The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 9, 1952, Page 3

Gambler’s Wife Found Shot MIAMI (® — Police reported no clues today that might lead to the killer of Mrs. Dora Pinder, 40-year old invalid wife of Howard G. Pinder, big-shot Miami bolita op- erator. The killer entered Mrs. Pinder's bedroom during a 30-minute per- fod when she was left alone in the house and fired a bullet into her head. The body was found by her daughter, Patricia, 11, and her cousin, Dorothy Walker, 17, Jack- | sonville, when they returned from | an errand. Detective B. J. Palmer said he | was looking for the answer to these two questions: 1 1. How the killer eluded a vicious dog the Pinders kept on their elosely fenced grounds. 2. Why the family physician, Dr. M. F. Weiner, reported after ex- amining the body that Mrs. Pinder died of coronary thrombosis. At the scene, Palmer disagreed with the doctor after finding that several of Mrs. Pinder’s front teeth were cracked. At a funeral home, an X-ray revealed the presence of a bullet in her brain. “I know I have enemies,” Pinder said, “But she had no part in my business and she always criticized | me about it. I’ll get the killer if the police don’t get him first.” Pinder surrendered last June 23 to answer charges that he under- Rev. Wallace A. Rogers “Majoring In’ Minors” Sermon At Ley Memorial Methodist Returns To K.W. * EVENING SERVICE FEATURES SUBJECT “INSURANCE MAKES A GOOD POLICY” The schedule of Sunday services at Ley Memorial Methodist Church, Truman Avenue and Geor- gia Street, will get under way with Sunday School at 9:45 in the morn ing. The regular morning worship hour is at 10:50, at which time | the sermon topic will be ““Majoring In Minors”. will meet at 6:30 P. M. This Mrs. Thomas M. Curry, Superin- | the Church. The evening worship service begins at 7:30. “Insurance Makes A Good Policy” will be the sermon subject at the evening hour. The Youth Sunday Evening Fel | youth from all the Methodist Churches in the city, will meet at | the First Methodist Church at 8:45. People’s Forum group is under the direction of tendent of the Youth Division of lowship group, which includes the The Methodist Youth Fellowship | Christian Science ' Society Program That the Christian's outlook, whereby God is glorified, is a pure- ‘y spiritual perception of reality is the theme of the Lesson-Sermon to oe read in all Churches of Christ. Scientist next Sunday. Subject is “Spirit.” The Golden Text is from I John (4:6, 13): “We are of God:. . iereby know we that we dwell in iim, and he in us, because he hath siven us of his Spirit.” Bible selections include the state- nent made by Jesus after he had iealed one “‘possessed with a devil, blind and dumb”: “If I cast out devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto | you” (Matt. 12:28). Correlative citations from “Sci- ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy : | include: “The senses of spirit abide in Love, and they demonstrate Truth and Life. . Jesus demon- strated this great verity” (p.274). IRev. J. E. Statham | The Reverend James Edward Statham has returned ‘to Key | West after a short tour of mili \tary duty at Fort Benning, Geor- gi } Rev. Statham is pastor of The Fleming Street Methodist Church (GEMS OF THOUGHT ' Companionship Good company and good dis- course are the very sinews of vir- tue. —Izaae Walton. There are no greater miracles known to earth than perfection and ‘an unbroken friendship. -| —Mary Baker Eddy Carnival Worker Kills Self In Foolish Game HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (® — A carnival worker was fatally in- | | jured Friday night in what was de- | scribed as a “contest” to see who | could stay longest on the tracks , as a train approached. Hl | Coroner Robert Barrett said he ; | was told. the man, identified as | { Saturday, August 9 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Pace 3 St. Paui's Episcopal Church Corner of DUVAL and EATON STREETS THE REV. JOHN S. ARMFIELD Rector 7:30 A.M.—Holy Eucharist 9:30 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Prayer and : Sermon 6:30 P.M.