The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1952, Page 6

} { } Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN — ‘Practice Field Will Be Developed Next To Poineiana, } Football fans attending Key West high school foot- ball games this year will have an excellent view of, the playing field. The local school will piv) chase 4,000 seats at a cost; of $20,000. These addition-| al seats will be placed on both sides of the football field. | City Fathers unanimously ap-} proved the waiving of the 20% net fee for the high school foot- ball games. Cogch “Win” Jones made the request. Practice Field To Be Constructed Attorneys W. Curry Harris and William, V.. Albury last night asked that an area 200’ x 400° be leased to the Quarterback club for a number of years. 4 i; The Quarterback club, will” in turn, sod the field, and beautify the aroa to allow the Key West High School football team a field in Which to ‘prac- tice. =. Last year, none was. available. The land desired is next to the Poinciana school, and when not used by the foothall players will provide a recreation area for Poinciana residents. Commissioners agreed to have City Attorney Lester moet’ with the other attorneys to prepare a suitable lease, : | Nardivo-Wa Slugfest ToBe. Broadcast The weekly Bie Ribbon Box- ing’ event for Mi ‘the hroadeast of | Wicd vs. "Dick Wagner light emdnating from the Cleveland Arena, is not expected to go its $20,000 Will Be Ex Tuesday, March 18, 1952 SEBRING i — Former cham- pions are having a tough time in the 18th annual National Senior! Amateur Match Play Golf Tourna- | ment. ‘Three of them fell by the way-/ side in Monday's qualifying round, won by James A. Fownes, Winter | Park with 71 Of ‘the former ‘titleholders who played Monday, only Allen Rankin, Columbus, Ohio, earned shot at another crown. Rankin shot a 79 over the /6,600-yard par-72 Kenilworth course, the highest safe qualifying «score. William A. Ryan, Detroit, was one of seven who had 80, and had fo play off today for three places in the tep 32. Eliminated were such ex-leaders as George Edmondson, Tampa, 81; Peter Herkner, Cleveland, Ohio, 81; and J. W. Dodge, Syosset. N.Y. 8.0, Mchday in the first round ‘doubleheader’ of 2 3-day round- Moéiiday. Another Florida State- ‘Kenyon gare is scheduled today. a deat Fagan and R. baseball ‘touriey among: the | three schools. Alabama plays Rol- Ww WINNERS "RUIN “iN 54'S FO CAPTURE WEST COEF CLUB A quartet cdnsisting "Of Bob Spattswood, ‘Bill Coultér, M. E. K. Rife tied Sun- day afternoon for tie hehors in sisting of Ted Saunders, Bill Plowman, A. J. Nels6n and Mal- colm Sawyer. The léaders turned’ ‘in scores of 54. : ‘ _ Jimmy Mita, Joe Foley, Frank ni ‘ard were Joe Lopez, Jr. : Roy Duke ‘Tom Begin Coult er, Fagan | Happy-Hearted Neathions ‘ ‘id Bike Boum Up ‘To Take Win In Pour Ball Golf Meet Enthuses At Circle Player's Three One-Act Productions ® -| CITIZEN CRITIC Se Grand [Review LeMay To Provide Better Seating At Wickers Field Jury May Ask os Case; Husband Being Contacted By Deputy K. W. Tennis Club STYMIED BY LIGHTLESS CAR | MISSES DEBUT eee First Federal To WANT €ERTAIN . eam POINTS CLARIFIED =| CITY COMMISSIONERS IN ‘THE LeMAY (Continued Prom Ps ating) : DISAPPEARANCE se penerre, the Aupecionn a Best Ball Four Ball Gor Tournament at the Key West | Golf Club with 2 Joie e |Elects Officials At a meeting of the Key West Tennis Club last night, the following slate of offi- cers was elected: President, By SUSAN McAVOY The Circle Players opened their production of three noted one act plays at Raul's last night | Open April First Fred Dion, President of the First Federal Savin3s and Loan Association of Key West,. has announced that Jack Sellers: Vice President, it 10 oe loc “ a full and en-! the newly, formed