The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 7, 1950, Page 1

' | ' a VoL. oe EXaL No. 6 Twenty: 63 Mental Patients In Building At Time Of Fire DAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 7.— (#).—The nation’s worst fire di aster of the new year continues to take a mounting toll of dead. Soe far, 19 bodies have been re- moved from the charred ruins of | the mental ward at Mercy Hos- firemen think = at may still be} buried in the debris. ‘That makes @ total of 32 dead or missing. It was a morning of tragedy and stark ‘ho Most of the 64 patients were women. Some were seen pressed . against barred windows, etched against the rud- dy glare of the flames. A police- man at the fire said: “I have never seen anything like this. It was pitiful. Women were dashing at the iron bars, erying for help. and I saw sev- eral faint away and dis:ppear in the smoke and flames. The feeling of helplessness was ter- rible.” The officer told this story: 55 Go On Fishing Trip Of Chingiher ‘To No Name Key Fifty-five persons, -yesterday* West Chamber of Commerce for | tourists and winter visitors. Those. who made ‘catches will | be presented certificate awards at the Chamber’s Fun Nite party next Wednesday evening. In- eluded @) yesterday's caravan to No Name Key were: Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kunzler of Union City, N. J.;-A.. L. Kava- nagh, St. Louis, Mo.;. Edward Jackemy, Alamada; Mr. and Mrs. Pai iy oe ariges eset cieagaoye Fred Allen, Canada; Mr. and tide was aflame so. 1 stepped [Mts: C. F, Schack, Gill, Colo.; Mr. azound to the west and assisted| 920 Mrs. doseph Owens, Clear- the firemen with my. flashlight while they attempted to cut through.the bars of the window. bie T. T. Hackworth, sean First, we tried some of the bars|“"® J. P. Kyler, Jeromésville, Mrs. J. P.. Kyler, Jeromesville, Fred C, Clarke, Toronto, Canada: Mr. and Mrs. Vere. Kelley, poet pool, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Miller, , Knox, Tnd,;, pF ate Rid Ms Mrs. Omer’ parao f hyve ie Community Sing” with a wire clipper but this was in vain so we used an axe. One woman wes sitting at the window with the flames close by! ‘A fire- man got her out and then had to struggie with her because she wWarited to returh and get her clothes a ee The policemaf said he got Ps indelible impression of. pure hor- ror.” The three-story brick building that housed the mental patients | T) On was 60 years ald. A nprse said the omorrow n five started on the ground floor. It Courthouse Lawn N AM P 5 The second companies pins under the sponsorship of the Key resi ent West Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Courthouse lawn Assails So-Called at 2:30 p. m., tomorrow, Harold R. Laubscher, manager said: to- Welfare State a Eleanor Dowski will ‘be the song leader, with -Mrs. Bill (Continued On Page Six) MIAMI, Jan. 7 (®). — The] Lee at the piano. geeident of the National Asso- Tourists, winter visitors.and the etgtior Manufseturers, Wallace | seneral public are invited to at- Bennett, decia that welfare : tend. j state proposals can destroy the four fun entals which made e e Ame He named these Sh ff L o funiaments as out freedom, SHEPUEE Leaving avy tu i our spiritual For Jacksonville In k ed for the ‘4 : ‘nal Livestock As-| Sheriff Berlin A, Sawyer said sett said that wel-| today that he would leave on tat istic plans are! Monday for Jacksonville where he will attend .the amaual conven- b ‘ t would de-| tion of the Florida’ Sheriffs Asso- aol t those funda- | ciation. Sheriff ;Sawyer said he fod have made this; WOUjd; be accompanied by Depu- eaire ty Sheriff Frank Webber and by . ad | George Lee. ething better, but, that t ance that| Sheriff Rex Sweat of Duval -ept Com | county, who is in charge of ar- 6% ghtening}tangements for the corivention, we tha t there is|infermed Sheriff . Sawyer that half-way be-| Jacksonville will present the fi- und what we | Rest entertainment any conven- tion ever had. is TICKET OFFICE 1 heater Palace Tt L and | ALL AIRLINES MARTA FOREN in ‘PRICE TOURS “ROGUE'S REGIMENT” | 41) Fieming St. Phone 124 Seeeeeeenuuaa )UNGE 42 ITEMS ON MENU y Day , Rooms and Boats Available PERKY. 2LODGE 4 MILES FROM KEY WEST Jan. 8, and Every Sunday Thereatter "BL JFFET SUPPER URKEY HAM ROAST BEEF ed trom 4:30 to 10 P.M.—All You Can Eat. $2.50 Air Foree Raising B-50 From Waters Where It Plunged; ll In Crews Two Believed Dead % Huge Bombers Had Been On Test Flight Friday; Trouble Over Choctawhatehee Bay TAMPA, Jan. ‘chee Bay, where went on the fishing trip to No! terday with 11 cr Name Key sponsored by. the Key | jbe pinned inside The plane had flight and w: turn to the fi were forced to di back to the base. Divers located water, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.’S. M.| feet of water, but darkness halt- Platt, New York City; Mr. and|ed the rescue efforts. 