The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 5, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 67° VOL, LXXV No, 263 HOLLYWOOD COMES TO KEY WEST—This is the scene that curious Key Westers ran into in the Virginia-Peart St. area during shooting of movie scenes there. It shows nani and character acter Sandro Giglio during a scene in front of the Perez grocery story in the filming of “The Rose Tattoo.”’—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. THE jan actress Anna Mag- High School Seniors Are In “Tattoo” Act They'll Stage Dance For Movie Nov, Accidents . 9 Traffic Injuries Traffic Deaths Prop. Damage ° In High School Gym Saturday The senior class atethe Key West High School will have a ball tomorrow and they’ll be paid for attending. tip ‘ Besides tripping the light fantas | tie for pay, they'll have a couple of KEY WEST'S \ illustrious guests at the affair — | Marisa Pavan, brilliant young Ita- |lian actress and Ben Cooper, an TRAFFIC BOX SCORE other celebrity, whose star is as- | cending as a result of his perform- To jance in “Johnny Guitar.” Date; The excuse for the dance (not 420 that the present crop of seniors at the -high school need much of an 3 LL excuse for a bit of rug-cutting), om 1 2/is that one of the scenes in “The $1,750 $103,791 | Rose Tattoo’ calls for Marisa and | Ben to attend a high school dance. Appropriate Scene So director Danny Mann and his assistants figured that nothing could be more appropriate than to ask the high school seniors to stage a dance, They contacted Dick Ertzman, high school drama instructor and he is arranging the details. He put together a six piece band The city has exceeded total Pl damage from auto- Sinha. saetients in 1953 by nearly $14,000 with nearly 60 days remaining in this year. In addition, there have been TT injuries, resulting from 420 accidents, Two deaths have from traffic accidents. And the nine accidents oc- curring during the first five days of November indicate that this may be one of our worst months for traffic accidents. Let's drive safely so that won't Man Jailed On resulted Burl Knopp, Roger Bean, Milly |} Taylor, Ray Herrick and John | Brady among its members. The dance will be held during the day, but James Wong Howe w'!] come up with some more of his camera magic and by the time the movie hits the theaters, it will ap- pear to have been made at night. eit a 0 Salaries of the high schoolers, in- . cidentally, will go into the senior A porter employed by Raul’s/ class fund. Restaurant is in the county jail} Several other scenes will also be charged with grand larceny in on-/ filmed at the high school tomor- nection with the theft of more than! oy and Sunday, $200 in merchandise there, the| Sheriff's Department said today. ‘The man, identified as Max Mo- rales, was jailed by city police on Meanwhile, the fitm makers were | hard at work at their outpost on Duncan‘and Pearl Sts. to be led by Jack McDonough, with | the complaint of Charles Thorn- burg, manager of the restaurant Thornburgh told While the Citizen reporter could} not get close enough to the area} to determine what was going on, 1 it appeared that the scene is where | found $60 in missing Serafina is told of the death of her! from the gift shop in Morales >| husband. At least there is a wreath along with two bottles of liquor! on the door of her weatherbeaten valued at $10. house, and a doctor played by the More than $ Navy's doctor John Gunderson is is still missix rooted ene with Father De-| i the scene with Father De- he added, Leo Bond for Morales Mrs: Charlotte Pennington, a member of the K West Players appeared to have some kind of a part in the scene. as well. 0 in merchandise om the gift shop, was set at $250. Fleet Reserve Home 920 CAROLINE STREET Announces . . . WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT Free! Free! Free! SATURDAY NITE DANCE Free! Free! Free! 2100 — 0100 HOURS Shipmate V. L. Smith, M.c. CAYO HUESO GROTTO Benefit COUNTRY STORE DANCE - 6, 9 till $2? oLUB ANNEX Music by JOHN PRITCHARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA Door Prizes Adm. $1.00 Public Cordially Invited SUNDAY JAM SESSION 1800 - 7100 HOURS FUN FOR ALI Cocktail Hours, 1600 - 1800 Hours Speeder And Car Parked By Cop Robert W. Tibbs, 24, of Wan- atah, Ind., was in a ‘hurry lest night. George Bennett, Florida Highway Patrolman, said he chased Tibbs from the other side of Boca Chica and on inte Roosevelt Bivd. before he could driving a new Ford The car county jail. Tibbs is parked in the jail, charged with wilful and wanton reckless driving and passing on @ curve, The bond is $150. | parked behind the Driver Fined For ‘Tuesday Ruckus SOUTHERNMOST NEWSRAPER Che Kev West Citisen IN. F KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954 |Grady The Goat |Kicks Up Heels Chapter three in the never- dull saga of Grady the Goat unfolded today when it was learned that executives of Hal Wallis productions are consid- ering giving him female