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Court Fight
Starts Over
.ThOrne Will

CHICAGO R - The anticipated
court fight over the 81 100000 es-
tate of the late Montgomery Ward
Thorne was started yesterday by
his mother.
Mrs. Marion Thorne, mother of
the 2O-year-old heir to a mail or
der fortune, charged his fiancee
and prospective mother-in-law with
having exercised domination and
undue influence" over him in the
making Of his last will.
In a Circuit Court suit, Mrs.
Thorne sought to set aside the will
made by her son June 10, nine
days before he was found dead in
his North Side apartment.
The suit was filed shortly after
Probate Judge Charles G. Seidel
admitted Thorne'S second will to
probate and approved the appoint
ment of Miss Maureen Ragen, IS,
ms fiancee, as executor.
Terms Of VIII
In the will, Thorne left one hall
OF his estate to Miss Ragen, one
fourto to her mother Mrs. Aleen
Ragen, one eighth to an aunt and
one eighth to his mother. In an
earlier viii he had left the entire
estate to his mother.
Mrs. Thorne named Mrs. Rager
and her daughter as principal de-
PENDANTS and charged they had
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ActiOe Day Set
liz Dim. q

Here are foday's events for
HE benefit Of the Emergency
March Of Zines:
Roast beef dinner tonight
given by VIEW Post 1911 and
auxiliary at fine VIEW club
house, 325 EIizsbefh Street.
Beta Sigma Phi card party
from 8 p. m. TO 10 p. m. and
dance from 10 p. m. TO I
.. m. tonight a. fhe Casa Mar
ina Hotel.
Tag Day al day today, spon-
sored by Mothers Club Of the
Convent Of Mary Immaculate
and ST. Joseph's School.
kiddie Parade z p. M, start
ing at Noes and ending at The
county court house.
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BOOkmObile To
Discontinue
Till Next Year
5000 Books Were
Loaned To Kids
During Summer

Approximately S, o 0 o
books were loaned to child
rem during the months Of
July and August by the
Children's Bookmobile, it
was announced today by
Commander Walter Toy
who headed the drive for
the mobile children's II
brary.
The Bookmobile viii discontinue
operations until next summer on
Aug. q. The final week, starting
Monday, viii be only for the pick
up of outstanding books.
No new books will be issued and
all children are urged to return
books borrowed from the B0okmo.
bile.
The Librarian win also accept do
nation of childrens' books to aug.
ment the library for use next sum
mer.
The Bookmobile began operations
on July 5 and has carried out its
purpose in that wholesome books
have been loaned to Key West chill
dren, without charge, during the
period when the school libraries
were open only part time.
Financial Aid
Financial assistance was receiv-
ed from the Community Chest,
Truman PTA, Officers Wives Club
Fort Taylor, and the Masons.
Other civic groups have also
pledged aid to the Bookmobile.
Plans for next summer call for
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They took out q $4,000
permit in the office of the
city building Inspector Fri
day. Only the arrival of
special materials for the
job is keeping them from
breaking ground, company
officials said today. Con-
struction will require about
two or three weeks, they
added.
It viii mark the first concrete
step In the start of service after
many years of nebulous discus
sionS.
Representatives Of five local con-
tractors met with ferry company
architects in the office Of city at
torney ]. Y. Porter this. morning
to discuss specifications for . 50
by los foot terminal building.
CHS Structure
The concrete bIock-stucco struc-
ture, which is designed to be in
creased to a two story structure
in the future, win include offices
for customs and immigration SER
vices and general company offices.
A large waiting room is included.
Approval Of the plans was given
by the United States Customs Ser
vice Friday.
Work on the building viii begin
before September /. It must be
completed before the October /
deadline for the start Of ferry OPP
creations.
Meanwhile, Roy H. Alderman,
officer in charge of the local Gus
toms Office, said that his staff
viii s'be considerably increased"
to handle the ferry operation.
He added that definite plans are
not completed, as yet.
Celebration Planned
Plans are advancing for two
day celebration to mark the start
Of the ferry service. Mayor G. B.
Harvey, who is in overall charge
of planning for the affairs, has
called meeting of city, county
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Tennis Star
HasAmlllesiia

