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Evening star., 1953-02-14

poker to be dealt before the hero
gains control Of most Of the
South's then great wealth.
Power, survivor Of many q
garish screenscript, comes rea-
sonably unscathed through "Mis-
sissippi Gambler" This is true
also of several other veterans
in the cast, John McIntire as a
roguish gambling partner Of the
hero, and Paul Cavanaugh as
sire Of the fiery Duroux fam
lily. Considerably overmatched
against the script is beautiful
young Miss Laurie. She is a
few years, or maybe centuries,
shy Of the Scarlett Duroux per-
sonality. At that, however, she
makes out better than Miss Ad-
ans who plays neatly a SEEM
ingly important character that
finally just disappears in the
haze Of Miller's script.
Universal studio has given
Mississippi Gambler" a scale
and color Of production which
suggests it regards the old South
as a gigantic piece Of costume
jewelry.
One Of the most vivid impress
sions created by Jose Greco and
his Spanish dancers, now at the
Shubert. is that no group Of en-
tertainerS ever enjoyed their
work more. Greco, q modest
man not easily given to sweep
ing judgments. thinks this is
pretty true.
you'd be surprised" he says.
how often we find ourselves
giving the show after the show.
at parties or just casual gather
ings. It can only mean that
we are happy in our work
whether it is work or play"
While he recognizes the i'm
portance Of discipline, most of
all his own, In giving the show
q professional quality, Greco also
is keen for the party flavor. That
Is one more reason that he
keeps the production simple. with
musical accompaniment limited
to piano. guitar and the clack-
ing castinets. It gives the pro-
gram an intimacy that auto
matically draws the audience into
1t and 1t would take a lot of areu-
ing to convince Greco that he
ought to do his show more elab-
orately.
The dancer with the buggy
whip body, rated as the finest
OF Spanish dancers, is as relaxed
as he is controlled on
1t. He also turns out to be con-
siderably smaller than he appears
when dancing.
1T is a matter of high heels
and high hats" Greco explains
simply.
odSeOaII managers who toss
out golf and other athletic ex-
ercises to keep the batting swings
OF players grooved during the
playing season have a sympa-
thiZer in Greco.
He would play tennis, If he had
the time, but not golf.
Our movements are quick,
lightning FAST" he says. 1--WE
have to keep our refiexes tuned
for these. It might surprise YOU.
but I dislike walking-most of
all the loose, free-striding kind
a man would do on a golf course.
"As for exercise, what could !
do with any more exercise than
I get nightly and twice on matt
nee days?"
It's a good question, requiring
no answer.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17
Rosenbergs' Downfall
Is Dramatic Spy Tale

well be prepared to overwhelm
US"
Many groups stepped forward to
refute the suggestion Of anti-Semi-
tism, among them the Jewish War
Veterans, who commended Judge
Kaufman's disposition of the case.
But the Communists had other
propaganda tunes to offer, and
they were sung again and again,
to the marching rhythm Of pickets'
feet here and abroad in the next
two years, in repeated demands to
save the Rosenbergs."
Another drama, quieter and
more gripping in its way, was un-
der way within hours after the
Rosenbergs were condemned. It
was played out by their defense
attorney, Emanuel H. Bloch, in
every available appeals courtroom
in the land.
In the next two years. the Rosen-
bergs we're allowed to see each
other twice a week. There were
occasional visits from their two
sons. Michael, 10, and Robert, 6.
Most of the time, the couple
spent apart, reading and listening
to the radio loudspeaker. Unlike
other prisoners, death house In
mates do not have radio ear
phones in their cells. They get
Their programs from q central
loudSpeaker.
When weather permitted, the
RosenbergS were allowed outside
for exercise, although not together.
Sing Sings Warden wilired
Deuno found them no different in
their attitude than any other
prisoner.
1t was not until Feb. rs. 1852.
that the u. S. Circuit Court Of Ap.
peals was ready TO act on the first
appeal from the RoSenbergs' con.
yietinn. The defense argued the
verdict was based on the Rosen-
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

