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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Neighbors Tell OF Lights
In House On Night Of Murder

the bed while kissing Marilyn good
night before she was murdered.
Furthermore, defense counsel
William j. Corrigan theorized
while questioning a fingerprint
expert, his client had two chances
to press his thumb against the bed
five and eight days after she was
bludgeoned to death.
Corrigan was questioning Cleve-
land fingerprint expert Jerome C.
sPoelking. Poelking said yesterday
he found only one print - of Shep-
pard's left thumb-on the murder
bed.
Today Delay
But he said he discovered it on
July % = 10 days after Marilyn
Sheppard, four months pregnant,
was beaten to death in bed.
Corrigan also asked: "Did you
know Sam Sheppard had been in
the room after July 4 on two oc.
casions, July 9, July 12?"
mo, I did not" Poelking replied.
In resuming his cross-examina.
ton of Poelking today. Corrigan
almost Immediately went to the
subject of the bedroom thumb .
print.
"Did you know there were q
great many people in that room
before July 23?" the defense at
torney asked.
81 didn't know of my own knowl.
edge" replied Poelking. 81 heard
rumors."
The officer testified that he went
to the Sheppard home on July q
specifically ''looking for any fin.
gerprints in the death room"
"And did you find no finger.
prints at all except Sam Shep.
pard's?" Corrigan continued.
eyes, l did," Poelking told him
II found some palm prints belong
ing to some detectives on the
scene on a door leading into the
bedroom.
Other fingerprint men from
Cleveland police headquarters hac
testified they did not examine the
bed closely on the day of the slay.
ing for fear they might disturb il
and thus hinder the process of the
investigation.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
65 Motorists
Given Summons
In Drive Today
Police Drive
Starts On
Rooseyelt Blvd.

Sixty-five, Key West mot
orists weres handed city
court SUMMONS this morning
for failure to obtain auto
safety inspection stickers as
a full-scale police depart
ment, breakdown on such vio-
lators got underway.
Police 1t. Joseph Cerezo led q
squad of policemen in the drive
which started shortly after 8
o'clock on Roosevelt Blvd. Police
set up road block and stopped
traffic moving towards downtown
Key West.
Mass Failure
The drive was started as q re-
suit of the failure of an estimated
two thousand motorists to obtain
the safety stickers. :.
City Tax Collector Archie Rob-
erts said today that only 1853 mo-
torists have showed up at the Mum.
Der Two fire station for the semi
annual safety checks.
City officials had expected that
ten thousand stickers would be Is.
sued this year. The regular in.
spection period ended Oct. Is.
Drive To CONTINUE
Police Chief Bienvenido Perez
said today that the breakdown viii
continue until all offenders have
been found. ''The law says that
every motorist in Key West must
obtain the stickers, not just a few
of them" said Perez.
Penalty for failure to obtain the
stickers, police said, is a one dol
lar fine if the offender appears vol
unfairly and a two dollar fine il
a summons is issued.
Auto safety inspections are held
each Saturday from $3.50 to p. m.
at the Number Two fire station,
Seidenburg Ave. and 18th st.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
State Funeral
Set In Moscow
For VisLlinsky
Will Be Buried
With Other Red
Leaders I'm Kremlin

MOSCOW R - The body of
Andrei Vishinsky was flown home
ward today as the Soviet govern
ment announced it would give a
state funeral in Red Square to the
late deputy foreign minister and
chief Soviet delegate to the United
Nations.
Informed sources said the an
n0uncement of the state funeral
meant Vishinsky, who died in New
York Monday after heart attack,
would be buried alongside other
Communist notables in the Krem-
lin wall, behind the Lenin-Stalin
Tomb in Red Square.
A chartered four-engine Strato-
cruiser left New York for Paris
last night with the massive copper
casket.
Widow Goes Home
accompanying the BODY nome
were vishinsky's widow Kapi-
tolina; the couples daughter Zin-
aida; Georgi zaFubin, Soviet sm-
bassador to the United States; and
six other members of the Soviet
representation in the Unite d
States.
Meanwhile, Jacob Malik, Soviet
ambassador to Britain, left London
by plane last night for New York
to replace Vishinsky temporarily
as head of the soviet U.N. dele
CATION. There has been no an
ilouncement of Vishinsky's perma-
nent successor.
The government announcement
of Vishinsky's permanent success
sor.
The government announcement
of the funeral plans said that be-
fored the Red Square rites the
body will lie in state in the Hall
of Columns of Moscow's House of
Unions, where Stalin's bier was
viewed by thousands.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
.Striipper's Trial
Is Postponed

