The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1952, Page 3

Has Vanished, Believed Dead FERNANDINA BEACH (#—An old female hermit, who wouldn’t stand for uninvited visitors—even U. S. government men—on her island retreat, may be dead. Sheriff H. J. Youngblood says no trace has been found of Alice Broadbent, about 70, the hermit of Crane Island, since fire destroyed ber home last Friday. ‘That evening Youngblood noticed || a glow in the sky in the direction | of her island. Saturday he investigated and id her large two-story house ed to the ground. i Miss Broadbent, a native of Eng- land, had lived there alone since = death of her father in January tod charred bone found in the | gmouldering ruins is being ana- | lyzed to see if it is that of Miss | Broadbent. Fresh foot tracks were found : mear the house, presumably made | by. the hermit who was never known to wear shoes. But since | ®aturday there has been no trace § id @f the woman. Miss Broadbent never submitted to modern ways. She lived primi- tively in her lonely retreat, raising a few animals and cultivating a small garden. Her only visits into the urban area of Nassau County were to acquire provisions or to attend to matters concerning her property. She defied uninvited guests. Once a party from the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey at- tempted to come on to the island to make surveys. Miss Broadbent produced one of her many side- arms and routed them. County Judge H. V. Burgess, Dr. Bailey Dickens and others Fudees miles of brush and marsh- land Sunday trying to determine whether an inquest would be nec- essary. ‘Authorities will decide on an in- quest when they receive a labora- tory analysis of the charred bone. RUSSIAN AID WOOED UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. @ — Mexican Delegate Luciano Jou- Citizen Staff Photo BRAND NEW FEATURE of the renovated Florida National Bank here is the drive-in window. The depositor can drive up, as the one here has done, drop his deposits in the drawer, and at the same time carry on a conversation with the bank teller re- ceiving the money. 11 Orphaned Children Are Forced Apart PONTIAC, Mich. (#—The prayer of 16-year-old Jerry Moore has not been answered. And who is to say it is not better that way? When his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Moore, were tragically killed a year ago in an auto col- lision, Jerry and his 10 brothers and sisters were lost and bewilder- blanc-Rivas will deliver a half-hour | eq. speech in Russian in the U.N. Budget Committee today, The stunt is aimed at getting Russian. support for a proposal that Spanish be made a working language of the U.N. Economic and Social Council. Give Him These 3 R's Too Rights im PROMOTED BY POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL J. R. STOWERS, CO. 533 DUVAL ST. @ Never delay needed auto repairs for “Dear God,” he said, “please let us stay together. If we had to lose our father and mother, surely the rest of us belong together.” Today, on the anniversary of the tragic accident, only Jerry, 14 - year-old Ann and Tom, 13, are together. New homes have been found for Sharon 12, Jean 10, Barbara, 8, Janet, 7, Jim 6, Jeff 5, Shirley 3, and Michael 1. Their new homes are widely spread out in Northville, Mich., Pittsburgh, Pa., Royal Oak. ‘And Tom will soon be living with a Royal Oak businessman and his family. Both Jerry and Ann, regarded as too old to be adopted, are under the watchful and sympathetic eye of Probate Judge Arthur Moore (no relation), and steps for their complete education are being made, Every effort was made after the accident to keep the children to- gether. The probate court first al- lowed them all to stay in the hame newly-purchased by their parents in nearby Leonard, in the care of their maternal grandparents, Mr. ~ Mrs, Charles T. Moss, of Royal ale. However, when the grandparents health failed, other arrangements had to be made. The childrens’ paternal grandmother, Mrs. Grace Moore, took over and with the help of alternating housekeepers, pro- vided for the youngsters. ' Time made apparent the neces- | sity of new homes for the child- jren, And all but Jerry, Ann and Tom went into new homes, on a f\ trial basis plan, which has since worked out nicely for all. Those tack of cash. Making leans for such jebs is part of City Lean Co.