The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 15, 1950, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE VOL. LXXI. No. 90 POSTPONE DUFFIE’S TRIAL Judge Caro of Criminal Court} yesterday afternoon postponed the trial of David Duffie, charg- ed with temporarily using the property of another, to wit, an automobile, reckless driving and operating a ce: without a license, until the next term of. Criminal Court. This was done alter Attorney Tom Watkins, who represented Duffie, had told the court that he had no time in which to prey the defenre of Duffie. ie iepat Duffie was held after he al- legedly stole an automobile and drove it to a point near Perky and totally wrecked ae car. US. Air Boree’ Will End Baltic Seareh Sundown Sunday FRANKFURT, April 15.—(@). —The U.S. Air Force is about to call off its almost hopeless search for a Navy Privateer plane that has been missing for HER 102ND BIRTHDAY—IN THE AIR i { | i | | | (P) Wirephoto MRS. LUDIA STEVENS of Natick, Mass., gets ready to cele- brate her 102nd birthday anniversary today—with another flight | in an airplane. The American Air Lines will fly her from Boston to New York. But why wait for the actual anniversary flight | to go aloft? So Mrs. Stevens playfully twists the propeller of a plane at the Natick airport just before taking off Friday for a short pre-birthday flight over the Cape Cod area. She has been flying since her 90th birthday. @ week somewhere in northern CITY'S RECEIPTS Europe. The plane vanished on a . flight from Frankfort, Ger- many, to Copenhagen. The chief of the U. S.. Air UP BY $14, 982 94 Force in Europe, Lieutenant - General John Cannon, says the search will end at sundown to- oe th FOR MARCH, 1950 In the meantime, American | planes are continuing to search ! the Baltic for the seventh day.| Charles Roberts, finznce direc-4———————____— - But there is scant hope that the|itor of the City of Key West, re-| plane and its crew of ten may be ported today a cash balance of | Jouk. $371,591.86.as of April 1, 1950.! Sixteen Air Force — search ri planes based at Copenhagen say ‘This compares favorably with a’ of $364,419.70. as . of the weather today is better over, balance the Baltic than at any. time,alnce/ March 1, 1950. the patrol plane. disap F i The plaa today is: to. Tie. Give romuavative, aise ~a * over ‘all the areas £2 Sree ele cap of receipts, reveals an in- sighted driftwood ot objects’.in (crease of $14,982.94 for last month the water which’ vere’ préviously as compared with a similar period passed over as unimportant. in the year ‘previous. The planes will search ever: All ‘sources of revenue ‘showed possible area, including the|an increase except bicycle ligen- waters west of Latavia where the} ses which dropped / $24.50... * y! Russians. reported. firing on al The: cigarétle tax brought! $7 four-engined American bomber} 410.05 which was $2,616.15 above last Saturday. last. year. In ordering an end ‘to the. Fines and Forfeits was up $1,-' search tomorrow, General Can-|793.;, U. S. Navy Sewer Service non thanked the Danish, Nor-}Fees totaling $3,843.50. General wegian and Swedish people for] property taxes’ collections were their help and added: $8,339.78 an increase of $326.5 “Despite numerous false re-| Most funds showed an inc e ports, not a trace of the missing }.in cash balances except General aircrift or ten men aboard has | kevenue fund which dropped been foun.” | from $153,957.56 to $144,837.47, The missing plane was linked; and Special Street, Sidewalk and to tragedy in New York today.| Sewer that decreased $311.38. The father of one of the men on the missing plane, 62-year-old William Seeschaf, plunged five. THREATEN ED: ore ac easBINSD ) Photo Only 54 Percent Of STATE REF. CHESTER M. floors down a dumbwaiter shaft BUACK vlabove). cote dasper, and was seriously injured: hi fi 1 El " =| Fie had. been’ despordentsinet ualiiied Klectors | Ale., says he was threatened the Navy notified him that his ! and “cussed out” recently by Voted In 1944 | (Special to The Citizend son, Lieutenant Howard William Seeschaf of Fairlington; Vir- ginia was aboard the plane. the Ku Klux Klan. whiis campaigning a former member of JACKSONVILLE, April 15.;-" for re-election to the legisla- Since the people of Monroe 4,,, aN opt , MASONIC NOTICE = | county .will.be called upon to, M7: Black supported an an Snes ‘nation of na; | chonse.& United States Senator to: t-mesking (bil which. became Special Communication of An-| corye them in Washington for, law in the 1949 Alabama legis- chor Lodge No. 182 F.