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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
ChildMay Have
Seen Staying
OfHer Mother.
5-Year-Old Says
She Saw Man
ssHit Momnna''

BRINKLEY, Ark. B-A strong
possibility that the s. year old
daughter of Brinkley sociaIite Sue
Fuller saw her mother murdered
loomed today.
Police Chief Frank Henderson
said the little girl, Mary Helen,
told him, 81 saw the man hit
Imomma."
However, the chief said that he
had not questioned the child close.
/ ly, and he seemed to think there
may be only a small chance the
little girl could recognize the killer.
Mrs. Fuller, 25-year old wife of
Brinkley auto dealer Milton Fuller,
was beaten to death with stick
of stove wood as. she slept in her
modest home shortly before dawn
yesterday.
Found BY Husband
Her husband told police he found
his dying wife when he was awak-
ened by the thud when she fell
from her bed. Fuller was asleep
on a couch in the living room at
the time, he said. Mary Helen and
her 1S-month old sister Kathy,
were in bedroom adjoining their
mothers.
Fuller told police he got I'D at
4:30 a. m, went to his wife's bed
room and talked to her briefly be-
fore driving three blocks to an all
night coffee shop where he pur-
chased the morning newspapers
and drank two cups of coffee. Full
Ter said he left the coffee shop,
drove to his place of business, and
then drove to the police depart
ment where he spent about an
hour chatting with the officers on
night duty.
Asleep On Couch
Fuller said he then went home,
read the papers, and dozed off on
the couch.
A barefooted prowler is the num-
Der one object of the police search.
H emerson indicated, how
ever, that while making an intens-
i've search for the elusive intruder.
they still are checking other possi-
bilitieS.
.'There is only one man in town
who I know didn't kill Mrs. Full
ler," said the chief, sand that's
me-"
Henderson said all officers work
ing on the case have become con-
vinced that robbery was the mot
i've for the Staying. Mrs. Fuller's
purse was stolen by her killer.
and thrown into a tree a short
distance from the home.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
.Neblett Planes
To Fl. Myers
Meeting Today

Huge drifts of seaweed and wa
ter hyacinths are running beaches
at Fort Myers Beach, State Sena-
tor Bill Neblett said today in an
nouncing an emergency meeting
tomorrow to combat the weed.
Neblett is flying to Fort Myers
tonight to meet with the county
commissioners, state Representative
es, and a committee of business
men.
In some spots, Neblett said, the
weed and hyacinths are IS inches
deep and 100 feet wide, making
swimming and fishing impossible
and repelling tourists.
If emergency steps are not taken,
Neblett said, the losses to business
es in the area may run into six
figures this season.
Neblett added that it may be
necessary to seek an emergency
fund from the state.
He plans to return to Key West
tomorrow night.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Youths Arrested
In Burglary
Investigation

Two local youths are being ques-
toned today as police sought to
clear up several robberies here in
past weeks.
The pair have admitted the
breaking and entering in the Lew
is Brothers Bar, Petronia St., and
police are attempting to link them
with several other such cases.
Identified as Leander Raining,
IS, of 327 Amelia St., and Kernel
M. Albury, 10, of GIT Petronia St
the youths admitted smashing q
juke box and taking about five dol
lars in cash, three bottles of whisky
and q suitcase containing cloth
ing from the Petronia st. bar.
They were arrested Sunday at
Olivia and Thomas SITS. by Patrol
man Henry Roberts, who said that
they were acting supsiciously. A
quantity of burglar tools was
found in their possession.
They are being held without
bond for investigation.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
jos Won't Haze
Lighting Contest

There will be no Jaycee
Christmas lighting contest this
year.
instead. they have arranged
for an elaborate Santa Claus
display. including Rudolph fhe
Rednosed Reindeer. in Bsyview
Park.
The largest Christmas tree
In Key West will also be incIvd-
cd in ths park display.
The Jaycees also plan to
sponsor . ehiIdren's party.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
McCarty's Choice As SRB
Head Is First Witness

TALLAHASSEE (APl - Richard s;,,n.o =
Mon.ceo today blamed suspension of the McCarty an
pointed State Road Board to feeling by Acting Gov
Jonns That the members did not believe in his nbosonb
of government" - -'0 pn'ioSophy
added. simpson
The ousted chairman of the road board was tho f,s.
wiess as Goveect Leroy Collins opened public hear
ngs on the charges Johns in suspendng II major
administrative officers appointed by the late Cow na
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Local Man Faces
Two City Charges

