The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1954, Page 1

2 For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. Key West, Florida, haw-the sange of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOBT NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. VOL. LXXV No. 205 KEY WEST, FLORIDA ATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS Six Teams To Baul For'Amendment To Abolish Cit Tourney Here Under Way At aS three-man teams of | RAPID CITY, S.D, W—A huge/fication of victims will be made n today were battle it out for the tournament, being held here for the first time, will get under way at noon tomorrow on the reef. The tourney MEMORIAL MONDAY Memorial services for the laie Cdr, Earle C. Gordon, Navy Base legal officer, will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Memorial Chapel on the Naval Station. $ The Truman Street gate to the station will be open for convenient access tothe chapel. 33 1/3% Off on All 1930 FLAGLER A’ B36 bomber crashed at least 24 crewmen to death last night when it crashed and burned during a until this is accomplished. The blazing ship set several brush and grass fires. These were landing attempt at Ellsworth Air} brought under control: Ee at the base hospital. of the dead were ba burned. fi> § fil d%—The coasts of North Carolina were under a alert today os gy “tae tropical storm spun a dervish about 300° miles Jacksonville, Fla. circled the calm cen- velocity of about intensified rapidly ‘yesterday but waltzed around near latitude 30.3) north and longitude 76.7 west. Alice, first storm of the season, moved into Mexico near the Texas border on June 25, causing floods in the area. Barbara, the second, blew up in the Gulf of Mexico and moved across the Louisiana coast July 28. | sf Sein rE SR RANT Paint Rental Property with BEST PAINT Sold from Strunk Lumber }120 SIMONTON, near Post Office _ The wreckage was scattered widely over a quarter mile area, one officer reported. He described the weather as “perfect” at the time the ship was to have landed. Hit Small Hill Officers said the plane appar- ently struck a small hill as it ap- proached the lengthy runway and was burst apart and fired within seconds. It came down about a mile and a half from the base on the ranch of Alfred Swallow located about 13 miles west of this south- western South Dakota City of 25,000. Swallow and his son, Harold, said they were about to retire when they felt a “concussion which shook the ground.” They saw flames light up the sky imimediate- ly and drove to the scene. Fierce flames were sweeping the - Officials of the P and O Steamship Company were in Tampa Friday to inspect port facilities in connection with the possibility of re- suming their Key West-Hav- ana-Tampa run. City Commissioner Delio Cobo, made that announcement, saying that he has conferred by telephone with K. A. Osborne, vice president and general manager of the com- pany. A He reported that company offi- cials are eager to meet with the city commission to negotiate a lease for the city-owned Clyde- Mallory for use as a Key West term: for the operation. The city commission extended an invitation to meet with them last week, Survey Here Osborne, who was in Key West last week to survey local accom- modations, said that the decision on resuming passenger service from here is up to the company GUEST SPEAKER BECOMES CUSTOMER—Edelmiro Morales, president of the Lions Club, board of directors. The company operated out of Key West up until 1936 after a hur- ricane washed out the keys exten- ” | sion of the Florida East Coast Rail- road. They continued their Hava- na-Tampa operations until 1941 however. Vessel to be used would be the plush SS Florida, currently operat- ing out of Miami on cruises to Ha- vana and Nassau. Meanwhile, plans are advancing by the Caribbean Ferry System of Miami for the start of Key West- Cuba auto ferry service Oct. 2. tight, congratulated Lt, W. C. Kistler, VX-1, on his interesting talk to the club, and immediately turned salesman for the club’s March of Dimes project. Lt. Kistler purchased a broom from the ones the Lions are selling to benefit the. emergency drive,—Spillman Photo. character is nam- (Out-Again-In“Again) 24, of Columbus, Ohio. on a charge of dispos- property (a motorcycle) was undér a lien. jartello was released from Marine brig on the Naval Station yesterday and also dis- charged from the Marine Corps. He had been serving an AWOL rap in the Marine jail. When he walked out the gate for the last time, a sheriff's de- puty picked him up and took him to the Monroe County jail. This morning, the Miami ¢on- stable picked him up and took him to the Dade County jail. Thompson Freed After Probe George Thompson, held in the county jail for investigation in con- nection