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AIRPORT CONSULTANT
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NAL pays $500 per month for its
first three landings at Miami In
ternational Airport rather than
$500 as quoted. The majority of
the scheduled air lines and the 20
independent carriers operating in
to Miami each pay 81, ISL so for the
first three LodeStar schedules per
month with a load factor equal to
that of Key West.
panama City, which is the only
city of comparable size in the State
of Florida which did not receive a
surplus airport from the Govern.
ment, is forced to charge a rate
equal to $172.22 per explained pas
senger per departure which is
about four times the comparable
figure for Key West on the 1858
basis"
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LOPEZ TELLS ROTARY

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Spain, and on March Is, 1922, the
American Flag'was raised over the
Island.
The territory was at that time
divided into two counties, Escam
bia and st. Johns.
Key West began to grow when
Congress passed an act declaring
civilians engaged in wrecking on
the Florida coast liable to seizure
condemnation if they took property
Salvaged under American jurisdic-
ton to a foreign country.
The establishment of a Federal
Court at Key West in 1928 was
bitterly opposed by the people of
the northern part of the state.
John Simonton found it necessary
to write memorial to Congress
pointing out that Key West was
400 miles from Pensacola the near
est point to which a judicial re-
ference could be had, that if a
poor and humble man were in
volved, he couldn't get justice"
while the affluent and wealthy
could always pay the expenses Of
representation.
Lawyers Come Here
The first term of the court was
commenced on November 8, 1928
which led to the migration to Key
West of number of lawyers.
Judge Lopez said that "the bust
ness of the Court not proving very
extensive, the stay of most of
them was of short duration"
He quoted an announcement in
the newspaper of that day stating
that vessel had arrived from
Middle Florida with an assorted
cargo and seven lawyers.
Two years later, Key West had
its first serious crime when Nor
man Sherwood killed man nam
ed Jones. Sherwood proved to be
a most cooperative prisoner. The
Jail in which he was confined was
insecure and he had several op-
portunities to escape, but on being
asked why he didn't try, he said,
THE people of Key West want to
hang someone for a pattern, and
guess I'll crafty them"
State Courts Set Up
Judge Lopez traced the establish
ment of the State Courts in Flori-
ida, and told of the establishment
of Dade County.
John Hausman was the proprie-
tor of Indian Key and inStigated
the move.
Three years later the citizens of
Dade County, which then includ-
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Creen-Haned
Girl Goes Back
ToPlain Tresses

LONG BEACH, Calf. IN - A
pretty young miss whose hair was
green for a day returned to work
at Douglas Aircraft Co. today as
a brown-haired girl and plane po-
duction resumed a steady pace.
Mrs. Lucille Ballinger of Fuller
ton, a tool crib clerk, told a friend
one day at work, when you cut
your waist-long hair, I'll color
mine green" The friend cut her
hair.
So yesterday Mrs. Ballinger ap-
peared on the job wearing bright
red blouse-and green tresses. The
lacquer she applied had made her
hair grassy green.
II suppose 200 or 800 workers
came by to stare" said Mrs. Bal
linger. 81 didn't think it would
cause such commotion. must
admit it stopped production"
A foreman ordered her to cover
her hair with a bandana, but that
didn't help much. Finally he Or
dered her to so home, saying:
please be brown-haired again BY
tomorrow morning." She was driv-
en- home in a company car.
Mrs. Balhnger said that wher
her husband Jimmy, who also
works at Douglas, saw her
locks, che ordered me to wash
the stuff out by the end of the
day" She added: "I'll never for
get the look on his face when he
saw me-"
Mrs. Ballirger applied soap anG
water to her locks last night.
Said her husband, "There'n be
no more of that going on"
Said Mrs. Ballinger, ''Well, any.
way, kept my promise"
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The
Weatherman
Say.


