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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-29
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VALUABLE COUNTY

VALUABLE COUNTY
FRANCHISE AVAILABLE
NEED conscientious dealer in this
area TO handle county distribu.
ton Of the new and recently patent.
ed Insect-0 Shade. This product to
be delivered to farmers, poultry
raisers, dairy producers. hotels,
motels, resorts. etc. Requires 10
hours spare time weekly, car, ref
erences. and ssl6.oo operating
capital which IS secured By inven.
tory. Earnings up to sIs.00 weekly,
depending On spare time devoted,
and II work proves satisfactory
win finance 10 fun time deal with
$500 income . year potential.
Terrific repeat business, Include
phone III application Mrite Re-
gioAal Director. Insect o Shade
Company Of America. r, o. Box
6sS, Bradenton, Florida. jly27 SIX
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Rooms For Hen,


LIGHT housekeeping room. 1904
Eaton 81. Phone 2-zass. jIy27-st
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Apastmsnts For Rsna

FURNISHED apartments 3 rooms
and bath, maid and janitor ser.
Wee, utilities furnished. Coral Ho-
tal Apartments, az SimOnton st.
jIlI...s,
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GOOD opportunity for experienced
driver-salesman on established
beverage route. Pepsi COIs BottIing
Co.. GIL Amelia Il Simonton. Phone
2-6742. jly2s-3t
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EXPERIENCED Meat Cutter. ADJ
ply Gulfstream Food Dept. Store.
los White St. jly2s-tf
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EXPERIENCED mechanic and
mechanic helper. Good working
condition. BUS S0cihernmost Gar
age. Simonton and Green. jlyI4-tf
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CLEAN. quiet rooms. one block
from business district, free park,
INC STA 80 Is
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TROPICAL Hotel. Newly removal.
ed large rooms singles 81 10
doubles Sl2.0o Shorty's diner and
eocktail lounge on premises.
jlyIs-tf
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9 Houaea For Rens
sRooms For Rent

EXTRA large ron In private
home Use Of Kitchen and din.
cite optional. lila Grinnell. Phone
2,SI7s. pyli,ti
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MANS English bicycle for sale. 1
speed Dyua-hub. Call 2-3Ses.
jly25-6t
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USED PARTS for most makes
ears. Radiators cleaned and re-
paired. Overseas Garage, Stock
| Island. Phone 2-So21. junlS-S0tx
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Judge Declares MistriaI
In Mansfield Damage Suit
After Jury Fails To Agree
Jury POnders Verdict In $I35,OO
Suit Against City For 212 Hours

After two and half days of testimony, the
Sl35,OOO Mansfield damage suit against the city end
ed at l:3O pm. today in a mistrial, when the jury
was unable TO reach verdict. The iury was Out one
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Cold Threatens
Damage
To Fla. Crops
Key West Is
W arnest In
State With
Low of ST

MIAMI n Heavy damage to
crops in the Everglades winter
vegetable growing region was
feared today after a frosty night
in which temperatures dipped as
low as q degrees.
1--WE expect severe damage to
tender crops in some areas" said
Jack D. Cox, Federal-State Frost
Warning Service representative at
Belle Glade, "and some damage
is likely to the harder crops like
cabbage and celery"
Moderate to heavy frost was ex-
tenSive around Lake Okeechobee
as well as in the back mucklandS.
There were long periods of calm
during the night and some farm
ers used planes to stir up the sur
face air so frost would not form
so readily. Others raised the wa
ter tables in their fields.
The lowest temperature of q
was reported in the Pahokee area.
Lake Harbor reported 80, Clewis-
ton, Bean City and South Bay 80
to "a, Moore Haven "a, and Belle
Glade, SO to s. In the Pahakee-
Canal Point area, readings u & !
from q to 81.
cts too early to tell the exact
extent of the damage" Cox said.
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&C Patrol Boat
Has A Busy Day
In TOrtugas Area