0 (Russians, | In First | Comment, 'Truman’s MOSCOW, Jan. TAR dent Truman's State of the ree DAYTON, 6.) Fan, 72. message received ed ‘Soviet comme: The Soviet armed forces news- paper, Red Star, “mixture of. dem: and, improbable statements,” The | ment of a four-story brick build- , street was arrested last night for Russian military publication com-|jing only half a block from the | driving while intoxicated follow- tented further that “declarations! heart of the city, a building more , ing a collision between his auto- of Truman cannot one.” The Red Star editor: ed Mr. Truman’s message from all | flames broke through the roof. It boulevard. Neither of the men angles. Acknowledging the mes-;collapsed’an hour later. sage as fine oratory, the editorial! added however th atory of the Am is denied by the Sei ieee $20 Unusual have played City’s comm wea’ men. It was officially estimated to- 200,000 had been lost to the city be weather conditions. Thompson Enterprises, that more than $: city’s largest whe er, states the company’s payments to commercial $125,000 since 1a Other wholes. Roast Turkey Try Our Famous IN THE Nine of the men reached life? j ing the alarm and took after the | rafts and were rescued. The other | fleeing Negro. two, whose names were tempor- ; avily. withheld, were believed to! gown the street, eral hours after the crash. had not been accounted for S€V-/ of bullets. testing some new equipment. Rescued crewmen when trouble developed out over the Bay as they were heading havoc ia! fishing indus- try as well as with charter boat- Spanish Bean and Prime Rib of Beef Chicken and Rice Carag, CHICKEN or eo THE SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST FLORIDA, SA’ _ [Attempted ‘Bank rare RDAY, JANUARY 7, 1950 - Tentative plans for the paving, Tot several city streets on which new homes are being constructed were worked out an informal) meeting last night of the City Commission, Such matters as the dredging of Garrison Bight and using the marl taken from beneath the sur- face to pave the streets, as well as financing of the proposed work, were also discussed, Since it was not a formal meet- ing of the City Commission no tempted to rob oe of Lake Alfred today, = fled rea un fire without obtaining any loot. FBI Agent C. H, Carson said | the Negro handed the cashier a note saying. “Give me 60 twenty dollar bills or Pll kill you.” The cashier, John Patterson, looked up into the barrel of a .45 agree automatic pistol. iA said Pi action was taken, but: members MY and. pi poe er for. his ‘0 of the City Commission said that The unnerved Negro: ti shortly the commission would and fled. 3 formally act. 5 Bullets: whiged und him as he ran’ frem the bank, ‘Apparent. ly. he wasn’t: hit.: Frank \M. seream- 7.—().—At_ El-| of the ban gin Field here, the Air Force is} cashier, and his son, Earl, a "tell preparing to raise one of its huge|er, B-50 bombers from Choctawhat- | shooting. followed from the bank, the city during the last year, The Commission a general way, ‘what new -F financed homes. were in immedi-}. ate prospect and on what streets the homes were likely tobe. in{’ need of paving, a requirement of the FHA when it makes a loan} toa pi ‘tive home owner. There:were four other con-{' tractors of new homes, and all (Continued On. Page Five; it plunged yes- ewmen, aboard, The bank employes ‘asap into, Goodman's. car after spread- The: employes kept shooting. at, him ashe ~~. the plane. They The. bank men finally ran oli The Negro fled into a swamp, waded up to his neck in water, By that time the swamp ‘was sur- rounded by officers and Lake Al-| 4 Ves © Ha pepo iPo! ms E. M. North, Ss proteionat! I bandsman from. inter ven, ‘Bee me ssue captured the Negro, He el 0! have his pistol, but had se bullets in his pockets, In Washington The . Negro’s’ name was ni known. Officers took him to the|_, WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—(®).— county jail at Bartow. Polish hams have become an is- jsue in Washington. $500,000 Blaze -1 A Democratic senator from ® | pork- producing Iowa, Guy Gil- In Dayton Now Under Control been on a test cheduled to re- id after service said they itech the bomber the plane in 25 - to the ‘ette, wants to know why. this. country. is importing hams from Poland, a Communist nation. Gillette says the U. S. imported Ror | (Continued On, Page Four): Belittle Address its first extend-{ was just plain. luck that the fire nt today. pipet blazed in «the downtown “business section most of the night didn't burn out an entire block. The fire started in the — base- (Crash Last Night Frank Edwards of 906 Georgia said it was a agogic promises confuse any-j than 100 years old. For more than |mobile and another one driven by |four hours the fire burned inside. George W: Sikes, 1015 Windsor lly attack-| Then, with a huge puff, the: Lene, came together in Roosevelt | was injured, but their cars were Twenty-seven firemen were badly damaged. ‘The fine or-| overcome by smoke.A crowd of; Patrolman W. J. James investi- erican President | 5,000 watched through the Jong gated the accident and placed facts.” i (Continued On Aaland Six’ ‘Edwards Wider arres' .W. INGTON, Jan. 7.