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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Macy Commissions
Only Underwater
Swimmers School

The Nays first and only
underwater swimmers school
was commissioned here today.
The school. in Building lo7 on
the Naval Base, will train off.
GERS and men in the use Of self.
contained underwater bresthins
apparatus.
The students also will receive
famiIiarizstion training in ord.
nance recognition and dsmeli.
tion.
The invocation at HE com.
missionins ceremonies was by
Father 3. z. GaiIand. Navy
chaplain, Rear Adm. G. c.
Towner, commander Of fhe
base. and 1t. R. J. Fay, com.
mandins officer Of the new
school, spoke.
After the ceremonies. guest.
Inspected fhe school and It's
equipment.
II. Fay formerly was submsr.
sibls operations officer q In
dsrwater Demolition Team One
a. Little Greek. Va.
All instructors a. fhe new
school are qualified in under.
water demolition or explosive
ordinance disposal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Nv MARTHA coLE

FORT WORTH, Tex. R - or
Pete came back from his wander
ings to find himself a hero.
Fort Worth welcomed her long
lost python as if he were q prodi-
gal son come home. The welcome
wasn't furnished even when Pete
bit his keeper.
Fifteen days Pete had been gone,
and then suddenly there he ap-
peared at the Forest Park Zoo yes
terday about 4 am. The whole
zoo awoke. The elephants trumpet
ed, the hyena screamed. the cats
roared.
o. Pete Caught
Owner Harry Jackson and night
Waterman Ed Baker caught OF
Pete with a snake catcher a loop
of rope coming out of pipe-and
put him in his cage at the ZOO.
As the word spread, people came
by the hundreds to see the 1S-foot
python as if he were q long-lost
friend.
Pete was Gagged securely. The tin
plate he had pushed aside to gain
his freedom Sept. IS was replaced
by AKA boards, nailed and nailed
again.
A few hours after Pete's capture,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Woman Jumps
To Death In NY.

NEW YORK IA 66-year-oid
woman, believed to be the widow
of nava. officer, jumped seven
stories to her death early today
before a gasping crowd of 5000
near Times Square.
The crowd gathered while the
woman perched for half an hour
outside seventh-floor window of
the Hotel Taft. She plunged and
struck the marquee of the Roxy
Theater just as police were getting
a net ready to catch her.
Police tentatively identified her
as Mrs. Mary Frieh and said she
apparently was the widow Of
Cmdr. Eugene Frieh, who died At
sea of sudden illness in July
1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Coast Guard Rescues
10 Stranded On Key
Car Stops For
"A Quick One"

You've heard Of someone
dropping in . saloon for q
quick one7
This one was really quick.
A man crashed his car into
Nebo's Tavern on Stock Island
late Saturday night. knocked .
door off its hinges, and then
ran away.
IFS . hit.and-rvn case invelv.
ing q saloon" the sheriff's de-
partment said today.
The sheriffs office located
the owner Of fhe car, John n.
RUtf, an enlisted man at the
Naval Air Station.
However, Ruiz refuses to
name the driver, the sheriffs
department said.
Meanwhile, the sheriff has
impovnded the sar until Rvft
can prove ownership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Crelnata Tells
Program For
Week
Fire Prevention
Week Proclaimed
For Oct. $40

Lets grow up-not burn
up" is this years slogan for
Fire Prevention Week, it was
announced today by Fire
Chief Charles G. Cremata.
Key West win join with thou
sands Of other communities across
the country in observing Fire Pre-
vention Week which President Eli
senhower has proclaimed for the
week of October 8 10.
"Our aim during Fire Proven.
ton Week." Chief Cremata stated.
will be to sell everyone on the
idea that fire prevention is a life
and death matter; that each indi.
vidual owes it to himself, to his
family and his community to think
and act fire-safe every minute of
the day the year around"
Program Here
Key Vests Fire Prevention
Week program according to the
chief, will feature fire inspections,
school activities and radio pro
grams.
Cooperating with the fire depart.
ment in this years campaign are
school authorities and the Key
West Safety Council.
Fire Prevention Week is the old
est and most widely observed Of
all special weeks, Chief Cremata
said. It additionally includes the
anniversary date of the Great Chi
cago Fire which, on October 9,
1871, took ESQ lives and destroyed
17,430 buildings at a direct loss of
over $16S million.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
o. New Voters
Register Here

