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===:| Che Key West Cilisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1952 ; VOL. LXXII. No. 26 First Degree Murder Verdict Against Coroner's Jury Returns First Smathers PromisesdAetion ii: ummm Within 45 DaysOn$500,000--=" ° * © murder at the hands of Benne ieldi Hill, 22 Emergency Appropriation 2:3" Says Monroe Cty * amet ——- quor’e busy inquest bate the Has Beew Treated Amnesia Vietim Identified = rt “ise hard Gen ly By of Simonton street on Feb- ike’: Jacob Wins Outstanding Young ~~ Man Of ‘51 Award * It Is Believed | Jacobs Is First So Honored Michael Jacobs, 33, Us. Key West's Outstanding Young Man 4 Senator. George pmvath- ° ° ° 4 ‘ the on ies a9 ma stee memned. the. eut- op Premios: wenn By FBI Fingerprint Files wn mins af | | ce By SUSAN McAVOY better still if he veturms to 68) witnesses, it ahees gency appropriation for) vung {folks in Alabama, he can be - water. wil comeydoe, |, The {inwerpeints of the Y8E velped through the VA mental | Hts verdict of “murder. for MS odund. ot Monuvs County. dail for hospital a NaF entag: Peace Justice lea — vin the next “33.0r ye” ten days, show. that he is Harvey | | Unless test, | immediately isedalench oe), ron SMATHERS memory spontaneously, ; in a brilliant and witty ad-°) fn gy Pag i ih ment by psychiatrists is the only | warrant binding Hill aver i ie ait - ; Lees at AF | fron oove: hief, known method by which he can | t@ appear at a preli ary . ‘ dress to Jaynes at tele |iron J Bayar Hoover. FY chet, SN cs remember all tat| protte ey ine face dage?| LOU! In Lives, Hee: people. whe live! tote [dageenat in Se 3S eS" wnen | O00 bo being bold wliieeat : e MOT wag Fan hist cold Oak Bet ere ees 4 | tot ee ee - Property Hich } on the second floor cam) oc ccrprints in. their files a Germ ene -Genren bail in Monroe County Jail. A t : has confessed In January in,” said , wit ‘ ent t start bathing again i Me the PBI oa| The complete wire from J. Ed according « gar Hoover states r to the last fingerprint tor to an — sea, |were taken January 11 by Sera-| ee Seat oP oe y of Chief Deputy sccia ; ber not only of en sota, Fla. police - _ 5 riff Tommy Dixon rding to the monthly repor Meh * ; victim. Identical Harvey D. Bot ? 1 ¢ Florida § iastic JayCees and their The cents immnatiotely talk-! toms, alias Harley D. Bottoms, Dixon said that when he Flor t wives but spellbound wail-jed with the dark’ young man) PRI No. 29801-A. Born Hartford, gud [Lill viewed the body — ihe patrolman investigated 16 whose sole clue to his past Was) alg. Sept. 15, 1922, gave address ide hich t ioe ressés and bushoys whe oe ber 44090508. That mum- | eo uae the | Geneva, {Of Hopkins, the sailor | \°c' po he he og B an stood throughout bis per, according to the FBI was} 4), Listed persons to be notified identified the body as that) sty damage amounted to $19,059, | . Dinner and bar given to Bottoms when he joined | 45 James H. Bottoms, same ad- of the man he had beater he said ithe U. S. Army at Fort McClel- ted . : . 4 sila at Raul’s paused te ian Ala. in 1944 ray BS Geant Geen about the head during the S bags me ean Fa Al a also. Bottoms registered no excite-| pus, Ga. Applicant for’ carding carly hours of the preted: cecovered three stolen cars, appre: | Gmattiirs said that the | me nt or emetion when he read) Gave address then as No. 1 ing morning. hended three wanted persons. problem was brought cleerly jwme FBI wire first to himself and) Beechwood Heights, City and Daten wee wale Almost 6 arre.s were made on) MICHAEL JACOBS receiv¢s recogmition from Senator zt tobe attention by Mayor ©.B. Har-'then outloud, the Sheriff said. igtate not given. Fingerprinted — Sccovuuns lo ‘alimony ‘oatinue’ or Page Three) | gmathers ot Saturday night's JayOee banquet. J 8 ‘ vey'® ‘wire last month. His He said he could not recall any | August 1944, U. S. Army at Fort 8¢sses, Hopkins had been seep i: sili ———| feved to be the first Navy om duty ever to te wun missioner Delio Cobo ‘of the names or infonnation inigg-Ciellan, Ala, Serial No. bo aneew of Hill in various Do » Earak tan Seatec ovtelenll snot ® city in the United . 