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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
Further Delay
In Bribery Case
Action Barred
Prosecution Warned
To Be Prepared at
Wednesday Hearing

The battle for immediate
hearings for defendants in the
police-gambling bribery case ap-
yeared to have ended In q draw
today.
In denying attorneys for two
policemen and several alleged
gamblers an immediate hearing,
United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence yesterday adj
yanced by a week the date of
a postponed hearing and added
this threat:
IF the Government doesn't
fish or cut bait when the case is
called again. ] will ask for a
dismissal"
Plea Of Defense.
Defense Attorneys Charles E.
Ford and Myron G. Ehrlich in
sisted their clients were deprived
OF due process Of law when the
Government requested long con-
tinuances while presenting the
case to the grand jury.
Government attorneys said the
Supreme Court had ruled the
prosecution was entitled to a
reasonable delay"
Commissioner Lawrence de-
cided to move up the hearing
date from October 6 to next
Wednesday.
Defense attorneys took the
position that once the Govern
ment has obtained indictments
through the grand jury, the pre-
hearings will have lost
their meaning.
The United States attorneys
office began presenting the case
to the grand jury Monday with
the expectation of completing it
in a week or 10 days.
Mr.. Ford asked Commissioner
Lawrence to find that Govern
nent attorneys were not acting
IN good faith when they granted
long press interviews" last
Thursday and Friday after
having requested long continu-
anceS to prepare their cases.
Action Is Promised.
Mr.. Lawrence said he did not
know whether they were not act
ng in good faith. but promised
Re would take action if the Gov
,rnment was not ready next
Wednesday.
Several other attorneys at |
ended the session, as well as
number Of the defendants in
the two policemen ac-
used of bribery. Capt. John B. |
Monroe and Probationary Detec-
i've George c. Prather.
Police still are seeking three |
accused of attempting .
o gain police protection through |
SYSTEMATIC payoffs. Ten others
md the two policemen are free
lnder $500 bond, each charged
With bribery.
Presentation of the case be-
ore the grand jury continued
oday. Yesterday Deputy Police
Chief Clarence H. Lutz and
Gambling Squad Capt. John
layton appeared before the |
PANEL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
Scottish Terrier Notch

The fifth annual sanction
match of the Scottish Terrier
Club of greater Washington will
be held at 2 pm. Saturday at
the home of Comdr. Richard
Linthisum. Rock Spring avenue,
Baileys Crossroads. Va. Carl
Stewart will judge the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
Real Estate Smith Tries to Sell House

Albert II. tReal EState) Smith,
for whom a bribery warrant
was issued in the gambling in
vestigation involving a police
captain and a probationary de-
tective, was on the job yesterday
afternoon in Potomac, Md, try
ing to sell a house he has just
built.
Smith, a big, broad-shouldered
man in his 40s, was for several
days one of three suspects still
wanted after 10 alleged gamblers
had either been arrested or given
themselves up in the case.
He was in field Office in front
of a large rambler or ranch
house on River road in
Montgomery yesterday when a
Star photographer and reporter
drove up.
Consents to Picture.
After consulting his attorney
by telephone, he consented to
have his picture taken. He said
his attorney had told him to
make no statement, but he in
sisted he doesn't know what it's
all about.
The price tag on the new house
he Is completing, he said, is
$52,500.
He took his visitors through
it and showed them the three
baths, the big, artificial stone
fireplace and the mahogany
paneled den.
He used to operate the Cross
Roads Restaurant at the Peace
Cross in Bladensburg. Nd. he
said, and his first realization that
his nickname was Real Estate"
was when he read 1t in the
papers.
He said he has built three
houses similar to the one he is
completing in the Potomac area.
He and his wife occupy one of
them. He has also built and
sold several houses near Olney,
he said.
All the alleged gamblers under
arrest and the two police officers
are accused of passing money to
1t. Todd Thonan of the Gam
bling Squad for the protection"
Of certain numbers and race-bet-
ting establishments. 1t. Thoman
posed for 10 months. as an of
ficer willing to accept brides.
He acted under the direction of
Chief of Police Robert v. MUIR
ray and the United States At
torney Leo Rover.
The two police officers arrested
are Capt. John B. Monroe, who
was head of No. IL Precinct, and
George G. Prather. a proba ton
airy detective of No. 10 Precinct.
Produces Transcript.
Real Estate" Smith pulled
from his pocket the transcript
OF his testimony when he had
appeared voluntarily in Novem-
Der, 1852, before Inspector Clar-
ence Lutz. head of the Morals
Division. and Capt. Monroe, then
with the Gambling Squad. He
had come In to make a state
ment about q rurnor that had
come to him. .
The rumor was. according to
the statement of the police off,
GERS in the transcript, that Smith
had made q partnership with
"Whitetop' Simkins, a Negro
numbers man and one Of those
now under arrest. and that every
orc had better do business with
this combine.
The transcript showed that
Smith denied this and that, when
a Negro named Potts was intro
duced to identify the voluntary
witness. he said that he thought
at first that the man was White
Smitty" but that when the man
stood up he realized he was
wrong. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
Nearby Democrats Reilly

