The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 9, 1954, Page 2

Harlan Seems Assured Of Court Post WASHINGTON (#—President Ei-| senhower’s nomination of U.S. Cir- euit Judge John Marshall Harlan} to the Supreme Court, where his) grandfather once sat, seemed headed today for easy passage through the Senate. But trouble appeared to be brew- | The Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Clear to| partly cloudy and not much change | in-temperature thru Wednesday. Low tonight hear 67 and high Wed- nesday near 78. Gentle to’ moder- | ate northeasterly winds, oecasional- | ly fresh offshore. Florida: Clear to partly cloudy | Of Shep vorce Plans Gas Leak By RALEIGH ALLSBROOK CLEVELAND (#—Pretty Marilyn Sheppard heard justga few months before she was mi Osteopath husband Pras “thinking of a divorce,” a, Witness in the Sheppard murder trial testified today. An attractive friend of the Shep- pards, Mrs. Nancy Ahern, also Witness Tells |Blast Qecurs | ALLEN, Okla. (#—A remorse%al superintendent, credited with heso- ism by his studemts, accepted re- ed that her | SPOnsibility for striking the match | here which accidentally touched off a deafening gas explosion at Allen High School yesterday, injuring himself, the principal and 44 pupils. Three af the injured, including Principal Freeman Pickle, are re- UM.Slates Reds Say US. d’s In Search For |Varied Courses Sergeant Has {To Offer Here Asked Asylum: By BILL GIBB When the University of Miami Evening Extension is installed in Key West, many of the courses which may be secured wij] appeal to the ladies. It takes a minimum of fifteen students before the University feels it is justified to start a class. If you interested By RICHARD O‘'REGAN VIENNA, Austria @—The Soviet information service announced to- day that an American Army ser- geant has asked the Russians in Austria for political asylum and has been granted it. The Red information service ing for the nomination of Atomic | ®Fth portion and partly cloudy to Energy Commissioner Joseph | °C¢sionally cloudy in south and | Campbell to be comptroller gener-| °&"tral portions with few showers | gi-eed of the. General Account. | Rear the southeast coast. Slightly | ing Office (GAO), whose job it in| Sie er temperatures thru Wednes- to keep close tabs on how federal |#¥ except little | change in tem- spend the money Con- mo in extreme north portion EE tn tcigitien dba Jacksonville thru the ‘There was no indic: reS-| Straits: Fresh northeast winds thru fdent had consulted senators in ad- Wednesda: Pasty. .cioad re vance about either appointment. | cloudy aod weet rs er with few local Tee White House announced the | iowers ig south and central -por- nominations yesterday and said the {01 aay President would submit them for-| East Gulf; Moderate northeast | mally to the Senate today. The! winds, fresh at times over south | range bapa eieciion epee Portion. Mostly clear extreme | y consider censure charges cloud: against Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis). rede Wetenee’, y elsewhere First reaction of senators willing| Western Caribbean: Northeaster- | to comment indicated that Harlan's jy winds, moderate to fresh over | selection was not likely to stir any | north and gentle to moderate over | controversy, but that Campbell's south portion thru Wednesday. | nomination might be challenged by | Partly cloudy weather and widely | opponients of the proposed Dixon-' scattered showers. Yates contract to supply private Weather Summary for the Tropi- power in the Tennessee Valley Au- cai Atlantic, Caribbean Sea area | thority area. Campbell was one of | and the Exst Gulf of Mexico: Wea- the AEC members who approved ther conditions are about normal the contract’s form. The contract’ in the hurricane belt today with no now is under study by the Senate- signs of a tropical disturbance. | House Atomic Committee. * | =e Harlan’s nomination came as| Observation Taken at Post Office something of a surprise, although Building, 7:00 A.M. EST. there had been some speculation} Key West, Fie. Nov. 9. 