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Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, March 25, 1952 Six Dead In Los Angeles Hotel Fire LAO Night Clerk’s Heroic Action Credited With Saving Lives By PAUL DITZEiL LOS ANGELES @—Fire which flashed swiftly in a 6-floor Skid Row hotel killed at ieast six men j today. ““# night clerk who ran through the corridors knocking on doors, then hurried back to his switch- board to.warn others by telephone, was credited with saving many lives. © An estimated 150 were in the St. George Hotel, at 115 East Third St., when the blaze broke out at 3 a. m. (Pacific Standard Time). Police said 10 were hospitalized with burns or injuries. ‘The night clerk, Leland White- house, 57, said: : “The first I knew of the fire was when someone called down from the fourth flocr when he saw smoke. I ran upstrairs. I went @own a back stairway from the fourth to the third floor. Then I aw the fire. It was coming from Room 312 at the rear. The decor was open.” One of the occupants of 312, fMentified by police as A. D. Bern- fardt, fell or jumped to his death ih-an alley. The other. occupant, Emil Mongee, was in a hospital with critical burns. Until they Gould questicn him, fire depart- ment arson investigators said they hhad no idea how the blaze started. Whitehouse said the two men @hecked in about 1:30 a. m. «Fire Capt. Claude Conlan said '® check showed that the hotel’s second floor fire hose was so rotted it was not usable, and a weight- balanced fire escape ladder at the rear, leading from the second floor to the ground, was wired up. Asked about this, Manager Floyd Porter, 58, told a reporter: ,. “I don’t know anything about it. F've only been manager for a month. Besides, that’s the fire de- ’s busines: . ‘The hotel is just off Main Street, has a permanent population of about 80, and caters chiefly to men transients Of the dead beside Bernhardt, all suffocated. Two were identified tentatively J. R. Moore and Charles Ellis » addresses undetermined. Police and hotel officials lined up survivors in the lobby, makin; a room check. Many appea: dazed. Policeman W. E. Meyer said he ran-up a stairway from the lcbky to the second floor and found a child lying at the head of the After getting oxygen, the Ce sped off to a hospital. “The-whine of sirens mingled with the screams of the burned and calls for help as firemen and am- bulances rolled up at the first alarm. Division Chief H. M. Melvin put in a quick call for aerial ladder trucks as frightened faces ap- peared at upper windows of the 100-room brick structure. One by one the big ladders swung to windows to take off the occupants. Others clambered down fire escapes and a few jumped into nets. Most of them were suf- fei from the intense heat and heavy smoke. The’ blaze was quelled an hour after it started. NEW YORK (Steel sagged today in the stock market in the midst of the bitter industry- shares wide dispute over prices. Losses were held to a fractional range, however, and\there was no evident selling pressure. Motors and rails held fairly steady. Aircrafts and coppers were lower. A narrow mixture of gains and..losses was shown in oils, — and rubbers, s declining included U. S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Youngs- town Sheet & Tube, Goodyear, Boeing, Philco Radio, Southern California Edison, Kennecott Cop- Per, DePont, International Paper, Nickel Plate, Gulf Oil and Johns- Manville. Higher were Chrysler, U. s. Rubber, International Harvester, American Can, Philip Morris, Un- ion Pacific, Sinclair Oi, U. §. Gypsum, Texas Pacific La agree ae e Curb market as a whole tended to be higher in piecsod wages and areas. Upside stocks included Fox | Brewing, Goldfield Consolidated, New Mexico & Arizona Land and | U.S, Foil “B." Lower were such issues as Cessna Aircraft, Inter. | national Petroleum and Middle States. Petroleum Corporate bonds were mixed, U S. governm in the over the counter im t were steady. * Fire Leaves Apartment Ia Shambles uf 4 Citizen Staff Photo DEBRIS LITTERS APARTMENT of the East Winds Hotel at 1120 Washington street, after an early morning fire gutted the place. 