The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1950, Page 1

THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN KEY WEST FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1950 THE U.S.A: Searws. Captain Francis Busey Turns Over Command Of U.S. Naval Air Station To Captain Robert S. Quackenbush This Morning 450: Officers * Navy Seaplane ' (®) Wirephoto ap y= top apnpertegeetetr hoa ah Mga Someone Steals ‘| And'Enlisted Rescue Of Ten Men} } dd Bi i proge td gove Mp ns cimatu ea ef ism : Missing Since City Bus; Find "Personnel * In Yukon Area = @ atom, he would ee dae taneents ror pahrabe nporton they “work ‘And $0 bere Last Friday It On Highway ‘Ceremony ere Almost Complete > Se) Seep weteeiee fhe way te the gerege in the background. Murphy is the third man Captain Francis L. Busey turn- | G CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Feb. Be arrears 6 en ed over command = — us| WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—().| ger of the Brunswick 11.—(#)—The . Navy announced y the Key West Transit Com-| Naval Air Station, Key West, to! _, ‘ . | with: uarters at Haas cee ,|Pany, drove it to Bahia Honda|Captain Robert S. Quackenbush | 12 ‘"e Yukon Territory the res Georgia, collttaas oa eae today that one of its seaplanes = Cap ee i e " * hat be sing since 4 P.M,,|Ptidse on the Overseas Highway] in formal ceremonies at Boca) ue of ten airmen from a snowy’ L. Lewis, general manager the ras been missing since 4 P.M.| ang wrecked it against the rail-|Chica Field this morning. mountaintop is just about com-|COmpany was expected to gprive EST, Friday. ing of the bridge early this} A formation of about 450 dffi- cap : in the city. Monday The announcement said — aj morning. cers and enlisted personnel of the} Plete. The men were stranded The company is reported to be PBM seaplane, with nine men{ The bus presumably was stolen|“Ship’s Company” were pesent four days ago when their search abloging machinery La A dasa eh ‘ between 2:30 and 4 a.m. today|at the ceremonies, which took! plane crash-landed on the moun-|™ent from its Brunswick shrine apoard vies = peat Som a {from the parking area maintained | place in front of the Administra- | taintip as: thes ‘waaiehen trite plant to Key West, and was plan 200 miles east southeast of this!’ "tne company at the foot of| tion Building on Saratoga street. | ‘int y Bes ning to process the shrimp. at the city. Greene street. During the event, Captain | ™issing C-54 transport. Porter Dock. oe 5 Two Shots Fired The men who stole the bus} Busey presented the Navy Unit Last night, nine of the men| Today the company had eye Today At Naval STATE ROAD PATROL TO BUILD CENTRAL BROADCASTING UNIT ———— Agreement W ith * / General Sery = =| Bridge Board | Crewman Killed In drove it through the lower toll Commendation to Boatswain’s | were taken to Whitehorse, the gate on Big Pine Key. The man; wore First — eaere Rsk nearest outpost . of civilization. | who was behind the bus reported hmond. who ear WER bre south abun in: tebe San de to the toll gatekeeper that the| serving aboard the USS-Cresc- | (4) gece n who were riding in the bus| ent City in World War Il. The rescue work was done with - vert tly drunk, for the} Captains Busey and Quacken- : Sheet. ; Made Friday Freak Accident Officer In London Mana eng Suis waste wildly onjbush jointly inspected the per- Prete rescued men, ad-yeart” “ranger ; , y ORES SE SR Sh ‘the highway = nina fh: 2 compen wach old Master Sergeant . R. Dunne | Afternoon ° » Feb. 11.—UP)—Two! ‘The toll gatekeeper notified the | read his orders and foe ‘in eles, was a siret tn the Kestdence : In Airl er Today bullets smashed’ through the state policemen. The men Station ehange of command was! case, His ’ petgeiny : keen emp yWAOD. Cans.