BURLINGTON, VT. IN - Joan
Ross illey, 24-year-old tennis star
who disappeared from Boston
Wednesday, was found wandering
here last night, victim of what
doctor described as amnesia.
Identification of the Berkeley.
Calf, blonde, native Of England.
was made from an Associated
Press Wirephcto shown TO police
BY q Burlington Free, Press re-
porter after a woman was found
wandering outside the public Ii
brary.
City Medical Examiner DR.. H. B.
Levine called the case one of
true aInnesia" and ordered her
taken to Bishop Degoesbriand Hos.
pital. He said she would have to
remain under treatment several
days.
For0efs Past
Miss Ross-Dilley told newsmen
she last remembered being in AL
bany, N. Y, yesterday morning
after arriving there from Buffalo,
N Y. She could not recall any
thing about Boston or being ten
mis- player. She was wearing thin
gold chain around her neck with
gold tennis racket attached to it.
She vanished from the Boston
home of her hosts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Marshall, with whom she
was staying while playing in the
National Doubles Tennis Champi-
Onships at Longwood Cricket Club,
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II
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|83rd Congress
Goes Home
BY FRED S. HOFFMAN

WASHINGTON R-After a final
burst of legislating and oratory,
the SSrd Congress has broken for
home with President Eisenhower's
thanks for its record of accom-
plishment."
In its final hours last night, Con-
gress sent Eisenhower a social Sc
curity bill just about as he asked
for it and a federal worker pay
boost bill that Senate Republican
Leader Knowland of California
warned may be vetoed.
The House adjourned with a
whOop and holler at 1888 pm.
It won't return until Jan. 5, barring
special call from the President.
Meanwhile, most of its members
win be battling for reelection
Nov. 2.
Senate Finishes
The Senate finished its last leg
iSlative chore early in the evening
when, by voice vote, it completed
congressional action on a bill 20
bring another 10 million persons
under social security and to boost
both benefit payments and the tax
es that support them.
However, it stayed around for
another hours and IL minutes
as some Of the senator's got some
final remarks off their chests. II
also confirmed a few more post
masters before quitting at 1850
pm.
Unlike the House, however, the
Senate still has some unfinished
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Man HOspitalized
In Ba1.rOOm BraWl

A man identified as Charles JON
es, of the shrimp boat miss
Sarah is in the Monroe General
Hospital suffering from cash on
his cheek incurred in a fight in
Shorty'S Bar, Petronia ST., Friday.
According to the report of Patrol
man Edward Pinder, his assaiIant
was Miss Ruth Warren, of SOS Eli
zabeth St. She allegedly struck
Jones with bottle during an argu-
ment.
Both are being held under bond
Of 500 for appearance in city court
Monday.
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Webb FavOrs Construction OF
Alternate Overseas Highway
pY DENIs sNHloR

Bill Neblett, Democratic nominee for state sem
ator, last night returned from Tallahassee with good
news for Monroe County
The news two-fold.
l. That catwalks for fishermen on the bridges
along the Overseas Highway will very likely be built
in time for next winters tourist season.
g. That Cecil Webb chairman of the State Road
Board is enthusiastic about construction of second
Overseas Highway to connect No Name Key and the
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MAINLAND.
Neblett also said that
Webb and Fred McMullen,
senior counsel for the road
department, indicated that
civil suits to recover road
funds allegedly misspent in
connection with operation
of the Overseas Road and
Toll Bridge District will be
filed by the end of this
month.
Neblett said the plans for cat
walks are in the drafting division
of the road department and that
funds for some catwaiks are avail
able until Dec. 81, 1854.
Seine This Season
He added that it is expected that
some contracts viii be let In time
to use the available funds and that
those catwaIks viii be ready for
fishermen by this season..
As for the new overseas road to
connect No Name Key and the
town Of Flamingo in the Cape Sa.
BILE area, NebIett talked with both
Webb and Leroy Collins, Democra-
tic nominee for governor.
Webb. Neblett said, is enthusiasts
tic because there has been talk Of
four-laning the present Overseas
Highway.
The new alternate route, Neblett
added, appears to be more econo-
mical to build because not so much
bridge construction would be nee
essary.
The alternate route" NebIett
said, would cross the shadows Of
Florida Bay where the water is
no more than u feet deep"
Advsniasss ~ Rovts
Neblett also pointed cut the adj
vantages Of . second highway to
the mainland from military
standpoint.
Two roads would be available as
a precaution against storm damage
or other damage.
The new road, Neblett said, can
be built at no increase in taxes.
It would be financed, he said, by
toll charge Of about so cents.
A second overseas road, he add
ed, would stimulate tourist traffic
by providing a circle tour. Even
tually, Neblett continued, a con-
Meeting road would be butt to give
an entrance to Monroe County
from the west coast Of Florida.
Interested groups Of Monroe
County citizens have been advocat-
ing such a road for several years.
Neblett said, "and Federal aid for
such : project appears 10 be de-
finitely possible"
The civil suits that are expected
to be filed are an outgrowth Of the
investigation into the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District.
Recommendation Made
Five recommendations were
made by Abess, Morgan, AItemus
and Weinberg, the firm of certi-
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Sailor Learns Inheritance Is Hoas
FORTUNE FADES FAST

