The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 1952, Page 3

Political Notes | By DON WHITEHEAD | | MIAMI (® — Sen. Richard B. Russell’s declaration that he will | not lead a Southern revolt over civil rights at the Democratic Na | tional Convention was the big news | today in Florida’s first presidential | preference primary in 20 years. | This was the first time the | Georgian had said flatly that he | will take no part in a walkout | such as the one pulled by some | Southern leaders at the 1948 con vention. Voters went to the polls to make @ choice between Russell and tall, slowtalking Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee who already has won Democratic popularity contests in | eight states. A record smashing vote of 750,-| 000 was expected. Russell was re garded as a slight favorite to give Kefauver a licking in the South’s only presidential preference con test. “I think I'll win,” Russell said. But Kefauver insistec his own chances were good and that “‘those who are against me are in for al surprise.” Others also believe the Tennessean may pull a surprise victory over Russell. Russell’s surprise no-bolt state- Souvenir Of Korea* Citizen Staff Pho MR. WM. V. MASON, local Red Cross official, saw a Key West Citizen story about former Red Cross Director Frizzell being in Pusan, Korea, and participating reminded Mr. Mason of his days spent in that place. 1848, he closed the office there the war was over. (So did ever; Masonic Club is Pusan, Korea spelled backwards. in Masonic charitable work. It In Dec., because the Red Cross figured ybody else!). The Nasupaerok The organi- zation does a lot of charitable work amongst orphans, lepers, and needy folks. Girls Reject Co-Education TAIPEH, Formosa.—(?).—Boys argued for it in a broadcast |pro- Ledr. Roberts Reports For | NAVY TRANSFERS Storekeeper chief Henry T. Sto- / ner was transferred from the U. Naval Commissary Store, Key} West. He is to report to Guam for | ‘urther transfer as assigned by the | ‘ommander, Naval Activities of he Marianas. Since his enlistment in August, | 935, he has been awarded: the yood Conduct medal; American Yefense medal; American Area} medal; Asiatic-Pacific area medal; | World War II Victory medal; and Occupation medal (Asiatic area.) Before his career began, he at- tended high school at Parma, Miss- | ouri. His mother, Mrs. T. E. Sto- ner, resides at Sikeston, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner have one | child, Richard. She is the former LaVerne Downey of Seattle, Wash- | ington. They have been residing at | |1732 Johnson Street, Key West. Chief Stoner is a member of} Branch 50, Fleet Reserve Associa- | tion, Torpedoman’s mate second class Roy W. Bass has been detached from the Ordnance Department of | the Naval Station, Key West, in lieu of reporting aboard the U.S.S. | Prairie, destroyer tender 15, at San | Francisco. Bass has been with the | Ordnance department since Jan- uary, 1950. During his career, Bass has earn- Unemployed D. aw; Eight Checks TALLAHASSEE, May 1—Chair- man Raymond E, Barnes of the Florida Industrial Commission in his report for the week ending April 25, indicates that only 49 of the 67 countries reported unemploy- ment compensation paid to 4,233 persons in the total amount $75,169. The checks drawn were for an average of about $17.44. | In this county current checks were issued to 8 unemployed a $148. From the above it would seem | that employment is holding up very | well considering the lateness of the season. However, beginning in ear-| ly May an increase of unemploy-| ment may be expected. 4 | Cheap steel was firs Possible in 1856 by the Be process. | entering the Navy. He is the son! of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Pren- dergast, RR No. 2, Cedar Lake, | Indiana. | Paige Dowling, gunner’s mate | first class and acting storekeeper for the Ordnance Department of the Naval Station Key West, has! been transferred to the Comman- der, Naval Activities Far East. He will report to Japan after 10 ald leave. | lam vent Tuesday, May 6, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 Fishing Party Citizen Staff Photo PICTURED ABOVE are the girls of the Convent of Mary Immaculate after their return from an Duty In City a ed the right. to proudly display:| Dowling has been in Key West all-day fish 2 aboa bottom fishin, e ; ' eet ERTS ment popped out