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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Fathers
May Reverse
Decision To
End Payments

The city commission may
reverse its decision to end
the policy of paying fees to
police officers who appear
in city court as witnesses
during their off-duty hours.
The city fathers have set
q special meeting for tonight
at which time they will dis
cuss the situation which has
created considerable contro-
versy in the city hall.
They passed on first reading last
week, an ordinance which ends the
payment of court fees. 1t is Sche-
duled to come up for second read
ing next Monday night. The ordi-
nance was suggested after subs
tantial raises for the police depart
ment were set up in the 1954-55
budget. The raises range from $22
per month for rookie officers to
$50 per month for the police chief.
$40 Maximum
Under the present Setup, which
has been in use for some years,
police officers are paid two dollars
for each appearance in court when
a conviction is obtained. Maximum
for any one day, however, is two
dollars. Thus, since court is held
five days per week, it is possible
for policemen to earn up to $40
per month from court fees. The
fees are paid out Of the city's fine
and forfeiture fund.
However, the average figure is
believed to be somewhat lower
than $40.
Pay Raise NUIIified
Police lieutenants, in particular,
have voiced strong disapproval OF
ending of payment of court fees
They say that their SIS per month
raises will be nullified since they
will lose their fees.
The city finance directors office
said today, however, that fees paid
to heutenantS for the past year
have averaged from four dollars to
$3.50 per month.
indications we're today, that the
commission will move to reinState
the fee system, in addition to the
raises given the police department.
Commissioner Louis Carbonell,
however, said that he favors plan
which would split the fees equally
among all members of the depart
Continued on Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Florida Radio
Show Winners
To Visit Here

The first winners of Florida Call.
ing, Mutual Broadcasting System
radio show, are due to arrive here
today on a statewide tour.
The winners, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Goebel of Indianapolis, will be
guests of the FL Rancho Motel to.
night, and tomorrow will be taken
on tour of the city and the Naval
Station.
Florida Calling, emceed by Tom
Moore, originates in Winter Haven.
Listeners throughout the United
States are phoned and asked a
Jackpot question. The correct an.
swer wins an all-expense Florida
vacation for two.
Key West, one of the cities spon-
soring the show, is included in the
tour of the state.
The question which won for the
GoebelS was: ''Who said an ideal
wife is any woman who has an
ideal huSband?'".
Mrs. Goebel came up with the
correct answer - Booth Tarking.
ton.
Tomorrow night the couple will
leave for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Virginia Man
lis Questioned In
Roberts Case

MIAMI B-Miami detectives re-
ported a man had been picked up
at Gate City, Va, for questioning
In the Judith Ann Roberts murder
case, then was released.
1t. Chester Eldredge of the HON.
icide squad identified the man as
Norman E. Buchanan, Is, who es-
capped from the Miami stockade
while serving a sentence for in
decent exposure before Is girls
aged s to 10.
Sheriff W. C. Salyer of Scott
County, Va, told officers here the
man was permitted to go home
but we can pick him up again
whenever you give us the word"
1.-The thing for US to find out is
whether this man could have been
in Miami on July T." said FL
dredge.
Judith Ann, 7, daughter of a
Baltimore lawyer and former la
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Three Men Are
Charged With
Garcia Robbery

Three men today were in the
county jail charged with breaking
and entering in connection with an
attempted safe robbery last week.
Last Wednesday night thieves en-
tered the home of Mrs. Dora Gar
cia, 70S Eaton ST., took cash and
jewelry but failed to crack a safe.
Cooperation between the city po-
lice and sheriffs department led
to the arrest of the three men.
They are Angel Miranda, 80, a
Puerto Rican; Raymond Herman
dez, So, who was born in Key West:
and Alceo Perez, 20, of Is E Por-
ter Place.
Miami police picked up Miranda
and Hernandez and then returned
to Key West Saturday night.
Perez was arrested the night u
the robbery by Key West police.
Justice of the Peace Ira AIbury,
the Sheriff'S department said, is.
sued warrants charging each man
with breaking and entering and
setting a $500 bond in ech case.
Miranda and Hernandez both have
police records.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Efforts ToCut
Atom Debate
Fail In Senate
KnOwland's Move
To Invoke ClOture
Fails To Pass