| ue Yo activa tien yesterday eed POR ng Be ta pe Seiden heard he. eS aah rH Cal 5 sctective, WL. by the Overseas Bridge Commis:| NEW YORK, Feb,“11—()—A director of naval intelligence, ing and ran from the cone are “Quackenbush “feports !ing the: crash nding. bene 4 + Meee Generel mom, @@ meeting held at Pigeon crewman was sucked through a} Rear Admiral Eric . Longley- wrecking the bus against the, t© the Naval Air Station fiom the| ]g year-old Private R. L. Toth rey : e oe) waht ehet and! Key, the people of Monroe county door of an airliner this morning | Cook. bridge. ‘joint chiefs of staff in Washing-' o¢ Newport News, Virginia, sut-} @hay Company and oe © streneer in| will be given the services of aj as the piane was preparing to} , The bullets came flying as the ‘There was an estimated $500] tn, D. C., where he was the Na-/ fered head injuries and shock ny of F mn Sons Compa- 4 jeentral broadcasting station that land in New: York. Admiral drove through Uxbridge. damage done the bus. val member of the photography! that caused him to lose him mem- “[’ve spent about $30,000 for will be operated by the State ' on the northwest outskirts of and survey section. : }ory for eight hours. th A : <> Berwin of Read Patrol without expense to! The accident occurred at a] London, The shots came from an- Departing Commanding Officer ; thy Bee Met gens ee ene last ee eee co jheight of 8,000 feet, while the] other car. ‘Expeets $10,000 | Busey has completed a_ normal plaid toc iaceeion. ae aka quoted by| The’ Patro}. made this proposal | Plane was flying-about 200 miles a eal em ales no, es i (ae ee ee wr ona Acetylene Cas won't be known until after the gain to the commission * aga And immediately he sped after I e as orders to report to ‘utt; . ‘ the| Mf it would construct a con- |, The victim was John Harris,} the gunmen. But the second ma-! In Local Polio | Air Force Base, Omaha, Neb. | losi I I eeteret et i sled . | erete block structure. 20 by 20 pa ee eee id.; stewart ot ihe chine eluded him near Acton, a e | where he will he on the staff of xplosion in a ed | feet, om land at Marathon, own- | S'1nt Fane? 5 iser,] West London suburb. iF d C |the commanding general, Stra- : > Mat SF eptakeovonas nosa'ema |complcting a fight to New York| “an potce caren the area were FUNG Campaign — |itsic"air Comfans London Today. ‘in 2° Se told! Tell Bridge District, the Patrol aes Londen alerted by radio and an intensive} Before coming to Key West, | 4 1 Ca osba kiraiad ‘sammia “hanes The Coast Guard and Longjsearch of the west side of the! “The total funds derived from} Captain Busey served on the Island Police are looking for city got started. the March of Dimes Drive is ex-| Battleships Nevada and Penn- | LONDON, Feb. 11.—A cylinder) Sores. and _ poh yg bullet | twe ten. working in shifts, at | /12!Tis\ body. mers The attack followed by only aj pected to exceed $10,000 on the! sylvania, Aircraft Carriers lene gas blew up at a ops Betti ios os oii times, A spokesman for Pan-Ameri-| few hours another shooting in|basis of incomplete returns to| Chenango, Roi, and Lexington. in the North. Wembley.“ Riwerd Sonter, engiksba” fer It was estimated that the con-| C27 S8¥S 8 powerful’ air’ draft! which a bullet narrowly missed’ date,” C. B. Harvey. campaign] He has had duty in Aircraft| Section of London today with a : © wer will build a radio tower, pay | euehem | fer all its equipment and keep | ’ ge! arr’ > a ipa the Gulf Atlantic . n|struction of the small structure tugged Harris out the open door.