inaiitition | Coach Van; Secretary, How- |! stie audience. will be open for business on | ard James: and Treasurer, This information comes to me} April Ist with offices on | John Yates. Yates was also famed as head of the new Southard Street. In commenting on com- from my spies. I was not there. | En route to the performance to mbership committee. It ii r . Se tetas iat we |cover the opening and provide | IsIHtS IES Solpeema aie. un ‘deadline for dues will be Citizen readers with an exten for the purchase and Saha. March 3ist. sive review of the plays, we’ dis-} ing of homes, Dion said to- Coach Van was named to (COV ered that The Citizen Ford in) day that “every effort will contact other clubs in an ef- which we journeyed lacked an| je made to care for the 79. ‘it fort to schedule meets with mportant pare for night time | needs of Key West veter- mE a . | Jimm, ira. teams in the area. driving—lights. ” WINTER PARK vp | —The Un George 2 : “ ‘A tentative match has. | Wheeling around on the Bou-| “"™> versity of North Carolina beat Ro’ leq Saunders = 19| been scheduled with the levard we made for the nearest s College, 6-5, and the Universi: |e ani “Wayne University of Miami Net gas station, praying that our of Alabama downed North Caro: | 5; Squad for the near future in ‘eyes would be itridiscent and|“The Last of My Solid Gold Miami. warn on-coming drivers that | Watches.” here was a car, hugging the side of the road. Dion's Even when the figurative cur- tain had gone down and It was decided at the meeting to institute a dou- bles ladder on April Ist. Larr service station “Where were you?” I was ed a dozen times They then proc very inhibited audience. ‘Thornton Wilder's eded to tell me | Journey” was equally a managed to sign some strong players. a the | lights up, the cast dispersed, the | ~}amount of additional information Efforts are being made to have the husband of 21-year-old Hugh- the missing Canadian beauty, Mon- roe County Deputy Sheriff James }9. Barker today told the .», “There is more than an even } chance that the grand jury now jin sessica in Key West will ask | to review the case,” Barker added. | Mrs. LeMay disappeared while on a fishing trip with her husband in the Florida Keys last Jan. 4. said they were fishing from a bridge at Tom’s Harbor, 12 miles north of Marathon, when she left {to walk to their automobile 150 yards away to put on heavier | clothing. That was atout 10:30 p. m. and LeMay said he never saw his wife lins and North Carolina today. Rol- eee is 3 ; i , : ehg Alaba Wednetday and Thursday tried to doctor the doused glims,|applause of tourists and Key gain. i Pitéiiss Wednesday, si i. evening, the High School [but with no success. No lights,|Westers alike resounded at | hinged an ane ae co . oa boys’ hnetters will meet the , no Circle Players. Raul’s, according to my inform- | era tf Hoon f say cera TALLAHASSEE um — Florida Navy in a Key West Tennis lucky people on lighted | ants. tiel the x atta “Om e at ate University defeated Ohio's |C League encounter in a match of their own, who did| “Hands Across The Sea” by eee: seer Bap Rader le, | enyon College, 21-1, in both | Tom Leto which will see plenty of ac- reach Raul’s at 10 p.m. called me | Noel Coward, evoked articulate | jj, eo ath f ing baseball game {Al Smith tion as the Navy boys have (on the phone this mornin uid happy Soubde from: We un) ee eee ees eT ies: Gran ath. 7. uppy ‘ The deputy sheriff said he want- ed LeMay to return frcm -Montreal in view of the considerable uette LeMay return hete to} seat between Com “clarify certain points” in the; Cobo and Carsone' mystericus disappearance of | Authorized « « The husband, George LeMay, 26, |* way of life. Corporal Fisher was introduced to the commis- sioners, and given a sineering worl