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You may be hell-bent but don't
insist on company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Key West May Get
Pro Baseball

Key Vests chances Of again hav-
ing a taste of professional base.
ball appeared bright today with
the arrival of Joe Cambria, Wash
|ington Senator farm club official
from Havana.
Louis Carbonell, president of the
now defunct Key West Baseball
Club, said after a conference with
Cambria, that the American I.egue
team has agreed to a working
agreement with Key West.
In addition to players. the Sena-
tors would put up a substantial
amount of cash, Carbonell said.
Local capital would also be raised
for the team, he added.
Key West is in the running for a
vacancy in the Florida Information
al League. Reports that Tallahas-
see had been granted the sixth
franchise in that league are APP
parently unfounded, Carbonell de-
clared.
The city's stadium committee
win meet tonight to discuss a pos.
sible lease for Wickers Field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Related Report
YcHe OF Fgl,
Between Sailors

A 2s-year-old sailor was still lln-
conscious today, nine days after a
fight with another sailor.
The first fight took place at 2::2S
"a. m. Jan. IS. on Southland st. be-
tween Whitehead and Duval
Streets, according to Shore Patrol
reports, copies of which were de-
|livered to the Sheriff's Depart.
Iment yesterday.
IRVINE E. Clay, q, is the man
lin the Naval Hospital. Today he
still was unconscious, suffering with
a fractured skull and a severe con-
custom, according to a Navy Spokes.
man. His other bodily functions,
the spokesman added, are unim.
paired.
No charges have been placed
against the sailor said to be res
ponsible, William j. Shaw, 20. The
spokesman explains that the mat
tier still was subject to formal
investigation and that the investi
Igation could not be made unit
Clay was able to talk. Any charges
that may be filed will follow com
Ipletion of the investigation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Papy To Meet With
State Road Board

State Representative Bernie
{. Pspy announced today that
he will meet with the State
Road Department Wednesday
and Thursday in Tallahassee
as HE first step in obtaining .
series Of estwaIks on bridges
along HE keys for use by fisher
men.
Recent accidents involving
fishermen on The bridges have
pointed UP the need for some
action. I've been trying to get
something done for years and
now Il looks like we are going
to accomplish something" Pa
py said.
Pspy was assured by Acting
Governor Charley Johns Satvr-
day that he would personally
intereeds with The road depart.
ment on behalf Of keys resi-.
dents in obtaining the bridge
estwalks.
Monroe covnty's State Rep
resentafive added that he was
not sure how many estwalks
he can obtain on this trip, but
said that "l'll get all ! can -
IN be in there fishtins."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Disllollorable
Disclllia''.rlg':'esSet
For q P0Ws
Defense Dept.
Will Wash Its
Hands OF Group
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL

WASHINGTON R - The Defense
Department has decided to wash
its hands Of Il American soldiers
who have turned their backs on
their homeland and have asked
the Communists in Korea TO take
them as free men"
The Army, on orders from Sec.
rotary of Defense Wilson, has pre-
pared dishonorable discharge pa.
pers for the q prisoners of war
converted to communism.
The Americans, who have
spurned all opportunity to return,
now are stranded in the Korean
neutral zone. The Reds refused
to take them back when India gave
up its neutral custody last Friday.
In ordering dishonorable dis.
charges, Wilson said the Il have
the right to try to clear their
names, if they ever care to do so.
Meanwhile, their Army pay has
been halted and any veterans ben.
efits Cancelled.
Wilson overruled Army recon-
mendations that the Il be given
undesirable discharges" a less
severe classification.
Army lawyers, urging this
course, cited regulations which say
an enlisted man can be dishonor-
ably discharged only in accordance
with IAN approved sentence of a
general court.martial" at which the
accused man is present to defend
himself. An undesirable dis.
charge" the lawyers contended,
may be ordered by the head of
a service without trial.
But Wilson'S legal advisers cited
precedent going back to 1906 in
support of his action.
Meanwhile, Wilson took a hand
in the case of Cpl. Edward S.
Dickinson of Crackers Neck Va,
who originally joined with the
Americans still in Korea in refus-
ing to come home. He later
changed his mind.
Wilson's office said in a terse
statement last night that the de-
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
New CAP Radio
Equipment Is
In Use Today

The new radio transmitter and
receiver Of the Key West Squadron
of the Civl Air Patrol went into
operation today at 1880 a. m.
The radio, on loan from the Air
Force, viii be used in search and
rescue operations and to communi-
cate with CAP stations on the MAN.
land, according to 1t. Jim Brussow,
public information officer Of the
squadron.
He said that the radio contacted
the CAP Florida Wing Headquart-
ers at Orlando as well as the radio
stations Of several other CAP squa-
drons in Florida.
The equipment now is beng used
for voice transmission and recep-
ton but il can also be used for
code. The radio, with q 40-foot
high antenna, is located IN the
Poinciana Community Center build
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Il Americans
Plead For Reds
ToClaiiln Them
Spokesman For
Group Says Some
Want To Become
Communists Now