5 Investigates Cause Of Fire | 1 Citizen Staff Photo | FIRE CHIEF LEROY TORRES points out the spot where this morning's fire started. Assistant Fire Chief Charles C looks on with an eye of experience and agrees with the chief a Patients At Southwest Florida Tuberculosis Hospital Will Soon Move Into $4,500,000 Institution TAMPA (®— Patients at the k—-—- oe Southwest Florida Tuberculosis Hospital here hope to move into their new four and one-half mil- lion-dollar institution soon, The modern five story concrete structure was dedicated Sunday and beds already are being meved in, It will be a few weeks, how ever, until all details are readied for the 450 patients now housed:in {the old wooden Army buildings that have served as a_ hospital since 1946 | Gov. Fuller War | Tuberculosis Board pitals in. Florida in the last three years comes to more than 10 mil- lion dollars. That includes a hos pital at La a third nearing completion at Tal- lahassee. Florida costs were less than the national average, he added. He said construction costs were $7,- 000 a bed in Florida compared to $12,000 to $20,000 elsewhere, and operating costs were 18 per cent under the national average “This must be reassuring to the people of Florida”, Warren said “We may all take pride from that fact.” . Justice B. K. Roberts of the State Supreme Court Said Florida making progress toward the 1 set by the famed the State ny oth- jer Florida offic e for ithe dedication cere: The governor accepted the hos | pital on behalf of the people of | Florida from W. T. F< sonville. ¢ eulosis Wa irman ¢ Scie total cost for new tuberculosis hos- | stana, the one here and | | Grand Jury Sees Scene Of Harris Murder On S. 1. The Monroe County Grand Jury visited Stock Island, scene of the discovery of the body of Allan Harris, alias Mellow Moon who, it is charged, was murdered by Carl Carmichael Sr? and Jr. on December 14. The jury opened its deli- berations hearing witnesses on the first degree murder charge against the two men yesterday. The morning was spent in travelling to and from Stock Island, and hear- ing a few witnesses until af- fer 12:15 noon, Originally scheduled for last Thursday, the Carmich- | ael case was postponed for Grand Jury consideration of Deputy Sheriff James Bark- er’s testimony in the disap- pearance of Huguette LeMay 21, Canadian beauty, van- ished since January 4. The Grand Jury has re- leased no information on its findings on the LeMay case. Word from Mrs. LeMay’s husband, George LeMay, is being awaited, it wag said. Barker told the A last week that without the co- operation of George LeMay that case would be practical- ly impossible to solve. Over 200 Enjoyed Colorful Party | At Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Raul Garcia A roast young 65 pound pig seasoned with special condi- | ments and basted for nearly eight hours as it turned on a spit, was j the piece de resistance at the party given by Mr, and Mrs. Raul Garcia on Saturday afternoon and through the evening. Over 200 ] people attended the affair givea in honor of the Presidegtial Press, Secret Service men, and the crew of the President’s plane, “The | Independence” and officers from the Williamsburg : The succulent porker was turned %. on a spit over an open grill in the | back lawn from 7:30 on the morn- ing of the party until it was served | A Letter at 5 p. m. Coa In addition to the roast pig, a |huge turkey, fresh ham and baked |ham with rice, black beans, fried plantains, Cuban style, were served with coffee | A bar was set up on the side From Bill Lantaff; ; Dear Neighbor Let’s look into the mail bag this week and answer some of veranda. Guests circulated through Le es an peers 7 sarah the Ger. |Which we have received from the garden and the house. The Gar- | e11-5 in South Florida. | i | cia brothers entertained with music and dancing was also erjoyed to | popular recorded iausic. The party | continued until after midnight and | was one of the gayest and most | colorful of. tne year. Not all those present can te list lea but the long roster who signed |the guest bocx included: Fred J. Willard, Robert £. Hughes, Gaylor E. Robinsoa, Colonel Williams and | Major Minton o‘ the Independence, Perhaps you will find the an-, swer here to a question in your] | mind | |. Here’s a letter from: a veteran | in Homestead, who writes: e | st war interrupted my educa- tion but, thank goodness, I was | jable to finish my schooling after | the war under the GI Bill of| | Rights. I can well understand 0: ce, | there were abuses of the pro-!