The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 13, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in eountry, with an average sange of only 14° Fahrenheit the the THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV No. 11 On Trial For Their Lives A SIE ee em Ome RNR : Citizen Staff Photo by Ellis Finch CARL CARMICHAEL, SR., AND CARL, JR.. as they entered Circuit Court this morning where they are being tried on a Grand Jury indictment for first degree murder of Allen Harris, known as “Mellow Moon.” The accused, who have been out on bonds of $15,000 and $5,000, respectively, sat impassively through the morning’s testimony of witnesses presented by State Attorney J. Lance- lot Lester, prosecuting the case for the people of Florida, Red Life Line Hammered By Plane Strike Area Plastered With 100 Tons i pat _jught Attack SEOUL (§—The>U. 8, Sth Air force hurled a crushing 440-plane strike against Communist rail fa- ilities deep in northwest Korea oday. It was the seventh hammer- ng blow on the Red life line in ive days. U. S. Sabre jets, flying protective over, downed two Communist \ilG-I5s, probably destroyed one nd damaged another, the Air Force said. The fighter - bombers streamed north in mornitg and afternoon raids of 220 planes each only a ew hours after B-29 Superforts dlastered the area with 100 tons of bombs in a night strike. Biggest news on the ground front vas that two fresh Chinese Com- munist armies--about 70,000 men-- ave moved into the line on the vestern front. Intelligence officers rid there was no indication of new Red offensive in that »vea, however. They said one badly mauled Chinese army was being rulled out of the line. The warplanes piled rubble atop rubble in their pulverizing attack om a bridge complex north of Sin- »nju, The bridges span the Chong- chon River and form a bottleneck in the supply line which funnels Red war equipment from Man- ehuria and China southward to be front. Clouds of smoke billowed high | over the target and prevented full | »bservation, But the Air Force said he raiding warplanes scored num- orous direct hits Today’s raid was the heaviest over to hit the Sinanju area, but it fell far short of a 1,403-plane, jawn-to-dusk plastering of Pyong- vang last Aug. 29. The North Ko- rean capital also took a 1,200 - nlane blow last July, and a ham- mering by about 800 warplanes last May. An Allied raiding party stabbed into Red lines in bone-chilling pre- iawn cold today and warmed up (Continued On Page Three) BASEBALL FANS If You Want Baseball In Key West Be at City Hall TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ee ey Wounded Sailor Is Still Improving an of Bobbie Jessie, ‘The condition 27 year old Navy man who was accidentally wounded. ae 5 al if ‘teday, with a bul- “continues discharged as he was standing duty aboard the USS Sea Immediate surgery and free quent blood tra are credited by medical men fer sav- ing the sailor’s life. He is given @ good chance of surviving the serious wound, but is still on the critical list at the Naval Hospi- tal. Ezz U.S. Applicants For UN Positions Under Scrutiny UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. ®— United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie has agreed to stop hiring Americans as employes of the world organization until appli- cants have been checked by the FBI or the U. S. Civil Service Commission. The move is the first step in a cooperative effort by the U. N. and the U. S. government to rid the secretariat of American em- |ployes disloyal to their own gov- | ernment. Lie and four of his top assistants conferred most of yesterday with |U. S. officials on ways of putting into effect a loyalty program or- dered last week by President Tru- man. The President acted after Lie had complained that in many cases he was not given sufficient infor- Imation about allegedly disloyal | Americans to take any action. No formal statement was issued after the conference but U. S. | sources said present and future American employes of the U. N | would be subject to the same loyal- iy investigations as regular U. S. | government workers. Lie, however. |will be the final judge of whether :they should be employed U.N. sources said they assumed the investigation would start with }nine Americans whom the State Department has aiready on adversely. Lic sain these nine were among these on whom he lacks sufficient information to act | The U. S. sources said all 1,681 American employes of the U. would be checked by the U. Civil Service Commission and Americans in higher posts w be subject to a full-scale FBI field probe Queens Receive March Of Dimes Fund Credit Annual Children’s Parade ‘Donations