1954 Temperatures Eisenhower might dip into the fed- Aighest yesterday _ eral judigiary to fill a vacancy left) by the recent death of Justice Rob- | wanes 48 jond hand, that Mrs. Sheppard had lating under the swore on the witness stand that Ported in critical conditizn. Twenty Mrs. Sheppard told her she under-| ¥¢Te Still hospitalized today. The| stood that her husband qualified M¢-story brick schewl building the statement by saying “they (the WS Virtually demolistred Sheppards) were right for each The superintendemt, J.N. Me- other and would: try (their mar-| Keel, who suffered shock, cuts and riage) again.” | bruises, told a reporter: “I pre- Mrs. Ahern, a trim brunette in| sume I set off the. blast in an at- her middle 30's, with dark horn|tempt on my pant to find a gas rimmed glasses, testified at the leak. I had no reason to think trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard. | there was a general leak.” He is charged with biudgeoning Students were ‘flung against the | his wife Marilyn to death in their ceiling and blojwn through windows | bedroom Atads om ae by the bombfike blast ia | atery Fire Chief, Harvey Butler, who Over defense objections, Mrs | estisanton damage at $100,000, said Ahern said she got this story sec- Bas apparchtly had been accumu-| 3 floor several days. path and friend of the Sheppards, , 3t he thme had high praise for Mc- Keel. They said he helped hold up vi vali last os a visit to California last) | eollgpsing ceiling so other vic- Mrs. Ahern also reported that tims could be rescued first. another phase of a conversation Tere was a flash and then the with Mrs.” Sheppard last April ¢xPldsion,” said Dale Plunk, 18-| dealt with a watch which “Dr. Yyeaf-old high school junior. “It Sheppard bought for a young lady W*# terrible.” from California.” | Some of the victims, dazed and The prosecution has claimed that |sfaggering, stumbled from the this “young lady” was ‘Susan fittered building, blood streaming Hayes, a pretty laboratory tech-/from their heads. Desks | inside nician with whom it said Dr. Shep- | were found lodged in the ceiling pard had an affair. A by the blast. “. . . Mrs. Sheppard mention) “When I went in there the kids the watch, and I asked how she/were screaming and smoke was jin any of the following, call 2.2466 identified the soldier as Sgt. Wil- | Duck-Nappers ‘Leave A Trail SAN FRANCISCO — An ekerly woman got out of an expensive automobile in ¢ en Gate Park, followed by a young woman and ja man, The young woman carried a sack, from which she spilled a trail of grain. This lured a pair of gullible white ducks to follow them. A witness told police that, as this | strange procession neared the lim ousine, the ekierly woman and the man seized the ducks, stuffed them — quacking in protest — into or drop a note to the Superinten., liam Clayton Turner, 32, and said | two cartons. dent of Schools, 310 Fleming St., | stating your preference. Creative Writing. This is an ex Ploratory course, designed to evalu- ate the student's abilities; the di rection in whieh his writing should be guided. Personality Orientation. Design ed to cultivate poise, assurance and improvement in appearance and personality. For girls interested in self - improvement. Subjects in- clude personal analysis, figure con- trol, posture, fashionology, ~make- up, garment etiquette, and voice. until Oct. 15 he had been in Com- pany B of the 124th Artillery Supp- ply Battalion and in the military polite of the U.S. 7th Army's 2nd Armored Division in Germany. U.S. Army authorities in Austria said they were checking with the | Army ia .Germany on the report. The Soviet agency said Turner had asked for and been granted | permission to live in Russia. The |agency quoted a letter it said he |had written which gave this account of his defection from the West: While serving in Germany, he With that, the group piled into the car and sped away. | But the duck-nappers are tabbed The witness got the car license | number! ‘Citrus To Europe | | JACKSONVILLE w—The fourth | shipload of Florida citrus for Eu- |rope this season began loading {here today. The first three ship-| ments moved from Fort Pierce. | } Jacksonville's precooling plant! Parliamentary Procedure. De. %&¢me convinced that the rebirth |at municipal docks, saved from} tary law. Emphasis upon the par liamentary procedure as well as Presentation precedence and dis- Position of motions, voting, cons- titution, by-laws, standing rules, of. ficers, meetings and sessions Contract ridge, Beginning. Standard bidding and principles. Rules, etiquette