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Evening star., 1954-06-25
Four Indicted
In Corruption
0fTaxAides
GrunewoId, BoIich
Among 10 Named
As Co-Conspirutors

Four persons were indicted to-
day by New York grand jury
on charges of corrupting former
officials of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and conspiring to block
tax investigations by a House
subcommittee and by a grand
jury.
Ten others were named as CO.
conspirators. but were not in
dicted, according to an an
nouncement here by Attorney
General Brownell.
Among these were Henry w.
(the Dutchman) Grunewald.
Washington mystery man and
wire-puller, and Daniel A. Bolich.
who resigned under fire in 1851
as assistant commissioner of
internal revenue after a long
career in the service.
The indictment covered a
period from 1947 through 1851
and listed payments of more
than quarter of a million dol
lars, many of them large cash
payments in small bills.
The four named as defendants,
including three New York
lawyers, were:
Samuel Schopick and Irving
Davis. partners in the New York
law firm of Schopick & Davis.
Max Halperin, an attorney oc-
cupying Office space with the law
firm and who was occasionally
associated with it.
Milton Hoffman, who was &C
cused of participating with them.
Eight-COun Indictment.
The 10 others were named as
co-conspirators in the first count
of an eight-count indictment.
These named in the conspiracy
count were:
Mr.. Bolich, Max Steinberg,
former group chief in the Office Of
the Revenue agent in charge of
the Upper New York Division; Mr..
Grunewald, Morton Marks, James
A. Zipser, Marjorie zipser Segel,
and Samuel Cohen, owners OF
Pattullo Modes, Inc, a dress
manufacturing company; Mau-
rice Smith, an accountant for the
Pattullo Modes group; and Louis
M. Berman and Philip Berman,
partners in the Gotham Beef Co.,
and stockholders and principals
in Gotham Ship Purveyors. Inc.
all of New York.
Probe Continues.
Announcing the indictment,
Mr.. Brownell stressed that both
the Treasury and Justice De-
partments are continuing the in
vestigations and grand jury pres
entations in Washington and in
New York. ~
The indictment involves at
least two cases. It charges that
the indicted lawyers often sought
out clients before the individuals
themselves knew they were in tax
difficulties, with promises to fix
Federal officials.
It also charges influencing OF
witnesses to block Investigations
by the King subcommittee OF the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, and by a grand jury in
Brooklyn.
Penalties on the various counts
range from $4,000 fines or five
years in prison, or both, down
to $4,000 fines and five years
Evening star., 1954-06-25
Senators Back
S17O,359,S16
District Budget
Full $40 Million
Federal Payment
Recommended
By Don S. Worren

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today quickly gave
its approval to liberalized
District supply bill for the year
beginning July which carries
the full $40 million Federal
payment.
The Senate committee, acting
on the report of the Dirksen
subcommittee, recommended an
outlay in the next fiscal year of
$17O,359,816.
This is an increase of $1,871,-
978 over the total approved by
the House The Commissioners
had asked the Senate committee
to put back into the bill $2.3
million of funds cut out by the
House,
Three Parking Lots.
Among highlightS of the COM
mittee action were restoration
of most of the funds requested
by the city government for the
beginning of three fringe park
ing lots. These would be devel-
oped near the South Capitol
Street Bridge, the Carter Barron
Amphitheater and the United
States Soldiers Home.
Funds needed for the District
high school automobile driver
training courses were restored.
The District drive on slum
housing was given a boost when
the committee recommended ap-
proval of the majority of the
funds sought by city officials.
There was some language to be
recast, but Senator Dirksen said
the amount recommended would
provide about IS of a requested
% housing inspectors.
For the Office of civil defense,
the Senate committee recon-
mended an outlay of $179,048.
This is an increase of $104 ,048
over the House figure of $4,000.
The House voted to make next
years civil defense program
even less than for this year
$4,000.
Visiting Nurses Fund.
The Senate committee denied
funds sought for the re-estab-
lishment of an emergency home
makers service. Instead it recon-
mended a fund of $4,000 for
the work of instructing visiting
nurses. The House had ap-
proved $5O,OOO for the visiting
nurses on the theory that they
could do the houSekeeperS' aid
work. The Senate group dis
puted the idea and so cut the
visiting nurse fund back to its
present SIS, 900 level.
Senator Dirksen said there was
q possibility that plans might
develop during the next fiscal
year for a bridge over the Po-
tomac. For this reason, he said,
the report carries language to
make it possible for District Off
cials to use available funds for
such planning, if it is indicated.
Senator Case, Republican of
(See BUDGET. Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-06-25
BULLETIN

