The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1951, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit, No. 48 VOL. LXXxn. Che Ken SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER THE Cilisen T OE Says He Has No Knowledge Of Any UN Proposal To End War: Declines To Comment On Gen. MacArthur WASHINGTON, June 21. — ().— President Tru- man said today he has no knowledge of United Nations proposals for ending the Korean war. And he told his news con- ference that he believes he would have been consulted if any such plans had been made. A questioner at the conference had mentioned rumors of a projected peace suggestion from U.N. sources, On another President plans to -interyene in the A.F. of L. pilots’ strike any new subject, the against United Air Lines. | The National Mediation Board has referred the di pute to the President—and under the law, he could ap- point a board to investigate the matter. But the Presi dent said he has no plans te intervene at the present time. President Truman declined to comment on General MacArthur. Specifically, the President refused to discuss MacArthur's statement that orders of the President sil- enced witnesses at the Senate MacArthur hearing, and that therefore some pertinent facts had not been brought out. There Was no presidential comment, eit ey, .on General “Mac, spéechmaking in Texas, The President smiled when a newsman put the-question to him this way: is As a man experienced in that line, what do you think of Gen- eral MacArthur's whistlestop tech- nique? Mr. Truman did have something to say on Inter-American rela- tions, describing them as on a better plane now than at any oth- er time in history, He gaid he will try to keep them that way. These comments were in connection with the current state visit of the Pres- ident of Ecuador Sich “Ee Iranians Roar Down With British LONDON, June 21— (A) —A British embassy spokesman says no serious damage resulted to- day when demonstrators inyad- ed the main headquarters of the Anglo-Iranian oil company in Tebran. The spokesman _ said, however, that an official diplo- made to »vernment over the matic protest will be the Iranian incidents. Other street crowds ripped down Anglo-Iranian oil company signs and some of the demon- strators shouted such slogans as “death to the oil company,” and “down with the British.” Meanwhile, med Mossadegh demanded that the lower house of the Iranian parliament meet by this after- noon or his government would not be responsible for any dis- which might had asked turbahces The premier for \ id he has no Premier Meham | a” ‘Accardo May ‘Be Given { | Citation Declined To Answer | Questions Where He | Lived And Whether } | He Is Married | | MIAMI, Fla. June 21) —| |Senate crime investigators have recommended a contempt cita- tion against Martin Accardo, brother of Capone gang figure |Tony Accardo, The senators took the action Martin ‘Accardo refused to answer ques- tions. claiming fear of _ self-in- crimination. Accardo, appearing before the crime inquiry in Mi- ami, declined to answer such questions as where he lives and today when i | |whether he is married. His refusals brought laughter in the packed courtroom, and the hearing chairman, Senator Herbert O'Conor, had to restore order. Accardo refused even to ac- knowledge that he heard the | questions put to him by the com |mittee’s counsel | The hearing opencd under a ;blazing of television lights and urged by the committee to tes- tify, was not theresat the open- ing session. Land Mine Turns Out To Be Water (Filled Bombe” The land mite sep’ yesterday near Tavernier turned qut to be 1a water-filled practice bomb. which was harmless. | A Mr. Starkweather reported |seeing the potentially dangerous +object and a navy crew of six men with Ch. Tord. Gordon Ben- nett were immediately dispatch- ed to investigate. The bomb was found in a man- go swamp near Largo Sound, auth of the tip of Largo Key. ¢ was so old that at first the navy men who brought it in did not recognize the type except that it was a practice bomb. ibeen washed to the spot by the 1948 hurricane and that the bomb was evidently a kind. The nayy’s new swamp-bugey prigtboat was used to get to the spot where the bomb was spot- ted. The craft is propelled by an la dime,” as well as skim along at about 40 miles an hour. Na ae | ‘Two Cars Crash On ‘Duval Yesterday | Two cars collided yesterday re | sulting in slight damage to both, | according to Police Chief Joseph | Kemp. | Lt. Paul L. Ruch reported to | Police that he was driving nomh| jwith a crowded circuit court ‘room. \ Governor Warren,. who was | Bennett said that it may