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Battle off TV Channels- Looms TBne opwDii Co Den- In This Section You'll Also Find Amusements Pages 2-4 Classified Pages 5-18 Comics Pages 19 21 Radio TV Page 20 Most Complete Local News Report Section Saturday April 16 1955 Staff Photos by John Walther TOUGHIES like the word that has Sam Brockway guessing eliminated 90 of the 91 contestants at the Spelling Bee Sam a pupil at Pinecrest Elementary school squinted hard under best thinking' cap but he just couldn't produce the right rombinatioh of letters ANXIOUS CONTESTANTS 91 strong awaited the start of the 1 5th annual Miami Herald Spelling Bee Friday night as Phil Kelleher WQAM staff announcer and pronouncer for the contest ex plained the rules The two-hour contest at Bayfront Park Auditorium ended with 13-year-old Barbara Pent of West Miami Junior High School as-the winner See story and pictures Page 1-A Love Thicker Than FCC Asked To Bar VHF In This Area Two Station Operators Faunch Limiting Move By JACK AXDERSOX Herald Kadte-TV Editor A fight before the Federal Communications Commission loomed Friday as two UHF television stations announced they had asked the commission to standardize the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area as an all-UHF area The petition was filed by the Storer Broadcasting Co owners of Station WGBS-TV (Channel 23) and Gerico Investment Co owners of Station WITV (Channel 17) If the FCC were to agree to such a plan all present and future TV stations here would op- erate In the UHF (ultra high frequency) band rather than under the present double-standard system with some on UHF and the others on VHF (very high frequency) George Storer president of the Storer firm and Russell Lowell president of Gerico stated jointly: proposal should be welcomed by the South Florida public because it will mean more and better television service for ev- But Mitchell Wolfson co-owner of WTVJ at present only VHF station called the UHF proposal and we will fight it with every means at our command both to protect the public and our own The Storer-Lowell statement contended Florida is uniquely ideal for UHF television because pf its flat terrain and the constant green foliage of its trees a condition which tends to eliminate shadows and interference on the receiving screen due to seasonal changes In operating WGBS-TV on UHF channel 2ST has proved that under these conditions UHF with h'gh power is highly satisfactory and in many respects superior to Wolfson countered that in Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties of the South Florida area two VHF stations are operating in Palm Beach county and one here with others imminent a couple of months the educational channel 2 should he In he said my guess that before the end of the year two others (Channels 7 and 10) will be allocated and ready for operation believe practical to change the situation for many he continued the least of which is that a lot of people on the Florida keys and other outlying areas would be deprived of VHF service which without question is better than UHF service and reaches Wolfson estimated there are 150000 sets in the South Florida area which are not adapted to UHF reception and the cost of converting them be in the millions of Storer and Lowell said normal replacement of obsolete sets and conversions now at the rate of 7500 a month minimizes this problem They added that the shifting of only VHF station (WTVJ) to UHF would probably not take place until obsolescence of sets in this area reduced the cost factor to a 4 Beaten 5 Landlady Forgives Barman A woman tavern operator who accused one of her bartenders of giving her a savage beating tried to call police off Friday by saying that she loved him Mrs Jeraldine Smith 160 SW 19th rd brought the charges against Herbert Gunkle 32 who occupied a room at her-house Industrial Job Force Skyrockets 5-Year Rise Is 976 Per Cent Employment in Greater Miami manufacturing concerns has climbed 976 per cent in the past five years a report from the Florida State Employment service showed Friday Jonathan A Bliss manager of the Miami office said the jump haa been from 14830 in March 1950 to 29330 as of mid-Mapch this year graphs illustrate the mounting importance of manufacturing industry in the local Blis commented "The Importance of manufacturing is not only based on the number of people employed but also on the fact that it tends to stabilize the economy of the whole area It is important also because it helps reduce and offset the impact of seasonal variations produced by he added The monthly report released Friday by Bliss showed "brisk seasonal