The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 23, 1954, you. There will be milk and cook- ies on the table for you. Love, Billy Lowe 816 Francis St. Dear Santa Claus, tam @& good girl who wants a cap gun because my big brother Lynne ‘won't let me play with his. He is not good. want sombe sweaters and a long} ladies nightgown. I help my mother and get good j; grades at aschool. Bring Lynne! something. Love, Carol Flood Age 8 68 Arthur Sawyer Road l Box Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! There isn’t much more time to get that lettc.: off to Santa Claus in time for Christmas. Each day The Citizen prints the letters which are sent to Santa in its care, and then places them in a special mail bag and sends them to Santa at Toyland, North Pole, by special airplane. Letters will be published which are in The Citizen office in time to be printed before Christmas. If your letter arrives too late to be published, it will be placed in a last-minute special mail bag and rush- ed to Santa anyway. Dear santa, My name is Betty Davis. I am} a good girl. Will you please bring me a pair of skates and a walkie- talkie set. For my sister and bro-| thers, bring them something nice. Love, Betty J. Davis 1010 Howe St. Dear Santa, Thank you for the so many gifts you gave me last year. This year we would like a dolly that wets and some games, and most of all we want a real baby brother. We love you a lot, Janet and Pamey Gonzaga 165-B Poinciana Dear Santa, ers clay set; walking doll, ward- Will you please bring me a foot-/ robe with steel trunk; 4-room ball suit and a carpenter play sct.| ranch house; ironing board and I also want two guns. I am_ six’ electric iron; doll’s laundry set; years old. Thank you, Santa. | costume jewelry craft; aluminum Love, | bake set; formula set; dishwash | Alfonso Manuel set; American plastic bricks; _ bi- 5-F Fort Village cycle; beauty case. | Dorothy Diane Booth 817 Fleming St. Dear Santa Claus, | I want a doll and a pair of! skates. I want some books too. I| Dear Santa Claus, hope you are happy too. 1 am hap-| I have done some good things py too, Santa Claus. I have been' around the year and hope I can good sometimes. do more good things next year. Love, Here are some things I did. I help- Nancy Peacock | ed with the dishes, I made my bed 807 Fleming | and cleaned the table and a lot} od | more things. Do you think I did} | a lot of things? Love, Gwendolyn Skoko 618-A Green St. Dear Santa, My name is John and my bro- ther’s name is Edward. I wold like a Marine holster and gun, mitt, roller skates, big truck and flash light. Edward would like an In- d:an head dress, big truck, skates. Brother Bobbie a Mickey Mouse, Teddy Bear. Thank you for all the| nice things you brought us last) Xmas. There will be something | for you near the tree. Love, Eddie, John and Bobbie 128-D Peary Court She Does OK Without Arms DALLAS, Tex. (® — It doesn’t take two arms and two legs for Brenda Jenkins an inquisitive youngster to find out P.O. Box 342 what surprises Santa Claus has in lies aaa aca store. | | Louise, the Waxahachie, Tex., | Dear Santa, | baby born without arms and aban- My name is Billy Lowe. I am | doned by her real parents, is doing |4'@ years old. I have tried very) a) right with 10 nimble toes. hard to be a good boy For Christ- Hardly had she finished with her mas I would like a cowboy suit, big birthday party—she was 2 last guns, boots, drum, a blackboard Friday—than she began exploring and some chalk. Thank you for the | gor the gift-wrapped packages hid- toys you brought last year. I love | gen in the home of her adopted | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Capps, of Seagoville, near here. She uses her nimble, sensitive toes as another child would fingers. Before Mrs. Capps knew what) }was happening, Louise had found | her No. 1 Christmas present—a big doll with dark hair and black {eyes like Louise. Since then doll | and girl can’t be separated. The other night the Capps heard | | a crash in the living room. Louise {had climbed on top of the divan and toppled the glittering Christ- | mas tree with her inquisitive toes. The tree has been righted but it leans slightly. Though Louise began life with a | | dark future, she now has loving | parents and security. The Capps |own a prosperous chicken farm. | Louise is the legal owner of 200 | healthy hens, whose eggs will pro duce an estimated $7,000 in cash} | for her by the time she is 10. | } Louise has many friends| | throughout the nation who want | | to help her. One friend, Col. Wes- ley W. Price, of Astoria, Ore., has been writing to Mrs. Capps about Louise since