Sixty four additional persons
registered to vote here in the Nov
ember elections up to the time the
registration office closed Saturday.
Sam Pinder, supervisor Of regis
tration, said today one voter regis
tered at Marathon. Islamorada and
Tayernier have not yet reported.
The total number of voters in the
county will not be known until la
ter, Pinder said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Youth Foggy
On Staying

NEW YORK IA youth, ac-
cused of stabbing 7O-year-old
practical nurse to death in a SUBJ
way train in Brooklyn, says he
didn't know the woman and doesn't
remember a thing about the slay-
ing, police report.
The woman, who was planning
her retirement after rs years serv-
ice, was killed early yesterday.
1T was the most methodical,
wilful murder you can imagine"
reported subway motorman John
s. Hough.
Hough told police that husky, -
year-old Everett D. Benson Of
Brooklyn, who had been drinking,
and the murdered woman, Miss
Minnie G. Williams, had been rid
ing alone in the first car Of the
train.
The motorman said he looked
out OF his cab when he heard the
woman scream twice just as the
train pulled into a station. The
second cry, he said, was "a cur.
ding yell with pain in 1t, and I
knew something horrible was hap
pening."
Hough said he saw Benson "iust
sitting there hacking her to
pieces"
When the youth hed from the
ear, Hough chased him up to the
street level, shouting, "Murderl
Police! Stop that mani"
Police said Benson collapsed On
the sidewalk and Hough called :
passing radio police car. The
youth was taken to a hospital n
sleep off the effects Of alcohol
police said, and when he awoke
claimed:
at don't remember anything
stom the time I got on the train
NJ the President Street station un,
@ I woke up here"
M was charged with homicide.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

A asst uard boat
brought the group to the
Coast Guard base here. None
of the survivors required
medical treatment.
Those in the party were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Curly Kimbler and
their two sons, Gerald, IL, and
Curtis, 10. They live on Stock Is
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Williams,
1928 Duck Ave-, and their three.
year old son, Steve.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Prescott, 1927
Flagler Ave-, and their three year
old son, Paul.
Trip Yesterday
The party set out from Key West
about 1890 p. m. yesterday in the
27-footer owned by Bill Bell.
They anchored the craft about
mile and half northeast of Sand
Key.
About $3.50 p. m. they noticed
that the boat was taking water.
They started the engine, started
a pump and bailed until they
beached the boat.
Kimbler said water was break
ing over the stern when the boat
hit the beach.
None of the party could give a
reason for the boat suddenly start
ing to leak.
Waded Ashore
The party waded ashore on Sand
Key and spent the night in the old
light house dwelling there. They
had enough food to make a couple
of sandwiches for all hands and
they also had soft drinks.
About $3.50 p. m. yesterday, the
Coast Guard received word that
the party had not returned.
The Coast Guard alerted the Ma
Wy here and the Coast Guard base
at Miami to have search planes
out at dawn.
Meanwhile, e. B. Williams and
]. c. Hartley phoned j. r. Law
son in Miami.
Store Men Aid
William and Hartley are market
managers for the two Table Supply
Stores here. Clarence Williams, one
of the men in the missing boat,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Ferry To
Dock At
6 Today
Reports Say
Trip To Cuba
Was Pleasant
BY SUE JONES

When the City Of Key West docks
ut the ferry slip at the foot of Du.
val Street this evening, 1t will
have completed its first round trip
between Key West and Cardenas,
Cuba.
The ship, the first sea-link be-
tween Key West and the Island Re-
public in more tnan a decade, Is
scheduled to arrive about p. m.
Commission Paul Roberts said
this morning that he had received
q phone call from State Senator
nominee Bill Neblett from Carde-
mas.
Nehlstt's Report
Neblett is reported to have said
that the trip to Cuba was very
pleasant" and that only three cas-
es of "mal de mer" occurred.
The ferry left Key West at 10
q. m. Saturday and arrived in Car
denas about $3.50 p. m.
No reason was given for the de-
lay in arriving in Cuba and at
press time The Citizen had been
unable to verify the report that the
trip had been interrupted to assist
q boat in distress near the Cuban
coast.
Next TRIO
The ferry is scheduled TO make
Its next trip to Cardenas on Tues
day morning.
Officials of the Caribbean Ferry
System, operators of the ship said
Saturday that they had received
hundreds 90 satters from all over
the United States inquiring about
the ferry service.
A. number of reservations have
already been made for the first
regularly scheduled trip.
Ferry Start Hailed
The Inauguration of the auto fer
~ service between Key West and
Cuba was hailed by dignitaries who
spoke at the ceremonies on Satur-
day morning as being an impor-
ant factor in cementing friendship
between the United States and La.
tin American nations.
One hundred and fifty passeng-
ers were aboard the ship for its
maiden voyage, and officials of
the system are already making
plans to expand the present sche-
dule.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Portion OF $45O,363 Grant
May Go For New High School
OBryant Brings Back Word
Of Added Funds For Schools
By DENIS sNEIcH

