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Evening star., 1950-04-27
Rigsbee Goes on Tria
For Murder in Death
OF Big Joe Scheve

James Abbott RigSbee, 35, went
on trial in District Court today
for the murder of his one time
friend, Joseph CBig JoeS Scheve,
in a Ninth street pool hall last
winter.
At the outset of the trial Is
prospective jurors, mostly men,
disqualified themselves from sit
ting in judgment on the case.
They indicated to Judge Alexan-
der Holtzoff they held "conscien-
tious Scruples against the inflic-
ton of capital punishment"
Conviction on a first degree
murder charge, Judge HoltZoff
told them, demands the death
penalty.
The trial got under way after a
jury O. II men and / woman was
sell with remarkable lack of
dit for a murder case.
little Joe" Testifies.
The opening statement for the
government was presented by
Cecil r. Hef1in, assistant United
States attorney. The Govern
ment, he said. will try to prove
that Rigsbee, after an argument
last December 10 in a pool hall
at 913 Ninth street NV, "delib-
erately killed. Scheve. He iden-
titled the victim as former friend
of Rigsbee's who had insulted and
threatened him earlier in the eve
ming.
Defense Attorney James j.
Laughlin reserved his opening
statement.
The first witness was the mur-
dered mans son. Theodore Little
Joe) Scheve, who like his father
has been convicted on gambling
charges in Municipal Court.
Says He's Tilesetter.
The witness. who described his
present occupation as a tile
setter" said he had identified
his fathers body at the District
Morgue after the shooting.
The rugged, lantern jawed
Rigsbee, said at one time to have
made a living posing for artists
and photographers, appeared in
court under guard. Wearing a
blue suit and a vivid silk tie, he
took an active interest in the
opening proceedings. conferring
animatedly with his attorneys.
A self-styled tough guy" Rigs
bee has been in jail without bond
since his arrest.
Fired without a Word.
Wesley c. johnson. of the 900
block of F street NE, testified
Scheve held what appeared to be
a switch blade knife in his hand
while he argued with Rigsbee
about an hour before the shooting
After Rigsbee left the restaurant.
Mr.. johnson testified, Scheve said
let that - come back here with
gun and I'll make him eat it."
When Rigsbee returned to the
pool room he fired four shots at
Scheve without uttering a word.
Mr.. johnson said.
Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
Murphy told the jury Scheve had
been killed very quickly" by a
single bullet which entered his
chest and struck his heart.
One of the shots struck David
Silverman. AZ. of the 1900 block
of Missouri avenue NV, in the
thigh. He is the complainant on
a second charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon in the indict-
ment against Rigsbee.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Post Office Urged to Fire
$4,000 'Non-EssentiuIs'
BY the Assoeieted Press

Senator Williams, Republican,
of Delaware suggested yesterday
the Post Office Department drop
$4,000 on-essential" employees
instead of cutting mail deliveries
to save money.
He was protesting in the Sen
ate against Postmaster General
DonaldSon's recent order reduc-
ing mail deliveries as an economy
move.
Senator Williams said removal
of "the non-eSsential" white collar
employees would save more than
5000 million.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Church Group to Give PIoy

The Youth Fellowship of the
Church of the Ascension. Episco-
pal, will present a three-act COM
edy, Too Many Relatives" at $50
pm. tomorrow and Saturday, at
the East Silver Spring school au-
ditorium. Proceeds will be used
for a new stained-glass window in
the church.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Huvunu PIone Fare Cut

WaShingtonianS now can save
$30.50 under a reduced fare sum-
mer excursion rate TO Havana.
Cuba, it was announced today by
National Airlines. For a 29-day
round trip, the summer fare only
will be $11250. compared to the
standard fare of $143.40.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Airport Opening Secret
Except to Post Office
By ths Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, April 27.-A Air
port officials won't say when the
Friendship international Airport
outside Baltimore will have its
grand opening.
But stamp cancellation dies, ad-
vertising the airf1eld's opening,
have been authorized for use from
May Is to June "a in post Offices
in Baltimore. Frederick and An
napolis.
The dies carry the slogan:
Friendship International Air
port. Observation-Disclosures June
"a. 1880"
Evening star., 1950-04-27