The Coast Guard killed three
birds with one stone yesterday.
When the cG-sS4OS, an SS-fOOt
patrol boat, was dispatched from
the Coast Guard station here for
Bird Key in the Dry Tortusas, her
only mission was to refloat the
Sea Robin, a shrimper that was
aground.
The patrol craft relocated the
shrimper, moored her to the dock
at FL. Jefferson then performed
two other missions in the area.
The shrimper Rose Marion had re.
ceived a radio message that the
mother of one Of the crew mem.
bers had died.
The crew member, Ernest VIII
liams, Of Jacksonville, was taken
aboard the Coast Guard craft and
returned TO Key West.
While still in the Dry TormgaS
area, the patrol craft learned that
Egil Knudsen, of Greenport, Long
island, N. Y, had injured his left
shoulder. He. too, was taken aboard
and returned to Key West for medi.
cal treatment.
The CG s340S returned to Key
Nest at $40 p. nj. yesterday.
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'Decency Committee To Query
Two Witnesses AT Meet Today
Committee Has
Just 70 Days To
Complete Probe

The city's decency commit
tee will go back into action
this afternoon at 5 p. m.
when they will interview two
persons in an effort to throw
some light on the local pros
titution problem and at the
same time air charges that
the police department may
be ridden with corruption.
II win be The third meeting Of
the group since II was appointed
BY Mayer G. B. Harvey December
2. Under the terms Of an ordin-
ance establishing Che panel. the
committee viii be disbanded nine
ty days from the date Of their APP
pointment which gives them
Just rs days to complete their
probe. A meeting set for Monday
was postponed because they could
not obtain stenographer."
Police Officers William Glib
end Frank caFbaIlo will be the
witnesses today when the group
eonvenes.
II was Glib who touched off
the present situailon when he
appeared IT. behalf Of Miss Do
lores Baxter, who says that she
Is . prostitute and that she was
appFoaeheo fer . paYoH by .
Key West police officer.
She claimed that Caraballo had
badgered here when she refused
10 make payment Of a suggested"
$50 per month.
The group has stated that they
are interested simply In finding
facts" although at least one mem.
Der Of the group has maintained
steadily that the grand jury ought
to be alerted and called to consi-
der the evidence they have father.
ed.
Although the press had been adj
mitted to the meetings, they have
been asked to keep much Of the
information "off the record. "
An informed source said today
that startling developments may
be forthcoming shortly as a result
of the questioning. The group has
already queried Miss Baxter and
Officer Edward Ramirez, the man
she accused of asking for pay
off.
What the next move viii be in
their investigation remains to be
seen.
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T. II ,;1ed BABY
Makes Progress

INDIANAPOLIS IA two-head-
ed, four-armed baby has been CIV
er two lames and doctors report
he is making the progress of a
normal newborn.
The 3-day-old boy was taken off
the critical" list yesterday and
his chances of survival we're re-
ported as good. Doctors at the In
diana University Medical Center
said he is taking nourishment in
both mouths and the intestinal
tract is responding normally.
The 44-year-old father said he
gave the name Donald Ray to "the
best one" and the name Daniel
Kaye to the other head and arms.
There was no explanation of the
reference to "the best one"
There are two spinal cords
joined at about the waistline. AS
far as doctors have been able to
determine, there are no duplica-
tons of internal organs.
Dr.. John D. Van Mugs, dean OF
the medical center, said no sur
gerry is contemplated now.
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Elimination OF Condemned
Cisterns Is Now Under Way
City And Mosquito
District Cooperate
In Needed Project

william w. Warner, Director
and Entomologist of the Monroe
County Anti-MosquftO District, %.
day told of project now undAa
way to eliminate permanently many
abandoned and condemned els.
terms and wells, on the island Of
Key West.
This work is . Joint project
between the City Of Key West and
the Anfi-Mosquifo District, War.
ner said. II is The cooperation Of
City Of Key West as well as the
material assistance Of Public
Works Director Ivan Roberts and
fhe city employees that has made
this work possible, he added. The
city is furnishing labor and equip
ment and fhe District is furnish
ing maFl-fill and supervision.
Based on a mosquito breeding
area survey made by the District
earlier this year, There is now q
file card on some 1900 cisterns and
$50 wells, Warner said. Each caro-
Ievaluates the condition of the re-
Iceptacle and places it into one Of
four categories: passable, faulty
very poor and deplorable.
Those falling in fhe latter
group are for the most part aban-
doned and would, in oil probable
itY, never be used again. Many
Of them are filled with garbage,
trash, refuse Of ell sorts and an
occasional dead animal, and are
very prolific breeders Of fhs com.
mon domestic mesquite "cUlex
ovinqvefasciatvs. II is this
group which has been condemn
ed.
In every case, however the own.
Ier has ample time to correct the
condition and is favorable to filling
The Anti-Mosquito District has beer
forced to treat these chemically
for some time and their perman
ent elimination will give much
needed time for other projects.
The remaining 1900 cisterns anc
wells, etc. are stocked with larvae
eating fish and are checked al
least every six weeks. At the pre-
sent pace, the project should bt
finished in January and the totaI
items filled should reach $50 els
terms, and wells.
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High School
Student Admits
Brutal Beating
Youth Confesses,
Says Something
Came Over Me-

