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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

Judge Goddard
Sets Bail At
100000

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-(PD-
Alger Hiss has been sentenced TO
serve five years in a federal pen
itentiary. The former State De-
partment official was found gull
ty last Saturday on two counts of
perjury, and today he was SEN
fenced to five years on two counts
of perjury, and today he was
sentenced to five years on each.
but the terms will run concur
rently. No fine was imposed
When the verdict was handed
down, Hiss was white-faced, but
composed.
In the trial of Hiss, the jury
found that he had lied in denying
that he had passed secret state
department papers to ex-Com-
munist Whitaker Chambers. in
1888, and in denying he saw
Chambers after January 1st, 49,
81.
In sentencing the 45-year-old
Hiss, Federal Judge Henry God
dard denied defense motion
that he not be sent to prison. The
Judge commented; This should
be a warning that a crime of this
character may not be committed
with impunity."
The attorney for Hiss. Claude
Cross, filed notice of appeal. HIS
then was paroled in the custody
of Cross until later today when
he must post bail which was
set at $4,000.
Just before HIS was senteced
Cross asked Judge Goddard for
permission for Hiss to make a
statement.
Hiss, ashen-faced, rose from
his seat beside his wife Priscil-
la, and walked slowly to within
a few feet of the bar, accompani-
ed by two marshals. In clear
voice he declared:
Il would like to thank your
honor for your consideration and
for this opportunity again to
deny charges made against me.
II am confident that in the flu
ture all the facts will be brought
out to show how Whitaker
Chambers was able to carry out
forgery by typewriter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Lathers, Sent Up
From Key West,
Escapes Prison

According to word received
here today. Dave NJ. Lathers. who
was convicted in Criminal Court
here April 18, 1949, for breaking
and entering the Cosmopolitan
Restaurant 528 Fleming street,
escaped from the state prison
camp at Fort Myers last July.
Lathers was shot and wounded
by Special Patrolman Albert (Wil-
lie) Gwynn when he tried to es-
cape from the restaurant. When
he had recovered from his injury
and after he had been convicted
for breaking and entering the
restaurant he was sentenced to >
years in the state penitentiary by
Judge Thomas S. CARGO.
A letter received today by Har-
~ Dongo, clerk of Criminal
Court, from Assistant State Attor-
ney E. NJ. Magaha. said he want
ed a record of the arrest, convic-
ton and sentencing of Lathers.
The latter did not state Lathers
had been captured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
COMMISSIONERS
WANT DREDGER
KEY RE-OPENED

Monroe County Commissioners
today will contact U. S. Naval
authorities relative to having the
county resume operations at
Dredgers' Key.
The commissioners said at yes
terday's meeting that mari for
Key West and Monroe County is
vital.
They are hoping that the Navy
will allow them to resume opera
tons at some other location on
Dredgers' Key.
1t was the profits from the
Mari account that allowed the
county to pay huge deficits in
Cured at the Monroe County
Hospital.
Without the mari profits, the
Monroe County Hospital would
have been in serious plight. De-
prived of these profits, the coun-
ty next year would have to seek
other means of revenue.
Today committe representing
the Monroe County Commission
this morning conferred with Com
mander Husband, USN, of the en-
gineering division of the Key
West Naval Station. regarding the
couhty'S continuing the dredging
Of Dredgers' Key.
The committee is now trying to
work OUT an agreement with the
Navy. The committee expects la
ter to announce some plan of con-
tinuing the dredging.
The u. S. Navy has indicated
the use of Dredgers' Key for a
housing project.
The committee was composed
of County Commissioners Joe Al
len, Gerals. Sanders, and Clarence
Higgs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

Ron Four said today. She will
JON the fleet of tugs and other
vessels that are attempting to
float the Missouri, known as
Big Mo-, which ran aground
when leaving for maneuvers in
the Caribbean.
1t is reported today that U. S.
Army and L. S. Navy engineers
are attempting to dredge a new
channel off the main ship chan
mel out of Norfolk to the spot
where the Big Mo lies aground.
1t is hoped the big ship may be
tioated early in February. when
the tide is particularly high.
More than 90 tugs and other
Navy vessels have been unsuc-
cessful in their attempt to free
the Missouri so far. They have
placed their combined power on
the vessel and could not bulge
her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Two AdmiralS
Reach Key West
For Inspection

