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Evening star., 1953-04-02

shows he was held for the grand
jury on four robbery cases in
1947 and five housebreaking
cases in 1949 before the 1852
series of robberieS.
Another Multiple Case.
In another case where Judge
Bastian faced a multiple Of
fender, Aloysius Hart. colored,
%, was accused by police of 10
housebreaking cases in october
and November, 1852. He was
indicted in three cases of house
breaking and larceny.
In one case, he was accused OF
stealing $285 worth of jewelry
and silverware. In the second
case, he was accused of taking
1891 worth of property and in
the third case, he was accused
of taking $71 worth of prope; ty
all in the course of house
breakingS.
He was convicted in the first
case of housebreaking and lar
ceny and allowed to plead guilty
Evening star., 1953-04-02
America and France
Accept Soviet Bid
To Air Safety Talks
BY the Assoeiuisd Press

BERLIN, April 2.-The United
States and France accepted to-
day a Russian invitation to join
in current Soviet British talks on
air safety over Germany.
The invitation from Gen.
VASTLY Chuikov, chief of the So
Wet control commission in Ger
many. came after the British
had met twice with Russian air
force experts to discuss ways of
avoiding such air incidents over
Germany as the destruction of
British bomber by Soviet jet
fighters March IL.
Gen. Chuikov had suggested
the parley in an exchange of
notes with the British on that
incident. which took the lives
Of seven British airmen.
Nothing has been made pub
lie on the progress of the talks.
They opened at Soviet head
quarters in East Berlin Tuesday
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Armed Robbers 10 Get
No Mercy in Court,
Judge Bastian Warns

Judge Walter Bastian today
told defense attorneys seeking
leniency for their clients that
armed robbers would get no
consideration from, his court.
Sentencing in U. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia, Judge Bastian declared:
'"Fhe people Of the District
might just as well know that
If any one holds up any one
with a gun, there's going to be
trouble as far as I'm concerned.
A man with a gun is a potential
murderer.
Sentences Consecutive.
Judge Bastian gave consecu-
tive sentences in two cases be-
fore him. Oddly enough, the
consecutive sentences he meted
out in one case were still to
Is years less than those meted
out to the same defendants S
partner in crime by another
judge.
Michael Contee, jr., colored,
%, and John j. Parker, colored,
26, were accused by police of
three taxicab robberies and five
pocketbook snatchings in Janu-
ary, 1852. Both men were in
dicted in three robbery cases
Parker pleaded guilty in two
cases last year and was SEN
fenced by Judge Edward A
! Tamm to serve consecutive SEN
tences of five to IS years each in
the two cases. The third was
dropped.
Released from Hospital.
Contee, meanwhile, had beer
found mentally incompetent tc
stand trial and went to st. Eliz-
abeths. He was released from st
Elizabeths early this year tt
stand trial and was found guilty
in the three cases, which haC
been consolidated for trial.
Today. Judge Bastian SEN
fenced him to serve ~ to
years in each case, to run con-
secutively, for a total of AZ tc
IS years.
Police said Contee's record
Evening star., 1953-04-02

to housebreaking only in the
other two cases.
Judge Bastian sentenced him
to serve one to three years in the
first case; one to three years to
run concurrently in the second
case, and one to three years to
run consecutively in the third
case for an overall total of two
to six years.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Adenauer Sails
For Visit 10 u. 5.
BY the Associoted Press

LIE HAVRE, France, April g.
West German Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer sailed early today
on the liner United States for
the United States for high-level
talks with American officials.
The chancellor, who is his own
foreign minister, will confer in
Washington with President
Eisenhower and other top Amer
1can leaders. He will be the
first German chancellor ever to
visit America while in office.
He flew in yesterday from
Bonn in a United States Air
Force CAT. He was accom-
panied by his daughter Lotte, 26,
and a party of government ex-
perts.
Before sailing, Mr.. Adenauer
indicated that even more critical
talks may take place next month
when he visits Britain. He told
newsmen:
,"I don't want to play hide
and-seek with you. I have re-
peatedly urged Foreign Minister
Eden to accede to Frances wishes
for closer association between
Britain and the EDC."
BONN, Germany, April 2 (P.-
United States High Commits
sioner James Bryant Conant is
flying to the United States
Saturday for a three-weeks stay
He is making the trip so he
can escort Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer on his official visit to
America.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
404 Casualties in Korea
Raise U. 5. ToIIto 1928
BY the Associoted Press