SAN FRANCISCO nj - A Ugh
school honor student yesterday
brutally beat a 14-year-old neigh
Dor girl with an iron pipe as she
ran screaming through her fash
ionable home.
Mercy Hospital attendants said
today the victim, redhaired Linda
Frey, suffered these injuries:
Four front teeth knocked out
lips cut and swollen head badly
gashed three fingers on her
left hand broken index finger
almost severed at the first joint.
Homicide Inspectors Al Nelder
and Ralph Mcdonald said Cristano
(Rocky) Castro Jr. confessed to
the beating and was held on a
charge of assault to commit muir
der.
something just came over me, "
the youth said. Il knew | shouldn' I
do it but something kept pushing
me. When l realized what l had
done it was too late. / wasn't
mad at her"
Nelder and Mcdonald said Cas-
tro told them:
He went to the girls st. Francis
Wood district home in the late
afternoon while her father, Walter
Frey, an oil company distributor,
was at work and her mother was
Christmas shopping.
Rocky asked to borrow some
paper. then suddenly attacked Lin
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Kennel Club Has
Schooling Races

Schooling races are being
conducted daily at the Key
West Kennel Club in prepare"
fion for their second race meet
ing which will get underway
Christmas night.
Max Carey, Kennel Club gen.
eraI manager said that Key
West racing fans are foekins
to fhs track enthusiast tieallY for
the schooling races which get
underway daily at 4:30 p. m.
Reason for the early start Is
that the Kiwanis Club is prae-
iieing for their sqUaeade in the
Kennel Club lagoon during the
evening.
Starting Saturday evening,
the schooling races will be held
each evening starting al J p. m.
At least 20 races are held
nightly.
There Is no charge for The
schooling races.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-16
President Will
Continue To
Work For Pool
Won't Give Up
Hope Even If
Russians Turn
Down Proposal
BY MARVIN /. ARRoWsMlTH

WASHINGTON B-President Eli
senhower said today he wiz keep
right on working for international
control of atomic energy even If
the Russians turn down his recent
share-the-atom proposal.
The President made the state
ment at news conference at
which he also said he does not
intend to ask any change in the
Atomic Energy Act which would
lead to this country's sharing
scientific processes or techniques
for building atomic weapons.
Eisenhower said he Is by no
means giving up hope the Russians
will decide to accept the proposal
he recently made in a speech to
the United Nations-that all the
atomic powers join In a limited
program Of atomic research, with
emphasis on peacetim2 power
development
But even a rejection of this offer
by the Soviets, Eisenhower said,
would not stop him from trying to
meet the problem of international
control in another way.
A reporter asked the Presidnt
about Secretary of Defense VIII
sons statement TO the North At
lantic Council in Paris yesterday
that Congress would be asked soon
to permit the sharing Of informa-
ton on atomic weapons with its
NATO allies.
Eisenhower replied that some
changes in the law viii be nee
essary before this country can
realize the fullest advantages of
atomic progress.
But no changes are contem-
plated, he went on, which have
anything to do with the scientific
processes involved In developing
atomic energy or with the build
ing Of atomic weapons.
This appeared to mean that what
the administration does contem-
plate, If Congress approves, is
sharing information about the use
of atomic weapons and perhaps
sharing the weapons themselves
with Americas allies.
Along that line Eisenhower said
il would depend on circumstances,
meaning military circumstances,
whether this country turned over
atomic weapons to its allies.
He said If war comes America
should use its atomic weapons in
whatever way would be to the best
advantage of the United States.
Quite possibly, he said, it would
be best to let an ally use Ameri.
can weapons under certain cir.
cumStances.
The President said the admins.
tration has received no official So.
Wet reaction to the plan he out.
lined to the United Nations General
Assembly.
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els Plan To
iiveCerrnans
ACOOd Xmas
Soldiers Will
Give Parties,
Gifts To Needy
By ToM STONE