Rear Admiral Lloyd Harrison,
USN. and Rear Admiral L. H.
Grant. USN, with Commander N.
ID. Kirgan, Jr., USN, and Lester S.
Chambers, USN, arrived here last
night to attend the study of Anti
Submarine affairs in the Key
West Naval Base.
Tonight Dan A. DriScoll, Under
secretary of the Navy, accompa-
MED by Vive Admiral F. S. Lowe
and Rear Admiarls M F. Schoef-
fel, USN, and d. V. Gallery, USN,
are scheduled to arrive at the
Key West Naval Base for the
same purpose.
Yesterday Rear Admiral c. B.
Momson, USN, who invented the
(Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
.England's Office
Open Until 6 PM.
Monday, Tuesday

The county-s registration office
will stay open until 6 p. M, on
Mondays and Tuesdays to give
workers chance to register, John
England, county supervisor of re-
gistration, told a committee rep
resenting the Monroe County
Commission today.
Commissioners Joe Allen and
Clarence Higgs called on England
to see if he could not remain
open on Saturday mornings to
give workers a chance to regis
ter. England pointed out new
state law which does not permit
any county offices to open on Sat-
urdays, but he agreed to remain
open until 6 p. M, Mondays and
Tuesdays.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Mora Pleads Guilty To
Aggravated Assault; Fined
Costs In Criminal Court

plea of his client and urged Judge
Thomas S. Caro- of Criminal court
to be lenient. Judge Caro- fined
Mora the costs in the case.
Judge Caro- later adjourned
Criminal Court until tomorrow,
excusing the jurors assembled
from further duty until that time
County Solicitor Allan B.
Cleare, Jr,, explained the Navy
had sent him word the complain
ing witness against Gabriel Her
nandez, who is charged with ag-
gravated assault, would be unable
to be in court for some time be
cause he had undergone an OPP
Grafton upon his appendix at the
Naval Hospital Judge Caro- then
directed the case for the next
term of court.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Defense I'eSlimOn,
OF Cornelius Will
Be Started Today

TAMPA. Jan IS -tlp1l The
defense will begin iis TESTIMONY
today in the second trial of Wafd
{ Cornelius. charged with KILN
the man who clipped Wiih hn is
year-old daughter
The State completed iis case %
Tampa yesterday Il went esel
the same ground covered in a.
first trial last November ahrh
ended IN a m istriai when thr ur
could not reach q verdict
One new witness testified Sos
terday 90 hearing Curnrliu
threaten b. Kill the divorced hau
tlst preacher. the Reverend j o.
Lane. four DAYS afteI lcalnins af
the elopement
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Complaining Witness
Against Cafe
Proprietor Did Not
Wish. To Prosecute

Mario Mora, proprietor of a
Truman avenue cafe, who some
time ago was arrested for firing
a revolver at Duval and Greene
streets, this morning pleaded
guilty to aggravated assault in
Criminal Court.
Attorney George Brooks, who
represented the complaining wit
ness, said his client did not wish
to prosecute, saying the two men
always had been friends.
Attorney Hilary Albury, who
appeared for Mora, accepted the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
$4,000 ChrysIer
Workers GO Out
On Strike TODAY
Mem talked
Omf litter Sir
Months az
Negotiations

DETROIT Dan IS -ta9 This
N# ief stfikC IS on
Nw CSC United Auto Work,
ere aaefva ils 8g0oo Chryslcl
nfn fn saik oug after nego.
itafMm hfuke 80 at 8f5 a. m,
tT
Hhfn assembly lines came g. q
hat an1 aH activity stopped
HflF fhr strike affects all
anHH empluYers az ChrysleE. DE
Hf Daiar and plymouth.
tHan pr ldoni Walter Reu-
thf seed the strike was called
fssat fhe company would mol
aaee n package If benefits
aHiH ia cent. hoairly per work
Anhmiah Chrs .ler offered a
fiea e. muHfh pension plan. the
HnHu aairClcd in the terms
1he eumnany Insisted that IL
hf ifrmitsd e. Operate the plan
fn raY a. Fou 80 basis The
anHu demanded that a jointly
aln nkirfud trust fund be set up
eHh fhe company putting in a
80 amuaui Coz each hour work.
81
Ite salkout viii affect q total
"a tf0eM ChFysleF workers In
81 giants across the country. II
sill alsa biz some 5000 20 lO0.-
HN eurloyccs ~ suppliers and
aeairfa The strike Is the second
af ChrYsler within the last two
fean Negotiations 30 avert Il
lasied So months
a ChfYsler statement said:
Calling Chryslcr employees
zen strike. tn the face Of the pen
ahfn and insurance benefits
ChfFaipr bas offered, shows
analn how difficult. II not futile.
H b. a. trv e. do business with
popie who DO such irresponsible
things
Neuiher said
The Chrysler workers and
their Union were prepared to call
oif the strike II the corporation
suuld meet the established pat
tern 81 90 cents an hour"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

