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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
REYNOLDS School
Needs Repairs
Says O'Bryant

Crumbling plaster and porous
brick at Reynolds st. School are
causing deep concern to school
board members and Superintendent
Horace o'Bryant.
For nearly an hour last Tuesday
night, they discussed ways and
means of rectifying the present sit
uaiion.
Il need some expert advice, -
frankly spoke Mr.. o'Bryant. He
made the rounds Of each board
member to find out il any Of them
had experienced similar difficulties
IN buildings around Key West. No
one vas able 10 offer any help.
Mr.. o'Bryant is writing to a com.
pany that specializes in water.
proofing brick. etc. to and out il
they can suggest a solution.
The trouble seems to stem from
porous brick ard from the fact that
wooden holdings were used around
the steel window encasements
Though the plaster does not an.
pear to be wet, II blooms out
and finally erumhles away.
Superintendent 0Bryant saws
that because at the shortage os
money within the school system.
the Job must he done as cheaply
as possible IL weuld take thoa.
sands og dollaFx 70 tear auf all the
Old plaster ard replace with new
work. Likewise, 20 stueeo the cat.
side of TIE building would not only
he expensive bar desxacs from the
original architecture nf the school.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Vessel Overturns:
Six Are Killed

MIAMI tf-Six persons lost their
lives and IN others were rescued
Sunday when the island motor YES
sci Zelma Rose overturned in
rough water about 40 miles from
Nassau, Bahamas, according to re-
ports reaching Miami today.
The accident occurred at z so
am. near Six Shilling Cay, about
40 miles northeast Of Nassau.
Two Miami men, Sam Wolf and
Robert Little, searched the area
for an hour and a half In their
Reechcraft plane. They had flown
to Nassau for the weekend.
Wolf said they saw mo- survivors
but spotted wreckage and radioed
The position back TO Nassau.
The dead were identified as Coma
Newbold. .. nurse. her sister.
Carol, rs, clerk: Mary Brace.
clerk and Sunday school teach
or; Welhourn pinder, d crew
member, all Of Nassau; Ephram,
Negro native Of Andres Island
end Cherries Algreen, "a, OF Cur
rent Island.
Survivors said the 30-ton Zelma
Rose turned over in i5.foot waves
while most nf the passengers were
below decks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Bundy Elected
Noes Council

William f. Bundy. ETSN. USS
Gilmore. vas elected president Of
the Servicemen's Council at their
meeting at The US0 Noes Club. on
Tuesday. June 3.
Ro' ert p. Yeagle, S03. Fleet So.
mar School, was elected Vice-prcsi.
dent, and H. Harold. F. ~, UsS
Darby. Secretary.
Chairman Of Elections vas B. G.
Francesca. So, UsS Delong. Pres.
ident Bill Bundy appointed J. II.
Peary. sN. USS Darby. Publicity
chairman and Leo Red Groqsn
SOSN. USS Bache Chairman Of De.
coFations-
The Council voted to hold their
meetings al the USO Noes every
Tuesday evening. and folloa brief
business meetings with a Bull
Session" and social hour.
Refreshments Of sandwiches
cake and punch were prepared
and served by Senior Hostess
Chairman Mrs. Alma LATTE TIE
evening ended with al hour II
dancing with Junior Hostesses
Council members present were
william +. Bundy Robert r. Yea.
gle. r. Harold, 3 g. Francesca
J. f Peary Leo CFo@au. d J.
Redmond. Hoberf l. York Leo
Mccormack. Lawrence Reed ard
Thomas A. MulGo0a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Promenade I'm
Marathon SAT.