FRANKFURT, Germany IN -
It's going to be a whale Of a
Christmas for Germany's needy il
GIs stationed here have their way.
For more than a month, U. S.
soldiers have been buying new
toys, repairing old ones, organic.
ing Christmas parties, ordering
turkeys, candy, nuts and fruits,
and collecting tons of clothing and
shoes.
On Christmas, they'll give their
annual yule parties at orphanages,
on Army posts and elsewhere for
their German friends.
American soldiers have been
staging Christmas parties in Ger.
many ever since 1945. Every year
the parties get bigger and better.
This year promises to be the besi
yet.
Almost every place GIs are sta
toned in Germany, plans are und
er way. Here are a few:
At Plieningen the U. S. 7tf
Army's flight detachment, which
has adopted" 100 orphans there,
viii fly Santa Claus in for a per.
sonal visit with the children. There
will be a Christmas dinner anc
gifts.
u. S. ordnance men at Ludwigs
burg are arranging big Christ
mas party, including turkey dinner
and gifts, for the children in St
Joseph's Kinderheim (children,
home), which they help support
the year round.
At Waiblingen, near Stuttgart
U. S. troops viii stage a Christina:
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SAN. JUAN, Puerto Rico B -
Lawyer Felix Ortiz complained in
District Court that his wallet con-
tanning $3.50 was stolen right in
the courtroom. He said the wallet
disappeared while he was present
ing motion in behalf of a client
charged with being a pickpocket.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-16
Policemen Show
Pistol Proficiency

The Key West Police Department
has shown the results of an inten-
sive program of pistol training
with the start of a competition for
a handsome trophy.
Officer r. L. James, is leading
the competition for the trophy with
a score of 23e out of a possible
800. H. L. Baker is right behind
with ga. NJ E. Santana scored 233
and F. A. Case, 2Ol.
The pistol course was conducted
by r A. Forsythe, USN.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-16
Schooner Back
In Port Today

KEY WEST R-The fishing
schooner c. S. Anderson wac back
in port at Panama City today with
all seven men aboard reported In
good condition.
The 65-foot schooner had been
overdue three days.
The Coast Guard said she re-
turned under her own power late
last night and apparently had ex-
pericnced no trouble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-16
PRISONERS ESCAPE

BUENA VISTA, Ga. R-Three
Negro prisoners, including one IS
years old, overpowered Sheriff w.
E. Henson last night, locked him
in cell, took his gun and keys,
and fled on foot.
c. c. Henson, the sheriff's son,
had to use a blow torch and a
chisel to free his father from the
cell. The sheriff was uninjured.
The jail break occurred as Hen
son was taking supper to his pris-
onrs.
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Weighty Police Work

DETROIT R-When a railroad
crossing barrier-waterlogged by
Pain and snow-on one of the eity's
main thoroughfares failed TO go up,
. q police precinct dispatched its
four biggest officers. They raised
the barrier-by sitting on the eoun.
terweighted end Of the crossbars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-16