John r. DeWeese has been ap-
pointed superintendent of FIT.
jefferson National Monument,
Dry Torgugas.
DeWeese relieves James Cass
Of Leconia. N. II. Cass has been
transferred 10 HOpewell Village,
Pennsylvania National Historical
Site.
DeWeese is a native of Dayton,
o.. and a property owner in Key
West. He takes as active a part
in civic matters as his duties
permit.
For the past four years, De-
Weese has served as boat captain
Of the Fort Jefferson"
Fort jefferson is SO miles west
OF Key West. The only way to
reach the historic island is by
either charter boat or plane SER
vice.
DR.. Samuel A. Mudd, Maryland
physician. was Imprisoned at
Fort jefferson until President
Johnson pardoned the physician
for his heroic work in the Yell
low Fever epidemic.
Construction of Fort jefferson
was started in 1916 and was con-
tinued for so years, but was
never finished. AT the beginning
Of the War Between the States,
some $l,250,000 was spent upon
the fortress, but it was stil only
half finished.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Key West Vessel In Norfolk
Hell ping Float USS Missouri

USS Tringa, the Naval subma-
rine rescue vessel, which is on
duty with SubRon Four of the
Key West Naval Station, is now
in Norfolk, Va, and will be used
in an effort to float the USS Mis-
souri,. that went aground there
on January II.
The Tringa has been here since
the departure of the regular res
cue vessel, the USS Chandelier,
which sailed for Philadelphia to
undergo an overhaul, and which
is not scheduled to return here
before April.
The Tringa arrived at Nor
folk last night, officers of Sub
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
.l,482 Residents
Have Registered

A total of l,482 Monroe County
residents had registered to vote
in the county up to today, John
England, county director of reg
istration, reported.
There are about 1000 voters in
the county who may vote in the
May primaries and in the Novem-
Der election, England said. They
have only until March 81 to do
so.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Frank Bentley
Announces For
Commission Post

Frank Bentley today announced
his candidacy for reelection to
the Board of County Commits
sioners, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary to be held on May
2.
Mr.. Bentley, chairman of the
board, returned Friday from Tai
lahassee, where he had attended
a meeting of the State Road De
partment. He had been delegated
by the Board to invite the depart
ment to hold a meeting in Key
West. The invitation was present
ed and unanimously accepted.
Judging from information Civ
en- me" Mr.. Bentley said, '"The
personnel of the department that
will come to Key West will num-
Der between twenty-five and
thirty In addition. the contrac-
tors and dealers in road building
materials, together with their as
sistants, will number about 500
Chairman Mcclellan said the
meeting will be held in Key West
sometime in March"
Briefly, Mr.. Bentley enumer-
ates some of the things he has
helped to do while member of
the County Commission:
Purchase of the Monroe Coun-
ty Hospital from the Federal Gov
eminent for IA percent of its orig
inal cost.
Purchase of Monroe County
Clinic from the Federal Govern
ment for 20 percent of its origin
al cost.
CONSTRUCTION of County Home
on Stock Island for $4,000. Uro-
viding a habitation for colored
people in the old County Home.
Construction of lateral roads
on the Florida Keys.
Construction of Monroe Coun-
ty Beach, the site for which was
acquired from the Federal Gov.
eminent.
Acquired lease on a section
of the Fort Taylor reservation for
a beach and recreation center for
colored people. Contract has been
awarded to construct a ball field
there. work on which will begin
shortly.
purchase of voting machines.
Lease from the Navy of a part
of Dredger's Key to obtain mari.
The County's net profit from the
sale of mari has been approx
mately $4,000, of which $22, 500
was given to the Monroe County
Hospital, which had had a deficit
of $4,000. This transfer of funds
saved property owners one and
one half mills in tax levy.
Restoration of a voting pre-
cinct on Matecumbe Installation
of caution lights at all schools on
the Florida Keys. Working to OBJ
tain rural electrification for Low
er Keys.
'Plans for the construction of
feeder or lateral roads on the
Keys with money obtained from
the Countv's share of the seventh
cent gasoline tax, which, the
State Road Department says, will
amount to S495, 900 in the next
three years.
Preparing of the hurricane
damage to the south side of the
Roosevelt Boulevard"
Mr.. Bentley. who is serving his
sixth year on the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, four years of
which he has served as Chairman,
promises, if elected, to continue
bis efforts to secure for Monroe
County those things that will
make our County better place in
which to live.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Turner Directs
Fun Night For
Tourists Tonight

