The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S } ’ Two Neglected Placed In Court Custody ‘Desertion And Gross Negligence’ Grounds For Loss Of Children A Navy wife has forfeited for- ever her right to rear her children | by her own acts of “gross nezgli- | gence and desertion” Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warner Gibson declared in a court order today. | The mother of a one year old! girl and four year old boy, missing | since Monday night, left her chil- dren “to starve in utter filth” Judge Gibson said, while she left with a girl friend and two sailors for the West Coast. The Judge upon learning this in- formation immediately took custo- dy of the children in the name of the court. . “Such behavior by the mother deprives her of any right to the children,” Judge Gibson said. The children, andoned by their mother since Monday, have been cared for by a neighbor since there are no foster homes available in the county at the present time. i They were found in conditions of “hunger and filth’ by the Judge and probation officer Isabel Flem- ing. The husband, reportedly in diffi- culties in the Navy, was sumnom- ed to a hearing before Judge Gib- son yesterday. Legal officers from the Navy also met with the Judge. The husband still did not know where his wife was. It was. only after the story ap- peared in yesterday's Citizen that + Deputy Sheriff John Lehman in- formed ‘the Court that a Weaver's bar employe stated that the moth- % @ girl friend and two sail- " 1 West day It would cost a thousand or to bring her back,” Mrs. Fleming said, “and she is not yestenday’s Citizen story, ing has been swamped calls from people who to adopt the children, an ealled begging to care over the weekend. said.that until all exhausted to place with relatives of the hus- children ,will not be adoption J persons not m1. mother was said by and sitters to be drink-| . She had run away be- wing the children mother- Jess, according to a neighbor. The father, distraught by the home, has gotten on his job in the to information re- | ieaned : to Juvenile autho- the ' i The city commission is expected meet tonight in special session representatives of the com-/| embarking “on the construc- | of the Key West sewer sys- elty fathers are asking a re- Critically Injured Boy Rushed To Miami Hospital For Care Workers Live In Hemingway Mansion Here “We Never Had It So Good,”’ Declare Construction Men Ten employees of the Powell Construction Company are the envy of their co-workers -- they are living like kings in the 12 room former home of Ernest Heming- way, 907 Whitehead Street. a The Powell Company, which is engaged in the construction of Key West’s multi-million dollar sewer system, has rented the mansion in which Hemingway, did much of his work during the 1930's. While the workers, whe range from laborers and mechanics to machine operators lounge about the house and the paim lined yard, Hemingway himself, in town for a visit, is living in the garage in the rear of the main house. In the words nf one worker: We never had it so good.” From 700 a. m. unt six o’clock in the evening, the men are con- struction workers but after they knock off they assume an aristo- cratic-pose with some of them browsing through a good supply of Hemingway's books still on hand and others strolling about the gar- den contemplating nature. A'pretty feed poker game is usually in evi- ence upstairs, it was pointed out. Only privilege denied the work- ers is use of the: swimming pool-- the rent is too high. : The crystal chandeliers, antique furniture and abstract ‘paintings ate a far ery from the hotels or rooming houses the men are ac- customed to. But the best thing in the deal as far as cook P. A, King of Sebring Florida, is concerned is the kitchen with its Spanish tile -- “it is real fancy,” he said. Rumors That He Was Denied Aid Here Are Killed . Monroe General Hospital officials and local physicians today squelched reports that a dying three year old boy was refused admission Sun- day because his father had no funds to take care of medical expenses. Instead, a dramatic story of a race against time, which saw the child rushed in a two-hour mercy errand to Childrens Variety Hospital in Miami, unfolded when the facts were learned. The child, tiny Don Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. John.Carter,. 529 Grinnell Street, was seriously in- jured when he plunged 20 feet from a baleony at his home. The lad struck his head on a concrete side- walk. He suffered a fractured skull. He was rushed to Monroe Gen- eral Hospital where he, was found to be near death. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1953 Toll May Mount To 130 Mark GLOBEMASTER CRASHES IN FLAMES NEAR TOKYO TODAY By The Associated Press TOKYO (#—A giant C-124 Globe- master pinwheeled out of the murky sky near Tokyo today and crashed in flames carrying at least 122 and possibly 130 Americans to their deaths in history’s worst air disaster. The Air Force said 55 bodies had been identified and the death toll could be 127 or 130. The huge doubledeck transport was carrying to 123 Army engineers and airmen back to battle stations in Korea. The plane had a crew of ‘ seven. There were no survivors. The Globemaster crushed sec- onds after taking off from the U. S. air base at Tachikawa, 25 miles west of Tokyo. An eyewitness said the giant plane “‘somersaulted like a bird and plummeted to the ground.” The plane was a special flight for soldiers. The worst previous air disaster was the crash of another Globe- master near Larson Air Force Base at Moses Lake, Wash., which killed 86 last Dec. 20. Associated Press photographer Max Desfor reported from the scene. “The plane crashed in a muddy rice field just in front of a bamboo grove. “An Air Force major from Tachikawa said his men had re- moved nearly 130 bodies.” Senator Franklin W Helps Shrimpers; Seeks Toll Pike Addresses Rotar: The father, who had no funds| Associated Press correspondent immediately contacted his em-jStan Carter, reporting from the ployer, who’ gave him $50 and as-| scene, ‘said sickened Air Force sured him that he would take care} medics toiled under expenses incurred. | carrying broken “Onge. medic. 9 ieee ‘body it . “The pital but a check there revealed ge was all tangled Hams To Test Emergency Radio Facilities Sat.-Sun. Court Defers | === Radio To All Parts Of U.S.A. Sentence On “CQ Field Day, CQ Field Day - W4LLO, Key West, Florida callin, By SUSAN The passage of a $3,000 throughout Florida was legislature last month. The Senator, who repres ars On Mosquitos, y Today On Record Of Legisiature In Tallahassee McAVOY ,000 act to fight mosquitos chaiked up by Senator James A. Franklin, as a leading local achievement in the Florida ents the 80,000 persons in Monroe, Collier, Lee and Hendry counties, came to Key West today to address the Rotary club, of which he is a member, and to see his constituents here. Supreme Court In Session On Rosenberg Fate All 9 Justices Are Present At Extraordinary Session Today WASHINGTON \#—The Supreme Court met at 11:12 a. m. (EST) today in an extraordinary session which will decide whether. atom spies Julius and Etnel Rosenberg | must go to the eiectric chair to- night. | All nine justices were present. Chief Justice Vinson called the court together to corsider a peti- tion by Atty. Gen. Brownell that they override the action yesterday | of Justice William O. Douglas in granting a stay of execution to the husband and wife spy team. |his people in the Senate, | Congress For 12 years he has represented in the largest district, geographically in the state. “My home, Fort Myers, is as | far from Key West as it is from Jacksonville,” he said today. By reason of his seniority in the legislature, Senator Franklin has been able to help Monroe and his other counties get needed legis- lation. Last winter he was a mem- ber of the all powerful rules com- | mittee of the Senate which con. trols what legislation will pass sad when. it was largely through the Senator's efforts that the U, S. asked the Navy to assign gunboats to Mexican waters to protect shrimpers, This came after several incidents last winter in which Fort Myers ard Key West shrimpers were challenged by the Mexicans for shrimping in their waters. “Since my memorial to Congress, passed by the Florida legislature, the United States stepped in and gave us relief. The Navy has as- signed gunboats down there which | patrol the water, We have had no | trouble whatsoever, recently,” Sen- | ator Franklin said. In all its history, the court never _| before had been convened in spe- tial session for such a purpose. Vinson announced that eight of the justices” approved the session. Only Justice Hugo Black, he s: disapproved. The Senator also sponsored and | fought for the Miami te Georgia | tell highway. Though only 110 ntire length of the turnpike. 1 supported the bilk” said Sen- Black has taken the position all | stor Franklin,” om the belief that that there was none available. Instead, it was decided te rush the child te the Miami Hospital where a specialist is available. The child was rushed up the Keys by ambulance ‘behind a Sheriff's the hospital, he was undergoing treatment. Today Hospital Superintendent Willard Albury said that there was (Continued On Page Seven) into + concentrated spot -- the plané must have come down ‘and exploded. a en metal 30 feet Names of the dead will not be re aaa: amsbeesd . 