The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The City Commissioners Smile On Plan For Face-Lifting Further Progress New City Layout To Be Considered | When Budget Set Key West may be in for a fate-lifting through the pro- cess of planning consultants | who designed the. city of Hollywood, Fla. and other beauty spots throughout the nation. ‘he progressive idea was brought up at last night’s City Commission meeting _which began in the city hall at 8 p.m. and lasted for well “over two hours. Mayor C. B. Harvey, and Com- missioners John Carbonell, Dr. Delio Cobo, Louis ‘Eisner, and Jack Delaney heard John Leon Five Killed In Train Crash In So. Carolina Streamliner Was Bound From Miami To New York By LATHAN MIMS And ALLEN ALEXANDER - DILLON, S.C.—A 17-car stream- liner toppled off its rails near here last night and mashed up into a mass of twisted steel. ‘ Officials here said at least five died. Three bodies were removed from the torn cars. Only 2ne, the fireman, was identified. One news- Paper reporter who made an early estimate of 10 or 12 dead said he had_seen six bodies. More than 125 injured were rushed to seven hos- Pitals in nearby towns. Rescue Squads stood by today as huge cranes tugged at the cars thrown “| about like matchsticks. prove the fast growing Island City. Hoffman who has been in city mning business since 1904 was Passengers aboard the Miami to New York flier were pitched from berths and seats shortly before midnight. General confusion fol- lowed. Those able to move grabbed "| clothing, pocketbooks and baggage. They rushed out through the frosty night, some barefooted, some half’ clothed. Somebody built a big bon- fire in a collard pateh. Some of the injured lay for hours pinned in the shattered cars of the Atlantic Coast line's fast passenger. i train, the East Coast Champion, be in favor of an'on the spot to . them, giving id and sometimes operating free the injured. re- cruited from far and wide in this O’Bryant Urges Harmony For Schools’ Benefit Superintendent of Public — In- struction Horace O’Bryant today‘ told The Citizen: “| did not intend anything |. said yesterday in an informal discussicn with the press as an attack on School Board Member Earl Duncan. “What was said was not in- tended for publication and cer- tainly if this stery has caused embarrassment to Mr. Duncan t wish to apologize accordingly. “Certainly at this time we meed harmony on the School Board not further feuds and fights. The discord must be heal- ed or the school system will suf- fer.” Shrimper Dies | Aboard Vessel [At Tortugas _ James Barkley Found Dead By Skipper Jackson After Day’s Rest James. Archie Barkley, 44, ‘natural ‘cavises~ aboard “the vessel Dry Tortugas sometime during the day yesterday, Ccroner Ira Albury announced ‘today. Barkley was discovered dead by boat Skipper A. D. Jackson when feo cee i * toward the idea Ni South Car. miaeeat he went to waken his crew mem re no funds avail- section, maintained a steady pa-' budgeting ‘in rade to and from half a dozen} suggested d that Hoffman’: it proposition be ncorprated letter to be presented a! bude , although pre- and planning the long agenda ent that Robert to serve the Civil Service of Frank passed and | pf 2f vate Gate rE TELE iy i sand- 't taste sales signs license Delaney still voting A. Maitland Adams spoke from the audience emphasizing that especially visitors, spend “'plenty of money” here and (Continued cn Page Eight) Part of the train caught fire and the burning oil, emergency lights and cutting torches cast a weird glow. ‘ The wreck occurred shortly be- fore midnight, 2% miles south of Dillon, 12 miles south of the North Carolina line and only about .25 miles from Rennert, N. C., where bis ACL passenger trains crashed ec, 16, 1943, killing 72 persons and injuring 187. Roaring northward’ through the night, the train carried an esti- mated 300 passengers, many of them vacationers returning from winter in Florida, The ‘seriously injured engineer, Sheriff Pete Rogers he jw what happened. He it train covered the only 10 minutes be- mpion derailed, in's fireman, Charlie of Rocky Mount, died laming locomotive. His