The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1954, Page 1

he Ken West Citis THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER 2A rica Plane Crackups Famed. Novelist And Wife Escape _Mishaps Unhurt ~ the Hemingways were! by road for Entebbe, at head of Uganda's Lake vies + ‘The American couple, with pilot | j Marsh, left Nairobi, -capita! a = Hae 8 Z = 4 s 5 i : i fi g a : in 1946, She was i well-known magazine it. His first three mar- paged: i t 2 Z i z aH aig a: E Letters Received PHILADELPHIA @ — Safe- crackers dialed their way into a steel walk-in vault at the Girard Federal Savings and Loan Assn. peo three safes of $22,000 arly yesterday. The robbery was discovered by a cleaning woman who found the vault door open. The burglars also dialed open two of three doors on each of the safes, and burned through the in- ber with an acetylene torch: Investigators said the bank has Escapes Death In Africa ERNEST HEMINGWAY was alive and well today after h escaped unhurt from two plane was taken om Hemingway’s most recent crashes in Africa. last June—just before he started his trip Staff Photo, Finch. : Longer Hours Set By Tax Office It has been announced by the local office of the Internal Re- venue Service that the office, Room 201, Post Office Build- ing, will be open from 8:30 @. m. fo 5:15 p. m. daily, Mon- day through Friday, to furnish information and assistance in the filing of Federal Income Tax returns. lt is suggested that persons desiring such service, visit the Office as early as possible in order to avoid the rush that will come around March 15, Debtor Repays With. Trouble Instead Of Cash on Wednesday at the Convent! uditorium, Ever since she made’ tadjo debut Telephone} only a star; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1954 * The Chamber of Commerce feday received fetters from both Floride Senators and Rep. Bill Lenteff, assuring the cham- First Visit To West Since °46 By JOHN M, HIGHTOWER France’s Georges Bidault began their historic but not too hopeful Berlin sessions in the Allied Con- It° was Molotov’s first visit to West Berlin since’ the 1945 Pots- » It was Dulles’ g of his Their first business was to pose for photographers of four nations and two half-nations—East and West Germany. They allowed 15 minutes for the picture taking. Dulles and Molotov arrived more than a half hour early to have a Preliminary talk on conference’ ar- tered on any meeting of these two Principals particularly in view of the impending discussions on world atomic energy control proposed by President Eisenhower and re- ceived sympathetically by Moscow. In a fleet of big, black limou- i (Continued on Page Nine) Acting Governor Johns Reet Keys Promotion In Marathon | Pool Dedicated ACTING GOVERNOR Charley IN THE U.S.A. | Johns clips blue ribbon which formally opened Key Colony’s new $150,000 swimming pool/in Marathon Saturday. Looking on are County Judge Raymond R. Lord and Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. Johns attended the opening along with other top officials flown in for the affair. State Representative Bernie C. Papy was master of cere- monies at event.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, Man Charges Police With Viglating x bs Fivee * EOE ~ . ‘ Sue . : , 2 2 ee - %, : Top Officials Gather For Th- Dedication Of $150,000 Pool By JIM COBB “As long as I am in the sovernor’s office, PM work or the continued develop- aent of the Florida Keys,” Acting Governor Charley Johns told more than a thou- sand persons gathered in Marathon Saturday for the ledication of the Key Col- my’s new $150,000 swim- ing pool and cabana col- my. Johns, accompanied by a ‘roup of top state officials, 1ade a flying trip into the iddle keys resort sett'e- ant rt the invitcti ‘te Representative Berr’s - Papy and Phil Sadowski, eveloper of the 241-unit “ey Colony Motel. In a brief, but well-received talk ae Civil Rights, Using. Brutality ../2 ‘Painter Says Cops Beat Him, Mishandled His Wife In Arrest A local man said today that he has filed a complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that his civil rights were violated by lo- cal police last Wednesday jnight when they arrested him for disorderly conduct. The man, painting con- tractor Walter H. Roberts, 204 Simonton Street, charg- ed that police entered his home unlawfully and then beat him and mishandled his wife, inflicting a four inch gash in his skull. He