The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 6, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 67° VOL. LXXV No. 264 American Education Week The November 7-13 American Education Week will be observed throughout the | United States November 7-13. HE During this red-letter week millions of people will visit the| nation’s schools to see what part they play in our life, how | they function and decide whether they are adequate or inade- | Responsibility.” The daily topics are: Sunday, November 7—Ideals To Live By; Monday, November 8--Teachers For Tomorrow; Tuesday, November 9—Investing In Good Schools; Thur: , November 11—Eftective Citizenship; Friday, November 12—Teaching The Fundamentals Today; Saturday, November 13—H. During this week, schools will present programs they have} worked out themselves. Parents and others interested are urged to attend the PTA meetings at the schools their children attend to observe the pro-| gress of the pupils and to get acquainted with the teachers. le. | The general theme for this year is “Good Schools Are Your| © low Good Are Your Schools? FSU Athletic Head Tells Of Hidden Values In Athletics “Hidden Values in Athletics” was the topic Dr. How- ard Danford, FSU athletic di cal education department, ch Club’s meeting at the La Con Baby’s Life Is Threatened As Dad Defies La CHARLESTON, S.C. @—A Charleston sailor held off police for more than two hours yesterday, a cocked pistol pressed against his 18-month-old son's chest. He finally turned the boy over to a detective after he was promised the lad would not be given to his wife, who is suing him for divorce. The” two-hour ordeal occurred when police attempted to arrest Terrence W. Green, 29, on a wife- Deating charge. Mrs, Green, 26, said she asked her husband for a divorce Thursday, Then ye: he beat her, she said. Police went to the home of Green's mother-in-law, Mrs, E. J. ‘Tart. She lives only 200 yards from the Green home in a federal hous- ing development near the Charles- ton naval base, Draws Pistol Green, carrying his son, Mike, entered the house, When police attempted to arrest him, Green pulled a pistol and pressed it against the baby’s chest. He told police if they rushed him he would | kill the child. | Green returned to his own home and finally admitted detective John W. Boggs Jr. Other detectives joined them, The greup made three trips between the two houses so Green could talk to his wife, But} the officers were afraid to rush Green because of the gun pressed | against little Mike's chest. Green finally turned the child over to Boggs after the detective promised that Mike would not be given to Mrs. Green. Twenty min- utes after he had given up Mike, | en surrendered. He was charged with assaulting an officer. | Mike was turned over to the} Charleston County Welfare Depart- ment, Green, a Navy storekeeper, had been stationed in Norfolk, Va., several years. He returned home | earlier this week. CHAMBER STOCKS MANY DIRECTORIES City directories and telephone | books from 40 communities) throughout the country are on file; at the Chamoer of Commerce and are available to the public, the chamber announced today The chamber will not look up sterday | jwere Jean Hecht, rector and head of the physi- ose for his talk at the Rotary cha Hotel on Thursday. “The high schools and colleges of this country have one purpose — the education of young people. They are not in the commercial amusement field,” he said. “When athletics contribute to the education of young people they de- serye a place for that and only that, Dr. Danford continued by say- ing “You have the right and res- ponsibility to ask questons about answer.” Purpose Misunderstood The FSU educator told Rotar- ians if the question “What is the purpose of interscholastic or inter- collegiate football?” were asked of a berg Masia of people on the street an: 's etewn the answers daha prepa be “gate receipts” or ‘‘A winning team puts the town on the map — it has publicity value.” He warned that where victory be- comes a “must” the hidden values of athletics tend to become obscur- ed. Dr. Danford said, “Situations are constantly a: ig in sports that test the moral fiber of the player and test the teaching of parents and educators, These are the hid- den values in athletics.” Examples Given He cited several instances where a situation arose that gave the! player three choices — to lie, to tell the truth or to be evasive. “When the coaches and teach- ers use these situations to de- athletics and demand a clear cut | SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1954 IN THE Ken West Citisen U.S.A. reach DIAL tenants or workers . For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! Youll buyers and sellers— . « Just 2.5661 or 2.5662 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS County Answers National’s Suit NEW EQUIPMENT IN USE—New recording equipment which State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester. right, has acquired for use in the courtroom and for taking other testimony was used for the first time yesterday at the