The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 13, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne. 270 State Says Sheppard Did Not Cooperate Police Officer Is Cross-Examined By Defense Atty. By RALEIGH ALLSBROOK CLEVELAND, (®—How well did handsome Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard cooperate with police in their in- vestigation of his wife’s slaying | duly 4? ‘The state contends that he gave | them very little help, that his} brothers hurried him away to hos-| pital seclusion, that he refused to/ take a lie detector test and that he later clammed up under police questioning. | Through one of the state's own witnesses, the defense made a trong effort at Dr. Sheppard’s murder trial yesterday to knock | down that contention. | The witness was Fred Drenkhan, | good-looking police officer from | suburban Bay Village, where the | murder occurred. Drenkhan, who appeared to have | a mental filing cabinet, had been a good witness for the state. The chief defense attorney, William J. Corrigan, took .over on cross-ex- amination. Hospital Visit He asked the patrolman if he and two sheriff's deputies hadn't gone to the Bay View Hospital, where Dr, Sheppard was confined, and the osteopath Thurs- day, four days after the slaying. “Yes,” Drenkhan answered. “Did anyone interfere in any qway?” . “No.” “How long did you question him?” “Three and a half hours.” “Did he object?” “No.” “Was he willing to answer all questions?” “Yes.” “Did. he make any objections?” “No.” “Did you reduce what he said te! writing?” “Yes,” Wanted To Help Corrigan also asked the witness if Dr. Sheppard hadn't told him he “wanted to help as much as possible because he was interested in the apprehension of the murder- er more than anything else in the world.” The patrolman acknowledged that this was so; also that Dr. Sheppard talked with officers the next day and re-enacted his ver- sion of the murder night. The 30-year-old defendant is ac- cused of bludgeoning his wife Mar- | ilyn, 31, to death in the bedroom of their lakefront home. Dr. Sheppard claims an unknown intruder com- mitted the crime. Under ‘further questioning by Corrigan, Drenkhan said he went to Dr. Sheppard's hospital room Jul 4, shortly after the osteopath was taken there and took a photo- graph of the defendant in bed, The picture, introduced in evi- dence by Corrigan, showed Dr, Sheppard with his head thrown back, eyes closed and face puffed. | Injuries Questioned Dr. Sheppard claims he was in. jured badly fighting with his wife's slayer. But the state says the in- | juries consisted of nothing more} serious than a black eye and how /piant four doors away was not | he got that they don’t know. “You went freely into the room, without interference?” Corrigan | asked. | “Yes,” Drenkhan replied, | ‘The attorney asked who “wel- eomed him.” and the patrolman said Dr. Stephen Sheppard an@ Dr. | Richard Sheppard, the accused os- teopath's brothers Corrigan questioned the witness | jured. One, John Henry Cox, was | in for almost four hours and said he} had still further questions to ask} Monday when the trial resumes, Under direct examination, Drenk. han testified that there was no eyj.! dence of forced entry to the Shep- | pard home and there was no of a struggle on the beach Dr Sheppard says he f nt with the slayer in the house and on the/ beach. DESIGNER DI PARIS wW—Jacques Fath, @ one ot France's leading fashion de.| signers, died today, —— GONZALEZ AUTO REPAIR SHOP 110? WINDSOR LANE PHONE 2-3250 Motor Tune-Up - Brake Service Motor Overhau!s - Expert Hydra-Matic, Powerglide and Ford Auto-Matic Transmission | STARS RELAX—Burt Lancaster (left) and Anna Magnani “The Rose Tattoo.” nessee Williams’ play. Shipping Men To Survey Key West Attorneys for a New York shipping firm will arrive in Key West Sunday to conduct facilities, it was announced to- day by City Commissioner Louis Carbonell. The attorneys, led by Ben- jamin Whitestone, represent shipping interests who are con- - sidering the establishment of passenger and freight service between New York, Key West and New Orleans. They con- tacted Carbonell several weeks ago and he was authorized by the city commission to nego- tate the shipping. men. cpt said today that the attorneys “have shown real in- st in the proposal.” He add- that Captain C. H. Nichol- sen, an executive of the Water- man Steamship Company will be in the city shortly te con- duct a survey. Fire Destroys Winter Haven News Building WINTER HAVEN, Fla. i#—Fire early today destroyed the plant oi the Winter Haven Daily News Chief with a loss estimated at $200,000, but the newspaper will not miss any editions. x on the set of the filming of They still face two more weeks on the film, which is adapted from Ten- Shooting will continue over the weekend.