Richard E. Landlord. Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress
from Maryland's 5th District,
and several Prince Georges
County Democratic candidates
will speak at 8 o'clock tonight
at a rally of Chillum District
Democratic Clubs in the Citi-
zens' Bank Building. Langley
Park. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23

at the Golden
p a riot yes
terday on his
30th anniver-
sary with the
company.
H a r O l d
D. Fangboner,
general COM
mercial man.
ager, present.
ed him with a
sapphire pin.
B o + n n
w a S hington.
Mr.. II ohm e S
a = ~ a T. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-23
{. & P. HyaftsyiIIe Office
Honors Frank Holmes

Frank M. Holmes. manager
Of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. Office at Hyatts-
vile. Md, was given luncheon
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Monroe County Is
Promised Child
Welfare Worker

Monroe County soon will have a
child welfare worker again. it was
announced last night by Elizabeth
NJ. Fike. of Miami. director of Dis.
tiCt No. 9 Welfare Board. State
department of Welfare. District No
9 in composed Of Monroe and Dade
2untleS.
She told the juvenile Council
a'eeting that the District No,
ard had approved the appoint
ment Of . man welfare worker fol
y county.
She said the county had beer
hout a child welfare worker
= ce December, 1852: that il wa:
tough to get such worker TO come
TO Key West.
- SIS Fike said the name of the
ne worker would be announced
Soca.
He has to give his present EN-
ployer So-day notice" Miss FikG
said. when he is ready to star
10 work, We viii announce hi:
name"
She said before the man come.
10 Key West, he win be briefed il
the Miami office of the welfare
board.
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Voting On Aqueduct District
Commission Is Light In AM.
Highest Vote
BY Noon Is 81
AT Noes Bldg.

; Today's voting probably viii SCI
a record low for votes cast.
A spot check at noon showed
these ballot totals at seven polling
places:
NCCS. 1921 Duval ST., 81.
High School cafeteria, IA.
No. 3 Fire Station, 81.
County Court House, II.
City Hall, 2S
Truman School. 80
High School Annex. q
Voters were selecting five mer
to serve on the Florida Keys Aque
duct District Commission.
Eleven candidates qualified for
the race for five Jobs which pay
no salaries and entail no duties.
The election is being held as re
quired by a special act OF the leg
islature which set up last years
S14. 900, 900 water bond election.
The bond issue, to finance an
other water pipeline between here
and the mainland. was defeated
II the bond issue had carried,
the fiye-man board named today
would have functioned. The board
would have had funds from the
bond issue to assume the indebted
ness and the duties of the present
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Fla. National
Guard Band Ia
CiveCOncert
Unified Efforts
Make Possible
Sunday Program
In Bayview Park

