The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1952, Page 1

i i } ; | Officials: said could not ¢on- firm this, J ee Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 75° Pee VOL. LXXxIH. No. 54 38 Persons Killed In Plane Crash Dead American Is Joan Katzman, 21, A Ballet Dancer NICE, France (M—Thirty-eight persons, including an American ballet dancer, were killed when a four-engined Air France: airliner ag today just after taking - The dead American was Joan Katzman, 21 (home address no! available) who danced under the | mame of Harriet Toby with the | Marquis de Cuevas Company. Sun- day night at Cannes she had daneed in the ballet “La Muerte” — Spanish for death. Employes aeihe Nice Airport said pieces of gull’s wings and feathers had been found in the air intakes of the plane's engines and that this might have caused the crash, only*a few minutes after the airliner took off for Paris. In Paris, however, “Air France The plane—a French-built Lan- guedoc wtih 34 passengers. and a crew.-of four aboard—plummeted into an olive grove ta 9:05 a.m. (3:05 a.m. EST). One woman, an Italian was pulled cat of ‘the wreckage alive but died enroute to the hospital. Air France released an official casualty list which gave no na- tionalities of the victims. All were listed froni Freneh, Italian or Brit- ish home addresses. The dead included the wife of the pilot, Theau Farrugia, 29, a veteran of 4,500 hours flying time. Father Of Eight Killed By Son DEFUNIAK SPRINGS #—Jack Byrd, 43, father of eight was shot to death with a from a sawed-off shotgun shortly’ before Sunday midnight, Sher! 15-year-ol dre, was being for ing. He> said the youth told he fired at Byrd following a vio- lent argument between his parents at their home in nearby Ponce de Leon. Miller said he was prohibited by Florida Law from releasing the full name of the juvenile. The officer said Mrs. Byrd told this story of the shooting: Mrs. Byrd returned from church with her children Sunday night. Byrd, a laborer, had been drinking since Saturday and demanded that the youngest child, an infant, be allowed to sleep with him. When Mrs. Byrd refused, Byrd shouted, “I'm geing to sleep. with the baby tonight or I'm going to kill you.” * The 15-year-old son reached for the shotgun and fired. Byrd died instantly. The youth» was brought to De- funiak Springs for questicaing. A coroner's. jury .was- 1 is expected to rey urday. ; “=e CLO’ SEMANA ALEGRE cosTUNE COMMITTEB old-fashioned men's straw hats, ¥ spans a ! a7 . | Gave Invocation At | Semana Alegre Services Ken West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Citizen Staff Photo RABBI ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ is shown as he offered the in- vocation at the “Vespers Unde: day afternoon near the West r the Sky” services held yester- Martello Towers. The program opened the week long La Semana Alegre festivities. Clergymen of all faiths participated in the services before hundreds of people. heals icici Will ic Come Before Grand Jury ° JURY VENIRE CHOSEN The first degree murder charges against Benhett Fielding Hill, 22, USN for the murder of George Hopkins, and against Carl and Carl Jr. Carmichael for that of “Mellow Moon” will come before the grand jury twe weeks from to- day, it was learned. Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., will draw a venire at 3p. m. this afternoon to empanel the grand jury of 18 men and wo- men. The jury will be selected on March 17 in the courtreom at the County courthouse. Hill is being held without bond in Monroe County jail for the al- leged murder of George H. Hop- kins, winter visitor, and Connecti- cut hotel man, on February 2, Hopkins’ battered and beaten body was found at 7:30 o'clock that morning by a milkman. . Hill, the accused, was picked: up and plagedsin jail: the’ following | day. A‘coroner's inquest returned a verdict of first degree murder, Two, weeks ago Peace Justice Ira Albury held a preliminary hearing at which time Hill was bound over to the. Grand Jury. If the Grand Jury indicts Hill for first degree murder, he is tried for his life in the circuit court. He Session Opening Mar. 17 = Today's Stock Market NEW YORK —The stock mar- ket showed steadying tendencies today but prices were pretty much of a scramble of smail advances and equally slight declines. After the first few minutes of brisk trading the market sank back to a very slow pace. The mixed and narrow course extended to every major group. But steadying tendencies were ap- parent beneath the surface