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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Humane Group
To Meet With
Commission
Discussion Set
On Cruelty To
Animal Reports

Key West Humane Society
officials will appear before
the city commission at their
regular meeting next Mon
day to ask that the city
take steps to end a wave Of
reports of cruelty to horses
here, Mrs. George Mills
White, president of the or
ganization said today.
The situation was brought to
public notice last week when a
horse was found abandoned in
vacant lot near Roosevelt
Boulevard. The horse was i'm
pounded by the Humane Society,
who nursed it back to health and
found a home for it with a Miami
animal lover.
Unusual Response
Humane Society officers reported
an unusual response from Key
Westers to the story which ap.
peared in The Citizen and many
Continued on Page TwoJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Miami Youths
eHeld For
Murder Probe

MIAMI R-Two Miami youths
were held for investigation of mur-
der today in the "lover's lane"
Staying of an air lines steward
they planned to rob.
Dade County Sheriff Thomas J.
Kelly identified them as Charles
L. Lawrence, 10, and Lewis Rich.
ard Killem, 20.
Kelly said Lawrence admitted
he shot William T. Simpson, 26.
an Eastern Air Lines steward,
whose body was found on a de.
serted North Dade road Tuesday.
After shot him, made him
get out of the car and give me
his wallet" the sheriff quoted
Lawrence as saying. "When we
left, he was staggering off down
the road"
The sheriff said the youths
calmly re-enacted the shooting
yesterday.
Story Of Killing
Kelly quoted them as telling this
story:
Lawrence went out to Biscayne
Boulevard late Monday night and
hitched ride with Simpson. They
drove to a deserted road. Killem
followed in his car.
Lawrence said that after Simp.
son stopped he 'propositioned me"
and that he finally submitted 10
Simpsons advances.
Il stepped out of the car and
drew my gun," Lawrence said.
81 just meant to scare him with
it by shooting through the window
But l guess l turned too far on
one foot because l shot him in.
stead. 1t was just a % short. ]
didn't think it would hurt him
much"
Joined BY Friend
After the shot, Killem ran up
and joined Lawrence and the two
drove off in Killem's car.
Simpsons body was found 500
yards from his convertible Tues.
day morning. An autopsy showed
he had been shot in the right side
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Navy Surrenders
Two Wanted Men
Release To
Sheriff Marks
End Of Dispute

Two sailors wanted on
manslaughter charges-one
since June 8 and the other
since June 23-today were
surrendered by the Navy to
the sheriff's department.
Both men are in the
county Jail in lieu of
$4,000 bonds. No hearing
date has been set.
The surrender by the
Navy marked the end of a
hassle that began June 3,
when Ray Emil Drake, 20,
a seaman, was charged
with manslaughter.
Drake, the Sheriff'S department
says, was the driver of a car that
overturned on U. S. 1 about Is
miles north of here.
In the crash, Mrs. Shelia Perren,
2O-year-old Navy wife, died.
The manslaughter warrant was
issued the same day but the Sher-
ifs department made no effort to
serve it until Drake was released
from the hospital.
Agreement Asked
Several days later, when Drake
was discharged from the Naval
Hospital, the Navy refused to re-
lease him unless the Sheriff's de-
partment signed an agreement to
return the prisoner to the Navy
after the trial or completion of sen
tence and at no expense to the
government.
The sheriffs department said it
had no authority to sign such an
agreement.
At that time the Navy here said
the agreement was ordered in the
Naval Supplement to the Manual
for Courts Martial, U. S. 1851.
The sheriff's department pointed
out that if the prisoner was con-
victed and sentenced to the stare
penitentiary, he would be out of
the hands of the sheriff's depart
ment.
1t was also pointed out by the
sheriff'S department that if the
man were found not guilty the
Sheriff'S department had no right
to hold him or forcibly return him
to the Navy.
Navy Disasrees
The Navy brass said that made
no difference. The agreement had
to be signed before the prisoner
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Man Confesses
Brutal Murder
OF His Mother