with the beating of Mrs. Julia Gato, was released from cus- tody last night. > The- sheriff's department said James K. Bethel, also held for in- vestigation in the same case, WaS still in jail. However, he was being held pending a decision by Crim- inal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro to invoke a six-month suspended sentence. Mrs. Gato is recovering from wounds she received whea slugged early last Sunday as she slept in her home, 1012 Johnson St. ing th MASONIC NOTICE All Master Masons aré requested 16 meet at the Scot tish Rite Temple, Monday afternoon at 2 P.M., then adjourn to the Chapel, U.S. Naval Station, where services will bé conducted for aur late brother, Earl C. Gordon, as courtesy to Summit Lodge No. 98, F.and A.M., Canaan, N.H. By order of: JOHN D. RIVAS, W.M. GERALD ADAMS, Secretary. x Lt. Kistler Tells Lions Qf. « Navy Unit's Activities Here By BILL SPILLMAN “Units of the development force of the Navy are in Key West be- cause of the good weather and the close proximity of deep water,” Lt, W. C. Kistler told members of the local Lions Club: Thursday night at their regular meeting in the Lions Den on Seminary Street. “They are not here because of a political maneuver,” he added. Kistler told of how the local Navy, development activities save th¢ Federgl government millions of Phenix City Grand Jury Report Due PHENIX CITY, Ala. (# — The grand jury probing Phenix City vice and violence will make its first report Monday. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones of Montgomery will return here to receive a partial report at 9 a.m. Monday, according to a joint announcement last night by acting Atty. Gen. Bernard Sykes and Cir- cuit Solicitor George M. Johnson Jr. Speculation that the grand jury may return as many as 500 indict- ments was fanned by a wide range of lawlessness which the jurors could have investigated. Slaying Probled Murder—topped by the vicious islaying of Albert L.- Patterson, nominee for attorney general who promised to clean up Phenix City. Election fraud—testified to by witnesses before a Democratic sub- committee: They said a crooked political machine dominated Rus- sell County elect. n machinery. | Multi - Million dollar gambling operations — topped by an inter- state lottery racket which investi- gators uncovered. B-girl rackets—still being probed by National Guard officers, An order was issued last night }for the arrest of formgr Asst, | Police W. M. (Buddy) Jones. The arrest order was disclosed in a statement by Maj. Ernest A. Acton, legal adviser to Col. James N. Brown, military police chief at Phenix City. act charges against Jowers, The military police chief said ad. information that dollars in/evaluating anti-subma- rine equipment before it is pur- chased for Fleet use. Techniques Today He ‘compared the present day technique of finding out how good a device is before buying it with the earlyWorld War II days of buying it first and perhaps then discovering that it was just a waste of money. In telling how VX-1 set up realis- tic conditions to evaluate anti- submarine equipment, he said, “There is often a great difference between the performance of an equipment when operated by a graduate engineer in a_ brightly lighted air-conditioned laboratory and its performance in a noisy bouncy airplane about three o’clock in the morning on a dark night.” * “We’re a consumers’ research |for air anti-submarine warfare,” jhe said. ““VX-1 is paying a hand- some dividend to its stockholders —you, the taxpayers.” Kistler was hailed by the mem- bers as giving one of the most in- teresting talks the club has ever heard, Top Salesman During the meeting, Carl Her- man, young son of Lion Bili Her- man was given a warm applause ufishing Title ‘Tay Assessor On Nov. Ballot County To Levy City Taxes If Amendment Is Approved By JIM COBB A proposal to — the city tax assessor’s office and give the power county tax assessor will be assess municipal taxes to the among seven constitutional amendments to be considered by Florida voters in the Nov. 2 general election. The measure, Amendment Six to the Florida con- stitution, was proposed as a house joint resolution dur- ing the 19538 session of the state legislature. Girls Jailed "Tonedigets Ace Sentenced For Brutal Slaying AUCKLAND, New Zealand 3 — Two. teen-agers “esoribed in court asdirty-minded uttle girls,” were convicted of murder today for beat- ing the mother of one girl to death 16 prison’ terms. The fair .are .Pitiline” Yvonne Parker, 16, and Juliet Marion Hulme, 15, As they are under 48, crime is not punishable by death. They were ordered “detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.”’ Such a blanket sentence.is often used in British courts in cases. involving adolescents, where there is a chance conditions may change la- ter and a review would be war- ranted. 