The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1951, Page 1

Key West, Florida. has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER | Che Kev West Citis IN THE UUSa A. VOL. LXXII. No. 100 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1951. BODY 25 IS TAGGED AS NAVY SALVAGES PLANE VICTIMS Reporter Witnesses Work Of Navy Diving Crew Aboard Barge Marianne Anchored At Scene Of Crash Disaster By SUSAN MCAVOY I have just ridden back with the 25th body from among the 39 passengers who were killed in yesterday's) crash. It was just grappled from the sea by the Navy. It is now 11:45 a.m. Yesterday that 25th body—a} male-—was sitting in his plane seat, perhaps looking at the turquoise water of Key West. Today just at that same time his body—what’s left of it— is wrapped in tarpaulin. The Coast Guard picket boat brought it to the Navy dock. The Senior Medical Officer uncovered it and tagged it No. 25. The ambul- ance took it to the Naval Hospital. Navy men have been*¥ working from the barge Marianne since 1 yesterday afternoon. This morning I spent two hours on the Marianne which is anchored directly over the crashed four en- gine plane. ‘ When I left the Mari- anne via the Coast Guard boat at 11 this moring with the 25th body, the 19 divers : | were still at work. They brought bodies while I deck. Every time tne divers tied a cable around part of the plane, it seemed to loosen a body down in the 28 feet of water. The 14 man crew of the e¢_ shouted: and aside—something’s com- ing up.” Lt. W. R. Cole, salvage officer in charge of operations “Lady I don’t think you want to see this. While the crarie hauled up the headless torso of a woman I stadied the tangled mass of alum- inum—that part of the four en- gine plane that has been re- covered so far. My eyes fell on a book—sod- den but legible. It said: “The New Testament for Life Boats and Rafts. "If you have occasion to use this book please let us knew.” —American Bible Society. Not a single soul dying his sudden death yesterday at high noon had occasion to look at four on up stood Ma- the New ,Testement. They all died. instantly. Divers on the barge agreed that the plane nosedived “The pl is all in a heap down there,” one diver said. He| was clad in the long underwear the divers wear | Two divers go over at a time They will be plu i the (Continued on 1 2c) Truman Cheered By Show Audience TON, April 26.—(4.; d Mrs. Truman at tended a premicre showing’ of the movic ighting Coast ard” at a local theater last ni In his recent opening of the ball season, Pr was’ booed. Bu WASHIN Presiden it appearance at the ashington base ident Truman | last night there | was, only app! as the chief executive and his party the the and when they left Special for Tomorrow ONLY 1941 Nash Fordor ‘$139.00 This is @ steal in transportation Then use it for a Tiuy it now! on—a good down payment later post+ O.P.S. Ceiling $435.00 OUR PRICE FOR FRIDAY ONLY MONROE MOTORS INC. SALES ES3D SERVICE WHITE ST. PHONE entered |= ‘Georg ge 3 Rell’ Boat First On a! y Crash Scene WRIST WATCH ON CIVILIAN PILOT HAD STOPPED AT 12:17 “We were at the Gulf dock when my_ brother shouted for us to look up. We looked up and saw two a | PEs by Reds | | | | (PY Wirephoto A BRITISH .NEWS. AGENCY (Reuters) report from Prague today says Associated Press Chief of Bureau William Oatis has been arrested in the Czech capital. The report says the A.P. man has been charged with activities hostile to the Czech state. Oatis has been missing from the A.P, office in Prague sContinued On Page Six) since early this week. Citizen Reporter Watches Salvage Werk With Pair Of Powerful. Binocular By DOROTHY RAYMER Ss init Scores of spe on tne beaches here until sundown last night to watch the salvage work of a navy crew aboard a barge with a boom crane at the spot where the | Havana-bound DC-4 transport of Compan: Cuban de Avagign dived into.the sea late yesterday morning. Coach Winston Jones, “high school athletic director, brought a pair of binoculars to the Sun and Sand Beach Club and shared ikem with this reporter. The glass- es > Carl Zeiss make, one of the most powerful produced in Germany, and permitted detailed servation of salvage work three- quarters of a mile off shore. we watched, the crane hook hat looked like a ed until it swung of sca w into the sunlight, and was reveal da la motor, Between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., two-more engines with pieces of _ metal cowling were hauled out of the nd piled on the barge deck near the prow To the stern of the c,' three mall raft were ¢ din ie ther wreck Some o. it was evidently clothing, 1 se and plane seats, but so water-log ued and crushed together that positive identificat was, im, possible Once, the crew at the stern de posited what seemed to be twist ed remains of the plane crash vic tims and deposited carefully — it acklike receptacle Finally a diver in a bulky suit and helmet came up over the sid¢ of the deck, | elf up i \contunued ©; rights Palace Theater Whip’ Wilson and Andy Clyde in|,” “Abilene Trail” “Business Men” Special Luncheon | DAILY | La CONCHA COFFEE SHOP | Lions Club Will Donate Over $1,000 ce . To Civie Projects The Lions club board of di- rectors met last night to discuss the disbursement of funds to be netted from