The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1950, Page 5

—— : : - 3 - —s ) FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950 Watchman Who Found Gangsters In Detroit This Morning. FLOOR SHOW IS WELL ‘RECEIVED BY PATRONS ‘Kranich also played an accordion : DETROIT, Jan. 6-—(%)—A 58- year-old watchman was taken for ® gangland-style ride in Detroit today but he was thrown out of the car and found alive. He is William (George) Thomas, the watchmen whe found a dynamite charge planted last month at the CIO United Auto Workers head- By DOROTHY RAYMERE | a) Thomas tol police that while! Residents and visitors have solo which delighted listeners. walking om a downtown Detroit street this morning he was seized by two men. They dragged him inte 9 car, Thomas told police, and tied him hand and foot and for good measure threw a loop of rope around his neck. About tHree hours after the ab- duetion, Thomas was found be- side the River Rouge. He was stil! tied up and was suffering from exposure. Taken to Wayne Coun- ty Hospital, doctors said he was temporarily in serious condition. The abduction took place a few hours after police had given ‘Thomas a lie detector test. They wanted to check if Thomas had told the rath about the finding of the dynamite. After the test poliwe said they were convineed Thomas had told the truth. ‘Thomas was night watchman at the United Auto Workers’ three story international headquarters in Detroit the night of December 20. That's when unknown plotters planted @ 939-stick dynamite charge outside the building. The dynamite did not go off. Thomas spotted the lethal charge and called police. They said the dyna- mite attempt apparently was part of @ plot against the United Auto Workers connected with the shooting of the Reuther brothers, Walter and Victor. Walter, presi- dent of the UAW, said he be- heved it possible that Commun- ts are mvotved. December Tolls Up $9,356 Over Same Period Of 1948 long requested a class of better‘ entertainment im floor shows. What cari be done _ satisiatorily was ly demonstrated at the ;New Year show held recently at ; South Beach Restaurant. H Acting as master of ceremonies, i Charles Duerkes, radio announcer and husband of Dorothy Roymer, | Proprietor of Southernmest Gifts, carried off honors with his ex- {cellent job of introducing the various entertainers. The show opened with a soft- | Shoe tap, interspersed with high ;Miek acrobatics performed by Paul Baron, dancing star. The attentive audience immediately responded with heavy applause. Next on the program was tenor. Johnny White, who sang “Thine Alone,” and followed with two popular ballads equally well re- ceived. Johnny, an amateur, showed promise of professional talent, i A spectacular cape dance num-- ber entranced onlookers, with Paul Baron again taking the spot- light. It won him plenty of palm- thunder. Norman Kranich and his orchestra are to be compli-{ mented for their accompaniment. | bounded into a ritual dance. The ,lace insets studded with Most sensational patt in the) evening's entertainment was the Voo Doo dance in which Mr. Baron, accompanied by Alfredo, conga drum player, leaped over the sea wall from the beach and intricate rhythm of the jungle dance was made- more effective by the use of black light in which the specially treated. colors of the dancer’s costume glowed with weird illumination in the semi- darkness. Viola Veidt chanteuse from the Blue Angel in New York, fascin- ated patrons with her sophisti- cated songs done in continental manner. Blonde, @ark-eyed Miss Veidt, a daughter of the late movie actor, Conrad _ Veidt, dis- played the perfection and person; ality projection of intimate styl- ists like the famous Hildegarde, +: Close of the show brought Mrs. George (Mickey) Renna into the limelight with Paul Baron as a ballroom team in tango and rum-} ba. Mickey’s stunning gown of white satin and tulle with black rhine- stones was made by the _Mar-Ed Dress*Shop. The creation is a fashion note of the season. Russi Ready ‘To Fight Atom War In 1 Year | LONDON, Jan. 6—(#).—When will Russia be ready to fight an atomic war? There was a prediction yester- Overseas Read and Toll Bridge day from a group of atomic ex- District reported an increase of perts overseas—the Atomic Scien-| $9.350%5 in tolls’ for December tists of Britain. 1049, over December 1948. And an Within a year or two at the merdase of $15,007.25 over a sim- mast, the British experts warn, ilar getiee in 1947. . Total Whtoutit collected in’ tolls from April 1, 1949, to January 1, 1960 i $972,109.75. Pagsenger traffic last month wes only 32,961, as compared —_— 46,790 im 1948, and 42,315 in i Probationary Selection Given 4 City Patrolmen Probationary appointments to four new City Patrolmen were approved at a meeting last night of the City Civil eee ae { Rey Atwell, John Yates; Rich- ard J. Brodhead and George Grif- fin were given the probationary appointments The board approved of a 23- day leave for Lieutenant Albert Brady of the Pire partment end accepted the resignation of Gilbert Curry as an employe of the scavenger department. Lord Is Named President Of Abstract Co. Raymond R wunty Judge Lord was elected president of