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■am aboard damaged awl aaar
tenting aaar I*7 Tortugaa wee
pumped mrt by Coast Guard raa
•a* tfiwl Ariadne at • M tide
Morning and la being encoded now
to Key Weal. Lt Clem Pearson,
Caaat Guard commander anrwmuc
ad today
The lit feat vessel. the M ?.
Beneon. enrot.tr from Tampa to
Kruaduc darted taking aa water
through tee abaft at S am. today.
She aeat aa 806 picked up by
foe at Guard 7th Dtatrirf head
quarter* Miami, tad relayed te
Key Weal.
Key Weed Immediately teat the
Ariadne oat to the vessel in dta
treat le aiUaa weal of Dry Tartu*
gaa. which ia B mites west ef Key
Wed. *
The Ariadne arrived at S li a m
pumped out •• mut h water from
AAMV BtJB SJ I'kifß JSVMdI u^yt
buoyant enough te dad the veyage
to Key Weal. At I N a.m. the Art
doe radioed local headquarter*
that a tew was thought to he on
aeceaaary. She will, however, ee
eert her and tahe over e tow t
The veaeel la empty eacept for
water hefiad. Her owner la e a pert
ed te Key Want tela afternoon.
Agent ter the mal to Delta P all
da. Tampa; registry. Überta. j
The Benaon will probably anchor
nut teem Key We at pending die do
risieA of the owner aa te her fu*
■tipper el the Ariadne la Lt J.
B. Hayes.
Violations Of
Truce Charged
To G)mmunists
SEOUL UF Lt. Gen 8. E
Andersen. sth Air Fore* com
mander. said today the U. N. hat
had "two recent indications’* that
tee Commwfiirts moved jet war-!
ptance into Korea after the ar
mUtter te direct violation of truce
AH five Allied members of the
joint mßttarv armistice commit
atoa roteerred with Anderson to
day. A sth Air tearre spokesman
said the rtmferrace did not te
valve report ini Red truce violet
ttefu. but giost observers were nf
the opinion the reported movement
of MIG.H into North Korea was
discussed
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 9th
Army commander, refused to com
■sent on Anderson's statement
And U. N headquarter* In Tckyo
said *‘Any comment will have to
watt at least until tomorrow."
Anderson said Allied radar had
“quite recently'* tracked flying
Communist plane* te the virteity
ef the North Korean capital, Pyon
gyang.
Anderson did not say how many
Communist jets were tracked hv
radar. Nor did he state specif!
eaßy when the radar screen picked
them up hevond "quit# recently.**
Terms of the armistice signed
July 27 at Panmunjnm prohibit ia
troductiofl of weapons or combat
equipment into Korea above the
atrwgth it the time the truce
waa signed
Anderson said tea statement:
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Joseph (-room. Ml)
Eye Sperialis t
ill Re H*rr For
Consultation On Siunly,
September 26
FOR AFPOINTMIMT
CoM Or. J. A. Valdes.
Teisphans J TOl
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VOL, LXXIV Mw flft
Student Held In Slaying
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UPPBK IANOUSKY. 0 —Roy Roger Sthinagt*, It, Ohio Wesleyan
sophomore, held to the slaying of Cynthia Pfeii, ie of White
Plaina, N. Y.. m led into the abenff t office today by Wyandot
County Sheriff Dean McAllister (left -on Wlrephoto.
Ohio Youth Confesses Murder
Of Girl He Planned To Marry
UPPER SANDUSKY. Ohio i*-A
quiet youth eta planned to become
a minister la ia Wyandot County
Jail today accused ef viciously
murdering his teenage college
sweetheart
The sheriff and prosecutor ef
Wyandot County Jag today ac
cused of viciously murdering his
teen age college sweetheart.
