The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1952, Page 6

Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, November 19, 1952 New Method Snuffs Out Oil Tank Fire Associated Press Wirepl PAULSBORO, N. J.—A blazinz fire in a 2,000,000-gallon tank of fuel oil, believed to be the largest amount ever ignited for test purposes, was snuffed out in less than a minute in demonstration of a new fire-fighting method at the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. refinery here today. Photo at top shows spectators watching the blaze at its. height; at bottom, the fire is completely extinguished, less than a minute after large amounts of air were pumped into the lower part of the tank, bringing cooler oil to the surface, thus cutting down vapors on which the flames fed. ‘ Tennessee Has 32-Year-Old As Governor By JOHN A. HARRIS NASHVILLE, Tenn. % — Frank lernént, a broad-shouldered ex- t t Denrocr'at with a firm hand shake, at,32 will%be the second youncest chief executive in Tennes- see history,” . “Just calf me Frank”—a_state- ment he repeated frequently dur- ing the camprisn—indicates the informal air which the young at- torney brought to volunteer state politics. One of his associates of the governor-elec “Everytime he rides an elevator he shakes hands with the operator and he’ never crosses a hotel lobby without shaking hands with all the bellboys.” The tactics paid off in winning a four-way Democratic primary race—which generally means elec- tion in Tennessee. In the general election Clement's najority was greater than the highest total vote ever polled by & candidate in any previous Ten- nesee election. He defeated Repub- lican R..Beecher Witt. A World War I veteran and for- mer FBI agent, Clement was born in the Middle Tennessee town of Dickson June 2, 19 At 19 he married Lucille Christianson. They have two small children Clement has a long record of achievement in civie groups and veterans organizations. In addition to his private law practice, he was for several years’ general counse says this for the Tennessee Public Utilities | Commission. On the day after his general election victory, Clement said in a radio speech “T plan to take a short vacation, Then I'm going home to wait for @ny little visitor that might hap. pen to drop in.” The visit to which he referred was of a nonpolitical nature. Mrs Clement was expecting a baby, DEATH F. WAKEFIELD MINOR, SR Mr. F. Wakefield Minor died last even Ress. Funeral services Morrow afte chapel of the Lope The Rev. Jo Paul's Church will After body will t dispe vivors services. 40 Today's : Stock Market NEW YORK (®—The stock mar- |ket rushed ahead today with such | vigor that the tape was late short- ily after the opening. ~ » Prices made generally good,up- (ward -progress “with the best gains limited to a._und a point. Losses usually were small and quite scat- tered. | Major divisions taking a hearty jpart in the advance were rails, | steels, motors, ulilities, non-ferrous |metals, oils, radio-television is- sues, chemicals, and building ma- terials. U. S. Gypsum with an early gain of 2 points was well ahead of the list while Goodrich, with a loss of ; between 1 and 2 points at times, | was well under the average loss. Higher stocks included U.S. Steel, General Motors, American Telephone, New York Central, | Standard Oil (NJ), Phelps Dodge, | American Cyanamid, Johns-Man- ville, Radio Corp., and General ‘Taft Is Backed ‘For Leader Spot | WASHINGTON (®—Some Senate followers of Robert A. Taft lined | up behind him for majority leader in the new Congress today but the } question remained whether Taft ally wants--or would take--the job. Sen. Capehart (R-Ind) talked with the Ohioan and said afterward “my best judgment is he's avail- able (for majority leader) and I'll be for him.” | Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) said ‘4’m for Bob if he wants it.” Sen. Hugh Butler (R-Neb) pre- | dicted that Taft would be certain to win if he entered a fight over | the key Senate post. | Butler's prediction seemed plau- | sible since 26 of the. 48 Republican | senators who will hold seats in! jthe new Congress appear to be in the Taft camp T: himself told a news con- fere yesterday that he is not! running for n y leader but} that “‘of course” he is available, depending on circumstances, | i the A GIRL PIG, MAYBE CARTHAGE, Mo. & — Motorist L. Thomas was frantic when | he called sta rs to report k a woman on scream running an ambulance s sheep. na badly | from Commander Hometown Band To Play For Dan TALLAHASSEE (® — The high school band from Dan McCarty’: | hometown of Ft. Pierce today was invited to lead the inauguration day parade Jan. 6 wken he will become governor of Florida. The invitation was issued by State Supreme Court Justice El- wyn Thomas, chairman ofthe tion arrangements. Ft. Pierce is planning to send a special train of McCarty