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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-26
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Students

The N rational Education AS
sociation fheported recently public
scho 4 enrolment in the current
school ya1r is up approximately
1880. 900 over last year Total
public school enrollmentS in the
United States is now APPROX
mately 100000.
The NEA reports says the
new first grade crop is a record
one, as the result of bumper
crop Of babies in l941. Many of
these babies are the children CT
service men who retain home in
1916
Inc NEA says the rapidly en-
lar9 ny number Of students are
IN need OF 10000 more teachers
and approximately $4,000, 000. 900
worth Of new equipment The re-
Fort shows that colleges are in
creasng the. pace in teachers
training, although the rate is s.ill
not fast enough While there are
$4,000 more teachers on the lob
this year and expenditures are
well Up over Last year, about $50. :
900 pupils must stjl attend dou-
b-e-SeSsion or other make-shift
schools arrangement
As we have pointed ont before
lh 1h.s newspaper, the people OF
this community have. a response
bihtV b provide the children cf
the area with the finest education
obtain3ble This IS the best invest
nent local citizens can make to-
ward the future OF their com
munity OF all investments one
can make, better schools ana the
linancin9 Of them bring more and
larger dividends than any other
type
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-26


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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-26

Hungarian farmers are leaving,
the cooperatiyes
International control of atomic
weapons is held to be essential
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Many Suspects
We're Suggested
I'm CandyCase
Lake Wales Chief
Was FLOODED With
IDEAS As To Sender
Of Poisoned Fudge

TAMPA R-The Lake Wales
poison candy mystery was one
case in which there was no lack Of
suspects, an investigating officer
says.
Police Chief X. NJ. Mellick Of
Lake Wales said he had never
seen a case which presented SC
many suspects. The candy went
to about 40 persons in a Bible
class and five families, and these
people and many others flooded
officers with ideas about the
sender.
Mellick said his force and postal
inspectors interviewed at least 15C
before working UP their case
against Mrs. Letha Overton.
Mrs. Overton, 40, pleaded guilty
before U. S. Commissioner Paul
Pinkerton Wednesday to sending
poisonous matter through the mail
She was held in county jail I'm.
der $500 bond.
Her husband, Jesse Overton, is
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Second Man Held
In Theft OF
Cable From Navy

Another man was arrested latt
yesterday in connection with the
theft of copper cable from the
Navy here, it was announced to
day by Naval authorities.
Shelley Ashley, IS, now OF Mi
ami and formerly of Key West
was arrested in Miami by the FBI
and charged with the theft of gov
eminent property.
Ashley formerly lived at 81:
Thomas ST., the Navy said.
He was arrested as a result O
an investigation by the security
forces of the Naval Station here
Ashley was an employee of a sub
contractor on the Naval Station.
Ashley was the second man ar
rested in the theft Of $l,S7S worth
LOT capper cable.
Cleveland Jones, formerly of 81:
Petronia ST., was bound over foc
trial after a hearing Wednesday
before U. S. Commissioner William
". Albury.
Bond was set at s., ZOO and Jones
was taken to the Dade County jail
for trial by U. S. Marshal E. Jack.
son Butler. Testimony at that hear,
ing revealed that Jones sold the
cable to junk yard for $40.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Johns Tells OF
Road
Program Set

JACKSONVILLE R - Acting
Gov. Charley Johns disclosed last
night his administration is EN-.
barked on a gigantic road and
bridge building program costing
100 million dollars.
"The goal that we've set is to
give Florida the best and safest
roads of any state" he said at a
testimonial dinner given him and
State Road Board Chairman Cecil
I'M. Webb.
"Of course, We can't expect to
do that in the short space of a
year although we can make a lot
Iof headway," he said. There's
mo reason in the world that this
state can't be No. l in the South
as far as roads and bridges are
concerned"
The program, he continued, will
b. under construction this year.
That's not enough" he said, "but
it's still a tremendous program
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Anti-Submmine Schooling lids