bergs' purported sympathy for
Russia and not IN any real peril
they presented to the nation.
'It is nonsense TO pass off espio-
mage as mere political nonconform-
ity," angrily retorted the govern
ment.
The Appeals Court refused to in
terfere with the death sentences.
On Oct. Is, 1852, the U. S. Su-
preme Court refused for the first
time to review the conviction. Only
Justice Black dissented. Again on
Nov. 81, Black was the sole dis
Senter as the Supreme Court re-
fused for a second time to inter-
vene.
Judge Kaufmen scheduled the
execution of the Rosenbergs for the
week of Jan. II, 1953-a date later
fixed at Jan. IL. The Judge re-
vealed he was beset by a mount
ing campaign Of viiIification, abuse
and pressure.
Leftists stepped up their demon
strations. Pickets marched outside
the White House in Washington. A
floral tribute to the Rosenbergs
was left in the rain at the base of
their prison wall.
Not all the protests were Commu-
mist inspired, however. Many sin
cere people took issue, not so much
with the verdict as with the un-
precedented death sentence, un-
heard of in America. Albert Elm
stein was among those who urged
clemency upon the White House.
Late in 1852, Pope Plus XII inter-
vened in behalf of the condemned
couple. The head of the Roman
Catholic church, without entering
into the merits of the case, in
formed the Justice Department of
the many appeals he received for
intercession in behalf of the Rosen-
bergs. However, his plea never got
beyond the Justice Department un-
til after the White House had
denied clemency. Later the Pope
renewed it.
On Jan. 2, 1858, Judge Kaufman
| denied the clemency Ct his court
to the Rosenbergs with the words:
"They chose martyrdom and tc
keep their lips sealed =. / still
feel that their crime was worse
than murder"
His statement strengthened the
belief the government might com.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

said. The truth does not change.
This wording was similar to that
in a recent statement in which
the Rosenbergs declared they had
rejected an offer, which they said
came from Atty. Gen. BrownelI,
for clemeney if they would tell
what they know of Soviet espion-
age in this country.
Bloch, asked if there was any
chance they would talk in an effort
to save their lives, replied: mo,
they still maintain their inno-
cence."
Official Moscow newspapers, in
their editions for today, took up
the Rosenberg case for the first
time and declared that ''progres-
sive opinion" in the U. S. and the
world generally regards them as
''the victims of the war hysteria.
"At the trial Of the Rosenbergs,
the Moscow papers said, there
was not presented any convincing
proof whatsoever Of their guilt"
Communists throughout tn e
world have been sgitating on be-
half of the Rosenbergs, claiming
they were convicted on perjured
testimony. Red Poland yesterday
offered to grant the couple Easy
Ium' if the u. S. freed them-an
offer which the State Department
denounced as an "impertinence"
to which it would not reply.
There have also been numerous
appeals in behalf of the couple
from church groups and individ.
uals never accused of Communist
sympathies.
The clergymen who called on
Eisenhower to urge that he COM
mute the sentence to life imprison-
ment were Dr.. Bernard Loomer,
head of the University of Chicago's
School of Religion; the Rev. Dam
iel Ridout, Negro secretary of the
Methodist Church in the Baltimore
area; Rabbi Abraham Cronbach of
Cincinnati; and DR.. Bruce Dahl
berg of Brooklyn.
my feeling was that the answer
was no. said DR.. Loomer. The
Rev. Mr.. Ridout said the President
indicated he would not commute
the sentence
One of the arguments made to
Justice Douglas was that the trial
judge. u S. District Judge Irving
R. kaufman of New York, had
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17
Justice Considers
Granting OF Stay
For Doomed Pair
By DONALD SANDERS

WASHINGTON R-The question
Of whether Julius and Ethel Rosen-
berg die in the electric chair to-
morrow night rested today with a
single Supreme Court justice, VIII
liam o. Douglas, and possibly with
him alone.
Douglas considered for much of
yesterday, and into the night,
pleas from two groups of attor-
neys for q stay Of the execution
scheduled in New York's Sing
Sing Prison at 10 p. m. tomorrow.
II the man and wife convicted
Of atomic espionage for Russia had
held out hope that President Eisen-
hover would reverse his previous
decision and spare their lives, they
got no encouragement yesterday.
A delegation of four clergymen
called on the President to urge a
reprieve, and three of them ap-
praised their mission Of mercy as
! futile one. They said they got
the impression Eisenhower was
standing by his rejection of a SINH
lar clemency petition Feb. IL.
Justice Douglas, who voted with
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17
tPsrf III
BY ARTHUR EVERETT