PANMUNJ0M R-Twenty-one
self-assured Americans pleaded
publicly today for the Communists
to take them back as free men"
from their only homeland now
the barren Korean neutral zone.
The Reds have refused to ac-
cept them as war prisoners and
the 81 have rejected the United
States-at least for the present.
A spokesman told a press con-
ference they expect to return to
America "at some time in the
future when we can fight for world
peace without being prosecuted. 4"
I'VE are not Communists" de-
clared Sgt. Richard Gordon Of
East Providence, r. l., though
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26

some Of US hope 10 be-" He read
from a prepared statement which
he said was approved by every
man in the group.
The Americans in later, indiyid-
ual interviews spouted Red prop
uganda catch-phrases and praise
for the Communist command. They
looked newsmen squarely in the
eye as they answered questions
Why choose communism?
Sgt. Larrance v. Sullivan,
Omaha: "The American people
know how the Negro is treated in
the United States. Definitely this
is one of my reasons Of course,
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Reds Propose
Resumption Of
Peace Talks
Sealed Note Is
Sent To us.
Envoy Today

PANMUNJ0M R-The Commu
nists sent a sealed letter to US
envoy Arthur Dean today pro-
posing that the stalled preliminary
Korean peace talks resume Mon.
day-on Red terms. Peiping radio
said tonight.
The letter was delivered at a
meeting of liaison secretaries in
Panmunjom. The Reds then re.
cessed indefinitely efforts Of
liaison officers to get the talks
started again.
The Communists indicated they
would await the outcome of the
high-level letter to Dean, who is In
Washington.
The Peiping broadcast heard In
Tokyo quoted the letter as saying
the two top Red delegates to con.
lferences to plan the Korean peace
talks thought the question of re
Stunning the conference should be
put to you directly for settlement. +"
The Reds suggested that talks
broken off by Dean last December
resume Monday at Panmunjom.
The Reds said they would be
willing to consider an Allied pro.
posal for another date to resume
the negotiations. But there was no
indication that the Communists
were ready to withdraw their
charges of perfidy which prompted
Dean to break off the talks.
In Washington, Dean was not
Immediately available for com.
ment. A State Department official
said Deans aide, Kenneth Young,
or liaison officer Edwin Martin
were authorized to act for Dean.
There was no official hint Of the
letters contents, but the North Ko-
rean Pyongyang radio said earlier
the Communists had sent a mes
sage to Dean proposing that ne
gotiations to arrange peace con-
ference resume Monday.
The u. S. envoy broke Off the
talks Dec. IL after the Commu-
nists had accused the United States
Continued On Page TenJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
~ oman Bereft 0.
Clothing FIees
Scene OF Mishap

A woman lost her pants on
the Seven Mile Bridge.
She was one Of the many per.
sons who lean over the bridge
railing TO fish. This time. ap.
parenily. she leaned back too
far into the roadway.
The door handle Of . passing
car ripped her Stacks complete
" off Of her.
Cpl. S.. r. Walker, Of The
State Highway Patrol. said TO-
day he was told Of the incident
but by the time he arrived AZ
the scene, fhe embarrassed
woman had deParted-presvm.
ably to try fishing elsewhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Will
Campaign In
Collier County

Bill Neblett, Key West attorney
and candidate for the state senate,
leaves tomorrow for campaign
ing swing through Collier County
He plans to visit Immokalee, La
Belle. Clewiston and perhaps Fort
Myers. Neblett will return Satur.
day, in time for the March Of
Dimes Ball.
Last week Neblett was in Collier
County completing organization oil
his committees and getting &C.
uuainted with the residents.
At that time he visited ImmoN.
lee, Naples, Fort Myers Beach,
and Fort Myers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Citys Cash Receipts Are Up Over
Last year, Bowen Report Reveals
Percentage OF
None, Spent Is ].
Less Than 1852

The difference between
The city's cash income and
its expenses for the six
month period ending Deem
Der 81, 1858 who showed an
increase of $84.772.94 over
the same period in 1862, the
report of Finance Director
Craig Bowen showed today.
Bowen said that the city's
income from revenue re-
ceipts amounted to $716,-
1888 and its operating ex-
penses were $531,TO2.65 for
the six month period.
Hence, the city spent sls5,0S7 2:
less than il received.
Largest single source of re
venue, the report states, is from
taxes, both real and personal
which accounted for Sc per cent o.
the city's income.
occupational licenses provided II
per cent Of the city revenue while
Key Vests yhare Of cigarette tas
money accounted for 10 per cenI
Of the total.
Other sources and the percent.
age Of revenue they provided In
Guided: Sever fees, eight per
cent; Fines and Forfeisures.
three per cent: Seavenaer Ser
CONTINUED On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
OF Dimes
Street Show Set

