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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
County Spelling
Match Is Slated

The county spelling match will
be at the high school at s p. m,
April l, Horace O'Bryant, super
intendent Of public instruction,
said today.
The first and second place win
ners of spelling matches in each
of the county's schools will COM
pete.
Judges will be representatives
from the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club
and Rotary Club.
Mrs. Marian Stark, speech teach
er at the high school, will be the
pronouncer.
Miss Irene Russell, reading
specialist at the high school annex,
will be the recorder.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
Next Falls
First Graders
.ToRegister
Annual Roundup Is
Set For April 2l-23
At City's Schools

Plans are ready for the PTA
spring roundup of prospective first
graders, it was announced TODAY
by Horace O'Bryant, county super
intendent of public instruction.
Dates for the roundup of the
children are April 81 to %.
During that period, all six-year-
Odds or those who will be six on
or before Jan. l, 1855, will be
registered.
Required Data
At the time of registering their
children, parents must have proof
of the child's birth-a birth Ger.
tificate. If that is not available any
of these three will do as a substi.
tute: baptismal certificate, an in.
surance policy at least two years
old, or a notarized affidavit by the
parents.
A physical check-up will follow
the registration.
At the planning meeting were
these PTA representatives: Mrs.
Sue Adams, Mrs. Jeanne Knowles.
Mrs. Edward Bayly and Mrs.
POret.
Others attending included Mrs.
Ruth Kramer of the County Health
Unit; Mrs. Edith Roberts, coord-
inator of instruction for the school
system; Miss Eugenia Nicola, di-
rector of guidance for the schools.
Also at the meeting were these
school principals:
Wilbur Franklin, Truman; Ned
Simmons, Harris; and Albert
Carey, Poinciana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
MAN SOUGHT AS
HEIR TO ESTATE

Girard Trust Corn Exchange
Bank, of Philadelphia. is looking
for Harry Lewis Carpenter III, ac-
cording to a classified advertise
ment in today'S Citizen.
Carpenter, according to the bank,
is the beneficiary of an estate. He
formerly lived in Maimi and Fl.
Lauderdale and has been employed
in connection with shrimp boats.
Anyone knowing his whereabouts
is asked to notify the bank.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26

II nearby cabins.
Chief Cremata Immediate
ly announced that he will
ask that the County Com
mission condemn the cottag-
eS because of defective wir-
ing. 1t was a short circuit on
an electric hot plate which
was blamed for today's dis
aSter.
Although the trailer camp is out
side the city limits, city fire fight
ers answered the alarm. Cremata
said that he has no authority to
condemn the property since it is
out of the city. The camp is own
ed by Sam Lowe, 700 Duval Street.
Listed as homeless are the FAM
lilies of Richard Houle, Navy
man attached to the Boca Chica
Naval Air Station, and Wayne Da-
Wis, of the Naval Station.
Houle was reported to have three
children, ranging in age from six
months to six years, while Davis
has five children, from one month
10 II years.
Both Away
Both Davis and Houle were not
at home when the blaze broke out
today. Houle is reported to be in
Massachusetts on a training flight
while Davis was on duty at the Ma
val Station. Both of their wives
were Frustrated by shock this
morning.
According to a neighbor, Navy
Chief c. L. Ogden, the fire broke
out at 9:15 a. m. Chief Ogden said
that he was sleeping late = he
was on duty last night - when h
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
Oldham Protests
WkWF Action To
Federal Board

TAMPA R-Braley Oldham said
today he has protested to the Fed
eral Communications Commission
that Radio Station WKWF-AM in
Key West refused him 80 minutes
of live broadcast time Friday night
for which he had paid.
Odham's letter to the FEC said
he "can conceive of no other ex-
PLANTATION for this censorship other
than the fact that the owner of
the station, Sheriff Johns Spots
wood of Monroe County, Is well
aware" that in 1S47 Oldham
charged on the floor of the Florida
House of Representatives that Cd
ham chad been offered a bribe for
my vote as a legislator by Rep.
Bernie c. Papy of Key West"
Oldham said Papy is supporting
another candidate for governor.
Papy was tried and acquitted Of
attempted bribery.
The letter reviewed details of
the complaint Oldham already had
made in several talks in his cam
paign for nomination as the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor.
He said the reason given by the
station for not carrying his broad
cast was that he had not submitted
script "a hours in advance.
Oldham wrote that no other Flor
ida station has required such an
advance script and that according
to newspaper stories Kermit H.
Levin, a representative of the sta
ton, said the station had carried
previous Oldham broadcasts with.
out requiring an advance script.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
y Left Homeless As Flames
Level 7 Stock Island Homes
Red Cross MOres To Aid Victims
OF Early Morning Catastrophe
BY jim COBB