Announced United States bat
tie casualties in Korea have
reached si31. .928, an increase Of
404 since last week,
This. was slightly larger in
crease than the past few weeks
and apparently represented ini-
tial reports of the casualties in
the renewed heavy fighting
around "Old Baldy" and Bunker
Hills.
The Defense Departments
weekly summary yesterday, based
on notifications to families
through last Friday, showed 80
killed in action. 318 wounded
and six missing.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Marine Shrugs Off
Sayings, Refuses
Fathers S Assistance
By the Asseeioted Press

DUBUQUE, Iowa, April "A
handsome 18-year-old AWOL
Marine from Camp Lejeune,
N. c., today faced murder charges
in three States after rejecting
efforts of his grieving father to
help him.
Fred E. McManus. who
shrugged off five slayings as too
bad" told his father, Nose Nc
Manus of Valley Stream, N. Y,
brewery executive, he did not
want the help of the lawyer the
elder McManus had retained to
defend him.
The father flew into Dubuque
from New York and had a brief
interview with his son last night
in the Dubuque County Jail.
Greets Father Calmly.
The youth, who earlier had
said he didn't want to see his
father, greeted the elder Nc
Manus camly and shook hands
with him before authorities led
them to an Office for a short
talk.
During the 15-minute meeting
a deputy sheriff who was present
said young McManus shed a tear
when his father made a refer
ence to the girl who accom-
panied the boy on a four-day
cross country crime spree.
The youth leaped from his
chair, knocking it over, and
started for the door in apparent
indignation at the remark. The
| father covered his eyes and wept
then left the room.
When the elder McManus at
tempted to see his son a second
time a short time later, the
boy refused.
Il don't want you to spend
any money on me-" he said
81 know what I've done, and !
know what I want to do.
want TO get it over with quickly
| now"
Never in Trouble Before.
The fathers attorney, Herbert
j. Hoffman of Dubuque, when
asked about plans for the boys
defense, said young McManus
had told him he wanted no legal
representative and therefore his
hands were tied.
The elder McManus said later
IT simply cannot understand it
The boy has never been in trou-
BILE before, and has never caused
trouble of any kind"
The youth in an interview
earlier, however, had said he had
had trouble with his family
lever since I can remember.
Mr.. McManus planned to maxi
another attempt today to ge
his son to accept the assistance
of his attorney.
Young McManus has written
and signed a statement admit
ting a car theft killing at Roch-
ester, N. Y, last Friday anC
double killings in holdups al
Keeneyville, ILL.,, Saturday and
Spring Valley. Mimi, Monday.
Feels No RemOrse.
During his interview he tolc
newsmen he felt no remorse over
the slayings.
Its just like reading of the
death of a man 500 miles away
you don't know him and cans
associate any feelings with him
It was too bad" he said.
He told newsmen he knew
what was going to happen tt
/ him: "The electric chair"
In his confession, McManu.
admitted killing:
William A. Braverman, 19
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Herndon Businessmen
Seeks Council Post

Philip M. Nachman, 80, Hern-
don CVa) businessman, has filed
as a candidate for the Town
Council in the June 9 election.
A newcomer to politics, Mr..
Nachman is a graduate of Hern-
don High School and Strayer
College of Accountancy in the
District. He is a member of the
American Legion and lives at412
Vine street.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Mrs. Roosevelt Plans Trip

NEW YORK, April 2 P).-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt ad-
dressed the Harvard class of
AT last night and afterward
revealed she planned to leave
May 19 for a five-week visit in
Japan. She said she would re-
turn via Europe, stopping for q
while in Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
TuImodee Rejects Roise

ATLANTA, April 2 (P. -,
Georgia's Gov. Herman Tall
madge yesterday rejected a SAL
ary increase from $4,000 to.
$17,36 a year. He was entitled
to the raise under an act of the
1858 Legislature which author.
lied pay increases for majoI,
State officials. But Gov. Tall,
madge. elected in 1948 and again
in 1850. said he would accept nd
increase for the term to which
he was elected. .
Evening star., 1953-11-29
The Folks
Next Door
BY Mildred and
Laurence Tilley

EVERYBODY loves the
= fomiIy next door. Moth
er's q wonderful cook and O
pushover for bock- door bor-
rowers. The whole neigh
borhood knows the way to
the fomiIy refrigerator.
The folks next door ore
kitchen-tested. If you don't
believe it, just onolyze their
portraits. You'll find they're
all assembled Of Kitchen
ware.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Say
Russians Fear