as tne session wore slowly on. The goid stocks, which were ac- tive on the gaining ‘side last Sat- urday, were down slightly today for the most part. ‘McIntyre mines, Which moved up four points Saturday, opened % higher Onya ‘block of 1,000 shares, then slipped to: a loss within’ a matter of minutes. : Domes Mines, another of the ac- tive gold issues at the short ses- sion, was down % on an opening sale of 1,300 shares and droppea a little lower right after the open- derby hats, high silk hats, linens) faces the possibility of the electric | ing. dusters. Old-fashioned wei bonnets, parasols, shoes. The Commitee will be grateful for the loan of garments for use in the Pageant, and promises to take care of them and return them promptly after Semana Alegre is over. Please help by bringing costumes to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Office, Jackson Square, from 9 to 4:30.) Or to West Martelle Gallery, from 1 to S o'clock. a LAST LYLE W ‘hair or life imprisonment if con- victed on first degree murder, Saturday, The Citizen published the, news that Hill has retained Wil- (Continued | On _Pag nt) WANTED Furnished Apartment Permanent Resident Advise NAVARRO, Inc. Phone 600 Beet Rs EAVER at the Baby Grand Always Good Food CASA CAT MBESO HEAD OF DUVAL pry Entertainment ON THE Aap antic One of the larger cpening blocks was 20,000 shares of American and | Foreign Power, which was un- changed trom tne previous close. The advances included Studebak- er, Goodyear, Goodrich, U. S. Rubber, Montgomery Ward, Zen- ith Radio, Boeing Aircraft, Amer- ican Telephone, American Cyana- mid, Union Carbide, General Elec- tric, Santa Fe, Southern Railway, Northern Pacific and Gulf Oil. Among the declines were Ana- conda, Kennecott Copper, Ameri! can Smelting, Eastman Kodak, American Tobacco, Baltimore and Ohio, Standard Oi! (NJ), American Can and Celciex. The curb’ ket was quiet with rice. ww and a mix- ture of gains and losses. The bond market was extremely quiet with prices generally nar- row and the trend fixed. Selected rails showed slight declining ten- dencies. U. S. governments were inactive and showed little change. “ADVENTURES OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, |King Asks State Health Board Aid In Sewage Study Complete rseults of fie study mow being conducted by® City Manager Dave King in coopera- tion with local Navy officials to determine the site of the outfall plant in the proposed addition to the Key West sewer system will avait exhaustive study by Da- vid Lee of the State Board of Health in Jacksonville, King said today. Saturday, King along with Navy technicians, flew over the proposed Hawks Channel site in | a Navy plane and dropped dye | markers to determine the flow pattern of the currents and tides | in relation to the shoreline. | A time when the incoming tide | and inshore winds made condi- tions difficult was purposely. chosen to assure a proper safety margin, King said. ; Motion Pictures were made by | Navy photographers at about one hour intervals and when these |ings last year. Vaughan was.a’ key are studied and the results tabu-| }figure: inom Senate aie into = lated the State engineer has been ‘asked to come te Key West: te |: Here’: make his receomendations. ‘RC Quota Here Is Not High ,| Morris for mayor of New. York MARCH 3, 1952 Vaughan, ODwy i ¥ es e ‘WNot' Liked | Newbold Morris, The President's | Cleanup Man Doesn't | Approve Of Them | _NEW YORK (®—Newhe'd Mor- | Tis, President Truman's corruption cleanup man, doesn’t, think very | much of two of Mr. Truman’s ap- : Pointees. The two: William O'Dwyer, for- mer mayor of New York and now | @mbassador to Mexiec, and Maj. | Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, the Pres- ident’s military aide. Morris. said Sunday on NBC’s |““Meet the Press” that he wouldn't have had either O'Dwyer or Vaughan around if he had his way. O'Dwyer, who twice defeated Cityy. figured prominently. in the crime investigation hear- “Who has: been:-responsible for | keeping O'Dwyer, ‘for example, against whom .you ran, against | whom corruption df some kind was revealed?” Morris: “I’m trying to keep my- i self in an objective state of mind » “Though Key West's population|and when you ask me about jis now larger than ever before and! O'Dwyer, it is like waving a red business “conditions are better than flag to a bull.” at any other time, the $10,000 quo-; Spivak: “‘Would you have kept ta of the Key West Chapter of the ;O’Dwyer as ambassador?” American Red Cross is less, pro