neighbors and local supporters here for the inaugural ceremonies. Other members of the inaugura tion executive committee are Roy Shuford, McCarty’s Leon County campaign manager; President Ed Clark of the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and Millard David- son, chamber of commerce mana- ger, Back To States On USS Princeton George B. Cathey, seaman, USN, of 409 William Street, returned to the United States aboard the attack carrier USS Princeton last week. The Princeton had eight months of combat duty in Korea and its planes participated in some of the most spectacular air raids of the Korean conflict. They blew up the fmportant Siuho Dam close by the Man- churian border, were the first to attack through the heavy flak at Pyongyang, at Kowon, and at the Yalu River. tain, Chorwon, and Sniper Ridge. The ship received high praise Naval Forces Far East. Stevenson Is Not Looking For Job SPRINGFIELD, Il}. “®@—Gov. Ad lai E. Stevenson says he is not considering any public service Posts after his term of office ex Pires in January But, the defeated Democratic Presidential] nominee told reporters yesterday: “I would like the priv lege of expressing myself from time to time on important issues” during the next four years “T would like a hand in straight- ening out weak spots in the Demo cratic Party.” he said. He would not discuss whether he would run for the presidency in 19 The Illinois gov first four-year to re! Ch He committee in charge of inaugura- | radarman | vital power plants just south of | They gave close air support to | | UN troops at White Horse Moun- Hydregen Bomb For Peace Use | WASHINGTON (#—Congztession- | al atomic leaders now .ndicate |that hydrogen bomb materias | may be of some peacetime vaiue. |A few months ago the general be- |liet was they could be used only for destructive purposes. | This significant reversal was brought out by Sen. Bourke Hick- |enlooper (R-lowa), a member of | the Joint Congressional Atomic | Committee, in comments on the recent Eniwetok atomic tests. Hickenlooper, expressing satis- | faction with the tests and saying they ‘added to our knowledge about the outlook for xydrogen weapons,” made this further state- ment: “We must remember that the | hydrogen picture cuntains some jhope, in time, for peaceful ana | constructive applications. “This x x x is something that the- Joint Congressional Committee must look into.” Sen. Brien McMahon (D-Conn) the late chairman of the Atomic Committee, shortly before’ his death said: “There is now hope x x x that | possibly there may develop, years hence, important peacetime appli- cations of hydrogen principles— and this all amounts, or may amount, to a basic change in the focus of the (atomic) controi | problem.” School Support Ideas Are Asked ATLANTIC CITY (®— Catholic bishops were called on yesterday | by a leading Methodist churchman | to state m “clear and unmistak- | able’ terms whether they seek public support for Catholic schuols, The statement was made by Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Ox- nam of Washington, D. C., during | the semi-annual meeting here of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church. . A controversy, has risen from a 3,000-word Catholic declaration last week on religion and education, Protests about the declaration also have been voiced by officials of the Baptist Church and the Unitar- ian Ministers Association. The Catholic Bishops of Amer- ica had said in the declaration that it is the state’s duty to aid re- ligious training. In addition, they described as “utterly unfair” deni- jal of such services as tax-financed bus transportation to Catholic schools, Oxnam, secretary of the Meth- odist Council of Bishops, .called on Catholic leaders to define clearly their objectives in respett to tax aid to parochial schools. , Before there can be con- | structive discussion of * school lunches, buses and other auxiliary services to Catholic schools; Ox- |nam said, there must first come word from Catholic leaders that |these are not merely an_ initial | Step in the direction toward more public support. 'Vandenburg Says Air Force Ready SEOUL (®—Gen. Hoyt §. Van- denberg, Air Force chief of staff, said today the Air Force is capable of beginning an aggressive war jagainst the Reds’ Manchurian |bases at any time the U. S. gov- ‘ernment changes its war policy. Vandenberg, on the last leg of a world tour of installations under his command, told newsmen: “The Air Force is in a position to do anything the administration wants done.” Reporters had asked if the Air Foree was strong enough to bomb effectively beyond the Yalu River boundary of North Korea, “Do you mean the Air Force in Korea could carry on an ag- gressive campaign in. Manchuria without bringing in more squad- rons to build up strength?” a cor- respondent asked. “No,” Vandenberg replied. “I said the Air Force.” He was