The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1954, Page 1

Rey West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 185 POST OFFICE TRUCKS GET NEW LOOK — Red, whit r elive green paint jobs on the Post Office delivery trucks. Andrew Woody, parcel post delivery man, is pictured with one of the two trucks, painted with the new colors, delivered to the local Post Office yesterday. Two more of this type will arrive next week—Staff Photo, Sybil. ie and blue will replace the familiar Key West C THE ae Post Office Motor Vehicles Get Patriotic Color Scheme Traditional Olive Green Gives Way To Red, White And Blue By SUE JONES There have been “Bare- foot Mailmen” and Key West has even had a “Sing- “ing Mailman,” but never be- fore has the Postal Service sparted mail. trucks in any color other than*the tre.o- tional olive green, so far as can be ascertained here, This dull color is now of- ficially a thing of the past. Yesterday two trucks paint- ed red, white and blue were delivered to the local office and two more in the new colors will be delivered next week. ae Key West is the first office in Florida, except Miami where the new color scheme was pioneered, to receive trucks with the “new The newly-painted trucks will re- place the fleet of four which has been in operation in Key West for the past several years. Further Additions : An additional two trucks, with right hand drive, should arrive within the next month and will in- crease the fleet to six. That's not all, before the Christmas season arrives, two three-wheeled scoot, ers, also red, white and blue will be added to the motorized equip- (Continued on Page Two) Judgment By Default Filed Against Hamlin A judgment by default today was entered against Roy Hamlin, justice of the peace, for an unpaid debt of $159.49. i According to papers on file in the county court house, James E. Doherty, doing business as Doher- ty and Co., 846 Olivia St., filed suit in circuit court through his attorneys, Neblett and Youmans, seeking to collect $159.49 for paint which Hamlin ordered from the company. | The bill of complaint said Ham-j lin had owed Doherty the money | since Feb. 23, 1953, and that Do-| herty had tried to collect the sum. The bill of complaint further stated that on Feb. 23, 1953, Ham- lin wrote a $25 check as payment on the debt and that the check bounced. Doherty asked for a judgment for $159.49 plus interest and the} costs of the suit. ASBESTOS SHEETS or Nixon Names Committee To Probe Conduct Of McCarthy Women Protest Colonel’s Idea On Clothing FRANKFURT, Germany (# — A battle-scarred U.S. Army colonel ducked behind his combat ribbons today as the wrath of a thousand American women poured down on him, “I had no idea it would cause such a fuss,” smiled Col. John H. Dilley, commander of the Frank- furt detachment, who issued an or- der advising Army wives und daughters here to spruce up and tone down their dress. His directive said “the attire be- ing worn in public by some Ameri- can women is not in good taste,” and warned that if they didn’t do something about it ‘positive ac- tion” would be taken. Forbidden Apparel Outlawed were: Bareback, halter-type sunsuits worn without a jacket or wrap. Bare midriff costumes, Strapless, low-cut dresses (ex- cept in clubs or at social func- tions). Shorts on teen-agers or women. Blue jeans on ‘‘mature women.” Pin curlers, unless neatly cov- ered. The colonel, a West Point grad- uate who distinguished himself in the African campaign in World War Il, said some women were going to and from the Post Ex- change looking awful. One of the women who likes her levis said: “I used to wear blue jeans to the commissary to buy groceries. Now I can’t. I have two kids and keep house. I can’t change clothes every time I want to go out of the house.” Another said stoutly: “Our freedom is being threat- ened.” Forest Fire Is Stull Under Control Today JACKSONVILLE Forest Service |pressed to keep a 3,000-acre blaze ( — Florida fire fighters, under control 10 miles east of here, dispatched a crew and equip- ment today to a new blaze in the Mandarin section south of Jack- sonville. SIDING — at Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton, near Citizen Bldg. \ The Flagler control tower said the new fire, described as “not big yet”, was first reported late yesterday. The Mandarin fire de- (Continued on Page Two) Group Will Consider Proposals On Hand For Censure Move WASHINGTON.1M —.Vice Presi- dent Nixon today appointed a six- member Senate committee to make an investigation of the conduct of Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and con- | sider proposals that he be censured. The members: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah). Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kans). Sen. Francis Case (R-SD). Sen. Edwin Jonnson Colo). Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss). Sen. Sam J. Ervin (D-NC). While Nixon announced the ap- pointees, the actual selections were made by party leaders. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee had an early morning meeting to decide finally on the Democratic members. At its conclusion, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, Democratic floor leader, said, without disclos- ing the names, that his party’s selections ‘‘are men who are sym- bols for patriotism, integrity and judicial temperament.” Johnson added: “Two of them have had eminent careers as jurists. The third is one of the most beloved and respected senior senators on the minority side of the aisle.” Johnson of Colorade Colorado’s Edwin Johnson is the senior senator to whom Lyndon Johnson referred. Edwin C. Johnson, 70, has been in the Senate since 1937 and is out- ranked by only seven senators in point of service. A former Colorado governor (1933-37), he has announced his in- tention to retire from the Senate and run again for the governor- ship. Stennis, 55, is a former Mississip- pi circuit judge. He has been in the | Senate since 1947. Ervin, 57, was appointed to the | Senate only last June 5 on the death of the veteran Sen. Clyde Hoey (D-NC). Ervin stepped down from his state's Supreme Court bench to accept the appointment. Judicious Men Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican leader, described his task in advance as one of selecting men of judicious temperament who had not become deeply involved in the controversy over McCarthy. Watkins, 67, is a former judge in Utah. He was elected to the Senate in 1946. Carlson, 61, is a former governor of Kansas. He was elected to the (D; Senate in 1950. Carlson had previously served six terms in the House, 1935-47. Case, 57, has been in the Senate since 1949. Previously, he had | partment battled it throughout the | served 12 years in the House where (Continued on Page Two) SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954 Parley Bid Proposal Seen As Scheme To Wreck Western Defenses By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (#—Russia’s new Proposal for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting is officially re- garded here as part of a persistent drive to wreck Western anti-Com- munist defenses and to destroy eventually American leadership of the free work. Officials said today Britain and France stand firmly with the Uni- ted States in opposition to this Kremlin campaign. They forecast that the Russian proposal for new talks on European security will be turned down by joint decision. Three-power talks on a reply are now getting under way in London. However, further Soviet moves are expected. The belief here is that the Russians may try to de- vise proposals of increasing at- tractiveness to Western Europe. Their immediate major aim is to block West German rearmament, Alternative te EOC Their proposal for an over-all | European security system has been put forth as an alternative to the Western-sponsored European De- fense Community proposing to re- arm Western Germany as part of a six-nation army. EDC is due to come up for action soon in the French Assembly. Russia’s over-all campaign aimed at destroying U.S. leader- ship and isolating the United States be being developed along two main s. One is directed toward convin- cing non-Communist nations not only in Europe but all over the world that the Communist bloc wants only peace. The agreement of the Reds to end the war in Indochina ‘fits inte that line, as does their European plat: > ~ The other line is directed toward convincing. the free nations that the United States is not peaceful (Continued On Page Seven) Youngsters To Participate In Safety Week Children may become the police and judge for bicycle and motor scooter traffic violations, if pre- liminary plans made last night at the regular meeting of the Key West Safety Council are put into effect. Under the proposal, the Police Department would supervise the policing activities, and City Judge Enrique Esquinaldo has reportedly offered support in assisting the ju- veniles selected as judges. The plans is one of many that will be carried out in the prom:- tion of Safety Week in September. Police officer Bernard Waite rep- resented the Police department at the meeting and turned over mon- ey to the council representing 100 per cent membership of Key West Policemen in the safety council. Thomas Roberts, co-chairman of the Sigsbee Community Council, was present and offered the sup- Port of his organization to the sa- fety council. It was also announced at the meeting that county officials had agreed to the proposal of painting white crosses on the highway marking the spot where traffic deaths have occurred. RI cs > na KEY WEST'S | TRAFFIC BOX SCORE August To Date 309) 54) 4 0 o $170 $78,707 Traffic Injuries Traffic Deaths __ Prop. Damage The city is getting off to a fine start for August with only four accidents reported to date. That’s an average of one per day. During the month of July there was an average of 1.2 accidents per day. It’s true the drop is slight— but it’s worth noting — and working for a further reduction. It'd be a happy situation if we run, say for a week, with- out a single mishap. Remember: Your safety zone IN THE Por Speier erie Use CLASSIFIED Ads! Y reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662, ‘PRICE FIVE CENTS Survey Of County System Extensive Expansion Program Set Flames Endanger More Whi y At Illinois Distilling Plant Navy Veteran To “Atone” For Atom Bombing Harvard Graduate Plans To Proclaim Hie Personal Guilt GREAT BARRINGTON. Mass i6 A 30-year-old Navy veteran says he will walk the streets of this town Saturday in a “personal pro- clamation of guilt” for the atomic bombing of Japan and the U.S. Hydrogen bomb test. Hollis J. Wyman Jr. , a Harvard graduate, said today he is guilty of “burning his fellow human beings, first as a naval officer