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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
.BrutalCrime
lis PrObed In
South Carolina
Battered Head Of.
Schoolgirl Is Found
In Abandoned Well
BY LATHAM MINIS

PAMPLICo, S. C. RLThe bat.
tered head of a pretty 15-year-old
Pamplico schoolgirl and the body
of her boy friend were dug out Of
an abandoned well near here last
night.
Sheriff John Hanna said both
had been shot. The decapitated
body of Betty Clair Cain was found
Monday in a shallow grave over.
looking the Pee Dee River. Her
companion was Harvey Allen, q,
of Latta.
A medical report said the girl
had been raped.
/ Police announced that several
men were being NED --
ing. Police Chief Harvey Cross
said two young white men were
taken to an undisclosed jail for
questioning.
Sheriff Hanna said he was hold
ing three men, including two
Negroes. in the Florence County
Jail. But he emphasized nc
charges had been placed against
them.
Hanna said a wallet and watch
were missing from Aliens person
ne boys relatives said he haC
Continued On Page TwoE
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N. ]. News Writer
Spends Winter
Vacation Here

Miss Dorothea Wingert, report
er and feature writer of the Eliza
Be Daily Journal, is spending a
Today winter vacation here in Key
West,
Miss Wingert who is a member
OF one of Elizabeth, N. Us
oldest families has been a
newspaper woman since her
late teens. having worked on
the Newark Ledger and Newark
News as well as the Elizabeth
Journal.
Following a very short 2-day
vi here by a car two years ago.
with her sister Annie Laurie Win
writ - TIC Catholic
News, Dorothea Wingert decided
that Key West was about the
warmest and most relaxing spot
for a much needed winter vaca-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Death OF Mrs.
G.. D. Barrett
Is Reported

Word has been received here Of
The death on November q of Mrs.
Austin Brewster (MimD Barrett,
wife of 1t. Col. Charles d. Barrett,
former commanding officer of the
Marine Corps detachment here,
Mrs. Barrett died at Camp Lejeune
and was buried in Arlington Ma.
donal Cemetery.
Mrs. Barrett is survived by her
husband, two daughters, Mercer
T. (Tonyl. 10, and Katherine Wal,
Ter, 8; her mother, Mrs. David L.
8, Brewster; and a brother, Major
David Brewster, USMC. Her father
was the late Brigadier General
David L. S. Brewster, 'USMC.
The Barretts were we'll known In
Key West curing the term when
IL Col. Barrett was stationed here.
They made their home a. Quart,
srS MI, Naval Station. Col. Bar,
Tea was detached from duty here
IN August, 1882. to report for duty
n Korea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
City Workers To
Make StUitch Soon

Lets get out Of here" was
the general feeling today
among employees in the office
Of City Tax Collector Archie
Roberts.
They have been living dan
ssroVsly" in their office 49,
which lies below the city hall
tower. Engineers have said
that the tower Is in grave dam
ger Of topping because Of
structural defects.
Workers in Roberts office,
who said that they never gave
fine situation . thought Until
this week when the report Of
the engineers was given. said
today that they are . collective
bundle Of nerves.
ThsY'lI feel better next week
when they move 10 their new
office down the street In the
old City Electric System build
ing a. Greene and DvvsI SITS.
City Manager Victor Lang or.
dersd fhs switch "ivst In ease. "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
New Facilities
For Long Distance
Calls Added Here

Southern Bell Telephone Com.
Ipany'S activities to improve and
expand long distance telephone
service in Key West have resulted
in the addition of 3 more positions
on the long distance switchboard
and additions to the capacity oi
toll circuits to Miami.
W. L. Gale, local manager, said
the work of installing this new
equipment will be completed by
December Is, 1858 in time to take
care of the Christmas rush and the
winter season.
"Long distance facilities have
been Increased greatly since we
changed over TO daily service a
year ago. At that time there were
only 7 positions that could handle
long distance calls. We will now
have q positions and added per
sonnet exclusively devoted to this
service. The cost of just these 5
new positions viii be Sll,5O0. An
additional $500 is being spent to
increase the capacity of the Key
West.Miami toll line to meet the in
creased load"
Gale said, Requirements for
more and more telephone service
continue at a steady rate. 1t is our
collective to keep right on with our
expansion and Improvement pro.
Gram - fully meet the require
meats of our growing community. "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