NEW YORK tR-There are q
cells in the death house at Sing
Sing Prison and three Of them are
in wing reserved for women.
The cells are slightly larger than
the average prison cell, being s
feet wide, IL feet long and 8 feet
high. But they are furnished the
same as any other cell, with little
more than a bed and a lavatory.
Into one of these cells on April
IL, 1851, vanished Ethel Rosen-
berg, a tiny mother of two sons.
She is now 81 years old. She was
the first woman spy Sing Sing had
ever seen, In fact, she was the
first federal prisoner ever to enter
the death house.
Mrs. Rosenberg, her husband
julius and their friend Morton
Sobell had been convicted the pre-
vious March 20 on charges of con-
| spring In time OF war TO hand over
Americas atomic secrets to Soviet
Russia.
julius Rosenberg followed his
wife to Sing Sings death house on
May Is, 1851,
Mrs. Rosenberg and her husband
had been sentenced 10 death By
Federal Judge Irving r kaufman,
who branded theirs a "crime worse
than murder Sohell. a lesser
member Of the conspiracy, got off
with 80 years.
AS Mrs. Rosenberg entered the
death house that day two years
ago. her last remark TO the out
side world came in denaneiation
Of her prosecution Is "a political
Irameap
Until the sentences Of death
were pronounced, inc Rosenbergs
case had not aroused unusual in.
terest. The Communist press had
! treated the accusations sneeringly
but not Historically.
But the unprecedented sentence,
never before levied against Ameri.
can spies outside a military court,
changed all that.
/ As though at the rise Of \ baton.
the Communists broke into a tire.
mend0us concert OF propaganda
/ against the death sentence. And
The theme was The one Ethel RoSen.
berg suggested when she entered
the death hoase--frzmeup
The oratars Of the left pro.
claimed that the Rosenbergs we're
condemned 10 die because they
were Communist sympsthixers,
I ard because they were Jews.
Judge kaufman, the sentencing
judge. was Jewish. He had spens
time in prayer In BIS synsgoga
before BE passsa sentence.
Irving II. Saypo, new q State
Supreme t,uars ssice. prosecutes
ths RaseabeESs feE the federal
vegnmegl. and Ia vas Jexlsh.
like kaafnsn. Re weus 10 : syna.
+ segae % seek diylae guidance be.
fags senteaesag Sxypel Old &c
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The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

the minority in Mondays Sd Su-
preme Court action refusing stay
Of execution, spent 13 hours-less
time for meals--studying legal
data and listening to attorneys yes
terday.
Shortly before II o'clock last
night, Supreme Court Clerk Harold
B. Wiley announced that Douglas
had not yet completed his study
and that>his decision would not be
announced before morning.
The Rosenbergs' principal attor-
ney, Emanuel H. Block, filed with
the Justice Department new Pc
tition for a presidential reprieve of
the death sentences imposed more
than two years ago.
Block said that Daniel Lyons,
the pardon attorney who viii con-
slider the appeal, told him it would
not be Officially processed'' or
sent to the White House until the
defense attorneys had exhausted
their legal moves.
Bloch had obtained t1e RoSen-
bergs' signatures on a visit to
Sing Sing yesterday with the
couples sons, Michael, 10, and
Robert, 6. The couples petition
urged the President to prevent a
crime worse than murder" and
said that "the guilt, if we die. will
be Americas.
"We are innocent" the petition
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

UNLESS last-ditch appeals bring
a stay of execution, Ethel Rosen-
berg viii be the seventh woman
to die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing, when she and her hus-
band, julius, condemned spies,
are executed tomorrow night.
no right to impose the death SEN
tence.
Attorneys argued that the Atom.
ic Energy Act supersedes the 1917
Espionage Act under which the
couple was sentenced, and that
under the Atomic Energy Act the
death sentence may not be i'm.
posed without a recommendation
from the jury.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

Ier. Mrs. Tessie GreengIass, went
to Sing Sing Jan. s and spent 80
minutes with her daughter. Gov.
ernment sources indicated she
tried in vain to get Ethel to
confess.
On Jan. 9, five days before the
scheduled execution, stay of ex-
Continued on Page Elevenl
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

But from Sing Sing, the husband
and wife reasserted cur innocence
before God and man"
Ethel Rosenberg's bent old moth
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

mute the death sentences if the
Rosenbergs would confess and
name other spies who had escaped
detection.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

w.dn.sasy JON. u. 1853 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-17

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Evening star., 1953-11-26
Fairfax Judge Hits Regional
PIun.for Juvenile Detention