coroner's inquest into the death of James P. Blaton, Jr. Miss Anne Soren- son, Lester's secretary, is seated before the machine. Two microphones on booms may be plac- ed in advantageous spots to pick up the testimony. felt need here. Acquisition of this equipment answers a long- It will be used in the future for grand jury sessions and trials. Woman Is In County Jail For First Degree Murder By DENIS SNEIGR Caution Urged |\In TV Dinners Monroe County housewives who may have a supply food poisening. Dr. L. L. Parks, state director of public health, issued the warning today. The Miami Public Health laboratory has found that the potatoes and cheese in the food product have a “light strep in- fection.” Several complaints of illness were received in the Miami area. An Associated Press story said Friday that the TV Din- ners had been withdrawn from the market. But Parker directed today in a@ memorandum to the Mon- roe County Health Department, that stores be advised to urge velop a player’s moral character, they achieve these hidden values. | “If players are taught that the end justifies the means to achieve | vietory, then athletics destroy the | moral fiber of our young people. } “But when athletics are used to | teach our youngsters to give mo-| ral, ethical answers — then ath-| jleties become educational in na- ture.” | “Purple Hearts’ | Prior to Dr. Danford’s talk, Ro- tary president Paul Sher present- ed Purple Heart ribbons to Igna-| tius Lester and Allan Cleare in recognition of their “valor” in the battle of Prospect Lane. Fred Walker announced the date of the annual Boy Scout dinner and urged Rotarians to attend. Visiting Rotarians introduced by Art Hunt, fellowship chairman, Toms River, New Jersey; Don C. Merryman, Dearborn, Michigan; Charles J. Starkey, Astabula, Ohio; Steve Swicegood, Miami; John Fischer, Jr., Roms River, New Jersey and Clem Kiger of Kingswood, West Virginia. Kiger had as his guest his bro- ther, Mack Iger, mayor of King wood. | mames and addresses for persons mS y phoning the chamber. Anyone wish JP S ELECT | ing to use the directories must call) MIAMI W—Judge W. Marion at the chamber office which is open | Hendry of Tampa was reelected six days a week from 9 a. m. to, president of the justices of the Sp. m. peace and constables of Fla. Fri NEW MODERN TRAILER PARK BAY POINT TRAILER PARK Located 6 Miles From Boca 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 purchasers to cook the chicken dinners according te instruc- tions. ; . “The general impression is that if the housewife follows the instructions in cooking it as recommended by the manu- facturer, the food would prob- ably be safe to eat,” said Dr. Parks. He added that the prob- lem will be handled separately in each county. Second Mendoza Appeal Issued A second appeal for funds to aid Charles Mendoza, whose 4-year- old son is in a Havana Hospital suffering from a rare blood disease, | was issued today by Danny Good- | rich, secretary of the Key West | Fire Department Goodrich reported that Mendoza, who is in Havana with his son, is} destitute and in need of funds. | He also displayed letters from | Jesus Balbuena y Garrida, chief of the Havana Fire Department and from the boy's doctor giving | further information on the case Balbuena said that the child is} in the Havana Choldren’s Hospital | and that his bill is being paid for by City of Havana. The physician, Dr. tero, said that the ea nosis of Cooley’s anemia h confirmed and that his conditi “serious but not hop Goodrich said that m $100 has already been co and asked that anyone wishing to give money contact him at the; main fire station. | Rene Mon- lier diag: Presenting 3 TEXANS NEBO’S TAVERN STOCK ISLAND jton as saying that Mrs. Eleanor Blaton, th e TV killer, refused to sign her statement about the shooting on the advice of a Navy chaplain. This was revealed in te: before a coroner’s jury whi “did kill and murder Jame certain ,22 ealiber rifle.” Mrs, Blaton is degree murder, % Other testimony showed that Mrs. Blaton, 28, and he® husband, 29-year-old sailor, quarreled violently over his ordering a new TV Set just before she fired the fatal shot into his chest at their home, 904 Olivia Street, last Saturday. The testimony about her refusal to sign her statement was given by Deputy Sheriff Watson Roper, Jr., under questioning by State Attor- ney J. Lancelot Lester and Justice of the Peace Ira Albury, who con- ducted the inquest. “Did Mrs. Blaton make any statement about the shooting?” Lester asked. “Yes,” Roper answered. Then Lester asked if she had been advised of her constitutional rights before making the statement and Roper again replied in the af- firmative, Roper said she told of the Sat- urday afternoon preceding the shooting which occurred shortly af- ter 5 p. m. “She said she spent the early part of the afternoon watching TV at a neighbors house and then re- turned to her home at 904 Olivia St.” Roper said. He went on to quote Mrs. Bla- her husband was not at home but that she found him in the White Inn Bar, 1018 Truman Avenue. They had several drinks there, the