The regular monthly promenade
Of Voiture Locale It's. 90 and S.
fun and honor Group Of tire Amer
lean Legion, viii be held Saturday
evening At Marathon. Chef do Care
A. NJ. Morgan announced today.
A large group Of local voyageurs
viii leave the City al 6 Pm. on
Saturday on the bus of the Key
West Guard Of Honor to attend this
meeting.
Nomination Of officers for ihe
crslIring year viii he made TIE
annual election is scheduled fuz
the July meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Jack Sellers Wife
Injured In Crash;
Condition Is Fair
accident Took
Place In Miami
Beach This
Morning At 1915

Monroe County Deputy Sheriff
John William Sellers and his wife,
Lorna, were injured early this
morning when their car skidded,
hit light pole, and overturned.
The accident occurred at 1915 a.
m. in Miami Beach, 53rd. Street
and Collins Ave. Both Sellers and
his wife were taken to st. Francis
Hospital where their condition is
described as fair. Miami Beach
Patrolman George Barnes reports
that Mr.. Sellers was driving the
car.
According to Patrolman Barnes,
the car skidded 256 feet, hit an
electric light pole, skidded % more
feet, jumped the curb, and con-
tinued ~ additional feet into bushes
and trees. IL turned over two or
three times before coming to stop.
Both Mr.. & Mrs. Sellers were APP
parently very lucky to have es-
capped serious injury.
Local Businessmen
Mr.. Sellers, more Familiarity
known as Jack, is a popular,
young, Key West businessman. He
Is part owner of Monroe Motors,
Inc. on White ST., and has an in
terest in the Key West Transit
Company.
Active in civic interests and
sports, his chief hobby OF late has
been in the field of tennis. He is
President Of the Key West Tennis
Club and has been very busy during
the past few days making final
arrangements to get the Fourth
Annual Tennis To- nament under
WY l,sa s2p
Mr. 8 Mrs. sellers rexsde al f109
Laird st. They are the parents Of
five children two girls and three
boys.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05

VII LIAM PIERCE. custodian
ii sReynSlds Street scnool,
points out some of the blooms
ing plaster that has caused SO
much concern to school officials.
For further details, see story on
this page. Mr.. Pierce is an old
timer at Reynolds school. His
total length of service is nine
years with the school system
and he has been at Reynolds
for four years. He says that the
present crumbling of the plaster
began three to four years ago
following a hurricane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Eighth Atomic
Blast Deionated

LAS VEGAS. NeY. n The
eighth atomic blast Of the spring
series flashed across the Southern
Nevada sky before dawn today.
The defamation was touched off
al the government Yucca Flat
test site al I. IS am PDT and was
clearly visible here. 65 miles away.
The flash appeared to be more
orange in color than most previous
shots, Possibly this was because
of clouds, which acre clearly il.
Illuminated by the intense light
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Jury Chosen As
State Begins Case
against Sailor
accused OF
Hopkins Murder
BY JiM cosB


Bennett Fielding Hill began his
fight for freedom today in Crimi-
nal Court against the second De-
gree Murder charge held against
him in, the Staying of George II.
Hopkins on the morning of Febru-
airy End.
Before County Judge Thomas S.
Caro-, the % year old sailor entered
plea of mot guilty" when the in-
dictment charging him with the fa-
tai smuggling of the so year old Con-
necticut hotelman whose battered
corpse was found early on the
morning of the Feb. End at the foot
of Simonton Street was read to
him by County Solicitor Alan B.
Cleare who is prosecuting the case
for the state.
The defendant, who appeared in
the courtroom in Navy blues SEEM
ed somewhat paler and thinner that
than his previous appearances. He
has been held in the Monroe County
Jail since his arrest by the Mon
roe County Sheriff's Department
about 80 hours following the find
ing of the body of Hopkins.
Dir. and Mrs. Herbert Hill, par.
ents Of the defendant are in Key
vest for the trial They greeted
!. ear son warmly and sat with
him for period before the pro.
ceedings began. Hill chatted and
smiled yolubly and seemed 10 re
confident of a verdict in his favor.
The elder Hill. who journeyed from
his home in Gloucester City, New
Jersey to be with his son express
ed disbelief that his son could have
committed the crime. He said:
He has always been good boy
and never given us any trouble.
have a two weeks vacation from
the Railroad and Mrs. Hill and
are going to stick with him no mas.
ter what happens. The Hills are
staying at the home Of a friend Of
their sons, Navy Chief attached
TO the USS Gilmore
Following the reading Of the Ia.
dictment, Il took about one hour for
the selection Of Jury. The six
man panel includes five Nave. sta.
ton employees and an Insurance.
man. Both the defense and the pro.
secutlon excused jurors for rea.
son. Those selected include: Ger.
aid w. Myers, James W. White.
Jesse ]. Montgomery, BENJAMIN
Saunders, Charles S. Matthews
and Leland S. Gwinn. Before the
swearing In Of the Jurors defense
attorneys Enrique Esquinaldo AMI
William Albury asked Hill II he vas
satisfied with the selection. he rs
piled. In low voice "It's alright
with me. -
When Solicitor cleare read the
Indictment TO the jury, the posi-.
bility that large bone. introduced
at The preliminary hearing a. an
ailedged murder weapon viii not
re . factor In the States case vas
indicated The Information In the
indictment charged that Hin as.
saulted Hopkins with a blunt IN.
strumeut, but that "said Insiru.
meut Is unknown The bore vas
found al the scene Of the Staying
By sheriff's Deputy Serge Herman.
der.
Testimony Of just one witness
vas heard today priosa 10 the noon
adjournment as William Cassidy. a
daiFyman, told u finding the body
Of The deceased about T.2o On shs
morning Of Feb. znd, Solicitor
cleare introduced The clothing az
tCoDtinut On Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Truman Will
Attend Dem.
Convention
But VIII Go Only
After Democratic
Presidential
Nominee Named

