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The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Serious Accident
Injuries NOrciso

Two Key Westers, William
Roberts If 628 William 81. and
George F. Norciso of 7 Hunts
Lane, were injured yesterday
morr'n~ e 9.Fo > N. in an au-
tomobile accident on Stock Is
land.
Norciso is confined in the U. s.
Navy Hospital. His condition is
reported as serious. He suffered
head injuries and was still un-
conscious this morning at ten
o'clock.
Roberts, more fam i4iarly
known as SLEEPY, Jr.", was dis
charged yesterday morning from
the Navy Hospital. His injuries
were classified as minor.
The accident occurred as Rob-
erts, returning from the Ameri-
can Legion Clubhouse, attempted
to round curve on Country
Club Drive. Police reports indi-
cate he was driving at an ex-
cessive rate of speed. The 1850
Mercury practically wrapped it.
self around coconut palm.
Police Officer Henry founders
Investigated for the police de-
partment.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Reggie Trevors
Have Their Share
OF Bad Luck

The Reggie Trevors believe
that it never rains but it pours
- bad luck.
Their car was smashed after
being stolen by two juvenile
delinquents on Friday. Though
the parents of the boys said
they would pay damages, they
are covering only half of the
$435 estimated damages to the
1889 Chevrolet. The balance the
Trevors will have to make up.
Then the two bikes stolen by
the same boys, belonged 70 their
relative James Hilton Pinder.
The bikes were found abandoned
on the Boulevard, after the boys
traded them in for the stolen
car.
The last straw for the Ire eVors
came yesterday. They found that
two checks paid then for trips
on their charter boat Osprey"
bounced. SO today they are
out not only $217 for the car,
but $50 in bad checks.
Mrs. Trevor said philosophical
ly this morning: Maybe this
week will be our week for good
luck"
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Two Men Receive
Safety Awards

Two local men have received CO.
eted Safety Drivers awards from
he National Safety Council. They
re:
Alpheus Higgs, 1928 Harris ave-
aue.
c. D. Russell, 153-E Poinciana
Place.
Both men are employed by the
Railway Express Agency. Higgs is
10 years Of age. He has been driv-
ing for twelve years without an
accident.
Russell received the one-year
safety award.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Todoy's
Stock
Market

NEW YORK R-The stock mar
ket drifted lower today after an
uncertai nstart.
Most of the declines were frac-
tions and the losses we're spread
through every major category.
Among the steel stocks, Repub-
lie moved ahead fraction and
u. S Steel, Bethlehem and Youngs-
town were down a similarly small
hgure.
In the oil group, Sinclair, Stand
ard Oil (ND and Texas Co., were
df slightly.
Among the wider losses were
Amerada Petroleum (down around
ihree points at times) and Texas
and Pacific Land Trust (off around
two points at one stage).
The declines included Chrysler,
u. S. Rubber, Zenith Radio, Ana
eonda, American Cyanamid, South
srn Pacific and Northern Pacific.
The advances included Magma
Copper, Du Pont, Johns -Manville
md u. S. Gypsum.
The curb market slipped little
With Atlas Plywood and Calgary
and Edmonton down around a
point at times. Other declines in
sluded International Petroleum,
holybdenum and Investors Roy
lty.
On the bond market, corporates
iropped lower in light trading.
7. S. governments were steady.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
The
Corner
px rLApIEe nlIepHEe
BY CHARLES puERKEs

