The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1953, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, January 20, 1953 Quiet Settles Over Prison As Riot End Is BELLEFONTE, Pa. (—A tense, uneasy quiet settled over the Rock- view branch of Western State Pen- itentiary today some 14 hours after nearly 800 convicts rioted and seized five guards as hostages. The tumult broke out minutes after settlement of a 24-hour out- break in the main part of the prison at Pittsburgh, 160 miles to the west. . Deputy Warden H. R. Johnston said word was passed along to him that the insurgents had pre- pared a list of demands but that an aide, sent to the barricaded cell blocks, was. told it was not ready for submission. Gerald Evy, prison farm superin- tendent, said “it’s been awful quiet--too quiet.” While avraiting the arrival of state officials from Pittsburgh, Johnston and his. staff discussed the advisability of turning off the heat in the prison, but came to no decision. What to do about feeding the prisoners was another urgent prob- lem, as the mess hall is inacces- sible to the rebels and the serving of food to the convicts in their cell blocks was thought to be out of the question. The convicts at this central Penn- sylvania penitentiary seized control of the three main cell blocks last night, barricading the entrances with chairs and mattresses. Two hundred and twenty convicts in one of the blocks, who refused at first to join in the rioting, later set fire to a mattress and threat- ened to take three volunteer guards as hostages. After talking it over with prison officials, however, the guards were freed unharmed and the prisoners agreed to stay quietly in their cells. “This thing has been brewing for some time,” Johnston told a reporter. Meanwhile calm was restored in Pittsburgh, where more than 1,000 prisoners returned to official discipline after the settlement. In contrast to a night and day of shouting defiance and demands for prison reforms the Pittsburgh prisoners became meek and hum- ble. They agreed to terms laid down in the state’s truce offers just as law officials massed for an all- out assault. The agreement called for the prisoners to release their hostages without harm and submit themselves to regular prison rules and. discipline in ee had investigation of their complaints —— no reprisals for | e ae f ‘ ven Killed, Four Missing In Air Action HONG KONG ® — Seven men were killed and four are missing in| the loss of two U. S. military planes, one to Chinese Red ground fire, in the Strait of Formosa, the captain of a British frigate said today. Ten airmen were rescued by the Halsey Powell, a U. S. destroyer. Allied warships Monday abandoned search for the four missing men. Red shore guns fired at a U. S. destroyer taking part in the rescue operations, but it was not damaged. Cmdr. John A. Hamer, captain of the Royal Navy frigate More- cambe Bay, said two men were killed when Red fire brought down Anticipated . Truman Cabinet Members Are Now e : Pad Private Citizens WASHINGTON (#)—The members of President Truman’s Cabinet be- come nine private citizens today, most of them with vacation and employment plans already mapped. Secretary of State Acheson will spend two months on the Caribbean island of Antigua before returning to Washington to resume his law practice. Secretary of Defense Lovett, a former partner in a New York investment banking firm, will rest in Long Island and Florida before going to New York to seek, in his words, some “reasonably pros- Perous employment.” Attorney General McGranery, who gave up a lifetime federal judgeship to head the Justice De- partment briefly at President Tru- man’s request, says he has no plans beyond an extended vacation in the South. Secretary of the Treasury Snyder is ready for a month’s vacation in the Virgin Islands but not ready, he told newsmen, to announce his business arrangements: Secretary of Commerce Sawyer says he will be in his Cincinnati law office “bright and early Wed- nesday morning, looking for busi- ness.” Secretary of Agriculture Brannan will return to the private practice of law,, with offices in Washington and Denver. Postmaster General Donaldson has 45 years in the postal service behind him and the right to what may be the largest Civil Service pension ever paid--moré than $13,- 000 a year. He will rest at his home here before making plans. Secretary of Labor Tobin has de- clined to say what he has in mind for the future. Associates, however say that Tobin, former mayor of Boston and governor of Massachu- setts, will go into the insurance business. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—There was an air of quiet, dignified jubilation at “Golf House” today over the in- auguration of the. first:real golfing President this nation has had in 30 years, since the death of Warren G. Harding. , “Not that golf needs the pub- licity,” cautioned Joseph C. Dey, the executive secretary of the USGA and curator of the local shrine, ‘‘but it doesn’t figure to hurt the game either.