WASHINGTON P - President
Truman said today he will attend
the Democratic National Conven-
ton after it has chosen its presi-
dental nominee-and he will not
be that nominee.
The President added that he
like 10 attend the whole Chicago
Continued IN Page Three,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Woman's Auxiliary Monroe General Hospital
Declares COnly's Criticism Not Justified
ASKS ALL
TO FORGET
POLITICS

Or. Leonard conly's criticism Of
Monroe General Hospital today
drew sharp retort from the Wo-
mans Auxiliary.
The ladies haze written letter
10 The Citizen tn which they say
that the hospital has never been in
better eegldition and they ask the
general pu' lie for help In making
II q bigger and stteF" institution.
Politics should be forgotten and
tie medical staff should iron out"
their problems amongst themselves
IS the suggestion offered by the
Auxiliary.
Text Of the letter follows:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-05
Employers Question That Stubbs Is Attempted Rapist
Accused Is
Called "Quiet
Flooding Man.;
Hearing Soon
BY SUSAN McAvoY

The present employer and a
former employer of William
Stubs. held in county jail on a
charge of investigation of at
tempted. rape say that Willie is
good boy, and they don't be-
lieve he could have been the man
who climbed into bed with a white
woman early Sunday morning.
M. E. Bennett, contractor, for
whom Stubs has worked three
years, said:
Whoever was the offender
should pay for it, but it doesn't
seem like Sfubbs. He's a quiet,
plodding type, has big family"
A former employer of Stubbs got
on the phone to urge Peace Justice
Roy Hamlin to hold a preliminary
hearing as soon as possible to as
certain if Stubbs Is really the man
whom the Young matron accuses of
the crime
The woman who is married and
also works. filed her affidavif with
HauI;n todav Che ;dant;f;ad
Stuhhs as the man she saws climb.
ed into her first floor bedroom and
into her he'd She saws that she
WAS awakened "a find I Negro n
he'd VIA her mat when she ~.
temnted to resist his attack he
grabbed her r. liz fac1 nd throat
inflicting ! minor facial wound. He
alec eha s.;d oordged ora eve
He fled when she screamed She
said.
In cases az ATTEMPTED rape the
woman's identity Is not made
known This woman could NOT no
located Il her residence this morn
inc ~ Il Nav nlaca ~ worl Che
had snent mart ~ the morning with
Hamlir arrord;ro ~ ne;phhors
while this renorter was sitting
IN the oes;ca u County Jndoe|
RAYMOND r. Tord Negro
woman ana two cnildren came -
~ see him
.Mr lord w;u;..s no,har e n
Nav yorL ~, cha asLad nc a.
come and see Won and see VIVA.
could he done for willie until she
gats bark w;,ua q GOOD how ;,
Lasa "a ,a,a A.. ,..or,s, a.,
J. Y Porter Is renresenting S,uhbs
ana tbs, h.ar;rg ,s,ll ha haId
soon
Haml;n said Ia ain hold . hear.
inc az soon a. T,r;r,;raI cour, al. |
;c,rns Ths nrsssnca of County Co
i;citor AIlan q clsara r. l. neces. |
cary he said sor ths bear;ng and |
Cleare il a. prasent tied I'M In
court with the Rennatt Hin case
Chief Deu,sv Sheriff Tommy
Dixon said that he mad strict or.
ders 10 release nothing on the case
II WAS common falk NJ the court |
house however FRAT hlne suade |
shoes ara hst fo,r5 In che roor, |
~ the accusing woman did mot III |
Stuhhs ~ Al
s.stuhbs would rsver have had n !
!.
Evening star., 1952-08-31