—Staff Photo, Don Pinder. The Lakeland Ledger and a Win | ter Haven weekly, The Herald, published by George Burr, quickly offered their facilities to W. FE Rynerson, publisher of the Daily News Chief. Rynerson said his newspaper plant was destroyed along with its equipment, but his job printing damaged. The fire for a time threatencd | the entire city block, but hard fighting firemen confined it to the Daily News-Chief building with smoke and water damage to an adjcining children’s wear shop. Firemen Injured Three firemen were slightly in knocked 12 feet from a ladder by water from a high pressure hose Another Donnie McBrayer, a vol unteer, fell through the roof but was caught by ot firemen and dragged back. The third man, Ed Wiles, also a Volunteer, was burned on the shou'der. “The plant was manned until 11 p. m,, when the last employe went home. At midnight passersby then noticed smoke and called the fire | department,” said Rynerson. “By the time firefighters got there it was going strong. “It apparently started in the pa per room, where newspriat was |* kept, and spread from there “Firemen are still pouring water on it this morning. We haven't been side yet but there the building linotypes will have to be and damaged parts replaced aad reassembled. “We won't any edi iss | > RISING STAR—Ben Cooper, rising young Hollywood star who gained renown for his part in "Johnny Guitar,” will give local theater aspirants a boost today when he'll be a guest at the Key West Drama Festival in the High School. He's shown studying his lines on the set of “The Rose Tattoo” now being filmed in Key West.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. jree-Loving Hermit Lives Simple Life In Lonely Hideaway In Japan TOKYO #—Back in 1912—so the, Then one day, 12 years ago, love story goes—Yoshio Suda was false-| Came into his life. A geisha girl ly of illegally cutting | C2™e to live with him. She stayed een: Bie wah titan a: presi teenie Tee and left. Three years later eee, ee & she returned and stayed two more of the woods. | years. In the anguish of his deep hurt Ir 1949 she died, the villagers he ted to a sonely hideaway | 2 northern Honshu mountain | #9 40d Suda resumed his solitary existence He now is 68 and still professes to hate the outside world, He would rather live with his trees. accused a valley The newgpaper Asahi t of Suda’s story today he lavished his n on a bleak Every day he told the +} | worker will have much more lei-! BOCA RATON, Fla. (®—An in- dustrial research organization re- ported to the Southern Governors Conference today the South has | an opportunity for even greater} | industrial expansion in the next 20 years provided it gets alert and aggressive leadership. | The report came from the South- ern Association of Science and Industry, Inc., Atlanta, which was charged by the conference last year to make estimates of oppor- tunities for future industrial de- velopment. The association said increased purchasing power of the South had attracted more new plants and industrial facilities than any other one factor, and that the South’s indusrial and consumer markets would undoubtedly be a vital factor in industrial expansion through 1975. Some fields for which the or- ganization saw prospects for sub- stantial increase were textile pro- | ducts, farm products, steel plants, |forestry products and industrial chemicals, Recreational Needs The report also noted there would be a sharp increase in the need for recreational facilities and services inthe South. “It has been estimated that the average factory work week will be 37 hours or less by 1975, and the sure time,” the report said. “Moreover, there will be a larg- er rs € in Spi now increasing at the av- erage of six months each year. The | inereased use of pension systems in industry will also contribute to the influx of retired people in the southern states.” A round table on industrial de- velopment led by Gov. William C. Marland of West Virginia, was @ highlight of the final session of| the three-day conference. Gov. Lawrence W. Wetherby of Kentucky appeared to be in line! for election as conference chair- man, replacing Gov. Johnston Murray of Oklahoma. The new chairman was to be elected and resolutions adopted at an executive session thig afternoon. Johns’ Resol The resolutions committee has been at work on about a dozen resolutions for possible conference consideration. The one holding the greatest public interest is by Act- ing Goy. Charley E. Johns of Florida proposing a constitutior amendment to provide but equal public school facilities , for the races. | The resolution, if adopted, would urge President Eisenhower to call a special session of Congress to Propose the amendment. In the} event the President failed to act, the governors would be asked to MARILYN GETS HOME HOLLYWOOD #—Actress