Given To Queens Campaign Treasury The race for the title of Queen of the March of Dimes Polio Fund in Key West is waxing hot and heavy according to reports of the raising committee when they announced that contributions _re- ¢eived from the public during Sat- urday’s annual Children’s Parade which reached a total of $127.67 have been apportioned among the Queen candidates. The sum was pro-rated among the Queen candidates who rode in the parade, each Queen receiving $11.60 credit or 116 votes. The winning candidate will be crowned at the annual President’s Birthday Ball at the Casa Marina Hotel on January 3ist. The Children’s Parade was pro- nounced a rousing success this year and the contestants for the various prizes were so original that the judges found it necessary in tmany cases to award duplicate prizes. The following prizes were award- Prettiest costume; Wanda Slo- cum, Barbara Ford, Sylvia Robin- son and Marylin Mewshaw. Decorated bicycles: Charlotte |Baker, Linda Bruce and Amelia Ramona Cruz. Smallest pet: Merle Deland. Decorated wagon: Joe Perez, Victor Larsen and Marsha Nonne- macher. Largest pet: Betty Whyms. Prettiest pet: Glenda Roberts. Most Unusual pet: Helen Hut- chins. Cowboys: Pewee Willie Peters, Cecil Bains. Doll carriages: Mary Morales and Patricia Murphy. Best doll: Elaine Stark. Drum and Bugle Corps, Girl Scouts and Douglass School Majorettes. ‘City Electric Officials Meet | Date of formal opening + $3.000,000 steam elec Caroline and Grinnel lof the el er Keys, were to be reported | th Big Pine Key by Feb: by City EI 10,000 KW in Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TU JUDGE CARO, SOLICITOR CLEARE CLEAR DOCKET OF MANY CASES A score of cases were handled by Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro and County Solicitor Allan B, Cleare, Jr. last week in the first court session of the New Year. One young veteran, George Jen- kins had asked Capt. D. M. An- drews, deputy sheriff to put him in jail because he didn’t want to get in trouble. Capt. “Andy” said he willingly put the young man in county jail. The boy said that every time he gets paid, he gets drunk, that he can’t help him- self. The young man was referred to the Veterans Administration hos- pital for treatment. He said: ‘d rather be in jail than hurt anyone.” Judge Caro deferred sentence on him, and called in Jack Baker, county Veteran officer for help. Francis Holland was fined $25 on reckless driving; John Bartus- vich was fined $75 for driving while intoxicated. His license is revoked for a year. Ray Garcia’ was fined five dollars for driving 75 miles per hour at night. Charlie Mang- bam, Jr. ‘was fined $50 and had his license revoked for. ¢ miles ‘pér hour at night. Colter Cole Pinder, was fined $10 for driving 75 mi an hour at night. J. Rasmussen was fined $75 for driving while intoxicated. His license was revoked for a year. James Roosevelt Bush was fined $10 for being drunk. He testified before the Judge: “I got doped up on a couple of drinks.” John Farwick was fined five dol- lars for doing 65 miles per hour on his motorcycle. Station Patrolman Jimmie Wilder put in a word for Farwick saying that he is a mem- ber of the Motorcycle club which is trying to build safety conscious- ness among its members. Another motorcycle driving sailor was also let off with five dollars on his reckless driving charge, because he is too a member of the club. Cathleen Joan Campbell. was fined five dollars for doing 75 miles per hour at night. Her husband ap- peared for her. Wilder said they were among the nicest people he had met in a long time. Robert Leroy Barnard was fined $25 for reckless driving. Rudolf Santoro was fined $10 for | speeding. | Henry Gamble’s alleged assault on Police Henry Lounders will | come before court later. Lounders | testified to the attempted violence on the part of Gamble. Gamble’s bond is $250. Judge Caro said | “I’m not going to have anybody | beating up officers.”” ‘ Joseph V. Jackson accused of | breaking into Rogelio Gomez’ place | of business with intent to commit | larceny will appear again in court when his FBI record is available. | Harry Mitchell, Henry Spicer, and | Calvin White, who was driving | and then of the Monroe Gener the U. S. Mail truck when it col- | jlided with a car, causing the loss jof an arm to Joseph Leshkosky | will come before the court again decided. In a civil settlement of (Continued On Page Three, ‘Medical Society ‘Holds Meeting Medical So- eeting last he Monroe General with Dr. J. Lancelot Les- . president in the chair. group held discussions on d and to spital or of the The Monroe. County ipated that the Medi Gen Shepard is secretary jdid so