The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 27, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the Country, with an average wange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV_ No. 177 US. Drafts Protest To Red China Strongly Worded Notes Demand Halt To Attacks By G. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON — The United tates has sent two strongly word- | ed protests to Communist China, denouncing fighter plane attacks on ® British transport and American | pescue planes. ‘The state, department, in an- founcing this today, saii the Brit- | government has been asked to on the twin protests as an the weekend plane South Cina Sea. BE H of the conference the U.S. notes the shooting down of a airliner some 30 miles south Friday and red fighter Monday against American planes which were search- ‘for possible survivors. Three id three ii Hi & crashed in the sea. ee bes declined to make public the texts or to provide detailed {information about the notes which ‘were drafted and given to the British late yesterday through the American embassy in London. a Diplomatic sources reported, however, that the United States denounced the “brutality” of the Communist attacks. ‘The department’s announcement “grave protest” against the shoot- tng down of two Communist planes by U.S. Navy planes on Sunday. The department declined comment on the Chinese action. In London, Foreign Secretary oanthony Eden told parliament that Britain already has the American relay to the Red Chinese. charge d’affaires in Pei- convey a protest to the government on behalf of the United States government both of the six U.S. citizens led and wounded in the British airliner and the wanton interfer- Britain Raps Red China In Plane Action LONDON, # — Britain accused Red China today of violating ‘‘in- ternational custom and behavior” fm hampering rescue operations after a British airliner was shot down in the South Cina Sea. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons a new protest is being made to the Pei- ping government. Earlier, Prime Minister Churchill held a special meeting of his Cabinet and mili- tary chiefs to discuss the incident. bout 1,000 persons gathered out- 10 Downing St. in a scene that underlined the gravity of the situ: ation, Cabinet meetings usually at- tract only a handful of tourists. Churchill put before his cabinet ® detailed report of the incidens off Hainan when U.S. carrier-based planes under attack shot down two Red fighters. Report By U.S. ‘The U.S. State Department made the report available to the British ambassador in Washington, Sir Roger Makins, when he conferred with Secretary of State Dulles yesterday. Meantime, the Foreign Office sent a new note to the Chinese government on the destruction Fri- day of a British passenger air- liner. The Chinese yesterday ad- mitted liability, apologized and of- fered to consider paying compensa- tion to the victims. Informed sources said the Brit- fish note: 1, Will accept the Chinese apol- ogy. 2. Will demand that Peiping take - disciplinary action against the pi- lots responsible for the shooting. 3. Will call for new measures by the Chinese to avoid any new attacks on unarmed British or @iber aircraft. officer Henry Suydam told | } in Congress.” married to Boerge Rohde, a cap- tain in the place guard of King Christian X of Denmark. Rohdes both visited Key West, a- gain stopping at the Harris home. public speaking at the University Accidents Traffic Injuries _ Traffic Deaths Property Damage $6,801 $75,937) RADIO WINNERS—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goebel, of Indii Kev West Citisen THE SCUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER s ianapolis, today were Key West visitors as quests of the radio program Florida Calling. Mrs. Mary Lee Graham, right, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce, is shown presenting the Goebels with membership cards in the King Conch Club.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde Dies Of Heart Ailment In Denmark Former Member Of Congress Was Well Known In Key West Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde, America’s first woman dip- lomat, who died yesterday in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a well-known figure in Key West during the 1920’s and 1930’s, She was 68. — Mrs. Rohde, the ghter of Wil- liam. Bryat anda former U, S, .Congresswoman,, served as minister to Denmark from 1933 to 1936. She returned to Copenhagen early this month to thank King Frederik for the Medai of Merit which he bestowed upon her ear- lier this year. Stricken with heart trouble, she was admitted to a hospital last -week, Doctors said death was due to coronary thrombosis. Visits To Key West On her many visits to Key West, she stayed at the home of the late Mrs. William Hunt Harris, 425 Ca- roline Street, Mrs, Harris’ daugh- ter, Minnie-Porter Harris recalled today. “She was a frequent visitor to Key West,” Miss Harris