Mari lyn Monroe, unusually pale and a{ bit unsteady of foot, left Cedars of | Lebanon hospital yesterday for her home in Beverly Hills. She under- went minor surgery last Monday. LIONS CLUB MEETS | Miami dentist, told of the work the The Lions Club dispensed with! | business during the regular weekly | meeting held Thursday night to en-| able the members to attend - Veterans Day parade. Governors Hear Of South’s (Chance For Industrial Growth submit the matter to their legis- latures. Most of the governors attending the conference declined to com- ment for publication on the reso- lution relating to the segregation issue. Gov. James F. Byrnes of! South Carolina told a news con- ference he favored the objective | and was sympathetic to it as a “vehicle of protest” but didn’t be-| lieve it was practical. Most of the governors made it) plain at the outset that they | thought each state should decide for itself what course it should! pursue in meeting the Supreme Court order knocking out segre- gation in the public schvols. Local Rotary Club To See Special Film Reports Action At District Meet Key West Rotarians heard their president, Paul J. Sher, give his report on the re- cent district conference held in Ft. Lauderdale at ~ the club’s regular luncheon meeting at the La Concha Hotel on Thursday. Sher announced that the Key) West Rotary Club, the oldest club in the district, had been selected to be the first club in the district to see the film produced especial- ly for Rotary’s Golden Anniversary celebration. The film will be shown at the A dam 23 meeting of the local club. 8 Key Westers Sher said he was proud of the representation the local club had at the conference with eight mem- bers in attendance. Many of the clubs closer to Ft. Lauderdale had only two or three members in their delegations. Some of the principal speakers during the conference were i- dent of the West Palm Beach club, Phil O'Connell, Dr. Roger Turner, Miami Rotary Club president, Hal- sey B. Knapp, a director of Ro- tary Internation, and James Kel-| ler, past district governor. O'Connell was the speaker at the | Fellowship dinner and Turner, a} Dade County Dental Society was doing for indigent dental cases. Club Fundamentals | Knapp spoke on the fundamen-! tals and principles of Rotary as exemplified in the “Four-Way Test.” | He recommended that other clubs follow the lead of the Daytona/ Beach club and supply the local | schools with framed copies of the Rotary’s “yardstick”. } The Hollywood Rotary present- ed a play “China Doll” stressing | the international service aspects of | Rotary’s fiftieth anniversary. Keller gave the history of the Rotary Clubs in District 243 and stressed that Rotery is not a civic | club, but a service club and that | OUR 56th ANNIVERSARY ars can be than human i to a fi requent v at the base of mueb he ae SALE Starts Monday Morning, Nov. 15 Come Celebrate With Us! Tremendous Savings On All Merchandise METAL SHINGLES | and ROOFING — at Rotarians jects for munities. Visitors Introduced j Eight visiting Rotarians at the local meeting were introduced by Art Hunt, fellowship chairman. Guy Bonney of Springfield, Mli-| nois, the first “snowbird” to re- are the leaders in pro-| the good 3 their com- \turn this year was greeted with a three daily flights between here | ‘loud chorus of catealls and boos. and Miami ing Rotarians who are really “part-, oni members of the Key West ib. C. Merryman, Dearborn, Michigan: Jean Hecht, Toms River, N. J.; Harry Arneson, Waukesha, Wiscon- sin; Dr. G. W. Tinsler, Ft. Worth, | schedule for Meacham Airport in- |formation and belief that no com- \adds that NAL “‘is in doubt as to For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 25661 or 25662 Today PRICS FIVE CENTS Reply To NAL Charges State A Cause By DENIS Counterclaim By County | Failure To Of Action SNEIGR J. Lancelot Lester, National Airlines attorney, yestere day afternoon filed an answer to the county’s counters claim in the NAL-Monroe County Circuit Court suit. The reply was the latest round in the legal battle which began last month when the county moved to evict NAL from Meacham Airport for non-payment of rent. NAL countered with Circuit Court suit to stop the county from _ evicting the airline and from collect- | ing 50-cents for every pass- | enger using the field. Cireuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., granted the tempor- ary injuction October 18. County’ Answer On November 6, Paul Sawyer, county legal adviser, filed the coun- ty’s answer and counterclaim. NAL’s reply yesterday to the counterclaim says the “counter- claim Tails to state a cause of ac- tion.” In the second defense in the reply, NAL “alleges that the acts of the defendant in assessing the charges” — 50-cents per person — “were improper and unauthor- ized, were