Roads In Fair
fax County.
Harry Milton
Buddy Alex
ander. IA, of
Seminary drive
n e ar BaileyS
Cr oss Roads,
w a S crushed
beneath the ov-
erturned jeep.
Police said he
was dead when
two nearby resi-
dents. Russell
Lacey and Jack
COker plIlled
Evening star., 1950-04-27
De MoIuy Schedules Dance

Robert LIE Bruce Chapter, Order
of De Molay, will hold its spring
dance from 8 pm. to midnight
tomorrow in the congressional
room of the Willard Hotel. Music
will be furnished by Jimmy Kend-
rick and his orchestra.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Figures Of PUG
Double Transit
Income Estimate
McEIfresh Expected
To Urge Retention of
Pass at 81 or More

v. A. McElfresh. executive ac-
countant for the Public Utilities
Commission, this afternoon was
expected to make counterproposals
to the company's application for
higher fares and to urge reten-
tion of the weekly pass at a price
Of 81, or perhaps higher.
Mr.. McElfresh began his testi-
mony today with an analysis Of
company's earnings and expenses.
According to his estimates, the
net operating income of the COM
pany amounts to $699,615 on an
annual basis. The company esti-
mated this figure at $353,649.
The basis for the recommends
tionS. Mr.. McElfresh was ex-
pected to make later on in the
day, was laid in the various figures
he gave at the beginning of his
testimony and in the cross-exami-
nation of j. E. Heberle. vice presi-
dent and controller of the COM
pany.
So Pass Figures Asked.
Lloyd B. Harrison, counsel for
the commission in cross-eXam-
lining Mr. Heberle, asked for esti-
mates of return to the company
II a 81 pass is included in any new
rate structure the commission
may order.
The price Of the pass now is
$1.75, coupled with a 13-cent cash
fare and the sale of three takens
for 35 cents.
The company is asking for IS
cent cash fare and token fare
of six for 80 cents.
Mr.. Heberle was on the witness
stand all of yesterday. with the
exception of a few minutes when
he gave way to another witness.
The transit companys financial
expert was cross examined by Ver-
non V. Baker, representing the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions; John ODea. peoples coun-
sci, and Mr.. Harrison.
Chief Points of Testimony.
These were the chief points of
Mr.. Heberle's testimony:
l. A 10-cent cash fare, with the
elimination of tokens and the
pass, would not result in an in
crease in the number of riders and
would result in "a very Substan-
tial reduction" in company reve-
nues. Such a 10-cent fare has
been urged in certain quarters as
q cure for the company's financial
ills.
2. Inclusion of a pass, even at
So. would substantially cut into
the return the company says it's
proposed fare schedule would
bring and which it says it must
have to survive. The same would
be true, if it were directed to sell
three tokens for 40 cents instead
of six for 80 cents.
3. The company feels the pres
ent Scent school fare should be
increased but has no plans at pres
ent to ask that this be done.
Congress would have to act on any
change in this fare.
4. The company has considered
zone fares, which would mean
higher charges for longer rides.
but has found no practical manner
in which they could be established.
Net Decrease In Salaries.
5. There has been a net de-
crease since 1948 in total salaries
paid officers. 1t was brought out
that J. A. B. Broadwater, chair
man of the executive committee
and executive vice president, is
paid only $4,000 year. the amount
paid the former executive commit
tee chairman. Mr.. Broadwater, one
of the Florida group now control
ling the company. was elected to
the Offices last fall.
6. The company's equipment is
superior to that in any other city,
and the decline in riders has been
less than in other cities.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Falls Church Boy, ID,
Killed as Jeep Driven
By Friend 0verturns

A Falls Church High School
student was killed last night when
jeep driven by a young friend,
overturned near Baileys Gross
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
SOME "MAY BE INNOCENT"

