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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16
ARGUMENT ON CREED
LEADS TO Staying

SEATTLE Up - For 30 years,
Mako Blonde, 66, and John
BoSikovic, 81, had argued heatedly
about their respective religions
Roman Catholic and Greek Ortho-
dox.
Last April 6, Blonde ended the
argument. He sought out Bosikovic
on a downtown street and shot him
dead.
Late last night, a Superior Court
Jury ordered Blonde hanged for
first-degree murder.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16

There are 1880 daily newspapers
in the world says a United Nations
report which excludes most Iron
Curtain areas where figures were
unavailable.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16
Heat Got Him

ANDERSON, sc. R-It was 1o3
in the shade here yesterday and
James Mcdowell, q, was out in
the sun half the day trying to fix
the carburetor on his 1916 model
car.
He couldn't fix it. So he bought a
nickel's worth of gasoline, sloshed
it over the car and tossed a match
onto 1t. Then he relaxed in a rock
err on nearby porch, remarking
"Let FER burn"
The violation of a city ordinance
against starting a fire near a dwell
ling cost him a $25 fine.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16

Both the highest point on the U.
S. mainland, Mt. Whitney, 14,49G
feet and the lowest, 2S2 feet below
sea level in Death Valley, are in
California.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16
BY ROBERT EUNsoN

TOKYO Up - The Communists
have an armada of $500 warplanes
in the Far East, outnumbering US.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16
Criticism Leads
To Resignation

MEXICO CITY R-The director
of Mexico's Fine Arts Institute re-
signed last night following criti-
cism that he let the funeral of
Diego Rivera's wife be turned into
a Communist demonstration.
Frida Kahlo, the 44-year-old wife
of the leftist painter, was found
dead in bed Tuesday morning. Be-
fore the funeral her coffin, draped
with the Communist flag, lay in
state in the Fine Arts Institute.
Citing this, the minority Mexi-
can National party said in a state
ment yesterday that the institute
director, DR.. Andres Iduarte,
should be fired. Several hours later
the institute issued a statement
saying Iduarte had resigned.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Doctor, Family
Didn't Know
They We're Lost

HONOLULU R-Amazed to hear
.ney mad been reported missing on
,.eir 4S-day sailing to Japan, DR..
Eari L. Reynolds and his family
are q SO pleased over the trip that
world. 'e
Inc A-year-old US. atomic sci.
entlst had never sailed in deeu
water before he set out from Ia.
ksamatsu, ! Japan, Oct. rs in the So
ioot yacht Phoenix. Aboard were
ms wife, Barbara. two children.
Jessica, 10, and Ted, is, and three
Japanese amateur crewmen.
Iney arrived here Saturday.
Or. Reynolds, who was an an.
tnropologist with the Atomic Bomb
casualty Commission at Hiroshi-
ma said they skirted two typhoons,
Weatnered winter gales, But had
gooo sailing weather most of the
ume TOR their two-masted ketch
Inc Japanese Coast Guard had
Deen trying to locate the yacht
ana there was some fear that it
was lost. 1t had no radio trans
mitter although it had two receiv-
ers to pick up weather informa-
ton.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
|5LittIe Sisters
Burn To Death
In Apartment

BALTIMORE tR = Five sisters,
left alone in their second-floor
apartment for about 20 minutes,
were burned to death last night
when a flash fire trapped them in
their bedroom.
George Davis Jr., 6-year-old
brother of the victims, suffered
third-degree burns and suffocation.
He was in serious condition at
South Baltimore General Hospital.
Firemen said the father, Negro
longshoreman, had left the house
to 20 to a nearby restaurant. His
wife Ruth, rs, was at movie.
Davis saw smoke when he ar
rived home after an absence Of
20 minutes. His rescue attempts
failed when he was beaten back
by intense flames and smoke.
Ten minutes elapsed before fire
men could enter the bedroom.
Found dead we're Mildred, 10, Ro-
setta, 4, Wilhelmina, 2, Palestine
Is months, and Lula, S months.
Firemen said the fire started
around a stove pipe in the grocery
below the apartment.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Couple Found
Shot ToDeath

