The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 26, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit the the T ‘aly SS SCOUTS GO CAMFING—Troops 52, 53 and 54 of the Monroe County Scout District are shown just prior to boarding the school bus that took them to a two-week encampment at Snapper Creek, Miami. The boys left at 9:30 Sunday morning.—Photo by Spillman. . HE SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER The Key West Citisen IN THE EY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1954 U.S. PRICE FIVE CENT: State Dept. Reveals Shooting Down Of Attacking Red Planes Three-Car Crash I njures Seven Persons Late Sunday Key Wesiers Are Involved City Commission Sets Talks In Collision On Police Court Fee System City Fathers May Reverse Decision To End Payments The city commission may reverse its decision to end the policy of paying fees to police officers who appear in city court as witnesses during their off-duty hours. The city fathers, Have set a special meeting for tonight at which time they will dis- cuss the sifaation which has created considerable contro- versy in the city hall. They passed on first reading last week, an ordinance which ends the payment of court fees. It is sche- duled to come up for second read-. ing next Monday night, The ordi- mance was suggested after subs- tantial raises for the police depart- ment were set up in the 1954-55 budget. The raises range from $22 per month for rookie officers to $50 per month for the police chief. $40 Maximum Under the present setup, which has been in use for some years, police officers are paid two dollars for each appearance in court when a conviction is obtained. Maximum for any one day, however, is two dollars. Thus, since court is held five days per week, it is possible for policemen to earn up to $40 per month from court fees. The fees are paid out of the city’s fine and forfeiture fund. . However, the average figure is believed to be somewhat lower than $40. Pay Raise Nullified Police lieutenants, in particular, have voiced strong disapproval of ending of payment of court fees ‘They say that their $25 per montn raises will be nullified since they will lose their fees. x The city finance director's office said today, however, that fees paid to lieutenants for the past year have averaged from four dollars to $12.50 per month, Indications were today, that the commission will move to reinstate the fee system, in addition to the raises given the police department, Commissioner Louis Carbonell, however, said that he favors a plan which would split the fees equally ‘among all members of the depart- (Continuea on Page Two? ‘TROOP 253 RETURNS TO KEY WEST SAT. Several Key West parents were surprised Saturday afternoon when Boy Scout Troop 253 arrived home a day ahead of schedule. The troop had been on a camp- ing tour of the state, accompanied by the Scoutmaster, Tony Martinez. The troop visited Boca Raton, St. Augustine, Green Cove Springs, Lake Wales, Bradenton, Sarasota and Fort Myers. The boys left Key West on July 9 and made the trip in the bus owned by the troop. DON’T FORGET Some Lucky Patron of EL PA- SAJE SPANISH RESTAURANT Will Get A Free, All-Expense Tour to Havana, 1008 TRUMAN AVENUE Deadline Is Set For Submitting Fund Drive Plans A deadline for civie clu submit dates of fund ra activities for the emergency March of Dime was set today by Bob Youmans, chairman of the emergency drive. said civic clubs and fra- ternal organizations should sub- mit dates to him by Aug. 10. As part of tha, emergency March. of el ww stage fund raising activities. The emergency March of Dimes will run from Aug. 16 through 31. A 30 per cent in- crease in the nation’s polio has made a nation-wide dimes drive necessary. Florida Radio Show Winners To Visit Here The first winners of Florida Call- ing, Mutual Broadcasting System radio show, are due to arrive here today on a state-wide tour. The winners, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goebel of Indianapolis, will be guests of the El Rancho Motel to- night, and tomorrow will be taken on a tour of the city and the Naval Station. Florida Calling, emceed by Tom Moore, orginates in Winter Haven. Listeners throughout the United States are phoned and asked a Jackpot question, The correct an- swer wins an all-expense Florida vacation for two. Key West, one of the cities spon- soring the show, is included in the tour of the state. The question which won for the | Goebels was: “Who said ‘an ideal |wife is any woman who has an ideal husband?’ ”, Mrs. Goebel came up with the correct answer — Booth Tarking- ton. Tomorrow night the couple will leave for Miami. Virginia Man Is Questioned In Roberts Case MIAMI ®—Miami detectives re- Ported a man had been picked up at Gate City, Va., for questioning in the Judith Ann Roberts murder ease, then was released. Lt. Chester Eldredge of the Hom- | \icide squad identified the man as| |Norman E. Buchanan, 28, who es- jcaped from the Miami stockade jwhile serving a sentence for in-| |decent exposure before 15 girls} | aged 6 to 10. | | Sheriff W. C. Salyer of Scott| |County, Va., told officers here the man was permitted to go home “but we can pick him up again whenever you give us the word.” “The thing for us to find out is whether this man could have been in Miami on July 7,” said El- e ge. | Judith Ann, 7, daughter of a| | Baltimore lawyer and former la- (Continued on Page Two) Heroine Of Dien Bien Phu Arrives In US. Nurse Tells Crowd At Airport She Only Did Duty NEW YORK @#—Lt. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, heroine of Dien Bien Phu, told a welcoming crowd at Idlewild Airport today that “I do not deserve this honor, for I have only done my duty.” The 29-year-old nurse, acclaimed for her work among the wounded of the ill-fated Indochinese for- tress, arrived by plane from Paris at 8:52 a.m. (EDT) as an official guest of the United Sttes. A reception committee and Jean Deladade, French consul general in New York, greeted her at the airport, and the consul general presented her with a large bou- quet of roses. A throng of spectator cheered as she emerged from the plane, dressed in a white uniform and blue beret. She told the crowd that her thoughts still go to those who were killed at Dien Bien Phu. As she spoke in English she occasionally referred to notes. Deeply Grateful “Iam deeply moved to be here,” she said, ‘‘and I feel very grateful for the honor which President Ei- senhower and the Congress of the United States have shown me by inviting me to come to this coun- try. “I wish, first of all, to express my thanks with all my heart. I do not deserve this honor, for I have only done my duty. “This honor is intended, through me, for all those whose life I was proud to share in Dien Bien Phu, and for the nurses, for all the nurses, who devote themselves to the best of their ability to allevi- ating the sufferings of the wounded.” In New York today she will have (Continued on Page Iwo) Three Men Are Charged With Garcia Robbery Three men today were in the county jail charged with breaking and entering in connection with an attempted safe robbery last week. Last Wednesday night thieves en- tered the home of Mrs. Dora Gar- cia, 708 Eaton St., took cash and jewelry but failed to crack a safe. Cooperation between the city po- lice and sheriff's department led to the arrest of the three men. They are Angel Miranda, 33, a Puerto Rican; Raymond Hernan- dez, 38, who was born in Key West; and Alceo Perez, 20, of 18 E Por- ter Place. Miami police picked up Miranda and Hernandez and then returned to Key West Saturday night. Perez was arrested the night of the robbery by Key West police. Justice of the Peace Ira Albury, the sheriff's department said, is- sued warrants charging each man with breaking and entering and setting a $2,500 bond in ech case. Miranda and Hernandez both have Police records, Ot Seven persons were in- jured in a three-car crash at 7:35 p. m. yesterday on U. S. 1 between Greyhound Key and Channel No. 5, Highway Patrolman R. G. Young reported today. This is how the accident happened, according to Young: A 1949 Ford sedan being driven north by Walter Kit- chen, 30, of Marathon, pass- ed a car and then went out of control. The Ford ran off on the right shoulder of the highway, then skidded back on-the road. . The Ford was skidding sideways down the center of the higlway when a 1949 Chevrolet sedan, being driven south by Mrs. Onelia Valdez Mesa, 37, of 620 White Street, hit the right front fender of the Ford. Ferd Damage The impact knocked the engine and transmission out of the Ford. The engine was found 75 feet away from the Ford. The Ford was spun completely around. Efforts To Cut Atom Debate Fail In Senate Knowland’s Move To Invoke Cloture Fails To Pass WASHINGTON (#— The Senate today beat down a determined ef- fort by Republican leaders to cut bill. On a roll call vote, a motion by | GOP leader Knowland (CaJif) to invoke cloture—restricting all fu- ture debate to one hour for each senator—received the support of 44 senators while 42 opposed. It would have required a two-thirds vote of the full Senate, or 64 “ayes,” to put the motion over. In advance of the vote, Know- land told the Senate he had “no illusibns” abowi a chance to win, and warned of “even more drastic” steps possible if he doesn’t. “If there was ever a time when cloture was in order,” he sai “in my judgment this is the time.” He. gave no hint as to what these “drastic’ steps might be. Before the Senate met, Know- land had conferred at the White House with President Eisenhower and told reporters afterward that “there will be no surrender” in the efforts to pass the administration The car driven by Mrs. Mesa | bill, then ran down the embankment on the left hand side of the road, headed south. Meanwhile, a 1953 Oldsmobile se- dan driven north by Thurman A. Sands, 36, of 732 Passover St., Key West, slowed down so that it hit the Ford lightly. Kitchen, the driver of the Ford, suffered a possible fracture of the right arm, Mrs. Mesa received a cut head, possible chest injuries, a cut right leg, and a possible fracture of the right ankle. Others Injured The other injured, all passengers in the car driven by Mrs. Mesa, were: Her son, Robert, 7, possible in- ternal injuries and a cut over the right eye. Tom Mesa, 620 White Street, pos- sible fracture of the left shoulder; (Continued on Page Two) Trailer Totally Destroyed In Fire A major disaster was narrowly averted Sunday when firemen quelled a blaze which totally dis- troyed a trailer parked in a crowd- ed trailer park on Stock Island. Firemen dragged