Twelve persons, including one-month-old babv
were left homeless today when fire swept through two
frame cottages in the Seawa Trailer Park Stock Island
Only quick action by the Key West Fire Department,
under the direction of Chief Charles Cremata prevented
the tames tanned by strong wind, from spreading to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
Sailor Insists
lowed Car Was
Parked Legally

City Police Sgt. Frank Caraballo
and his tow truck today drew an
other SquaWk.
Robert Grochowski, student at
the Fleet Sonar School, said his
1852 Oldsmobile convertible was
towed away by Caraballo's truck
from its Grinnell Street parking
spot and taken to the police sta
ton.
He said the cops want S. to re-
lease the car.
Grochowski added that he had
his car parked on Grinnel about
a half block south of Truman Ave
nue. and that there were no re-
strictions on parking there.
Regular Parking Place
He had, he said, been parking
his car there for the past six
months.
But here's the topper, according
to GrochowSki:
There was an overtime parking
ticket on his car.
A representative from the Nays
legal office, Grochowski said, call
ed at police headquarters and later
told him the ticket ''had been
taken care Of"
But not the S. towing fee, Gro
chowski said, Caraballo wants.
Meanwhile, City Commissioner
Louis Carbonell said a woman
who lives near the Carballo ga
rage was circulating a petition
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
South Korea Seizes
Red Chinese Gunks

PUSAN, Korea R-The South
Korean coast guard said today it
seized two Chinese Red junks with
II crewmen aboard yesterday
about 100 miles south of Korea.
1t was the first time the South
Koreans have seized Chinese ships
for violating the Rhee line-extend-
ing about go miles around Korea.
The Reds seized a Korean fish
ing boat with II men aboard last
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26

Three accidents which oc-
CURED yesterday resulted in
$500 in damage to the We
hicleS involved.
All were caused when
traffic laws were violated.
One man was driving while
Intoxicated, another failed to
heed a stop sign, and the third
passed a vehicle illegally.
Which may indicate that if
you obey the law to the let
ter-you may avoid acct
dents.
And it is interesting to
note that two of the accidents
occurred on Roosevelt Boule-
ward, which was listed in
yesterdays Box Score as the
city'S chief danger zone.
Motorists should be eSpe-
cially careful in that area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Property Damage $lo.ls1 s3s.sss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
INSURANCE AGENT
KILLED in ACCIDENT

GREEN COVE SPRINGS Up -
Robert ]. Penn, 30, Jacksonville,
agent with the Independent Life
and Accident Insurance Co. and
former Duval County road patrol
man. was killed last night near
Stands Bridge when his car went
out of control and hurtled end over
end as he was pursued by U. S.
Naval Station police after speeding
through the station, Clay County
Sheriff ]. P. Hall reported.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26

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Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll
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tenants or workers lust
DIAL 2-S66l or 2-5662.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
SpreckIes, Sugar Heir,
Is Married Sixth Time
BY The Asseeia,ed Pres,

LAS VEGAS, New. Feb. g.
Sugar Heir Adolph Spreckels H.
AZ. is honeymooning here with
his sixth wife following his mar
riage to Judith Powell, %. of
Beverly Hills. Calf, the daugh-
ter Of a movie studio music
executive,
Mr.. Spreckels and Miss Powell
were married in a civil ceremony
Sunday before Judge Frank
McNamee. 1t is Miss Powell's
first marriage.
The wedding came. Just three
weeks after Mrs. Spreckels was
sentenced to 80 days in Orange
County jail for assaulting his
fifth ex-wife. Kay Williams. SO,
by whom he was divorced last
August 4. Mr.. Spreckels was
released pending appeal.
The new Mrs. Spreckels is an
equestrienne. She has shown
her own stable of hunters and
jumpers since the age of 6. She
was chosen Girl of the Golden
west for last years harness
race meeting at Hollywood
Park. Her father, Edgar Powell
Is an executive in the music de-
partment at Goth Century Fox
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Washington Securities