-I imagine the pictures of Presiden} Eisen- hower golfing will cause many peo- ple to take up the game.” So far as Dey has any record, the only ardent golfing President besides Harding was William How- ard Taft, the father of the senator from Ohio, who left the White House in 1913. “From the pictures I have seen of Taft hitting the ball, I do not imagine he was very skilled at it,” Dey said. “I’m sure that neither he nor Harding was quite in the class with Eisenhower. After all, any man who shoots an 85 over the Augusta Masters’ Course, as he did, is a pretty good golfer.” Eisenhower, Dey pointed out, was one of 99 members of the a U. S. Navy Neptune patrol plane ; Augusta club who commissioned a Sunday, six miles northeast of! Swatow,, a Red China port. Hamer said the other 11 Neptune crewmen were picked up by a VU. S. Coast Guard Mariner with a crew of eight. But the Mariner hit’a large wave while attempting to take off in rough seas, over- turned, caught fire and sank, killing five more. $ The British officer said 10 of the 14 were rescued by the Powell. He expressed belief that if the four missing had remained afloat, they would have been found in the in- tensive search during which his vessel remained 36 hours within sight of Communist shore batteries. Hamer said tide and winds in the strait would keep survivors, if any, from drifting to the Com- munist mainland. Seven of the survivors were from the Neptune and three from the Mariner crew. SIMONTON STREET (Continued from Page One) change in Simonton Street traffic flow, cited the findings of the Gov- ernor’s Safety Committee who had portrait of Bobby Jones, which will be officially unveiled at “Golf House” Jan. 31. It is planned that Bobby will attend the ceremony if his illness permits him to make the trip from Atlanta. Though Harding, from all ac- counts, was only slightly removed from the duffer class, there was no question of his devotion to the game. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the USGA in the years he was president, and in, 1921 he presented the Open Championship Trophy to Jim Barnes at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase. Perhaps not generally known is | the fact that the Harding Trophy, emblematic of the national public links team championship, was put up by the then president. There is a story, apparently substantial, that the bill for the cup came in | | | j after Harding’s death in office, and | Amateur Golf title last August, has }began today in the $1,500 open | among us could have done half as | joined the professional ranks and j stakes that the USGA absorbed it. | | ARMY DENIES REPORT | OF PARACHUTED SPIES HEIDELBERG, Germany W — The U. S. Army’s European head- originally recommended that the | quarters today denied a Polish street be made one-way, said: “‘We | Foreign Ministry charge that it! had an intensive study by the traf- ltrained and parachuted two spies fie committee and experience has into Poland shown that it is more satisfac-| It said it has “no knowledge” tory.” of the alleged two spies and “does Earlier, the commissioners had |not operate a schooi for the train- discussed the possiblity of includ-jing of spies in Frankfurt or vi- ing Fleming and Southard Streets | cinity as the Foreign Ministry in the changes. jhad imed in a note delivered The change on Simonton Street to the U. S. Embassy in Warsaw alone will cost the city some $700, | Jan. 16. city manager King pointed out. He said that when the streets were changed three months ago, it cost the city $800 for signs and $i200/ for their erection. The first typewriter in which the operator could see the line he was typ Taylor Heads DeMolays For Coming Year At a recent meeting of Robert J. Perry Chapter order of De- Molay, Charles Taylor was elected Master Counciller of the chapter for the ensuing term. Elected to serve with him were Ronald Pin- der as Senior Councillor, and Hen- ry Cleare as Junior Councillor. The’ boys appointed by the Mas- ter Councillor to serve with him were: Senior Deacon, Jack Wells; Junior Deacon, Glynn Archi Senior Steward, Robert Mu: Junior Steward, C. Sam B. Curry Marshall, George Stewart; Chaplain, George Russell; Stand- ard. Bearer, Ray Stickney; Al- moner, George Reese III; Sentinal, Frank Cole; Orato., Frank Ber- hae and Musician, C. B. Harvey, ir. : The “'Preceptors. named were: Ist, Frank Hood; 2nd, Jan Thomp- son; 3rd, Wallace Saunders; 4th, Dean Peterson; 5th, William Pa 6th, Ronald Foster; 7th, Foster. Charles is the'son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor of 1002 Fle- ming St. He is a senior at the Key West High School, and ‘is ac- tive in all school affairs, being president of the Senior Class and President of the “551” Club. Public installation of officers will be held Saturday, January 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Temple on Eaton