The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1954, Page 10

Santa Claus Comes Early NO, HE WASN’T ARRESTED — Santa Claus shook hands with Deputy Sheriff Sidney Curry yes' day, when the sheriff's department cooperated with the Navy to get Santa to the Seaplane Base in time for the big party for children of all Naval Air Station personnel. Santa arrived from the North Pole via helicopter, but of course, he had to have police escort for part of the trip.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Johns To Seek Facts In Case Of Tampa Girl TALLAHASSEE (#—Acting Gov. Johns said he’s going to demand an explanation why an 18-year-old Tampa girl who claims she was “railroaded” into the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee hasn't been released. Johns told reporters after a sur- prise visit to the institution yes- terday he would make the request of Hillsborough County State Atty. James M. McEwen. The attractive brown eyed, au- burn haired girl is scheduled w be the chief witness for the state in a Tampa morals case in which her father, former Hillsborough County deputy sheriff Albert Knight, is scheduled to go on trial in February. Told By Friend Johns said he decided to inves- tigate personally when a Tampa friend “in whose word I have ev- ery confidence’’ told him of a re- port the girl had been railroaded into the hospital to prevent her testifying at the trial. He drove to Chattahoochee yes- erday to interview Dr. W. D. Rog- ers, superintendent of the hospi- tal, and the girl. Accompanying him were his ad- ministrative assistant, Arthur Cobb; his personal secretary, Mrs. Albert Burns, and two reporters. The girl told Johns she had been taken before a judge at the Hills- borough County courthouse in Sep- tember and told to sign a paper because she was being taken to the | girls industrial school at Ocala “for protection.” She said she was sent to Chatta- hoochee after making an unsuc- cessful attempt to escape from the school. Examined In Tampa Before being sent to the school, she said, she twice had been taken to a Tampa hospital for psychia- | tric examination. “They tried to tell me there wes | something wrong with my mind,” she said. Dr, Rogers said the girl had been sent to Chattahoochee from the school without formal commit- ment papers. He said he had writ- ten McEwen Dec. 4 saying the hospital was ready to release the girl as mentally competent. He said she had been suffering spells of hysteria during which she was “definitely psychotic’ but there was no need for her confine- ment in the hospital now. Johns said he would ask Mc- Postal Workers Get Time Off Christmas Eve In Executive Order 10580 the Pre- sident has designated December 24, 1954 as a holiday for govern- ment employes. As a result of this order Acting Postmaster Clyde P. Stickney an- nounced today that the money or- der and postal savings windows will close at 12 nvon on Friday, Christ- mas Eve. All other windows will romain open until 6 p. m. The usual carrier and parcel post deliveries will be made. On Christmas Day all windows will be closed. There will be no letter carrier celivery but parcel post will be delivered. Collections from city boxes will be made as usual. Ewen to explain why arrange- ments have not been made for release of the girl. McEwen said at Tampa he would have no direct comment on any request from Johns for an explanation until he received such a request. McEwen’s Advice He added that Dr. J. T. Benbow, clinical director at the Chatta- hoochee hospital, had said the hos- pital is the best place for the girl until the trial and that he (Benbow) knew of no other satisfactory place for her. McEwen said the Hillsborough County grand jury had been so advised. The grand jury reported it has received many inquiries about the case, had investigated and ‘“‘the reports are to the effect the state’s witness is competent to testify and will be available’’ on the trial date, Feb. 4. Hillsborough County Solicitor |Paul Johnson, who prosecutes | criminal court cases, said he had talked personally with the girl and Dr. Benbow and they all agreed {the Chattahoochee hospital was the best place for the girl until the trial. After that it was intended that efforts would be made to find em- ployment for her and to get a foster home. 16 Cases Up In Criminal Court Today Sixteen cases were called in Cri- minal Court this morning before Judge Thomas S. Caro. Eleven of persons pleaded guil- ty, four bonds were forfeited, and one case was dismissed, accord- ing to records in the office of Har- ry Dongo, clerk of Criminal Court. A. G. Bright, charged with re- sisting an officer, was dismissed. Those who forfeited their bonds and the charges were: J. J, Wekler, not