ly was cut out with torches, ive coaches, seven Pullmans, diners, two lounge cars and baggage car comprised the amiiner. Eleven overturned six remained upright. Dozens of passengers were ‘chat 34% 5g wreckage for nearly five hours. a doctor reached her with a hypo- dermic, She was dug.out from be- to a hospital. A surgeon was lowered into one at the telescoped coaches to cut (Continued on Page Bight) PAUL C. HEFLIN, j WM. BERNARD FRANK. Secretary Pro-Tem. . B, Sweeney of Rocky» Mount, | ew ber for night shrimping. He had fished all Sunday night. | Sackson notified the Coast Guard j immediately of the death of his! lerewmate, He was told to bring| ithe body back to Key West. In) | the rough weather, Jackson had to! ‘lash his dead mate to his bunk, and bring the boat alone to port. Coroner Albury was called at 4 a. m. today .to come down to the Mary T. 1908 and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Noyela H. Barkley of Hunters- ville, N. C., and two children 17 and 7. Barkley served in the Army during the years 1927-34. Lopez Funeral home is attend- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1953 thg td. the’ burial. arrangements, The Mary T. is owned by the Key West Shrimp Company, House Passes Papy’s Measures B. CURRY MORENO, member of the. local Rotary Club, was — the oldest member in point of years in the club who was in attendance at the District Assembly of Rotary Clubs... Moreno joined Rotary in eariy 1917, Mrs, Wiliam Akers, Jr., of Ormond Beach, came the longest distance to attend the Assembly.— Citizen Staff Photo, Ten Persons Killed When Plane Crashes Into San Franeiseo Bay Cause Of Crash nknown; Same > As One In °37 Wree e Not ; ‘Wasp, Says Lt. Pearson SAN FRANCISCOW—A huge air- Further Search liner carrying 10 persons plunged into San Francisco Bay with a Fails To Confirm Earlier Finding roar and a flash late last night-- gers at San Francisco Airport. ‘The Bits and pieces of Two survived, four were killed and four were missing, The crew of five ahd five pas- sengers ' DESB. were ort, low-level. 10-mile hop from San Franciseo to Oakland, last [fof a fight from Los Angelés, -/ The two who. survived are: Stewarfiess Beverleé Neison, 27, Playa Del Rey, @alif. She suf- fered no serious injury. Jerry Adams, 21, Fairbanks, Alaska, @ passengér, was in severe shock when ed but was reported recovering, Four bodies were recovered by U. S. Coast Guard crews, The dead: Joseph B. Petty, San Bernardino, Calif., passenger. Nancy Turner, Oakland, pas- minutes after unloading 44 passen- Coats G |; Barkley was born on April 29, | 8°méer. Charles H. Graves, Oakland, Passenger. , Co-pilot Robert Jacobsen, 31, Whittier, Calif, The missing: Pilot, Capt. Robert Clark, 35, Torrance, Calif. Flight engineer Robert League, 35, Los Angeles. Stewardess Barbara Brew, 26, Hollywood. Stanley J, Newman, Richmond, Calif. The giant plane~one of the larg- est types of passenger craft — crashed at 11:05 p. m. in 15 feet Florida Legislature in session at | of water in the southern part of the Tallahassee is in full swing sani bay, about four miles from San’ State Representative Bernie C. Pi im jive | ‘apy introducing an pressi e| Hie number of House Bills which were é Hast li sR8he i 2 $3 elections. iter, walks, fire protection and other | improvements financed by bonds | tepaid out of proceeds assessments for service. The Bill provides for referendum. isaky ent general Kay, Weat gue introduced House bill the pro | Franciseo and six from Oaklai It was almost the same crashed im 1937, Apprentice Seaman Devon €. Peterson, 23, Glenwood, Utah, of duties and there is a vacancy on Alameda Naval Air Station, the committee, — plunged into the debris - littered,! Hamilin received E 8? A fi fy ha 5 & “| if gf f i Search for the tinued through the light of million candlepower | ei E 8 ul i i | H i F i ef ca & ! i ‘ i i ~ z : of the crash was unknown. Two federal investigators went to the scene immediately. fire Western Air said A was the consideral line's first crash since December. ience and eves iss, i ‘stom in the operating room.” H ! 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