The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the eountry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit 4 Ken West THE CUB SCOUTS GROW UP—Arent Sjursen, III, is shown being congratulated by Scoutmaster Tony Martinez after his transfer to Boy Scout Troop 253 from Cub Scout Pack 251. Also transferring, do the scouts were Stewart Brenner, at Sjursen’s right, and Michael Waddell, far right. Frederick B. Walker. Scoutmaster of Troop 52 (left) and Scout members of Troop 253, in the background, ‘observe the ceremonies—Photo by Spillman. : Local Merchants Go All Out For Success Of 3-Day Sale Air Commander Tells Story Boy Scouts Earn Troop F unds 4 Distribuajng 4d ids “Preparations for the big Chambet of Commerce spon- sored Key West Bargain Days Sale, starting Monday, August 2, and running through Wednesday, August 4, were going full speed a- head today as teams of Boy Scouts distributed thousands of copies of a handbilt list- ing participating stores and their featured bargains. The Boy Scouts are handling this jhouse-to-house distribution to raise money for their troops, and it was _ am-enthusiastic group of about 25 young men who started out from the Chamber offices this morning. Quite a number of the boys are currently vacationing on Snapper Key, and in the meantime the fel- lows at home are fattening the ex- These handbills are reprints of ‘the full-page ad which appears in today’s issue of the Key West Ci- tizen, It includes the names of all stores taking part in the Key West Bargain Days plan, and lists the featured item and its seie price at each store, Everyone is invited to ride the city busses free Monday morning, August 2, from 10 a. m. to 11 a. m., as guests of these merchants. Each bus will display a Key West Bargain Days card similar to the red, white and blue banners which will identify all participating stor- es, and only the stores displaying these banners belong to this Cham- ber of Commerce organized sale. More than 40 stores are parti- cipating — representing dealers in almost every line of merchandise. Apd most of these stores will re- main open until. 9 p. m. Monday night, the first day of the sale. This is the first attempt by the Retail Merchants’ Division to have a city-wide Chamber of Commerce (Continued on Page Fourteen) GOOD STRONG BOAT POLES at Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, near Docks Doctor Jailed On Charge Of Slaying Wife Club As Possible Murder Weapon BAY VILLAGE, Ohio ™ — Maintaining his innocence and complaining that his arrest was unjust, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was jailed last night on a warrant charging him with the murder of his wife. After pleading innocent in Town Hall, the tall, 30-year-old osteopath was led in handcuffs to his cell. “I didn’t think it could happen in this country,” he remarked about his arrest. Mrs. Marilyn Sheppard, an at- tractive, 31-year-old expectant mo- ther, was found in her blood- soaked bed the morning of July 4 her face and skull bashed in by 27 savage blows. Cleveland Police Aid Since then, Cleveland police — officially invited into the case only last week — had urged the arrest of her husband, a well known fig- ure both socially and professional- ly in this swank lakefront suburb. Miss Susan Hayes, the pretty 24- year-old laboratory technician who | + formerly worked in the same Bay Village hospital as the doctor, was in a downtown hotel today, watched over by a policewoman. She is a possible witness who voluntarily returned to Cleveland to tell investigators of her associ- ation with the osteopath. County Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan said Wednesday she signed a statement telling of intimacies with Dr. Shep- | pard. At the inquest “he had flatly denied he ever was intimate with her. Shirt Disappeared Dr. Sheppard was wearing a white T shirt when he was arrest- ed and taken before Acting Mayor Gershom Barber. On the evening | in (Continued on Page Fourteen) ith Red Planes Navy Skyraiders Blasted Reds From Air In 3 Minutes By DON HUTH MANILA ® — Two Red Chinese fighter planes who picked a fight with U.S, Navy pilots five days ago American air commander said today. The Chinese were shot down July 26 by the U.S. pilots search- ing for possible survivors of a British airliner shot down by Red Chinese planes off Hainan Island. In three action-packed minutes, the Navy Skyraiders from the air- craft carrier Philippine Sea blasted the propeller-driven Red fighters into the South China sea about 15 miles east of Communist-held Hai- nan. No American casualties were reported. The United States protested to Peiping that the search planes were attacked over open sea. Peip- ing rejected the protest and charged U.S. planes “violated” the air over Hainan. The Navy pilots — on orders — ignored later tracer fire from a *!Communist Chinese gunboat es- corting two Polish freighters. Dramatic Details Details of the dramatic story were told at a press conference today for the first time by Vice Adm. W. K. Phillips, commander of the U.S. 1st Fleet, and the pilots who participated. “It is my opinion those two Com- munist pilots exercised very bad judgment,” he said. Phillips commanded the task