Street. All parents and the general pub- lic are invited to attend the in- stallation. Today’s Stock Market NEW YORK (®—The stock mar- ket plugged along listlessly today after a short-lived flurry of mod- erately active trading on the opening. Prices were thoroughly mixed and only rarely did the changes amount to as much as a major fraction either up or down. Steels worked a shade higher while ‘ chemicals and oils eased slightly. Cudahy Packing and Wil- son. moved higher in the meat packing division. Trends in other major: groups were indecisive. Higher stocks incfuded Bethle- hem Steel, Republic Steel, Chrys- ler, Montgomery Ward, Caterpillar Tractor, Boeing, Schenley, Ameri- can Telephone, Anaconda Copper, General Electric, Chespeake Ohio, United Air Lines and U. S. Gypsum. On the downside: Goodyear, Radio Corp., Kennecott, American Cyanamide, Union Carbide, West- inghouse, International Paper, San- ta Fe, Sinclair Oil, Standard Oil and Loew’s, CHARLES H. BYNUM, national Polio foundation leader who will speak at Douglass School. Jackie Pung To Turn Professional MIAMI BEACH W—Mrs. Jackie Pung, who won the U. S. Women’s wil) start her first tour next month. Mrs. Pung, 31-year-old Hawaiian who bas played for 17 years, said Monday she will join the woman pros at Boca Raton for the first leg of the Weathervane Tourna- ment Fed. 14-15. She has been at Boca Raton for several days, working with Tommy Armour. She turned pro ten days ago. “She's great,” the veteran Ar- mour said. “With a little tourna- ment seasoning, she'll be one of|Sumter, S. C., and handled by | tell of how they captured Williams | the best women golfers this coun- try has seen.” Mrs. Pung is five feet two and weighs 210 but said her weight doesn't bother her game. I get more distance off the tee; Sixteen dogs ran yesterday. Sev- | Street. than when I was lighter,” said the mother of two children. The Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy and continued warm and humid thru Wednesday; some likelihood of widely scattered showers. Gentle to moderate southerly to westerly winds. Florida: Cloudy to partly cloudy and continued mild thru Wednes- day. Local showers in widely seat- tered places. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moderate variable mostly souther- ly winds thru Wednesday. Partly cloudy weather with widely scat- tered showers. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh east to northeast winds and Partly cloudy weather with local showers thru Wednesday. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Jan. 20, 1958 9:00 A.M. EST Temperatures Highest yesterday. creccsmsumnde 1B % Precipitation Total last 24 ROUTE vee 0 ins. Total this month ........~ 3.72 ins, Excess this month ...... 2.54 ins. Pn a Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M, 30.04 ins.—1017.3 mbs, Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise. ... w 7:13 a.m. 000 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m 8.0 ft. No Name Key (east end) —+-2h 20m Boca Chica Station— Tide high water Saridy Pt.) —oh 40m Caldes Channel (north end) +2b 10m (—)—Minus sign: to be subtracted, (+)—Plus sign: . Corrections te be added. +146 TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta ntseernrssorssnsssoere MA wanes BT 41 37 32 52 34 cmsecomnseres 6D rarerrsererern SO. me 8. aBesxenasesesse Seattle ... Tallahassee .. Tampa Field Trials Will Get Underway QUITMAN, Ga. #—Competition at the S8th renewal of the Continental field trials. event at the 43,000-acre Dixie plan- tation. Each heat will require an hour and 50 minutes, and 36 top- 28 17 great grandchildren. = : é 5 $28 882 |more children under lof age living at home to deduct # 3 = = ae ! AMONG THE CANDIDATES for March of Dimes queen is Miss Jo Ann Johnson of 2924 Staples Ave.—Citizen Staff Photo by Finch. DEATH SAMUEL P. HIGGS Samuel P. Higgs, 79, ee Vejar Gains Win Over Scortichini BROOKLYN (®—Move over mid- dleweights — here comes Chico Vejar! The collegian from Stamford, Conn., made his debut as a 160- Pounder. last - night by stopping Italo Scortichini after four rounds and he attributed his success to an expanding waistline. “Every guy expects to beat me by belting me in the body,” Chico said in his dressing room, “But with this new weight I’ve got now, I’m stronger and they can’t hurt me as much.” The ex-welterweight scaled 152% pounds for the bout, by far the heaviest of his career. With a 48-3 record, he wants in on the tourna- ment to be conducted to find a successor to retired middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson. Eleven boxers have been listed to take part in the scramble. “We'll take any of those named by the National Boxing Association and New York State Commission,” said manager Steve Ellis. Vejar needed only one round to solve the sweeping style employed by the Ital; Once Vejar got inside Scortichini’s swings, it was no fight as Chico hammered away at the left eye. The eye swelled