constructed by the Electric Boat
Co., in Groton. Their 1T" designa-
tor stands for target, which is ex-
actly what they are.
The Hunted
The tt and To work with anti
submarine forces in a game of
hide and-seek in which they are the
ones always being sought.
Only smaH.fry in comparison to
the larger subs. the target boats
IdiSplace only 250-tons. The con-
'ventional boat displaces 1500-tons
or more. The tt and 2 are 131
feet in length as compared to the
normal subs 300 or more feet.
Crowded with equipment, the T.
boats offer little in the way Of COM
fort for their crew of two officers
and twelve enlisted men.
Two-Fold Purpose
These little underSea craft are
serving a two-fold purpose for
Uncle Sans Navy. While acting
as an enemy raider, they offer
ample opportunity for anti-subma-
rine units to deveIope new techni-
ques in submarine detecting. And
vice versa, they present the equal
chance for the Navy to study meth
DDS by which the submarine can
better elude being detected by sub
hunting surface ships and aircraft.
Powered by two diesel engines,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05

GROTON, CONN., U. S.
Nays two smallest submarines,
the tt and To, departed from the
New London submarine base last
Friday. The ultimate destination
of the pygmy-size subs is Key
West, where they will operate with
Submarine Squadron Twelve as a
permanent assignment.
En- route to the south Florida
base, the tt and To will visit the
ports of Norfolk, Va, Charleston,
S. c., Fort Lauderdale, Fla, and
Nassau, British West Indies.
The skipper of the tt is 1t.
joseph NJ. Snyder of Hyattsville,
Nd. and 1t. Edward Holt of Per
rysburg, Ohio, is captain of the
To.
Trip Schedule
The subs were scheduled to
reach Norfolk on January 81 and
to depart from that Virginia city
yesterday. They viii spend two
DAYS al Charleston, arriving Feb
Is and leaving on the next Mon
|dsy. Arriving in Fl. Lauderdale on
Feb. 10. they will sail the follow
|ine dav for Nassau where a four.
day layover is planned. They should
enter the Key West area on the
10th of this month.
The midget submarines were
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
IAntiSubmG Schooling aids
Pvomv.Size Submarines To Arrive Here Soon

the Tt and To are equipped with
snorkels. They can, while snorkel.
ing, maintain the same maximum
speed as when running on the sur
face. When completely submerged
they must depend or batteries
which are no larger then those in
forklifts and other such vehicles.
Unique is the fact that the engines
are built by Navy specifications
but are supplied from standard
stocks Of the manufacturer.
T.Bost Armament
For armament the T-boatS have
a single torpedo tube in the bow
and can carry two torpedoes. Al
though it has not been mentioned,
they possibly could be placed into
combatant service if the need
should arise. This, Of course, is I'M
official, and it would appear I'm
likely that the small submarines
would ever be used in this capac-
ity, especially now that the Navy
has launched an atomic submarine,
the Nautilus, which supposedly viii
'revolutionize submarine warfare.
Probably the most important
factor about the T-boats is the eco.
nomieal side Of the picture. These
craft do the same anti-submarine
schooling job that formerly was
assigned to their larger counter.
parts at only a fraction Of the cost.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Bulletin Says
Pope Continues
To Weaken Today

VATICAN CITY Up - Pope Plus
difficulty in taking food has con
tinued to weaken him, said the
first official bulletin issued OH hi
condition today by his private
physician.
The bulletin, issued by Prof
Ricardo Galeazzi-LiSi, said it is
hoped "as soon as possible to re
peat particular X-ray examina.
tons to determine the condition VI
both the (Pope's) gastric area
as well as other organs in that
area"
The bulletin said thai "since Jan.
Is, the Holy Father has shown, to.
gether with a light fever, symp
toms of gastritis, preceded by In
sistent hiccups."
collective clinical examina.
TONS" it added, excluded any
other peritoneal abdominal lining
reaction whatsoever and labora
tory examinations resulted normal
Excluding the possibility of an alb
normal amount of nitrogen in the
blood or of cardiac LESSONS. J"
The bulletin said the 77-year-old
Pope has continued to weaken.
The general state, weakened by
excessive, prolonged labor, both
mental and physical, has suffered
a further weakening because OF the
fatiguing gastric disturbance and
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Dulles Claims
.MolOtoy Fears
Free German Vote
Says Russian Plan
Follows Pattern
Used In Eastern
Europe Since War
By JOHN IA. hIcHTowER

