The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1951, Page 1

PoE AEE _ Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the. fange of only 14* Fahrenheit The Associated Press Teletype Feutuxes and Photo Services For 71 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ~—Che Ken West Citi . ‘ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER No. 104 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1951. 1N THE VOL, LXXII. Local National Guard Battery (°° "°°" A’ Enters Federal Services: Leave For Camp This Sunday Majority Of Key West Unii Composed Of World War II Vets Battery “A” of 712th AAA Gun Battalion (90MM), Florida National Guard, today entered federal service. Active duty in the United States Army started promptly at 9 a.m. To Stop Gamblers Thieves Steal $278.03 From Harris School Harris Elementary schrol’s sefe was robbed of $185.03 in cesh and $93 in checks last night. Entrance was made through Five Drastic Laws Proposed To End Reign Of Gangster Hoodlum; WASHINGTON, May 1.—(AP).— Senate crime it vestigators said today U.S. Ambassador Willian O'Dwyer contributed to the growth of crime in N York City. And the lawmakers described underworld kingpin Frank Costelio.as a power in Democratic politics O'Dwyer was mayor of New York city from 1946 until last fall. President Truman then named him am- * Neat Belts Cut Plane Crash Bodies In Half a on | } H D 7 = ie P Orvi Only One Body 2n office window, and. the ee) L. oes germs oy “ Laggan ae Was ( casas pag oenieeial the) edie, | Das saGor to Mexico. From 1940 to 1942, O'Dwyer serv wart, Hinesville, Georgia. Others in the group were Sgt. All. Others Were They took the cesh and ed-as “apart of Kings ee Shelby Roberts, Cpl. Charles W. Patterson, Cpl. Sergic 2 : meney from a tin box inside And in its report to the senate to lay, the crime in- , Cpl. ; ' , Only Half Bodies the safe, vestigating committce referred specifically to O’Dwyer’s L. Milian, Cpl. Albedt L. Key, Cpl. Ronald J. Stack. “These men will set up*—————— camp, prépare quarters, mess hall, for the balance of the Battery due to arrive May 8. The latter group will afrive in ten trucks, ‘and nine private cars. ' This large group is leaving Key West at 8 am. Sunday, May 6. ; ‘Officers of the battery are: dst: Lt. Clyde Stickney, L com- nding officer, is tLt. Mario P. Napoles, Jr., executive officer. 2nd Lt. Ervin L. officer. Warrant Officer Junior Grade George E. Fitch, unit administra- tor. Robert J. Saunders Sergeant. All men called to duty in de- fense of their country will be given wmilitary leaves of absence. Awaiting the serviceman will be the same job they left or ones 0! equivalent grade. ‘ ‘The leeal battery was recently highly prec by Lt. Colonel Henry H. jor, Jr Their battal- ion commanding officer said: ‘Battery A is one of the out- standing batteries in the history of Key West.” The local men Will spend Sun- day night in Miami—Monday night in Daytona and Tuesday in| Camp Stewart. Most of all the former National | Guardsmen were employed in this | city. Fitch was an electronics ‘engi- neer with the Sixth Naval Dis- trict and was attached to the Na- val Base here; Stickney was in the post office department; Na- poles a naval station transporta- tion clerk; Saunders was employ- er at the naval station also. Though the battery is not (Continued On Page Four) | Robert Vi ogeler Arrives Home NEW YOu, may 1.—t4.- Robert. Vogeler came home to day. He reached here by plane three days after his release from a prison m-Communist Hungary. The Ameriéan_ busine: had been sentenced to 3 on charges of espionage. He was re- leased afte: ving 17 months of the sentence. Vogel and his family reached} Idlewild airport from London at 1020 EDT. Crowds of newsmen and photographers were waiting for them. Vogeler has warned that what happened to him in Hungary is just part of a Communist plan to destroy democracy. He was in. a highly nervous condition when he got out of the hands of the Com raunists. Barco, range is First JACK and JILL JOYLAND An Outdoor Nursery- Kindergarten for Children 3-6 Will Remain Open Weekdays, 9 to 12 through the Sumnic- Cool. Shady Lawn and Porch eStory-Telling—Reading Readiness Activities eCreative Arts—Clay. Fingerpaints, Puzzles eLimited Enrollment Transportation Available Mrs. Rosé Frank, Experienced Graduate Teacher, In Charge Reservations Now Being Accepted .