DETROIT IA S3-year-old man
who told police he beat and kicked
his mother to death last night "be-
cause she was possessed of the
Devil" was held as a police iris
Oner today in a hospital mental
ward.
Glenn Green told Detective David
Harris that he assaulted his moth.
er, Mrs. Alice Green, 10, of Vicco,
KY, as she lay in bed because
she was possessed of the Devil and
the Bible says the only thing to do
Is TO beat the Devil out of them"
Mrs. Green was visiting her son,
his wife and two children.
She died shortly after ad-
mittance to Receiving Hospital
with a fractured skull and internal
injuries.
Wife Describes Scene
Green's wife Ollie Louis, 81, told
police her husband pulled his
mother from her bed, beat her,
threw her to the floor and stamped
on her.
Mrs. Green said her husband
first showed signs of a mental
strain while training with the
Army reserves at FIT. Eustis, Va,
last June. He is a veteran of the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
She said he had been admitted
to Valley Forge (Pa.) General
Hospital, where doctors said he
was a violent mental case. She said
she had checked him out of the
hospital against the Army's wishes.
AS Green was being locked up,
he asked police, els my mother
dead?" When told she wasn't,
(police had not yet learned of Mrs.
Green's DEATH he remarked:
''That is too bad, because if she
lives the Devil will leave her and
met into me-"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Emile Dionne Is Buried Near
Birthplace OF Famed CUNTS

for the funeral service, conducted
by the parish priest, the Rev. W.
H. LaFrance.
When he sprinkled holy water
on the caSket and intoned the de-
parting prayers Marie Dionne, who
has had to give up at least tenn
porarily her hope of becoming a
nun, wept uncontrollably.
Marie Breaks Down :
She left the church, assisted by
her mother and her sister, Mrs.
Rose Marie Girouard.
Hundreds of mournerS waited
outside beneath black and threat
enlng skies, thrusting black UNI
brellaS up into scattered drops of
rain. There were more than 300
cars lining the roads leading to
the Corbeil church. Practically ev-
cry resident of the area was there
so were many Americans who
had driven to the spot since the
news of Emilie's death Friday was
flashed across the continent.
Because the Corbeil parish has
no official gravedigger, each fam
lily must prepare its interment spot.
Anne Marasse, CRAVING uncle of
the quints, prepared the last rest
ing place for the shy and gentle
girl who died last Friday at a
Roman Catholic hostel in Ste.
Agathe, Que, following an epilep-
tic stroke.
Reaction To Report
Meanwhile, US. experts on the
neurological d sord er reacted
sharply to a Quebec medico-legal
experts report that an autopsy
showed her death was caused by
epileptic seizures brought on by
"glandular disorders" creating
lung congestion.
Fearful of the effect of the an
nouncement of the estimated 112
million epileptics in the United
States, DR.. H. Houston Merritt, di-
rector of the Neurological Institute
at Columbia University's Presby-
terian Medical Center, told a news
conference in New York that the
mortality rate among epileptics is
no greater than among non-suffer-
ers. Epileptics, he said, usually die
of natural causes, from falls during
seizures or suffocation from bury
ing their faces in pillows during
or after an attack.
Complete Report Asked
Speaking with DR.. Merritt for
the Epilepsy Association of New
York and the Variety Club Founda-
ton to combat Epilepsy. DR.. Will
liam Amols of the Neurological
Continued on Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Fiery Politician
Dies In New York

NEW YORK R-Former Rep.
Vito Marcantonio, fiery, left-wing
New Yorker, fell dead on a rain.
swept street today.
An ambulance doctor said death
was due to a heart ailment.
The diminutive, 51-year-cld for
mer legislator was in the middle
of a comeback effort. Defeated in
1850 by a Republican-Democrat-
Liberal coalition, he was running
again for Congress as candidate of
the independent Good Neighbor
party"
Marcantonio represented an East
Harlem district for IA years. For
many years until last November,
he headed the American Labor
party, which sponsored Henry Wal
lace's presidential campaign in
New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09

CALLANDER, Ont. R-Emilie
Dionne was laid to rest today in a
little burial ground not far from
the frame home where she and her
quintuplet sisters were born 20
years ago.
She went to the grave in a party
dress of light blue crepe, white
rosary in her hands.
Hundreds watched as the grey
metal casket was lowered into the
earth of the small Roman Catholic
cemetery at Corbeil.
The surviving quintupletS-
Yvonne, Annette, Cecile and Marie
-sobbed bitterly during the COM
initial service.
And few eyes were dry when it
ended.
More than 500 mournerS crowded
Corbeil's faded red brick church
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Accused SLAYER
Slated For Court
Appearance

