday since 1s4s.
when 2sS deaths were reported. II
fell under the predicted total of
3e0 although il was somewhat
higher than the total f0f 4 recent
nonholiday weekend,
ls4e Told
The overall total was the lowest
for the Labor Day period since
194S, when 4O7 accidental deaths
Of various causes were counted.
The holiday period this year be-
gan at s pm. Friday and ended
at midnight Monday.
1t was preceded by a plea from
President Eisenhower. He urged
the nations motorists to be care
full and challenged them to STOOL
the experts" who had predicted
800 motor vehicle fatalities.
National Guardsmen reinforced
state police in patroling highways
in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ten
nessee.
Downward Trend
Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the National Safety Council,
termed the national toll "tragically
high" but found ii "encouraging''
because it reflected a downward
trend in traffic deaths.
"For the second straight holiday
the traffic toll was not only well
below our preholiday estimates but
was the lowest for any three-day
period of that holiday since 1949.
"The Labor Day traffic toll was
the lowest since 194S. The Fourth
of July traffic toll (34s) was the
lowest for any three-day period of
that holiday since 1949.
"Add to this the fact that the
day-to-day traffic toll has come
down steadily all this year and
there seems to be reason for be-
leving that the efforts of so many
people for So many years are be-
ginning to pay Off"
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE.

Key Westers have good rea-
SON to be proud of their acci-
dent record over the Labor
Day weekend.
Only three accidents occurred
--one on Friday and the other
two on Saturday-and they re-
suited in only $65 in property
damage.
That makes the city''s record
for September considerably bet
ter than that for the same per-
iod in August--less than one
accident per day.
Let's work hard to make tn
record even better.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
GILMORE is DUE
HERE THURSDAY

Submarine tender Howard w.
Gilmore viii return here Thurs
day morning at 7:30 o'clock COM
pleting six-weeks Of northern oper-
tional procedures.
The Gilmore, mothership of Sub
marine Squadron 4, win be berth
ed at pier Baker on her arrival.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07

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The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
QUARTERBACK DINNER
SPEAKER ANNOUNCED

Jack Magher, former Auburn
coach, will speak at the kickoff
dinner of the Quarterback Club
Sept. 13 at the Casa Marina Ho-
TEL Earl Adams said today. Magh-
er also coached the famed Sea-
hawks, service team, during
World War II.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
|CI Sought In
London Strangling

LONDON R-An unidentified
American soldier was sought for
questioning today in the silk-stock-
ing strangling of a pretty 2S-year-
old Irish girl.
The girl, Ellen Carlen, was found
yesterday on bed in a Pimlico
rooming house with a stocking
taut around her neck. Beer bottles
and American cigarettes Uttered
the room.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07
Man SMySEOn
BOuLepurdM0u.
Last Cigarette
Is Burning When
Body Is Found

A 33-year-old Key Wester
died Monday afternoon of a
self-inflicted shotgun wound
on a lonely stretch of South
Roosevelt Boulevard.
The man, Anthony Frank
Rosendo, of 1415 Catherine
Street, was found lying by
the seawall, his last cigar
cite clutched burning in his
fingers, by a Navy man out
for a walk.
He had placed the muzzle of !
16 gauge shotgun in his mouth anc
pulled the trigger with a device
fashioned out of a length of fish
line.
Dependency Reported
Rosendo, taxi driver, was re-
portedly respondent over domestic
trouble and was said by his fell
low workers to have been drink.
ing heavily.
According to the report of Police
1t. w. L. James, the victim was
discovered by a sailor identified
as Edward F. Donnelly, of the
Naval Station, shortly before 4
pm, Monday. He went to the
county airport and called police.
Meanwhile, two other Navy men,
Jack Schrock and William Severn,
of the USS Sea Chopper, arrived
on the scene.
Shot Not Heard
None of the Navy men reported
hearing a shot, although the fact
that a cigarette Rosendo held be-
tween his fingers was still burn
ing, indicated that only a few
minutes, at most, had elapsed
since the act.
1t. James said that when he ar
rived on the scene, he detected a
slight pulse, but when Rosendo
arrived at Monroe General Hos
pital in a Lopez Ambulance, he
was pronounced dead.
Rosendo is survived by his
mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Rosendo; one son, Anthony
Frank, Jr., of Kingsville, Texas;
three aunts, Mrs. Rose Thompson
and Mrs. Bessie Frejomie, Of Tam
pa, and Mrs. Jennie Pito, of Key
West; and two uncles, Thomas
and George Ortiz, Of Tampa.
Funeral Plans
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at $50 pm, in the
Chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home
with the Rev. J. Paul Touchton, of
the First Methodist Church, Off
ciating. Burial will be in the fam
lily plot, City Cemetery.
A veteran of World War ii,
Rosendo will be accorded full mill
tary honors at the graveside by
Arthur Sawyer Post Is, American
Legion. Pallbearers will be chosen
from among his school friends.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-07