BERLIN R-Secretary of State
Dulles, denouncing the Russian
plan for German unification. told
the Berlin conference today Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov is trying
to extend the Kremlin's power to
the Rhine.
Dulles said Molotov had rejected
a Western plan for unification of
Germany through free elections be-
cause he is afraid that the Is mil
lion Germans in the Communist
zone would overwhelmingly re-
ject" its present Red regime.
"Mr. Molotoy has good reason 70
be afraid" the American Secretary
said.
Dulles led off the Western attack
on the Molotov plan, which he said
follows the "tragic pattern" by
which the Soviet Union has spread
Communist control over Eastern
Europe since the war.
Dulles said Britain's Anthony
Eden, Frances Georges Bidault
and he had come to Berlin two
weeks ago hoping that solutions
would be found to the problem of
German unity in a conference
which at the outset carried the
promise of easing world tension.
But, he said, the MOlotov pro-
gam which the Russian minister
put before the conference yester-
day shows that che has no inten-
ton of seriously seeking German
unity with freedom"
II would say to Mr.. Molotov,"
Dulles declared, "that it is late,
but not too late to redeem the
promise of Berlin"
The cornerstone of the Russian
program, Dulles said, is the Com
munist government of East Ger
many which he declared was put
in office and kept there by Soviet
power. It would have been "forci-
bly, elected" by the workers Of East
Germany last June, Dulles as
serted, had it not been for "ele-
ments of % Soviet divisions, in
Guiding tanks and armored cars. "
He referred to the workers re-
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Roberts Freed
On Failure To
Register Charge

w. ". Bob" Roberts was
cleared Yesterday Of charges
that no failed 10 register with
the Sheriffs Department as q
felon after . hearing before
Peace Justice Ira Albury.
Attorney IA. Ignstius Lester,
Roberts attorney. argued sue.
eessfvlly that Roberts was not
required TO register since the
law which went into effect last
May applies only TO persons
entering Monroe County.
Roberts has been q resident
here for the past three years,
Lester pointed out. The law
states that call persons with
records Of conviction on fell
onies shall register with ths
Sheriff within "a hours Of their
arrival"
Roberts was arrested last
week and had been free under
bond Of $500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Papy, Road Dept
Engineers Study
Layout Fron. BIC,
To Sur,.rnerLdnd

There is good news today
for Keys bridge fishermen
State Representative Der.
ME C. Papy, along with two
engineers from the State
Road Department began yes
terday a preliminary sur
vey of keys bridges from
Boca Chica to Summerland
Key as the latest step in pro.
viding the catwalks for use
by fishermen.
The next step. Papy says, Is th'
drawing of plans by the road de
partment and a call for bids.
Monroe County residents may
see actual construction begin
sooner than they think. And with
them will come the end Of
hazard which has long been .
source Of concern to motorists
along the Overseas Highway.
Acting Governor Charley John:
two weeks ago in a speech at Ma
rathon promised keys resident:
that he would intercede with The
State Road Department to Obtain
the catwalks. Last week, Papy ap
peared before the Road Board ant
obtained an appropriation Of $50,
900 for the catwalkS. The Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District ther
appropriated $4,000.
Yesterdays survey covered an
area south Of HE Big Pine Key
toll gate and was Of Q prelimin-
cry nature. No data concerning
ire actual details Of fhe place
meni and construction have been
released although tentative dis.
evssions indicated that 800 feet
Of eatwalks may be placed on
Nhs Boes chiea Bridge 49, $50
feet on each side.
The 50-thouSand dollars that the
Road Department has to SpenC
should furnish a total of two thou
Oand feet of catwalkS, il has beer
estimated.
Preliminary plans call for the
eatwalks to be constructed of steel
The weather bureau has been
consulted for tide data to aid in
The placement Of the catwalks, Pa,
py said.
Surveys were made at bridges
up the keys including Harris Gap
Channel, Kemp Channel Viaduct
Lower Sugar Loaf Key and the
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Welfare Aid To 6l6 County
Residents approved In Jam
Over $4,000 Is
Allotted For Use
Of Needy Here