the flaming trailer 300-feet from where it was parked in the Tipton Trailer Sales lot to prevent the blaze from spreading to cther trailers in the area. Fire Chief Charles Cremata said today that the blaze started when the occupant of the trailer, Tho- ms Wells, fell asleep with a light- ed cigarette. Wells was awakened by smoke and attempted to extin- guish the fire, Although the scene of the blaze is outside the city limits, fire fighters from the Poinciana and Number Three stations answered the alarm. _ The trailer, listed as a total loss, id owned by Tipton Trailer Sales BUILD GOOD BOATS with MATERIALS from Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, near Docks Longer Session Seen He said the President and Re- publican congressional leaders agreed also that the delays in the Senate should not be permitted to block the administration’s legisla- tive program “even if it requires that Congress continue in session several additional weeks.” + There was a suggestion from Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, the Democratic leader, in the brief de-, bate before the vote on cloture that something in the way of a shorten- ing of the debate might be worked out. Johnson announced that he would not vote for cloture but he asked that his Democratic colleagues confined themselves to ‘reason- able discussion” on four or five “basic issues” and let the matter come to a vote, Johnson suggested working out a! schedule for “reasonable discus- sion” of several key amendments, to be “followed by vote on the issues at stake.” Schedule Agreeable Johnson asked Sen. Anderson (D- NM), one of the leaders of the group fighting the bill, whether he thought such an arrangement (Continued on Page Two) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCOR July To Date 297 53 30 3 Traffic Deaths _ Property Damage $6,620 $75,756 Key West has enjoyed five consecutive accident-free days — a new record for 1954, City officials are hopeful that it indicates a new trend toward an awareness of the need for safe driving in Key West. The rate of more than once accident per day in 1953 has been nearly equalled thus far in Normally, weekends produce a greater number of traffic mishaps due to increased traf- fic. But that was not the case this weekend. Congratulations, Mr. Mrs. Key West Motorist. and short debate on the atomic energy | Sailor Finds Daughter In Good Condition Suzanne Deane, 18-month-old girl stricken with acute menin- gitis, today was reported in “good” condition by Navy doc- tors, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The child is in Chelsea Na- val Hsopital near Boston. * Saturday, the child’s father, George W. Deane, 28, ship’s serviceman third class, flown by jet plane from Boca Chica Naval Air Station te South Weymouth, Mass., and then sped by car to the hespi- tal. At that time, Naval doctors said it was uncertain if Suzanne would live 48 hours. Later reports indicate that the child's condition was net as serious as first believed. Deane, who was given an emergency le#ve, is attached te the USS Earle 8. Hall, a small troop transport new in port here. : Probe Of Ohio | Murder Goes To California LOS ANGELES — There are inconsistencies between statements of a pretty young medical techni- cian here and a statement by Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, Cleveland os- teopath whose wife Marilyn was bludgeoned to death three weeks ago in the Ohio city, an investi- gator reported last night. “Suffice it to say,” said Thomas Parrino, assistant prosecutor of Cuyahoga (Cleveland) County, “that some of the things which she (Miss Susan Hayes, 23) told us are not consistent with testimony given by Dr. Sheppard regarding their association. “What she told us changes the Picture in some respects,” he de- clared. ‘These changes are rather important, and I am sending the information to the Cleveland po- lice.” The official did not elaborate. L. A. Probe Parrino and Homicide Detective Robert F. Schottke came here from Cleveland to talk with persons who had seen Dr. Sheppard during his trip here last March. Dr. Sheppard and Miss Hayes both have said that during that time he had replaced a watch she had lost. And she told local Dist. Atty. E. Ernest Roll that the osteo- path had taken her and another (Continued on Page Two) (esata Telephone Line ‘Accidentally Out The accidental cutting of hte erving business and res- idential district today was an- nounced by D. E. Nichols, gen- eral manager of the local Southern Bell Telephone Co. office. The line was cut by a con- tractor, a block south of the business district in Poinciana. The company immediately dispatched a two-way radioe truck to the Naval Hospital te handle any emergency calls. Nichols said that service would be restored this after- noon. 1 Two U.S. Planes Were Attacked In Hunt For Airliner Survivors WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U. S. carrier Planes shot down two Red Chinese fighters which jumped them as they were searching over the attempting to interfere with Missing Blonde Case Marked Closed Today Girl Who Ran Off With Dad’s Car Goes Home The case of the missing blonde was marked closed today by the sheriff’s de- partment. Shirley Krauss, 19-year- old blonde, was en route to her home in Orlando after the sheriff's department