QUoNSET POINT, R. /. U =
Gary Leith Stone III, p, is back
on duty as a $145-a-month Navy
aviation ordinanceman third class
today.
Yesterday for a few brief hours
he was the well-publicized heir to
an 1S-million-dollar fortune-until
a hoax was discovered.
The Pasadena, Calf, sailor re-
ceived a shipboard telegram, sup.
posedly from a California attorney.
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Stop Signs Near.
What They Say

Police Chief Bienvenido Pc
rsE said today that he has Is
sued orders 70 fhe department
for > crack down on people who
fail TO honor Stop signs. He
said that he has received nuns
orovs complaints.
They are the worst type 81
offenders" Perez said.
a plan has also been svs-
sssted 70 have HE fine inersas.
"a ior HE vioIasorss
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telling him he was the sole heir
to the fortune left by great aunt.
When he came ashore from his
ship, the carrier Antietam, he
went with newsmen to the Prov
idence telegraph Office to verify
the telegram.
He discovered there that the in
heritance message had been sent
to the Office in an envelope ac-
companied by IS to cover tele-
graph costs pOstmarked aboard
the Antietann.
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ALL-MALE LITTER.

HUGO Ola. IA purebred Pc.
land China SOW owned by Mrs.
7. L. Webb has narrowed 90 love,
ly pigs, all males" a rarity, she
reports.
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Contractors Confer On Details
Of Terminal Building Here Today
By jIM COBB

Ground will be broken early next week for the COM
structon of ferry dock at the foot of Smonton Street
to accommodate the CITY Of Key West"the first
link between Key West and Cuba in many years
The TOPPING Construction Company award
ed the contract for the dock.
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. ork On CatWalks
Promised By SRD
Annual Meeting OF Chamber
Is Scheduled For October

The present board of the Chamber of Commerce
will hold its final meeting on September 15 and the
annual meeting the organization has been schedul
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More PUblieif'

At the August board meeting,
CONTINUED On Page Eignt)
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TUESDAYS RESULTS
Mobile IL, Birmingham 3
Nashville II. Little Rock
New Orleans AL, Atlanta ~ 0irst was
suspended game of Aug. I'D
Only games scheduled
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Mack Has New
Plan 70 Keep
As In Philly

PHILADELPHIA R-Roy Mack
today took new plan to wealthy
Philadelphians in his latest-and
what could be a successful effort
to keep the Philadelphia American
League baseball franchise in Phila-
delphia and in his control.
The short, balding son of the
builder of the onetime Athletics
diamond empire got the new
look" financial setup at a meet
ing of the Board of Directors Mon
day.
Presentation of the new plan to
Roy by a member of the board
learned that Arnold Johnson, the
Chicago real estate man who has
offered to buy the AS franchise
and transfer it to Kansas City,
has cut his price from a reported
"a go, 900 to about $S,1O0,OOO
The newest plan to keep the
Athletics in Philadelphia differs
from the other most publicized
plan which was offered by syndi-
cate headed by Harry M. Sylk,
drugstore magnate, and financier
Albert M. Greenfield, although
basically the money figures are
Ghs same
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Baseball Resalis

TUESDAYS RESULTS
Philadelphia S-6. Baltimore 6-3
Washington 5. Detroit 3
Cleveland 6, New York 1
Chicago at Boston, ppd., rain
WEDNESDAYS SCHEDULE
Cleveland at New York
Detroit at Washington
Chicago at Boston ca
Only games scheduled
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Drills Are
Under Way
BY cd coRRIcAN