Monday night | ram but the girls said “no” to STG MG At aie deaiGa ie Aenea aaa i eee since January 1949. He, his wife, | cee eg arty aboard the se oe aa 1g boat, < oe mae —- babares pounds of fi: during a television debate with Ke- | .., .qucation. - S. y, Ny vcan Gklciae Secsice aiedel- the | and one child, David P., have been were caug! rizes were given to those catching the first, the largest, the smallest, and the fauver which developea at times | Key West, Fla—LCDR. John Wil- {residing at 226 E Poinciana. most fish. The girls’ reason, It hampers American Area medal; the Asiatic- rience Sa ank eames corsatord | scholastic progress by inspiring] liam Roberts, Royal Canadian pacific Area medal; World War 11{ Dowling, during his career, has | “unnecessary! sentiment” Navy, has reported to Air De-/vVictory medal; China Service me-|¢4"ed the right to wear: the is ku ' pneneenierd ohmpeteoa Niner Fiore | velopment Squadron One (VX-1),/dal; China Occupation medal. American Defense Service medal; @* Hf “The Flaming Thing’—the liquid| claims sales run about 200 an da’s hot sun. ; The south temperate zone has a| based at Boca Chica Field, for| ina Occupation meca" -._|the American Area medal; the Siren eralds piece de resistance. Owner A. E | evening, the siren screams most The Russell-Kefauver meeting! more uniform climate than the | duty involving flying. His tour Bass was born in Salem, Ken-|ruropean-African-Middle Eastern A | Pilkington decided a fitting cere-| of the night. began as a panel discussion of north temperate zone because of | of duty h f the “ h aim of | tucky, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C-larea medal; the Asiatic-Pacific ‘Hot’ D ink mony should accompany delivery} “The Flaming Thing” is built their views on domestic and for | the hipatien| ocean areas in the pearathenine ne SATE sect M. Bass. His parents now live in| medal; the World War II Victory | r of “The Thing.” Since flames] on a base of gin or bourbon with eign affairs. But it became an! | south zone. tary potential by providing Manco: medal; and the Good Conduct me-| DENVER.—().—A new eatery | dance four and five inches above} added liquors. A grapefruit slice angry explosion at times with both | common. background’ of profes.| Before his entry into the Naval | dal. He onena cocoate ~ and| the concoction, plastic fire hel-| is placed across the top, sprinkled candidates almost shouting at each | sel) might lead a Dixie rebellion | sional experience for officers of | Service, he attended Marion High| While serving at the Naval Sta- only now are the neighbors be ie Sean See Ee ~ mien nee ee ee other and ignoring the moderator and other panel members. At one point Kefauver said he wouldn’t “pick up my marbles and run home” if the Democratic Na tional Convention should approve a civil rights program including a compulsory Fair Employment |sarcastic barbs they had tossed|and Mrs. S. O. Roberts, (Ret.),|Partment, U. S. Naval Station to Practices Commission (FEPC). |at each other earlier. 206 Rideau Terrace, Ottawa, | Bremerton, Washington, where he Russell retorted: “if you mean| Russell accused Kefauver of| Canada, completed a 20-months| Will serve on board the AP A-199. to imply that I’m going to leave | the party—Oh, no! I’m not going | to leave the party.” Reporters later questioned Rus | sell about the meaning of his state ment and he said: “I will not walk out of the convention on an FEPC | fight. 1 intend to stay right there and fight it out.” Russell was asked if he might | leave the party after the conven tion. He replied he would if the convention nominated ‘somebody like Alger Hiss.” This was a reference to Alger Hiss who was sent to prison on a conviction for perjury after he de nied he had given State Depart ment secrets to a Soviet spy ring Both Russell and Kefauver in their debate declared their opposi | tion to a compulsory FEPC, so cialized medicine, deficit spending and the Brannan farm plan. But Kefauver has said he would accept a compulsory FEPC plank in the Democratic platform if it were approved by the convention while Russell has said he would hot accept it Russell said Monday night he over the civil rights issue. After their television meeting, |both candidates attended the tra- ditional primary-eve rally where all the candidatey for state and national offices gather. There they repeated in speeches some of the “trying to hang Fuller Warren around my neck’’—a reference to Kefauver’s feud with Florida’s Gov. Warren who is supporting Russell. Kefauver and Warren had been at odds since Warren refused to | testify during the Kefauver Crime | Committee’s investgation into gambling and political corruption in Florida, | Kefauver said Russell had ac | cepted Warren’s support in the | presidential contest and “You have | to aecept the liability that goes | with it.’ Russell came back: ‘You've done very well with this pore little | boy act but it should be bona fide.” | The delegates to the Democratic | | National Convention will not be |named in today's primary—but in }a second primary to be held May 27 The Republicans are not holding a presidential preference primary The GOP convention delegates were selected last February by the Republican State Central Com mittee the allied nations. Under the command of Captain Elliot W. Parish, Jr., charged with the improvement and development of anti-sub- marine warfare measures. LCDR. Roberts, son of Major tour as a member of the sta of National Headquarters, Ottawa, prior to coming to Key West. He entered the RCN as a cadet in August, 1938, and while serving aboard the destroyer| Sagueney in January, 1942, | LCDR. Roberts was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant. During his naval career, he has served as Executive Officer of HMCS Ottawa (DD) and as First Lieutenant on the Puncher (CVE), which operated in the North At lantic during World War II In December, 1945, LCDR. Rob erts requested flight training and was transferred to Rugby, Eng- iand, where he received his status as Aviator a year later. LCDR. Roberts then assumed command of the 826 Fighter Re- connaissance Squadron. At that time, while he was Commanding Officer, the squadron was using the British Fairey Firefly, a single engine, two-plane aircraft His wife, Mrs. Lillian E. Rob erts and three children, Dana, age 7, Deborah, age 3, and Sz age 14, are presently residing at VX-1 is} ,|prior to reporting to Key West, school. He is married to the former Virginia Jeane Bradbury of Atlan- ta, Georgia. Richard Thomas Pifer, boatswain mate, first class has recently been transferred from the Security De- | Pifer had been stationed in Key West since January, 1950. Departing with him for the West , Coast was his wife, the former Miss | Mary J. Baldwin of Culver City, | California, and their two children, | Wendy Ann, 20 months and Doug Allen, 8 months. They resided at | 76-2 Poinciana Place. | Pifer’s parents, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Pifer reside at 3916-D Prospect Avenue, Culver City, Cal- ‘ ifornia. The Bremerton, Washington, Na- vy Yard is also the destination of Hugh E. Finney, Chief Boatswains | Mate. Chief Finney will report to | duty on board the USS Magoffin | (APA-199.) Chief Finney has been } in Key West since 1949 attached to the Ships Department at the U.S. Naval Station. Richard H. Prendergast, yeo- |man, seaman apprentice, has re- ported aboard the Naval Station, | Key West, for duty with the Mili- | tary Personnel Office. Immediately Prendergast was graduated from | tion, Dowling assumed the duties, every fifth night, of junior officer | of the day, a duty normally enacted | of sirens screaming in the night | sounds off by chief petty officer. | coming accustémed to the sound Now, a siren has been added. It | when one of the The polar regions have relatively The cause of the disturbance is! specials is sold. Since Pilkington | dry air. ee Whats sidewall tires at exire cote would repudiate what he called| Russell and Kefauver have two the Hilton Haven Motel in Key | the Yeoman Class ‘‘A’” School at “a compulsory jail sentence | political unknowns as opponents in| West with him, Bainbridge, Maryland. Ty I FEPC.’ But he also made it clear | their presidential contest—Charles | LCDR. Roberts {s a Sen Prendergast - attended Crown - : | | ] j this repudiation did not mean he Compton, a former jockey, and! Matriculate (U.S. equivalent-| Point High School, Crown Point / | e would walk out of the convention. Carroll S. Shaw, an electrician, graduate) of Upper Canada Col-| Indiana, and Indiana University | y y ‘There had been whispers that Rus | both of Miami. | lege in Toronto, | Extension at Gary, Indiana before U's (| Year =. 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