The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 6, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has th most equitable climate in the country, with an averag range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL, LXXHI, No. 136 Bennett Fielding Hill And A ttorne Jack Sellers Believed To Have Suffered Sprained Neck | Character Is Defended Here , MRS, SELLERS Favorable reports haye been. re- ceived from Miami concerning Jack Sellers and his wife, Lorna, who were injured early yesterday morning in an automobile accident on Miami Beach. Doctors are awaiting the final that Jack's most serious injury is a | sprained neck. He will be confined to St. Francis Hospital for a period of at least 18 to 21 days. Lorna Sellers is suffering from shock, She has a cut in the head | and one on her face. Neither are considered serious. Both Jack and his wife are con- scious and able to talk. Mr. Sel- lers, Sr., left yesterday afternoon to be with the injured couple, The accident occurred at 12:15 a m. yesterday, corner of 53rd. and Collins, Miami Beach. Police Pat (Continued On Page Three) FOR HOT BOLLOS and SHRIMP CROQUETTES Try EL PASAJE RESTAURANT 1065 Truman Ave. - MOT FOR SALE or LEASE EL PATIO MOTEL and APARTMENTS 28 UNITS Owner - Phone 1648 — P. 0. Box 787 ‘The old women in the shoe grew old and irritable, but you can stay young and affable, BRING YOUR CHILDREN To THE CASA MARINA ANNEX NURSERY WHILE YOU RELAX, SWIM. SEE A Movie OR DINE OUT WITH FATHER _ PHONE 1360 COMPARE OUR P COVER THE DOW * exis Cuest Speaker At Rotary Luncheon Guest speaker at the Rotary Club | Billy Roberts, winner of the Jay- jcees “I Speak For Democracy” |State oratory contest, and of the regional contest sponsored by the Amerigan Legion. The address | which he gave at the Rotary Club | Was the regional prize winner on the ' States Roberts, a slim blonde lad with } Serious brown eyes, speaks with di- jrectness, forcefulness and _sinceri- ity, He is a master of enunication | and delivery. His manner is a com- bination of simplicity and eloqu- (Continued O- Page Three) 2 a A POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman _ Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer HERS OPEN UNTIL Constitution of the United | luncheon on Thursday was young | into b i i fk ne EBoee tees en j into bed with a white woman early j jmowing the lawn, and always I} THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. nena, * Citizen Staff Photo | AS THE SECOND DAY OF HIS TRIAL BEGAN Hill confers with his attorneys William Albury, left, and Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., seated at right. Esquinaldo made his defense summation to the jury shortly before noon. Hill is accused of second degree murder of George Hopkins, Willie Stubbs’ ale Employer Of Stubbs Tells What He Knows Of Him And Family Another former employer of Wil- liam Stubbs, accused of ¢limbing Wednesday morning, testified to his character today. Yesterday M. E. Bennett, present employer told what he thought of Willie Stubbs. Sam Harris, Key West writer, Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commissioner and former editor of The Citizen made this statement about Willie Stubbs today: “Willie worked for me recur-|_ rently on Saturdays for several years in cleaning my yard and found him honest and dependable. | We called him ‘smiling Willie,’ for he smiled while he worked and (Continued On Page Three) Fine Fishing Tackle. Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION 886 Phone 886 PD TE PUBLIC INVITED .| West Sea Scouts DANCE Elk’s Club Annex KIKI and his Latin American Band Every Saturday Nite 9 P.M. til 1 A.M. To lease in Key West or on the Keys, Hotel- Motor Court or Apart- ment House, Must be first class, © P. O. BOX 207 10 PM. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1952 KEY WEST URGED TO FORM SOQDN. ORGANIZER OF SEA SCOUTS JOHN ROKER SEES NEED OF GROUP John F. Roker, born and raised in Key West and one of the first organizers of the Sea Scouts here in town, has returned with his wife for a short visit. Mr. Roker formerly lived at 614 Grinnell St. He moved to Tampa in! 1939, and has been engaged in real estate, mortgage, ‘and loan _busi- ness in that city, John has a great love for the sea. It was approximately twenty-five years ago when he first called to- gether a group of lads at the San’ Carlos Theater and made plans for Key West's first Sea Scouts. He has never lost his connection with boats in one manner or another since that time. Now his-chief in- terest is an organization known as “U. S. Power Squadrons.” “Our objective is to promote the safe handling of small boats, yachts, etc.,” John says. “Having been raised around boats and wat- oi: I D sscayge I bh crag age a- it them. Worl with the Pow- Stubbs