The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII, No. 302 BOCA CHICA EXPLOSION AVERTED BY J BALLEW Crash Crew Head Drives Hot Gas Truck Out Of Flames The Navy was saved -mil- lions of dollars in fire de- struction by the heroism of James L. Ballew, who risk- ed his life to drive a smol- dering gasoline truck away from burning drums of oil with 60-foot flames at Boca Chica yesterday afternoon. Ballew, who heads the crash crew at Boca Chica, leaped into the huge gasoline truck while it was still smoking. He dgpve it away from the flames soaring 50 to 60 feet high from the burning oil drums, which would have reached the Navy’s multi-million dollars worth of planes and other equip- ment at the air field. The fire was spotted by the Boca Chica signal tower yesterday after- noon. They noticed smoke in the @rea under construction by R. H. Wright in expanding the large field. Wright's storage shed and drums %f oil along side the shed were throwing up giant flames to the ky. The entire area burst into fire, toming so close to the gas truck (Continued On Page Eight) THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER National Polio Fund Head Will Address Nation Address Will Cover Scientific Progress Made In Polio Prevention It was announced today by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis that Mr. Basil O’Con- nor, President of the National Foundation will speak over a coast to coast CBS network from 10:30 to 10:45 p. m. on Friday Decem- ber 19th. A great deal of interest centers in. the subject which Mr. O’Con- nor is scheduled to discuss. Scien- tific progress is discovering vac- cine and other developments to prevent Polio will be the topic of Mr. O’Connor’s address. One of the most important phases of the work of the Foun- dation of Infantile Paralysis is concerned with the prevention of Polio. Medical research is making considerable progress, particular- ly with gamma globulin and medi- cal authorities believe that they may have means of arresting Po- lio epidemics within the next 3 to 5 years. ‘Home For Xmas) Skipper Sims Trying To Get Still At Hospital With Pneumonia After 12 Hour Sea Exposure Skipper Elijah Sims hopes to get home to his family of four chil- dren and his wife for Christmas. The chances seemed slight that | his wish would come true at Mon-| roe General hospital last night. Sims is recovering from pneu- monia there under the care of Dr. Herman K. Moore. “They have been wonderful to | me here,” murmured the shrimp- er whose ship “Captain Frank” went down Monday morning taking with her Mate James Cannon. The shrimper was rescued shock- ed and chilled by the Coast Guard. He wandered around at Coast Guard headquarters lost and dazed Monday until the Coast Guard took him to the hospital. Ineligible for the Naval hospital, and lack- ing a Marine hospital here, the sick shrimper had no place else to go. IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1952 = Marathon Shrimp Boat And Owner Williams Missing Frank Williams of Marathon is missing aboard his shrimp boat, The Sun Sport, with his mate, the Coast Guard an- nounced at 1 p.m. today. Williams and his crew of one were last seen on the boat on December 14. Coast Guard planes and boats are search- ing the entire area from Key West to Dry Tor s, where i believed the vessel got in distress during the blow last Saturday and Sunday. The Sun Sport departed from Key West last Saturday. The Coast Guard was informed that the ship was missing on Tuesday and began an inten- sive search then. Judge Caro Gives Light Xmas Fines Shows Leniency To All Cases In Court Today Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro today gave Christmas pre- sents to traffic and other offenders Last night he told us of the (Continued on Page Eight) Eisenhower’s Pastor In Washington WASHINGTON.—The Rev Dr. Edward L. vice for members of the family on the morning of January 20, Lincoln Mercury 2-5631 WEEKEND 1948 CADILLAC Series “62” only $1295.00 Monroe Motors, Inc. Ford - Lincoln - PHONE 2-5631 SPECIAL Mercury PHONE 2.5631 (#) Wirephoto B. Elson poses in the study of his church, the Na- tional Presbyterian, in Washington after President-elect and Mrs. Dwight D. Ei ed the fashionable Connecticut Avenue church as their place of worship wv House, Dr. Elson, a World War II chaplain who served with the General in the E ropean t plans to confer with the Eisenhowers in New York on details of a pre-ina’ senhower select- ile in the White jin the form of reduced fines. The Judge who has no power to pardon prisoners in the county jail, showed leniency in his fines on guilty plea cases at 10 this morning. James Raymond Montgomery was fined $10 for reckless driving; Johnnie Lester Edwards was fined $10 on the same charge; Manuel Perez was fined five dollars on the same charge; Timothy Harris was fined $10 on reckless driving by excessive speed and following a car too closely; Jessie Lebert Young Was fined $15 for reckless Bad Check Artist Faces Year Jail Term On Federal Self-Styled Mill Marathon To Be Represented On Citizen Staff Mrs. Thelma Parkhurst has been added to the staff of The Citizen as Marathon correspondent. Mrs. Parkhurst has lived in Ma- rathon for a number of years and is well acquainted with the life of