The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1950, Page 1

FF : S SSP erseea FREFERS FI VOL. LXXI. _No. 9 Liguor-Grazed Gunman Woman, Wounds Three Gunman Forced Bartender To Serve Him At Gunpoint Today kde wate wee oes craved gumman and the police chief of Mendon, Mass., resulted | WIDOW HELD FOR HUSBAND’S DEATH early today in the deaths of two |, persons and the wounding three others. The police chief, Matthew Mantoni died in the exchange of shots. But he managed to wound the gunman. Also killed was a 22-year-old girl, Katherine Brady. of Uxbridge. Her escort, Laur. ence Griffin of West Upton, wa: wounded. So was another wo- man, Josephine Pitasi of Men- don, and the gunman himself, whom authorities identify as Marold Ward of Mendon. The shooting occurred in a cafe, The Red Rooster, on route 16 at Mendon. According to the police story, Ward, apparently crazed by liquor, held a gun on patrons for three hours and forced "the bartender to give him liquor at gun point. At about 3 a. m, one of the patrons managed to get out and call police cheif Mantoni and fire chief Harold Lowell. of The Two Mendon officials} Holliday. She admited she shot Holliday when she saw him be ee but I ates Sy can move as soon as her operators | P = assistant chief, Colton ly compliment the group. ome * ges yada im; | embrace Mrs. Estelle Moore. Mrs. Moore (right) testified she | (j,'s" Vom" WOS MY . =the, beeen tare Lie oe Heme Ted assistant chiet Join’ “quem et Wr tame P , and Holliday met to discuss a new grocery store partnership. ‘ OFk:—tel, the SKIpper where to “4 again be awarded honors them. They tried to pacify Ward | 0. The skipper, Captain David | Spotswood. 0 aie —_ : 5 TChinak aan Secretary, John W. Roberts. | Disht’s party. by talking to him, then one of the Mendon officials made a move toward Ward. The gunman fired directly at Mantoni, starting an exehange of bullets. In the shoot- ing, the Police Chief and. Miss oe Brady dropped? fatally wounded. + as $ oti» Captured Today *\ port “But Sh The ‘destroy- —_ The other two patrons were | ~ ers are under orders to protect | T P Shot o wounded by Ward's gun. Griffin SALLIS, Miss., Jan. 11—(4).—] American shipping beyond the/ wo rersons IC t Cash Dro is the most seriously hurt, with A heavily armed posse near here|three- mile limit but not in ut a ps Lng bullets in both his thighs. Miss has captured two armed white! Chinese territorial waters. The Pitasi suffered a flesh wound. (®) Photo MRS. VERGIE HOLLIDAY (left) sits in court at Columbus, Miss. during preliminary hearing at which she was placed under $10,000 bond on charge that she killed her husband, Grocer Eddie DOG LICENSES GO. FOR YEAR 1950 \Slayers Of Three . Key West Women Ask For Jury Duty This Term A jury list of 765 names was presented last night to County Commissioners by Monroe Coun- ty Clerk#Earl R. Adams. In the list were for the first time, eight women residents of the commun- ity. fe the last session of the State Legislature, a law was passed allowing registered women vot- ers to serve on’ the jury if they so desired. To date, eight women have volunteered. They are: Wilhelmina Harvey, Betty Mc- Carrick, Nell Rose Lopez, Cleora M. Johnson, Catherine McManus, | Virginia Sands, Yermell Hutche- son, Mereline Knight. Divorces Woman, Marries Her Child And It’s Legal GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan, 11.—(#).—It may not be pleasing to a woman when her husband | divorces her to marry her daugh- ter. But it’s legal. That’s what Mrs. Helen Bishop of Grand Rapids was told today by both county legal authorities and her own attorney. Mrs. Bishop, 35, had complain- ed that her divorced husband had married her 16-year-old daughter) by a previous marriage. The man, Victor Bishop, 35, married Jean Lorenski in South Bend, Indiana, last Friday. Said Mrs. Bishop tearfully, “I gave him a divorce when he told me he was in love with a young- t Negro Children men who had been hunted since ! munist-held Shanghai in spite of THE SOUTHERNMOST. NEWSPAPER ‘IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950 Co FLYING ARROW NOW (Fun Night Will READY TO SAIL AGAIN; AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS ABOARD THE FLYING AR- ROW, Jan. 11.—(#).