The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1949, Page 1

THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1949 . LXX. ollingsworth In Navy Station Brig. / ForSlayingShipmate} ’ Arrested Tuesday*—— Morning At _ |More Money Goulds For Key West. Brought Back Here Cancer Fund With Ferrer, No. 106 |FORT BENNING SOLDIER HELD FOR BRIDE'S DEATH “acing Track Bil Now At Tallahassee Cla Given ~—* Harry L. Straus, President Of Tropical | Park, Wanted County To Pass | Emergency Resolution ° ° ik It was announced today b B 0 Taxi Driver; No \ Louis Carbonell, Monroe cunt 4 vation oe County Commissioners last . Yet Pref ‘ Cancer. chairman, that donations ; ireoualy to tab) night, in regular session, voted unan- Charges Yet Preferred | are still being received by him ° Y to table @ request for an emergency resolution opposing the Charges have not yet been pre- | for the cancer fund. Aithough the nh erlin peckre cape bill that would allow the Gulfstream Morse Racing " local drive was over officially the rack to operate 20 days before and after the Hialeah season. . ferred against John B. Hollings-| eng of April, it is not too late he Harry L. Straus, president of the Tropical Park, had forwarded | worth, 18, of Asheville, N. C., for | to contribute, he said. 11,000 Troops, ; three telegrams to County Commissioners urging action on the mat- 2 the alleged slaying of Robert Wil- Mr Carbonell also gave the re- ‘ Includi 35 Ge ‘als. ter. The Tropical Park president had stated in his telegrams thet : lima Long, of Buckeye, Arizona, sults of, both the charity bal), dare em cluding, merals, | the Tropical Racing Track w-:11 not be able to open next winter 3 irephotos sponsored by the Jaycees and the ; Parade On Eve Of season if the bill in the Legislaiure, “y by Navy officers. midnight show at the Monroe! Young Hollingsworth is held theatre. sponsored by the Busi- under heavy guard at the Naval, ness and Professional Women’s Station brig, and nothing about club. ¢ . Also included in the list are jges will be considered before | the latest donations received and the official Navy Board of Inqui- | not yet published. Receipts: ry comipletes its investigation of! Charity Ball 211.00 the fatal shooting. Midnight Show 160.00 it will likely be charged that; Herman Holtsberg 25.00 day, is passed. : Straus warned that Monroe County would lose considerable revenue if the Tropical Park were forced to go out of business by the pending legislative act. Board Chairman Frank Bent- ley summed up his fellow mem- bers’ opinions by stating “I don’t COUNTY POLICEMAN J. E. WILLETT (left) takes Corporal Arnold Hakala, Fort Benning sol-, dier .to jail at Columbus, Ga., on a warrant charging he murdered his war bride, Sheila (right). The crushed body of the English girl was found beside Hakala’s automobile on a highway near Columbus Saturday night. He was found wandering nearby and their two small children were crying on the back seat of the car. Departure To U. S. (By The Ansueanted Presa) BERLIN, May 4—General Lu- cius Clay, retiring military gov- ernor of the American zone in Germany, was given % rousing sendoff today on the eve of.his Hollingsworth, an apprentice sea- man was caught stealing four re- velvers from the engineroom aboard the PC-1263, a Naval pa- trol craft which is tied up along- side pier 8 at the Naval Station. It is presumed that Long dis- covered Hollingsworth stealing the weapons. When Long protest- ed, threw up his left arm to avoid‘a blew from Hollingsworth. The Material Group of Sup- ply (U. S. Naval Sta.) 7.26 Mr. and Mrs. Al Warnock 5.00 Business & Professional Women 5.00 Red Tallon 5.00 Cancer Candle (Hgs.) 3.33 Total 421.59 it is further presumed, he} yesterday (Ferrer's story is told elsewhere in today’s Citizen). About 4:30 p. m Hollingsworth bullet entered Long’s left arm,; was brought back to the Naval | traveled through his heart and emerged out his right side. Long died instantly. Later Hollingsworth fled out, of the Naval Station, changed in-| to civilian clothes in back of the} Monroe County courthouse and then walked down Whitehead ; street to Greene street. Then he/ sepreeches astaxigab stand at the | There he engaged Rafael (Mr. Grass) Ferrer, a taxicab driver, to take him to Boca Chica Naval Air Station. Then he forced Fer- rer to drive him nearly to Goulds, where Hollingsworth was placed | under arrest at about 6:30 a. m.