The sheriff and prosecutor ef
Wyandot County aey l year old
Rev Roger Sehinagie Jr of May
field Heights, contested killing
BenKetrhumHas
Qualified For
City Commission
Ben Ketchum, local attorney, in
announcing hit randidarv for the
City Commission in Group 3, to
day staled:
“A* today constituted under our
city charter, the rity commis
sion ha* two major functions As
a municipal corporation exerrta
ing such functions for the w*n
aral welfare, the city com mis* ion
ia in reality the board of direc
tor* of a fourteen million dollar
corporation. Aa a governmental
body, the city commission ia in
effect a local legislature
Tor the commission to func
tion properly end adequately, its
membership mutt understand its
functions and have the integrity, j
honesty and knowledge necessary
to meet its duties. To achvve
this, the electorate must func- :
tion
•The only wav this can be done
is for all qualified persons to 5
register and vote If the eW
torate will qualify and then go
to the pollf and after due con
sideration vote for the men the
electors consider best qualified to
run our city, we need have no
fear of the result.
T am running in Group Three *
If. after due consideration, the
voters believe any one running
against me is better qualified for
the job. they should vote for that
man. If they consider me the
better qualified candidate. I so
licit thrir support
"Kev PTest will probably, in the
ne*t tew years, he faced with
decisions of major importance
The Navy mav cut its present
establishment down Questions of
Zoning and the citv's ettpantum
must be met It is. therefore,
necessary that the incoming com
mission be qualified to meet
these questions as thev ante j
“I. it elected, will meet these
questions in an honest, intelli
gent. and equitable manner It
is your city to register, consider
and vide. It ia your duty as a
Key Wester and a believer in the
American way. to register today
and vote election day let u
not fail in our duty —<Pd. Pol
AdvL)
Dumrs
I! kv happy johnmk
■ NTIRTAINtMG NIGHTLY
Fro* IMmf Tburs Mights. t • W
dmntmer FruUn \kMa
*+ OMVAL •Tti , 4
Cygthia Pled, 19, Whits Plates.
N. Y.
They say be teheed a Mary last
night of brutality that spua a
bloody wrb fron Delaware, te
I central Ohio, to a desolate
patch of woods near here
; They say Benina gle-described
by neighbors te his Cleveland sub
urb as a ’'nice, quiet, youngster.**
-tore 17 gashes a Cynthia's face
with a lead pipe. They say that
he strangled her sad bruised her
body.
Sehinagie signed e confession’
fevering nine typewritten pages.
Sheriff Dean McAllister said Bat
the sandy haired Okie Wesleyan 1
University sophomore insisted he
had trouble remembering what
happened
The account given by MrAtUster
end Prosecutor Harold Roth ef
Sehinagie'• confession is sketchy.
Newspapermen watted for hour*
at the jail and were able to pick
up only these pteces of the puxsJe
j Sehinagie a former high school
athlete, sod Cynthia met while
hoik were freshmen last year.
They tell in love and ha planned
to marry her
She left her New York home Aug.
14. The next day she got a job
in a Cleveland department store
laundry She went to see Sehinagie
at Delaware late lest Wednesday.!
Thursday night they met at a de
serted shack on so Ohio Wesleyan*
football field
An autopsy report showed the
girl was pregnant Sehinagie ia
quoted as saying they argued when
she told him another man had "an
aoyed'* her
She struck at him Then, author
ities say, he lost his head and
strangled her,
Prom the Ume officers said he
put Cynthia's body in the bark of
his ear. the boy s story is vague.
He said he could not remember
what happened after that. Officers
say. however, he "faintly** remem
bers picking up a piece of pipe or
rod somewhere along the way and
that he twice tried to revive her
When a highway maintenance
worker found the dark haired girl
ia the loaely woods she was wear
teg only a flannel nightgown and
a pair of red slippers
i The face of the once pretty, dark
haired girl waa mutilated beyond
recognition Even her brother was
unable to identify her positively
when he aaw her body in a funeral
home
It was the hornblc distortion of
her feature* that trade officers be
lieve thev were at the end of a
closed alley in trying to identify
her
Only s pair of red slippers she
wore brought waat officials believe
Is a quick solution of the mystery
Police had no idea who she wa*
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Cowboy & Son
• LANOSCAFING
• TRIC REMOVAL
and ftURGIRV
• ROOF FAINTING
• Cf MINT WALKS or*
FORCHRS
Coll for Froo estimate
John R. Watson
OIAL MOO*
Cut Out for Yoor CmooNmm
KBY WIST, FLORIDA VBOMBSOAY, SCPTBMBIR . tJ
Tro Qualify For
City Commission
The Me* ef cantodsies ter
sects an Me City Comm tastes
sursttad today with the efttciel
saneness mote Met attorney
Ben Ketchum. 114 Baton Street
and Charles Parra, ill Anpate
Street have qeelifted.