hor- mone shots to curb his ardor. Grady, who has a part in “The Rose Tattoo” was given a female companion Thursday to pep him up. But the move backfired when Grady showed an excess of joie de vivre and enlivened pro- ceedings to the point where company officials were fearful he'd get out of hand. At one point yesterday, Gra- dy, mistook the camera for his spouse, Geraldine, and charg- ed headlong into it. Star Anna Magnani was a near casualty, but managed te scamper to safety. The injection of female hor- mones for male animals work- ing before the cameras is com- mon procedure in Hollywood. \Oiaiibons In Murder Probe Brought Out Gory Pictures Of Slain Woman Are Displayed To Jury CLEVELAND (® — A state wit- ness conceded today the coroner’s | office had failed to test the blood of murdered Marilyn Sheppard to |determine whether she had been poisoned. Under searching cross examina- tion, Dep. Coroner Lester Adelson also admitted the autopsy report contained a “typed error” as to when her savagely beaten body was pronounced dead, But Dr. Adelson insisted, on the stand at the murder trial of Mari- lyn’s osteopath husband, Dr. Sam- uel H. Sheppard, that he did not attach any importance to these | taughter if anyone had told omissions. “ ” As Dr. Adelson answered ques- | them that one day “cypress tions from defense counsel William} would come to Key West, J. Corrigan, the handsome defen-| bringing good news and dant listened closely with his long, | good service, delicate fingers pressed to his lips. | Aeconding’ tot tboi Wenlse tabu __ Belson Question manager of Southen Bell Telephone Corrigan hammered away at Dr. | and Telegraph Company, the word Adelson, demanding repeatedly to “cypress” will soon become a part know if Mrs. Sheppard’s body had | of every Key Wester’s daily voca- been tested for poison, and if not, | eulary. why not. Fie | “Cypress” is the name selected _As a trained pathologist,” Cor- | for the Key West exchange as our rigan asked the witness, should city joins other major cities you not have made a microscopic | throughout the country in a na- examination of the wounds, and | tionwide numbering system. the blood to determine if they con-| Nation-Wide Link tained any foreign objects?” It will work this way: of Bell Telephone Co., in K hookup which will take pla as a code word. This is another Nens To L The pirate swashbucklers jof old Key West would have shaken in their boots with Charles R. Driver, the Fleet Son- ar School sailor who fought with | the county's two criminal prosecu- | jtors, was fined $50 for ‘‘disorder- | |ly proceedings” in city court yes- | |terday afternoon. | | Driver, State Attorney J. Lance- | lot Lester, County Solicitor Allan | |B. Cleare, Jr., and Ignatius Les- | | ter, attorney son of the state attor- j jmey, were involved in the ruckus | late Tuesday afternoon after Dri- ver’s car hit a fence behind Les- ter’s office at 420 Fleming St, Driver, who lives at 516 Prospect | Lane, originally was charged with | driving while intoxicated and dis- orderly conduct. He has been free in $1,000 bond signed by the ex-| jecutive officer of the Fleet Sonar School, C. W. Lynn, Jr. Tots Die As Home Burns RICHMOND, Ky. W—Two small children died as flames swept their home yesterday while their parents were away, Killed were 4-months-old Sarietta Kemp and her sister Martha, 19 months. Two other children of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Kemp — Ronald, 6, and Jacquelyn, 3 — escaped. Coroner Jack Turpin said Ronald told him urning paper fell from a stove ignited other papers. Kemp said he had gone gtocery, where he was ho to a Kemp was at work AWNING WINDOWS sat | Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, near Citizen Bidg. Dr, Adelson countered that he} A Key Wester picks up a tele- had made a visual examination phone receiver at his home. He that satisfied him there were no) <tarts dialing to determine the wel- such foreign objects. |fare of a close relative in Massa- Defense attorney Fred W. Gar-| chusetts who has just survived an- mone was asked during a recess | other hurricane. He dials slowly, whether the purpose of Corrigan’s | 4 1.3 4-U-4-5-67. The Boston tele- vigorous cross examination of Dr. phone rings and the relative’s voice Adelson was to cast doubt on the | snewers. WATCH FOR CYPRESS—Miss Edna McClintock, 30-year employe lest, indicates the telephone-cypress here in March. At that time all Key West phone numbers will be changed te include the word “Cypri as reflected by the telephone system's growth and changes here. —Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. “Cypress” Brings Good HE U.S.A. warrant. Keen Interest Shown In Big Nov. 1] Parade Finals plans for the staging of the colorful Veterans Day Parade will be completed at the parade committee meeting on Saturday at 1:30 p. m., at the American Le gion Home on Stock Island, Vance C, Stirrup, general chairman, an nounced today. More than 80 units have already registered