and eth&s. Various systems compared. Interior Decoration. Study of color design and materials as re- lated to household furnishings, sel- ection and arrangement of furni ture, draperies, floor coverings, ac cessories. Dress Design. Studio course to |tain that the U.S. government was preparing new aggression in | collaboration with Fascist elements jin West Germany | He said he crossed from Ger- many to Austria Oct. 15 “with the idea of seeking political asylum in |the Soviet Union.” “I have decided to go where |there is real freedom for a sim- ple man, and I therefore ask for | the possibility to live and work in j the Soviet Union,” he was quoted. | The letter said Turner was drafted in 1942, took part in the | Normandy landings and served | with the 29th Division. From 15 ‘ “ i i removal last month through an | bility of an “aggressive German army” j oO os to ay a * sige yg would lead to war. He became cer- | arrangement for lease to Strachan | Tires | Shipping Co., was put into opera- | tion last week. | ANNOUNCEMENT || Now Open SUG & YALE’S OPEN PIT BAR-B-Q Southern Style Across from Kennel Club STOCK ISLAND 'ESCAPEE KNOCKS ON WRONG DOOR CANON CITY, Colo, w—For 24 hours after he escaped from the Colorado Penitentiary dairy farm, 3 Stanley, 27, trudged without and water across relling Plains, Twenty-five miles from the prie- on, he stumbled to the door of a ranch home to ask for food and drink His knock was answered by D. E. Childs, a Pueblo County deputy sheriff, who*took him into custody, EISNER Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel, 2.695) 38 Shopping o- Days USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 Your PURE OIL Dealer «+ Tubes . . Batteries ACCESSORIES en SEE EREEEEEeeeee CIFELLI'S tr'sevie ‘TV Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Cuaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. 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Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year Deficiency this year 0.00 ins. | T. ins. 0.66 ins, | 35.06 ins. - 1.26 ins. , Succeeding the re-} tired Lindsay Warren, also fell in-| to the surprise category. Harlan, a tall and athletic-look- ing 55, lives in New York and since March has served as a judge of the federal circuit which includes New Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 18% | Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.11. ins.—1020.0 mbs. Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise 6:41 a.m. York, Connecticut and Vermont. Up | gun" 5:42 : id n :42 p.m: } pos Ni has been his only bench | Moonrise 8:46 tm, A Grandson of a Supreme Court | Moonset 6:38 Full! Justice who bore the same name an | served for 34 years until his death in 1911, Harlan was associated with - Atty. Gen, Brownell in a New York law firm from 1927-29. He is -an experienced trial lawyer and has seen duty as prosecutor and crime! buster, Moon Phase - TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Tide high water Low Tides 9:50 a.m. 3:09 a.m. 9:02 p.m. 2:34 p.m ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA ~ Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) ...—eh 10m (east end) ...4-2h Boca Chica is Pr. Ne Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) Station— High Tides Russia Declares Innocence In Plane Shooting By WARREN ROGERS JR. WASHINGTON W—R has countered an American protest over the latest cold war aerial in- cident with a declaration of abso-| lute innocence, but U.S. officials indicate the Soviets haven't heard the last of the matter. For the eighth time since he cold war began, the United States | yesterday demanded an apology and reparations from Russia for violence done American aircraft by Soviet planes. } Moscow countered with a claim that its planes were in the right. 