activity" continuing into March Employment was down only 14 per cent from the all-time high of 235700 6et In mid-February with an estimated 232450 on the job as of March 15 Construction industry employment rose by 700 Manufacturing listed a gain of 50 Bliss noted that the clay and glass products industry now has 313 per cent greater employ ment that in March a year ago The report revealed also that payrolls and building permits were rising the past month throughout Dade county "A tremendous snrge of approved building Bliss said the optimistic reports of employers which indicate an increase of 163 per cent by July in construction Unemployment dropped a net 1200 between mid-February and mid-March It is anticipated that further declines In the ranks of the Jobless will result from the summer season building boom Extended Tax Deadline Flits Past Quietly Uncle experiment of'the 30-day tax deadline extension as an apparent success here Friday Greater Miamians keeping a closer eye on the of than- they formerly kept on the of March1 At any rate no great change in routine of the federal income tax office or a ecore of tax consultants chosen at random was noted With a few exceptions the report throughout the country was the same a quieter smoother last day Ralph Maxwell acting ad-ministrative representative of the Internal Revenue Department in Miami said the collections office had busier days earlier in the month average Monday for the last month was busier than the last Maxwell noted Although the tax office was geared for the typical last-minute rush and remained open until the last bell at midnight the expected long queues never formed think a lot of people just haven't said Roy Wood-rnff Hialeah consultant lasing his opinion on past years- The average consultant reported that his business hit a peak about a week ago and slacked off last week Show Is Popular second annual Herald show continued to shatter rcords Friday as a throng estimated In excess of 28-000 crowded into huge Dinner Key auditorium to put the three-day attendance figure above 74-000 The show wjll be open every day from 2 to 10 pmr through Tuesday There Is no admission charge and visitors have their choice of 200 exhibits and booths to see Show officials report an being shown bj the public (See picture on Page 5B) 2-Year Sentence By JACK BELL ALBERT KCTKOkK'V was In an accident which left a bad nap on his face He wanted It removed Albert -is quite a student of hypnosis a v-ing studied since he worked vfith a professional hypnotist who was an officer with him in the Navy So when Dr Rotarie Bender was Rutkosky fo urgery at Jackson he told her he wanted to hypnotize himself during the operation rather than go under general anesthesia Rutkosky was due in the operating room at 11 am In early morning using the met-ronc ne he placed himself under a hypnotic spell assuring himself that he would feel no pain between 11 and 12 He was given 1 4 grains of nembutal less than one half a regular dose Otherwise although everything was in readiness incase the hypnosis ed he was his felt nothing at any time except a slight pain near the said the former University of Miami student could sea them their hands moving I semeed to feel a slight pressure on the top of my head at times I bad put myself under a deeper spell than ever before "Near the end I began to grow drowsy and felt just a little pain 1 think this was the effect of the nembutal reacting against the Rutkosky had no reaction and la recovering normally Now I suppose Jimmy Grlppo Leslie Quigg and a few more hypnotists will be talking A Day in Court Muriel Sportswear Inc Jr and Sr and Addle Rose Frocks and brother-in-lkw were in City court Friday morning Attorney Dan Satin represented the Muriel duo Vic Levine the Ad-die Rose pair We should'a had the whole trial In Ribs Roasts It seems that Muriel Sportswear Inc leased part of a parking lot Addie Rose Frocks lease their building from the parking lot owner who told them to park the car there pending a parking-lot lease Addle Rose brother-lndaw parked the car on a portion of the lot Muriel Sportswear Inc had leased There were but half a dozen care on a lot big enough for 300 but Muriel Sportswear Inc both Sr and Jr resented that Addie Rose Frocks car So after due warning brother-in-law parked on what he thought was virgin coil But he miscalculated and again got on Muriel Sportswear Inc soil when Muriel Sportswear 4nc Jr bounded up stairs to Addie Rose Frocks office and -Veil what happened thpn Is a slight mystery Somebody lied Addie Rose Frocks savs Muriel Sportswear Inc Jr invaded his office called him names and said and get that car offa our lot