When the band of the Florida
National Guard presents it concerts
next Sunday afternoon az Bayyiew
Park at 5 O'Clock, it viii be result
Of unified efforts Of the Navy. the
Air Force. the Army and Of the
National Guard as well as Of mem.
bers of Arthur Sawyer Post No.
rs, American Legion. and its Auxi.
liary Unit.
The L. S. Air Force has agreed
to fly the Band from Miami TO Kew
West; the Navy viii furnish trans.
portatlon from Boca Chica Field,
the Army will furnish transporta.
ton to the Air Base in Miami. the
local LegionnaireS are preps ring
the printed programs: and the
Auxiliary Unit is preparing a
picnic lunch for the bandSmen
after the concert.
The concert which will be tree
10 the public is being brought TO
Continued On Page Tenl
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Musical Show
Lost Money For
Juvenile Council

The Juvenile Council dropped
S164. .56 on the musical it sponsored
TO raise money for a juvenile de-
tention home.
Louis A. Rockoff, council mem
Der, last night said the show, "An'
ME Get Your Gun" which played
four performances in the high
school auditorium, showed a S165.'
So loss.
The council put up a $3.50 qua
.rantee for the show. spent s445.5e
ON advertising, paid sS5s q in state
and federal taxes, and paid $40 for
ianitor service.
Ticket sales totaled sl,el0.2l for
ss3 tickets. There were only 81
tickets sold for one performance
For another. the final one, 2o3
tickets vere sold.
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Cases
Can Be Handled
BY State Group

The State Department of Public
Welfare here can handle emergency
care of abandoned children, rIna-
ways and unmarried mothers.
Elizabeth NJ. Fike, Of Miami. d.
rector Of District No. 9 Of the wei
fare board. last night told that 10
the Juvenile Council.
She added, however, that II cases
are not referred to the welfare
board there is nothing the board
can do about them.
Please remember" she SAID.
we can handle emergency situa
tiOns."
Miss Fike also said that eve
nave small reservoir of foster
homes for children.
I'VE haven't tapped the foster
homes in the keys. That is some
Ting child welfare worker would
do"
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Con'pty Scout Commission Votes
To Set Up Memorial To Frank
Experts Report Is Taken Up
AT Juvenile Council Meeting

The Juvenile Council last nigh
took up the Ward report.
The Key West Citizen published
the complete text of the rep, 4
during the week of Jan. IS.
Frederick Ward, Jr., director Of
the southern office of the National
Probation and Parole Association
at Austin. Texas, visited Key West
and wrote a comprehensive report
on Juvenile problems and the hand
ling of juveniles in Monroe County
County Commissioner Joe AlleI
last night went over the principal
recommendations made by Ward
commenting on some of them.
Here is a summary of Ward $
principal recommendations:
l, That a specially designed fam.
ay,type detention home for nine
children be constructed and that
this facility be used only for the
care of children requiring security
detention care.
?. That a receiving home be de-
veloped in cooperation with the
state and local welfare depart.
ments for the emergency shelter
car of children not requiring Sc
curity detention.
;. That children who may need
institutional rather than foster hon.
eS care be placed, if possible. in an
institution in Florida with
tuition paid, if not in whole or in
part by parents, then by funds ap-
proprated by the county. That ad-
dltional foster homes be found for
children not needing institutional
care.
{. That at least one and prefer
ably two police officers be assign
ed juvenile work as their primary
function with responsibility 70 the
chief of police.
5. That the services Of a qualified
child welfare worker be secured to
fill the vacancy on the staff of the
local wlfare department and thu.
If necessary, the salary whica can
be paid by the state for this work.
er be supplemented by county
funds if necessary. TO secure the
worker.
s. That a qualified man with ad.
vanced social work training be en-
ployed as 4 probation counselor for
the juvenile court in addition 10 the
present staff.
7. That StenOgrapilc services be
provided the juvenile court 50 tina;
adequate case records. case ma,
terial and statistics can be main
tanned.
S. That when I child welfare
worker has been employed that the
state Seaifare department. be re
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Little Dolores
Fund Continues
.ToGrO,c Today