In 1915, Louis F. Budenz, S90-a-week
editor on The Daily Worker, Commun-
ist newspaper, broke with the Commun-
ist Party after being member for zen
years.
Since that time, as revealed by Mr.. Bu-
denz's answers to questions in lawsuit
in New York, he has identified forty or
fifty "open" Communist leaders and
100 or so" other persons belonging to
party front who may be innocent This
statement is taken from The New York
Times, which reported the case in which
Mr.. Budenz testified.
The former Communist. answering
questions from his adversary's attorney.
admitted that his earnings in the five
year period from books and magazines
and newspaper articles amounted to S31.-
100 and that his income from dozens
of lectures amounted to $4,000.
We do not suggest that the former
Communist reversed his front for the
profit to be obtained but we call atten-
ton to his admission that the 100 or so
persons identified as belonging to parry
fronts may be innocent 1t adds up to
a doubt whether everybody named as a
"sympathizer" is justly accused and the
suspicion, at least, that not everybody
called Communist by an ex-Communist
is Communist
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
FREEDOM CRUSADE NEEDED

Former General Dwight d. Eisen-
hover. President of Columbia University,
now leading the Freedom Crusade, points
out that the people in the United States
are privileged to have many sources OF in
formation, to check one against the other,
and to believe what they think happens to
be right.
The General points out that individ.
uaIs have the right to form their opinions
according to personal interpretations of
information rather than "as slaves to the
point of view of their government. This.
of course, is an important point but,
nevertheless, it would be just as we'll for
the General, and those who work for in
telleetual freedom, to conduct a crusade
to relieve the minds of men from the
shackles of organizations to which they
belong.
1t is quite the habit for Americans, who
are quick to join anything that sounds
right, to take their opinions from the
ukases delivered by the leaders Of the
organization. This. of course, stultifies the
intellectual process and makes the man
an automaton. This is true whether the
individual follows the decree 0 fpolitical;
economic, social, historical or DELICIOUS
leaders.
If the mind of man is to be free to
pursue the discovery of truth, it must not
be tied down by loyalty to any particular
organization. The intellect must be free to
pursue its study, to think its problems out
and to arrive at conclusion, based e1cluI
sively upon the experience, the intelligence
and the wisdom of the Individual
No individual who accepts without
question the statement of others deserves
to consider himself an intellectually free
individual The sooner the rank and file of
humanity become educated to the degree
that they think for themselves, upon all
questions, the greater the progress of man.
kind will be.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

When doctors go intosoOnfeeence.
the probability is that the patient is .either
very sick or very rich.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC

1t has become quite the fashion in
this latter day to refer to democracy and
those who gh0ly use the word almost al
ways link it with the ideals of the found
ing fathers of this nation
Of course, anybody familiar with the
history of the formation of the United
States of America knows very we'll that
democracy was foreign to the ideals and
ideas of the men who created this coun-
try They did not plan democracy but.
on the contrary, resolutely set up checks
and balances to prevent popular opinion
from achieving quick and direct con
troll of government.
The United States was founded as a
representative republic. There is q world
OF difference between this form of gov
eminent and what is now termed a de-
rnocraey. The quicker the people of the
United States learn the differences. the
better it will be for them and the future
of their country
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

Spent most of yesterday over at
the Court House. Tiny Fields,
the biggest and fastest-taIking of
our three policemen, was holding
forth about his traffic troubles.
Women drive just as good as
men do" Tiny said, "and just as
bad. For instance girl in con-
vertible today. She started three
block tie-up all byherself.
"She's creeping down Main
Street-left hand stuck out and
sort Of waving around. Never
turns right OF left, never stops.
But, of course, everyone behind
her thinks she's signaling about
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
cAN CONTROL EVERYTHING

