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! eee ~~ -~ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit H Che Ken West Citi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER ee THE VOL. LXXII. No. 97 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, IN THE U.S.A. The Associated Press Teletype | Features and Photo Services | For 71 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West | APRIL 23, 1951. N Troops Pull B Much As 12 Miles Under Impact Of “Red” Withdrawals Have * Been Made In Orderly Fashion TOKYO, April 23.—(4”).—Unit- ed Nations troops have pulled back as much as 12 miles under the imipact of the new Communist offensive. However, in some sec- tors, the Allies have stopped the Reds cold. Any withdrawals which have been made have been in orderly fashion. Censcrship clouds news of the big Communist offensive in Ko- rea, But this much we know—the Chinese Communists are attack~ ing along a 100-mile frout. ‘They have thrown in the vanguard ot perkaps 7000,000 soldiers. he drive began early Sunday, ! tune. For 14 hours censorship ked out the news. Details of) Ihting continue to be de- the leted. The big reason for censorship in Korea usually is poor Chinese communications. American news- men at the front have details the Reds would like to have and could glean from news dispatches. The big Chinese onslaught jumped off in the wake of ar- tillery and mortar barrages. United Nations forces have been forced back on the western. central and eastern fronts. But Allied commanders say the treops are only rolling with the punch. The Chinese are running into thunderous Allied artillery d¢ fense. And American warplanes have wheeled in over the surging Tex., ack As Blows ‘Survives Tanker Fire NAVY MEN AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION at Corpus Christi, lift from an amphibious plane one of the survivors brought in following their rescue from and were swept by flames in the Gulf of Mexico. Phe victim be- ing lifted from plane is Leroy E. Say. a crewman of the tanker Esso Greensboro. i week. The ed a way that he can save the} | city’s money They have offered to scrape, Junior Debs Offer Labor |To Key West | City Manager Dave King Accepts Civie Offer Of Local Organization City Manager Dave plenty of suggestions on how spend the city’s moncy. He had a_ nice surprise last] Junior Debs of the Key West Woman's Club suggest-! King gets to clean and paint the fence around | the city cemetery as their annual civic project. King is only too happy to let the ladies do the job. In fact he has written Ivan Roberts, director of public service, asking that the fencing be secured and the gate be repaired and the chain r>placed at Margaret and Angela street. The Junior Debs cleaning and () Wirephoto the two tankers which collided battlelines, to heap destruction on the Chinese before they can even reach the fighting fronts. It was first uncertain “thether this: was the all-out spring offen sive or not. The Chinese have been expected to. make a bif push. As the action developed, an intelligence officer commented: “This is their major effort.” No “Red” Aircrafts So far—no word of the Com R > Ile 1 B: d munists throwing aireraft inte ee anc an the fighting in any numbers. ' There have been hints that. thc Are Secured Reds have 3,000 F n-madc warplanes ma: in ichuria | Two Dade County high school Last Wedn a Pen bands have been secured by Har- spokesman said the - Chines: arlold Laubscher and Major Earl capable pf ONO to 100° sorties @1 pilin for the Armed Forces Day. But if the planes are there, they | Parade May 19 have not appeared in the fighting} The Homestead High School} so far. |Band of 40 pieces and the Red Bridgehead Is 15 Miles Wide |lands High Sehool band of 70} At one point on the westerr | vicces will take part in the ob-! front, the Chinese have slam. 2} servance of this important event, a bridgehead 15 miles wide acro the Injin river. That's on one ap proach to the blasted South K« rean capital of Seoul, how in Al | licd hands. : Another big attack has rolled] ca against Allicd lines northwest of| ni the bis Hwachon reservoir ‘on t pa central front. Allicd forces have] Th pulled back several mile ‘h It’s touch and go, with the fight th fluid in many ing sectors of Hwachon, one Allied ur it had to pull back. It regrouped, and] fo (Continued On Pa, Killer-Type Sub | Will Be Launched Home boys — Newspaperman Named To Succeed Sen. Arthur Vandenberg By Gov. Williams * Appointment Of lead, ing the parade one of the] musical ever held in Key The bands are composed of both and girls. The bays will be| red for by the Navy for over-} ght housing. The girls must be celed out to various families. i Boosters and the P.T.A. arranged to care for about y of the probable fifty five and Major Dillon is search- for rth overnight accomodations rest of the girls and four vaperones. The bands are all donating their rvices. The Chamber of Com- merece requests that citizens at- tempt to make the trip here en yable for all the visitors. Bids On Stadium VALLEJO, Calif April 23. (a).