| WASHINGTON R- The Senate
today beat down a determined eff.
fort by Republican leaders to cut
short debate on the atomic energy
bill.
On roll call vote, a motion by
COP leader Knowland (C1I) to
invoke Misunderstanding all fu-
ture debate to one hour for each
senator-received the support of
Al senators while AZ opposed. II
would have required a two-thirds
vote of the full Senate, or GA
ayes" to put the motion over.
In advance of the vote, Know
land told The Senate he had no
illusions" about chance to win,
and warned of "even more drastic
steps possible if he doesn't.
IF there was ever a time when
cloture was in ORDER" he said,
"in my judgment this is the time"
He gave no hint as to what these
drastic steps might be.
Before the Senate met, Know
land had conferred at the White
House with President Eisenhower
and told reporters afterward that
there will be no surrender" in the
efforts to pass the administration
bill.
Longer Session Seen
He said the President and Re-
publican congressional leaders
agreed also that the delays in the
Senate should not be permitted to
block the administrations legisla-
tive program "even if it requires
that Congress continue in session
several additional weeks"
There was a suggestion from
Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, the
Democratic leader, in the brief de-
bate before the vote on cloture that
something in the way of a shorten
ing of the debate might be worked
out.
johnson announced that he would
not vote for cloture but he asked
that his Democratic colleagues
confined themselves to reason
able discussion" on four or five
"basic issues" and let the matter
come to a vote.
johnson suggested working out a
schedule for reasonable discus
sion" of several key amendments,
to be followed by vote on the
issues at stake"
Schedule Agreeable
Johnson asked Sen. Anderson Cd
NM), one OF the leaders of the
group fighting the bill, whether he
thought such an arrangement
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Lung Disease
Listed AS Cause
OF Heirs Death

CHICAGO Up - Mail order heir
Montgomery Ward Thorne died of
a lung disease probably pneu.
monia, one of the four pathologists
assigned to a second post-mortem
reported yesterday.
The report of the pathoiogisss
that the 20-year-old heir to a
81, 100000 fortune died of natural
causes will be given this week to
Coroner Walter E. McCarron. The
medical expert who told this to
newsmen is DR.. Otto Saphir of the
University of Illinois.
The report probably will end the
official inquiry into Thorne's
death. His shorts clad body was
found on the bed of his $75-a-month
apartment June 10.
DR.. Harry Leon, a coroner'a
physician, noted puncture marks
on the arms and said death was
the result of combination of al.
cohol, barbiturates and an aka
loid - possibly morphine and DOS
sibly administered by someone
else.
DR.. Icons findings were ques.
toned, and the special group of
pathologists named to double-check
viii report DR.. Leon should have
arrived at the right answer "a
hours after the body was found, ("
according to DR.. Saphir.
The panel said the quantities of
those substances found in the tis-
sues were too small to cause
death.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Sailor Finds
Daughter In
Good Condition

Suzanne Deane, 18-month.oId
girl stricken with acute menin.
gifts, today was reported In
good" condition by Navy doe.
tors, according to an Associated
Press dispatch.
The child is in Chelsea Ne.
val Hospital near Boston.
Saturday, the chiIds father,
George w. Deans, 70. ships
servieemsn third class, was
flown by let plane from Bees
chies Naval Air Station 10
South Weymouth, Mass, and
then sped by car TO ths hespi.
tai.
At that time, Naval doctors
said II was uncertain n Suzanne
would live 40 hours.
Later reports indicate that
the ehiId's condition was not %
serious as first believed.
Deans, who was given IN
snssrssney lssve, Is attached 70
ths USS Earle 3. Hail, q small
troop transport now IN port
here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Trailer Totally
Destroyed In Fire

A major disaster was narrowly
averted Sunday when firemen
quelled a blaze which totally dis
troyed a trailer parked in a crowd.
ed trailer park on Stock Island.
Firemen dragged the flaming
trailer 300-feet from where it was
parked in the Upton Trailer Sales
lot to prevent the blaze from
spreading to ether trailers in the
area.
Fire Chief Charles Cremata said
today that the blaze started when
the occupant of the trailer. Tho
ms Wells, fell asleep with a light
ed cigarette. Wells was awakened
by smoke and attempted to extin-
guiSh the fire.
Although the scene of the blaze
is outside the city limits, fire
fighters from the Poinciana and
Number Three stations answered
the alarm.
The trailer, listed as a total loss,
is owned by Upton Trailer Sales
Co.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
ProbeOfOhio
Murder Goes
To California

