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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Little Man, You
Had A Busy Day!

The busiest men In The world
was h Key Wsst Yesterday.
Here's what hs did in less
Than a hours:
He got out Of HE Marine
brio; got on Of the Marine
Corps; got INTO fl1e Monroe
County Jaib sOf into the Dade
County Jal.
This buy character is NAM
ed Sam toUf-Again-In-Asainl
MarteIIe, "A, Of Columbus, Ohio.
a Mimi constable asked the
sheriffs department to pick
him 1p on ) charge Of dispos-
ing bf property "a motorcycle
that was under . lien.
MarfelIo was released from
fhs Marine brig on the Naval
Station Yesterday and also dis
charged from fine Marine
Corps. He had been serving an
AWoL rap in fhe Marine jail.
When he walked out the gate
for the last time, . sheriff's de-
pUtY picked him up and took
him to the Monroe County Jail.
This morning, fhs Miami con-
stable picked him Up and took
him TO The Dade County jail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Thompson Freed
After Probe

George Thompson, held in the
county jail for investigation in con-
nection with the beating of Mrs.
Julia Cato, was released from Gus
tody last night.
The sheriff's department said
James X. Bethel, also held for in,
vestigation in the same case, was
still in Jail. However, he was being
held pending a decision by Grim
inal Court judge Thomas S. Caro-
to invoke a six-month suspended
sentence.
Mrs. Cato is recovering from
wounds she received when slugged
early last Sunday as she slept N
her home, 1912 johnson st.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Rocker Pilots Nune ReyeaLed
Major Tells How Earth Looks From 'Way IN

DAYTON, Ohio tR - The earth
really looks round from II miles
up, says the man who flew higher
in the sky than any other human.
Trees turn olive drah from up
there, observes Maj. Arthur MUIR
ray, the 35-year-old Pennsylvania
who started his military career on
a horse and recently broke the
worlds altitude record.
ColorS on earth seemed to start
changing" its roundness showed
clearly and the sun was 80 much
brighter it was almost blinding, "
he told a press conference yes
terday.
The conference followed an Air
Force announcement the veteran
combat and test pilot was the man
who took a Bell X1A rocket.pow-
cred experimental aircraft to new
heights.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Hurricane
Warnings Up
In CarOlinas

MIAMI dR-The coasts Of North
and South Carolina were under .
hurricane alert today as 4 power
fIil tropical storm spun like .
whirling dervish about 300 miles
east Of Jacksonville, Fla.
It's winds circled the calm GEN.
trail eye at a velocity Of about
lis miles an hour, but the storm
itself stood nearly still.
Cecil Gentry, storm forecaster
in the Miami Weather Bureau, said
the tropical disturbance lis wal
lowing around, its internal forces
causing it to inch to the east, west,
north and south. It's net movement
is toward the northwest, but SO
slowly that it cannot be counted
as q moving storm"
Because Of the met" northwest
ward movement, and because the
storm is so close to land, the
weather bureau decided to place
the Carolina coasts under q pre-
cautionary alert, he added.
'The hurricane is becalmed be-
tween two upper air high pressure
systems" said Gentry.
Plane Sent Out
An Air Force hurricane hunter
plane was to pierce the storm,
third Of the season, this morning.
Hurricane winds extended out
ward 50 miles from the center and
gales extended 100 miles.
The Miami Weather Bureau said
the storm should intensity some
and move slowly the next IL hours,
probably in a direction between
northwest and north.
The storm, named Carol to iden-
tify it as the third of the season,
intensified rapidly yesterday but
waltzed around near latitude 30.S
north and longitude 1877 west.
Alice, first storm of the season,
moved into Mexico near the Texas
border on June Is, causing floods
IN the area. Barbara, the second
blew up in the Gulf of Mexico anG
moved across the Louisiana coast
July %.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
B36 Crashes And Burns Near
S. Oak. Air Base Last Night