& A.M. Monday evening, April 17, 1950, at 7:30 P. M. Conferring Entered Apprentice Degree. All members and visit- ing Masons invited to be present. By order of: j the next six years, it is interest ing to check the official records (Continued On Page Four’ He against him were Carbon Hill by Coleman A. Lollar, who admits he once be- longed to the Klan. RAUL’S CLUB Boulevard by Airport Ph. 9287 BIG DANCE TONIGHT 10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M, threats at lature. said the imade Tropical Hat Cleaners Hats Cleaned and Blocked $1.00 $1.50 MERVILLE E. ROSAM, JR.. FELT HATS .. . Worshipful Master. PANAMA HATS GERALD H. ADAMS, | Secretary. 714 Thomas Street J.S. eel: Proprietor FREE PORTRAIT National Studio celebrates ‘its 25th . anniversary by pre- senting one superb fully retouched 5 x 7 portrait to each family or sailor stationed in Key West ABSOLUTELY FREE ... NO | STRINGS ATTACHED. | We are doing this to atquaint-you With the very finest ' in photography. Offer is good for 10 days from this date. | Music by The. Debonairs AL ALBERTUS D 327 : Studi | Phone 1327 or Come to Studio VOCALIST For Appointment NATIONAL STUDIO 811 TRUMAN AVENUE OPPOSITE EL RANCHO MOTEL 50c’ Door Admission $20.00 DOOR PRIZE vafter the Che Key W SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950 — Gustav Mueller Given st IN TH Citize E U.S.A. ’ The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Services For 70 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West | PRICE FIVE CENTS Five Year Jail Term On Attempted Treason Open Stadium Bids Monday ‘At Meeting City Commissioners will open{ April 24 for the! bids at 8 p.m. construction of a 1,214 length of I | Leopold Abdicates| Trap Soviet Spies | * BULLETIN: | In Favor Of Son | | fence at Wickers Stadium and |, for the sodding of the infield av! the ball park, it was learned to-! : day from City Manager Ralph D.' Spalding. | The fence will be of concret block or of poured concrete, a costs less. _|Fonda Acts In Play Same Night Wife Is Suicide NEW YORK, April 15.—(4).— { i 1 1 } i if | ' Usually loud Broadway is talking | in whispers performance Fonda last today about of Actor night, only burial of his society wife. the! Henry ; hours } suicide, cremation and | Mrs. } Fonda, the former Frances Sey-} mour, committed suicide Beacon, New York where she had gone after a nervous breakdown that followed her consent to a divorce. Fonda attended the funeral rites, then’ returned to New York the hit. play, “Mr. Roberts,” (Continued Qn Page fours Lewis Strauss Is Resigning From Atomic Board in aj sanitorium | i] Fy City to pley- his starring role ify” BRUSSELS.— (/”). —Exiled King Leupold has told Bel- gians he is don his power in favor of his son, Crown Prince Baudoin. It was a boadcast message. willing to aban- | temporarily | Truman V pecs \ i Kerr Gas Bill WASHINGTON. — (/?). — President Truman has vetoed the Kerr Gas bill. The President said he took this step because he felt the bill would not be in the na- fional interest. | Makes Report Of Russian Fight WASHINGTON.—(#).—The Defense Department made an important report today to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, It was the Defense Depart- | ment's version of what may have happened in a Moscow- | reported American - Russian air fight over the Baltic last week. The report. which will forni the ‘basis: of the Ameri- can reply to the Soviet pro- test over the incident, was not made public. i | Pepper's Speech WASHINGTON. April 15.—(A).! —There is a_vetancy today on the Atom'c Energy Commission. Lewis Strauss is resigning. He’s been a member since the com- mission was formed three-and-a- half years ago. Strauss has been in government service for nearly ten years. Sumner Pike has been chairman ‘of the since the resignation of Lilienthal the new appointee to the com- mission will be the chairman. In the past few weeks about! thirty names ve been mention- | ed for the vacancy But Preside: nt! (Continued On Page four? acting STEAKS - STEAKS Featuring ‘CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS Served from 6 P.M.-1 A.M. PALM CLUB STOCK ISLAND | Monday night. commission at 8 o'clock, David | liver So it is probable that | jater at 8:30. | | i { | Ba 411 Fleming St. | | | | To Start At 8:30 Monday Night William V. Albury. Monroe County chairman for Claude | Pepper, announced today a change in the speaking time of Senator Pepper at Bayview Park Pepper was scheduled to.speak but will isstead de- half-hour an address a TICKET OFFICE ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS Phone 124 CHARLIE “BOLERO Presents Terry Shand Appearing Nightly at PERKY LODGE Hear... SENATOR BAYVIEW PARK Monday Nigth at 8:30 o’Clock (He has a message for all ' the people of Monroe County) Listen to Station WKWF 8:30 to 9:30 Monday (Pd. Pol. Advt.) Lets NOT Have Another Thompson Deal VOTE FOR J. Y. PORTER |CHEN, Ger., | (AP).