NEW YORK H - archaeological
progress has made life in the Unit.
ed States much easier, but the
average Russian is still afraid of
new time-saving gadgets.
This comparison was presented
indirectly recently in seven sep
arate speeches at the 22nd annual
forum of the New York Herald
Tribune.
Six experts on living conditions
in this country agreed that Ameri-
can designers, architects, artists
and industrialists have made great
progress in giving Americans clean
homes, healthful working condi-
tons, innumerable Gmesaving de.
vices and gadgets.
The seventh speaker, Associated
Press Correspondent Eddy Gil
more, who had been chief of the
AP Moscow bureau for IL years,
described life in Russia.
Gilmore said the Soviets blatant.
ly copy American industrial de-
signs but do not fare too well. He
said the Russians do not like mod.
ern gadgets and are mystified by
them. Gadgets "Seem to be too
much trouble" Gilmore said.
While his Russian refrigerator
was "fairly economical" Gilmore
said. ut just wouldn't make ice
in the summertime. He also re-
called that servants refused to use
his steam iron, his electric wash
ing machine and his vacuum clean.
er.
Americans show no hesitation in
using such devices, the other six
speakers indicated.
However, the SIX wondered what
has been done to provide Ameri-
cans with useful and beneficial
means of spending their leisure
time. One speaker estimated such
time as 1000 hours more per
year than in the age of his grand
father.
The six speakers were Henry
Dreyfuss, industrial designer; Paul
r. Williams, architect and consul.
tant from Los Angeles; George
Nakashima, woodworker of New
Hope, Pa; Arthur A. Houghton
Jr., president of Steuben Glass
Inc; Charles Edwin Odegaard,
dean of the College of Literature,
Science and the Arts, University
of Michigan, and Francis Henry
Taylor, director Of the Metropoli.
tan Museum of Art In New York.
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IN the shadows where the tran
from the So curved towards the
Double ID ranch house scuatted
Walt Kirk. From the Lazy X GAL
lery he had watched the 50
through a pair Of binoculars and
shortly before shutdown had seen
Ben ride along the trail which led
to the Double ID. Wait had saddled
I'D and struck across the range TO
the hills behind the Double d.
and had circled 10 this point 20
await Ben's return. The question
as to who was TO have Diana Den
ton must be settled.
At last he heard the thud of
hoofs and saw the vague shape of
horse and rider as they swung
around the corner OF the house
and headed up the trail towards
him
He got up, took q deep breath
and hitched his gunbelt into po-
sition- He'd give Ben . break:
he'd speak first and let Ben know
what to expect The horse came
along at walk. When il was
dozen feet away Walt said THAT
you. Benz"
He was watching Ben's right
arm against the starlight and he
saw the stab which il made for
the gun. caught the CLINT of steel
as the weapon cleared the holster.
Walt fred and as he did 50 the
horse reared and the bullet struck
il in the throat. II gave Q convul-
sive leap and collapsed.
Ben landed on his feet and his
Colt roared as he hit the ground.
He had only the orange lance
of fame from Waits gun to aim
at, but the bullet sped true. Walt
felt an impact on his chest as
though somebody had smitten him
with a sledge and he was driven
back two steps by the force OF
the bullet. There was no pain:
just a sudden numbness Of muscle
and mistiness Of sight
He returned the shot instinc-
lively, also aiming at the fash
Of the others gun. He took a fall
tering step forward and saw that
Ben was no longer standing up.
He fell and his out-fiung right
hand touched that Of his rival.
Spasmodically the fingers closed
around Ben's hand.
That is how they found them,
Diana and Tombstone and the
other two. They were not dead.
Ben's bullet had gone clean
through Waits chest and Waits
lead had torn into Ben,s left side.
They carried both men into the
house and Tombstone went fog
ging it for the doctor.
Diana experienced a feeling OF
relief. This was the perfect solu-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21