it’s minstreal show, which will be held on May 11, 12. The dirctors agreed unanimously that there was immediate and} urgent need these funds. Every cent earned from the show to be turned over to the follow- for worth while community pro- jects: 60% fund 15% County hospital x-ray Youth athletic program. It is expected that over $1,000 will be raised from the show s are prograssing yery Ality of the talent or the show is exceeding every *xpectation aid Jack C the irector vacked for every rehearsal night. } Only 2 shows wil be put on at he high school auditorium. It is xpected that the 1000 available ickets will not began to fill the ‘emand once the word gets round about how good the show vill be. how, Every onc, likes good but a minstreal with good alent beats them all ickets go on sale immediately it cach of the following: Mike Varren’s newsstand at the Fed- ral building, Joe Allen’s, Trop Trader, Suny Isle luncheon. tte, and limited quantities from iny member of Lions Club. EXPERIENCED OFFICE HELP FEMALE Good Working Conditions— General Routine—Apply In Person to MR. VINAL, GEN. MGR., NAVARRO, INC. The Lions den has been} | 601 Duval Street President Truman Thanks Bill Gibb ror His Approval Joseph Short. secretary to President Truman, has sent the following letter to Bill Gibb. circulation manager and columnist on the Key West Citizen: THE WHITE HOUSE Washington April 23, 1951 Dear Bill: The President has asked me to thank you for your fine column, “This Rock Of Ours.” which expressed your ap- proval of his relief of Gen- eral MacArthur from com- mand. Sincerely yours, JOSEPH SHORT. Secretary to the President. = Communist Czechs Admit Seizure Cf AP Newspaperman PRAGUE, April 26.—(A, Communist Czechoslovakia ad- mitted todav that it has ed an American newsman, Associat- ed Press Correspondent William Oatis, here. Oatis disappeared Monday. Ha was the fifth employe of the AP in Prague to vanish in three weeks Oatis had been complaining that he had been shadowed. by Communist secret police. The American embassy suspected that | Oatis had been arrested. It de- manded information. But today American embassy counsellor Tyler Thompson said the Czechs had replied. They said they had arrested Oatis on ctivities hostile hering and send. ing out information the C as consider secret, and spreading malicious information. There are indications. that he other AP employes who vanish- ed, all Czechs, may turn up as witnesses st him at his trial. Former Key Wester Named District Counsel Of OPS Joseph M. Whitson, Fort Pierce attorney, has been named district counsel of the Jacksonville office oft price stabilization, A. Reid Mann, district director, announcec today. Whitson was first connected with the economic stabilization agency in Washington as a con- Itant and held that post until te in January when he was sen: to J sonville as acting district enforcement director A resident of Fort Pierce, Whit son plans to move his family, wife and two children, to Jacksonville within the near future. He is a na tive of Talladega, Ala., and w: educated in the public schools of ‘Continueu Un Tage Six? County Offices Closed Today Monroe County Courthouse of “s were closed today in honor nfederate Memorial Day. 1¢ Florida National Bank was also closed. City Hall remained open MacARTHUR IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 26.—(4”).— General MacArthur has reached Chicago for a big welcome. His plane was guided through an 1,100 foot overcast by radio for the landing at Midway air- port, No Reserved Seats FIRST COME—FIRST SERVED Lions’ Minsirel ONLY 2 SHOWS May 11 and 12 TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE at Federal Bldg. Newsstand, Joe Allen's, Tropical Trader, Sunny Isle Luncheonette and All Lions oe eee | Bomb Manchuria U.S. ARMY MEDICS CARRY A WOUNDED COUDIER on a streicher from a helicopter (right) which evacuated him from the front lines in Korea. Fat From Two-Plane Cras | Wounded Evacuated From Front Lines In Korea ii) current spring offensive of the Reds. New L andied Diet. Plan For Handling Alleged Violation Has Been Announced B y Rent Officia!s Tangible Tax Deadline May 10 " t payment of | , Final deadline for tangible personal property taxes s May 10, said Monroe County Tax Collector Wilson today. Wilson said that if taxes on tock and merchandise, furnitur and fixtures are not paid by ther warrants of levy issued by thd ax collector will be turned over to the Deputy Sheriff who will sxecute tne warrants and all ad ditional costs of sheriff's service! Howard will have to. be borne by the ardy taxpayer. Tangible personal ‘ property, axes ate payable all who en- age in busine: in the county, Chese taxes be me delinque ent | on April’ 1. Notices were sent to t October. pict i | Americans May taxpayers 1 LAKE SUC ().