ferry operation.
Hines, in a telephone con-
versation with The Citizen
said that the clause that
gives them the option of
building their terminal eth
er on the city property or on
adjacent land owned by the
Gulf Oil Corporation was
pointed cut specifically to
Mayor C. B. Harvey on July
%, the day that the lease
was signed.
The city commission has been
critical of the fact that the ferry
company has started construction
on the Gulf Oil property, instead
of the city land.
Hines was asked to attend to-
nights city commission session by
Commissioner Louis Carbonell, but
he said today that he viii be un.
able to be here because he is sche.
duled to enter Miami hospital
for q medical checkup.
Letter Written
Instead, Hines said, he has writ
ten a letter to the commission ask.
ing that it be read ut tonight's
meeting.
Here is his version: "When the
contract was written, it was SUBJ
mitted to our attorneys, the firm
of Smathers, Thompson, Maxwell
and Dyer and approved. 1t was
then sent to officials of the City of
Key West to be executed. We were
invited to Key West for the cere-
mony and picture taking. When
the Mayor and other city officials
were seated around the table, the
Mayor asked City Attorney Porter
If the document was duplicate of
the original lease. Porter said that
it was, with but one exception. Sec
ton Three which says that we
could build on city Gulf Oil pro-
perry"
valid Contract"
"We feel that W. .e a ya.td
contract" Hines said, '.it seems
preposterous that this disagree
ment should arise
Hines added that his firm is 90
ing ahead with the plans to start
ferry service as scheduled. 81 feel
certain we can get this situation
cleared up" he said.
Mayor Harvey said earlier to.
day that he had mo comment
on the situation. He could not be
reached to comment on Hines lat
er statement.
Meanwhile, reports that City At
torney ]. Y. Porter, may be caIi-
ed on the carpet tonight, could not
be confirmed.
Porter announced Saturday that
ne viii make a statement in ans
wer to criticism from some city
commissioners that he represent-
ed both sides in negotiations with
the ferry company.
Porter To Clarity
Porter was repeatedly told 10
Clear up the situation or resign
from office"
Porter said that che did not know
Il ne would resign"
Cause Of the debacle is a clause
In the lease agreement signed BY
Mayor c. B. Harvey on July %. Il
says: Lessee specifically agrees
70 begin work on all necessary
wharves. buildings, ramps and
other construction either on the de-
mise premises or on property ac-
quired from the Gulf Oil Corpora
Continued on PAGE Fiyel
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wide-base argument might be
settled piecemeal.
ii AS for how to keep. mobiliza-
ton base componentS In war
production readiness, Mr.. Flem-
ing directed:
/. 1t viii be policy to award
peacetime defense contracts to
producers chosen for the mo-
bilization base.
2. Government-owned defense
production equipment, when
idled by declining defense orders,
should be placed in a standby
status and adequately main
tanned"
8. Government agencies should
try to make complete produc-
ton packages of Government
owned equipment found to have
gaps which might stall produc-
ton.
4. Arrangements" should be
made with management wher-
ever possible for the retention
of group of key managers, en-
gineers, and skilled workers who
are familiar with items to be
produced"
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BY The Assoeiossd Press

