The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1954, Page 2

Pege2? THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Red Attack Is Expected MOLOTOV LEVELS 1893 KEY WEST (Continued From Page One) {Continued From Page One) | communists and the United Na- city court for driving a carriage | Without a license * You figure this one out: “M. eter T. Knight return S: \ |tory way, although what he Pro-'night from the seat ‘beings f | Key West artist has returned [posed was agreed Western policy./with him one refugee from jus- } They'll Wear The Green BOSTON w—For South Boston's Evacuation Day parade March 17 Patrick's Day — normally street markings will be paint- een. South Boston residents are predominantly Irish. ‘Tuesday, February 9, Se 5 Airmen Who = 7p Artist To Bailed Out Of — Reside Here C119 Are Found | Sn". ‘Stolen Money DEATH JACOB MILLER Jacob Miller, president of the and Key Grand Coulee Dam contains 27 to this city after a year’s ab- | Bidault said Red China must offer tice.” And an unidentified artist may i Indochina MADRID, Spain, #—Five Ameri-! | can airmen who bailed out of a/ sence. |proot of good faith if the way is During that time, Agricola |to be cleared for Indochina peace have predicted the visits here of former President Harry Truman. West Parts and Tom Solo Street, died Friday, February 5 at White million tons of concrete. was Director of the Michigan is S French, Laotian crippled Cli9 Flying Boxcar just! Academy ef Art. A Key Wace [ees ne meanees ee So CWiva ielten tn Gal caida ot thet meariooad Minions: oe yastoad Weer eae ae steer: & short Defenders Brace after midnight were found early resident for five years prior to | “hi mld cooper-| Advertiser, he predicted that “this ing Water quarry worker, admit-iiness. is wife, Pe-] THE KEY WEST PLAYERS i " today near Caceres, in southwest, that time, Agricola conducted 1 ema eee ae peace ‘ity will be a mecca for the ted robbing the Corn Growers State He is ns Se Aveo. Against Pus! Spain. Two of the men were re- art classes here. conference and getting it started ™0neyed people who have lost Bank at nearby Murdock earlier San na Pe 4 Actecepe it Present cLos ported slightly injured. | He said today that he will | successfully in its work. their health in the mad pursuit yesterday. Melson said his wife Miami; three Jobn Miller, of Mia- By MAX The crew members were identi-. resume his teaching and main- for wealth—the place for mentally had sewn the money in the doll ler, Lieutenant John Mier, SAIGON, Indochina #—French fied as 1st Lt. T. G. Johnson, 23, and Laotian defenders of Luang Prabang braced today for an “‘im- minent” attack from the Commun- ist-led Vietminh. The rebel invad-' ers were reported within 25 miles of pilot; Capt. William Adams, 37, navigator; S.Sgt. Charles John ‘Sink, 22, radio operator, and S.Sgt. pilot; 2nd Lt. John Matthesen, co- M. W. Strang 32, engineer. Reports | tain a studio and craft shop at his Stock Island residence. | Agricola’s paintings have | gained wide acclaim from the | nation’s art critics and are jn- | eluded in many large collections the royal Laotian capital on the from Caceres did not identify the} throughout the country. banks of the Mekong River. Laos’ rheumatic old King Sisa- vang Vong vowed once more the city of 142,000 would be defended “until the end.” He made the same two injured men. The big transport was attached to the 317th Troop Carrier Wing at Neuburg Air Base, near Munich, Germany. It was en route to the pledge last spring when the Viet-| United States via the Azores for a minh invaded to within 12 miles of Luang Prabang, then withdrew without a major battle. This time there was every in- dication the fight would be joined. The French said they had com- developed engine trouble. The transport crashed and burned shortly after the men para- chuted. pleted their major defenses against |the Rhein Main Base at Frankfurt, the onslaught. The Vietminh invaded Laos from the north early last week, send- ing at I the Hou and Suong rivers toward the capital. . As the rebels advanced the French and Laotian forces and many civilians withdrew under the cover of intensive French air bom- bardment, leaving rice stocks burning behind them in-an effort to destroy food the Red fighters need. Though the Vietminh were re- ported officially within 25 miles of Luang Prabang, it was possible Germany, said the home base of plane was Sewart Air Base, t a division through the Smyrna, Tenn. The plane had)bé jungles and down the valleys of ieee off for the flight from Rhein|Court to approve an ;Main, ; The ” Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Fair weather with slowly rising temper- | (SSS See | BOND EXPERT IS | (Continued From Page One) Second, some other evidence of good faith might be furnished. And in this respect Bidault suggested the Reds could stop sending guns, supplies and war goods to the rebel Bidault said that if China would