asked to comment on jthe fatal crashes of four C-119 ; days~one in Korea, two in Alaska and a fourth in Montana. “From what I have read,” he replied, “there were no mechan- ical failures found, so I think it has been mostly pilot errors.” Dr. J. A. Valdes Specializing bn Eye Examination and Visual COMPLETE SERVICE ON DUPLICATION of LENSES 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY We Use Bausch and Lomb Eye Glass Prescription OFFICE HOURS: 9 te ITA M. 25 P.M TELEPHONE: Residence, 25 Office, 32 Flying Boxcars in the past 11/ Snyder May Be Linked To Tax Scandal WASHINGTON # — House in vestigators report that, after a year of trying. they now have documents purporting to show Sec- | retary of the Treasury Snyder took ‘undue interest in a multimillion- dollar tax case. The report came, after a closed- door session yesterday, from a House ways and means subcom- mittee investigating tax scandals. It said the group has received from the Criminal Division a log of tele- phone conversations between Sny- der and Charles Oliphant, former chief counsel for the revenue bureau. Oliphant served in that post from 1947 until last fall, when he quit under fire. f Committee sources said extracts from the long-sought telephone transcript show Snyder displayed “an unusual degree of interest” in a claim by. Universal Pictures, Inc., for a 20-million-dollar refund on excess profit taxes levied some 10 years ago. The sources said Snyder tele- phoned Oliphant frequently in 1948 and 1949 to speed up handling of Universal’s claim. The case was expedited from the New York field office directly to the Treasury, where a two-million-dollar award was made last December. Along with the stenographic rec- ord of the conversations, Snyder sent the committee a letter of ex- planation, not made public. A com- mittee aide said Snyder’s letter claims he took only an official interest in completing the tax settlement. AIRPORT DEED FILED (Continued from Page One) have been constructed upon said tenure hereunder, but in no event to exceed original cost of con- struction of such buildings, which said then value of such buildings shall be determined “ by a Board of Arbitration, if the company and county do not agree. The deed further stipulates that the county shall have due regard for the safety and security of ad- joining properties and persons ‘re- siding or dwelling thereon, partic- ularly in the case of take-off and landing by aircraft. Right next to Meacham is the luxury hotel, The Key Wester, and its swimming pool, cabana club; Raul’s Restaurant and the Key Ambassador are also a short dis- tance away. CAN WE FORGET (Continued from Page One) smiling, blonde: fighter pilot, Lt. Ray Demeritt, was no doubt smil- ing when he was shot down over Germany. Lt. Felton volunteered and went down with the Wasp. Young “Bow-wow” Roberts was coming back to the states when he crashed; Ensign Watson Park was just one day over 21 -years when he lost his life in a crash. Young Carey, the 19 year old colored boy whose body is en- route home now, knew little of life. He was just out of high school, proud of his diploma, when the call to colors came. Korea claimed his young life. There are more, the Sands and Sawyers of World War I, the Og- dens. and Fernandezes of World War II and the Rojases of the Korean conflict. tribution from us? try have long since erected monu- ments to the war dead. Key West has none. The Monument, it has been de- cided, will carry the names of the id of World War I and I and the K@rean conflict. None will be omit Let us Key Westers dedicate our selyes today to the raising of the additional $1,300. Mail in your con- | tribption, no matter how small, to |Mrs, Maude Watson Park, 1319 Olivia Street. Let’s preserve for posterity the | names of the Island's heroic dead! In 1904 the ratio of males to females in the adult population of the United States was about even. Justice Department’s | premises by the county during its | Are they worthy of a small con- | Many cities throughout this coun- | PILOT ERROR LISTED (Continuet’-from Page One) Captain Toth said that “there is no particular apprehension” among the personnel of his unit following the unfortunate accidents. When asked at a meeting if they had any qualms about flying the planes, the pilots are said to have replied to a man that they had complete con- fidence in the aircraft. ~ STUDENTS AID (Continued From Page One) the home is to test the phone to see that. it is in good working order by dialing a special number at the office. They then give the | Subscriber a card bearing a new jnumber ‘f necessary and make any explanations of the new sys- tem that may be necessary. A small booklet is left with the user to explain the details of the new system. The students say that the chief cause of difficulty for phone users. is the instinctive habit of lifting the phone and waiting for the operator. They po'nt out that with the dial system the person placing a call should wait for the dial tone instead. | Others are under the impression ; that they can call Miami numbers under the new setup although this is not the case. Local manager Chet Cold said that long distance dial service is expected to be add- jed in the future, however. Until ‘then it will be necessary to call such a call, he added. 