| Lord Moynihan, chairman of director, stated today. Squadrons VP-2, VP-12, and an|Toar heard one mile away. Company Af Jeskeneae aan AM Gait tha district about $1:580. ney the door happened to fly} Britain’s Liberal party. | The JayCees, who sponsored Observation Squadron on the The roof was blasted off a will operate the ferry to Hava vet, Anthony Demeritt, chairman of | QPeR. 38 net known. Apparently! A bullet went through thejthe President's Birthday Ball) Battleship New York. Captain| loading platform, but there were said today the company had b-|the commission, declared, when| H@Tis was trying to close the! windshield of Maynihan’s car} with the compliments of the|Busey has served in Fleet Air|M0 casualties. A small fire start-!S8i0, foday the | parts of the the proposal was made by Gen-| 708" at the time of the accident. |iast night while he was driving! management of the Casa Mar-|Wing One, in the Bureau of Ord-|€d but firemen quickly put it out. 014) Clyde-Mallory.. docks onje eral Manager Brooks Bateman at| ., OD® Pas*enger, Mrs. Anna Kra-| through Epping forest on the| iana, announced a return of $1250|nance in Washington, D. C., andj The cylinder exploded while be- temporary basis. en aeinant.of the:.State. Road jicek, says she felt a sudden gust) east side of London. from that source. “This 1950 ball: at the N. 1 Proving Grounds, | ing unloaded from a truck. He said the East Coot . Pees Pat oe ion cad et ae a has been the most sumcessful of Dahlgren, Va. He has been in oer Fibiy espn sty >a je door, a PI s . ° ee g i! ” 7 rear - 0 +. Windfall For Keys ‘ ie ; tise R d T 1 s all birthday! balls jheld* to date,” | Key West about two years. M et L ] about 100 feet of the northern ' x 1 ponsided , this: a! most faver-|eoe go fash the, wind “Midway adilo- Le@iivision j said Joe Nieves ‘birthday ball! Holds Numerous Awards : usiclans oca end of the dockage space, while “ able proposal. If the county con-| Other: crewmen hurried | fato T peas oe Ge Le yay gC OP pueey, poles = te Ne the southern 100 feet had been tructéd the vall. building, th i Seaean anaes S k G l | Cee. members saift, TPhis . bal nit Commendation Ribbon, the|§ d Ch k F leased to Taylor Brothers, of St ‘ Of t 3 a ahh: eduipped i a ee a aa t ; dear, PGeABy ; toe $00 Jp brought in the greatest revenue | American Area Campaign Medal, | ends ec or | Augustine. : nesta, hh cameect dah a % a y ; 2s jvere » Asiatic-Pacific Area Cam fad . The East Coast Fi . netoneers peated ip with twp. meno duty ics Again T and yet the expenses were the|the Asiatic-Pacific $75 To Polio Fund | 1.7.22, Soest. Fisheries ana around; the Flack, it would cost| ‘The pilot says the 22 passen-| / gain Loday lowest to: date.’t! | paign Medal, the European-Afri-|D49 LO F OHO FUNG | Taylor Brothers are. already The Sourthernmost ‘Pistol andj}can Area Campaign Medal, the (Continued On Page Six Rifle Club, the La Concha Navy | Americ engl bewelry Te Post |taxpayers of Monroe county | gers remained calm and coopera- . y tho dollars mar ands of an-| tive, and the flight was complet- | NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—(4)— n Defense Medal, and) The members of the local nuall prareul eae | ; h Wives Club, the V. F. W. and its|World War II Victory Medal. | Musicians’ Union, in addition to - . sally We are required to/ ed without further incident Radio-television stocks went to Acxiliary, which as previously| “I have enjoyed duty ia Key |devoting many hours or free Lastres Has . al wense pend only $1,500, and our ex-| John Harris was born in Lafay- |! town again today. 5 . pie ; : a ieee bees = . 2 | 5 a announced raised over $100 on| West a great deal and have | time to the March of Dimes, has penditures Aw there. I look upon! ett, Indiana, where his mother While the rest of the market its Birthday Ball at the La Con-| many friends here.” said Cap- jsent a check for $75 to am- o gu-| the proposal as something of a/ lives at 1002 North street dawdled along in a fractional "' wee es (eo rl ap ctor C. B, i W hd é und | windfall for the Florida Keys.” Be (enalt sktetaaela canes rane, TV issues shot ahead for) Ch Hotel, the Girl Scout Lead-| tain Busey. “I am sorry to be |paign Director C. B. Hazvey, it ithdrawn , aue-| The commission voted unan- | 41 Ait eaagh pehageny Daiae so aiy fers’ Association with Mrs. Peggy] leaving.” |was announced today. . on Wy ends prepoaaiecren rie! i