stopping for 2 school bus, $25 bond. W. H. Pummill, reckless driving, $25 bond. C. A. Sinroth, reckless driving, $15 bond. J. H. Widermuth, no driver’s license, not stopping for a school bus and no driver’s license, $40 bond. Those who pleaded guilty, the the charges, and the were: J. J. Ellinger, speeding and no driver’s license, $30 or 30 days. W. E. Keepler, speeding and no driver's license, $30 or 30 days. R. L. Gardner, reckless driving, $15 or 15 days. C. G. Moore, reckless driving, $15 or 15 days. F. P. Skeen, reckless driving, $15 or 15 days. Floyd Wilcox, 30 days. W. W. Young, $15 or 15 days. R. D. Boltres, days. J. L. Brown, 15 days. W. J. Pietrusska, reckless driv- ing, no driver’s license, $25 or 30 days. speeding, $25 or reckless driving, drunk, $15 or 15 speeding, $15 or AILING EXECUTIVES ANN ARBOR, Mich. (#—The University of Michigan Medical School reports that nearly half of 500 business executives who came here for company-paid physical checkups required medical treat- ment, PARTY FOR OLDSTERS—VFW representatives entertained an appreciative audience at the Old Folks Home on Stock Island last night at a Christmas party. presented with a gift—Citizen . Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Each of the Home's inhabitants was The Weatherman Says: Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and warmer-~ tonight and Friday with low tonight near 58 and high Friday near 74. Light to moderate variable winds. Flordia: Fair with slightly high- er temperatures this afternoon, to- night and Friday. Lowest tonight ranging from 35 - 40 in interior to 45 - 50 near the coast. Jacksonville thru the Straits and East Gulf: casionally moderate winds, vari- able but mostly southwest to west over extreme north portion and northeast to ea Clear to partly cloudy weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate northeasterly winds thru Friday, Partly cloudy weather. Few wide- ly scattered showers. Florida Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Dec. 23, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Mean ... Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year .... Excess this year sentences | Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.08 ins.—1019.0 mbs. Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Tide high water Low Tides 3:28 a.m. 2:47 p.m. Station— High Tides 10:13 a.m. 9:08 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West (bridge) 9.0 tt (east end) es 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) 41.4 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. —oh 40m +2h 10m Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta ——__— Augusta Billings - Birmingham ——— Bismark ~—— Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi -—___. Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST _ Key West Airport |Los Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami - Light oc- | in the Straits. | i that we consider ‘foreign’ happens | _|in the United States,” | pointed: out. .| domestic news is foreign to us.’ .| 12-year-old inmate of a wartime .| Japanese concentration camp . | Indonesia, where he spent his child- | . | hood. ‘City Of Key West’ | Has Capacity Load | The “City of Key West” continu- es to work at capacity, company | officials said today. They revealed that it was neces- sary to turn down 15 persons | wishing to make reservations for |the Key West - Cardenas trip be- cause of lack of space for auto- mobiles. Early this morning, they added, there were 24 persons on a standby basis waiting for possible cancellations so they would get | passage. It was possible to secure | passage for nine of these persons, | they added. The ship left for Cardenas this | |morning bearing 161 passengers | | and 38 automobiles. | EUROPEAN STUDENTS | {Continued from Page One) those in this country and carry | less advertising. ‘“‘Dutch business- he said. Good Social Coverage He added that our coverage of social news is much more com- | plete than in Holland and that for- eign news gets much more em-| phasis there. “Of course must of the - news| States,” Leffelaar “What you consider | Besides being a newspaperman, Leffelaar has a law degree from | Holland’s famed University of Ley- | den and is the author of a prize- winning novel, On My Own Author- ity, based on his experiences as a in Memorial Prize He received word recently that the novel won a prize established | by a Dutch family as a memorial te their daughter, who was killed | by German occupation troops dur-| ing World War II. Monti, also a law graduate (the University of Bologna), took time out from his enthusiastic discourse | on Key West spear-fishing to com- ment on the role of the newspaper in his homeland. He