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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Trial
Testimony On
In Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE RATestimony
began today in the first degree
murder trial Of Samuel ]. Horn
beck, 34-year-old escaped bank
robber and accused cop killer with
criminal record in at least six
cities. ''.s,..
Hornbeck, a short, why, dark
haired man, occasionally smiled at
relatives yesterday as Circuit
Judge Edwin L. Jones' court spent
the day selecting a 12-man jury
which may send him to the electric
chair.
An indictment charges that he
and bank robbing pal, Myron
Peter Goldman, shot and killed
Thomas A. Robinson Jr., q, Duval
County patrolman, in a gun battle
when trapped while holding up a
bar. Goldman also was killed in
the shooting.
Although Robinson was killed by
only one pistol bullet, the two
count indictment accuses both
Hornbeck and Goldman of firing
shot. One count says Hornbeck
killed Robinson; the other says
Goldman was the principal in the
first degree"-the one firing the
shetland Hornbeck "the principal
in the second degree"
State Atty. william A. HalIowes
explained to prospective jurors
that person convicted as a second
degree principal does not actually
fire the fatal shot but would be
"constructively present and would
aid and assist the actual perpe-
traitor to commit the offense.
There's no distinction between
the two. They are equally guilty"
The gun battle took place Dec.
16. An officer passing a bar no
tioed a car Hornbeck and Goldman
had been accused of stealing after
escaping the Savannah, Ga, jail
four days earlier. At Savannah,
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
City Commissioners Approve First
Phase In Repaviing Of City Streets

Mayor Protein Paul Roberts
asked the city manager if the
breaking of the surface of the old
road would disturb the underpart of
the road.
Said Lang: ut will make a bet
ter foundation than before. We
should get a better base"
Commissioner Louis Carbonell
wanted to be assured that the
streets would be just as good as
those previously contracted for.
Answered l. Fendle, sales repre-
sentative of FEC: IF mixture is
the same, it will turn out the same
kind of streets as in the past"
The new equipment will arrive
within two weeks, and an engineer
from the company will show city
employees how to operate same.
City Manager Vic Lang has not
yet decided what street will be sur
faced first. 1t may be a street
where no sewer is to be laid, or
otherwise street where the sewer
construction has been accepted by
the engineers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Housewife Faces
Murder Charge In
Death OF Children

WATERVILLE, Maine PA dis.
traught young housewife who wrote
a message that "God told me" to.
day faced murder charge in the
bathtub drowningS of her three
children.
County Atty. Joseph B. Camp.
bell said Mrs. Constance Fisher,
ia, would be arraigned in NUM-,
cipal Court.
Richard Fisher. 6. his brother
Daniel, A, and their sister Deborah,
l, were found dead in their home
yesterday by their father Carl, SO,
VINO smashed door to gain en-.
trance.
Richards body lay face down
IN the tub. The others were on
beds.
Campbell said Mrs. Fisher was
ihuddled in blanket under a bed
He said she had swallowed some
liquid shampoo in a suicide at
tempt, but it had no serious effect.
Fisher, Maine Central Rail,
road employe, was temporarily
Frustrated when he discovered the
bodies and note scrawled or
wrapping paper.
Campbell said Mrs. Fisher wrote
her husband:
;, 1T was so hard to do, but Goo
told me it was the only way
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
.Naguib Is Back
In Full Power
In Egypt Now

CAIRO Up - Maj. Gen. Mo-
manned Naguib took all his old
jobs back today in Egypt's mill
tary government. The man who
deposed him IL days ago, 1t. Col.
Canal Abdel Nasser, stepped back
=" ~ ---~-riarship he held
Guidance Minister Salah Salem
tensely announced Naguib's rein
statement as premier and chair
man of the ruling Revolutionary
Council. Naguib already had taken
back the presidency after being
ouSted from all three posts and
placed under guard at home Feb.
rs on charges he sought to become
a dictator"
Salem said the incidents oil
Naguib's custer were erased al
a joint meeting of the Revolution.
airy Council and the civilian Cab.
met late last night as though they
had been nothing more than 50
passing cloud"
Nasser, who had been president
during the three days of Naguib' s
eclipse and premier and council
chairman since, said in an inter.
view today the full restoration oil
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09