| Caxolina at the.time, said he was Inquest into the deaths of the 39 persons killed in th crash here last Wednesday con- tinued today at the Monroe Coun- ty courthouse. Ira Albury, justice of the peace and coroner for district one is in charge. State attorney J. Lancelot Lester and two _ investigators heard the testimony of eight wit- $ rday from 2 to 4 p.m. Shrimpers Aceuse CG In : Death On Ship Declare Cutter Was Sent 23 Hours After Mishap; Senator Rivers Called In Case Clark of CAB and E. C. Water- man for the CAA. Comdr. Rexal Goodman, MD, formally established the known manner of death by acident of all the plane victims. Eye witness Mrs, The Coast Gward wa; accused, thews, a hou 5 of negligence in a statement tW0 Planes hit in midair and then made today at the A. and B. docks’ pel aa EAM: Huston’ ACS, by Owner A..A. Stanland and NAS, told of picking up bodies at Capt. William Wells of the the scene of the erash. Trawler Rose May, in the death Most vivid description of the of Shrimper Julian Gilyard on| wreckage was given by James A Saturday night at sea. Atkinson, BM of the USS Howard According to Stanland, Sena- : W. Gilmore, who served as tor L. M. Rivers of South Caro-| “iver an recovery work. lina had to’ be called-in-Washing-/ He said, ‘The wreckage of the ton, D- €., to get help -to the |Panc was. strewn around the tot dying wan. Stantade in South of unk manips Beagle | He also testified thot the plano in. Key was so demolished that it was jimpossible to tell whether it hac landed right side up or not. Ques- tioned as to whether divors had tc contacted by. his son West on Saturday at 2 a.m. and told that aid. -had not yet been’ BULLETIN: COAST GUARD ANSWERS CHARGE Lt. Clem Pearson, . com. manding officer of the Coast Guard in this area, today is- sued the following statement: "It is not the policy of the Coast Guard to land a pane on the open sea for removal of injured persons except as a last resort, This is to say that when it is possible and recommended by the senior medical officer the injured Person is removed at the nearest port. “In this case, the Senior Medical Officer of the United States Public Health Service was in receipt of all,informa- tion available. He repeatedly recommended that the in- jured man may he taken into the port of Progresso. “When the .captain of the :trawler stated ‘that ‘he had no money-to pay a doctér and (Continned On Page Five) “Florida” Cancels Havana Voyage sengers, Atkinson said, “We didn’t have to unbuck!e any of them. Some were still in side the plane under the wreck jade. We had to move it to gct jthem. Some were clothed and some were stripped.” Grim evidence that the belts in every but one ha severed the bodies, either at the legs or in the midscctions, wa presented by Charles P. Long BM, skipper of an AVR 88 res cue craft. He «nd his crew picked up seven victims found floating in’ the water about 15 minute: after the piane plunge. “Onty one body was complcte, he, said. “The others ‘were onl) half bodies.” : James R. Hutcheraft, FM, , and, Joseph . Farto, ‘ambulance driyer..also repeated this’ evid- ence. : Pictures publication ,also indicate the fact that the impact of the crash threw only.the plane's steward free: The rest of the crew and the seatec passengers were mangled. Last witness of the session lat: yesterday afternoon was Roy Hamlin, coroner of the second j district Hamlin said not for the identification MIAMI, May 1. — (@). — The} process had taken nearly six days Steamship “Florida” cancelled a | in all from April 25, day of th: voyage to Havana las Z »- | tragedy, until late Wonday morn cause of a dock strike in the «Continued On Page Four) 00 passengers | tip,| AGAIN THIS TIME—IT’S the See It at K. W. Motor Co. Phone 271 rmed_ re- | general | | 507 Greene Si. $ M strike in H. Fine Fishing Tackle. Thompson Enterprises, Inc.| HARDWARE DIVISION Phone 886 Phone 886 Low. Gost Air Coach via SCHEDULED AIRLINES. _,, 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 5) CROSLEY Twins Motor Co. Palace Theater Gloria Henry-Stanley Clements in PHONE 1413-XW 1108 MARGARET STREET “RACING LUCK” i Duval St. Tel. 1870) airliner | igators are George R.| unbucklé any of the ill-fated prs | si HUDSON FOR 51) U.S. Marine Corps Photo via’ Wirephot A MARINE DUCKS FLYING RUBBLE but keeps his rifle ~eady as explosives blow up an enemy bunker on the central Korean front. Marines pianted blast charges around the bunker and then tossed grenades at it. Gn Monday the Marines abandoned Chun- chon in this area and retreated southward ahead of massive Com- munist forces. Lelanette Roberts Murdered, Jury Reports; Clothing Was ‘Removed Prior To Killing Dr. Carbonell Postively Identifies Teeth In Skull As Those Of Key West Girl Evidence by ac vorce ap including pict yeosierday, that Lelanette Roberts, pretty di death by. foul play at the hand or hends o of the skeleton, brought a verdic rs jury ‘came to ‘son o nknown to the jury” The inquest wa: he Setond “district. First witne office of Roy Hamlin, corner of the $s was Dri-Fred Carbonell, whe (har ccntal work for Miss J. Lancelot Lest identi- Rober’ Under questioning ,b: el fied the tecth a a coroner's