he read a newspaper story last August. The retired Army officer sent a musical rock- | ing chair that plays ‘‘Rockaby Baby” as a Christmas gift. But Louise found that too. Now she spends much of her time rock- | jing her Christmas doll in her | Christmas rocker. Mother Is Shot In Family Row IRVINGTON, N. Y. (P—A 37- year-old mother was shot to death last night in front of her gaily | decorated Christmas tree. Her hus- | band was booked gn a charge of | second-degree murder. ‘ The victim, Veronica Cordeiro, | was decapitated by the shotgun blast. Authorities said there apparent- | ly had been a family argument. From the hysterical husband, Dan- |iel Anthony Cordeiro, 43, they Dear Santa Claus, Iam a good boy. I want a paint- ing set for Christmas. I hope that you have a very merry Christmas. | I hope that I get the painting set for Christmas from you. Love, Heriberto Figueroa, Jr. Dear Santa Claus, How are you and your wife? 1) am feeling fine and so is my fami- ly. I have done some good things Dear Santa Claus, around the year. I have made my I am trying to be good so that| bed, helped with the dishes and fed I will get my Christmas toys. I will! my dog and a few other things hang up my stocking so you put) like that. something in it. Please come to my | house this year too. My Christmas | tree is all ready for you. Love, Dana Gallagher Naval Station, Quarters H | | | Love always, Dear Santa Claus, “Zippy” Chimp Howdy Doody’s buddy; Ring ‘n’ Buzz toy switch- board; walking-talking robot; life- like marionette Howdy Doody; medical kit; nurse kit; Roy Rog: | LOBSTER Lobster House Wishes Everyone A Merry CHRISTMAS and Extends A Cordial Invitation to Our Family Christmas Dinner WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS $2.50 | 35 blows last July 4. | missible. The murder instrument |coroner Samuel R. Gerber testi- | fied an outline in the bloody pil- CLEVELAND (#—Shorn of com- fort and prestige, a shocked and bitter young man sits alone today in his tiny county jail cell. Society has branded him a wife. | killer. He has been sentenced to/ life. When judgment Tuesday on osteopath Samuel | Sheppard, his mortal life was spared. But the real day-by-day life of the once-prosperous, ath- letic and socially prominent neuro- surgeon may be ended, unless his lawyers find a way to undo the) product of his grueling two-month- long murder trial. His church pastor, the Rev. Al-| fred C. Kreke, says the handsome | prisoner, who will be 31 next Wednesday, is still ‘bitter’ over the findings of the jury, which took 102 hours to decide he was guilty of second-degree murder. The Rev. Mr. Kreke, who vis- ited the osteopath yesterday, said Sheppard is “just amazed at the | verdict.” He said Sheppard still wonders how the jury could have arrived at its verdict. “His social conduct was a very | grave error,” the Rev. Mr. Kreke | said, referring to Sheppard’s ad-| mitted extra marital affair with Susan Hayes, 24-year-old medical | technician who once worked at the Sheppard family’s Bay View osteo- | path hospital. During the trial, the state pre- sented the affair as a motive for | the murder of Marilyn Sheppard, whose head was crushed by some was passed | Sheppard, while maintaining res- olutely that he loved his wife, ,told of rendezvous with Miss Hayes in parked cars, in a suburban apart- ment near Cleveland, and for a week in California. “He is the first to say he re- grets that,” the minister said aft- er the visit. “He thinks that and other tings gave a twist to the whole picture and made things look bad for him.” But, the Rev. Mr. tinued: “He couldn't see how the jury could have reached their conclu- sion on the basis of the evidence.” For the most part, Sheppard was a calm, unemotional witness who spoke in high-pitched even tones. As a prisoner, he displays like control. “I was quite surprised he was making an adjustment as quickly as that,” the minister said. According to the sentence im- posed, in 10 years from the time he leaves the county jail to enter the Ohio penitentiary, Sheppard will become eligible for parole. His chief defense attorney Wil- liam J. Corrigan sought a stay of execution of the sentence and this was granted by Judge Edward J. Blythin. Corrigan said that probably to- morrow he will file notice of in- tention to appeal. The judge set next Thursday for a hearing on it. Courtroom observers expect Cor- rigan to base his appeal on cer- tain alleged errors in the state's case. Among these are: The hearsay evidence rules were violated when Mrs. Nancy Ahern, a friend of the murdered woman, was allowed to testify about a private disclosure by Mar- ilyn Sheppard