—The Ameri-} ean freighter, Flying Arrow, is fit to sail again. In 4 dispatch from the vessel. Associated Press Cor- respondent Wayne Richardson says the Flying Arrow crewmen have patched the ship enough to; permit her to get to the nearest; port. The Flying Arrow was hit: Monday by some thirty to forty shells from a Chinese Nationalist | gunboat about twenty miles from Shanghai. At the time, the Fly- ing Arrow was heading for Com- a Nationalist blockade. Now, says AP Correspondent Richardson, the Flying Arrow Jones of Chicago, says he won't know where to take the Flying Arrow until he gets instructions. ' Two Amerisan destroyers an-| chored by the Flying’ Arrow have offered to escort..the ship to any s have been ordered not | destroys Torres Elected Volunteer Chief ‘Tuesday Night Leroy Torres, chief of the City ly elected chief of the Key West Volunteer Fire Department in an election held last night. A total of 113 white volunteers | and 174 colored volunteers vot- ed. Other election results were: Treasurer, Paul Archer. Surgeons, Drs. Leonard Conly, ind Herman K. Moore. ~~ Assistant surgeon, John Gard. ner. > | : | ‘ t tion of Bryant C. Walker, i singers who have always thri Fire Department, was unanimous-| Fun Night Audiences in Have Douglass The Douglass Chorus will appear at ber of Commerce Fun gram tonight. Under N the will take the stage and at eight o'clock. This will mark the seventh pearance of the chorus at Chamber, sponsored tourist programs during the four years. Visitors always At Miami Drive-In ‘Off $14,000 From $60,000 that the County aggre | pristed had been received fren Ward was dropped by one of last Sunday night in the massa-| to escort the Flying Arrow to any the police chief's bullets. The gun-} Dog licenses for the year 1950 on his part in keeping watch for! cre of three Negro children. blockaded port. Restaurant l 1949 a in the Boca Chics lant man is wounded in the thigh. He | were put on sale today at the Key ; the pet. ! "The men gave up without aj The same Chinese gunboat that | \ganuary I, One of the reasons for and the two surviving victims of West Gad nd Lawn Suppl j The Shelter has become, more| struggle. They are identified shelled the Flying Arrow still is} MIAMI, Jan. 11—(/).—Two} pushing the condemnation = his gunplay are at Milford Hos- | ’°St Sanden a 'PP'Y+! and more used for boarding dogs| Leon Turner, a former convice,| shadowing the ship. The gunboat} persons were wounded last night} The City of Key West had a| (Continued On Deurt pital. corner Fleming and Margaret sts.| since the Henning family with| and Wendell Whitt. stopped a Chinese junk five hun-; in a shooting at a Drive-In Res- | cash balance as of January 1, 1950 | Pase The police say apparently; They may aiso be obtained at/ their love of animals has been in| Whitt’s older brother, Malcolm,| dred yards from the frieighter to-| taurant_here. ‘ of $298,031, while the cash bal - (Continued On Page Three) | the Humane Society Shelter in} charge. Kennels have been repair-| was captured yesterday. day, and two American destroy-| Homicide Detective Clarence ance on hand on January 1, 1949, | Javeees Will Tell —_—_—__——_ Poinciana Place. The hours at ©4 and are ir excellent condition,| An authority says he is convinc-| ers moved into postion. AP man|E, Hall said 24-year-old Mildred was $284,898, a difference of | 'd Dr. W lt M jer oth Jocatiose aré-feom 9-6 mato) * DON fuck has been purchased}ed revenge was the motive for] Richardson could not see whether Karsan was in a critical condi-| about $14,000, City Manager Ou . Ma . a er a 5:30 p. m. "| (Continued On Page Three} killing the three children. (Continued On Page Three) (Continued On Page Three Ralph D. Spalding reported to tsia e n i Pyare ae ah gt a ec aS Mest of spate a — | day i ° ‘i The deadline for purchasing the; The C iia . -" | . . ied oday From new tags will be January 31. All’ he Citizen yesterday carrie Choice Soon ags wi a story from Charles R. Ri a « art ttac ers of dogs wearing such tags will; city is ol pry ye 4 “ be } in the city of Key West heteren be subject to a fine. ys) ne {the ages of 21 and years we ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11—The con-| “por strangers in the city, and! ‘ z balance had dropped a total of onde Kaffe A. ductor of the Lutheran -Radio| there are thousands of. new resi- | $47,342 from January |, 1949, to > aaa b ae nnn = ‘* hour, the Reverend Dr. Walter) dents since last year at this waa | ‘ January 1, 1950. ? boll ‘ ne a woh ns » toe . Maier, died today. He was 56. it will:be a satisfaction to know BULLETIN © 1They made up the entire mem-,complete monopoly—not only,ers on the three-day week. In ——- ‘a should have read “ge y ‘aa ae His death followed a fourth | that Key West has a Humane So-} WASHINGTON, Jan. 11— |bership present at a meeting of|over the labor supply in the coal] addition, some 66,000 miners are | #bout $ a | —abieg at nae attack in less than two! ciety which functions in an ex- ().