/ 1t was Father John Arm
field, rector of ST. Paul's
Episcopal Church, who sug-
gested that the city hire an
independent agency to look
into the situation rather than
having the committee do all
the work.
"The objective way to 60 into
this matter is to get a criminal
investigator, who is not a Key
Wester. I'm rather dubious about
the answers this committee will
get from witnesses. All we'll get
| is charges and counter charges -
one mans word against another
mans - a vicious circle of poll
tics and more politics." Father
Armfield said.
But the five city commissioners
who also sit on the committee pro-
missed to keep politics out of their
investigation.
"As far IS ] am concerned,
This is NOT going 70 be . white
wash - even u n mesEs going
70 the Grand svrY. I'm in this
thing 10 The finish" said Com.
missioner Jack Delaney.
t. Committee membe Alan I,amu.
ton asked for an impartial probe
I'VE don't want any pressure from
city commissioners who NAV have
a grievance against anyone in the
city's employ" he said.
Mayor c. B. Harvey commented:
"once we get digging into this
thing, there is no telling where il
VIII end. Any leads should be fol.
lowed. For example - some peo-
pie say that the police department
is underpaid, you may want 10
hahe recommendation along this
line"
Harvey said that II was his
thought that the vice probe should
be carried out by the citizen mem.
bers of the panel but it was later
agreed that all eight members will
be allowed to ask questions of wit.
Inesses.
The group win call four persons
before them tomorrow afternoon
as the first step in their probe Of
the alleged "payoff' demand
They'll query Miss Dolores BAY.
ter, who Is now in the city isI,
serving a 30 day term on a vae.
rancy conviction, Police Officer
Edward Ramirez, whom she named
as the man who once approached
her for a payoff, Officer Frank
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Jaycees Plan
Fishing Meet
I'm January
Report Given
On Christmas
Lighting At
Jaycee Session

The Junior Chamber of Com
merce discussed their annual fish
ing tournament and Christmas
lighting contest at their regular
meeting last night.
Bud Parker, of the House Com.
mittee, mad several Of the fishing
tournament trophies on display.
This year, there viii be a total OF
rs trophies given TO the winners OF
the various events. The fishing
tournament will get underway ear
ly in January.
Elio Garcia reported on the con-
cession stand at Wicker's Stadium,
and stated that it had been a sue
cessful operation. Final report Of
earnings will be made after final
accounting.
Garcia also made a report on
Christmas lighting program. All
the lights should be up by the end
of this week, and the 40-foot tree
to be placed on Duval Street in
front of Kress should be up soon.
The Jaycees are making one final
appeal for donations for this worth
while project, and anyone wishing
to donate any amount should call
Elio Garcia at the Coca Cola Bot
Ting Plant, and arrangements will
be made to collect the donations.
Jim Keen reported that the fish
fry planned for this Friday has
been postponed, and Jim also stat
ed that almost $20O0.eO has been
raised by the various clubs of Key
West for the Community Chest.
Louis Divide reported on the
parking lot Committee and sue
ceeded in getting his motion pass
ed to have $4,000 set aside to have
the Club House renovated and 10
finish building the barbecue pit.
Bob Youmans nominated Stan
Hodes for new membership and
Mervin' Thompson came In for q
few minutes with a swelled chest
and box Of cigars celebrating the
birth of daughter. The Club wei
coined back Ed Irwin who has
Continued on Page Twol
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Soviet Spokesman Indicate
kremlin Wants No Part OF
Proposed Atomic Energy Pool

LONDON Rl-Soviet spokesman
gave strong indications last night
that the Kremlin wants no part
of President Eisenhower's proposal
for an atomic energy pool for
peaceful uses.
There was no Official" reply
from the Soviet government, but
a top propaganda commentator on
Moscow radio, Boris Leontyev,
described the American proposal
as a rehaSh of the Baruch atomic
control plan the Russians have
always rejected. Leontyev added
that the U. S. President had
threatened atomic war"
In the United Nations Assembly,
Russian Delegate Andrea Y. Wish
IinSky declared: "You cannot in
sure the use of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes without uncon-
'ditional prohibition and strict in
ternational control (of atomic
weapons"
U.N. deliberations on atomic
energy control have been dead.
locked for several years by Rus
Sia'S insiStence on an immediate
ban and the Vests counterdemand
for workable control and in
Spection system first.
The initial Soviet reaction came
as the Western world generally
applauded the plan, outlined by
Eisenhower Tuesday in a speech
before the UN. Assembly. News.
.pi perS in India also welcomed il
as a rent, however small, in the
atomic curtain"
Although some Western sources
still expressed a faint hope that
the official Soviet answer might
be more favorable. the first Rus
sian comment obviously had been
cleared with Kremlin propaganda
and foreign affairs authorities be-
fore it was made public.
Outlining his plan for a UN.
commission to which atomic pow
.ers, including Russia. would con.
Continued On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
JObless Miner Kills Children
ITO Save Them From Torment
Three OF Family
Are Dead. Two
Near Death After
Fathers Attack