6-Day Trial A 12-man jury found them guilty after deliberating 90 minutes. The verdict came at the end of a six- day Supreme Court trial in Christ- church. The girls left the dock for their prison cells solemn and dejected looking. Juliet, tall and blue-eyed, had sat with her fingers in her ears as the prosecutor made his closing statement. The defense said there was no doubt the girls killed Pauline’s mo- ther, Mrs. Honora Mary Parker, with a brick knotted in a stocking, but it was contended the pair were insane. The murdered woman was found in a Christchurch public park last June 22 with 45 head, face and hand injuries. The girls claimed at first she had slipped and hit her head. Dabbied In Writing Witnesses described the girls as of thanks for selling 50 brooms for |inseparable companions who dab- the club for their project for the | bled at writing novels and operas. March of Dimes Drive. Carl was | They schemed to go to America to 30 energetic that one customer also wanted some mops. He’ im- mediately went out and bought (Continued On Page Eigat) DAYTON, Ohio (# — The earth really looks round from 17 miles j UP, says the man who flew higher in the sky than any other human. Trees turn olive drab from up there, observes Maj. Arthur Mur- jray, the 35-year-old Pennsylvanian who started his military career on a horse and recently broke the world’s altitude record. The conference followed an Air have them published. Defense Atty. Alex Haslam said when they thought the Parker girl’s (Continued On Page Eight) Rocket Pilot’s Name Revealed Major Tells How Earth Looks From "Way Up Air Force Secretary Harold E Talbott announced the record last Saturday but withheld announce- ment of the pilot’s name until yes- terday. Exact date of the record- breaking flight—or flights, nobody is saying which — and the exact altitude still are Air Force se- crets. But informed observers specu- late the new record must be in the neighborhood of 90,000 feet. The former record, set Aug. 21, 1953, by Marine Corps Lt. Col. Marion Carl in a Douglas Sky- rocket D558-II, was 83,235 feet. Maj. Murray said as he went to record altitudes areas of the earth covered with dry grass turned bright straw colors. And the greens of vegetation looked olive drab. But the brightness was the most It provides that effective Jan. 1, 1956, the county assessor would be respons- ible for both county, and municipal tax levies. Coun- ty and city tax assessment would be identical, if the amendment passes. In practice, the plan had been in effect for the past eight years up until last May when protests from two city commissioners ended a policy of the city and county shar- ing the same offices, Assessments Blasted The commissioners blasted cer- tain tax assessments, and county tax assessor Claude G: ors dered the city out of his office. is - The proposed amendment brought 2 mixed reaction today in their | local political circles. All but one member of the city commission declined to comment on the matter. Commissioner Louis ~ Carbonell said that although he had not had a chance to study the matter, he ‘was “inclined to be opposed to it.” Complete C “The only way Pd go for that would: be to have a complete con- solidation of the city and county,” said Carbonell, “I don’t think that to consolidate just one office would be a god thing — but to consoli- date the entire setup, I think, would be a good idea.” “I have all the confidence-in the world in the county tax assessor, but I don’t think this would be in the best interest of the city,” Carbonell continued. County Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo commented today that “regardless of whether or not I am the tax assessor or somebody else had the job, the amendment is a good thing.” Expense To City Gandolfo pointed out that the city is faced with considerable expense in setting up its own office and that by consolidating the two of- fices, a considerable saving would be effected. And the “headache” resulting from different city and county tax assessments would be eliminated, he added. The plan is in effect in Hillsborough county, Gandolfo said, and is well thought of there. It marks the second time the con- stitutional amendment has been on (Continued on Page Eight) notable experience. Early in a ser- ies of “about 10” high flights the sun was so bright “I was not able to read the data pad fastened to my knee,” the major noted, On later flights this ‘situation was improved by using data pads printed on dark backgrounds. “The flight was of great value,” he declared. “It enabled us to col- lect data not available before.” The X1A is a bulletlike craft capable of a speed of at least 1,650 m.p.h, A native of Cresson, Pa., Maj.