Clifford-Cooper 1 Repaid Florida Ne $6,688.60 for money ix 3% interest. Purchase from _ the ine., Chic: Manager D: this represented as the bonds are n Told. School P: Schweitzer of t ty Juvenile Cor will be taken cleared oppositc on South two $1,000 Crumm tor $ bonds r company 2,134.44 Coun- action Reyni PALM BEACH im — ‘The return |A, J. Nelson that Maida Lazarovici, producer- | ed ithat has been devel ” df Ben Mowan and Sari Snead to Clom Prive — eee 2 ‘director of The Circle Players,| ‘Tonight I am not depending on | "He added only. TAG iatorsia: aetive golf competition attracted | James MeCardle 91) GROUP TO SET UF has indeed come through, the Ford with or without lights} tion “tends more definitely to w*major share of attention today | Robert Campbell 91 (Continued From Page One) have her actors and actresses in|—1 have arranged for more re- place the responsibility” fer the * {as 80 "pros atid Ren. | R. Reagan ~~ 921 cota, Lakeland, Homestead and Co. ® Unidues tast-pueed, and irited |tiable transport, If for any rea- | girl's disappearance. : Off in the opening round of the )C. S. Illsley ean 92} gat Gables for information on their Preduction of the three one-act json that should fail, 1 will make |” LeMay, his brother-in-law, Ray- A $10,000 Seminole idee 4 {R. Bell 4 OS | cin centers play ithe journey to Raul’s to see The | mond Daoust of Montreal, and a Hogan has been inactive for 8eV- | Walter Vinson a 92 a Despite changing the order of | Circle Players by my bicycle, by | private i i a é eye t E ate > Center | Play y » by | private investigator spent three totitnanient was the Miami Open |pepron’ Hatter cd aber eee n toue® shall remain anonymous, over-| borrowing a helicopter, hitch- | nothing to indieate the girl. was 4 with city ahd county officials and] ig gi in Devember. Detio Cobo 92 aiisati oa Sa” sed their slept curtain time, the casts ral-| hiking, or—and perish “forbid— | still alive. These two Veterans and 2 YOUNE | George Catey 93 bet ‘rr a the fund raisins and |led and went on pr iding writing off a sizeable cab Mrs. LeMay, who spoke only Texan who has been Lele . 1H. Robeson ister far aaaB a Manian. ace\ smooth and moving entertain-/on a swindle sheet to be s French, was described as a “tith- . the Winter circuit, sack Burke, |p k. Rife 6... : 954™ * i | ment jmitted with fear and little hope jid’ person of high moral char- ch 19 will be) were the favorites in the 2-day. |i’ 7 McKinney — 95] ‘Leaders of the council were} Pennessee Williams’ Key, to The Citize eter, : Dahny Nar-/2¢hole Seminole. Burke won We | pi Sotzer <= 95] unanimous in speaking for the es: wost's celebrated playwright, in! [have my ptide too, not only ———_—$—— ’ last foi 72-hole tournaments Ati aie tyr _ 9g | tablistiment of the center. | California working on his film, | must the show go on but the re- v Lioyd Mangram, who swept the [ohn ae othe 2 4 auan’s club “commanity center. | © performance of his onc-accey | row's Citizen. | ss jac! wa Sa ihn one with | RDB 2 2 Rs f bike scheduled ten rounds because . of ithe ‘KO éarabilities of each of these boys, The brdadcast de- seription of this fight will be “handled by tadio CBS beginning at 10 pm. Eastern Standayd Time. = Nardico, a Marine Corps vet eran, was wounded in action dur- ing World War II. This experi- ence did not deter him from be- coming an able, popular success in big-time bexing. Beginning as a pro on the West Coast in 1949, Nardico's performances there earned him a main-event match at Madison Square. Garden on October 5, 1951, Nardico. is a loop-hitter with especial power sin his right hand, as shown by the predominant percentages of cent bouts, against Harry Matth- ews and against Robert» Ville- main, provided fight fans with a full fare of excitement and