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio Up - A
jobless, hymn-singing miner killed
three of his five little children yes
terday with crowbar and his feet
and critically injured the other
two.
God told me to kill the children
to save them from the tortures
and torment of the devil" Frank
Holt, "a, was quoted as telling JEFF.
ferson County Prosecutor Bernard
IT. Mccain last night.
Holt was walking around his
front yard, humming a hymn
when Deputy Sheriff Russell VIII
sac arrived at the home, II miles
northwest of here in the village of
East Springfield. The deputy said
Holt kept humming hymns and
seemed calm during a half-hour
auto ride to jail.
Three Of Hollis small sons we're
dead when Wilsac got there -
Tracy, /; Sidney, 2; and Sanford 6.
The other two children-Susan,
4, and Doren, 5-were unconscious
at Ohio Valley Hospital today,
their skulls fractured. Hospital at
PENDANTS said they doubted the
youngsters would make il"
Wilsac said Holt had beaten the
children's heads with a 3O-inch
crowbar and then stomped on
them.
In another room of the hospital
where two Of her children were
clinging to life was Hollis wife
Beatrice, 81. She was recovering
from the shock of returning to her
home after a few minutes at a
neighbours and finding three of the
children lying on the dining room
floor and the other two in the
kitchen.
Holt, dark-haired and of small,
wiry build, told Mccain he tricked
his wife into leaving their house
by telling her he wanted to go to
church service last night. The
prosecutor said Holt told him he
sent her to the home of neigh.
Dor, Mrs. Sophie Baker, about 200
yards away, to ask the Bakers for
an automobile ride to church. She
Continued On Page Tenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

is Given To
Marshall Today
BY HAYWARD RossELAND

OSLO, Norway R-The 1853 No.
bel Peace Prize was presented TO.
day to Americas top commander
Ii World War II, Gen. George C,
Marshall, for the 17-billion- dollar
postwar European aid plan which
bore his name.
The $33,S4O in prize money, a
citation scroll and gold medal were
handed to Marshall in ceremonies
here.
French Ambassador Louis de
Monicault also accepted the 1852
peace prize on behalf of DR.. Albert
SchweitzeT, famed African jungle
doctor, humanitarian, philosopher
and musical authority.
The other four 1853 prizes from
the fortune left by Alfred Nobel,
inventor of dynamite, were to be
presented later today in similar
ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden.
They 60 to Britain's Prime Min
lister, Sir Winston Churchill, for
literature; DR.. Franz Albert Lip
mann of Harvard University and
DR.. Hans Adolph Krebs of Eng.
lands Sheffield University, both
German-born, for medicine; Hol.
lands DR.. Frits Zernike, for phys.
les; and West Germany's DR.. Her.
man Staudinger, for chemistry.
Churchill's wife will accept the
prize for her husband, who leaves
Bermuda tonight after the Big
Three conference.
Marshall, who viii be 70 Dec.
81. was the 18th American to win
the peace prize, first given in 1901.
Norway's s1-year-old King Haa.
kon VII headed the glittering audi
fence which packed Oslo Uni.
Iversity's Festival Hall to applaud
as the soldier-statesman mounted
ne roStrum.
The presentation was made by
Gunnar jain, president Of the No
bel committee named by the Nor.
wegian Parliament to make the
award.
Just before, Carl Joachim Ham.
bro, who often has represented
Norway in the League Of Nations
and the United Nations, explained
the prize was mot given to Mar.
shall for all he accomplished dur
in. the war"
what he has done after the wal
to prepare for peace is the ccfol
Continued On Page TwoJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
|NOPrOgress
Made Toward
Peace Farley
Reds Will Answer
Deans Question On
Their Readiness To
Talk Tomorrow
BY GEORGE MACARTHUR

PANMUNJOM B - Allied and
Communist diplomats made nc
progress today toward setting up
a Korean peace conference and
U. S. envoy Arthur H. Dean asked
the Reds If they were ready tc
break off the preliminary talks.
The Reds retorted with a Ions
TRADE, then acknowledged that the
negotiations are at a standstiIl
and said tAsy wuu'd answer Dear
tomorrow.
A few miles from the scene o.
the deadlocked talks, Allied ex.
planners failed for the eighth
straight day to win back single
South Korean war prisoner who
chose to stay with the Commu
nistS.
Indian paratrooper guards broke
up Sitdown strikes staged by most
of the 80 RoK captives in an ap-,
parent effort to tie up the inter.
views.
Explainers have talked with Csc
South Koreans to date and have
rs more to see.
Then the U. N. Command is ex.
peeted to call for q Americans
and l Briton who stayed with the
Reds.
Dean told Communist diplomats
he would do everything possible
to carry out the Bermuda confer.
ence call for a Korean peace par
ley. But he said there would be
no retreat from his insistence that
Russia attend the conference as
a full participant.
Communist demands that the
Soviet Union be invited as a neu.
(Continueo On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Military Personnel To Be
off The Streets b. ? AM
Amended CurfeiC
Is announced;
Off-Limits areas
Listed By Navy