have | pre-war | airplane motor and is especially laptable for use in shallow |water, is fast and can turn “on | Centers In Iranian Oil Cr Seo. e Banani be . wae RUSSIAS # * aspine H a FH Sea } =| {brzarum Be . “Tabu = hem latoh 9) Kil io i Pg, TERAN Yo imedy oo KERMANSHAL eae cg = Masid~1-Sulaman Hatt Kot ™ \ & Aghalan |} Ac ach Sabon Ak B ahee.a La? | 3B oar ar BDdukhan Abana@ Akg a Ap (®) Wirephoto Map ff saupl Atoding ARABIA IRAN’S PREMIER MOHAMMED MOSSADEGH ordered his government to take full authority over Anglo-Iranian oil opera | tions Wednesday. He promised to keep oil flowing from nation- | alized installations of the company in which the British govern ! ment holds a controlling interest. This map locates the Iranian | cities of Abadan and Kermanshah (underlined) which ere key spots in the oil crisis. The world’s largest refinery is at Abadan. | The northernmost oil fields of the Anglo-Iranian company are | at Kermanshah. The company’s pipelines are located in the erea eS Resistance In House Asked Korea Has All To Pass Huge Tax Measure | The Increase Is ‘But Ended | Enemy May Try i A Limited Offensive On The Largest In Ameti | an History | Monday WASHINGTON, June 21.4) | TOKYO, :dune 21.—(a).—Com The chairman of the tax-writ- munist resistance hag all but dis-| 1% house ways and means coat | appeared in Korea. But allied of-|™mittee asked the House today to jficers are certain that the Red: Pass a bill increasing taxes : | soldiers, themselves, ‘have not dis-|Seven-billion 200-mifljon appeated. <2 or }—a record-breaker. “Find The prediction is that the en-/cratic Representative Robert emiy~ even: tty a limited of-|Deuwghten of North Carolina said fénsive—perhaps on Monday, the | that was the limit, he didn’t see {first anniversary of the Korean} how the rates could be boosted | outbreak, any higher. United Nations patrols have! The House met two hours ea Toamed far “beyond their own/jlier than usual today t 1¢ lines without running into seri-|It takes up the tax measure le fir s to reach a vote ous opposition. One patrol stabbed | p jinto Kaesong, 25 miles northwest KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951 | has just returned from Kor-| , whole world IN' THE U.S.A. =a Beck Engineer Defends Change Orders Upping Steam Plant Cosis Tell The People Who Read Your Newspaper That's No Toy War Going On In Korea” *- So Says Local Vet Who Just Returned With | Amputated Foot | Leaves For Overseas Duty “Tell the people who} read your newspaper that’s | | no tuy war going on in Kor-| ea. It’s a bloody business,” | said Purple Heart Winner | Marvin Stanley Creel who| ea with an amputated foot. | He said he was aston-| ished since he returned to: the states to find how far off and unreal the Korean War seemed to most of the peo- ple to whom he talked. It's better to have a! small war going on in one place than to have a large | massacre in which thei is involved, but it’s no less real because it is confined to a smaller area.” Private Creel said. Trained in expert paratrooping at Fort Benning, after boot camp camp in Fort Jackson and a short tay in Fort Campbell, Creel was shipped to-Korea where he took | part in two of the most import. ant large in Korea. The first one was called “Operation Killer” by the GI's mixed up in it and oc- curred’ on October 21st at | about half past eleven in the | morning. Thitty six planes | moved over Suchon, three in , parachute - jumps time after 4 p.m. tomorrow a thir- i ” j ‘of Seoul on the main road to the} The "87-year-old committe« pNeriie quddhninenii ns. real He will be relieved by Captain W. H. Trugsdall, aR al Korean capital of Pyongy-|chairman endo ed the proposed || gach plane, nineteen from Pal Seer neen eine eee ee es ee Ipoh EG patrols moved free pees ate ih dae nl i each side. Then thirty six 9 | here tee § moved ree-| American history. Doughton said) snore planes moved up, three lay within the tld énemy fortress |jt was needed urgently to. fi-|| {eS Paees BNRS Bp oesS | rvant Savs bonus on the central front. They were nance the nation’s detense pra- more. Sabacoe Pia ouy Accel units. | gram. But, Daughton: added With thei objective the sur- : s onnteuey topes nave been re-|" “t consider it unlikely that we |irounding of a. prisoner's train] puildu Erouping north of their old | shall be able to increase substan- | which was to ase near the vill- 0 € Fal eacners }buildup area, the so-called Red|tiaty the yield of the fed othe tae ‘ rae loser D all : the federal age, the parachute movement was inl ae ; ee Suda i tax ‘system bey what cheduled as a dawn drop, but, RETURNS FROM ™ . Mi uk lays of