UNITED States Attorney Leo
A. Rover told a House Dis
trict Crime Investigating sub
committee today that Con-
gress should unlock the rec
ords" of Juvenile Court. why
have an Iron Curtain around
the results of the trials in
Juvenile Court?", he said.
Evening star., 1954-06-25

exile leader Col. Carlos Castillo
Armas said a major battle was
shaping up at Chiquimula, less
than 70 miles northeast OF the
Guatemalan capital.
The announcement said that
as the rebels pressed in to at
tack, the government hastily re-
inforced the Chiquimula garri-
son with artillery, mortarS and
machineguns. The communiQue
said the garrison commander had
deserted to the rebels.
Col. Castillo claimed his rebel
forces now hold 16 Guatemalan
towns, seized since the invaders
moved in from the Honduran
border last Friday in a bid to
unseat President Jacobo Arbenz
Guzman's Communist-supported
regime.
Diplomatic Relations Strained.
On the diplomatic front. the
strained relations between Qua
temala and neighboring Hon.
duras appeared near the breaking
point.
Informed sources said the
Honduran government was about
to demand the expulsion
of Guatemalan Am ba ssa d or
Amadeo Chinchilla on grounds
he spanked Wednesdays leftlst
student demonstration in Tegu-
cigalpa. Seven persons were
wounded when police opened f1re.
The Hondurans also reportedly
suspect the envoy of hiring sab
oteurs to tamper with Honduran
air force fighter planes found
damaged in a workshop.
Tension reached the crucial
stage when Guatemala accused
Honduras of aiding the rebellion
being waged by Guatemalans
who had been in exile in Hon
duras. The HonduranS denied
the charge and counter-claimed
that Guatemalan planes had
bombed their soil.
Military Claiming Conflict.
Both sides continued to issue
conflicting military claims at
frequent intervals.
The rebel Liberation army"
claimed communications had
been cut between Guatemala
City and the rail town of Zacapa.
and also between Zacapa and the
chief Caribbean port, Puerto
Barrios.
The bulletin said the rebels
held these towns: Esquipulas,
/ Morales, Quetzaltepeque, Joco-
tan, Bananera, Santo Tomas,
Gualan, Tenedores, Camotan
Iguana, Quebrades, Entire Rios
York Olopa, CHAMPIONS. Ell Esto1
and Vado Hondo.
Radio Liberation" heard in
neighboring Ell Salvador, SaiC
the rebels controlled the main
highways and communications
and would soon strangle the gov
ernment forces into immobility
through a shortage of fuel.
Dead and Wounded" Reported
The government radio. on thu
other hand, declared army troop.
were advancing on all fronts
leaving many dead and
wounded" in their wake.
The broadcast said activities
were back to normal around
Puerto Barrios and that Ar
benz forces were mopping ur
rebel remnants south of the port
The army high command de.
clared "a final blow" was being
prepared against the rebels.
An army spokesman in Guate-
mala City said the back of the
invasion had been broken ano
predicted the war would be ovel
in about q week.
Evening star., 1954-06-25
Child browns in Pool

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.,
June 25 (P.-Two-year-old Reed
Smith drowned yesterday in a
rubber wading pool in his back
yard.
Evening star., 1954-06-25
GuatemaIan Rebels
Report Bloody Fight
Raging in One City
Government Claims
MiIitory Advances
On All Fronts
BY the Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, H on duras,
June 25.-The Guatemalan rebel
command said last night its
forces were massed for full
scale attack on Chiquimula and
that bloody" fighting already
ragged there. But government
military leaders, boasting ad-
vances on "all fronts" vowed to
bring the invasion to a speedy
end.
A communique from the inva-
sion headquarters of Guatemalan
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U. N. Council Tokes Up Guotemolo's
CIoim Thot Neiehbors Aid Rebels.
Poee AS
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(See HOODLUMS. Page A-3D
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(See BUDGET, Page A-30
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Fair tonight, low near 20. Tomorrow,
cloudy and hot again. Gull report. plus
weekend resort forecast on Page A-2)
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
Vocational Glass
Exhibits Work
AT Kress Store

