The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1949, Page 1

( cmmeniow bo tet Oe Several sitaesid atte Vevonne bet : Are Attending Ke aid the “4 RINGOWSK: temterg Germany -orhies Fer Boome 4 morriage tom men in Tre pr somce she Bente oot beta textes “yo Shates v3 © olee et need ( a. t. ed th 6 booeer —~ apace é “Seeet ot ond sme s and é nto among lirives 105 Viles Per Hour As Caps oes ca emcee eee mn BOAT BAR Vee oe ® . em ET ONED meee te Results Daily — ming at ss being prepared by Douglas Blythe, SChamber of Commerce comtertabte Rar Adminon Nine Latin-American Children Convent School West's Latin-American relationship he airport where Flight 32 attention of the Latin-Ame ’ Included in the passenger list it wee found there was a 12-year- : old, Frances Carlo, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, @ 6th grade pupil at the Comvént af Mary immaculate, flying tetmas holidays } img her on the first leg of the t: Mercedes Miro, 10, her en little companion and in j iso @ Convent pupil | i the 4th grade, who was flying to Miami © speod the holidays with her Serents, who are from Havana, Cuba her diminutive rances explained inter- that mother, because of having lived her: rself at one time, had dewided to have her Spanish deughter educated in to avoid language diffi- expected would be en- elsewhere ulties she antered your school in Key W th children were hed oO said Mercedes, her with delight, “We love With a winsome smile, Frances nodded agreement \ telephone call to the Convent Mary Immaculate elicited the ft tion that there are at eeent twelve Latin-American enrolled at the Havana, Cuba; to Rico; two South America. cultured children is very proud. Public Works Mu Benefit Public, Is Ervin’s Opinion ASSEE eral Ervin pupils Nine fre Fre Ff Dee. 19.—) says ners = can't ® private levee a few in- 4“ stemmed from a Glades County | ited to the ng Coun > authority ks, but enefit the pub- ESTO LECUONA CONCERT Tweedey. Dec. 20. 8:30 P.M. CONVENT AUDITORIUM $1.50 eeeeerececccoooocs @ British military court today and heard himself sentenced-to 18 years in prison. The defendant was white-hair- ed, poker-faced Erich Von Man- stein, a stiff-backed Prussian general of the Old School, who commanded Hitler’s forces in the early invasions’ of Poland and Russia. So successful was he at the start of the war, ti<t Hitler pro- moted him to field marshall, but asthe Red armiy pushed the Ger- mans out of the Ukraine, Man- stein quarreled with Hitler. As a result of that quarrel he was fired.irom the German general staff. He sat out the rest of the war in retirement, until. th British came and got him, All was narrated by the de- fendant in meticulous .detail as the four-months. trial unfolded. He denied all the. charges—said}| | he was not responsible for the}’ mass killings. perpetrated uni his command—that he’ was not responsible for the shooting, hanging, drowning and gassing of thousands of Russians, Poles and Jews in the territory invaded by his armies. He had nothing to do with any of this, he said, because he was too busy fighting. Manstein told the court that his family had been steeped in the Prussian military code ever since his grandfather fought in the German Army against Na- poleon the First. WITH A FIERY CRASH, the marquee and front wall of the Lyric Theatre at New Philadelphia, Pa., collapses during blaze that destroyed the movie house. Severe water shortage handicapped (the streets all firemen, who could get but a trickle from their hoses, Damage was estimated at $85,000. : A “I have done nothing to violate that code of honor,” he said. “I have done nothing of which I am ashramed. I have always fought honorably and decently.” Throughout the trial, he had endeavored to draw a sharp con- trast. between Manstein, the pro- fessional soldier, and Hitler, the! “bungling amateur.” He said Hit- ler -was responsible for the col- lapse.of the German Army's Fodt- Welcome On Their Homeward Jaunt YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dee. 19. —(#)—Thee was.a rousing wel- come today. for -fern Front p,| Germany by Russian forces. O: and the invasion of he told the court, “to wage war is an art in itself”. He was en- couraged in his attitude by prom- inent Britons, including Winston Churchill, who helped money for his legal defens: in the end it found the Prussian general guil haughty of nine of im, tence he will be 80 years old at the time of his