with the Committee to date. It is estimated by the time the parade moves off at 7:30 p.m., on November 11, there-will be more than 100 units in the line of march. The enthusiasm of the civ: groups and the local Naval act ties has been excellent. Lt. (jg) William P. Winslow, Jr., Fleet Son ar School, has been representing the U. S. Navy during the com- mittee meetings. . sign of the progress of this ocal Scene The idea behind the 25 system (2 letters and 5 digits) is to make Interest Grows |telephone exchange names more 4 standardized throughout the Unit-|, Preliminary reports indicate that ed States. In addition to the 2.5| Keen interest has been taken by system, a key number will be used for each state in the nationwide dialing setup. Remember the Key Wester dial- ing his hurricane-stricken relative, | 4-1-3-M-U-4-567, at the beginning of this article? There's more truth than fiction to the number se- quence. Numbers Allotted Southern Bell has actuzlly given the state of Massachussetts the number 413 for subscriber dialing from distant cities in other States. The rest of the number the Key Wester dialed pinpoints the exact telephone exchange and the resi- dent number in Boston. Key West is a part of a section of Florida that has been designat- ed “305.” Consequently, if your number is now 2-9016, within 10 years your out-of-town associates ean dial you directly by dialing 3-0-5-Y-6-9016. No Busy Circuit There will be no such thing as a the groups in preparing the floats, marching units, etc., to compete for the beautiful trophies that are to be presented to the best units In addition, for the first time, the local Scout groups are to be pre- sented trophies by Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion. The local American Legion Post will award beautifully engraved troph- ies to the best Boy Scout march ing unit; best Cub Pack marching unit; best Girl Scout marching unit; and the best Brownie marching | unit, Groups Cooperate The local veterans’ organizations are working as a group to make the | first Veterans Day Parade a huge | Success. The sponsoring groups are | VFW Post 3911; VFW Post 6021; DAV Chapter 33; William Weech Post 168, American Legion; and Ar thur Sawyer Post 28, American Legion. | Manuel R. Cabrera, Sr., Senior | Division Marshal, has scheduled a work of the coroner's report. That's what will happen within with this case.” Garmone refused to answer that directly, but then declared, “we're | trying to show up the bungling on/ the part of everyone connected | the next ten years here in Key West, Nichols states. Direct Calls It will be possible to dial from your home direct to numbers in Color Slides Useless most of our large cities in the Uni- Corrigan also established that |ted States and Canada. the vivid color slides of the wo-| It is already happening in Engle- man‘s savagely-beaten face, dis-| wood, New Jersey, and from two played to the jury, were of no use jto Dr. Adelson in compiling his | where. report. | Dr. Adelson said he could have| |told the jury in detail about the | munities that are in the Bell sys- other telephone exchanges else- busy circuit between the calling| meeting of all Division Marshals sais and the exchange a the | for Tuesday, November 9, at the called party, and all will accom.| American Legion Home, to com: plished within 1-10 of a second, | Plete last minute details for the The direct dialing will only be| *S%¢™bly of the Parade possible for station-to-staton calls. | Parade Theme Long distance operators will still | The parade com:nittee selected handle collect, person-to-person, | the theme for this year’s Parade and coin telephone calls. | a8 “Lest We Forget.” The parade Operators will continue to look | Will pay tribute to America’s ve up numbers for you and even to| ‘eras of all wars. The committee For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! Youll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . DIAL 2.5661 or 2.5662 Today » Just PRICE FIVE CENTS Inquest Reveals Details Of TV Purchase Quarrel Witnesses Tell Of Argument Leading To Blaton Slaying By DENIS SNEIGR James P. Blaton, Jr., 29-year-old sailor, ordered a TV set he could not pay for and signed his own death The circumstances leeading up to Blaton’s death, after an argument with his wife, Eleanor, 28, over the !TV set, were detailed this morning by witnesses at the coroner's inquest. Blaton died last Saturday afternoon of a bullet wound in his chest. Police say Mra. Blaton fired the fatal shot from a .22 caliber rifle in the couple’s home at 904 Olivia Street. Mrs. Blaton is in the county jail, charged with first degree murder. Justice of the Peace Ira Albury conducted the inquest in the coun- ty ‘court house. J. Lancelot Lester, state attor- ney, was on hand to question wit- | nesses. Allan B. Cleare. Jr., coun- ty solicitor, also was sitting at the counsel table 21 Witnesses Twenty-one witnesses were sum- moned. Ten of the witnesses testified this morning and the