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Evening star., 1954-11-16
The Cast.

Now that Deborah Kerr has
returned to town In Robert An
derson's "Tea and Sympathy.
at the National Theater, there
is only one course to follow. It
becomes necessary again to wax
a trifle incoherent in singing
Miss Kerr's praises.
A lot has happened since the
play had its premiere here in
the fall Of 1858. Miss Kerr went
on with it, as not-so-exclusively
predicted here. to become the
toast of Broadway. She charmed
New York audiences for a long
time, then relinquished the play
to another actress. Now she has
taken it over again for a road
tour.
The wonder that was disclosed
last night on the National stage
is that Miss Kerr still is as fresh
and radiant in "Tea and Sym
pathy" as she was when she first
performed 1t. Her magnetism
fairly crackles in the air. The
magic Of the spell she weaves is
such that you begin to think Of
this not as a role well-played
but as a life well-liyed. This Is
aimed at more often in the
theater than it is achieved.
If Miss Kerr does not become
the toast Of wherever she goes
in "Tea and Sympathy" the
people there are beyond hope.
AK*
Mr.. Anderson's play seems on
its return to be a shade more
explicit here and there about
things it formerly left to the
imagination. This. Of course,
could be something that hap
pened to the play after its pre-
miere performance or something
that happened to this playgoer's
memory of it between then and
now. At any rate, this is an
observation. not a complaint.
It Is a singularly moving drama
Mr.. Anderson constructed here
out of some highly unlikely ma
terial. On the off-chance that
you never heard about it. his
setting is q prep school, his CEN
tral figures the wife Of a house,
master and a sensitive young
student falsely accused Of homo
sexuality.
It may sound sensational but
Mr.. Anderson does not employ
his of beat plot for sensations
seeking. He deals In "Tea and
Sympathy with the right Of the
Individual to be; q nom conform
list. He argues that the conform
lists who flock with the suspicious
herd commit the crime. not the
human who wants to retain his
individuality.
Mr.. Anderson sets this forth In
a highly-charged personal dra-
ma. The prep school boy is called
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Arts Club PIoy

The Drama Committee Of the
Arts Club Of Washington will
open its season at $3.50 pm.
Thursday with Goodbye My
Fancy" the comedy by Fay
Kanin Performances will run
through Saturday and will be
held at the club. 2017 / street
NV.
Evening star., 1954-11-16

Mr.. Anderson sets this forth in
a highly-charged personal dra-
ma. The prep school boy is called
Evening star., 1954-11-17
BY the As.oeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.Ruthie
Gilbert, who plays Max. the
secretary on Milton Berle's TV
show, was wished ''lots Of luck
by her boss last night as she left
the show because of prospective
motherhood.
But behind Mr.. Berle's good
wishes to "our beloved secretary"
is an impending contract fight,
with Ruthie claiming she is be-
ing removed from the show with
out assurance that she will be
taken back.
On the NBC show. Max" dis
closed to Mr.. Berle that she had
been married secretly and was
going to have a baby. She in
troduced as her replacement
"Marlene," played by Nancy
Walker.
But Mr.. Berle's manager and
producer, Irving Gray, said later
that Miss Walker might be on
the show, but in no sense as q
replacement for Miss Gilbert.
In private life Miss Gilbert is
the wife of Emanuel Feinberg, q
Evening star., 1954-11-17
Tvs Max Awaits Stork
And Contract Row With BerIe

textile executive. She is expect
ing baby in February.
In the show, she is an ador-
ing secretary who constantly
seeks to lure Mr.. Berle into
matrimony.
She contends the Berle organ
ization knew she was going to
have a baby when they cast her
in the secretary role for the
opening Of the season in Sep
tember.
I Mr.. Gray said she signed her
contract for the current season
last April 20, and it would have
been mathematically impossible
for them to know then she
would have a baby in February,
He said the issue was not con-
tract termination, but giving the
producers latitude on the exact
date of her return to the show.
Miss Gilbert said she was told
they could not assure her she
would come back after the baby
Is born because I'D have been
off too long"
A spokesman for Miss Gilbert
said the dispute would be SUBJ
mitted soon to an impartial ar
bitrator.
Evening star., 1954-11-17
sy the Assoeisssd Press