The Governments new plan
for keeping industry ready to
roll out modern war weapons
still leaves some big mobilization
problems unsettled.
Director Arthur S. Flemming
Of the Office of Defense Mobili-
cation ordered the new program
yesterday. It's a blueprint for
keeping men and machines ready
for nearly instant quantity pro-
duction if the need for them
comes.
An ODM spokesman said the
plan would involve payments Of
hundreds of millions of dollars"
a year to private firms for keep
ing up a war production base.
BY making operation of his
plan revolve around lists of war
goods rather than plants, how
ever, Mr.. Flemming left wide
open the long debated question
of whether the mobilization base
will be broad or narrow.
The plan also did not touch
on two related subjects: The
stockpiling of war materials.
and how to keep defense
supporting industries - which
don't produce actual military
items-at minimum rates of pro-
duction.
Mr.. Fleming was reported out
of town when the new plan was
made public yesterday. and thus
was not available to answer
questions.
The blueprint dealt only with
keeping a state of readiness in
production facilities for making
essential military end items
such as planes, tanks, guns, am
munition. vehicles and small
arms. The aim is to keep them
going at a rate big enough to
tide the Nation over the onset
of hostilities and serve as a base
for quick full war production.
AS for nse-supporting in
dustries, spokesman said this was
zone Of the most perplexing
problems still before ODM."
Here is a sketch of the new
master plan:
It dealt with two main prob
lems-what should be a part
of the war production mobi1lza-
ton base, and how to keep the
chosen parts in good, modern
lied condition.
Left to Three Agencies.
On the subject of what to
! have in the base, Mr.. Flemming
directed:
J.. That the Department of De-
tense, the Atomic Energy Com
mission and Maritime Admins
tration. which is steward of the
Nations reserve merchant fleet,
be responsible for selection of
production units. The Defense
Department would begin with it's
list of 1000 major military end
items, comprising IS per cent of
the hard goods bought for de-
tense and known as the Depart
ment of Defense preferential
planning list"
2. All war goods put on the list
must meet one or. more of the
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New War Production Program
Skirts Big Mobilization Issues

five following tests If their pro-
ducers are to get special treat
ment as mobilization base COM
ponents:
The items to be produced must
require a long lead-time, or they
must be currently not in produc-
ton or required for war use far
in excess of peacetime produc-
ton; or production must require
conversion of an industry or q
number of plants within an in
dustry; or the items must re-
quire materials or processes diff
ferent from those in current
use; or the items must be things
for which industry does not have
peace-time experience.
That left it apparently to
agencies to decide on how many
makers of each item might be
included in the mobilization
base. Thus, the narrow base
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

.THE SMALLEST lcHrEsT HEARING AID m zENrHs HsroRY
The superb "Royal-M" is tiny in size only. Actually.
it as powerful aids tUice its size. smaller than
many selling at ce its price! Its performance simplicity
and owcost operation typical achievements of Zenths
engineering and design. Zenith Quality Demand for the
'RoyalM has been great that despite record breaking
production and shipments dealers temporarily
out of this latest Zenith model However productions 10
being stepped beyond its present record high level
and supplies will be more abundant soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Apparel Shop Set Up
For Needy Children

The Arlington County .PTA
Council has organized an ap-
parel shop to make outgrown
clothing available for needy
school children.
Mrs. o. r. Buchanan is chair
man Of the PTA committee in
charge Of the shop. Parents of
elementary school children in
need Of clothes may apply to
principals Of the schools their
children. attend, and receive
acquisitions for the apparel shop.
Junior and senior high school
students may make their own
applications for clothing.
The PTA committee is seek
ing contributions Of outgrown
clothing to stock the new shop.
Ten schools already have
brought in contributions. Those
interested in making contribu-
tons should get in touch with
PTA officers in their neigh
borhood.
The PTA committee does
not plan to reveal location of
the one existing shop. so as not
to embarraSS children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Taxicab Sought After Pair
Rob Driver in Fairfax

Washington and nearby Vir-
ginia police today pressed the
search for a taxicab stolen in
Fairfax County Saturday night
by a man and his woman COM
panion.
Fairfax Detective Sergt. Joseph
J. Howard said the taxi driver
Robert r. Gray of 241l Cameron
Mills road. Alexandria. was
robbed of So I'd his watch and
was ordered out of his cab.
He said he picked up the pair
in the 1900 block of F street
NV. and was directed to Falls
Church. At Arlington boulevard
and Patrick Henry drive. Mr.
Gray said. the man demanded
his money and threatened to
blow his head off" if he touched
his radio microphone.
Mr.. Gray said 1t was the third
time he has been robbed.
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Barrett Is Renamed
Alexandra Juvenile
Court Chief Clerk

