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

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WEST CIT! ie Y SAILS AFTER trom Page one, { went aboard. the band was play- ing “‘Atchors Aweigh.” ‘The harbor presented a gala ap- with numerous Baily de- ‘all boats lined up in re- view and the. big navy ships in full dress with all flags flying. helicopter arrived and hover- | water in front of the white ship. | Atmesphere girls, clad in identi- dresses with red and the and Perhaps the | est passengers to make the Park, Metcalf is publisher of the Winter Park ‘‘Sun.” Judy is nine | and Joan is six. It was a varied crowd — chil- dren, old timers and babes in arms. | Not a few of the kids had brought | their pets along, but it took the ar. | rival of a brilliantly dressed cow- astride a small bored burro, atid the final “touch.” ‘The burro was a little reluctant aboard but was finally 0 ¢ gangplank to the tune “Donkey Serenade.” | The snimal apparently hadn't eared with the customs as taken ashore shortly before ip sailed. Queen on, Board | Lona Allen and her at- Betty Solomon arrived stood on the upper deck friends in the crowd be- Hi eth Esk wore @ charcoal fail- close fitting coral hat. Solomon was dressed in a linen suit with matching hat. girls wore orchid corsages. irs. C, B. Harvey came aboard & smart navy blue dress with dot veste, Her accessories ehartreuse. tr z e ‘Czechs Free '2 CI’s Held | Since Sept. 17 WAIDHAUS, Germany #—Two American soldiers: imprisoned in Communist Czechoslovakia since Sept. 17 as suspected returned to free West today. |" Ist. Lt. Richard H. Dries of St. Albans, Long Island, N.Y., and Pfe. George Pisk of 4507 Placid Place, Austin, Tex., were liberated : by their Czéch' captors at this lone- ly little West German checkpoint. began when a roving Czech patrol seized them near Eslarn, Bavaria, while the pair was on a routine border mission. After their arrest, Czechoslovak- ia charged the two were inside Czech territory on an espionage “photographing military with field glasses.” Army headquarters here reject- diers were on a,legitimate mission and were picked up on West Ger- man territory. Dries and Pisk looked tired and drawn. Their clothes were rump- led. They arrived at the West Ger- man-Czech frontier in two limou- sines, accompanied by two Czech border officers. They got out, walked into the Czech sentry house and minutes later across a 50-yard stretch of no man’s land into West Germany. On the West German side were wo U.S. soldiers armed with car- Saturday, October 2, 1954 It ended a two-week ordeal which | mission. A note accused them of | installa- | tions and carrying out observation | ed the charges, declaring the sol- | \The = - Weatherman Says CHICAGO @—An escaped con-| | Key West and Vicinity: Consider- | seized a young woman and shot | able cloudiness, windy and showery | her husband. | this; afternoon; partly cloudy with) | a few showers tonight and Sunday. |Small craft warnings | southeasterly winds, {strong at times offshore, becom- and southeasterly Sunday. Low |tonight about 75, high tomorrow | about 88. | Florida: Mostly cloudy and scat- tered showers in south and cen- tral, becoming partly cloudy with less numerous showers tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy, widely scat- |tered showers in north portion. Little change in temperatures. Jacksonville through the Flori: | Straits: Small craft warnings dis- played in the Keys. Moderate to occasionally fresh east to south- |east winds through Sunday except moderately strong at fimes in the Keys this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy to cloudy with scat- tered showers becoming less num- erous tonight and Sunday. East Gulf: Small craft warnings displayed on the Keys. Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds, except moderately strong at times in squalls over south and central portions this afternoon and tonight. Cloudy and showery in south and central portions, partly cloudy, widely scattered showers in ex- treme north. Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate southeast to south winds through Sunday. Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers. cal Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A mod- bines who had arrived a short time | erate easterly wave is in the east earlier. | Gulf of Mexico, with a closed low Dries, who had been dressed in| aloft, moving westward. Weather . Four blasts of the ship's whistle | Civilian glothes at the time of his | signaled its departure and was |¢2Pture, was greeted by a captain | ‘ UD by al the shipy in the|Of the U.S. Military Intelligence | Service. The captain, who did not | “As the City of Key West left its | 8ive his name, approached Dries ; , most of the crowd remained | Md said: “Hollo, Richard, how are you.” | Dries started to reply but the captain said: ee get into a car and get out lowing as being : of here. We can talk later.” Juan Sabates