would be ready to join in talks for War. routine factory inspection when it Steet repair work to be done be- yond the city’s ability to pay out of accumulated tax receipts should \be financed by a bond issue to be {amortized out of future cigarette | He added that the construction repair of streets is one of the the crewmen and their ill - fated Purposes designated by the cig-|4, to the new problem of how to lovely wat break off the conference, since it etc., there is little left for man to trouble was expected on account arette tax act so it would simply be a matter of getting the Supreme |pledge for the period of years nec- essary, bond issue could be amortized at period of 15 years, That amounts to about half of the city’s annual re-| venue, The city now has about $200,- 000 in surplus cigarette revenue on hand, The commission indicat- ed that they will spend that amount immediately and borrow their advance troops were closer, |*tU"es thru Wednesday. Moderate) the balance to complete their Officials said yesterday the in-| vaders had been stopped, at least temporarily, as they tried to force a crossing of the Suong in the area of Pak Seng, 37 miles northeast! of Luang Prabang and strategically located at the juncture of the Suong and Seng rivers. | Today military authorities said it appeared likely the French-} Laotian forces had abandoned Pak} Seng, though there was no con- firmation of this. That point is a key to the Suong, which empties) into the Mekong a few miles north) of Luang Prabang. In Luang Prabang all able-bodied men were ordered to dig shelters against mortar fire and build de- \Northwesterly 4 to fresh Northwesterly winds be-, coming light to moderate and vari- able on Wednesday. Low tonight about 65, high tomorrow about 75. Florida: Continued fair and cool thru Wednesday. Jacksonville thru. the Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh Wester- ly winds over North and Moderate portion. Fair wether. East Gulf: Moderate West and Northwest winds becoming vari- lable Wednesday. Fair weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh Northwest and North winds becoming moderate variable by |Wednesday. Partly cloudy weather.| Few showers South and East por- fense, works, Government workers |tions. were enlisted for civilian defense and firefighting work. The beating of gongs in the sacred pagodas was to be the signal for the danger alert. The King’s son, Prince Savang, in a public statement declared the Lowest last night . |Mean fall of Luang Prabang to the Com-| munist-led forces ‘would not only| be a national catastrophe but would have enormous repercussions on world opinion.” “In defending Luang Prabang,” he added, “we are protecting the| Total this year ... gateway to Thailand, Burma and|Deficiency this year all Southeast Asia.” Meanwhile, most of the city’s inhabitants remained calm and went about their business as usual. In Saigon, meanwhile, French Defense Minister Rene Pleven ar- rived from Paris and said cryptic- ally: “I’ve come to confer with the military leaders on questions which could lead to rapid solu- tions.” Many observers have speculated that the Vietminh invasion of Laos is designed to secure the rebels as much territory as possible be- fore the spring rains to bolster the Red high command in any peace negotiations which may develop, TRAPPED IN CHAIR KINGWOOD, W. Va. W—Buck- led to her high chair, 14-month- old Shirley Bessie Thomas perished yesterday in a fire which swept through a two-room house when her mother went out to feed the chickens, Five other children, ranging in age from 4 months to 6 years, were carried or led to safety by the mother, Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator ce For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS 3RD DISTRICT ee lint For Member School Board: ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board! Key West, Fla., Feb. 9, 1954 Observations Taken At City Office at 7 A.M., EST ~ TEMPERATURES Highest yesterday Normal PRECIPITATION Total last 24 hours Total this month Deficiency this month .20 ins. .22 ins. -23 ins. -55 ins. 1.44 ins. Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 53% Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A.M. 30.09 ins.. .0 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac ‘Sunrise .. ‘Sunset Moonrise . Moonset (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide 3:22 a.m. 7:52 a.m, 2:45 p.m. 10:32 p.m. Boga Chica Sandy Pi.) —ob 40m Caldes Channel (north end) = + 3h 16m +14 &@ \——Minus sign: to be subtracted. it aeies Corrections te added. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Station— Tide high water Bahia No Name Key Coast end) —+2h 20m TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, w—A steady tone prevailed in the stock market to- day with price changes narrow, on a block of 15,000 shares. Yes- 2% at 54% on nearly 100,000 shares, buy all the stock at six dollars a share. Fractionally: higher were U. S. Rubber, Montgomery Ward, Doug- las, United Aircraft, Admiral Corp. ;American Can, McIntyre, Ameri-jrule of courts to interpret pro-| can Telephone, Baltimore & Ohio. Tilted lower were Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, National Distillers, Westinghouse, Santa Fe, and Standard Oil (NJ). Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTRICT n Toppled by an earthquake in 222 B. C., the Colossus of Rhodes lay Jon the ground for 900 years before was an important aspect of the, it was braken up for scrap ia te Seventh entury. Inds over South) Honde (bridge) ———-oh 10m 8.8 street program. | He said that he is preparing the) plans and specifications and will jsubmit them to the city commis-| sion for approval. He pointed out} that it will be difficult to eall for bids on streets that have not been jtorn up for the sewer project as yet. { “We can’t ask contractors to bid! lon streets when we don’t know! \how much damage is going to be caused by tearing them up,” he said. He added that the street pro- gram “popped up on me pretty) suddenly.” | Lang opposed the commission’s plan at their last meeting. He ask-/ ed that the city purchase equip- ment to embark on their own pro- gram. FLA. SUPREME COURT (Continued From Page One) elected, he could run again in 1956. He offered no argument on the} point. Both Odham and Collins, were made defendants to Bryant’s suit along with Secretary of State R. A. Gray. Asst. Atty. Gen. Howard Bailey, representing the secretary of state said Gray took the stand he had) no immediate duties concerned with the 1956 election, Bailey, how-' ever, cited for the court two legal jopinions from other states, one of which gave weight to Judge Walk- er’s ruling, the other against it. In filing his lawsuit in December} | Bryant said he wanted the question| .|answered because he planned to become a candidate for governor | "lin 1956 but might enter this year’s) race if the short term governor would be eligible to succeed him-| self. irrevocable) syj¢ that nothing can be accom-|winter season, anyhow. |plished. He pointed out that a $500,000; the rate of $50,000 per year over aj Sttained statesmen to recuperate, in fact for all broken humanity |from all causes.” |_ In his letter, the artist said of \forces of Communist Ho Chi Minh|Key West: |in Indochina. | “A very pleasing picture in the early morning is the sight of fish do one of these two things, France'ing and sponging boats speeding on their way is a scene never to jt settling the year-old Indochina’ be forgotten. | “As I sit here in front of my Informants said the four also tent with pallet and brush in hand, failed to make any real progress trying to sketch some of these lon reconciling rival Russian and|beautiful scenes, there passes by French proposals on disarmament. A US. Air Force spokesman at tax receipts,” McCreedy continued, | United Nations so Red China could participate. There appeared little ground for compromise. The Western three are coming lovely city — excellent \the streamers from New York, Gal- little city. “With all of the natural advan- jtage that nature has endowed your climate, , beautiful beaches, after he told Melson was in jai mouth, Neb., today on an open charge. to hide it around the ragged edge of the-public health fund cuts proposed w that by President Eisenhower. He said “According to President BiNew Comedy by JOM van ORUIED Eisenhower's budget recommenda- tions Florida stands to lose about he approaching $230,000 in federal funds allotted to revolution in Cuba were evident in tubetculosis and venereal disease control activities.” : Those funds, he explained, fi- night with 13 Spaniards from Ha-nance “‘a good portion of our = {Molotov had put forward a propo-|vesttn, New Orleans, Tampa and yana to enter his cigar factory as berculosis control activities an sal for a meeting outside the/Havana bound for this beautiful employees. A committee of citizens practically all of our venereal di- waited on them and conducted) sease programs. news centers, you may k it is the reporter looking for an me of Denis Sneigr. U rtones of thi $ news story: “J, M. Seidenberg came in last them to the Russell House where they will be quartered for the pre- sent. A great concourse of Key Westers was out to see them and is becoming more and more prob- do but make a paradise, for the of the hostility known to exist be- “Plant more coconut palms tween them and the Cubans but no demonstration was made. The Tentatively they figure another around the beaches, build a few factory did not attempt to open week or 10 days should be enough, fine hotels on the ocean front and this morning but preparations are but Molotov may have some talk-|level your sidewalks,” he advised.|being made looking to that end.” stretching trick up his sleev In those days, William Curry and As a matter of fact, a later edi- Some Russians privately estimate Sons Company was just about the tion of the Advertiser shows that the meeting may go on two or biggest store in town, judging by the factory never did re-open — three weeks more. AIRMEN TELL OF (Continued from Page One) of the Army field forces at Ft. Benning, Ga. A ground party which battled deep snow 15 miles to the scene of the crash from the little town of Curry, 75 miles -northeast of here, last night reported it had found three bodies. The six rescued men talked free- ly with newsmen at nearby Elmen- dorf Air Force Base, They were hospitalized at the 5005th Air Force! Hospital at Elmendorf after being flown to safety. All six were suffering exposure, shock and various cuts and bruises. None of them could explain the accident, which happened on a flight from Elmendorf to Ladd AFB, Fairbanks, 275 miles to the northeast, But to all six, the first indica- tion of trouble was a terrifi@ down draft that tossed the plane as if it was a feather. Two said they heard an explosion afterward. Here is what the six had to tell newsmen: Airman 1.C. Edward J. Fox, 22, West Utica, N. Y., who was lying) on a pile of baggage when disaster struck: “We seemed to hit a down draft and the next thing I knew I found myself in the air. I looked down and saw the plane and some of the other guys flying underneath me. I pulled the cord on my para- chute and landed,” As Airman 1.C. Eli LaDuke, 20, Au Sable Forks, N, Y., remem- dered it: “A heavy turbulence just seemed to tear the plane apart. 1 remem- ber hurtling through space and pulling my chute cord. When the chute opened I was fairly close to the ground.” Airman 3.C. Rupert C. Pratt, 20,) Salt Rock, W, Va.: “There was a terrific down draft The Supreme Court questioned Bryant closely as to why it should’ accept his appeal. Justice John E, Mathews told! Bryant he saw no controversy be-! tween him and the defendants named in his suit. Justice T, Frank Hobson asked Bryant why he was appealing in view of a favorable opinion from the lower court that). he could run again in 1956 if he| ran and were elected this year.| Justice E. Harris Drew commented| the question posed by Bryant seemed to be premature, “In 1956 it would be too late,” Bryant said. “If I ran and was elected this year, then in 1956 I learned I could not run, it would be too late.” Bryant has said he {s interested and then an explosion at one side and the plane seemed to open up. |Then I found myself flying through} the air.” Airman 2.C, Huey Montgomery, 20, Eldridge, Ala., who was also setting on a pile of baggage about level with a window: “All of a sudden the plane dropped hard and then bame back up again. I heard an explosion and found myself in the a Airman 2.C, Edward W. Olson, 20, Elkader, , who was dozing at the time, said he awoke to find himself sailing through the air. Airman 1.C. Bobby Sallis, 21, West Helena, Ark., said he found himself projected suddenly into the air after “the plane just disinte- grated.” jonly in a four-year term as gov- jernor as he does not believe the! |Program he contemplates could be) carried out in two years, but might seek the short term if he then| could ask a full term. | | Bryant said he believed th! framers of the Constitution in-| jcluded the prohibition against a. The market opened at a brisk)governor succeeding himself to! Both trios constructed make- pace but soon slowed to a walk.'prevent abuse of the powers of shift shelters and huddled together RKO Pictures traded up +s at 5% the office by the governor to per-|Friday night in below-freezing tem- . an \peratures awaiting dawn and res- jterday the movie stock finished up} Hall argued that while the con-| fj petuate himself. stitutional clause dealing with a following Howard Hughes’ offer to fowregear governor bared iQ eee jfrom succeeding himself, there |Was no prohibition in the clause dealing with election of a Man to! fill a vacancy in the office, | | He said it always has been the! jhibitions on eligibility liberally in jfavor of popular election, and sine there was no explicit prohibition in the clause dealing with filling a |vacancy in the office of governor, Judge Walker had ruled Properly. The practice of human sacrifice Aztec religion but was not prac- iticed by the early Mayas. * LaDuke, Sallis and Montgomery were picked up at the site of the wrecked plane. They had joined their advertising and J. L. Thomp- son was selling the “‘best three dol- lar shoe in the world.” } And the ‘price of both the Ad- ivertiser and the Equator-Democrat! jwas a nickel — the same as to-| iday’s Citizen, Which is more than) you can say for a cup of coffee.| | The local journalistic fraternity| ‘was apparently just as seedy in those days as it is now, judging by| |this item in a column entitled “Lo-! cal Snapshots’: “If you see a sorrowful looking jstranger on the streets hanging) BLACK HILLS PASSION PLAY Lake Wales Amphitheatre Feb. 13, 31 i pe. 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