Judge Irene Pancoast Of Alex
andria Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court today announced
the reappoinment OF Michael j.
Barrett as the chief clerk of her
court.
Mr.. Barrett was chief clerk of
the court for Ave and a half
years before resigning last July
as a result Of differences" with
the former judge, Marion B.
West.
Judge Pancoast said Mr.. Bar
rett would return to the Juvenile
Court as soon as some one could
be found to replace him in the
city finance Office. where he has
been employed since leaving the
court.
Judge Pancoast reappointed
Mr.. Barrett to replace James
Jones, who became clerk Of the
! court after Mr.. Barrett's resig-
nation last July. Mr.. Jones re-
signed last month on request
of Judge Pancoast as a result
of what she called working in
compatibility"
Mr.. Jones was an appointee Of
Judge West. Mrs. Pancoast be-
came Judge Of the court jan
uary /.
Mr.. Barrett, IS, Is a veteran
of 20 years service in the Navy.
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Precinct Registration
Plan Hit by Brian Bell

An Arlington County Board de-
cision to abolish precinct regis
tration was criticized yesterday
by Brian Bell. candidate for the
seat now held by Board Chair
man Mrs. Leone Buchholz.
Mr.. Bell said the board deci-
sion, by a '3-to-0 vote with two
members abstaining, is of "dubi-
GUS legality" He added that the
plan, which provides for reten-
ton of the central registrar and
elimination of the 81 precinct
registrars. will not save a
nickel"
Mrs. Buchholz cast the decid-
ing vote to do away with the
precinct registrar system. Mr.
Bell charged, even though an
opinion from the State Attorney
General had advised such action
would be illegal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
So55 in Jewels Stolen
From Alexandra Woman

Alexandria police have been
asked to look for the jewels of
a woman who yesterday reported
them missing from beneath her
mattress. where they were hid
den.
Miss Mary v. Harlow esti-
mated the jewels were worth
1855.
The most valued piece is a
diamond solitaire engagement
ring worth 5000 given to Miss
Harlow by her fiancee, who is
now dead.
The rest of the jewelry miss
ing from Miss Harlow'S home at
202 North Royal street in
cludes two round diamond
brooches, a gold bar pin with
studded small diamonds, three
silver teaspoons and a IS gold
piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
PerIe Mesto's Sisters Poodle
Is Best of 958 in DOG Show

pekingese into the show ring,
brushed its coat, gave her own
hair a few last ticks with the
same brush, and went on to win
nothing.
When the best-in-show was
being judged. the armory was as
empty and silent if it was be-
ing inhabited only by National
Guardsmen standing at atten-
ton. The poodle won against
a peke. a pointer that moved
as smoothly as a Walt Disney
cartoon, a black and white col
lie. fox terrier that was neat
ness personified, and a sleek
whippet.
The pointer, Champion Fine
fields Cover Girl, owned by j. D.
Rementer, Skippack. Pa. won
the best American-bred prize
MRS. Tyson's poodle was born
in EnglandD
0LAlC1 O4dOS W414IlClo WClC.
Observation-Disclosures of Bird
neck Point, a whippet owned by
Mrs. Colin A. Studs, Virginia
Beach, Va.
Working - Gaylord's Princess
Mitzie. a collie owned by Mrs.
Virginia Kistler. Lehigh. Pa.
Ea,x,
glove Of Trucote. a wirehaired
fox terrier owned by Mrs. Leon
ard Smit. Hohokus. N. j.
Toy-Champion st. Aubrey
Kimono of Tzumiao and Rob
Kai. a pekingese owned by Mrs,
/. Herbert Katz, Syracuse, N. Y.
-Sporting-Braebeck Toni
of Montfleuri. the Best-in-Show
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Boy Sought in Robbery
And Attack on Woman
by the Assosioted Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 22.-Bal-
timore police have been asked
by Anne Arundel County officers
to aid in the search for a youth
about Is years old who allegedly
raped and robbed a 62-year-old
woman Saturday night near
North Linthicum.
The woman told police she
was waiting for a bus when the
boy approached and told her the
bus made its stop about 100
yards down the road.
She said when he offered to
show her the bus stop she
thought he was "a young boy
being kind to a very old lady
As they walked down the road,
she said, the boy dragged her
into the woods, struck her sew
eral times, assaulted her, then
took about $140 from her purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
New Citizens Council
Formed by Arlington
Civic Associations