in Japanese waters, and secondly as a United States citizen during the H-bomb tests.” He is a member of the Fellowship of Reconcilia- tion, a world-wide pacifist organ- ization. He.said he chose Saturday for bis day of “atonement” be- cause it falls Between the anniver- i and Naga- Wyman. applied to the selectmen of this western Massachusetts town. of 6,712 for permission to stage his ‘‘proclamation.” It was granted after considerable debate. He will carry placards and dis- tribute pamphlets throughout the day. Social Worker Wyman entered the Navy in July, 1943, and served as an officer until June of 1946, when he re- signed his commission to join the Fellowship of Reconciliation and begin a career of social work. The Fellowship of Reconciliation started in England about 40 years ago. The purpose of the organiza- tion, which claims 11,000 members in this country, is to “work to abolish war and to foster good will among nations, races and classes,” according to the New England secretary Richard. D. Hathaway. Wyman spent two years in France and Germany with the group doing rehabilitation work. His mother, Mrs. Hollis J. Wyman of Auburndale, said he was “re- volted” by the destruction caused by the bombings of Europe and “feels guilty about having been in the armed service.” Wyman said the day of atone- ment was his own idea and was not sponsored by any organization. Wyman is married and has two children. Red China Will Not Accept U. S. Repeat Protest LONDON (#—Red China has re- fused even to accept a second American protest against the shoot- ing down of a British airliner off Hainan last month, diplomatic of- ficials said today. Three Americans were among the 10 persons killed in the attack. The U.S. State Department dis- closed July 29 that the Peiping | regime had contemptuously turned | down American protests on both that ‘incident and a subsequent fighter attack on two American rescue planes in which the attack- ers were shot down. The protests were relayed by the British charge d’affaires, Hum- phrey Trevelyn. The Chinese would not accept them from his hand. Informants here said Trevelyn had sought anew to deliver Wash- ington’s protest, but the Commu- nists refused for the second time even to consider it. The United States does not rec- ognize Réd China and has no dip- lomatic dealings with the Peiping government, One Dead, Seven Missing As Fire Enters Second Day PEKIN, Ill. #—Fire fighters to- day drew back from a flaming American Distilling Co. whisky rackhouse in fear that a new store of alcohol might ignite and knock over more storage buildings “‘like dominoes.” One person has been killed, more than thirty injured, seven missing and feared dead in two explosions and fires since Wednesday mora- ing. Some. 110,000 barrels of aging whisky—the equivalent of 17,325,- 000 fifths--have been destroyed. This loss, plus the plant and equip- ment destruction, sent the-cost of the fire into the millions of dol- lars. The section of the plant burning this morning is only 70 feet from a building where 600,000 gallons of alcohol are stored. Firemen Pulled Back The danger area was roped off. Firemen were pulled back. A half mile away from the burn- ing rackhouse is the huge works of the Corn Products Refining Co. The continuing fire, capped by a dazzling, nighttime, atomic-like ex- Plosion seen 75 miles away, de- stroyed much of the company’s sprawling plant facilities in this The explosion last tied the roof and walls of one rackhouse— a six story brick building—high into the air. The debris rained down on firemen and plant work- ers fighting to halt the fierce, whisky-fed blaze touched off 17 hours earlier during a severe elec- trical storm. Bricks buried two fire trucks and a fire chief’s car. Firemen who were drawing their water from the Illinois River and reportedly handicapped by a lack of sufficient pressure, were order- ed to retreat a quarter of a mile because of the threat of new ex- plosions. Start Of Blaze The fire yesterday morning con- sumed two §8-story rackhouses where whisky is stored in barrels for aging and a 4-story brick cus- toms storage house. Some 42,000 perrels of whisky went up in this Firemen from Peoria and a half dozen adjoining communities, worked from 2:30 a.m. to extin- guish the blaze. But at 7:30 p.m. rackhouse E containing 68,000 barrels of whisky, exploded with a blinding flash. Lawrence Nervear, 39, a plant employe, was killed by falling bricks. Frank Drury, Pekin city com- missioner, who was standing near the rackhouse, said: “There was a big flash and I went down into the water and (Continuea on Page Two) Dior May Win His Battle To Erase The Bosom PARIIS # — American buyers have indicated that fashion’s bad boy, Christian Dior, is winnin; g his battle to erase the bosom with whalebone and wire. Despite courageous stands by Marilyn Monroe and other out- standing sweater girl types, it looks like women are going to be in for a flat time of it. First reactions from: American buyers and designers here for the fall fashion showings is one of en- thusiastic —even gushing — ap- proval. “It had to happen,” said Mrs. Bert de Winter of Neiman Mar- cus in Dallas, Texas. “Women were tired of having the bust come before they did. The propeller look has been on its way out for the past few seasons. But it took Dior to finally finish it off.” Miss Elizabeth Fairall, vice pres- ident of Julius Garfinkel