so now Grady knows where she is. !" funed
Inspector Queen. He was on special assign
ment in charge of the case. Hell 60 for her
sure. She told Piggott and Hess when they
flew up to Montreal that she can even drape
frst-degee murder rap around Gradys fat
neck"
Me-" said Sergeant Velie gloomily, Il
wouldn't give plugged nickel for that broad's
chances of getting back to New York alive.
what is Grady, a jet pilot?" asked Ellery.
Fly her down"
"She won't fly, has fear of heights,
snapped his father. Were stuck. Ellery."
Train or car, then." said Ellery. whats
the hassle?"
"A train he'd make hash out of" said
Sergeant Velie, land car he'd hijack some
truck to run off the road into big hole"
you're romancing.."
Maestro, you don't know Grady!"
Then you're tackling this hind end to-
said Ellery negigently. dad, have Grady
and his gang picked up on some charge and
locked up. BY the time they're sprung this
woman can be safe on ice somewhere in
Manhattan"
''On ice is where she'll wind up," said
Sergeant Velie. "And speaking of ice, who's
for bucket of something cold?"
When Ellery found that Diamond Jim had
anticipated interference and disappeared with
his entire company, including Maybellene. a
respectful CLINT came into his eye.
Let's pull a trick or two of our own. Grady
will assume you'll get Lizbet to New York as
quickly as possible. He knows she won't fly
and that you won't risk the trip by car. So
he'll figure she'll be brought down by rail.
Since the fastest way by rail is through ex-
Evening star., 1952-08-31

press, it's the crack Montreal train he'll be
cunning for. Does he know Piggott and Hess
by sight?"
Lets say he does" said Inspector Queen.
perking up notwithstanding the heat. "I1l fly
johnson and Goldberg up there along with a
policewoman of Lizbet's build and general
appearance. Piggott and Hess take the
policewoman onto the Special, heavily veiled,
while Goldie and Johnson hustle Lizbet onto
slow train ="
you think this Houdim plays with pot
sies?" demanded Sergeant Velie. "You got to
do better than that, my masters"
'Oh, come. Sergeant. he's only flesh and
blood" said Ellery soothingly. Anyway,
we'll do better than that. To befuddle him
completely, somewhere along the route we'll
have her taken off and complete the trip by
car In fact we'll take her off ourselves. Feel
better, Velie?"
''You don't know Grady" said the Sergeant
sadly.
So DETECTIVES Goldberg and Johnson and an
ex-chorus girl named Policewoman Bruusgaard
flew to Montreal, and at the zero hour Detec-
tives Piggott and Hess ostentatiously spirited
Poiicewoman Bruusgaard - veiled and swell
tering in Lizbeth's mink - into drawing
room on the Canadian Limited. Thirty min
utes after the Limited rolled out of the
terminal Detectives Johnson and Goldberg.
attired as North Country backwoodsmen and
1,,co;cr ha<farod c,,;fcococ cua0uorod hohind
Lizbet into the smoking car of sooty,
suffocating all-coach local express entitled
laughingly The SNOWFALL Lizbet was in dowdy
clothes, her coiffwe was now blue-blac and
her face - scrubbed clean of heavy makeup.
seemed suckers bet to fool even Grady. so
many wrinkles and crow's-feet showed.
And the game was en- route. For on
sizzling morning in August two squad cars
set out from Manhattan, for upstate New
York. In one rode the Queens and Sergeant
Velie, in the other six large detectives.
The Sergeant drove lugubriously 1T won't
work, he predicted. He operates practically
by radar And he can spot and grease an
itchy palm from nine miles up. | tell you
Cradys got this up his sleeve right now"
you croak like witch-doctor," remarked
Inspector Queen. "Just remember, Velie.
if we don't get to Wapaug with time to
spare -"
Wapaug was whistle-stop on the c & NY
Railroad. 1t consisted of straggly single
street, and a roasted-looking cubby of a
station. The two cars drove up to the brown
little building and the Inspector and Ellery
went inside. No one was in the hotbox of
waiting room but an elderly man wearing
sleeve garters and an eyeshade who was polk
ing viciously at the innards of a paralyzed
electric fam
Evening star., 1952-08-31
At PLAYFUL moments
IA Diamond Jim Grady
1;kod fo raEoS fO h;r,soyf nc
FicrloH

