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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-18
SITES FOR KEY WEST
BUREAU AT MIAMI TO
BE SURVEYED AT ONCE
COMMERCE CHAMMER
DIRECTS IMMEDIATE
ACTION ON PUBLICI-
TY CAMPAIGN

proposals covering a project for
further development of Key West
winter publicity and advertising
campaign were discussed at a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday.
Glenn c. Price, president of the
organization and chairman of the
publicity committee, announced
that advance plans include a
tourist information bureau in
downtown Miami, that will be
open every day during the tourist
ISeason.
The office will be stated by
one or probably two persons, pre-
ferably Key Westers of former
Key WesterS, whose duty it will
be to disseminate information
about the SouthernmOSt City to
Miami tourists. A supply of all
available Key West literature will
be on hand for distribution al
that point.
A similar idea was attempted
several years before the wa,
when an office on the street floor
| of the bennington Hotel was
open for the purpose of giving
out Key West information to
visitors in Miami inqsiring about
this city.
Results of that effort have
been described as being very
beneficial. This years endeavor
will be more intense.
To get the movement underway
as quickly as possible Chamber
Msnoger Harold r. Laubscbel
was authorized to visit Miami
within the next week to investi-
gate locations and office space
that might be available.
Every indication points that
next winter will see another
large number Of northern tour
lists invading Florida In the past
Continued on Page Two
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Tear Gas Bombs
Used By British
On Jewish Ship
Try Associated PresD

JERUSALEM, July 10. - Tear
gas bombs were used today by
the British in stopping and
boarding a ship that had aboard
$500 Jews on their way to en-
ter Palestine. One Jew was killed
and "a injured.
The ship was the former Pres
ident Warfield of American reg
istry.
When ordered to stop by a
British destroyer, the captain oc
the ship, the British asserted,
disregarded the order. The Brit
iSh then drew close to the trans
port and began to use the tear
bombs But the Jews aboard the
transport, had tear gas bombs
also, which were thrown on the
destroyer
The captain of the transport, in
a broadcast from his ship while
the fighting was going on, charg
ed that the British resorted to the
use of machine guns. He said
further that his ship was II
miles out on the high seas. and
| that the British were guilty of
| piracy
The transport was headed to-
ward Haifa under control of a
British crew from the destroyer
The British charged that the
captain had violated the Pales-
tine quota law for Jewish emf
grants. and that the 4.500 will be
sent to the Island of Cyprus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-18
Property Sales

Wtliata y johnson snd others.
tfanaasftrd a. , A Grove j..
ana aiff p.aurrtN - White
street. aua Atlantic boulevard tur
"a 49, asfutding g. "a warranty
aea ilied Yesterday Nth CIR
tam Cuuff Cierk Hnss & SAWYER.
M and Mu Hairy Gwynn
q. smsfetfei g. \ Maitland Ad
smsa nte "a ueai Dennis ave
nasr amai nlauth street for $500
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Meter Broken;
Contents Stolen

This morning the Police De-
partment was fixing parking
meter installed on Duval street
in front of the parking lot ad-
joining the Hotel La Concha.
The meter that it was to re-
place, had been broken two
nights previously and it's con-
tents stolen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-18
Receives Word OF
Death OF Father

Mrs Maurice Leysc., of Mas
tic Trailer Park, whose husband
is a chief petty officer on the Gil
more, was informed today of the
death of her father, l.. a. Lett,
70, in Montgomery, Ala
Mrs. Leyser said her father had
visited Key West and liked IT
very much.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-18
Fire This N!0rnin.
I'm Old Baker,

a firc call from BuA ~ Ds.
and Catherine, Yves ansH .H
both Fire Department Slaf
and 3 tins morning The ...
IN long SiuCC-unu,c1 nsE... ..
Louisa street near D.t.
The fine Was h.r4aUt .r.
control 900 ID minute uH
damage va, said tp b. u
500.
The FIRE is said 'n t... M
CAUSED by someone IsI1E .n.
bakery ovens Consii,Ia..,
emerged from The premise
made IL seem large fac
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WAA To Sell
Cars and Trucks
On Wednesday
CERTIFIED VETERANS NOW
VIEWING TWENTY-FIVE We.
HIcLEs LOCATED IN KEY
WEST

