The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1954, Page 1

Increase; Commission Stands Firm THE VOL. LXXV Ne. 2 Aerovias Q Joins National In Feud With County On Meacham Field Rate County Scored By Q Executive For Not Keeping Rest Rooms Clean By DENIS SNEIGR Monroe County’s * , Candidate Odham ' f it if an | = jit a E i | 4 Ey eve 2 aie EEGs Fs? lt 2 i Lf if i : at j i & g BRAILEY ODHAM, of Sanford, gubernatorial candidate, is due in Key West this evening to hold open house for his friends at the La Concha Hotel. He will ‘Funner up in the ’S2 governor's race, is expected at the La Concha about 7 p.m. ee ae fl if i 3 5 E ; i : g z i g 5 5 ; i z i SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Key West Citisen IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1954 eekend Toll Lags Behind Xmas Deaths 136 Have Died | On Highways Since Thursday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation’s traffie death toll over the New Year’s weekend holi- day was running behind the Christ- mas total by at least 100. There were 136 persons killed in highway accidents since the sur- vey started at 6 p.m. Thursday (local time). In the corresponding Period for the Christmas holiday the toll was 237. The violent deaths since New Year’s Eve was 180. They included 24 persons who perished in fires and 20 others who lost their lives in miscellaneous accidents. The 180 compared to 285 in the same peri- od during the Christmas holiday The final Christmas traffic death total was 523, The Christmas total is included among the National Safety Coun- cil’s estimated 38,000 persons killed in traffic accidents in 1953, the same as in 1952. It was the first year since 1949 that the toll did not increase. The council said 1953 had the lowest mileage death rate in the history of traffic accident rec- jords. It was estimated at 6.9—the number of deaths per 100 million miles. The council had estimated 360 persons would be killed in motor mishaps during the New Year’s weekend ending midnight Sunday. However, Ned H. Dearborn, coun- cil president, said if the present fate was maintained for the rest jof the holiday period the toll would be under 300, the lowest New Year’s traffic death toll since 1949. “Apparently the shock of the heavy Christmas holiday traffic tall plus the incesant emphasis Placed on safety by press, TV and festrooms. e e oe H Walter Relmer, Key Weet man One Sailor Killed, Five art ager J Dec, midnight “inasmuch as eur sirline has ° e that serena reacreoeie, In Wreek On Seven-Mile Bridge!’ u's se a charges, | have net seen Monroe The death toll by states listing County aereme te febge omega Car Overturns traffic, fires and | miscellaneous; Arizona 10 0; Arkan: ; maintenance ef thelr property After Crashing California, 12 i 1; Connection’ sat wontons of fe wethe pe Into Another 3 8; Florida 9 0 3; Georgia 3 3 0; 100; i 3 the immigration and public health MAKE BIG HAUL On Long Span tielepiees Sie tkorc ae re “Reimer added that these rooms| viginie Char Weis Emme sr, | 4 Sailor was killed and his|K*%¥cky 200; Maine 01 0; Mary Virginia Club, 1025 Emma St, last night must have used a truck to haut away the loot. Here, accerding to the sher- iff's department, is what they ithe Seven-Mile Bridge, Danny Furlow, 22, one of Jen on several occasions yester- the six Navy men in the car, re Balmer sald. “He reterred was killed, Trooper George 1 gallon of het sausage, 4 half-dollers. The thieves entered the build- Ing by prying a shutter off a side windew. The club ewned by Jesus Disdir, of 1104 Grinnell St. R. Bennett, of the State Highway Patrol, reported, The sailors’ car was driven by John H, Cranford, 23, who received .|@ broken shoulder and cuts. According to Bennett, the car (Cranford was driving struck the rear of a car driven by Leland L. Brady, 53, of Marathon. Both cars lwere headed south. od asain lan nigh and te reou' Sheriff's Office land 2 1 0; Oklahoma 2 0 0; Oregon 1 0 0; Pennsylvania 10 0 2; South Carolina 1 4 0; Ten- nessee 301; Texas 913; Vermont! 100; Virginia 40 0; West Virginia ue 5 Wisconsin 2 0 0; Wyoming Point Four Program For L.P. Artma Publisher, POW Who Changed His Mind Says Others Might Do So If They Were Promised Safety Fla. Holiday Invention Deaths Mount Of Conditions In Neutral Zone To Twelve 9 Die In Traffie By JOHN RANDOLPH Accidents; 3 Other SEOUL W—A young Texas cor- poral—one of 23 American war Deaths Are Listed By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS prisoners who originally stayed with the Communists—said today “there might be others who would come out” if given protection from dagger-wielding fellow POWs. Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor, who changed his mind and sireyyt yes- Traffic accidents killed nine per-|{eTday t6, £0 home, called for an sons during the first 24 hours of/the pro-Communist neutral zone the three-day New Year holiday|compound and said India guards weekend in Florida and three other|should search it for hidden weap- miscellaneous deaths were re-jons. ‘ between two cars on @ straight/to ask repatriation. stretch of meevey Faso in the = Aaa ville accounted for two lives. ir The dead’ were listed as L, E. , told during a 40-minute press} Taylor, 24, Starke, and Alex B. 'Gromak, 38, Chicago. Highway pa- trolmen who investigated there was no-apparent reason for|the stockade now holding 21 Amer the accident. men, John E, Baillargeon, 19, tives when the car in which pleut” ives wi car in wi ey were riding near Niceville left the| 2. Chinese Comm highway and overturned severaljhave “some contact” times. Police identified the driver|ers in the neutral zone as Tommy Whitman, Montgomery, (Continued on Page Two) Local Woman Is z her husband, police said today. Fourteen stitches were required to egciais ran wounds in her chest and Tan spokesmen have , re The woman, identified by police|Peatedly there are weapons as Mrs, Myrdis Williams, 845 Gal-|the compound and that it would be veston Lane, was treated at Mon-|® simple au Hox xo prisoner roe General Hospital and her hus-| Wishing repa band, Arnold Williams, was jailed on a charge of assault with dead- ly weapon. Police Lt. Gene Hernandez, made the arrest, said that fight occurred as the aftermath er. g For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIER.Ads! You'll Dies Today Long And Colorful Career In News And Sports World Comes To AnEnd L. P. (Lawrence Polycarp) Artman, owner and pub- lisher of The Key West Citizen, died at 1:35 o’clock this morning in the Monroe General Hospital, five weeks after having suffered a stroke while at his desk. Mr. Artman had traveled POW Eiad: | mermitsn Count Gets UN Endorsement Paper work but also in ama- teur and semi-professional sports. He resided in Mex- ico City 10 years, working C ee as a printer or a writer of Protest sporting stories for the Mex- — ~ ity ican Herald. He organized several amateur Saco petted Ve Ne jand Professional basebail teams in Custodian pati a sweeping| Mexico City, and was called by endorsement of its head count of|Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide Chinese prisoners of last Thursday |the father of professicnal baseball —a count the Communists angrily|in Mexico, because it was he who protested, brought the first big league team, The U. N. Command said it|the Chicago White Sox, to that Tegards ‘“‘as a normal and neces-| country, sary administrative action,” the; He was a pitcher, and, when not head count which gave 135 pro-|in the box, played shortstop on his Communist Chinese POWs their/team in the Mexico City Baseball chance to return to the Réds. League. But he liked boxing al- :|most as well as he did baseball. prisoner|He boxed as a lightweight, and he of war rosters affords some pris-joften referred to his boxing days at opportunity to request/with pride in his record of never repatriation, this is in 0 having been floored, though he lost ~ Waited. Nations contests by: elose decisions. Mr, Artman was born in Haub- stadt, indiana, near Evansville, | on August 6, 1874. His fether was ® poor, scholarly schoolteacher, whe was able to translate Latin, French and German at sight. It was his wish to make his son scholar. With that end in view, Mr. Artman attended St. Min- ard’s College in Indiana, but the urge to travel resulted in his leaving college before he was graduated, though he was pro- ficient in Latin and spoke and read French and German. His father died when L. P. Art- man was 12 years of age, and, as Indians asked no questions.|he had ro patrimony, he had to simply called prisoners from| shift for himself. He recalled many the enclosures’ 10 compounds, three|times when he was hungry, and, a time, separated the men, had/though anxious and willing to work, went three days on one occasion before he earned a dime, with which he bought a sandwich and @ cup of coffee. He began work by selling pa- Pers, and, when he had saved enough out of his earnings, went te another town. His yearning for travel resulted in his working in many cities in this country, first, in selling newspapers, and then as a printer. In the latter capacity, he work- ed 10 hours a day for $2 a day, but money was money in those i g i i i Es Fad lan spokesman said the st came late Thursday, itely after the check that 135 Chinese prisoners to questioned. Es 2 ‘was reported the Communist pro- test was discussed. ’ Oct. 22. days, and he was able to save wunbone doen Psa | eb 1 a drinking bout when Williams atk-| “Batchelor repeated his statement| coor are lent armistee|more than one-half his salary, IR ts M th’ ie Sap ba tha eunter of She erage: anon t ed his wife to prepare something! rriday that tender love letters providing a 90-day periog|Decause room and board cost him epor onth s Bennett said Cranford was charg. for him to eat and she Tefused-itrom his Japanese wife, Kyoko, |for explanations to prisosere rar [only $4 a week. a 8 - beers tallag Wika kiscee By WILTON WYNN A fight ensued and the result wa8|ojayed a major role in his decision to go home. This period| It was as a printer that he went - Investigations BEIRUT, Lebanon w—How to to return home. He said a growing Dee. 2. to Mexico, where he had intended under control. Brady was charged } with having an improper license|S¢t Tid of money has been one of suspicion of Communist motives ROK foreign minister hinteg|*® Temain only a few months. But ‘The sheriff's department handled |tag and with not having a driver’s|‘%¢ toughest problems faced by the finally persuaded him about a) (Continuee On Page Two) |Coupled with his working was hig 94 investig ine etal che month license. ‘United States Point Four program month ago to return. love for baseball and boxing, both of December, Sheriff’ John M.{ The other four men who were in-{!?_ Lebanon, | Sunday morning the young cor- , {of which were at the height of their he! spottswood said today in reporting|jured slightly were: Point Four has been subjected poral will fly to Tokyo for a final Of GC. State 5. [Popularity in Mexico City, where esgeeleharpiageer deh Gating’ Doak Schinnals, 20, Thomas|*© scathing attacks in Parliament medical checkup and a meeting he remained 10 years. “Hlast_ month. J. Dandon, 23, Richard Hutchings,|"ecently, and for two years the with his wife. He visited Europe three times, ‘The 94 investigations were brok-|21, and A. J. Laizzi, 25. Program has been the object of en down this way: Laizzi and Cranford were treat-|Wide-spread grumbling and com- One rape, two aggravated as |ed at the Naval Hospital here, |Plaint on the part of the public. violation, one sex offense, 11 mat- ally impossible to spend money} a | nfer Today Orn [tne fest tun year Point Four! Serial Story Paris editions of either York Herald, then owned by famous James Gordon er the New York Times, which Adolph Ochs was the pub- lisher. It was from Havana, Cuba, that Mr. Artman came to Key West. as? Couneij|He had worked three years on the Havana Post and had saved $1,000 six larceny, four auto thefts, three/Boca Chica Naval Air Station, |2, big reason or. thins that in SisqWik: and battery., aes meanest leisurely Lebanon it has been liter- ° ° isenhower, Aides SGcntwaea Ga rts y ao launched to make a show- ed States appropriated $3,100,000. | ‘Only $480,000 was actually spent in IN THE saults, 15 breaking and entering,| All the sailors were stationed at|According to Point Four officials, ters involving families and chil- fast enough to get a worthwhile in Lebanon—1952—the Unit | alks To Congress ly blind widow and her sister, that year. It will take three years Pigeelryocirs mee “eae J almost blind, were rescued. from| AUGUSTA, Ga. u — President'to spend what was appropriated | I He got only one dollar-fer his their flaming frame home yester-|Eisenhower, nearing completion of|for a single year. {| efforts when he invaded bed. the state his day by neighbors attracted by|work on a series of messages to The Kasmieh water project of lroom on ‘Whitehead Street, Hi slau officers pm pod ig visit. their pitiful cries for help. Congress, confers again today with| south Lebanon illustrates the prob- said toda: police Mrs. Maggie Dellar Holt, 70,/administration advisers. lem. Begun during the days of the By ve jand her blind sister, Mrs: Rodie| The President scheduled another in cash and a diamond ring, fer (Continued On Page Two) OPEN HOUSE in the TOWN ROOM, HOTEL i 4 > Emma Simpson, 76, were led from/€arly morning session in his office|II, this project was designed to| FLORENCE ‘trolman Armando Perez, |the blazing structure. Mrs. Holt/at the Augusta National Golf Club. and irrigation wa-| yes, 938 Whitehead Street went couldn’t see well enough to find| This session was held at 8 a.m.,/ter for villages along Lebanon’s| {to bed last night and left his wal- the door. The women, both old age| EST. southern coast. | és M let on a nearby chair. He said that |pensioners, received only minor| He started the new year yester-| Long delays in awarding con-| Starting londay when he awoke, he noted that the burns, All their possessions were|day with a four and a-half hour| tracts and drawing up plans left| so wallet had been moved. | destroyed. morning conference on the State/most of Point Four funds idle. in The Citizen Investigation revealed that one Firemen said the blaze sprang/of the Union message which he| Lebanon’s slowness in absorbing dollar had been removed from it. Up from 4p overheated asl stove.| (Continued On Page Two) (Continué¥.On Page Two) Ne trace of the thief was found» = Pte LaCONCHA, AT 8 P.M, TONIGHT. JAN. 2