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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-08
5 Pm. Wednesday
Is DeadLir.e For
Buying 81 Tags

There definitely will not be
another extension of the auto
tag deadline.
That was the word today from
Howard E. Wilson, county tax
collector. The deadline for buy
ing 1854 license plates is S p. m.
Wednesday.
Wilson returned yesterday
from Daytona Beach where he
attended the annual meeting of
the Tax Collectors Association.
He said E. v. Fisher, state
motor vehicle commissioner,
told him there would not be
another extension of the tag
deadline.
The associations meeting was
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Of last week.
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Income Tax
Office Sets
Special Hours

1t was announced today that
the local office of the Internal
Revenue Service will maintain
the following schedule between
now and March Is.
Monday, March 8 through
Friday, March IL $3.50 a. m.
to 6:15 p. m.
Saturday, March 9 $3.50
a. m. to 1890 p. m.
Monday, March Is $3.50
a. m. to midnight.
Persons desiring information
or assistance in the filing of
their Federal Income Tax Re-
turns, should visit the office,
Room pol, Post Office Building,
during these hours.
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ADM. HARTMAN WILL
VISIT DESTROYERS

Rear Adm. Charles C Hartman,
USN, commander of the Atlantic
Fleets 1estro5e, 'orcc is Tue here
Wednesday, the Navy announced
today.
Adm. Hartman will arrive in his
flagship, the USS Yosemite, a de-
stroyer tender. During his three
day stay he will visit the Seaplane
Base and watch operations at sea
from the USS Saufley.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-08
Local Contestant Is Winner
In Legion Oratorical Event
Hilario Ramos, Jr.,
Bests Coral Cables
Boy I'm Contest Here

Seyenteen-year-old Hilario Ra-
mos, Jr., Key West High School
senior was acclaimed 10th District
American Legion champion orator
Saturday evening at the Key West
High School Auditorium when ne
triumphed over Ed Ludacer, II,
senior at Coral Gable High School
in the 18th Annual American Le-
gion Oratorical Contest.
Ramos was the unanimous choice
of the five judges in this contest.
This is the first time Key West
has been the site of the 10th Dis
trict level of the contest.
Ramos will represent Arthur
Sawyer Post No. % in the South
ern Area Oratorical Contest which
will be held at the Central Catholic
School in Fl. Lauderdale, Friday,
March IL, at 200 p. m. 1t is ex-
pected that several people from
Key West will attend this area level
of the contest.
The judges for Saturday nights
contest, who were announced only
after the competition had been
completed in accordance with con-
test rules were: Juvenile Judge
Eva Warner Gibson; Mrs. L. H.
Goddard, prominent member of the
Key West Players; The Rev. Ralph
Rogers, president of the Key West
Rotary Club; 1t. Cdr. Wilbur NJ.
Laudenslager, U. S. Navy Chap
lain; and Allen L. Hampton. All
five of the judges were in accord
in their choice of the winner, SUBJ
uniting almost duplicate score
cards.
H. E. (Hank) Day, was the Of
fical timekeeper and Mrs. Alice S.
Robinson and Frank ,Romaguera
were the official escorts.
Legion notables at the contest
were William ]. .Neale, the 10th
District Commander of the Ameri-
can Legion; Billy Anderson, past
district commander, and presently
chairman of the 10th District Amer
icaniSm Committee; Post Comman-
der Bethel P. Johnson of Arthur
Sawyer Post No. Is; Vance c..
Stirrup, past 10th District Com
mander and past Post Commander
of Arthur Sawyer Post No. Is; and
Jack Deckin, chairman of the High
School Affairs Committee, and rep
reSentative of the Lindley DeGar.
mox Post No. 20, Coconut Grove.
Second Vice Commander JudSon
Stephens, Chairman of the Ameri-
canism Committee for Arthur Saw
yer Post No. % presided over the
contest. The winner was presented
a beautiful cup by District Com
mander Neale.
The winner said following his
victory that he was "happy and
proud for the school and very glad
mat ne had been given the oppor-
tunity to participate by the Arthur
sawyer Post of the American Le-
glon in the contest" He went fur.
her to state that he "knew before
CONTINUED On Page Eight
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Roosevelt Wins
AS Candidate
Calf. Democrats
Name FDR's Son
On Second Ballot