City Commissioners vest
erday afternoon in special
session made the first step in
the eventual paving of all
the streets in the City of
Key West.
They ordered the pur-
chase of a self-propelled
pulverized and asphalt mix
ing plant. Cost of the equip
ment is S13,795.
1t was estimated that this move
may be the saving of some $3.50, 900
when the Is miles of streets are
re-paved. Cost of having the job
done by out-of-town firms on bids
would run, on past experience,
$525, 900. 1t is expected that only
SITS, 900 will be expended under
present plans. Saving will be ac-
complished by using city labor;
having no engineers fees, ETC..
ComPany's Guarantee
= Florida Equipment Company Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
County Officials Will Go Thursday
For Air|ines Talk With Governor
Letter Okaying Service Here BY
PeninsuIar AirIines Is Expected

Only letter from Gov. Charley Johns is hold
ing the start of air service here and that letter
is expected to be Forthcoming Thursday.
John McDonough manager of Safeway Travel Inc,
representatives of Pennsular Airnes here, today said
group of county officials will fly to Tallahassee Thurs
day to call on Gov Johns and pick up the letter okayng
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Mayor Harvey
Tells OF Leading
Band In Havana

Mayor c. B. Harvey today said
he got big kick out of leading the
high school band down Havana's
main street.
Harvey went to Havana on the
Cuban gunboat, Antonio Maceo,
which took the Miami Edison high
school band, the Key West high
school band, the Miami Police De.
partment's motorcycle squad, and
notables to Havana for the start
of the carnival season.
The group returned here late yes.
lterday.
Saturday night the Key West high
school band led the Camparsas
parade.
Harvey, the mayor Of Havana
and the Tampa mayor also were
in the parade.
Others who made the Havana
trip were Capt. c. L. Murphy.
IUSN. and Mrs. Murphy; Mr.. and
Mrs. Julio Cabanas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Baker and Cdr. and Mrs
Harold Brown.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
U.s. Grants County School Funds
Federal Aid
amounts To
$I27,477 For
"a Operations

The United States Depart
/. inert of Epcation has
granted the Monroe County
school system $127,477.97
for this years operation.
That information was con-
tanned in a telegram to The
Citizen from Senators SPECS
sard Holland and George
Smathers and Representa-
tive Bill Lantaff today.
They said that the money
is being granted to the coun-
ty under the provisions of
Public Law 874, which pro-
vides federal funds for sim
pact areas" where there, is a
large concentration of mill
tary personnel.
The congressman added
that $95,608 has been certi-
fled for immediate payment
to the county.
Monroe County's Superintendent
of Public Instruction Horace O..
Bryant said today that this years
amount is only slightly higher than
last year.
He added that the money may
be spent only for the operation oil
schools and not for building facil,
tiles to take care of the county's
faSt-growing legion of school age
children.
increased Need
He pointed out that as a result
Of stepped up Naval activities here
Is per cent of the cOunty's 4,61s
school children come from Navy
families or from families of civil,
ian workers at the Naval Station
With the cost of instruction fol
each pupil set at $2lS, the fedora,
governments grant leaves the
county with a heavy financial
burden. There is slight chance o.
che government increasing theil
annual appropriation, o'Bryant
said.
Only other federal aid, O'Bryan
said, was for the construction O
additions to the Poinciana anC
Truman Elementary schools.
Gloomy Picture
O'Bryant painted gloomy pic
ture of Monroe County'S alread,
oveTcrowded schools in the mex
two years when the increased
birth rate Of the war years begin.
10 be felt.
This factor, in addition to nor
NAL promotions and the influx O
school-age children into the county
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
James Faces
Vote Battle

LOS ANGELES IA "hammer
and tongs" battle is promised
James Roosevelt in the race for
the Democratic nomination for
congressman from California S 26th
District.
Ned Redding, 4s, community
newspaper publisher and an.
nounced Democratic candidate,
declared yesterday:
''The fight he (Roosevelt) has
asked for I will give him in a
hammer and tongs manner"
Roosevelt surprised many politi.
cal observers by winning the en-
dorsement Sunday of the 26th Dis
trict Democratic Council. Redding
had asked that his name not be
considered by the council because
he did not consider the group rep.
reSentatlVe.
District convention endorsement
lis new procedure for the Demo.
Gratis, who heretofore have waited
for the results of the primary cleo
ton. The primary will be in June
Further party opposition tc
Roosevelt, recently accused by his
estranged wife of adultery, was. ex.
pressed yesterday by Henry 1.
Dockweiler, former treasurer Of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, who was a leader of the
forces in 1852.
W. ]. Bassett, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor Los
Angeles Central Labor Council
said his organization has not yet
made any endorsements but, in his
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09