Exhibits from the Douglass High
School vocational shop are being
displayed in the Kress Store on
Duval Street.
Chester c. Seabury, principal at
Douglass, said today that the pur-
pose of the projects to give the
boys better chance to 60 out into
the world and make a living. It
was explained that the hope of the
school Is to prepare the students
of the vocational class for direct
apprenticeship into trades directly
after graduation.
Each student is given so many
projects a year to complete dur
ing the course. The actual prepa-
ration for the vocational class be-
gins by students taking industrial
arts in the seventh grade. The stu
dents spend three hours of each
school day in the shop.
Seabury said the program is
somewhat hindered by the students
having to finish their own mater
ials for the projects. He also stat
ed that any donations of scrap lum-
Der or other useful materials
would be appreciated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
State Road Dept.
May Cut Weeds
AT Scout Camp

County Commissioner Frank
Bentley today said a State Road
Department engineer was recon-
mending that the road department
cut the grass and weeds at the
Boy Scout camp on West Summer
land Key.
The old Overseas Road and Toll
Bridge District formerly maintain
ed the five-acre scout camp as far
as keeping the weeds and grass
trimmed.
After the toll district was sus-
pended, the weeds were not cut.
Bentley wired the governor and
the State Road Department, ask
ing for their aid in maintaining
the camp.
Monday the engineering de-
partment at Miami phoned Bent
ley and told him q recommends
ton that the department maintain
the camp site was being forward
ed to Tallahassee.
Bentley quoted the engineers as
saying they felt confident the de-
partment would handle the grass
and weed cutting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19

mony of Barth against his client
be stricken on the grounds that it
was baised. Judge Esquinaldo in
formed Ketchum that the shore pa
troll officer had only told the man
to tell the truth.
He then turned to Barth and in
formed him of his constitutional
rights and made it clear that no
promise had been made and that
he did not have to testify if he
did not so desire. Barth then tes-
titled to the complete account.
Judge Esquinaldo said before
sentencing that it was purely a
circumstantial case. He added,
however, it was probably the
most circumstances that he would
ever get in a circumstantial case"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
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ment. 1t is expected that the Con.
gress will provide money to the
CAA for Federal airport aid.
Monroe County's application for
such aid already has been filed in
Washington, Bentley said, and CAA
engineers have inspected Meacham
Airport.
The appropriations bill for Fed
eral airport aid already has been
passed by the House.
Airport Aid Bill
The Bureau of the Budget, Bent.
ley explained, has approved a $33
million dollar amendment to the
appropriations bill for. airport aid.
According to the application field
with the CAA for airport money,
the improvement program will be
broken down like this:
Preparation of site - $500, 900.
Paving runways,- taxiways and
aprons - $3.50, 900.
Kighting the field - $4,000.
Building costs = $150,OOO.
Other miscellaneous construction
- $4,000.
Engineering and supervision -
$35, 900.
Administrative costs - $1,000.
Contingencies -. $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
Peace Talks Are
Resumed In
Secret Session
BY EDDY clLMoRE