or cut the Muriel Sportswear Jr says ha never svent into the office waa in the hall he came out and wa says he The story after that was fairly coherent The two went to It with right good will Attorney Satin brought out the tact that his client weighs 120 while Addie Rose Frocks weighs 170 He wanted to indict the promoter for the only there wasn't any promoter Judge Thomas Everhart sentenced the fighters $23 and costs each The City gets $70 on the deal the lawyers some kind of a fee and angry all because of a parked car PS On second thought maybe the fighters pay those lawyers for their advice They take it If ever you saw auperfluous legal talent Volunteer Hurt Prisoners in the stockade were asked to help fight the Burlingame island fire Elton McCook was one of the volunteers While fighting the fire his ankle was broken He got hospitalization But when his time was np he was released on erntebes and a dime for cigarets clothing etc it be fair for the city or some group to do more than Just give the man meals and a bed until he can go to work? ir A lew Gimmich Chuck Rosen of Rnstic Lounge has a new gimmick for getting Committee of 1000 memberships already in but figures bar patrons also can help So you can buy a or a with 25 cents of the purchase price going to the hospital in I dunno Concert Toniyht Onr good Lend-a-Hand friends cf Miami Beach High School the a capella choir Is holding its annual spring concert at the high school auditorium tonight I think nobody la town does a better job than director Robert Duft Dairy Cited In Shiver Milk Row Charged with giving secret rebates to retailers Foremost Dairies was cited Friday to show cause why its license should not be revoked by the Florida Milk Commission The move is the latest in the developing feud between Otis Shiver Miami grocer and the milk commission- which he has sworn to abolish Shiver as- part of his campaign charged that distributors gave illegal rebates to retailers who were forced to sell milk at artificially inflated prices The practice costs the public thousands of dollars yearly Shiver said He named Foremost as one of the dairies from which he received under-the-table refunds Shiver eaid these payments which he received as late as last December amounted to about $160 a month An official of Foremost Dairies failed to appear Thursday when he was subpoenaed before Rich-hrd M- Swann attorney for Shiver to answer questions under oath in connection with the charge Former emplojes of another dairy testified before Swann that they gave secret rebates to a number of local concerns Both said it was "general in the industry to kick back liberal cash allowances to get the business- Tha show-cause hearing for Foremost is set for April 25 at the Board of Public Education administration building 275 NW Second st Route A1A Land Is Sold Sale of 750 feet of business frontage on State Road A1A at 179th st for $535000 was reported Friday The land was acquired by Ben Gaines owner of the Sahara Motel from A Cantor Associates of Miami Beach Gaines announced that he plans to erect a shopping center on the property Dentist Cited On Tax Charge Dr David Oser 44 Miami dentist living at 218 SW 22nd rd surrendered Filday to a US marshal in Miami on an Indictment returned at Tampa charging him with false and fraudulent statements to Internal Revenue Service He posted $2000 bond pending appearance in federal court in Tampa where he will be arraign ed Scheme Fails Thief Asks Refund on His Loot The of "supplies and was the downfall Friday of 21-year-old Ellis Parker 1 The was Miami motorcycle officer Peter Balma the supplies were stolen goods and the demands were Parker's hapless efforts to get refunds on the stolen goods Parker appeared at Saunders Hardware Coral Way and 2(ith are and demanded refund on some supplies he said bought there earlier He was denied the refund when he couldn't produce a sales slip Minutes later he was arrested a block away at Linds-ley Lumber Co by Balma after he demanded a refund on some wire he apparently had picked from In front of the store After being arrested he then was tentatively identified as the same man who entered Sales Supplies 2375 SW 37th ave two days ago and and got a $2936 refund on some garden hose he said bought there That too w7as stolen Parker admitted to police been arrested in six other cities for the same scheme City Groups Contradicted By Mayor Mayor Abe Arcnovltz closed his office door to city employ organizations Friday after a heated exchange of correspondence over civil service rules The mayor told the groups to make written application in the on appearances before the commission and to set out the