last April that her husband was ‘‘considering a di- vorce.”” That the trial should have been held outside Cuyahoga County be- cause of the widespread publicity given the case. That the testimony of Susan Hayes was irrelevant as a motive for the murder. That testimony regarding a pos- sible murder weapon was inad- Kreke con- never has been recovered. But low of Marilyn Sheppard might have come from a surgical instru- ment That Judge Blythin excused a juror who had been impaneled aft- er the man’s police record be- came known, That the grand jury was pres- sured into indicting Dr. Sheppard. That the judge ruled out testi- mony by a Bay Village youth, Miles Davis, concerning an al- leged prowler with whom the boy said he grappled. If the lawyer’s immediate and eventual efforts\are not success- ful, Sheppard stands to lose—be- sides his freedom—his license to Samuel Sheppard Is A Bitter, Shocked Young Man As He Waits For Word On Appeal; Pastor Reports On Visit To Jail Cell - EISNER Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel, 2-6951 1 Shopping Day ‘Til Christmas Monroney Says Tidal W = Prophet Now Mu Prove He Is Of Sound Mind Demos Plan Wide Probe By JACK BELL WASHINGTON ® — Sen. Mon- roney (D-Okla) said today Demo- crats plan to make a sweeping investigation of Republican patron- age moves, He bracketed in this field Presi- dent Eisenhower’s order to chan- nel job applicants through the GOP | National Committee. | Monroney, who may head a Sen- ate Civil Service subcommittee looking into patronage matters, said in an interview he believes Republican actions in handling fed- eral employment matters “won't stand inspection.” “They are rolling postmasters out of office, for instance, on the slightest pretext,’ he said. “It’s got to the point where charges can be brought against a Democratic | postmaster if the pens aren’t kept | clean in his office. “Unless these people, who are covered by civil service, are vet- | |erans, they have no effective ap-| peal because they can appeal only to the Republican-controlled Post Office Department.” Monroney said he for one wants to look into the operations of an| Oct. 11 White House directive tell- ing department heads the Repub- lican National Committee would | furnish them with employe pro- curement forms. Eisenhower has said the White House memorandum was not in- tended to apply politics to civil service jobs and represented noth- ing more than an effort to get the best possible people into goy- | ernment service. He said officials | had been told not to take into ac- | count a prospective employe’s po litical affiliations. Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-SC), slated to head the full Civil Serv- ice Committee when the Demo- crats take control of the Senate in January, has contended the or- der violated the civil service laws and the Hatch “clean Politics” | act. Costly Christmas Faces Average E. German Father | BERLIN (#—Santa Claus has come to Stalin Allee. But if the | average East German father wants | to buy a bike and doll, he’ll use| up more than half his monthly | Pay of 300 marks. | Santa Claus has unpacked his | meager bag of toys in a new| building at the head of East Ber-| lin’s showplace street. One floor of | the building has been given over| to the display of what Santa—in this case the Red East German| government—can provide. The sight wouldn't impress any-| one accustomed to Western stand- | ards, but for East German chil-| dren and their parents it looks | wonderful. They troop through the building by the thousands. They look and ask prices, but they don’t come out with big parcels. A small toy automobile made | of wood costs 7.80 marks; a metal scooter, 87 marks; a small elec tric train, 123 mar a doll wit real hair, 39 mar and a pint- sized junior bicycle, 127 marks, Holiday Visitor PARIS, Tex. (®—A French bi- | cyclist was due here today to! spend Christmas in Paris, | Paris, Tex., of course—but 19. year-old Guy Chassagnard faces lot of Texas hospitality. The Cham- | ber of Commerce is arranging his Christmas visit and he is expected | to stay with Dr. J. R. McLemore, president of Paris Junior College | and an instructor of French, Chassagnard is cycling from | New York to San Francisco. He| headed here from Vinita, Okla., Saturday with a new pair of cow-| boy boots. | | practice osteopathy, his comfort- | able, lakefront home and the guardianship of his son. { The spacious house, empty since | pieced together a story in which he accused her of having failed | to buy enough food for the chil- | dren. | The Cordeiros lived in a care- taker’s cottage on a large estate where they worked. IKE