4 og = gp Ae a the FRA wire Only the serial | 44939503. Latest tast, | Val street bars in the hours - KKK Members } . eagle the States. , % — li al gale Siam hoor gone ie S orn og get eat rt ‘olate Fla. | = Mla "s “H's not that any ctzen| February | when ae Bg tion unknown. address as; Dr. Aubrey Mamilton who per lola Ww Of G e Vi Starts ‘continued. should be water just be-jeold and dazed on e¥8 Saunders Fish company, Vamo,| formed the autopsy on Hopkins ORLANDO P—State Representa. fer 8 com- cause he lives on the second floor | highway Fla. Confirming.” | body on the day the badly mauled jive Charles ©. Andrews, Winter 7 is note Searre coing to get some action,” | ‘The Sheriff's offige _imme- HOOVER. | man was found testified that in his | park, said today he thought Ku 0 ts Slow T 0 rt ie Wait Hark, handsorne |diately wrote the newt of kin] The Sheriff wrote James Bot-| pinion, death resulted, probably Kiyy’ Klan members violated the | PER » a rip a ae |mentioned in te FBI +— toms, Geneva, Ala, on Saturday my from ig the law Saturday when they wore} Following approval of the sup: | James yttoms of Rewte 1, - | saying blunt weal hoods and masks at a meeting Da . A ; JayCees S prapriation of $495,000 |neva. Ala That was Saturday. As! Today we received a tele-] He said that the human fist could here rave four ys way *. ‘guccke 1006 the Navy Department itself, /of this writing no reply from | gram from the FBI office identi. | ®0t possibly withstand the impact Bill Hendrix. Florida grand drag: | ‘out went te the measure went to the Budget |that person has come in fying the man as Harvey D. Bot- | of & series of blows such as caused on who says he is going to qualify! UU NDREDS WAIT the Sandringham chureh just st} ie. Bureav and should come before ihe | Sheriff Sawyer said that Bot-ltoms. According to the serial | the death of the victim. After ques. for the governorship race, said at - NIGHT IN 1 a.m. (6 am. EST) today “ight now Iam rather speech Congress within 45 days |toms will remain im the County! number that he gives us, this is| tioning by the jury he added that |the meeting “a few hangings” ALL NIG ike two mile trip to Wolferton less.” sald the vouns Navy man Fhe Senator brought laughs and | jail until he wants to leave or|the same man the heel of a shoe could have were needed in the state to create! QRIZZLING RAIN way station and the 110-mile trait) 1") oo ahis will help other ser smiles from the audience with his | his family claims him. Veterans} “Your name was given as the; ‘Continued On Page Sevens 100 per cont segregation.” Kings ALONG ROUTE jworeny to Lanes vieemen who are in Key West. account @f his freshman year/administration County officer | proper person to be notified from | ———--_ men donned hoods while they aoont un-The beuy of Albert For three dage Maybe it will encourage some of Scand the eltere Jack Baker said that despite the|the FBI records of previous fin P burned 9 cross LONDON ~The beuy of AUF hed menrene them to put their time to worth gy BA when you sent me up | proof that Bottoms’ is @ veteran, | gerprints of this man Brailey Odham Sheriff Dave Starr said he ond | Prederick Arthur George Windsor | any British family might. while and constructive purposes in 1950, I would tell the Sen-|he cannot be admitted to the) “If you are any relation or kin ] deputies patrolled the area but|—known to the world as King they returned » oes while they are here.” tom was wrong with the Unit |Key West Naval hospital {to this man would you kindly | A ppives Tonigh not right where the speaking was George VI-today started i» RM) ok A tan th, Brians Mike and the Senator sheik States, But when I saw the men| “They do not accept mental get in touch with us and advise | AITIVES ong’ { going on jstow trip to @ ge / ds enrdan, Oe hands warmly. @ho hed been there before 1 was | problems there. He would have us as to what you want done Oe Sy tate Ot tee Mother “Biizabeth and Slaten Shethers ole 108 even born, | paused.” | to get treatment in Miami, or with him.” Brailey Odham, former State on — one ee ST veeee we > ee ow ly _ March of Dimes work, his learier- (etidior, Tonn.. who hen heid tis | President of the JayCees will he [ecuices Griving to cover the int-| and two sorrowing daughters—ts ship in the children’s project st seat 40 years, and Senator Harry! @& N oe in Key West tonight for ceretan ou seene of the Klan meet: | cigest his successor on Britaig’s, But at Sandringham ef? | Poinciana, his unselfish, volun Byrd, Va.. who has served 2 years Some av his friends s : throme—the coffin of the monage® | po muffled érumgd teer work for children in the “| decided when I saw my elders The 1951 State Legislature ef Goorge ing a funeral the | PTA. Beppe Odham, a candidate for Gover /aeted”® law prohibiting, adults | “Ome Poet Sab ioe 4 ‘Mike nor of the State, will be at the Jay! from Weare masks or boods n } unan @rriage from te labor in Cee clubhouse on Flagler avenue. tt puttie éxcept at carnvals. or for 7 res at Sanding o! Cancer — was announced industrial uses Le . q red . ry ° e , @n the nearby rniry 2% ww showed . ’ " : he loved well, ¢fungey "i w to China If Negotiations Fail Legion Helps Protect Your Children 8.05 WS. att _ ; “That