The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 29, 1952, Page 4

pies THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 29, 1952 SOCLETY . _ DOROTHY 'RAYMER, Society Editor Blow was also suggested by the gaily colored centerpiece created of-zinnias, marygolds and _perri- winkles clustered in a huge straw hat and in the bamboo planters, furnished by the Ditty Box, and filled with deep shaded ‘Mrs. D. L. Forrester, Mrs. E. D. Foye; Mrs. H. L, Freking andj Mrs. G."H. Webster. Chairman is J. L. Bettinger. Co-chairman, J: P. Harris, is also.in charge of the publicity. . ‘Special guests were Mesdames Ray Ryan, Jack Lux and Frank Harmer. A group of new mem- bers. were introduced and in- aeons. Fe 3 my, Kx. Evans, C. Pyne and Farewells were said to Mrs. LL. Middaugh, Mrs. R. W. Duer- mer and Mrs, H. K, Roach’ who ere leaving the area for other tours of duty. with their hus- bands, A door prize was won by Mrz. J. P,. Harris. The delectable’ menu served |" ‘was lobster thermidor, head let- Coming Events *RIDAY, AUGUST 2° Knights of Pythias meeting, ie — Hall, 728 Fleming St., Aloo Anonymous, meeting, Presbyterian Church, 8 unit 56 Ladies Aux, Fleet <Re- serve, card party, clubrooms, 30 p, m. ‘TURDAY, AUGUST 30— Youth for Christ Rally, Fleming street Methodist Church, 729 Fleming street. 7:30 o m.. “1ONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1— Methodist Men, meeting, Wesley || House, 8 p.m. Key West Temple No. 20, Py-| thian Sisters, K. P. Hall, 7:30 f p.m. Woman’s Aux. St. Paul’s ceed per ited Parish Hall, 3 p.m. Key West Ministerial Association. WMU of First Baptist Church, atl church, 7:30 p.m. Circle Two, Women of First. Pres- | byterian Church, 3 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2— . HS-1 Officers’ Wives’ club, coffee geil Seaplane Base pool, 10) ay West Players regular — 330 D. Key West | Chapter, Disabled Vet- erans,. Laz Témple, 8 p.m, Civil Air Patrol, American Le- PERSONALS... NEWS OF INT: EREST IO WOMEN PHUNE: Citizen Office, 1935 .* ITEMS OF INTEREST ‘TO EVERYONE FAWTU Officers’ Wives’ Club Enjoy | Hostesses At FAWTU nore Wives’ Luncheon Unique Caribbean Theme Luncheon | A. Caribbean theme added to the enjoyment of the luncheon given at La Concha Wednesday, August 27, when the FAWTU Offi cers Wives’ Club assembled at 12:30 p. m. Each member was given strip of woven straw to be pinned in a loop with a name card oh it-and to which miniature bouquets of bright tropical flowers were attached. The place cards were tiny straw mats. | The sea where the tradewinds &. COLORFUL MOTIF OF THE CARIBBEAN was displayed at the luncheon Wednesday at La Concha by the FAWTU Officers’ Wives’ Club. ‘The tables were decorated with tropical blooms, bamboo lanterns filled with flowers, straw hats and tropical printed fabric, “Left to right ane the six hostesses, Mesdames H. L. Freking, Jr.,.D. L. Forrester, Jr., J. L. Bettinger, J. P. Harris, .G. H. Webster and E. D. Foye, Jr. The odd little image in the corner is an idol, but its name was unannounced. "| Delightful : Informal Tea Enjoyed Thursday At W. H. Truesdell Home _ ,Searlet hibiscus, marigolds and the dainty red “firecracker” flower in a huge shell with delicate greenery, lent additional fes- tive note to the tea given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. W. H. Trues- dell at her home in. Quarters “G” at the Naval Station in honor of Mrs. Irving T. Duke, wife of- Rear Admiral T. Duke and honor guests, Mrs. E. A. Barham and Mrs, John Carroll. Mrs. ‘Truesdell and the hon- x. orees were in the reception line, “i Presiding at the .punch bow): "|W. B. Ronan and were Mrs. Bruce E. Bradley, Mrs. Mrs. Aldis "| Brown. A cool mint punch with fresh "| Mint ‘leaves and ‘cubes of em- erald colored ‘ice floating in it, ‘iw was served. A special delicacy, ‘pecan dreams” macaroons, lady