NEW YORK B-Profit gains re-
ported by business firms cheer
both industry and Wall Street to-
day.
The first 80 corporations to re-
mort net income for the third quar-
tier show two out Of three doing
better than a year ego. Combined,
their earnings after taxes register
a ass per cent increase over the
summer months of 1852.
The first flow of earnings state
ments-only a handful out Of the
hundreds to be made In the next
few weeks-has helped bolster SEN
Itiment on the stock market.
Taken along With reassuring
/, statements by q number of COM
pany heads as 20 earnings pros
poets for the rest Of this year and
chances for next, the reports may
allay some of the gloom that over
took many businessmen during the
summer.
Thirty reports are too few. Of
course, to do more than give a
hint Of which way the profit winds
are blowing.
Early reports aren't uniformly
bright. Nine of the 80 firms show
earnings trailing last year, and
1.-TWO operated in the red during
July, August and September.
The first 80 include big corpora
ltions and small and are scattered
widely through the various indus
tries. Combined t1ey report third
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sons" he said. ''But my father
figured that in business it was
more important to be able to talk
than to play a piano, so he made
me take elocution LESSONS"
Later John got another lucky
break. He came to Broadway to
become an actor - and couldn't
land a job. But he did meet q
stage-struck girl from Arkansas
Beaulah Mae Estes. And after he
returned to Kansas City and found
work as reporter, he and the
girl from Little Rock set up house
keeping on $40 week.
1.-THE paper decided to put on
some radio news broadcasts," said
Swayze. Nobody else on the staff
wanted the job, 30 ! took it-at
SIS a week"
Today he makes more than 100
times that. His annual income Is
in six figures-that golden pasture
between 500, 900 and one million.
Swayze aired his wares later In
Hollywood, then came to New York
again. In 1913 when the networks
televised the national political con-
ventions some Of the top radio an
nouncers were afraid to risk their
regulations in the new medium.
John was very happy to try the
gamble, and made himself . video
star almost overnight.
THAT was my luckiest break, "
he said.
Most successful men have their
favorite notices. John has two:
ID Luck is when opportunity
and preparation meet"
f2) Bernard Baruch's advice 10
always keep your head In the
direction of the firing"
And, he added, he has q third
one in reserve to keep his pleasant
happy life in perspective:
Zone wrong break can ruin ih
all"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Today's
Business
Mirror
By Sam Dawson

quarter profits Of So, s2s ,o74, COM
pared with $132, s64. l26 q year ago.
Not included are any of the ma
tons banks. But these institutions,
by and large, have been reporting
much higher profits this year, re.
flecting both the greater volume
Iof loans and the higher interest
rates.
Many large retail stores are
showing better earnings this year,
too. The first Of the chemical com.
|panies to report show. earnings up.
Early reporters among the steels
show even more striking gains, due
Ito almost capacity operations this
year compared with restricted OPP
Ierations in the 1852 summer
months due to strike.
Many steelmen see the profit
prospect bright for the rest Of this
year. Production is running q little
under capacity, but steelmen say
that they can make more money
that way. Capacity production usu-
ally means paying overtime and
letting furnaces run Gown for lack
of repairs.
Charles NJ. White, president Of
Republic Steel, says: without ex-
cess profit taxes, without overtime
and with our added productive
capacity, Republic Steel should do
as well in 1854 as in the current
year."
]. D. Wright, president OF
Thompson Products Inc, maker OF
| auto equipment and aircraft parts,
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The SIREN Of SILVER VALLEY
BY PAUL EVAN LEHMAN

ton 10 her problem. Now neither
Of them could take sides with
John Starr.
She hummed little tune as she
prepared for bed
JEFF awoke in the morning with
- his headache gone and a pro-
digous appetite. He went down to
the dining-room and ate four
fried eggs. q slice Of ham and a
hatful Of fried potatoes. with q
few slices Of bread and three
cups OF coffee on the side. II was
during the meal that he heard Of
the shooting at the Double d.
Tombstone had stopped at the
Purple Palace for Q quick one and
the news had spread through the
town.
He rode out TO the Double D
slowly so as not to start his head
humping and Diana came run
ming to meet him. II was so wor-
ried. she told him as she took
his arm and walked up on the
gallery with him "Jeff. you're
quite sure you're all right!s
Perfectly. except for an occa-
Sional headache Her concern
touched him and he put his hand
over the small one that rested on
his arm. She sat in the hammock
and drew him down beside her
and when they were seated she
still chung TO his hand
That nasty Buddy START" she
said Indignantly. ITO think that
spared his 1ifel
"He was drunk and I'd hurt
his vanity by calling him q boy.
Is he usually so touchy about his
age,"
The cornnower-blue eyes were
wide. 81 really couldn't tell you; I
hardly knew him. I've seen him
in town occasionally and that's
Well, Ruth had merely guessed
that Buddy had a crush on Diana:
she had said nothing about q
meeting between them. Perhaps
Buddy had done his worshipping
from afar.
He sighed and leaned back IN
the hammock. well. the boys
should begin trickling back To-
morrow or the next day. I've got
a plan worked out but I must
know how many men We can
count on. Starr must have thirty
or more. One thing is certain:
he won't have either Walt Kirk
or Ben Dowd.S
A buggy came bouncing mp the
trail from the direction Of Silver
stone and Diana gently disen-
gagged his arm and got up. tits
the DOCTOR" she said, 'It doesn't
seem just the right thing for the
boss to be sitting in q hammock
with her hired help does it,"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Wrong Roof Sign