Key West may get new senior high school.
"ord OF THIS possibility was brought back from WASH
ington by Horace OBryant superintendent of nuh i'm
struction.
he also said today that Monroe County schools had
been granted additional $2OO278 for new school con-
struction.
inns SZooz7S ne said, is in addition to the $25OO9o
winch was recently granted by the u S. Office of Educa
ton for expanding the present high school building
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

manager of the Flagler Avenue Ia
BILE Supply store.
Lawson is a Table Supply Co.
supervisor. He and S. F. Murphy.
OF Miami, another supervisor, took
Oft from Miami early today in the
company's twin engine Beach
craft.
The plane was piloted by J. W.
Miller and Bill finder as Co pilot.
Both men are from Jacksonville
About Z am. today they spotted
the party on Sand Key and mott.
fled the Coast Guard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
North
ElectrOcuted
EARLY Today
Undertaken Is
First OF Trio
To Go To Chair
BY WILLIAM L. oINNiNc

RAIFORD IA. Elwood North
died in the electric chair today
still maintaining that he did not
kill Mrs. Betty Albritton, Central
Florida cattlewoman.
North, one of three persons ex-
ecuted today at States prison, was
pronounced dead at S:41, seven
minutes after the switch was
thrown. -
Forty-one witnesses watched the
black-hooded executioner send two
charges of electricity through the
short Lake Wales undertaken.
North was the first of the trio
to die.
The two other men executed
were James Henderson and George
Bailey, Negroes convicted Of the
Staying of D. v. Pert, Tallahassee
filling station operator in 1853.
Maintains Innocence
Ten minutes before he was led
from his cell 80 PAGES from the
death chamber North told report
ers 'Tm ready to 60. I'm abso.
lutely innocent. God knows it. |
know it, and my family knows
it." -.
The Tyear-old prisoner, dressed
in a dark blue suit which con-
trasted with his closely shaven
head, walked to the bars of his
cell and said 'I'm feeling fine"
His almost colorless face showed
no emotion.
He declined to be photographed.
North said his wife in Tampa
would have a statement to make
later. It was learned later he was
sending a letter to her through
Gainesville undertaken who took
charge of the body after the execu-
ton.
New Evidence" Claimed
At Tampa, Jack Bowen, a pri-
vate detective who had sought to
delay the execution with what he
said was new evidence, said
Mrs. North would have nothing TO
say today. He said she was "tak-
ing it pretty hard"
North was led into the death
chamber with a guard on each
side and prison chaplain A. F.
Eggleston read passages from the
Bible, including portions of sew
eral Psalms. North looked at the
guards without show of emotion
while they strapped him in and
placed the electrode on his right
leg and the hood over his head.
He said nothing and remained
quiet. His hands slightly clinched
as the switch was thrown the first
time.
Nc Requests
He ate no breakfast and made
no last minute special requests.
So far as could be determined,
no relatives were here today. His
wife, father, two brothers and a
sister in law visited him yester-
day.
About half an hour before he
went to the chair he was visited N
his cell by John o. Bennett, a Bar
tow friend and electric appliance
dealer. Bennett carried a Bible in
his hand. He also witnessed the
execution.
Among the witnesses-including
six newspapermen-were two wom-
en- from Tampa, but they were not
connected with the principals.
The fight to save North's life
for killing the 57-year-oId woman
was one Of the longest and hard
est fought in Florida corlrfs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
BREAK.IN REPORTED

Burglars broke into the construc-
ton office Of Johnson and Curry on
Falger near Fifth Street and took
$lS, the sheriffs department re-
ported today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
YOSHIDA In FRANCE