—A_ new killer-type_subma-| rine, the second of its kind to be| "1 BB 0 | completed in. iris county, ist LO Be Openec ready for launci The Navy! says the new sub will go down!, City Commissioners will study the ways Ma; at the Mar eceived on the construction Island Naval d here of grandstands and other building See ieeimm reais z Jat Witker’s Field baseball stad- iu at Regularly Priced $695.00 | SPECIAL bes m at a special meeting tonight xck at City Hall, City (Continued on 8 o'clc Page Three) TUESDAY ONLY 46 Mercury: 1946 M | Tuesday's Special Price $510.00 MONROE MOTORS INC. SALES ES SERVICE WHITE ST. PHONE 725 BEST Blair Moody ’ Comes As Surprise LANSING, Mich., April 23.->4 {).—Governor Mennen Williams of Michigan has named a 49-year- old Washington correspondent, Blair Moody, as a senator to suc- | ceed the late Arthur Vandenberg. Moody has been assigned to ithe Washington bureau of the Detroit News since 1933. He serv- ed as a war correspondent dur- ing World War II While the appointment of Moody came as a surprise, Gov- ernor Williams, a Democrat, did the expected—he named a Demo- jerat to fill the senate scat Ieft vacant by the death of Republi- can Vandenberg. In announcing the appointment, he governor said: “Moody is a Democrat.” Moody's Vas not political affiliation crally known before, jut Mood: chief on the Detroit News, Karl Lysinger, described lim as “a new dealer from the tart.” Moody involved just this past Friday in a skirmish among cveral senators. Moody was moderator on a ranseribed radio broadcast deal- ng with Far East policy. During he recording, Democratic Sena- or Hubert Humphrey of Minne- ota clashed with Republican cnator Homer Capehart of In- iiana. Another Democrat, Herbert schman ef New York, got shoved vhen he tried to intervene, and hio’s Republican Robert Taft ittempted to make peace but tayed clear of the combat. Moody, it was said, did his best (Continued On Page Eight) Summer Rates In Effect Overseas Hotel 917 FLEMING STREET Weekly Rates from ‘10 Dining Room ... Bar ————— | Poor Old Craig | SERVICE STATION Francis at Division Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer painting job will be done early in May King said. Sexton Sawyer of the cemetery will supervise the realignment of the fence. City street employes will be used on PRICE FIV EC EN’ I Smith Will Spend $27,478 On Buildings To Dey And Klizabeth Streets Granville Smith is remodelling four buijdings old Arny Be moved from ks to Dey the and Elizabeth strects at a total cost| of $21,478. the Office of Building; Inspector Ralph Russell announc- ed today. Smith submitted four plans for the renovations to Russell's of- fice on Friday. Largest remodell- ing job on one of. the buildings costs $8,462. A second building to be moved to Dey street will cost Smith $6,496 to -remodel The two buildings being moved to Elizabeth street will cost him $6,- 120 and $6,400 to renovate. William R. Neblett obtained a permit Friday, to make repairs on his home at 415 Francis street. Jeff Brodhead, photographer at 813'% Catherine street obtained a permit to build two apartments ever his photograph studio. Cost the job as well as Sawyer’s crew. “This is a job that should have been done a long time ago,” said King. “I am_ very happy that the Junior Debs are doing it.” will be about $2,000. Raymond Delgado, 1215 Florida street obtained a permit to repair a garage moved from the old Army barracks at a cost of $100. Fraga’s Seeond Trial On Larceny: Charge Heard By Watkins And Pine Clash Verbally With Solicitor Allan B. Cleare | Defense lawers Miami and Tom Watkins of Key, West clashed with County. Solici- tor Allgn B. Cleare today at the} etrial of Frank, Fraga before’ Criminal Court Judge Thomas} aro, Defense lawyers claimed that they had to get Circuit. Court fudge Aquilino Lopez to issue a yrit of habeas corpus to enable, awyers to visit Fraga who w ailed on February 