The fund TO finance an eye
operation for five.month.oId De.
lores 0issdiertt, slaveoma VIC
tim, continued 10 grow today.
Todsy's contributions totalled
5000.
Mary Gonzales, Of 736 Love
Lane, brought in $l2,S3 from
the Church Of God in Olivia ST.,
and another sl4 she had COL
Iected from friends.
The Naval Ordinance unit
collected sS4.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Herrera
sent IS.
Shirley J. Carson contributed
IS.
The drive for funds. sponsor
ed by the Lions Club, was
started by q story in The Key
West Citizen. Contributions
brought 10 The Citizen office,
500 Greene ST., are turned over
10 the Lions Club.
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
C.. OfC. Drive
For Members
Set Thursday
Teams Are Named
To Assist Dopp
And Pinder I'm
1.Day Campaign

Teams of workers, who are sch
duled to assist in the Chamber ol
Commerce membership drive
Thursday, have been selected BY
Campaign captains Bob Dopp and
Joe Pinder.
a ons-dsY effort 10 secure more
members for HE Chamber will
be conducted. A. a kickoff break
fast In The YMcA.USo az $3.50
on Thursday, prospect cards will
be dissribvted 10 the workers who
will volvuseer several hours 70
add new members 10 ths orsani.
zstion.
The goal Is 100 new member.
ships. With a total Of over 400 al
ready, the organizations member.
ship is expected 20 reach 500 bus
mess firms and individuals.
In a statement by Mary Lee
Graham, president Of the Cham.
ber, 1t was pointed out that: "You
don't buy a paper-you buy news;
'You don't buy Orange Bowl tic
ketS you buy thrills; "You
don't buy life insurance 49, you buy
education for your children, can.
collation. OF a mortgage and income
for your wife; "You don't buy
membership in the Chamber -
you buy the cooperation Of the most
able businessmen in tho city to
help solve community problems
and your own. to do those vital
things you cannot do alone"
All business firms and indivi-
dUals IN fhe community are in.
vitad 10 lain with the only or.
ganlEation in Key West wa,ese
soIa lob II Is 10 help make Of
Key West . better place In which
10 live and In which 10 make a
living.
These who will cooperate In max
Ing the drive a success and who
are scheduled to work on cam
paign teams are:
Glynn Archer, Mac Bennett, Kip
Kiphmger. Merville Rosam, Joe Al
len. Zey SpeaS, Eddie Strunk, Edi.
tn Stevenson, Charlie Krecilek,
Dick Hunter, Earl Adams, Mel lie.
witt, Glen Price, Curry Harris,
Ralph Goberna and Charles Thorn
burg.
IgnatiuS Lester, Bill Neblett. Joe
Pearlman, Lou Smith, Hannah Ba-
er. Billy Arnold, Hal LewiIlsky,
Arch Hunt. J. E. Ticker. Neil
Continued On Page Tem
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Trophy Viii Be
Presented Each
Year In Memory
OF Council Head