fication of victims will be made
until this is accomplished.
The blazing ship set several
brush and grass fires. These were
brought under control.
The wreckage was scattered
widely over a quarter mile area,
one officer reported. He described
the weather as perfect" at the
time the ship was to have landed.
Hit Small Hill
Officers said the plane appar-
emily struck a small hill as it APP
preached the lengthy runway and
was burst apart and fired. within
seconds. 1t came down about q
mile and half from the base on
the ranch Of Alfred Swallow located
about Is miles west of this south
western South Dakota City Of
$4,000.
Swallow and his son, Harold,
said they were about to retire
when they felt Conclusion which
shook the ground" They saw
flames light up the sky immediate
ly and drove to the scene.
Fierce flames were sweeping the
wreckage by the time they reached
II. They said pieces of the ship
were scattered over a wide area.
Swallow also said there were a
number Of explosions, apparently
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Air Force Secretary Harold E
Talbot announced the record last
Saturday but withheld announce
ment of the pilots name until yes
terday. Exact date of the record
breaking Fighter flights, nobody
is saying which and the exact
altitude still are Air Force Sc
crets.
But informed observers specu-
late the new record must be in
the neighborhood Of $4,000 feet.
The former record, set Aug. 81,
1858, by Marine Corps 1t. Col.
Marion Carl in Douglas sky
rocket D55S-H, was s., las feet.
Maj. Murray said as he went TO
record attitudes areas of the earth
covered with dry grass turned
bright straw colors. And the greens
of vegetation looked olive drab.
But the brightness was the most
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28

RAPID CITY, SD. N-A huge
B36 bomber crashed at least "a
crewmen to death last night when
it crashed and burned during
landing attempt at Ellsworth Air
Force Base near here.
The public information Office
said three other crewmen aboard
the plane were in livery critical"
condition at the base hospital. The
bodies of the dead were badly
torn and burned.
Fire flinders Search
At first searchers were kept
away from the fuselage section Of
the broken ship by roaring flames.
However, they were able to re-
move the last bodies about 6 am.
Officers said the heavy casualty
list slowed the task Of notifying
the next Of kin. No public identi-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28

notable experience. Early ia : SER
les of "about 10" high altitude
flights the sun was so bright ST
was not able to read the data pad
fastened to my knee" the major
noted.
On later flights this situation
was improved by using data pads
printed on dark backgrounds.
''T'he flight was of great value, "
he declared. at enabled US to coli
lect data not available before"
The X1A Is q bullet-like craft
capable Of 4 speed Of at least
1850 m.p.h.
A native Of cresson, Pa, Maj.
Murray rode horses 10 the Cavalry
as an enlisted man In 1889. He
shifted to the Air Force during
World War II and new so combat
missions in North Africa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
By BILL sPILLMAN

Cunts of the development force
of the Navy are in Key West be-
cause of the good weather and the
close proximity of deep water,
1t. w. G. Kistler told members of
the local Lions Club Thursday
night at their regular meeting in
the Lions Den on Seminary
Street.
"They are not here because of
a political maneuver," he added.
Kistler told of how the local Navy
development activities save the
Federal government millions Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Pheniix City
Grand Jury
Report Due

PHENIX CITY, Ala. IN - The
grand jury probing Phenix City
vice and violence viii make its
first report Monday.
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones
of Montgomery will return here
to receive partial report at 8
am. Monday, according to a joint
announcement last night by acting
Atty. Gen. Bernard Sykes and Cir
cult Solicitor George M. Johnson
Jr.
Speculation that the grand jury
may return as many as 500 indict-
mentS was famed by wide range
of lawleSsness which the jurors
could have investigated.
Staying probled
Murder -topped by the vicious
Staying of Albert L., Patterson,
nominee for attorney general who
promised to clean up Phenix City.
Election fraud-testified to by
witnesses before Democratic SUBJ
committee. They said a crooked
political machine dominated Rus
sell County election machinery.
Multi Million dollar gambling
operations - topped by an inter-
state lottery racket which investi-
gators uncovered.
B-girl rackets-still being probed
by National Guard officers.
An order was issued last night
for the arrest of former Asst.
Police w. M. Buddy Jones.
The arrest order was disclosed
in statement by Maj. Ernest A.
Acton, legal adviser to Col. James
IN. Brown, military police chief at
Phenix City.
Brown declined comment on ex-
act charges against lowers.
The military police chief said
the guard had information that
lowers was seen in central Mis-
sissippi yesterday, and was heard
to state that he is Gin serious
trouble and fleeing westward.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
COMMANDER GORDON
MEMORIAL MONDAY