Donald Drury, 81, Of sie Elis.
abeth St., faces charges of being
drunk and disorderly and firing d
pistol within the city limits. as
result of an incident Sunday. DO.
lice said today.
Police said that when they were
summoned to the Elizabeth st, adl.
dress to investigate reports that i
man was firing a pistol, they found
Dury covering in hallway, guard.
ed by several residents Of the area.
Drury was wearing a sholder
holster and pistol was found near.
by. Drury was scheduled to bc At.
raigned in city court today.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
School Christmas
Pageant Thursday

A Christmas pageant, the pub
lie schools gift to Key West, will
be presented at 8 p. m. Thursday
in the high school stadium, it was
announced today.
Horace O'Bryant, superintendent
of public instruction, said three
groups will take part = the high
school band, the chorus, and the
dramatic group.
The program will center around
a 40-foot high Christmas tree. A
four-foot lighted star will top the
tree.
The production win get a tryout
Wednesday night in Marathon.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Quarterbacks To Vote

The Quarterback Club will elect
ofncers at 8 p. m. Friday at
meeting In the office of Earl Adams
county clerk, in the court house.
W. Curry Harris and Norman
Brantley are the nominating COM
mittee.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Dr.. Sheppard
Calmly Denies
Letter
Says Note In Question
Told Wife OF Taking
Girl To A Dance
BY RELMAN NORM /

CLEVELAND Up SIS DR.. Samuel
Sheppard calmly denied under a
pounding crosS-examination today
that he wrote letter to his wife
in 1850 regarding divorce.
He said the letter simply in
formed her that he had taken a
girl to q dance.
The cross-examination began
early in the opening session of the
ninth week Of Sheppard trial. The
state accuses him of beating his
wife Marilyn, to death last July 4.
AS he closed the direct examina-
ton, Sheppard's lawyer William ].
Corrigan asked him dramatically:
Doctor, in your lifetime, have
you ever committed any sins?"
Sheppard heSitated a moment
and then said:
Yes, sir, have succumbed to
human frailties.' .
fJ9v EtenfS
Opening the cross questioning,
States Atty. John j. Mahon went
swiftly to the events of 1850 when
Sheppard was finishing his intern
ship at a Los Angeles hospital.
His wife was in Cleveland at the
time, Sheppard said.
The accused man admitted he
wrote letter to her at that time.
He said he discussed it with a
classmate, DR.. Lester Hoversten.
And he advised you not to send
the letter, didn't he?" Mahon
asked.
That's my impression" Shep-
pard replied.
The reason he advised you was
because 1t was mentioned in that
letter about divorce?"
mo, sir, that's not correct"
Sheppard said Hoversten had a
date to hospital dance but was
unable to keep it. Sheppard said
ne took the girl to the dance him
self. Later. he said, he told his
wife about this in a letter and
that Hoversten advised him not
to send the letter.
Friends Advice
s'Dr. Hoversten said Marilyn
might get some wild IDEAS" Shep.
pard testified. Il said I'd rather
have her hear about it from me
than someone else"
Mahon then brought out the fact
that Sheppard had talked with his
father by telephone shortly after
wards.
did you talk with your father
about divorce?" he asked.
Sheppard said that was not true.
He didn't want me to bring
DR.. Hoversten back to Cleveland
with me-" Sheppard said. "Dr.
Hoversten was quite upset about
it.
II said Marilyn and my father
possibly didn't understand the in
nocence of the situation. DR.. Hover
stem wasn't trying to lead me
astray."
In 1852, Hoversten did join the
staff in Bay View Hospital operat-
ed BY the Sheppard family. For a
time he lived in the home of the
accused man.
Points Made
Prior to that Corrigan brought
from Sheppard two points that
may bear on police investigation
Of the case. They were:
l. The fact that the wrist band
on the watch Sheppard was wear
ing on the night of his wife's mur-
der, IS now broken. The defense
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
LightsCoOn
For Christmas
Season Tonight
Nativity Scene AT
Courthouse To Be
Site OF Concerts