Formation Of a new group OF
citizens associations as the Ar
lington Citizens Council has been
announced by Ernest j. Holcomb
its president.
The new group was formed
after representatives of some
associations expressed dissatis-
faction with the Arlington Civic
Federation. Included in the Fed
Grafton are representatives OF
virtually all community organ
izations in the county.
Mr. Holcomb said other ON
GERS of the new council are H,
j. Smith, vice president: Claude
c. Conn, treasurer, and as Secre-
tary. James r. Miles. ST.. a candi-
date for the School Board last
fall on the Arlington Independ-
ent Movement ticket.
In his announcement. Mr.. Hol-
comb said. Contrary to state
ments heard from uninformed
sources the council is not an
opposition organization"
Official member organizations
at present are these associations
Mr.. Holcomb said: Arlington
Ridge. Fort Myer Heights. Lee
Ballston: Old Dominion and
Waycroft- Woodlawn. Invitations
are being extended to other civic
and business groups.
The council will approach
county problems with the theme,
Building q Better and Better
Balanced Arlington" MIR. Hol-
comb said. Immediate programs
include consideration of the pro-
posed 1954-55 county budget
participation in coming matters,
and study Of public utility ques-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22

sandwiches and coffee at the
Cumberland Outdoor Club. one
of the many fish and game clubs
along this stretch of wilds. The
hospitality was appreciated, but
it did slow us down. Lee Bailey,
president of the club. and about
Is members were on hand. Mr..
Bailey is dead against the build
ing of a parkway along the canal
strip, but we found that the
members had met and voted for
it. If you are from Cumberland,
you almost have to be for the
parkway.
At Green Ridge. where we
stopped briefly to eat the sand
wiches in our pack. asked how
far we had come. The answer
was nine miles. It had been a
breeze. l thought we had gone
only four or five.
Robert Estabrook. head of
the Post and Times-Herald edi-
torial page. took a short cut at
this point, walking through the
Western Maryland railroad tun-
mel. This cuts off four miles.
His associate, Merlo Pussy. de-
cided to stick to the tow path,
1t was Mr.. Pusey's editorial ad-
vocation of the tow path that
started this hike. Justice Doug
las wrote a letter, challenging
the writer to walk the entire tow
path and see the natural beauty
which a parkway would destroy.
Likes Bird Watching.
The six miles to Orleans, the
next point where a road reaches
the tow path, seemed much
longer than six miles. I caught
up with the justice once in a
while but that was because Irston
Barnes of the Audubon Society
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Three Fairfax Schools SET
Pre-Term Registrations

Pre-school registrations were
announced today by three Fair
fax County Schools as follows:
Fairfax Elementary, March 20.
from 8 am. to noon for pre-
school registrations. and March
80 and 81 from 20 am. to noon
for pre7school clinic. Parents
must accompany children at the
clinic.
Graham Road Elementary.
1870 pm. next Friday for all
children within walking dis
lance; 1870 pm. March 20 for
all children from jefferson Viii
lage Homes and any others who
are eligible to ride on jefferson
Village bus: 1870 pm. March 80
for all children from Pine
Springs and fremont Gardens.
and all children who are eligi-
BILE to ride the Pine Springs bus.
Chesterbrook Ele m entary,
$3.50 am. to 3 pm, April /.
Children must be six years old
by Oct. l, 1854 to enter school
next September in Fairfax
County.
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By Fronk SortwelI, Jr.

The National Capital Kennel
Club held its 10th dog show in
the National Guard Armory yes
terday, drew $50 dogs and 5000
people in attendance.
Mrs. Marguerite Tyson, of
Charlottesville. Va. won the
Show award with a mini
allure poodle. Braebeck Toni of
Montf1euri. Mr.. Tyson is sister
of Mrs. Perle Mesta.
The armory floor was damned
with pooches from mouse
sized chihuahuas to sized
Irish wolfhounds. Around them
circled their owners. many OF
them women.
II had to get a kennel sitter.
and a baby sitter, in that
ORDER" said one exhibitor. She
turned to a bull terrier with
whom she was sharing the meat
from sandwich. and admon-
ished, Nov. chew it up good. -
The dog obeyed.
The Hecht Co. puts on q fash
ion show. but only a few dog
lovers watched the parade OF
evening dresses across the stage
Others were too busy grooming
their animals.
Exhibitors came from all over
the East. to put the dogs through
their PAGES in IL judging rings,
with spectators lined up around
to congratulate the winners and
agree with the losers that THE
| judges never even looked at my
dog" -..
One won an carried her