Joe candullo's Band and song
stress Nancy Drew. currently ap-
|pearing at the plush Casa Marina
Hotel here. win be featured to
night in the regular March OF
Dimes Street Show at Southland
and Duval Streets, il was announc,
ed today by Louis Carbonell, chair
man of the event.
Carbonell added that Nick Ken
nv, well-known New York Daily
Mirror columnist has been invited
to appear tonight. He is guest al
the Casa Marina.
The show, open to the the public,
win get underway al s p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
New Location Is
Sought For Local
Service Center

TIE Servicemen's Christian Cen,
Ger Of Key West win move from
92s Whiteheaa ST.
But just where the new location
Will be VAST known today by
Harry CregCr, the director.
He said 0at the organization
bad intendedto buy the land and
building hu that the deal fell
through, However, the organize.
ION IS hOkng for a new location.
The eenter originally was at SIT
FLEMING 3 On May /, 1858 Il
moved to Is present location.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Industrial Comm.
Deputy Here Fri.

Mrs. S. B. league, field deputy
of Florida Industrial Commission,
will be in the Florida State EN-
ployment Service office. Simonton
on Friday between the
hours of 10 and IL to assist any
employers in making unemploy-
ment compensation reports or for
any other necessary help.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
BULLETIN

TOKYO Up - The Peiping radio
said today the Communists have
agreed to take back the n Ameri-
cans, ! Briton and BIS South Ko-
reans who have decided to stay
with the Reds.
The broadcast said Gen. Lee
Sang Che, Communist member ot
the Military Armistice Commission,
made the announcement in a letter
to 1t. Gen. x. S. Thimayya, chair
man of the Neutral Nations Re.
patriation Commission.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
PLAYERS Presentation OF Ten
Little Indians Gains Applause
Agatha Christie
Melodrama Well
Received By Barn
Theater.Coers
BY jim COBB

The Key West Players produc-
ton Of Agatha ChriStie's chiller
Ten Little Indians at their Barn
Theater last night kept alive a
14-year tradition of good theater
established by the local group
when it met with enthusiastic re-
Spouse from a packed house.
The play may be standard little
theater fare, and an old timer at
that, but it gains new life with a
zestful presentation by the local
players.
Staged eompetentIy and show.
ing superb direction by Gertrude
Ricketts, Byrns, HE meiodrama,
which is built around . demon
stration Of several highly ipsen-
iovs methods Of committing HON.
ieide. completely charmed The
audience.
We won't talk. about the plot
suffice it to say that after a slow
start, the tension mounts higher
and higher unil it reaches a pin
nacle of dramatic suspense that is
made completely credible by sew
eral competent bits of acting by
the players. There are 10 separate
and engaging Characterization on
stage at one time.
The slow start is due to the
number Of actors on stage and
is hardly the fault Of fhe players.
Miss Christie was faced with fhe
problem Of identifying her char
aeters and the extensive and
sometimes poinfIess dialogue can
be wearing.
But once that Is accomplished,
the action moves along nicely and
the tension builds. to a chill
provoking surprise ending.
The setting is the drawing room
OF a summer house situated high
glEa riiti IN a ~ ii and ciSy
island eli .Rritain's Devon coast.
Effective use Of the small barn
stage Il made with a magnificent
backdrop conceived and executed
by Key Vests Burrett Garnet.
q massive pair of French
doors, one looks out on a rocky
which gives a real feel
ing of depth and is responsible in
large measure for the Illusion of
realism the players have manag-
ed to convey.
Realistic sound effects create the
mood of a raging storm through
out portions Of the three acter.
A cast of II, led by veteran j.
Jonathan Jackson in the role of
Sir Lawrence Hargrove, "a magis.
trate in His Majesty's high court"
turn in an entertaining perfor-
nance.
Commander Ray Byrn's reaIis-
tic portrayal of a doddering and
senle General Mackenzie, on the
brink of insanity, drew spontaneous
applause from the audience on one
occasion. Edward Giesbert's char
acterization of a hard-drinking
soldier of fortune was pleasing and
Martin Ehrenreich, newcomer to
the Players, turned in a finely
drawn job of acting as a speed
crazy, gay young blade that was
a pleasant relief from some Of the
more somber Characterization ON
stage.
Jack Clark, a favorite of local
playgoers, had ample opportunity
to display his highly developed
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Final Notice To
COUNTY
Registered Voters

Cards which were mailed beginning the first
OF December, 1853, and thereafter, must be
signed and in office not later than the 9Th OF Feb
ruary, 1854, at PM. Persons who fail to sign
these cards and return same MUST BE REMOVED
from the Registration Records, according to
Chapter 25293, House Bill No. HOS of the l949
Session of the Legislature.
Many cards have been returned unclaimed
since voters have moved and did not notify the
office. Ii any registered voter has not received
card since the date mentioned above, please
contact Mr.. Samuel B. Pinder's office. County
Registrar, AT ONCE.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26