NEW YORK B--College football
came out of the mothballs today
when most of the schools across
the country started their fall work
outs-just two weeks before the
first full Saturday program.
The coaches, including more
than half a dozen new ones at
major colleges, wasted little time
with formalities and got down to
the problem at hand right away
how to teach their charges to win
games. A few have only one week
to prepare as there are a scatter
ing of MINOR games a week from
Saturday.
Some have two weeks, while the
majority will swing into action
Sept. rs. On Sept. IS, the first
nationally televised game will be
California Oklahoma at Berkeley
and that one could properly come
at the windup of the season be-
cause it will test two titans.
OF all the coaches who viii be
on the spot, young Terry Brennan
at Notre Dame will have the most
cause to worry. He will be filling
the shoes of the departed master
Frank Leahy, whose success at
South Bend was fabulous.
The 26-year-old Brennan will
have to rebuild more than half
the 1853 team and his first op-
ponent on Sept. Is is Texas, no
pushover for anyone. Two of his
biggest problems are finding re-
placements for ALI America Johnny
Lattner and Fullback Neil Worden.
Other new faces at major schools
include Hugh Daughtery at Mich
igan State, Steve Sebo at Penn,
Paul Bryant at Texas AIM, Frank
Reagan at Villanova, Vince Di
francesca at Iowa State and Muir
ray Warmath at Minnesota.
Daugherty, too, will have a big
job. He is stepping into the place
vacated by Biggie Mum, who led
the Spartans to the Big Ten
championship in their first year
in the league. Then they won the
Rose Bowl game. He has lost is
players but has 20 lettermen re-
turning.
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Grid Tickets


Key West football fans were
warned today 10 act fast u they
wish 10 obtain season tickets
for The 1854 high school grid
iron campaign.
Quarterback Club president
Earl Adams. said that the sup
ply Is running short due to fhs
enthusiastic reaction Of local
fans.
Adams also announced that
fhe annual Quarterback Club
Kickoff Dinner will be held a.
fhs Casa Marina Hotel, Sept.
- at 1880 p. m. Those wishing
reservations should contact KEEL
lar Watson Of 1880.
An outstanding guest speak.
Or will be obtained for fhe din.
ner, Adams said. In addition,
Coach I'd Beekman will intro
dves members Of HE football
squad.
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By MURRAY ROSE

PHILADELPHIA M - A virus
infection sent welterweight cham
pion Kid Gayilan to bed and once
again put off his apparently linked
title fight with Johnny Saxton, this
time until October.
The % year old Cuban was
stricken so suddenly yesterday that
neither promoter Herman Taylor
nor the copromoting international
Boxing Club could come up with
a substitute fight for tonight's
weekly Wednesday coast-to-coast
boxing telecast. It was the first
time that live Tv fight of some
sort could not be staged as sched-
uled.
And Taylor said it was the first
time in his IS years in boxing that
he could remember that a title
fight ever was called off by illness
on the eve Of the contest. Il was
a first for Gavilan too. He said he
never had fight postponed before
In his eight years in the United
States, q record he had been very
proud of.
Taylor said he would start re-
funding about $50, 900 starting Fri
day or Saturday. The veteran pro-
moter said the twice-postponed
scrap would be held sometime in
October, probably In Convention
Hall.
Gavilan promised Taylor that he
would fight then. Frank Wiener.
chairman of the Pennsylvania Ath.
letic Commission, who was sum-
moned from his home ut 8 pm.
last night, said that the champion
would be placed on the ''unavail-
able list" until he went through
with the fight.
Gavilan's manager, Angel Lopez,
said the Kid had a lump on the
left side Of his face Tuesday morn
ing but that he had insisted on
going through eight rounds of ex-
ercise to bring his weight down.
Lopez said Gavilan had his din
ner IN the evening and then COM
planned about Z pm. that he wasn't
feeling well. DR.. Samuel Swetnick,
his personal physician was sum-
moned.
He found that Gavilan was suf-
fering from virus infection, had
temperature Of 101 degrees and
an Inflammation of the left parotid
gland (near the earl. Two other
physicians made independent ex-
aminations and agreed.
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All-Star Games
Set Here Friday

The Key West Little League ALI
Stars and Pony League All-Stars
start practicing this afternoon in
preparation for their weekend
games at Wickers Field Stadium
with the Coral Gables Pony and
Little League All-Stars.
A doubleheader viii be played
on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 3
and 4. The first game each night
win feature the Little Leaguers at
TOO p. m. to be followed. by a
Pony League Game. The boys are
working hard and good games are
expected.
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Yanks' Hopes Fade.
Giants Pull Ahead
BY BEN PHLEGAR
AP SPORTS Writer