Miami, low bidder, guarantees the
machine to produce, after suitable
rolling, mixed-in place asphaltic
concrete streets as good as those
recently contracted for by the
City. Should the equipment not pro.
duce the desired results, the Equip
ment Company must reimburse the
City in full for their expenditure.
Commissioner Louis Carbonell
made the motion to accept the
Equipment Company's bid. Motion
was seconded by Commissioner De-
Ilaney. It was unanimously approx
ed. City Manager Vic Lang had
recommended the purchase of the
machine.
Commissioner Delio Cobo inquir.
ed of City Manager Lang if any
other equipment was needed be-
sides the asphalt mixing plant.
New Roller Needed
Lang said that traffic roller
should be added but that the pre-
sent roller the city has can do the
job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Damage $685. S34.0l
There was but one traffic
accident in Key West Monday.
1t involved a truck and a car
and occurred at the intersec-
ton of White Street and Tru-
man Avenue. Damage of SIS
was the result. Happily, no
body was injured.
Presently, Key Vests acct
dent rate is running far ahead
of last year. For example in
the entire first quarter of 1853,
there were just 128 accidents.
With q days still remaining in
the first quarter of 1854, there
have already been lis accidents
resulting in property damage
of S34,011. (In 1858, damage for
the year was only slightly more
than $90,O00.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Rep. Papy Thanks Gov. Johns For
Ordering Road Toll Bridge Audit
Sausage SaCiped,
Man Pays Fine

The price OF meat is going
up.
At least that statement is true
for a local man who was as.
sessed Sos yesterday for
single can Of Vienna sausage.
That was the amount Of his
fine in city court when he plea.
ded guilty to stealing the sav-
sage from local super market.
He had the alternative of pay
ing the fine or spending 20
days in iaiI.
Municipal Judge Enrique Es.
qUinaldo, Jr., fined the man
saying that he "had no alter.
native-there are too many re.
ports Of fhievery in local stores.
The man said that he had
been drinking when he lifted
the sausage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09

the new service here.
The letter will authorize PENN
Sular to fly regularly scheduled
service between Tampa Miami-Key
West.
The Peninsular plane will fly in
to Meacham Field Thursday morn.
ing and then takeoff for Tallahas-
see. The plane is expected to re-
turn later Thursday.
AS many county commissioners
as possible will make the trip. Ber-
ME C. Papy, state representative,
and Paul Sawyer, county legal ad-
wiser, also will go.
Ready to Start
McDonough said the line is ready
ito start service Immediately. The
schedule will start with one flight
in the morning and probably an
other in the afternoon, McDonough
said.
The fare from here to Miami will
be $S.15 plus tax-the same fare
as is charged by National Airlines
for the same flight.
MeDonough said Peninsular plans
to time its flights here to coincide
with flights of Aerovias @ to Hav.
ana so passengers flying to or from
the Cuban capital will have a min
imum of waiting time.
Present Need
Since Jan. l, Key West has been
served by only one roundtrip flight
a day by National Airlines.
NAL cancelled three of its four
daily flights here on that date.
The cancellations were effective
the same day that new rate sche-
dule went into effect at Meacham
Field.
Part of the new rate set-up Is a
50-cent charge for each passenger
landing or taking off. NAL baked
over that point.
The county complained TO the
Civil Aeronautics Board that NAL
unlawfully changed its schedules
without giving a required Today
notice.
In a reply to the CAB, NAL de-
MED the charge.
CAB Suggestion
The CAB suggested that the
Continued on Page TWo)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Marine Sentry UpFor
Court Martial TODAY
Little Dolores
Is On Her Way

Little Dolores Dissdiertt and
her parents left Miami this
morning on their way to New
York where Dolores has an ap.
poinfment with DR.. Ramon Cas-
tro Vieio, who will try to save
the baby's eyesighf.
George FaraIdo called from
Miami to say that they were
aboard the safeway plane that
will fly them to New York.
FaraIdo drove the family TO
Miami early this morning when
the Indictment weather made IL
impossible for him to fly them
to the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09