Key West and Vicinity: Increas.
ing cloudiness today thru Saturday;
some likelihood of light rain OF
showers tonight about 1913. Gentle
to moderate northeast winds veer.
ing to east and southeast, fresh al
times in and near showers.
Florida: Increasing cloudiness
and cool this afternoon. Mostly
cloudy and slightly warmer to.
night and Saturday with occasional
rain in north portion and widely
scattered showers in south and
central portions.
Jacksonville Thru The Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Moderate
north to east winds over north por.
ton and moderate mostly northeast
to southeast winds elsewhere thru
Saturday. Increasing cloudiness
with occasional light rain over ex.
treme north portion and a few
showers elsewhere tonight and Sat.
urday.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
northeast to east winds and partly
cloudy weather thru Saturday
Widely scattered showers.
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e. Key Vaca, IndL.> Key and
.Cspe Florida, and south TO Bahia
Honda, were urging the abolish
ment of Dade County on the grounds
that all power both executive and
judicial was exercised by one man.
namely, the proprietor of Indian
Key.
In 1866, all the islands from Old
Roads Key to Bahia Honda were
given back to Monroe County and
in 1887, Lee County was formed.
Dade County included what are
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Intervention In
Guatemala By
US. Charged

CARACAS, Venezuela R-Guate.
mala accused the United States
today of seeking to intervene In
its domestic affairs by asking the
Inter-American Conference here to
discuss Communist penetration in
the Western hemisphere.
Guatemala's foreign minister,
Guillermo Toriello, singled out the
United States In a singing speech
at the conferences third plenary
session as the leader of forces
which want to attack the political
and economic freedom of Latin
America.
Toriellc said he considered the
placing of the Communist issue on
the agenda as "a maneuver against
Guatemala which has been ma
liciously and unjustly accused OF
being Communist. ..."
"We're of the opinion" he con-
tinued, "that the topic was only a
pretext for intervention in our in
ternal affairs. If accepted (by the
conference) it would make Pan
Americanism an instrument for the
exclusive service of monopolistic
interests"
United States officials have &C.
cused Guatemala of following the
Communist line and have charged
that Reds occupy many positions
of power in that Central American
country.
Asserting that Guatemala would
defend democratic principles, 4"
Toriello said his nation was being
attacked by those who shout
Communism whenever a Latin
American republic seeks to assert
its rationalism and economic in
dependence and attempts to put
into effect liberal social reforms"
US. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles told reporters that
If the Guatemalan foreign minister
meant what he said about defend
ing democratic principles, "they
should support our resolution" The
reference was to an anti-Commu-
mist resolution not yet introduced.
Delegates from Argentina and
Ecuador also were scheduled to
speak at the plenary session.
Toriello's attack came as dele
gates buckled down to the grind
of committee work in an atmos.
phere of optimism and unity fol-
lowing Dulles statement of US.
hemisphere policy. The committees
are studying polito-j uridical mat
tiers, economic affairs, social prob.
lens and cultural topics.
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MOLOTOV GIVES
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parley-"of definite international
significance'-on Korea and Indo-
china.
Chances of settling the seven
year-old Indochina war at Geneva,
he said, depend on ''the position
of the French government and
also on the position of the U.S.A.,
which is increasingly interfering
in the affairs of Indochina."
"The main thing, however," he
added, twill depend on recognition
by all the conference participants
of the need to settle the question
of peace there, not through contin.
uing hopeless French Union
Vietminh) war, but through ar
agreement conforming to the
principles of freedom and the
national independence of the PEG
lples."
The other big issue is a Korean
peace treaty.
On this first anniversary o.
Joseph Stains death, the Soviet
foreign minister also took occasion
to say in his statement:
1. us. claims to world leader.
ship "are naturally groundless, u
American bases abroad are di.
rected against the Soviet Union
and the American position-of-
strength policy means preparing
for another war.
2. The fate of the 14-nation
North Atlantic Treaty will be nc
better than the fate of "the well
known Anti-Comintern pact con.
cluded in 1887 by Hitler Germany
militarist Japan and Fascist
Italy"
g. The projected European De.
Tense Community, which woulC
line up West German troops with
thse of five other West European
nations, blocks German unity
harbors "the revival of German
militarism" and ito follow this
path means to embark on prepare
ton of another war in Europe
which leads to a third world war
Molotov took a crack at the
views of what he called "some
senator's" in Washington toward
Communist China, which the
United States does not recognize
diplomacy.
"They are inexorably drawn to
the past and would like the great
Chinese people to remain in their
old status of a semicolonial ma.
ton, ruthlessly exploited by for
eign capital" he charged.
"These times are gone forever.
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Porter Rites
To Be Tuesday

Funeral services for Madison B.
(Pete) Porter, one of the six Navy
men killed in Tuesdays crash of
two helicopters, will be held next
Tuesday in Washington, D. c.
Porter, a chief aviation pilot, will
be buried in Arlington National
Cemetery. Services will be from
the S. H. Hines Funeral Home,
29O1 14th Avenue, NV, Washington,
ID. C.
Porter, who lived here at 2120
Avenue, is survived by
his wife, Mary Rita; two daugh-
tiers, Jerry. 16, and Joelene 4; 9t-S
Ia son, 2. q Porter III, 9.
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MYSTERY BLAZE

