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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Admiral Towner Urges Military
Z Personnel To Aid Polio Drive.
Plans Are Made
For Local Navy
Participation I'm
March OF Dimes

Rear Admiral George c. Towuer,
Commander of the Key West Naval
Base, issued an urgent appeal ID
all military personnel In the Key
West area, urging support for the
1854 March of Dimes campaign.
In notice issued today, Admir-.
al Towner recalled the near.ser.
ious outbreak of infantile paralysis
which hit Key West last fall, which
was prevented from assuming ser.
ious proportions throughthe prompt
and effective action taken by the
National Foundation.
Celebrating, Admiral Towner
said:
Through that organization, In
cooperation with local groups and
The Navy Medical Corps almost
The entire juvenile population Of
Key West. both civilian and IA.
val, was inoevlafed with gamma
gobvlin. The expense Of this cost
ly operation was borne almost
entirely by fhe Foundation"
Pointing out that, most of the
cases that did develop were among
service personnel" Admiral Tow.
|ner said he believed that all naval
personnel had an obligation to the
Foundation, and that contributions
Ito the 1854 March of Dimes should
be a voluntary expression of gra'
titude for a worthy effort, and ask
ed that everyone ''be as generous
las possible"
The Navy will conduct rs dFiv-
as individually among the many
commands in the area and funds
collected will be turned over 10
the local chapter.
Plans for Navy participation
were worked out at . meeting
lin Adm. Towner's office.
Capt. C. L. Murphy, chief Of staff
was put in charge of the Navy'l
part in the campaign.
Others attending the meeting
were Capt. A. H. Drop, Paul J.
Sher, county chairman, JEFF II
knight, Jr., chapter chairman, and
Merville E Rosam, treasurer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
|ROtarians Hear
.OfPlansFOr
Polio Drive
Campaign Head
Paul Sher Is
Luncheon Speaker

Paul j. Sher addressed fellow
Rotarians here yesterday at their
regular weekly luncheon meeting
on the topic of March of Dimes,
the polio Embarrassing campaign.
Speaking to the meeting briefly,
Sher, who is campaign chairman,
recalled the high incidence of polio
here in 1851 as well as during
the past autumn. and told Of the
important role played in both in
stances by the National Polio Foun-
dalton. He stressed the mass in
EQUATIONS administered to school
children and pregnant women dur
ing 1858 when the number of polio
cases rose far above the norm but
did not reach epidemic proportions.
ANY time . doctor diagnoses
. case Is polie," Shsr poinfed
out, THAT Is where The local
chapter swings into action and
takes over HE financial burden
Of this dread disease"
The campaign chairman said
that because of the high expendi-
ture from local chapter funds dur.
ling 1858 cansed by the necessity
nor both preventive measures q.
gainst the disease as well as hos
|pitalization costs for polio victims,
there is now a deficit in the Key
West local fund.
Sher remarked that II would
be an snlishfenins experience
for everyone 10 see The helpless
ness Of children who have been
afflicted by polio who ere ct Var.
iesy Hospital In Miami.
"lf YOU could see these Grip
pied children. there would be no
need 10 make This Speech" he
said. "Yovr conscience would BE-
your guide In determining the
amount OF your contribution 70
this March Of Dimes Campaign"
Sher was introduced by program
chairman Charles Thornburgh, and
the meeting was in charge of vice.
president Charles O'Bryant In the
absence Of Rotary president, the
Rev. Ralph Rogers.
Community singing, led by Joe
Pearlman and accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Lee, followed the
delicious luncheon prepared by the
Ladies Auxiliary Of st. Paul's Epis-
Icopal Church. Featured on the
menu we're arroz con polio and
Key Lime pie, both traditional
Conch dishes and expertly pre-.
pared. Many out-of.town guests
Continued On Page Severn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Circuit Court To Rule
On Ordinance Validity
Local Me,, File
As Candidates
For State Posts

Tive Key West men have III.
I'd with HE secretary Of state
as candidates., according 10 On
Associated Press ssery from
Tsllahassss.
Milton a. Parroft filed - .
candidate for state senator
srem The 24th district. The sssf
new Il held by Sen. James A.
Franklin 81 Fert Myers.
Aavlllne Lopez, jr.. filed for
re-sIseiien ss circuit Judge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Repatriation
Group Faces
Critical Issue
Jan. % Disposition
OF $4,000 POWs
Presents Problem