First Tithe Guarantee and Ab. stract Company at a meeting yes- terd { the board of directors. Jutige Lord succeeds William R Porter, whe disposed of his stock te Judge Aquilino Lopez Jr Judge Lopez was elected first vier president The directors also agreed that tt @ifices of the company be pen on Saturdays from 9 a. m until moon, so as te accommodate persons living om the Upper Keys want to come to Key vbstracts Ronald G. Vetkos Funeral Services Were Held Today Ronald Glenn Vetkos, age 4 mth died Wednesday at his sxience, 208 A, Poinciana Place. Funeral services was held to- day at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev L. Ive { Poinciana Baptist Church will officiate at the ser- es. Burial will be in the City Cemet Survivors, parents, Mr. and Mra Ronald A. Vetkos; grand- peretifs, Frank Vetkos, and Mar- shall Ivey whe may i Sri a will have enough . atem |, mi bs ‘to fight a war with. From this, the British scientists conclude that im a war in which atom bombs are used at all, they'll be used by both sides, not by just one of the big contest- ants. And, say the scientists, in densely populated Western Eu- rope the resulting havoc could mean a complete collapse of civ- ilization as we know it. } The British group sees no hope , for international control of atom- ie weapons. It predicts flatly that atom bombs will be used if either’ fside in any major war finds it advantageous to do so. But, say the scientists, therein lies a ray of hope. They goon to; explain: 000,000 beating from three nights Late Bulletins... LATEST WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF By The Associated Press SAYS GRIMM RESIGNS DALLAS.—A Dallas baseball club official says Charley Grimm has resigned as vice-president of the Chicago Cubs. The general manager Of the Dallas Texas League club, Bobby Goff, says he was so informed today by the owner of the Cubs, P. K. Wrig- ley. Grimm is being sought as indnaget 362 Whe Dallas* teat) * ». ACCEPTS INVITATION WASHINGTON. — President Truman has accepted an invita- tion to make the commencement address at-the University of Mis- souri at Columbia, Mo., on June} 9. On that occetion he will re- ceive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. TAKE $5,000,000 LOSS PHOENIX, Ariz.—Citrus crops |+ in the Salt River Valley of Ari- zona have taken an estimated $5,- of freezing temperatures. THREE DIE FROM HEAT [| “After all, what the ordinary] man in any country wants is not| to prohibit the use of the atom bornb or any other weapon in war ~he wants to abolish: war alto-. gether.” f And, says-the British Atomic Group, “Tf we are to make any progress we must get down to the roots of the evil.” Remember when President Tru- man announced that the Russians had set off an atomic explosion? that The man who predicted first Soviet Atomic Blast thet this Saturday night, there’s going to be another. | He puts the time at midnight, Greenwich mean time—(7 p. m Eastern Standard time). He sa} the explosion on Saturday will be of an unusual kind because it will be connected with a blasting op- eration at an irrigation project. Who is this man who claims to know so much about Russian Atomic matters? He is Kenneth De Courcy, editer of a British magazine. He says his forecasts are based on private repor SYDNEY.—Three person; are| and 64 have been prostrated ! in’ a mid-summer heat wave} Down Under. The casualties! were reported from this area, where the mercury climbed to- day to 102. { a i: ‘oe the Fontan Unvesey’ Low SCORCHY SMITH School, years born 0. in New York, 63 t Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner of | the Air Foree, born in Miami, Ind., 57 years ago. b reaching him from lchind the} iron curtain. 4 | So sure is this British editor of his facts that he also predic “If a hiteh develops, if there’s ; change in plans, the Russian} general staff imtends to } } postponed experiment on Janu-| ary 10th.’ | He says the explosion will take } place in the Soviet Asiatic Re- public of Kazak. | Maragon Pleads Innocent To Perjury Indictment Toda WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—(4).— A former bootblack who once had a pass to the White House, John Maragon, says that he did not lie under oath to Senate investiga- tors. Maragon was arraigned on a perjury indictment in Federal District Court in Washington to- day and he entered a plea of in- nocent. His trial was set for Feb- ruary 20. Maragon seemed some- what confused when he made his plea. The court clerk asked him— “How do you wish to plead?” Maragor replied, “Guilty, I mean not guilty.” ‘The trial date was set after the, court had given Defense At- torney William Kehoe 10 days in which to file motions. Kehoe said he had judbeert retained ted fend Maragon, He is a friend ef Major... Generaby., Ha Vaughan, President ‘ree-f man's military aide. stemmed! ; Maragon’s troub! from a Senate investi called “five-percente: el who line up government business for others to return for a fee, usually five percent. Last Tuesday a Federal Grand} Jury charged that the 54-year-old] Maragon had lied to the Senate investigators about the sources | his imcome and his employment. 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