The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 Woman Who THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Thursday, February 11, 1954 perlite eee Masqueraded As Man Now Ponders What Her Future Holds In Store COLUMBUS, Ohio #—A 35-year- old woman who dressed as a male since the age of 7 and whose mas- querade confounded a criminal court pondered the future today as she awaited transfer to the State Reformatory for Women. “There can't be much of a future sow,” Violet Marie Bradshaw told| 4 newsman. “I don’t know whether I will be able to live it down.” Violet was unmasked as a wom- an in a sensational turn of events yesterday after she had been sen- tenced to a term of 1 to 10 years in Mansfield Reformatory, an in- stitution for men only, on an eo- bezzlement charge. Judge Dana F, Reynolds hastily The_ Weatherman ‘Southwesterly winds ioe Partly cloudy and warmer today) jand Friday; showery. and cooler} Friday evening. Light to moderate throughout s _ becomin ti ; Pari d Ri tending 150 feet eastward fresh offshore and shifting to Nor-\substance and influence 1 have pa ee ae riya aa: therly late Friday. Low tonight\come to the conclusion that I am ‘MY se ier Spe ie nag Pte RP agit either! tide about 65, high tomorrow about #2,|ot presently equipped to enter), Oona made a brief flying trip Channel: ‘ . Florida: Increasing cloudiness, politics.” 4 : id od the: brid d changed the sentence to the Marys- SHightly warmer today; scattered Both-Democrats and Republicans |™¥M0rs — never confirmed — she |of the west en poling Van Fleet Says He Is Not A °54 Candidate Fla. GOP Hopes Blasted By Word From Native Son AUBURNDALE #~Gen. James A, Van Fleet punctured Republi- can hopes yesterday that he would be the GOP candidate for gover- nor of Florida this year by an- nouncing he was not running for any office in 1954. The former commander of the Eighth Army in Korea said: “After several recent trips the state and after ig Many conferences with persons of il showers and turning cooler North urged him to run for governor or the person appearing in court \tion Friday. | Although he has not identified dressed as a man actually was a|_ Jacksonville Thru The Florida himself completely with either po- woman, Violet appeared in court|Straits and East Gulf: Moderate, litical party—he once said he was ast orenber Mrs. Genin " ee Key Channel: 150 feet on each Plateau country to the west. They v 5 et a re 5 A # | i |not return for the funeral. His will, side. P jincreasing to fresh Southwesterly|4 Democrat who voted for Eisen-| ‘ of 10,500 about 260 miles north of et tee August, Vera: |wind s shifting to Northerly in ex, hower in 1952—he was most often| Published later, made no provision | 8. Section 9006, Bridge 30, Whale, t. Louis Cops Are Baffled By Gangland Killing ST. LOUIS W Another gang- land killing confronted police to. |day. Tony Cipriano, once St. Louis’ 1 bad man, was killed last \nig it on a quiet residential street. | Cipriano, 45-year-old ex-convict |who operated a St. Louis tavern, was shot several times with a small caliber weapon. | As yet unsolved by police is the gangland killing of John (Buddy) Lugar, an ex-convict questioned in St. Louis bombings and shootings, who was slain in nearby Madison County, -Il., Jan. 1, | OONA O’NEILL _ (Continued From Page One) \to Hollywood that November amid |went to gather up some cash. One story put the amount as high as |five million dollars. | When her father died in Boston Bradshaw, 29, fled the courtroom tteme North tonight and in South Mentioned as a possible Republi- fF her. after’ the startling revelation.|and Central portions Friday. Part-\¢an candidate for governor. Newsmen were unable to locate|ly cloudy weather; a few showers) State GOP Chairman Harpld ber afterward. | But Violet told newsmen the dis-| elosure of her masquerade “must| have taken her b; rise. I tried | moderate Northeast to East winds pease Herel jand mostly fair weather thru Fri- iday, to tell her myself but I couldn't get around to it.” | Mrs. Vera Bradshaw has two| children—a boy 12 and a girl s— by a previous marriage. There was no pretense in her masquerade in her native Kenova, W. Va., for many years, Violet| told newsmen. She said she was known there by her correct name, adding: “T started wearing boys’ clothes when I was about 7, when I started to school. I have worn boys’ and men’s clothes