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ropped open with the heat from the
;un through the window. 1t sounded
.ust like flames cracking. or a hot
electrical connection shorting out,
Harris declared.
1t even had the fire department
fooled.
The final pop Harris heard last
night was apparently a delayed
action pop"
The incident proved one thing
it was hot enough to pop coconut:
in Key West yesterday.
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now Palm Beach and Broward
Counties.
Judge Lopez closed by quoting
early census figures in which the
population of Monroe County far
outnumbered that of Dade County.
There were twenty six visiting
RotarianS at the meeting, and Jim
Carter. of Custer. South Dakota
was presented with the customary
two cans of Key West turtle soup
for having come the longest dis.
lance.
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WEEKLY SKATING At
BAYTIEW TONIGHT

The regular Friday night weekly
skating, at Bayview Park, will be
held tonight, beginning at 7:30 p. m
Tonight is party night for all the
skating club. Refreshments will be
served to all its members. Super.
vision will be under the direction
of Mrs. Doris Thompson assisted
by Paul G. Albury, Recreation Di
rector.
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MRS. CHARLOTTE
KORAB

Mrs. Charlotte Korab, 50, died
Thursday morning at Monroe Gen.
eral Hospital after a short illness.
The body was sent today to New.
ark, N. j., for funeral services and
burial in the family plot.
Survivors the husband; Henry
Korab and three sons,
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COUNTY BOARD
Continued from Page One)

6enuey was oeleGaLeQ 10 cOmmun-
icate with the governors office.
Equipment Described
Peninsular has three types of
equipment it will fly here, depend
ing on the amount of business.
The line uses 32-passenger DC
3's; 5O-passenger GAGS; and 30
passenger IDEAS.
NAL flies a 14-pasSenger Lock
heed Lodestar between here and
Miami.
The question Of the 50-cent charge
for each passenger landing or tax
ing off at Meacham Field came
up.
NAL baked at paying the charge
which became effective Jan. l. On
that date NAL also dropped three
of its four daily flights between
here and Key West.
s0-cent Charge
Robinson told the commissioners
that PeninSular pays such a So
cent per passenger charge at Mi
ami.
He said at Miami the line pays
$3.50 to land a DC-3 and also
pays 5O-cents for each passenger.
In New York City, he added.
Peninsular pays $50 per plane.
That charge, he continued, in
cludes baggage handling.
Key West has been without ade-
quate air service-in the opinion
of many businessmen here-for the
past "a days.
NAILS Stand
At a meeting here Dec. 30. a
NAL executive, r. P. Foreman,
secretary of NAL, told the COM
missioners that If the 50-cent charge
became effective Jan. l, his line
would cut out three daily flights
here.
The charge went into effect as
advertised and so did the schedule
cut.
The county formally filed a COM
plant with the CAB in Washington.
alleging that NAL unlawfully
changed its schedules by not Civ.
ing the required Today notice.
Reply To Charge
NAL replied to the charge BY
denying they had unlawfully chang
ed the schedule.
NAL said the line gave formal
notice Jan. Z Of the change, max
ing the effective date Jan. II.
Between Jan. l and II, NAL said,
mechanical and other difficulties
prevented NAL from flying four
flights a day here.
The CAB indicated that NAL and
the county should get together and
settle their differences.
Two Courses Open
Otherwise the CAB has two cour-
seS to take:
l. Reject the county's complaint.
2. Institute formal action which
means hearing before the CAB
usually 4 long-winded affair at
best.
NAL made the next move. in.
viting the commissioner to come
to Miami for a meeting. The in.
vltation was in a telephone call
from George Baker, NAL prexy.
to Paul Sawyer, county legal ad.
wiser.
Gerald Saunders, chairman of
the board of the county commits
sioners, then wrote Baker and
pointed out the inconvenience of
the five commissioners travelling
to Miami for the meeting.
Saunders told Baker the commits.
sioners would meet here with anv
NAL representative at any time
that NAL wanted.
Besides, the county commission
ers can not take any formal action
except when they are officially
meeting and the meeting, accord.
ing to law, must be in the county
court house here.
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"l2 MILE REEF
Continued from Page One,