Certified veterans of Key West
afe today viewing a list of 95
motor vehicles here which will
be placed on sale by the War AS
sets Administration at Opa
Locka, Miami. July %. it was an
nOunccd today by Sargent Moi
ieft. local Inspector for the WAA.
The vehicles which will be
placed on sale are at Boca Ration,
Dinner Key. Miami Air Depot.
Opa Locka. Morrison Field, and
at the Seaplane Base. Naval Hos
Tiial, Key West Barracks. Poin-
c'ana Trailer Park and at Salt
Pond Key. all of Key West.
Prospective veteran buyers of
the several hundred of vehicles
may view them after today on
Monday and Tuesday Registra-
ton of veterans will start at 8
a. m. July %. at Building l42,
Opa Locka. and the sale starts at
10 a. m. the same day.
JeepS. Sedans. pickup trucks,
truck -trailers, ambulances. dump
trucks and cargo trucks are in
cluded in the motor vehicles to
be- sold
Priority claimants may pur-
chase vehicles only on the days
assigned TO them. Priority claim
ants may also purchase as auto
motive dealers. but brokers are
excluded from priority purchas-
ING.
All vehicles bought will be on
a where is-aS-is" basis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-18
Seeks Divorce

Lena Perez Hernandez filed
suit in circuit court yesterday for
a divorce from Sergio Herman
Gez according to records on file
in the office of Court Clerk Ross
c. Sawyer.
Evening star., 1947-06-18

Ernst Posner Of the Graduate Di-
vision Of the School Of Social SCI
ences and Public Affairs. The insti-
tute began Monday.
An advanced gradaute program
for teachers OF social studies. the
institute is conducted under the di-
rection of DR.. Walter Myer, assisted
by DR.. John w. Tottle, jr, assistant
director; DR.. Harry G. Thompson, CO.
ordinator, and DR.. Merrill r Harris
horn, director of the seminar.
The advisory committee in charge
OF the institute consists of President
Paul F. Douglass; DR.. Howard An
derson, specialist for social sciences
and geography. United States Office
OF Education: DR.. A. j. Brumbaugh,
vice president Of the American
Evening star., 1947-06-18
.NavY0fficerA Acquitted
|0f MaIireating GIs
In Jap Prison Camp
by The Assoeioisd Press

A secret court-martial, which
lasted 81 days. acquitted 1t. Comdr.
Edward N. Little Of accusations that
he naltreated fellow Americans in
q japanese prisoner -of-war camp
The court-martial, which was
closed to the public at Comdr. Lit
ties request, heard 80 witnesses.
The Navy identified the main
charges against the defendant as
maltreatment of q person subject
to his orders, conduct to the preJu-
dice of good order and discipline,
and conduct unbecoming an officer
and gentleman. He was ac-
Quilted on all three charges.
The Navy did not elaborate on
its announcement Of the acquittal
verdict last night.
Was Senior In Rank.
Allied headquarters In Tokyo has
disclosed that Comdr. Little was
mess officer OF a Japanese camp at
Omuta. Then a lieutenant, he was
senior in rank among the prisoners,
and under prisoner-of-war conven-
tions they were subject to his or
ders.
Capt. Isao Fllkuhara, commander
of the camp, told military court
in February, 1916, that 1t. E. N.
Little requested punishment Of an
American prisoner for stealing
bread. Fukuhara identified the pris-
oner as Pvt. william H. knight OF
Warsaw. N. Y.
An affidavit to the court from an
other witness said Knight died under
torture in the guardhouse. The af-
fidavit did not say whether this was
the occasion when the Army private
had been Jailed for theft.
Evidence Sought for Congress.
Comdr. Little, whose last listed
civilian address was Decatur, Ill,
entered the Navy as an enlisted man
and was accepted as Naval Acad-
emy student in 1926. He received
the Silver Star for gallantry before
his capture on Corregidor.
He was released from the prison
camp In October, 1945.
After learning OF the verdict, Rep
resentative OToole, Democrat, OF
New York announced that he will
write to Secretary of the Navy For
restal today asking that all evidence
Evening star., 1947-06-18

Council on Education; DR.. Paul
Flicker. executive secretary Of the
National Association OF Secondary
School Principals; DR.. Wilbur r.
Murra, editor of the Civic Leader;
DR.. Cyril Upham. deputy controller
of the currency, and DR.. Pitman B.
Potter, Grozier professor Of interna-
tioral law.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
World Affairs Institute
Beinu Held al American u.

