The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 25, 1954, Page 1

‘Warmest City In Nation ~ Today Was KEY. WEST 6° - For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers ... Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2.5662 Today Che Kev West Citisen VOL. LXXV No. 280 OVER the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh THE Through the white and drifted snow, Over the river and through the wood— Oh, how the wind does blow! It stings the toes And bites the nose, Aé over the ground we go, ‘Over the river and through the wood, To have a first-rate play. Hear the bells ring, “Ting-a-ling-ding!” » _ ‘Murrah for Thanksgiving Day?) Over the-river and through the wood Trot fast, my dapple gray! so, 4 & Spring over the ground, Like a hunting-hound! For this is Thanksgiving Day. | Over the river and through the wood, ‘And straight through the barnyard gate. ‘We seem to go 4 Extremely slow,» I is so hard to walt! Over the river and through the wood— Now grandmother's cap I spy! Hurrah for the fun! \ Is the pudding done? Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie! 3} LYDIA MARIA CHILD County To Take Over " "The Monroe County Tax ‘Assessor's: office will take over supervision of the as- sessment of city taxes about Dedethber 1, The Citizen _ learned today. The action is being taken at the request of the city commission, which voted at their regular meet- ing Nov. 15 to request the county assessor to take over the functions under an arrangement which had been in force up until last spring. Amendment Passed Reason for the commission ac- tion was a constitutional amend- ment passed by Florida voters in the ‘general election wich provides for the consolidation of the Mon- roe County - Key West tax assess- ing offices on Jan. 1, 1956. After the amendment was pass- ed, city ‘Tax Assessor Robert Pol- lock had recommended that the task be turned over to the county earlier to save the city the ex- pense of setting up their own of- fices. County Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo said today that he has approved the request of the city to supervise the assessment of city taxes. City To Aid Assessment vides one clerk, pays half the sal- ary of another and pays for sup- plies and materials used. The plan had been in force for eight years until a controversy. and criticism of the current tax roll led Gandolfo to sever the relation- ship. Sam Pinder, Jr., then the city tax assessor, resigned his position and has since been employed in Gandolfo’s office. City Tax Assessor Pollock will work in cooperation with Gandol- fo in the preparation of the 1955 tax roll. ____EEEEESEES Sheriff Seeks Owners Of Loot Is any of this property yours? A woman's pocketbook; an electric. shaver; several keys; @ pair of dirty, socks; woman's eyeglasses; a clock; a bottle of hand lotion; a brown envelope carrying the name Bernard Waite. Sheriff's deputies found this loot in the room of a burglary Suspect and is seeking to iden- tify the owners. You can call at the sheriff's office any time if you think you ¢an identify any of the loot. ‘The city, under the plan, Pro- | eee Universi North Carolina St. FRESHMEN NEW | HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD Student 75c Adults $1.50 Gen. Adm. Seats on Sale at PAUL J. SHER‘S, KOTTON KING and EVANS EN- TERPRISES Sheppard Trial {Is Delayed By By RICHARD H. SMITH CLEVELAND (f#—The prosecu- tion paused for the Thanksgiving holiday today in its effort to send Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard to the electric chair on a charge of mur- dering his wife in her bed last July 4. For 13 full trial days the state has paraded its witnesses to the stand of the small courtroom where the handsome osteopath listens intently. and sometimes takes notes while the case against him is constructed. $ The trial concludes its sixth week tomorrow, but the first two and a half weeks were occupied with selection of the jury. Prosecution Aims The prosecution has been trying to do two things: (1) Discredit as invention the de- fendant’s story that a bushy haired prowler invaded his Bay Village home, rained 27 savage blows on the pretty head of his pregnant wife, knocked him un- conscious twice when he tried to help her, then rifled papers in desks downstairs in a search for money or narcotics and fled carry- ing the murder weapon with him. (2) Build up as the motive for the crime quarrels between: Dr. Sheppard, a boyish-looking 30, and his wife Marilyn, 31—quarrels oc- casioned by his attentions to other women, particularly to attractive, auburn