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when Wagner tangled with an octo.
pus. The Conchs were roofing for
the octopus.
And when Wagner was clobber.
ed by a Conch, the cheers rose
to a crescendo.
But local residents point to the
fact that there are very few Greeks
in Key West today - and no Greek
Spongers as evidence that the
Conehs were the victors in the
strife which took place 20 to &
years ago.
William Spencer, who operate.
his sponge house at TOT Caroline
Street, and has been in the sponge
business for SO years, (his family
have been spongers for over a cen
tury) was vehement in his denial
that the Conchs came out on the
short end of the battle.
Violated Law
He points to the fact that there
was actually a Florida law, which
is still on the books, which pro.
hibits diving for sponge in most
Florida waters, that really drove
the Greeks out.
The Greeks violated the law and
a lot of them ended up in Jail or
paying thousands of dollars in
fines for violating tina. law, he said.
Former Police Chief Joe Kemp
said today that he served on a jury
which convicted several Greeks.
Spencer did admit that the
Conchs played a little rough at
times when they dumped the
Greeks overheard"
And it wasn't the law that burn.
ed their boats, he. added.
AS late as Is years ago, Spencer
said, there have been reports OF
divers from Tarpon Springs operat-
ing up the keys. He said that he
and several other spongerS took of
to check one report at that time.
They chartered a boat out of Mat.
ecumbe Key and soon sighted sew.
eral boats on the horizon. They
could not overtake them however
since they had both sail and power
but they sure left in a hurry
Spencer commented.
Good Entertainment
Otherwise, the movie adds UP Il
good, solid entertainment.
Local movie-goers had a bal
picking out the Key Westers who
played bits in the film.
For example, the scene inside
Duffy'S Tavern, Duval Street bis
tro, brought forth delighted chuck
les when Aquilino Lopez, ST., ia
Their of the circuit court Judge
showed up as a bartender, as did
Guy Carleton.
Hlgn point OF. that scene was
when Police 1t. Buster Cerezo, Ga
real-life copy charges in with q
properly grim expression to break
up a brawl brewing between the
Conchs and the Greeks.
First Lady's Smile
And even the city's first lady got
into the act. Mrs. Wilhelmina Har
Ivey's well-known smile shows UP
among the spectators at the dock.
side.
Others appearing include Red
Murphy, and fisherman Ben Lo.
PEE, who presides over the inhala.
tor when Gilbert Roland cashes in
his chips with the "bends."
(Movie-goers were pretty well
agreed that it was a mistake to kill
off that actor in the middle of the
film.)
BY far, the high point of the
movie were the wondrous under
water scenes and those made up
the keys in a secluded lagoon
where Terry Moore and young
Wagner play footsie with a sting.
ray while lodging a frustrated sui.
tor
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DEATHS
JOHN E. McCOMBS

John E. McCombs, "A. died al
Tavernier. Funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon at 2 p. m
The Rev ]. Paul Touchton official.
ed at the services.
Burial was in City Cemetery.
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Observations Taken A. City Office
Key West, Fla, March S, 1854
at J AM, EST
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TEMP RATUREs
PR EcIPITATIoN

Relative Humidity, Z AN.
500
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-05

Barometer tSss Levsi), 700 AN.
30.12 ins.--1020.0 mbs.
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Tomorrow's Almanac

ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
Reference Station: Key West
Time of Heiuhf az
Evening star., 1954-11-12

THE SUITS-All-wool hard finished Worsteds, shark
skins and Fannels In the popular dark tones and
splash Weaves Charcoal Grey and Charcoal Brown
THE COATS alwoo Tweeds, Gabardines and Co.
verts in Raglan or set-in-seeve models EVERY ZIP
LINED COAT HAS A HANDSOME ALL WOOL PLAID
ZIP LINER.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Doctors Keep Vigil on Womun
And Unborn Buby After Crosh

watch at her bedside. looking
for any change in her condition
that might call for quick sur
gerry.
II the young woman should
die. doctors said they would
have only about 4 minutes
to save the baby. Mrs. Schef-
fier is eight months pregnant.
State Trooper r. w. Andrews.
who investigated the accident.
said the Schefflers' southbound
car ran through q stop sign on
Maryland Route 27 and COLI
ided with a car driven by
Carl Elmer Raith. 20, of Sykes
vile, which was headed east
on Route 26.
The Scheffler car struck q
wall and Mrs. Scheffier was
thrown out. police said. Pvt.
Scheffler was charged with fall
ing to stop at q stop sign and
reckless driving. He suffered q
cut forehead. Mr.. Raith was
not hurt. police said.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Nursing Homes Group
Opens Convention Here

