The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 16, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, March 16, 1954 LONDON, # — Prime Minister Churchill called in Scotland Yard today to deal with a threat to his wife, Clementine. The threat came in a letter in the morning mail at 10 Downing St., the Prime Minister’s official residence. Lady Churchill is 69. Churchill’s aides refused details of the letter but said it has been sent to the commissioner of police “forhim to take any action he considers necessary.” NEW YORK, (® — Writer Marion L. Hargrove Jr. has obtained a license to marry Mrs. Robin Ed-}| wards Roosevelt, former wife of Curtis (Buzzie) Roosevelt, a grand- son of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hargrove, 34, the author of the humorous wartime book, “See Here, Private Hargrove,” also has been married previously. Mrs. Roosvelt, 25, is a model. ol Weatherman = Key West and Vicinity: Fair to- day thru Wednesday; continued cool today and a little colder to- night with minimum about 56 de- grees near daybreak. Warmer Wednesday with highest tempera- ture near 74 degrees. Moderate te fresh northerly winds becoming northeast and gradually diminish- ing. Florida: Fair thru Wednesday. Continued cold tonight with frost in the north portion. Slowly rising temperatures Wednesday and be- ginning on the southeast coast late tonight. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Fresh north to northeast winds and gen- axahy fair weather thru Wednes- lay. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh northeast and east winds. Partly cloudy weather thru Wed- nesday with widely scattered show- ers. Observations Taken At City Office WASHINGTON, (» — President Ejisenhower’s proposal to lower the minimum voting age to 18 has fin- ished the first lap of its journey through Congress. It was approved 7-83 yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee. > The proposal is in the form of a constitutional amendment that must win approval of two thirds of both the Senate and House and three fourths of the legislatures of the 48 states. WASHINGTON, (#—Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Ohiefs of Staff, disclosed today that the Pentagon may offer a juicy cash bonus to anyone who wants to reenlist in the armed forces. Radford said in an interview that a program to add incentives to keep people in the armed forces would be submitted to Congress Bext month. Among the ideas being consider- ed, he said, was offering a cash Key West, Fla., Mar. 16, 1954 at 7 A.M., EST \ TEMPERATURES Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean .... Normal PRECIPITATION Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month Total this year 0 ins, McCarthy Goes Into Showdown Meeting Today WASHINGTON (#—Sen. McCar- thy (R-Wis) and his Senate Inves- tigations subcommittee went into a showdown meeting today on his Tow with Army officials. Demo- cratic members were demanding a full public hearing on the charges and counter charges. Sen. McClellan (D-Ark), wh calls signals for the group’s Demo- cratic members, told reporters he would insist at the closed door meeting that the subcommittee: 1, Ask that its parent body, the Committee, take over the inquiry. 2. Have all testimony taken in public hearings, 3. That the group hire a “special and impartial” staff to assist in the hearings. A reporter asked whether he was disposed to “‘let the staff that is under fire” par- ticipate and McClellan answered “No, air.” The subcommittee’s entire mem- bership of four Republicans and three Democrats turned out for the meeting. Sen, Lennon (D-NC), a member of the .parent Govern- ment Operations Committee, went into the room a few minutes after the session was convened. McCarthy accuses Secretary of the Army Stevens and John G. Adams, the Army’s general coun- sel, of using “blackmail” tactics to block his investigations of al- leged Reds in uniform. Army officials accused Mc- Carthy and Roy Cohn, the sub- -| committee’s chief counsel, of ex- -|erting improper pressures to win Excess this year Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 4% Barometer (Sea Le 7:00 A.M. 30.20 ins.—1023.0 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise .. Sunset Moonrise Moonset TOMORROW’ TIDES (Naval Base) bonus far in excess of the $300 now given to those who reenlist— Perhaps $2,000, Army Rehires Dock Workers NEW YORK, #—The Army be- gan hiring dock workers under civil service rules today to load transports and cargo ships tied up at its strike-bound bases, but the Tesponse of workers was slow. An hour after the usual time for the start of the day shift, only 65 of the 400 men. needed at the Brooklyn Army base had been pro- cessed, screened and put to work. An Army spokesman said the men still were coming in, but very slowly. He said none had been hired at Staten Island, where 350 dock workers are needed. He also said none had been reported hired at Jersey City, N.J. About 500 persons demonstrated at the entrance at the Brooklyn base for half an hour today before they were broken up by police. No violence was reported. Several pickets took up posts at the en- trance, Farmhand Credited With Rescue Of Couple OAKLAND, Md. — Roy Dill- worth, 32, a 140-pound farmhand, was credited with saving’ the lives of an elderly couple when fire de- stroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rell Friend about 18 miles north of here yesterday. Fire Chief Emroy Bolden said Dillworth led Mrs. Friend from the upstairs room where she had collapsed. Then he dragged her 260- pound husband, an invalid, to safety. CUSTODY SET BURBANK, Calf. ( — Susan Hayward has won temporary cus- tody of her twin 8-year-old sons by actor Jess Barker but must pay $2,500 to his lawyer as part of his fee for defending her divorce suit. She earns $17,000 a month, Anything Less is yesterday's car! Come High Tide Low Tide 8:59 a.m. 2:38 a.m, 9:12 p.m. 2:33 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Station— Tide high water Bahia Honda (bridge) —oh 10m No Name Key (east end) ....