SALES
Wash Gas com-50 at 80. 80 at 80,
20 at 3l24. 7"
Pot Elec Pw com--55 at liza. 100 at
Poi f7f Eiec pv a.so MD A 40 a, 4aa.
Pot Elec Pw 800 pfd B-23 at 43ia.
Wash Gas com--600 at 3lIs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Stock Prices Decline
In Slower Trading;
Most Changes Small
BY The Assoeiu,.d Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.Trading
was relatively quiet today as the
stock market declined moder-
ately.
Most major divisions were af-
fected but there was no selling
pressure at any stage Of the
fall.
Some prices were off between
l and 2 points. but most changes
were in the small fractions.
Among lower divisions were
steels, railroads. oils. chemicals.
aircrafts, radio-television, cop
pers and utilities.
Motors were mixed as were
the rubberS and diStillers. The
motion pictures and air lines
were steady.
Lower stocks included United
States Steel. Bethlehem Steel,
Chrysler, American Telephone,
Baltimore & Ohio, Union Pa
cific. Standard Oil IN. d. Du-
pont, Admiral Corp. and Doug
las Aircraft.
ACT Brill traded a block of
5000 shares at 7Is.
There was some improvement
in the corporate bond market
while Government issues in the
over-the-counter market were
steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Chicago Grdin

CHICAGO. Feb. . H.--Fairly heavy
selma hit arains in early DEALINGS on
the Board Of TRACE today, prices reced-
ing In all pits.
With the trading pace becoming &C
tive. the market seemed to absorb an
expansion in liquidation reasonably well.
we're able to bounce back after the
ea1 Whs mp near rTf sR 81 TiS an
was was "a to :: cent lover M SsEa s1G3a;;
771s; rye a 10 J. lower, March si.sl "a;
s. osE. ana lard pnshanssa 70 iQ cents
hundred pounds higher. March $t0.75.
Commission houses had quite q few
selling orders on hand at the opening.
market in February, which has often
been a quite bearish month on grain
PRICES However price drops in the
than now prevail.
The Agriculture Department overnisht
snSsls o e paen on ss he m mGR
Government loan price, whichever is
higher. The Government loan figures
cago, and that is much hiaher than the
But It didn't appear to traders that
mediate me- ate" threat h 70 prices. OF more I'M
portance in the opinion of some grain
men. will be the Governments action
with regard to its off-grade corn. This
corn can be sold at the market price
even II that is far below the loan level.
Wheat supplies at Chicago decreased
$4,000 bushels during the last week
ands now amounts to 12.050, 900
bushels. OF this an estimated ga TO
million bushels Is tied up In the Gov
eminent loan.
West Germany bought a small guam
tItv of soybeans overnight and IL was
said she would be in the market for
additional supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Business Briefs

Industrial Production in De-
cember declined to an index of
1877. two points below November
and 7% below the peak produc-
ton last July. The index is
based on average production
for l947-48-49.-Federal Re-
serve Board.
Cash Dividends paid on listed
common stocks in 1853 reached
a new record of $5,874.177, $3.50,
up $50 from 1952.-New York
Stock Exchange.
Reynolds Metals Co. an
nounced a group of z financial
institutions has purchased the
outstanding $20.991 600 Of. its
serial first mortgage bonds held
by the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
National Steel Corp. IN year
ended December 81 earned $780,
334.130 or $3.50 a share VS.. $751;
559.477 or $50 in 1852.
Atlantic Refining Co. in year
ended December 81 earned $49.-
755 900 or $5.41 a share VS.. $40.-
APT 900 or $4.37 in 1852.
Ohio Oil Go. in year ended
December 81 earned $43, 800. 900
or $3.50 share VS.. $50 1854 .021
or $500 in 1852.
Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad in
year ended December 81 earned
$28,032,933 VS.. $27,308,828 in
1852.
Champion Paper e. Fiber Co.
in nine months ended December
81 earned $7,7l9 1852 or 1885 a
share VS.. $6,715.408 or $3.50 in
1852 period.
Meredith Publishing Co. in six
months ended December 81
earned 81, 656.73l or 81 % a share
VS.. $1.311.518 or $l.02 in 1852
period.
Aetna Life ms. Co. in 1853 had
premium income of $676. 688, 696.
a new high and an increase of
14.7%.
Conn. Gen. Life ms. Co. in
1858 had premium income of
$2l9 million. an increase of $22
million from 1859
Texas Eastern Trans. Corp.
announced election of George T.
Naff as a president and a di-
rector. Recently he was APP
pointed a member of the Gas In
dustry Advisory Council.
Other earning included:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Odd-Lot Dealings

NEW YORK, Feb. R.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd-lot transactions by principal
/: Purchases Of 226,7 700 shares; sales
of 1S0,799 shares. including 1924
shares sold short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Inventory. for Investors!