rew Member sezenith paced the TV group| Little as chairman, the Trinity! The new commanding officer,] Musicians are noted for the His Protest Y P' Sau : reaver nae SrouP| Methodist Church have all re-| Captain Quackenbush, is 46 years|Softness of their hearts and the . might) offer. At present the Patrol’s with a rise of around four points City opus | or 4’ ? g abi -<,| cently made substantital dona-|old. After attending Cornwall! Willingness with which they de- lorney J. ¥. Poster, 29° wot pigeon ie | Saves Life By HRs Gp age eae tions of money and time and are| High School and Braden’s Prep-| vote their time to worthy causes. Erie de bt Rall Mi . proposed station operating at | ree J Emerson Radio, Philco, Magna. tially commended for their|aratory School, Captain Quack-| “Many people do not realize that} nis client, Gabriel Lastres, a wuc-| Marathon. the Florida Keys | Thinkine Quick vov, Motorola and Sparks-With- ac ivities in the campaign enbush received his appointment | when Leaver on ae ; donate member of the Key West Polic MIL ein Ge Given whak thc Earitt | 5 TnEiGn: “REACGGRAD: oie, Ge The four major theatres of the} to the Naval Academy. He grad- oe talents ey ae actually Department, had withdrawn * each) characterizes as “on the scene” | scored by Radio Corp, Stewart-| City have been especially cooper-| uated from the Naval Academy | Siving up time and effort which protest to the 10-day susper | ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11.- & asp Peal ative during the drive and to} in 1927. His first sea duty was{|is not spare time but directly Rin dak J he i | services. | (Continued On Page Six) toni Napt i ananen Gk : » \form their means of lively-|&!¥en him late in Januar prohibits! The Patrol has increased its crew , member — fell | _ ignatio Carbonell, manager of aboard the Battleship Arizon i een Dee Te lice Chief Joseph Kemp. tatements in} number of patrol cars - on the! gh the open door of a fly- Strand Theatre; Gonzalo Bezan~' From the Arizona he reported to} Mr The suspension stand: ial « applica SC regas if iett ss ne re tern Air Liner at Sts ’ illo of the Place; John Carbonell; the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, | Pressing us t Lastres loses his pay for the SRM ree nO hes Aer peterenuie taday! Hut ve lapate RAUL . CLUB of thé Monroe, and the manage-|Fla., where he was designated Norman Kranich, President, Mrs.) j0q" “No : npts of criminals to reason for withdraw ately Jescape from Key West, or else-| Ped onto the outside of the ship ment of the Lincoln Theatre goes | naval aviator in December, 1929.| seed a oe Bibbs of the protest was made to th © B. Har-| where in the county, hurricanc| #24 held on until he was landed Boulevard by the Airport # great share of credit for the} Duties Were Many es, ae a local board The board, therefor 4 Mayor! news or any other news of. an| ,March Fisher-Galati, a flight PHONE 9287 Success of the campaign. Upon completion of duty at] local 2D did not meet at 11 a.m. today t present. Jemergency nature that affects |2tendant, apparently was suck- | The Junior Woman's Club un- (Continued Or Page Six) | hear Lastres’ protest — | the peopte of the county will be|€@ vom the big ship as it flew der their president, Ellie Rae]——_ : lay i Lime nec of th county ll be at twortuusand-tet besht|| BIG DANCE TONIGHT [Jere and Coralie Curry Bee over Tampa Bay. naerts, chairman, did an especi- | TICKET OFFICE PENING Bernard Frank ~ ala yee int be The air liner, enroute to Miami, Impromptu Entertainment ally notable job on theatre col- ALL AIRLINES ' CAYO HUESO ice wide! ising” wis| nies aan samen aS! ES || TO PAM, 102300 4M. PS oy copectin elf » REGISTERED ||PRICE TOURS|| WEAVER'S Ab at’ly SALON epi hued On Hage Six) to a hospital suffering from ceived {rum everyone—profes || Professional Engineer | 41) rieming st. 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