The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate country, in the with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 180 Citizen ran a story July 13 telling of how City Building Inspec- for Ray Knopp landed a giant of the old’ Porter Dock, it prompted four Iowa residents to write him to question his veracity—and at the same time do a little Knopp enlisted the aid of the Key West Chamber of Commerce and the above photo is their an- swer. As Mrs. Mary Lee Graham, chamber of commerce presi- dent, says: “We only photograph the big ‘uns in Key West.” — Photo Composed by Sybil, Citizen Staff bragging about Iowa corn. Diplomatic Crisis Develops As Iowans Question Fish Story By JIM COBB There is a good chance that Key West may sever diplomatic rela- tions with the state of Iowa as a result of a challenge: levelled by a group of fun-loving Des Moines | residents against Key West’s un- official reputation as ‘“‘the jewfish capital of the world.” Cause of the debacle was an ac- count published in The Citizen Juiy 13 of an epic struggle waged by City Building Inspector Ray Knopp in landing a giant 400-pound jew- fish only a block from the city hail at the site of the old Porter dock. The tale, possibly embellished somewhat by Knopp’s well-known talent for story that jewfish actually hastened his own demise when he accidentally snagged himself in the belly dur- ing the fight. The fish also made the mistake of d adon in- to a concrete pilin; ng him- self and thereby making it that much easier for Knopp to land him. lowans Skeptical The story, however, brought a challenge from the four Iowans who demanded documentary proof that fish that size are caught in Key West. Storm-Safe SHUTTER and ROOFING Materials at Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, near DOCKS elling, told of how’ Waters.” ere 3 400-pound jewfish near the site The letter writers, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gilchrist and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gemricher, all of 2832 2nd | Ave., Des Moines, also made use of the opportunity to make some | “corny” statements about Iowa’s | chief agricultural commodity. | Knopp, when he received the let- ter, referred it to Chamber of Com- merce president Mary Lee Graham for appropriate action. c Mrs. Graham immediately dis- |patched a communication to the |lowans expressing _considerabie amazement that “there are still | people in the United States so un- enlightened to express surprise at a 400-pound jewfish from THESE Tiny Specimen | She added that Knopp’s jewfish | was one of the smaller ones being | | caught here. | To back up her claim, The Citi-} zen is publishing a photograph uf }a jewfish caught here aboard the George Bates, skippered by Capt. |Tommy Lones. Citizen photograph- ler Sybil Arrington, spent consid- jerable time in the darkroom and |used considerable artistic license jin making the picture. | But it ought to | Iowans. Here is the letter Knopp receiv- ed show those Dear Ray: When we heard of the fantastic entanglement of one building in- spector and a 400-pound jewfish, we humans were slightly stunned and we are positive that the tall THE Bad Check Convicted Sex Terrorist Gets New Reprieve Chessman Avoids Gas Chamber For Fourth Time SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (#—Caryl Chessman, convicted sex terrorist turned best-selling author, relaxed in prison today after his fourth reprieve from execution in six years, Two other condemned men whom California’s law enforcement chief insisted deserved as much consid- eration as Chessman were sched- uled to die in San Quentin’s let- thal gas chamber at 10 a.m. (noon EST). Chessman—32 year old convict author of “Cell 2455, Death Row” —was granted a new stay of exe- cution by State Supreme Court Justice Jesse Carter yesterday— less than 24 hours before his sched- uled execution. That reprieve prompted Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown to assert the administration of capital pun- ishment in California is “a mock- ery of justice” and suggest aboli- tion of the death penalty in this state. Chance For Others Brown said his office will seek to have Chessman’s stay reversed | when the Supreme Court recon- venes in September—but he asked Gov. Goodwin Knight to hold up today’s scheduled executions of two other convicts to give them the same chance for appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that was reason, said, “why men who ean write a book should have an advantage that these two other apparently friendless people do not have.” Knight, who consistently refused to grant clemency for Chessman, said he saw no legal reason for delaying the executions of James Franklin Wolfe, 42, and Joseph Johansen, 26, condemned to death for killing another convict at Fol- som Prison. Convicted In 1948 The attorney general’s senti- ments were. echoed in Los Angeles by Superior Judge Charles Fricke, who pronounced sentence on Chess- man in 1948 after he was convict- ed of eight counts of robbery, four of kidnaping, two of sex perver- sion, one of attempted rape, one of auto theft and one of attempted robbery. Chessman, a criminal since teen- age days—but with an intelligence rating just below genius level— was convicted of a series of at- tacks in a Los Angeles lovers lane. The state said he flashed a red light from his auto—pretended he was a police officer to halt cou- ples—and then dragged out his fe- male victims and forced them to submit to acts of sexual perver- sion, One of his victims is still a pa- tient of a state mental institution. The U. S. Supreme Court twice in 1952 declined to review Chess- man’s case. Experts Will Fight To Save Female Bosom By DOROTHY ROE Associated Press Women’s Editor NEW YORK (#—Eliminate the great American bosom? Heck, no! This was the almost universal re- | action of U.S. designers, bra manu- | facturers, actresses and the gener- | al public today to Paris designer | Christian Dior’s latest , fashion bombshell, the flat-chested look. “Try, try again’ seems to be| Christian Dior’s motto for keeping women in an uproar,” commented John C. Conover, executive direc- tor of the Corset and Brassiere Assn. wear their skirts short, sometimes long; sometimes he tells them to discard their girdles, sometimes bras. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Artist Gets Second Six-Month Term Albert Puryear Due At Raiford After Jail Stay Here A soft-spoken bad check artist with a long criminal record was handed a second six-month term in the coun- ty jail Thursday when he Pleaded guilty to passing a $25 worthless check in a lo- cal bookstore. The man, identified as Albert P. Puryear, had been sentenced last week to another six-month term by Criminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro. That charge involved a $20 fraudlent check which he admitted Passing in a local store. Unfinished Sentence And when Puryear finishes his year in the county jail, he will be returned to the Florida State Pri- son at Raiford to serve out a five year term there. He had been sen- tenced to five years in Palm Beach county in 1952 on a grand larceny charge. He escaped from a state Toad camp at DeLand on July 3. He was arrested in Key West just five days later by the sheriff's department. During his short-lived period of freedom, he has passed several bad checks using the name of George D. Morris. He had stolen several credit cards from a man bearing that name in an Orlando hotel. His criminal record dates back to 1941, the sheriff's department said. He had been sentenced to 14 year terms in California’s San Quentin prison and the Idaho State Prison. . Other Sentences Judge Caro also handed out sen- tences to 11 other persons during Thursday’s guilty plea session., They include: Lloyd Stites, Jr. drunken driving, $150 or 90 Raymond D, Glenn, reckless ing, $50 fine and revocation of his driver’s license; James and Una Jordan, public drunkenness, $15 or 30 days; Floyd W. Odom, no driv- ers license, $10 or ten days; Jack L. Stuart, reckless driving, $25 or 30 days; William C. Young, speed- ing, $25 bond estreated; John H. Phillips, failure to display warn- ing flags, $25 bond estreated; Wai- ly Jackson, reckless driving, $25 or 30 days; Richard C. Benson, no driver’s license, $10 or 10 days; George Crawley, Jr., following too close, $25 or 60 days. A traffic charge against Alton C. Boggess, Marathon grocer, was nolle prossed. Boggess died re- cently as the result of injuries in- curred in an automobile accident. Lions Vote To Sponsor Annual Outboard Event The Lions Club passed a resolu- tion last night to sponsor the an- nual “Outboard Regatta” to be held in Garrison Bight on Sunday afternoon preceding Labor Day. During the regular meeting Da- vid Nason of the Outboard Club, appeared before the members and described the regatta which will consist of outboard races with a possible water show this year. The regatta is put on by the Key West Outboard Club. Louis Eisner reported on his at- tendence at the meeting of the of- ficials organizing the emergency March of Dimes Drive in August. He said that the Lions were re-| quested to conduct a project to raise funds for the drive. “It’s a worthy project and very urgent,” he said. Sales Project A suggestion was made by Eis- money as donations. Joe Allen mentioned the selling of brooms that are made by the blind. A committee was appointed by president Edelmiro Morales to consider the proposals for the pro- ject. Kranich had just undergone 2 lung operation in Coral Gables. Paul G. Albury reminded the group that @ square dance would “Sometimes he tells women to|be held immediately following the} | meeting in Bayview Park, The house committee was compliment- ed on the fine turkey dinner. “After a flurry of ‘shall we or corn of Iowa hears stories. We are (Continued on Page Seven) shall we not?’, American women (Continued on Page Seven) Guests of the club included, Mrs. Roy Grossman, Mrs. Jene Resnick, |Stan Darsey, Billy Spillman and Carl Herman. ner to sell something for the pro-| ject instead of merely requesting | | In the routine announcemnts the | |members were told that Norman) FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1954 IN THE For Quick Cemmunication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 2-5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Rapid Growth Reported | In U.S. Atomic Arsenal Child Welfare Worker Tells Rotarians Of His Work Here Travelers Aid Tells Of Help To Travelers Member Agency Of USO Groups Reports On Year’s Work During the past year, nearly 114 million residents, many of them servicemen and women, of more than 10,000 American communities and 95 foreign countries, who found themselves away from home and in need of assistance, turned up at Travelers Aid desks across the nation, according to a dispatch received by Mayor C. B. Harvey, chairman of the Key West USO Committee. A study recently made public by the National Travelers Aid Asso- ciation reveals that more Pennsyl- vanians than live in Johnstown, more