subject of the talks Aronovitz was angered by a letter signed by heads of eight city employe groups They charged that the civil service board members had been threatened with salary cuts if they did not adopt vacation schedules and other rules asked by City Manager A Evans and approved by the commission behalf of every member of the city commission I wish categorically to deny that Aronovitz said is an Insult to the city commission The mayor also heatedly denied a charge that the commission has threatened survival of the civil service system He said he is convinced service has its But he insisted that the commissioners as elected representatives of the taxpayers have a right to prescribe rules Mink She said that after she missed four mink fur pieces while visiting a friend she returned to her home to find Gunkle had them He attacked her and beat tier into unconsciousness Mrs Smith declared Wnen questioned Friday by Angus Stephens assistant county solicitor in the presence of Police Lt I Rezeau Mrs Smith repudiated her a 1 ie story She admitted that Gunkle had beaten her on this and on other occasions but said she held no animosity because he was to do anything in the heat of After attempting to call off police Mrs Smith also asked that a peace warrant which she had sworn out against Gunkle before Mrs Ruth Sutton peace justice be dismissed She asked that Gunkle be released in her custody Mrs Sutton refused after it developed that Mrs Smith previously had put Gunkle under a peace bond then relented and bailed him out What th? next step would be in the strange case remained In doubt Mrs Smith not only had charged Gunkle with assault but with the theft of the fur pieces valued at about $2000 But if she declined to prosecute further police expected the case against Gunkle to collapse Auto Test Set Sunday Twenty-two automobiles will compete Sunday in the second annual economy run sponsored by the University -of SAE Student Club The mileage tests on a four-mile course at Richmond Field in South Dade will start at 9:30 am and finish about 3 pm according to Carl Radler club president and chairman of the test The cars including both sports models and standard production cars will compete in three classifications stock cars under 2500 pounds stock cars over 2500 and modified cars Each will have a sealed one-gallon gas tank fitted to its fuel pump intake and w'ill run until the tank is dry Results will be figured on the basis of miles per gallon per car ton Radler said Comic Dictionary KANGAROO The -largest species of grasshopper known to man Vaccine On Way To Dade First shipments of Salk vaccine for the free inoculation of first and second graders arrived in Florida Friday and were being processed for each of the 67 counties When the supply for Dade county will reach Miami was not known but the mass inoculation program is set to start April 25 Dr Crane assistant county health officer said the volunteers nurses and doctors who will administer the yaccine at all the public private and parochial schools have been alerted for duty-on that date With so many people Involved it would probably not be possible to start the program sooner he said A schedule has been set up that calls for inoculations to continue for the entire week About 500 additional requests for the serum have come from parents of first and second graders since the list was reopened Dr Crane reported Enough vaccine is expected for all children in the two grades The amount arriving in Jacksonville Friday by air express is sufficient to give the first shots to every first and seeond grader in the state whose parents have signed consent slips Dr Parks of the state health department announced Meanwhile calls from parents of children in other age groups continued to pour into the office of private physicians and pediatricians who will have access to supplies of the vaccine Some physicians reported these are running into the hundreds The first trickle of serum has arrived for private use and a group of children received inoculations Friday The number is expected to grow daily as the supplies increase The Miami Pediatrics Society has set up a recommended age priority and urged the public against undue alarm because the supply is not yet sufficient This will be remedied swiftly the group reported Medical Library Chief Joins UM Miss Mildred Crowe former chief librarian of the University of Alabama Medical Center Birmingham joined the University of Miami staff today as its medical librarian Author of a chapter on public relations in the book of Medical Library Miss Crowe Is a MISS CROWE member of the Medical Library Association Special Libraries Association