—Young People’s Service League No Evening Services During The Summer VISITORS CORDIALLY WELCOME AT ALL SERVICES _ EET A AER ELIE RES RE First Congregational Church 527 WILLIAM STREET PASTOR, REV. CHAS. H. MEEKER Chorister: Mr. Gerald Saunders Organists: Mrs. W. R. Dean and Mrs. Paul Archer Sunday School Superintendent Mr. Joseph Boza The Citizen qetcomes expres- “His sublime summary points to , Virgil E. Burkhart, 25, was knocked the ‘religion of Love” (p. 138). | more than 400 feet by a Balti- | more and Ohio passenger train. We gain nothing by being with | He said carnival workers told hos- | 9:45 A. M. Church School With Classes for All Ages 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship paid. his income tax by $161,772 1 949. Mrs. Pind 1 such as ourselves: we encourage | Pital attendants of the so-called | mostly in 1949. Mrs. Pinder also mediocrity. I am always longing ' Contest and said anotheraman was | wes indicted on charges that she e@wed $34,113 in back taxes. Meteor Showers Are Predicted NEW. YORK (#—An astronomer licts meteor showers during the next few nights—accompanied by @ flurry of “flying saucer” re- ports. Robert R. Coles, chairman of the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural His- tory, said Friday night that Me- teor particles, also known as shoot- ing stars, would streak through the heavens nightly through Aug. 13. “If the skies are clear,” Coles said, “there will probably be a larger than average crop of flying saucer reports around Aug. 12, but these will be caused by the Per- seid meteor shower.” The’ Perseid display is so-called because the shooting star trails appear to converge on the con- Citizen Staff Photo THE REV. WALLACE A. ROGERS, pastor of the East Labur- num Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia, and son of the pastor of the local church, will preach Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian Church, White at Washington street, beginning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. Wallace Rogers is well known to the local church since he has filled the pulpit for his father several times before. Wallace was graduated from Purdue University, Indiana with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked several years with the Newport News Ship and Drydock Company be- fore studying for the ministry. He holds his Theological de- gree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond and also earned his Masters degree from the same school. He served for one week as Counselor at the Synod’s Young People’s Confer- ence at Massanetta, Virginia and later this month will sefve as a Quest Leader for the East Presbytery’s Pioneer Camp at Jamestown, Va. @tellation of Perseus, Coles said. ‘The particles disintegrate into dust as they fall, he added, and won't hurt you. Veronica Lake Recuperating BOSTON (#—Actress Veronica Lake was reported as “coming along nicely” today at Pratt Diag- nostic Center where she was taken Friday with a virus infection, When one associates with vice, it is but one step from compan- ionship to slavery. —Francis Quarles. 3 | curred. ‘|no idea whether he is dead or vacation. State Dept. Seeks Solution To Mystery Of John Hvasta * Czechs Claim That Imprisoned U. S. Citizen Has Escaped By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (® — An interna- tional mystery today shrouded the fate of John Hvasta, a naturalized American citizen who reportedly escaped from Communist Czecho- slovakia's grim Leopoldow Prison Jan. 2. The United States government is trying through both diplomatic and intelligence sources to find out what happened to the Hillside, N. J., man whose escape was an- nounced Friday, over seven months ; after it was supposed to have oc- But at the moment officials have alive and still in hiding either be- hind the Iron Curtain or outside the Communist bloc. Hvasta’s father and brother said in Hillside Friday night they felt | confident he was safe, wherever he was, but his mother took a grim- mer view, “If my son had escaped from jail in New York, Would it take | him seven months to cross the | Hudson River?’ Mrs. Michael! Hvasta asked, pointing out that | Veina and safety in the American” Zone were that close to him across the Danube. She expressed fear the escape was “some trick of the Reds.” | American officials are hopeful | that Hvasta’s reported dash for ; freedom will not upset the long | negotiations for the release of As- | The Rev, Mr. Rogers will return to Richmond the first of the week. Mrs. Rogers and their daughter, Carol Jean, accompanied him on his visit to Key West where they are having a few days sociated Press Correspondent Wil: liam N. Oatis, held by the Com- | | munists in Czechoslovakia on an | Citizen Staff Photo WHERE The Key West Citizen mewsboys find the relics they bring down to the office is a mystery. Donald Curry waves @ beaten-up sword he found. From appearances the thing must date back to Cay« pirate days or the Civil War at Jeast. Hueso's espionage conviction for