! AT a meeting of the Mon
roe County Boy Scout Dis
trict Commission last night
it was unanimously voted tc
have a Bernard Frank Mem.
orial Trophy, which will be
presented each year to the
Cub Pack, or Boy Scout
troop which earns the a.
ward.
Earl R. Adams and Claude Spear
were named as a committee K
raise funds for purchase of tle
trophy and to work out the rule.
for the awarding of the trophy eacl
Year.
Frank was serving as chairman
lof the council at the time of hi.
recent death.
In the principal address deliv-
cred at the Court Of Honor meet.
ing, which preceded the District
Meeting, Capt. Anthony II. Dropp,
USN called on the adult workers
as we'll as the scouts TO exert
every effort ITO carry out what
Bernard Frank stood for in this
community"
Star Scout awards were present
ed Edward Cole and John Momm
of Troop 81, and James Steward
of Troop 253.
Second class scout badges went
to David Lee Wadelin. Sumner
Thompson, Gilbert Allen and Har.
old Gates of Troop "a.
Merit badges were presented Ro.
bert ChriSman, of Troop 253 for
swimming and life saving. James
Steward for lea;herwork and bas.
kerry and to Willard G. Chrismar
for life saving and swimming.
Carlton Smith and Earl Adams
were named as a committee 10
seek title to the scout camp on
SUmmerisnd Key and 70 proceed
with the developing Of the camp.
u was pointed out by Capt. Dropp,
commissions, that no funds can
be expended on the camp until
the district has title 10 the site.
Claude Spear, chairman of the
extension division, announced ths;
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Detention
Home Site
Given Council
Allen Says County
Has Earnarked
Funds To Remodel
Section OF Jail

The Juvenile Council last night
finally got look at the deed tC
the land on which the council wants
to build a detention home.
The County Commissioners last
year accepted the 200 by 200 foot
plot of land adjacent TO the old
folks home from the city with the
understanding the juvenile eoun-
Gil would build fhe detention home.
On Dec. 7, Mayor c. B. Harvey
signed the deed
Yesterday. The Citizen front
PACED a story calling the councils S
attention to the fact that the deed
still was at city hall.
David E. McCurdy. council mem
Der. picked up the deed yesterday
and brought il to last nights coun-
'eil meeting.
The council is trying to raise
money TO build the home.
County Commissioner Joe Allen
told the meeting that the county
had esrmsrked 5000 TO remodel
the downstairs Of fine county Jail
for juveniles.
Under the remodelling plan, no
other prisoners would be kept on
the first floor of the jail; only ju.
veniles.
Allen asked the council If they
wanted TO go ahead with the re-
modelling program or II the council
wanted the money applied TO the
proposed home.
Allen told the members that after
Oct. l, the money would revert &c
the general fund if il was not used
The council told Allen it would
Iet him know.
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Mccarthy Group Hears Of
Red Connection Of Woman
Army Code Room Emp|oye
Former FBI
Informant Tells
OF activities Of
: Annie Lee Moss

/ WASHINGTON IA former
FBl undereover informant tesu-
fled today that she had known as
dues-paying, card-carrying Com.
munist a woman who Sen. Nc
Carthy (R-Wis) said now is hand.
ling top secret messages" as an
Army code room employe.
Mrs. Mary Markward, the FBI
infOrmer, named the Army en-
ploye as Annie Lee Moss.
Mrs. Markward. trim in a black
suit and white gloves, testified at
public hearing called by McCar-
thy'S Senate Investigations sub
committee
Worked In Pentason
Mrs Markward told the subcom-
mittee that as a former Commu-
mist party official here she had
known Annie Lee Moss as a Com
munist party member. AT the time,
she said, the woman was a cafe
terra worker in the Pentagon.
Mccarthy moment before said
the woman whom Mrs. Markward
was to name is, according TO
the subcommittee's understanding.
now working in the code room OF
the Army Signal Corps, Handling
top secret messages"
Mccarthy is embroiled in con.
troversy with Secretary of the
Army Stevens over McCarthy's
charge the Army has "coddled
Communists"
Stevens Up Thursday
Stevens was once scheduled for
a face-to-face meeting with the
committee today on the issue. but
Mccarthy deferred the session un-
It'll Thursday
Instead, Mccarthy decided 10 20
into this case which he described
as that of an alleged Communist
IN the Pentagon's decOding
room"
Convening the hearing, McCar-
thy said the testimony he was
about TO take should come as mo
surprise" to the Army because
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Man Complains
City Refused
Him lAPermit
City Manager
Says Builder
Lacks Sanitary
Facilities Here