The Christmas season in
Key West begins officially
tonight.
A life-size Nativity scene
In Court House Square will
be unveiled, strings OF col
ored lights along the streets
will go on, and retail stores
- all with elaborate and
colorful window displays 80
will remain open until 3 p.
m. The 8 p. m. closing will
be in effect until Christmas.
The Nativity scene was given
finishing touches yesterday after
noon by members Of the chamber
retail division.
The lights for the scene were ar
ranged and tested last night, and
at $50 D. m. today tie scene VIII
be unveiled.
Music Presented
Recorded Christmas music VIII
be played daily during the early
evening and at 7:30 each night 2
choral group will present seasonal
songs.
Douglass School leads off the
choral groups, singing tonight uri-
der the direction Of Mercedes Han
nibal.
Tomorrow 1t win be the Fleming
street Methodist Church choir, al
rected by Mrs. Claude Sails.
wednesday the choir OF St. Ma
rvs Star Of the Sea Church VIII
appear,
Thursday st. Pauls Episcopal
Church choir viii present the pro-
gram under the direction OF Cdr.
S. H. Pierce. IS
Friday evening Is open but viii
he filled BY the high school chorus
or i choir from the Naval Station
chapel.
Saturday the Coral Serenaders,
directed BY Mercedes Hannibal win
sing.
Street Decoration
The Christmas street lighting IN
the business districts is provided
by the Junior Chamber OF Com
merce.
The lights, supplemented by CO.
lorful plastic figures, viii be turn
ed on for the first time this year
tonight.
To add to the Christmas scene, .
Santa Claus and reindeer display
will be lighted in Bayview Park.
The display, provided by the Jun
ior Chamber Of Commerce, viii be
lighted later this week or early
next week.
Douglass School is working on q
large mural that tells the Christ
mas story. Date Of the unveiling
will be announced in few days.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
THEFT REPORTED

Johnn Pfusch today reported to
the sheriffs department that some
one took $1s2 from q cash box in
his home, 1901 Duck Avenue be-
tween Dec. 8 and IL.
The sheriffs department said
there were no signs of forced entry
TO the house or to the cash box.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Clothing, Jewelry Are
Stolen From Automobile

Clothing and jewelry valued at
more than $500 was stolen from a
parked car near the Ell Rancho Mo-
tel, Truman Ave., sometime Sun
day night, police reported today.
The thief gained entrance to the
car by forcing a window.
Owner of the car was listed as
John A. Miller, Of Coffeyville, Kan
sas.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

McCarty.
Collins in a brief intro
ductory statement said he
had called the hearings in
the interest of justice to give
the suspended officials an
opportunity, denied them by
Johns, to publicly answer
the accusations. He said he
was holding the hearings in
advance of actually taking
office January a so that he
could start his term with his
administration fully organ
lied.
Road Board First
The five members of the McCar-
ty road board were the first to
nave their cases considered by the
governor elect The suspended
turnpike authority members. state
racing commissioners, Hotel Conn
missioner Mack Humphrey and the
two game commissioners were 10
follow.
Attorneys G. L. Reeves of Tam
pa and Steve O'Connell represent.
ed the ousted road board and sub.
mitted a formal detailed written
reply to all the charges. Every
charge was categoricalIy denied.
AT the suggestion of O'Connell.
the governor-elect asked II anyone
was present to represent Johns
and offer evidence in support Of
the custer charges. There was no
response.
Johns, himself, hadn't reported
to his office at the time the hear
ings got under way but his office
said ne was expected in from his
iioihe at otarke during the day.
Johns Won't Help
O'Connell told Collins the sus-
pended officials did not look upon
the hearings as ''kangeroo court"
as they were labeled by Johns in
statement rejecting the COVER
nor-elect's invitation that he ap-
pear and offer evidence to support
the suspensions.
He said the suspended officers
regarded the hearings gravely and
seriously as ''their first public op-
portunity to answer these fragrant
and irresponsible charges. II il
not a joking matter with thess
men,"
O'Connel referred to the gov
ernor-elect a couple of times az
gov. Collins" The governor-eIect
commented:
Don't refer to me as governor.
Refer to me as Mr.. Collins or gov
ernor-elect. Let's not have two
governors around here"
Simpson Sworn
Simpson, upon taking the witness
chair, asked to be sworn. Collins
informed him he had no authority
to administer oaths, but a notary
public, handling a recording ma
chine, gave the suspended road
chairman the oath.
Simpson told Collins the real
reason for his suspension and that
Of the other road board members
was political. He cited as proof
Johns own statement in rejecting
the invitation to attend the hear
inss. In that statement Johns said
he had suspended the "McCarty
Continued on Page Two)
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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Nations Drivers Face Test
OF Ability To Drive Safely