Try as ore may. it is difficult to
avoid politics.
Ignore politics, especially during
an election campaign. and you are
branded a civic Stacker" !" '.politi-
cal coward" "welcher," or what
have you, by the professional vote
getters.
Voice your opinion, stick in your
tuppence worth, and you are stick
ing out your neck from here to
thar. The machine boys slyly
threaten you with the old axe, if
you know what / mean. II you DON t
know what / mean, cousins, you are
still more than somewhat moist be-
Lind your shell pink ears.
The political machine" is a
mighty big hunk of mechanism. 1t
costs pretty penny to build. takes
heap Of wampum to keep it oiled,
and the up-keep is no two-bit pro-
position. The pretty pennies and
wampum, of course, comes from
Johnny @. Citizens coin purse.
A political machine has to keep
functioning, come Hades or high
water, or the moolah will cease to
flow into the greedy channels goug-
ed by patronage, special interests
and machine bosses.
The machine chaps tho are step
ping out of the political picture
have picked their successors. New
names and faces, free from en-
barrassing capers in public office,
men with no record of administra.
tive inefficiency, are in the lime
light, backed by the old, establish
ed machines. Through these ambi-
tious lads the machine manipula-
tors are able to challenge candi-
dates who are running without be-
nefit of the unholy alliances with
"syndicates," racing tycoons, or
other powerful special interests.
Charges and countercharges fill
the old ozone, the word Smear"
comes into its own, and the chap
whose sincere special interest" is
that of the tax paying public finds
himself having a rough battle on
his hands.
Florida has been blasted In print
and on the air, nationally, as
state teeming with corruption. The
guilty officials screamed loudest in
protest of the revolving revelations.
Most of them seemed to believe it
their right to indulge in bribe TAX
ing (and giving) and to ignore the
oaths they had sworn, the respon-
sibilities they had assumed, and the
trust their constituents had placed
in them.
The adverse publicity resulting
from the Florida political scandals
has severely shaken much of the
good work and honest effort set
forth in the interest of the state by
progressive business men, cham
bers of commerce and other clean,
civic organizations.
Just as the most guilty Of our
elected officials screamed loudest
at the revelations of their ineffi-
ciencies and crude conduct, so the
voters have screamed at the shock
ing actions Of the men they elected.
But those men were elected by the
voters. and by persons who did not
vote!
Too many voters sell their price
less heritage by tossing their votes
in the direction Of some cagey
character who can, in a pinch
squash traffic ticket, or promise
soft job to one of the voters
shirt tail relatives.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Leroy Torres
Holds Lost KEYS

Fire Chief Leroy Torres has in
his possession a number of keys in
leather case that were turned
in to him by Kenneth Waite. The
lost keys were picked up in the
vicinity of Fleming near Simonton
streets.
Owner of the keys may have
same by contracting Chiei Torres
and making proper Identification.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
f'aY
.Rownsup %

MUNSAN, Korea LP-Allied and
Communist truce delegates pro-
duced no signs of headway in an
11-Tinute secret session today. II
appeared both sides had run out
of things to say in the Korean ar
mi5tice deadlock.
North Korean Gen. Nam II,
chief Red delegate, spoke from
notes for nine of the IL minuts
in session at Panmunjom. Then
he proposed a recess until Tues
day at II am. g pm. Monday
EST.
Vice Adm. c. Turner Joy, head
of the Allied delegation, emerged
from the conference tent and said:
Il am sorry but we are still in
executive (secret) session and l
can tell you nothing. We meet
again tomorrow.
The secret sessions of the chief
delegates began one week ago
when the United Nations Command
laid before the Reds a proposed
overall solution to unsettled prob
lens.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
SOFTBkLI.
SCHEDULE:

May s, 7:30 p.m.-CorpCral VS.
Bell Telephone.
8 p.m.-USS Navy VS.. Gen
eral Electric.
May s, 7:30 p.m.-Navai Hos
pital VS.. Sunny Isle SluCgers
8 pm.-VX-l VS.. Bell Tele-
phone.
May 9, 7;30 p.m,-Sunny Isle
Sluggers VS.. US Corporal.
9 p.m.-Naval Hospital VS..
General Electric.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05

MANUEL MARION wH,oosN

MANUEL MARION WNtODEN
Manuel Marion Whidden, IS, died
this morning after short illness.
He resided at 2S32 Harris avenue.
The body is being sent today 70
Fort Myers, Florida for funeral
services and burial in the family
plot by the Lopez Funeral Home.
Survivors: mother and father.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marion Wild.
den, Fort Myers.
Two Brothers. Emery and
George, Gates Mills. Ohio; three
sisters. Mrs. J. G. Wells. Lake
Worth. Mrs Eustls Whiden. Fort
Myers, Mrs. Etoile Rigdon. Tam
pa one sen. Lois Lamar Whidden.
Fort Myers.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
TODAT'S GAMES