fingers apple cake, chocolate “| frosted sqvates, cookies and as- ;| sorted sandwiches completed the P. Island City Navy Wives’ Club No! 88, meeting at Bldg: 178, 10:30 informal ‘tea. table serving. Dressed in summery frocks, the group enjoyed getting ac- quainted ‘on. the shaded veranda of the Truesdell residence, The afternoon was’ one of the most cordial” and delightful social | functions of the’ summer. The guest roster besides the ,| guests “of honor” included Mes- groups work in Tampa and Orlando, Fla. She is anxious. to have any: Junior League member from any city, now ‘living in this’ area, get in touch with her. She lives at 2112 Turnabout Is Fair Play Rotary Club luncheon, 12:15, St. Paul's Parish Hall. Key re Lions, meeting, 6:30 P. Cotte ‘time at Naval’ Ststion Beach Patio, 10 a.m. for Fleet Reserve Auxiliary. Elks Lodge, at club, meeting at 8 p.m. VFW Post No. 3911, VFW Post Home, 8 p.m. Both Circles of W. 8. C. S., First ORDER OF RAINBOW GIRLS came out with a new twist at their dance at the Masonic Temple on Friday night when they took control of the situation in “Sadie Hawkins"* fashion. Shown pinning @ corsage on bewildered John Welsh (second from left) & Miss Joan Knowles (left), Looking on, are Misses Joyce Lounders and Esther Smith. dames T: D. Boaz, A. E. Buckley, J. W. Lenny, E. W. Parish, A. O. Momm, Harold Payson, F. B. Lukins, M, F. McAfee, Jr., J. N. Weatherall, P. P. Merrill, W. P. Stchoeni, F. G. Selby, C H.. An- drews,'P. W. Garnett, J. W. Hus« ton, C. W. Morrison, B. C. Papy, Dan L. Navarro, J. L. Bettinger. J. H. Turner, A. L. Becker, F. N Shamer, W. D. Wells, K. Q. Bates Attending also were Mesdames E, L. Moss, E..F. Glenn, George E, Wilson, Joseph Buesher, Fred Hatfield, T. V. Grant, J. I. Hem- phill, Scott E. Durrell; L. L, Tyndall, John Dawson, C. H. Parmalee, Danser Miller, T. H. Williams, Herbert Pace, C. W. Brunson, Paul Sawyer, M. E. Haller, Ray Wiggins, Edwin Trevor, Carl Hilton, R. A. Mar- tin, E. B. Lawrence, L. C. Brit- non and the Misses Terry Duke, Shirley Papy, Betsy Bradley, and Dorothy Raymer. Mrs. C. M. Henderson, who is ill, sent re- grets. The party began at 2 o'clock and continued for over two hours Justice ‘Dept. . Dilatory In Prosecutions By HARRY P. SNYDER WASHINGTON W—House inves- vata today charged that the Department has been et dilatory” in some prosecu- tions and cited a Detroit war fraud case as “a typical example.” Robert A. Collier laid Counsél Robert before a judiciary subcommittee a | the Norman E. Miller and Asso- clates Inc. case which came up im 1944 and was closed in 1951 without prosecution or recovery of government funds. Collier said Miller was indicted | July 14, 1944, on six counts alleg- | ing fraud in that he had “ ‘know- ingly and fraudulently charged in- direct time as direct time for his employes in performing under cer- tain government contracts.” In addition to the indictment, Collier said a civil suit _Wwas filed “Mambo Queens” To Be Featured At Elks’ Dance The “Mambo Queens of Key West,” Miss Amelia Acosta and Miss Mildred Diaz will appear as a special feature of the Elks Club Pre-Labor Day dance on Saturday evening at the Elks Club annex. Also on the entertainment bill are students of the Pinder School of dance in’ several numbers. - The floor show will get underway at 11 p.m. with only one 'perfor- mance. Music for dancing is from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. The public is cordially invited. aring on the program. with | Gerald Pinder will be Orchid Mi | ra,Linda Wells, Connie Sands, Pa Chapman, Sandra Owens, Rose Marie Yates and others.. missal of the indictment against Miller .im, October, 1950—six years after it was returned—because it had become “‘enfeebled with age”; 2. The. FBI and departmental attorneys;recommended repeated- ly that the case be disposed of; 3. The