The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1953, Page 1

Che Key West Citis TRE SO VOL. LXXIV Me 2 Hurricane Florence Hits Florida Coastline Today; Rainfall Hundreds Flock Heavy |Grief-Stricken Mother ft sig id i gf § ie = & g ge i i iil ti i rf = » = 4} ate ; : a : 5 4 i : i i is : F i? [ H ! 3? 7 te li inft tf itt HEL st j i ily it ‘ ii pif iF Agent Fatally Wounde In Gun Battle With Bandit BALTIMORE W—A West Coast desperado was killed and an FBI agent fatally wounded last night a blazing gun battle at a down- ‘town movie house. Most of the movie audience, ab- sorbed with the crime picture on on the screen, didn't realize a squad of FBI men was shooting it out with the trapped gunman. Another agent was seriously ‘wounded in the battle on the mez- ‘zanine of the Town Theater here Shot to death in s phone booth as he tried to place a call to Les Angeles was John Eigin Johnson, ‘M-yearold former bank robber ‘wanted for parole violation and as @ murder suspect. Agent J. Brady Murphy, 36, of ithe local office, was shot in the lower abdomen and died about 4 ja. m,. today at Mercy Hospital. Agent Ray Fox, 39, was shot in the hip. They were leading a squad of FBI men up the steps when John- son—being stalled by a Los An- geles operator on his call until officers could get there—suddenly turned and opened fire through the glass door of the booth. Brady sagged to the floor and his gun rolled under a chair, Fox fell backward toward the stairs. Other agents moved up emptying i if it i i eH} zi i : il H Judge Lopez Calls | (Chest Meet Monday =f rf 3 z ° +7 | if : i i > i i i Z returning to Panama City, iE Ha 2 i 2 vig 4 | ag i i ind ind sult in the LICENSE BEING CANCELLED by the State Bev- OLD FASHIONED Key West Blinds STRUNK LUMBER 120 SIMONTON STREET Neer Aquarium year, one hit the Virgin.a-New Eng- and two others side- ude, Bath Auanic Tana one | patrol said its ra Pcs’ iC. OF C. Announces = and radio cars were P ° R 1 oy into the booth. to mainain contact with nson, hit by two bullets in patrol station there, at the rimary esu ts ‘the right side of the chest one edge of the danger area. | me jwhich grazed his face, slumped Trooper M. E. Tanton radioed) The Key West Chamber of Com- against the door of the phone from Apalachicola that about soo ™erce's primary election to select pooth, jamming it tight refugees had sought shelter in the # new board of directors was con-| “He didn't get out of the booth— courthouse, postoffice, armory and ducted yesterday at the Chamber /not till we pulled him out,” said Jail in the town. ofice. {Scott Alden, special agent in Tanton estimated at 4 am.) The 16 persons who led the ticket/charge of the FBI here. (BST) that the wind in Apalachi and whose names will appear on} Johnson was dead when he ar- (Continued On Page Two) the final ballot that will te voted rived at University Hospital mace (Continuea On Page Two) It was over so quickly only @ few theater patrons sensed any- NOTICE thing amiss. A small crowd of FOOTBALL curious, near the back of the thea- All holders of STATE « oo ow soo cg hea is, was in the y whee COUNTY BEER, Key West H. S. vs. Schein and the wounded agents were taken out Lake Worth H.S. |", "toric “i, me Jury"—besed Friday, October 9 (Continued On Page Two ‘ Greyhound Chartered Bus Leaves Key West et 2 P.M., Returning After Game. . . Round Trip $7.75 CALL COLUMBIA LAUNDRY, 2.5646 FOR KESERVATIONS TAX COLLECTOR, MONROE COUNTY. | ao | Stock Island Man | } UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953 Parc Seized On Rape Charge This A.M. | County Greets AFL Sasinees Agents White, whe wes out on bend in a first charge of rape, was @ second werrent He was im- jolt bond, pendirg te arrival of Dede County Sheriff's depy- ties who wi!l re‘urn him te thet county. Shrimper Towed In From Tortugas Cabin Cruiser Disabled On Reef Near Sugarloaf Key ‘The Ariadne, Coast Guard res- cue cutter, towed Monroe County |I, a disabled shrimp boat, back j}from Dry Tortugas, arriving at |8:45 this morning, it was reported today. The vessel developed engine trouble during the rough seas | Thursday night. She sent a dis- tress message to the Coast Guard, which dispatched the Ariadne at 4 am. Friday. The vessel was taking on water when located by the Ariadne yesterday. Meanwhile, the 40-foot Coast Guard vessel is making a second attempt to get a 46-foot cabin cruiser off the cpef at Shoals rear Sugarloaf Key. The “Entre Nous,” out of Mi- ami, with owner Weinstein and his wife aboard, sent an GOS to’ local Coast Guard headquarters. The 40-footer was, sent out im- mediately and removed the own- er