the past year. Hvasta had been sentenced to three years—later raised to 10 years—on espionage charges in May, 1949. The United States had denounced the charges against both Hvasta and Oatis as false American officials have not been Permitted to see Hvasta since Au Sust, 1950, despite repeated re- quests New pressure for permission to see him was turned on the Czecho- slovak foreign office when word came from Hvasta’s family this year that no letter had been re- ceived from him since December, 4952. and that a Christmas package j had been returned by Czech postal authorities The foreign ministry eventually promised “an early reply.” This promise, as it now turns out, came after Hvasta had made his re-| ported escape. The escape report was released Friday by the State Department. | It said the American embassy at Prague had been notified by the foreign office in a note which added that Czech authorities ‘do | not know his present whereabouts.” The State Department said that | it “has no information which would confirm or contradict the accuracy of the statement,” It added, however, that on June 27/| the anti-Communist ‘Free Czecho- | slovak Information Service” pub- | lished in London a report that Hvasta and several other prisoners had escaped on Jan. 2, Officials agree the evidence leave: irtually no doubt about Hvast. having fled from prison. But also it casts no light at all on his fate since that time, The report published in London suggested by implication that the escape had been engineered with ; the help of a Czechoslovak under- ground organization. This in turn | suggested there may have been | some plan for getting Hvasta and any who escaped with him out of the country, Dr. Juraj Slavik, former anti- ; Communist Czech ambassador to the United States, now associated | with the Free Czech movement | here, told a reporter he thought it was ominous that so much time had elapsed between the escape and the foreign office announce- ment. Hvasta, 25, Is a native of Czecho- slovakia, who was brought to the United States by his parents in 1939 and became a naturalized cit izen in 1944. In 1948 he returned to his native land as a student From March to July of 1948 he was employed by the American consulate general at Bratislava. It was following that employment | ; that he was arrested, in October, | | on the charge of espionage. His sentence was raised from three to ten years by the Czechoslovak su Preme court in a secret trial after the prosecutor had appealed the decision of the lower court appar- j ently on the ground that the origi nal sentence was insufficient for the crime alleged Tt Is meet that noble minds keep ever with their likes: for who so | firm that cannot be seduced i —Shakespeare. “Key West Library” Editor, The Citizen: Thank you so very much for your continued contributions to the Key West Library. Today we received “Death In The Fifth Position” and “Don’t Cry For Me’ — both of | Which should’ be favorite myster- ies. Sincerely Bessie Schuck August 9, 1952 “Folk See?” Editor, The Citizen: At between 11:20 and 11:25 a.m. | on Wednesday, August 6, 1952, six women and several children out here in Poinciana Naval Housing, witnessed a silent, silvery white | object, about the size, from where | we watched it, of a baseball. It was much, much higher than we've | ever seen a plane and traveling in a perfect semicircle at a great rate of speed, It ejected three long streams of smoke while we) watched it and a small white cloud. Although there was a large ex-| panse of blue sky surrounding the | cloud, we could not spot it or the smoke again. Now we don’t particularly take much stock in the flying disc. stor- | REV.I.D. EVANS | OF FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. WILL HOLD AN OLD-FASHIONED to be with men more excellent than myself. —Charles Lamb. No, man can be provident of his | time, who is not prudent the choice of his company. —Jeremy Taylor | les, but we want you to know that | we now understand how people || spotted an opject similar to the | one we saw, could easily convince | themselves that it was a flying | saucer. | Let me repeat that the object | was silent and to us, so far below,, | did not in anyway resemble a | plane. Interesting too, was the lacy pattern that emerged from the smoke streams as they widened. | An Interested Observer Youth For Christ TONIGHT 7:30 P.M. 729 FLEMING ST, Church Of God 1008 OLIVIA STHEET E. M. BEARD PASTOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, 10 A.M. Morning Worship 11 AM. Evangelistic Service, 7:30 P.M. REVIVAL SEVENTH DAY ~ ADVENTIST CHURCH Thomas Street, between Truman and Julia Beginning AUG. 10th thru AUG. 24th Public Cordially Invited CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 327 ELIZABETH STREET Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Service at 11:00 o’Clock Wednesday Evening Meetings at 8 o'Clock Reading Room in the Church Building is open on Tuesday ana! Friday evenings from 7 io en Rceermmsernrnene toon CHURCH ot CHRIST Ashby and Von Phister Streets SUNDAY Bibie Study 10:00 A.M. Morning Service _. 