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

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 73° The Ken West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21,” U.S. A. VOL. LXXIV Ne. 302 1953 ICE FIVE CENTS Kemp May Hand In Resignation To The City Commission Tonight Key Westers Speculate On His Replacement As Police Chief Police Chief Joseph C. Kemp will submit a ietter of resignation to the city commission tonight, it was report- ed by a city official today. This reliable source told The Citizen that Kemp will ask for a 15 day leave of absence, making the effec- tive date of his retirement January 15. Kemp has just six months to go to round out 30 years of service to the city. According to city hall records he accepted a post as pa- day is the shortest day in the yeer, with 637 possible minutes of sunshine. The winter solstice is at 10:32 p. m. today. Is Made To Reach Bomber Down Qn Sen. Gore (D-Tenn) agreed, in a separate interview, but said of the Eisenhower legislative program as it has been outlined so far: “It doesn’t seem to have « far.” Sen. Monroney (D-Okla) said in; ‘an interview, “It will be a good trick if the Republicans can cut defense expenditures and have er defense, if they ean eut|¥! strong: taxes and still balance the budget and if they can expand social se- (Continued On Page Two) City Commission Will Consider ‘Ice Box’ Measure The City Commission will’ con. sider two ordinances tonight de- signed to protect the youth of the - gupagp at their regular meet- One will make it illegal to aban- fon or store ice boxes or refriger- stors without removing the lock and the other will make it legal for minors to enter establishments, where pinball machines or “peep| shows” are operated. ‘The bill regulating the discarding of ice-boxes or refrigerators, es- tablishe. a $25 fine or a ten day §ail term for anyone convicted of! neglecting to “remove therefrom * the latch, locks or hasps when . Storing outdoors or in sheds or Garages or when abandoned.” The ordinance is being presented fm the wake of a series of inci- dents throughout the nation - in which children have become trap- in such containers while play- and have suffocated to death. | A WOODEN WATCH TOWER, designed Communist activities to the north, is for this detachment of Marines just militarized zone. The busy leathernecks, south of Korea’ tis oil stove, passing out rations and changing wa' der, live in the tent and keep watch from uy group, from lower left to top platform, ane: PFC Leste: son, Cleveland, Tenn..; Murder In S, C. COLUMBIA, S. C. @—An early murder trial was in prospect today ine slaying of a 15-year- old girl and her boy friend two weeks ago. The girl’s head was cut off. Carney, a Negro escaped con- ict from North Carolina, was quoted by Sheriff John Hanna as saying he only planned to rob the couple but became panicky and started shooting when the girl lunged at him. Pretty Betty Clair, Pamplico High School student, and Henry Allen, 22, of Latte, were killed (Continued On Page Two) Hope Fades For oye Finding Body MIAMI @—Hope was abandoned today for a pretty Eastern Air Lines stewardess but an intensive search comtinued for her body aft- er a boating accident in which an- other stewardess also died. ‘Their two escorts swam to shore, one to seek help after their boat was swamped and the other after a desperate battle to save the ects clinging to the overturned eratf. The body of Miss Doris Kuest- ner, 23, was found floating in her life jakect yesterday after the Sat- urday night accident. Her mother, Mrs. Marie Kuestner of Trenton, N.J,, flew here as soon as she learned of the accident. ‘The ordinance prohibiting the a mission of minors in establishments | where pinball machines are opera. ted or where “peep shows” are] held also calls for a $25 fine or a| 3% day jail sentence for violation, Shopping Days oo Christmas NOTICE Prizes To Be Awarded TONIGHT (YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN) Dairy Freeze Reesevelt Boulevard Pvt. Antonio Roche, Ossining, Bill Neblett announced today. Sev-' eral large donations have been re- ceived, and many firms which had| extended their individual drives a- mong employees to include an ex- tra pay day have reported. There are still reports to be re- ceived from some of the campaign workers, Neblett said, Although the’ Chest organization is patterned a- long military lines, with workers being styled as “Colonels,” “Ma- jors” and “Captains,” the civilian’ campaign chairman is not in a pos- ition to command Chest workers to do their duty, but must rely on cooperation and persuasion. All| ‘workers have been requested to complete their canvass and to file’ their returns at once. Allocations to the various Chest organizations and the American Red Cross must be made on the basis ot money and pledges received by Christmas; eve, Additional contributions can oye be used, regardless of when made. Commenting on the Navy’ do- One, and of the Key West Volun-| hich nation Neblett said that it rep- | resented an outstanding effort | and achievement en the Navy's | part. However, many telephone calls were made to Chest Head- quarters following the publica- tion ef Admiral Towner’s point- (Continued On Page Two) Anniversary Of First Flight Is Marked Here An estimated 2,000 persons yes- iterday visited Meacham Field to. help celebrate the fiftieth anniver- sary of the Wright brothers’ first flight. Last Thursday was the actual Johnson, Silvester Belcher, Tal- midge Srown, George Faraldo and | Amedeo Tagliapietra. j twin-engine JRB-4; a Grumman Avenger TBM- SE: a trainer, SNJ-6; and a heli- * at Iceland Glacier / LONDON ®—A gropnd rescue team started a new ¢limb today ‘up an Iceland glacier in a desper- ate bid to reach aU. S. Navy plane which crashéd Thursday with nine men aboard. Biting blizzards; and tearing winds turned back rescue squads last night after they had battled | time in a race to reach possible survivors. The S3rd Air Rescue severe weather Millard B. Gibson, city sanitary ' { -An asimy of city e pete aid Detroit, itives from South, inspector, died early this morning bee at his home, 615 William St., fol- lowing a long illness. Gibson, aged 68, held the position with the city for 16 years, al- though in recent months illness had kept him from active service. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock in the chapel of the Lopez Funeral) Home with the Rev. J. Paul Touch- ton, assisted by the Rev. James E. Statham, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in City Cem- etery, He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Flossie Gibson; one daughter, Miss Coralie Gibson; and two sis- ters, Mrs. Bert C. Lowe and Mrs. Lyle Lewin, He wa a member of Key West Lodge of Knights of Pythias, of Lightning Hose Company, Number| teer Fire Department. Pallbear- ers will be selected from the mem- bership of these organizations. Firemen Fight wo Blazes Here Firemen were called out twice over the weekend to extinguish small blazes which caused only slight damage. First, they were dispatched Sun- day to Archer’s Grocery Store, 814 Fleming Street when a motor over- heated. This morning, they were called to the home of Donald F. Dick, '501-H, West Poinciana, to quell a/ blaze caused by an overheated water heater. vast- residential areas. The five—described as among the most dangerous men ever sent |to the prison—broke out of the huge penitentiary Saturday night. They cut their way to e through a steel grate of a sewage tunnel. | The prison is at Jackson, 80 |miles west of here, | Eight other inmates who partici- pated in the break were recap- tured. Two women hostages were freed unharmed after being held 11% hours by one fleging group of “gentlemanly” convicts. Police were particularly anxious to capture one of the five, Roman Usiondek, 37, described as a psy- chopath who may have sought free- dom for revenge. | Authorities assigned guards to | witnesses who testified at the trial sent Usiondek to prison for life for a 1943 Detroit barroom slaying. Circuit Court. Commissioner A. Tom Pasieczy, special prosecutor at Usiondek’s trial, was removed from the city for his safety. The other fugitives are Edward J. Emrick, 43, convicted of murder in Detroit; David B. Bousha, 28, ing in Crawford county and 3 to 6, |fears for a previous escape; Virgil Lane, 27, serving 10 to 20 years \for armed robbery in Detroit; and Robert Dowling, 33, serving 1 to 15 years for breaking and entering in Detroit. | Official investigations sought to last-minute . . . and loveliest! Last-minute gifts can be the most successful, especially when they're from GIFT HOUSE—ond For the smartest, newest and lowest-priced gift merchandise in Key West (or Miami) visit . , « gift house diagonally across from post office MUTILATED JACKSON, Mich—Mrs, Joe Watts (left) and Miss Helen Gil- bert are shown on the porch of Mrs, Watts’ home after their release by five of the 13 inmates whg escaped from the Jackson prison here yesterday.—() Wirephoto. FRRG trolman on June 2, 1924. The 63-year old chief woule neither confirm nor deny the reports this morning, #/on’ll have to be at the meeting to find out,” he told reporters jocularly. > i i i H 5 3 i i s a > 3 ; i iy i FF iy #3 i z : : For Calendars By JULIUS GOLDEN ALBUQUERQUE «#—Thousands of men each year take a look at ae on spicy calendars May Prove Just A Hoax quitting school to prove it.” The three, Wally Deckert of Springfield, S. D,, Larry Albuquerque, and of Chapel Hill, N. C.. earnest, They’ve calendar with . of West- Park bought a Christmas “Dear Santa—i am a poor little and I would long-legged beauties. mer “This isn’t just a crazy Joe lege stunt,” said Deckert, a chanical engineering _ student. “We've already got our first cal-\. Co. N. B | wenfens the — here. They’re| canada.” sli ila ( going like hot cakes.” The trio had to convince the uni-|.grc™, "ecause, ther wanted‘ versity, the parents of 11 of the happy Christmas,” the Westhofis 12 coeds who were under 21, and a) organized a gift-raising campaign censorship board. among the neighbors, Mrs. W est- “The university was tough,” Deck said. “The 4 1 leer 2 pao acme serving’5 to 10 years for kidnap-|pro' E fd et if Kemp was requested to resign iby City Commissioner Dr. Delio Cobo at the organizational meet- jing of the new commission a month who have held at the post at var. ious times. One of them, Patrolman Harry Lee Baker, who recently rejoined the force, has been mentioned as ‘a possible successor to Kemp. He served a six month stint at the Post during a leave of absence of ‘Kemp. Officer Bienvenido Perez has al- iso held job on two occasions, Another faction has advanced the opinion that the city might go out of y In Auto Crash A local man was badly burt last night when his ear overturned sey- eral times on Roosevelt Boulevard, red,|near the Naval Hospital, that his car apparen‘iy went out of control on a sharp cury overturned. — Mann reportedly fled the scene jof the accident but no charges