INDIANAPOLIS IN - The es-
tranged parents of a 2la-year-old
boy we're found shot to death yes
terday and neighbor told of an
earlier telephone quarrel over
money to buy the youngster Christ
mas presents.
The dead were Frederick Forbis,
about 40, and Mrs. Nina Forbis,
about 22, who police said formerly
was Forbis' adopted daughter.
Police said Forbis divorced Mrs.
Ethel F0rbis, As, to marry Nina
when she was I9.
Police said the deaths were ap-
parent murder and suicide.
Mrs. Forbis was found dying in
her apartment after neighbors
heard shot and the sound of flee
ing footsteps. A short time later
police were called to Forbis' home
about mile away and found him
dead, .38-caliber revolver beside
him.
A neighbor of Mrs. Forbis said
she overheard a telephone CONVEX
sation last Thursday and Friday
between Mrs. Forbis and someone
she addressed as Fred"
"She told him she didn't have
enough money to give the boy a
proper Christmas said the neigh
Dor, Mrs. Virginia Strack. .'Then
/ think she slammed down the
receiver"
The child, Dennis, was away
from his mothers apartment at the
time of the shooting.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Pope Reported
Weaker Today

VATICAN CITY R-Reliable in
formants In the Vatican said Pope
Plus XII was somewhat weaker
today, but later official state.
ment said his condition showed a
slight improvement.
Any change for the worse in his
condition would be the first since
the collapse which brought him
near death on Dec. 2. He has made
slow, but steady, gain ever
since.
The reports, unofficial but relia-
BILE, from within the Vatican said
the Pope was having difficulty in
getting food down and seemed to
be feeling the strain of yesterdays
big event-consecration of his good
friend Msgr. Giovanni Battista
Montini as archbishop of Milan.
Official reports in the past have
been inclined to minimize the seri-
BUSINESS of the 7s-year-old Pope's
condition.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Warrant Served
On Alabama
Atty. General

GALVESTON, Tex. u Ala
bama's attorney general, Silas
Garrett III, today was served with
a fugitive warrant charging he
killed Albert L. Patterson, attor-
ney-general elect of Alabama.
Garrett is being treated for a
mental and physical condition at
. hospital here.
Galveston County Sheriff o. E.
Henson served the fugitive war
rant.
Jules Damiani, first assistant
Galveston County attorney, said
the fugitive warrant charged Gar
rett "unlawfully and with malice
aforethought killed Albert L. Pat
terson by shooting him with a
gun"
Serving of the warrant on Gar
rett had been expected since Sat-
urday. II had to wait pending the
arrival from Alabama of a certi-
fled copy of the indictment against
him.
Doctors at the hospital where
Garrett is being treated have said
he is too sick to be moved.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Two Get Private
Pilots Licenses

Two Key Westers have passed
their tests for private pilots licen.
ses it was announced today by Fa-
RADIOS Flying Service.
They are David H. Smith, q Na-
Wy man stationed at the Boca Chi
ca Naval Air Station, and Wade
A. Morehouse, of El Patio Motel.
Smith, who had never flown be-
fore. started his training in July
and has now bought his own
plane, an Aeronca.
Morehouse has been studying
since August.
The license permits the pair 10
carry passengers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R-The stock mar
ket was mixed affair today in
early dealings.
Prices were thoroughly jumbled
over a range of 2 points higher to
around point lower.
Here is the way major divisions
lined up:
Steels unchanged to higher, mo-
tors mixed, rubbers mostly lower,
aircrafts mostly higher, distillers
higher, utilities mixed, coppers un-
changed to lower, h m i c ais
mixed, railroads mixed, oils high
er, airlines lower, movie stocks
steady.
Campbell Soup, newly listed to-
day, opened on a block of 5000
shares at AZ. The stock remained
steady without much activity.
Among significant blocks were
Royal Dutch Petroleum 1900 up /
ag SO, New York Central $500
up " at %, Republic Steel 1,5OO
up at 7oIa, General Motors 1000
off " at 90l1.
Among higher stocks were Pepsi
Cola, Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft,
Santa Fe. Amerada Petroleum, and
Texas Co. II sl 8gst. ~ soy
Lower we're Goodrich. United
aircraft. international Telephone,
General Electric, Coca-Cola, Ches-
apeake & Ohio, and American Air
lines.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
MRS. LAURETTA ].
SAUNDERS

Mrs. Lauretta J. Saunders, Sc,
died mis- morning in Miami after
asshort illness.
The body is being brought to
Key West. Funeral services under
the direction of the Lopez Funeral
Home viii be announced later.
Burial win be in the family plot
in City Cemetery.
She is survived by four daugh.
ters, Mrs. Mamie Russell, Glads-
den, Ala, Mrs. Dan G. Mulkey,
Columbia Ala. Mrs. Violet Skel-
ton. Miami and Mrs. Emery Cur.
~, Key West; two sons, ]. H.
Saunders, Fort Lauderdale and
Harry r. Saunders, Key West; 20
grandchildren; II great grandchil-
drenl two brothers, Mitchell Weech
Miami, and Eddie Weech, Key
West.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Marathon Cooks
Held For Party