arrangements. Some seem to. be
doing very little. Others are max
ing a major event of it. There
never has been anything quite like
it.
Contests Set
Many cities have challenged
other cities to SD Day contests.
Thousands of bumper strips and
stickers have been distributed.
Plans have been made to ring
church bells, voice "Be careful"
pleas through loud-speakers-even
to pause and pray.
Washington, D. c., put on a pa
rade of wrecked cars and IS
caskets, each representing a 1854
traffic fatality in the District of
Columbia.
Cars equipped with amplifiers
are touring the Seattle area,
spreading the safety gospel.
Traffic officials in San Diego,
Calf, circulated 100000 safe driv-
ing pledges and arranged a parade
of crash-crumpled autos for today.
School kids brought home safety
letters in Providence, r. /. Liter
ature is being distributed through
schools in Kansas. Truck and bus
stickers and 10000 arm bands have
been issued in Miami, Fla.
Reminders in poster, bumper
strip or leaflet form have been
passed out in Madison, Wis, Ro-
chester, N. Y, and Norfolk, Rich
mond and Roanoke Va.
New Mexico and Arizona will
have special low-state-wins show
&c IL
Much Rivalry
Rivalry Of the sort associated
with football has sprung up among
cities. Knoxville Tenn, challenged
Chattanooga, Tenn, to an SD Day
contest.
Seattle challenged Portland, Ore.
Tampa, Fla, challenged Miami,
Jacksonville and st. Petersburg.
Mayor Fred Hervey of Ell Paso,
Tex, called upon Phoenix, Ariz.,
to match accident records
Wednesday in what has been
dubbed the "first annual Safety
Bowl" Frank Murphy the Phoenix
mayor, accepted. Austin, Tex, Al
bany, N. Y, and Sacramento,
Calf. were invited to join in the
competition.
st. Joseph, Mo-, this week is en-
gagged in a fewest-accidents derby
with Topeka, Kan, Springfield,
Mo-, and Lincoln, Neb.
A 24-hour highway law enforce
ment program to be handled by,
5000 state and local policemen, will
be in force in Massachusetts.
Church bells will toll reminder
at 9 am. in Tampa, Fla. Civil Air
Patrol planes equipped with loud
speakers will fly over Tampa at
II am. to sound warnings.
Traffic will halt at IL am. for
a minute of prayer in Norfolk, Va.
A wrecked automobile and a
casket will be on display in the
downtown sidstrict of Schenectady,
N. Y. A demolished car will be on
view on the City Hall lawn in
Roanoke, Va.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Late Store Hours

Retail stores here will b
open Until > p. m. Today and
will continue fhe late CLOSING
hour until Christmas.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Peinis Msds

Prior to that Corrigan brought
from Sheppard two points that
may bear on police investigation
of the case. They were:
l. The fact that the wrist band
on the watch Sheppard was wear
ing on the night of his wife's mur-
der, is now broken. The defense
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

Key West. Floridd. hos The
most equuble climate in the
country. with On overoge
s1nge Of only IA Fahrenheit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-16

and imported beers-each far more expensive in
price than popular priced Valley Forge! In not one
they were drinking-yet out of 10 preferred the
smoother, more mellow taste Of Valley Forge Beerl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-16

EVERYWHERE, from end of Washington
to the other-hundreds of regular beer drinkers
were put to the test by an independent research
organization. They drank Valley Forge Beer and
compared it with the taste of six famous domestic
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01
Exhibition OF
Swedish Paintings

A rich and varied exhibition OF
Swedish paintings and sculpture
opened Nov. % at the Brown
Stone Gallery, 146 East 57th ST.,
New York, where it was viewed
until December II. The collection
comprises some thirty water col
ors, oils, pastels, etchings. and
Autographs and about twenty
pieces of sculpture in bronze,
wood, and other media by fifteen
prominent young Swedish artists.
The selection was made in Stock
holm by DR.. Lars Erik Astrom,
of the Swedish Association for Ed
ucative Arts, in cooperation with
the gallery's director, Mrs. Wen
dy Orser, and one of its owners.
Abel Sorensen. All pieces, except
collection lent by the Swedish
American Line from its flagship
"Kungsholm," are for sale.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01
New Seamen's
Mission Stations