let. The jury was out one
hour and so minutes.
This morning, the third
day of the trial, the circuit
court jury heard attorneys
for both sides in closing ar
81 ments and also were
charged by Judge Aquilino
Lopez, Jr.
At p. m. the jury asked to see
the Judge. They were brought back
into the courtroom but when the
judge asked whether they had ar
rived at a verdict, they replied that
they had not. The Judge asked,
From your discussions, is there
any chance Of verdict?" The
jury replied that they didn't think
so. The Judge then called all at.
torneys to the bench for a con-
sultation after which the jury was
sent back to the jury room with
instructions TO come back to the
courtroom at 1880.
The suit, brought by Mrs. Noise
Mansfield and her husband, Ern-
est r. Mansfield, charged the city
with negligence. Mrs. Mansfield
claims she was injured in a fall
on a broken sidewalk on Feb. q,
1851. The fall was alleged to have
occurred in the 600 block of Fran
els st.
In bis closing argument to the
jury, one of the Mansfield attorn.
eys. J. Fritz Gordon of Miami.
said:
"lt has been Iyo77 days since
Mrs. Mansfield fell and every
one Of those I.o72 days she has
suffered.
God knows how much longer
she will suffer-" he continued.
~ imagine II will only be death
that takes that pain away.
"only DEATH" he repeated in .
lower voice.
And" Gordon said, ''because
that sidewalk was left in disrepair.
a husband is losing his wife Of 81
years"
At this point, Mansfield. sitting
in the front row of the courtroom
benches reserved for spectators
began to sob audibIy. He buried
his face in a handkerchief.
Gordon, in his argument. told the
jury that the city was responsible
for the fall, which he said, ruptured
the bladder Of Mrs. Mansfield and.
eventually led to a cancer.
Ne showed photos to fhs Jury
and pointed out ihe hole shat al.
lsssdly caused Mrs. Mansfield "a
fall. He concluded by saying that
me mansfields should be recon.
penssd.
Gordon spoke for % minutes.
Sam 0. Carson, Miami attorney
who was called in by the city to
help defend the case, addressed
the jury for SO minutes.
He agreed with Gordon thai n
was a pitifu. case and added "but
we are not here to try the case
n sympathy"
He commended the city does NOT
ave a duty to provide a perfectly
mooth place for pedestrians IA
walk but only duty to provide A
reasonably safe place.
The other fwo women w,ha
were walking with Mrs. Mans.
field when she fell had no dlk
fieulfys" he added, land one o.
Them was pregnant"
He told the jury that OF every
iOctor who had testified, not one
4 them hao said that Mrs. Msns-
eds cancer was due to a blow e.
II.
william v Albury, Key West a.
7rney who also Is helping the city
Continued Or Pags rwol
Evening star., 1953-10-25

Do not wait for a frost to dig
gladS. They should be lifted
and the tops removed as soon as
the foliage begins to turn brown.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
This Week in the Garden

Much of the fall-sown grass
has not Sprouted and will not
until rains come. However, the
terminating seed will then make
root growth and be ready for a
good top growth next spring.
This is one of the mysteries of
nature-plants make root growth
at low temperatures and top
growth, often at the expense of
root growth, during warm
weather. In the case Of grass,
the owner is usually disappointed
because he does not see visible
results of his efforts for many
months.
Grubbing out brush in the new
acreage in the suburbs often
produces surprises. One gardener
turned up with sprays of winter
berry Qlex verticillata), straw
berry shrub (Euonymus ameri-
canal, and viburnum (Vibur-
mum cassinodes). This points to
the need for care in uprooting
the native shrubs growing In a
neglected woodlot. Some of them
may be useful in starting plant.
The date Of the average kill
ing frost, October 20, is past and
many dahlias are in bloom as
we'll as other tender flowers and
vegetables. The suburbs, how
ever, had a killing frost the first
of the month and already are
storing bulbs, cleaning up
garden tracts and getting ready
for winter in other ways. One
of the important steps is to
spade up a section of the vege-
table garden for early spring
paintings. Fall-spaded soil
should be left rough" Freez-
ing and thawing will put the soil
in good shape by next spring so
that it will need only to be
raked before planting.
The fall cleanup should in
clude gathering weeds and other
debris from fence rows and cor
ners which often serve as a VIM
ter home. for insects and dis
eases. Put the material collected
into the compost pile and con-
vert it to a valuable product.
Or spade it under to. enrich the
soil.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
BY Jones BirchfieId-

ing. we will know about it right
away.
F. N. Hagmann, the Virginia
well driller, occasionally talks
to me by telephone. Mr.. Hag-
mann, who probably has drilled
more wells in Northern Virginia
than any other driller, is not as
active as he once was, and
spends a lot of time at his
Vienna, Va, home.
The other day, Mr.. Hagmann
got to talking about the Span
ish needle, then turning the
pastures a bright yellow. He
wondered if I had ever tasted
Spanish needle honey.
said I had, and it was ter
rible. Tasted to me like dried
up sticks that had been
mashed up.
He said must have been mis-
taken. He had some Spanish
needle honey one time that was
delicious. He said it was mild,
like a good clover honey.
And now don't know. May
be that terrible honey of mine
wasn't from Spanish needles, and
I have done them a wrong.
Anyway, Mr.. Hagmann said
bees don't like Spanish needles.
He said he has watched them
for years now, and very rarely
does he find bees working the
blooms. Perhaps it is just as
well.
Evening star., 1953-10-25

Set out panSy plants now for
next springs display. Place
some of them in a protected Sit
uation so they will bloom early.
Those placed in cool or shaded
situations will last longer into
the summer. A mulch of rich
compost is beneficial. but do not
cover the leaves at any time.