witness continued, and then both returned to 904 Olivia Street. She told the sheriff's depert- ment, Roper added, that she and her husband argued over the pur- chase of a new TV set, that she | 88 opposed to buying it, and that her husband hit her knocked her down. and She said she walked around the | block, returned to their home, and again told her husband and the TV | salesman (Alex Lubinski) that she j didn’t want the set svt the: county stimony yesterday afternoon ich found that Mrs. Blaton s Perry Biaton, Jr., with a iat charged with first thought he was going to hit her again, ‘ “She never would say exactly hen she loaded the gun,” Roper added, “But she said she took three cartridges from a zipper bag under the bed.” Mrs. Blaton was unsuccessful int loading the first bullet into the gun but, Roper quoted her as saying the second cartridge went off as soon as she put it in the rifle. Roper said she didn’t seem sure whether her husband ran through the house or around the house af- ter the shot was fired. She said she went out to the front of the house and found him lying in the gutter. Lubinski had testified earlier that he saw Mrs. Blaton crouched over her husband as she sobbed: “Gee, honey, | didn’t know the gun was loaded.’ “Did she sign the statement,” Lester asked Roper. Roper said that Mrs. Blaton re- fused to sign it on the advice of ja Navy chaplain. | The chaplain’s name did co.ne out in the testimony, Testimony ended at 3:55 p, m. after 17 witnesses were heard. Twenty-one witnesses had been | summoned. ‘New Senators To ‘Be On Hand Mon. WASHINGTON (#—Five new sen- ators—none of whom ever has {served with Sen. McCarthy (R- Vis)\—are expected here Monday for the opening of the session to |consider whether to censure the | Wisconsin senator. They are Roman L. Hruska and |Mrs. George P. Abel of Nebraska, jorris Cotton of New Hampshire, Ernest S. Brown of Nevada, and Charles E. Daniel of South Caro- lina. All but Daniel are Republi- Roper continued and quoted her | as Saying that she went in the front door of the three-room house and that the door closed and locked au- tomatically. Her husband came around to the rear door, she said, and she 120 SIMONTON, near Coca Cola Benefit COUNTRY STORE DANCE Tonight, 9 till “?” ELKS CLUB ANNEX Musie by JOHN PRITCHARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA Door Prizes Adm. $1.00 Public Cordially Invited not} In Circuit Court Roper Tells Lions About FBI Training Rigors Of Course Are Described By Sheriff's Deputy Only one out of 500 ap- Plicants are FBI agent training, Watson Roper, deputy sheriff, told members of the Lions Club Thursday night in their reg- ular weekly meeting at the Lions Den on Seminary Street. Roper, a former FBI agent, said that training a man is the only answer to proper law enforcement. He told of how applicants get the equivalent of a two-year college course crammed into a 16-week period where students receive in- struction from 9 to 9 daily for six days a week and from 1 to 9 on Sunday. Difficult Course In reminiscing to explain the ri- gors of the school, R ‘said the oa 53 out of a class Ge 86, © in which he was enrolled, passed the course. He said that to get below an average of 80 in grades was the same as getting a much lower mark because it flunked the stu- dent. In the investigation of a possible applicant, Roper said it is the po licy of the FBI to find a neigh- borhood gossip to tell them about the character of the potential a- gent. He told how how, on the sur- prise pistol range, the student a- gents had to make split-second ee- cisions as to when to fire a pis- Surprise Method He described how the instructor suddenly pushed a button to dis- play target. The picture may be of a woman carrying a baby, a man with a machine gun or another agent, The applicant must decide at whom to shoot. Roper stat at the surprise pistol range was to observe the natural reaction of the student as well as training. During routine business conduct- ed, Louis Eisner passed out tic- kets to be sold to the public for |the forthcoming comic softball | game with the Junior Woman's lin Bayview Park. Community Chest Aid | The Lions team has been term- ed as the “luscious Lions.” Eisner urged the members to push the of the present Community Chest drive. Lion W. W. Westfall was ap- pointed treasurer of the fund of the annual Lions Club “Conch | Bowl” football game. Enrique Esquinaldo reported that the lawyers of this city have come through with $85 for advertisement on ths program of the benefit game. | Maury Kornick and Richard Sti-| erer, received certificates of mem- | bership in the Lions International from Edelmiro Morales, club pre- sident. Joe Allen was fined by the club tail twister for carrying advertise- | ment pamphlets of several major airlines in his pocket. A pamphlet | from National was not in the group. Mexican Tacos and Chili TO EAT OR ORDERS TO TAKE OUT CORAL ISLE TRAILER PARK RESTAURANT STOCK ISLAND selected for| Club next Tuesday night at 7:30 | tickets be: it the benefit ickets because it is for the | NEW YORK #—Prime