GENEVA R- The Indochina
peace talks were resumed in an.
other secret session today without
any sign of progress.
AS the third consecutive restric.
ted meeting got under way. the
nine-party conference was reported
tightly deadlocked over Western
demands that Communist forces
withdraw Immediately from Laos
and Cambodia.
At the same time, France es.
tablished direct contact here for
the first time with the Vietminh in
an attempt to settle the contro.
versy over the evacuation Of
wounded from Diem Bien Phu. The
two delegations appointed special
representatives. They conferred
briefly, but had nothing to saw
after the meeting.
The top diplomats Of the Western
Big Three discussed strategy for
more than two hours this morning
at British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden's villa. There was no
official announcement as to their
decisions.
France and the United States
were reported pushing plans for a
Southeast Asia pact.
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Army's bringing of pressure
charges against him and aides
Roy NJ. Cohn and Francis P. Carr.
Acting Chairman Mundt (R-SD)
took on the assignment for the
committee of determining whether
the Presidential order could be
modified.
He had a luncheon conference
scheduled with Atty. Gen. Brownell
to discuss the matter. Republican
senators had come up with the
idea that perhaps BrowneIl could
issue a statement about the Jan.
81 conference.
John Adams had testified that
Brownen along with Sherman
Adams and Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. were among those
attending it.
Eisenhower's assertion that Sec.
rotary Stevens would have a state.
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board meeting on the night of
April q.
Adams offered the motion to fire
March. Roberts and Duncan voted
against the motion. Parker, Adams
and Warren voted for the motion.
At the same time March was
dismissed, the principal of Harris
School, Randolph Russell, also was
fired.
At a previous meeting, April z,
1853, an effort had been made to
GUST March.
O'Bryant, who was i'll in the
hospital at the time, wrote a let
ter to the meeting of the board
which said in part: March has
not produced the results I antici-
pated. Some of his duties already
have been reduced. This decision
is made without prejudice and in
good faith
Beard Votes
However, the board members
voted 4-to-1 to retain March at
that time.
Before March and his attorney
finally filed the petition for writ
of mandamus, the squabble be-
tween March and O'Bryant was
marked by verbal blasts as well
as letters published in The Citi.
zen.
At one point, DR.. Delio Cobo, a
city commissioner, got into the
act, deploring what he said was
politics" in the school system.
Neither March nor O'Bryant
could be reached today for com.
ment on the courts ruling.
Whether or not March would ap-
peal the ruling to the Florida Su-
preme Court was not known.
When asked if March had in
structed him to appeal the ruling,
Porter said he had not heard from
March since the ruling was issued.
However, March previously had
told a Citizen reporter that he
would appeal the case if he lost
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, N - The stock
market had difficulty in making
slight Roadway today in early trad
ing.
Both the gains and losses had
a tendency to be small. Plus signs
held a modest edge.
Steels, market leader yesterday
were ahead a little today. The
coppers and arm elements dis.
played firmness.
Aircrafts, higher in early deal.
ings yesterday. were lower on bal
ance today. Otherwise the market
was steady to mixed.
Ahead'were us. Steel, Chrysler.
International Harvester, Kennecott
Copper, American Wooden, Food
Fair, us. Lines, New York Gen.
trail, and Johns. Manville.
Lower were Studebaker, Mont.
gomery Ward, Douglas Aircraft.
United Aircraft, Du Point, General
Electric, Santa Fe, and Interna.
tional Nickel.
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why the woman and Ferrer were
not taken into custody the same
time that Barth had been arrested.
She was described by officer Line,
han as being "heavy, having long
black hair and wearing glasses. u
Ferrer did not testify in his own
behalf. He was represented by his
attorney Ben Ketchum.
In the cross examination Attor-
ney Ketchum intimated that the Of
ficers who had questioned Barth
had put words into the Navy mans
mouth.
Q. (by Ketchum) Did you tell
him where he had been?
A. - (by Linehan) Yes, he
doesn't know Duval from the Bou-
levard.
@. - Did you tell him what he
had done?
A. - No.
Dismissal Refused
At one point during the trial At
torney Ketchum asked for a dis
missal on the grounds that the only
testimony against Ferrer was that
he was only seen after the alleged
act had been committed. Judge Es-
quinaldo informed the attorney
that he had not heard the testimony
properly as officer Linehan had
seen Ferrer in the house where
the alleged act had been COM
mitted.
In the cross examination of Bar
tn by Ketchum, it was brought out
that the shore patrol officer had in
formed Barth that the charges a.
gainst him might be dropped if he
got up and told the truth.
Ketchum asked that the testi-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
TOMORROW MARKS