aircom- | wjuiied in the present. bill.” rain prevented the landing until eat Se tere ihe Doughton added that nearly noon, and tht. American s | = ne |taxes on either ir battalions found the occupants of ummer Starts paul Pada ecytg one for le Aa tions would the prisoner’s train shot dead in ‘3 as Pcie he och ee ingly burdensome the surrounding wogds and the Tomorrow Says ue Finn Ric Pette cae. os North Koreans gone. Superintendent of schools, Hor-| a2, ‘aged to. mount 186 sorties, | The committee chairman said}]) Asked what exactly he did oe ace O'Bryant returned from/| W eather Bureau | : * “in answer to criticism from Re-| he first landed, Private Creel | Gainesville, Fla. last night after | set bal = avd sae | publieang isk the tax proposals ||frankly admitted | (hae ne just | attending 4 confererice there of| Tomorrow ig the summer | Teibe couse rolled it are Continued On Tage Sia (Continued On Page Six) / the county school supervisors of| solstice, or in simpler words, Nearly 15,000 North Koreans a _____ | the State , just the beginning of summer, lave sepentiy crossed the batt! AT es | UN the meeting, explana- according to Sam Goldsmith, lines into United Nati |to achieve freedom. They are| , coming from as far away as Won- | }san on the 39th parallel, lured by | word that the allies are evacuat- | ing civilians from the battle area | to civilian camps in the rear The nation’s top combat ace— | b: from Korea—says that Am- | erican F-86 sabre jets and Russian | |-made Migs are about equal in| |performance. But Colonel John; |Meyer says American pilots are | ; superior to the Communists. At He adds, however, that the na-| tion that can build the Mig jet ons territory THE NEW MAPCO... REVOLUTIONARY DUAL-POINT Weather bureau chief here. Summer officially begins at 12:25 midnight. Tomorrow noon the sun is directly over head. If a man 1,000 fect tall, | tion in full was made of all the | trecent legislative action which ef- | | fects the schools, O'Rryant said. | |. Minor changes in the budget | were also brought out at the con | | j ference. tried to he couldn't bed The mo; c ase © h of hadow o1 avi BREAKER PLATE KIT |the diseusaions centered on waya| etreet seid, Goldsmith and means by which help may be | y obtained for class room teachers CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. CARUTiiEi.S, Commancing Uuicer of the United States Fleet Sonar School, Key West. for the past three years is leaving for overseas duty about the middle of July. The Associated Press Telety; Features and Photo Ser~ic For 71 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key We PRICE FIVE CE * Hoper Declares These Costs We Provided For In Budget Change orders uppii construction costs of Cit Electric System’s new $3,- 000,000 steam plant were defended terday by C. H. Hoper. sistant Chief Engineer of | the system’s consulting En ineer, R. W. Beck. | Aba brief but dra jmeeting of the — Ulility | Board at 4:30 p- n., Hop | Presented to the board a | written statement: justify- ing change orders which | have increased costs about | $33,000 since the contra | was signed with J. FP. chard company in Januar». |., Only three members of the Board: were present. Horace O’Bryant was. aw:: ; at a conference, May< Louis M. J, Eisner is oa Ya: | cation in. the North. Men. bers Ernest Ramsey, ['>~. nando Camus and ©. 1, Harvey. listened politely hut withous. husiasm as Honer ‘Change order. on the + rw iat nage fax been: le: F Pag ome end one-half percent $1 40. most. Poh ae f . yd Sy Mitte dae besa an, Setar 9 ibe needed. TWo of the ten chanr« p [Otders are justified on the bas of additional efficiency.” Most important and ex: change order to date was Providing for fresh ‘water jerater cooling instead of water a3 provided for in | Pritchard contract. Board meftber Cains “ailéed | Hoper: “Do you. think ehough money to plant?” Hoper replied firmly:-“Yes. we will.” |. He'also said that the plant be finished as scheduled“in Aa ust, 1952, H Hoper suggested that the Board advertise for bids on the Big Pine Key line, even thous! the defense order has not as yet come through. Board iE unanimously instructed - Van Deursen, City Electric mar ager to advertise for bids irr diateiy, subject “to the ~pr: for construction of thd” Iii must be obtained. Hoper’s suggestion that Key neth Ward, “Beck . resident engi neer for the new steam plant, bc invited to. attend Boatd mectings was adocted by members Bids were also authprized fo advertising on $75,000-in matey ial and labor for a line out of the power ‘plant. Meanwhile giant well dr 4 equipment was . moved .4o.the mew plant site at Caroline and