Stores take them all the time
To check up just where they stand.
To what's sellng-or slow
To recorder the good lines-close out the bad.
take time and trouble, sure But Just ask
any store if it ism worth it,
And that's how it goes with investors, too.
Periodically they like sit down and re.appraise their
holdings 60 the stocks they in the light of
current conditions.
They want up-todae figures sales, earnings, dvi.
dends fresh estimates the outlook for certain in.
dustries and stocks the assurance that profitable
opportunities for purchase sale being
If you're investor and feel that it's high time you
took inventory yourse-ts easy writing letter.
Our Research Department will be happy to prepare
and send you complete analysis of your portfolio
point out the weak points and the strong make any
suggestions that might advance your own
best interests.
There's charge for this SERVICE whether you're
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

Hourly Sales ON the Exchange.
IL :O0am. 100 900 1. noon $50 600
100 pm. e1o 600 200 pm. 600 600
fUnit of trading 10 shares or sales in
full. 'In bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganized under the Bankruptcy
Act or securities assumed by such COM
panies. Rates Of dividends in the fore
based on. the last quarterly or semi
annual declaration: Unless otherwise
included. Also extra or extras. An
nual rate plus stock dividend, d Declared
or paid in 1858 plus stock dividend.
e Declared or paid SO far this year.
on ex-dividend or redistribution date:
& Paid last year. h Declared or paid
after stock dividend or splitup. kDe-
clared or paid this, year. an. accumula-
tive issue with dividends in arrears.
p Paid this year, dividend, omitted. de-
ferred or no action taken. at last divi-
dend meeting. Declared or. paid in
1854 Plus stock dividend. Liquidating
dividend. cid Called. Elk dividend. x-dis
Elk distribution. xr Elk rights XIV Without
warrants. WV With warrants. wd When
distributed. vi When issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
New York Produce

ter steady. Receipts, l,333.41s. Prices
unchanged.
Cheese about steady Receipts.
454 $50. Prices unchanged
New York spot quotations follow: Mid
western-Mixed colors Extras 1850
pounds. 49-50H extras large a5-4S
pounds 4S-4g: extras medium, 47-42:
standards large. 4T-4S: current receipts
rehandled. 4G-47; dirties. 1915: checks.
44-445. Whites: Extras $3.50 poundsi,
81 extras medium 4S-49. Browns
Extras $3.50 pounds, 5O-51; extras
large f45-4S pounds. 1880; extras
medium, 47-4S
Nearby: whites: Top quality $3.50
pounds. 81 -53ha; mediums. 50-51
Browns: Top quality (4S-50 pounds i.
5O-5l; mediums. 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Feb. 2 R.-Cotton fu-
lures held around the lows for the
day during the forenoon today Trading
slackened and was routine in character,
with scattered profit taking and hedg-
ing absorbed through trade buying and
short covering.
Noon prices were 30 to so cents
bale lower than the previous close
March 34.00, May 34.14 and July
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Visible Grain Supply

CHICAGO FEB . UP.-Visible supply
of wheat decreased l,673,0O0 bushels
this week to. 2S7,307 900 bushels the
Board Of Trade reported. Corn decreased
I 1854. 900 to 33,966. 900 bushels oats
decreased 10000 to 14,21S.000. rye
increased 16.O0o to 10.S57 900. barley
decreased 4S6 600 to S.533. 900 and soy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK, Feb. . (P.-Spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper, 2eIs-
80 cents pound, Connecticut Valley.
Lead, Is cents q pound. New York.
Zinc, pa cents pound. New York
At Pittsburgh scrap steel No. heavy
was quoted at 29.00-30.00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Furnished 0v the Associated Press
r Sales
Stock ana Ado Net
Dividend Rate 90 High Low l:1o chg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
For Year Ended December 81
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Feb. (P,.-Dividends
announced: Pc Stock of Paw
Rate. riod. record. able.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-19

Herbert s. Rip
ley says, 81 could
now pay for the
Course in less
than two months
with just the in-
crease in my
salaryl"
Herbert s. Ripley
1926 So. Eucalyptus A'
Lnglewood, Californii
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-19
Safety Council Notes