— \(@®)\,—The State Department is believed to be working on a policy aimed at luring the Chinese Communists away from Moscow. An announce- ment of the new Far East- ern policy is expected to be made shortly. This statement would pro- claim this country’s firm friendship for the people of China, and it would leave the ‘way open for eventual recog- nition of the new govern- ment. Secretary of State Acheson will review world-wide U.S. Policy before the Senate and 0,000 LOST TO FISHING INDUSTRY ther conditions with this port approximately a drop of $50,-{the good weather which prevail- 000 under an average year’s pay-|ed today. ments to fishermen to date. “The wind will begin to in- Charterboatmen have also suf-|¢rease again Sunday,” Goldsmith fered a financial loss. Charters} said. | that they were unable to accept} “This will not keep up,” he because of weather conditions| hastened to add. “It is unusual. It total more than $25,000 to date. is prevailing over the entire area. cause of adverse The largest single day’s mack-|As far. down as Bermuda the Padee-Porsion Aifsirs ‘Com. Inc, the! €rel catch for all boats to date weather has been unperiea: mittees et Tuesday. He slesale fish deal-|W@S 12,000 pounds. There has] Goldsmith said the weather may show up with a complete been no commercial kingfish ' that Key West and this area has| statement of Far Eas! policy fishermen is off) °@tches of any size e | been experiencing for weeks now| at the same time. ast July 1. Up on the Florida K fish is what can be termed “delayed houses and boatmen a 0 be-| conditions.” weather, | thes e winds They too have suffered ‘a finan- have | = and squalls during We usually moaning the freakish Scio Ge said CS Eee cial setback which will run into| elie es eee | 7 als Because of weather conaitions|| PAUL'S CLUB \iast season was the worse, from! | Sam Goldsmith, acting meteor-'! einaeeiet standpoint in tke his: logist in charge at the Key West tory of this Boulevard bv the Airport city’s commer Cream of Chicken Soup , Weather Bureau, said boatmen| fishing industry. Unless there is| PHONE $9287 should not get optimistic over| ang early abatement of weather} : D Roast Chicken |! |conditions this year will be even| Big ance Baked Ham \more disastrous, said A. Maitland | ; Adams, of the Thompson Co. — | Tonight | Impromptu Entertainment 10 PM. to 2:00 AM. DANCE Every Saturday Night Y’s See Key West From the Sea AMERICAN LEGION SIGHTSEEING «cae by Teerpomnig HOME $10.00 10:00 B.M. to 2:00 A.M. Adm. $1.00 Couple Music by Harry Chipchase and Orchestra | M.V. “Cactus” | ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD | Leave 1 P.M. Every Day 82.00 Per Person (Tax Included) DOOR PRIZE (Door Prize Increases $10.00 Each Week If Not Claimed On First Drawing) | TRIP BASKET P lan To! Big) Lure Chinese Reds) Away From Russia ,, north-south direction by 100 foot spac tion by 50 foot spaces. Harvey and Roberts have found that the depth of the Bight, so far as they in: the yacl wor! | de bell kille the A } cide was {struct the. first part of a pier: in The bight, containing 91 acres feet. 1 The Ambulance On Mercy Mission Kills Tampa Man T | cide ; Po | | Rutherford, i. et Ay’ Slides oe bee ‘ene ~ nectaraaee Pobre JOHN MARAGON (ett); former booties who once had & Ps White. House, enters U, S. District Court.at Wi Friday to plead innocent on a perjury indictment. with | _ his pais » William A. Kehoe, Jr. MIGHT BUILD PIER ——-4% City Commissioner C. yey and Ivan Roberts, director of B. Har-} streets, are rapidly complet- depth soundings of Garrison ht so that the city may con bight for the mooring of hts and othe¥ craft. water, has been divided in a and in an east-west direc- have completed k, runs from 9.1 feet to 2.01 | section along Roosevelt | (Continued On Page Six) sion gee eesen aS xe re cael Goer 6 after the market today. Prices for favored issues up tractions to poy * point heavy trading accompanied the rise Activity extended to some of the market's usual leaders tut price action in that group was «x tremely limited Higher prices were paid for St. Regis Paper, Rexall Drug Cuban American Sugar, Admiral Cor poration, Emérwn Radio, Phuhen, their | Radio Corporation, Curtis. Weight (Continued On Page Fiv ‘Permit Issued ‘To Move Home William Key wa: dwelling from 918 Pa |to 1902 Florida street, and | given a building pe i to mak repairs and alteratiom on @ structure at t of $4,500 A. L. Judge, J OD Sting avenue, was given a pe construct iock t r t cost of $100 | ER Ne itn se el BOAT BAR AMPA, Jan. 7.—(4).—One ag ntal death led to another in ast night. An ambulance @ one call, collided with] truck. There was one} n ea Ase lice Lieutenant J. H. Camp-| aid Richard G. 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