may not be the man she el jolla a eeaceaniate:. accuses of breaking in her apart- “Key West needs a group of this| ment and getting in her bed early (Continued On Page Five) Wednesday morning, was admit- ted by the 21 year old Navy bride Father Of Key kkk Says He May Not Be The Man Who Broke In Her Room By SUSAN McAVOY The possibility that William of two months, when I interviewed her at her apartment this morning. “He had gold teeth, the man who was in bed beside me when I woke,” she said. “He looked just i the man I later. saw on South- I didn’t notice whether nervous and plainly the cut under her left eye and over her right eye, that was made she said when the intruder tried to . silence her scream, said she wakened out of a sleep to find the stranger beside her. *. “Thad gone to bed at 10:30. My + husband had the duty that night, and left about 8:15. I am a sound sleeper, I woke up,” she said, “the lights were on in my bedroom | and in the living room. I saw this | Negro lying beside me. I tried to " scream and he grabbed my face } with his hand and then I pushed ‘him away. He ran outside. The iJ, door to my apartment and the | house had been locked when I went Citizen Staff Photo | to bed. They were open when I was . Hi the keys— JOHN F, ROKER =| ""(Coatiaued On Page Taree) AND THE SOFT MUSIC OF THE MELLO TONES FOR A GALA OCCASION AT LOGUN'S BEAUTIFUL OCEAN PATIO FULL MOON TONIGHT! | WINNERS OF LAST WEEK'S ORCHIDS | * Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carbonell * Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Riggs * Mr. and Mrs. Robert Youmans tROM SEAMAN TO ADMIRAL — Come In And Join Us EVERYBODY WELCOME FLOOR SHOW AND DANCING NIGHTLY TIL 2 A. mM, SAT. NITE — DINNER ‘TIL 12 2.6 MATINEE DANCE EVERY SUNDAY 3-6 DON'T FORG§T OUR NEW “SCREWDRIVER” NEVER A COVER e OR MINIMUM x*x*k City Still Hunts Bldg. Inspector The Civil Service Board, City of Key West, met last night in one of its regular meetings. The main item of business was to have been the selection of three applicants whose names would be submitted to the City Manager to fill the position of “Building Inspector.” Due to the small number of qualified appli- cants however, it was decided to keep the list open for one more day -- (through Friday.) Mr. Ralph Russell has been City Building Inspector for years. He has taken three months leave of absence and city officials are anxious to get someone to replace him, f ‘Two temporary appoigtments ‘were:made at last night's meet-_ ing. Joe Dearmas and Rudolph Sawyer were assigned as labor- ers to the Scavenger Department. | | Ath Polio Case | In 4 Weeks Reported Here Child Taken To Miami Children’s Hospital; Kill) All Flies Is Best Polio Preventitive, Dr. Says The fourth case of polio in four | weeks has been reported to Mon- | roe County "‘ealth officer Dr. R. J. | Dalton, he said today. | The child, a two year old at Sigsbee Park was taken to a chil-| dren’s hospital in Miami for treat- | ment, Dr. Dalton said. The first case in the county of this season was reported four | dant said that after Hopkins had) For 72 Years Devoted te the Best Interests ~# Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS "| Only Wanted To Teach | Him A Lesson’ Says Hill In Confession To Beating x wk x ** Navy Bride May Identify Stubbs At Prelim. Hea ring N xk * ext Week stained uniform over the side of the ship. The defendant said that he didn’t (Continued On Page Three) Sailor Testifies In Second Degree Murder Trial For | Hopkins Murder By Jim Cobb in a dramatic move by his attor-| neys, Bennett Fielding Hill was} Placed on the witness stand this} morning to testify in his defense against the second degree murder} charge held against him. Hill is| on trial in the County Court for} the alleged slaying of George H.! Hopkins on the morning of Febru- ary 2nd. Immoral Act Committed | In a calm, quiet voice the defen-| WE BRING You THIS CARTOON FEATURE TO GevE committed an immoral act against him, he had become induriated and} | struck the’ victim. He said “1 want-| jed to teach him a lesson to leave} young guys alone—not to bother Hill said that Hopkins had ac- costed him in a Duval Street bar and suggested that the two of them go to a hotel room. When he refused, Hill said that the victim followed him to the area where posed an unnatural The brawny sailor said that dur- ing this act he became enraged | and struck the man. He heard the man’s head strike the concrete|/ sidewalk and said that he lost his} head and holding the man's up by his sweater, stood over him and had “hit him again and again”. He stated that at the time he ‘thought he might as well take the} man’s money’’ but that when he heard a “commotion” in the neighborhood he left the scene. 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