had been looking for her since July 20. The story began on that date when a 1953 Lincoln Capri was found abandoned behind Poinciana School. The keys were in the igni- tion. Cer Traced The car was driven to the sheriff's office and the owner traced through the license tag. He was a Mr. Krauss of Orlando. A deputy sheriff phoned Krauss. He reported that his daughter, Shirley, had driven away in the car. No one knew whether the girl had been kidnapped, murdered or was just missing because she wanted to be missing. The sheriff's office here sur- mised that she had gone to Havana. The customs service here was notified to be on the watch for her. Saturday the girl—traveling un- der the name of Nina Barton—re- turned by air from Havana. Henry Palacios, of the customs service, notified the sheriff's of- fice. The girl was picked up and her father notified. Late Saturday, the father ar- rived from Orlando and drove his car and daughter home. Lung Disease Listed As Cause Of Heir’s Death | CHICAGO # — Mail order heir Montgomery Ward Thorne died of a lung disease — probably pneu- monia, one of the four pathologists assigned to a second post-mortem reported yesterday. The report of the pathologisis that the 20-year-old heir to a $2,600,000 fortune died of natural causes will be given this week to Coroner Walter E. McCarron. The medical expert who told this to newsmen is Dr. Otto Saphir of the University of Illinois, The report probably will end the official inquiry into Thorne’s death. His shorts-clad body was found on the bed of his $75-a-month apartment June 19. Dr. Harry Leon, a coroner’a on the arms and said death was the result of a combination of al- cohol, barbiturates and an alka- loid — possibly morphine and pos- sibly administered by someone else. Dr. Leon’s findings were ques- tioned, and the special group of pathologists named to double-check will report Dr. Leon “should have arrived at the right answer 24 hours after the body was found,” according to Dr. Saphir. The panel said the quantities of those substances found in the tis- sues were too small to cause death. physician, noted puncture marks | weekend for survivors of the British airliner downed by the Communists Friday. The State Department announced the incident today with a denunciation of “Chinese Communist brutality” in a humanitarian rescue. In a quick follow-up, Adm. Felix Stump, comman- der-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, told a news confer- ence, U. S. fliers are under instructions to be “quick on the trigger” if a hostile pass is made at them. Stump said the policy is this: “If any U.S. plane is attacked or approached with obvious hostile intent, it will fire back. In other words, you don’t have to wait and get your head blown off to shoot back.” In Congress, there were prompt expressions of support for the ac- tion of the U.S. airmen. House Speaker Martin (R-Mass) said: “If the Chinese Reds attack rescue ships on the high seas, there was no other alternative for the U.S. planes but to shoot back. We must let them know that we are ready to protect all of our rights.” Told Te Senate The incident was announced to the Senate ‘by Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican fioor leader, and Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ), a Foreign Relations Committee member. It brought swift expressions of anger against the Reds and biparti- san appeals for unity. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate Democratic leader, said: “Regardless of the details, the fact still remains that the Chi- nese Communists are shocting at our men. There can be no parti- sanship or divided loyalties on such an issue.” Sen. Neely (D-WVa) said the news “should have a sobering, a reuniting effect on every American worthy of the name .. . It means that Communist China has made another warlike attack on the United States.” Adm. Stump identified the car- Tiers which were sent to the res- cue areas as the Philippine Sea and the Hornet, and described them as part of a task force en- gaged in “fair weather training” in the Pacific. No Details Given He would not give details as to the types of Chinese and American planes which took part in the in- cident. Reporters were advised they /could expect a more detailed state- ment later from Secretary of De- fense Wilson. Stump said that orders to fight back if attacked have been tradi- tional throughout U.S. history “in Peace or war.” The admiral said the American planes were “well without the ter- Titorial limits” of Red China when the attack took place. There was some discussion over whether these limits were three or 12 miles off shore. Stump commented that “the three-mile limit is very well recog- nized although some claim differ- ent territorial limits.” However, he did not say just how far off shore the U.S. palnse were flying at the time of the at- | tack. Carrier Activity Stump, whose headquar-ers are at | Pearl Harbor, disclosed there are four U.S. carriers in the Southeast Asia area. In addition to the Phili- \ippine Sea and Hornet he named the Boxer and the Tarawa, soon to be replaced by the Yorktown. He identified the organization as Task Force 70. Asked whether he thought this force was “strong enough to take (Continued on Page Two’ Angela Street Between Duval and Simenten Sts.