LOS ANGELES Up - There are
inconsistencies between statements
of a pretty young medical techni-
clan here and a statement by DR..
Samuel H. Sheppard, Cleveland os-
teopath whose wife Marilyn was
bludgeoned to death three weeks
ago in the Ohio city, an investi-
gator reported last night.
"Suffice it to say" said Thomas
Parrino, assistant prosecutor Of
Cuyahoga (Cleveland) County,
that some of the things which
she miss Susan Hayes, 23) told us
are not consistent with testimony
given by DR.. Sheppard regarding
their association.
what she told us changes the
picture in some respects" he de-
clared. '"These changes are rather
important, and l am sending the
information to the Cleveland DO.
lice"
The official did not elaborate.
1. A. Probe
Parrino and Homicide Detective
Robert F. Schottke came here from
Cleveland to talk with persons who
had seen DR.. Sheppard during his
trip here last March.
DR.. Sheppard and Miss Hayes
both have said that during that
time he had replaced a watch she
had lost. And she told local Dist.
Atty. E. Ernest Roll that the osteo.
path had taken her and another
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
City Commission Sets Talks
On Police Court Fee system
De0dIi1te Is Set
For Submitting
Fund DriUe Plans

A deadIine for civic clubs to
submit dates Of fund raising
activities for the emergency
March Of Dime was set today
by Bob YoUmans, chairman Of
the emergency drive.
He said civic clubs and fra.
ternaI organizations should sub.
NIT dates 70 him by Aug. 10.
As part Of HE emergency
March Of Dimes, ths clubs will
stage fund raising activities.
The emergency March Of
Dimes will run from Aug. Is
through 81. A 30 per cent IN.
crease in the nations polio has
made q nAfion.Wide dimes drive
necessary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Missing Blonde
Case Marked
Closed Today
Girl Who Ran
Off With Dads
Car Goes Home

The case of the missing
blonde was marked closed
today by the sheriff's de-
partment.
Shirley Krauss, 19-year-
old blonde, was en- route to
her home in Orlando after
the sheriff's department had
been looking for her since
July 20.
The story began on that date
when a 1883 Lincoln Capri was
found abandoned behind Poincians
School. The keys were in the igni.
ton.
Ger Traced
The car was driven to the
sheriffS office and the owner
traced through the license tag. He
was a Mr.. Krauss of Orlando.
A deputy sheriff phoned Krauss.
He reported that his daughter
Shirley, had driven away in the
car.
No one knew whether the girl
had been kidnapped, murdered OF
was just missing because she
wanted to be missing.
The sheriff's office here sur.
missed that she had gone Ia
Havana. The customs service here
was notified to be on the watch
for her.
Saturday the girl-traveling un.
der the name of Nina Barton-re
turned by air from Havana.
Henry Palacios, Of the customs
service, notified the sheriff's of.
flee. The girl was picked up and
her father notified.
Late Saturday, the father ar
rived from Orlando and drove his
car and daughter home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Telephone Line
accidentally Out

The accidental cutting Of hte
main telephone cable serving
the Poineians business and res
idential district today was an.
noUnesd by D. c. Nichols, gen.
erai manager Of the local
Southern Bell Telephone Co.
office.
The line was cut by . con-
tractor, q block south Of the
business district in Poineiana.
The company immediately
dispatched . NORWAY radie
truck TO fhs Naval Hospital 10
handle any emergency calls.
Nichols said that service
would be restored this after.
noon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
7bree-Car Crash Injuries
Seven Persons Late Sunday
Key Westers
Are InuOIUed
In Collision

Seven persons were in
jured in q three-car crash
at 7:35 p. m. yesterday on
U. S. 1 between Greyhound
Key and Channel No. s,
Highway Patrolman r. G.
Young reported today.
This is how the accident
happened, according t o
Young:
A 1949 Ford sedan being
driven north by Walter Kit
chen, 80, of Marathon, pass
ed a car and then went out
of control. The Ford ran off
on the right shoulder of the
highway, then skidded back
on the road.
The Ford was skidding sideways
down the center Of the highway
when a 1949 Chevrolet sedan, being
driven south by Mrs. Onelia Valdez
Mesa, 81, of $40 White Street, hit
the right front fender Of the Ford.
Eerd Damage
The impact knocked the engine
and transmission out of the Ford.
The engine was found IS feet away
from the Ford. The Ford was spun
completely around.
The car driven by Mrs. Mesa
then ran down the embankment on
the left hand side of the road,
headed south.
Meanwhile, a 1853 Oldsmobile Sc
dan driven north by Thurman A.
Sands, SO, of 1872 Passover St., Key
West, slowed down so that it hit
the Ford lightly.
Kitchen, the driver of the Ford,
suffered a possible fracture of the
right arm.
Mrs. Mesa received a cut head,
possible chest injuries, a cut right
leg. and a possible fracture of the
right ankle.
Others injured
The other injured, all passengers
in the car driven by Mrs. Mesa,
we're:
Her son, Robert, 7, possible in
ternal injuries and a cut over the
right eye.
Tom Mesa, $40 White Street, pos
slble fracture of the left shoulder;
Continued on Page Iwo)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
TROOP 253 RETURNS
TO KEY WEST SAT-.

