The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-13
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TAMPA taf A Tampa clothing
store manager who admitted lend.
ing money On Air Force uniforms
has been acquitted Of Illegally tax
ing government property in pawn.
Sam Zbar testified before Fed
eral Court jury The men told him
they owned the uniforms and he
believed that 10 be true. Defense
counsel argued many Of the men
probably believed il, since they
buy their uniforms themselves Out
of clothing allowance.
TAVARES tR Walter Lee
Twins attorneys plan to appeal his
second death sentence to the Flor.
ida Supreme Court.
Circuit Judge Truman G. Tutch
Tuesday denied the Negroes re-
quest for a third trial on charges
of raping young white farm wife
in 1949.
The hearing was brief and irwin
was not present. His attorney, Paul
Perkins, Orlando, cited q reasons
why he said a new trial should
be granted.
State Attorney ]. w. Hunter re-
piled, "All this has been reviewed
once and passed on by the court. :"
MIAMI tH--An injunction suit
was filed Tuesday against the
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
for allegedly violating meat price
regulations.
John Il. Neel, acting district di.
rector Of the South Florida Office
Of Price Sterilization, said the Arp
is charged with selling beef cuts
above ceiling prices and failing 10
properly mark meat displayed and
offered for sale.
Four stores were specifically
named insthe suit although it was
filed against the Arp Corporation.
Stores named were one each in
Miami. Coral Gables, vero Beach
and West Palm Beach.
NEW YORK ln--Electric power
production increased last week To
7.496, 7l0,0 900 kilowatt hours, Edison
Electric Institute reported today.
This compared with 7,4l5, SCI, 900
hlowatt hours the previous week
and was 1913 per cent above year
ago's 6.794 SIT 900.
HUNTSVILLE, Tex. IA young
hillbilly musician died In the State
Penitentiary electric chair early
yesterday for The staying Of a Dali
las policeman
'.0h, God, be merciful unto me,
he cried . rloment before be died
lie slayer, Robert Lee Johnson,
rs. was one of two California hill
billy musicians given death sem
fences. Z.
His nephew, Marvin Eugene
Johnson, Il, is in a nearby cell
awaiting execution April 0 for the
same mnrder--the Staying of Rock
lie Policeman Johnnie Sides.
Robert Johnson admitted shoot.
ing the officer and said his nephew
had nothing To do with the actual
killing.
Sides was shot Jan. %, 1851,
when he and another officer
stopped four travelling musicians
for a traffic offense. He died Feb.
Z. The other musicians, j. w.
Johnson and Maxfield Bill Ponery,
also were convicted of murder and
sentenced to 80 years each.
NEW YORK Up The world
famous A. S. w. Rosenbach col
lection OF Shakespeare folios and
quartos has been sold for well over
one million dollars.
John Fleming, vice president and
manager Of the Rosenbach Co, a
book firm. said Tuesday the col
lection was sold TO DIR. Martin
Bodmer, Geneva. Switzerland.
PHOENIX IN - II cost Mrs. Dan.
iel ]. Freese $1,000 10 make a.
nickel telephone call tuesday.
Calling from public phone
booth. Mrs. Freese forgot her
purse which contained 50 900 in
large bills.
She missed her purse is min
utes later and returned To the
hnnlh. II was gnfie
NEW YORK sE--Harry Manning
SIS, United States Lines commodore
was named Tuesday 10 command
the new $3.50 ton superliner
United States. largest and fastest
ever built in America.
The vessel is scheduled 10 make
its maiden voyage from New York