LOS ANGELES H - James
Roosevelt, accused by his es-
ranged wife of being a philan-
derer, has won the endorsement
of the Democratic party as its
candidate for Congress in the 18th
District.
Prior to the endorsement by
the 18th District Democratic Coun.
Gil, made by reclamation on the
second ballot, the 46-year-old in
surance executive said in a speech
that he decided to enter the race
to ''obliterate" charges against
him and "slurs against the ideals
of my father"
The eldest son of the late PreSi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt made
no specific reference to his wife's
sensational separate maintenance
suit, but he did say last night,
Personal questions are being
used not only against me but
against the Democratic party"
He added that the Questions"
left him two choices, either to
retire from public life, which he
said would acknowledge "evidence
of guilt and lack Of courage"
or:
ITO come before the people and
get elected to Congress and make
record which forever would be
an answer to any smearS the oppo-
sition would make"
In her suit, Mrs. Romelle Roose-
welt, 3S, named three co-respon-
dents and filed letter signed by
Roosevelt and admitting infideli-
ties with nine other women. He
has denied all the charges, say
ing he was forced to sign the letter
in 1915 to prevent his wife from
divorcing him and thus adding to
the burdens of his father as presi-
dent.
Eleven candidates originally
were in the running for the party's
backing. But RooSevelt's only SER
ious competition came from Jerry
Pacht, son of a former Suprior
Court judge. Pacht trailed Roose-
welt by only IL votes on the first
ballot and finally lost by only IA
on the second, when Roosevelt got
91-only one more than the 80
required for endorsement.
However, after Roosevelt re-
ceived 81 votes, Pacht moved that
the endorsement be made unani-
nous. The 1877 delegates responded
with roar of applause.
Prior to the balloting of the II
aspirants, Jerry X. Harter, IS, an
attorney, said he came without
the benefit of a cocktail party for
the delegates" He was abiding
to a party Roosevelt gave Satur-
day night.
Another aspirant, Ned Redding.
4s, newspaper publisher, withdrew
his candidacy through telegram
in which he said he felt that Demo-
Continued On Page Eight
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Puerto Rico Pushes Search
For Big Four" Red Leaders
40 Nationalist,
Six Communists
Melted In Raids
By JULIO RIVERA

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico R-
Pushing its drive against political
trouble makers, the Puerto Rican
government TO-DAY sought the ''Big
Four" of the islands Communist
party and two Nationalist leaders
still at large.
Sweeping police raids over the
weekend netted 40 Nationalist par
ty leaders ard six Communists.
All were jailed as possible SUBJ
versives. The roundup was
launched after last Mondays at
tack by Nationalist in the US.
House of Representatives.
The Reds were captured with
out violence in a second round of
arrests yesterday. This was in
contrast to the gunfire and tear
gas attack when Nationalist chief
Pedro Albizu Campos and five of
his aides were routed out of his
apartment Saturday.
The four Communists being
sought are Juan Santos Rivera,
the party president, who reported
ily had Moscow training; Juan
Saez Corales, a local labor union
organizer; Cesar Andeu Iglesias,
former party president; and Pab-
10 Garcia Rodriguez, a Harvard
graduated lawyer.
In custody as Reds are Con-
suelo Burgos de Saez, wife pf Saez
Corales; Jane Speed Andrew, 43,
of Berkeley, Calf, Andrews wife;
Mariana Arroyo Zeppendfelt, Ra-
mon Mirabal, Cristino Perez and
Felix Ojeda.
Atty. Gen. Jose Trias said both
the alleged Communists and Ma
tionalists, jailed on $25,OO0 bail
each, are being charged with vio-
lating a local anti-subversive law.
Authorities believe the Puerto
Rican Communist party has less
than 100 members but fear that
it is tied in with the Nationalist
faction, which has several hundred
followers. Both parties demand
complete independence for Puerto
Rico, and repeatedly the Reds
furnished some of the arms for the
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KWHS BAND is DUE
BACK HOME TODAY

The high school band is due TO
return here from Havana late this
afternoon aboard the Antonio Ma
Geo, Cuban gunboat.
The band went to Havana last
Friday for its third annual appear
ance in the opening of the carnival
season there.
The Miami Edison High School
band and the Miami Motorcycle
Drill team also are aboard the
Antonio Maceo.
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City Commission
Sets Special Meet

The City Commission will meet
this afternoon in special session at
5 o'clock in the city hall.
Purpose of the meeting, City
Manager Victor Lang said, Is to
consider bids for a road building
machine.
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Gov. Johns Orders Audit Of Overseas
Road And Toll District Books Todav
Demeritt Says He'll Welcome
Investigation By Miami Firm