An amended Navy curfew
was in effect today, giving
military personnel until 2 so
q. m. to be off the streets in
the Key West area.
The Z .. m. eurfew for mill.
terry personnel 10 be out OF
saloons, restaurants and other
public establishments still stands.
The 1880 .. m. announcement
sivss personnel time 10 return
10 their quarters or station.
In the new instructions, the Ma
Wy defines the Key West area as
that area of the Florida Keys lying
within Monroe County.
The instruction also lists the es-
adjustments in the area that are
off limits to military personnel.
That part of the instruction reads:
Mems Place. bar and grill,
Stock island, Monroe County,
Florida.
"Wylks Bar and Restaurant,
Stock island. Monroe County,
Florida.
"pspe's Cafe, 2O7 ovvsI ST.,
Key West, Florida.
"IlS Club, llS Fitzpatrick ST.,
Key West, Florida.
"Rosmi7q house, lls pUval ST.,
Key West, Florida"
IRE instruction then defines the
places and areas in Key West that
are off limits to white personnel:
1.-THE following described area in
Key West, Fla. is off limits to all
white personnel on foot. the area
tContinued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Woman Is Hurt
I'm Collision

One person was injured at s:3s
p. m. yesterday in an auto collision
at U. S. / and the Old County
Road on Stock Island.
According to sheriffs deputies
who investigated, a Ford pickup
truck belonging to the Navy and
driven by Donald E. Fredericks
was stopped for the traffic light
when 1851 Ford sedan driven By
Jose Gonzalez, sos Louisa, struck
the rear Of the truck.
Mrs. Jose Gonzalez was treated
for a cut head and bruises al Mon.
roe General Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Judge Caro- Hears
4 Guilty Pleas

-Four persons today pleaded gull
ty before Judge Thomas S. Caro-
in Criminal Court. They were:
Antonio Nauez, selling alcoholic
beverages after hours, dismissed.
Roscoe NJ. Brown, drunkenness,
$50 or 60 days.
Kenneth ". Dedman, reckless
driving, SIS or 30 days.
Trenchard G. Price, no license
tag, sentence deferred.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
-Four Persons Will Be Called Before
Citizens Decency Committee Friday
May Hire Out-Of-TO,Un Pirate Eye
To Probe Police And Prostitution
BY jim COBB

The "decency committee" is shopping around for
private investigator to aid them in their probe of the city
vice problem.
They decided yesterday at their initial meeting to
investigate hiring out-oftown detective agency to
duet an undercover check of the police department and
the citys prostitution operations, but they'll also
tnue their probe starting Friday at p m. when
they will question four persons in connection with alleged
payoff demands from the police department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
THE TRUE STORY
OF SANTA CLAUS

The real story Of that jolly
old gentleman in q red coat,
who makes Us oil young again,
at least once in every Yearl
II begins today on page 4 Of
The Citizen. a series of six in
staIiments by Oliver Bennett
Server. Succeeding insialIments
will appear in the pages OF The
Citizen between now and
Christmas, with the last one
on Christmas eve.
Here's q Christmas treat for
all readers Of The Citizen, from
six 10 ninety.six. Don't miss .
single instailmentl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

Hours Announced
By Post office

Stamp and parcel post win
dows only will be open SaiUr.
day, December II from 9 .. m.
TO 500 p. m. Acting Postmas-
ter L. n. Goddard announced
today.
Saturday, December 18Th, ell
windows al the post office will
be open from $500 .. m. 10
500 p. m.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20
Lucy Phillips C.M.E.