y Perez, Jose An-| Pisk climbed in with them. Both gel Lavagtida Garcia, Pedro H. Pisk and Dries carried the binocu- | y Lavastida, Variano D, y/|!ars they had when arrested. | Morales del Castillo, and Mauricio| The two were rushed to Wieden. Habif. They were scheduled to go on to! George Griffin Finch, Jr., Hen-| Nuernberg from there. | om” Wallact, Dr. Emory G. de Ba-| The Communists had tried to bony, George B. Slick, Harold Wal-|sPruce the men un for their re- sh, Mickie, MeDavid, N. C. Hines, |lease. They both had been given | Frank A. Harold, Rube Allyn, Kurt | haircuts: ; A | Severin, marie Vernell, Blaine; By U.S. Army. order, they were | Willenborg, ‘F. G. Lipsett, Vincent | 20t permitted to talk to newsmen | Conley, Julius H. Shepard, Bar-| and photographers. The Army said bara Jane MeEmber, Donald F /@ news conferene has heen tenta- conditions elsewhere in the hurri- cane belt are about normal. Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M. EST, | Key West, Fla., October 2, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours — Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year Excess this year .04 ins. 83.73 ins, Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 85% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.88 ins.—1011.9.mbs. McEmber, Paul J. C. Friedlander, Benjamin Fernandez, Lydia Fer- nandez and Harry Goldberg. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Delaney, Mrs. | Fay Solomon, Jim Cobh, Col. Car- roll A. Loke, Sarah C. Hayes, Ken- neth L. Hayes, Marie Ertel, Kath- lee H. Boone, Howard C. Boone, ¢ Michael Walsh, Marylu Walsh, Lu- cille Walsh, Anna M, Browne, La- vonda Sawyer, Richard M, Browne, William Walsh, Harold Walsh III, John §, Feller, Berta G. Finch, Marion A. Leonard, Virginia Leon- ard, Chrisolm Leonard and Loyal G. Compton; Mr. and Mrs. V. A, Lang, Ed- ward Feshbein, Elaine Cates, Myrt- land Cates, Ji., Mrytland Cates, Sr., Anne T. Kew, Floyd D. Cerf, Teresa E. Braxton. Frank A. Wil- lénborg, Russell Willenborg, Ruth Willenborg. Mrs. B. Willenborg, Ruth M, Baker, Bob Moreland, Francis P. Johnson, Joseph W. Da- vis, Agnes C. Davis, D. Mae We- sel, John Balfe, Raymond Pearl- man, Margaret Green, Mildred T. Murello, James Edward Hines and Derothy Brown Hines. Richmond MeDavid, Ruth Moore, Thelma Knap, Eudelmar Ertel, E)- io dumunt, Louis Sieve, Ella Kessler, Margaret Bernens, Margit Gableman, Carolyn Delaney. Lona Allen, Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., So- phie Verebome, Delio Cobo, Jr., Ann Cobo, Aquilino Lovez, Jr., Luev Harder, Llovd Harder, Jack A. Saunders, Sybil M. Arrington. Mr. and Mrs. William Neblett and Joseoh Savoretti. Helen Hutchings, Alex Balfe, Ele- anor H. Balfe, Joseph Hurchins, T. A. Davis, Margaret J. Cusick, Mat- thew R. Newman, H. Wade Thomp- gon, James . Mills. Genres Hans. kat, Ruby Dickerson, William C. Webster. Hoite Agev, John Pritch- ard, Buck Grundy, Emilv K. Grun- day, Elda B. Sievekine, Milt Sosis, Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Faraldo, Hen- ry B. Lée, Joseoh Church, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan G. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs, ¢. B. Harvey, Jimmy Willenborg, Jerry Willenborg, Mary R. Sin- elair, Joe Derrimo, Mr. and Mrs. tively . scheduled for Monday i Nuernberg. ree POLIO OUTBREAK ary measures for their persqnnel ing a local outbreak of Poliomyeli- have been reported. “Our liberty depends on freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.” — Thomas Jefferson. Harold Laubscher and Mr Mrs. Dante Fascell. Dave King, John McDonough, Phillip Puco, Jose Ocamp, Donald Saladna, Vizcanio Jose, Delio Val- des, Felipe Soto, Emilio Cajada, Mario Davila, Thomas Isquierdo, Charles Rosen, Rhoda Rosen, Isi- dore Kolman, Edward Neubeier, Antonio Perez and Shirley Landis. - and BONN, Germany. @—U. S. Au-| thorities have ordered precaution- | in the West German capital, foll¥w- | tis. They emphasized, however, | that no cases in American families | Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise — 6:20 a.m, | Sunset 6:12. ppmix | Moonrise 11:58 a.m. (Naval Base) Time ef Height of Tide high water Low Tides Station— High Tides 00:25 a.m, 7:53 a.m. 2:26 p.m 6:344 p.m, ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA | Reference Statior: Key West | Bahia Honda (bridge) ....... | (east end Boca Chica Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) 9.0 tH, {—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to at C james STLIO te JACKP Show Times: DENVER & RIO GRANDE — 7:00 and 10:43 JACKPOT 9:06 ONLY Sunday and Monday {Cops Rescue displayed | | until sunset for moderate to fresh | moderately | spies |ing moderate to occasionally east | Weather Summary for the Tropi-| -18 ins. | -06 ins. | = 417 ins. | 'Young Woman viet was captured today after he | The prisoner was listed as El- mer Leroy Sherwood, 24, a fugi tive from the San Quentin Prison in California. Detectives