—A 19-year-oid Unit- jed States jmartial in Germany sen- | tenced Mueller jler testified in his own de-} ‘Armando (Mexican Joe) Fern-| jing to trap sore |Spies when he gave away’ ¥* Mueller Said To End That He Was Trying To (Get Four-Year GARMISH - PARTEN- James Ciervo, Who Aor. 15.— AaitForce Care Mom’s Place on Stock Island and robbery by a Criminal Court jury this week today were Fernandez Brothers, Acevedo Prison Tern Turned State Witness, Given One-Year Term By Judge T. S. Caro Four men arrested in connection with the robbery of $11,600 in who were convicted of una | poral was convicted today} serve relatively long terms in the state penitentiary. ‘of trying to give secret} Judge Thomas S. Caro, before sentencing the four, gav | Arnekienti military infor-|t*e™ 2" opportunity to confess. to other robberies and burg maton aennesiae: Hews in Key West, but all of them remained mum. t : The men who were sentenced®: :Gustav Mueller, of Saint|were Lawrence James Ciervo, ‘Paul, Minnesota. A U.S. Air Force court! stand his part in the robbery of | Mom's Place, and who turned | state’s evidence, without which to five}Judge Caro said it was doubtful 3 . if fhe state could have proved’ vyears in prison and to,'the charge, was sentenced to} ‘be dishonorably discharged serve one year in the state peni- from th ai _' tentiary. a sean Esteban (Steve) Fernandez | fense that he was only try- andez, brothers, and George} Russian | Acevedo were each sentenced to serve four years in the state, penitenitary. They will get out,| with good behavior, in about two and a half years. ‘Attorney Hilary Albury, who represented the two Fernandezes secret documents. The court, composed of seven Air Force officers, deliberated an hour and a| and Acevedo, made.a strong pila |4 for ¢lemency, to Judge Caro, half on its verdict after a two-day trial. Mueller took the verdict. quietly, stand- ing erect before the court. + -The.small courtroom in Glaspachinlexccet Garrtisch - Partenkischen slong the 2 judge and the,” was packed with about }ivrors for bi sega bs 100 American soldiers and] i" yrves, ig Sev hese their wives, most of them} (Continued On Page Eighty on a holiday in the Alpine ‘ resort. The court rejected Muel- ler’s claim that he was try- ing to catch Soviet spies. U. S. agents had_ testified earlier that they posed as Russian agents and that} when Mueller gave them secret documents he: ‘told them he was doing so be- cause he believed in Com- munism. They said he ask- ed no pay. The step-father of Cor- poral Gustav MueHer, Ed- ward James of St. Paul, announced today he and his wife wlil stand by their son despite his conviction as a spy for Russia. Mr. and Mrs. James told newsmen they are mysti- fied about their son’s be-- havior, they never heard him talk about Commun- ism. They described him (Continuec On Page Four) PFAFF Home Appliance Co., Inc. TELEPHONE 11 I Gaylord Saxton : Arrested At | Gunpoint Today | MIAMI, April: 15,—).—Four patrolnita moved in on a room- ing house here zarly. today and took Gaylord Miles Saxton into custody at gunpoint. 1 The 27-year-old aviator for- feited a $1,000 bond when he failed to.show up in federal court for sentencing on an alien smuggling charge. Border — patrolinen, led by Donald Kelly, acting iegpecion closed in quietly and took the surprised fugitive without ‘fe+ sistance. Kelly said Saxton make a statement. Saxton, with his wife and Mr. (Continuec Or Page Six) | TTI Palace Theater | ARTHUR LAKE and LON CHANEY (In Color) “Sixteen Fathoms Deep” MM ne refused to the voters of Monroe County. PDE that it was their first a ‘There wilt be NO COAXIN' Just want you to know, ‘KIND ba ati ea goaire PEOPLE,” I'm in this race:to. win...o. for. Mrs. Williams os PULL LEVER 17A | ee (Paid Political Advertisement) State Representat (Paid cae Advertisement) | who adniitted on the witness FAR-REACHING RULING ! FEDERAL 1 T. M. KENNERLY (above) ‘has ruled at Houston that the U.S. ' government was at fault in the 1947 explosion and fire af Tex- as City which took more than 500 lives, He decreed that 8,- 485 plajntifis, who had sued for $200,000,000 damages in. the disaster, are entitled to judg- ment. Tells Labor Party . To Prepare For Next Election 15 (A). Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison said in an address to- day that it is time for the Labor party to prepare for the next general election. He did’ not speculate on the LONDON, April (Céntinued On Page Four) :, BEGGING or ANNOYING igs hk ee sentenced to ive . : f