and his wife, but could not get the boat off the reef, It returned to Key West and was dispatched again at high tide this moning. At press time the Coast Guard had not yet received word if the vessel was off the reef. ‘Added Rains May Result In | MONROE COUNTY COMMISSION Chairman Gerald Saunders, ence Higgs, local Carpenters’ Union Business Ag greets Photo. a Four County Commissioners Attend Airport Use Panel rors Canim — Bomb May Never Be Used, abe Borge Frac, ost SYS Cordon Miami Meeting ported today. | WASHINGTON u-Sen. Cordon Four Monroe County Commission jers attended the Airport Use Panel, Chairman Gerald Saunders was (p Ore) a member of the Senate lat the Biscayne Terrace Hotel, Thursda: Major Disast jor er of the six body, com said today he doubts that ‘of officials from Monroe, Broward, will ev | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [D,ge, ‘Martin, Palm Beach and st. P{"oeen bomb will ever be wed | Rersieone rains could cause c Lucie Counties, “f don't expect to see an H-bomh — a Boma according to, ter Monroe County commis-'oxpioded in my lifetime,” Cordon \ W Schull ‘Jr, U. S. dis. Maners attending were Commis- told an interview tt ie = ©. Ss. Mod Amat Clarence Higgs, county of time, you are going to get an trict engineer at acksonville. airport chairman; Joe Allen, and agreement in that field Much of the state was water- prank Bentley. «george rr logged from recent rains and many ‘The —— e United States har sdvanc rivers and lakes were overflow- Airport ™- a plan in the Unite¢ Nations for posed of representatives of the De- banning atomic weapons, uncer = partments of the Army, Navy, Air rigid system of international in ee dete Force, the Reserve Forces Policy spection and control, But its ap Board, the Department of Com- proval has been dlocked by Ri merce, the Civil Aeronautics Board sia, which has urged Abomb and a non-government chairman prohibitions minus cieckups airport management & component of the the Soviet would take “a second Air Coordinating = aie — look” if a war appeared close was established xec- . of tative Order and is diveetiy pee: eet aes wid War T and sible to the President of the United was not used in World War It States. Neither side wanted to be the first A. B. Curry is Chairman of the to use it, he sail, because of fear Airport Use Panel. jon in kind Jejense prepara ry, Cordon said. ere was no need civil egen- for embarking on a vastly plonning, con. “larged continental cetense A decision to launch such a gram, was reported last night has been reached by the National take Security Council, the top strategy Coordinst-\policy group headed by President unanimous Eisenhower. is However, well infurmed sources fighting Lake with sandbags. Some dikes had broken in the Kis- simmee Valley and water was re- ported half a foot from the tops of the Melbourne-Tillman Drain. 7ePresenting age District dikes. Sehull went from Jacksonville to Clewiston yesterday to keep a close watch on the flood situation as hurricane Florence roared up the Gulf of Mexico, Before leaving he said: “While present conditions do not warrant emergency action to evac wate persons or livestock, plans are in active preparation for war. ling special equipment and transportation facilities in the event uf increased rainfall or im- minent hurricane conditions.” Schull said some of the wettest places in the state might possibly . get a soaking from the gulf hurri- final a cane. He listed these as southern ng Comm! oo. a gon ‘oa a possible within the ssaid the council believes early ex portions of the Suwannee and dlem is referred te the r pansion should be on a modest Oklawaha Rivers. final consideration is given by the financia! scale At West Palm Beach. Lamar President. The decision Johnson, chief engineer of the Cen- Beck in Orteber 1951, id spurred by the tral and South Florida Flood Con- efter Sussie’s clr trol District, said flood conditions generally prevailed in the Kissim. ded thet BROWN’'S LANDSCAPING mee and St. Johns Valleys, Flood Trees Trimmed plain pastures were inundated where not protected by dikes and and Removed Phone 2-589? for Free Estimate € air. anqiestionably was wing strength of i atomic power. in some places the dikes had failed ‘to hold. Lake Okeechobee was still ris- (Continued on Page Two) i Manslaughter Cha Lt. Roche Fined On Drunk Driving Fla. AF of L Carpenters Business Agents Association Meets In Key West First Time named to the steering committee House Atomie Energy Committee, tion and labor relations with man the| agement. Cordon said, however, he thought 7 & FIVE CENTS rge With right, shakes