Memorial services for the late
Cdr. Earle c. Gordon, Navy Base
legal officer, viii be at 5 pm.
Monday in Memorial Chapel on
the Naval Station.
The Truman Street gate to the
station win be open for convenient
access to the chapel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
DeUi0tes Due For
Bus Trip---Peres

Police chisf RIsnvsnido Pc
req promised . fvlI.seaIo push
on peFverfs and sex deviafes
who may Be driven into Key
West by file breakdown now IN
progress IN Miami.
"lf I see iilsms I'll pick HEM
W and ship fhsm ovs - town,"
said chles Perez. '9Ne don't
want slsaE kind Of people here. =
He aacpa iisat ~ 4 not -.
lrg y allow them - eoners-
aais 'selshor On iiss street cor
nsFs o. In loeal bars"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Police Search
For Gas Thieves

Police are searching today for
two boys seen stealing gasoline
from a car parked in the rear Of
= Duval st. restaurant.
According to the report of Pa
trolman Ralph Maribona, the boys
fled the scene leaving five gallon
can behind. They had been work
ing on a car belonging to Mario
Rodriguez, SIS Olivia st.
Rodriguez also said that two
cushions were missing from his
car.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28

It provides that effective
Jan. 1, 1856, the county
assessor would be respons-
ible for both county, and
municipal tax levies. Coun-
ty and city tax assessment
would be identical, if the
amendment passes.
In practice, the plan had been in
effect for the past eight years up
until last May when protests from
two city commissioners ended q
policy of the city and county shar-
ing the same offices.
Assessments Blasted
The commissioners blasted Ger.
tain tax assessments, and county
tax assessor Claude Gandolfo or.
dered the city out of his office.
The move resulted in the resig.
nation of city tax assessor Sam
Pindrr, x. His SUCCESSOR, Robert
Pollock, is presently setting up 4
city tax office.
. The proposed amendment
brought mixed reaction today in
local political circles.
All but one member Of the city
commission declined to comment
on the matter.
Commissioner Louis Carbonen
said that although he had not had
a chance to study the matter, he
was inclined to be opposed to it"
Complete Consolidation
'sThe only way I'd 80 for that
would be to have a complete con-
solidation of the city and county"
said carbonell. 81 don't think that
to consolidate just one office would
be a god thing = but to conson.
date the entire setup, / think, would
be a good idea"
81 have all the confidence in the
world in the county tax assessor,
but / don't think this amendment
would be in the best interest Of the
city," CarbonelI continued.
County Tax Assessor Claude
GandoHo commented today that
regardless of whether or not /
am the tax assessor or somebody
else had the job, the amendment
is a good thing"
Expense 70 City
Gandolfo pointed out that the city
is faced with considerable expense
in setting up its own office ana
that by consolidating the two off
fees, a considerable saving would
be effected.
And the headache" resulting
from different city and county tax
assessments would be eliminated,
he added. The plan is in effect in
Hillsborough county, Gandolfo said,
and is well thought of there.
It marks the second time the con-
stitutional amendment has been on
Continued on Page Eight
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'Dirty-Minded'
New Zealand
Girls Jailed
Teen-Agers Are
Sentenced For
Brutal Staying

AUCKLAND, New Zealand IN -
Two teen-agers described in court
as 'sdirty-minded little girls" were
convicted of murder today for beat
ing the mother of one girl to death
with a brick. They were sentenced
to indefinite prison terms.
The pair are Pauline Yyonne
Parker. is. and Jr,iet Marion
Hume, Is.
AS they are under ie, their
crime is not punishable by death.
They were ordered detained at
Her Majesty's pleasure" Such a
blanket sentence is often used in
British courts in cases involving
adolescents, where there is a
chance conditions may change la
ter and a review would be war
ranted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Amendment To Abolish City
Tax Assessor On Nov. Ballot
County To Levy City Taxes
If Amendment Is Approved
By IlM COBB

A proposal to abolish the city tax assessors office
and give the power to municipal taxes TO the
county tax will be among constitutional
amendments to be considered by Florida voters in the
Nov 2 general election
The measure, Amendment Six to the Florida
stution, was proposed as house joint resolution dur
ing the 1858 session Of the state legislature.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28