portionately, than each of some! there.” other counties in Florida and else-| Spivak: ‘You wouldnSt have ap- where in the nation,” Hugh Dug-| pointed him at all?” gan, Fund Chairman of the local} Morris? “No.” chapter, said today. Spivak: “Who was responsible He pointed out that Dade county, | for appointing him?” with a population about 10 times| Morris: “Obviously the President larger than Monrce’s, has a Red | appointed him.” Cross quota more than 25 times as} The Senate Crime Investigtaing Morris: “He wouldn't have been | x ke & x * *® The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes PRICK FIVE CENT: 1OW In Annual Flower Exhibit... - x * * Flower Show Drans Doubled Attendance In Opening Days Judges Exhaust Blue Ribbons In Dazzling b; Display Here By SUSAN McAVO7; temMore: tham ictwiee- ng. shmanty Key «->Westers):! and. ~ pea ha ot ane} winter: visitors: :tutned sa, : :| Saturday and Sunday for! "© the first day and:one-half of the Key West Flower Show as did last year in the same period. The first of more than 1,000 persons were eagerly | waiting for the doors to Sound Truck Battle Lineup Be ‘-o Property: Owners, €hu Civic Leaders Be At Commission Meeting | The liveliest City Commission | meeting in months is expected | tonight when the city ordinance banning sound trucks for com- | mercial advertising comes before a crowded City Hall. Only two city commissioners, Mayor C. B. Harvey and Delio open at 6 p. m. Saturday}copo have come out for the and came into the world of beauty, created by the painstaking efforts of the Key West Garden Club. Three of the six judges from Mi- ami upon entering the flower show earlier Saturday were actually overcome with emotion at the mag- sound-bari bill. Representatives of humerous |local groups, the Key West Wo- man’s Club, National Federation of Business and + Professional Women, the Key West Garden Club, as well as the 12-woman delegation from the Fort Taylor Officers’ Wives clubs will .be.on hand. nificient unified display of flewers, | — saous to Key | ‘The Officers’. Wives 'eill:par-a trees and herts indigenous to Key | much, or $250,952. “y ‘that the people of M with vy personnel a. naval elvilian workers in Key W x to be cutdone afiy other county helping the Red. Cross,..which, in many instances, means helping one’s community and sometimes members of one’s family,” Mr. Hugh said. “Practically all our chapter ser- vices, especially those that tie in with national and international ac- tivities of the Red Cross, have felt the impact of the war in Korea and the steps being taken to prepare home front defenses. “A major share of the 1952 cam- paign funds will be needed for basic services the Red Cross gives to members of the amed forces, veterans, and their families; dis- aster preparedness and relief; sup- port of the organization's blood program in funds and volunteer Committee accused O'Dwyer of to the growth of or- crime in New York City. yer denied je, say- that afew minor‘end and given “sinister insinuaticns.”” Vaughan’s name came up durin; the “S per center” investigation which produced testimony that “influence peddlers” gave away deep freezes and mink coats in return for favors. As a result of that Senate hear- ing. John Maragon was sent to jail for perjury. Maragon was por- trayed by the government as a man who turned up in various departments saying he represented Vaughan or came from the White House. He was on the payroll of a com- pany which gave Vaughan seven deep freezes for himself and friends. services; and a tremendous train-| Morris was asked if he would ing program in the fields of first|have kept Vaughan on as a “Pres- aid, water safety, home care of idential Aide” in the light of the the sick, and baby care.” deep freezes and the Maragon af- fair.” O’Bryant, Curry —|naa "Genera “vaighan’ there ts Qualify To Run e tots te’ Debate ey ‘ 'Mirr or Pi ublisher start with,” tion for Superintendent of, |qye © o> Public fustruetion, Mose’ | Visits Citizen County.’ ‘today, it was an- nounced. O’Bryant is running for a second term. He was elected to his first term, taking of- fice January 1, 1949. C. Sam B. Curry qualified to run for the office of Crim- and family will eave today or their New York residence. McCabe is president and. pub- | lisher of the New York Daily! Mirror, He is at home in the inal Court Clerk, a job he | cditorial, business and mechani- held for 16 years, from Janu- cal departments of a newspaper. | ary 1926 to 1942. Both.men | The publisher, on a courtesy | filed in the office of County call at The Citizen, was very| Clerk Earl Adams. {much interested in the teletype- Deadline for qualifying to | setter operation. His paper may) run in the May 6 primary is 15. ° install the system on a large| scale in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCabe! and family left today by plane fcr | West. The beauty, of . ener ne shadowed the pro ce na- writers, radio per- hers who attended Saturday and Some came and stayed for hours. “T just hate to leave, it's so won- derful in“here,” said one woman her eyes bright with the dazzling splendor of the show atthe Elks Club Annex. Flashlight bulbs of National Geo- graphic magazine photographer Luis Marden, and of dozens «: amateur cameramen lighted the scene in the course of the weekend. While only 800 persons attended the Flower show during its three day run last year, more than 1,000 paid twice as much admission, 6ne dollar this year to see the show which will be internationally known when National Geographic publish: es its full color spread in the com- ing months. Hardworking horticulturists of the Garden Club stood by their ex- hibits watching the ‘blooms as proudly as if they were children ef the flesh rather than children of the soil. ’ i A group of 25 Miamians motored ' down the Keys solely to view the ‘show and return yesterday. Thena |" the sound Perry, society editor and! colum- nist of the Miami Herald; and John Dana Wise, gen. manager of the Richmond Times Dispatch and News Leader were among the vi- siting journalists who took in the syriad-colored display. | The general comment of all who viewed the show wag that it pre- sented a coherent unity at first sight. As a neophyte at flower shows I was expecting to be bewildered by the display. Instead it was easy for me to grasp the parts of the | well-ordered whole designed ty | painter Gene Otto. The judges, were so enthusa- ‘Conunted On Page Light) petition backing the erd- inance which bans ot dent of the BM. president: will said: a “Along with. the people in Key West I want Of course we don’t want it so quiet that we throttle business, accomplish anything, except make a lot of noise.” Mrs, Wallace B. Kirke, presi- dent of the Key West Women’ | Club, said that busy members will take time off to attend the meeting at City Hall. |Club, Mrs. Kirke sald: “I’m particularly sorry for the night-fliers whose daytime sleep | is disturbed by the sound truck. majority. of but this sound truck just doesn’t, Speaking for herself, not the . x * *& By DOROTHY RAYMER The judges ran out of blue ribbons, there were so many first prizes named in Flower. Show! Nearly 50 ‘of the coveted awards were won by ; exhibitors ‘in the show which received na- jtional attention and was pears by the National Geographic Society. Hundreds of people wandered through the Elks Club annex on Saturday and Sunday, opening days of the show, and the crowds and tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to 10.p. m, ; ‘ie § “was won by the group who Mark Powell, made the awards ‘on qualities which include “es- thetic Value, design, color “har- mony, interpretation of theme and perfection of detail,” In this fascinating exhibit, there were at least eight blue tibbons*and several red ofies ‘for place. In. the...winning were designs by Mrs. H. J. Steinbreder, “China Tea; Mrs. time they |Gordon Seagrove, “Shrimp Boats oe ee Lee, that bee Coming;” Mrs. Roland Goulet, in the Key West residential sec- tions are not interested in the amusements advertised on the loudspeakers.” Mrs. Roland Goulet, president of the Key. West Club said members have been so: busy on. the current Flower Show ‘that they have not convened ‘to~vote papers and radio in which vertise, we don't truck.” Members of the (Contir.ued On Page Mo POOR SERVICE ancis at Truman FranVour PURE OIL i More and Louder Sound Trucks FOR KEY WEST IF CITY COMMISSION FAILS TO PASS ORDINANCE TONIGHT— Be There... Render Your Protest in Person | CITY HALL - 8 P. M. TONIGHT president of the Key West Gar- den. Club, “Harmony;” Mrs. Hugh Bredin, “Moses In The Bulirushes;” Mrs, Edward El. (Continued On Page Four} - Presented By: Dr. Franz Polgar Sponsorer Key West Jr. C. of C. KEY WEST HIGH ' AUDITORIUM a ‘CRAIG DOCK — GRINNELL STREET HAS IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR MECHANICAL and ELECTRICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, MACHINISTS, and GENERAL CALL 1771 FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT 1A hoy ced ical Opé lary vn pan Bri me; teig st 3a Fe 2 b te 4