CHERBOURG, France R-Jap-
anese Premier Shigeru Yoshida ar
rived In Cherbourg today aboard
the liner Queen Elizabeth for an
official visit to France.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

ANS AAohCS q JOIdl Oh
$450,363 which will be spent
on school construction in the
county in the near future.
While the $3.50, $50 is earmarked
for expanding the student capacity
at the high school, o'Bryant SAID
the $20o,273 had not been allotted
for any definite project.
Survey Results
I'VE have additional time On
this" he said. "We will wait TO
get the results of the survey on
Monroe County school needs"
A survey team from the state
office of education in Tallahassee il
due here this month tosinvestigate
future schoo. building needs.
At present. there are several pos
sibilities as to how these Federal
funds may be spent.
O'Bryant said he would like TO
build new senior high school in
the Salt Pond area and use the pre-.
sent high school building for the
seventh and eighth grades. =
In that event, the high school
annex would be used as an ele-
mentary school.
othsr Possibilities
Other possibilities are adding TO
Douglass School, building a new
elementary school In the Salt Pond
area, and remodelling Harris
School and building an addition
there.
We've got to look ahead and
plan for the next 10 years." o'Bry-
ant said. .
The $500, 273 grant which o'Bry.
ant learned about in Washington
last week Is part of a request for
funds he made in 1852.
I'VE now have been granted
1888 per cent of our request" he
added.
While he was in Washington. o..
Bryant also asked Federal Off
cials about funds for a new pri.
mary school in Sigsbee Park.
sissbss Needs
This building would be for first
and second graders. Elementary
school children living In Sigsbea
Park now attend Poinciana School.
They told me it is possible"
OBryant said. at is not easy but
It could be DONE" he added.
There is a lot of red tape in.
volved," he went on.
Among the conditions to be met,
ne said, are these:
If the people who viii use the
school live on Federal property. az
Is the case of Sigsbee Park. then
the school should be located on
Federal property.
Navy Lard
This means that the Navy would
furnished the land for the school
building. Adm. G. c. Towner. COM
mander of the Naval Base, has iu.
dicated that this could be arrane-
ed, 0'Bryant said.
Then the Navy must join thu
Monroe County schools in the appli-
cation for Federal funds.
Should the new school be built in
Slgsbee Park, the Navy would fur.
nish the land, the Federal govern.
ment would furnish the money. and
the Monroe County School System
would administer and furnish tea
cheers for the school.
However" O'Bryant pointed
out, 1.-THE cost of a Sigsbee Park
school would be deducted from any
future Federal allotments for Mon
roe County schools"
Marsfhen High Asked
ofBryant also said that parents
at Marathon had requested a high
school there.
About 30 high school students
from the Marathon area now at
Continued on rage Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Six Adults, Four Children Are
In Good Shape After Night Out

Six adults and four children were rescued this
ing after spending the night on Sand Key
They beached their 27-foot cabin cruiser on Sand
Key about pm yesterday after the boat began taking
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

The minute two you this article may some day
De responsible for saving life This prevention
because this is Fire Prevention Week
your child were ILL., you'd call DOCTOR you had an
auto accident you'd call the police but
would you call the fire department corrected? Perhaps
you would but there who pass it off as
nonng It's those nothing that accounting for the terrible
fire losses and deaths all the country every day.
The National Fire Protection has listed the eight
principal fire causes in the home as:
l-Careless smoking and handling of matches
7-Misuse of electricity.
3-Defective overheated heating and cooking
equipment.
4-mproper disposal of rubbish
5-Careless handling of kerosene gasoline and
other nammable liquids.
Lightning.
detective overheaed chimneys
s-Children and matches
Eacn year lzOOO Americans die needlessy in fire Do Won
want 10 De one OF the IL 600 this the eight
principal re causes listed then see if there isn't
nng that you should do YOUR horne
nom Ire' Don't put it off, because fire doesn't wait
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Let's Grow UP-Mot Burn Up

Editors Nots Ths following release prepared by
Harry NJ Baker Fire Chief Naval Consolidated Fire
Department In Observance Of Fire Prevention Week
October So
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
Marsfhen High Asked

oBryant also said that parents
at Marathon had requested a high
school there.
About 30 high school students
from the Marathon area now At.
Continued on rage Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04
stSrs Men Aid