ever since.” The Hi-Grade Ice Cream Co. | was the firm for which “Vernon M. Bradshaw” worked. Violet sub- sequently was indicted on a charge of embezzling $300 from the firm. Questioned about the embezzle- ment, she said: “My mother is sick. She is 65 and is losing her eyesight and has diabetes. It was in order to help her—pay the doctor bills and (her deceased) father’s bills—I was helping pay some of them off — that I took the money,” About four years ago, Violet told newsmen, she met Vera and rented a room from her. She continued: “I roomed: at her house. I paid my way and she paid hers. It was strictly on a business basis, “Vera has two children by a Previous marriage. There was a lot of talk about her losing the kids i I continued living there and so} we got married. I did it to keep her from losing her kids. I didn’t know it would go this far or I never would have done it. “She began to mistrust me. She asked me, among other things, why I didn’t a i Too Early To Plan, Says June Haver By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD w—June Haver) admitted today she is dating no one else but Fred MacMurray but said “it's too early” to discuss} marriage. | The MacMurray-Haver combina-/ tion became the talk of Hollywood | when they first started dating a} few weeks ago. Talk of a romance will increase| when the two leave for the Bra-| zilian film festival next Thursday. | They will be i nthe Hollywood good/ will contingent that will also in-| clude Rhonda Fleming, Jeanne} Crain, Irene Dunne, Edward G.| Robinson, Jeannette MacDonald/ and Gene Raymond, So far both are cautious about statements, “She's a wonderful girl to be with,” MacMurray says. “I've known her for a long time, and I love her company,” He declined to admit anything more serious, “I’m not going with anyone else,” says June, “Anything serious 1 can’t say now. It’s too soon.” The pair met when they co- starred in “Where Do We Go From Here?” in 1945. Since then both their lives have been marked by tragedy. MacMurray’s wife died last year after a lengthy illness. Miss Haver's first marriage to| musician Jimmy Zito ended in voree. Friends believed she would marry Dr. John Duzik. She was| Bard hit when the young dentist! died suddenly, On Feb. 8 last year she entered the Catholic Sisters af Charity convent at Xavier, Kan. After nine months and thr vitiate, she retu; saying she was i- ned to Hollywood, Miss Haver resumes her acting @areer next Monday, She will ap- pear with Jack Carson in a radio theater version of “Trouble Along the Way.” a land values are urba: nm and non- farm. | h ee weeks as a no-|j North portion toni portion Friday. Western Caribbean: Gentle Key West, F Feb. 11, 1954 Observations Taken At City Office! at 7 AM., EST TEMPERATURES Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night ... Mean Normal PRECIPITATION ight and in South Alexander said his decision is a to Many other Republicans through- out Florida.” The announcement was not entirely a surprise, how- ever, Alexander added. He had no comment on what the GOP will do now about entering a candi- date in the gubernatorial race. Van Fleet left the way open for him to enter politics later. His 77,/announcement specified that he 61) Was not a candidate in 1954. There @g/have been reports that Republi- 71)cans have urged him to run for the U. S. Senate in 1956, Van Fleet was not available for ae aa sacha a - comment on that possibility. He pape talents ‘ rh announced his decision in a state- ce ae ‘35 ins.!ment mailed from here where he Total this year ... 55 i0S./has been visiting relatives, and Deficiency this year ...... 1.56 ins, Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 81% Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A. 1 30.01 ins. Sunrise .. Sunset Moonrise .. Moonset TOMORROW'S was reported out of the city. “If I should ever seek public of- fice it will be‘on a high level of Public service,” the statement said. It also referred to his boyhood in this (Polk) county, the fact *\that his father pioneered in this “;area and that he served eight ‘jyears at the University of Florida ‘jas ROTC instructor and football coach in the 1920s, M. fID He said he planned to build a ag (Naval Base) Ferri oripe ae ome “better ac- _ quain wit @ present day "tas nm; 2071 game |A8ETSand the new people ofthe 5:26 p.m. pm Boca Chica Many Pi) sascbadens pete LANDMARKS Caldes Channel ued trom Page One) (north end) +2h 10m government, and that is still is op- +1.4 #,/erating, |(—)—Minus sign: Corrections) The southernmost house, a bun- to be subtracted. (+)—Plus. sign: be added. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of {home which often is referred to as Station— Tide high water|the southernmost house. Bahia Honda (bridge) ....—eh 10m 9.0 ft.| “BLUDGEQNED BODY No Name Key (Continued #rym.Page One) (east end) ...+-2h 20m indicating that bad put | up a fight before -he was slain. Temperatures | detectives said Johnston's Pensive 1953 car is missing and At 7:30 A.M., EST _|bulletin has been issued to ‘Atlanta Augusta Birmnigham Boston -. Buffalo Charleston |Chicago Corpus Christi Denver ‘Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport _._ |Los Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami Minneapolis Memphis —. New Orleans New York Norfolk —— Oklahoma City Omaha - Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis San Antonio jan Francisco Seattle Tallahassee _ Tampa _ Washington NON-SCHEDULED (Continued from Page One? NAL said 44-passenger C irs would be flown between Mia- Physically unable|mi and Key West. One 14-passen- to continue her Teligious training. \ger Lockheed Lodestar makes one iflight daily between the two cities now. NAL also said that the line want- ed to extend its New York-Miam! |night coach service to Key West \if the Navy okayed the Boca Chica About 85 per cent of total U. S. move. DC-6 equipment is bere ss NAL’s ew York-Miamg coach heent, Corrections to \galow now owned by Julius Stone, was built in 1939 for Thelma Stra- bel, authoress of “Reap the Wild Wind.” The bungalow is 18 inches }farther south than the huge 1899 51}fornia police to watch for it. 57 5g/Covered by Johnston’s girl friend 33/When she went to his house last 2g (night and, looking in, saw a pool 36/0 blood on the living room rug. |She fled from the house and noti- 21 fied police, A piece of fire wood was found 20 near the body. Johnston’s hands 23 were tied behind his back and his S4jankles tightly bound. 46| Smith said bottles and glasses 62\indicated there may have been a/4 * party before the killing. 25 68) 47) 37 59, 59 ALL ‘on- BERTHA STREET an BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW or Any Member Smith said the body was dis-| gg CITIZEN ADS BRING RESULTS) WHOOPEE! IT'S COMING!! _ The Big Bill Bailey MINSTREL Saturday, February 13 BENEFIT KEY WEST LIONS CLUB BLIND FUND 45 All Star Cast of Leading Minstre] Performers ... Big Parade Down Duval Street Saturday Tent Wilt Be Located at Radio & Appliance, Sunny Isle Lun: | Oona attended the Convent of |Mary Immaculate in 1935-26 in 'Key West. A check of records “great disappointment to me and there today showed that she was side. registered as ‘Ana O'Neill.” | POLICE PROMOTIONS «Continued From Page Une: ‘department eligible for promotion |to the rank of captain, said that jhe will attend tonight's meeting “to see that his rights are pro- tected.” | Baker, who according to city hall records, is the only man who has successfully completed the exa ination for the rank of police lieu- \tenant, says that the job is right- fully his, He has threatened to ‘bring court action if he is not ap- Pointed to the post. The Civil Service Board has alse unofficially protested that they were by-passed in the mat- tor of police promotions, They say that they should have been asked | te submit three names from the | list of eligible candidates to the police chief for consideration. They also indicated that they are of the opinion the city commission |was out of line in instructing the police chief to appoint a captain. They cited a section of the city charter which makes it a misde- meanor for the commission to in- terfere. ; But three members of the city commission have denied that they) interfered in naming Perez. The controversy arose when Ca- brera was promoted from Cap- tain to chief and Perez was named {to fill the vacancy then created. | Earlier, the city commission at- |tempted to name two captains, but when it was discovered that they jdo not have the power to appoint \captains, the matter was thrown \into the lap of the police chief. BLACK HILLS PASSION PLAY | Lake Wales Amphitheatre JAN. 31 — APRIL 18 ‘Tue \ ) | CATWALK PLANS | VIETMINH INVADES j{ Scot Ts TARE B OVER (Continued From Page One) (Contnued From _ 2 (Continued From Page * i i ted that any assault m lobtained an immediate appropria- base fers en sce [tien of $99,000 for constuction of; “Asiae from the. palaces featwalks in the area where the King and Crown Princ road department has jurisdiction The next step will be the draw- ing of actuai plans for the cat- walks and a call for bids. Con. struction is expected to start short- ly. “The complete list of projected catwalks: 1. Section 9002, Bridge 3A, Boca Chica Channel: 300 feet on each side beginning 20 feet east of the west end of the bridge and extend- ing eastward. 