The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1954, Page 2

Des Moines River Hits Record Crest DES MOINES #—The raging Des Moines River roared through this city today at a historic crest of just over 30 feet—18 feet higher than its normal flow. But flood defense officials said “we think! we've got it whipped.” | A three-day battle, first to raise | the levees and then to hold them against the pounding waters, was in its climactic hours. All major dikes were holding. No lives had been lost. The crest was 3% feet higher than the official peak reached in the disastrous 1947 Des Moines flood when a major levee gave way and flooded a residential area. Levee workers continued to be hampered by sight-seers almost as much as by the rushing waters. Last night National Guardsmen with bayonets shooed back zealous visitors who swarmed into a criti- cal levee area, “They were crawling over sand- bags and ripping holes in them and getting in the way of trucks,” said Police Lt. Alva Glasscock. Col Harold A. Hensler of the Iowa National Guard added: “People were coming down here by the thousands. They thought it was a sideshow.” But guard officials stressed there was no clash with the sight-seers. “They were just quietly herded back- to keep them out of the road,” a spokesman said. Minor breaks in the miles of levee system, sand boils .and undermining occurred from time to time today. Flood officials said the situation would remain serious for some 24 hours. Downstream from Des Moines, the city of Ottumwa prepared for a crest of 16% to 17 feet due there over the weekend. Ottumwa was ravaged by a 20.2 crest in 1947 but this year lack of rain in the valley below Des Moines has creat- ed an easier situation. Officials said they were ready for water up to 18 feet. Upstream from Des Moines the river had fallen about three feet from its crest near Boone and| U.S. 30 there was reopened to one-| way traffic. U.S. 6 at Des Moines still required rerouting due to a flooded bridge. % Marks Released To Help Germany BONN, Germany ~The United States has released 58 million marks ($13,804,000) to help relieve unemployment in isolated West Berlin. Most of this will be used for public works projects, the Federal Economics Ministry said yesterday in announcing the grant. Over 20,000 Berliners who are unable to find private employment are now working on such projects, financed jointly by American and German funds, the ministry said. The money released yesterday came from counterpart funds which are put up by the Bonn government to match. American dollar aid to West Germany. Money Bill OK'd WASHINGTON, (# — Agreement was reached by Senate and House conferees late yesterday on the money bill to run the defense es- tablishment in the fiscal year starting July 1. Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) said the total would be “slightly less than 29 billion dollars’”—a little under administration budget requests. The House and Senate must still approve the compromise, an ad- justment of varying versions they had passed earlier. “Collarad” Man Dies NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. # — Charles A. Beach, 72, the original “Arrow collar man” whose face became familiar to millions during the years he served as model for numerous advertisements, died Monday of a heart attack while being taken to a hospital from his home here. Read The Citizen Daily THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |Sen. McCarthy Thursday, June 24, 1954 Poll By Chicago Paper Favors CHICAGO (» — The Chicago Tribune’s poll on the McCarthy- with 70,036 persons casting ballots and 91.2 per cent voting in favor of the Wisconsin senator. was held for six days and followed | the 36 days of hearings in the Me- Carthy-Army controversy. Those voting in the poll were asked to vote yes or no on two questions: 1. Do you believe Secretary Stev- ens and Army Counselor Adams and their advisers proved their charges that Sen. McCarthy and his staff exerted improper pres- sure to secure favored treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine, former committee aid? 2. Do you believe Sen. McCarthy and his staff proved their charges | that Stevens, Adams, and their ad-! visers sought to end the inquiry into communism in the Army by threats to circulate an unfounded report about undue favors sought for Schine. Army hearings ended last night | The poll, by mail and telephone, | |The Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with isolated showers or thundershowers today thru Fri- day; continued hot and humid. Low tonight near 78 degrees; high Friday about 90 degrees. Light to moderate variable, mostly easter- ly winds, freshening near shower areas, : Florida: Continued warm and partly cloudy thru Friday with scattered afternoon and early evening thundershowers. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moderate southwesterly winds ex- cept mostly easterly over the ex- treme south portion. Weather partly cloudy thru Friday win a few widely scattered thunder- showers. Western Caribbéan: Moderate east winds, fresh at times over south portion and partly cloudy weather thru Friday with a very few showers. ‘ Weather Conditions Over the Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Conditions remain settled over The Tribune reported today that | of the mail ballots, 51,824 voted for McCarthy; 4,816 for Pentagon | (Army) and 602 were undecided. | In voting by telephone, 12,026 were | listed for McCarthy; 716 for the} Pentagon and 53 were undecided. | The total vote was 63,850 for Mc- Carthy; 5,531 for the Pentagon and 655 undecided. | The Tribune said ballots were | counted as “undecided” when the voter marked to show that he be- lieved both sides had proved their charges or that neither side had proved its charges. At Least He Tells The Truth HARTFORD, Conn. (» — John Holmes, 31, placed this classified ad in the Hartford Courant: “Ramshackle farm; for direct sale from owner (realtors just laugh!) at fancy price, forty acres | of pin oaks and black snakes. Old| world charm includes sagging floors, tortuous stairway and draughty fireplaces. Located in Higganum (ugh!), Conn. Dandy opportunity to toughen up wife and kiddies for future. If you think this ad is funny, wait until you see} this farm. Telephone. If a hollow| laugh answefs, don’t hang up — that will be the owner.” Holmes, a salesman who has been living on the 10-year-old farm for three years, said he had several calls last night from people who want to look the farm over. COMMUNITY CHEST (Continued from Page One) ceived their second quarterly al- locations. William J. Plunkert, Eastern Regional Representative, United Community Defence Services, Inc., | New York, informed the Board that Miss Ester Bentley, who has been in Key West for some time, | will be available to assist the Chest but will have other respons- | ibilities as ‘well. He offered to give some assistance while Miss | Bentley is on the West Coast | for another assignment and vaca- tion, ‘i Report On Center Joe Pinder reported that Jay- West Junior Chamber of Com- | mere, had ceased to function and | would require. further support | from the chest. At the sugges- | tion of Paul J. Sher consideration was given to assisting in the Book- mobile program initiated by the PTA. The matter was referred to the Budget and Admissions Com- mittee, In_ attendance were: Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., (president); R-Adm. George C. Towner, USN, | (vice-president); J. J. Trevor,| (Treas.); R. E, Evans, (Sec’y); | Rev. Joseph Maring, S. J.; Wu- liam R. Neblett; Joe Pinder; Paul | Sher; Miss Ester F. Bentley, | (USCS); William J... Plunkert | (UCDS); Ledr. Charles B. Rob-| inson, ChC, USNR. teen Center, sponsored by the Key | the tropical area today with no important or other signs of dis- turbance. Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., June 24, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Mean . Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month Total this year Excess this yea Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 79% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.04 ins.—1017.6 mbs. . Tomorro’ Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset . (Naval Base) High Tides Low Tides 4:23 a.m, 11:34 a.m. 5:54 p.m. 10:37 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 Chica Sandy Pt. Caldes Channel (north end) 9.0 tH, —oh 4m +2h 10m 41.4 ft. Corrections {—)—Minus si: to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. CARBONELL ASKS (Continued irom Page One) reckless driving, no driver’s li- cense and breaking arrest, “If the man had committed a felony and was trying to escape, it would be a different situation,” said Carbonell, “But we ean’t go around killing people for nothing at all.” “What do they think this is— Germany?” he continued. ‘The whole situation is ridiculous.” Carbonell said that he will lodge an immediate protest with the City Manager Victor Lang on the po- lice officer's conduct. CHOU EN-LAI TO SEE (Continued from Page One) “We can be optimistic about the approaching development of the Geneva conference.” Neither French nor Chinese sources, however, gave any indi- cation of what the two premiers said to each other. The results of their meeting — on which the en- tire outcome of the Geneva peace talks appared to depend — may not become known for several | The people of the United States | had 26 per cent of the income of | the world in 1938 and 40.7 per cent | in 1948 says the Twentieth Century | | Fund. days. The nine delegations at Geneva were to resume their secret gen- a one-day recess. They have been mands for a veto on any commis- sion set up to supervise an Indo- china armistice. Now At The Strand AN ADDED THRILL! “ASTR reen in OL ITE” Screen c | virtually intact. "| of Welfare Hobby goes before the "| sent the case for the administra- .