Two Marathon restaurant cooks
today are in the county jail, charg-
ed with breaking into the restau-
rant where one Of them is employ
ed and drinking a lot of beer.
Charged with breaking and en-.
tering are Tom Hayden, 81, cook at
the Peckerwood Restaurant, and
Frank Stedem, 40, cook at the
South Seas Restaurant, sheriff's S
department said.
Hayden. the department added,
lived in room at the rear of the
Peckerwood Restaurant.
He and Stedem, deputy added.
broke into the restaurant from Hay,
den's room and had beer party.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
DIR. SHEPPARD

tsuO sSed uIoIJ p5nupuo0)
attorney asked if it was broken
when Sheppard last wore it and
whether he knew how the wrist
band had been so damaged. Shep-
pard replied to both questions that
he did not.
2. That q T-shirt found on the
beach some distance from his
home could have been his.
Friends have testified the doctor
was wearing q T-shirt when they
last saw him and his wife, Mari
lyn. together some hours before
she was killed. In the morning,
however, Sheppard was bare from
the waist up and said he does not
remember what became of the T.
shirt or anything about it.
T-Shirf Question
Chief defense counsel william ].
Corrigan reminded Sheppard today
that a T-shirt was found at a pri-
vate beach several hundred feet
from the Sheppard, home in the
early stages of the investigation
of the crime.
He asked Sheppard if the T-shirt
had ever been shown to him be-
fore the trial started. Sheppard re-
Piled he had not seen it.
Have you looked at it in this
courtroom" Corrigan asked.
Il certainly did," Sheppard re
Piled emphatically.
rs it your T-shirt?"
1T certainly could be-" Shep-
pard replied. I'm not sure"
Before the hearing opened. Cor
rigan told reporters that it might
be several days before DR.. Charles
E-klns, brain specialist, would
De able to testify. Eikins examined
the accused man in the hospital
on the morning Of the murder.
lie returned to Cleveland from
Arizona TO describe Sheppard's in
Juries, but Corrigan said Elkins
Is suffering from q severe attack
OF iaryngitis at the moment and
can hardly speak.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Steel Lady Is
On AT Driive-In

A group Of men marooned on the
hara, a hundred miles from the
nearest outpost, under constant
danger from attack by hostile
Arabs, is the tense story of "The
Steel Lady the United Artists re-
lease which opened yesterday at
the Islander Theatre.
The films principle players are
men. the one feminine contribution
consisting of very enticing orien-
tai dance performed by comely
miss named Carmen 'D'Antonio.
Starred in the film as oil prospec-
tors whose plane conks out in the
middle of the Sahara are Tab Hun
ter and Rod Cameron, with John
Dehner, Richard Erdman, Frank
Puglia, John Abbott and Anthony
Caruso in featured roles.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Trio To Answer
Drunk Charge

Los ANGELES R-Actor Brod.
erick Crawford, actress Abigail,
Adams and Myron Mccormick !,
New York actor, are scheduled n
appear in Municipal Court TO-DAY
on drunk charges.
They were arrested early yester.
day after their rented car smashed
into a fence in Vaudeville Canyon
The trio was released on $50 hail
each pending their appearance IN
court today.
Crawford won an Academy
award in 1850 for his part in aA1
the Kings Men,"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Headless Body
Of Missing Man
Is Discovered

CLEWISTON The decapitat
ed body of . long missing man
was discovered by Boy Scouts on
Lake Okeechobee's sandy beach
west Of Clewiston yesterday and q
man now In the Hendry County
Jail at Clewiston is to be ques-
toned about it.
The body was that Of Jack J.
Johnson, So, q power line construc-
ton worker. who disappeared Nov.
while on . hunting trip. Johnson
formerly lived in Tampa where he
has a son, Jack Jr.
Sheriff Bill Maddox at La Belle,
the Hendry County seat, said La
mar Douglas, IS, was arrested
Nov. IL on traffic charge while
driving Johnson's car. An investi-
cation led to the disclosure that
johnson had been missing a week.
Douglas was identified by DON
aid Benefited of Fort Pierce as
the man who sold him Johnson's S
shotgun for $s on Nov. Z. The jun
ior johnson identified the gun as
his fathers.
Douglas was given a lie detector
test at Tampa on Sheriff Maddox
request. He maintained that he
last saw Johnson at a Clewiston
filling station Nov. S, where the
older man turned the car over to
him to have some work done on
it
Deputy John Salla at Tampa
said after the lie detector test that
"a joint investigation here and in
Hendry County gives every indi-
cation that there has been foul
play"
Douglas was taken back to Clew-
iston and sentenced to 60 days in
Jail for stealing automobile bat
teries. He still had 20 days to
serve when the camping party Of
Boy Scouts came upon the badly
! >decomposed body.
Sheriff Maddox said both the
body and the head we're on top Of
the ground, separated by about
four feet. Fifteen feet away was
an Ak. The head apparently had
been severed by the AK or some
similar instrument, said the sher-
iff.
Sheriff Maddox said an autopsy
would be conducted and Douglas,
who has not yet been informed
that the body was found will be
questioned after the autopsy.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
The Weatherman
Says:

Key West and Vicinity: Increas-
ing cloudiness attended by showers
and possible thundershows this af.
ternoon or tonight followed by
clearing late tonight and Tuesday
Continued warm and humid today,
colder Tuesday. Low tonight near
6S 10 and high Tuesday near r.
IS with low Tuesday near 60. Mod
crate, occasionally fresh southerly
winds shifting to fresh, occasional
ly moderately strong northerly
Tuesday. SMALL CRAFT WARN
ING displayed.
Florida: Considerable clOudiness
with scattered showers followed by
clearing tonight. Colder tonight and
IN Tallahassee area and extreme
north portion this afternoon. Low
est tonight ranging from IS in ex-
treme north to 50 IS in extreme
south portion. Tuesday fair and
colder.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits: Fresh southerly winds
shifting to fresh northwesterly to-
night diminishing Tuesday. Mostly
cloudy with scattered showers to-
night beginning in extreme north
this afternoon followed by clearing
late tonight. Tuesday fair.
East Gulf: Small craft warning
displayed. Fresh southerly winds
shifting to fresh to moderately
strong northwesterly over north
portion this afternoon and else
where tonight. Fresh to moderate
northwest to north winds Tuesday
Cloudy with scattered showers fol-
lowed by clearing tonight. Tues
day fair.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
northeast to east winds becoming
fresh at times tonight and Tues
day. Partly cloudy with widely scat
tered showers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
HEARINGS BEGIN
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politicians" because they would not
cooperate with him.
Simpson testified that the Nc
Carly road board at all times was
willing to cooperate honorably
with Johns, had adopted a formal
resolution advising him of that,
and had so informed him in per-
sonal conversations.
"Dishonorahle Requests"
"But there were few dishono.-
able requests with which we could
not cooperate"
Simpson cited a meeting in
Johns office with the acting gov
ernor, two representatives of a
Florida engineering firm and a
state senator.
He said Johns wanted him to
cancel a contract awarded to an
out-of- state firm and give it to the
Florida firm, although the bid of
the Florida firm was 500, 900 high
er than that of the successful bid
der.
THE acting governor told me
the engineers were friends of his
and friends of the senator, "Simp-
SON said.
Simpson refused the request, ex-
planning to Johns the contract had
to 60 to the low bidder.
Jehn's Friend"
Simpson testified that on another
occasion Johns telephoned him and
said he was sending a contractor
friend over to see him, and ex-
pressed hope the road chairman
could help him.
"The contractor came over and
told me he wasn't making enough
money. told him he had only to
submit the low bid and he would
get any road jobs he wanted, "
Simpson said.
HE said he was not particularly
interested in that, but he felt the
road department could help-it was
possible to bid very low and get
supplemental agreements. / told
him we couldn't make supplement
tai agreements. ! told him we
couldn't make supplemental agree
ments in advance.
Simpson also testified Johns
once called him about a friend who
owned property along the Jackson
vile expressway, which was need
ed by the road department for
right of way. Johns complained
the $4,000 value placed on the
property by SRD assessors was
too low and suggested $50, 200 be
offered, Simpson said.
"I told the acting governor
would be glad to have the property
reappraised and did that, but the
appraisers came back with the
same figure and ! advised the
acting governor the sac. 900 must
stand"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
Contractor. Freed
On $1,000 Bond

B. L. Robinson, 4s, Key Largo
contractor, yesterday was released
from the county jail on 1900 bond
after ne had been charged with
possession of stolen property.
The sheriffs department said
S22S in woodworking tools had been
recovered from Robinson who was
using them on job here.
A deputy said the tools had been
reported as stolen from Paul Kirk
of Tavernier.
The deputy quoted Robinson as
saying the tools had been given
to him by another man in pay
ment for money owed.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
MARILYN. AND JOE
HAVE DINNER DATE