haired Susan Hayes, whose home is in Rocky River, a suburb adjacent to Bay Village. Girl To Testify The freckle-nosed Miss Hayes, a 24-year-old laboratory technician who got to. know Dr. Sam very well during their work together in | Bay View Hospital, is to be a star | witness for the state. |. The prosecution has promised |her testimony, expected about | Monday, will detail how the de- fendant talked with her about di- |voce, how they corresponded en- |dearingly and how they shared a guest room in the home of a friend }of Dr. Sam’s last March in Los | Angeles. | However, before the focus on the | motive half of its casé, the state |has some unfinished business in \its effort to discredit the defend- ant’s story of a marauder and link Sheppard to the bludgeoning. When Friday’s session opens, the state is expected to pursue a trail of blood spots it began following through the Sheppard house yes- terday when the trial recess at noon. Henry Dombrowski, a detective traced the trail of blood spots for the jury yesterday. He enumer- ated a total of 50 spots on stairs from the murder bedroom to the basement—brownish spots he said looked like blood. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1954 Deep-Rooted Tradition Is Holiday Basis President’s Message Recalls Gratitude © Of Pilgrim Fathers By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON « — Americans gathering around the Thanksgiving table, going to church or murmur- ing a special prayer of grateful- ness today will be following one of the nation’s deepest-rooted tra- ditions, As President Eisenhower noted in hi8 proclamation for today, it was the Pilgrim fathers who start- ed the custom of “dedicating one day at harvest time to rendering thanks to Almight God for the bounties of the soil and for his mercies throughout the year.” Every schoolboy has heard that the Pilgrims fought death, disease and hunger their first year in the new world. Then in the autumn of 1621, their first harvest in, they celebrated with the first Thanks- giving dinner in Amerca. F Growth Of Custom The custom grew throughout the colonies, ‘then in United States, even di when it might not seem: Thuch to be thankful for: ” The Continental Congress-annu- ally named days of Thankégiving during the perilous years of the War for Independence. , President Washington proclaim- ed Thanksgiving Day in . 1789, at Congress’ request that the peo- ple have a chance to acknowledge “with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.” Lincoln's Message President Lincoln saw reason to be grateful in the autumn of 1863 even though, as his proclamation put it, the nation was “in the midst of a civil war. of unequaled magnitude and severity.” Lincoln listed blessings which, he sad, were “the gracious gifts of the most high God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.” In his book “History of Thanks- giving and Proclamations,” H.S.J. Sickel writes that presidential proclamations — but not state or local ones — fell into disuse for nearly a half century until revived by Lincoln. On a number of occa- sions Thanksgiving was declared in a month other than November or a day not Thursday. Date Fixed Since Lincoln’s time the White House has proclaimed a Thursday Thanksgiving Day every year, usually the last Thursday in No- vember, In 1941 Congress fixed the annual date as the fourth Thurs- day in November. What should Americans » be thankful for in 1954? This is what Eisenhower says: “We are grateful that our be- loved country, settled by those forebears in their quest for relig- ious freedom, remains free and strong, and that “each of us can worship God in his own way, ac- cording to the dictates of his con- science, a “We are grateful for the innum- erable daily manifestations of ieee Divine Goodness in affairs both public and private, for equal opportunties for all to labor and to serve, and for the continuance of those homely joys and satis- factions which enrich our lives. “With gratitude in our hearts for all our blessings, may we be ever mindful of the obligations in- herent in our strength, and may we rededicate ourselves to unself- ish striving for the common better- ment of mankind. . . .” ALL KINDS PLYWOOD — at Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON ST., near Bank IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Feasting, Football Vie For Top Holiday Billing US. Officials Weigh Action On Prisoners Held By China By WARREN ROGERS JR. WASHINGTON ( — Measures short of war were being carefully weighed today by American offi- cials charged with trying to win freedom for 13 Americans con- demned to prison by Red China. With military action apparently ruled out—President _ Eisenhower yesterday pledged every step “hu- manly possible within peaceful means”—these ‘State Department officials had three principal av- enues open to them: 1. To protest in “the strongest terms possible,” as they already have set out to.do, to Red ‘China’s representative at Geneva, 2. To-bring pressure on Com- gt China, as they have inthe. 