ac-| tion. | Dick Wagner, 25, has been) fighting since 1945. Also a West- _erher, from Washington State, he jhas been. headliner in the East since 1947. His list of opponents includes almost every one of the light heavyWeight division's big hames: Bob Murphy, Dan Bue-} ceroni, Reuben Jones, Nick Ba- rone and Jake La Motta. Wagner is in--excellent fighting shape even though this wil) be his first match since April, 1951. Steve Ellis will be. Pabst Blue Ribbon's blow-by-blow announe- er. KO's. in. his record. His two ie sp at Thd., who was hurt BERGS, INJURED IN (Continued»From: Page One) good. Stauffer's condition is still only X Before Berg went. to Doctors’ Hospital, Miami, Hamlin talked | with him about the fatal acci- dent which killed the two, Miami. men_ingtantly. “Berg's story was just the same as the two eyewitnesses to the accident,” Hamlin said. “He | said theft he was practically Stop- ped in his Ford convertible whieh was headed for Miami when the death car swerved over to his left, that's the wrong side of the road, and smashed into him headlong.” The death car was the object Hockey was tossed over her head | top:eash prizes in the Seminole last year, is’ not entered. Among the amateurs in the is the Duke of Windsor. MIAMI (® — The Orange Bowl Committee has appointed R. D. (Buck) Freeman as chaitman é¢f its important Schedule Committee for 1952. Eight state directors re-elected were Alto ‘Adanis, Fort Pierce; Jack 'T. Branham, Orlando; Thom- as W. Bryant, Lakeland; George Edmondson, “Tampa; Spessard L. Holland, Bartow; Phil O'Connell, West. Palm Beach; T. T. Scott, Live Oak; and W. A. Shands, Gainesville, field MIAMI (® —Jockey Richard A. ‘Thompson, 22-year-old rider from day, was in “very critical’ condi- | tion in Mt. Sinai Hospital today. | ‘Thompson was astride Eternal | /Great when the mare went to her | traded—perhaps to’ the Brooklyn | knees near the 3-furlong pele. The near the rail and a patrol judge said the hooves of at least four other horses struck Thompson. MOBILE, Ala, (® — A foursome captained by a Flerida golfer to- day held the Alabama PGA Pro- American Golf Tournament title. Howard Musser, Pensacola, and three Mobile amateurs won the rivalry here Monday with a net score of 124. Musser's teammates were John Damrich, S. Barnes and J.C. Wells. ST. PETERSBURG ou — Out- fielder Bob ¢ throwing arm has -been coming under the fire of the critics hy but New York Yankees’ General Manager George Weiss can't agree, “Cerv's arm is good, geod Yankee Stadium,’ said Weiss te- jay. Gene Woodling is a better field- er, the experts agree, but Manag- er Casey Stengel never would re- move him from the spacicus en BURBANK, Calif. «) — The Chie- ago Cubs think they have a fine southpaw pitching prospect in Bob Schultz. He»has twirled some of the best of curiosity to scores of pergons}ball of the exhibition season for yesterday who stopped when/the Cubs. In five innings he has they alked by Sweeting’s/ allowed only one earned run and garage to look at the mangled grey, 1950 Oldsmobile sedan. The yellow Ford convertible driven by Berg, is equally demplished. Both. cars are total wrecks has Struck out five. Only five bat- ters have been able to knock the ball out of the infield among the 19 "Schultz ‘has faced Sweeting’s garage said. The gestation and 21 to 22 months. * ST. PETERSBURGH & — Red Schodhdienst was tack at his old incubation} second base spot for the St. Louis leading with his chin, instructed period. among elephants is trom |Cardinals against the Philadelphia |his boy to couster Phils Monday as Manager Eddie in-a spill at Gulfstream Park Mon-| at shortstop tecently. | Moni Gomez t KE. Fagan Ed Gonzalez Bilt Coulter Al Mitler R. Olson Joe Kinsey aoe Ralph ‘Whitmfre |Hy Altman |Malcolm Sawyer Glynn Archer, H. Cambell |'Tom Dobson Bud Ears ‘Dick Griffon cane io aN Oe oa ‘Stattky Bifféred a Sore! threat dnd ja Sore right Wg. | Stahky is expetisll to play sevond “much of the Séi8onh, but has played lin only ohe éxhibition*gaitie:so far. Schoetidienst' has Been trying out TAMPA (® — The rumors that |elub, and cerebral _ palsy They were heartily in acc the -center plan. | Committee members will meet with the county commission at its | first April meeting. H Representatives from Beta Sig. ma Phi, American Legion Auxilii ary, Navy, Navy Wives, Cuban Baptist Mission, the Key West Bus- iness and Professional Woman's spoke of their organiz ities and ideas in regard to the plan for a center. Mrs. C. B. Harvey told of Beta Sigma Phi’s experience in cstab-| lishing the outdoor community! playgrounds. : J. R. Hutcheraft of the Navy said that such a center would be a boon to the Navy, and tourists as well as permanent residents. Pub- lic mieetings could be held there, He assured the Council that the! Navy would give 100 percent’ sup- Gravedisver Held ln Letter Threat te} o} * Grand Jury Hears | Hopkins Murder | Witnesses Today | The Monroe County Grand Ju- | ry today heard witnesses in the case of the alleged murder of George Hopkins, winter visitor by Bennet Fielding Hill, on Feb- ruary 2. ‘To Slain Schuster As Willie Sutton Goes On Trial For Bank Robbery NEW YORK (®—An elderly gravedigger was held today as the anonymous writer of a threatening \letter to ‘slain Arnold Schuster, whose tip led police to Bank Rok- ‘ber Willie Sutton. The gravedigger ‘was to be ar- raigned about the same time that Sutton was put on trial for a 1950 holdup... . Schuster, 24-year-old Brooklyn clothing salesman, was killéd near his home March 8. Just a month ago, on Feb. 18, Schuster had spot- ted the nation’s ace bank robber port-to such a plan Sitting waiting to testify before way train. and prison escape artist on a sub- PitcHer Ewell Blackwell may ‘be Dodgers — are floatitig around | again tn the Cincinnati’ Reds" train- | | ing camp. | There was no’ official pronounce- } ment, of course, but even Black- | well took cognizance of the ru- mors. His comment when’ a Cin- cinnati news pheyographer took his picture Monday was, “Your affice | | might have to change that ‘C’ on | my shirt to a *B.'” i | BOSTON WW — World Feather- | weight Champion Sandy Saddler bounced back from his first knock- ‘down by a featherweight in 143 ‘bouts to whip Irish Tommy ca | }tins, Boston, ‘Monday night in a | jfurious slugfest at the Garden. | A crowd of 12,670 leaped roaring to its feet is when he dumped the New Yorker with | ja solid left halfway through the! first round, but-the 23-year-oldster \the org ape } ‘Referee ‘Joe “Zpaustas stepped jim and halted the fight at 2:30 of |the fifth round after the Bostonian —holder of the New England feath- erwéight crown—had been floored ; virons of left ficld in the stadium. | three times in that session, It was | away and ran in front of the ‘a scheduled 10-rounder. Saddler | | weighed 130%, Collins 130%4. j | PHILADELPHIA — Hardla | Johnson, a young Philadelphian, Judge Eva Warner Gibson spoke &trongly in favor of the center, and urged that it be placed in Bay- view Park. One man said that there was some space available in Poinciana. Serving or the Center committee with Mrs. Camus are the follow- thy representatives or tions an dindividuals Mrs. Harvey. Beta Siigma Phi; Mrs. Bayly, American Legion Aux- iliary; Mrs. Alice Robinson; Mrs. Grace Crosby, BPW; Mrs Hutch- eraft, Navy; Albert Carey; Miss Nehaul, BPW; Frank Romaguera, organnza-| Legion; Mrs. Earl Dillon, Red Cross; Jack Delaney, C Com- missioner; C. B. Harvey, Mayor and Katherine Whiting FULL REPORT OF (Continued From Page One) stead hospital where he died about 24 hours later, Hamlin said enough to play center field in the }@idn’t have the artillery to deat; “It was an tmavoidable acci- dent,” Hamlin said One of the witnesses to the fa- tal accident: was Cl Lynn Sear les aged 6, young Steven's brother. Hamlin said. He was holding on to the hand of Steven before he broke r.