The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST ‘2 VOL. LXXIV No. 29% Spectacular Fire THE a | WICHITA FALLS, Tex.—These soaring flames were caught at the height of one of the out- bursts of fire that destroyed the Phillips 66 warehouse and enveloped four 10,000 gallon tanks of gasoline, diesel oil and kerosene here Saturday. The tank exploding in the pictuge above held gasoline. Firemen estimated damage at between $25,000 and $30,000. This pitture was taken by George Smiley of the Wichita Falls Daily Times) Wirephoto, Democrats Dust ‘Ss Off 1952 Campaign Theme That The Country “Never Had It So Good” — Stevenson Lays Emphasis On Depresion Fear * By DOUGLAS -B. CORNELL PHILADE! PHIA Democrats under the lead of Adlai E, Steven- son are dusting off for use in 1954 a 1952 campaign theme tisat the country “never had it so god” as when they were in power, Climbing living costs, economic issués and fear of depression got a heavy accenting over the week end at a rally of Democrats from li Atlantic Coast states and the District of Columbia. So did the question of subver- sion and Soviet espionage in gov ernment, with Stevenson putting in an appeal to the country to quit raking over ashes of the past and get on with combatting the inter- national Communist conspiracy and the problems of today and tomorrow. Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) replied to Stevenson's appeal last night by asserting Stevenson had long shown “an especial fondness. to- ward the Communist philosophy.” “Broken Record” McCarthy .said Stevenson has Deen repeating “like a broken ree ord’’ the idea Americans should fight Communists without getting Tough with them, The 1952 Democratic presiden- tial nominee laid heavy emphasis on fear of depression while voicing confidence that “we Americans have a reasonable chance of mas- tering our economic destiny.” He credited his own party with hav- ng erected sound defenses against economic disaster and said the Re Publicans can use them now even “though they once called them ‘“‘so- elalistic,” Community Chest Campaign Reaches 64 Per EEE School Vacation Begins F riday Monroe County school kids will begin their 16-day Christ. mas vacation next Friday af- ternoon. At the end of Friday's regu- lar school session, there will be Christmas parties at, each school. The schools will re-open Jan. 4, City Commission — Will Meet Today The City Commission is having a busy day, They met this morning with Washington housing officials rela- Cent Of Goal Navy Provided More Than Half Of Amount Given, Report Shows Latest figures released by the Key West Community Chest indi- cate that their drive for funds to date has resulted in the donation of $32,531.07. Although reports are incomplete, this figure represents just 64 per cent of their quota of} $50,285, , The board of directors of the | Chest will meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the office of Circuit Court udge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., to map further, Plans for the cleanup campaign, Of the amount collected, 56 per- cont, or $18,200 was donated by Naval personnel or civilian work- ers at the Naval Station. Other amounts reported from the jvarious Chest divisions, include: Public Employees (Col. Lee H. Goddard), $1,319.15; Professional, (Col, Ernest A, Ramsey), $1,120; SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER In. .f KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1953 Reward Offered For Deliverer Of Pamphlet The quacks are on the march in Key West. And Claude foreman at the Granday Pack- ing Company has offered a five dollar reward for the name of the un-American individual who left a piece of literature in one of that firm’s trucks. ed the reward at the Citizen Office and it can be claimed by the person, if he cares to. Reason for Thempson’s ac- tion: The literature is a vici- ous attack on a minority group which The Citizen does not care to repeat. “1 believe in Freedom of the Press — but not that kind of a any such literature, Commun- ist or otherwise is in violation of city law. Name of the throwaway, eddly enough, is “Common Sense” and it's reportedly demanded Saturday by Sen. Wallace Sturgis of Ocala aft- er Johns suspended the State Road Board and hotel commissioner. Johns previously had suspended the Racing Commission and Turn- pike Authority simce taking office following. Gov, Dan MeCarty’s death Sept. 28. The acting gover- nor said he hoped to appoint a new road board today to replace the one he removed Friday. Most senators reached Sunday said they thought the question should be settled, some added they’d serve without pay and all {said they'd attend if such a ses- sion were called. Collins Concurs Sen. LeRoy Collins of Tallahas- tive to the city’s Wherry Act hous-|/Foods and Bars, (Col. Riley Car-' ing and this afternoon will have bonell), $548; Transient Accommo-| another special meeting to consid. | dations, (Col. Melvin Levitt), $766; | er the purchase of a new motor for one of the city’s fire engines Construction and Building Mater- ials, (Col. Joe Pearlman), $2,228.- 51; Finance, (Col. Joe Pinder); | and an emergency ordinance estab-|Retail Stores, (Col. William Appel-| 2 — lishing an occupational license fee routh), $1,046.38; Wholesale and| “#5 Sen. R. B. Gautier of Miami, for Miami retail firms delivering merchandise to Key West. Then they'll immediately go in- to session as the city’s “decency committee” to continue National Firms, (Col. Ralph Far- | aldo), $2,118.69; Service Industries, '(Col. Robert Dopp), $552; Automo- \tive, (Col. Henry M. McLaurin), $616; Clubs and Organizations $798.- jsee, candidate for McCarty’s un- jexpired term in the election next \spring, concurred in the call for a special session but said he of wishful thinking than reality.” Sturgis, immediate past _presi- the business of considering Johns’ action in removing the McCarty- appointed men. “I’m very much in agreement ith Sen. Sturgis’ suggestion,” said Sen, Doyle Carlton of Wau- chula. “I think it’s a good idea. speciak session and let the voice of the people be heard.” Other Endorsements Also endorsing Sturgis’ proposal vho said Johns “has been remov- ing officials, apparently without cause, who were commissioned as} representatives of our state gov- feared it was “more in the realm) dent of the Senate, said the ses-, sion should be limited strictly to; Td like very much to have aj jernment. They had a specific term, | The Key West Citlis HE U.S. A. mis or workers .. Just 2-S661 or 2-S662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Trial Of $135,000 Suit Against City Begins In Circuit Court Here Today Packs His Poners U.S. ENVOY ARTHUR DEAN packs away his papers into brief , #ase following a press conference at Munsan, Korea. Previously Dean had broken off preliminary peace conference negotiations with the Communists at Panmunjom.( Wirephoto via Radio from Tokyo, Dean Returns To Washington Schooling Races To Start Today Schooling races will start to- night over the Key West Ken- nel Club track on Stock Island. Each dog is required to com- pete in at schooling races to be eli to compete in the regul ing season which opens Christ- mas Night. The schooling program will ast two of the with about 30 races set for each day until the dogs have been schooled. No minors will be permitted. County Savings Bonds Buying Is $63,056 In Nov. Monroe County Savings purchases during November tota! led $63,056, it was reported toda Bond: To Consult On Parley Problems Aide Will Have | Full Authority To Resume Talks | If Reds Are Ready | By STAN CARTER PANMUNOM (#—U. S. special envoy Arthur H. Dean leaves to- morrow for consultations in Wash- ington, leaving his chief aide in, | } | The city called up its ja $135,000 damage suit. Jury Chosen This Morning In Mansfield Damage Suit legal big guns today to fight As the case of Mrs. Moise Mansfield vs. the City of Key West went to trial befo: | in circuit court, M. Ignatius re Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Lester, former city attorney, was being assisted by William V. Albury, Enrique Esqin- aldo, Jr., and a Miami attorney, Samuel C. Carson. Weeping Mom Wonders How She Failed Son him. Oh, where did I fail?” an American mother sobbed today aft- er learning from her son that he will not leave the Communists and return home. Tears welling in her eyes, Mrs. Portia Howe of Alden, Minn., held in her lap a two-page letter from her soldier son, one of the 22 Amer- jicans in the barbed wire pro-Com- munist camp at Panmunjom, “I know that you want to take {me home with you, but I have | made up my mind and I am not going,” Pfc. Richard R. Tenneson | wrote his mother, who flew 7,000) miles in the hope of persuading him to come b; — His United his country, (For complete of letter, see Page 9.) A New Testament in her Wand, the 43-year-old mother spoke bit- terly of communism— “I want his whole letter re- leased to the public. I think peo-. ple should know how vicious @ thing communism is, If it can de stroy a home, it can disintegrate a nation. Still Hopes “I have not given up hope that someday my son will come back to me. I have not. given up my faith in God nor Richard, Sooner or later he will see the light.” read from Proverbs 22-6: “Train up a child in the way he suould go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” In his letter, the 20-year-old Ten- neson, only 17 when