OSLO = The Norwegian Sea-
mems Mission, which is supported
by some 5000 women's auxiliaries
throughout the country, recently
opened a new station at Sidney,
Australia. Two other stations are
due to be opened later this month,
at Kobe, Japan, and at Singapore.
Before the end of this year, the
Seamen's Mission will be operating
a total of 80 stations abroad, in
Guiding 6 in USA and 1 Canada.
On October 10, the organization
marked its Goth anniversary with
a celebration in Oslo. At the same
time, Norwegians We're urged to
contribute Christmas packages for
distribution among the thousands
of Norwegian seamen plying in
foreign trade, a tradition that was
instituted IS years ago. The first
shipment of Christmas gifts has
already left, but another 10000
packages are needed to make all
seamen realize that they have not
been forgotten, even though they
sail in distant waters.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01
Defense Against Initiation
Strengthened By Higher
L0nq-T erm Interest

in the Right Direction" while
the Liberal Dagens Nyheter sum-
married. its reaction in the words
Interest Barrier Pierced"
The decision proves, wrote the
main government organ, MorgOn-
Tidningen, that the authorities pri-
marily responsible for the protec-
ton of the krona actually are not
slaves of a doctrinaire belief in
frozen interest rates, as their crit
les often have said. 1t must be
taken for granted, the paper ad-
ded, that the government will do
its utmost to prevent the new
experiment with the interest rates
from resulting in a rent increase.
The new interest policy, it is
pointed out, cannot affect rents
before October 1 next year.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01
News In Brief:

Captain Bengt Fryklund, one of
SWeden's foremost test filters, was
killed on November a when he
crashed with d plane of the Lam
sen" type. 1t was the first acct
dent to strike this new Swedish
fighter-bomber, which on several
occasions has broken the sound
barrier in dive tests. Captain
Fryklund was thirty-one years old.
Last year, as the only Swede en-
rolled, he attended the Empire
Test Pilot School at Marlborough
in England, and in competition
with % colleagues from six ma
lions he ended up as No. 1.
Scandinavian Airlines system
has ordered eight long-range DC
7Cs from the Douglas Aircraft
Company for delivery during the
summer of 1856 The first for
eign line to place an order for the
c model of the 365 mph plane,
SAS will add them to the fleet
that is now flying between New
York and Scandinavia and which
started service from Los Angeles
via Canada and Greenland to Co
penhagen on Nov. Is.
II II
University OF Minnesota, Min
neapolis, will offer a course on So
Social Legislation and Institutions
in the Scandinavian Countries
during the winter quarter 1865,
directed by j. S. Roberts.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01

STOCKHOLM, (By airmaiD =
T h e governments determination
to forestall a new initiation was
expressed in direct action on Oc-
tober IA when the Riksbank and
the National Debt Office announc-
ed that a four-per-cent bond loan
will soon be issued. This rate is
one-haf of a percentage point
higher than that on any other
gilt-edge issue offered in Sweden
since World War II. On the Stock
holm Stock Exchange, the announ-
cement caused state securities be-
airing an interest of 3 and 80
per cent to decline sharply, and
stock prices also were lower.
The Riksbank did not raise it's
discount rate of "a per cent, but
it cancelled its fixed lending rates,
which means that the insurance
companies will no longer be able
to borrow money on government
securities. The commercial banks
and the savings banks are expect
ed to follow the example set by the
central bank and raise their inter-
est rates somewhat.
The increase in the interest for
long-term loans, according to the
Minister of Finance, Per Edwin
SKIOLD, aims at immobilizing funds
which it is difficult to reach by
other measures. The commercial
banks have been asked to be more
restrictive in the granting of cred
it's, in order to counterfeit present
/ tendencies towards a too rapid
expansion in some fields of the
national economy. A tightening OF
automobile credits is regarded as
/ likely. Present rules call for a
down payment of 40 per cent
and the balance within Is months,
Both the trade unions and the
employers welcome the move as
an indication of the governments
firm resolution to preserve the
value of the krona The leaders of
the opposition also have expressed
their approval. The government,
+ it seem, has come to the conclusion
that an effective monetary policy
cannot be carried out without
greater flexibility in the interest
rates. said the Conservative lea
der, Jarl Hjalmarson, and the
head of the Liberal party, Profess
sor Bertil Ohlin, expressed himself
along similar lines. The editorial
comments of Svensl<a Dagbladet,.
the leading Conservative paper, ap
peared under the caption "A Step
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01
Roberto RoSSelini ha

Roberto ROsselini has made a
visit to Stockholm to discuss the
presentation of the opera Joan
of Are at the Stake" which will
be offered next February at the
Royal Opera in Stockholm with
his wife, Ingrid Bergman, in the
leading role under Mr. Rosselini's
direction.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1954-12-01

Oslo stores started their Christ
mas sales last Monday Streets in
the main shopping district are
decorated with garlands and Xmas
trees.