went to an apartment building on the North Side on in- formation that Sherwood | lived there. Detective Frank Andrasiak en- |tered the front hal‘. Sherwood, who lived in a second floor apart- ment, caught sight of the officer and fled to the third floor. Mrs. Afton McDonald, 20, who lives in a third floor apartment, heard sounds in the hall and opened her door. Sherwood seized her to use her as a shield against | the detective, who was ‘coming up the stairs. Mrs. McDonald screamed. Her husband, Jack, 24, rushed out to} aid his wife. Sherwood shot Mc-| Donald in the chest near his right) shoulder, - Mrs. McDonald broke free. The detective took a .22 caliber re-| volver from Sherwood and col- lared him, McDonald was reported to be in fair condition in a hospital. Chicago police had been in- formed by California officials that a return address on a letter Sher- wood had mailed to a San Quentin prisoner indicated he was living at the place where he was cap- tured—an apartment house at 824 Newport Ave. Strikes Are Low WASHINGTON#—Strike activity | over the nation continued at a low level during August, the Labor De- partment’s Bureau of Labor Statis- tics said Thursday. The bureau said there were 550 strikes in August idling about 300,- 000 workers for 3,375,000 man days of idleness. Both the number of strikes and number of workers involved this year are running well below last year and the average since World Son To Marry LOS ANGELES — Actress Mary Martin's son plans to marry a Swedish-born dress designer in London on Christmas day. The comedienne announced yes- terday that her son, Sgt, Larry Hagman, 23, had written her of his intention to wed Mag Irene Axelsson, whom he described as good-humored.” Miss Martin, here in “Peter Pan,” said she will be playing in the musical then in New York. She said she has invited the young couple to fly to New York for their honeymoon. Hagman, a member of the Army’s entertainment corps, is Mary’s son by her first marriage to attorney Benjamin Hagman. Manager Quits “Useless” Job of the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce resigned because the money paid him, he said, could be munity projects. Ben Runkle also advised the |Chamber in a letter yesterday that “‘all the money in the world” would not help this hard-hit coal- producing area unless the citizens decided to work together for im- provements. merely a right — in the circum- D. Eisenhower. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-9193 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries War I. ACCESSORIES ecommerce me STRAND Continuous Show 4th Show, 8:25 3 MORE DAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 100% AIR CONDITIONED Box Office Opens 1:45 SHOW TIMES: Ist Show, 2:00; 2nd Show, 4:15; 3rd Show, 6:20; ‘blonde, blue-eyed and fantastically | HARLAN, Ky. (®@—The manager |— used more advantageously for com- | “Freedom of expression is not | stances of today, its constructive | juse is a stern duty.” — Dwight [Mary Martin’s Human Blood —_“Student Prince” Called Communist “Secret Weapon” WILKES. BARRE, Pa. “Blood, human blood’ is the se jeret weapon of the Communists according to the Rev. Joseph P McGinn, a Maryknoll missionary from Woonsocket, R. I | Father McGinn testified before a House subcommittee on Com- munist aggression yesterday at a hearing under the chairmanship «of | Rep. Edward J. Bonin, a Republi- |can of Hazleton, Pa. The Roman Catholic priest said that while in China he overheard ja lecture to Red soldiers about |to go to Korea in which the politi- |cal commissar said: “If 1,000 Chinese die in Korea | \ and one American dies, then China| jis winning.” “The general theme repeated jover and over is ‘We must de- |stroy the United States of Amer- |ica. While the United States exists | we cannot succeed,” Father Mc. | Ginn told the committee. | | 3-DAY TOUR TO HAVANA? | Inquire at | | EL PASAJE | Spanish Restaurant |1005 Truman Ave. Ph. 2-6136 | —_._. Eisner Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 Special Chrome Dinettes . SEAT CO’ At The Strand Heidelberg University im the thought that the influence of his fellow students will take some of the stuffiness out of him, It works out all right, except that the per- son who humanizes the prince is Kathie, the _innkeeper’s pretty niece. Forgetting his royal obliga- tions, the heir-apparent is about tu elope to Paris with Kathie, when unexpected complications set in. It won't do to reveal the outcome of the plot, but it all ends logically and to a burst-of one of Sigmund aes most infectious melo- ies. The CinemaScope cameras give scope and pageantry to the pic- ture’s scenes of a glittering ball at the roya: court, and to such col- orful activities at Heidelberg as student rallies, a dueling sequence to uphold the honor of an aristo- cratic student society, romantic moments against woodland settings | and a gala costume. 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