The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1952, Page 7

Former New Jersey Governor Admits To Aiding| Visitors Work As Imprisoned New York Gambler Joe Adonis Fri. Use Of Colored Glasses For Nite Driving Scored TALLAHASSEE (#—The Florida Highway Patrol has condemned use of colored glasses for night driving. The patrol’s criticism did not include polarized windshields and headlamps if the headlamps are designed to make up for the loss of visibility caused by the treated windshields. The patrol quoted a Washington highways research organization as saying it is “axiomatic that any- thing which interferes with clear vision will increase the hazards of driving, particularly at night when illumination at best is inadequate.” Patrol Director H. N. Kirkman said there is “no known means for a better way of improving night driving visibility than a good clean windshield and clean lenses in your personal spectacles.” The patrol said there is no way to check the number of night driv- ing glasses sold in Florida but one large firm claims its sales have reached the 70,000 mark. US. Sabre Jets Blast Three MIGs In Furious Fight SEOUL (#—U. S. Sabre jet pilots blasted three Communist MIG-15s from North Korean skies in a series of furious air battles near the Yalu River today, the U. S. Fifth Air Force reported. One MIG was shot down in a twisting dogfight between two Sa- bres and two MIGs that raged from 41,000 feet down to 23,000. Two other Red jets were downed in a battle between six Sabres and eight MIGs. The frozen ground front re- mained quiet except for a few light jabs by Chinese Reds on the central front. Temperatures dropped to a bone- chilling 5 degrees, B-29s and B-26s roared through clearing skies last night in attacks against Communist supply and transport targets behind the lines. Eleven B-29s hit two supply areas on the west coast of North Korea. Red fighter planes arose, but made.nd firing pastel The lighter bettas” over the Red highway ‘lots’ reported 30 Communist trucks de- stroyed. Allied fighter - bombers Sunday blasted Communist positions near the battleline on the eastern front. CAR FALLS ON MAN TAMPA ® — An automobile slipped from a jack here Sunday and killed William E. Jarrell, 29, who was working on the brakes, To Get , Your Christmas’ LONG DISTANCE CALLS Through Faster Make Your Calls TODAY! Long Distance telephone lines will be crowded Christmas Bve and Christmas Day. You can avoid the big rush by making your holiday calls to- day. And please remember— you save time when you call by number. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY RRR AEE SN By EUGENE LEVIN NEW YORK — Former Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey admits he once offered to help an ex-convict fight manager smuggle a message to imprisoned gambler Joe Adonis. But Hoffman, the Republican governor of the Garden State from 1935 to 1937, says he did not know that the fight manager, Aniello Ercole, had a criminal record. Moreover, Hoffman adds, he was not himself acquainted with Adonis, reputedly a top underworld power. The former governor, now New Jersey state director of employ- ment, testified yesterday before the New York State Crime Commis- sion, which later recessed its cur- rent series of publie hearings to an unspecified date in January. Hoffman’s testimony came in the Crime Commission’s inquiry into wi. 2rfront rackets which cost the seven billion dollar shipping indus try here an estimated 350 millions a year. New Jersey is co-operating in the probe because the Port of New York comprises miles of piers on both sides of the Hudson River. Yesterday’s late testimony veered from the waterfront to New York prize fight haunts in the com- mission’s attempt to expose to pub- lic view the activities of Albert Anastasia of Ft. Lee, N. J., al- leged lord high executioner of Brooklyn’s kill-for-hire gang, Mur- der, Inc. Anastasia, who also testified yes- terday, declined on grounds of pos- sible self-incrimination to say whether he knew Peter Panto, a reform-seeking longshoreman who was murdered in 1939. His body was found encased in lime in 1941 at Lyndhurst, N. J. William O'Dwyer, former mayor of New York and recently resigned U. S. ambassador to Mexico, was Brooklyn district attorney at the time. Edward A. Heffernan, then an O’Dwyer aide, told the Crime Commission Thursday he had ob- tained a statement linking Anasta- sia with the Panto slaying. Last night in Mexico City O’Dwy- er refused to further discuss the Crime Commission testimony ex- cept to say, “If they have a case against him (Anastasia), why don’t they prosecute?” A short time later Bergen Coun- ty, N. J., Prosecutor Harry L. Towe said he would seek an indict- ment if he can get any evidence Panto was killed in New Jersey. The New York Times yesterday quoted O'Dwyer as saying in a telephone interview he could not have prosecuted Anastasia because the murder occurred in New Jer sey, ee £ In his statement last night, Towe said he had been Noteaed by John J. Breslin, county - prosecutor ‘in 1941, that O'Dwyer then said Panto was murdered in New York. Anastasia, in %, testimony yes- Awl admitte. hé/knew - both Adonis and Ercole but he refused to say whether he had ever visited Adonis in jail in Trenton, N. J., or whether he had tried through Ercole to get a pass to visit Adonis. ; Hoffman took the witness stand jin the afternoon and was confronted with a transcript of seven tapped telephone calls with Ercole between last Sept. 19 and Oct. 3. The for- mer governor admitted the trans- script was substantially. correet. The telephone conversation transcript, read into the record by the commission, showed Ercole and Hoffman first discussed the possibility of getting Ercole a pass to see Adonis. This idea was dropped, Hoffman said, when he was advised police were checking {all_ visitors to Adonis. Deciding on the mes man was quoted as s; 1g: “You can write out any message that you want to get to him } (Adonis) and put it in an envelope jand seal it all up, see, and’ this |fellow can get it to him, deliver it to him.” Hoffman denied any acquain- tance with Anastasia as well as Adonis. The governor also said he never received a message for Adonis. Asked about Ercole, Hoffman said he had known him for 25 ears but never had any idea the ght manager had a criminal | “ecord. Hoffman added that Ercole | leseribed Adonis as “an old boy- | Citrus Pickers And Pay To Do It LAKELAND #— Small grove owners in this area are finding to their delight that they don’t have to worry about getting their citrus Truman Confers With Officials Re Defense Cost [a2 oem tay adie ate WASHINGTON — President |fT the privilege. Truman called a dozen officials to| “They love to pick it them- the White House Sat. to go over | Selves, both tourists and towns- with him the defense budget for |People,” one owner reported. the fiscal year starting next July1.| ‘There was a 71-year-old den- Top civilian and military leaders | tist from Michigan who insisted on from the Defense and State De-| getting up on the very top of the partments, the Budget Bureau and |stepladder,” the grove man went the Mutual Security Agency dis-|on. cussed the figures in the Cabinet] The dentist picked a couple of gicecaee bushels of oranges for himself, Reports around the Pentagon |then came back the next day and have suggested a budget of $40,-| picked another for a friend who 700,000,000 with the Air Force get-|couldn’t stand the altitude. ting the biggest slice—17% billion.| Some people prefer to pick tan- Invited to the meeting were Sec- gerines because the trees are low- retary of Defense Robert Lovett, |er and most of the picking can be Deputy Secretary of Defense Wil-|done from the ground. liam C. Foster, Assistant Seere-| This system wouldn’t help much tary of Defense W. J. McNeill, |for the great grove owners who Secretary of the Army Frank|ship by the thousands of boxes, Pace, Secretary of the Air Force |but it is growing in popularity Finletter, Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, the chiefs of staff for the Army, Navy and Air Force, with their deputies, Budget Direc- tor Frederick Lawton, David K. Bruce, undersecretary of state, and Averell Harriman, Mutual Security administrator. DEER ATTACK AUTO EPPING FOREST, England — A large stag led a charge of 25 deer against an automobile driving on a road a forest north of London last night and knocked the car rolling over an embank- ment. Subscribe to The Citizen MARATHON By THELMA Everywhere I went today I was greeted by the happy faces of children home for Xmas. Did I say children? It seems that they were, just yesterday, but most of them are young ladies and gentle- men now. It appears that no mat- ter where they go they are al- ways happy to get back home to Marathon. Our own son Jimmy, is home from Fla. State U. at Tallahassee. Also home for the holidays are: David Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Day, U. of Fla., Gainesville; Bobby Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Carter, U. of F.;.Johnny Capo, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Heinman, Alabama Southern; Jo Ann Snow, daughter of Capt. and “irs. Harry Snow and Mary Spence, daughter of Gil and Maud Spence, of the Flamingo cocktail lounge and restaurant. Mary attends the All Saints: Episcopal Junior Col- lege in Vicksburg Miss. There are also some boys in service who made it home for Xmas. Art and Hal Brahms, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brahms, are both recently out of the Army ~and I hear that Walter Smith who is now in the Coast Guard is expected home Dec. 23. Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Smith. We are all very happy to have these youngsters here. Most of them grew up with our own children, and are always at home at our house. People going home for Xmas: Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hanna (Dan 33. Elevated railway ac wo 34. Nut 36. 3 ed 'P. 39. name 40. Box 41. Sailing vesse) 43. Article & Astringent ‘iu salt 13. Arrow poison 14 Organ of » he 19. Masculine name 20. Scholar 44. Chal. 6. Political 49. Steal 50. Cij ood friend” and therefore was | 9. ager to see him. Ercole balked at many questions nd appeared bored. Once he half closed his eyes and nodded. “You're not going to sleep?” the commission counsel asked “I refuse to answer on my con- stitutiona! right," said Ercole. suddenly becoming alert. “It might incriminate me.” WINDSORS RETURN TO U. S. ON SUNDAY i | NEW YORK \—The Duke and | Duchess of Windsor returned to the | United States yesterday aftes sev- }eral months in Europe. As they arrived aboard the liner | Queen Mary, the duke repeated his | statement of last Tuesday that he | would not attend the coronation of his niece as Queen Elizabeth IT. The Windsors said they planned jto hunt quail near Tallahassee, | Fla., and play golf at Palm Beach, | Fla. during the next few months. | | Read the Classified Ads 30. Alternative 31. Musical among small owners. RUSSIAN BASSO ILL LONDON ® — Mark Raizen, a noted Russian basso of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater, became ill today with a throat infection and was unable to return to his homeland with a troupe of Soviet musicians. The artist, whose few appear- ances in Britain evoked critical | notices that included favorable comparison with the late Feodor Chaliapin, was treated by a Brit- ish doctor for possible pneumonia. Later a Russian doctor was called. In air, sound takes about & seconds to travel a mile. NEWS NOTES PARKHURST and Queenie) have gone home to the Cottage Hill Farms in Willough- by Ohio, but they will be back soon after. Dan is an ex-News- paper man, and owns the Hanna bidg., in Cleveland. They have been coming to Ma- rathon for years to go fishing, and 2 years ago, decided to build a home and spend most of their time here, as so many other people have, We are glad to have them in Marathon. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guley of 20 Snapper Blvd. are spending the holidays with friends in West. ‘They lived it Key West*’many years before moving to Marathon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth * Miller and children are spending 2,weeks in Marathon Shores, the Satlowski development 4 miles north or east I ‘should say, of Marathon, Mr. Miller is the owner of Pacific En- terprise in W. Orange, N..J, Mr. and Mrs, L. T. Bragassa, formerly of Key West, have open- re the Marathon Shores Sundry jtore. Capt. and Mrs. Olin Williams were shook up a bit last night when a car rammed into the rear of their car as they were driving along the highway in Marathon. They had their 3 small children in the car. Mrs. Williams (Mary) called me this morning to tell me they were all right, but kinda ner- vous yet. I am happy to knew none of them were hurt. Zia GOS) al ORE MBAIL [TOM CIR ILL MINI CILIA] PIAL EEWA'SHEIN OR] NIC ON PP ICOU COL Io DI KINI E MEIN eNOS SITY] Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 2. Rubber tree 9. Antenna a 5 Evergreen oa — 2 ead a © Ang | ik Flasen tapre peatedly > & & FF CAS BABBEB BP ERK ESE Monday, Decermher 22, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page ? THE NEW WYLK’S CLUB PARADISE PRESENTS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME -:- A New and Scintillating Show --- Written and Directed by of Miami’s OLYMPIA THEATRE Tonight STARRIN AL ROBINSON and “ALKALI IKE" “Comedy Ventriloquist” ANN DENNIS Singing Star of Rosalinda, Polonnaise and Madam Du Barry Grisha and Browa “Symphony In Silver” Phantasy” Interpretative Dancers Music for Dancing By Frankie Mann's Orchestra DELICIOUS DINNERS From 5 P.M. to 5 A.M. STEAKS CHICKEN LOBSTER NEVER A COVER er MINIMUM US NO. 1 on CRig WA any oy A