6v The Associated Press
American League
St. Louis at Washington
Cleveland at Boston
tOnly games scheduled
National League
Boston at st. Louis (night)
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh
New York at Chicago
(Only games Scheduled)
Florida International League
Miami at Havana
West Palm Beach at Tampa
st. Petersburg at Miami Beach
| Lakeland at Fort Lauderdale
Florida State League
Gainesville at Palatka
Jacksonville Beach Sanford
Cocoa at st. Augustine
Orlando at DeLand
Daytona Beach at LeeSburg
The green of May is edging all tn,
boughs
The shy arbutus glimmers in tn
wood.
Edwin Markham.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Comm. Meeting
Tonight Unlikely

Victor Lowe, City Clerk, has in.
formed The Citizen that in all pro-
liability the scheduled meeting of
the City Commission for tonight
will be postponed until next Mon
day.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
Leaves For Italy

PARIS R<-Gen. Dwight D. Els
enhower left Paris today by plane
for Italy, continuing his farewell
tour of the NATO countries.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05
SPOR
SHORT

TAMPA Up - National Skeet
Shoot Champion Francis Ellis,
Jacksonville, had an overall score
of 29sx3o0 Sunday to win the Flor
ida state skeet title.
Marie Ellis, no relation, won the
women's crown with 2S9x300. jun
ior honors went to George Hodges,
eighth grade Bolles Academy
tJacksonville) student, who had
291x300.
Curtis Newsome, Larry overly,
A. E. Melton, Dick Wilkerson and
Arden Streit, all from Gainesville,
took five-man team honors with
49lx500.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05

SEOUL, Korea R-U. S. Sabre
jet pilots destroyed four Commu-
mist jets and two Red propeller
driven planes in aerial d0gfights
over Northwestern Korea Sunday,
the Fifth Air Force reported today
There were three clashes in the
area just south of the Yalu River
boundary between Korea and Man
churia. The fights ranged from
10000 feet down to 5000.
Four Red jets were shot down
as 80 5abres jumped a 12-plane
MIG formation. Earlier, Sabre
pilots Swooped down on two low
flying Red planes of conventional
design and downed them.
In a third scrap, two Australian
Meteor jet pilots tangled with two
MIG 15s and reported one MIG
probably destroyed.
Allied losses, if any, will be an.
nounced in a weekly summary.
The smashing Sunday air vic
tories were tempered somewhat
by the Air Force announcement
that Col. Albert w. Schinz, deputy
wing commander of the 51st Fight
er-interceptor Wing, disappeared
in aerial combat May l.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05

WEST PALM BEACH R- 1t.
Arthur Cook of the Palm Beach
international Air Force set a new
range record Sunday in the state
small bore rifle championship
when he scored 3,195 points of a
possible 5000.
His score was 3,195 - 243x,
meaning he scored 243 in the small
ler circle. w. P. Schweitzer of
Palm Beach was second with 3,193
--243x.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05

ORLANDO tR-Ten year old
Teddy Ghioto, Dothan, Ala, won
the sixth annual National Pee Wee
Golf Tournament here Sunday with
an SS.
He shot az on the first nine and
46 on the second nine. He was
runnerup last year, also with an
8S.
A record us competed in the
tourney for boys and girls three
through IL years of age.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-05

ORMOND BEACH R- Defend
ing Champion Jimmy Paul came
back in the last eight holes to de-
feat Daytona Beach City Cham
pion Andy Arcury 2-1 in the So
hole final of the first annual men S
South Atlantic Golf Tournament
here Sunday.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Hollywood Diary
Sun Valley Is Filled
With Hollywood Ruins
By Sheiloh Grohom