l 1 i n A10IUOtN Juu Ol0Oy
liked to refer to himself as
magician, claim the police never disputed.
Grady's speciality was jewel robbery at gun
point, branch of felonious vaudeville which
he had elevated to an art form. His heists
were miracles of advance information, timing,
teamwork, and deception. And his loot van
ished with the speed of light, to be seen no
more in the shape the manufacturing jeweler
had wrought.
Grady's most spectacular trick was keeping
himself and his fellow artists out of Jail. He
would drill his small company without mercy
in the wisdom of keeping their traps shut.
There was rarely slip and when one occurred.
the slipping assistant disappeared. As Dia-
mond Jim reasonably pointed out, What
witness can identity slob that amt here?"
Grady might have gone on forever collect
ing other peoples pretties and driving the law
mad, but he pulled one trick too many.
In explanation it is necessary to peep into
Diamond Jim's love life. Lizbet had been his
big moment for two years and ten months -
a golden and Cutlery eyestopper. Now in
underworld society romantic attachment of
almost three years duration is equivalent to
an epic passion. and Lizbet had developed
delusions of permanence. Unfortunately, she
also developed an appetite for pizza pies and
French ice cream. So when one night Grady's
bloated eye cased the dainty anatomy of
Maybellene, pivot girl of the Club Swahili
line, that was all for Lizbet.
One of Grady's staff, lovelorn lapidary
who could grind an ak as well as diamond.
tipped Lizbet the bad news.
Lizbet was revolted at the perfdy of man.
She also realized that unless she damned with
great rapidity her life was not worth bangle
on a Junk counter. She knew far, far too many
of diamond jim professional secrets; she even
knew where couple of bodies -ofex-slobs -
were buried. So Lizbet took barely the time
to grab an old summer mink before she did an
impromptu vanishing act of her own.
IMMEDIATELY Lizbet became the most popu-
Lar girl in town. Everybody wanted her.
especially the police and Grady. But Lizbet
was not in town at all. She was in Canada,
where the Mounties were large and incorrupt-
ible. Once in Canada Lizbet slung the summer
mink about her plump shoulders, TAXED to the
nearest police station, and demanded protec-
ton and immunity in exchange for pledge
to take the witness stand back home and talk
herself, if need be. into lockjaw. And she
insisted on being ushered into cell while
Montreal got in touch with New York.
The long distance negotiations took twenty
four hours. Just long enough for the news to
leak out and inundate the front pages of the
New York newspapers.
Evening star., 1952-08-31