| Fleet Sonar School today for the .| Staff of Hunter Killer Forces, U. . |S. Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk, Va. CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS WASHINGTON ( — The Senate may vote on a Democratic-spon- sored move to approve President Eisenhower’s proposal to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreemnts Act for three years and to give him new tariff-cutting powers. Twenty-two Democrats and Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) are backing this ‘basic Eisenhower trade proposal | as a substitute for a House-passed bill to extend the trade act for only one year in its present form. A final vote on passage also is | possible beore the day is out. Republican Senate leaders, op- posing the substitute, pass the word that its adoption probably would kill the 20-year-old trade program. They argue key GOP House leaders would not accept it. FARM—The Senate Agriculture Committee comes up to. a show- down vote on the politically con- troversial issue of flexible farm Price supports vs. high rigid props. Sen. Young (R-ND) predicts the committee will reject the Eisen- hower administration program Pegged to flexible supports and recommend instead another year of rigid props for farm prices. The House Agriculture Commit- tee, already on record 21-8 in favor of the present system of high level supports, has virtually finished drafting general farm legislation and is about ready to send its bill to the House for debate. FOREIGN AID — Some Repub- lican congressmen foresee rough going for Eisenhower's 3% billion dollar foreign aid program even though the House Foreign Affairs Committee has given it a good start through Congress by approving it SOCIAL SECURITY — Secretary Senate Finance Committee to pre- tion’s plan for expansion of the social security program. OFFICER IS SENT TO HUNTER KILLER FORCE Lt. Cmdr. Curtis E. Miller left He has been a tactical anti-| submarine warfare instructor in the CO-XO Section of the school since his arrival in August 1952. NO INDICATIONS OF (Continued from Page One) down for lack of transport. Casti- llo, himself, said heavy rains and a lack of organization in the first stages had been his main obstacle. Castillo’s headquarters claimed tebel planes had damaged ammu- nition dumps and other strategic points in the town of El Progreso, $5. miles northeast of the capital and also on the Puerto Barrios- Guatemala City railroad. Rebel spokesmen also claimed saboteurs were moving ahead of their forces, causing serious damage with dy- namite blasts. But government broadcasts heard in El Salvador claimed the “‘ene- my” had been hurled back on all fronts and was fleeing toward the Honduran border in the Gualan, Morales and Puerto Barrios areas. They said loyal troops had begun mopping up scattered rebel grou! that surrendered without resis- tance. In Guatemala City, Associated Press Correspondent Jack Rutledge described the situation as calm. He said the army still claimed the government held complete control. Some historians believe that in the year 410, Rome did not have a | single permanent inhabitant. 1 ek MARATHON FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. y-2 e.9 DA Ee 4TH CELEBRATIONI!!! 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Western delegates to the confer- ence said Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik spurned their “phasing” Plan because it did not start off with an immediate and uncondition- al prohibition of all nuclear weap- ons. ———_____ QUICK RESCUE ACTION (Continued From Page One) don’t you think that something should be done about having life guards at the beach all the time?” After taking the children to the school, Mrs. Recupero later de- cided to go to the beach and check up on them. She arrived a few minutes after the ambulance had left. Her daughter, Angela, told her that the boy had been taken to the hospital. Mrs. Re- cupero called Monroe General Hospital. Authorities there con- tacted the Naval Hospital and the parents immediately went to the Naval Hospital where their son was being cared for. The boy was released from the hospital about 4:00 p.m. and taken home by his parents. Later he seemed feverish and the Recu- Pero’s family doctor was called. 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