The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1954, Page 12

Towa Dies. In Car Crash DES MOINES #—Gov. William 8. Beardsley was killed in an automobile-truck crash near’ here last night, less than two months before’ he would have completed his third term as Iowa's chief executive. Highway patrolmen said the car erashed into the rear of a pickup truck driven by John Gardner, 54, of Des Moines, about six miles north of Des Moines on State Highway 60. Beardsley, 53, a Republican and one of the early supporters of Dwight Eisenhower for the Repub- lican presidential nomination in 1952, was the first Iowa chief th, executive to die in office. Beardsley’s administration was active in promoting highway safe- ty, He had formed the governor’s Official traffic safety committee, which included the heads of state departments having to do with safety, law enforcement and edu- cation, and promoted a statewide meeting of teen-agers last April to draft a safety program for young people. Highway Patrolman Glenn Mc- Dole said when he arfived at the accident he found Gov. Beardsley lying with his head in his wife’s Bill hasn’t moved,” he quoted Mrs. Beardsley as saying. “I found the governor’s little white dog standing near the car, shaking all over,” he said. “I put the dog in my patrol car.” An ambulance took the governor and Mrs. Beardsley to Iowa Luth- eran Hospital, where Beardsley was pronounced dead on arrival. Dr. Lester Powell, said the gov- ernor’s death was caused by chest Mrs. Beardsley was. reported in serious condition with cuts, knee, shoulder and spine’ injuries and shock. Gardner and two passengers in the pickup truck — his daughter Janice, 20, and a stepdaughter, Lois Evans, 17 — were taken to Broadlawns Hospital with cuts and bruises, MeDole said the accident took place just after the Beardsley car had come over the top of a hill. He said Gardner gave this ac- count: Another car had pulled off the road on the shoulder and the driver had flagged Gardner down. Gardner had slowed to 10 to 15 miles per hour to pull off on the shoulder and the Beardsley car then struck the truck from behind. “Skid marks on the highway indicated no excessive speed on the governor’s part,”” McDole said. Gov. Beardsley did not seek re- election in the general election earlier this month. He had plannéd to retire to his 900-acre livestock farm near New Virginia, in south- ern Iowa. He also owns a share in a drugstore there. ‘ Lt. Gov. Leo Elthon, also a Republican, automatically be- comes governor under Iowa law to fill out Beardsley's unexpired term. He will serve until Gov.- elect Leo A. Hoegh, a Republican, is inaugurated. That is scheduled for Jan. 13. Born at Beacon, Iowa, May 13, 1901, Beardsley was graduated from high school at Birmingham, Towa. He completed pharmacy training at the Bowen Institute of Pharmacy and Chemistry. Besides his wife, Beardsley is survived by two sons, Dan and Blaine, of Hillsboro, Ore., and two daughters, Mrs. Henry F. Schieg, of Appleton, Wis., and Mrs. Doyle Stickel, New Virginia. Pelican Tries To Swallow Head Of Zoo Visitor LONDON (Alec Panton report- ed today he survived a surprise trip part way down a pelican, He emerged smelling fishy and with two abrasions on his forehead. The incident, Panton said, oc- curred. at the London z00, He and his two small children were leaning over a wire fence watching a flock of the feathered fish-eaters wth the outsized bills taking an aft:r dinner nap. Mindful of the old rhyme (A wonderful bird is the pelican, he holds more in his beak than his belly can), Panton warned the kids not to get too close. At this point, Panton told a re- porter, one of the birds waddled ever, reached out, and snop! There was Panton with his head inside the pouch where Pelicans normally siore their spare fish. “Finally the pelican let go and I retrieved my head,” said Panton. “It drew blood on either side of my forehead but I wasn’t really very hurt,” John Yealland, the zoo’s curator of birds, expressed surprise when told of Panton’s odd adventure. “We have never,” he declared, “had any previous complaints bout our pelicans biting people.” F v Monday, November 22, 1954) The Weatherman Says: Key West and vicinity: Increas- ing cloudiness and continued mild temperatures today and tonight; cloudy with showers Tuesday end- ing by Tuesday night. Cooler Tues- day and Tuesday night. Low to- night about 68 - 70, high Tuesday near 82 and low Tuesday night 62- 64. Moderate’ to fresh south and southwest winds shifting to fresh northerly Tuesday, occasionally moderately strong offshore. Florida: Clear to partly cloudy thru Tuesday. A little warmer this afternoon and tonight especially in north pdrtion becoming slightly cooler north portion Tuesday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to moderate ‘variable mostly south- west winds shifting to moderate northerly over north portion Tues- day. Clear to plartly cloudy wea- er. Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate winds, north to north: east over north portién and vari- able over south portion thru ‘Tues- day. Partly cloudy weather, Wide- ly scattered showers. Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Nov. 22, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night .. Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month Total this year Excess this year .. (Naval Base) Time of Height of pelo om Tide high water High Tides Low Tides 9:12 a.m. 2:29 a.m, 8:17 p.m. 1:41 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda , (bridge) .....—oh 10m (east end) ....+-2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) 9.0 tt —oh 4m +2h 10m 416 ft Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta Billings Birmingham Bismark .. Boston .. Buffalo BSBseueyrege Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport .. Los Angeles Louisville Meridi Miami ‘Minneapolis Memphis .. New Orleans .. New York Norfolk .... Oklahoma City Omaha .. Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke . St. Louis Tallahassee Tampa ....... Washington INFLUENZA HITS BRITISH STUDENTS LONDON —An estimated 10,- 000 British children, mostly North England, were ill with in- fluenza and absent from school to- day. 3 Medical officers said 7,000 chil- dren of the Middlesborough region |in York shire are suffering from a mild and presumably little: known type of flu. Blackpool reported about 700 cases and 100 girls of a school at Tetbury were confined to their homes today. Other commu- nities reported outbreaks. Suseuseeeeapesseseresaaes .|is scheduled to meet with Penta- .| on officials and later to fly to .| Augusta, Ga., to spend Thanks- .| giving with President Eisenhower. in| to bedside of Marilyn Monroe, his | H-Bomb Used | “The Rose Tattoo” Is Passed Along |Barher Turned Defense Plans By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON (#—Plans for the defense of Western Europe now appear to include the use of the hydrogen bomb on the battlefield, to provide a crushing, all-destruc- tive force where tactical nuclear fission bombs or projectiles might be inadequate. eke : Recent generalized and- laconic references by American’ military officials = Prcorpiped whatever weapons ani ics are required to counter aggression have been sharpened by a comment from the deputy supreme commander of Allied powers in Europe, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, The British strategist” says: “I want to make it absolutely clear that we at SHAPE (the Paris headquarters of the supreme com: mand) are basing all our opera- tional planning: on using atomic and thermonuclear weapons in our defense, “With us it is no longer ‘They may possibly be used.” It is. very definitely ‘They will be used, if we are attacked.’ ’”” Montgomery made. the signifi- cant statement in a lecture at London last month. A copy of the lecture became available in Wash- ington today. Montgomery arrives in Washing- ton this week during a visit to the United States. On Wednesday,. he inom ani: Beginning today, the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization starts a series of meetings for a periodic assess- ment of the status of Western European military defense, includ- ing consideration of the impact of new weapons on the pattern of defense forces. There seemed the possibility that Montgomery might .| Visit, informally, at least one of .| the committee sessions, to be held in the Pentagon. In his paper, Montgomery said: “There are some who say that it war is joined, nuclear weapons will not be used. I would disagree with that. “My opinion is that the fear of atomic and thermonuclear weap- on’ is a powerful deterrent to war, but once a world hot war has started both sides are likely to use them. We would certainly use them ourselves if attacked. ¥ Police Check 2 Work Records Of Murdered Doctor PHILADELPHIA (®—Police here Planned a check of records on all Veterans Administration patients examined by murdered psychiatrist Elinor M. Langton. Dr. Langton, 52, chief of the Men- tal Hygiene Clinic of the Veterans Administration Hospital here for three years, ‘was found dead Sat- urday on the rear floor of her cat, parked in nearby Chester. Found in the car was a_ belt which police said apparently came from an Army-issue coat. Investi- gators theorized that she may have been murdered by a veteran whose claim for compensation she had disallowed. An autopsy showed there was a possibility Dr. Langton was still alive when her assailant left her. Dr. William Miller of the Fitzger-| ald Mercy Hospital in suburban Upper Darby, who performed the autopsy, said she may have stran- gled on her own salivary fluid and that a partial dental plate had? slipped down into her throat. Her head and pelyic area were battered but she was not assaulted sexually, Dr. Miller said. Joe DiMaggio Doesn't Want Any Hospital Guests SAN FRANCISCO, w—Joe Di- Maggio is in Franklin Hospital but attendants said today his condition was not serious. Nature of the former New York Yankee baseball star’s ailment was not reported, but friends said he frequently has been troubled by a duodenal ulcer and is about 10 pounds under weight. He entered the hospital yester- day, leaving strict orders against telephone calls or visitors. . DiMaggio was a frequent visitor divorced wife, after she underwent minor surgery in Los Angeles ear- lier this month. 