the community. She is also a published writer, having had arti- cles accepted by several maga- zines, among them The Saturday Evening Post, Florida Speaks and Literary Florida. She will collect all Marathon news stories for The Citizen each day. i Mrs. Parkhurst’s Marathon maii- ing address is Box 69 and her residence is at 10 Snapper Blvd. She may be reached by phone at 4551 in Marathon. Eisenhowers Will Worship At Nat'l Presbyterian Ch. WASHINGTON — President- elect and Mrs. Eisenhower have selected the National Presbyterian Church on fashionable Connecti- cut Avenue as their place of wor- ‘ship in Washington. Seven presi- dents have attendegyservices there. The church’s present minister is the Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, who served with Gen. Eisenhower jin the European Theater in World War II. The church, announcing its selec- tion by the Bisenhowers yester- driving; Charles Rayford Gordon was fined $10 on the same cha: Ernest Alding™ AS five dollars $n fr ie charge; Virgil Lilly was fined one dollar for having no driver's license; Bernie B. Leybar was fined $15 on a reckless driving charge. Miami Interview For Citizenship Applicants Mon. Local Immigration Officer re- quests all persons desiring citizen- ship under Nationality Act of 1940 who heretofore have filed applica- tions for permission to petition U. S. Couft for citizenship to be in the Miami Office of The Immigration Service at Biscayne and Thirty Ninth Street North East at 9 a.m. Monday, December 22, 1952. These persons must have two U. S. Citizen witnesses present and eight dollar filing fee at this time. who have otherwise been notified of the above as well as to all fed. Children’s Matinee Saturday Afternoon SKATING—2:30 - 4:30 PA’ ENTS WELCOME FREE 420 SOUTHARD ST. TEL. 9116 This information applies to those | day, said Dr. Elson will go to New ; | York soon to confer with them on mediate family Jan. 20. Presidents who have worshipped at the National Presbyterian Church are Jackson, Pierce, Polk, Cleveland, Buchanan, Grant and Benjamin Harrison. The church has long had a ‘‘President’s Pew.” Navy Man Jailed Here On Thursday Donald Short, 29, of the USS Penguin was arrested yesterday afternoon by patrolman Edward Ramirez on charges of “taking property without the consent of the owner” after he allegedly appro- Priated a bicycle on Duval Street. Short was released on $55 bond for appearance in City Court this afternoon. We Have Just Received A Fresh Shipment of NUNNALLYS and NORRIS CANDIES FOR CHRISTMAS ORIENTAL PHARMACY 1009 Duval St. FISHING TACKLE | Thompson Enterprises, Inc. | HARDWARE DIVISION | Caroline St. Dial 2.3132, ELKS CLUB'S ANNUAL | BENEFIT DANCE Floor Show and | Bathing Beauty | Contest Also Crowning of Merry Xmas Queen and King SATURDAY, DEC. 20 ELKS ANNEX— 9 P.M. ‘till 1 A.M. Admission $1.00 SALE SHINGLES $11.50 a Box 20% OFF ON ALL PAINTS DEC. 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th STORE OPEN 8:30-5:00 G. C. ROBERTS HARDWARE Cor. Elizabeth & Caroline Sts. ef J. R. Stowers Co As usual we are offering $10 as a trade-in on your old bike. USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN KEY WEST SALVAGE Co. STOCK ISLAND Coniractors and Builders Attei:!’on FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANCLES OF ALL We Want Junk OLD CARS A SIZES of All Kinds ND TRUCKS DIAL 2-6141 or DIAL 2-2940 Dial 2-6841) E U.S.A. The Associated Press Teletype Fea S and Photo Services, For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ces. Poss Students Eat 1500 Pounds Of Turkey School Closes Today Until January 5, °53 Monroe county school children ate 1500 pounds of turkey yester- day at gala luncheons throughout the school system. The turkeys arrived last week, frozen, from the Fedcral Com- modities Commission. They were consumed the day before the Christmas holiday began today for all students. Even the Board of Public In- struction and The Key West Citi- zen came in on the feast. One large drumstick tied. in a red rib- bon was waiting for Citizen staffer Susan McAvoy when she arrived at the banquet table set up in the library of the high school. High school students waited on the school officials, while the youngsters milled around in the Christmas decorated cafeteria with their loaded trays of turkey, dres- sing, cranberry sauce, peas, pota- toes, olives, celery and all the fixings. Dessert was cake baked by home economics students in the high school. The teachers have done a fine job of culinary in- struction according to the com- ments of all who ate the pistachio iced pastry. Credit for the feast, however, should go to Mrs. Angela Vaughn, manager of the KWHS cafeteria. She baked the turkeys and made their magnificent dressings. Present at the head table at the high school, were E (0. i principal, and host, ‘Supe of Public - Ipstruetion.. and “Mrs. Horace O’Bryant; Leland March, general supervisor of instruction; Randolph Russell, principal of Harris school; Mrs. Edith Ro- berts, elementary supervisor; Miss Eugenia Nicola, school physcholo- gist, Albert Carey, Poinciana prin- cipal; Gerald Adams, chairman of the school board; Mrs. Lu Kins- man, Finance officer of the schools Mrs. Ramona Knight, secretary to O'Bryant; Mrs. Nellie Collar, clerk He Will