others were be- ing heard this afternoon, Alex Lubinski, owner of the Syl- via Appliance Co. at 1698 Roo-e- velt Blvd., was the star witness this morning Lubinski, who lives at 1321 Wil- liam St., told how Blaton came to the Sylvia Appliance store last Sat- urday afternoon and wanted to bay a TV ‘set. “Do you want to pay cash or buy it on time?” Lubinski said he ask- ed Blaton. Blaton said he wanted to pay for it da time. Lubinski told him he would have to make out’a credit app'ics ‘ion but that he could put up the set in the meantime. To Install Antenne Since it was Saturday afternoon, Lubinski told could not install the regular antenna but cc: con nect a mobile unit so Blaton could use the TV set over the weekend. Blaton already had a TV set in his home, so Lubinski said he took the mobile antenna unit to Blaton's home, leaving the new TV set in his (Lubinski’s) car, Lubinski said he had to park the mobile unit in the driveway of the house next door because there wasn't room in the street. Meanwhile, Lubinski said, a wo- man “was walking up and down in the street and raising Cain, “I asked Blaton if he knew the woman,’ Lubinski continued. “Bla- ton said it was his wife and that she was a little tight but that she would get over it.” Offered To Take Set Lubinski went on to say that he offered to take the TV outfit back to the store rather than to cause a station-to-station call through | Teqests that groups entering floats | any trouble over it. La e subscriber asks it of Png (Ps build their float depicting the| He quoted Blaton as saying that No Operator Decrease | theme of the parade, if possible (Continued on Page Seven) Nichols stated that even though | On Sunday, the veterans groups es Southern Bell expected a large per- | of the city will attend church ser- | Nationwide dialing is planned only for major cities and vital com- ay. | wounds without resorting to the|tem or allied with it. The larger | colored photos. But he said he re-| independent telephone companies called two other trials where the | probably will install necessary device of showing pictures of a equipment to go along with the body had been used. plan. Sheppard broke down and! Number Change Here sobbed while the jury looked at the} The number change that will take srisly pictures yesterday. Today,| place in Key West on March 27, at least at first, his expression | 1955, isn't nearly as radical as a was inscrutable. | subscriber might think, Nichols The films showed the red-/ says. In almost all cases, the last rimmed gashes left by blows which four digits of your present num- shattered the skull of pregnant ber will remain the same. For ex- Marilyn Sheppard, 31, and left her ample, if your number is 2-9016 it lifeless in her bed last July 4. | NEW MODERN TRAILER PARK BAY POINT TRAILER PARK Located 6 Miles From Beca Chica on U.S. No. 1 Bathing, Fishing and Boating Sewer Hookups, Private and Public Bathhouses School Bus Stop - Mail Service Milk and Bread Deliveries Lots 30° x 40’ and Larger Call Mr, Elder at Sugar Loaf No. 8 or Stop at our Office in Trailer Park for Information centage of customer dialing long }distance calls in the future, under | vices at the Fleming St. Methodist ; Church at 10:30 a. m. Mayor on TY |likely will become Cypress 6-9016. | no circumstance would the number | B, Harvey‘will issve-a prociama tion next week proclaiming the pelle distance operators be de First Veterans Day. Post Chaplain a eae Schumacher of Arthur Sawyer | He said this is due to the ©X-! Post will give a radio address next tensive research by Bell Labora- week using the topie “Veterans tories which enables continual bet-| Day.” aid terment of telephone service for i jthe same cost. This in turn | School Girl Is | tracts more subscribers which nec-| essitates the need for more employ- . Slain In Mass. New Directory in March | Nichols advised that a new tele-| \¢es to render a top grade of ser- |phone directory will be delivered and stabbed body of a 15-yearold {several days prior to the cut-over| school girl was found today in a | {date of March 27, 1955. Also each/ garage next door to her home customer will be notified several’ Police said the body of Geraldine weeks in advance regarding his Annese, a high school student, was | Rew number. found by the owner of the house Nichols was jubilant when he next door when he went to get his | stated “I'm proud that Key West car. jas been selected.to be a part of; The discovery came only a short } i - wide operation ‘time after she had been reported will insure our folks of fast-| missing. more efficient service. It's| Norwood police said they learned milestone im Southern Geraldine had been out with a bizh effort to give Key West the | school girl friend last night, and best possible service for the low-| that she last was seen about 10 i pm. at a street corner near bere. NORWOOD, Mass. #&—The nude | Tonight PLAYHOUSE OF STARS WTvj Channel 4, 9 P.M. 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