8 other Al- a at Pi perhaps “even through the Rus- sians. 3. To go to the United Nations, as they did with protests against atrocities in Korea and the shoot- ing down of an American plane, with demands for a resolution of censure. Public Censor, Sought And while they were at it, these officials could do their best toward mobilizing world opinion . against Red China for what the United States has called the “amoral” and “outrageous” jailing of innocents on trumped up charges. Wide- spread public indignaton on this score could hurt Peiping’s. drive for diplomatic recogniton and a seat at the U. N. Red China announced Tuesday that 11 U.S. airmen and two U.S. civilians captured during the Ko- rean War had been sentenced as “spies” to prison terms ranging from 4 years to life, Yesterday Peiping radio broadcast that these 13 plus five Americans who had‘ died were among 230 saboteurs ee Reds said were cap- Eisenhower said yesterday. the U. S. government is doing every- thing “humanly possible within peaceful means to get our boys back.” His assurances were given to the mother of one of the im- prisoned men by White House Press Secretary James C. Hager- ty, after she complained of unsuc- cessful efforts to reach the Presi- dent by telephone. Mether’s Action : The mother was Mrs. Hurley L. Baumer, of Lewisbur; g, Pa., whose Weekend Is Off To Safe Start On County Roads _ The Thanksgiving Day weekend started safely enough as far as Monroe County highways were con- cerned. Oye Up to The Citizen's time today, the Highway Patrol station at Marathon reported no acci- However, from Tallahassee the Florida Highway Patrol issued a reminder that 22 persons were kill- ed in the. state last Thanksgiving weekend, according to the Asso- ciated. Press, i son, Maj. William J. Baumer, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Baumer and the other 10 airmen were aboard a B29 shot down Jan. 12, 1953. The two civlians were on an earier flight lost between South Korea and Japan. Washington has instructed U. S$. Consul General Franklin Gowen at Geneva to make “the strongest possible protest” to his Red Chi- nese counterpart, Weng Peng-chiu. Gowen tried to do this yester- day, but reported he expects no reply for “two or three days” cn his demand for a face-to-face meeting. This direct contact, es- tablished at the Geneva Far East Crack Train , Is Derailed On Holiday Eve NEEDLES; Calif. —Thirty-five persons were injured, shaken* or suffered shock in a Thanksgiving eve derailment of the Santa Fe Chief on the Mojave Desert last night. Most of the injuries were minor, however. Only two were hospital, ized and one put to bed in a mo- tel here, There were 95 passengers aboard the train .when eight cars jolted off the tracks,. remaining upright, at & remote scene near Cadiz, five miles*from the nearest highway and 62 miles west of here. : The first three cars and the en- gine brought the passengers here, arriving at 1:20 a.m. today. - Besides the, three injured, * 13 other passengers remained here overnight because pullman space was unavailable for them. * Two . Hospitalized Those hospitalized were W. J. Cusack, Los Angeles, for examina- tion of undetermined injuries, and Charles P. Andrews, address un- available, neck injury and back, sprain, expected to be released to- da; ? Mark V. Pacello,’ San Bernardi- no, Calif., suffered abrasions to his right leg and 2’ Shoulder sprain. He was treated at the derailment scene, examined at the hospital here, then put to bed in a motel. Santa Fe claim agent W. C. Weese, who provided a list of those Green, Los Angeles, who was shak- en up, and a barman, A. S. Day, Chicago ‘who suffered a minor head injury gave “noteworthy as- sistance” at the scene despite their injuries. Green said he was in the dining car when the derailment occurred. “I was thrown to the floor and just lay there until the train stopped,” he said. Many of the passengers on ar- rival here*seemed da Pleasant Weather Is Ahead For Long Holiday Weekend Key Westers today went to church, ate the tradition« al Thanksgiving turkey, or just loafed and rehashed last