17 on investi- ation and arrested on February Solicitor Cleare and Chief Jeputy Sheriff Frank Webber vho was on the stand this morn- ng said that no writ of habeas} orpus had been issued and that’ awyers were free to visit Fraga vhile he was in Monroe cvunty ail at any time Webber said that Enrique Es- uinaldo had first visited Fraga. Nhen Fraga’s family told Webber hat they wanted Attorney Tom NVatkins to be permitted to sec} aga, that lawyer also visited | iim, he said Today Froga had both Watkins; ind Pine as counsel for the re- rial Fraga is being tried a seeond ime on the charge of grand ‘lar- eny in the alleged robbery of; 00 in bonds and cash from ‘the savage of Albino Morales, 309 Louisa street Albert J. Mills testified this norning that he and William R. Warren, Jr., spotted the safe on he north side of Cudjoc Key, the latter part of Febr uination they d bonds and legal papers were fall- out of the bottom of the safe. They immediately notified Web- yer, who took the safe and its contents in custody, Cancelled checks with the name} of Morales and bonds identified he safe as his Two tors also testified in the “raga case this morni One, Avthur Warner, USN, said that he had given two sport jackets, a pair of pants and a T-shirt to (Continuea Un Page Five) * Fred Pine of|* j land, Jurors Here This Morning Jurors For Fraga Case Selected Six ‘jurors were selécted in Criminal Court this morning for the retrial 5f Frank Fraga, charg- ed. with grand’ larceny of Albino Morales’ safe’ with $6300 in bonds and. cash. The last jury could not agree on Fraga’sguilt.or innocence sev- eral. wecks ago. This.jury, drawn today will nt ay. Fraga’s case as well as two othexs temoryow and Wednesday. The following men were select- »}cd for jury duty: Harry F. Knight, James R. De- Crawford W. McCraw, Harry Shaw, Charles S. Taylor and Walter A. Vinson, Jr. iMacArthur Visits Chicago Thursday NEW esl April 21.—().— Paper work will occupy General Douglas MacArthur today. But his wife and son are going to the! circus. The general has remained in on in his suite in the Waldorf Astoria hotel since his mammoth New York City .wel- come, on Friday. Mis, aide, Major General Court ney Whitney, said the general vas busy over the weekend doing “paper work.” The ousted five- star general is said to have re- ceived 15,000 congratulatory tele- grams. MacArthur cv Thursday will visit Chicago and the great mid- preparing a rousing reception. The general’s plane is scheduled to land about noon on Thursday at Midway airport, where an official mmittec of about 290 prominent citizens will offer first greetings. Chieago’s huge Soldier Ficld kas been reserved for a mass civic welcome Thursday evening, following ‘a gala parade. MacArthur plans to go to .Mil- vaukee ‘by auto on Friday, for added celebrations, and an honor- ary degree at Marquette Univer- sity.) With warmer weathér just Kills Mice LET US Grease. Spray or) Change Your Oil) WARMER WEATHER around the corner, now is the time to bring annoyirig and disease-carrying insects under “*“PRULT-ODOR SPRAY KILLS BUGS DO-AWAY RAT AND MOUSE BAIT and Rats BOTH PRODUCTS GUARANTEEED Southernmost City Pharmacy, Inc. ‘finance their 16-day trip , from Chicago to y West. hey did it. this way. The Spielmans cat,. sleep, and even bathe in their smart Ford. sta tion wagon Asters y they ate their first} }. bite of food that was not cooked |on their portable gasoline’stove. It was Key Lime pie. T couldn't resist. sampling ‘the mous pastry. Otherwise they have had station-wagon cooked meals all through Ilinois, Tennes Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, iClos | } -son 'the mach: lins holds “MYRT AND * On US. MORT” 1, Is | By SUSAN McAVOY | It takes money to save money. Myrt and Mort Spiclman, well- to-do tourists have not had to cash a single traveler's check to] Alabama and Florida Nor have they spent a single night in a motel or hotel. And what’s more they don’t plan to. They moved a fine double inner- spring mattress right out of their Chicago home into the back of! the station wagon, They cut wooden legs to prop it up so that the bed is flush with the windows: of the wagon giving plenty of through ventilation, They even have a canvas water bag which they can sling on the ide of the car and sponge bathe from—when they don’t want to ) into a tourist camp for show Myrt and Mort/as they prefer to be@ called are blooming and rosy from their. trip»down. f,to free the youngster as Sts® s pead SAVE | baseball. Shave