he left the United States, jeered at his coun- try and said United States auth- orities are afraid to let her visit him at Panmtnjom, The Defense Department has TOKYO W—“Where did I fail] Galey Memorial And, turning to her Bible, she) In her suit, Mrs, Mans- field claims that she was in- jured in a fall caused by a broken sidewalk, She charg- es the city with neglect in failing to repair the side- walk on Francis St. The fall, her suit says, occurred Feb, 27, 1951, Today's trial was preceded by jtwo hearings as her attorneys, J. Fritz Gordon, a former circuit court judge, and Philip Medvin, both of Miami, sought a change of venue. At both hearings the mo- tion was denied, The trial today opened at 10 @. m. with selection of a jury. Two witnesses for Mrs. Mans- field took the stand briefly be- | fore the noon recess. { Margaret Stickney, librarian at 417 Ea. Photos of the sidewalk where the accident is alleged te have taken piace were admitted to evi- The jury is composed of Eric Gwynn, Albert L, Sawyer, William J. Walker, Gabriel DeArmas, Ne- ville R. Russell, and Grover C. Al- bury, 't is expected that Mrs. Mans- field will be brought te court on | @ stretcher. Her attorneys said ee she still is confined to her The first hearing on a change jot venue motion was heard by ;Judge George E. Holt, of Miami, jsitting in place of Judge Lopez who was on vacation, That hearing jwas last June 19, The second hearing, Nov. 17, was before Judge Lopez. In both hearings, attorneys for Mrs. Mansfield contended that if the case were tried here, the jur- get underway daily at 4:30 p. m. | “ " ists banned visits by relatives to the 8 would mostly be taxpayers who — sets . the, Cones 22 Americans rhb it create com- Would be ¢eluctant to give a true wish to resume” the ruptured ne- | blications in the already tangled verdict since a true verdict pro- gotiations to set up a Korean prisoner explanations. |bably would cost the taxpayers. |peace conference. “They are afraid,” Tenneson, Most of the arguments by both Dean, who met for eight weeks wrote. “They have probably told|sides at the hearings consisted of |with the Reds in an effort to reach YU 1 was framed, doped, brain-'citing verdicts of previous court agent ‘walked out on. the\Wa#hed or some other horse Bia. [00008 Communist diplomats Saturday nure that they use to slander and} ne oe accused the Allies of Stand up for his own rights, and Sheriff’ i) Dept. Solves Crime By He told newsmen today that his — Susea For News aide, Kenneth Young of the U. S& Mrs. Howe said she was pre-| .Pared for the shock after the 27 e wo-Way Radio For the third time recently, the \State Department, will have ‘full jauthority to resume the talks . . ./ Americans refused to attend ex-| if the Communists withdraw the planations yesterday, perfidy charges and give some, “Jt was perfectly obvious to me sign they are ready to negotiate|it was going to be a negative re-| erift 4 in good faith.” {ply—if there was to be a reply ener has te bry ystincso ie " : lin ‘ng a crime. ping radio already had reasserted Asked if she thought the letter) <4 “4 s the perfidy charges and laid the was a true expression of Richard's gy cm ito ganas ee 1. blame for the breakdown on the feelings, she said: ls fast $18 at a 1 room and “contemptible cold war policy of| “I think he thinks it represents ap y the United States.” However, the Communists’ Pei- at all. 1 was not surprised.” jthen grabbed a bus for Miam!. Af. his true feelings. eo their probe igs and “Operation Cleanup,” $782.. to serve and specific duties to* be by Jerry J. Trevor Savings Bond “This terrible thing has hap. |‘ a radio message to Miami eiqnory, seeg Surdieg } ‘The former Illinois governor was the big oratorical gun at the Dem- eeratic rally and a fund-raising @inner Saturday night aimed at eweetening the financial kitty and building up sprit for the 1954 cam- paign. Democrats from Maine to Mary tand were saying here that party five members of that group met; Prospects definitely are on the up. Frade. Stevenson himself said that. Measured by recent election re- (Continued On Page Two) ine call Ohristmas Wh oes } jPut in force against all firms not) vice problem and the Police department. City Commissioner Louis Carbo- nell will sponsor the occupational license ordinance. The measure was recommended the Retail Mercha the Chamber of C nts Division of ‘ommerce. Thirty- to protest the practice of Miami! firms offering free delivery of merchandise to Key West. They asked that the ordinance be having a local outlet that can be taxed by the city, | “We don’t have any objection to 46; Special and Retired Gifts, $561.) All of these reports, it was point- ed out, are total