| Ralph E. Hami'‘on of the USS Wil- | gram but I’m concerned with the liamsburg, Leincr. J. R. Thompson, | comments that the whole pro- ane aCe eS ia | gram was bad. It helped a lot of | George 2. McNally, Mrs and Mrs, (7 ert Deck on thers: feel ang 'R. A. Quesenberry, Mr. and Mrs. D. libane hase dee that pats ei | | Corley, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dav- | Siog.qmun “sulted from the} is, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Williams, Mr. |" oj) Ee Houaes comin. and Mrs. J. Walters, Lt. L. Griffen, | 8 Special: House, con fie. aud Mra. Jelt Brodhead ike. | tee recently reported that baal ee Sion. Chaves Romane. Bane | broad education, training and ' lee (coral Ponce es ‘onde Mrs: jJoan guarantee program for vet | Pedro Santana; Mr. and Mrs. H. | erans was a su and most of | Ramon Mes.and. Mrs. Albert, Ear the 7.5 million veterans partici- | | pez, Miss Rosario Lopez, Miss Dox- pating benefitted. The commit- | | othy Rath, Miss Jeannie Reynolds, | tee criticized the “minority” who } | Dewey Long, Mr, and Mrs. Jerry jacied: in bad faith and “un- | ! Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Abreu, | S¢tupulous school operators and | government officials” who caus- ed a “needless waste of public} funds.” I feel the GI Bill was basically good, but agree, who heartedly, with this committee's Paul Darsler, Mel Adams. Miss Vi- | ola Veidt. Mrs. Betty French, Gene Lucas, Helic Gomez, Mr. and Mrs. George Keys, Mr. and Mrs. Draft Corley, Miss Doris Barber, Miss Caroline Morrison, Miss Betty | report. In extending these bene- | Buckley, Mac Mullin, Mr. and Mrs. |fits to Korean war veterans, DeMille Presents \Fabulous World Of The Circus The introduction by DeMille, asa prelude to his film, \“The Greatest Show: On Eart opening today at the cus world: “We bring you the Circus! “The Pied Piper whose tunes led children ars. But behind all: this, Cire! is a. massive machine, whose very life depends on dis- {cipline, motion and speed—a {mechanical army on wheels that —that meets calamity again A place where disaster and ;cus train. Where death is con- stantly watching for one frayed rope, one weak link or one trace ‘of fear. A fierce, primitive fight- ing force that smashes relentless- ly forward against impossible ‘odd: | “That is the Circus. “And this is the story of the | biggest of the Big Tops, and of |to make it ‘THE GREATEST | SHOW ON EARTH.” : The music is by Victor Young. | John Ringling Nox ter and E. Ray Goetz, are laborator thm songs, “Lovely and “Porcorn and Lemon- col- John Ringling in the Technicolor himself, owner of the And _ here main pla Holly, aerialist—Betty Hutton. appears picture as al circus. of the is the Sebastian, aeri, Cornel nariton Hes’ Phyllis, Hula girl of the air— Dorothy Lamour Angel, elephant act girl—Gio- ria Grahame Buttons, a clown-James Stew- art } FBI Man—lic Klaus, anir Betiger. Henderson—Lawrence Tier Emmett Kelly, clowt y Wilcoxon trainer Lyle Antoinette Cx ¥ | And the circus as you know it and love it. Read tne Classified Ads Louis Pasteur of causing diseases to disappear {, earth. “We in Florida are progressing toward that goal because we pos. Sess a winning combination of skillful physicians, capabie nurse: | sympathetic state officials and an understanding and hnmanita ian public”, Roberts said é ich the r- Cecil B.j » | Ainsworth, J. D. Mones, Brice Sick- Monroe Theater, is a word picture which pays tribute to the fabulous cir- | Mrs. Charles Gossett, Tom Bell, | magic of all ages —from 6 to 60— into a tinsel and high-flying | D. L. Nelson, Bob Mampel, John the rolls over any obstacle in its path and ain but always comes up smil- tragedy stalk the Big Top, haunt ard and ride the Cir- jthe men and women who fight on two of the catchy | Luawana ey, | This followed a night of dining, pending. H. Lopez, Mrs. Alma Laffit, Mr. | every effort should be directed ‘and Mrs. John Nelson, Miss Dora|to prohibiting “fly by night” Carbonell, Polly Carbonell, Ygnacio | schools; “blind alley” training; Carbeaell, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar}and unscrupulous people from Garcia of Cuba. defrauding the veteran and the Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mattingsley, | taxpayer. Tony Vaccaro, Tommy Baer, Mau-| A mother in Ke: | rice Johnson, William J. Smith, Mr. | in a letter to me: “My son was | drafted and I .would like to know how long he will have to serve.” If he was West writes | | |and Mrs. Garland Carr, Mrs. Ter- , (esa Freg, Walter De Loriea, Tom jler, Miss Margie Lauria, Romano Charchie, Frank Bancellare, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Blatti, Mr. and inducted before He can serve 33 months and} quit, being subject to recall only | in case of war or national emer- | gency declared by the C | The other choice is, he can serve | on active duty for 24 months, then join the reserves for three Elancr B. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McWilliams, Mrs. C. A. Wentz, John and Freda Walters, Dolores Oakley Foster, Mrs. Hortensia Gar- ia, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lopez, Emory P. Roterts, John E, Cam- Jon ics pears. vas inducted spun candy world of reckless| pion, Melton Mileski, Vince Mroz, WAG Maa tig aaeen eae pai beauty and mounting laughter, | Frank Cordesco, Dick Tracy, Harry active duty 24° iHOnths: followed and whirling thrills—of rhythm, | Charnley, P. T. Uska, J. J. Rowley, Be ‘ste, Godie in the ewerves excitement and grace, of daring | R, A. Duffy, Jr., Bill Costello, Tony ae ehatiethin tn Miami Beech | and biaring and dance, of high- | Leirero, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown, : 7 sh & eyed | stepping horses and writes in this question: “What happened to the President's plan | to overhaul the Bureau of Inter-! nal Revenue and take the Bu- reau out of politics?” The House committee, of | Langeuger, Mary Roberts, Lewis McLain, Robert Ruth, Rex Sconter, Melody Weber, Ann Warren, John Fisher, Mrs. Louis Carbonell, Geo. L. Schmidt, Don Murphy, Bill Smy- 4 ic, Al Topel, Alice Cordesco, Dr. which I am a member, approved : G. Porter, Jim Mariquez, Susan ! this plan and submitted it to the; Anthony MacAvoy, Bill Hatch and | House, which in turn, approved Dorothy Raymer. it. It was then sent to the Senate ‘Committee on Government e Operations, who rejected it. The; Actress Beating other day the Senate overrode the Committee's rejection and |approved the plan. It is slated to be put into effect immediate- ‘Draws Full Is Investigation | Here’s a letter from a lady in| “We're going to round up and | Means Committee, to allow wid- question all concerned, including jows and widowers to deduct, up | perfc June 19, 1951, he has a choice. | have been lavish in their praise | of the | Miami. She writes: “I am | mitied a preview of the band’s | HOLLYWOOD \—Actress Anne {tiidew.. supporting as cal vient before an audience at the i: {two ‘small children. I S!Casa Ma Patio last she: four thugs was promised full in- jchild care as an income tax de-| 6 coremonies in presenting sev- vestigation today as detectives | duction’ leral of the band's topnotch vo- tried to piece together some con-| There is now a bill, pending | jicts and other’able entertain- flicting details. before the House Ways and)... Charles Roberts, Organist i\Charms St. Paul’s Audience In Second Lenten Recital FULL PROGRAM PLAYED BY Woman Siabbed ORGANIST LAST NIGHT Ticna Marie Shrewsbury, 315 By SUSAN McAVOY aaah Charles R organist, | Mon k filled y Shemale! eo { Episcopal Ch with _ timeles ree melodies, | gifted fing it to life by his | night at the second in the series of Lenten musicians at the church. I Roberts showed his skill as a} 4.77 °° : a his sk divorce involves division of ail musician in the wide variety of compositions played. ranging | pare rty, in ‘ludi the house from the sunny Venetian “Alba” | ,) ~ d carts off half of ‘by Ethelbert Ne the ho i the wife boards up in, through the | the ope: sombre and. nostalgic “Largo,” | ‘ne. en ee : continues to from the New World Symphony | ili sea by Anton Dvorak, to the full-| 4 bedied. and ck . |Program presented by the Army OR tenahnee by Hichara | Field Band is the versatility of Wagner. {the performance. Those who In the hour long concert from | have heard ary bands other 7:30 to 8:30 p. m, last night, Rob- | than this one will be sure to con- erts played with sensitivity and | en he opinion that this band power. is in a class by