Go Nori Facing the prospect of a eral charges stemming from check cashing spree, William Angeles appeared bored this in Criminal Court to face cha it | PRICE FIVE CENTS 10 ges ionaire Says q e h To Face Music ten-year jail term on fede a four-month, cross country James Smith, Jr. 25, of Los morning when he appeared ‘ges in connection with a 105-mile an hour chase up the Keys which culminated in KW Gulf Life |: Insurance Co. Wins Trophy Best Record In Past 6 Months Brings Silver Cup To Island The silver cup of merit went to insurance agents and superinten | dents of Key West yesterday at a Gulf Life Insurance luncheon at the A and B Lobster house. Harry Truett, district manager of Little River, Fla. presented the cup to J. B. Symmonette, district manager of Key West following | the sea food luncheon. i It is the second time Key West | has come out ahead of the other districts in the compa Sheuld the agents win out in the rext six months they will keep the cup per manently. J. M. Harrison, manager of the Miami district of the company came to Key West for the occasion as did Truett. They said they hoped to make a return trip and} fish, “South Florida leads the entire territory of Gulf. Life,” Harrison } said. ‘I congratulate you “YKey) West on your fine work in both ordinary and industrial insurance.” The following Key West agents | (Continued On Page Eight) Caraballo Hearing Is Set For Today A preliminary hearing has been scheduled this afternoon for Paul | in O'Bryant’s office; Margaret Wel- (Continued on Page Eight) Post Office To Be Open All Day Tomorrow Here The Post Office on Simonton St. will run its usual weekday schedule jtomorrow, Hollon R. Bervaldi, Postmaster said today. This means that stamps and Parcel post, COD and registry, and |general delivery windows will re main open until 6 p. m. tomorrow. Money order and postal savings | will stay open until 5 p. m. | i —————__...____ CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS | Nesco and Westinghouse Roasters, | Pressure Cookers, Blenders, | Picni Jugs | Use Our Lay-Away Plan HOME APPLIANCE CC., INC. 605 Simonton St. Dial 2.3621 A ECR | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION | Francis at Truman Dial 2-9193 | Your PURE OIL Dealer Caraballo, 52, of this city on| charges of “lewd and lascivious; conduct” before Justice of the Peace Roy Hamlin. Caraballo is being held in the Monroe County Jail $1000 bond after December Sth after an lewd act in connection with a year old child. The act took place on a Key} West Transit Company bus, ac-! cording to authorities. Typewriters Repaired Free Estimates «++ Work Guaranteed PRICES REASONABLE TYPEWRIT"™® JONES 917 Duval St. | graphers as pens ch f | wealth: |try trip which sta | West after a his capture at gunpoint. ive sport coat, e man, plead- es of reckless after State H: ay Patrol- S. R. Walker told of the wild ride up the keys. But Smith, who had posed as the heir to the fabulous Fietch- Clad in an expe: | er’s Castoria fortune, faces more serious trouble as the result of federal charges which have been filed against him alleging the passing of more than 85 fraudu- lent checks in several states, Hawaii and Canada. Smith agreed Thursday to re- turn to Hartford, Connecticut to |face the music on one of the bad check charges. He will be arraign- ed, probably on Monday, before U. S. Commissioner William V. Albury. FBI officials from Connec- ticut are in the city to investigate the case. Smith snapped out of his le- thargy in cort this morning, only long enough to threaten photo- they atiempted to jsnap his picture as he awaited hearing on the traffie charges. “I'm going to smash their. cameras if they don‘t stop both- i ““ the arrogant, self re heir shouted. Smith was nabbed here on Wed- nesday as he was poised for a Havana jaunt after passing a num- ber of checks in this city, He had used several aliases including Gor- don Fletcher, William Nett and George. Huston. An expensive silver fox coat which had been worn by Smith's sweetheart, Diane Lineback, Los. uigeles waitress who Rad accem- Panjéd him on the cress country trip,-was hanging this morning in the Monroe C y Jail yard. Ex- ive luggage, presumably pur- chased by the youthful confidence man also rested in the jail. Two other companions, Elive Milan, Puerto Rican born night- club singer and Vince Lo. Pic- colo, 20, a St. Louis bank teller, were also held in the jail for investigation. They are expected to be released unless they are found to be wanted on federal charges. They told police that they had “been taken in by had said that he New E y A bizarre tale of a cross coun- ed in July in ended in Key rt reporter con- Los Angeles tacted New Hamphire police, un- folded afier questioning by the ed on Page ght) Cont Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN DIAL 2.3036 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All K of Scrap Mi Tel. 2-3794 Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. | Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries | Accessories DUVAL CLUB | DANCING NIGHTLY | Proudly Presents... LOU BREDICE and His “International Trio” In Its New Room THE HUT EVERY NICHT from 10 PM. "till 3 4 426 GREENE STREET Next to the Western Union DIAL 2-9283 IN CASH IPRIZES