The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1954, Page 2

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Pege2? THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, February 2, 1954 Odham Will (Former Queen InitiateHis {Of Egypt Wins ‘04 Campaign (Quick Decree Brailey Odham, candidate for eek er 2 Seen ernor runner: 20-year. former Queen Narri- om -_ ete ee os sean a aplck diverce aa Been: lem religious court here today from tubby ex-King Farouk after a) month of behind-the-scene negotia. tions. The girl Farouk first saw in 1949 as she shopped for her engage- from! ment ring with another man re- nounced custody of her 2-year-old .|son, Ahmed Fuad, and also dropped her demand that the ex-King per-) sonally pay her monthly alimony) of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($14,400) and 2 dowry allowance of 10,000 pounds ($28,800), Instead, her lawyer said, she will ask President Mohamed Naguib’s revolutionary government to pay her those moneys out of Farouk’s properties in Egypt, which the new 1:30 p. regime confiscated when it de- |throned and exiled him in July 1952, from| Her chances of getting the money appear problematical. answering ques-| Narriman in her divorce suit had in by listeners,|harged her husband with adultery, the long program maltreatment, mental cruelty and -ganizational pur- estrangement. The settlement pre- ampaign’ vented the airing of any details that may have escaped newspaper jn|Teporters who have avidly followed the ex-King’s cavortings about Eu- rope with a succession of young women. Neither the ex-King, whose home in exile is in Italy, nor Narriman, who lives with her family in suburban Heliopolis, was in the packed courtroom today, After their lawyers presented the agreement renouncing alimony and Marilyn Has Never Seen A Ball Game Wife Of DiMaggio Wasn’t Exactly A Sports Fan By SHINN HIGASHI Actress Marilyn) downtown Tampa and out to the!John Armfield will officiate at the Monroe, bride of baseball's great Joe DiMaggio, said today she has never seen a ball had retired from active baseball,” the pin-up star told a Japanese- American news conference. With occasional help from Lefty eg San Diego club manager, Tanging from the risque to the ridiculous. “How long haye you been walk- ing like that?” one Japanese cor-' respondent asked as Miss Monroe swayed across the room. “I started when I was 6 months old and haven’t stopped yet,” the blonde actress replied. “We are told you do not wear anything under your dress. Is that true?” another Japanese reporter: asked as he eyed the fringe of lace Peeking from beneath a form-tight red dress. wool 5 “I’m planning to buy a kimono tomorrow,” Miss Monroe evaded with a grin. The actress had kept newsmen waiting nearly two hours, but quickly dispelled any resulting hos- tility by taking all questions in Pointing to a dark fur piece tossed carelessly over her left arm, a newsman asked, “What kind of ‘ox. not the 20th Century kind,” she quipped in obvious re- the child's custody, the judge pro-|feren' nounced the divorce. It was the second such marital severance for Farouk, who will be afi a In 1938 he married Mostly teen-age daughter of an Egypt- Wednes-jian diplomat and she became Queen Farida, He divorced her in ae Hi z iH i 'y about 16 mph. Billi Florida: Generally fair, little| p hesyaiae ty change thru Wednes-|p is nark Jacksonville through the Florida aie . Akan over marta pot s over north and northwest Partly ast Gultil centie to moder: this E winds, west to north over north Ft. Worth .. ba Galveston day. Clear -to partly cloudy wea- KEY WEST ..... Key West Airport ..... Western Caribbean: Moderate Asked about her suspension for' failing to report for work on a new, Picture, she answered: “I’m now under suspension. 