Sunday, November % will find
the service as usual with the Sun
day School opening at $50 with
Mr.. F. B. Johnson the Superin-
tendent in charge. The Sunday
School is making much progress
under this able leader. Most OF
the old timers agree that he has
carried the Sunday School to a
height that no other Supt. has
been able to attain. The Pastor
Rev. L. ]. Harper, has much praise
for Mr.. Johnson and his staff OF
officers.
The pastor will preach Thanks
giving Sermon Sunday morning
since he will be with the Interde-
nominational Ministerial Alliance
on Thanksgiving Day at the Tan
ner Chapel A.ME. Church.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20

turns her titheS look like some very
active church group making a fl
nancial report on "a special rally
day She is quiet, but outspoken;
if she promises she will do this or
that in the program of the church
you can count on her for just that.
Sister Brewer has served in va
rious offices, such as chairman of
a pastors anniversary celebration,
chairman of a woman's day pro-
gram, president of a missionary
circle, and is lieutenant governor
of the Texas Club, which has
pledged itself to work until the new
church building is completed and
paid for. Sister Brewer gets happy
and walks about IN church giving
vent to the joy of the Lord. She
really rejoiced when her sister,
Mrs. Matte Morgan, came back
into the fold.
It is a real blessing to Chris
tian woman when she has a hus-
band to encourage her in the serv-
ice of the Lord like Mrs. Brewer
has.
Mr.. Brewer is a husband to be
proud of. Both members-of differ,
ent churches although that does
not curtail their interest in each
other, or in each others church.
The church will be so much bet
ter off financially when the men,
bership gives a tenth of their in
come for the support of the church
which is Gods plan.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20
lst Institutional Baptist

Annual Woman's Day will be
observed Sunday at First Institu-
tional Baptist Church, it was an
nounced by the general chairman,
Mrs. Christine Y. Jackson. A SYM
postum will highlight the morning
service at II o'clock. Mrs. Louise
Phillips will serve as moderator.
Guest speakers giving their views
of various aspects of the theme,
"Practicing Christianity" will be
Mines. Madeline Leos, 'jn the
home::" Zenobia Wilburn, "in the
neighborhood"; Zenoma Smith, "in
government; Charlessetta Banks,
"in schools; and Eleanor Rags
dale, Gin business.
A Calendar Tea will be held at
$3.50 pm. at the church, to which
the public is invited.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20
Omen Door, PentecOstal

Last Sunday, soul stirring mes
sage was preached by a visiting
missionary, Sister Bessie Clark
Music was furnished by the junior
choir under the direction of Chris
tina Mosely.
Recent Sunday School attend
ance have broken records. The
Sunday School will sponsor the
Cananite Gospel Singers in pro-
gram, Sunday, at 3 pm. in the
church, 100 South 18th Street,
(half block south of Jefferson.
Prayer services on Wednesday
from 10 am. to $3.50 pm. Come
for a short season of prayer where
you may escape the cares of life
for a few minutes and renew your
strength for many days.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20
Willow Grove Baptist

"Get Acquainted Day. w as very
successful, last Sunday, at Willow
Grove Baptist Church.
Many visitors and few out-ot-
town guests gathered in the af-
ternoon to enjoy turkey dinner
and fellowship with members.
The pastor, told the group that
it was grand to see so many peo-
pie enjoying themselves together.
Meetings of this nature help to
bring people Of the community to
know one another better, he added.
Arizona sun., 1953-11-20
Wesley ME.

Last Sunday morning the min
ister, Rev. VIM. H. Stevens, Jr.,
delivered a sermon on the theme,
"Blesed Are The Peacemakers".
Mrs. Emma Harrison, 4417-A S.
10Th was received into the fellow
ship of the church as an affiliate
member, with her home church
membership still remaining at Cen
tenniel Methodist, st. Louis, Mo.
This Sunday the sermon will be
on the Thanksgiving theme, THE
Thankful Minority. Methodist
men will meet at pm. The wom-
ans society of Christian Service,
Mrs. Mabel C. McFaHs, president,
has announced that Women's Day
will be observed Sunday, January
31st. This date is set in order to
cooperate with other societies, who
will be invited to worship with
Wesley's W.S.C.S.
Tuesday, November II, the con-
gregation of Wesley will worship
with Lucy Phillips Memorial C.M.
E. Church in an evening service.
Thursday, November 26, Thanks
giving Day, Wesley will worship
as a member, of the Interdenom-
national Alliance of Greater Phoe-
nix at the Alliances Thanksgiving
Day service at Tanner Chapel A.
ME. Church at 10 am.
Beginning Sunday, November
29th, Wesley will hold preaching
evangelism campaign, with Rev.
I. H. Pierce of Dallas, Texas, as
the featured, speaker. Rev. Pierce
is a member of the Texas Confer
ence of the Methodist Church, and
is the brother of Mrs. ]. D. Ma
thaniel, Chandler; the father of
Mrs. Virgie Woods, and uncle Of
Mrs. Jessie Scott, Mesa. Plan to
hear this noted preacher.