Acting Governor Charley Johns today appointed
Miami accounting firm to conduct audit of the Over
Road and Toll District books The Associated Press
reported.
Gov. Johns named the certified public accounting
firm of Abess, Morgan, Aemus and Weinberg to con-
duct the investigation
"The governor told me our firm had been selected
to any political stigma which might have been
attached to audit by state officials said Robert Nor
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19
$3O,OOO Painting Stolen From Art Gallery But Is Found On Nearby Lawn

TORONTO, R m A S30,OOO Ru- bens masterpiece stolen from the Toronto art gallery last night was found today on the lawn of the provincial parliament building a mile away.
 A policeman on his way to work recovered the 52 by 27- inch painting, by the 17th cen- tury Flemish artist - "the eleva- tion of the cross"
 The canvas was slipped from its silk-backed frame after the gallery closed last night. A burg lar alarm was touched off.
 Police theorized the painting was stolen by private collector or religious fanatic, but could n't understand why it was aban- doned mile west of the gallery. The painting was said to have been undamaged.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19

American had been permitted to carry passengers over Northwest's route.
 On the operations between the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii, Pan American renewed it's request that the CAB adopt the recom- mendations of it's assistant chief examiner, Thomas Wrenn, that Pan American serve the route alone. It is now served by both Northwest and Pan American.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19

Fine Job Printing at inc Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the

OOmplleQ Dy the US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau
 Fair tonight and Thursday with occasional patches of fog to- night. Little change in tempera- ture. Low temperature expected tonight 26, high Thursday 45.
 Nome data last A hours as of 7 am. today: High temperature 47, low 28 Max. wind g mph from the west. Sunrise 9:29 a.m., sunset 2:26 pm.
 Temperatures a year ago today: high 61, low 37. Extremes this date since 1907: high 61 in 1853, low 16 in 1883.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19
Pan Am Seeks to Fly to Orient Via Great Circle Route Used by Northwest

WASHINGTON, R-Pan Am erican World Airways Tuesday sought permission of the Civil Aeronautics Board to fly it's trans pacific planes by the short Great Circle route to the Orient, used by Northwest Airlines.
 A brief filed with the CAB by Henry J. Friendly, PAA general counsel, asked removal of what it termed artificial restrictions.
 These force Pan American to "detour it's passengers more than a thousand miles through mid Pacific islands on their way to the Orient" the company said.
 Pan Americans brief contended that restrictions barring it from the Great Circle course were flor the sole purpose of cushioning Northwest Airlines against the effects of competition.
 Pan American also asked the CAB to determine if Northwest S transpacific certificate should be renewed, contending that the gov ernment would have saved Az million dollars in subsidies if Pan
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19

Lighter fabrics in mems shirts will keep Dad calm, cool and col lected this summer, according to the Arrow Fashion Clinic. This lightweight leno, a new fabric woven with small subdued squares, is one of the new shirts now con- sidered correct for business, as well as social occasions.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19

MT. and Mrs. Don Cramer of Fairbanks .(Connie Allen0 have sent the glad tidings of the birth of their fifth child, a daughter, weighing ' pounds and IA ounces. The Cramers operate the we'll known Alaskan dairy at Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-19

You breathe from 10000 to 12,000 quarts of air each day.
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THE SUNDAY STAR

Washington, D. G.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1854
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GREENBRIAR
CONVENIENCE PLUS

QUIET STREET
Ideal for family, adj playground,
schools, shopping and transporte-
Able for immed. occupancy; auto.
laundry, storage: excel. residential
area: 2-hedrm, apt. So4.6 incl
all utils. Apply Res. Mgr, 3211 9Th
gt. Sc, Apt. 1O3 ~ block on Ala
pama ave.. DREYFUSS BROS,
1O1o 18th ct. NV. MA. e-0bS2
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BROOM UNFURN. APT. for gentle

man or couple All utils furn. S45
mo. Kensington, Md. III. 9-l25l,
$50. Second story. = rm., kit. lge.
porch. Just remodeled. New Frigid :
aire and gas stove. 650I Central
ave. sc. Take Seat Pleasant bus
opposite Star ONCE, or phone Mon
day DI. 7-591q MR.. PERKINS.
partially furn. If necessary
TAKOMA PARK. MD. - l-bedrm.
apis 6-unit apt. bldg; utliS. furn.,
SIS and $50 month. OIL. Abb 80.
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TAKOMA PARk-Lge. liy. and din
rms, bedrm tile bath, auto.
laundry fac. near buses, adults only
TAKOMA PK.--Attrac. LIST fir, .
bedrm. apt S92 so, incl. utils. Good
location, attrac. big BLDG. JU. % 80,
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APIS. UNFURNIsHED-MD.