Key West. Florida. has the
most equoble climote in the
country. with an average
ronge Of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-09
Admission Of Newsmen
To Navy Annex Called
Security Violation

was convened on the Navy
Station today to try an H.
year-old Marine sentry who
admitted two newsmen to
the Navy Annex when six
Navy filters died in the crash
of two helicopters.
The Marine, Pfc. James R. Fox,
Is, of Huntington. w. Va, was
accused of not carrying out his
guard orders.
Ellis Finch, photographer, and
Denis Snefgr, reporter, both of The
Key West Citizen, were admitted
to the Annex March 2, shortly
aker the $50 a. m. crash of the
two helicopters from Helicopte1
Anti-Submarine Squadron One.
Capt. B. A. Adams, USMC, con
Quoted the court martial.
He said that any information or
the verdict would have to come
from Maj. c. L. West, command
ing officer of the Marine Barracks
here.
Possible Penalty
West said the maximum penalty
for such an offense is 80 days
confinement or As days at hare
labor and demotion to private
He ear also lose some of his pay
FinG aid Sneigr senterea th,
annex to cover the crash.
Finch made four photographs o!
the crash scene. He offered to de
Ivelop the films at the headquart
Iers of HS-1 on the Seaplane Base
However, he was told there wa.
no darkroom there.
Finch and Sneigr, accompanied
by 1t. Jim Gibbs, public informa
ton officer of HS-1, drove to tn,
office of The Citizen where tn,
films were developed.
| Negative Destroyed
Finch voluntarily destroyed on.
negative that showed a part of ;
body.
Gibbs took the processed film Il
1.-THE Naval Station for clearance
for publication.
The films were confiscated or
orders of Rear Adm. George Tow
ner, commander of the Nava1
Base.
The Navy is conducting its owl
investigation of the security lapse
Capt. c. L. Murphy, chief o.
staff, today said the investigation
is not complete. He said no char
Iges have been filed against any
Navy personnel.
Officers Saw Photographer
! Several Navy officers were al
the scene of the crash and saw
Finch taking pictures.
Sneigr told the officers who
Finch was and for what paper he
worked.
None of the officers told Finch
not to take pictures. One of the
officers said the pictures would
| Continued on Page Two)
Evening star., 1954-07-25

was when ! played the New
York Copacabana." added the
Tacoma red-head. "And I'll
tell you why" She rubbed her
nose thoughtfully.
'The Copa is an important
date for a singer. You're judged
by the way you sing and the
business you do. If there isn't
big business every night, 1t af-
fects your singing because you
need an excited audience to do
your best. Magically, I didn't
have to worry on either score.
The Copa headliner was Joe
E. Lewis and he jammed them
in and because they came there
in a happy frame of mind, to
be entertained by Joe E.. they
were wonderful to me-"
Evening star., 1954-07-25
Sullivan
Continued From Page ED

(Contlnue0 FROM Page E-lJ
downstage. who never had
memorized pages of lines and
directions. Howard Lindsay
and Buck Grouse were so
darned nice to me that I could
have bawled, and Jackie
Cooper couldn't have been
more considerate II I'd been
his sister"
The redhead reflected: II
guess that was 1t. I'd never
been exposed to that sort of
deep kindness. They'd let me
play on the team. Twas part
and parcel of it, not an out
slider. not a girl coming in for
a few scenes. It was Won-
derful."
My biggest night club thrill
Evening star., 1954-07-25
Coming Attractions

CARTER BARRON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Greco and his
Spanish Dancers, starting Thursday.
OLNEY-"The Country Girl" with Brian Donlevy starting
Wednesday.
Screen
Observation-Disclosures Crusoe." with Dan O'Herlihy.
CAPTTOL-"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" with Jane
Powell and Howard Keel.
COLONY"Pit Of Loneliness" with Smone Simon. starting
Friday
Anne Bancroft
DUPONT-"Beautes of the Night" with Lolobrigda
starting Wednesday.
LTTLE-"Edward and Caroline" French comedy
acARTHUR-Turn the Key Softly with Kathleen Harrison
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Crusoe" with Dan OHerlihy.
ONTARIO-"Tanganyka with Van He1in and Ruth Roman
PALACE-"Magnicent Obsession," with Jane Wyman and
Rock Hudson.
PLAzA-"Strange Deception" Italian fm
TRANSLATION the Waterfront" with Marion Brando and
Eva Marie Saint,
Evening star., 1954-07-25
Festival Time
sTRATFoRD, ont