NNOutluuSU ITOln rage O0e)
Marines will represent the Navy at
these ceremonies.
Play Presentation
A play, written by Commander
Ray Byrns, USN (retired), "The
Filibusters," will be presented
Thursday night at 8 p. m. at the
San Carlos Theatre. This perform.
ance, one Of the highlights of the
Fiesta, is based on gun-running &C.
tivities in this area in the early
days of the fight for Cuban indie.
pendence.
The Junior Woman's Club will
play hostess to the Cuban dignitar.
les at the play.
Fridays activities include a pa
rade Friday night to he led by the
Cuban National Band. The parade
will form at Duval and South sts.,
and will proceed the length of Du.
val street.
Several floats will be included in
the parade lineup, as will the band
and marching units from Douglass
High School.
On Friday night, a formal dance,
sponsored by the Junior Woman's
Club, will be held at the Casa Mar
ina.
The public is urged to attend
this affair as well as the presenta-
ton Of "The Filibusters" on Thurs
day night. Proceeds from these
events will be used to provide
funds for construction of a Juve-
nile Home on Stock Island.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19

ment about the disassociation q
the Army charges and that meet.
ing seemed to dim the prospect of
any Brownell statement.
Elsenhower's stand that he
would not rescind his order was
not unexpected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19
The
Weatherman
Says


Key West and Vicinity: General.
ly fair weather with mostly clear
skys. Continued rather warm; high
today and Thursday 1888, low TO-
night 1875. Light to gentle vari.
able winds.
State of Florida: Generally fair
and warm thru Thursday except
for slight chance of isolated thun.
dershowers in the afternoons to-
day and Thursday.
Marine Forecast Jacksonville
thru Fla. Straits and East Gulf
Area: Gentle to moderate variable
winds and clear to partly cloudy
skys thru Thursday.
Observations Taken A. City Office
Key West, Fla, May 10, 1854
at J AM. EST
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who they will like and who they
shall dislike. 1t was explained that
we are all equal in the "eyes of
God"
Father Maring stated that chill
dren because they know only what
ing because they know only what
they are taught. 1t is not uncom-
mon in this city to see children of
mixed color playing together as
they know no social barrier. He
stated that the ruling was based
on solid principal that was above
reproach.
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rate. He said their cooperation and
diligence in accident prevention
had made the award possible.
Employees at the Naval Air Sta
uon averaged only Z "lost.time"
accidents for each million man
hours worked during 1888. The cor
responding figure for 1852 was Is
per million man hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19

The United States produced q
las, 900 automobiles in 1916 and g.
165, 200 in 1858.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-19

A purple flame may be produc-
ed if lithium salts are sprinkled on
a fire.
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A newborn Indian elephant is a.
bout three feet in height.
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romerrow's Almanac

Barometer tSea Levsl), 700 Ana
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-06-25
China Reds Expel
French Priest On
Is Minutes Notice

HONG KONG - (NC) - Father
Stephen CeSbron-Layau, 81, pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church in
Shanghai, has arrived here after
being expelled from Red China on
Is minutes notice.
Police appeared suddenly at his
rectory and told him to get few
clothes together. He was taken TO
a police station where an official
read the charges against him and
then stated that he was to be ex-
PEELED Immediately He was taken
to the train by guards and sent to
Hong Kong.
Father Cesbron-Lavau, At, was
born in Poitiers, France, and
came to China in 1884. From 1943
to 1948 he was superior of the
boys orphanage at Tu-Se-Wei, Iii
kawei, Shanghai. In 1948 he was
named pastor of Sacred Heart
Church. There are still two non
Chinese priests at his parish to
care for the faithful.
Red charges against the French
missionary accused him of having
oppressed workers, failing to take
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-06-25

in communist Fairgrounds. They
claim all the unexploded land
mines have been cleared from the
communist Fairgrounds"
The slightly built priest said
that his town was communist dom
mated, and that in order to get
decent job man had to be mem
Der of the Communist Party.
Father Sicardi adds: Ito COM
pete with the Reds, my parish has
to have good recreational facilities
to keep the children from straying
to the modern facilities at the com
munist play grounds"