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wwi 'W *vw SfWW' ■ * IWW Pel wV Mrp
Three, apposing Louts Carte
nett who was herbtetere
posed and Parrs swotted Me
number of candidates te Group
Pour te tour. These already to
eft* jka I AA S
"W M* WMf* M-CHMPr WOMBS M. S*
Paul B. abort*.
Ketchum. a native Key West
er, is s termer County Judge In
Indian River County and has
served •• City Judgs on occa
sion* here. A graduate et Stet
son Law Sc hoot, ha served as a
Chief Petty Officer tot the Coast
Guard during World War 11.
S pottswood
Names Criminal
Investigator
Roper Rrittgra
14 Yer* FBI
Experience To
Monroe County
Sheriff John M. Spotte
wrood announced today the
Appointment of Wataon Rop
er, Jr. aa r Deputy Sheriff.
Roper tea veteran of almoat
fourteen years with the FBI
ind mors recently operated
his own investigative agency.
The Sheriff stated that this ap
point m rat to ia furtherance ef his
campaign pledge to obtain qualifi
ed personnel ter kto office. He has
l aea*teted toper te setting up a
modern fitifd tv firm iiwi fri ran* 1
se g wwvra we at* ee* • ppvi tv ton
ducting criminal tnvsstlgaftow
Jr-'
watson non a. jr.
Roper has had wide experience 1a
both fields and will also instruct
sad train deputies in these and
other fields.
Roper to presently selling his
home in Miami and will be joined
here fy his wife in the War future
| He began work for the FBI in
I*3* and waa qualified as a Senior
Fingerprint Analyst in the Identifi
cation Division During the war
years he waa assigned to work on
such matters as German espionage
cases involving the atomic homh
(at that time the "Manhattan Pro
ject") at Cornell University and
for a time conducted espionage and
sabotage investigations at Bell
Aircraft and Curtim-Wrqtht in
Buffalo. N. Y These companies
made fighter and cargo planes for
the armed forces
Roper came to Florida in 1947
with headquarters in Miami, and
tn Florid* For the six veers he
has worked in almost every town
has been in Honda he has been no
signed to general criminal investi
gations He ha* testified in almost
every type of coart and haa hew
commended by tee Attorney Ge
era! of the United State* and by J .
F.dgar Hoover. Director of the FBI
for hit alertness, interest and in
vestigative ability
Best Paul Sold
STRUNK LUMBER
110 Simentpn St., noor Coco Cato
'Nature Boy" Wanted To Appear In
Court To Air His New Philosophy
Cets Busy
ARRIVING AT ROCA CHICA PISLD at 10 27 this morning. Rear
Adm. H. H. Mcl-ean. left. Commandant th Naval District, waa
net by Bear Adm. G. W. Towner and within a matter of two
minutes was busily checking plans for his one day inspection
tgur of installations here—Citiarn Photo, Finch.
Bids Called For
On SI Bridge Job
The ftate Road Beard ha*
catted ter hid* ee Me JM tee*
wAmml fi*. .- (>Mg
cwnqi wvw fira iwet vqraew e*m
bridge which will Iteh Key
B Mr* date Rtedh IS*ami
F The wtdenmg ef Me bridge
1 wtit tear* shortly after Me
I eetereef is ter an October 4,
essarding te the AP.
Two Georgia
Children Die
In Old lee Box
BAINBRIDC.E. Ga <f*-An on
nod refrigerator which o *afei>
campaign failed to make harmless
added two Georgia children to the
nation * hot of suffocation deaths.