BRAND-NEw very nice 2-bedrm.
THOMPSON q GRAY. JU. $4,000
1-BEDRM. APT. in new e-family
apt. bldg, . blks. from Univ. OF
Md. and shopping center. 1902 Yale
ave, College Park, UN. 4-2127.
EAST RIvERDALE, MD.-3 rms. and
pvt. bath. with laundry privileges;
LIST n. PVT. entr.. home-like Quiet
surroIndings; ! VI. old: newly dec
gttjalSs;3;e working cple. desired. WA.
RIyERDALE-2 rooms, kit. semibath:
$50 per month. o. B. zANTzINGER,
ROCKVILLE. MD.-Unfurnished apt.
available May i; complete second
moor OF private home in residential
section. Living room. two bedrooms,
den. kitchen and bath. Utilities
furnished Adults only. Call Pc. g
SILVER lSE sfs sPRINRG en-, $40 Bradford Ss ID
-Attrac; 1--bedrm. apt. in excel.
neighborhood. M. Flower ave. and
Ptney Branch shoping. Laundry IA
incl. in rent. Ssb. ~. b-20ls.
$40, GARLAND p. AVE. g.toms Psrl
sp pt BLDG sw ~. ssessi4cSs $500; by 0ssnit
TAK0MA PARK. p05 Domer ave
Small ter: apt, nm. kit and bath.
sunny ogSaa1 pvt. sntr.. utils.. $4s.
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APIS. UNFURNlsHEp--D. e.

LARGE BASEMENT APT; COW
cepted: $50 mo. CO. 5-9Sa0. ss'
COLORED-04O EASTERN AVE. NE
- rms, kit. .dinette and bath
m Wst.l , apt slss Eo heat and ho1
in Apt. IOI or cail WIN. j. DAVIS,
INC, 500 H st. NV. Ma. $3.50.
CoLoRED-s5oO 18th ST. NV
Eficisncy. S57,S0; Key with janitor
P F & "a e. s. RAYS CO.. 1929 x st
1tils. incl; s85. DU. 7-7is7. ~as
ava H ST. S.W.. Apt. -Four room.
and 1na,I bath, beat included; jSst $50
Psnna; ave; Sc; Ii, 3-00s4. 20
two. rooms, including kitchen, ant
tiles. JOHN r. DoNoHUE g. SONS
314 Penna. ave Sc. Ii. 3-00S4
COLoRED-NR. 18th 4 p SITS NV
II rm: kit. and bath; ptil; incl.
services; adults only. Cali RE
coL lbSi 9onsss' MORRIS RID. Sc.
mr.. Nichols ave, and Good Hope I'd
New apt. $3.50 mo. Open sun
ia day to s. Mr.; a Gill n EN- z I, $4,000 1900
ern -bedrm. apt. 500 so. Cali Mr.
Mrs INVEST Wi 0 CORP. re RMEALToRs
c tSl5 Ensn e. BaEiDDRMs.. liv. S rm.
kit, bath, all outside rms. $3.50
See ian i@R s ar Rh9Ss' Island s ave
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coEsoRfEDS-N.w.-Lse. front rm.;
coI 1o iis $. RT AND M BA 2ifi apart.
ment, 1900 blk. Kalorama road NV.
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c o. c ST. s.E.-on,
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Lovely 1-bedrm. apt. new bldg :,
utilities incl; vacant. Inspect 80
4ath ST Sc. Apt b. WASH
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COLORED-"THE RAVEN" 7O7 LIST
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THE AVALON
MODERN APARTMENTS