HANCOCK, Md. N-A sign on a
roof here could turn q lot Of
fliers into Wrong Way Corrigans.
The sign says this 10 Sandy
Hook. Sandy Hook is 30 miles
southeast Of here. What apparently
caused the snafu Is that there are
two Shamrock Inns in Washington
County-one here, one at Sandy
Hook.
Walter Mills, owner Of the Han
cock Shamrock, said q man In uni
form painted q guide sign for fiers
on the roof. Turned out II said
Sandy Hook Mills said that months
ago the man promised to correct
the mistake but hasn't yet.
Richard Jamison, state director
Of aeronautics, said he'd look into
the matter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
MORALE IS QUESTIONED

Editor, The Citizen
The chairs from the Post Office lobby are not the
only things that have disappeared from the Federal
Building.
The morale Of the Postal Employees has emigrated
to points unknown all because of most inept triumvi
rate in charge of the local post office who think nothing
Of hurting baseless charges directly and through
at employees with long and faithful service.
As patron am interested in the morale of the
local office; if you still receiving good postal
vice it is not the fault of the ruling triumvirate.
A PATRON
October 16 1853
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
STREET COMPLAINT

Editor, The Citizen
drive truck and have to go up and down Petronia
Street two three sometimes four times day. live at
Stock Island.
hope some day to build home for my wife and
kids Key West but don't like your roads They
are full of holes especially that Petrona St. The axpay
waste money pounding little cnders here and there
in the holes. My big truck rattles them out
ask the Police of Key West two times to have old
clunkers removed from streets, old clunkers with no
license plates thought law said clunkers al
lowed to block up traffic.
Who do see next? The Police ignore my complaint
J.McGEE
Stock Island
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21

Not with the hired helps arm
about her he grinned.
The doctor tied his horse ss,d
came briskfy No On the gallery.
Good morning. MrS Denton.
how are you. young man?
Thought you'd be laid up for an
other day or two. but when I
called they said you'd left. Ate
your way right through the
kitchen. How are the patients.
Mrs Dentons"
Il don't know, Doctor. Maria
is watching them and I thouaht
1t best II ! didn't disturb them
Quite right Well. III have a
look"
When he came out he said. DO
ING as well as can be expected.
They're both rs tough as whanr
leather but naturally they're stiii
suffering from shock. I've left
medicine and written instr,se-
tons: you can check on Maria ana
see that she has everything
straight in her head. Take care al
yourself. Payne"
Jef went down 10 the bunk
house. His men greeted him Gag
erly and while they asked, no
questions he knew they were
anxious for details. He told them
briefly of his encounter with
Buddy and they In turn gave him
q better picture of the Aght b.
tween Walt and Ben. .
walt musta crossed the range
and circled around 10 wait on the
trail" said Tombstone. ssThay
blazed away at each other In the
dark. Ben refined in 50 hard that
his hose reared and took IL IN IL
neck. We heard three shots and
that musta been the frat Tha
other two come when Ben hit the
ground. DANCED close shootins
when you hgger they was arin' st
flashes
Funny thing: they bon I'm
forward and their right hands
touched. Walt had twisted his
fingers around Ben's and h looked
like they was shakin' hands
Its q wonder one or both ok
them didn't get killed
~Yeah, il l. that We pluREed
Walt back and front and bound
up Ben ~ best we could, then 1
logged il for the medico. Slug
missed bone when it went thromgh
Walt or il would have nattsned
out and made q hole In him biz
enough 10 drive . mule team
through. They was both lucky. ]
reckon
~Yes, they were. Well I think
we'd better ride 70 the upper eEd
Of the valley and camp Is that
line shack
ne Dc es1eanesd