fury ne Says Nicho!s witness wa bulance crix identified a ring 3 the ‘one ontitied 4 ne aos cne| Not Murdered t arm bor 4. testified a Companion Of Former skeleton when | | United States Marshal Remains Missing not on the re Feteral eton Indicaion ,t-on data on osition of tt C 1 v sought: to establish thc hing was found ne Les! act that the spot, bu Pictures Show Bureau of Inve laundr: markings rom meny Of sent to Roy Hamlin, coroner of $ the bedy |”. tod ;,, the second district, proved to be Es diveet help at the inquest ith his sleached bi shots afternoon in the y J. Nichols \ of oniirmed the fact that shreds ol | Fairbanks, Alaska. garment were found draped on | f limb of a tree arched cver the} 4 former United States mar- emains, He also said he noticed } shal, Nichols was staying at, a 1 track made by.a. wide base! motel on Simonton strect when wheel which “bad been driver | ‘ound unconscious, The coroner’: icross the midsection, of the skel- | jury decided there was no indica ‘ten. 4 ion of murder in the circum Further statements revealed | :tances of his death. Nichols suf- that a telephone cable had been} ‘ered a cerebral hemorroge and aid on the range Jong after the} ied in the Monroe County hos- isappearance of Miss Robert | vital. two ye t is probably that] Pictures of a former friend of he telepho: company truck | 5tanley’s were sent to Hamlin by nade the tracks, but that the] he dead man’s widow, but wit river bad not seen the skeleton | ves stated that none of the which~ was, hidden in high gras | napshots were those of Stanle md weeds. ‘travelling comp: m seen with A pair of WN. lim in Key West wings in the form of Traveler's checks cashed here ound at the sce nd elsewhe nore Stanley's own GAS Clace 4 ignature, a fact confirmed bs of t M omparison of handwriting sam- Roberts Hancock and Mis: | le tobe:ts’ aunt, r Mrs. Beatrice Scribner, whe cashed $200 for Stanlcy alter he vad bought tickets for a Havana our, described his companion as 1 slight, quiet man but dg his | | who were. cu Coroier hince’ m | ugpii’s office, would c give appear- each 10 other details of ance, lai Ril Ad Te Bk SAR CORAL-ISLE- TRAILER PARK | | Stock’ Ruland—+u's."No. 1 |" MAY Day scceew.| DANCE AND Arthur Hollerich t || Elks Auditorium | t i Summer Rates In Effect | Overseas Hotel Fridey, May 4¢h. \ 9 P.M. till 1 A.M. ,.| the wreckage this afternoon or The robers are thought to have left the building by way of the library room and audi- torium. E. Hernandez of the Key West police force investigat- ed for the department. George T. Culmer, janitor at the school. had reported the robbery after finding the safe out in the hallway. wide open. : SS.) ES Flyer G Died On Key West Dock Bos’n Mate Smith Jumped Into Water | To Bring Radioman To Side Of Dock A Navy court of inquiry, pros! dared today to view ‘the wrenk-} Seid ie sports ie of the DC sirliner and SNB ‘vainer that ediided ‘last Weanes-| jay. killing 43 nersons. F Civil, Aecronsuties’ Board ex= perts have been at work for sev+ oral’ days on the twisted, metal that has been brought, to:! the urface by navy divers, It has Seen laid out in exhibit form and the experts will try to. determine what parts of the two craft came rte contact. Phe court of inquity, headed hv Captain Robert Quackenbush, Commanding Officer at Boca Chica, was scheduled to. Jook at tomorrow, and to hear CAB tes- timony: Meznwhile, four sels continued to search a wide area off the Navy mole for the remaining wreckage of the na- vy plane as well as the bodies of the two, students aboard the ill-fated SNB. Divers, from the Petrel, Mari- anne, and. two ‘smaller craft con- tinued to seareh the bottom, and current tests were being made to find in what: direction wreckage ow the bodies might have drifted. During ‘this’ ‘morning’s session of the Court of Inquiry, Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Berry introduced the training procedure ‘syllabus, as naval ves- | well as CAA regulations, into the records. Another witness, William Smits, Bosn’s Mate Third Class, told how he had jumped into, the water and brought the bo- dy of radioman Gasser to the side of the beat, Gasser. still wore dungarees, a Mae West life jacket, and parachute harness. Smith said Le applied artificial s ion -yntil a ; doctor came aboard afid took over. It has been reported that “Gasser was_ alive it the “time: the Sboat~a, YTL— got back lo the dock, - re ~ Special. Far. Tomorrow- Only: 947 Ehryster. Findaes Consent $995.00 cannot understand’ why Warren did not order a public inquiiy of tenure as mayor and as district attorney. The hard-hit- ting report said this: :.