Welfare assistance to Gle
Monroe County residents
totaling $27,529.50 was ap-
proved during January, il
was announced today.
The approval was made by Mem
berS of District No. 9 Welfare
Board of the State Department o.
Public Welfare, according to Harry
Zukernick of Miami, chairman O.
the board. The report was forward
ed here by Miss Elizabeth NJ. Fike
director of the Miami office of pub
lie welfare.
District No. 8 includes Monrot
and Dade Counties.
A total of 1851 persons received
assistance in the two counties fol
a total Of 1862, 927.
Persons receiving old age IS.
sistsnes In this county in January
were ~. Persons receiving aid
TO The blind were "a. There were
103 families including 255 children
receiving cid TO dependent chill
drsn during the month.
The District Welfare Board serv
eS as a citizens committee which
studies and approves or rejects all
applications for these three public
assistance categories administer
ed by the State Department of Pub
lie Welfare.
The Board employs . staff to
study the applications Of persons
applying for assistance and, also.
to make periodic visits TO all
these persons TO determine wee.
fhsr eksnessahsy are eligible on
the basis Of need for the assis-
lance which they are receiving
10 be continued.
The Board meets regularly each
month to take whatever action is
necessary and 30 see that these
persons who are in need of assiS.
lance continue to receive it.
Monroe County has two persons
representing the county on the
Board-Mrs. Beulah Russell and
Rev. Ralph Rogers. An office is
located IN Key West to handle the
work Of Monroe County. Miss
Eliza E. Fike is Supervisor there
and has working with her three
visitors and two stenographers.
In addition TO granting Public
Assistance to the above three
named esteseries to persons who
are In need In the community.
child welfare services are also
available 10 abandoned. neglect.
cd and runaway children and vn.
married mothers under Il years
Of age.
The District is, also, responsible
for the study of adoption petitions
for the Circuit Court where chill
dren or infants have not been
placed through a licensed adoption
agency.
As soon as a full time child wei.
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
|ROOsevelts Will
Talk Today About
Money Problems
Hearing Slated
To Air Finances
OF James Roosevelt

PASADENA, Calf. Up $50 James
Roosevelt, who says he is broke.
and his estranged wife Romellet
who contends he is worth two mil
lion dollars, will talk about money
today and not about the infideli
ties she has accused him of.
A hearing in Superior Court here
Twill air the finances Of the eldest
son of the late President Franklin
Roosevelt to determine if he i:
able to meet his wife's demands
for s., 5O0-a-month almony and
support for tier three children.
However, on the eve of the couri
hearing there were reports that
strong efforts were being made t.
effect a reconciliation.
The New York Mirror, In a story
by Harry Hershfield, said today the
case may wind up suddenly with
a reconciliation. a quiet out-of-court
settlement or both, brother Frank.
lin D. Jr. told me Thursday night. +"
Hershfield wrote that at a New
York County Democratic dinner
last night Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jr., brother Of James, told him:
"She (Romelle) is now trying
feverishly to effect Q reconciliation,
ldror tie charges and Rr.tle the
whole thing out of court just as
soon as it can be DONE"
In her separate maintenance
suit, Mrs. Roosevelt listed her ex.
|penses as SASS monthly and those
|of the children as q total Of $l,57S
a month.
She broke her expenses down
partly as follows: help $565, food
$3.50, clothing $3.50, house main
tenance, utilities and auto ex.
penses 500 each; medical and den.
tai $3.50, furnishings 500, charity
$50, house payment $lsU, insurance
$50, travel $50, entertainment $50,
and other expenses for other items.
Among expenses for the children
she listed tuition SITS. special in.
Struction $270, musical inStru.
ments and instruction $3.50, cloth.
ing $500, dental $225, other medi.
cal 500, travel and recreation
$3.50.
Mrs. Roosevelt has asked for the
support money pending trial of her
sensational separate maintenance
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
|Neighbors Plead
For Freedom OF
Wanted Man