Susan Hmchclif. and her play
matt. John Frank Moran Jr , both
4. were found dead yesterday in
aa old refrigerator tn a garage at
the Hinchcllff home. Their pet dog
was lying between them, its life
also anuffed out
| The bodies were found after a
search of several hours for the
eMldren Fire 'uef Dick Adams
reported that while the tots were
■tfn muting, a neighbor went into
thg garage but overlooked the re
fNßerator which had already trap
pM them
A little later, the Chief related.
(Continued On Page Two)
License Renewals
Radlv
' BiWwill of Onv.r’, Itronao.
are lagring wav behind last war's
totals. Countv Jndee Raymond R
T/'~d announced today.
Only 4 Yd* apnlicanta have
eom# in this month for renewal
of operators’ license* compared
with the total of IMM who re
newest hefore September .10 last
year Only chauffeur app’i*
cant* have Rotten their new li
ceneea compared, with 1.371 last
year
Driven have lust an* week
from today is which to obtain
thalr last driver'* 'leans* AN
er t sjl nest Wednesday, a
j penalty of one dollar will be
chawed in addition to tho li
cense too. If the driver does not
pee the penalty he will haw to
toko anew driver's teat. Jude
Lord said.
He ureed all drivers to come
in the office immediately and get
their renewals Judfe Lord is in
the renr of the County Court
house He will keep his office
own Saturday from t through
noon.
Food And Rent
Push Li ving
Gists Higher
FWAAHWGTON, 4 Tilffcer food
price* and renls pushed tba gov
ernment's coat of living Index te
a record high mark today
The rise to 115 per cent of the
1947-1948 average means a three
cent hourly wage h ost. effective
next month, for I.Xto.WC rail work
trs.
This will boost annual pay roll
coats of the railroad* by 100 mil
lion dollars.
The index figure announced today
records living costs as of Aug. IS.
It advanced three tent Is of one per
cent from the montn previous
The Bureau of Labor Statistic*
(BLS> said beef and veal prices
went up *ia per cent-the largest
increase for these meats in any
single month in more than five
years.
This increase coupled with smal
ler rises in other food costa, pushed
the food index up three tenths ef
one per cent.
Rents advanced 11 per cent dur
ing the month Federal rent con
trols expired July 3!.
On that date. 14 of 4* major
cities survyed for (he monthly coat
of living index suli had federal
rent controls.
Another contributing factor to
Gw record high reading was a
seven tenths of one per cent in
crease in transportation coat,
caused primarily by a transit fare
Inrrrase in the highly • populated
New York area Higher gasoline
and oil prices also contributed, hut
RLS noted that ued car price*
continued downward, somewhat
offsetting these increase# in the
transportation index.
Alw higher were these Items
medical care, up two tenths of one
per cent becaue of more expensive
hospital rooms; reading and re
creation. also up two tenths at one
per cent because of higher admis
sion charges for movie theatres;
and the "personal care and other
goods and services.** a catchall
(Continued on l ags Two)
Sehlintz Obtains
Legal Counsel
Paul "Curley** Schhnu. arcus
ed child molester, who will go
to trial tomorrow morning in
Criminal Court, has retained at
toroey# Tom Watkins and Fred
Pine. Miami, for his defense, it
was announced today-
Rchlmtt fanes two counts of
"lewd and lascivious conduct" in
connection with young children.
His trial had been set for Tues
day but was postponed to permit
nun to o ota m couuam.
**•€• FWI CBMTB
Criminal Court Jury Finds
Gunman Guilty On Robbery Try
By Jiaa COBB
Robert "Nature Boy" Garcia told a t rimtanl CRft
jury today that the reason he aaanulted An AtlAntic Avg.
nue resident at gunpoint waa so that he could “appear Ml
a courtroom to make a speech outlining the new philoeG*
phy he haa discovered to save the world. **
“I knew 1 waa going to be arretted and appear hi 6
courtroom—that's why 1 did it,'* Garcia said candidly.
He waa found guilty this morning on a charge ef am
aault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit rob
bery after a six-man jury deliberated only ten minutete
He will be sentenced Friday morning at 10 o'clock, Judge
Thomas S, Caro said.