SEOUL R-The Korean Repatri-
alton Commission, caught in the
middle of an Allied.Red brawl, to-
day faced what may be the most
critical problem Of its existence:
What to do with some $4,000 I'M
repatriated war prisoners Jan. q.
The commission has two weeks
until that day Of decision when
the allies insist the PoWs be re.
leased under armistice terms.
No matter which course It
ses--freedom or further cap
tivity for the prisoners-the answer
means protests and possible vio-
|lence.
The Reds insist that the prison
ers be kept in their neutral zone
compounds until a Korean peace
conference talks over their fate for
30 days. The conference Is far from
a beginning; even talks to set II
up are begged down.
Both Allies and Reds cite the
truce document as support--but
their interpretations vary.
The repatriation commission can.
celled meeting set for Friday
afternoon to consider Allied and
Red answers to a request for
guidance.
The answers showed that neither
side was giving an inch.
The Reds demanded Thursday
that the prisoners be kept in Gus
tody under Indian troops until the
conference meets and also that ex-
plantations to woo P0Ws home be
extended until it has completed 80
actual days of interviews. The 80.
day period set by the armistice
ended Dec. q. The Reds conduct
ed interviews on 10 of the 80 days.
Gen. John E. Hull, U. N. com.
mander, Friday revealed a secret
note he sent the commission de-
claring the Allied command ID
firm" in its demands for release.
His letter, dated Jan. 6, was In
Continued On Page Seven)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Federal Grand Jary Will
Probe BoIita Operations
throughout Monroe County
Pay-Offs By Gamblers To Lao
Enforcement Officers Checked

Bolita operations in Monroe County are due to be
probed by Federal grand jury.
That was the word today from Washington where
James L. Guilmartin, United States attorney said be-
ginning Jan. 10, the government would start its probe
OF reported payoffs by gamblers to law enforcement
officers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Burdi11e's Files
Injunction Plea
In Court Here
O yIM com

Burdine' Department
Store. Miami, did what
everyone expected Of them
Thursday they filed suit in
Circuit Court 10 test the vail.
dity Of . city ordinance pass.
ed recently setting q $4,000
fee for out-of-town concerns
making retail deliveries here.
The city commission pass.
ed the ordinance Dec. Ii al
the request Of the Retail
Merchants Division of the
Chamber Of Commerce who
protested that outsiders
"were not paying their share
Of the tax load"
Officials Of the Chamber Rroup
lad mo comment" today.
At the time the measure was
made law, Is an emergency ord,
nance, Il least one city commits
sioner expressed the opinion tina,
IL was unconstitutional - an opln
ion that was backed up by CITY
Attorney J. Y. Porter.
Basis for Burdlne's suit, as out.
lined In their bill Of complaint In
Z petition for an injunction to pre-.
vent enforcement Of the ordinance
Is:
Ibis arbitrary and unsssssn-
able.
(. u diseFlminAiss against mer.
charts havlng NJ plsce o. husI.
meas IN KsY West.
:. u lntsnds ~ eeNesr extra.
sevrllerIsl lvrlsdlsslon - ihs e.
".
:. The eliy 4 nsf auiherlzsd
Under n ely charter 70 levy
) enE s1teh fsM g II ataUsnpled.
). The ordiAanes vieIasas NE
Ilsh tcivll klshisl amendment.
BurdInes also pointed out Ii their
complaint that similar businesses
In Key West pay 4 maximum fee
Of $3.50 differing only IS to 10.
cation Of place Of business
AZ the time the measure was
passed, J. =. Tucker, chairman Of
the Chamber retail group empha-
sized that local retail businessmen
"did not want to keep business out
Of the city but rather want to en-
courage To-"
During discussion Of the mea.
sure, 1t came In for considerable
criticism from commissioner Jack
Delaneys who questioned the con.
stitutionality Of the ordinance.
"Lss's leave mat W 70 the
sovSts - decide" No was sold
~ commissioner Leuls carhenell.
The commission then voted I'm.
CONTINUED On Page Sevsn)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08