LOS ANGELES R-Alex r. Bry-
ant, As, was listed as one of the
FBPs 10 most wanted fugitives
before his recent capture. But now
nearly 100 neighbors and business
associates want him.
They want him to stay here with
his wife and baby in the suburban
cottage on Mt. Washington, where
his attorney says Bryant has led
an exemplary life for nearly two
Years.
The wife, Mrs. Gladys Lawson,
says the 100 friends and neighbors
have signed two petitions to Gov.
Goodwin J. knight asking him to
deny a request for extradition.
Mrs. Lawson married Bryant Is
months ago under his assumed
name, Edward Lawson. She still
insists on using the name Lawson.
They have a daughter, 5 months
old.
Bryant escaped from Michigan
State Prison in January 1852 after
serving q years of a life sentence
for a series of robberies committed
in 1929, when he was "a years old.
Prior to that he had served a re-
formatory term on a rape charge.
Mrs. Lawson said yesterday a
lot more signatures are anticipat-
e., and added: IL think he is be-
ginning to feel little hope. He was
so hopeless before"
I'VE the undersigned" reads
one of the petitions, believe that
Ed Lawson should go free after
he has been free for two years
and has obeyed all the laws. ne
are the people he would have to
live among and feel he is perfectly
safe. We are all mothers and
fathers and We feel our children
are as safe around him as in our
own living rooms or our own
arms"
Bryant, after his escape, came
west and got a job as a truck
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Survey Starts ON CatnuK
Project For Keys Bridges
City Commission
To Meet Today.

The City Commission will
meet His afternoon At 5 p. m.
TO consider . request for .
lease on waterfront property
Ut HE north end Of Simonten
Street for use - The Key West
terminus Of On svse-ferry line
between Key West and Garden
as, Cuba.
Sirvse proposes TO break
ground for the terminal with.
in six months, If the lease Is
granted and 10 have service
going by next December or the
lease would be null and weld.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05

The city charter, they say,
points out that the commits
sion may not interfere with
the hiring and firing of po-
lice.
And at the same meeting. Pa
trOlman Harry Lee Baker charg.
ed that he is the only man on the
police force that is eligible for the
JOB. Baker said today that he has
contracted an attorney and may
bring suit if the law is not follow.
ed"
But today, one city commits.
sicner, Or. DeIio Cob hit back
at The allegations saying that
"the commission Instructed the
police chief TO appoint q captain
we definitely did not tell him
who he should appoint" Mayor
c. B. Harvey and the other com.
missioners could not be reached
for comment today.
The wording Of a letter from Po-
lice Chief Cabrera to the commits
sion started the controversy.
Addressed to the Mayor and the
City Commission and dated JAN
uary "a, it said: Elm pursuance of
your instructions, have this day
appointed Bienvenido Perez as
Captain of Police subject to your
approval and to that of the civil
lsesTsce board"
Civil Service Beard Chairman
Isabel Fleming then read this ex.
|cerpt from the city charter:
Neither the commission or any
of its meifibers shall direct or re-
quest the ppointment of any per.
son to or d removal from office
by the city manager or by any of
his SubOrdinateS, or in any manner
take part in the appointment or
removal of employees in the adj
miniStrative service of the city as
hereinafter prescribed. Except for
the purpose of inquiry, the COM
mission shall deal with the admin
iStrative service solely through the
city manager and neither the COM
mission nor any commissioner
shall give orders 10 any subordi-
nate Of the city manager, either
publicity or privately. Any commits
sioner violating the provisions OF
this section or voting for a reSolu-
ton or ordinance in violation of
this section, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall cease to be a COM
missioners of the City of Key
West"
The board also charged that
they were by-psssed In The sp-
Pointmenf, pointing ovf that the
law says that they shall prepare
. list Of three names Of eligible
persons for fhs police chief, 70
guide him In making The sp.
pointmenf.
At meeting on January IA, two
of the board, Mrs. Flem-
ing and Mrs. Sybil Dexter refused
to recommend the names Of Bak-
er and Perez for promotion to the
rank Of captain.
The names were presented by
board member Robert Valdez.
The board then instructed Exec.
utive Secretary Victor Lowe %
turn over Cabrera's letter and A
copy of the civil service rules for
making appointments to City A.
torney ]. Y. Porter for a ruling.
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
coRRE cTIoN

In the advertisement "A~~'- Get
Your Gun" appearing last night on
Page l of The Citizen the time of
the shows should have read Friday
at and 0 Pm. and Saturday at
$50 ana Go PM.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-05
Civil Service Board Refuses TO Okaj
Police Captain; Cobo Denies Violation
PatrOIman Arers He Should
Hare Been Ciren Promotion

The Civil Service Board baked last night in APP
proving the appointment of Bienvenido Perez police
captain.
They took strong exception to the manner In which
the appointment made by Police Chief Raymond
Cabrera and limited that city commissioners may
have committed msdemeanor if they instructed the
chief to appoint Perez. but city commissioner Deo
Cobo today denied that was the case