The trial of local strip tease
dancer has been postponed until
next Wednesday, it was announc-
ed today.
The dancer, Lorraine Fontaine,
of the Surf Motel, was scheduled
to be tried this afternoon in city
court. She was arrested Sunday in
the Preview Lounge during a raid
personally conducted by Police
Chief Bienvenido Perez.
The trial of the manager of the
bar, Genevieve Allard, 1924 4th st.,
was also postponed until Wednes-
day.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Meachan, Reopens
To 4-Engine Craft

Meacham Airport today was
re-opened TO four-ensined air.
craft, il was announced by
George FaraIdo, airport mana
ger.
The field was closed recent
Iy TO foUr-engined planes due
to the condition Of fhe rvnways.
However, Faralco said The
repair work. under his super
vision, has been completed and
Frank Reynolds Of the Civil
Aeronsvsies Authority office in
Miami inspected the airport and
okayed its use again by four
engine planes.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
TRIAL POSTPONED

LA BELLE R-Trial of two
Hendry County commissioners, T.
J. Crawford Jr. and c. E. Miner,
both of Clewiston, accused of en-
bezzling $31O worth of lumber, has
been postponed in Circuit Court
to Feb. 81.
The indictment alleges they do
mated the lumber to Negro chur-
ch before last springs primary ell
ections and charged it off to
bridge project.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Hungry Thief
Mur,ches Chicken

Life can be tedious.
II you don't think so, just ask
Lee Stems, Of 120 Ann St.
He reported to police ihsf
somebody broke into his home
yesterday and perpefrsfed she
following outrases:
]. They ate one chicken found
IN the refrigerator.
z. They smoked oil Of Stems
cigarettes.
3. They made off with $3s In
cash.
Patrolman Ralph Maribona
Investigated HE incident.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
RED GATEWAY

WEST PALM BEACH RLFlor-
ida is a gateway for communist
propaganda flowing between North
and South America. Ellis Rubin,
an assistant state attorney gen.
eral, said here yesterday in a
talk at a Junior Chamber of Com
merce meeting.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24

Balfe, marine industrialist
Miami Chamber of Commer'
Caribbean Ferry System, In
Bales appointment was
announced by N. c. Hines,
executive vice-president OF
the company.
"The service, started October 2,
was on an exploratory basis, to
determine the public need as wei
N operatonal requirements, Hines
said, AFTER reviewing less than
two months of operation, the Board
of Directors was unanimous in the
decision to proceed with plans for
D major expansion"
Advanee Reservations
Advance reservations into next
summer, with most trips already
completely sold out from January
through April, have evidenced the
public response, Hines declared.
ssThis also is the answer to op-
irrational requirements" he add
ed. I'VE must provide Immediately
another ship, of larger capacity" :"
Hines said Bale, Vice Presi-
dent Of the Caribbean Ferry Sys-
tenn, was the unanimous choice Of
the directors to steer the expan-
sion.
''The first step is meeting the
demand for service between Key
West and Cuba" Hines said. "And
We must move steadily if we are
to be ready for the next link be-
tween Cuba and Mexico"
Yvesfsn Terminal
Hines said Mexico has advised
that the new highway to the ferry
termmaIs in the Yucatan peninsn-
IA is khead of schedule, and will
be ready Tor the ferry service in
1855.
Caribbean plans are for a chain
Of ferries linking the principal is
land countries of the Caribbean for
automobile travel with the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Central
and South America.
Balfe has long been an active
leader in the development of Uni
ted States - Latin American rela-
tons.
As president Of the Miami Cham
Der of Commerce for two terms,
he sparked many advances which
have helped open. the door for
more and easier travel and COM
merce between the United States
and Latin American countries, in
cluding organization of the Cham
ber Of Commerce of the Americas.
Great Future
''This automobile ferry system
win prove to be the greatest thing
that's ever happened or been done
by man to bring the people of the
Americas together and weld us all
into the force we'll someday need, !"
Balfe declared in announcing his
acceptance of the general manage
ment.
Balfe is widely known and ac-
lively interested in marine and
shipping industries throughout the
Southeast. He is president of Dade
Dry Dock Corporation; vice presi-
dent and General Manager of Mer-
rill-Stevens Drydock Co.; president
of Merrill-Balfe Inc; president of
Miami Towing Co.; vice president
and general manager of Merrill
Dynamite Co.; vice president of
Florida Home Insurance Co.
In addition to two terms as pre-
sident of the Miami Chamber of
Commerce, Balfe's civic service
have included Secretary and Pre-
sident of the Propeller Club, Mia
mi, and national vice president,
Southeastern Division Of the Pro-
peller Club.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Nation To
Give Thanks
Tomorrow
Presidents Agree
On Wording OF
annual Message