Grinnell streets yesterday. Layne electri P+ Prit- a that alt the we'll finish have the who must meet the rise in the cost | of living. It is hoped that taxation | will provide one way in which to | give teachers’ an extra $300 a | year for this purpose. “Tt would be a sort of benus, Acclaimed by thou- sonds os the greatest tingle improvement in Ford ond Mercury formance, ~ S14M Building ‘Permit Issued Atlantic company, contractors are working a double shift wii): | two drillers and two--helpers to | get ready for next week's dri } ling, Cecil Whatley, foreman . < the job said that the-cable tool ni The weather bureau reports that the precipitation was .07. A few; and Alberta streets: Plumbing Inspector Harry Al- a Mrs.} | v2 set whe! Evans | rather an a-'sd vy" O'Bry: A permit to move a house from rote ‘of confidence in his stand/on Duval street when H. D. Evans | ion fit Con Se the Rie det jrather than a- salary,” O'Bryant ve @ hous : . ahs ie ro geet ie ins the lack | pulled directly across in front or | Plane potentially 2 first ones | said, “and is badly needed, How-|the old Army Barracks and to catiomen’. ee Se Gt a quorum stymied debate ‘on| him. Though Lt. Ruch applied his |" POWS: oe | [ever, the recent legislative amend- | renovate it at a cost Mer per een fin wintte wend ea |full brakes, he slid into the side, eas ; [ments onthe taxation bills’pive | Wes issued today by the Oflice @ d.aoral rock Fee ee. st ombve anv tha| a Rvane par, he cad i\Eve Specialist {the situation and adjustment, « Building Inspector Ralph Russel.| to penetrate the tard «oral rock Britains next ny be decided | Damage to Evans’ car, a 1937] yes P . | dim view,” he stated. Owner ‘Seid Hediad plane te) tie eran eae Iranian oil crisis may i" f * Achted side damiade |e 1 o | - move the old house to Bertha}ches in diameter. é » of Commons’ se sion | Ford, ach’ iodo age neni S eaks Tonight | Poet | street. Board members asked «Hoper ie Iranian goversipent to Lt. -Puch's. car. was’ a’ pruken} P * ‘e) IR; ims Tod: But | Charles M. Curry obtained aj yesterday when they could ex aay ordered salty ae 1 enc aies Weak 1k he eaech a Gros Miami | | Ahad cdlgakindhegnges og | Hains ay permit to repair the floors of his | pect the resulfs of a rate-lowe: fields but the British so far show} |B Pe asta wees i Soe pa SC teal Ds pe ui} @ UP TO 20% HIGHER TOP SPEEDS iN . E h house at a cost of $200, at 618ling study ordered two “months fe MSar tating out ‘un | Rush vera 260 Fale avenue eve specialist. wil spank at emanamara Not Quite Enough 22m ict ca (at ope ai be woul took | Beye tered Ce | . [County General Hospital on| om eked Clarence Higgs, was issued -a\:-, (Campanas: On Page St: : —— P. anR tires wanes spital on} There is a rumor that all chil-| permit for cutting a driveway at P f C odell I i. | enma eu . rap lina examination of the} dren in Key bebe Teun be for- 517 Grinnell street; Reuben Appel 5 kaa Sie ae PSI He sig | ; bidden by the weather bureau to | took out a $100 permit for minor ELKS CLUB rol. U0g : SANTA ANA, Calit-—(@)-—This The, speaker is an ex-fellow of lchant the nursery rhyine, “Rain, | repairs toa store at 926 - Duval a. ‘ Ye jis to announce the re {the Mayo Clinic and Dr. Ralph) !Rain, Go “Away! Come again! str Given Promotion Miss ene Penman, : after 41) Herz, president of the Monroe} lane pee ee * ae and Mrs. W. Markwell will | iyears of teaching school, | County Medical Society cordial- | i Pe i sales a 4 fs Res 4 . Prof. Walter C, Cogdell, prin- |" What did Miss Penman teach? |1y invites all medical officers and | the te ’ Lite raceme eae eae the Ate! tari ection cipal of the Douglass High | Penmanship, of course. | medical men to attend. j evel : ‘ a School here, reeeived a telegram this morning confirming his ap- | “TICKET OFFICE | Available at Your Local Service Station or Garage t Assistant Supervi days ago, a shower brought 08 -sing, issued permits to ue Oe Wesre. See adi | { Distrib Coun in rainfall. wi | James, 519 Caroline street; v- ay of Negro Benoa ALL Palace Theater ' putors for Monroe ty But there has been no sizeable | lin Sawyer, 1509 Josephine street; | County. i jamount since April 22 except for | Chester Taft, 1107 Varela street; la precipitation measurement of | Charles Parra, 411 Petronia street |rain on June 3° which reached | and Horatio Sanchez, 710 Wind- 1.15 inches. sor Lane. David Wayne-Howard Da Silva in| ™™" | Prof. Coedell will be assistant to Mr. B. M Hindman and will be located at the Board of Pub- lic Instruction in Miami Roy's Key Wesi Auto Parts Co. 121 DUVAL STREET PHONES: 1877 - 1878 PRICE TOUR | 411 Pleming St. Phone 124! FAO