force, including the carriers Philip- pine Sea and Hornet, during the Tescue operations. The 11 Skyraiders, 9 of whom fired bursts into the Red planes before they crashed, were com- manded by Cmdr. George C. Dun- can, Tacoma, Wash. Duncan, a veteran of the Korean War credited with 15 Red planes, |said his boys were “like a bunch of tigers’? when the Red fighters— LA7s—attacked. |The commander said, “It was jlike World War II days , bgain. | one big ball in the air.” Duncan had scattered his flight “layers” for the search mission. (Continued on Page Fourteen) THE GIFT HOUSE ACROSS FROM POST OFFICE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1954 Boat Aground At Sand Key Light Two Coast Guard vessels have been working for almost 24 hours in an effort to save a 51-feot fishing vessel which is aground on Sand Key. The vessel, the Lucky Boat, out of Fernandina, Florida, cleared Key West for Havana Thursday evening. It was next heard from Friday afternoon when the Navy reported her aground on the west side of Sand Key in about three feet of water. There are two men aboard the boat. The Coast Guard immediate- ly dispatched their 38-foot res- cue vessel but efforts to refloat her proved futile. Today, they also sent the 83-foot boat to the scene to continue salvage op- erations. Coast Guard officials said that the beat apparently has.a hole in its bottom and that ef- forts te refloat it will be con- tinued. 4 Bound Over On Robbery ChargesHere Quartet’ Waives Hearing In Garcia Larceny Case Four men were bound ov- er for Criminal Court ac- tion after they: waived pre- liminary hearing into ¢ ra Garcia, Eaton Stteet, and made off with $2,000 in cash and jewelry last Wednesday. Two of the accused pleaded guil- ty to the charges and two others denied their guilt when they were arraigned before Albury. Three face grand larceny charges and the fourth is accused of being an ac- ‘cessory before the fact. ran into “a bunch ot tigers,” the| eq ‘Those who pleaded guilty includ- iymond Hernandez, who gave his address as 403% NW 23rd Ave., Miami, and Amando Rocamora, 806 Ashe Street. Hernandez was arraigned on a| larceny charge while Rocamora was charged as an accessory. He is the owner of the car which the quartet is alleged to have used on the night they are accused with breaking into the Eaton St. home. Two id Guilty The two men who pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges are An- gel Miranda, who gave his address as the Pan-American Restaurant, Miami, and Alceo Perez, 18-E Por- ter Place. All are- being held in the county jail under bond of $2500. Mrs. Garcia testified at yester- day’s hearing that the robbery took place when she was away from her home for two hours. The thieves made their haul from a closet but failed in their efforts to crack a safe. She said that the loot included $200 in cash and jewelry of unde- termined value. Also supboenaed as witnesses were Police Chief Bienvenido Pe- rez, Patrolman Mario Santana and a woman who lives in the neigh- berhood. Attorney J. Y. Porter represent- ed Hernandez and Rocamora. 3 INJURED AS NAVY CRUISER, FREIGHTER CRASH POINTE AU PERE, Que. — The U.S..Navy cruiser Pittsburgh collided with the British freighter Slaney in the fog-laden lower St. Lawrence River last night, injur- ing three merchant seamen, one seriously. of a 14-vessel task force on its way to Cuba, crashed into the 994- ton Slaney 120 miles east of Que- bec City. The 13,600-ton cruiser, flagship ed. IN THE U.S. A. ‘or Quick Communication, -— CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellere— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 25661 er 2-5862. PRICB FIVE CENTS eaten |ALF Pilots Strike In Dispute With American Over Flight Schedules Strike Picture Throughout Nation Told By Mediators CHICAGO (AP) — Airline service was curtailed today in 91 cities across the nation as some 1,200 AFL pilots struck against American Airlines in a dispute over og INHUMAN TREATMENT—Rusty, a four-year-old stallion, looks as well as can be expected after being abandoned in a vacant let with- out food or water. Lee Stewart, a volunteer Humane Society work- er, exhibits the chain which is used to tether the animal. His ewner faces the possibility of persecution for mistreating the animal.— Citizen Staff Photo. Neglected Horse Found Dying From Starvation Duff Adds His Support Against Joe By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (# — A Senate move to censure Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) won support today from Sen. Duff (R-Pa), a fervent backer of President Eisenhower, but Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa) called it an “utterly improper approach.” Duff spoke out in an interview, Hickenlooper expressed his views as the Senate formally voted to consider the resolution by Sen. Flanders (R-VT), which charges McCarthy with conduct unbecom- ing a senator. After discussing the subject for several hours last night, the Sen- ate acted formally by voice vote today to take up the Flanders res- olution. Several “no” votes were heard. Uphill Battle Flanders appeared to be facing an uphill battle in his censure ef- fort, and lengthy debate was ex-| pected on his motion