mainly for the purpose of {will meet ESDAY, JANUA Seven Havana Bound Pilots Arrive Monday ! Anv‘tal “Snowbird” Flight Completed Without Mishap Key West played host yester- day to seven members of the Florida Air Pilots Association who made their 10th annual “Snowbird Flight” from Miami to Havana. i While but seven private plane ; pilots making the jaunt needed to stop in Key West for refueling on the trip to the Cuban capitol, the entire contingent of 63 planes will land here on Thursday when they use Key West as their port of entry back to the United States. Local Coast Guard Officials said today that the airlift was without mishap when Havana authorities radioed that all of the planes had landed there safely. One hundred and fifty Pilots been originally to make the trek but took t othe air. After two days of sightseeing in Cuba, they will return to their home base in Miami. Customs and Immigration in- W.. H. Duckworth of the Georgia $5,883.49 t spections for the group will be held here in Key West upon their return. Coast Guard ships, personnel and aircraft had been alerted from Key West to St. Petersburg to patrol the route of the mass flight. A Coast Guard mobile radio unit in addition to the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion communications setup was on hand at Meacham Field throughout the day on Mon- day to guide the aircraft, most of which were radio equipped on the way to Havana. The Coast Guard vessel Nem- esis as well as the Key West based cutter Ariadne were on tap at sea to patrol the area. The weather remained fair throughout the day although there were stiff headwinds in evidence, the pilots said. Most of the planes were able to hop non-stop to Havana from Miami but those who stopped, refueling, Airport Manager| George Faraldo said. i County Agenda Ineludes Roads, | Hosnital Renort | Monroe County Commissioners tonight first as the governing body of the cov Hospital tonight The meeting at hear a report from C Advisor may Marching Units: Douglass Schoo! | When the victim appears, it was /s¢. ioner dedicatory speech. BRITISH PLANE LOST CAIRO, Egypt #--A British Roy al Air Force Hastings aircraft cn a routine flight over the Suez Canal Zone crashed Monday and 2!] nine crewmen aboard were killed A British military spokesman said the cause of the crash had not been determined State Witness i i Citizen Staff Photo by Ellis Finch KENNETH SANDBERG, prin- ciple state witness in the con- troversial Carmichael murder trial. Newspapers’ Rights Upheld By Ga. Cott’ ATLANTA (® — Chief Justice Supreme Court commented on the bench today that newspapers have a right to criticize courts “because in this country we do not have a belief that the king can do no wrong.” He made the remark at the Su- Preme Court's hearing of argu- ments on the appeal of two Atlanta Constitution editors for cohtempt of court citations in Superior Court at Rome, Ga. “I do not think you will find any court willing to hold a news- paper in contempt for criticizing a judge,” Duckworth told special prosecuting attorney S. W. Farriss of Rome. Farriss argued that the Supreme Court should uphold the citations. Farriss had told the court, “We need laws to protect courts against attacks on their integrity.” Chief (Contino - On Page Three) ‘Thomas St. Area Playground Gets Boost Forward The playground for colored chil- | dren in Key West is nearer to be- coming a reality today following a meeting Monday when Mayor C. B Harvey and City Commissioners Louis "M. J. Eisner and Jack De- laney conferred with leaders of the Woman's Civie Club and with L. A Gabriel Mrs, Grace Palacios, Mrs. Ve- nore Mingo and Mrs. Ella Albury , had asked that the meeting be held so that they could zive their ideas on the promotion of the pis The Commissione ed that as far back We s Civie Club ive force ish Park in operation from 1923 ernment took over the occupied when it enlarged Base area in 1944 Since that time the c n. a fund of $300 which it has 14 until such time as there was an opportunity to devote it to the work arked The City Commission is now process of acquiring four ft a going operation. Che Key West Citizen State Calls Four Of 16 Witnesses As Carmichael Case Commences Crowded Criminal Court Session Launches New Year Accused Father And Son On Trial On First Degree Murder Charge By SUSAN McAVOY The long awaited trial of Carl Carmichael, Sr. and Jr., Georgia contractors, for the alleged first degree mur- der of Allen Harris, Negro, opened this morning with State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester presenting four of his 16 witnesses. Defense attorneys Will Albury and Enrique Esqui- naldo moved at 12 noon to disqualify the