PARIS, Nov. I7.-Paris said
farewall to Jacques Faith yes-
terday.
The funeral for the 42-year-
old dressrnaker and noted party
giver was the biggest and most
stylish this fashion capital has
seen in years.
s Nearly 5000 persons, most Of
them women, jammed into the
fashionable st. Pierre de Chail-
lot Catholic Church. More than
8 thousand others. also nearly
all women. strained police lines
on the sidewalks. Traffic in the
vicinity was snarled for hours.
Police said only one woman
tainted.
Those attending ranged from
the humble young midinettes
who worked their needles on his
creations to the heavily-m -minked
women who bought them.
Inside the huge, modernistic
church the nave and sacristy
were cloaked with towering
black drapes, initiated. in ac-
cordance with French custom.
"JF" for the deceased. The
main altar was ablaze with can
Evening star., 1954-11-17
Most Stylish Funeral in Years
MARKS Paris Farewell to Faith

dies and lights, and another
huge black drape with q white
cross hung high above it.
The coffin. surrounded by soar
ing candles, lay on a bier fully
10 feet high just under the
cupola.
The priest mentioned Mr.. Faith
but briefly. saying that before
his death Saturday he had re-
ceived the last sacraments cf
the church.
Two immense truckloads OF
flowers and Wreaths preceded the
cortege from the couturier's
home. His widow. wearing q long
black veil, and their l1-year-old
son Philippe led the designers
parents. close relatives and at
least 500 others.
Notable in the procession were
the nlannequins, tears streak
ing their makeup. Paris leading
society women jostled one an
other for places in the church.
Outside teen-age girls Wed
with one another to pick up
leaves and petals which had
fallen from the funeral wreaths.
The services lasted more than
two hours. Afterwards hundreds
waited to pass the bier.
Evening star., 1954-11-17
Y-Coitage Schedules
Square Dancing Lessons

Informal instruction in square
dancing will be given at 8
o'clock tonight in the Bethesda
Y-Cottage, 49l1 Moorland lane,
Bethesda, Md. and again at 3
pm. Tuesday.
Other activities at the cottage
include a turkey stuffing party
from 8 pm. to II pm. next
Wednesday and Thanksgiving
supper at s pm. November 25.
The Young Adults Club meets
regularly from Z to II pm. Tues
days and Thursdays and from 2
to 10 pm. Sundays.
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Program For
Sunday Event

The public is invited to attend
the annual Mothers Day exercises
to be held ssp. ms Suufay, in the
air conditioned annex Of Key Yves,
Lodge of Elks No. 551.
Mrs. Theodore Sackler Of Phila.
delphia. Pa, whose son, Marvin
Chapman, was the winner of the
Letter to Mother Contest sponsored
by the USO, will be the guest OF
honor.
With her son, who is stationed
aboard the USS Howard Gilmore,
the Philadelphia mother will &C.
cupy a seat on the rostrum.
The following program has been
arranged by a committee headed
by Ernest Betancourt:
Opening by the Exalted Ruler,
Jack Baker; solo, Mother" by
John Cederberg, accompanied by
Kingman Curry; A tribute to
mother, Melvin Levitt; solo, "That
Wonderful Mother of Nine" Larry
Cederberg, accompanied by King
man Curry; solo, 20 Blessed Day
of Mother" by Joan Mullins and
"Ava Maria" by Miss Lourdes
Diaz. Miss Millicent Taylor will
accompany Misses Mullins and
Diaz.
The Mothers Day Elks Lodge
Ritual will be presented by Exalt-
ed Ruler Baker; Esteemed Lead
ing knight, Harry knight; Esteem
ed Loyal knight, Bill Neblett; Es-
teemed Lecturing knight, Harold
Ruud; Ernest Betancourt and Cha
plain Sonny Harden.
Leo B. Warren is in charge of
decorations.
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free on $1,000 bond after he was
charged with grand larceny in con-
nection with the alleged misuse of
$49, 900 in district funds.
Probe To Resume
Meanwhile, McEwen said yester.
day that he will return to Key
West on June Ia to continue his
investigation into the affairs of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District. He said that he will be
prepared to spend at least a week
on the investigation at that time.
The balance of the probe will
apparently be in his hands since
the "order" authorizing Dade Coun-
ty Solicitor John Marsh to aid him
expires Monday. Marsh said that
he does not expect it to be renew
ed. Both he and McEwen were as
signed to the task by Acting Gov
ernor Charley E. Johns.
McEwen added that ne hopes to
have the final grand jury report
ready by the week of June IA and
that he expects an auditors report
of the operation to be finished by
that time.
State Officials
McEwen also said that he hopes
to have a representative of the
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Woman Injured
lin Accident