CLEVELAND R-Dr. Samuel
Sheppard, accused of killing his
pregnant wife Marilyn, leaves his
tiny Jail cell today for at least
one court appearance.
The handsome 30-year-old osteo-
path goes to the court of Common
Pleas Judge Frank ]. Merrick for
hearing on an affidavit of pre-
judice filed by his attorney against
Bay Villages acting mayor, Ger
shom M. M. Barber. The attorney,
William J. Corrignan, declares
that Barber is unfit because of
prejudice to hold a preliminary
hearing on a first-degree murder
charge against Dr. Sheppard.
If Judge Merrick rules Barber is
pejudiced, the preliminary hear
ing will be shifted to a municipal
court in some other Cuyahoga
County community.
Barber, who is also the suburbs
Council president, has said if the
affidavit is denied he will go ahead
with a preliminary hearing, bring
ing the doctor into Bay Village
court.
Barber signed the arrest war
rant against Sheppard, whose 81
year-old wife was killed July A.
Barber has been acting in the
absence of Bay Village Mayor ].
Spencer Houk. friend of the osteo-
path and an expected material wit.
ness in the case.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
POluClinna
Sale Is
Compktad
No Change lin
Rentals Planned
By Realty Firm

The title of 368 units in
the Poinciana Housing Pro-
ject has officially passed
from the federal government
to the Key West Foundation
Co., it was learned today.
At the same time, Sam LYMAN,
president of the realty firm, an
nOunced that the rentals on the
project will remain at the same
level as they were when the pro-
ject was under government con-
troll except for the fact that three
per cent state tax will be assessed.
He also said that extensive i'm
provements are planned. Rents
now range from 500 for an eff
cheney apartment to $50 for three
bedroom apartment
Manager Named
Eddie Stickney, formerly gener-
al maintenance superintendent of
the Key West Housing Authority,
has been named manager of the
project.
The project is inhabited almost
entirely by Navy personnel and CT
william workers at the Naval Sta
ton.
The Key West Foundation Co.
had leased the land on which the
project was built to the government
for the emergency housing.
When the government announced
they were relinquishing control,
the city made an unsuccessful at
tempt to purchase the land and
operate the project.
Earlier Purchase
Earlier, the Key West Realty Co.
had bought $40 Poinciana units I'm.
der the same conditions.
The Key West Housing Authori-
ty now has jurisdiction over only
337 low cost housing units in the
Porter Place, George Allen and Fl.
Village projects.
They will be cut further on octo-
Der when the Navy is scheduled
to take over IA units in Fl. Village
Extension.
The Housing Authority is hope
full that they will be allocated funds
for the construction of So units in
three different locations in the CO.
lored section of the city shortly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Mother Turns
Thieviing Mate
Over

MIAMI 1.-TWO Miami detec-
tives told today how a mother
turned her "thievins husband"
over to police so she could give
her three children IAN honest and
decent life
Detectives w. J. Krajewski ard
W. W. Watson identified the moth
er as Mrs. Lois Brown, 81, and
her husband as Albert, 40. The
father was booked on charges Of
burglarizing the Morrell Poultry
Co.
A typewriter, electric drill and
electric razor recovered after his
arrest were identified as having
come from the poultry company,
the detectives reported.
The officers were called by Mrs
Brown yesterday.
"She said her husband arrived
home about 3 am, and she war
him not to bring those thin r.
their rented apartment. He b
Continued on Page Two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
NEW COMIC STRIP
STARTS TOMORROW

An exciting new comic strip,
Jeff Cobb" begins tomorrow
in The Citizen.
This strip depicts a newSpap-
er reporter playing the leading
role in documented stories
which are actually taken from
the files of newspapers all over
the nation.
Jeff Cobb, the main hero, is
described as a typical news
paper reporter who puts his
job ahead of everything else,
the main thing being getting
the story"
The strip is drawn by Peter
Hoffman a tireleSS young vet
eran artist who has had an
amazingly successful career in
newspaper art.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Cdbbies Protest
Chiefs Ruling

DUval Street cab drivers are
smartins today under an order
issued by Police Chief BienVen.
lido Perez that they must remain
in their cabs when they are park
ed at their stands
The order was given at about
10 p. m. Sunday, and brought
considerable protest from The
cabbies.
"lf is a city ordinance and
| intend TO enforce it," said Per.
ez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Bids Asked For
COIOred Wing
At Hospital