autopsy report | of Miami pathologist Dr. Victor Calderian on grounds that he is not licensed to practice medicine in the State of Flor- ida as a physician. He is an interne only, they said. ati City’s Receipts Up 29 Per Cent Report States Monthly Statement Indicates Drop In Spending As Well The healthy financial condition of the City of Key West was point- ed up today when the monthly re- port of Finance Director Charles Roberts was released. The report reveaied that while the city’s revenue receipts have jumped a total of 29 per cent when compared with December, 1952, disbursements hi shown ‘an increase-of but r cent. Healthier'tax collee were if evidence in the statement when it | ,was pointed out that current tax payments have jumped a total of $16,395.52. jumped bringing $9,084.62 into the city’s coffers and in Sewer Servic sessments which rose to $7,167.81, an advance of $4,052.61. The Navy also paid $1,579.04 into the city treasury in the form of a delinquent sewer fee. Fines and forfeitures for the month amounted to $4,254.00, an increase of $117.13. The city also received a payment of $1,068.75 re- [Presenting interest payments on U. S. Treasury bonds. Non-revenue receipts received by the city included a payment by the amounting to $600.00, contributions by city employees to the pension fund of $2,072.86 and redeemed | Individual Tax Certificates totalling $475.68. Disbursements for the month in. cluded a payment of $1,482.25 from the Cigarette Tax fund for the purchase of mari for street repairs. In addition $1078.42 was paid to the Monroe General Hos pital for maintenance and operat ing expenses as per special tax levy. The city’s cash balance ing $95,000 in Lt | Bonds, stands at $6 a] includ Vote Registration In City Is Ligh } Voting registration in Ke continues to be i Supervisor of Registr Lowe today reported voters have indicated their tion to cast th vember City ¢ city comm N AF CONTRACTS GIVE WIESBADEN ny 2 etlaunchers jjes here tor Key West Golf Club on their loan | The trial resumed at 1:30 in Cir- cuit Court, with Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. presiding. Albury showed this morning that he will fight for the lives of his clients, father and son, with a de- fense based on numerous objec- tions to every move of the State Attorney. ‘ The court upheld some of the objections and permitted Albury first to introduce the autopsy re- port of Dr. L. H. Conly as defense evidence, and then to withdraw it, over the objections of Lester. The battery of state witnesses was led off by City Policeman Will Archer who described the morning of December 14, 1951 when he was led te the dead body of Allen Harris, or Me'low Moon in “'shaliow water off Stock Island.” At that i art, Jr. told Archer that he did not knew the nude dead man, that he had never seen him belore. Albury ‘objected -When Lester presentéd photographs fol identifi- cation, taken of the nude dead man | by former Citizen photographer Al | Palmer. He said that Archer was not a photographic expert. The photos were admitted as exhibits eth Sandberg, 21-year-old Chicago, M1., stationed at VX-1, Boca Chica will be the prin- ciple state witness on the events leading up to the death of Mellow ' Moon on Stock Island. He has testi- fied four or five times before at | the coroner's inquest, before the Grand Jury, and at the hearing | before Judge Lopez at which the Carmichaels were released on large bonds. Sandberg, in his whites, sat in the front row of the court room next to the Carmichael family Albury challenged the State's right to present Dr, Victor Ca! derian, Jackson pathologist's autopsy, on grounds of his be- ing en interne rather than a physician licensed to practice in the State of Florida. The quertion was to be argued without the jury as court re- convened at 1:30. Corener Roy Hamlin who order- ed the autopsies on the body of the dead man testified, corroborat- ing Archer's at that he was nude. He would not be pinned down on the fact that Dr. Conly performed the first autopsy, stat- d not witnessed it he had ordered that the body December 14, 1952. The ‘© ordered by , formerly hard Funeral home testi- S-hedu'ed to appear for the Sate were Jokn T; Dade County FS!; former Chief De- puty sheriff Frank Webber of Monroe County; ex-Sheriff Ber- lin Sawyer; Po Officer Ho- ward Harris; Csorge Deane, Jr., former ps'i-e officer; former de- puly sheriff Torimy Dixon, and others. Allan B. Cear Masonic Notice Specis! Communication of Dade Ledge No. 14. F. & A. MM. Wed- necday evening, Jen. 14th, af 7:30 pm. €. A. Ceoree. All Entered Anprentice as well as Mester Masons are invited te atterd PAUL C. HEFLIN, wim F. O. WEECH. Sec'y