A woman identified by police as
Islaina Jones, Of 325 Catherine
Street, suffered a fractured right
arm when the bicycle she was
riding struck an opened door on
truck on South Street Friday.
Patrolman Fernando Stirrup,
who investigated the sccident, said
that the truck door was opened
into the traffic by william Bat
well, 1211 Packer Street. He added
that Batwen helped the injured wo-
man to her feet and asked her
if she was injured. When she re-
piled that she didn't know" Stir
rup said that Batwen apologized
and left the scene.
When examination by a physician
revealed Mrs. Smiths injury, Bat
well was picked up by police and
charged with causing an accident
and leaving the scene of an ac-
cident.
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Over 5000 Get
|CC Shots In
Past TwoDays

More than 5000 persons received
gamma globulin shots here in the
past two days, DR.. C. w. Morrison,
county health officer, said today.
The total was S,3SS. Here's the
breakdown by schools, the Naval
Hospital and the health clinic -
the stations where the shots were
given to expectant. mothers and
children through IA years of age.
Naval Hospital - 4,615.
Harris School - $50.
Truman School - $50.
Convent - 345. p&
High School - 346.
Poinciana School - 700.
Douglass School - Isl.
Health Clinic - 81.
The Naval hospital today was
giving GG to persons who missed
on Thursday and Friday. Next
week the Health Clinic will give
GIG to other stragglers.
Last year, $500 persons received
GG in Monroe County. This year,
the shots were given only in Key
West because no polio has appeared
In the county outside OF the city.
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Poinciana School
Is Ransacked

Police are searching today for
the owner of pair of shoes and
glasses found in the Poinciana
School during a breaking and en-
tering investigation.
According to the police report,
they were called to the school by
Principal Albert Carey. They found
that thieves had entered the school
through an open window and left
through a back door in the school
cafeteria. .e5
Nothing was found to be missing
although refrigerators were open,
ed and the principles office and
desk were ransacked.
Four mahogany trees were up
rooted and thrown on the steps of
the school by the vandals, police
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Neblett Polled
s. Per Cent OF
Vote In County

william Neblett, candidate fol
the state senate, polled 50 pei
cent of the Monroe County vote,
according to figures he released
today.
In last Tuesdays primary, Neb.
lett got 3,4O7 votes (53 per cent?
in this county, compared with in.
cumbent Jim Franklin's 1,846 (2s
per cent?; Travis A. Gresham, Jr.,
261 Goa per cent?; and Milton A.
PARROT, 1923 Us per cent?.
In Lee County the vote went
this way:
Neblett S97 (15 per cent?; Frank.
lin, $3.50 "a per cent?; Gresham,
2554 Gao per cent?; PARROT, 81
Col per cent?.
In Hendry County it was:
Nebelett, 21s (1s per cent:
Franklin, $50 Gao per cent?; Ores.
ham, 761 Ga per cent?; Parrot,
10 COS per cent?.
In Collier County:
Neblett, $50 (17 per cent?; Frank.
lin, 621 (2S per cent?; Gresham,
ll72 (52 per cent?; Parrot, 81
Cos per cent).
The totals were: Neblett, sOO3
go per cent?; Franklin, 1897 { 1856
per cent?; Gresham, 474S (2S per
| cent?: Parrot, Ills COT per cent?.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Circuit Court
Jury Veniire
Drawn Friday