further charged; that they kept him in a cell at the city jail for some time after his arrest and ignored his pleas for medical atten- tion. According to a police report dat- ed January 20, Patrolman Her- man Conley was dispatched at 9:30 p. m. to Roberts’ home to! investigate a disturbance. Conley said that when he asked them to be quiet, they failed to heed him and he returned to police head-' quarters and summoned City Clerk Victor Lowe who issued a warrant! for the arrest of Roberts and his’ wife, Jeannette, Conley added that when he and! patrolman Eugene Pinder tried to serve the warrant, he was admit- ted by the woman and that they were told to “take the warrant back where you got it.” A fight ensued, Conley said, and Reserved Auto Tags Must Be Claimed Today P. m. today is the last chance you'll have to pick it up. Howard E. Wilson, county tax collector, today said that beginning tomorrow morning, the tags will be sold to the first buyer. He added that failure to pick up the tags was holding up his report to the Motor. Vehicle Bureau commissioner, Police Battle Rioting Students In Spanish City back and afoot today battled thou- jsands of Madrid University stu- jdents who staged a fiery demon- stration demanding the return cf British-held Gibraltar to Spain. Ten policemen and five students iwere injured. jon the remarkable gifts of the co- loratura, but Danise did something! ~jabout it. He arranged for an audi- bia Artists Management. That ‘served for the Telephone Hour. Ever since that first appearance White- she has been an audience success. inereasea in the price, me@ morejhas been engaged for the Cincin- go alarm system. than 9 @gMfar a pound. (Continued on Page Nine) tion with Arthur Judson of Colum-|- DRENCHED IN BLOOD, Walter H. Roberts, 204 Simonton St., posed for this picture shortly after he said that he was beaten by police during his arrest. Roberts, who said today that he has filed a federal complaint charging that his civil rights were violated by police, said that his door was smashed in last Wed- nesday night and that he was beaten and hit wife mishandled. Police say that Roberts created a disturbante and made it neces- sary for them to use free... Trial is set for tomorrow in city court on disorderly conduct charge. jit was necessary “to use force to |subdue the pair.” The report also} states that Roberts was taken to} Monroe General Hospital for treat- Police fired revolvers ia the air and charged with night sticks to break up the wild deménstratioa in which the students knocked five guardsmen from their mounts, The Thea, » Shortly after midnight, the et pede pots a pers to Dleed| yards from the British embassy, returned to the hospital.” WAS which was damaged in a similar But, Roberts today denied sea ane rywing demonstration Jaa. agra en oe on Driven back from the embassy heir first visit to his aes he | day, the students marched on to and his wife went to bed. 15-minute clash took place just 190} |a nearby British bank and broke; 1 |several windows. Then they pa-/Ward Mattei and Mr. (Continued on Page “ine: Dalton Memorial Fund Still Grows Another $10 was added today to ithe March of Dimes in honor of the late Dr. R. J. Dalton, who county health officer here for Ranallo, \raded to the Spanish foreign of- fice, where Foreign Minister Al-' berto Martin Artajo appeared on a balcony and sang with them the Falange party’s anthem; i He also charged the police with lusing ‘sbuefve language and’ men| NEW MEXICO LAGS | handling his wife after smashing) ALBUQUERQUE @®—The Albu- down two doors to gain entrace.|querque Journal ‘ruefully noted the, Roberts also denied that he hediiatest U. S. census figures show-| threatened police at any time dur-|ing New Mexico’s population in- jing the altercation. He added that/crease of about 61,000 since 1950 he was. hospitalized until the after-\compared with a jump of 145,000 noon of the next day. The first/for Arizona. Commented the Jour- time either he or his wife ever)nal: { ‘saw the warrant, they said, was| “Sure looks like -a lot of folks) (Continued on Page Nine) overshot.” Conley holding me,” Roberts de-| clared. He named officer Edward! Ramirez as being present, also. RESERVE SU PLATO PARA “LA CENA MARTIANA” QUE SE CELEBRARA EN LA CAFE. TERIA DE BENNY EL jug. VES 28 de ENERO A LOS 9 DE LA NOCHE. LLAME AL NUMERO 24932 *"ITES DEL MEDIODIA. Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr,