The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1953, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, March 21, 1953 Passengers, Crew Killed Tn Plane Crash Transport Plane Crashed Into Hill Preparing To Land OAKLAND, Calif. —A four-en- gined transport plane crashed and exploded in a ball of fire south of here last night, killing 30 airmen | Passengers from a Roswell, N. M., | base and five civilian crew mem-| bers, The plane, a Transocean Air Lines DC4, struck a hill near De-' coto just a few minutes after it cleared for a landing with the Oak- land Airport. Decoto is the area of California’s worst air disaster— 50 killed in the crash of a United, Air Lines plane under similar cir-| cumstances Aug. 24, 1951, That! Plane, too, was about to land. | Alameda County Sheriff’s Capt. | Richard E. Condon at the scene of the Transocean crash said there | were no survivors. | Eyewitnesses said the aircraft, | flying through a drizzle, smashed | into the hill, broke into bits and then burst into flames. Mrs. Henry Andrade, who lives only 300 yards from .he. crash scene, said she heard a crash and then a series of explosions. She ran as close to the burning plane as she could. “I saw men with their clothes on fire—some on the ground— some trying to get up, staggering, falling back into the flames.” Alameda County sheriff's of- ficers said bodies could be seen burning within the portion of the fuselage that remained intact. The| J wreckage of the plane was scat- tered over a quarter-mile radius in the soft, newly-plowed field where it fell. The civilian crew included two stewardesses, The 30 airmen were from. Walker Air Force Base. The Air Force said the airmen were support and maintenance special- ists en route to the Far East for a tour of duty with the 509th Bomber Wing. The wing's loca- tion was not disclosed. Many of the airmen’s next-of-kin live in Roswell, said an Air Force information officer. Most of the victims had been stationed there for some time. A rumor that the DC4 might be carrying “secret cargo” was quickly denied by the Air Force. Ambulances vainly rushed the victims to a nearby hospital. Murky fields and poor roads in the crash area hampered efforts té evacuate bodies and fight the} fire. Transocean Air Lines is the world’s largest non-scheduled car- rier, Its planes have flown thou- sands of military personnel and tons of supplies from the West Coast to Korea. SPOTTSWOOD (Continued trom Page One) year for the operation of his of- fice. This I feel is an excellent bill and I would like to point out that the bill I am presenting is going to be presented at this ses- sion of the Legislature by the} Legislative Committee which has been studying the fee system, the best method and solution the present dilemna with respect | to. the fee system | All these legislative proposals! are suggested for the purpose of strengthening, improving, and ex- Panding progressive crime pre- vention and law enforcement for Monroe County, Additional funds and equipment are essential if we are to provide modern law enforcement in Florida’s growing county.’ STATE TROOPER MARVIN J. ate Cerebral Palsy Group Receives Donation Here The Cerebral Palsy and Crip- ples Association received a check for $312.60 which was turned over to them by the Galey DePoo Hos- pital Auxiliary which sponsored the recent dance at the Casa Marina in their behalf. The Galey Auxiliary, although it is not connected with the Cere- bral Palsy Association, has never- theless been extremely helpful to that organization in many ways. Officers of the Auxiliary are Mesdames A. DePoo, Thomas Linares, M. Stickney, J. Swift, N. Hjort, N. Haney, S. Amy, V. Riggs and M. C. Cox. DAVE SHOLTZ DIES (Continued from Page One) of a high Masonic award given him by Florida Masons. Sholtz was perhaps the most widely known Elk in the Unit- ed States. Florida Elks had planned to give a testimonial dinner on April 17 at the Clov- er Club, Miami Beach, in his honor. All proceeds from the $10-a-plate affair were to go to the Elks’ Harry-Anna Crip- pled Childten’s Home. A large delegation from the local Elks Club were making tend the dinner. His last official visit to the Elks Lodge here was in early Febru- ary. At the time of his death, Sholtz was preparing to present an ap- plication for a charter for a State Bank in Key West. He had spent: considerable time here in recent weeks raising funds for this pro- ject. Sholtz had been practicing law in Miami and with his wife, Allie, was living at the home of his mother, Mrs. Michael Sholtz. He had homes in the Florida Keys and at Asheville, N.C. He is survived in addition to his widow, by three children, Mitchell Sholtz, Asheville, N. C., and Caro- | lyn and Lois, Miami. Funeral arrangements are in- complete. NO BOOST SEEN (Continued from Page One) no huge new outlays for atomic defenses are in the works — indi- cating he sees no ominous devél- opments that might force the U. S. into expensive girding for atomic attack. The secretary said he had heard of a study prepared by the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology which put the cost of an atomic defense net at 16 to 20 billion dol- lars. He said it was under review but he expected no early action. Wilson said there is no change in the military posture of Russia, as a result of Joseph Stalin’s death and succession by Premier Georgi Malenkov, that would call for re-| th; vision of administration plans to cut defense spending. t Along this line, Secretary of State Dulles told his new confer- ence yesterday the U. S. has had no overtures from the Soviet gov- ernment through diplomatic chan- nels, Dulles added that the U. S. government has evaluated Malen- kov’s speeches about peace but does not “receive any great com- fort” from them. Wilson said that the reduction of the total number of men and women now in uniform would be confined to divisions and military units in the homeland. Units on the fighting fronts would be maintained at full strength and with full equipment, he eaid. The opossum (possum) belongs to one of the oldest families of mammals. y WILDER and Mrs. Wilder re- ceive gifts from grateful members of the JayTeen youth