! A so name Circuit Court Jury
venire was drawn yesterday by
Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr.
The list, returnable on Monday,
May II, is for civil cases to be
tried in the Circuit Court.
The venire: h
George M. Sawyer, Armando A.
vale,. Fred E. Knight, John w.
Parrish, Jack E. Dillon, Melvin E
Russell, A. E. Martinez, Albert AL
bury, Kinsey L. Plummer.
George Key, Robert F. Morrison,
Claude d. Valdez, ST., Arthur l..
Stewart, Jr., Edward w. Cabanas,
Burton Richardson, Robert J..
Whitehead, Stanley J. Barrett, N.
B. Shanahan and John Joseph
Stack.
Ernest J. Avila, Evelio J. Rueda,
Mario Averez, Frank Key, Charles
H. Thornburgh, Paul B. Richard
son, Posey T. Rutrough, Cecil T..
Curry, Malcolm M. Walter, Clyde
w. Montgomery, Milton o. Pea
cock, Thomas J. Cooper, Gerald
Santana, william o. Wickers and
j. o. Kemp.
Eugene o. Roberts, Julius A.
Continued OF Page Two)
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France Mo'l'lurns
|Dien BiellPhu
|Capiitulation

PARIS IA France was plunged
into gloom Today by her shatterina
defeat at Diem Bien Phu but the
military vowed TO keep batting
the Communicated foe in Indo.
china.
The loss OF the Dasrion and its
thousands OF defenders on the eve
! OF Indochina negotiations in &c.
neva raised speculation that Pre-.
mier Joseph Laniel's government
might fall. -
In Saigon, Gen. Henri Navarro,
commander Of French forces in
mdochina, issued a terse order of
the day saying s'the fight con.
tinues" despite the serious setback.
The Red leaders of the Vietminh
won a resounding military and po-
itical victory In the savage 20.
hour battle that engulfed the for
tress. A rebel broadcast monitered
In Hong Kong claimed the com
mander of Diem Bien Phu'' and
about II companies Of French I'm
ION troops fell into vietminh hands
when the last defenSes caved in.
The radio did not name Brig.
Gen. Christian de Castries, but the
reference to Commander indica-
ted the heroic leader had survived.
The broadcast gave no word as
to the fate Of pretty 2s-year-old
Genevieve de Galard sTerraube,
French air force nurse who had
been trapped in Diem Bien Phu
since March.
The Communist radio in Peiping
claimed the attacking masses ami
inflated almost 1000 French Union
troops who tried to break out of
Isabelle, an outpost three miles
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Indictment Is
Expensive Deal

Monroe covnty's busy grand
Jury worked II days before re.
turning one indictment.
During that time the Jurors
pay amounted to 500 at S. per
day per man. The bsiliff, who
gets So . day. collected $50.
To the $sSs you can add the
expenses Of James MeEwen
and John Marsh, special invss.
tisators appointed by the gov.
srnor to probe the toll district.
Of the lS.man grand Jury, at
least seven work in the Navy
Yard. These members get their
full pay from the Federal gov.
eminent but they must turn in
their Jury pay to the govern.
menf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Penguin
Goes To Assist
Nassau Salvage