William and Hartley are market
managers for the two Table Supply
Stores here. Clarence Williams, one
of the men in the missing boat, i:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-04

This makes a total Of
S45o.S6S which will be spent
on school construction in the
county in the near future.
While the $25o,osO is earmarked
for expanding the student capacity
at the high school, o'Bryant SAID
the 500, 273 had not been allotted
for any definite nroiecf
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15
HOWDY FOLKS,


Stubble Mulch Tillage. Been at
tending any such demonstrations
lately? Numerous Soil Conservation
Districts sponsor such events in CO.
operation with the Extension Serv-
ice, Soil Conservation Service and
implement dealers. They're worth
your time, so try to attend the next
one in your district.
Naturally, such demonstrations
don't give you all the answers, but
you get to see the various nipple
ments perform and you get to hear
something in regards to the principles
of such method of farming.
Does stubble mulch fallow bring
more returns than regular methods?
In yield, no. In protein, no. Why
do it that way? Well, in the first
place, the yields are as good as with
other methods, and secondly, it helps
control wind and water erosion. Also,
it appears to me that in the long haul
Lie t11tl VI Cl1S sui Will NC DSCtSIs
If you plan to do stubble mulch
type farming, plan your tillage to fit
your stubble crop. Keep that amount
of residue on the surface through
which you can do a good job of
seeding. Use the implement you
need for this, whether it be a disc,
sweep or blade type implement.
In implements there are a few
things you should look for. Size-it
should be such that it fits the ground
Several small implements hooked to-
gether are better where ground is
uneven than one large implement
Clearance-it should clear the stub.
BILE. If you wanted hay rake, you
would have bought it. Weed killing
ability-after all that's what you're
after in fallow operations. Sturdi
ness-if the machine gets out o.
shape you will be ready to junk it.
Machines should be weighted S,
they will operate at uniform shall
low depth. The faster the better TO
weed killing, and also try to hit tn
best weather for killing weeds.
Want to know how much stubbl
you have? Scribe a circle 4456' i
diameter. Clip stubble and pick IL
residues. Weigh in ounces and muI
tiply by 62.5 for pounds per acre.
Would you have guessed it? "a
is good for ripening bananas. 1t
safe and simple and looks like it ma
take the place of the present hazard
Gus ethylene gas chamber.
Conservingly yours,
CONSERVATION CHARLEY.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15

4-Moy IS, 1854
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15
Montana Farmer-Stockman
May Is, Vol. Al, No. IS

Published twice month on the LIST and
18th by The Montana Farmer, Inc,
Great Falls, Mont. Subscription price
is So for five years, So for three years,
81 for one year; Canadian, one year, So.
Entered as second class matter at the
Postoffice at Great Falls,
Mont, under act of March 8, se@%sssD
1879.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-06-18

schools. The conversion of a ia
nous mansion on Miami Beach to
make it the nucleus of the new
Oxford School is now underway.
The non-sectarian institution
will follow the teachings of Rabbi
Abraham Cassel and will ap-
proach teaching from the modern
psychological side rather than
from the older more traditional
concepts.
Students for the Resident
School for Boys are already being
enrolled for the Fall semester.
Building will continue until the
school has one of the most mod
ern and complete educational
plants of it's kind in the country.
Surprisingly there will be no pub
lie subscription of funds even
though the school is a chartered
non-profit group, all of it is from
private capital.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-06-18

According to the Greater Miami
Beach Motel Association Jewish
tourists are beginning to discover
the advantages of a motel vaca-
ton over hotel sojourn. David
Porvin, President of the associa-
ton, claims that motels, most Of
which are located on the ocean
just north of Miami Beach proper,
have several advantages over
hotels.
He points out the informality,
low cost and relaxing features of
these auto hostelries over the
conventional hotel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-06-18

the high court ruling.
This also came at a time when
representatives of at least seven
Southern states met in Richmond,
Va, to see what they could do to
continue the traditional sepera-.
ton of races in the schools of the
South.
Here in South Florida senti-
ment is mixed. On Miami Beach.
with its largely Jewish popula-
lion, the court decision was hailed
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-06-18

David Rosner's Sterling Hotel
will reopen for lis first summer
season on June "a. He reports that
reservations have been coming in
steadily and that his experiment.
first time a Kosher operation has
been open in the summer. will
prove highly successful.