defendant frequently changed. attorneys, and each of them appeared to have some in- fluence with prosecuting officials; 4. The defendant occasionally re- fused to answer pertinent ques- 5. Inferences can be drawn that special consideration was given to defense attorneys, even to the ex- tent of supplying them with an FBI ‘invstigation report on the case; ’ 6. The defendant, at one point, offered to settle the case and ac- tually deposited $7,500 with the de- partment; the deposit was re- turned and he paid nothing on the $36,000 claim; 7. The defendant's net worth was estimated at some $400,000; 8. The defendant “‘blatantly” tertained witnesses who had ap- peared against him in the grand jury proceedings and “actually converted” at least one; and 9. That FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoo ver complained of tactics by de. fense attorneys to delay prosecu tion, strongly implied at least at- a RA DELICIOUS FOOD... NEWS NOTES In Britain the shock absorbers ‘| of an automobile are called damp- The output per man-day of the American coal miner has risen 32 per cent since 1939. July 2, 1952 was the 90th |. anniversary of President Lincoln's signing of the Morrill Act which created America’s systém of land- grant colleges. Detroit case came after ranking members of the subcommittee- lambasted Justice Department of: ficials for trying to “whitewash” a tax case inquiry by a St. Louis grand jury early in 1951. Rep. Keating (R.-N. Y.) told iewsmen: “This effort at a whitewash of a smelly situation by the grand juty. was frustrated only by the patriotic perseverance of| an up- right federal judge who could not stomach such and by ; @ stalwart cherry se men aad women who coniprised the grand jury. “But it’s still a shocking story Department, apparently from poli- tical motives, to throw a grand jury off the scent and prevent pro- ; secutions ‘of favorably placed law violators.” Earlier Chairman Chelf (D-Ky.) said he agreed with District Judge George H. Moore and the grand jurors that the Department of Jus- tice had made “a deliberate at- tempt” to stop the probe, which ultimately led to the indictment and conviction of a friend of Presi- dent Truman, James P. Finne- ond the St. Louis income tax col- Chelf said Ellis N. Slack, an acting assistant attorney general who appeared before the grand jury before it came up with a report giving Revenue Bureau offi- en-|cials a clean bill of health, had “rendered a distinct disservice to Enjoy Your ... LABOR DAY WEEKEND UL‘S - DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF GUS AYALA and His Orchestra Air Conditioned No Minimum MAID’S NIGHT OUT By RAYMER “Return of the Texan,” at the San Carlos Theatre. New faces in the cinema world are tall,dark and handsome Robertson somewhat hammy chara: trayals of a Texas Ranger can’t forget the days when and cattle weren’t fenced “Grandpa” he kerr for deer and turkey oF Hue expression). we'll be back on Wednesda give you the Shopping News, then Auntie Jaxon will, see well you've learned abour ping. You're on your own kids - lets go Shopping! Friends everywhere and neigh- bors in our immediate. home community were very thought- ful and kind during the long ill- hess and following the death of our beloved one, the late James Bertis Pinder. To each and all we" Gesire to express our heart- felt appreciation. THE FAMILY. —for yourself and for your daughter. In the new September Ladies’ Home Journal, noted © authority, Henry B. Safford, M. D., takes seldom-discussed aspects of women’s health prob- lems out from behind closed doors and gives you the facts, Don’t miss this new series of easy-to-read doctor-to- patiest il 4 Feftti titi said Thursday that this year’s to- tal of polio cases is 68 per cent than last year’s total over $6.95 and $7.95 SOLD BXCLUSIVELY AT LISAN @6 DUVAL ST. SHOES