Fairfax Trial Justice Robert
Fitzgerald thinks his county
should steer clear of a proposed
regional detention home for ju-
veniles and set up it's own facili-
ties in a section of the Fairfax
Jail Building, soon to be aban-
doned.
Judge Fitzgerald, who serves
both as trial justice and judge Of
the Juvenile and Domestic Rela-
tions Court, appeared at a meet
ing Of the Board Of County Su-
pervisors yesterday to air some
of his views on the recent ju-
venile delinquency survey in
nearby Virginia.
He calico some of the pro-
posals absurd and said the re-
port contains errors of fact and
unavoidable recommendations.
Judge Fitzgerald presented the
supervisors with prepared
statement Of his views. Ques-
toned by reporters further, he
declared statistics in the report
Evening star., 1953-11-26

than a regional detention home
could be.
Judge Fitzgerald said the lock-
up section of the old jail eventu-
ally could be used for detention
facilities by eliminating the cells.
Opposes Separate Courts.
The judge also disagreed with
the proposed establishment of a
separate juvenile and domestic
relations court in the county.
He said that his court handled
more than $4,000 cases during a
12-month period and, only $50
of these were juvenile and do
meStic relations cases.
He suggested the appointment
of another trial justice. He
added that the county seldom
found it necessary to detain more
than three or four juveniles over
night. It has been the practice
to keep them at the Groveton
police SubStation.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Maryland U. Still
Has Chance 10 Get a
Permanent President
By Gene Goodwin

The University of Maryland
may not have to settle for a
temporary" president after all.
The possibility that an interim
president might have to be
named to replace DR.. H. c. Byrd
when he leaves January / was
raised last week when a COM
mittee of regents named to Sc
lect his successor reported it
was unable to make any definite
recommendation. The five-man
committee then suggested that
the full Board of Regents ap-
point temporary administrative
personnel" at its next meeting
December 16.
But yesterday, Charles P. Nc
Cormick, a member Of that
regents committee, said there's
still a chance permanent sue
cesSor can be found and agreed
upon at the next meeting.
Still Up in Air.
"We may have to make an
interim appointment" he ex-
planned. "but that's still very
much up in the air."
He said the reason a temporary
president was suggested is that
the regents committee has en-
countered difflculty in finding
acceptable educators who are
able to leave their present posts,
presumably at other universities
or educational institutions, be-
fore the end of the current aca-
demic year next summer.
"We're frankly looking for an
educator" to replace DR.. Byrd,
Mr.. Mccormick said. His COM
mittee has been working from
list of what he called '27 good
Names"
Several Names Offered.
In addition to this list, he
said, several names Of possible
acting presidents have been pro-
posed to the regents.
DR.. Byrd himself apparently
is taking no part in the delibera-
tions concerning his successor.
Mr.. Mccormick said DR.. Byrd
"has not recommended anybody
to the board" And Arthur o.
Lovejoy. another member of the
regents committee. said, "Dr.
Byrd has certainly not under
taken to name his successor"
DR.. Byrd is giving up the
university presidency January /
to seek the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor.
He will remain on the univer-
sity payroll for an additional
year at $22.50O. however, to
write history of the institution.
The title of president emeritus
is to be conferred on him.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

prove a regional detention home
is not the solution to any juvenile
problem that might exist in the
county.
Money for Treatment.
IF the county wants to spend
money to correct juvenile de-
linquency, why not spend it for
treatment facilities. Expand the
child guidance clinic, for in
stance" he declared.
The judge pointed out that the
old Jail building is about to be
vacated with completion of the
new Jail facilities adjoining the
courthouse. Part of the old jail
is a residence used by the county
jailer. Judge Fitzgerald said the
juveniles could be put in the
residential section of the jail
building whenever it was neces-
Sary to detain them overnight.
He said the old Jail building
was right by the courthouse and
more convenient to the court
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Blizzard Rips Away Tents
OF Greek Quake Victims

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. o.
New disaster hit the victims of
the recent Greek earthquakes
today when a blizzard swept
away the tents in which they
had sought temporary shelter.
Reports from the Dodecanese
and Ionian Islands said a howl
ing gale had carried away many
of their tents and others were
half buried in snow. All COM
munications in the Ionian Sea
were reported suspended.
Heavy snowfalls and bitter
cold were also reported from
Central and Northwestern
Greece.
The 1,845-ton Swedish freight
er Argo was reported to have
run aground at Rhodes.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Huntington Man Gets
u. 5. Attorney Post
BY the Asseciated Press