90 ) oh 4m +%h lom Temperatures | AT 7:30 A.M., EST |lowed closely ‘the testimony of pard as saying that she dither ers on the scene. “I still don't see saw Dr. Sheppard write cut a! how they got out alive.” . check for the watch or foand an/ ——_____— expense check for the watch. j “I asked ber if she was mot upset | about the watch, and she said she | one DEATHS The relating of these details fol- j ROBERT NELSON Mrs. Ahern at the équest last GOLDEN summer. Defense cotmsel William | J. Corrigan vigorovsly protested| Robert Nelson Golden, 58, died their -introduction tealay. early this morning after an ex- He said the conversation was | tended illness. Mr. Golden lived at not made in the presence of any | 1212 Von Phister Street. person other than Mrs. Ahern. But| He is survived by -the widow, the judge allowed) Mrs. Ahern to| Mrs. Louisa Golden; three daugh- go ahead. |ters, Mrs. Susan Boileau of Bos- At the inquést last July, Dr. ton, Mass., Miss Lillian Golden and Sheppard testified that while he Miss Annie Laurie Golden; one was in Califrnia, he and Miss | brother, Harry Bell, and one sister, Hayes attencted a wedding with | Mrs. Mildred Allison of Elizabeth, some friend's Miss Hayes lost her|N. J. wateh om this occasion, and he| Funeral services will be held bought her a replacement, he said. Dinner Guests j Mrs. Ahern and her husband, Donald, were the last two out- siders ‘known to have seen Sam and Marilyn alive. They were din- ner gaests at the Sheppard home the rfght Marilyn was murdered. Unaier cross examination by Cor- rigam, Mrs. Ahern was asked if the Sheppards had exhibited an attude of love. “That's hard to answer,” the ‘aitness replied. She thought over the remark for a few seconds and, then said | “Mrs. Sheppard seemed very | much in love, but I was never | quite sure of Dr. Sheppard.’ | from the Chapel of Pritchard Fun- eral Home with Fr. John Armfield officiating Mr. Golden was a retired Civil Service guard and a veteran of World War I. The Guard of Honor | of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 Ameri- can Legion will accord full mili- tary honors and burial will be im the family plot in City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be selected from the American Legion of which Mr. Golden was a member, DONALD RICHARD HARMA Donald Richard Harma, 27, died Friday after a short illness. Mrs. Ahern also said the Shep-| The body was sent today by ts pards sat together in the Same | pez Funeral Home to Detroit, Mi- chair and watched television dur- | chigan, for funeral services and| ing part of the evening preceding burial in the family plot. Mrs. Sheppard's death | Mr. Harma was a resident of Mrs. Ahern followed her hus-| Key West for 23 months. He is! band, Donald, on the witness stand. | .ryived by his parents and one Ahern, a slender six-foot-wo/ sister who reside in Detroit, man who runs a transportation and color; possibilities of various types of fabrics. Designing for per- sonality and figure types. Popular Conversational Spanish. A beginning course in popular everyday Spanish for adults. Es-| pecially designed for business and professional persons. Suicide Ruled As Cause Of Woman’s Death Justice of the Peace R. D. Zetter- Ower at Marathon today ruled as | suicide ‘Woman, The woman’s body was found floating off Conch Key yesterday afternoon, the sheriff's department be death of a 50-year-old Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock reported. Bruno Eliasson, of Conch | Key, found the body, Zetterower, in ruling the death a suicide, said there would be no in- quest the sheriff's office. ‘The woman was identified as Bee Pate who lived on Conch Key. A suicide note was left in her cottage but Zetterower refused fo reveal the contents of the | note, the sheriff's office said. The Lopez Funeral Home has the body. CHILD DROWNS BELLE GLADE #—Sharyl Lee Mead, 6, of Miami, was drowned Sunday night when the car in which she and her mother were saab: plunged into the Hills- ‘o Canal five miles east of here. {and sent to West Germany. THREE DIE IN GUN |BATTLE IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY #—In a blazing | gun battle, federal police yesterday killed three men wanted for ques | tioning in connection with an $80,- 000 robbery at the home of for Ramon Beteta. Two police agents | also were slain Officials said the men, led by Marciano Vazquez, opened fire on the officers trying to make the | arrest. How About It? 