For Te ot (P) Wirephoto | LITTLE GEORGE MURPHY, 2, found to his sorrow that this big buzz saw at Wichita Falis, ‘Fex., was not a proper Place to play. He was caught in the structure of the saw for 45 minutes beiore he was released unharmed, Asst. Fire Chief Jim Juliu- aad.Chief: Thurston. Harvick dove. WHILE * Tourist’s TRAVELLING * Coal RAAAAAASARAAAAAAARAASAAASABAAARARRABRD just stopped working on April 5 and we took off.” The couple, married six years, share a love Of traveling, and They own part of the St. Louis Browns. Myrt is delighted at Key West's cactus. “I'm a ‘¢actophile—in fact Mort and I are heading for the Cactus. (Continued On Page Seven) i Another Extension Granted City Here The City of Key West will con- tinue to dump garbage on Dredg- ers’ Key for another week, Com: mander Conrad E. Grohs, Naval Station Public Works Officer an- nounced today. Cdr. Grohs re- ceived a request from City. Man- ager Dave King for a second ex- tension beyond the April 15 dead- linc when dumping was schedul- to have stopped at Dredgers’ King wrote that the road to the city’s new dump had not been completed but that it would be before April 30, ‘The Navy notified the city some. time agg that it was planned to turn Dredgers’ Key over to the builders on April 15, for’ con- (Continued Loa Page Eight: See ee The Lowest Priced Car in America With Lowest Payment The “HENRY J.” K. W. MOTOR CO. 507 Greene Street Phone 271 Phone 1361-R 1110 Grinnell St. LIVE - DRESSED or CUT-UP Free Delivery | Killed While You Wait DOLE POULTRY --.. Senator Baynard Says Gangsters Just About Control Legislature —% Blistering Attack Levelled Against William Johnson, Warren Contributor TALLAHASSEE, April 23.— (®).—William H, Johnston, a big contributor to Governor Warren's campaign, today came under one of the most blistering attacks ever leveled on the Senate floor. The attacks came from Senators Shands of Gainesville, Baynard of $t, Petersburg and Gautier of Mi- ami as. they sought to. retrieve a bill from a committee which would..have limited track owner- ship in Florida, Johnston controls four dog } tracks. The bili. would permit him j to control no more than two. Johnson has admitted he $100,000 of his own money that of relatives and : into the 1948 campaign to Governor Warren. The U. S. nate’s Kefauver committee ¢; Johnston an “associate of Capone mobsters.” Governor Warren call- put ed him a “loyal friend”. and a “courteous, considerate gentic- man.” Senator Shands said the - pur- pose of the bill was to break up a racing combine that reached from Sportsmen's Park in Chi- cago to the lower Florida East Coast and up the West Coast. The Gainesville Senator urged the Senators to “stand up and be count Senator Baynard of St. Peters- burg said Johnson admitted asso- Sciating with known gangsters { such as Guzick, McCullough, the Bennetts, ‘and. the. Pattons.” He nse ‘people who are controlling racing» in. “Florida, They are not making that contri-_ bution, beause they are interested, OV OR EE OT OE EOE eH OU CS, | in good government. Key West’ To Calais, Maine, “They aré making that contri. bution so they can, control legis- lature. And they have done a pretty good job. They have just about controlled it ever since I have been here.” RC ‘Clean-Up’ Day Set For Sahosdog “Clean-Up” Day We relax,” said Myrt, a plump,| Red Cross jefficient woman with tanned, Will take place this’ Saturday face and turned up nose, “Mort, from 9 @. m, on, it’ was announe- ed by Jeff Knight, chairman. and Hugh Duggan, ¢o-chaitniar ‘of the drive. Red Cross. volunteers -will’ go anywhere to pick up coptribytigns: no, matter how small on-theedast on of the drive, it was said?" zens can bring their contri: al yns to campaign .headquat- ters at 301% Front street Tf lack. cars, they . should call 28 and volunteers will come to their’ + homes or. places. of business for the contributions. Knight said that $1,000°is still (Continued On Page Eighty 'CG Investi Tanker Dieashee MOBILE, = April + 23-=(4).-A full-dress Coast Guard invebti- gation of the Standard. Oil-tanker disaster. starts here today. Sworn statements have been. taken. from. survivors of the Gulf. of Mexico crash, One thing the Coast Guard, wants to find ‘out is whether . radar equipment . was in. opera- tion when the two ships collided last Friday in a dense fog, Thirty- nine persons are believed to-have died in the disagter.;.< 1 (2 et Sp i A Ria inn aie ei hag righ gh Sag Bers if H) 4 { ‘ARLEN PRI WSS op eS REIT ARTE PORE