The Federal investigation,
according to the Associated
Press dispatch, will also in
clude Dade and Broward
Counties.
This will be a continuing,
sustained and exhaustive in
vestigation to determine if
there is a conspiracy to vio-
late Federal gambling tax
laws.
"The information we have that
such a conspiracy exists warrant
ed an investigation" he added.
This will be no whitewash."
A 1853 Florida law makes own
ership of a $50 Federal gambling
tax stamp evidence Of q state
gambling law violation.
The bolits Vsekeieers, h wss
reported, vppsd the psyoH 10
police officers 10 avoid gam
bling arrests on the state level
and 81 The same time did nef
buy Federal gambling tax stamps.
Most Federal prosecutions for
gambling tax violations have grown
lout of local gambling srrestsi
II the numbers operators can
avoid local arrests, they usually
stay out of trouble with the Fed
erals, since the Internal Revenue
Bureau is so understaffed Il can
not make its own investigations.
Scores of south Florida gamblers
bought the tax stamps before the
I1953 Legislature passed the law
making stamp possession evidence
of gambling.
Sheriff John Spettsweed Today
said that four Monroe County
residents had bought the tax
stamps this fiscal year but that
they had returned ihs stamps 90
the Federal government.
20 do not know Of sny MenFes
County resident who holds .
gambling fsx stamp" hs said.
eff bolita is wide Open" Guii.
martin said, "then there must nee.
essarily be persons who are haunt.
ing Federal statutes. We don't in
tend to tolerate such a situation. "
He said, I'VE viii summon gam.
blers and police officers. We will be
interested 10 learning how bolita
apparently continues to be operat-
ed so successfully"
He added that if there Is enough
evidence, he win ask the grand
jury to examine income tax r..
turns Of policemen who may have
taken brides.
Guilmartin said he had no spec.
ial evidence for the grand jury to
consider in connection with bolita
operations in Monroe County and
Key West, but that the situation In
that area would be gone into
thoroughly.
The grand jury, he continued,
also win look into the possibility
of extra curricular" bookmakine
away from the horse and doc
tracks In which there may have
been eyasions Of the stamp tax
Law.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Man Is jailed
For Investigation

A man identified as James C,
Jones was jailed last night by Po-
lice 1t. Jimmy James for investi.
cation on suspicion of passing
worthless checks.
Jones was held overnight in the
city jail and then turned over 70
county authorities. No charges were
pending further investiga.
lon by the Sheriff's Department
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-08
Segregation Plan
Is Rejected By
South Africans

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa
N-Premier Daniel Malan's Ne.
tionalist government has failed -
sen its racial segregation progrsm
to South Afriea's most moderate
group of native leaders.
Outright rejection Of Maian'o
Apartheid (segregation) prograA
was voted yesterday at the co..
|clusion Of the four-day Location
Advisory Boards Congress - he
Continued on Page Seyen)
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24

Mrs. Louder Vincent had & stan
ley party last Tuesday night with
q good crowd
Miss Deane Shuttle Of Harrinq-
ton visited Mr. and Mrs. Elver
Ryan on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walls had as
their guests on Sunday. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hyland and son
Dale, and Mrs. Fannie Pefrine al
Wilmington. Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Salisbury, Mrs. Lizzie Butler ana
son and Mrs. Alton Breeding and
son and Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Sullivan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Cannon and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. James
Larrimore Of Burrsville. Md. On
Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Salisbury and Mrs.
hubert Cannon and daughter were
IN Dover shopping on Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
ELLENDALE
By Mrs. Hazel d. ElIlngsWOrth
Phone Milford $3.50

Mrs. Ray WoOtten has been very
i'll, but to date is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Stonberger and
two daughters Of Wilmington. spent
part Of last week as guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. 3. Abbott, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Ireland and
daughter, Rhea, entertained guests
last week.
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John B. DerricksOn were: Mr..
and Mrs Herbert Williams of
ClarksVille, Mr. and Mrs. /. w.
EllingsWorth Of Ellendale, Mrs. Ann
Fyndall and friend Of LeWes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Webb and
family visited relatives on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Metschl and
daughter spent last weekend in
Cherry Valley, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marker of
st. Petersburg, Fla, have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Spicer this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Webb en-
tertained guests from Pennsylvania
last week.
Mr.. Fred Collins Of Brooklyn,
New York, was a recent guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Abbott, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Wilson Of
Glendale and Mrs J. Dickerson Of
Bridgeville attended the Strahle
and Marvel wedding in Dover on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. TimmOns, Sr.
motored to New York City last
week to meet their son, Major C. A.
Timmons. Jr, and family, who ar
rived there after having been sta
toned in Germany for 8 years.
Major TimmOns is with the Air
Force, and at the present time is
enjoying a visit to Ellendale.
Mr.. Carroll, the music supervisor
visited our school on Thursday, the
10th.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24