-2h 20m Boca Chi. Sandy Pt. Caldes Channel (north end) 9.0 ft. —oh 40m +2h 10m +1.4 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. Temperatures At 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta . Augusta Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charleston Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston . SNSSSRRBIRESSNSE KEY WEST Key West Airpo: Los Angele: Louisville .. Meridian Miami Minneapolis . Memphis .... New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha ... Pensacola Pittsburgh San Francisco Seattle ... Tallahassee .. drive NUMBER ONE in power! CHRYSLE NAVARRO, Inc. © 601 Duval St. -| special favors for a drafted pal, wealthy Pvt. G. David Schine, a former member of their staff. Worried Senate Republican lead- ers called a closed-door huddle of their own to consider their course in the blazing fight which pits Re- publican against Republican in this campaign year, Substitute Chairman McCarthy has agreed to step -| aside temporarily and let another senator preside as chairman of the subcommittee in the inquiries, but declared firmly he would fight for the right to ‘sit in the hearings and participate in the questioning of witnesses the same as any other member. Sen. Mundt (R-SD), the man Mc- Carthy has picked to preside at the inquiry, started a last-ditch effort to induce McCarthy to let some other committee take over. Mundt is a member of the sub- committee, second senior Repub- lican to McCarthy. “I still think the country would be best satisfied by having a neu- tral committee handle it,” he said. But failing in that—and he clear- ly expected to fail—he said he will demand that the subcommittee hire a temporary, small special staff to handle the investigation, thus short-circuiting Cohn and other aides who are under the Army’s fire. The Army has accused both Cohn and Francis P. Carr, the subcommittee’s staff chief through whom McCarthy handles person- nel matters, of improper tactics. An Army report said Cohn used threats. Partiality Hinted Mundt said it is “stretching credulity too far’ to expect the American people to look on staff- ers under Carr’s control to probe impartially into the conduct of their boss. McCarthy reportedly was plan- ning to propose, instead, that the subcommittee invite Cohn and Adams to sit as opposing ‘“‘pros- ecutors” with equal rights to cross-examine witnesses. McCarthy yesterday flatly re- jected broad hints from Senate GOP leadership and from within his own subcommittee that he call off a speaking tour and move for a swifter showdown on the issues involved. Clearly counting on the Senate’s unwritten code of senatorial court- esy to forestall any move to in- vestigate a senator in his absence, he announced he would leave Wednesday noon on his four-day speaking tour, and added: “I will be gone Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. There will be no hearing Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday.” Sen. Knowland of California, the Senate Republican leader, had told reporters he,can’t tell fellow senators what to do but the in- quiry ought to have “priority over all other matters.” McCarthy made public a letter to Stevens dated yesterday de- manding a new report on the han- dling of the case of Maj. Irving Peress, Army dentist whose pro- motion and discharge were a focal point in another of their rows. CHAMBER MAILS (Continued from Page One) a thousand more letters than in 1953. Figures published in “Trends” are as follows: Building permits $258809 compared ‘to $215719 last year. Post office receipts, $27755. Last year, $26576. There were 36635 southbound pas- senger cars to 32576 in 1953. 37,- 45396 KWH electricity used as com- pared with the 1953 figure of 3,- 198136. The Chamber has received 1322 letters. In 1953, 1401 letters were received. The Chamber has mail- ed 3211 letters as compared with 10-Year Sentence Is Passed On Willie Bradwell Willie Bradwell, 47, today was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary by Oriminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro. Bradwell, who lived at 716 Tho- mas, was charged with assault with intent to commit murder in connection with the shooting Jan. 23 of Otis Reynolds. The shooting occurred in the 300 block of Pet- ronia St. A six-man jury late yesterday found Bradwell guilty as charged. Testimony at the trial showed that the shooting followed an argu- ment over a five-dollar debt. Allan B, Cleare, Jr., county at- torney, presented the state’s case. On the jury were Grover C. Al- bury, Paul C. Heflin, Leonard F, Owens, Harry L. Sawyer, Joe S, Perez and Otto Aguero, Youth Leader Is Arrested As Head Of Gang TAMPA #—The vice president of a state youth recreation organi- zation has been convicted of as- sault and fighting as leader of a Tampa teen-age gang. Municipl Judge Bob Johnson sentenced Ralph Montoto, 18, yes- terday to pay a fine of $200. Four others were ordered to pay $25 each on charges of fighting. City prosecutors said Montoto was the “ringleader of the vicious organization” which beat up sever. al youth? recently, sent three per- sons to hospitals, and threw objects at automobiles. Mrs. Cordelia Hunt, head of the City Recreation Department, de- scribed Montoto as a “natural born leader” and said recreation work- ers had tried to direct his activities into constructive channels. Mrs. Hunt sad he was one of Tampa’s representatives to the Florida Youth Workshop in Gaines- ville last June and was elected state vice president there. Ship Carrying Marines Strikes Bahama Reef MIAMI #—A ship carrying a detachment of Marines back to Migmi from maneuyers Puerto Rico struck a reef ‘early in the Bahama Islands about 200 miles east of Miami. Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk said no one was reported Three Navy ships, a Coast Guard cutter from Miami and planes from Miami and St. Petersburg headed for the scene. The ship, LST 291, was reported on a reef off James Point, Eleuth- era Island in the Grand Bahamas. About 40 men were taken from the ship to the beach by two other landing craft. Lt. K. W. Wade in Atlantic Fleet headquarters said the number aboard the LST could not be de- termined at once. The ship carries 7 officers and 75 men, he’ said, and normally would accommodate about 350 extra passengers. Lt. Wade said LST 291 partici- pated in landings at Omaha Beach in the Normandy invasion of June 194, and in 49 later channel crossings without damage. MAN PROTESTS HIGH (Continued from Page One) for the city to purchase a tow- truck.” The commission then instructed Lang to investigate the “‘exor- bitant fees.” A city official said today that it is up to the man on the desk at Police headquarters as to which tow-truck should be called when needed, SCREAMING VIETMINH (Continued from Page One) Foreign Legionnaires and Thai tribesmen. The French in Saigon predicted the Vietminh could not maintain their intense attacks of the past 48 hours longer than two more days. By that time, they said, the rebel troops and their supplies— the latter painfully trekked b y coolies over the hundreds of jungle miles from Chinese dumps—would be exhausted. Rainy weather, Vietminh anti- aircraft and rebel bombardment of Dien Bien Phu’s air strips re- duced the fort's airborne supply line to a minimum. But a number of C47 Dakotas still were able to land with medical supplies and to take off for Hanoi with the worst of the wounded. The hardest attack on the for- tress, 175 miles west of Hanoi, came on its northern outpost, One séction of the strongpoint gave way Saturday night; late Monday night the balance of the defenders withdrew under the cover of forces sent from the center. The rebels took the sector after one of the heaviest artillery pound- ings they have been able to mount so far in the long conflict. SE a 1880 sent last year. There have | been 2058 visitors to the Chamber | office, and 1318 in 1953. TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, () — The stock market pointed a little higher today in early trading, but the effort was ragged. Gains at the best went to around a point, and there were many minus signs in major areas of the list. The oils did well along with the electrical equipments, aircrafts, and most chemicals. Railroads were slow in appear- ing on the tape, and the result was somewhat mixed. Steels were also mixed. Motors were unchang- ed to higher. Distillers were lower. Among higher stocks were Santa Fe, Pacific Western Oil, American Telephone, Homestake Mining, U.S. Smelting, General Electric, Chrys- ler, and Douglas Aircraft, Lower were Bethlehem Steel, Sears Roebuck, North American Aviation, National Distillers, Dome Mines, Air Reduction, and South- em Pacific. ° POLICE CAPTAIN’S (Continued from Page One) sued to Chief Raymond Cabrera a- bout a month ago. The recommendations _ ranged from the abolishment of the post of police sergeant to setting up a new system of daily reports. No Report Mayor Harvey asked Lang last night if he had received a report from the police chief on the new system. “No, sir,” was Lang’s rejoinder. “Are they. using a log?” Com- missioner Roberts asked. “Not to my knowledge,” said Lang. Mayor C.B. Harvey said, “I want you to instruct the police chief to tell us why he hasn’t re- Ported.” “Do you mean you want him here at the next meeting?” asked Lang. “No, I want to have his report before the next meeting,” the May- or said. Earlier, the commission met with Chief Cabrera at which time he balked at accepting some of the recommendations, but agreed to others. SS Indonesia stfatdles the Equator but sea breezes and mountains keep temperatures fairly low in most areas. 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Rosary services will be held Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. in the chapel of the funeral home. Mrs. Gwynn is survived by her husband, Rodney C, Gwynn, U. S. Commissioner here for many years; two daughters, Mrs. Stan- ley J. Barrett and Mrs. Norman D. Artman; one sister, Mrs. Rita DelVillar; and five grandchildren. Mrs. Gwynn was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. Apply To Wed The following couples have ap- Plied for marriage licenses in the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord: Otis W. Osborn, 30, USS PCS 1387, and Roseann Murray, 26, 611 Grinnell. Richard E. Gregg, 18, Fleet Son- ar School, and Betty Jean Lindsay, | 24, 421 United. Donal W. Armstrong, 22, Boca Chica, and Evelyn M. Skarnulis, 18, 321 Simonton. Raymond Quinn, 24, 163-A Poin- ciana, and Bertha O. Peasley, 18, 147-A Poinciana. John R. Bales, 36, Islamorada, and Marie Johnson, 39, Tavernier. James A. Kelly, 30, 522 Grinnell, and Belva H. Tarrant, 29, 1125 Whitehead. Jack K. 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