The county commissioners
will call for bids to build q
eoIorsd wing at Monroe Gener-
= al Hospital, Commissioner cla-
renee Riggs said today. The
plans have been drawn, he
added.
The new wing will aeeommo-
date 30 patients, Riggs said,
ard will have a eolored old
folks home built adjacent to il.
Higss said Gerald Saunders,
chairman Of the board Of coUn.
tY commissioners. agreed that
the new wing is q must for
early action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Sam Collins To
Head Annual
Drive
Organizations Sign
Up To Participate
In Annual Campaign

Sam l.. Collins today was
named campaign chairman
of the 1854 community
Chest drive which begins
Oct. Is, according to Will
liam Neblett, president of
the Chest.
Collins, who lives at 29l9 Seiden-
berg Ave-, is a telegraph service
man with the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co. He has long
been active in civic affairs here,
Neblett added.
Neblett also said that a Mr..
Plunkert Of the United Defense
Fund will be here the week of Aug.
is to confer with chest heads.
Friday Meeting
Nine local organizations have in
dictated their desires for member
ship in the Community Chest of
Key West, Inc. for the coming year,
the Budget and Admissions Com
mittee reported at the meeting of
the Chest Executive Committee
Friday at the La Concha Hotel.
Consideration by both the Chest
and the local chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross is being given
to the repetition of United Fund
Campaign in Key West this year.
Among the prospective member
agencies of the Chest are the Sal
walton Army, the Noes Club, Mon
roe County Juvenile Council, Com
munity Servicemen'S Center, Key
West Youth Center. local unit of
the Boy Scouts of America, local
Girl Scouts Council, Bookmobile
and the United Defense Fund, Inc.
(USO).
Tentative Budgets
Every member agency is re-
quired by the Budget and Admis-
SionS Committee to submit sug-
gested budgets for 1855 not later
than August 81, 1854, so that they
can be properly reviewed prior to
the determination of the Chest
campaign goal for 1855. These bud
gets should be turned in to Joe Pin
der or Paul ]. Sher, co-chairmen.
Attending the meeting were Will
liam R. Neblett, president; Mrs.
Mary Sinclair, End vice president;
]. ]. Trevor, treasurer: r. E. Ev-
ans, secretary; Burt Garnett and
Mrs. Sue Jones of the Publicity
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09

ACCORDING TO the ponce
report, the following per-
sons were placed under ar
rest: Gordon Wolfson, own
er of the Preview Lounge
and Leonard Cookie" Key,
manager of the Cabana
Club; both charged with
disorderly conduct, to wit:
allowing the performance of
an indecent show; Miss
Connie Parker, Preview
Lounge stripper and Patricia
Pagan, an entertainer at the
Cabana Club. The girls
were charged with indecent
exposure and performing
in an indecent show by
dancing in the nude"
Released On Bond
The quartet was later released
under bond of $3.50 each.
1t marked the third time in two
weeks that Wolfson has been jail
ed for violation of the city'S bar
laws. On July 26, he was fined $110
in city. court on a charge of allow
ing an indecent show in his place
of business.
Then, on August l, he was again
arrested on a charge of serving
alcoholic bevera ges after the 4 a. m.
closing deadline. His trial was set
for today in city court.
Chiefs Orders
Last nights raids were carried
out at Perez order, under the di.
rection of 1t. Gene Hernandez.
Four officers participated.
Perez said that he was invited
earlier by one of the bar owners
to come inside and see how we
run our business.
But, instead of checking the bar
personally, he said that he sent
the officers back and when they
found indecent shows in progress,
they made the arrests.
First spot to be visited, accord
ing to the report, was the Cabana
Club, where they found Miss Pa
gen performing in an extremely
abbreviated costume.
Ten minutes later, they found a
similar situation in the Preview
Lounge.
Bars Were Warned
Chief Perez said today that he
ordered the raids after he had per-
sonally warned the bars to run
their business decently or not at
all"
81 want clean town." he said.
cts getting so decent people can't
walk down the street with their
wives without being exposed to
this rotten mess"
He added that he has instructed
his lieutenants to maintain a close
check on bars, particularly regard
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Three accidents were re-
ported over the weekend, but
the city's traffic record con-
tinues to better last months
mark.
But three distinct law infrac-
tons were listed as the causes
of the accidents.
They are:
1. Following too closely.
2. Reckless driving.
3. Disregarding a stop sign.
Don't think for a minute the
police department hands out
those tickets because they like
to.
They've got job TO do. Let's
make it easier for them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
RaidOnDuval Street
Bars Net 4 Sunday
II Want A Clean To,0n,'' Says Police
Chief After Raids On Strip Joints
81 want a clean town."