and the Alabama Library Association 66 Air Cadets Tour Shops Here A group of 66 air cadets from Memphis State College toured Pan American Airways maintenance base Friday as part of a military aviation study program The cadets spending the weekend in Miami are under the command of Lt Col Rudolph Renker professor of air science at the Tennessee school They are staying at the University of San Sebastian Hall until they return to Memphis Sunday aboard a Air Force C-124 Globemaster 142 Persons Take Oatli As Citizens Five candidates between the ages of 9 and 16 were admitted as new United States citizens Friday afternoon in naturalization ceremonies before Federal Judge Emett Choate In the "younger were three Cubans Theresa James and Robert Chacon 325 NW 38th st and two sisters from Jamaica Joan Carmine and Carole Catherine Kalphat 268 NW 46th st A total of 142 persons made up the monthly of new citizens Included in the group were 25 from the Bahamas 20 fi Cuba' 18 from Poland 11 from Russia and nine from Germany Judge Choate and represent fives from the American Legion and B'nai B'rith welcomed the class One of the happiest of the incoming citizens was Mrs Marie Therese Cavallier 67 1491 Lincoln ter Miami Beach who filed her application in 1948 Because of the fact that she had divided her time between France and the United States In visiting members of her family her residency was challenged until Jndge Choate ruled Friday she could be sworn in A daughter Jacqueline (now Mrs Charles Hall Miami Beach) received her naturalization papers in 1944 in New York Mrs Cavallier now has six grandchildren living in Europe Big Buyer Visits City William Alsenberg vice president in charge of fashion departments for Allied Purchasing Corp arrived in Miami Friday evening for a two-week buying and inspection visit Aisenberg and a dress buyer from central office in New York will buy Florida garments for sale in May and June at the stores throughout the nation The firm does buying for some 75 department stores across the country- Included are Maas Brothers stores in St Petersburg Tampa and Lakeland as well as the new Jordan-Marsh store set for a fall opening in Miami The Allied executive expressed optimism that Florida can become a national leader in production of sportswear casual dresses and other garments Alsenberg is central office administrator for Los Angeles and Miami offices as well as- head of the central fashion buying facilities in New York He will be honored at a luncheon of the Miami Fashion Council on Monday Boat is Stolen From Bay Dock A $2000 boat and motor were stolen from a dock at the Fred Borton residence 7725 NE Eighth ave Borton reported to police Friday He said the 16-foot boat disappeared from the dock on Biscayne Bay The cable and catches which held lt were still in place Masseurs To Convene Members of the Florida State Massage Association Inc gathered in Miami for their annual convention this weekend will open activity with lectures demonstrations and committee meetings to-diy at the McAllister Hotel At 8 am committees will convene to trade information and outline the business program Begihning at 9:30 am lectures and demonstrations will be given on various phases of massage Sunday after a boat trip up Miami River beginning at 6 pm at the City Yacht Basin' the 101 members of the convention will attend a banquet at Grandma's Kitchen President of the Florida State Massage Association is Mrs Agnes Snedeker of Miami Oh For a Woodshed! IVonld Halt Charity -Games Youthful Prankster Riles Police Officer Complaint Sgt Larsen would dearly love five' minutes alone in the woodshed with some Miami youngster who showed an unamusing sense of humor Friday On two separate occasions Larsen received calls from a child Both were false Gambling Equipment Banned by ISeiv Bill A bill that would prohibit the manufacture sale or possession of all es of gambling equipment was introduced at the state legislature Friday by the Dade county delegation The bill would stop the use of such equipment fdr so-called charity gambling exposed recently in The Miami Herald One provision of the bill specifies that persons in a room where gambling equipment is found are presumed to be the owners of that equipment unless there is conclusive evidence tA the contrary James Kaumeyer 36 Detroit was ordered to serve a two-year prison term late Friday after pleading guilty before Federal Judge Emett Choate to a check Hours later the same voice called in shouting ee7orC PSg $20 Voh o' roe The caller hung up bad checks In Indiana Missouri It bad enough when we get the real ones without and Florida having these kind bf Larsen growled.