Downed Bomber Was
Not A K.W.-Based
Plane, Navy Says
The USS Penguin (ASR)
sailed at 8 am. today for
Nassau to conduct salvage
operations on a Navy Nep-
tune bomber that crashed
there yesterday, killing all
10 men of the crew.
The Penguin, attached 10 Sub
Ron II, was expected to arrive
there tonight or tomorrow morn
ing, according to Navy spokes-
man.
The wo-engined bomber first
was reported to have been q Key
West based plane. However, the
Navy here said the plane was not
from Key West but was believed to
have been from Jacksonville.
The request for salvage opera.
tons came from Jacksonville.
Crash Reported
The plane crashed in tropic dark.
ness yesterday during anti-submar-
inc exercises in the Bahamas, the
Associated Press reported.
The wire service said the bomber
fell shortly after taking off from
Windsor Field, Nassau. 1t went into
the water about 200 feet off shore
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The indictment, only GRIM
inal action taken by the
grand jury since they were
impaneled April 10, was
returned yesterday at 4:4O
p. m. - only minutes before
special prosecutor James
McEwen left for Tampa for
a months stay.
It charges that Bateman unlaw.
fully appropriated for his own use.
the services of one P. F. Sanchez,
having value of $40, with intent
to deprive or defraud the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District.
Used Painter
Bateman, allegedly Used the SER
vices of Sanchez, a painter employ
ed by the district, to do painting
In his Marathon home. Sanchez
was repeatedly paid out of district
funds.
After the Indictment was read In
open court and certified by grand
jury foreman Newell Pinder, Cir
cult Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Or
dered it filed and referred to the
Criminal Court.
Criminal Court Judge Thomas S.
Caro- said that he would not set
bond in the case until he has been
Officially notified of the indictment.
Bateman, along with Alonzo Co
thron, Islamorada contractor, is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
Gold Star Mother Will Head
Armed Forces Day Parade Here
Mrs. Eula Sawyer
Will Lead, Review
May Is Procession

Mrs. Eula Clarice Sawyer of SIS
Frances Street, president Of The
National Gold Star Mothers, Inc,
Key West Chapter, has been select
ed by Arthur Sawyer Post No. %,
American Legion, to be the Grand
Parade Marshal for this years
Armed Forces Day Parade.
Mrs. Sawyer is the wife of Ed
mund H. Sawyer, engineman chief
of the United States Coast Guard.
She is the mother of five chill
dren, four of whom are living. She
became Gold Star Mother upon
the death of her son, the late Cor
poral Clyde Reed Sawyer, of the
United States Army, on October Is,
1851.
Died In Training
Corporal Sawyer, who would
have been. Is this May. a., died
while in Basic Training at Camp
Stewart, Georgia.
Mrs. Sawyer's surviving chill
dren are: Lavonda Sawyer, %,
Glendora, 10, Edmund Sawyer II,
II, and Tom Sawyer, 6.
Mrs. Sawyer is a native Key
WeSter and has lived the greatest
part of her life in the city. Chief
Sawyer is at present serving a.
board the Coast Guard Cutter,
White Sumac.
Civic Activities
Among her other civic club &C.
tivities, Mrs. Sawyer is the chap.
lain of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Auxiliary Unit 1911 for the
year 1954-55; historian of Arthur
Sawyer Unit No. %, American Le-
gion Auxiliary for the year 1954-55;
parliamentarian of the B. P. o.
DOES Drove No. SO and assistant
scoutmistress of the Brownies al
the Wesley Community Center.
This is also her second year as
president of the Gold Star Mothers.
Mrs. Sawyer will lead the Arm
ed Forces Day Parade On Satur-
day, May Is, at $50 p. m. riding
in convertible. Upon reaching the
intersection of White Street and
Truman Avenue, the convertible
will stop and she will review the
parade as it passes. Full honors
will be paid to her by the units
in the Parade.
In selecting Mrs. Sawyer as the
Grand parade Marshal, it was
done from the viewpoint of respect,
honor and the supreme sacrifice
paid by her late son, Corporal
Clyde Reed Sawyer.
The Parade committee consists
Of Judson Stephens, Chairman, An
tonic Arrange, Jr., Frank Roma
guerra, Vance C. Stirrup, M. E.
Lewis, and 1t. S. P. Douglas, USN
Navy Liaison. Officer for the pa.
rade.
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Mother Is Welcomed
For Visit Inl|Key West
ssDreans Come
True Says
Mrs. Sackier
by SUE JONES