The tournament, Okayed By the
Amateur Athletic Union, win be
refereed BY Edwin D. Townsend Of
DANA.
The spearfishermen entered in
tomOrrow's tournament are all
champions from their respective
areas. The winner is scheduled
70 % to Rio de Janeiro in Decem-
Der for the international speartish-
ing competition.
The Monterey, Calf, team Of
Roy Hattori, Jerry Bastian, and
Bob Moore won the central Cali
fornia championship on Aug. IS.
The Navy team from Guantan-
amo Bay, Cuba, has won several
championships in the West Indies.
This team is made up Of Earl
Cavanaugh, Ted Ahlberg, and J. A.
Kropack.
The Miami Beach team, which
won the Florida state champion
ship in a meet here last month, IS
composed Of three brothers named
Pinder.
Coed Weather Promised
Although it was raining and clou-
CONTINUED on Page Eight
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P And OLine
Surveys Tampa
Docks Friday
Early Meeting
With The City
Fathers Seen

Officials of the P and o
Steamship Company were in
Tampa Friday to inspect
port facilities in connection
with the possibility of re-
Stunning their Key West-Hav-
anaTampa run.
City Commissioner Delio Cobo,
made that announcement, saying
that he has conferred by telephone
with X. A. Osborne, vice president
and general manager of the COM
pany.
He reported that company Off
cialS are eager to meet with the
city commission to negotiate a
lease for the city-owned Clyde
Mallory docks for use as 4 Key
West terminus for the operation.
The city commission extended an
invitation to meet with them last
week.
Survey Here
Osborne, who was in Key West
last week to survey local accom-
modations, said that the decision
on resuming passenger service
from here is up to the company
board Of directors.
The company operated out of
Key West up until 1896 after hur-
ricane washed out the keys extern
sion of the Florida East Coast Rail-
road. They continued their Hava-
na-Tampa operations until 1941
however.
Vessel to be used would be the
plush SIS Florida, currently operat-
ing out of Miami on cruises to Ha-
vana and Nassau.
Meanwhile, plans are advancing
by the Caribbean Ferry System OF
Miami for the start of Key West
Cuba auto ferry service Oct. 2.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
TechniqUes Today

He compared the present day
technique of finding out how good
device is before buying it with
the early World War II days of
buying it first and perhaps then
discovering that it was just a
waste of money.
In telling how VX-1 set up reals
tic conditions to evaluate anti
submarine equipment, he said,
"There is often a great difference
between the performance of an
equipment when operated by a
graduate engineer in a brightly
lighted aforementioned laboratory
and its performance in a noisy
bouncy airplane about thre e
o'clock in the morning on a dark
night"
Were a consumers research
for air anti-submarine warfare, "
he said. "VX-1 is paying hand
some dividend to its stockholders
you, the taxpayers"
Kistler was hailed by the mem
bers as giving one of the most in
teresting talks the club las ever
heard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Top Salesman

During the meeting, Carl Her
man, young son of Lion Bill Her.
man was given warm applause
of thanks for selling so brooms for
the club for their project for the
March of Dimes Drive. Carl was
so energetic that one customer
also wanted some mops. He i'm
mediately went out and bought
Continued On Page Eight
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1t. Kistler Tells Lions OF
Navy Units Activities Here

dollars in evaluating anti-subna-
rine equipment before it is pur-
chased for Fleet use,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
6.DsY Trial

A 12-man jury found them guilty
after celebrating 90 minutes. The
verdict came at the end of a six
day Supreme Court trial in Christ
church.
The girls left the dock for their
prison cells solemn and detected
looking. Juliet, tall and blue-eyed,
had sat with her fingers in her
ears as the prosecutor made his
closing statement.
The defense said there was no
doubt the girls killed Pauline's mo-
Their, Mrs. Honora Mary Parker,
with a brick knotted in a stocking,
but it was commended the pair were
insane.
The murdered woman was found
in a Christchurch public park last
June q with As head, face and
hand injuries. The girls claimed at
first she had slipped and hit her
head,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
DabbIod In Wrifins

Witnesses described the girls as
inseparable companions who dab
bled at writing novels and operas.
They schemed to 60 to America to
have them published.
Defense Atty. Alex HasEam said
when they thought the Parker girls
Continued On Page Eight
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Leave From Blight