HOLLYWOOD.
Sun Valley looks like a battle
field, with Hollywood Producer
Andre Hakim hobbling around
with a broken ankle and Screen
Writer Douglas Morrow with a
broken ankle and knee. But Dar-
ryl Zanuck's luck is holding-he
won a medal for skiing.
Norma Shearer, coached by her
ski expert husband. Martin Ar
rouge, is a champ of the snow
slopes. She has forgotten her plan
to stage a movie comeback.
Mickey Rooney and Martha
Vickers are scheduled to baptize
their 21-month-old Teddy at the
Unity Church in L. A. on Mickey's
first free day from Military Po-
liceman." In spite of Martha's
vagueness when questioned, I hear
they'll reconcile. Mickey is with
Martha and the boy every free
moment.
Arlene Dahl stops me on the
set Of Caribbean Gold" with "Say.
have you heard I'm having q
baby?" I haven't, and she isn't,
although the rumor is rampant.
Gloria Grahame and Nick Raye
break the deadlock of their law
yers with a face-to-face meeting
soon-the first since they sepa-
rated five months ago. The finan-
cial settlement is the problem.
With this settled, Gloria will file
for divorce.
Cornell Wilde's 1.-THE Greatest
Show On Earth" is the best thing
that has happened to him in years
Il have three good scripts to
choose FROM" he tells me gleefully
Even one from Metro. Last year
they wouldn't even speak to me-
I saw Jane Wyman, dressed for
a killing, at the Fran Warren
Mocambo opening. The guy with
jamie, Travis Kleefeld. who used
to be in love with the ex-Mrs
Madman Muntz.
Lana Turner decorating the
same nitery with Fernando Lamas
Is that still on? Conspicous stag
Jackie Coogan. It's hard to
remember he was once married tc
Betty Cradle.
Who is the Merritt Van Cleve OF
Connecticut who calls Nancy Sina-
ira every day?
Was it printed? Jennings Lang
said of the Wanger shooting, "It
was like a montage, you know
what q montage is" Reporter
Will Fowler, son Of Gene. replied
'Yeah, it's a movie device to cove
up a lousy story"
How did Errol Flynn gets his T1
rights from Warmers? Enrol i
one of the few stars in HOLLYWOOD
under contract to o major studio
who has television rights. Smar
Feller.
Red Shelton kept $2.10 Of tn
$4,000 he was paid at the Londol
Palladium last year. This yea
Evening star., 1952-01-15

last week of John O'Hara's
Farmers Hotel" in a televisior
adaptation while it still is on the
fiction best seller list, may suggest
where the next golden age is COM
ling from.
But it never will be so golden
as the one Hollywood created.
| n \ y
Unlike movie fans who seem tc
have more time and enthusiasm
for it, drama departments do not
keep up fully with the romantic
lives, and habits. Of film stars.
Because they really do not keep
up with who is married to whom,
they live with a kind of social jit-
ters that prevents them from ask
ling an actor. or actress, "How's
the family?" The chance always
is too great that it will be an en-
tirely different family from the
one it was several years ago, with
the exception of Lenore and Jo-
seph Gotten. The Cottens are like
the Bank of England.
The justification for this is al
ways being confirmed by events,
even such a simple one as clean
ing out letter drawer in the drama
desk. That happened in this de-
partment yesterday when, midway
in the task, an especially ornate
envelope yielded a cheerful note
signed "Ava and Mickey Rooney" !"
Between them, they have had
at least four. perhaps five, mar
|riageS since.
Waits and strays: "The River
which was the National Board of
Review best foreign picture, and
high on other lists, continues to
pick up honors. Latest to
choose it as the best-domestic or
foreign-f1lm Of 1851 is the Gen.
|eral Federation of Women's Clubs.
|. Street Car Named Desire"
and can American In Paris" ran
two and three on the list of the
Federation. "Quo Vadis" also
was among the first ten. Top
actor in Mexico in 1851 Is Kirk
Douglas. but it is not a 1851 pic
ture that earns him the destinc-
ton. The honor comes for his
performance in "The Champion"
which was shown only last year
south Of the border. That
pretty perfectionist amongst act
resses, Katharine Hepburn, will
use no double in the tennis shots
of her new comedy, Pat and
Mike. =. She is taking lessons
from Pro frankie Parker who de-
clares that Miss Hepburn will
have no trouble at all looking like
the champion she's supposed to
Evening star., 1952-01-15