ITS like a dream come
true, were, the first words
spoken by Mrs. Theodore
Sackler. as she stepped from
the National Airlines plane
at Meacham Field yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Sackler was greeted by her
only son, Marvin Chapman, his
attractive brunette wife and well
coming committee headed by
Mary Lee Graham, president Of
the Key West Chamber Of Com
merce and Mayor C. B. Harvey.
She will be honored as the
''Mother of the Key West Naval
Base for 1854" because her son,
Marvin, entered letter to her
which was adjudged the best in
the USO-YMCA's annual Mothers
Day Letter Contest.
Welcomed Here
Mrs. Sackler is q sweet, moth
erly woman and as she came down
the landing ramp, opened her
arms to her son and his wife. Her
pretty daughter-in-law had said
while waiting for the plane, "I'm
80 glad she could come. She's a
wonderful person, and we haven't
seen her for nearly a year"
It is Mrs. Sackler's first trip to
Florida, and she said she had been
wanting to come for a long time"
II was forty in Philadelphia when
she left yesterday morning, and
one of her first remarks after hug
ging her children" was, "It's so
sunny and beautiful here" She
said too, From up in the plane it
looks like you live in the water"
She was most gracious to all the
members of the group that met her,
and to each one she said word
of thanks for helping make this
visit possible.
It was hard to tell whether
s'Mom" or the Chapmans were
the most excited over the prospects
of q gala weekend and a visit with
zach other.
. Eager Wait
The young torpedoman, stationed
aboard the USS Gilmore, kept
watching the sky as the time of
his mothers arrival drew near.
AS soon as the wheels touched the
ground, he and his wife ran to-
ward the plane. But as Mrs.
Sackler paused for just moment
at the door, he made a typical
Continued on Page Two)
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kiwanis Club
Members Go To
Miami Meet
39th International
Convention Of Clnb Is
VIII End Thursday

Fifteen members Of the Key West
Kiwanis Club left today for Miami
and the seth international conven-
ton. The convention runs through
Thursday.
Those from Key West are Ralph
Faraldo, president. Father John
Armfield, first vice president, Bill
Neblett, second vice president, Ira
Abury, secretary, and Glynn Arch.
er, Norton Harris, Joe Boza, Jim
Staples, C. r. Reagan, Pat Kelly,
Gene Amber, Gleason Snow, Newt
Ketchings, Colonel .Holbrook, and
Harry j. Mitchell.
Most of the members are being
accompanied by their wives.
10000 70 Attend
More than 10000 delegates and
visitors are expected at the meet
ing on Dinner Key.
The international Council meets
tomorrow afternoon with greetings
from the International president,
Donald T. Forsythe, Carthage, ILL.,,
newspaper publisher.
The council also will hear re-
ports on the convention program,
Kiwanis election procedure, con-
vention resolutions, Kids Day,
permanent home office and 10th
anniversary plans. j..
Kiwanis was established in 1915
at Detroit and today numbers
more than $500 individual clubs
with membership over 227 900.
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Bateman Is Indicted On
Larceny Charge Friday
Misrepresentation OF $40
In State Funds Charged
By JIM COBB

Key Vests grand jury yesterday brought in lar
ceny Indictment charging that Brooks Bateman former
general manager of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District Incorporated $40 in state funds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-08
PRE-SCHOOL PHYSICAL
EXAMS ARE SCHEDULED

The interrupted schedule of ply
steal exams for children entering
school next fall will be resumed
next Tuesday.
Horace O'Bryant, superintendent
OF public instruction, today re-
leased the following schedule:
Truman School, May IL and II;
Douglass School, May II and q;
Poinciana School, May Is; Harris
School, May %.
The schedule was interrupted by
the mass gamma globulin injec-
tons.