The third annual Institute on the
United States in World Affairs Is
now under way at American Uni
versity with 100 secondary school
teachers from 81 States taking the
six-week session, according to Dean
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Land Proqrom Endorsed

The Districts land redeyelopment
program was ir1dorsed last night by
the Central Northwest Citizens AS
sociation. meeting In the Garnet
Patterson Junior High School. Tenth
and u streets NV. Attorney Rich
ard Atkinson, member OF the agency,
spoke.
Evening star., 1947-06-18

and the minutes Of the court be
turned over to Congress.
ut seems to me, Mr.. O'Toole told
reporters, that the case has aroused
enough public interest to warrant
a study"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
Along The Cape Fear

heard the charges when Kirk
produced the prisoners, and
when no evidence was presented
to sustain the charges, the court
promptly freed the prisoners.
Dangers of war within the state
evaporated with this turn OF
events.
CHANGE OF HEART The
Democrats won a sweeping vic
tory in the August election, and
one of the first acts of the legis-
lature was to impeach Governor
Holden.
In later years the judgment OF
Chief Justice Pearson and Judge
Brooks appears to have been Win
Dictated. The crisis was passed
without necessity Of resorting to
force of arms.
Those who knew Governor
Holden indicate that the COVER
nor may have had a change OF
heart in his declining years.
Robert c. Lawrence in Here In
Carolina" comments as follows
on the central figure of the re
bellion::"
what of Governor Holden?
See CAPE FEAR On Ra9e Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
MEYER HANDS OUT
"CRAVE" WARNING
Washington Publisher Says
Worst Can Happen In
Western Europe

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 Up
Eugene Meyer, pack from a.Fu-
ropean visit, reported tonight
that if the U. S. does not Cen
able the Western Europeans to
escape wholesale starvation and
freezing, then the worst will
"And it will be for keeps,
said Meyer, chairman of the
board of the Washington Post
and former head of the World
Bank.
Meyer prepared his report for
the District of Columbia Bank
ers Association. He cited two
"rather obvious reasons" for
Europe's plight: "The rapid de,
terioration of the financial and
economic situation of Western
Europe, and the increasing ag-
erosion of our wartime ally,
the we'll named great bear
called Russia"
If temporary stop-gap aid for
Western Europe is absent and
if, "as a result Europe starves
and freezes this winter, there
will certainly be chaos and con-
f1,sion.o he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
Fashionable Resort Visited
By 100-Mile Winds;
No Life Loss

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct.
20 -R-A hurricane, the first
in 81 years, lashed across this
fashionable British island resort
colony today for more than an
hour, causing considerable
property damage. No loss of life
was reported.
The hurricane veered to the
Northeast and headed into the
Atlantic ocean, apparently re-
moving any threat that it might
strike the East coast of the Unit
ed States but still endangering
any shipping in itA path.
The high winds were clicked
officially at 100 miles an hour
with gusts attaining 1875 miles.
They reached near-hurricane
proportions by 9:15 am, and
their peak around 10 a.m., then
passed North of the island by
10:45 am.
Planes Evacuated
The United States Naval op-
Grating base and Kindley Field
had been in the final stage of
hurricane alarm since early
morning. At Kindley both mill
tary and civilian employees were
ordered into the air raid shell
tiers at the base hospital. Both
civil and military aircraft, in
Guiding U. S. service planes,
See HURRICANE on Pace Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
new JERSEY MEN
PLAN Viii VISIT
VIEW Representatives OF
Two Cities Will Inspect
Lake Forest Plan

Two New Jersey men are ex-
pected to arrive in Wilmington
this week to learn first hand
about the Lake Forest veterans
cooperative housing project here,
the model on which the Public
Housing authority in Washington
has set aside $4,000 war surplus
housing units in 200 locations
for sale to veterans co-opera-
tive organizations, it was an
nounced last night from Ken
Noble, national chairman of the
housing committee of the VFW.
Benjamin Thomas, Trenton, N.
j., and Charles Gilroy, Newark,
N. j., local VFW housing COM
mittee chairmen, are the van
guard of several veterans who
are expected to arrive in Will
mington soon to familiarize
themselves with details of the
set up of Veterans Homes, Inc.
of Lake Forest.
The local movement began ap-
proximately Is months ago,
Noble recalled, when veterans
here organized a cooperative
corporation and managed to gel
See JERSEY On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
JUDGE BROOKS ORDERS

JOOGL DhOOAS OINOCFGS -
Governor Holden, undisturbed by
the attitude of his Chief Justice,
ignored the opinion as well as
the writ of Chief Justice Pear
son. Continuing in the same vein,
he next ordered his troops to ar
rest Josiah Turner, editor of the
Sentinel, most prominent Demo-
cratic editor of the Carolinas. In
Yanceyville, Turner was locked
in the same cell with a Negro
murderer.
Cousel for the prisoners was
Attorney Matt w. Ransom who
held that his clients were enti-
tied to the protection of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution. Ac-
cordingly he petitioned Federal
Judge George W. Brooks in
Elizabeth City and obtained
writs of habeas corpus.
The writ from a Federal court
was not so easily laughed off by
Holden and Kirk. The governor
appealed to President Grant to
get Judge Brooks to recall his
writs, but the president directed
Governor Holden to respect and
obey any writ issued by the
Federal Judge.
At Salisbury Judge Brooks
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
US. MAY PROTECT
GREECE BY FORCE
johnson Hints Use OF Sold
iers AS Russia Battles
Balkan Plan