steadily, and after four rounds Dr. Swetnick of the State Athletic Com- mission ordered the bout halted. Under New York rules, it was ruled a technical knockout in the fourth round, Ben Hogan Comes Out Of Retirement rs - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. @ — with him in many mat-|Golf's famous little slugger, Ben , though we do not like his|)Hogan, remained temporarily out tongue nor his foreign poli- of retirement today, doubtless to or even his political affilia-'the distress of the active members we do admire and respect of the profession. a father and as a man be-| Hogan emerged from the side- compelled us to do so. | lines to play in the unusual $10,000 Thus it is with a mixed feeling | Thunderbird Country Club Invita- tational, and proceeded to torture the course with a seven-under-par |first round yesterday. The co-leader was veteran Dutch | Harrison, and trailing behind were 23 other professionals out of the select 30 invited here who shot well? So goodbye, Mr.|sub par golf. President, and welcome back,! Included in this array was still Harry. janother grand “oldtimer,” Byron |Nelson, who forsook bis ranch et ATTEMPTED RAPE | Reanoke, Tex., long enough to play (Continued from Page One) away last evening at his residence, 411 Grinnell St., after a long ill. ness Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 5 p. m. at the First Methodist (Old Stone) Church where the body will be placed at 2:30. The Rev. Paul Touchton will officiate at the ser- vices assisted by the Rev. James E. Statham. Burial will be in the family plot City Cemetery with Lopez Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Teresita Higgs; three daughters, Mrs, Leon Myers, Mrs. Janice Saunders, and Mrs. William G. Carey, all of Key West; four sons, Clarence S. Higgs, Key West, Ray- mond P. Higgs, Tampa, Earl W. Higgs, and Samuel I. Higgs, both of Key West; 18 grandchildren and THE PRESIDENT K. W. (Continued from Page One) he had risen from a shop keeper to the highest office in the land. No one whom the president chose to make like him could keep from liking him as a man. In this world of ours we are to respect and admire who earn admiration and S. Truman forced this from ho knew him as a neighbor. iis respect was earned not be- vause of any race, creed, political beliefs, religious views or as a military man but purely and sim- as a man. we may, and many do, es u SeEE 24 fe 5 take as just plain “Harry.” Who \here and score a fine 68. Teeing off today, the nearest fERE flight dogs are entered. testimony,” he shouted. He de Most of the braces were run off | clined to testify on his own behalf, yesterday in the continental derby, | however. in which Newman's Delivery Dan; In addition to the testimony of turned in the top performance. jthe attack victim, the court heard The white - and - liver pointer, |Dan Stirrup, 1413 Olivia Street and owned by Ernest J. Newman of |James Stanley, local Navy man, Fred Arant of Barnwell, S. C., after « wild chase and battle fol- made three finds despite 80-degree |lowing the attack. They said they temperatures which tested all the/were alerted by the hysterical dogs severely. The heat came on /screams of the woman and finally the heels of heavy rains. captured the man on Elizabeth threat to the leaders was Jim Turnesa, whose 34-3246 was just one stroke ahead of four others. | Included in the 67 division were | | Al Mengert, Dick Mayer. Ted Kroll, whose 31 on the backside was low for that side, and Pete Fleming. | The low pro-amateur team, made | up of Ed Oliver an dbaseball star Ralph Kiner and two other ama-/ teurs, shot a 54 | Oliver had an individual 68, and | Demaret, Licyd Mangrum andi en more weres scheduled to run & while he was typing it wasiwife of a Honolulu fireman and | this morning to complete the derby | Monroe County Jail under bond of jmanufactured in 1883. ; for two-year-olds, Tommy Bolt, the latter fresh from Williams is being beld in the ‘his victory in thes $10,000 San Diego | Open, all were tied in the @) bracket. $5,000, i Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YORK (AP)Greyhound Affl G Eq Hupp Cp 4% Tl Cent ark Lee es bait cin F- Here ael,* 3 ‘ eee i a ‘ad ogegtgateveeryezseeny, E : aay z g 88882 Nae 2F2°S9SS55 ica & 2 a of gHee th 3% Un 52h Woolworth SMATHERS BILL (Continued from Page One) of her home and who has one or years expense incurred to provide care for such child or children during her work day. “In order to qualify under the provisions of this proposed amend- ment to the Internal Revenue Code the adjusted gross income of such widows shall not exceed the sum of $6,000 plus $500 for each child under 16 years of age and the amount deductible shall not ex- ceed $40 of such expenses paid or incurred in any week. “The work-a-day babysitter bills of .bread-winner mothers do im- pose an extraordinary financial burden upon these homemakers. 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