A local resident complained to
day that the city has refused Il
issue him an electrical permit fol
a temporary residence he is build
ing on Watson Street, and the city
came right back and said tha
they viii not issue one until HI
satisfies the requirements Of thu
sanitation code.
The man, J. R. Watson, proprie
tor of Cowboy and Son" land
scaping business, obtained permits
sion recently to build the temper
airy structure to house his wife and
four children on land he rents a
1908 Watson Street.
The city commission stipulated
that they would grant permission
"only if he installed adequate Sani
tary facilities. Watson proposed h
erect a building costing one thou
sand dollars.
Two Projects
Today Watson complained that
although he bought some plumb
ing fixtures, he was refused an
electrical permit He wants to work
on both projects at once.
City Manager Victor Lang said
the reason the permit was refused
is that the Watson family is using
an outdoor toilet and that well
from which they obtain drinking
water is only about 80 feet from
the toilet.
Zone of the stipulationS from the
city commission when they gave
this man permission to erect his
home, was that adequate sanitary
facilities must be installed. Until
they are forthcoming, We cannot
issue an electrical permit" Lang
said.
Needs Electricity
Watson said that although the
building is not finished, his family
is living in it. He complained that
he has no refrigeration, there are
no lights for children to study by
and that he is unable to put a new
washing machine he has purchas-
ed into use. He is lighting the
house with a lantern, he said.
Watson added that he has told
Continued On Page -Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
March Of Dimes
Grand Total Is
Ouer $4,000

The 1854 March Of Dimes
raised SCI. .l2l.74 for the battle
against polio.
Paul J. Sher, county chair.
man, today announced that fig
ure.
Last years total, Sher point
ed out. was about S26, 900, which
included 5000 from the Navy
carnival.
This years drive topped last
years by better than $1,000
without aid from the Navy Car.
nival.
A financial statement show.
ing q breakdown Of the funds
sources will be released after
an audit.
The Key West citizen., 1954-02-23
Presidents Visit
Brings Business
Boom TOResOrt

PALM SPRINGS, Calf. R -
What's a presidential visit worth
to a resort community like this?
Two weeks ago this desert spa
was in the doldrums. Business was
off. Hotels had cut rates. 1t looked
like the winter season might be a
bust.
Among the things businessmen
were gnashing their teeth about
was lack OF promotion. The Cham
Der of Commerce budget was a
mere SEQ. 900. none of it for pub
licity. Rival Las Vegas reportedly
Continued On Page Ten
, 1954-01-04
Several Pdrties Over
Weekend Thrills
Visitors from N. Y.

Several visitors from New
York were guests at parties
held over the weekend in
cluding one given BY Mr.. and
Mrs. Canute A. Brodhurst and
one BY the Hon. and Mrs.
Henry p Rohlsen, Saturday
and Sunday nights, respective
y.
The guests at the Brod-
bursts include Walter A.
Browne, his daughter Mrs:
Una Pine, Miss Eta Larsen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Benia-
min, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin En-
manuel, Adrienne Jackson,
Leon Schested, Sgt. Ruby
Rouse of the u. S. Army, Mr..
and Mrs. BernaI Isaacs, Nils
Levy, ivan Franklin and At
Continued on page A
, 1954-01-04
Social Security Adm.
Approves Agreem't
for v. |. Employees

The Governor has been in
formed that the Acting Com
missioner, Social Security Ad-
millfstration approved the So
cial Security Agreement COW
ering certain employees Of the
Virgin Islands under the insu-
rance system established by
Title 2 of the Social Security
Act.
This Agreement is effective
as Of January /, 1854. Under
this agreement employees Of
the insular government and
other employees who are not
now covered under municipal
retirement system are now GOV
cred under the insurance sys-
TEN Of the Social Security Act.
The agreement was signed by
the Governor under authority
Of a bill passed by the Legs
lative Assembly in 1851. This
final action was decided upon
after the Legislative Assembly
had disapproved the broader
Continued on page A