nlC plays. NO longer Will any
movie producer be so reckless a.
to pay $3.50, 900 for a dramatic tri.
fle such as Room Service" OF
100000 for a wispy novel such as
John Steinbeck's 1.-THE Moon L
Down"
II ever checks as large as these
are written again, 1t will be fol
a South Pacific" which like 'Ok-
lahoma!" happens to be not for
sale.
This department has not the
slightest notion which. Of the best
seller authors among novelists and
playwrights is the most disap-
pointed by this turn of events.
Reading Dempsey's piece. however,
the mind instantly flashed to r.
win Shaw, a part-time screen
writer and a good one.
Shaw is the author of an enor-
mously popular novel. 'The Young
Lions" of several years ago. 1t
was a tale of three soldiers, one
of them a Nazi slowly strangling
on the poison in the Fatherland's
political system, and it was a best
seller for months.
Hollywood was hotly and prop
erly interested in "The Young
Lions" a sort of predecessor to
Call it Treason" out of which
the currently popular film, de-
cision Before Dawn" was made.
Even then, however, fiction prices
were on the down grade in the
movie capital and bargaining be-
tween the prospective buyers and
seller was hopeless.
There were reports at the time
that, much less accepting one of
the more moderate offers, Shaw
was holding out for the largest
check ever paid for a fictional
work - considerably more than
6teinbeck's record 100000 for
"The Moon Is Down."
In time, as all things seem to
happen, every one stopped talking
about the prospective deal.
1t did come up, however, in a
conversation this reporter had re-
Gently with a Shaw admirer among
The successful writer-director group
In the film colony.
did you ever run across any,
one who regretted the Young
Lions deal never materialized?"
this reporter asked.
Never did," was the reply.
Critical taste out there has
sharpened a lot during the last
few years. I like Shaw, myself,
and I have a keen admiration for
his feeling and his style-but I
always felt The Young Lions was
much too contrived."
incidentally, the appearance
Evening star., 1952-01-15

he goes to Ireland with Gene
Fowler. "And for once won't
work like a dog while everyone else
has fun"
The Bob Crosby kids won't be
|outdone by Uncle's Bing's. When
Bob records again, he'll have two
of his sons on the platter.
Mrs. Gary Cooper: Unlucky in
love, lucky in oil. The oil lease
she shares with Henry Hathaway,
Sam Engel and Hugh Marlowe, has
well producing 70 barrels a day.
Joan Crawford is testing Rich
ard Egan for Sudden Fear" Dick
wants the picture, as much be-
cause they shoot in New York
for a week as because the part
Is good. Ann Southern, Dicks
girl, is in New York with her
play, Faithfully Yours
David Brian denies the persist
ent report of marriage trouble with
wife Adrian Booth. 1--WE have
quarrels like other married cou-
ples." says David. "What about?
The garden. Leaving the car out.
I'm an actor, she's an actress;
we're both quick tempered. But
we're made for each other"
William Holden and wife Bren-
da Marshall will be in New York
for Thanksgiving - they'll do
radio and TV together.
Joel McCrea has retirement or
his mind. After Thanksgiving in
New Mexico with his sons, Joel
will fly to Nevada to find what
he calls "a retirement ranch"
Mrs. Gene Nelson has been
ordered to stay in bed for three
months. It's a spring baby. Gene
switches from dancing to pitching
in '"The Big League" for Brynie
Foy.
Audie Murphy's ulcers COM
pletely cured because of his four
f1gure-a-week, seven-year con-
tract at U-I. Security is good
medication. Audie's RED Badge
OF Courage" is getting raves.
Gregory Peck's fainting spells
have been diagnosed as the result
Of a heart muscle he strained as
an oarsman in college.
Marjorie Main didn't get to
France for ma And Pa Kettle Go
To Paris" But Mari will be really
miffed If they don't send her to
Honolulu for her next, Ma And
Pa Kettle Go To Honolulu"
(Released by North American Newspaper
/ Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