You never saw a place quite
like this RAN town gone
dreamy with drama.
Merchants in the shops,
neighbors passing on the
street, frantic walters in the
steak joints, every one acts
alike. They keep one eye on
the clock, the other on the
sky-and talk about one thing:
What's doing In s'the tent"
The tent is the canvas the
ater where ,Stratford's second
annual Shakespearean Festival
is currently midway through
its eight-week season. Each
evening 1000 pilgrims from
the rest of Canada, the United
States and q good portion Of
the globe. jam In to witness
one Of two comedies by the
Bard Of England's Stafford,
or q tragedy by that ancient
Greek. Sophocles. Somebody
thought Of Sophocles for va
riety, but Shakespeare Is the
big man In town.
Shakespeare and Tom Pat
terson.
Nomes copricious
Patterson is the local son
who dreamed for years Of
seeing the master playright's
works done here, just because
the town was called Stratford.
and its river the Avon. (And
the names. q bit Of research
diScloses, were stuck CASUALLY
on q real estate development
map 40 years ago by some
body In q London office.)
Tom finally got a committee
behind his dream and with
some frantic fund-raising last
year, the first Shakespearean
festival was staged for six
weeks. Starring Alec Guinness,
it proved a resounding thea
trical triumph. More iinpor-
tantly, the boxoffice paid of
all but $4.137 of a capital In
vestment and production cost
of $169, 900.
The enthusiastic town got
solidly behind plans to estab-
lish the drama project on a
regular basis. Now Patterson
and company have received
further contributions of $780,
600 (including some Rockefel-
Ter Foundation funds) and
keep filling the blue tent to 100
per cent capacity. They break
even at 70 per cent.
AS a visiting New York thea
ter magnate said the other
night: I'D sure like to have
a piece of this summer thea
ter"
Renown Comes
Patterson is excited because
this town, population $4,000,
which outsiders had never
heard of before last year, Is
now a sort of international
thespic center.
One Of the things that. has
the sponsors undecided at the
moment is what kind of q
permanent home to establish
for the festival: Keep 1t In q
tent or erect a building.
tits being tossed around so
much, some day some one will
Jump in on the permanent
project" says Patterson.
Big name of this years prod
uctions is Film Star James
Mason who has q house here,
a hotel suite in nearby London
Evening star., 1954-09-18
IVA and Communism 7dnqIe
Inquiry AboutG G Education

sment should furnish housing
public power and subsidies.
The general replied that serv-
Eicernen are taught that in Rus
ssia the government is everything
and the individual nothing
They're also reminded, he said
that In the United States the
people make the decisions, while
in Russia It's a "bureaucrat al
| the top who decides.
you'd have a hard time get.
ting me popped up to go to war
with that explanation, Mr.
Gwinn said. He asked how Gen
Harkness would explain that
lsstne State is everything dowr
In the Tennessee Valley in term.
LOT power. "
Representative Landru m
democrat. Of Georgia observed
srIt Is pretty hard to give {
young man q gun and tell him tc
shoot q Communist If he doesn'
know what 8 Communist is. !"
/ Smiling. Mr. Gwinn said, "Et
might turn around and shoo1
some one i'm the Tennessee Val
ley"
Representative Elliott. Demo.
crat,, of Alabama asked Gen
Hardness Il he found amy les:
Evening star., 1954-09-18

lsNunned

Announcement has been made
Of members of the General Com
nittee for the annual card party
for the benefit of the scholar
ship fund at st. Vincent's Home
and School. The party will be
held at the home on Friday eve
ming. September "a, at 8 o'clock.
Miss Katherine v. Nally. pres
ident of the Auxiliary of st.
Vincent's Home and School,
which is sponsoring the benefit.
is general chairman. Her CO.
chairnen are Miss Rita Nc
Auliffe and Mrs. James Francis,
vice presidents: Mrs. Hannah
Vitale, corresponding secretary;
Miss Mary Kilroy. recording Sec
retary, and Mrs. Guy L. Davis.
treasurer.
Assisting en- the committee will
be Mrs. William Marean. Mrs.
Carl Tedrow, Mrs. Bernard Rus
sell, Mrs. Robert Foley, Mrs.
Walter Hales, Mrs. Thomas Lam
ahan. Mrs. j. P. Hannah. Miss
Margaret Kelley. Mrs. Florence
Aikman, Miss Mary Roth, Miss
Catherine Roth, Miss Hilda
Wolfe and Miss K. F. H. Connor.
Also assisting are Mrs. Andrew
Bodnar. Miss Margaret Connor,
Miss Dorothy Nesline, Miss
Frances Keogh, Miss Genevieve
Hughes, Miss Irma Sullivan.
Mrs. Margaret O'Connor, Miss
Florence Casper, Miss Alma
Happ. Miss Mary Bourke. Miss
Alyina Smith, Miss Connie
Thompson and Mrs. Albert
BranSon.