itself in giving His “Arioso” by George Fried- |@2 adept show with wide audi- erich Handel was dignified and | Mee appeal. noble. The more familiar “Ave|, Tonight's program, which is Mz by Franz Schubert was | being sponsored by the Chamber interpreted with freshness. And|0f Commerce under the direction even “The Rosary” by Ethelbert | Of Edwin Trevor, Chamber pres- Nevin took on new overtones |ident. will begin at 8:00 p.m under Roberts’ hands at the or-|This event is free to the public, : Jand. will serve as the final Fun Key rs and winter visi- | Nite presentation of the Cham- tors comin in from bustling | ber of Commerce for the current Duval strect to the serenity of | tourist season St. Paul’s church, found an hour isha of be hile the music poured out. Fi ttten were the day’s ar and the morrow’s problems Roberts went from one com- position through nine without announcement. The church setting of the re- cital prevented appluase for the organist as he completed each | performance. At the end of the} concert, however, friends and.! strangers alike rushed to the| ff back of the church to congratu- | 4 late the pianist-organist-financial director of Key West on his fine | ance. He will play the third in this Lenten series next Monday night } at St. Paul’s at 7:30 p.m. | Preview Of Army Band Charms All Tonight’s Big Concert Expected To Draw Huge Crowd At Bayview Park, Truman Avenue | | Key Westers are in for a rare treat tonight at Bayview Park | when the United States Army Field Band presents its varied } nd polished program of concert | nd and vocal selections. Navy personnel was privileged to hear the band at its two pre- vious concerts. One was _ played | at the Naval Hospital Sunday af- terncon and the other at the Naval Base Sunday night. Those who heard these performances entire program. Major Chester Whiting, direct- of the band, graciously per- An outstanding feature of the! Miss Sterling, to get at the bottom of this,” said Detective Inspector Gordon Bowers. There was no question that the shapely actress had been beaten systematically if not critically. The blonde 26-year-old film and tele- vision actress said the four men kidnaped her as she was returning ‘to her apartment early Monday. She said she finally managed to escape from her assailants after they beat and kicked her. She | collapsed while being treated by a doctor and was taken to a hos- | to a reasonable amount, the cost of getting child care while they | work. Sincerely BILL yours, | LANTAFF ST. LEO «—Funeral services | | were held terday for Brother |{! Gerard Schneider, 87, Florida's old- est volunteer weatherman. He died Saturday. Brother Gerard was honored December for 50 years’ service as | K | an_obseryer. | pital. : He began keeping weather rec- Detectives investigating the case | ords in 1892, soon after he joined | said there was some variance In ist. Leo Abbey here. Ten years | {her story and that of her escort |jater he tecame an official ob- on the hour of her return home. | server for the Weather Bureau. The detectives said that in her}. account, at times hysterical, Miss | acquitted Miss Elliott, who there-"| {Sterling at one point said she was | after filed ,a $100,000 damage suit | {taken home about 3 a. m. But | against Miss Sterling, alleging ma- Hater said it was around 6 & ™- | licjous prosecution. This case is |night-clubbing and breakfast with | } friends. — Sterling said she was way. Your Grocer SELLS that Good laid as she was entering the apart: | T | ment’ building where she has been | S AR * BRAND staying recently with a friend, AD. | amMERican COFFE E 4 Jackson. | and CUBAN Detectives said she related that her assailants drove her to an| ——TRY A POUND TODAY—— empty house in the Hollywood Hills —‘There was a big window all | along one side, and I could see | the lights of the city’—and there manhandled her. Miss Sterling recently has been in a court squabble with her form- er rocmmate, Fashion Designer Yolanda Elliott. Miss Sterling ac- cused Miss Elliott of stealing a 32,000 marten fur piece. A jury | SCHNEIDER SERVICES HELD |A gake — GARDNER'S — PHARMACY — The Rexall Store 1114 TRUMAN AVENUE Corner Varela Street PHONE 177 ge ee . ° Le NAVARRO INC. RE EMRE SSE TEN 8 ppeeek

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