Whats with The Snowball?" Ellery asked
Number 113? On time, Mister
And she's due p"
"1Ol8."
Three minutes" said Ellery. Let's CO."
The cars had drawn up close, one to each
end of the platform. Two of the six detectives
were leaning against an empty handtruck.
Otherwise, the platform was deserted
1918 came. They all squinted north. 1913
went. At 1920 they were still squirting north.
The station master was in the doorway
now, also squirting north.
"Heyw rasped Inspector Queen, Where
was that train on time? In Vermont"
AT Grove Junction" The station master
peered up the tracks Its the all-train stop
two stations north"
lib stops at the next station north. Mar
mion? Did you get report from Marmion?"
II was just gonna check, Mister.
They followed him back into the hotbox
and the elderly man got busy with the tele-
graph key. ''Marmion Station Master says
she pullcu III dILO Out Ou SAiAC. ACtS ANAoA
mion 1912"
''On time at Marmion," muttered Ellery.
Its only six-minute run from Marmion to
Wapaug." -.
Funny" fretted his father It was now
1922. How could she lose four minutes on
six-minute run? Even on this railroad?"
The Queens returned to the platform to
stare up the local track After moment
Ellery hurried back into the waiting room.
Station Master, could she have switched
to the express track at Marmion and gone right
through Wapaug without stopping?" He was
sure of the answer but his brains were frying.
''Nothin's gone through southbound on
these tracks since 7:38 this mornin'."
ELERY hurried out again. His father was
sprinting up the platform toward the squad
car. The two detectives had already rejoined
their mates in the other car and it was roaring
up the highway. headed north.
Come on!' shouted Inspector Queen Ellery
barely made it before Sergeant Velie sent the
car rocketing toward the road. Somehow
Grady got onto the trick - a smear, leak at
headquarters! He's waylaid The SNOWFALL be-
tween here and Marmion - wrecked it,"
They kept watching the ties. The auto
mobile road paralleled the railroad twenty
feet away, with nothing in between but gravel.
And there was no sign of passenger train,
in motion or standing still, wrecked or whole.
Or of freight, or even handcar.
They almost zoomed through Marmion
before they realized that they had covered the
entire distance between the two stations. The
other Car was parked below the caves OF
small shed. As they shot back in reverse, four
of the detectives burst out of the little station
"She left Marmion at 1912, all right,
, 1952-05-06
TO: All WEB Stution
Members

There Will be a meeting of
all members Of the Volunteer
Extinguisher Brigade, at the
Comanche, Thursday, May 9th
at $50 pm.
Each station member should
have at least three alternates.
# not selected as yet please
try to do 50 ia order that they
may attend meeting also
Please inform alternates Of
meeting.
, 1952-05-06

g ...
Of Fritz Henle's motion pic
ture Of the Virgin Islands for
tourist development purposes
out Of the $4,000 to be allocat
ed to the Virgin Islands Tour
list Development Board il the
next fiscal year.
(d) confirmed the appoint
ment Of Mr. Vernon G. Rich
ardson as Comptroller.
(e) approved the terms Of
the distillery to A. II. Rise.
() acted upon pending loan
applications, and
(g) approved the continual
ton of the limited service be-
nefits program for superan-
nuated employees to June 80.
1858.
The Board heard the appeal
Of Labor Union President Ray
mond Pedro for increased
wages for the field workers OF
the Corporation, noted that
the Increased task rates made
effective BY the President had
resulted ia higher than the
minimum wages for the great
majority Of workers during
the crop season, and continue
to handle discussions with
him as to rates Of pay for the
corporations field work after
the crop season.
The Board expressed its pleas
ure at the competent handl-
ing Of the wage situation by
President Gordon Skeoch and
Mr.. Pedro Of the Labor Union.
, 1952-05-06
BUCCANEER

mors to the effect that the own
ers Of the Buccaneer had OBJ
jected. Although Mr.. Arm
strong does not like il person
ally; on the contrary, his mo
ther thinks it is very pretty,
and adds to the harbor; for
herself the mast is just like a
ships mast and is ia no way
offensive to her.
# they were against the es-
Enlistment Of the station sure
" they would not wait until,
money was spent, and work
completed.