Minister | power or authority to require Port to collect a 50-cent per Student Nurse Is Assaulted, Slain In Mich. Body Is Found In Basement Lab Of Mental Hospital KALAMAZOO, Mich. — State Police said today a patient at the Kalamazoo State Mental Hospital had confessed the sex slaying of 2i-year-old nurse Marilyn Kraai last night. The patient is Louis Maurice Smith, 18, committed to the hospi- | tal from Parchment, a Kalamazoo suburb, Detective Chief Victor Beck said Smith confessed before taking a scheduled lie detector test, Beck said Smith admitted luring the girl to a basement hydrophera- pyroom on the pretext of regaining a pack of playing cards he had left there. He told Beck the girt volunteered to accompany him to the room to recover the cards. Killed After Assault Beck said Smith told him he killed Marilyn after the assault, then took her key ring and flushed it down a toilet. Afterwards, he locked the door to the room. Marilyn's body was found in a search after other nurses became alarmed at her failure to keep a supper date with them. Coroner Horace Cobb said the tall, blonde nurse had been crim- inally assaulted and then strangled with a red, hospital issue necktie, Most of the girl's clothing had been ripped off, but state police said there were no signs of a strug- gle in the laboratory where her body was found. The only outward sign of violence was the girl's bruised throat, Yoshida Warns Of Red Motives Shigeru Yoshida of Japan says the United States should not be de- ceived by the Communist peace of. fensive in Asia and that the Reds regard Japan as the “ultimate prize of their Pacific conquests.” In a speech to the Japan Society | Friday night, Yoshida also said a stumbling block in his country’s economic expansion is “widespread use of tariff barriers and import restrictions.” Yoshida was imprisoned by Japa- Counter Claim Made To Points In‘Airline’s Bill Of Complain The Monroe County Commision has filed an answer iy to a suit filed by National Air Lies in Circuit Court. Coune ty attorney Paul Sawyet filgdthe answer late Friday. National filed thetf”suit October 15 asking for a declaratory decree, saying that Monroe County had no aircraft using Meacham Air- passenger landing fee. National also asked that the court enjoin the county from evicting them, Judge Lopez granted a temporary jinjunction on October 18. } One of National's stipulations | was that the county had collecied $10 per day from Jan. 1944 Dee. 31, 1953, but in their an: r the county claims that this is a error and that they did not becid | collecting the $10 fee until Ai | 1948. NAL‘s Claim Futher, the county’s dispuied Na tional’s claim that there has i no work done on Meacham F to improve it. The county answered that im provements have been in progress | Since Jan. 1, 1954, The county also filed a counter | claim saying that there is now due jand payable t Monroe County the sum of $6,661 as of Oct,..a1,-1054, | for the use of the airport and its “ap and that in addition, Na- ional owes money for feight shi; ed into Key West . eS Can’t Determine Freight |. But, the suit sa | * ys, the has no way of determining tee mount of freight. | The county petitioned the court c order National to pay the six thou- sand dollars plus freight and car- |go fees and that Monroe County |be authorized to attach Property of the airline and ,if necessary, to | sell it at public auction, | They also asked that Monrve | County be perraitted to become a | bidder at the auction. Minor Surg Is Scheduled For Marilyn Monroe HOLLYWOOD, w# — Marilya Monroe is going to the hospital to morrow for what her doctor says is “minor surgery.” | The operation will be performed Monday by Dr. Leon Krohn, gyne cologist. While Miss Monroe is in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital a complete diagnosis will be made to deters mine the reason for her recent ill health. The actress, who divorced the jone time Yankee clipper, Joe Di- Maggio, last Oct. 18, has just com- | pleted a movie and is on vacation from Twentieth Century-Fox Sta dio. DiMaggio, Marilyn said, was not affectionate as a husband. He was not available in San Francisco for comment on her hospitalization. | PROBATION SET | ORLANDO\#—Federal Judge W. \J. Barker yesterday placed Mra nese authorities during World War | Joan K. Hasty, 22, om three years Tl as a pacifist and a libera! |probation and fined her $1,000 on | The Prime Minister was sched-|her plea of guilty to a charge of uled to leave today by plane for/|diverting $1,249 to her own use Albany, N.Y., to be a luncheon| while employed as a bookkeeper guest of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. | at Citizens National Bank. NOTICE Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned on the un- furnished two story house and let (51’ 8” x 110° 8”) located at 1010 Varela Street, Key West, at said address, up to 12:00 P.M., November léth, 1954. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. House open for inspection between 4 and 6 P.M. daily. LIZZIE LORD REESE, Administratrix Estate of Felicete N. Lord, deceased. }