man | remember) from y edness: 0 life sp % nalled departure of ina | His primtery Chimney Roch. where’ he war 8 Three Big Issues Must Be Resolved Before it A , bes leh dame « prods cone the winding coum | children Wet-nosed ltt bey a was A Cease-Fire Can Be Agreed Upen In Korea Mary Magdalene this mor bie try road. to become ell = lie By JOHN MM. HIGHTOWER — for getting an armistice. The op family attended a last private sery-| At King’s Cross, eight piltars | rwud Seon ate ve .s f WASHINGTON ®—~ Some United | timism is based partly on 2 tor ice for bim, then took bis bly forming an archway were draped | nese = <S bp etna wh has | tates policymakers were reported |level military estimate that the the public homage awaits nm black and purple = aioe yn y sae by | Muthoritatively today to favor limit- | Reds want to get the war over London \ gun carrage wos prepared t | my Tonchedies tap pm a | od military action directly against with and partly on evidence in ze Here in the capital the Dixhe* pocive te coffin for Re ree foot Bee rm Seas eal wd o- if the Korean truce cent days that they seem to be ~- jin the land gathered at ‘ory nile. hourlong procession fie - ps. willing to let the negotiations mak« | hallowed Westmfster Hall be» stion to Westminster Mab — uld R —y This course, however, has by no progress. the Thames, where the body | the jewelled imperial state Be » neans wen general acceptance at teree big issues must be re lie in state until it is taken Frid? crown we brought from the Tower Wou esident | op _— In fact, there is under. solved before a cease ~ fire ca to Windsor Castle for burial Br’ oy radeon to be placed on the ‘ - tood to be considerable difference be agreed upon ain's great pay homage ot 4 66! coffin Afraid Of Glare | of opinon as to what poliey should! 1. Whether the prisoners of we jee at the hall later today. The “The state funeret processiol 68 be pursued jheld by each side are to be ex rest of the dead sovereign *® ©“ Pridsy through the streets of Lat A famous astronomer and autho | Some officials are reported held- | changed forcibly or voluntarily | ects will be permitted to fle p don will begin at 9:30 am, (4:20 whose Rame cannot be used recely | ing to the view that i H Tuesday and the two days 1 }i at the Unite | The Reds have insisted on thelr his bier ’ om. EST) The coffin will be @4 an issue of the Citron by ait | States should avoid any wider con | forcible return. The United Nation: after taken to Paddington Station ** Crowds collected at Kings (ross placed aboard a train Station, in Central Landen. for (he to Windsor Castle ‘arrival of the funeral train from there before burial in | Sandringham, and along the (hree George's Chapel, are route t Westminster, Hom start at 2 pm. (6 am had weited oh might © The King’s last London place huge Westminster feet long and 68 feet oft the cradles because it carried news abou | flict with the Reds in the Far Eas | have demanded a voluntary reture. ftouthern Cross being visible |than that to which it is already | system. The United States position | bere. In answer he wrote that he | committed in Korea. Ths is under- | is that the U. N. is morally bound would like to live in Key West, but | stood to be the policy fevered by | o Protect those prisoners who sur. that after seemg pictures of thy | Britain and France and ether Uni-| rendered on promise of protection president's shirts here, he fearee | ted Nations Allies, & Whether some formula can de the glare w ide the stars | Consideration of what to do in| worked out to prevent a buildup of ; fee? @ cams the event of a collapse of negotiations ‘Coatinged Page Five) Sate rte tee ‘ork when the | ts going forward despite a moder - iy ub i president takes an evenins stro! '¢ | ate optimism here over the chances - — Suit as « a Key West Le The Key Wes | NOTIC E m7? by Rafus Astronomy club wes do gays that things ore cette 2 tr |fOR THOSE WHO APPRECIATE @ut of contro! if wha! the astrono GOOD ITALIAN FOOD “Our former partnership with mer.qnye is tre LUIGIS Themes E. Henley. deing busines: . 12 te Mire eee) «=60RESTAURANT _| * Monier’s Woterfront Restaurant Pal CHICKEN CACCIATORE | Werathen, Floride, is terminated Opens, Tues. Feb. 12 alace Theater _— and we will net be responsibic for 7 | Rides... Side Shows Red Cameron and Avery Long | © Veal Scallepini 4 po sae ee oe Citizen Staff Photo Free cts ” / © Raviels d AMERICAN LEGIONS Arthur Sowyer Bost Officer John M WICKERRS STAD “CAVALRY SCOUT” | onpens To taxa our derma A sei | Stewart is pictured next to the warning sign purchased by the AUSPICES POINCIANA ’ (tn Tok ‘ ” wes . pee pyr pall the city's nine schools, Two signs are RECREATION FUND