—An an, spokest ‘ays Manchurian bases — will bombed, if the enemy steps up his S, April Other nations with troops in Ko rea have been informed of the American view. There has been no objection, although no forma! ag been reached in view is that there is ample authority to bomb in Manchuria’ in the old. ULN; di+ ective for ve-establishment | of security in Korea. Summer Rates In Effect Overseas Hotel 917 FLEMING STREET COCKTAIL LOUNGE Week, Double, from $10.06 TICKET OFFICE “ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS Two For One In ‘51 KAISER t cause landlords ‘plan for IT NOW K. W. Motor Co, 507 Greene Street Phone 271 —————-® Expect. New Policy To G Pre Phy teacher te ice of prompt, home is being furthered by tution, in the Key West a Rent Office, of a new Land- ‘d-Tenant Conference Plan id handling alleged violations, A Rent Director, Freeman'l. Knig wht said today. Director Knight feels that both +} and the House Bill lating to roads, should b pl landlords and tenapt pleased with new that the streamlined procedure will be a boon to his: office be and tenants, w generally brought toecther, mn the facts. Under we new: str settling the majority of rent disputes arising oyt of possi bie violations of the rent kaw, the vdiord and the tenant will be wt togethe at an informal miined conference with a staff member of the local rent office acting i | media The aim of such con ferences will be to bring out the facts and to establish a basis for { prompt, friendly and equitable ciller t Former] andled bt ind se such separate disputes conf were rences with ‘correspondeni and the with tenant “Experience the joint indlord-tenant “renee plan n other localities, a Rent Di- ector Knight state shown tion can pe at a sol aes © both num of delay, ved tape york. In ong single a mini nd papel egitimate —adjustme nade quickly and here necessary, assess iolaic Mr. Knight, Arca Rent Director, aid that the landlord-tenant con ference plan had been fully dis: ussed with thé rent Advisory Board, and that the — first com (Continued On ae Fou La Concha Hotel Summer Rates FROM $10.50 Week, Single $17.50 Week, Double Complete Hotel Service Lo | SRNR REC SSNS MONET This soldier was wounded Tuesday in the Charge Policemen ‘| Monroe Work Team Of 19 Divers Bring | ‘ Up Bodies And Debris The bodies of 36 victims of yesterday's midair colli- sion between a four-moior- ed Compania Cubana de Aviacion airplane and a Navy SNB-5 trainer had been recovered at the time | The Citizen went to press. Forty-three persons lost thir lives when the two planes struck in the air off .the southern point of Key ‘West about 11:45 yesterday morning. Both aircraft crashed into the sea and no survivors were found. The wreckage of the Navy plane was locatec Wircptioto via Radio from Tokyo|this morning by The Big Wheel and smaller craft and efforts were mace throughout the day to rai it. Meanwhile, three investi- 4 gations of the disaster were 3 junder way. A Navy Court lot Inquiry, headed by Cap- {tain Robert Quackenbush, 2 met this morning and after- noon. Shortly, before noon. Nine Local Bills Passed By House TALLAHASSEE, April 26. ~——().—The House passed nine bills relating to Monroe | ‘county officials salazies,, and cour: ‘ava! ey en i today, ai : ue ey poihe y iy relat pesca to the Paaigh Bi etn ng taken and county Criminal judge's sal- |examined for identifica- ary, county solicitor’s salary ~ and criminal court clerk's sal- ary were passed. The House also passed bills 416 and 436, relating to civil service; House Monroe county buildi mits; 565 on candidates; 572 on Monroe county hospital 312 re- tion. Identification by families of the personal effects of the 29 civilian victims of yesterday's plane digsien will take place at the Monroe county, ‘covrt- house. second floor, © this: ip Ree at 2 pm, The announcement was, mac by Corone? Roy Hamlin in charge of identification ‘at the: victims, All bodies «aro..ba- ing taken to local fyneral homes. Hamlin urged families of the victims to bring with them identification to show their re- lationship to the dead, Herbert Shebat, chief of Répiant é Two of the Bureau of Safety in- vestigation of the ,Civit Agronan- With Violation Of Civil Rights Here tics Board arrived here at mid- Key West Policemen W. 1.) 7 ae James and Richard Brodhead pe i A pe rcgeoe a are w od of viokati investigation of the era Wi re vecused of violating the civil came three Civil Atro ‘rights of Alton M. Parker, white, Jon August 15, 1950, im a docw- ment filed by the United States, © listrict court, Miami, | Since the alleged civil rights violation occurred) in Monroe the case will be tried in. : Authority men and two other CAB officials. Gerdun' Mathews, assistant chief of ivvestigauinns “OEY tie (Continued on eae nee) ti county, om Fis May 2 Is Deadli Parker alleges. that he was ayo s ah fA beaten by the two lucal law en- forcement officers, To Open Bids For For Local Bills - TALLAHASSEE, © Aprib 26: (#).-The deadline for adverti: ing local or special legislation to. be introduced in the Florida le- gislature is May 2nd, but that | deaddine isn’t tog safe because it would mean the bill would have to be introduced the last day ef the session. * The state constitution provid: that such legislation, largely fecting counties and cities, pie be advertised 30 days before in- troduction. And the present ses- sion, ends June Ast, 4 TALLAHASS “prit 26, (?).—-The State Road Department will receive bids in Jacksonville May 10th for building 105 miles of roads and bridges in 20 Florida} counties. The projects cover work in the ollowing counties: Collier, Dixie, Dade, Clay, Tay- lor, Polk, Brevard, Pinellas, Ala- ‘hua, Paim Beach, Gulf, Holmes, Washington, Monroc, Okeechobee, Volusia, Herngndo, Lee, Martin ind St. Lucie. {