in the wake of charges by Sen. Dirksen (R-II) last night that the attack against | McCarthy is Communist-support- Republican leader Knowland of | California told reporters he plans | to let the Senate go on to some (Continued On Page Fourteen) Owner’s Cruelty To 4-Year-Old Stallion Told A sordid tale of a man’s cruelty to dumb animals reached The Citizen today. It’s the story of Rusty, a four-year-old stallion in the last stages of starvation be- | cause his owner neglected to {care for him properly. Rusty’s plight was brought to the attention of Humane Society agent Fred Henning two days ago by a group of small boys. The horse is tethered in a vacant lot near Roose- velt Blvd. His condition, Henning says, made it obvious that he had not been fed for at least two weeks. Henning has an idea who owns the horse and there is a very good ceive a stiff jail sentence for his action. Other Failures Here And Humane Society officials say that there are a lot of other horse owners in Key West who face trou- ble unless they begin to care for their animals properly. In case of Rusty, Henning said that unless they can find an own- |er who will care for him properly, jhe will probably have to be shot. | “We hate to do it, but we don’t (Continued On Page Fourteen) possibility that the man will re-! || flight schedules. Meanwhile settlement of a strike. threatened for mid- night tonight that would halt about half of the nation’s aluminum production, was reported already reached or Bus And Truck Collide Early Today On Keys): $13,000 Damage Listeds Truck Driver Is Held P k total of $13,000 in dam- aye was causet-early near at hand. The Pittsburgh-Post-Ga- zette said today representa- tives of the Aluminum Co. of America and the CIO Steel Workers Union had reached “peaceful settlement” in their wage dispute, Govern- ment mediators, however, declined to make any official statement. The airlines strike which began but only the bus driver was |: injured when a huge trailer truck collided with a Grey- hound bus a mile and a half north of Tavernier, the State Highway Patrol reported to- day. Patrolman R. C. Young reported that the truck, laden with 2500 gal- lons of diesel oil was traveling south when the driver fell asleep, straddled the center-line of the highway and sideswiped the bus. Damage to the bus was estimat- ed at $6,000 while the truck, valued at $7,000 was listed as a total loss. The bus was carrying no passen- gers at the time of the accident. Trucker Charged The driver of the truck, identi- fied as Earl T. King, 551 N. An- drews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, was charged with “driving on the wrong side of the road.” The bus driver, Thomas G. Lyle, 485 E. 43rd St., Hialeah, suffered bruises and con- tusions in the mishap. Authorites theorize that only the fact that the payday for a large segment of Key West’s Naval per- sonel falls on Monday, prevented wholesale injury to passengers, Usually, they said, there are large number of Navy men mak- ing the weekend trips to Miami. The entire left side of the bus was ripped out, Young said, a sit- uation which undoubtedly would (Continued On Page Fourteen) Man Faces Five Traffic Charges Five charges were placed against the driver of a car which crashed through a barricade at a bridge undergoing repairs on Roosevelt Boulevard Friday night, police said today. They identified the man as John W. Turpen, of the USS Blackwood. Patrolman Herman Conley said in his report that Turpen weaved out of the line of traffic and struck the barricade. He was charged with reckless driving, causing an accident, driv- ing while intoxicated ‘and having no drivers license. Turpen will be arraigned in city court Monday. Company officials said service will end today with $2 flights by pilots returning to their home bases. The AFL Air Line Pilots Assn. called the strike to enforce its de- mand that pilots on American’s transcontinental flights shall not be required to fly more than eight (Continued On Page Fourteen) Child Is Still On Serious List, [Father Reports Little Suzanne Deane is ‘‘still in the hospital on the serious list, but with the help of God, she may be fine.” In a letter to Steve Atkins, a member of the local police force and former schoolmate of Deane, Suzanne’s parents thanked Atkins for his help and asked him to “please tell the Shore Patrol offi- cer (Lt. Jake Urech) and Lt. Gibbs thanks, too,” The 18-month old baby is in Chelsea Naval Hospital in Boston. Her father, George Deane, a Navy man stationed here, was flown to Boston in a Navy jet plane after the father was notified that the ‘res was seriously ill with mening- is. According to Atkins, Deane came to the police station about 9:00 last Friday night and asked him to help him get a check cashed, They then got in touch with Lt. Urech who helped make arrangements for Deane’s flight to Boston. MASONIC NOTICE Anchor Ledge No. 182 F. & A.M. will meet in Special Com- munication, Monday evening, August 2nd, at 7:30 P.M. The degree of Entered Ap- prentice will be conferred. All members are cordially in- vited te be present. By order, WM. LEON SANDS, J. W., Acting W. M. Gerald H, Adams, Sec’y. 20% OFF SALE DURING KEY WEST BARGAIN DAYS