night’s 28-to-7 Conch win over Homestead. Even though the ‘Conchs ended their season last night — and with a fat 8-1-1 record — gridiron fans had another holiday game to look forward to: the Shrine Bowl game tomorrow night between North Carolina State frosh —ESSS_—_——_—— City Prisoners Enjoy Turkey Eighteen city jail prisoners enjoyed a turkey dinner with all the trimmings today, ac- cording to Patrolman Bernard Waite. Waite added that the fact that turkey is being served was secret to’ discourage some jail’“regulars” from see- ing to it they were jailed for Thanksgiving. “lf the word had gotten a- round, we would have had a jail full,” said‘ Waite, Jury Venire Drawn For Dee. Trials A venire of 50 names was drawn Wednesday by Judge Thomas Ss. Caro for criminal court jury trials, The summonses are returnable Dec. 13. Jury trials will begin that week. ' e According to Crininal Court Clerk Harry Dongo the names are: W. B, Cullingford, Jon W. Nel- son, Julius Camus, Merrell Sands, Alfred L. Knowles, Jr., Leslie B. Albury, Otis R. Curry, Milton C. Spencer, Jr., Charles: Wells, Char- les Paira. : « Willard A. Bell, Jr., Edward T. Woodson, George S. Curry, Adel- bert Bethel,’ Millard ¥F.* Sawyer, Roy J. Lewin; Wallace B. Kirke, William HH. Roberts, Harold Laub- scher, Jack R. Hyman, Jr. Arthur Curry;, Gerald Abreu, Douglas V. Papy, George V. Per- pall, Elijah Cates, Chester TT. Knowles, Géorge McDonald, Mc- Curdy S..Mora, Donald B. Myers, John B. Valenzuela. Thomas W. Kelly, Edward Gra- ham,: James McManus, William Spencer, Alexander Warnock, Gro- ver C. Albury, William Key, Philip B. Kiefer, George Schrieber, Er- nest Salazar, Sr. Philip Baker, Benjamin G. Saun- ders, Emil L. Holm, Calvin M. Barnes, Malcolm J. Johnson, Ken- neth R. Knowles, Archie R. Porter, Jacob M. Humbert, Charles Thorn- burgh, Roy Valdez. CHANCELLOR RAAB FLIES TO MIAMI WASHINGTON @ — Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab flies to Miami, Fla., today after pushing with American officials his cam- paign for ending the nearly 10-year military occupation of his country. Raab has been urging separation of the Austrian problem from the Western dispute. with Russia over the future of Germany. ; FOR SALE TO BE MOVED PHONE 2-2022 Ambler Construction and Miami U freshmen. Those with a long holi- day weekend ahead of them: had something else to be thankful for. The weather man promised good weath- er. “5 Today, he said, will be partly cloudy with a slight risk of showe ers late this morning or early this afternoon. Tomorrow, the weatherman ale Ww iry It be a Misr WadNt snd "cootnged nee ther cold tomorrow. Weather Elsewhere Although weather over much of the nation left much to be desired, the Associated Press reported, the day promised to be one of the most bam in the annual observance of is uniquely Ameri¢an holiday of Prayer and feasting, With the world’s shooting wars stilled by an uneasy peace, the nation could echo with deep-felt thanks President Eisenhower's Proclamation: “We are grateful that our be- loved country . . . remains free and strong, and that each of us can worship God in our own way.” Government economists did their bit to spread joy by calculating that the traditional turkey dinner would be cheaper than last year, Turkeys, the experts said, general- ly were 4 to 10 cents a pound un- der last year’s levels, Snow Predicted Only the weatherman was ‘gloomy. He forecast: Snow flurries for most of the northeast section of the country, with rain in New York, New Jer- sey and coastal sections of New England. Partly cloudy was the word for all the northern states from Min- nesota-to the Pacific Ocean, with the Mississipppi and Ohio Valleys shiverng under cold. northerly wnds. : The southern third of the na- tion, however, was expected to have generally fair weather. President and Mrs, Eisenhower were in Augusta, Ga., for the ho'i- day. Like thousands of other Amer+ icans, they had a guest to help them eat their turkey—Britain’s Field Marshal Viscount Montgom- ery, the President’s World War 1 comrade in arms and now depuly commander of Allied forces in Europe. President's ene The presidential bird, gift. of the National Turkey Founda- tion, weighed 43 pounds. The Army furnished turkey din- ners to its men in foreign posts. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, vacationing in the Bahama Islands Nassau home of U, S, Consul Tech vs Virginia Institute. For those unwilling or unable television networks offered Mary- land vs -Missouri and a profes- sional game between the Detroit is ‘ackers. ——— Lions and the Green Bay P