In the absence of Harold r.
Laubscher, manager of the Key
West Chamber of Commerce, who
is in Tallahassee, the master of
ceremonies at Fun Night tonight
in the USO-YMCA will be Forrest
Turner, director of the Y at
Jackson Square.
The program was incomplete
today, but Turner said that among
the entertainers would be tap
dancing by Ralph Holtsinger, at
tached to the u. S. Naval Station,
Continued On Page Fourj
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Arrest Orders
issued Against
ScOOIers, Cycles

Orders to-day were issued TO all
cas- pairolman 20 arrest drivers of
moiur scuutors and motor cycles If
anY are found % be without muf-
ilers ur with improper ones, and
are making altogether too much
nusr said Chief Kemp.
There have been complaints
naainst this and n has 10 stop Or
nnrs have been issued to arrest
ems volators OF the muffler ordi-
nancr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
MARCH OF DIMES DRIlE
HERE REACHES S3.70o
COLLECTION MARK

The March Of Dimes DHss has
reached a total 81 s17oa tsfsF
announced c. B Harvey Car
paign Director with : SASS
goal. the drive is behina elhea
ule," said Mr. Harvey. aara
because the response g. fha ana
cards has been very poor e. datf
OF more than 6.0oo cards fas'ra
only 200 have been retufned ~
Harvey urgently requests "a So
sons receiving coin cards ca fll
them in and return them o. a.a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

and adults are IN grave aanzfT
from the standpoint that there s
no money left Whatsoever 81 lha
funds of the Monroe Cauntg
Chapter or the National Head
quarters at New York from whnln
the local county receives eTants
when its funds are exhausted
II was pointed out that thesd
volunteers IN policemen ana
women who are taking time fIum
their own home. their oWn Tam
lily. and their own friends % -
out and collect contributions. ma
for themselves. bat for an chil.
dren and adults are performing
commendablc civic and charitable
deeds. If you should happen -
give more than once. remember
that il is cheap Insurance.
second dime may keep polio sway
from your very own ehild-Doiio
is very painful and very expen-
sive. National statistics prove that
an average case of polio costs 50. (.
600. In Key West. some cases have
cost a minimum of $1,000. bat
many cases have cost more than
the national average and one case
alone right here at home has cost
more than $4,000. Just suppose
this latter case was yours Think
of how fortunate you and your
children have been 10 be spared.
Volunteers are doing an out
standing job The girls from the
Navy Wives Club with Mrs. Tes
sic Braxton. president. and Mrs.
Judy FauldS. member. sit at the
polio pot, from early morning
to late evening. At the days end
SO little money has been thrown
in the pot" that it averages less
than the girls would have made.
had they been gainfully employ
ed. This is seriouS-there must be
sufficient funds for our local PEG
ple-civilians and naval depend
entS alike-to be treated. Mr.
Harvey said that the people Of
Key West should give in appre-
citation of this city being spared
during the horrible l949 polio cpl
demic when polio ragged all over
other parts of the United States.
Mr.. Harvey stated that one of
the most touching experiences to
date was when the widow with
out small children gave her
'mite"-her mite was the com
plete filling of 81 card. Know
ing the need for this woman 70
retain these dimes. the chairman
was reluctant at taking them as
he felt one dime from her was
more than adequate But would
the widow have it that way? In
deed mother children now had
children themselves. In cOmpari-
son with this widows mite, il
behooves us to give one days pay
for keeping polio away from our
children Remember, Polio is I'M
fair to childrenl"
Another experience was with a
Navy wife. Mrs. Gloria Bressler,
who had polio here during l949.
Mrs. Bressler stated that she
wanted to help during the last
drive by collecting at the theatres
as-she fel. that there was. a partic-
ular need for her doing this. She
continued that manX were the
times she had sat in theatres
when the volunteers came in to
pass the pots to which patrons
could voluntarily contribute. This
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