"a lot of Delaware automobile
drivers act as if they were driving
down the Pennsylvania Turnpike
with the whole road to themselves. .
G. T. Foster, Jr., Vice-President
for Public Safety of the Delaware
Safety Council, made this comment
today as he discussed the need
for the current Know and Obey
Traffic Laws program sponsored
by the Delaware Safety Council and
the National Safety Council.
TOO many of the people driv-
ing cars today have practically no
sense of responsibility" Mr.. FOs-
ter said. "They drive as they
please and expect everyone else
on the road to look out for them.
Unless they can be persuaded to
change this irresponsible attitude,
l see little hope of reducing the
present heavy traffic accident toll" 7"
Mr.. Foster called upon all citi-
zens to lend their full support to
the Know and Obey Traffic Laws
program. He asked the coOpera-
ton Of wOmens clubs; civic, bus
mess, and frateTnal organizations,
and churches. He also urged every
individual to acquaint himself will
local traffic laws and to obey them
after he has learned them.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-19

will sponsor an evening Of games
on March 4. Mrs. Newell Johnson,
Mrs. c. William Jones and Mrs. r.
B. WilkefsOn, Sr., will be in charge.
Fifty cents per person.
The March of Dimes Campaign
in Delmar, when broken down into
two states does not seem too large,
but when it appears as Delmar
alone, which it does represent, the
campaign was a success.
Mrs. Oscar NJ. Thomas, chairman
Of the Delaware side of town, re-
ports $714 and Mrs. Burns Marvil,
the Maryland side chairman, re-
ports S514.42, so the complete
amount contributed from Delmar is
$1,228.42.
Adah Chapter No. 5, OES, Del
mar, met on Monday evening, Feb
ruary Is, in the Masonic Temple
with w. NJ. Doris /. TTuitt and W.
P. Ralph A. Baker presiding at the
business session.
A Valentine party and program
had been prepared by Mrs. Rita
WilkersOn and her committee.
Refreshments for the affair were
served by Mrs. Della Beauchamp
and her committee.
Funeral services were held on
Monday, February Is, at 2 p. m. at
the First Methodist Church here,
for Mrs. Anna Curdy, 81, who died
at her home, 6OS State street, Sat
urday morning, following an illness
Of several weeks.
The Rev. John w. Townsend,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Officiated and burial was
made in Mount Olive Cemetery.
Mrs. Curdy is survived by her
husband, Elihu Curdy; a daughter,
Mrs. James DuttOn of Wilmington,
and a son, William Curdy of Sharon
Hill, Pa; a sister, Mrs. Girls Col
Inns of Delmar and three grand
children also survive.
Officers and members of DelmaT
Lodge No. POI, AT & AM, about 65
in number, attended divine services
at First Methodist Church on Sun
day morning, February IA. The SER
mon was delivered by Rev. c. w
BranfOrd, pastor of Mt. Olive Meth
Odist Church here, and special mu-
sic was furnished by the combined
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-19

adult choirs of the two churches,
under the direction of Bruce Hen
erickson, and by the junior choir
of the First Methodist Church. un-
der the direction of Mrs. William
Reynolds.
The Delmar Fire Company and
the Ladies' Auxiliary served a
chicken and dumpling dinner to
more than four hundred persons in
the banquet hall of the fire house
from to p m, Sunday.
The Mems Glass of the First
Methodist Church held an evening
of games and a variety program in
the social hall of the church on
Thursday evening, February 18.
Fire, of unknown origin, destroy
ed the barn and stables of Lyndal
Hayman early last Friday morning,
including a tractor, 200 bushels of
corn, a mule and lot of hay.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-19
CAR IS NEWS OFFICE

STATESVILLE, N. c. - up -
Mrs. Mary Hill Long, so, worked
for The Statesville Daily for 20
years. It was sold last spring,
leaving Mrs. Long jobless. Using
her savings only to buy stamps,
she packed her typewriter in the
back seat of her car and started
publishing the weekly, fOur-page
County News.
The back seat serves as news
room, office and mailing depart
ment. The paper is printed in near
by MOcksville.
I'm not competing with any
one" she said, Il just felt there
was place for a newspaper of
this type"
Her readers agreed. Now Mrs.
Long, who has hired a business
manager, plans to expand her
newspaper on wheels.