Mrs. Toms, the visiting teacher
Tor attendance called on our school
wednesday the 10Th.
The 9TH and sth grades have or.
ganized safety patrol. Their duties
Will be to patrol the children on and
on the buses, in the swings, see
that bicycles aren't used except Ia
come in and to leave for home.
Mr.. Turnberger, Speech Thera-
pist, was here Friday to determine
which pupils need speech cOrrec-
ton. He was here Monday to check
the hearing Of all pupils.
Buses will call for children at
2:3O every Wednesday. This is be-
cause the teachers meet for an
hour to discuss problems and make
suggestions for solving them.
Glendale Methodist Church
Rev. Olin ShOckley, Pastor
Sunday, September 26th
Sunday School services at 10 a. m.
in charge Of F. w. ireland, SUPER
intendent.
Preaching at II a. m, by pastor.
McCOlley's Methodist Chapel
Rev. Olin ShOekley, Pastor
Sunday, September 26th
Sunday School services in charge
OF Preston Donovan, Superinten-
dent.
Preaching by pastor.
Union Methodist Church
Rev. Olin ShOckley, Pastor
Sunday, September 26th
No services.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24

Guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Wilson on Sunday were. Mr and
Mrs. William 2. Chambers and Son
Of fredericksburg, Maryland. Mr.. and
Mrs. David HOuseman and son oi
Ellendale and Mrs. J. Dickerson
OF Bridgeville.
Sgt. and Mrs. William A. Thomas
and baby daughter, Donna KAY. Of
Atlanta, Ga, have returned home
after spending 10 days with Mrs.
Thomas's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Wiley, Of Ellendale.
Miss Mia Macklin is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. James Mills and family of
near Milford, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mr.. Elmer Ennis are the
proud parents Of a fine daughter
who arrived at Milford Memorial
Hospital, on Sunday morning. Sent.
18th. The young lady will be named
Jane, and both mother and baby
are doing fine.
The Ellendale Home Demonstra-
tion Club will meet Sept. 2Sth in
the Ellendale Fire Hall.
We were pleased to have the
President Of our Board of Fduca-
tiOn, Mr.. Lawrence SammOns, visit
us last Friday. Mr.. SammOns visited
each room, the cafeteria and the
playground and saw first hand how
the school is being managed. He
also noted the needs Of the school
and went to Dover in the afternoon
to confer with the State Board
members. We are glad to have an
active school board and hope the
parents will show an equal interest.
During the noon hour on Wednes-
day, Mr.. Donovan, member of the
Board Of Trustees made a tour of
inspection on the playground and
in the school building.
Louise Sammons Of the Sth grade
and Mary Ellen Sammons, 9Th
grade returned to school Monday
after a trip with their parents to
Texas. Among other historical
points they visited Washington, d.
G. and Monticello, Jefferson's home.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
BETHEL
b Mrs. Anna smith

The Friendly Sunday School
Class, Mrs. Harley Hastings. tea
cher, was entertained on Monday
evening at the home OF Mrs.
Thomas Fowler.
Mr. and Mrs Harvey Fink Of
Stewartstown, Pa. were weekend
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Miller
Jack Hoifmeir has been trans
ferred to Aiken. S. ". by the du-
font Company. Mrs. Hoffmeir and
family win join him later.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Williams
visited relatives in New York over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Bell are at
tending the Glover Farm COnven-
tion IN Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al BoWden are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the
birth Of a son, born recently in
the SeafOrd Hospital.
Mrs. Luzzetta Phillips, who has
been a patient in the Delaware
Hospital in Wilmington for the
past few months, returned to her
home on Saturday. Mrs. Sarah
Clark Of Cambridge. Nd, is stay
ing with Mrs. Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Tracey vis-
tied Mr. and Mrs Milton Schaffer
IN Red Lion, Pa, over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hastings
returned home on Monday after
spending the past two weeks tour
ing Canada.
Mrs. Anna Smith, Mrs. Horace
Sirman, Jr., were dinner guests on
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. VinOI
Lynch IN Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Garrett of
Wilmington were weekend guests
Of Mrs. Rhoda Garrett.
Mrs. Louis Cain of Wilmington
was a mid-Week guest Of her sis
ter and brother-in-laW, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Spivey OF
Norfolk, Va, were weekend
guests of the latter's mother. Mrs.
Ida MilbouFne.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Ellis and
daughter recently visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Little at Exmore,
va.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
REWARD FoR COURAGE