1) read the script of the new movie and I didn’t care for it. That does mean I don’t like musicals—I like good musicals.” While Miss Monroe talked to ap- proximately 75 newsmen, DiMag- gio was almost unnoticed in a cor- ner of the room. MARINE MASTER (Continued from rage One) Lejeune where he put in for re- tirem —three boys and five girls. One of his daughters, Mrs. Bobby ‘Vaughan lives hers on Seidenberg game. | “I met my husband after he} Monroe parried questions |ties {Pinellas and Manatee. State Fair Is Opened By Shrine otentate Today TAMPA u—The imperial poten- tate of the Shrine snipped 2 ribbon at the main gate and opened the, \Florida State Fair today. Remmie L, Arnold of Petersburg, Va., also headed a parade ‘of! thousands of Shriners | fairgrounds. ne This is Shrine Day at the Fair) which also is honoring three of its 14 participating counties—Polk, | Shrine temples from Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Mobile, Ala.,| and Atlanta, Savannah and Albany, | Ga., are taking part in the festivi-| j Tody’s program includes open- ing of a dairy show by the Future Farmers of America and judging of Ayrshire dairy cattle. Nathan ‘Mayo, \Florida commissioner of agriculture, is scheduled to have a! hand in opening the livestock show. | Then for 11 days the country’s | biggest winter agricultural expo-| sition will show off Florida’s fruits) and vegetables, field crops and livestock, farm machinery and au- rt work and needlecraft, all interwoven with a) carnival atmosphere furnished by the usual midway attractions, au- tomobile races, thrill shows and grandstand revenues. Among the added attractions this year are the Chrysler Corp. million dollar exhibit of how an automobile’ is built; and atomic energy dis- plays by the electrical exposition and Florida State University. SHRIMPER IS STILL From Page One) the Florida Seas—was aground in the northwest channel. The Florida Seas, about 50-feet in length, signalled the 52-foot buoy vessel this morning as the 50-footer! was enroute to the Elliott. The| buoy vessel returned to aid the| Florida Seas, | lives in Norfolk, Va. She is married ito a Navy chief. You would think that after a man put in 31 years with one onganiza-| ‘tion, he would be ready to take it easy for a while, He has applied for a civil ser-| vice job at the Naval - Station.’ ‘Thinks he might be taken on as a_ guard. || Los Angeles northeasterly winds thru Wednes-!y ouisville day. Partly cloudy. weather with] Meridian . only a few showers. ‘Miami Key West, Fla., Feb. 2, 1954 | Minneapolis Observations Taken At City Office) Memphis .. at 7 AM., EST , | New Orleans TEMPERATURES New York .. Total last 24 hours .. Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year ..... Deficiency this: year Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 85% “|San Francisco *|Tallahassee 'Tampa ...... Washin; Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A.M. 30.07 ins.—1018.3 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac :09 a.m. |The Little Theatre $22 TRUMAN AVENUE It Pays To ADVERTISE In The \Citizen—Use Its Columns Freely! (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide 10:12 a.m. 3:43 a.m. 9:46 p.m. 3:09 p.m. Sandy Pi.) —ch 40m Channel SHOWING TUESDAY The Mask Of Diijon Jean Bates - William Wright SHOWING WEDNESDAY STRANGLER OF ’ THE SWAMP R. LaPlanche - Robert Barrett | i SERVICE Now Operating For Fast, Efficient One-Stop Service New or Repairs Call 2-313 (ene? end) —+2h 20m CITY TO LAUNCH (Continued From Page One) to give them “first class” treat- ment. ‘He admitted, however, that the] machine he inspected in Orlando “may not work on the type of | etreets 1 went in Key West.” Meanwhile, city officials are in- westigating the possibility of ob-| taining a-loan or a bond issue using the city’s future cigarette tax re- eeipts as collateral. Last night, Ce- eil Carbonell, local businessman advanced the opinion that money lenders would be interested in a such a transaction. Evenings Tickets Now On Sale At FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 6 and 9 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2:30 and 8:30 P.M. KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM “ANNIE GET YOUR GUN” All-Star Broadway Cast R. J. STOWERS CO., 533 Duval St. ' MAR-ED DRESS SHOP, 421-B Duval St. - + « $1.85 - $2.46 - $3.08 (tax included ) Matinee. « . . $1.23 - $1.85 - $2.46 (tax included) WAS BLACKMAILED (Continued From Page One? — a divorce naming all individ-| juals.” This, said Roosevelt, was when WILLIAM B. CURRY he was entering the fifth year of Mr. William B. Curry 74, died service with the Marine Corps and