The New York Yankees have
lost their last chance to stop the
Cleveland pennant dash single
handed.
Unless somebody else is willing
to help, the five-year New York
monopoly in the American League
Is doomed to end this month.
Only five games remain between
the record-bound Indians and the
second place Yankees and the
Yankees trail by 5Ia lengths.
The point of no return was
reached last night. The Yankees
got only two hits as Cleveland
reared down the warpath to a
81 triumph.
The Indians, who are winning
games at faster clip than any
team in modern American League
history, actually tainted the world
champions by loading the bases
in the first inning and then not
scoring, a maneuver that would
have meant certain defeat in years
past.
But Early Wynn never gave the
Yanks a chance. Cleveland pushed
over two runs in the fourth on
singles by Vic Wertz and Dave
Pope, a double by AL Rosen and
a sacrifice fly. Four runs in the
eighth, three of them on homer
by Dave Philley, wrapped it up.
Irv Noren homered in the seventh.
Enos Slaughter slashed a pinch
single in the eighth. That ended
the Yankee attack.
Wynn's victory was his 10th and
his most impressive of the year.
In the National League, the New
York Giants moved 31z games in
front of the Brooklyn Dodgers
with a SO triumph in st. Louis.
Brooklyn managed only three hits
off Gene Conley and bowed to the
Milwaukee Braves 2-1.
In other major league action,
the Chicago Cubs won pair from
Pittsburgh 14-2 and 7-3. Philadel-
phia clipped Cincinnati SO, break
ing an eight-game losing streak.
Washington defeated Detroit 5-3,
and the Philadelphia Athletics
pushed Baltimore into the Ameri-
can League basement with a dou-
ble-header sweep S-6 and 6-3.
Hurricane weather forced the
postponement of the Chicago
White Sox game in Boston.
The Giants jumped away to a
three.run lead in st. Louis, were
caught, then won in the fifth. AL
Dark singled. Henry Thompson
walked and Dusty Rhodes drove
In Dark with a single. Thompson
scored from third on Willie Mays
sacrifice fly.
Mays drove in another run with
a single and scored one after hit,
ting a triple. Rhodes also drove in
a second run.
Milwaukee reached Don New.
combe for two quick runs, one In
the first scoring on Bobby Thorn.
sons single and one in the second
on Del Crandall's homer. -
Hank Sauer of the Cubs broke
the National League record and
tied the major league record when
he hit his 18th home run this sea.
son off Pittsburgh pitching. The
blow, his 35th of the year, came
in the second game. Howie Pollet
and Walker Cooper drove in three
runs apiece in the opener.
Ted Kluszewski took over the
National League home run lead
with a pair in Cincinnati's loss tc
Philadelphia. He has hit Al, one
more than his previous personal
high, set year ago.
Washington pounded George Zu
verink for Ia hits in dumping De
troit into fourth-place tie with
rain-idled Boston.
Eighth-inning rallies produced
both Philadelphia victories over
Baltimore. The AS scored five
runs in the eighth inning of the
first game and three in the eight
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TEXAS LEAGUE
Major League
Leaders
AMERIcAS LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING -Noren. New YORK, Sal.
RUNS Mantle, New York, IOe.
RUNS BATTED N-Doby, Cleveland.
HTTS-Fox, Chicago, IT'S.
HOME RUNS Dolby, Cleveland, q.
so. ~.
STRKEoUTs- Tmley. Baltimore. les.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING Snider, BROOKLYN. .34s.
RUNS MusiaL St. Louis, 100.
RUNS BArTED M Musiai. 81. Louis,
HITS Mueller. New York and Schoen-
dienst, st. Louis, US.
HOME RUNS Kluszewski. Cincinnati. a.
$40.
STRKEoUTs- Haddix. 81. Louis. 1ss.
Harvey Haddix, st. Louis Car
dinals' southpaw, famed 1s Pitts
burgh batsmen on April q.
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TUESDAYS RESULTS
Milwaukee 2. Brooklyn
Chicago 14-7, Pittsburgh 20
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati
New York 5, St. Louis ;
WEDNESDAYS SCHEDULE
New York at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee
Philadelphia at st. Louis
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Byron Nelson played 50 straight
holes without getting q birdie In
the recent Ardmore Open. A
birdie is one under par.
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Apprentice jockeys need more
than 500 worth OF saddles, boots
and other riding equipment to start
their careers.
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TUESDAYS RESULTS
Columbia 2, Charlotte
Jacksonville 8, Savannah
Columbus 6, Montgomery 3
Augusta 80, Macon 20
WEDNESDAYS SCHEDULE
Augusta at Macon
Charlotte at Columbia
Jacksonville at Savannah
Montgomery at Columbus