release. He refused to ask the court for mercy. AGAINST SANTA ((P)Wirephoto THE REV. JOHN CINNOTT MARTIN (above), pastor of St. Vincent's Church in Balti- more and editor of the Catholic Review. official organ of the Washington and Baltimore arch- dioceses, that Santa Claus is an “unholy fraud.” ' jee Palace Theater | _ DENNIS O'KEEFE and LOUISE ALLBRITTON in "| “Walk A Crooked Mile” . e -— eeasiceannermneaitE SCE | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phone 913 Your PURE OIL “ e LET US cine. Yocr on The court listened intently. But} the !7 war crimes charged against! If he lives out his 18-year sen-| said in an editorial | raise|Mukden to t | eee Royal: Portable | two persons >‘ homeward bound. They are Am eriean Consul General Angus Ward and Mrs. Ward, who reach-. ed. Yokohama on their way from the United States. Some 200 Americans who greet: ed them at the pier were not ge- nerally aware of the fact, but to- day also is the Wards’ 30th wed- ding annivers. Warc, who was expelled from Manchuria by the Chinese Com- munists, told of inhumane treat- ment of himself and his colleag- ues at Communist hands. He will lunch with General MacArthur in Tokyo on Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Weaver Leaving Lev Memorial Church The Rev. Robert W,. Weaver, who has been pastor of Ley Me-! morial Methddist Church for the last. two and one-half years, will be transferred to the pastorate of: the Feaster: Memorial Methodist ; Church at Miami, effective Janu- | ary 1 In making this announcement ; today, Archie Roberts said that} the Rev. Mr. Weaver's place will | be taken by the Rev. on Sim- mons, who is now pastor of the! Methodist Church at Dunellon,! Florida j The Rev. Mr. Weaver had been a chaplain in the U. S. Navy dur- ing the war years and before he came to the pastorate of Ley Memorial. | “aero een ROBERTS Office Supplies and Equipment 126 Duval Street Phone Let Us Deliver You That 250. For Christmas | OPEN UNTIL 8:00 P.M. ALL THIS WEEK a SKM PACER TORE, Wards Given Great|SANTA CLAUS TO GREET \500 CHILDREN OF NAVY NEL WEDNESDAY PERSON SOUGHT 2 (?) Photo RAYMOND D. HAIR (above), 23, is, object of a three-state manhunt centered around Ra- leigh, N.C. Hair, Wake Forest student, is charged with mur- | der after police found Roy W. | Coble, 20, of Oakdale, N. C.. bleeding profusely in the back seat of Hair’s car with a .38 Caliber pistol wound in his head. Hair fled when officers approached his car. All Abroad Are Saved As Plane Is Crash Landed LONDON, Dec. 19.—(-P) persons in the air and ath to: airliner before None of the ground led a private air making a crash landir those aboard had paract The pilot of the plane that the pl was jamme Id to con time circling i in Sur-{ rey until the gas supply (Continued On Page Four} | SHOPPING DAYS, TO CHRISTMAS CHAPPELL'S VARIETY STORE | OPEN UNTIL 9:00 P.M. j '}Garistmas party at the Seaplane Pp | will lead the caildren to a * ‘ed appropriate ‘to the * sonnel stationed. at Naval Air Station l attend a Base. The party will be . held | Wednesday at 2 p. m. Santa Claus will arrive in ove of the Navy’s large flying boats, ,the PBM or “Mariner.” | designated spot where he distribute gifts. Gifts are select- age and | sex of each child. Refreshments | carols will be sung by the Naval ; Air Station choir. } The program is under the dir- lection of Ceptain Francis . L. | Busey, commanding officer of the U. S. Naval-Air Station and is being sponsored by the Wel- jfare and Recreation Depxrtment ace that command. ‘Battle For Power Goes On In Syria | hundied “aside of perl M Santa discussions the messages wre v tually ready right now ‘Swim Today At ! g 2 g i ES 7 ti there after 7 a. m., will be tw i rr President has worked while- here. will be served’ and Christmzs White House at 7:30 a. party passes. Cars left parked | edn RD MhE ty Indra o., his home town, to spe tf Christmas holidays. In Washington on Thursday the President will hold a meeting « his cabinet, with which he w discuss his three & Ofagt tal Message Congress when it reconvenes next Monday. Except for fir for the on th By The Associated Press This morning, the Presider came downstairs at the Lutt Pre dential Press Secretary Charts (Continued On Page Two) Late Bulletins ... ‘LATEST WORLD | NEWS IN BRIEF 10 BELOW ZERO SEATTLE, Wash { cific Nortnwest, traffic (@ Army ) Still fighting their battle for power. 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