UNITED NATIONS HALL
FLUSHING, N. Y, Oct. 20-W.P
= The United States and Rus
STA battled before the United
Nations General Assembly to-
night with Russia rejecting U.
S. plans for Korea and the Unit
ed States threatening that it
eventually might use its troops
to protect Greece.
However, U. S. Delegate Her
schel johnson made plain that
American troops would be used
only in cooperation with other
nations and upon the recon-
mendation of two-thirds of the
General Assembly.
The Soviet-American conflict
reached white heat as the Gen.
eral Assembly opened debate
on the Balkans - a discussion
which brought a new orchestra.
ton of Soviet invective.
Soviet Vice-Foreign Minister
Andrei Vishinsky derisively re-
jected the American proposal
that UN supervise elections in
Korea, now occupied by Rus
sian and American troops.
Vishinsky said this was just
another ~Anglo-American at
tempt to intimidate voters, just
as Anglo-American representa-
tives intimidated Greeks. He
See U. s. On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
MILADY ONCE MORE
TURNS TO OSTRICH
FEATHERS FOR HAT

CAPETOWN, South Africa,
Oct. 20. - U'D The price Of ostrich
feathers has increased 20 to so
percent since March and the sup
ply may not meet the demand
from world fashion centers,
breeders reported today.
In seven sales in the last six
months, $4,000 pounds of feathers
have brought nearly $250,000,
hey reported. The plumes fetched
from $3.50 to $3.50 a pound
during the first sale, but the
average price today is $24.
The finest feathers from prime
white wings were presented to
Princess Elizabeth on her birth
day and her engagement.
In an effort to keep up with
the demand, ostrich farmers are
selling tail feathers separately
instead of mixing them in with
the better wing plumes. Even
the tail variety is fetching up to
SIS a pound, they said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
HUMAN VAMPIRE
HELD BY POLICE
Lumberton Indian Charged
With Drinking Blood
OF Victims

LUMBERTON, Oct. 20 -WD-
A 33-year-old Indian was jailed
on assault charges today after
two other redmen told police he
ripped their bodies. with a knife
and drank their blood.
James Bledsoe, out on bond
while awaiting trial for bootleg
ging, was arrested by Rural Po-
liceman D. ]. Jones after the
two Indian victims were taken
to a hospital with serious cuts
about the body.
Jones said James Jacobs, one
Of the Indians, described in de-
tail how he was attacked by
the vampire at his home. ia
cobs, who identified Bledsoe,
said the man came to his home
yesterday, stabbed him IN the
chest, and pressed the blade
against his neck to keep him
from moving while he drank the
blood from the spouting wound.
Jacobs said Blesoe then ran
outside and attacked another In
See HUMAN On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
Viii MEMBERSHIP
ELECTS TONIGHT
First Annual Meeting Will
Be Held At Lake Forest
Auditorium

Directors of Veterans Home,
Inc, will be elected tonight al
the members first annual meet.
ing to be held in the auditorium
of the Lake Forest Community
building at 8 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by T. V.
Hackney, manager of the Vet
Grams Home, Inc.
Four local members will DC
elected to serve with a fifth di.
rector who is a representative
of the FPHA from Atlanta,
Georgia.
Two directors will be elected
to serve terms of two years
while another two will serve for
three years.
The eight men competing for
the office were selected by a
nominating committee here.
Candidates for the two year
office are Maurice E.. Under
wood, William H. Hancammon,
Graham K. Codington, and Will
liam H. Sem.
Nominees for the three year
office are Ken r. Noble, Frank
A. Shepard, Edwin c. Snead,
and Solomon Sternberger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
DeGaulle Now Strongest
French Political Leader
Results On Sunday
Indicate Trend
Against Reds