Grand larceny
Charged After
Equipment Theft
Jefferson MUlsap to la Mss
roe County )•*! today on a
chores of grand Isrceny with
bond at 8509. accordia* te Uw
Sheriff s Dspsrtmsnt.
MUlsop alls godly stole on#
engineering transit and tri
pod. oaa leva! and tripod, one
tevoUlng rod and a aurvayar**
rote from Henry Hudgins.
Summer land Key devatopet.
Hudgins swaro out the
warrant at Paaea Juatiea Bey
Hamlin* court yesterday.
MUlsap waa found mid ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Sid
ney Curry on Bloch Island
teat night.
Essay Contest
Regulations
Are Announced
Confral Will
End October
20, rhnirnmn
Keen Reveals
An essay contact, sponsored joint
ly by the First Federal Savings
and Loan Association and the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, ia af
finally underway it was announc
ed today by chairman Jim Keen
Topis of Ns* essay wM ho:
"The City Manager Farm af Gov-
Council Form." The topic la the
same question Key tSfestors will!
decide by referendum at the petls
The contest to open to Key West
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IVlotcl Association
Will Hold
The newly formed Key West
chapter of the Florida Motor Cotef
Association win hold a luncheon
meeting at Benny’s Cafeteria
Thursday noon. R waa announced
today by Melvin (*vitt, acting
chairman rf. the group
I-evitt said that a constitution
sad bv laws will he voted so at the
session and other business discuss
ed la addition, an etorttoa af of
ficer* and director* will he held
All Key Weet motel owners end
operators ere cordially invited to
attend the meeting. Levitt added ]
Featuring
BOBBIE THOMPSON
NTTELY
and
NO HANDS GENE
HAZEL and GEORGE
iP I nH+r > eic Martmgrment a
ALL SEW PLKSONNKL
No Gner—No Minimum
Fat ffAh Cwln—mT
HVSI ’**
The curly hatred sad htardod
defendant had theories which hate
dered on anarchy hut whaa hi
attempted te air teem during hto
trial. Judge Cara ruled teat they
were not relevant te tea ease being
triad and ordered 6m jury out at
the courtroom
During Ms testimony. Berate
A- | m aAamHin^
ham# of Mas Caftan, INI latte
if Avtvftt B lurin • M nR
CeUmm fa lig an ffi# flaaF Iff 40
ifayMßaafl ffcjfoMi BMFFfaa4l 4Mm4
Ciftm UNrati Mm vMk • Iff*
Mf teckto.
Today. County Solicitor AUaa B.
(Tear*. Jr., presented ate wttemsaa
for the state, me lading Mr. sad
Mrs (alma, their maid Grata
Held, officer Quina, Peace Justice
Roy Hamlia and Ceuatahte Jaw
Caftaa conducted a rather half
a L..* railnrfiil AalaßAd amb team
IiVBmMQ Olgn | ill WBw
own behalf.
Durlag hto atetemoul aa tee wft
MMJ M
Three Bound
Over On Theft
Charges Tues.
Bond la Set At
•1,000 On Loral
Youths Faring
Larrrny Chargßß
Three local youths warc banal
over for trial ia Criminal Cent* aa
grand largeny rhargaa Tuaeday
after a preliminary heartof befere
Jtslice of the Peace Ira Alhury
•and was aa* at |1 JM aaah tor
fha trie. Jaa Cash, Jaaaph Fatten
and Thamas Lata, wha aw sheep'
w ||k rtaalhM to OmmmbOi flkg
wm WfWV PVIIIRf UP Ivwuß wwWW
ad sf abate Iff teem a trader
twek at Thampaan Bwfnrprtoea.
Carattoa Rteaaf, early Mawday
M OHO^
•iHioiffh it imi nn |f ttn^i
admitted dwrtnp fha haartnp that
•hay teak the tire fwm the pash*
ad twek.
A tourtk person tavotood Mlso
Theresa La bant! alias Tarry
Lane, of Middleton. CnaaatGeuL to
being held to the County Jail aa
a material witness tor the state.
; la bar testimony at ysetordsy'a
hearing. Mias La band tsM af haw
•he had bean In IN eompeay nf
the three men an Saturday aigM
and early Monday morning aa they
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