~ The late DR.. Carl d. Thompson was.
- for many years, one of the most authorita-
tive and aggressive spokesman for social
ization of industry. Long ago. he had this
to say on the subject: The movement for
public super-poWer becomes the most vital
10, phase of the public ownership movement.
The control of electric power...will OBJ
~ giously carry with it the control of the in
dustries of the nation the control of trans
portation, of mining, and agriculture....t
will also dominate and determine very
nea largely the domestic life of the people
....Electric power is the key to the coming
..civilization. The struggles, therefore, to
secure the public ownership and control
of this great strategic resource may yet
become the supreme ISSUE. of America
and the world"
v-esgrae4Dr. Thompson spoke as an expert.
And what he said, in effect, is that social
:. ization of our electric resources is the nee
essary first step in achieving planned,
controlled economy. This, in turn, would
inevitably result in RECOMMENDATION and
Dictatorship fact which has been dem,
30 -onstrated time and time again in Europe
We wouldn't call it communism re-
gardless of nomenclature, it would be
blood brother to it.
There can be no question that those
who favor socialization of industry-even
as they angrily deny that they really are
secialist-have seized upon the present
world crisis to advance their ends. We are
s3r again hearing that all-important problem
- of national defense makes mandatory
vast expansion of government activity in
eva and the other valley authorities. Yet
eyeryiobiective study yet made shows that
the private power industry, under public
i regulation, is fully capable of meeting the
sdemand-and is prepared for any expan-
sion program that future developments
may require
= - 1t would be the most tragic of ironies
II, while We are fighting both hot and
= = cold wars against Asiatic and European
communism, We gave the green light to
communist ideologies here at home. DIR.
Thompson, who devoted a long life to
: working for socialism, was 100 per cent
accurate when he said that naturalization
of power would inevitably result in
governmental control of industry, of agrii-
= cptire. and of all the. energies and pro
lLncuve facilities of the nation,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
From where | sit .. by Joe Marsh
Ought To Polish Up"
Her Traffie Manners!

something. Nobody dares to pass.
When l stop her and ask what's up.
she smiles sweetly and explains
that she's drying her mail polish!l"
-, From where 1 sit, that girls typi-
cal Of certain folks who are so
wrapped up in themselves. they
never.notiee they're not being fair
to others. Our neighbor has Alright
to drive in safety-just IS he has
right to enjoy a glass of beer. Let's
all respect the other fellows
rights.
&e @.4s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

CODrTishL 1850 United States Breieers Foundation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
Kugosluvs Twist
Air Drop Story

BELGRADE. = Up. - A new
story has been circulating n
Yugoslavia as an aftermath 70
Russian repOrts-in the face OF 3
poor crop-that the United States
has been dropping potato bugs
over Eastern Europe 10 destroy
the harvest.
~Now." so the satire goes. Inc
Americans are dropping potatoes
TO feed the bugs"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
10 YEARS AGO

10 YEARS AGO.
Officials of the Navy Yard
Workers Union announced TODAY
that an effort viii be- made to
form credit union for al federal
wogkers IN the Key West area.
David A Rambo. Florida repre-
sentative of the Credit. Union
Section of the Farm Credit Adj
ministration, Department of
Agriculture, now In Mani, will
appear at meeting to be held
at the county courthouse, next
Wednesday evening, starting at
800 o'clock, to which all interest
ed workers have been invited.
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Members Of the Monroe coun-
~ Draft Board viii assemble in
Miami at the county courthouse
next Monday afternoon at 200
O'Clock, according to announce
ment made here this morning.
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Captain Walter F. Jacobs.
.U.S.N-, commandment of Key West
Naval Station, announced this
morning that facilities at the sta
ton had been improved with the
arrival Yesterday Of the Yard
Tug. YTf43.
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Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Popular information is too
often mistaken for education"
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20 YEARS AGO
Are bootleggers working the
Marine hospital or the patients
on the OUTSIDER" This question IS
running through the minds of the
hospital authorities because four
inmates of the institution have,
within the past 48 hours, become
so intoxicated that the surgeon
in charge has felt obligated as a
disciplinary measure. to discharge
them and send them home.
y = \ A.
Diana has been found. After
being sought by many. the runa-
way was captured thiS9morning
by Customs Inspector L. a. Ga
bFiel, who recognized the little
fox terrier from her description
appearing in a story in The Citi-
zen. .si
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

sole opponent, Shirley c. BOtt, by
a vote Of 100 to 294.
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There VIII be dance given at
the AronOvitz Hall on Friday
evening, October Is, under the
auspices of the Woman's Club,
which Will be for the benefit of
the Milk Fund now being raised
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