in Wash- ington, D. C., said the new Dior line is “just what we needed.” To Ease Over-Crowded Schools The Monroe County Board of Public Instruction has asked that the state conduct an emergency survey of the over-crowded school system. They instructed Horace O’Bryant, superintendent of instruction, to ask for the survey by a team from the State Department of Education to aid them in planning for an extensive construction program to accommodate the growing number of Officers Find No Trace Of Rape Suspect ~ Young Women Give Meager Deseription Of Their Assailant TITUSVILLE (#—With only mea- ger descriptions to help them, law enforcement men of two Central Florida counties early today had no trace of a man two young Titusville women said forced them in his car at gunpoint last night and raped the younger one—a pret- ty office worker of 19. The other woman, 21, married and pregnant, told Sheriff H. T. Williams the man held a gun point- ed at her while she sat terrified in the back seat of the car and watched him rip-the clothes from her friend and rape her in the front seat. “The sheriff said the young wom- en could give few details and didn’t get a look at the license plate cf the man’s car. They described it as a dirty cream-colored Buick and said their assailant was about x. Pulled Gun They said the man drove up as they walked down the street about 8:50 p.m. and asked them if they could give him some directions. When they approached the car, they said, he pulled a gun and commanded them to get in. He drove west of town on State Road 50 and into a field, where| he raped the younger woman, they told the sheriff. They said he drove them back to Titusville and put ‘them out of the car near First Methodist Church, where the older woman’s husband was attending a steward’s meeting. The women rushed into the building and reported the at- tack. The sheriff's office was called and road blocks quickly set up in adjoining Orange County. Orange County, Orlando and Winter Park and Air Force authorities from nearby Orlando and Pinecastle bases aided in the search. Burglary Suspect Wounds Three Cops In Flight LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — A burglary suspect today shot and wounded three policemen, one criti- cally, and fied from a summer camp into the woods at the edge of this Adirondack resort. The man was. believed armed with a rifle and pistol. About 300 police and volunteers, aided by bloodhounds, searched the thick woods, and state police issued a 13-state alarm. All area Toads were blocked off. Police found tracks in the woods, near Riki Hill on old Military road, that they said might be tracks of the fugitive. The shooting came in the wake (Continued on Page Two) INDOCHINA ENVOY \ TO IMPORTANT PARLEY SAN FRANCISCO m™ — Robert | McClintock, U.S. charge d’affaires | in Indochina, arrived by plane to- night en route to what he described as “an urgent conference” in Washington. He planned to leave almost im- mediately for the nation’s capital McClintock said he had been summoned to Washington by Sec- retary of State Dulles, Beyond that he would make no comment. school-age children in Mon- roe County. O’Bryant immediately dis- patched a letter to Talla- hassee requesting that they send a survey team into the area immediately. He pointed out that by September, 1955 —only slightly more than a year off — the “first wave of war-babies” will reach high school age, creating serious over-crowding of the pres- ent school plant. The ele- mentary schools are already jammed to capacity. High school enrollment has_ ins creased more than 100 per cent in the last decade. O’Bryant said that by Septem- ber, 1955, the county must make a substantial addition to high school facilities and add at least 12 ele- mentary school classrooms. Time Element The urgency of the situation was pointed up by O’Bryant when he ‘said that it will require at lenst a year to have plans drawn, bid called for and for actual construc tion of the additions. Plans must be completed by early fall, he said, and bids mu be advertised by January 1. Act- ual construction will require at least. gix months, he added. Federal aid in financing the ex- pansion program is expected to be forthcoming because of the large (Continued on Page Two) Increase In Duty On Watches Is Announced Here R. H. Alderman, officer in charge of-the Key West Custom office announced Wednzsday that word has been received from Washington concerning new i1- creases in the rates of duty appli- cable to imported watch move- merits and similar devices. Alderman released a Presiden- tial proclamation putting into ef- fect recommendations of the Unit- ed State Tariff Commission with respect to the rate of duty on im- ports of non-jeweled watches and watches containing not more than 17 jewels. Reason for the increase, according to the release, is that the Tariff Commisson study found that watches are being imported in such increased quantities as to cause serious injury to the Ameri- can watch manufacturing industry. The effect of the action is to establish rates of duty ranging from up to 50 per cent above pre- sent rates. On some imported movements, there will be no change in duty. The increases will range from nine cents to $1.15 per unit. KEY WEST LODGE NO. 551 BPO ELKS REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT 8:00 P.M. Members and Visitors Invited BALLOTING ON CANDIDATES