In perhaps the most singing
speech he has made about Soviet
policy since he became secretary
of state, Dulles accused Molotov of
wanting ''reverSion to a sterile and
dangerous past" with his proposals
for German settlement.
at seems incredible" he told
Molotov. British Foreign Secretary
Eden and French Foreign Minister
Bidault, that Soviet leaders should
now be devoting themselves 10 re-
'viving :. Franco-German hostility
and to obStructing q unification
which would realize the vision Of
the wise European statesmen who
for generations have been preach
ing unity as the indispensable foun-
dalton for lasting peace"
In speech to the opening con.
ference session yesterday, Molotov
denounced the proposed European
Defense Community which would
link France and Germany mill.
tarily. He also generally assailed
American and Allied defense meas
ures throughout the world.
There Is no known substitute
for edo, ;" Dulles declared today.
Certainly the Soviet Union has
proposed none except a return to
the obsolete, bankrupt system of
Versailles and other so called
peace treaties which kave bred
war"
Dulles continued:
Surely craftsmanship can do
better than to recreate the 7orld's
worst fire hazard"
The American secretary assailed
Molotov's opening address as a
profound disappointment in
bringing up familiar Russian
charges and failing to hold out any
new ideas.
J But he said:
Il propose that we refuse to be
discouraged and get ahead with
our business"
In the opening session OF the
foreign ministers meeting yester-
day Russia's v. M. Molotov
blistered the United States. u. S.
Secretary Of State John Foster
Dulles drafted his reply for deIiv-
cry at today's session.
When Molotov finished, Dulles
accused him of getting away from
the main purpose of the conference.
He said he would try to get the
pariey back on the track" today.
Frances Georges Bidault and
Britain's Anthony Eden made it
clear in their opening speeches the
West consideres the main purpose
here Is to unity Germany, begin
ming with free alderman elections,
and to complete an Austrian treaty
of independence.
Molotov spent little time on
either subject. But in the tough
game of power politics at the
heart of the Berlin meeting, Molo-
TOW appeared TO Western diplomats
to be pursuing these deliberate
aims:
/. To divert attention from what
American officials believe to be
Russia's weak position In Germany
and therefore Russia's inability TO
negotiate to her advantage on IN
ification.
2. To drive q wedge between
the United States and her allies,
Continued On PAGE Tenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
MASONIC NOTICE
Special Communication of D

Special Communication of Dads
Lodge No. IL, E. & AN.
Scottish Rite Temple. Wednes-
day evening. Jan. ~. 1854. E.A.
examination al 700 Pm. Con.
ferring of &c. Degree al 1890
Pm.
All Master Masons and Fellow
crafts are cordially invited TO
attend.
tsdl JAMES I. ATKINSON.
Attest: Acting VIM.
PAUL c. HELM. Secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Hughes jailed

John NJ. Hughes today was in
the county jail in lieu of $500
bond, charged with failure to reg.
iSter as a convicted felon, the
Sheriff's Department said.
The warrant was issued by Ira
Albury, Justice of the Peace.
The Sheriff's Department report.
ed that Huges told them he had
spent three years IN Sing Sing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-26
Secretary Of State Dulles
Blasts Mo|otov' S Attack
On U.S.. At Berlin Farley
Proposal For Big Po,cer Meet
With Red China Is Rejected

BERLIN (AP)-Secretary Of State Dulles today
blasted Soviet Foreign Minister Molotovs attack the
United States in the Berlin conference and rejected the
Russians proposal for big power conference with
Red China world peace problems.
At the time Dulles announced acceptance of
Molotovs proposed procedure for the conference in
der to avoid weeks in futile argument about an agenda
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
Speech By County
Commissioner Frank Bentley

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Says

. Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy today thru Tues, y with
risk of an isolated shower or thun-
derShoWer. Not much change IN
temperature but slight rise in
humidity. Low tonight about IA de-
grees; high. Tuesday about IS de-
greeS. Moderate to fresh northeast
winds gradually becoming mosre
easterly.
Florida: Clear to partly cloudy
and little temperature change thru
Tuesday. Slight chance for brief
showers on the lower east coast.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits: Northeast to east winds
thru Tuesday, moderate over the
north portion and moderate to
fresh over the south portion. Part
ly cloudy weather. Chance for iso-
lated showers in the Straits.
East Gulf: Moderate northeast to
east winds becoming occasionally
southeasterly Tuesday. Fair wea-
Their.
Western Caribbean: Gentle to
moderate winds thru Tuesday.
Partly cloudy weather. Widely
scattered showers.