A turkey may be roasted with
out dressing: but if you do stuff
don't pack dressing IN too tight
ly- The fluffiest dressings are
those that are packed in with a
light hand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12
y 1C
Is YEARS AGO

In a special election. held yes
terday in Key West and Monroe
County for the position ofirepre-
sentative to the legislature.
Charles H Ketchum defeated his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

Any excuse may justify delay but it,
does not get work accomplished.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

The easiest way to find out what a
person knows is to let him talk aloud.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

Nearly one-fourlh Of the acci-
dents in home kitchens are due
70 Scalds and burns
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-12

by the ladies of this organiza-
ton
Evening star., 1950-10-01
AN EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Continued from page seren

across borders, to help spfead the word.
But you must hare something to say. Rus
slams will not risk their lives to listen to
broadcasts that only talk of freedom in
remote and general terms
Here then is the question - and fateful
one - for the American people. Will our
Western world produce some great leader
now, as it has in every crisis of the past, to
speak the words of freedom in such way
that they will echo round the world and
stir the hearts of men? Today the words
and the idioms and the method of trans
mission may differ from the past - but the
inner meaning remains the same.
WHEN will such a leader -or group of
leaders - step forward?
The need today is greater than ever.
This time our job is to smash through the
Iron Curtain and give the Soviet people. IN
words and symbols which they can under
stand, Americas great, time-tested and
ever-thrilling message. 1t is the message OF
malice towards none and charity for all -.
of government Of by and for the people -.
and, under God, new birth of freedom -
around the worh. Inc End
Evening star., 1950-10-01

cratic way of life. But each point is ex-
pressed i'm words which also apply to
the daily lives of Soviet subjects, and
are understandable in terms of their
oscn experience. As an added test of
concreteness, only those points were chosen
which could be translated directly into pic
lures. as shown here. Thus the Proclama-
ton is adapted not only to broadcasting but
to printing on thin rice-paper sheets, easily
concealed and smuggled across frontiers by
anti-Soviet underground workers. This pro-
cedure was employed often and successfully
during World War H. Another method, re-
Gently tested, would be to send leaflets over
the border by small free balloons.
The whole problem is best summed up IN
this comment from one Soviet refugee:
Technically" he writes. I'VE know that
your broadcasts are getting through. OF
course there's always the jamming. And
besides that. only few non-C Communists
nave both the receiving sets and the courage
to listen in. But even few is enough. In
any sealed-in society, really important news
always goes like lightning over the grape
vine. And hundreds of escaped Russians
ike myself are ready to go underground and
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-06-16
ADDITIONAL SocIALS
q PERSONALS

Miss LAVerne Benner, 524 Car
roll Ave, was hostess to the
Charmausetts Social club We'd
nesday. June 7. Members present
were Ruth Davis. Margaret Wal
den, Airline v. Winfield, Ruth
Manning and Charlotte Wilson.
MIR. and Mrs. William NJ. Brown,
22l st. Anthony Ave. celebrated
their seventh wedding anniversary
Wednesday. June II. They had a
small get-together at their home.
Mrs. airline Winfield was re-
Gently hostess to a luncheon given
by the Charmausetts Social club
in honor Of Merrie Ethel Manning,
who will be married June "a 10
Floyd Barr in Oklahoma City,
Okla. The luncheon was served by
candlelight. Those present were
Ruth Manning. Merrie f. Man
ming. Mary Walker, Ruth Davis,
Carroll Jean Walden and Char.
lotte r. Wilson.
The WOmen's Auxiliary Of the
Postal Alliance met Tuesday, June
II, at the home Of Mrs. James
Logan, s26 st. Anthony Ave.
The Future Builders club gave
a going away party Thursday,
June 8 for Mr.. Alfred Stewart,
9S2 Iglehart Ave. at his home.
Stewart recently re-enlisted in the
army.