} Two other witness were Tho: McKeon, of Hialeah who was par! ed in his car, and Thomas W. Val @titine who was a pedestrian at the time. They confirmed Muckiow’'s won an upset split decision Mon- | report of the accident. contender. The Philadelphia Negro fought what the experts term a ‘cute \fight.” He outmah- ned-at the 2 hard, sharp puncher 18644. His manager, Tommy 3 realizing Harotd woukt get: That Mucklow was driving a 1951! Paekard coach. Steven died of fractured skull, | brain concussion and abrasions of | head, Hamlin said. | je was the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Clarence Searles, Wisconsin Pids, Wis. Florida Highway Patrolman SPORES | ing his right hand inside Henry s| left, landing repeatedly to the body | Ka won the fight. Johnson smash- and face. Johnson weighed 178. | j learn the secret sessions of the 18 man | grand jury was Hopkin’s busi- | ness associate, Paul Gibbs. Other witnesses were heard yesterday, and still others were ex this afternoon, The Grand Jury met at 10 thisi | morning in the Grand Jury room.. of the county courthouse. | ENGINEER CONFERS AT CITY ELECTRIC Conferences ca the specifications | for the transmission line to Big Pine Key and other expansions of City Electric system will take place this week with A. H. Dunton, of R. W. Beck associates, consult- ing engineers, Colorado Springs. Dunton, whe flew in to Key West yesterday, will meet with Utility | ard members indiyidually and | 1s a group. He is in conference today with C. A. Van Deursen, gen- eral manager of the system, Jack ¥ dent immediately and directed the removal of the child tc the hospi-| tal. Coroner Hamlin was notified ; of the accident, but he was al-/ ready on his way to investigate the { | nearly simultancous deaths of Sam | |Karp and Thorndyke Arthur Ca- | dore at Torch Key Bridge in the | 5:30 fatal crash there. i Patrolman Walden said Mucklow. was driving with hi wife and his own little girl, about five years old. When Walden | rived on the scene the Mucklows were almost hysterical with grief at the accident. Despite this, Mucklow insisted on driving ‘co the Homestead hospital t the condition of the child. He called constantly to check Steven’s state until he received} the news of his death late Sun-| day that) The FBI arrested the gravedig- ger, William Brinckerhoff Brown, 61, New York, Monday night and said he admitted writing Schuster on Feb, 22 that “your days are numbered for being a squealer on Willie Sutton.” Schuster received about a dozen threats before he was shot. , FBI agents refused to answer newsmen’s questions on certain aspects of the case—what Brcwn's | motive in writing Schuster might have Leen, whether the gravedig- ger was questioned about the mur- der and how the FBI traced him. However, he was reported to have denied killing Schuster. Brown was charged with violat- ing the federal extortion statute | ape held for arraignment it Brook- | the over the counter lyn. FAST, DAILY SERVICE | | 7 et NEW YORK (*—The stock mar- ket gave ground today under geh- tle selling pressure. The railroads provided an early jislanid of steadiness atcand a ‘the market had an opportunity ‘pally, but there was no upside re- Losses. reached bet sses reached betwi Catt 1780 Au Co., ling, Creole Vecie se ,, Louisiana Land, New Mexico & Arizona Land, | Pacific Petroleums Piper | Aircraft and Woodley m. |The corporate bond market was mixed and quiet with the railroad mate side, U.S. slightly higher.