Several Key West parents were
surprised Saturday afternoon when
Boy Scout Troop 25S arrived home
n day ahead of schedule.
The troop had been on a camp
ing tour of the state, accompanied
by the Scoutmaster, Tony Martinez.
The troop visited Boca Ration, st.
Augustine, Green Cove Springs,
Lake Wales. Bradenton, Sarasota
and Fort Myers.
The boys left Key West on July
8 and made the trip in the bus
owned by the troop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26

OAAAoI IA uIol1Iy III
q humanitarian rescue.
In a quick follow-up,
Adm. Felix Stump, comman-
der-in-chief of the Pacific
Fleet, told a news confer
ence, U. S. filters are under
instructions to be quick on
the trigger" if a hostile pass
is made at them.
Stump said the policy is this:
IF any US. plane is attacked
or approached with obvious hostile
intent, it will fire back. In other
words, you don't have to wait and
get your head blown off to shoot
back"
In Congress, there were prompt
expressions of support for the &C.
ton of the US. airmen.
House Speaker Martin (R-Mass)
said: "n the Chinese Reds attack
rescue ships on the high seas,
there was no other alternative for
the us. planes but to shoot back.
We must let them know that we
are ready to protect all of our
rights"
Teld To Senate
The incident was announced to
the Senate by Sen. Knowland of
California, the Republican floor
leader, and Sen. H. Alexander
Smith (R-NJ), a Foreign Relations
Committee member.
1t brought swift expressions of
anger against the Reds and biparti.
san appeals for unity.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.
the Senate Democratic leader.
said: Regardless of the details,
the fact still remains that the Chi
nese Communists are shooting at
our men. There can be. no parti.
sanship or divided loyaIties on
such an ISSUE"
Sen. Nicely (D-WVa) said the
news SHOULD have a SOLDERING a
reuniting effect on every American
worthy Of the name It means
that Communist China has made
another warlike attack on the
United States"
Adm. Stump identified the car.
riers which were sent to the res.
cue areas as the Philippine Sea
and the Hornet, and described
them as part of a task force en-
gagged in "fair weather training"
in the Pacific.
Nc Details Given
He would not give details as To
the types Of Chinese and American
planes which took part in the in
cident.
Reporters were advised they
could expect a more detailed state.
ment later from Secretary of De-
tense Wilson.
Stump said that orders to fight
back if attacked have been tradi.
tional throughout US. history "in
peace or war"
The admiral said the American
planes were well without the ter.
ritorial limits" of Red China when
the attack took place. There was
some discussion over whether
these limits were three or IL miles
off shore.
Stump commented that "ths
three-mile limit is very well recoe.
nized although some claim differ.
ent territorial limits"
However, he did not saw lust
how far off shore the us. painse
were flying at the time of the at
tack.
Carrier Activity
Stump, whose headquarters are at
Pearl Harbor, disclosed there are
four US. carriers in the Southeast
Asia area. In addition to the Phili-
ippine Sea and Hornet he named
the Boxer and the Tarawa, soon
to be replaced by the Yorktown.
He identified the organization as
Task Force 70.
Asked whether he thought this
force was "strong enough to take
Continued on Page Two,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26

Key West has enjoyed five
consecutive accident-free days
new record for 1854.
City officials are hopeful that
it indicates a new trend toward
an awareness of the need for
safe driving in Key West.
The rate of more than once
accident per day in 1853 has
been nearly equalled thus far in
"a.
Normally, weekends produce
a greater number of traffic
mishaps due to increased traf-
fic. But that was not the case
this weekend.
Congratulations, Mr.. and
Mrs. Key West Motorist.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
State Dept. Reveals Shooting
Down OF Attacking Red Planes
TtUO US. Planes We're attacked
In Hunt For AirIiner SURVIVORS