1 GOP LEADERS (Continued From Page One) ! would be theoretically possible in | 1955. The Ohioan and other Republican leaders in Congress are discussing legislation with Eisenhower at a conference today in New York. CORONER’S INQUEST (Continued trom Pace Quer high heeled footprints in the sand near the dead man. “ On the other hand, no woman accompanied Klug through the Upper Matecumbe toll gate on the morning .of October 30 when the toll taker issued him a receipt for his toll. This receipt, a few dollars. and change and a cheap silver watch were the only items found in the dead man’s pocket, it was | testified yesterday. His billfold was | gone, never to be recovered, and his Navy discharge card was found in the water 20 feet from | the body. ! The license plate of the motor- | cycle has never been found at all. Walker waded in the three feet of water searching for the- plate, Dixon said that though they Jook- ed around for the plate they #i¢ not sift the sand. Divers 1% masks have not been used either to find the license which it was suggested may have beén tossed out quite a distance into the Atlan- tic. The screws with which the tag was attached to the brand new 'Indian motorcycle were found on |the beach near the standing mo- toreycle. Another item found on the tank of the motorcycle was a gun clean- ing rod. The half pint of whiskey with two shots left in it was pro- | tuding from the pocket of the dead | man, whose father and brother-in- law insisted that he did not drink except occasionally and socially. Subscribe to The Citizen | Appliance Repairs And Service ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Ketchings Electric ™ Y Experience . . Service Day or Night All Work Guaranteed FREE PICK UP AND DELIVERY P. 0. BOX 631 PHONE 2286-W KEY WEST, FLA. | Just Arrived! Beautiful Clopay Plastic DRAPES PRINTS ABSTRACTS AND FLORAL DESIGNS Key West Venetian Blind Co. 123 DUVAL ST. WINDOWS - AWNINGS - JALOUSIES - DOORS ALUMINUM PA’ TIO FURNITURE | Unit, in. its six years of operation! takes beca’ | here has compiled a good safety | record. the long distance operator to place | GRATIFYING RESPONSE (Contin From Page One) his own son had it several years ago. This. gift means that “the music won't stop when Joyce leaves the hospital because she will have this radio at home. \It.also means that the distressed mother, alone in a cheerless home except for a small grand-daughter, with nothing to brighten a day t should glow like the Florida , will have music and words 9 help ease her “well of loneli- néss” until Joyce returns. ‘The article in the Citizen did fen more than that. Because of it\ and our local radio, another donor gave a radio “In loving memory of a departed one” to be used where needed. Since “‘Opera- tion Radio for Joyce” had its mis- sion completed, this radio was sent to become the companion of an injured inmate of the Colored Old’ Folks’ Home, a project of the local Beta Sigma Phi Sorority to add a few “Frills” to the splendid things which’ have already been accomplished there by the County officials. Mrs, Harvey: asks: “Have these folks been put to ‘trouble’? Well, hardly. Certainly when reading the current articles in the local paper, ‘What Democracy Means to me’, we Cannot reconcile small incon- veniences to which we may put our- selves in order to provide that “equal opportunity to all”. Unfor- tunate folks live among us even in this great democracy of ours -- and “but for the grace of God could be you, me or our loved ones” --- the polio victim, the | anxi Parents awaiting word at home, the elderly folks for whom provision is made in homes. What reward do folks expect? The re- ward ‘is a sudden lighting-up of a wrinkled face or the happy laugh- ter ofa child -- that is the only reward in America, the ‘land of plenty}.”” While still more radios are being received, folks are calling inlist- ing neighbors and places where. “agents of mercy” may bring some of the Florida sunshine inddors with music from a radio which may ‘charm the soul”. Did someone say that Christmas was 37 days away --- well, because of a TROPICAL TRADER N18 Duval St. Phone 1000 F tone’ DISTANCE CALLS * Go Through { When You CALL BY NUMBER good. of.this community, it is Christmas for some folks today. In 1951 there were 3,833,000 births in the, United States, CHRISTMAS CARDS | IMPRINTED | Imprinted Use Our Lay-A-Way Plan ; for Standard or Portable sovrmarm on = q ! 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