~A 4OAsA WF-GaSu ySoAS thSJ
say it. The words don't vary much,
even though the authors do. And
whether it's now, or next time, or
recently, or long ago, the idea is
the same. The gist of it:
Thanks to the Lord"
Along about this time every
autumn, the President of the
United States sends out an annual
message, and if you run back
through them, you'll find this is
one subject Presidents agree on.
AS bit of Sideline research,
DR.. F. Eppling Reinartz, secretary
of the United Lutheran Church,
did just that, and came up with
string of presidential words of
reverence and thanks for the past
80 years.
On the basis of these messages,
he said, it has certainly not been
the fault of the Presidents if the
traditional Thanksgiving obser-
vance was focused ION anything
else than God himself"
First Proclamation
The national holiday didn't be-
gin until the era of Abraham Lin
coin - the first President to issue
a Thanksgiving proclamation - al
though the custom harks back TO
the Pilgrims.
1t had sort of faded into Colonial
history until Lincoln revived the
celebration" DR.. Reinartz said.
Only some New England states
and a few others had taken official
note of the occasion, when in 1864,
with the sorrows of the Civil War
still on him, Lincoln started the
succession with these words:
II do therefore invite my fellow
citizens in every part of the United
States =. those at sea those
sojourning in foreign lands to OBJ
serve the last Thursday in ,Novem-
Der as day of Thanksgiving and
praise to our beneficent, Father
who dwelleth in the heavens !"
Words Echoed
And the words echoed down the
years. All the 18 Presidents since
took up the theme. Here are few
of the messages:
Grover Cleveland: 'sLet our
people with prayer and songs
of praise give thanks to our Heav-
enly Father for all that He hath
done for us, while we humbly i'm
plore the forgiveness of our sins
and a continuance of His mercy"
William Mckinley: ''In remera.
brafce of Gods goodness to us
during the past year, which has
been so abundant, let us offer our
thanksgiving and pay our vows
unto the Most High"
Theodore Roosevelt: 1--WE live in
easier times and more plentiful
times than our forefathers, the
men who with rugged strength
faced the rugged days; and vet
the dangers to national life are
quite as great now as at any pre-
vlous time in our history. It is
fitting that we should set
apart day for praise and thanks
giving to the Giver of Good"
Woodrow Wilson: "In a spirit of
devotion and stewardship we
should give thanks in our hearts
and dedicate ourselves to the sery-
ice of Gods merciful and loving
purposes"
Franklin D. Roosevelt: :" to
set aside in the autumn of each
year a day on which to give thanks
to Almighty God for the blessings
OF life is a wise and reverent
custom"
Dwight D. Eisenhower: "On
that day let all of us bow
before God in contrition for our
sins, In suppliance for wisdom ;.
and in gratitude for the manifold
blessings He has bestowed upon us
and upon our fellow man"
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
MALIK ARRIVES

NEW YORK Up - Jacob Malik
arrived here by plane today to sue
ceed the late Andrei Vishinsky az
leader of the Soviet Union delega-
ton to the United Nations.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24