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U. s. carrier planes
shot down two Red Chinese fighters which jumped them az
they were searching over the weekend for survivors of the
British alrliner downed by the Communists Friday
The State Department announced the incident TODAY
with denunciaton of Chinese Communist brutality" in
attempting to interfere with a humanitarian rescue
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
DON'T FORGET

Some Lucky Patron Of Ell PA
SAJE SPANISH RESTAURANT
Will Get A Free. All-Expense
Tour to Havana.
zoos TRUMAN AVENUE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Property Damage $3.50 S7s.7s6
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-02-24
.Longwood Man
Wins CP&L Prize

Tar Heel farmers won all three
first prizes for individual farmer
competition in the 1853 Finer
Carolina" contest, but both the
$500 county prizes went to a single
county in South Carolina.
Winners among the farmers who
are helping to build Finer Car
DINA" were announced today bv
the contest sponsor, Carolina Pow
err & Light Co.
Marlboro County in South Caro-
lima took $500 for the largest acre
age Gl,50l acres) entered bv anv
OF the 60 eligible counties and also
took $500 for the greatest percent
age (23.l'D of its total acreage
participating in the contest.
winners of the three first prizes
OF $500 each were:
Miss Georgina p. Yeatman. on
orator of the 43,773-acre Omen
Grounds Farm in Carteret County,
Hugh Oosterwyke, who runs q o.
acre bulb farm near Castle Hvne,
ana NJ. L. Simmons of Newport
whose Carteret County farm totals
81 acres. '0'a i
winners of second prizes of som
each were: vi ''-o'
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-02-24

the yam Capital Of The World. .
Guthrie came into the spotlight
recently when the local March OF
Dimes chairmen found themselves
with 800 bushels Of sweet potatoes
and no way to get them to the
auction market in New York.
Normal transportation charge
would have been $3.50; however.
the civic-minded young truck
broker volunteered not only his
truck but his services in order to
make the project success.
The yams sold for $3.50 and
for the first time in seven years
Tabor City exceeded its March of
Dimes quota.
without Toms help we would
have had a difficult time in put
ting the finishing touches on the
yam project" said the local
chairmen.
During the slump summer
months Guthrie slips away from
his desk job and contracts truck
ing jobs for himself.
1T is actually a form of sum-
mer vacation with work that I
thoroughly enjoy" said Guthrie.
He pointed out that his recent
trip to New York with the March
of Dimes yams was his first in
several years and the one thing
that impressed him most was the
rising costs of living for trucker
on the road.
1.-TWO years ago I could make
the trip for less than $50 but it
takes a tight budget to keep ex-
penses below 500 today" he
commented.
The bright spot in the entire
transportation picture is the in
creased production of yams in this
section. Guthrie says that three
years ago there was a quantity of
beans and Strawberries shipped
from Tabor City; however, the
present emphasis seems to be on
raising tobacco and yams thus &C
counting for the slack months be-
tween April and September.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-02-24

makes haul to Boston then there
is marked difference in the
money earned; consequently, the
next time the two drivers are
awaiting their turns and two loads
for different points of destination
turn up-then the driver who pre-
viously made the long haul ends
up with the short haul.
1t makes everything equal and
grasses any friction before it
reaches the surface and disrupts
the operation.
How does man become n
truck broker? It's simple accord
ing to Guthrie.
81 just decided to make truck
ing permanent business and took
the job of handling the business
between the local produce brokers
and the truck drivers" said
Guthrie.
He is not a youngster at the
game despite his age. Guthrie be-
gan wheeling trucks in his spare
time seven years ago to make ends
meet between tobacco seasons.
81 was workin for a tobacco
company during the season and
decided to venture into the truck
ing business during the slack
period" asserted the friendly
broker.
1T proved so fascinating that
| just gave up the other job and
made trucking my permanent oc-
cupation," he added.
The produce brokers are quick
to tell you that the genial Guthrie
has solved a lot of headaches for
them.
81 don't worry about transpor-
alton anymore simply call Tom
and give him the information and
that is the end of it," said one
local broker who halls Guthrie as
self-made man who has done a
tremendous job in helping build
the reputation of Tabor City as