Police Chief Bienvenido Perez made that state
ment today in commenting what appears to be
fulscale cleanup campaign of Duva St. strip JOINTS
Police moved in last night with raids on two Duval
St. bars which resulted in the of two strip-danc-
ers the of one bar and the manager of another
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-09
Garrison Blgbt Plans
Ad,unds CaNEor Bids
On Improvements Seen
BOATMEN PONDER QUESTION AS TO
s'WHAT is BEST FOR GARRISON BICHT?''

City manager Victor Lang is hard at work drawing
up the specifications for the first step in
program of improving Garrison Blight for use as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
zoners Ignore Appeal
In Pivotal Case 10 Aci
On Office Buildings

The District Board of Zonine
Adjustment has decided to wait
no longer for the outcome of
a court decision on which five
Of its pending cases have hinged
After consulting the District
Corporation Counsel's Office, the
board took these petitions of
the hook:
American Federation of Labor
which wants to erect a new
headquarters building at 821 Six
tenth street NV; permission
granted conditionally.
National Automobile Dealers
Association. which wants to do
the same at 1926 Sixteenth
street NV: conditionally ap-
proved.
Metropolitan Holdings, Inc, to
add to the rear of an existing
Office building at 1108 Sixteenth
street NV; approved.
Decision Deferred.
Miriam j. Keller, to convert
an existing structure into Office
use at 1910 Sixteenth street
NV; evidence to be reStudied
and a decision announced later
this month.
Ercole j. Gorini, to convert
present structure at 1926 Mas
sachusettS avenue NV. into Of
flee building; new hearing sched-
uled. with approval indicated If
evidence shows that occupancy
is to be by single tenant.
The pivotal case, on which
decision in the five listed has
been deferred, has been in the
courts for five years. It involves
the coming boards rejection of
the petition of George and Sadie
Lyman to allow multiple Office
building use of an apartment
house at 1915 Sixteenth street
NV.
Case Appealed.
The board held that such oc-
cupancy would adversely affect
the neighborhood. mainly by Gre
ating more traffic problems in
the vicinity. The Hymans APP
pealed. claiming the board &C
ton was arbitrary. They were
sustained by Judge James w.
Morris of U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
The board. in turn, appealed this
decision. and the case now rests
before the u. S. Court of APP
peals for the District of CO.
lumbia.
The nub of the Lyman argu-
ment Is that the coming agency
ruled inconsistency in their case,
since it had previously permitted
multiple-ofice use in two build
ings in the same area. The
board contends that the petit
TONERS failed to carry the bur-
den of proof that their proposed
building use would not harm the
neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Births

From D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics. }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
keneipp Praises Record
Of Sofewuy Drivers

George E. Keneipp, District
traffic director. yesterday paid
tribute to lat Safeway Store
drivers who last year completed
almost 3 million miles in the
District without an accident.
Mr.. Keneipp presented award
pins and cards to the drivers.
The men have driven 11,134 900
accident-free miles for Safeway
since their employment, Mr..
Keneipp said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
/ Births and Deaths Reported
Deaths

tFrom D. c. Bureau Of Vital Satisfies
Don r. Phsres, 80, Arlington. Va.
Paul r. Spencer II, Alexandria, Va
Victoria Pezos. IS. 3S15 Beecher st
Myrtle M Moore. "A, 1000 Connecticut
Edward F. Curry. 10. 1905 ed st. NV
catherine E. Griffin. 73, 2515 K st. NV
Max j. Rosenfelt. Sc 6s17 Georsia ave
NV.
Harriette Ramsey. SO. 1920 18th st
NV.
Billie B. Clark, 81. 1864 Harvard st
NV.
jeremiah Mills, 81. 4459 Macarthur
Margaret A. San Fellipo. go. 1921
Pennsylvania ave. NV.
Joseph c. Reinewald. As, 1910 14th pl
Sc.
Jessie r. Corbin, 81, 42O 57th ave-.
Capital Heights. Md.
Sisette e. Sutton. .infant. 1415 Tucker
man ST. NV.
Bobich, infant. Arlington. Va.
Katie l.. Fuller, IS. 77S Fairmont st.
Jessie M. Washington. 70. oil Eve st.
INV.