GREETS WORKERS WASHINGTON #—President Ei- | senhower will extend Christmas As Always, Those Who Want The Best Go To In Our Teek-A-Tan Room Hector Barroso’s Quartet For Your Dancing and Listening Pleasure Free Parking Simonton-on-the-Ocean greetings to White House staff | | members today and present them | with replicas of his copy of a pot: | rait of George Washington by Gil- bert Stuart, About 700 staff mem- | bers were invited to meet the | President and Mrs. Eisenhower in the East Room. | Benzine is derived from petro- jleum and benezene from coal. o fhe murder morning, is deeded in} the name of Marilyn Sheppard. Her will, leaving all her property | to her husband, stipulated that :n the event of his death, Chip, their | 7-year-old son, would be sole heir. Assistant county prosecutor Saul S. Danaceau said a convicted mur- derer cannot be considered a legal heir. and the house would pass to Chip. If Sheppard’s conviction is up- held, the Probate Court would | have to appoint a guardian for Chip, who is now staying with a brother, Dr. Stephen Sheppard. Another brother, Dr. Richard | Sheppard, said the boy will spend, | Christmas Day at his home, at- tending a family dinner. He added: ! “Chip knows that his daddy will not be home for Christmas. He hasn't been told much else.” | “upsetting | who declared |. sages from beings in oute | tions of doom early Tue | said if warrants can be sery | said LANSING, Mich. Dr. USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN SERVICE STATION Charles aughead, the sted Michi te College physician who eived national attention as prophet of disaster, faced a f today to prove his sanity | A petition filed by seeks to have wife, Lillian, comr ed igan mental institution. If the couple are committ they also will lose custody of their three children The petitions were filed in the Ingham County Probate Court at Lansing Tuesday by Miss Marga-} ret V. Laughead of Des Moine; Iowa, the doctor’s siste “During the past fe’ < an r sister ad a nis to a Mich | the sister said in her pe! brother has become a r natic. He believes that h create a new age and tk standing world will be subme . and that he will be picked up by a flying saucer.” . | Dr, Laughead had predicted that | half of the American continent would be wiped away on Tue ay, He was fired from his $10,000 a year job as staff physician at the MSC hospital after the coll president, Dr. John A. He told administrative officials he v students with predi tions of “the end of the worl Dr. Laughead described himself as a “reporter” for Mrs. Dorothy Martin, Oak Park, Ill she rece d space. Mrs. Martin revised her predic- y, say- ing she had received another mes- sage that the disaster had been prevented ‘by intervention on the part of God.” Probate Judge John Me Clellan the husband wife s hearing will be held Monday, the warrar served until the Michigan. At Oak Park, where he ing at the home of Laughead had ‘nc the petition. Hi ing immediately for by auto The couple » three ch Charlyn, 18, an MSC fr coed, Charles Jr., 17, lyn, 9. Betty Hutton May | Ask For Default | Divorce Decree LAS VEGAS, Nev. (®» — Betty Hutton’s lawyer says she may ob- tain a divorce > tomorrow dance director Charles O’Cu 5 The actress, who contends she} has retired from show business, | filed for divorce in November but | Atty. William Ruymd x Pape could not be o'Cu h in v until Dec He has 21 days to answer but not yet done so If he doesn ask for a default « She obtained a California vorce in Santa Monica last July 1 but it not final for a year. Miss Hutton, 33, has said she and Alan Livingston, company ex ecutive, will be married after di vorces from their respective mates, Livingston sued Santa Monica, Cali Elaine, has filed plaint. an couple is stay id Mari- n ho is di records for divorce and his wif a cross com- CIFELLI RADIO and TV Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Cuaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. Equipment FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE—SEF DAVID CIFELLI 928 Truman Avenue TELEPHONE 2-6008 TODAY and FRIDAY Double Feature! ORIGINAL TARZAN o— TARZAN THE APE MAN HIT! Fox News ORIGINAL TARZAN HIT! TARZAN ESCAPES Cartoon Francis at Truman "DIAL 2.9193 They Fooled Him Your PURE OIL Dealer ~ “We're detec. | Tires. . Tubes .. Batteries ACCESSORIES DENVER Bo one of the two men, the door © check- see your t e c i r _ some of these bills are counter- feit,” one man said. “We'll just take all with us. We'll come for you later.” East told poli later he sus- pected he was the victim of a con- fidence game. 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