10y lover eony Oe 10 All tr ans p an6 SHOE
ping. 5 minis. to downtown; S62 80
mo. l10l West Va. ave. ne. Ii
3-2i12.
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enterprise. A ministry spokes-
man said the takeover was or
dered to keep the line operating.
The general strike on the
oanana-producing north coast of
Honduras appeared spreading. A
factory making women's cloth
ing at San Pedro Sula was shut
down today as its employees
walked out. Sawmill workers of
Santiago Babun g. Co., a Cuban
firm. left in the Yoro depart
ment.
An outbreak of dysentery was
reported from La Lima, and the
United Fruit hospital there in
stalled additional beds in it's
corridors to care for an influx
of patients.
Food was running short in the
strike zone and disorders were
feared.
Ell Dia, pro-government news
paper, said yesterday the strike
was dealing a hard blow to the
country's economy and finances.
So far, the newspaper said, the
Central Bank has lost 100000
in exchange it normally would
have received from Tela Rail-
road alone.
The railroad ordinarily buys
lempiras each week for its op-
Grating costs. Other divisions of
the firm follow a SIMILAR prac-
ticeH
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ington declined much comment,
saying only the ship was being
given some special attention by
the Customs and Coast Guard
under Section 581 of the Tariff
Act" This section gives customs
officers broad authority to board
and search ships under an anti
smuggling act.
The freighter's skipper. Capt.
Peter Paul Moeller, told news
men a customs collector told
him, "The proceedings are over
with nothing found"
Capt. Moeller said he had
never been told exactly what the
customs officers were searching
for. He denied reports published
in one local newspaper that the
vessel might be carrying contra
band arms
The Wulfsbrook was chartered
by the Royal Dutch Steamship
Co. to deliver cargo to the West
Indies, Mexico and British Hon
duraS. It's next port of call is
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re-
public,
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Freighter's Owner Say
She Carried No Arms

STOCKHOLM, May 19 (P.-
Owners of the Swedish freighter
Alfhem today denied reports that
it carried munitions to Guate-
mala but did not deny that it
picked up cargo behind the Iron
Curtain.
Alfred Christensen, a director
OF the A. B. Navigation shipping
hrm OF Stockholm. said the Alf-
nem carried only mixed freight"
He added that the Swedish For
elgn Oftice was welcome to look
at all documents in his possession.
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acy" is intervening directly in

acy" is intervening directly in
the affairs of this hemisphere"
you can be absolutely GER
tain." the Senator continued,
that no ship is loaded behind
the Iron Curtain with / ton or
1000 or 1000 tons of arms unless
that shipment is part of the
master plan of world commu-
niSm. :"
He called the shipment totally
diSproportionate to any 'legiti-
mate need of that country" and
termed it "a hemisphere con-
Germ" that is a basis for hemis-
pheric consultation"
The consulta ton call won i'm
mediate support from Manuel
A. de Moya. Ambassador of the
Dominican Republic, who told
q neSwmaI1:
my government has always
insisted there should be con-
certed action against commu-
nism in this hemisphere. I
think Senator Wiley is abso-
lutely right in suggesting i'm
mediate consultation of the
American nations U
Before the walkout, Mica
ragua's Ambassador, Guillermo
Sevilla Sacasa, said in a speech:
1--WE should show our historic
unity in fighting the Communist
danger, which would make
slaves of the peoples of the
Americas"
Ambassadors of Latin -Ameri-
can countries and representa-
tives to the Organization of
American States, as we'll as
Evening star., 1954-05-19
GuatemaIan Military
Won't Talk Of Ship;
Cargo Now UnIoaded
BY the Associated Press

GUATEMALA, May 19.-Gua-
temala's military chief said yes
terday his country's constitution
barred him from making any
statement about a Swedish
freighter which the United States
says arrived here with arms from
Communist Poland.
Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz re-
fused to either confirm or deny
that the arms were being un-
loaded at Puerto Barrios on the
Caribbean coast of Guatemala.
(Private advices reaching
New York said Guatemala's
defense minister went to Puer-
to Barrios to supervise un-
loading the cargo, said to in
clude small. arms. Ten railway
carloads were reported to have
left Puerto Barrios for Guate-
mala City,
The freighter has been at
Puerto Barrios since Saturday.
Unloading Of cargo started the
day Of arrival. The ship Is ex-
pected to remain in the port un-
til tomorrow. The United States
State Department says the ship
picked up its cargo at Stettin,
a German port before World
War II and now part of Poland.
Unofficial sources said the un-
loading Of the shipment from
the freighter had been completed
Sunday and that the special
trains with the cargo had arrived
here.
These sources said the ship
ment was being removed from
the trains only at night, under
military guard. The newspaper
impartial said one of its pho
tographers had taken a picture
of the unloading scene but an
army official confiscated his film.
Meanwhile union leaders in
Guatemala ordered 5000 en-
ployes of the United States
owned United Fruit Co. to walk
off their jobs today at label.
The leaders said the strike had
a double purpose-to seek more
pay and to demonstrate Sympa-
thy with United Fruit workers
in neighboring Honduras who
have been or strike since April
30.