11:00 A.M WQAM (ABC) 1:00 P.M. _ 8:00 PLM. WEDNESDAY Bible Study 8:00 P.M. Everyone Invited Evening Service Prayer Meeting, Tues., 7:30 p.m. Young People’s Endeavor, Thursday, 7:30 p.m, -- Everyone Welcome -:- involved. He was not identified. Some watermelons are green, some yellow and some are green- and-yellow striped. Cuban Baptist Mission 1122 WATSON STREET Dr. Ismael Negrin, Pastor Q. Esquinaldo, Sunday Schoo! Superintendent Praaching Service In Spanish Sunday and Thursday Nights at 7:00 o’Clock SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10:00 A.M. EVERYONE WELCOME GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE “ASSEMBLIES OF GOD” Cor. Georgia and Petronia Sts. W.K.W.F. “VOICE OF GLAD TIDINGS” Sunday School .. 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Christ's Ambassadors 6:30 Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.i MID-WEEK Tuesday— “Bible Study” ........ 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. “You Will Find the Fellowship You're Looking For” REV. AND MRS. D. T. NEWMAN, Pastors PHONE 1890-R | FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , White and Washington Streets 4 RALPH ROGERS, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:50 A.M. JOHN ARCHER—SUPERINTENDENT Morning Worship, 11:00 o’Clock Subje : “WITHOUT EXCUSE” Guest Pastor: The Rev. Wallace A. Rogers of Richmond, Va, Director of Music—Mrs. Walter Price Nursery Open During Morning Service PIONEERS—4:30 P. M Youth Fellowship, 7:00 P.M. The Rev. Darrell J. Westlake : “THE ENIGMA OF LIFE” | | 7:45 P.M.—Evening Worship Speaker: The Rev. Darrell J. Westlake Subject: “CHRISTIANITY ACCORDING TO CHRIST” Visitors to Key West, Service Men and Their Families Will Find A Cordial Welcome At All Services | | | GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH - FLAGLER AVENUE AND 10TH STREET ON ‘POINCIANA - NAVY - CITY HOSPITAL” BUS LINE SUNDAY SCHOOL & ADULT BIBLE CLASS MORNING SERVICE OF WORSHIP CARL SAMMETINGER, Pastor “ENTER INTO HIS FATES WITH THANKSGIVING,’Ps. 100, 4 Res.: 1663 A Flagler Ave., Phone: 862-XJ. Church Office Phone: 1712 Listen to the Lutheran Hour, Sunday, 7:30 P.M., Sta! 9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Fleming St. Methodist Church Ji E. STATHAM, Pastor Corner FLEMING and WILLIAM Streets CHURCH SCHOOL, 9:45 A.M. CLAUDE E. SALIS, Sunday School Superintendent Morning Worship at 10:50 A. M. Subject: “THE GIFT DIVINE” Evening Worship at 7:30 P. M. Subject: “RELIGION MADE EASY” Service Men and Visitors Welcome The First Methodist Church Preaching Jesus Christ For Over A Century THE OLD STONE CHURCH Where Eaton Crosses Simonton, for Over 100 Years J. PAUL TOUCHTON B.A. B.D. Minister $:45 A.M.—SUNDAY SCHOOL Allen Carey, Superintendent 10:50 A.M.—MORNING WORSHIP 6:30 P.M. — MYF, MIF WORSHIP SERVICES 7:30 P.M.—EVENING WORSHIP This historic old church has a cordial welcome for servicemen and visitors. The First Baptist Church Eaton and Bahama Streets HAROLD H. LINK, PASTOR Welcome To All Sermons: A.M., 10:50, and P.M., 7:30 Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. Mr Lee Skaggs. Superintendent Baptist Training Union, 6:15 P.M. Mr. Benjamin Skeltor, Director OUR CHURCH NURSERY—AGES: 0-4 ACCEPTED NURSERY MAINTAINED ALL SUNDAY Following Sunday Old Fashioned Prayer Meetings FELLOWSHIP HOUR: 8:30 P.M. "s P.M. Service (Get Acquainted Here) Every Wednesday: 7:30 P.M. Note: Morning Worship Hours arranged especially so that al) Servicemen may return to the base for Sunday Chow OUR WELCOME TO YOU COMES FROM THE HEART “A Friendly Church” LL TE i Ley Memorial Methodist Church “The Church with a Welcome” CORNER of TRUMAN AVENUE and GEORGIA STREET ELDON SIMMONS, Pastor PHONES: Parsonage 863 — Church 883 CHURCH SCHOOL, 9.45 A.M. Miss Miriam Carey Supt 10:50. A.M., Morning W orship Subject: “MAJORING IN MINORS” (Nursery Provided During Morning Service) 6:45 P.M., Methodist Youth Fellowship 7:30 P.M. — EVENING WORSHIP Subject: “INSURANCE MAKES A GOOD POLICY” Wednesday, 7:30 P.M. Mid Week Prayer Service _