5 The Air Force issued the follow- ing statement: “A U, S, Air Force C-124 Globe- Tokyo at 4:34 this afternoon, approximately 120 passengers and a crew of seven on board. “The four - engined transport crashed and burned in a clearing near the village of Kodaira, four miles east-northeast of the air in- stallation 25 miles west of Tokyo...” | The Air Force said there was some light rain and fog as the | plane left Tachikawa, but the/ weather was not bad enough to ground aircraft. Mrs. Mansfield Former City ‘ Employee Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Embezzlement Mrs. Neta Mansfield pleaded guilty in Criminal Court this morn- ing to embezzlement of $1,250.10 and was given a deferred sentence 4 forward by Judge Thomas Caro, Mrs. Mansfield has repaid all of the funds she admitted taking from the office of City Tax Collector Archie Roberts, City Attorney M. Ignatius Lester said. The Judge stated that the City had asked that her sentence be deferred. Appearing in court this morning with her sailor husband, the hea- vy-set woman with light brown hair and brown eyes, cried during CQ Field Day!” This call, echoing over the week- end through the empty galleries of East Martello Tower will signify to other radio amateurs through- jout the nation that the Key West Radio Amateur Club is on the air ready to test its emergency ra- dio facilities. with other similar groups all over North America. An annual event sponsored by the American Radio Relay Lea- | Sue, Field Day is an occasion look- to every year by all radio. amateur operators interest- yed:in emergency communications. To participate, individuals or groups of amateurs must take por- table radio transmitting and re- ceiving equipment into the field and set up stations under condi- tions simulating those which would be encountered in various types of communication emergencies. Purpose of the event is to give amateurs experience in setting up 8 | along that the high tribunal should | review the Rosenberg trial He | was joined on Monday by Justices Douglas, Frankfurter and Jackson both in favoring 2 stay and in| reviewing the triai, But the five-| man majority composed of Vinson | and Justices Reed, Burton, Clark | and Minton prevailed Without today’s session, Doug- | without months. } If a majority agrees to overrule Douglas, the condemned atom | | spies could be put to death at Sing | Sing Prison at 19 ¢. m. (EST) to-| {night as had been scheduled before | Douglas issued his stay order or at any time before Saturday one night. The justices met in closed confer: | ence for 15 minutes before the start of the public session. The momentous gathering at- tracted the largest crowd in the court's history. Some 1,000 persons further challenge for | las’s stay would remain in effect }™ the more people we bring into Miami the more will come into Key West and spend their money down here.” “We must have some ing said, “of ing into Miami. U. 1 ppetiven 9 It would take all the money available fa the state wor road building to improve U. 8.1 ke it a four lane highway. “By setting up the turnpike we can wave « road built and paid (Continued on Page Seven) City Commission OK’s Payment The city commission met Wed- | nesday afternoon m special session |to consider two items of routine | business. | First, they approved payment of | $4,493.76 to the Toppino Conntruc- tion Company for street building It said there was 2 ceiling of about 1,000 feet and visibility of about one mile. A spokesman said the safety limits are a 250-foot ceiling and half-mile visibility. All Army rest and recuperation “| leaves in Japan were canceled | Thursday after the South Korean | government released 25,000 anti- | A Communist war prisoners from | _ @ Allied compounds in Korea. But | it appeare* probable that the men aboard the doomed plane already | had completed their leave. | Japanese firemen were the first | to reach the blazing plane. | “Seven. of us rushed to the burn- | ~ | img wreckage and pulled out seven | the proceedings. She wore a light | 4%¢ operating radio stations under yellow and green print dress, and | ¢mergency conditions. green high-heeled slippers. Fol-| A competitive spirit is introduc- lowing the Court’s sentence defer-|¢4 by allowing credit for the num- ral she sat with her husband on | ber of other such stations contact-| the