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NEW YORK #—Buyers rushed | into the stock market today with such determination that they swamped the trading floor with/ orders and bid prices up in early dealings. j The gains were limited, however, | and seldom got past a point. A few minus signs were in evidence, especially in the tobaccos. Right after the opening, the tape fell behind by as much as three . minutes in reporting actual trans atwions on the floor of the New York\ Stock Exchange. Only a few times (is year has that lag been exceed The congestion lasted er than usual—about 27 of the market got | of the improved prices, were regarded as profit- taking on an individual basis. F “YAR FLATTENED ~ YN, England u—Mrs. KB on Wright, a 56-year-old land- Jady, told a judge yesterday she captured a burglar by tripping him and then sitting on him | At least 16 persons were killed | service and odor removing firm, Atlanta painted a rather cozy picture yes- Augusta Billings Birtningham Bismark Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver _ Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston __ Jacksonville _ Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma Gity Omaha Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke es RN nt — San Antonio Sen Freacice ____ __.. Seattle __ 48 Tallahassee av 42 30 . 39) 30 _ 39 n and his wife, Marilyn, 31 Ahern, who lives five houses | away from the Sheppards, said he and his wife visited the couple on the night preceding the slaying. | : Met Puts On -$ New Kind Of Opening Night By HENRIETTA LEITH NEW YORK w#—The Metropoli- tan Opera put on a new kind of Opening night last night, and be- came a popular success pot only in the old opera house bi cross the country The newsness of the opening night program was in the fact that it was not an opera at all, but a series of the most popular scenes from four of the most popular operas. New also was the expanded audi- ence — besides the usual furred, jeweled and white-tied capacity crowd attending the peprformance in the opera house, audiences in | mere than 30 theaters in 25 other cities saw and heard it on closed- poets ae tt 4 . 39) 65 47) 43 a6) 6s 52 39 . 39 65 37 42 a3 “4 31 . $1 48 33 35 36 6 Tampa _ Washington 16 DIE IN BLAST RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil w—' 31 | terday of 30-year-old Dr. Sheppard | | | | The Met audience liked the show Thompson, Miami; so much that Sherry’s Lounge in| children and the opera house, which im the past dren. CLARKE LINCOLN | Clarke Lincoln, 82, died Sunday | at 6:55 p. m. at Monroe General Hospital after a short illness. The body is being sent to Rich mond, Virginia, by Lopez Funeral | Home for funeral services and bur- ial in the family plot. Mr. Lincoln was one of the coun- try's foremost tenors and had ap- peared in many opera productions. | He was a close friend of Enrico | Caruso, He retired several years | ago. i Survivers are a son Russell A.; | the daughter-inlaw, Mrs. Leot: Dongo; a granddaughter, Mrs. T._ M. Ragland, Richmond, Virginia; and three great grandchildren, | ALLEN G. KNOWLES | Allen G. Knowles, 84, died Mon- | day at 9:10 a. m. at Monroe Gen eral Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 at Fleming St. Methodist Church where the bedy will be placed at 2 o'clock. The Rev. James E. Sta- tham will officiate at the services. Lopez Funeral Horse is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in the family plot im City Cemetery Survivors include three sons, Al- ison G., Eugene and Everette: three yy -r Mrs. Edna Rob- erts, Mrs. Flo Smith, Jacksonville, | and Mrs. Oriatte Archer; one bro- | ther, Harry Knowles, Nassau, Ba- hamas; one sister, Mrs. Dell seven. grand-| four great grandchil- 5 panish eeecee * Van HEFLIN goes after the @ereaeeneseeseeeneseaes WEDNESDAY ONLY Fox News Box Office Open: 45 - 9 PM. WEDNESDAYS 1:45 - &00 P.M. Daily CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE - TELEPHONE 9-418 FOR TIME SCHEDULE <qygy STRAND Box Office Opens at 1:45 P.M. CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM THERE ON The Finest and Largest Theatre in Key West Tues. and Wed. Tues. and Wed. Thurs. - Fri. - Sat., Sun. and Mon. Show Times 3:30 — 6:3 — 6:38 100% AIR CONDITIONED Thurs. - Fri. - Sat, Mrs. Wright weighs 210 pounds. | yesterday when an explosion de- ‘The flattened suspect, Robert Tay-| stroved a dynamite plant at Jose Oar, weighs 5 {Nuelhoes, 50 miles from here. i has done a heavy business even Mr. Knowles was 2 member of while the opera was on, was a the Red Men and Key of the Gulf fairty quiet place except at inter- Castle Knights of the Geiden Ea- missions, ige , San Carlos Theatre Air-Conditioned