yesterday morning at 9:45 at Mon- When he was “very much below roe General Hospital after a long par physically,” having contracted illness. His residence was at 509 malaria and other disabilities in, South St. the south Pacific. He said he was Funeral services will be held to- promised that if he would sign a morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock iniletter prepared by attorneys it St. Payl’s Church where the body would never be made public and will be placed at 1 p. m. The Rey. in time would be destroyed. j “That it was blackmail I now) services. Burial will be in the recognize, but my desire to keep) family lot in City Cemetery. Lopez/these innocent people from unjus-| Funeral Home is in charge of ar- tified attacks while I was overseas) rangements. jand unable to defend myself my) Survivors include one sister, Mrs.|desire to make, if possible, a suc-} Arthur Pastorini; two brothers, cess of my marriage and my de-} Rutledge Curry ‘and John L. Cur- sire to prevent any anguish to my} ry, Tampa; and numerous nieces ©W" family led me to believe in and nephews. jthe sincerity of my wife’s state- SRR Ee Tgeracll Roosevelt said. a 7 | Upon his return from service he} DICK HAYMES HIDES made every effort to “achieve a) (Continued From Page One) | successful marriage,” and he be-| creditors” and owes her passa po = 7 finally was con- The singer has admitted he owes|Vinced that her charges were im-| her $32,000. He also has violated |28ined when they proceeded to} rage snent.with her io: sive: her have their three children, the state oe edly |ment said. But, he added, her im Pai “iperiaga se ay to clear} ined financial insecurity and va- , rious psychological factors in- arenes Shetty Sam Engleman' volved in the marriage ‘‘so affect-| brought the order to the hotel, said) they knocked and Haymes asked who was there. When they an-} swered, the officials said, Haymes| replied that he wanted to consult his attorney first. In a civil case such as this, ar- resting officers cannot force an entry. They can in a criminal ease. ed my wife that she had made living together impossible.” |. “Threats of divorce or suicide,” he said, “were an almost daily occurrence,” BLACK HILLS PASSION PLAY Amphitheatre JA APRIL 18 The Italian government has es-] Every timated that six million dwellings units were destroyed in the coun-| try during Wogld War II. FURNITURE SPECIALS Hollywood Beds, complete . $ 43.50 4 pce. Bedroom Suites $179.50 EISNER FURNITURE CO. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 PAWN SHOP 703 Duval Street _ Frank and Jessie James Present Demolition Demons AUTOMOBILE THRILL SHOW ROLL - OVERS .: . DIVE - BOMBER WALL OF ICE... Head On At Wall of Ice ... 60 Miles Per Hour... 25-FOOT FIRE POOL Thrills - Chills - Spills BOCA CHICA RACE TRACK FEBRUARY 6th and 7th ADMISSION $1.50 (tax included) CHILDREN UNDER 10 ADMITTED FREE Auspices American Legion Joan CRAWFORD ‘She Dances! She Sings! FOR THE FIRST TIME in color by TECHNICOLOR in M-G-M's MICHAEL WILDING with Gig Youn Wansonie Ramscas AN M-G-M PICTURE WEDNESDAY ONLY LIBERTAD LAMARQUE All PEDRO ENFANTE en “ANSIEDAD” Fox News Cartoon Box Office Open: 1:45 - $:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 - 9:00 P.M. Wednesdays CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE Qa TELEPHONE 2-3419FOR TIME SCHEDULE <9 San Carlos Theatre Air - Conditioned Spanish tcluding railroads, motors, cheml- TODAY'S "huang Mocky-cn, the ‘ape eure STOCK MARKET ers: hrysler 2,000 shares, off 5s, U.S. Steel 2,000, off %2, and Bethlehem NEW YORK, @ — Stocks were generally lower today in a quiet Steel 2,000 up 4s. market. * The decline went into the major fractions with a few small gainers seattered through the list Many of the major divisions were lower including steels, utilities, radio - televisions, and air lines, Others were mixed to lower in- In Southwestern United States many modern buildings have wails fashioned of bricks made of mud and straw much like those men- tioned in the Bible. RADIO and CIFELLI'S = ‘T.V. Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Guaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. 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