AO0oC oiiOAC Cly dlIcT 1U d. III.
Neblett represents Flor
ida's largest senatorial dis
trict, geographically - the
oath, comprising Lee, Coll
ier, Hendry, and Monroe
Counties.
The last senator for this district
who was from Key West was Ar
thur Gomez, Neblett recalled.
Rs-Apporfionment Aim
The new senator is a strong ad.
vocate of senatorial re-apportieri-
ment, including a senator from
Monroe County.
Informally" he said, ssI have
tested the sentiment in the senate
and find that it is favorable for re-
apportionment." -
Neblett said he has asked for an
appointment to the senate's con-
servation committee and to a Judi
ciary committee dealing with court
reforms.
"The conservation problem is a
heavy one in this district" he said.
"what with the large amount of
fishing and crawfishing."
New Highway
He also said he would press for
another highway to connect the
Florida Keys with the mainland in
the Cape Sable area.
"The exact route" he added,
"will have to be determined by en-
gineers.
Along with new link to the
mainland, Neblett also advocates
another water pipeline from the
mainland to the Keys.
"The new road" he said, "would
not require bond issue. It would
be financed by tolls"
Neblett already has been work.
ing at his new job of senator even
before he took the oath.
West Coast Visits
He has made seven trips to the
Florida west coast to- visit consti-
tuents and has journeyed to Tai
lahassee twice.
Tomorrow, he and his family
leave for Gainesville to be guests
of Acting President Allen of Flo
rida University and to see the Mia
mi U-Florida U football game.
Neblett also will make an inspec-
ton tour Of Florida u.
On this trip, Mrs. Neblett. the
former Doris Lones, and the sena-
tor will visit the Harry-Anna Grip
pled Children's home at Umatilla.
Fla.
Active Doe
Mrs. Neblett, a Doe, will bring
holiday gifts to one of the crippled
children.
Each Doe is assigned a crippled
child and gives the child gifts dur
ing the holidays.
Neblett, a graduate of the Uni.
veristy of Miami law school. has
lived in Key West since 1929 and in
Florida since 1922.
He was born in Matanzas. Cuba
where his father, The Rev. s A
Neblett, was a Methodist mission
airy.
The Rev. Neblett, now retired
lives in Nashville, Tenn.
His Family
The senator and Mrs. Neblett
who live at AIS Francis St.. have
three children, - Viann, 22; Bill
Jr., 20, Florida State University
junior; and Frank, 8.
Neblett is a Navy Reserve COM
mander, retired. He served four
years in the U. S. Marine Corps
two years in the Coast Guard. and
Continued on Page Seven)
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
DEWEY'S MOTHER DIES

OWOSSO, Mich. Up - Mrs. Ann
Dewey, mother of Gov. Thomas
z. Dewey of New York, was found
dead in bed at her home today.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Alex Bale Is Named
To Ferry Go. Position
Move Called First Step In
Expansion OF Ferry Service

The first step in major expansion program of Key
WestCuba ferry operations the appointment of Alex NJ
Balfe marine ndustriast and former president of the
Miami Chamber of Commerce. general manager of the
Caribbean Ferry System, Inc, has been announced.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24
Sen. Neblett Takes Oath
OF Office This Morning
Key West Has Its First
Senator In Sixteen Years
BY DENIS sNEIcR

The first state senator from Kew West in a vears
took the oath of office today.
He was Bill Neblett, Key West attorney, who was
beginning his first political office
County Clerk Earl Adams administered the oath Of
Office In the commission chamber in the county court
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-24

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B. a. o., d. Specialist in Eye
Examination Reffaetion Or.
thoptics; announces that on
Tuesday June IS from 10
am. to 5 pm. & Wed June IA,
from 100 to 4::3O pm.
complete optometric service
will be offered to the Munich
pality of ST. Croix.
Will be in Frederiksted
Municipal Hospital from 900
am. until noon Wednesday.
The latest designs in Eye
glasses prepaid or C. o. D.
, 1954-07-12
NOTICE Of MEETING

There will be a meeting Of
the Republican Organization
of the Virgin Islands to be
held at the Municipal Council
Hall, Charlotte Amalie, ST.
Thomas, July "a, 1854 at $50
pm.
AGENDA
, 1954-07-12
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insanitary condition as to endanger
the health or lives of the occupants
thereof or Of persons living in the
vicinity: accordingly the same is
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IN THE UNITED STATES DlSTRICF
Court for the District OF Columbia.
Holding O Probate Court.-1n re-
Estate of MARGUERITE c. SPROES-
SER, Observation-Disclosures No:
S3077.-ORDER NISI FOR SALE OF
REALTY.-Mariorie C. Kathman:
Administrative of the Estate OF
Marjorie C. SproesSer, deceased, hay-
ing reported the sale of Lot "a in
Square 1895, improved by premises
2737 Central Avenue. Northeast IN
the District of Columbia, Tor the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
(SlO,0OO), all cash, subject TO Q
brokers' commission Of Five Hun
dred Dollars $4,000, it is by the
Court this 18th day OF June, 1854.
ORDERED, that said sale. be ratt-.
fed and confirmed by the Court
unless cause to the contrary pc
shown on or before July 12' 1904,
at 1000 am, at which time higher
offers will be considered and oblec-
tions to said sale will be. heard in
the Motions Branch Of this Court.
provided q copy Of this Order be
published once in the washington
Law Reporter and once in The Eve
ming Star at least ten QO) days
before said last mentioned date.
EDWARD A. TAMM,. Judge: lSeal;l
A true Copy Attest: MELVIN =.
MARQUES, Deputy Register OF Wills
for the District of Columbia, Clerk
of the Probate Court. JeZ3