—The 66,000 striking soft jth Senate Banking Committee.|industry, but over management |on strike as of late last night. j % Sai ganeye: 7 lee, cational aie . weeks. S tremely satisfactory, efficient and} ¢9a1 miners have been order- |The committee investigated the}and business . . .” ——- U S « d 7 W " a. Since 1935 he nae ‘bese widely humane! manner: } ed back to work. John L, |three-day week but has no pow-| The report goes on to say that}STRIKES CONTINUE | = al 0 ant a wen dadharen Sour wreeng eG cee of the dogs wearing! | owis told them todav to re. |€F to take legislative action in|witnesses agreed that the th IN COAL INDUSTRY A E d T B ott [co - 4 ; the num! are. kept is field. r “rea ne . iP— y . p heard over 1200 stations through-| fig ‘£7 va bp 1 ee are kept oni tum to a three-day work |this field. : _ [day week will increase sheins ice] | PITTSBURGH, Jan. 11) nen 0 oyco Seaeiall bem out the world each Sunday after-' gogs can ve reported to the Hi week on Monday. The Judiciary Committee will ! of coal substantially. e report | Strikes continue to skip through | sa 6 Seturday : noon, It is transcribed in 36 lan- e int an He eee — « |take up the matter because it|declares the miners are seeking! the nation’s coal fields, closing | ()f Franco s S aim Noi ot as ‘ . mone agent, Mr, Henning, with) acitNGTON, Jan. 11.—(P).}handles anti-trust __legislation.|to usurp the Congress’ exclusive| (Continued On Page Six’ | “ P : guages for foreign broadcasts. the assurance of full cooperation es slice 5 ie a i : | per 1 . Pees a aie 8B) elt 3 | —Ten senators are backing strong|The basic idea of the report is | right to legislate on production —— WASHINGTON: gem. 11 7 - ln ot action against w hat they term) applying the anti-trust laws touane pee Sonos: a see = 1 its aia ins Wenkinabees Walities due labor union abuses. They have }labor unions. eferring to the short wor! Announcing the | United Stetes favers an end we « ne . ha sent the Senate Judiciary Com-| The inquiry into the short work; Week, the report says: : he roPaacages boveott of Spain. | nation shdlinn se em m er mittee a report which. says that|week was led by Democratic} “No one can doubt that a bill) RE-OPENING | "There's @ move within the We tetan to the en a bill forbidding labor to mo-|Senator Willis Robertson of Vi {forbidding the monopolization of j | ted Nations to do just that. And }conside nopolize control of industry would|ginia. The report says that al-jlabor would straighten out the | of {President ‘Truman: ts eld te One the & stop what they call the usurpa-} most every witness agreed, “that gras situation. ee | japproved the changing of policy | ting Se Award? Gi . . ion and abuse of power by John Jnited Mine Workers had a leanwhile, a iter House (@ C 4 e United States, if the UN| mites het the Piped Gas is HOTTER, COSTS | ts snd shes of ewer by Jonn| the United ine Werkers had 8) STN: white House i not'| GAS@ CayO FIUCSO}| ot tne Unies Stats it the UN] mites vas te tot ; { ally mentioned was th | [_[____—__——),|Planning any action in the coal T THE OCEAN The Spanish question came up} t me hetwenn Gis one LESS TO USE. and is CHEAPER TO |, porns! se] eee ct Osa pi ton a | DEVAL ST |"Sive Spann gueston came up| te Ta te i Lewis in soft coal mines Gj the nation’s 400,000 soft coal min- Under the Management of |} tose reported on foreign policy 4 _~ INSTALL than bottled gas. Seven of the ten senators are} SERVICE STATION to the Senate Foreign Mlstiete” how: ;Democrats, three Republican. = Grease, Spr We can prove the above state- |; TICENSES LET U Mh ee cengiemenr ona || me nna. ALTOS Ee ean ~ Change Your Oi gee ee ment. DOG | eee tae 7 split Berle Open All-Night ( onditioned FOR 1950— ON SALE AT KEY WEST GAS CO. | Wedding Ring Store ees ans tc EEN . | FORMERLY WEAVER’S KEY WEST an and Three - Five Day Repair Service AT BAR and Dinner fe RESTAURANT NOW OPEN—Serving Our Famous Chereest Piped Gas Bottled Gas LAWN SUP CO. All New and Repaired Watches BO From 12:00 Daily | Grilled STEAKS, CHICKEN and SEAFOODS 55 ‘| Cor. 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