The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1953, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, January 14, 1953 Murder At The High School Is Coming Up A man, unindentified except as Thompson, died in a strange man- ner on Key West's High School stage last evening. According to reports of authorities the death was due to inhaling of voodoo gas known only as “Devil’s Breath.” Mystery, intrigue, black magic plus as ill assorted company of native Haitians as you can imagine join together to form the plot for “Drums of Death,” a play in 3 acts, by Howard Reed, to be put on by KW H. S. Juniors Thursday evening. Last evening was dress rehearsal. All the elements of a fine ‘“Who- dunit” are combined to give the audience all the chills and thrills to be expected from a fine cast of experienced players. Keeping every thing a secret until the very end and then springing a complete sur- prise as the actual criminal is a sure way to have attention and you may be assured that when the curtain rises Thursday evening you will be on the edge of your seat until the last lines are spoken. The play, laid in the Louisiana Bayou country, concerns a stolen stone and the men and women who work for its recovery to prevent a national disaster. With most of the cast originating from areas where black magic and VooDoo is practiced, anything can happen and it does. To add to the fun is a Sheriff whose biggest worry, despite kidnapping, murder and sundry other crimes of violence, is a badge that has been mislaid. This “Badgeless Sheriff” provides the necessary comedy relief for such a spine tingler. Place is Key West High School, Legion To Hear Local Astrologer Hank Leeds, local astrolger, will entertain during the regular meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, this evening. The meeting is scheduled to get underway at 8 p. m., Adjutant Bethel Johnson stated. time 8:15 Thursday evening. Do not attend it you have a weak heart and cannot stand cold chills up and down your spine. McCARTY’ APPOINTEE TALLAHASSEE (®—Gov. McCar- ty has appointed former State Rep. Ed Kirkland, Orlando, to the appeals review board of the State | §, Industrial Commission. He suc- ceeds W. Churchill Mellen, Pensa- cola, whose term expired. The board handles appeals from industrial commission orders deny- ing unemployment compensation claims, JR. CLASS ||: PRESENTS i}8e “Drums of Death” A MYSTERY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 8:15 P.M. THURS. & FRI., FEB. 15 & 16 dents 50¢ ‘Adults 7 Today’s Stock | Market NEW YORK (#—Quietly mixed was the way the stock market acted today with a slight tendency to advance. Small fractional price changes were the rule with many leading issues sluggish about opening at all. Steels were ahead by a slim margin while almost all other ma- jor divisions were steady to nar- rowly mixed. Higher stocks included Santa Fe, Chesapeake & Ohio, Kennecott Copper, Air Reduction, Internation- al Paper, Armour, Bethleftem Steel, Republic Steel, U. S. Rub- ber, Montgomery Ward, and Radio Corp. Lower were Goodrich, Home- stake Mining, Allied Chemical, General Electric, American Can, Southern Railway, Texas Co., and Trans World Airlines. Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YORK (AP) Philco 16% Philip Mor 59% Radio Cp 36% Reading Co 39% Rexall Drug 44 Schenley Ind 14%Seab Al RR 20 b ars 46 Sinclair Ol 6%Sou Co 12%Sou Pac 93% Std Oil NJ 28 Studebaker 22% Swift 19 Texas Co 72%Tex. P CRO 24, Un Bag, 33% Un ‘Carbi Un Oil Cal CARMICHAEL CASE (Continued from Page One) Key West and was riding through the colored section and we didn’t see anything that looked like the car,” Carmichael, Sr. said he and Carl, Jr. saw a Negro with the neck of a broken bottle in his hand. “I told him to lay the bottle down. I said I wanted to talk to him and I asked him if he knew any colored fellow with a car. He got in the car when I asked him to help me find the other car.” While looking for the other Ne- groes, Carmichael said the Negro, Mellow Moon, asked him if he had a drink. He said he had a little better than a pint of Grandad which he gave Mellow Moon, who he said “guzzled it right down.” “I warned him that he’d better watch out he’d be drunk - Sure enough it took quite an effect.” Carmichael continued: “I decided we’d go out to the Overseas Lunch where I always eat lunch. In the meantime I stop- ped and had my son buy another pint. I always keep whiskey in the car for friends. We started on out toward the Overseas lunch. This boy (Mellow Moon) mumbled he drunk. You know, rolling his head around, talking lots, rolling it over on me. I told him ’all you need is to take yourself a swim and cool off.’ That got in his mind, that he was going to take a swim. That's when we picked up the sailor. I told my boy to give the sailor a ride. He got in the car. We was laughing and talking. This boy(Mellow Moon) mubbled he wanted to go swimming. I kept pushing him and said ‘If you don’t quit talking in my face I am going to hit you.’ My boy said, ‘Daddy don’t hit him.’ I forgot about hit- ting him. While the sailor was jin the car I said to the boy (Mellow Moon): “ We going to let you go swim- ming, but drunk as you are we are going to have to put a rope around you so we can fish you out.” “We let the sailor out,” Car- michael continued, ‘and went over to the place where we were work- ing (on Stock Island). He (Mellow Moon) tried to get out of hf& breeches, I took him by the arm while he took his clothes off so he wouldn’t’ hurt himself on the cinders. He got undressed. . .We set him down right in the edge of the water. The tide was out. He started splashing around. . Junior put some water on him. We set around thete and he kept wallowing around in the water. We was there about half an hour. Finally I told him. “ ‘Come on out and get your clothes on.’” “He looked like that the water had done him good,” Carmicha testified. ‘He decided he wanted stay in there some longer. I told him we were going up to get a 4 ;eup of coffee at the Overseas and 66 Unit Fruit 26%U S Steel 35% Warn Pict 76 West U Tel 53% Willys Ov Greyhound 125 Woolworth Hupp Cp When wood absorbs water, it swells across the grain, but swell- ing along the grain is so slight S¢}that wooden measuring rods are quite reliable. Wylk's that we’ll come back and get you.” The Carmichaels had a coffee at the Overseas. Fifteen minutes later they went back to the water where they had left Mellow Moon. “He had moved. We turned the lights on of the car and couldn’t see nothing. We couldn’t tell what objects we looked at. We looked in the mangrove. After we search- ed awhile, I had a big flashlight CI ub Key West’s Newest and Largest Supper Club RENOVATED AND RE-DECORATED PRESENTS A NEW and DIFFERENT SHOW FEATURING TONY FERNANDEZ “The Sinatra of South America” who just closed at Miami Beach’s Saxony Hotel. “THE BLACKOUTS” Rich & Gibson’s Marionettes Their Melody and Rhythm Will Captivate You PLUS -:- eA Sh BE ™. in the trailer and we went down to my trailer for the flashlight to see if we could see anything. We searched all around, we thought maybe he had missed his clothes and got off on the side of the toad. We looked around with the flashlight. We went off and picked up his clothes and laid them off made a third trip to find him. Then Junior and I went on back to Marathon. I told Junior to take eare of the work in Key West. What happened to him (Mellow Moon) I don’t know. I never had intentions of anything wrong hap- pening to him.” Defense attorney Will Albury rested his case tollowing Car- michael’s testimony. Co-defense at- torney Enrique Esquinaldo made the opening jury ment, follow- ed by Count: licitor Allan B. Clear who a ted State Attorney Lancelot Lester on the case. Les- ter then addr the jury. Lester presented a battery of ing Kenneth Sandberg, 21 year old sailor who testified that he was frightened at the proceedings in the Studebaker he rode in the night of fearing trouble. He then told a license number of the car because of fearing trouble. He ten told a buzzards over Stock Island the following day. He told the whole story later to Chief Deputy Web- ber. TWO CITY (Continued from Page One) election which promises to be one of the hottest in years. According to the city charter, the six candidates who receive the highest number of votes November {10th will compete the following Tuesday in a “runoff election” for the posts. The man who receives the great- est number of votes will serve as mayor for a two year term as well as gaining a seat on the city commission for four years. The next highest candidate wil! serve as a commissioner for four years and the third highest will be a commissioner for a two year term. Candidates for the vacant posts must be qualified voters in Key West and to announce their can- didacy they must file an applica- tion with City Clerk Victor Lowe and post a $25 deposit. PHILADELPHIA MAN (Continued from Page One) knocked her to the floor where he pinned her arms to her side. At this peint, the woman strug- gled frantically and succeeded in breaking his hold on her. Her Screams apparently frightened the man and he dashed from the house only to be captured in a short time by the alert police de- partment. Williams was then taken to the city jail where he was booked for investigation. This morning he was turned over to County authorities and lodged in the County jail. Sheriff John Spottswood said to- day that “his entire office is in- vestigating the case.” Formal to be filed late today. Williams admitted to police this morning that he had been sen- tenced to an indefinite penitentiary term in 1947 on a breaking and en- tering charge. He said that he was released on parole at the time and then sentenced again to term on the same charge in 1949. He was freed once more on parole | in 1951 and admitted to being a parole violater at this time. SALT PO AND (Continued from Page One) Hudgins was low bidder with | $6,056 compared with the $9,214 bid by Allan E. Perez. Alonzo Cothron was awarded a contract for his sole bid of $8,673 for resurfacing three roads at Tavernier. Joe Sirugo, contractor reported |to Commissioners that the pice of |property on U. S. 1 he was tryin to buy for $2,000 from a Mrs. | Patterson for use as a much need- state witnesses yesterday includ- | buddy about it, and said he saw| charges in the case are expected | another | he WEATHERMAN — Key West and Vicinity artly cloudy to cloudy with possibility of | showers or light rain. Warmer to- night and Thursday. Gentle to moderate northeast and east winds | becoming east and southeast and freshening. Florida: Partly cloudy thru Thursday. Chance for few brief showers on lower east coast this morning. Slowly rising tempera- ture. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Gentle to moderate east to southeast winds thru Thursday. | Partly cloudy to cloudy weather. East Gulf: Gentle to moderate southeast to southwest winds over north portion and moderate east to southeast winds over south portion thru Thursday except winds be- | coming occasionally fresh Thurs- | day. Partly cloudy, to cloudy | weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh northeast to east winds thru Thursday. Partly cloudy weather. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Jan. 14, 1953 9:00 A.M. EST Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Mean .. Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours . Total this month Excess this month Total this year Excess this year Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M, 85% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.24 ins.—1024.0 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 7 Sunset Moonrise Moonset 6:11 p.m. (New Moon Jan, 15) TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) HIGH 9:45 a.m. 8:56 p.m. 000 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of 0 ins. 3.72 ins. 2.84 ins. 3.72 ins. 2.84 ins. Low 3:08 a.m. 2:12 p.m. Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m — 9.0 ft. No Name Key (east end) —+2h 20m Boca Chica Station— Tide high water Sandy Pt.) —oh 40m Caldes Channel (north end) {—)—Minus sign: to be subtracted, {+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. | TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta — Augusta Birmingham — Boston — Buffalo Charleston | Chicago Corpus Christi — Denver - Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth - Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Ange # Louisville ‘ed road on Stock Island had been | N sold to Clem Price by that lady for $3500. “| think it was pretty stinking of Price to buy that property,” | Sirugo said, ‘when he knew the county was talking of condemn- ing it, for a road.” Commissioner Frank Bentley in- | terposed: “L don’t think that the drive-in ildings on Stock Is- to welfare that | we should condemn property for Hy | it.” YOUR FAVORITE AND MINE AL ROBINSON and ALKALI IKE AND ... GLORIA LEE, The Dancing Star — Tops and Taps Have You Met Our Mixologists At THE HORSESHOE BAR? HAVE DINNER at WYLK’S Lobster, Steak. Chicken SERVED FROM 5 P.M. TO 5 AM. NO COVER OR MINIMUM TO 10 P.M. MODERATE PRICES US NO. 1 STOCK ISLAND i 1138 Duval St. referred to Har- tee for investiga tion. HAWAIE STATEHOOD ANYTHING CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE THE TWINS Dial 2-240 \¥ better case eral t in population than Hawaii's case is made as far nittee is concerned,” but expressed uncertainty the position he will take on a ALL GROCERS TRUMAN FORESEES (Continued fram Page One) should set this as a target for a basic American standard of living for all within a decade. “In fact, this would require less than half the total gain in personal incomes we can achieve, leaving more than half for raising still further the incomes of families al- ready above this basic standard.” He pointed to other “important gaps” in the national well-being: he called one-quarter of all city housing, and more of farm housing, substandard. Sums spent recently for schools and hospitals are Itss, as a percentage of total spending, suffer from malnutrition.” Five million workers lack unemploy- ment insurance. About half of all families “find difficulty in meeting the cost of essential medical care.” “Standards of adequacy change with the times,’ Truman went on. “What is enough in a 250 billion dollar economy is not enough in a 350 billion dollar economy, and will be still less than enough in a 400 billion or 500 billion dollar econ- omy.” Urging that social security ben- efits be brought more nearly into line with the country’s improved standard of living, the President asserted that such improvement would have economic as well as social benefits, saying: “For if the millions of our peo- ple who are beyond working age should be unable to join in the de- mand for more and better prod- ucts, the total market would not be adequate to support our ex- panding productive power.” The message closed: “America is now confronted with the challenge to make its fair con- tribution toward world peace and security. Happy will be the day when we can raise to the nobler challenge of participating more ful- ly in the advancement of world prosperity. “This may be our most. signifi- cant contribution to human bet- terment in the second half of the twentieth century.” "RUGS CLEANED All Formal Garments chemically Processed. All work guaranteed ——— POOR OLD CRAIG sqiaag STATION a:\iaag Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 YOUR PURE OIL DEALER Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries - - Accessories SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND’ We Wani Junk of All Kinds Old Cars and Trucks DIAL 2-6141 or DIAL 2-2940 than in 1939. Many families “still | KEY WESTERS WILL (Continued from Page One) scheduled. A dance will be held in the evening at the Home. The business session of the Leg- ion Auxiliary will be held at the Hotel George- Washington under the direction of Mrs. Audrey Hum- er, State President of Hialeah. On Saturday at 2 p. m. a 40 and 8 Grand Cheminot Meeting will be held at the 40 and 8 Chateau in West Palm Beach. 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