center, Peter night Jay-Cee Paul Esqu ¥ jer te launch the center last night. ht and Lonnie Schivers, at the club's dedication last has been responsible for developing the JayCee Safety Club and ebtaini: aldo, president, made the dedicatory talk ng the center as a bhouse. [Bob Miller, Prizewinner For Key West Is My Beat, Takes Casa Marina Night Problems Of Little Man Get Hearing SANTA FE, N. M. #—But think compadre! Is it not something, to be vetoed by El Gobernador himself? That is the consolation today for 90-year-old Don Tranquélino, who is once again the sole owner of his bothersome irrigation ditch troubles. All in the world Don Tranquelino wanted to accomplish was to keep his neighbor from putting obstruc- tions along their community ditch. When he drove from his Valen- cia County home to Santa Fe to see his great and powerful friend, State Sen. Sidney Gottlieb, he didn’t plan to remind the lawmaker of all New Mexico's little forgotten people. But he did. : Senor Sidney introduced the ditch bill in the Senate. But the law- yers found thin, wrong with it. The senators looked at it ask- ance. But Senor Sidney smoothed the troubled waters. He did not know, he explaiied, how he could go home and face Don Tranquelino if the bill was defeated. The Senate could not let that happen to a colleague. So the little bill of Don Tranquelino was fixed up and passed. The House of Representatives learned about Don Tranquelino’s troubles through the papers. Put- ting aside the high-powered legis- tion they faced, the 55 members the Houge called on Rep. Sala- mon Ortega from Taos to speak to them in Spanish. It was a- beautiful speech Rep. Ortega made in the native nag of the land of enchantment, of cempliments and well-turned phrases. And it carried the day— the bill passed unanimously. But the House made the bill apply only to one little village— Cebolla — where Don Tranquelino lives. And the Senate, in the crowd- ed hours beforé the session ended early Sunday, concurred. But some senators said the bill was obviously unconstitutional as amended. Yesterday, Gov. Edwin Mechem apparently agreéd. He vetoed it. TOBEY DENOUNCES (Continued from Page One) Truman, was heavily ctiticized by Republicans, particularly McCar- iy. Tobey was the first GOP sen- ator to speak out so sharply in an | obvious slap at McCarthy, chair- | man of the Senate’s permanent in- | vestigating committee. McCarthy failed yesterday for the second straight day to bring McLeod before that committee for questioning in a closed session. |The security officer reportedly is out of town, but McCarthy said he expected to have the committee question him today. McCarthy said that, from the in- | formation he had received, Dulles’ assertion that he and McLeod were in agreement about Bohlen “would appear to be untrue.” Both Dulles and McLeod should i McLeod mode so attempt te ‘evaluate the evidence, Dulles said, j but called his attention to certain Young Sailor Tipped Paper About Baby Il With Brain Tumor Bob Miller, 18, USS Howard Gilmore, whose tip on the plight of Baby Jasper Walker led to a Citizen campaign which brought forth contributions of money and services, has decided to accept a prize from Key West Is My Beat, Susan McAvoy’s column. He called the column at 3:30 yesterday and said he had chang- ed his mind, and would like a night at the Casa Marina. _The day before he had said he did not want any prize. But the prospect of a weekend at the Casa_ Marina evidently grew in the young sailor’s mind. He has been invited not only to spend Sunday afternoon and night at the Casa Marina, but he will be the guest of the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary at their annual hospital ball tonight. Young Bob. will check in his Toom at the Casa Marina after luneh tomorrow and relax on the beach, play tennis, or take ad- vantage of other spofts offered. After a su.uptuous dinner, he and his ship mate will dance with some of the young hotel visitors. Since they have to be back on the ship at 7:20 Monday they will not be able to have -breakfast on the house. They will probably eat enough at dinner Sunday, however, to last them through ‘til chow time at noon. Bob chose the night at the Casa Marina with dinner and breakfast, one of the two prizes still offered by the column. Now only one prize remains for a news tip, that is a night at the Key Ambassador with dinner and breakfast at Raul’s. BUS DRIVER HAZED FOR ASKING WAY HILLSIDE, N. J. (#—A new bus driver got a hazing yesterday when he asked his junior high school pupil passengers to help him out with directions. They gave directions all right— and the bus wound up several miles from its ‘school destination. After an hour’s delay, the driver finally got his charges back where they started from. He just ousted them from the,bus and drove off. Police got the pupils rounded up and back to school. Leod and himself on the final eval- tion. uation. Sen. George (D-Ga), like Tobey told a member of the Foreign Re- lations Committee, said Dulles told the committee there were four derogatory items in the FBI files jot Bohlen, compared with a long list of favorable reports. George said the derogatory in- formation was contained in an janonymous lé¢tter and what he tealled “hearsay reports” that the 48-year-old career officer had as- j sociated with some sort of “dis- ‘solute persons.” “Dulles said there was no direct charge of any kind against Bohlen and the rumors about him carried no direct charge, only that he had associated with some bad eggs,” George said. Mrs, Motika Back | With 4 Children { Mrs. Ralph Motika, Navy wife} who had been the object of civilian} and Navy search for four days, returned with her husband, Chief) Motika, to her family of four chil- dren on Thursday. | Chief Motika checked in with} the Navy informing them of his return yesterday morning. The 27 year old mother of children rang- ing from two months to nine years is back home again on Sigsbee Park road. : The outcome of the family prob- lem which became a national news | story because of Mrs. Motika’s “typical suicide note,” according to officials, remains a question. 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