PARIS, Oct. 20 -R-Gen.
Charles De Gaulle emerged to-
day as the major political lead
er in France supporting the
views of the Western democracies
against the Soviet Union as his
followers claimed a sweeping
victory in Sundays municipal
elections.
There were indications that
the results would be reflected in
the non-Communist government
headed by Socialist Premier
Paul Ramadier.
De Gaulle remained silent,
but a longtime follower, Andre
Malraux, noted author and for
mer cabinet minister, declared
that the general would take
power only after a referendum
demonstrating his support and
in no case would he try to seize
authority by force.
Less than 20 per cent OIL the
votes cast in the election were
counted, but the candidates of
De Gaulle's New Rally Of the
French People (RPF) were
leading in all portions of the
nation. Newspapers of prac-
tically all political shades view
ed De Gaulle as the leader of
the largest political force in the
country.
Mounting returns gave the
RPF 1874 per cent of the vote,
the Communists 30.65 per cent,
the Socialists 1875, the fading
Popular Republican Movement
(MRP) 81 and various other
parties 2.35.
$50, 900 Lead
Result on the basis of 3,6l8,-
266 out of approximately Is, 000,-
900 ballots cast showed the RPF'
had 1888, 784, the Communists
LOB, 943, the Socialists 698, 457,
See DeGAULLE On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
lCLAIMED PACKAGE
CONTAINS DYNAMITE,
NITR0GLYCERINE, CAPS

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2o-R)
"A package which had been I'M
claimed for more than a year
was opened at the American Elk
press Agency office today, and
police found: a pint of lethal
nltfoglycerine, 20 dynamite caps.
TWO revolvers and several loose
cartridges.
The package was sent from
FQeblo, Colo, to Denver to be
Neld for a John W. Kelly, police
SAID. It remained in Denver about
year and then was sent to the
Dan Francisco office.
Criminologist Francis x. La
lollpe said, "it was a miracle the
s'u1t didn't explode. 1t could
nave damaged a city block and
Killed everyone within 100 feet
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
Hurricane Damages
Island Of Bermuda
GOOD CITIZEN

LEBANON, O., Oct. 20. -
up - Phyllis Anne Rueppel
is a three-year old lady who
wants no trouble with the
law, thank you.
She whipped down to the
corner store on her tricycle.,
stopped by a parking meter
and dropped eight pennies in
the slot in solemn emulation
Of daddy.
An OnlOOker - the incest
man, mama - refunded the
pennies and explained c0ur-
teously that parking meters
were expensive only to big
folk.
He ought to know, Phillis
Anne. He was Police Chief
w. II. Fulkerth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
REPORT ON KOREA
TO BE WITHHELD
State Department Say.
Publication Would Be
Harmful To Nation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. - )
- The State Department today
ruled against disclosure of the re-
port 1t. Gen. Albert c. Wede-
meyer made on Korea and China,
holding that publication now
would be ACTUALLY harmful to
those countries and to the United
States.
In another development re-
lating to the Orient, the depart
ment said that last Saturday it
formally rejected Russia's pro-
posal that Russian and American
occupation troops withdraw
simultaneously from Korea.
Rejection of the request had
been predicted in advance by Of
ficials who indicated privately a
feeling that the Russian = trained
Korean Army might try to take
over if occupation forces pull out.
Wedemeyer investigated condi-
tons in China and Korea at the
request of President Truman. The
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-21
YOUNG ATT0RNEYS
TAKE NEW 0ATHS
Four Wilmington, White.
vile Men Admitted To
Federal Court

Five young att rneys, four
from Wilmington and one from
Whiteville, were admitted to
practice in Federal courts and
given the oath of office by
Judge Don Gillian, of Tarboro,
in eastern district court session
in the Customs building yester-
day afternoon.
The oath was administered to
Louis ]. Poisson, Jr., Wallace
c. Murchison, Cyrus D. Hogne,
Jr., and Joshua James,, all of
Wilmington, and Walter H.
Powell. Jr., Whitevllle.
During the afternoon session
James L. Cobb, Negro, was SEN
fenced to 10 months In the Fed
eral prison at Petersburg for vi
olation of internal revenue LID
uor laws.
The grand jury C ,nsidered II
bills of indictment yesterday,
all On violations of liquor laws:
and returned II true bills and
one not true bill.
Court is schedule to convene
at $50 o'clock tbs morning,
and officials say the criminal
docket will be completed today
with civil cases to be heard to-
morrow.
To Take Oath
To be conducted by the
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution and the Young Mems
Christian association. a natural
ization class for some 18 to &c
aliens seeking naturalization as
United States citizens will be
held in the courtroom at 2:30
pm. today. Judge Gillian will
administer the cath Of ale.
glance to the class.
During the Monday morning
session, the Universal Fishing
company of Southport drew a
5000 fine in a case charging vi
See ATTORNEYS On Page Five