The National Association Of
Registered Nursing Homes. INC.
today began It's eight annual
convention in the Shoreham
Hotel.
The group. about IS strong, re-
ceived q letter greeting from
President Eisenhower, congrat-
ulating it on efforts to improve
nursing home care.
Tomorrow. the programs in
clude q panel discussion at 8
am. on "The Nursing Home as
a Part of the Community's
Patient Care Team. /" Election
of officers and q business ses-
sion take place at 2 pm. and q
banquet at s pm.
The convention ends Sunday
at breakfast.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
|KnowIand Again Hits
|Bohlen, Sees No Shift
In Russian Policy

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland says he's seen moth
ing to indicate the Soviet leop-
ard has changed his spots.
Senator Knowland made the
statement yesterday when asked
about President Eisenhower's
news conference comments Wed
nesday on the shooting down OF
a United States plane on Japan
last Sunday. Gen. Eisenhower
said the Russians appeared to be
more conciliatory than In the
past about such incidents.
Neither as a member Of the
Foreign Relations Committee nor
as q Senator have ! seen any
evidence that the Communist
leopard has changed his spots, .
Senator Knowland said.
Senator Knowland also was
asked whether he had revised
his opinion Of Ambassador
Charles E. Bohlen. He criticized
Mr.. Bohlen on Tuesday for at
tending a Red government party
in Moscow after the plane Incl
dent.
Senator Knowland said he had
not changed his mind or learned
Evening star., 1954-11-12

last four years by underdeyel.
oped nations.
AS long proposed, Secretary
Humphrey suggested that the
corporation should operate as
an agency of the 57-member
World Bank-the lending arm
OF the United Nations set up
after World War II for recon-
struction and developmental
lending.
In the past. however, World
Bank President Eugene Black,
the Economic and Social Council
OF the United Nations and Others
had proposed an agency financed
by subscriptions from member
nations to invest in business en-
terprises abroad under much the
same conditions as would a pri-
vate investor.
The United States Government
opposed participation because of
this state ownership" feature.
AS proposed by Senator Hum
phrey. the corporation would
hold stock or other securities Of
businesses in which it invested as
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Of any extenuatins circum-

Of any extenuating circum-
stances.
Il believe the Ambassador
knew there had been an attack
on an American plane by the
Soviets before he went to the
party" he said. "EIe may not
have known all the details or
received his instructions as to
the note to present to the Soviet
government.
"Had / been in his place,
which. Of course, I was not, /
would not have gone to the party
to drink q toast with Soviet Of
flcials."
Gen. Eisenhower had COM
nleilted that Mr., Bohlen could
not have known details Of the
shooting when he decided to 90
TO the Moscow celebration. The
President added that from this
distance he wasn't going to say
Mr.. Bohlen was wrong in attend
ing.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

debt, not as direct equity town.
ership) securities. I'm that way
it would operate in the area of
venture capital without holding
equity right of control" Mr..
Humphrey said.
Outline of Plan.
Here is the main outline Of
the plan he said the admins
tration would send to Congress:
/. The aim Of the corporation
would be to stimulate private
investment In underdeveloped
countries by inducing private
investors to add their funds to
its investment loans.
2. The new agency, unlike the
World Bank, would not be re-
quired to seek governmental
guarantees Of loans abroad, and
it would be allowed to invest
in foreign enterprises, not mere
ly lend to them. This is a key
provision, since many UNDER
developed nations have already
taken on about all the debt they
Evening star., 1954-11-12
y N. A..esis,.d Pres,

FREDERICK. Nd. Nov. Ia
Doctors and nurses are STANDING
watch at the bedside of q crit.
ically injured young woman
here. ready for a last-minute
effort to save her or her unborn
baby If q crisis comes.
Mrs. Barbara Scheffler. ~. Of
Odentoil, was hurt In a collision
yesterday at the intersection OF
Maryland Routes rs and 27 IN
Taylorsville. The car in which
she was riding was driven by her
husband. Pvt. Edward N. Schef-
f1er, a soldier stationed at Fort
Meade.
Mrs. Scheffier was admitted to
Frederick Memorial Hospital
with q possible compound skull
fracture and 4 fractured left
ankle. Her condition was stiIl
very critical today.
Doctors and nurses have
maintained an around-the-clock