‘s service. Just phone and then drop in. CITY LO $24 SOUTHARD ST. An co. WEST PHONE 1760 three are now with their paternal grand mother in Leonard. There has been no want. The nation responded with donations of more than $21,000 after the ac- cident. There will be. an account- ing of the trust fund next March, after which the balance may be used for care of Jerry and Ann. All are reported adjusting to their new life with youthful resili- ency and the memory of the head- on collision that shattered their lives is fading. Synthetic Gas Is Produced By STANLEY ATKINS GORGAS, Ala. ( — Govern- ment scientists have produced synthesis gas from coal burned underground. It is a synthetic gas from which chemists can make gasoline, other fuels and various synthetic chemicals, ‘The success of this phase of the experiment, disclosed today, cli- maxes a six-year series of tests here in gasification of coal—the famed mining-by-fire experiment conducted by the Bureau of Mines in co-operation with the Alabama power company, It could mean the ultimate use of millions of tons of coal now left in the ground because mining by present methods is considered too costly for these deposits. This is the first time in the United States that synthesis gas has been made in appreciable quan- tities from coal burning in its na- tural seam, A limited amount was produced in an earlier phase of the experiment here. It was made by pumping oxygen over a burning mass of coal about 200 feet underground in a practi- eal application of laboratory ex- periments of the past. Final evaluation awaits an in- tensive study by the Bureau of Mines. But scientists who directed or observed the experiment are confident that within the lifetime of most persons today the proce- dures developed here will be put to commercial use. RENT FORUM (These questions were selected from those often asked of the local rent office. If you have a question about the rent stabilization pro- gram address it to: Area Rent Office, 216 Federal Building, Key West, Florida.) | QUESTION: My lease has a | ‘no children” clause like so many | have in this “modern” age. My | wife and 1 are expecting our first | child soon and my landlord has | made it clear I will have to move | because of the provision in the }lease. Do I? | ANSWER: You do not have to | vacate rental accomodations be- jcause of such a clause in your | lease. You are protected by the | Federal rent regulations from | | eviction gg of th birth ofa the rent se in | ssa will be mailed a copy of the petition and have a specified per- fod in which to contest his reasons for the increase, if you wish to do $0. If an increase is allowed, your copy of the order will show the earliest date that the increase can pad Fran into effect so far as al reat contre! loomed. law is con the | Starlet Lori Nelson Won't Go Along With Agent’s Corn By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (#—Lori Nelson is the despair of her studio’s press agents. She tells the truth. You see, it’s an unwritten law in Hollywood that al) starlets must have a gimmick. One of them posed for calendars in the alto- gether. Another was supposed to munch flowers. Another was said to have baked a cake for an ex- ecutive. But Lori, a glamorous doll of 19 years, refuses to go along with such nonsense. A prompter in- quired: “‘Didn’t the studio head discover you while you were play- ing in a little theater?” “Nope,” she replied blandly, “Then didn’t he see your picture in a San Fernando Valley news- paper?” “‘Don’t be ridiculous,” she chided. “I did some little theater work, but not very much. I got an agent, and he brought me to the studio. The talent man sent me over to see the dramatic coach. She showed me how to read some lines. The executives evidently liked it and I was signed.” And that, friends, is how 99 out of 100 starlets are signed by stu- dios, their publicity notwithstand- ing. Her Boswells might look hope- fully to the fact that Lori is an expert rifle shot and whiz at ju- jitsu, Possibly she learned to shoot COME {in her early days in New Mexico, where she was born. And maybe | the Jujitsu came in handy with | Hollywood wolves. But she punctured these myths, too. “I left my home town of Santa Fe when I was 5,” she explained, “So I couldn’t have learned there. |The truth is that my father is an | auxiliary sheriff's deputy. Since he |doesn’t have a son, he took me along when he went to rifle prac- tice. And he also practiced his jujitsu with me.” 2 A survey conducted for the four New York municipal colleges in- dicates that the divorce rate among graduates are from one-fourth to one-tenth those of the nation as a whole. THE DAIRY DAIRY cee? Cs sedmevert Financier Says Business Will Drop In 1953 CHICAGO (#—Business will re- main at a high level for the next six to nine months then drop, a New York University professor of finance predicted “However, based on an analysis of. known factors operating in the economy, one can feel confident that the downward readjustment,. when it comes, is not likely to be very serious in character nor last very long,” Dr. Marcus Nadler told some 6,000 oil and gas men attending the 23nd annual conven- tion of the American Petroleum Institute. Nadler, former head of the for- QUEEN SIGN IS BEING REMODELED OPEN HOURS ARE THE SAME AS USUAL 10 A.M. to 11:45 P.M. QUEEN CORNER WHITE AND UNITED STS. 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