HOLLYWOOD R-Marilyn Mon
roe and her former husband, Joe
DiMaggio, dined together again
last night, this time at a Malibu
restaurant.
1t is one of several dates they
have had since the actress OBJ
tanned a divorce Oct. n but they
have consistently said "we're just
good friends"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
CHILDREN RESCUED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. R-John
Madison, II, and John Lasofsky,
s, were imprisoned for rs hours
in subfreezing weather in a big
tool chest before their pounding
was heard yesterday and they
were rescued. The lid fell and
latched after they entered the
chest. Neither required medical
treatment.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
STREET CONTRACTORS
RETURN SIGNED PACT

A signed contract for the city's
huge street paving program was
returned today by the Broward As
phalt Co.. low bidders on the job.
City Manager Victor Lang said
THAT work on the project - the
largest in the city's history = viii
probably start within month and
be completed within 80 days.
"Then we'll have the best streets
OF any city in Florida" said Lang.
The scope of the program has
been enlarged to include every ma
jor street in the city, said Lang,
q move made possible by the un-
expected low bid on the project.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
EARL r. SHAFER

Earl r. Shafer. so, died early
Saturday morning at Monroe Gen.
eral Hospital.
Pritchard Funeral Home sent the
body to Homestead where funeral
services and burial were held this
morning.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
SAW KILLS BUTCHER

PORTLAND Ore. H-Firemen,
responding to a call from Isaac
=. Berrong's wife, broke into .
market yesterday and found the
4l-year-old butcher dead. his head
cut off by power saw he had been
using to cut rolls of paper. He had
apparently fallen while operating
the saw.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
DEATHS
MRS. IDA CRIBBS

Mrs. Grace Crosby has received
word of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Ida Cribs, Saturday in oo-
veil, Wyoming.
Many people here viii remember
Mrs. Cribbs and her husband, Lon
Cribs, who have made yearly vi
sits to Key West.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
FIRE is CONTROLLED

NEW YORK R-Some 1,40O
patrons of the Palace Theater
watched a vaudeville act on stage
last night, unaware that firemen
were ripping up floorboards back
stage to put out a fire. The cause
OF the fire was undetermined.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13
MRS. CHARLES KRANICH

Mrs. Charles Kranich died SUM-
day at her home in Waukesha, Wis
consin. She and her husband had
been winter residents here for sew
eral seasons in past years.
She is survived by her husband
and four sons, Norman, Elton, Don
and Neil.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday in Waukesha.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

Observation Taken n Post Office
Building. 700 AM. EST.
Key West. Fla. Dec. Is. 1854
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

Relative Humidity. 7 AN.
$40
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

Barometer tSsa LEVEL ? AN.
30.03 ins.-10l6.9 mbs.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
Reference Station: Key West
Bahia Honda
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tssss sndl ...-t2h 7om
sees chies
Sandy Pt. -eh 4em
Ne Name Key
caldss Channel
lnorth sndl +1h ION
4.l.4 N.
t-l-Minvs sign: Corrections
70 bs svbtraefed.
(+GPlus sign: Corrections 10
be added.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-13

ToMoRRoW,s
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-11
Air Force Will Operate
Shemya Base Until
CAA Readies Cold Bay

WASHINGTON, R-The Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
has instructed the Air Force to
continue operations at Shemya
until the Civil Aeronautics Adj
ministration sets up permanent
airport facilities at Cold Bay, Al
aska.
Sen. Magnuson O-Wash) said
that at his request the instruction
was written into the committee
report on the Defense Depart
ment appropriations for the year
beginning July l.
Magnuson told the committee
that maintenance of the north Pa
cific air route was essential be-
cause of unsettled conditions in
the Far East. The route also is
used by all flights of Northwest
Airlines between the United
States and the Orient.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-11
Giant Posse Tracks
Kidnaper In Superstition
Mountains of Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz., IA giant
police force combing the rugged
Superstition Mountains picked up
fresh tracks of an armed and dan
gerous kidnaper early today.
The attractive 23-year-old Mrs.
Evelyn Ann Smith, wife Of a
wealthy Phoenix pipe and steel
company executive was seized by
the man in front Of beauty par
lor Wednesday afternoon and
driven away in her car. She was
released yesterday after a $4,000
ransom was paid by her husband.
She was held captive for 20
hours, most of the time in the
rugged Superstitions, site of the
Lost Dutchman gold mine. The
search area is very rugged. It is
dotted with old mine shafts that
would m AXE excellent hiding
places.
Mrs. Smith, a mother of two
children, was unframed when re-
leased in the shadow of the SUI
perstitions yesterday. She told Of
ficers that her kidnaper had said
he was dying of cancer and pull
ed the job SO can have one last
fling"