said, ‘‘es- pecially during the time she was On July 11, 1936, Miss Bryan was Shortly after her marriage, the Before her marriage, she taught ; (Continued on Page Two) KEY WESTS =| TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Date 293) 33 July Key Westers have been un- der the illusion that they had an accident free weekend. “Tain’t so. Two traffic accidents oc- curred —one on Saturday and another the following day. Trouble is, they weren't re- ported to police until yester- day. You know, Mr. Motorist, the “Florida Regulatory Traffic Law” states that motorists in- volved in a traffic accident in which the property damage amounts to $50 or more must report it to the State Depart- ment of Public Safety in Talla- hassee. Police officers investi- gating such accidents must al- so file a report. Meanwhile, you can save a | miles off Hainan. | Red fighters Friday with a possible | appeared. | Boy Is Hit By Car Today A boy identified as Jeffrey Lawley, 4, of 514 Elizabeth Street was injured this after- noon when he was struck by a car on Fleming Street. Rushed to Monroe General Hospital, his injuries were list- ed as “not serious.” No def- inite information concerning his condition. was released, pend- ing an X-Ray examination. Details of the accident were not aled by police, pending further investigation. Pilots Tell Of Buzzing By Red Jets HONG KONG (®—Two airline! pilots reported their planes were buzzed by jet fighters off Red-heid | Hainan Island today—one by U.S. planes and the other by unidenti- fied jets. Capt. Homib Misty, pilot of an Air India plane which arrived here from Bangkok, reported his craft was buzzed by two United States jets about 80 miles off Hainan at 3:30 p.m. And Capt. Jack R. Brugger of Paris, pilot of an Air Fraace Con- stellation, said four unidentified jets buzzed his transport about 100 Look Like MIGs Brugger described the planes as “the shape and color” of Commu-| nist MIG jets. | The incidents occurred in the general area where a British air- liner was shot down by Chinese loss of 10 lives, including three Americans. U.S. jets about six miles away.” | He estimated his position as 100 miles north of Tourane on the In-| dochina coast. Misty described the planes as “of a black color.” Brugger said four unidentified jets followed his plane for four| minutes and then swooped up on |the right side and across the Con- a |stellation’s nose before they dis- "0on in the La Concha Hotel. Lands Safely | The Air France transport, bound | from Saigon to Tokyo with 20 per- sons aboard, landed safely at Hong} Kong’s Kaitak Airfield at 1:19 p.m. | | | green in color but that he could) see no markings. He said they) were “definitely not’’ United States | jets. lot of trouble in reporting acci- dents by simply not having them. Brugger said his plane was two |hours out of Saigon and flying at | (Continued on Page Two) | Prize Winners Visit Today In Key West Indiana Couple Is Given Free State-Wide Tour x *& *& Man Cleared Marathon Veteran “Not Guilty” On Vagrancy Charge Homer Cone, 26, a Kor-{ ean veteran, who was charged with vagrancy after he delivered his wife’s baby, today was tound not guilty of the charge. The not guilty verdict was pronounced by R. D. Zetter- ower, justice of the peace at Marathon, after a 40-minute hearing. Zetterower had issued the vagrancy warrant yesterday. Zetterower said three witnesses testified for the state. He named them as Art Bak«r, of the Mara- thon Gas Co.; Donald McDonald, a naturopath of Marathon; and Serge Hernandez, deputy sheriff. Cone had two witnesses — Wal- ter Trandel, operator of the South Seas Drive-in Restaurant, and War- ren Husted, operator of a filling .| Station, both also of Marathon. Baby Born Yesterdey The hassle began yesterday. At Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goebel of In-|7:55 a. m. Cone delivered a baby dianapolis today were visitors here | born to his 19-year-old wife Gloria. as part of a free state-wide tour.’ They were winners on Florida Call- The child, a boy, was born in the Cones’ trailer home. Zetterower said Cone refused to ing, Mutual Broadcasting System | admit McDonald:to see Gloria and radio show that @xiginates ter Haven, ~~’ Key West is one of the sponsors of the show. Bill Carter, of the radio show, is accompanying the Goebels on the state tour. They arrived here last yesterday afternoon by automobile and spent the night at El Rancho Motel. This morning they had a com- plimentry breakfast at the La Concha Hotel and later lunch at Lee’s Orient Restaurant. Greeted At Chamber After breakfast the couple visit- ed the Chamber of Commerce of- fice where they were greeted by Mrs. Mary Lee Graham, chamber prexy. Mayor C. B. Harvey, who was scheduled to be at the chamber office, was unable to be present. The party was scheduled to leave this afternoon for Miami and Mia- mi Beach. After their tour of the state, they will fly to Indianapolis. | Each day on the five-day a week program, Tom Moore, the emcee of Florida Calling, phones someone in the United States and asks a jackpot question, The correct answer wins a free | Florida vacation for two. First Winner ner. The question Moore asked her over the phone was: “Who said that ‘an ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband?’ ”, Mrs. Goebel’s answer “Booth Tarkington.” Cities visited by the Goebels were Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clear- water, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Nap- was: tona Beach, St. Augustine, Ocala, Orlando, Winter Haven, as well as Miami and Key West. MOTEL ASSOCIATION TO MEET ON MONDAY _The Key West Moior Court asso- ciation will meet next Monday at At that time, nominations for a new group of officers and board of directors will be received. Elections and installation of of- ficers will be held the following month. Out Of This World Fried Chicken — $1.60 RAUL'S “TINY” at the Bar Mrs. Goebel was the first wir- | a2 Misty said he “saw two more |les, Everglades, Vero Beach, Day-| Brugger said the fighters were | —————=_——— boy, who 4s" “been paiiied inji Retie Cone. Later, Zetterower issued the va- gtancy wafrant and Cone was ta- ken to the county jail here with bond set at $100. Last night, Bill Neblett and his law partner, Bob Youmans, inter- ested themselves in the case. Sheriff John M. Spottswood, who said he was “burned up” over the arrest, released Cone on his own recognizance without posting bond. Neblett said Cone’s arrest was a miscarriage of justice and that (Continued on Page Two) N THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1954 Commissi U.S.A. In Firing Stops In Part Of Indochina Geneva Truce Becomes Effective In North Area By FORREST EDWARDS HANOI, Indochina (9 — The French and the Vietminh ordered firing stopped in part of Indochina today — 7 years, 7 months and 8 days after Moscow-trained Ho Chi Minh’s rebel legions attacked Hanoi. The truce negotiated at the Ge- neva conference became etiective in North Viet Nam and its rich Red River delta at 8 a.m. (8 p.m., EST, yesterday). The armistice is scheduled to spread gradually over the four other sectors of the war-ravaged Southeast Asia land, becoming ef- fective on Aug. 1 in Central Viet Nam, Aug. 6 in Laos, Aug. 7 in Cambodia and Aug. 11 in South Viet Nam. Hanoi’s big guns roared sporadi- cally throughout the night before the cease-fire became effective and the Vietminh kept up pressure on outlying posts manned by. namese units. In ner | y Reds have concentrated on’ sue mosts in an swppe' pes to en- courage desatlieng prevent the native troops from moving south with the departing French. Last Hours Of Fight There were no early revorts, however, of any large-scale fights in the last hours before the truce time. There was no certainty that the killing and wounding had stopped in North Viet Nam. This was a cease-fire, not a signed peace. Mines sowed along the roads and (Continued on Page Two? Chamber Asks Landlords To Aid In Survey Of Housing In a continuing check of the housin, Chamber of Commerce. today requested a questionnaire for landlords. The chamber recently submitted 5,000 copies of a aire on housing needs to the Navy. This has been fille Personnel and returned to the chamber; Navy situation here, the e Citizen to publish juestion- out by however, the questionaire has not yet been analyzed. Today’s questionaire, which is printed below, is designed to check on the number and kind of accommodations landlords have. The Navy has said there is a housing shortage for Navy personnel here. Landlords are asked to clip and fill out the questionaire and mail the cop: The questionaire: to the Chamber of Commerce. 1. What rental property do you own in Key West? (check below). . of apartments: ... M0 bedroom = rent . 1 bedroom so 2 bedrooms .. 3 bedrooms . 4 bedrooms 2. What utilities a .. None rent .. rent .. rent mo. . mo. me. . furn, furn. . furn, furn. per mo. included in the above rents? electricity gas garbage collection 3. Do you rent to families with children? yes. no 4. What vacancies do you have now? (check below). s+. NO bedroom . | bedroom unturn. unfurn, unfurn. unfurn. vnfurn. ko k& & PRICE Fiv® CENTS on Airs Police plfare At Meet * ® 8 Delivery Of Baby x kK *& $15 per month raise to police the possibility of giving polic Ferry Lease ‘Signing Set Wednesday City Commission Puts Final OK On Dock Rental The formal signing of a lease for the property at the foot of Sim- onton Street for use as the local terminus of a proposed Key West- Cuba oo will take place jay, it was announc- ed last night. The lease for the municipally- owned property was given final ap- Proval last night at a meeting of the city commission. It grants 25-year possession of! the waterfront property to the Ca- ribbean Ferry System, Inc. of Mia-| mi. The agreement also calls for| a 10-year option to buy the pro- perty at a price to be agreed on at the time of the sale. Te Start Construction The ferry company, owners