hands with Van Pittman, president of the Florida Association of Business Agents, AFL Carpenters; while Clar William E. Allen, secretary, at La Concha hotel this morning at the beginning of two days of meetings here. —Citizen Staff 3 Group Will Banquet At Wylk’s Tonight; | To Reeonvene Sunday Business Agents of the AF of L Carpenters Union! from all over the state, save| the storm bound northwest} section, arrived in Key West for two days of m ngs at La Concha hotel this morn- ing. | Greeted by Monroe County Com. missioner Gerald Saunders, and local business agent, Clarence Higgs, the AF of L executives were set to discuss state wide problems of craft jurisdiction, labor legi: The business agents represent more than 17,000 AF of L carpen- ters throughout the state. This quarterly meeting, the first held in Key West, is primarily for educa- tional purposes, State President Van Pittman, of Jacksonville, said. William E. Allen, secretary of the Florida Association of Business Agents of the Carpenters’ Union was present at the opening meet ing also. He said that Pittman is full time state and international representative of the Carpenters Union. Allen is business agent of pa Local 696. Oldest Key West member of the union N. P. Nelson, 83, who has been in the union for 53 years was on hand for the meeting this week end. Oldest member of the State union, a 105 year old carpenter from Tampa could not attend. He has been affiliated for 80 years Pittman said The threat of hurricane and rounding of planes kept business nts of Panama City and Pensa- la from coming, Pittman seid. Miami which has the largest lo- al in the state, 6,000 members in Local 993, was represented today The business agents wil! dine to- (Continued On Page Two) DANCE ELKS CLUB ANNEX Saturday Night Public Cordially Invited Admission . . . $1.00} ‘iat 10 AM. . ; mph. drawn: 7 Widow Of Dead r : Man Unavailable rs As State Witness, Solicitor Says Lt. Clinton Roche, USN, charged with manslaughter inee the death of Clifford Brown on Easter Sunday pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Crimi- nal Court last night was fine d $500 with license revoca- ion, Ceunty Solicitor Allen 8. Cleare, Jr., told Criminal Court Judge Thomas Care that the state's leading witness, the widew, could not be located and obviously did not want to testify. The charge of manslaughter was withdrawn, Judge Care seid. The Court accepted the plea of guilty to driving while intoxicated made by Roche's attorneys, Will Albury and Enrique Esquinaldo. Lt. Roche was merely given the fine and had his license revoked Roche had been bound ever to Criminal Court for trial last April following the accident in which Brown lost his life. The late Marathon construction work- er and his wife had motor trouble beyend Stock Island. They were beth pushing the cor when, according to testimeny of state witnesses, Brown wes knocked 250 feet by « fast mov- ing car and killed Shortly after the. inquest widow was offered and accep'ed an insurance settlement on her husband's death and left Marathon, according @ officials. Pespate coh stant éfforws oy the Cuanty Boli-t tor to locate het she has never been found. The Roche case came before the court after a long afternoon of not guilty pleas requiring the @m panneling of juries for charges a1 small as speeding. After an uproarious presentatiog the facts in the charges againg (Continued On Page Two) the of Advisory No.9 NEW ORLEANS WEATHE) BUREAU, Advisory Number 9 Florence, 10 A.M., CST, Sept. 26 1953 The hurricane is moving inland between Ft. Walton and Panama City, Fla. this morning and was centered just east of Fort Walt 16002. . near La tude 30.5, Longitude 86.3, and is moving north-northeast about 15 Highest winds near the center are estimated about 90 mph and will diminish slowly during the day as the storm con- tinues to move north-northeast at about 15 mph. Highest winds teported so far on shore is 80 mph from the north at Shalimar, Fla. Precautions should be continued for dangerous tides from Ft. Wal- ton to Cedar Keys, Fla. and hure ricane winds from Pensacola to St. Marks, Fla. Heavy rains and high winds are expected in south- east Alabama and southwest Georgia this afternoon and in east central Alabama and west central Georgia tonight. All warne ings will be lowered as soon as winds subside along the coast. Small craft from central Flore ida coast northward along the Georgia and ‘Capolina coasts should remain Ya pert and small craft from New Orleans to Fiorida Keys siipuig not venture out un- rnings remain Ais- Pensacola to St warnings south and COUNTY LICENSES NOW