The spearfishermen win leave
from Garrison Blight aboard the
charter boat Greyhound in time to
reach the reef by noon.
AS they swim and dive along the
reef, each team viii be attended
by an Outboard-powered boat.
For members Of the press and
nv, the Savannis win leave Key
West Shrimp Co. dock at the foot
az William Street at 10 q. m.
Besides newspaper and wire SER
vice coyerage, the tournament viii
Be reported by nv cameramen and
arepresentative Of life Magazine.
1tnight, the competing divers
and others viii be entertained at
! fish fry BY the Chamber pf Com
rnerce. The fry gets underway at
$3.50 3. N. At the Casa Roma
Motel, FlagIer Avenue and ROOse-
welt Boulevard near the Naval
Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28
Six Teams To Battle For
Nail Spar1isbIng Tile
Tourney Here
Under Way At
Noon Sunday

Six three-man teams Of
spearfishermen today were
set to battle it out for the
national title.
The national spearfishing
tournament, being held here
for the first time, will get
under way at noon tomorrow
on the reef. The tourney
ends at 4 pm.
The six teams are from Miami
Beach, ! Navy team from Guam.
tanamo Bay, from Ann Arbor,
Mich, and three teams from these
three California towns - Los An
geles, Pasadena, and Monterey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-28

For Quick Communicates.
Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
reuch buyers and SELLERS
tenonts or workers Just
DIAL 2,566l o. 2rS662.
Evening star., 1954-11-26
Brussels Police
Sprout Red Faces
Over Off-Beot Ads

BRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (NANA) !.
--Belgium's police were blushing
crimson today and trying to
prove through a court suit that
a page of classified advertise
ments appeared in their official
publication only through an
error.
It wasn't so much what the
ads said as how they said it.
The new edition of the Ma
tional Federation of Polio g
Commissioners textbook, issued
to on-the-beat officers, opened
in its usual way. advising the
policemen on the laws of bill
posting and drunkenness. and
what to do in an accident.
But on Page 10. the reading
matter became a little livelier.
Numbers Of bold. snall-type
ads proclaimed the merits of
various intimate bars and
clubs in the cosmopolitan port
Of Antwerp.
One ad for club in Antwerp's
Venus street called lonely pa
irons to enjoy the agreeable
atmosphere. first-class drinks,
charming hostesses and dancing
under subdued light to dreamy
music"
When members of parliament's
Catholic opposition saw this,
they threatened an investiga-
ton. The police commissioners
retorted that the printers were
responsible for the ads and filed
suit against the printing firm,
alleging moral prejudice"
against the police.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Democrats May Draft
Sosscer for House Race

Maryland Democrats may
draft former Representative
Lansdale G. Sasscer, Of Upper
Marlboro. to run for the House
seat he vacated two years ago
to try for the Democratic sena- :
torial nomination. 1t was learned
today.
Democratic sources said Mr..
Sasscer is not inclined now to
become a candidate for the
House, . They said that whether
he makes the race or not, he
probably will take the Demo-
cratic helm in Prince Georges
County in an effort to bring his
party back into power.
SaSscer hackers believe that
the chances of restoring har-
mony in Democratic ranks will be
increased if he decides to become
a candidate.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Navy TO Put 50 Ships
In MothbaII Fleet
To Meet Budget Cuts

The Navy plans to lay up SO
warships to meet the reduced
budget for the fiscal year be-
ginning July /.
Making this announcement
last night. the department said
the 13.600-ton heavy cruiser
Quincy would be the first major
vessel returned to the reserve
fleet in a cutback schedule to
be carried out over the next 18
months.
"Other ships scheduled for
inactivation will be announced
as plans are completed" the
Navy said.
The Quincy, now at Long
Beach (Calif) Naval Shipyard,
will be the only ship of her class
affected. There are six other
cruisers in her class in active
service.
Reduced naval operating
forces long have been forecast as
a result Of the administration S
new look" military strategy
which calls for main reliance on
air power. 49,
The Navy. along with the
Army and Marine Corps, are
scheduled to make manpower
reductions in the next. fiscal
year. While the Army's cut of
about l8 per cent is the heaviest,
the Navy also has been told it
must reduce. At first. it was
felt that the reductions could be
absorbed without laying up
combat ships.
However. there have been
recent rumors that the three
45.000-ton battleships now in
operation might have to be put
in mothballs. The ships are the
Missouri, Iowa and New Jel sey.
The Navy now operates about
400 combat ships.
President Eisenhower is sched-
uled to officially disclose his
military spending for next year
IN his budget message to Con-
greSS on ,January 21