As possible o. ma
YOUR contributioB len 3
plain enveloTe 60 ere
March of Dius
Mr. Harvey pante
out that both chadfrn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
JOHN DeWEESE IS
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
OF FORT JEFFERSON

John r. DeWeese has been APP,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25

- West Flosida hos the
- a4anhle eilmoie In The
MaT viii an avoEugo
taa Of only a. Fohrenhsli
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-08-01

the man who stayed with catt1e-or
at least the man who has kept a
part of his investment IN time,
labor and capital in livestock. He
produces more of his own food, his
personal housing costs are lower, he
depends less on any one crop or
single phase of his operation.
But during several of the past
few years his was the harder lot.
Thirty acres of his land was still
producing one calf per year, while
80 acres down on the flat might
have produced almost thousand
bushels of wheat.
1t would seem that at least a few
more changes are in order in areas
where but one crop is the basic
cash income for family. New grass
and legune crops are being tested
that may have a place in the pic
ture. 1t may mean putting dam in
a coulee or drilling a well from
either of which water may be
pumped via overhead irrigation for
small pasture or hay crop.
For some it will mean milking a
few cows, raising few hogs or
perhaps feeding out a few calves
during the winter, putting them on
summer, before sale as grain feds
in the fall. Farm flocks of sheep
under fence and without herders
might answer diversification prob
lem for others.
Each farm will present a special
problem. The second generation
homesteader will find it a real chal-
lange. The possibilities are still un-
tapped on the horizon of the great
plains area.
The stability of the individual
home and the prosperity of the en-
tire northwest area will depend or
how many changes can be made in !;
practical manner.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-08-01
RANT The cost. maximum returns
must be realized.

rant fhe cost. maximum returns
must be realized.
Improved pastures for beef pro-
duction are here to stay. A well
planned program, amply financed
and carried out in closely watched,
busines-like maner In both the
developmental stage and in the uti-
lization period, has proven to be a
good and sound business venture.
ersons desiring further and more
specific details for particular ranch
areas should consult with the local
county agent or other agricultural
advisors for the area.
A new publication entitled 'Ir-
rigated Pastures" has just come off
the extension service press at Mon
tana State college. Harold Dusen-
berry, irrigation and pasture special
ist, has summarized the general in
formation covering experiment sta
ton findings for irrigated pasture in
Montana. Persons desiring this bull
letin or further and more specific
details for particular ranch areas
may obtain them from their local
county agent or other agricultural
advisers of the area.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-08-01
More Grass on
the Plains
Continued From Page 34)

Continued From Page 34)
know that the whim of the weather
has lot to do with the price as well
as the yield of wheat. They know
that town living, the maintenance of
two houses, the purchase of all milk,
butter, meat, cheese and eggs and
other added costs of town plus
country residences can use up much
of the profit of a single lower-than-
average wheat crop in one year.
Among the most stable of the
operators, both in 1910 and 1850, is
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-08-01

PORTAGE PLUS MIXER calf Now in service in the purebred
Hereford herd of Portage Farms Woodve Ohio We have full
brother above pictured bull the ranch Now
2-year-old he has much prospects as his brother.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-08-01
Working Useful Herefords

You'll find that Needham- Hickey Herefords working
useful cattle all the way back Bred and raised
range well back in the Snowy MIS- the bulls grassed out
out in summer-they ready to go to work when you
buy them, they stay on the job
They're Profit Making Herefords.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-11
SPINGARN PHOTOGRAPHY
FEATURED in CRISIS

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Forty-
two books and thirty-two pamph-
lets written in English by Negro
authors in 1949 are listed and
summarized by Arthur B. Spin
garn in the February issue of
The Crisis, official organ of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People.
Mr.. Spingarn, who succeeded
the late Joel E. Spingarn as pres
ident of the NAACP in December,
1899, is well known as a collector
and student of the writings of
Negro Americans. Books by Ne
gro Authors, 1949," is the four
teenth annual resume of its kind
prepared by Mr.. Spingarn for The
Crisis.
Also featured in The Crisis for
February are: what One Visitor
Discovered About the South" by
Otis w. Coan; "And Forbid Them
Not" an article about the inter