,11:50 am, 2::20, 4:45, 7:l5 and
9:45 pm.
Nationals Smoky; 11:15 am.
100. 2:45. 4:30, Sis. 500 and
l9:45 pm
Ontario-'Darling, How Could
Your; 1880. $3.50, 5:35, 7:45 and
l9:45 pm.
Palace - "Quo .Vadis':; 11:35
am. 2:45. 5:55 and 9:05 pm.
Pix-"Jesse James; 2::25, 500
and $40 pm.
Playhouse" Caesar and Cleo
patra";; 10:30 am. 12:35, 2:45
and ASS pm. Premiere of "The
Medium" at 8 pm.
Plaza - "The Lavender Hill
Mob; 1880 am, 1925, 200,
1855. Sis. $50. $50 and 1905
pm.
Trans-Lux - "A Place in the
Sum: 1885 am, 1:05. 3:15, $50,
TAO and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"I'll See You In NV
Dreams: 11:15 am. 1870, $3.50,
I5:35. 1885 and 9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1952-01-15

Red Shelton kept $2.100 Of the
$4,000 he was paid at the London
Palladium last year. This year
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Where and Wher,

Stage.
Arena-"Twelfth Night; s:3l
pm.
New Gayety-Jose Greco ane
his Spanish Ballet; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Ill See You il
My Dreams; 1:05, 3:10, $50 70!
and 9:35 pm.
Capitol-"The Model and tn,
Marriage Broker: 11:0O am, LAS
4:30. tbs and 1000 pm. Stag.
show: l2:45, $3.50, 6:l5 and 9 pm
Columbia 1.-THE Unknown
Man; 10:45 am. 1885, 2:3O, 4:2O
6:15, $40 and 1000 pm.
Dupont-"Tales of Hoffmann"
100, $40, $40. 1880 and 9:40 pm
Keith's-The Strange Door"
1885 am. LAC. 3:45. $50, 7::5s
and 1000 pm.
Little-"Pool Of London; $40
8:15 and 1905 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Drums;
Evening star., 1952-01-15

WYWFM1a i2sh { Hlswssn So. NJ
M&sW AWM "A 6-4llA
ERRoL FLYNN in ADVENTURES
OF CAPTAIN FABIAN" at SEQ.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
The Passing Show
Next Writer'S Golden Age
Will Be Much Less Golden
By Joy Carmody

David Dempsey saying brightly in The York
last Sunday that the golden bestseer
over so far as Hollywood is concerned
And although they lie outside his journalistic province
might have added that write
Evening star., 1952-02-21
Too Close Motorists
Caused 1879 Mishaps
In '51,D.C. Board Says

With police statistics showing
that II per cent of all last years
serious traffic accidents were
caused by following other cars too
closely. failing to yield the right
of way and failing to give full
time and attention to driving, the
Commissioners Traffic Advisory
Board has come up with some
words of warning.
Last year, the advisory board
noted, 1929 accidents were caused
by motorists following too closely
behind the car ahead of them.
Slows Traffic, Too.
Besides being dangeseus." COM
mented A. Julian Brylawski, the
boards Public Information Com
mittee chairman, following toe
closely slows traffic. Starting and
stopping is faster and safer if you
keep your distance from the car
ahead. Five feet for each mile
per hour your are travelling is a
good slide rule. And it's good to
remember that no matter how OF
when your auto collides with the
car in front, you are at fault"
During 1851. there were 2,70O
accidents-some of them fatal
because the driver failed to yield
the right of way.
Sometimes" said Mr.. Bylaw
ski, "it is difficult to tell who has
the right of way. But even if
you know you have the right of
Evening star., 1952-02-21

way, don't prove it by having an
accident. And above all, remem-
Der the pedestrians have the right
of way at crosswalks and inter-
sections. Courtesy prevents ac-
cidents.'
Rule Covers Both Sides.
Last year. nearly 1000 acci-
dents were blamed on motorists
who failed to give full time and
attention to their driving.
Motorists and pedestrians
alike are governed by this pro-
vision in our traffic laws" Mr..
Brylawski pointed out.
Failing to give full time and
attention to your driving is seri-
GUS enough if you are driving.
If you are walking, it may mean
your life. In any case, the pen
alties are severe. Whatever you
do. give it your full time and at
tention. The court will accept
nothing less"