“Neither he nor his appointees took any effective action against the top echelons of the gambling, nar- sotics, water-front, murder or bookmaking rackets. In faet: his (O’Dwyer’s) actions impeded promising inves- tigations of such rackets.” ‘ The Senate crime probers said also that O'Dwyer had named to high public office friends of Costello and also of Joe Adonis, another big-tims racketeer and gambler. The eommittee report dealt at, length with Costello’ political manipulations, and then summed up in these words: “It is apparent that despite Costello's protestatic his influence is still strong in the councils of the Democratic party organization in New York.” > ‘The senators devoted about 35 pages of their 195-page. report ‘o their investigations in New York City. Upwards of 20 million yersons. watched O'Dwyer, Costello and others testify since th» New. York hearings were televised. The chairman of the Senate group, Democrat Eites Kefauver of Terinessec, and his colleagues worked until late into the nigh on their report. It.was rushed to ‘the governiment. printing office pages ata time so it.could be released at noon today. In addition. to its strong language regarding the many wit- nesst who appeared before the committee, the’ report: also urgc Congress to pass a batch of: anti-erime laws: The committee sug- gests ‘Congress aims its legal weapons principally. at, gambling oThe cémmnittes. ‘called. alsb: Tor ine:-ta penalties to. trip .up gangsters. ‘ The senator commended the In- ternal Revenue Bureau, for taking a. <tep. in. this direction by setting nister tip a special fraud squad. 4 WS Senator’ Kefauver's group al-o recommended’ legislation Which would. do’ these ‘things: “oh FIRST—Otitlaw - transmission across ‘state lings ‘of information | for illegal gambling. ; SECOND-Prohibit income tax deductions for illegal gambling losses.or expenses. nites THIRD—Deny use of the mails or other interstate communica- tions to make or pay. off bets. ‘ Pa FOURTH—Ban the interstate -shipment of punchboard: lette whee’; and other gaming devices. FIFTH—Require gambling casinos to keep detailed records of money won and lost. ‘ The senators declared they found interstate criminal gangs to | be entrenched firmiy in large -cities in the nation—and ‘operated on a nationwice basis by more or less loosely knit 'syndigates, The Seriate committee's report details conditions the inye tors found in 14 cities, Here are some of the highlights: ss Ay Thé, crime, committee strongly condemns. Governor Fuller Wa ren of Ficrida for his reinstatement of Sheriff James Sullivan of Dade County without a full investigation, .The committee says it all the'facts brought out by both itself and by the Dade Coymly grand j garding Sullivan, s ew 1 _ The. sonediitee, Points out that while gambling flourished in the resort , Sulliv: ts rose during his five in from The senate crime committee also condemns as a (tice Ean of patole powers the federal parole board’s release of three Capo gangsters after. they served minimum terms for a million dollar tortion plot against the motion picture industry. 5 Turning to Missouri; the senate ciime committee says. g believe testimony given by Democratic Governor Forrest Smith, f that state about’ conversations he had with the slain Kansas-City gambier, Charles Binaggio. The committee says Binaggio was erally eonceded to be a central figure in Kans City gambling ¢ and also able fo control an important part of the city’s Democr vote. 3 eons sip However, the committee said that although Binaggio supported Smith in the 1948 governot's race, there was no substantial-evidence that Smith made any commitment to Binaggio. . ee The senate crime committee also says a former hich ‘official of the Ford Motor Company, Hatry Bennett, employed virtually orivaie army reeruited from ex-conyicts and criminals to engage battles against labor. The committee describes Bennett as chieh of state to. the late Henry Ford, founder of the motor company “ The committee says it was not able to =e answer ab mobsters, Joe Adonis of New Jersey and Anthony D’Anna ol gan, remain in lucrative relationships wilh the Ford’ organiz: nearly six years after Bennett was removed from com) ; Yord Motor Company. However, the committee adds thal ie. Fore company, is taking vigoroys steps now to_end. the. associa’ ion with, Det mmittee is that rapid transmissivn i ipn about o sport ‘ations. oO 3 a ‘Another contélusion of the acipg: into says i operated » Contihental press schvier which n aparaien Bi ch ‘imes by the wer rime te. The ttee says the backbone of the wire service which provides Leyreg intormanioe to See bookmakers is the Tented: ‘wires of the Western Union Telegraph rig Sing dpi aad is SALE! SALE! SALE! | | | ' 917 FLEMING STREET | Week, Double from $10 | COCTAIL. LOUNGE BAR Music by Coral Isle Serenaders DOOR PRIZE PUBLIC INVITED The committee adds, however, la : Tele- and interstate