MARQUETTE Mich. 49 =
George Cardinal 4l s. a free man
because he risked bis life in the
rescue Of two fishermen on storm
swept Lake Superior.
Cardinal, an inmate at the Por-
cupine Mountains prison camp
went out on the dangerous wa
ters in a row boat and saved two
OF four fishermen who had been
thrown out Of their boat by the
storm.
He was parOled to the, custody
Of an OntOnagon. Mich raraga
owner, who was one Of several
business men who oHered to give
Cardinal a job Il he was released
when word Of the rescue worked
out
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
ANDREWVILLE

Mr. and Mrs. William Donovan
Of Bridgeyille spent Thursday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Collision and
on Friday at the home OF Mrs.
Maggie Bowen.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Salisbury
spent Saturday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence Tatman and
family OF Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Scarborough
+of Milford spent a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Elver Ryan. Mrs.
Ryan returned home from the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morgan
spent Sunday with Mrs. MOrgan's
mother, Mrs. Lillian Kenton of
Pennington.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
nv WEAPoN

NEW HAVEN. Conn. -(P)- The
Connecticut Agricultural Experi-
ment Station cheerfully agrees
with complaining housewives that
the fly population IS bigger. 1t ex-
plains that two specitl varieties,
both somewhat larger than the
common houseiy, have been inn
ported to control the gypsy moth.
an insect that defoliates trees.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Clear ne stalra

Make # a criminal offense for
anyone 70 leave an article on the
stairs-even for q split secondI
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-04-22
Caldwell Council
To Hold Inspection

Annual inspection of Caldwell
Council, No. 121, Royal and
Select Masons, will be held on
Tuesday evening, April 27, be-
ginning at 1880 O'clock. The in
spection will be held at the Mas
onic temple on Main street.
The Royal and Select Master
degree will be conferred on sew
eral candidates. The inspecting
officer will be Ill. Companion
Theodore A. Ehni of Martins
Ferry council No. l22.
Recorder J. Kyle Walkenshaw
said that a lunch would be serv-
ed following inspection.
The Super Excellent Master
degree will be conferred Thurs
day day e, anaaE' April ,2s,.toy % BY the he,
Guernsey Council No. "A, Cam
bridge on class of candidates.
The presentation of the degree
will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-04-22

government price supports and
"domestically produced wool
prices would be permitted to
seek their own level in the mar
ket, competing directly with
other fibers and with imported
woods. Then, U. S. wool produc-
erS would receive direct pay
ments from the government.
These would equal the difference
between the average market
price for the season and 90 per
cent of parity"
Stanfield added: Each produc-
er would receive the same sup
port payment per pound of wool,
no matter how much he received
for his wool in the market place.
This would allow each grower
his reward for efficient produc-
ton and marketing"
The farm leader pointed out
that the new system would not
require government loans, pur-
chases, storage, or any other in
reference with the market.
He said: The new program
would not cost the American tax
payer a cent. Funds for the
direct payments would come
from the revenue which the gov
ernment receives from tariff re-
ceipts on wool sent here by
foreign nations"
The real need for new wool
program, Stanfield said, is point
ed up in these statistics: Ameri-
can wool growers produce but
one-third of the wool used in
the U. S. Yet, two-thirds of
American wool is now going
into government storage.
The farm leader warned wool
growers not to look upon the
new proposal as cure ALL but
as an Improvement over the
present program which finds
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-04-22
Lions To Hold District
Meeting In Lancaster

A sub-district convention of
the international Lions club will
be held Sunday, April 25 at
Lancaster, according to word re-
ceived here by P. D. Cannavan,
president of the local club.
The ladies are invited to this
dinner meeting with a banquet
and program planned. All meet
ings, business and social, will be
be held in the American Legion
hall at Lancaster.
1t is at this meeting that
Donald McDiffitt will be nomin-
ated as Junior deputy district
governor of the Lions club.
Several members Of the local
club, including Mr. and Mrs.
John Shamhart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald McDiffitt, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. d. Cannavan, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. S. Moscrip, attended a dis
trict meeting held in the Elk's
hall in Cambridge, Thursday
night.