Californians than live in Pa- live in Atchison stopped at the sign of the blue-and-white Travelers Aid lamp in railroad terminals, bus depots and Sil aap during the 12- month period search of infor- mation, assistance and guidance. ‘They came from U, S. localities mess 1 Abbot Village, Me., to jah, Wash; and from a, Minn., to Zwolle, La, Many Aided ‘Twenty-seven major urban cen- ters, including Cleveland, Chatta- nooga, Seattle, Pittsburg and Mia- mi, had a larger number of resi- dents being helped away from home.than the total number of strangers helped by each city’s lo- cal Travelers Aid Society, the re- Port states. While most of the persons seek- ing Travelers Aid help had simple requests for information or direc- tion, approximately 227,000, or 15 per cent of the total, represented people with more complex difficul- ties requiring the service of pro- fessionally trained caseworkers. Travelers Aid is a member a- gency of USO and United Com- munity Defense Services which are financed by United Defense Fund through Community Chest ¢am- paigns, including the Community Chest of Key West, Inc. Solicitor To Decide On Murder Arrest | CLEVELAND .(#—he solicitor of suburban Bay Village was “‘it” to- day in the tag game characteriz- ing the shifting responsibility’ in the Marilyn Sheppard murder case. Facing Solicitor Richard Wey- gandt as it has faced others was! the problem of whether an arrest should be made in the fatal blud- geoning of the wife of osteopath | Samuel H. Sheppard last July 4. After conferring with the sub-/ jurb’s Mayor J. Spencer Houk, Wey-| | gandt declared: | “I do not have enough informa-' |tion to satisfy me that an arrest | should be made now.” | No Decision | | Weygandt told a reporter last jnight he had made no decision in} \the matter, although he said the j advisability of arresting Dr. Shep- |pard was discussed yesterday at |a meeting with top county law en- | forcement officials. Cleveland Police Chief Frank W. Story, whose men took over the | investigation for a time, said| | Wednesday he didn’t believe pres- lent findings justified an arrest. | Story complained previously his ‘department was called into the case after the trail was cold and \too late to gain the benefits of a | quick arrest and questioning. | Further Questioning | Pretty Susan Hayes, 24-year-old sedena, and more Kansans than! laboratory technician who Pros- | (Continued on Page Seven) Johnson Says Tax Dollar Is Saved By Helping Children “Every child helped by a child welfare worker be- fore he gets into Leaders Act To Keep Superiority In A-Bomb And H-Bomb Fields By FRANK CAREY WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s atomic ar- senal is “growing rapidly in total numbers,” the govern- ment said today and high-level action has been taken to assure continued U. S. superiority in A-bomb and H-bomb fields. The Atomic Energy Commission so told Congress to- day in its semi-annual report which also said there had serious | been record production of uranium from domestic sources trouble saves your tax dol-|in the last six months and a “sharp rise” in the produc- lar — and more important— | tion of fissionable materials at lower unit costs. it saves the child.” In making this statement before the Rotary Club yes- terday, J a m e 8 Johnson, child welfare worker with the State Welfare Board, continued by saying, “It costs a ‘heck’ of a lot of money to send a child to Marianna or Ocala.” “My job is to help children by working with them in the home. When a ‘child is in trouble, we go to the home. We consult the par- ents, school authorities and min- isters and try to correct the situa- tion.” “We accept cases from any re- ferral source, and if we are un- able to solve the problem in the home, we may place the child in one of the foster homes in the county until such time as it can be corrected.” “The foster home program is just one of the phases of child welfare work,” Johnson added, Housékeeping Service “For instance, suppose the moth- er of a family is tubercular or in need of ‘short-term hospitalization for mental illness, we can provide housekeeping service to take care of the children while the father is at work.” “This keeps the family together in its own home and that is im- portant to the child. In time of of emotional stress, a child becom- es upset if he is moved from place to place—even to a foster home.” “We also care for our own and other runaway children. No child leaves its home unless there is a reason. We try to correct the reason and then return the child.” Children under 18 can be return- ed anywhere in Florida. Any child under 16 can be returned to any state through other state welfare services. Federal funds are used to return out-of-state children. “This service is important, be- cause,”’ Johnson said, “‘if a child is hungry, sooner or later, he will steal and come in conflict with the law.” Runaways Helped “If a child is being neglected or abused, we try to alleviate the con- ditions. If we fail to do this in the home, the case is reported to the juvenile court for action a- gainst the parents.” Care of handicapped children is one of the phases of child welfare work. Such children who need to be institutionalized are sent to the State School of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind or to the State Farm Colony. “These children receive train- (Continued on Page Seven) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Date 302 34 July Accidents ____ Traffic Injuries Traffic Deaths Prop. 35 4 1 1 Damage $8,001 $77,137 Another weekend gets under- way today. Scores of motorists will take the road for outings up the keys. - It is the time for safe driv- ing. And it is also the time to check that automobile to make sure that it is in safe running condition. Brakes, tires and lights should be in tip-top shape to avoid accidents. Remember, it may cost a few dollars to make these minor re- pairs — but consider the cost of an accident. Thieves Get $720 In Food Store Robbery Entrance Gained Through Fan In Roof, Police Say Thieves who invaded the Gulfstream Food Depart- ment Store on White Street last night are $720.29 rich- er today, the sheriff's de- partment reported. The robbery mai the fourth attempt to gain entrance to the store.in past month’ — but the ‘time that the thieves have guccessfah:-~—— =~ . According to the sheriff's depart- ment, the thieves gained entrance some time last night, probably through a ventilating fan on the roof of the store. There was no in- dication that they tried to force the door. The fan opening is only 48 inches in diameter. The money was taken from sev- eral cashier’s change boxes left on top of a safe. The boxes were smashed open and left strewn on the floor. The thieves apparently wore gloves since attempts to obtain fingerprints proved futile. The theft was discovered by William McLeod, an employee when he arrived to open the store for the day’s business. Louis Muniz, proprietor of the store said today that the loss was covered by insurance. Washington Pen Inmates Return To Normal Life WALLA WALLA, Wash. (9 — State Penitentiary inmates picked up their normal routines today and the man who will be their warden said the “situation is in complete | accord” after a three-day sitdown, | and hunger strike. | But Lawrence Delmore Jr. |warned trouble still is possible among the nearly 1,500 convicts | after their 72-hour fast. The sitdown, which started among laundry workers Monday noon and in the next 24 hours spread throughout the prison, end- ed suddenly yesterday afternoon. The prisoners said they were accepting assurances of Fred | Dickson, supervisor of state insti- tutions, that some of their de- |mands would be met, and were led off to their first meal—tried | eggs, fried potatoes, fruit, bread and coffee. Delmore will become warden when John Cranor retires Sept. 1. Some of the men were nervous and shaky after three days with- out food, he said, but “lots of (Continued on Page Seven) SHRIMP BOAT IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED The shrimp boat Yellow Jacket was only slightly damaged this morning when it caught fire at the Thompson dock. Firemen from the main fire sta- tion answered the alarm and quick- ly extinguished the blaze with foam. The fire, they said, was caused |by a short circuit in the boat’s starter mechanism. AEC reported the start of operation of “a number of components” of its big plant at Savannah River, S. C., where materials for either A-bombs or H-bombs can be made. And it reported continued pro- gress toward development of re- actors for industrial nuclear power which it said may be produced economically in the foreseeable fu- ture, and “for naval and aircraft Propulsion and other military r-- quirements.” Nuclear Sub The Commission reported the near completion of the atomic Power plant to drive the Nautilus the Navy's first nuclear-powere submarine whose hull has b completed. A second atomc is under construction and plans early building of two more ~ announced yesterday by the hai “Paralleling fission weapo « velopment since 1950,’ the Co: said; ‘there has been .. Progress a concerted deVélopme:t effort on thermonuclear weapo"s (hydrogen bombs). “In view of important develop- ment programs, a national policy decision was made to. take every advantage of such progress to as- sure that the United States main- tains its superiority. Production Continues “The President directed the Commission to continue to psoduce atomic weapons during 1954 con- sistent with this decision.” AEC said last spring’s tests in the Pacific, which stirred an inter- national controversy, “were suc cessful in development of thermo- nuclear weapons,” and it said it has found no evidence of any Permanent harm to persons in the area who suffered burns from ra- dioactivity. The Commission said it has Plans for the construction of a second and much more powerful “breeder” reactor for producing .| atomic fuel and, at the same time, turning out heat capable of use (Continued on Page Seven) Air Force Sgt. Sets Recruiting Trip Next Week S-Sgt. Charles A. Kaniewski, South Florida's ace recruiter dur+ ing the first month the Air Force has been in the recruiting busi- ness on its own, is scheduled to make a two-day visit to the Sel- ective Service office in Key West Mon. and Tues., August 2 - 3. The Sergeant, who covers Mon- roe County and the South Pade area from the main office in Mia- mi, led the staff of 8 recruiters as- signed in enlistments during July. The Miami station covers the en- tire Southern penipsula of Florida In order to maintain his lead in the area, Sergeant *Kaniewski is anxious to see young men and wo- men who are interested in the var- ious opportunities the Air Force has to offer in regular enlistments, aviation cadet training and the Women’s Air Foree. They are urged to contact him on the second floor of the Post f- fice building from 10 a. m. Mon. through Tuesday afternoon. FREE] FREE! FREE! 3-Day Tour To Havana Inquire At EL PASAJE SPANISH RESTAURANT 1005 Trumen Phone 2-6136