first bench in the courtroom, | €d, with recognition in the nation- ii jal journal for those groups in var- p> gad avers. rasa: | ious areas making the greatest; Judge Caro levied the following | HUmber of such contacts. fines on traffic offenders and| ~ast Martello Tower was cho-| drinkers today: sen by the local group as their! Mae Bell Johnson, $25, for drunk- | “field” location for. several rea- | payment of costs, | ‘ enness; Martin Donald Cohen, $15, | $005: in most emergencies which | speeding; Marcus T. Hannah, sus-| ™ight be encountered here, it is a pended sentence of 90 days on | Structure which would probably re- drunkenness; | main useable, facilities exist for Michael Angel Padron, $10, speed- | the erection of efficient antennas, ing; Hall Corpening, $10, reckless | it will afford a reasonable amount lined the corridors outside e justices entered the camber, " jon Thompoca, AMY, ences sob The courtroom, which seats only | Catherine Streets. about 300, was packed to capacity. | The payment was under the pro- Would-be spectators showed up as | vision of a contract the city en- early as 8 a, m. jtered Into to reimburse the com- Before ‘the public session began, | pany for streets they are building it was announced that each side | in their subdivison. would have an hour and half to| The city hes slready paid %8- present arguments 802.44 to the Toppine Company, To- At Chief Justice Vinson’s eum-/ tal amount of the contract will not mons, the justices interrupted their | exceed $20,009. summer recess to consider once| In other action, the olty fathers again the case of the man andj passed a resolution suthorizing wife sentenced to die in Sing | City Tax Collector Archie Roberts Sing’s electric chair because, a|to sign checks as scting-comptrel- jury found, they passed atomic | ler and Charles Roberts as acting secrets to Russia, city manager. ee on the possibility of using lo- .4 dying men,” one of them said.) labor, whenever possible, on t. The firms concerned Bounced last week that the bulk | ef the nearly 300 workers to be eted on the job will be obtained from the local labor market. Will 3e Here For Consultation On | Saturday, June 20 | } | Per Appdintments . . . Call Dr. J. A. Valdes PHONE 2.7821 j ae P. A. KING (above, uces the |Am 18-year-old farmer, cooing for 10 werkers on Key West's sewer project, who are living high on the hog at the famed Hi Cor ngway House, 907 Whitehead Street. The Powell Company has leased the former home of the famed to lodge their workmen for a 18-month period. King, a moat @f beans fo native of Sebring, Florida, was busy this morning “cooking the Beye." —Citizen Staff Photo. |“All the others were trapped in the flames and we could do noth- ing.” | Sadao | Masua, said “there was no smoke jwhen it fell but flame shot up jwhen it crashed. We ran to the j field where the wreckage was scat- }tered all about. There were many | bodies of the dead thrown out by j the impact.” | Last Friday the Air Force briefly | grounded all Globemasters after j the failure of small generator parts }had caused fires in the engines }of two planes. Most of the planes (Continued on Page Seven) W's TRUE! | Best Paint Sold i a } STRUNK 128 SIMONTON, Near Sank driving; Harold E. Rozell, $25,| speeding and William P. $10, reckless driving. Deadline Is 9:30 J — Classified — Daniel, LUMBER | sects, and its nearness to the city, jwill afford an opportunity for in- j terested citizens to observe the iboys in operation, during those} | hours the galleries are open to pub- lie. Key West Amateur Radio Club tis quite grateful to Key West Art and Historical Society for making galleries available to them for this test. The station will be set up and | eperating by 4 p. m. Seturday, | dune 20, and will be kept on the time messeges from the toca! (Continued On Page Seven) Duffy's Cocktail Session | 4:08 TO 7:08 Music Te Suit Your Teste Gould Curry & Mona Jane! of protection from weather and in-| Justice Douglas, who decided! — yesterday that a legal point of sufficient substance to indefinite ¢: of exec heen raised. first bear unusual session over a motel radio in Pennsylvania. He arranged fly back to Washi Sek ing Assuming the weather pe Dougias” flight fror there were at leant = nine justices known be in Wash (Continued On Page Sev i an had of the 1948 Dodge Pick-Up | Truck ..... $600 | 1% EXCELLENT CONDITION NEW PAINT JOB Southernmost Texaco | Service Station $08 Trumen Ave. Phane 14173 ne RIRRA ANS WANTED Stock Islend Resident To Deliver KEY WEST CITIZEN on Stock Island Substituting for Regular Route Boy APPLY IN PERSON