| CASA MARINA WILL AFTER Announced Today By Owner Of Hotel Will Reopen Early In December; Ferry Failure Reason For Closing Casa Marina Hotel will close for the summer months after luncheon on Sunday. Leonard Hicks, owner of the property, an- nounced today. The hotel will reopen again early in December, Hicks said. He added that the reason™ for the hotel closing was failure to get the Key West-Havana ferry into operation. before late fall, “There is not enough business here in the summer time to warrant keping the hotel open during that period,” said Hicks. Plans for general ‘improve- ments, including a number of new bathrooms, are now being considered by Hicks. He said more than $100,000 in improve- ments will be installed’ in the hotel before the wiriter season. “Besides that, we spent about $60,000 with local merchants dur- ing the last season,” said Hicks. “We believe in buying what we can from local dealers.” Station by Shore Patrol - Chief Thomas Short. Ferrer drove back | to Key West with Deputy Sheriff | Frank Webber. Ferrer was not | held by Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer, but the Naval officials told Fer- rer not to leave the city without first notifying them. It is known now that Hollings- worth stole four revolvers: from. ‘the PC-1263. ‘Thé one he used to} shoot Long was flung on the floor of the engineroom of the ship, while a second one was tossed} worth, 18, overboard. With the other two guns, Hol- Ingsworth threatened Ferrer all the way up the keys. CLOSE SUNDA Monroe April State Pensions Total $29,995 Payments from state and fed- eral tax funds to Florida’s needy aged, blind, and dependent chil- dren gontinued to climb in April, according to the Rev. James H. MacConnell, chairman of the District No. 10 Welfare Board in Monroe County. The number of cases showed a net increase over the State of 1277 with an increase in assist- ance payments of 58,199.50. There were 87,977 persons or families on the rolls in April and they received a total of $3,569,914. Of that, $1,294,589 was state funde and $2,725,325 was federal and $2,725,325 was federal money. In Monroe county, 542 needy aged persons shared in the as- sistance grants from tax funds. There were 387 dependent chil- dren in 163 families who received a total of $29,995 in April. Since assistance payment .are based on actual needs of the in- dividuals, not all received the maximum of $50 in the aged and blind programs, Father MacCon- nell explained. FRESH JUICES GRANGE... GRAPEFRUIT... FRUIT PUNCHES Gal. $1.35 = V2 Gal. 70¢ Qts. 35¢ Pts. 20c BRADY'S 1116 White Street FERRER SAY Yesterday After Youthful Slayer Killed Mate He Describes What Took Place, | Between Him And. - - Killer On Trip ~~ The fact that John /Holjjngs- | apprentice seaman, ' who shot and killed a shipmate at the Key West Naval Station | early yesterday, did not know how to drive is the reason ascri- bed today by Rafael (Mr. Grass) Ferrer, taxi driver, why he is alive after a wild six-hour ride up the keys with the young slay- er. Ferrer, who picked up Hol- lingsworth at Duval and Greene streets shortly after the killing, said the youth made no attempt to shoot him and told how Hol- lingsworth after his capture near Goulds told the arresting officers that he (Ferrer) had’ nothing to do with what happened. “He told me he was sorry he had shot the clock off the dash- ‘board of my cab”, said Ferrer to- day as he sat in Pepe's coffee shop. “He also asked me why the heck I did not pick the gun off the floor when he fell asleep and blow his brains out. He said he, deserved killing. “When Hollingsworth first ap- proached me I saw he was crazy drunk. He asked me to take him out to Mom’s Place on Stock Island. When he arrived near Mom’s, he told me tadrive on to Boca Chica. “He told me not to stop in front of the gate, that I should stop fur- — Report Chiang - +n Shanghai-To -- Direct Troops (By Asncelated Press) SHANGHAI, May 4—Commu- nist troops have captured Hang- chow, 120 to the southwest, cording to information received here. Possession of that city, it was explained, will cut off the es- cape of Nationalist troops to the | south. Forty thuosand Reds were | reported to be in Hangchow. A rumor persisted here that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is still in Shanghai, and that he has decided to command the na- tionalists in the defense of the city. A report received here from Nanknig was that the American Ambassador had left that city. passing through my acce rod and hitting the joint. “My speed was immediately cut to 35 miles an hour. It would go no faster and no slower than that. I then told him to get in the front seat, that there was some- thing wrong with the car. “I did not want him to think I was stalling. He climbed over the seat and sat beside me. I told rator him to put his left foot on the | accelerator and push it down, so as to show him it nearly was out of commission “He told me to stop the car. ther on. I drove on and asked him if this was the place where| We had then gone about four or he wanted to go. He said ‘go a lit-| five miles past Boca Chica. He tle further.’ I drove on past the| told me to move over. ‘Don’t airfield move I’ve got you covered’ he “I told him that my company j Said. did not allow me to go further He went around the back of than Boca Chica. ‘Keep driving’ he said. “7 have two .45 calibre guns with me, one in each hand. I have ten clips and a number of loose bullets in my boots. “T have just killed a man and don’t mind killing another, show you I mean business I'll shoot your clock off. Then he fir- | ed through the clock, the bullet Al RE STORM LUMBER STRUNK LUMBER YARD TELEPHONE 816 Hi Phone 5} Navarro Inc., 601 Duval St.| the cab and got in the driver's ac: } carburetor | S HOLLINGSWORTH COULD NOT DRIVE: OWES LIFE TO FACT DURING RIDE UP KEYS Taxicab Driver Tells Of Wild Rid I i seat. He asked me what he had to do now, holding one gun in| jhis left hand and putting the ; other one in his right hand pock- jet. I told him to push the clutch | down as far as i him “He started driving with one hand. The machine started zig- | zaeeing. I knew he did not know (Continued On Page Six) it would go. 1. Wanted! To} shifted the gears three times for | | { DUE TO THE ABSENCE DR. HARRY H. YOUNG HIS ASSOCIATE DR. M. A. KLEIMAN CHIROPODIST - FOOT SPECIALIST OF MIAMI WILL OPERATE ON FEET at the La Concha Hotel for 2 Days Only, Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7. NURSE IN ATTENDANCE. Call La Concha Hotel early for appoint- ment for either of these .2 days. TELEPHONE NO. 160. departure for the United States. Eleven thousand troops, includ- ing 35 generals, participated in a parade, while bands played and planes circled overhead. Some of name in the sky. When he arose to:make his farewell address, it was plain to (Continued From Page Six) (End Of Berlin Blockade ‘Seems Near At Hand With Conference Of Big Four \~ Due To» Meet ‘In egg 7 hy SP oy . York; If Agreement |State Senate hak gisele sary ater sy ate ar Reached, Blockade Will End Next Week (By The Axsociated press) NEW YORK, May 4.—The Big; Four is ready to hold their con- ferences on the proposal to lift the blockades of Berlin, it was announced here today. Heretofore, conferences. about dis¢ontinuing the blockade have been confined to representatives from the United States and Rus- sia, Philip Jessup, American Am- bassador-at-large, and J. A. Mal-! ik, deputy foreign commissar, but Great Britain and France now will participate in the dis- cussions. Should an agreement be reach- ; ed at the conference of the Big| Four, it is expected that the Rus- | sian blockade and the Allies’ counter blockade will be ended some time next week. Further assumption is that, with the discontinuance of the blockades, the Big Four will’ begin holding sessions in Paris 15 days from now. The situation in Germany gen- erally will be considered at the conferences. The Allies were warned today that Russia is al- most sure to attempt to halt the organization of a western Ger-| many under a Democratic form of government. It was said further that Russia} will try to have Germany operate as a single constitutional _ state,! which would give the Soviets an opportunity to connive for turn-j ing the government into com-} munistic channels. Wanted! Couple to Manage Small Hotel— Husband can be Employed Else- where . . . Apartment Furnished Reply to BOX 708, CITY OF Confirms Five Key Westers (By 'The Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 4—The state senate late yesterday aftef- noon, confirmed the appointment of Elward A. Strunk, Jr. as commissioner of the Everglades Fire Control District for Monroe county. Mrs. Isabelle Fleming, William Arnold and Sam E. Harris were confirmed as members of the Board of Commissioners of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, and Kellar Watson as Key West harbor mast Stores Begin. Noon Closing iThursday, May 19 All stores that are members of the retail merchants association begins their summer holiday clos- ings on the third Thursday in this month. Stores will be closed last Hhursday in September which.is the 29th. Infant’s Body Sent To Syracuse The body of Nancy Lee Mullen, age 3 months, who was found dead Saturday in a trailer at Ft. Taylor, was sent terday afte noon by the Pritchard Fune Home to § cuse, N. Y., for funeral services and burial in the =| family plot. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mullen, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Broton, of Syracuse, New York. CAR TROUBLE? We Have PARTS, PARTS and PARTS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. 121 Duval Street Phone 442 Second Best Milk Shakes in the World: Drive Out to SPIDER'S $$ the planes wrote the general’sj would be forthcoming from the know whether this change would be good or bad. Mr. Straus says that we (the county) would lose money if the bill is enacted, but then possibly just as much money other track (Gulfstream)”. The racing bill controversy is Particularly disputed in Dade County, where it would have far reaching results. One of the rea- sons given for allowing the Gulf- stream to take preference over Tropical is-that Gulfstream is said to be locally owned while Tropical is reputed to be control- led by out of state owners. Roadway Around Court House Not To Be Parked In Board of County Commission- ers went on record for enforcing the “no parking” order on the roadway circling the. lations thereof. Monroe County Tax Collector Howard Wilson had _ protested the non-enforcement of the “no- parking” order. Wilson said that on three occasions recently he has been unable to take his car out of the county garage. Just re- cently, he waited over a half- hour for the roadway to be clear- ed. This delay caused him to ar- rive at the local bank tvo late to make a large county deposit. High School Band May Play Before Key Audience In a letter read by Monroe County Clerk Earl Adams and signed by Earl Dillon as director of the Key West High School band it was requested that the county provide food and trans- portation fdr the local high school band to play at Tavernier, Mara- $35,000 Of Bonds Protests against the hazing of new students at Key West High School were made before the meeting last night of the Mon- roe County School Board. The protests were lodged by Mrs. Fernando Camus and Mrs. W. C. Clawson, |before the school board to ask {for a teacher of physical educa- | tion for girls at the High School With reference to hazing the ard decided that the» practice RECEIVE PROTES AGAINST HAZING NEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS who also went} should be disco ‘aged and de-| ¢ no fishing would be allowed on the county pier at the $250,000 county beach. Signs will be post ed telling the public of this fact Also the speed limit on the road through the beach has been set at 10 miles an hour with no trucks allowed except when driven in the county beach on business. Commissioner Clarence Hige said that he personally had warned some motorists about speeding at the beach. He (Higgs) had also received many com plaints from mothers about the dangerous speeding of sevoters, ete. It was also decided to allow Commissioner Joe Allen to ap point a regular worker at the colored beach at a salary of $100 monthly. At present the $100 is (Continued On Page Six) School Board * ” Promises Remedial cided to ask the High School E ae principal and the City Police Action; To Buy Department to cooperate to see ; that no further hazings be done. In reference to employment of a physical education teacher the board decided to engage dur ing the next school year. Miss Janet Shupp, a teacher, will be interviewed in the next few days by Horace O’Bryant, county school superintendent, to see if she can qualify for the physical education teacher. The board also decided to em- ploy the woman as part time |teacher for physical education tand health education The board voted to buy 35 $1,000 bonds outstanding against |the County School system. After Palace Theater | JANET MARTIN and WILLIAM WRIGHT in “King of the Gamblers” Francis at Division Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer Grease, Spray or | j Fi rN | POOR OLD CRAIG | | SERVICE STATION | | (Continued On Page Six) For Only 35c One (1) Day Service EVANS CAMERA STORE 509 SOUTHARD STREET Next to Bus Station (SUMMER RATES)