of the 225-foot converted LSM ‘‘Pat- tricia,” according to the terms of the pact, agree to start the cons- truction of dock and passenger fa- cilities within 90 days of the signing of the lease. They promise the start of actual service within six months, According to latest information, they propose to operate between Key West and the Cuban city of Matanzas—about 60 miles from Havana. Reason for going there, according to company officials, are that they can avoid labor trouble which has hampered efforts to start a ferry line to Havana and that Matanzas is easily accessible to Veradero Beach, popular Cuban tourist center. N. C. Hines, executive vice pre- sident of the ferry companv is ex- pected to be in Key West Wednes- dav to sign the lease, The ferry company, which is headed by R. J. Russell, former U. S. Senator from North Carolina, also proposes to start a ferry link with other South and Central Am- erican countries. L.A. Gunman Is Killed By Cops LOS ANGELES #—A gunman | kidnaped a physician and his wife | jin their own car last night, forced | |them to drive about for two hours, | |wounded the doctor in the arm ‘and was shot and killed by police. |__Dr. Albert N Anton, 48, Beverly | Hills clinic «* stetrician and gyne- ! cologist, was wounded. His wife Pauline, 40, told of a | tense half hour alone with the gun- |man while her husband tried to jeash a check to meet the kid- ;Baper’s demand for $200. The mother of six children said | she talked of everything she could think of. “‘He took my engagement ring and told me I could have it back when he got the money,” (Continied on Page Two) x *® * Lieutenants Get Pay Raise, More Time Off For Cops Is Recommended The city commission last night decided not to rein- | state the policy of paying fees to police officers who ap- pear as witnesses in city court during their off-duty hours. But the commission, after a two-hour discussion of police affairs, did agree to take several steps to further the welfare of the department, including an additional lieutenants and a probe into emen one day off per week, instead of the three-day monthly leave they now receive. Several members of the police department sat in on the discussion to give their views on the problem. First problem tackled was the question of the court fees. An ord- inance was passed on first read- ing last week which ends the pay- ment of two dollars for court ap- pearances when a conviction is ob- tained. The ordinance was intro- duced when the 1954-55 budget pro- vided pay raises for police depart- ment members. Opinion of the commission was divided on the question of rein- stating the court fees. Mayor C. B. Harvey, during the discussion, commented that “the reason for court fees is to recom- Pense the police officer for working on his own time.” But other commission members pointed out that inequalities exist since some officers on the day shift do Not réceive the fees since they appear in court during the hours they are on duty. Agks Equal Split Commissioner Louis Carbonell suggested that the fees be continu- ed but that they split equally a- mong all of the officers. Commissioner Jack Delaney sug- gested that officers on the night shift be paid more money than those on duty during the day. De- laney also opposed payment of the fees, saying that for the past three years, police have been given rais- es and that their uniforms are now furnished them. Police Lt. Joseph Cerezo appear- ed before the commission to re- commend that the court fees be dropped. “Some officers are making a racket out of them — why don’t you follow it up,” he stated. Claim Raises Offset Earlier, some members of the police department had complained that loss of the court fees had off- set the raises they are receiving. One police lieutenant said that he had been receiving $24 per month in court fees and that his $25 raise gave hims a “‘profit” of only one dollar. But Finance Director Craig Bo- wen presented a report to the com- mission last night wheich stated that the average police department fees for the past year have a- mounted to $8.47 per month, Mini- mum pay raise for the department was $22 for rookie officers. However, on the motion of Com- missioner Paul R. Roberts, the commission voted to give police lieutenants an additional raise of $25 raise. Total in- creases will bring their monthly © pay up to $340 per month. Seniority Plan City Manager Victor Lang also revealed details of a plan to give pay raises to police officers on a seniority basis. Under the plan, pa- trolmen would advance from the $240 minimum to the maximum of $290 in four years, if their record remains clean. Cimmissioner Delaney then mov- ed that the police chief be instruct- ed to investigate all possible eans to enable police officers one day off per week. But city manager Lang pointed up the problems in- (Continued on Page Two) EXPERT & COURTEOUS PEOPLE TO HELP at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton Street, near Bank