arbitrary, capricious, discriminatory and unreasonable, constituted an attempt by defen- dant (Monroe County) to deprive plaintiff (NAL) of its property and liberty without due process of law in contravention to the guarantees of the State and Federal Constitu- tions and.constituted an attempt by defendant to impose an unrea- sonable burden upon interstate commerce.” Fee Schedule “Void” The reply further says that NAL “denies that the alleged schedule of fees ever went into effect and says that the schedule of fees is and has always been void and of no effect.” The county put the new rate to effect last January 1. The ac- tion was taken at a previous meet- ing of the board of county com- missioners. | NAL’S reply also says on “in- | mercial operator at Meacham Airport has paid defendant in ac- cordance with the alleged schedule of fees.” County commissioners have said | at their regular meetings that Aerovias Q has paid according to| the new rate structure ever since it went into effect. Aerovias Q Pays Aerovias Q collects 50 cents from each Q passenger landing or tak- ing off at the field and turns the money over to the county NAL’s reply yesterday also de- nies that NAL owes the county $6,661 in rent from January 1, 1954, through October 31, 1954, and whether there is any sum of money now due and payable to defendant by plaintiff.” NAL's reply concludes by ask- ing the court to “dismiss defen- dants counterclaim with prejudice and at the cost of defendant.” NAL’s reply was signed by Don G. Nicholson of the Miami law firm of Anderson, Scott, MeCar- thy, and Preston. i In its County Court suit to eviet NAL from Meacham Airport, the county said NAL owed $5.14 in rent from January 1 to August 31, 1954 Bill Now $6,461 In his reply for the county on November 6, Sawyer said the rent due now had risen to $6,661 | The NAL-County squabble dates | to last January 1 when the new | rate structure at the airport went into effect. } NAL balked at paying the 50. / eents per passenger fee and} promptly cancelled two of its! | This curtailment of air service came at the height of the tourist? season, causing groans from some businessmen here The dropped flights were restored ; G. Braxton, Kinston, N_C.; Don|a few months later NAL executives and the county commissioners met several times!) in an effort to get together on a tate schedule for Meacham that | Tida, ee __ Strictly For The | Birds --- Ducks Wt looks more of the same for the weekend, thé weather man said today — cloudy with scattered showers and little change in temperature through Sunday. EE ES as State Journal — Lauds Local Police Dept. Steve Atkins Gets Special Mention For Courtesy The local police depart. ment’s courtesy campaign, sparked by Chief B. G, Per. ez, was the subject of a fea- | ture article in the Septem- ber-October issue of the Florida Police Journal. _Accompanying the art picture of the force and ite mee ne equipment. @ article briefly discusses traffic prob’ems brought on by br Sreat influx of tourists in the win. ter and the large number of per- sonnel necessary to man the num. erous naval stations in this area, Perez Praised “Chief B. G. Perez, hight garded in the community, oni. ually stresses the importance of courtesy to the public and he and his officers have won the respect of the entire area because of the gentlemanly manner in which they carry out their duties of law en- forcement,” the artic! ays. In “Round the State,” a regular feature of the magazine with news of police departments all over Fio- Officer Steve Atking gets « Pat on the back for “apparently taking the lead in the Key West Police Department's courtesy cam- paign. Twice within 10 days a de- fendant in city court Pointed out that Atkins was well mannered and courteous even though he had ar- rested them.” SURPRISE MEETING GIDDINGS, Tex. #—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thames met at the hos- vn here the other day. ames had caught two fin; of his right hand in a jae Planer while working on a car- penter job. His wife had broken her Tight arm in a fall at home, Neither knew of the other's ac- cident until they arrived at the hospital at the same time. Both are left-handed. SALESMEN WANTED Two New Car Salesmen To Sell The All New °55 PLYMOUTH *55 CHRYSLER "35 DE SOTO *55 DODGE Must be reliable and willing to work. We don’t want any- one who is satisfied with less than $5,000 « year. Apply in _ FRANK . JOHNSON EPHONE 24151 Sesiille Rene | NAVARRO, Inc. | 120 SIMONTON, near Coca Cola |Texas; Bob Whitten, Knoxville, would suit both sides |Tenn.; and Charles D. Rider, Red Each meeting resulted in fail. Lion, Pennsylvania. ‘ure and the court action followed, thanks to offers for use of facilities by the Lakeland Ledger | and the Weekly Herald.” Repairs ALL WORK GUARANTEED 624 DUVAL STREET