2 SONARMEN PROMOTED Fourteen members of the Fleet Sonar Xchool staff and six stu- dents were advanced in rate after service-wide competitive examina- film scenes. which were shot in GURU ETI re HE WEARS THE MARK—Burt Lancaster, in his role in the Key West during the past few ‘weeks, wears on his chest the rose tattoo, which gives the Ten- nessee Williams’ play its name. He entering the house of his sweetheart, Anna Magnani. Inquisitive neighbor women fol- lowed him up to the steps in this scene.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Commendation Set For Cuban Medico Dr. Rene Montero and the staff of Infant’s Hospital in Havana are beirig Officially commended by Ju- lio Cabanas, Jr., president of the San Carlos Institute, it was an- nounced today. Montero arranged for hospitaii- zation of four-year-old Timothy Mendoza who is suffering from a rare blood disease, Brigadier Jesus Balbuena y Gar- rida, chief of the Havana Fire De- partment and Col. Ceniacio Ques- fa, his assistant, are also being ;commended for their‘aid-in the sit- ‘uation, Toronto Bridge Falls With Truck TORONTO — Weakened by recent floods, a Toronto bridge collapsed last night and tumbled a truck 20 feet into a stream. The vehicle’s two youthful occupants escaped, Z Driver Bruce Logan, 21, said he Saw the structure sag when his truck was in the middle. “I knew I'd never make it across,” he said, “so I just hung on.” The truck landed upright with a steel girder on top, wedging the doors shut. The two youths smashed a window and scrambled up the bank. They suffered severe cuts and. bruises. UNCLE TELLS OF (Continued from Page One) ned to file first-degree murder charges against Priest, who is held in jail at Marshfield, about 30 miles from here. Questioning of Priest continued until 1 a. m. today when the man blurted: “If you'll let me get some sleep, I’ll lead you to the gun if I can.” He shared a cell in the old, ugly red brick jail here with another prisoner and shortly before 8 a. m. was awake. He told a newsman “I slept on and off.” Sheriff Neil Brown of Lebanon said later today he would be taken back to the spot where the body was found and a search instituted for the murder weapon. Brown said authorities also would check at Springfield, Mo., on reports that Priest purchased some clothing for the girl there. Intimacy Questioned The sheriff said Priest mwas asked point-blank if he had been intimate with Jeannette and that Priest replied: “No.” Brown said that when Priest was being quizzed for a possible mo- tive, he told questioners: “My little girl (his 18-year-old adopted daughter) had grown up. She (Jeannette) had taken the Place of my daughter.” He then related that until recent- ly, when her visits had been re- stricted, Jeannette stayed with him and Mrs. Priest from time | to time. After her visits were re-| stricted, he said, he couldn't bear the thought of being without Jean- nette. The sheriff’ added that Priest said when he got to the spot in the woods where the body was found “‘it must have been then that tions, it was announced today by the Navy. I decided it just couldn’t go on this way.” Missing Boy Is Found In Sebring Eston Lockwood, 14, reported to the sheriff's department as missing last Thursday night, was picked up by officers in Sebring on Saturday, the sheriff's depar:- ment said today. Lockwood, of 34-B Sigsbee Park, was picked up with two other boys who gave their names as Louis Taylor,, 16, of 2320 Harris, and Jerry Dowl, 17, address unknown. Sheriffs deputies of Highlands County, in which Sebring is locat- ed, picked up the boys. Thieves Get $15 In Robbery Here Thieves who broke into the of- fice of the Fernandez and Diaz Produce Co., 920 Virginia St. Sun- day, obtained $15 in cash for their efforts, police said today. According to the report of Pa- trolman John Linehand, entrance was gained by cutting a window Screen in a lavatory. The money, in loose change-was taken from a desk drawer. The robbery occurred sometime between noon and 9:15 p. m. Sun- day, Linehan added, TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (®—Steels paced the stock market higher in early trad- ing today. Motors, radio-television and rail- road issues also improved. Most ois and rubber producers followed the uptrend. Changes were general- ly fractions, but gains extended to two points. Here were some opening blocks: U. S. Steel 67% up % on 2,000. shares, Radio Corp. 37% up % on 2,000 shares, Chrysler 63 up %4 on 3,600 shares, Southern Pacific 50% up % on 1,200 shares, Others on the rise were Bethle- hem Steel, Republic Steel, General Motors, Goodyear, Douglas Air- craft, Philco, Schenley, American Telephone and Anaconda Copper. Lower were American Woolen and Dow Chemical. She’s Against Honor For Winnie LIVERPOOL, England ®—“Bat- ting Bessie” Braddock, outspoken Laborite member of the House of Commons, announced last night she will refuse to sign an 80th birth- day testimonial book for Winston Churchill. ; Mrs. Braddock told a Labor party rally nine other Laborite MPs also have refused to sign the book which the House will present te the Conservative party leader on his birthday Nov. 30. Mrs. Braddock, a former Com- munist, declared: “There are at least 10 of us in the House who are not having our names handed down to posterity tacked on to the end of Winston Churchill’s name.” are about 2% million cases of beorcaladin ia Tadt Priest May Become Saint VATICAN CITY ut—Barbers of the world eventually may have as their patron sajnt a Peruvian* _* who worked in a Lima =—— more than 350 years ago. He is Blessed Martin de Porres, a Dominican, whose cause for canonization — Roman Catholic newed in 1926, and now is slowly continuing. ke eer be voke his protection oyer s- iness. matters, their families and their spiritual welfare. Martin de Porres was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI at St.Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 28, 1837. The cause for his canonization progressed slowly for almost 100 years, but renewed interest in it led to its reopened by Pope Pius XI on June 8, 1926. For the canonization of the venerated monk, miracles attri- buted to his: intercession must be Presented to and approved by the Vatican’s Congregation of Rites. General belief here is that Blessed Sports iYLE TALBOT ‘YORK, (#—Despite all the ‘being flung about, we are advised by a man close to the Brooklyn situation that there is ry probability the Dodgers will and moved either to Los or San Francisco within to these ears, the Dodgers are m: a-certain amount of money where they are, but not enough that anything important is left for Walter O'Malley, the club’s presi- dent and majority stockholder, aft- er all obligations have been met. Among the most important of these, we are told, is a large chunk of currency, more than $70,000, which must go annually to Branch Rickey in continued payment for the Brooklyn stock the Mahatma ‘surrendered when he sold out to O'Malley and transfered his oper- ations to Pittsburgh. These payments still have seven years to go, and they serve to keep the Brooklyn prexy constant- ly afflicted with the financial shorts, which is not a happy con- De Porres eventually will be ele- | dition. vated to sainthood. As a boy De Porres was an apprentice in a Lima barbershop and is said to have told his, mother that he wanted to work “‘as a bar- ber and leecher to help my brothers in Christ.” After his apprenticeship he worked as a barber, but refused alt pay for his serviees. He then entered a Dominican monastery, helping orphans, slaves and the oppressed. He died Nov. 3, 1639. There is no handy way of in- creasing the club’s income. . Its home park, Ebbets Field, officially seats about 32,000 spectators and there is no possibility of adding even one more chair short of abol- ishing the outfield. This capacity serves nicely most of the time, but it becomes a seri- ous drawback when a big series comes up against one of the con- tenders such as Milwaukee and 15 Die In Florida Violent Accidents During Past Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Violent accidents, mostly on the state’s highways, killed at least 15 persons in Florida over the weekend. Eight were fatally injured in highway accidents, four drowned, one was killed by a train, and two others died in the crash of a light plane. All of the deaths were reported during the 48-hour period between Friday midnight and Sunday mid- night. Three persons were killed and another seriously injured in a four- car collision two miles south of Ruskin, near Tampa, Saturday night. The victims were identified as Guy Edward Worrell, 34, a night club entertainer appearing in Tam- pa; Mrs. Ruth’ Virginia Bottom, 37, Miami; and Mrs. Harty E. said the car driven by Worrell —whote stage name was Carl Ed Martin — struck another vehicle, veered into the path of the ear driven by Mrs. Bottom, and that a fourth car hit the wreckage. Martha Ruth Cowart, 16-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl, was killed Sunday when the car driven by her mother was in a collision with a train at a city street crossing. A University of Florida junior, John Allen Ward, 24, was killed Saturday night when crushed be- tween a truck and a tree while on a fraternity hayride near Hampton Lake. Authorities said Ward was standing behind“the truck directing the driver how to free the vehicle from a ‘sandbed. Jack Hamilton, 44-year-old Tam- pa businessman, died Sunday from injuries he received Saturday night in @ two-car collision, A Key West Negro woman, iden- tified as Evelyn Davis, 54, was killed Satutday on Big Pine Key when her car struck a trailer truck. . Wade Walls, 50-year-old Tampa Negro, was struck by a train and killed Saturday night. Sheriff's dep. uties said a fireman. on the train told them Walls was lying on the track. Two Negro men drowned Sunday in the Port Tampa Ship Canal when their boat overturned in the ‘heavy seas. They were Henry Lee White, 48, and Stephen Spen- at West Palm Beach Sunday w he fell into Lake Worth while try- ing to step from the dock into his boat. Fourteen-month-old Walter Le- lane Johnson Jr., drowned in’ two A crash of a light plame took the lives of two University of Mi- ami seniors Saturday when it crashed shortly after taking off. They were identified as James Carlin, 23, and Pete Schultz, 21, French Head Invites Big Four To Meet UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. we French Premier Pierre Mendes- France expressed willingness to- day to hold a Big Four meeting in Paris next May—after ratifica- tion of the London and Paris agreements. ‘In an address to the 60-nation U.N. General Assembly, the French leader declared