2. Section 9002, Bridge 7D, Ha Gap Channel: 18 feet on each ht not ball field. This worked. il was the Negro troop flows into the Me! town. A jungle southward to ministrative capi He prayed to the Thunder es for fire to light the c I didn Thunder thing like Pofley or Sa if they could seize it ure the King or his son. In southeast Viet Nam, where French Union troops made a land- der God worked. de of the center span. ing last month to regain a rich down an invisible wire. When 3. Section 9002, Bridge 9A, Bow strip of al rice country from the burning something slipped Channel: 150 feet on each side be- the rebels, a consolidation of gains down the wire and hit the kero- ginning at a point 550 feet east of \the west end of the bridge and ex- was reported. Army headquarters announced that 35,000 inhabitants had retur to their homes since the first Try of action estab- lished the French beachhead at Tuy Hoa. Many had been ordered out of the area by the retreating Reds. ¥ & In withdrawing from the coast, the Vietminh managed to make a dent in French holdings in the sone on the campfire, the up of logs burst into flames. It was a pretty cute trick With the campfire fin. ing, Martinez led the boys in s ing several songs, including Bless America. 4. Section 9002, Bridge 10A, Kemp beginning at a point 160 feet east extending eastward 132 feet. 5. Section 9006, Bridge 26, Lignum Vitae Bridge: 100 feet on each side, 6. Section 9006, Bridge 27, In- of the boys. occupied Kontum, a trading center from the bandstand area to te Probably the most orderly group ped around ut on his best some- franz Anyway, the prayer to the Thun- A boy halfway up @ telephone pole lighted something that slid piled God her, The business around the camp- | fire ended with the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer for the late | Bemard Frank, former Boy Scout commissioner for Monroe County. Then, for the boys anyway, came the mos: nportant part of the evening — eating. Coca Cola people had lent the boys a portable refreshment Stand, Some of the luckier boys nk the servers spent all their time serving. After all, you can eat ana also hand out food. , There were crackers, cookies, Peanuts, other goodies and cokes. Carlton Smith, chairman of camping and activities. was in charge of the refreshments. He said he had 240 cokes on ice. That’s the nearest to a count of the boys that anyone had. The boys were such enthusiastic eaters that they made me hungry. T went home and ate supper agin. “What's the matter with you?” - my wife asked, “I saw some Boy Scouts,” T tol Then there were a couple of skits The flesh of dolphins formerty was considered a delicacy and had the further advantage in Catholic countries of being considered fish that could be eaten on fast days. Harbor Bridge: 75 feet on each Saigon, after its French Union side. garrison withdrew. t 7. Section 9006, Bridge 28, Tea a esa aout casein sous } idee: of Kontum, a French and Viet- [able Key Bridge: 75) feet on cach) namese force still held on. | In Saigon today, French Defense Minister Rene Pleven met with DISHWASHER French Union leaders to study war (Continued From Page One) \needs in materials and additional with a .22-caliber rifle which he manpower. left in a rooming house in Balti-| The French announced yesterday more. Two detectives went to the that 105 U.S. Air Force technicians Maryland city to search for thi id arrived last week to help main- |gun. The knife used to stab the tain American-supplied planes “for |woman was found behind: a tene-|civilian cargoes.” Presumably ment. jthese were in addition to 125 such Bodenheim was buried yesterday |technicians _ previously _ reported jin Cedar Park Cemetery, Emer-'helping the French in Indo- son, N.J. 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