contributions, in- cluding contributions deposited. Pledges in hand, monies in hand. this morning by monies at office awaiting trans-) mittal to the bank. These figures do not include money being held by (Continued On Page Two) Theft Nets Only Forty Pennies | junsolicited advice on the subject! but if the governor called a special) carried out.” Sen. John Branch of Tampa said he didn’t intend to give Johns any (Continues On Page Two) | Vandals Enter Truman School Vandals, who entered the Tru- man Elementary School sometime) Sunday, caused considerable mess, | but little actual damage, police re- Forty pennies were all that was ported today. ‘outside firms coming into Key'taken by someone who broke into Principal Wilbur Franklin, who West—as a matter of fact we wel- the office of Thompson Enterpris-;complained to police, said that the! come them,” Carbonell said, “But es, 813 Caroline St., it was report-|vandals entered a rest room at the they should move in here and seted today by the sheriff's depart-|new additior to the school and set up facilities so that the city can tax them as they do local merch-' ants.” last weela ment. a quantity of paper afire and then The office was entered some-jtrailed it through the halls. They time between 5:30 p. m. Saturday/also smashed a soap dispenser, he The commission will also act on/and 10 a. m.- Sunday. A rear. win-|said. securing a replacement for a fire dow was jimmied and two cabi-| engine moior which burned outjnets and a desk ransacked. The|janitor, Silvio Carrera, 1119 Grin- safe was untouched, The damage was discovered by a nell Street. ¥ Chairman for Monroe County who Teceives the figures monthly from the Federal Reserve Bank via the Florida Savings Bond Office in ‘Tampa. Sales throughout the state. were $3,904,299 bringing the volume for |the ear-to-date to $51,903,058. The iquota for Florida for 1953 was Se t at $58,400,000, a figure believed to be just barely out of reach in spite of a 37 per cent gain this year over last, Trevor said. He quoted from a recent state- ment of Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey which is more imporant in the Treasury’s plans and few things are oi greate! significance in our whole economy than the Savings Bonds Program. It is vital both to constructive man- agement of the debt and the main- tenance of sound money,” urged the people of Monroe County to include Savings Bonds in their plans for Chris' Year whenver they have money to invest. tmas and the New Peiping said Dean’s walkout was “an ominous sign that the U. S, Under what conditions I don’t) 1) ight commit further government m perfidies of graver consequence. Dean said in a statement it is “the definite policy of the United States of America that every rea- sonable attempt should be made to work out the difficulties and to convene the pulitical (peace) con- ference, but it-would not comprom- ise a slur on its integrity.” pened to him in a prison camp know, and under circumstances do not understand. “But I think the Communists (Continued On Page Two) \Horse Hits Car On Stock Island police, the boy was picked up near the Miami bus station, On Nov. 26, a mah who gave the name of Billy T. Farmer rent- led a ’52 Ford convertible from Sam’s U-Drive-It, 700 Duval St. Om |Nov. 30, the car was stored ine ‘Tampa garade, | On Dec. 10 at 9 a.m., the sher- iff's department was notiifed that the car was missing. By 11:30 a.m, that same day, through the cooper. ation of the Florida Highway Pa- Dean again repeated the U. N. A horse hit an auto at 10 p. m. trol, the car was located. s Participant on the Communist side have insisted. This was the big stumbling block in the talks. Dean plans to arrive Thursday in Was and authorities and representatives of the car, some of the other United Nations that sent troops to Korea. The preliminary Panmunjom (Continued Om Page Two) tand that Russia be invited to yesterday in front of the Country) said “Nothing Peace conference as a ful! voting Store on Stock Island. Trooper George Bennett, of the vestigated, said the car was being driven south on U. S. 1 by Brad- ford Jones, 19, a-sailor of VX-1. ington to talk with U. §.| The horse ran into the side of; breaking one of the horse’s legs. The horse, owned by Charles Pintz, was destroyed. Pintz. ac- cording to Bennett, had bought the any spare 4alks were aimed at fixing the animal as a Christmas gift ofr his} i 4 \son. The third case was that of ap ‘embezzler who absconded with his employer’s funds. A radio message r and not as a neutral, as the Reds Florida Highway Patrol, who in-|got him off a bus before he reach- ied | | For Christmas | See Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON STREET Near Gulf Docks