firmly that He said, however, that afte? the agreements are approved France would be ready to take the initia- tive in organizing the Big Four conference, which Russia has been pressing for. “Let us avoid a war of nerves,” he said, “let us prepare in calm. Between now and May, we. shall have to do everything to create a climate of confidence.” Mendes-France told the Assem- bly that the proposals of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov for a Big Four meeting now are intended to hinder and divide rather than to solve East- West differences. “The French government,” he said, “hereby affirms that its will to act for peace has not faltered and shall not falter. We hereby nobly proclaim that the door to negotiation is not closed. Quite the contrary.” Mendes-France called for a set- tlement of the Austrian problem as a preliminary to a general European settlement. The signing of an Austrian peace treaty, he said, “would do more to improve the inte: eli- mate than ten suggestions of inter- national conferences published solely for propaganda Purposes.” No Cure Seen For “Skin Heads” ANN ARBOR, Mich. W—A Uni- versity of Michigan doctor says if your mother and father are bald hat. Dr. Thomas G. Jansen of the “ogee Medical School, says Tecommends throwing awa: hair lotions and : not to be misled by ments. “Just recognize the table inevi- and ” Roundup By Gayle Talbot ithe Giants. It prevents the Dodgers from ever playing to the great etowds of 50,000 or 60,000 which jeccasionally glut the treasuries of their rivals. * { The land upon which the tight little park is situated, smack in the heart of Brooklyn and conven- ient to all forms of transportation, is held to be very valuable. During Rickey's regime the club also bought up a mess of surrounding Property, some of it now being used as parking lots. All this, we are reminded, adds up to a whole lot of money just waiting to be accepted and socked in the bank the moment O'Malley decides he has had enough of living in comparative poverty and con- sents to give the West Coast fans a break. Our man estimates that the Brooklyn president, a man of modest beginnings, might come out of the transaction with some ‘thing -close to three million. Major Leagues May Discuss Expansion By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK, ®—The majors launched their annual draft meet. ing today,but the big baseball news may emanate from another ses- sion, held by the National League alone, later in the day. Although they insisted only rou- tine business was to be discussed, reports persisted that the National League executives were to discuss Plans for invading California and expanding into 4 10-team circuit, Provision for such expansion al- ready has been made by the Na- tional, as well as the American League. It was believed the older league was determined to press for immediate investigation of such future sights as Los Angeles and San Francisco, in a race to win those two rich Pacific Coast League territories from the Amer- iean, The owners may also hear from Bill Veeck, former head of the St. Louis Browns, employed by Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs to explore the major league possi- bilities of Los Angeles and Frisco, In order to add either of these cities, the majors would have to draft it and pay damages to the remaining Pacific Coast League clubs. “I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the 10-club matter came up at our meeting,” an unidentified Na- tional League club owner said. “I believe. both major leagues will consist of 10 clubs within two or three years.” As for the draft, baseball men ptedicted a light selection from the minors, even lighter than last year, when only 13 players were promoted, costing the majors $132,- 500, Of this group, six managed to last out the season. State Church In Britain Slates Change LONDON (®—The Assembly of the Church of England has called for a change in the method of appointing its bishops and deans — a function in which Britain’s Prime Minister has an important role. A resolution approved by the Assembly recently said the present system “is open to objection and should be modified.” It did -not indicate what changes should be made. A church spokesman said the resolution was considered at pres- ent only an expression of opinion and would not be pushed at this stage. The Church of England is Brit- ain’s state church. The sovereign now makes the appointments on the “advice” of the Prime Minis- ter. By custom, the Prime Minister first confers with the Archbishop uf Canterbury, spiritual head of the church, Like all prime ministers in the past 20 years except Neville Cham- berlain, Prime Minister Churchill is a member of the church. Cham- berlain was a Presbyterian. The resolution objecting to the estabiished appointment method was approved by the Assembly after Dr. Cyril Garbett, archbishop of York, told members it was Persons | wrong for spiritual society to have its chief officers appointed by one who need not be either a church- man or a Christian. He was joined by Lord Selborne, a prominent lay leader, who said there were fears that some future prime minister might not care about church appointments and might be open to bad advice. |Read The Citizen