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Nov.
26.-Legal sources verified today
that Duncan S. Daugherty, sr.,
veteran Huntington attorney,
has been chosen United States
attorney for the Southern West
Virginia district.
Mr.. Daugherty, himself. imme-
diate past president of the West
Virginia State Bar, would not
comment, but it was learned
that he will confer in Washing
ton Monday with Justice De-
partment officials and meet
President Eisenhower.
He would thereby become the
first Republican to gain a major
appointment in West Virginia
since the party took over the
administration in Washington
last January.
His selection was considered
In political circles as a compro-
mise to which opposing factions
Wltnln the state Republican or.
ganization could find no objec-
ton.
Mr.. Daugherty was sponsored
by G. o. P. Representative Will
E Neal of Huntington.
The new district attorney is a
native of Roane County, taught
school in Writ County. was
graduated from Marshall Col
lege. served in the army over
seas in World War I, received
his law degree from George
Washington University, and has
practiced in Huntington since
1922.
Mr.. Daugherty will succeed A.
Garnett Thompson of Charles
ton, Democrat. becoming the
first Republican to serve in the
office since the advent of the
New Deal 20 wears ago.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
PTA PIons Jumboree

The Northwestern High School
Parent-Teacher Association will
hold a bazaar and jamboree at
5 pm. Saturday at the school.
Hyattsville, Md. The program
will include a male beauty con-
test, balloon race, bake sale and
dance.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Anti-Smoke Fine Levied

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 26
(P.-Colonial Hardwood Floor
ing Co. was penalized $25 and
costs yesterday in the first fine
resulting from Hagerstown's
postwar antismoke ordinance.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

Both Main Store Spring Valley Store will be closed
day today in observance of Thanksgiving beginning tomorrow
November e. through December a. AM PM
Monday through Saturday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-06-16
Wheat Bin Cleaning
Prevents Pest Damage

Wheat bins should be thorough
ly cleaned and sprayed with a 5pd
solution of DDT or Marlate now
in order to prevent insect damage
during storage, according to John
Moore, County Agricultural Agent.
In order to deliver quality grain
from home storage, it is advisable
to clean and spray the bins at
least three weeks before harvest
and make arrangements to kill all
rodents. DR.. T. II. Parks, Exten-
sion .Entomologist, recommends
the additional following practices.
Never add new wheat to old
wheat in your grain bins; harvest
wheat only when it is dry and
in a roden proof bin; examine
stored wheat 3 to 5 weeks after
storage and fumigate if necessary
with the proper dosage of carbon
compound or other acceptable
fumigants before the temperature
drops in autumn. Guard against
fire when using fumigants. Fol-
low directions carefully. Examine
stored wheat at least weekly
throughout the remainder of the
summer.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-06-16
LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Utilities of the
City of London, State Of Ohio, at
the office of the Clerk OF said
Board until II o'clock noon, June
23. 1853, for furnishing not to ex-
ceed 200 tons of chemical hydrated
lime to be used in the municipal
water works according to plans and
specifications on file in said office.
Each bid must contain the full name
of every person or company inter-
ested in the same and be accompan-
led by a bond in the sum of $250.00
to the satisfaction of said Board or
a certified check on some solvent
bank as a guaranty that if the bid
is accepted, contract will be enter
ed into and its performance proper
ly secured. Should any bid be re-
jected such check, will be returned
to the bidder, and should any bid
be accepted, such check will be re-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-06-16
Future Homemakers
Meet In Columbus

The eyes of homemakers will be
focused on Columbus July 3-6
when the seventh national meeting
of the Future Homemakers of
America meets here. The conven-
ton will, attract some 1000 dele
gates representing national
membership of almost 10000.
Sessions will be held at Memorial
Hall.
DR.. Clyde Hissong, state director
of education, explained that Fu-
ture Homemakers is an organiZa-
ton of homemaking students in
secondary schools in As states,
Puerto Rico, Hawaii Alaska Sand
Guam. 1t is sponsored by the US.
Office of Education and the Amer
lean Home Economics Association
but is supported by dues from
members. The Ohio program is in
charge of Miss Enid w. Lunn.
Convention activities will in
clude setting up national projects,
a program of work for 1953-54 and
election of officers.
Among the convention highlights
will be a pageant 'Our American
Heritage" presented by the mem
bers. Bill Martin, author of child
ren's books, will talk on Family
Happiness"
Present at the convention will
be nationally known leaders in the
home economics field, including
Miss Edna Amidon Chief of the
Home Economics E d uca ii o n
branch of the us. Office of Edu-
cation. She is also chairman of the
FILA. advisory board.