holds that newspapers are Italy’s most potent weapon a- gainst the threat of communist do- mination. That the communist problem in Italy is important, was pointed up| by Monti when ne said that 35 per members of the party. Italy’s Problems Reason, he says, is the serious unemployment situation in Italy. A total of 15 per cent of the poten- tual wage-earners there — more than a million persons — are with- out work, he said. “But all other political parties | and a vast majority of the news- munists,”” Monti added. The students have been in the | country for three months and will remain a year. They plan on working in a lumber camp. | The pair had hoped to make a Ravana visit while in Key West, | but a delay in obtaining a visa from the Cuban government may rule out that possibility. | Meanwhile, they are planning to make their first American Christ- mas a Key West Christmas. For A Quick Loan $25 TO $300 See “MAC” 703 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2.8555 Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans New York ———_____. Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha —_. Pensacola Pittsburgh ——__ Roanoke Sos San Antonio —____ San Francisco Seattle Tallahasset Tampa Washington TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK ™ — The stock market was mixed today in early dealings. Prices spread over a range of between 1 and 2 points higher to around a point lower. Going lower on balance were | motors and rubbers while higher were coppers and railroads. Others were mixed or steady. Among opening blocks Pennsylvania Railroad 3,500 up % at 22%, U.S. Steel 2,000 up 5s at | 70%, Boeing 2,500 off 1 at 71, Curtiss-Wright 8,500 up % at 17, and General Motors 1,000 off % at 96. Steel, Studebaker-Packard, Cater- pillar Tractor, and American Air- lines. Higher were Douglas Aircraft, Kennecott Copper, Dow Chemical, General Dynamics, New York Cen- tral, and Standard Oil (NJ). weng | Lower stocks included Bethlehem BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 20% OFF ON ALL PAINTS Monroe Specialty Co. 1930 FLAGLER AVE. | AMERICAN cent of the Italian population are | fj) Pupers are united against the com-| spending next summer in Oregon |} iF COUNTY GETS CAA (Continued from Page One) Meacham improvements and sought to have the field closed and commercial cperations trans- ferred to Boca Chica. The panel’s recommendations ef- fectively killed both Navy object- | ions and NAL objections. However, National and the coun- ty still are tangled in a court fight. The county is seeking to collect | natonal directors to more than $6,000 in landing fees which the county says NAL owes. Court action started by the coun- ty asks that NAL be ordered to pay the fees or that the court per- | mit the county to attach NAL pro- | | perty. Injunction Issed Cireuit Court Judge Lopez, Jr., issued a temporary in- junction which blocked the county’s efforts for the time being. A final hearing on the matter | before Judge Lopez had been set }for Jan. 4. Allen and the other county com- taissioners were high in for a bigger and better airport. “He protected the interests of Monroe County,” Allen said, “and | kept us advised by phone and tele- | gram almost weekly.” Read The Citizen Daily MONROE GLASS and MIRROR Mirrors and Glass for All Purposes - Auto Glass Shower Doors 903 DUVAL PH. 2-6246 | Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND COFFEE and CUBAN |—— TRY A POUND TODAY — | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS Aquilino | their men just aren’t sold on advertis-| praise of Smathers for the assist- ing like they are in the United| ance given the county in its fight Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 23, 1954 MRS. STARK TO (Continued from Page One) | annual meeting of speech teachers is delegates from every state.” Last Year's Meet | At last year’s convention in New | York, Mrs, Stark was asked by the | discuss the work of the Knights of Pythias Highway Safety publie speaking program and the American Legion contest in Key West High School. | The demonstration lesson for | which Mrs. Stark is a discussant | | will be presented by the speech | class of one of the leading high | schools in the United States, the | New Trier High School of suburbe an Chicago. Mrs. Stark will be assisted by Mary Blackburn, Community High | School, Granite City, Llinois. The program chairman is Bea Olmstead, director of instruction, Hamtramck, Michigan, public schools. The convention includes all phas- es of college and high school speech. The stomach of a hippopotamus can hold 400 or 500 pounds of food. Egypt and Crete probably trad- | ed with each other 6,000 years ago. 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