The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 64" Sis Si le ae THE TV STAR VISITS—Ed Sullivan, New York Daily News columnist and TV personality, and Mrs. Sullivan arrived here yesterday for a brief * network show that will have been on the air seven years next June. Sullivan is emcee of Toast of the Town, TV The Sullivans, pictured at the Casa Marina Hotel, are driving to Palm Beach today and from there will fly to New York City in time for his Sunday night show. The Sullivans visit here about four times a year.— Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder, Police, Local Resident Give Different Stories Of Arrest Woman Says She Was Mistreated In Jail; Police Say Differently ‘A charge that the police department courtesy cam- paign is faltering was leveled last night by Mrs. Joan Mardis, who said that her daughter was mistreated when she was arrested recently. Mrs. Mardis and her daughter, Mrs, Sybil Arrington, 23, both of 2009 Seidenberg Ave., appeared be- fore a meeting of the civil service board last night to file their com- plaint. Woman's Story Mrs. Arrington said that when she was taken to police headquar- ters after being arrested for a traf- fic violation, she was refused per- mission to make a telephone call tw arrange for bond and that she was placed in a cell where she ‘was exposed to foul and obscene language from male prisoners. Mrs. Arrington added that she was not placed in the area nor- mally reserved for female prison- ers and that she was ridiculed by police officers. Police Lt. W. L. James, who was in the audience at last night’s meeting, said that on the night she was arrested, he asked her if she wanted to make a telephone call and offered to take her any place she wanted to go to arrange for payment of a five dollar bond, Police Records Police files showed today that Mrs. Arrington was issued a sum- mons Nov. 19 for making an im- proper turn at White St. and Tru- man Ave, Records, also show that Mrs. Ar- Man Jailed For Molesting Child A local shrimper was jailed ear!v today for allegedly molesting an > year old girl, police report- identified as Arthur Green, was jailed shortly after midnight by Patrolman Edward Ramirez who said that he was call- ed to an Elizabeth St. home on the complaint of a mother who said that she returned home after visit- ing friends and found the man with his arms around her daughter. Green faces charges of being drunk and disorderly, trespassing on private property and child mol- esting. “ime man, rington failed to appear in court and that a warrant setting a five dollar bond for her appearance was issued. On Nov, 22, police records show that before the warrant was serv- ed Mrs. Arrington was issued an- cther summons, this time for speed- ing 65 miles per hour in a 40 mile zone on South Roosevelt Blvd. Jail records show that she was book- ed by Patrolman Eugene Rogel at 11:10 p, m. the time that the al- leged mistreatment is supposed to! have happened. She was ordered to post a five dollar bond for her failure to ap- pear in court on the earlier charge. | Phone Call Charge Mrs. Arrington interrupted last night’s meeting to say that the! first chance she was given to make | a telephone call was after she had | been in a jail cell for two hours. | Mrs. Mardis said that she was bringing the incident to the atten- tion of the civil service board in the hope that it would not happen to other young women in the city. She added that she thought “it was a terrible thing that any young woamn should be put in a cell without the courtesy of being al- lowed to make a telephone call.” Mrs. Mardis said that it was not the matter of the traffic ticket be- ing contested that was being ques- tioned. “‘We all make traffic mis- takes,” she said. The matter was referred to City Manager Victor Lang for study. NOTICE! All persons holding reserved 1955 Auto Tags must call at the tag effice and pay for same on or before January 3, 1955. Failure to do this will result in your losing your reserved HOWARD E. WILSON, Tax Collector. numbers, Train Wreck Endangers ‘Town Today Cars Containing Gasoline Closely Watched By Firemen PARIS Ill. (#—Twenty cars of two New York Central freight | trains plowed off the right-of-way in this city of about 10,000 early today and a witness said “it’s a | miracle the entire West End wasn’t blown up.” There were no fatalities. Four persons were slightly injured. They | lived in a store-apartment building into which a string of three cars |erashed, wrapping themselves | around it. Among the cars which left the rails were three tank cars contain- |ing naphtha, gasoline and fuel oil. Tilted or overturned and with seams leaking, they still were a ; Menace to the community several | hours later. Fire Chief Maurice Johnson sta- | tioned equipment at the wreck scene, “Flew Apart’ The train flew apart in the middle of a residential section of frame houses much “‘as if a small boy had kicked his toy electric train apart,” said Gover Hoff, Associated Press string corre- spondent, “The cars were sticking up in the air at different angles, and are torn and broken,” said Hoff, managing editor of the Paris Bea- con-News. ‘‘They’re scattered away from the tracks, “Two cars rolled more than 200 yards right down the middle of the street.” Ned Jewell, 22; his wife Evelyn, 22; their 4-year-old son Ben and Mrs. Irene Roberts, about 40, who lived in the second floor of the store building, suffered minor in- juries. After treatment at the Par- is hospital they were released. Crew members of both trains es- caped uninjured, CONVICTS TO BE FREE SEOUL #—Some 250 South Ko- rean convicts will be freed by Christmas, Justice Ministry sources said today. Women with babies will get first consideration. Public Hearing To erect a garage apartment on lot 1 square 12. All those opposed come te a public hearing on December 27, at the City Hall, Greene St. CECIL CARBONELL, Chairman, SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1954 Only One Accident Mars S-D Day Here This A.M. ene See Nativity Scene Several thousand persons have visited the Nativity scene on the court house lawn since it opened Monday night, the Chamber of Commerce estimat- ed today. Each evening a different cho- ral group sings Christmas songs at the life - size scene. Tonight, the choir of St. Ma- ry’s Star of the Sea Church, under the ction of William Warner, will sing. Crowds hears “the 20-voice choir of the Fleming Street Me- thodist Church last night, and Monday night the Douglass High School choral group gave the program. The choirs sing between 7:30 and 8 p. m. During the other evening hours, recorded music is played. Xmas Pageant To Be Given Thurs. Night Public Is Invited To Program At H. S. Stadium The program for tomor- {row night’s Christmas pag- eant, produced by the high school, was announced to- day. The high school band, chorus, and dramatic group are staging’the pageant which begins at 8 p. m. in the high school stadium. The action will center around a 40-foot high Christmas tree that will be topped by a four - foot lighted star. The program will begiy with the seventh grade chorus singing Ru- dolph the Red-nosed R while Darlene Jurezynski P Christmas Music The band will play Jingle Bells and then the speech choir of the English Department will give T'was The Night Before Christmas. This will be followed by another band number, March of The Toys. Then the band and chorus will combine to present White Christ- mas... Lighting of the huge Christmas tree will be next. The chorus will sing The Carol of the Bells, Miss Lourdes Diaz will sing Ave Maria. Both the audience and the band will take part in a medley of carols. This will be followed by the Hall Chorus by the band. Cantata Presented The Song of Christmas, a cantata, will be next on the program. The soloists for this presentation wil be Lourdes Diaz and Roger Bean. The concluding number will de Silent Night, Holy Night sung by the chorus and audience and ac- companied by the band. The band will be under the di- rection of Harold Casterton and the chorus under the direction of Tho- mas Whitley. Mrs. Marian Stark will direct the speech choir. The tableaus presented by the Dramatics Department will be under the direction of Dick Ertz- man. _The giant Christmas tree was de- signed and constructed by the Maintenance Department. The production is slated for a tryout in Marathon tonight, —————— TV Dealer Gives Set To Firemen The generosity of Alex Lub- insky, local television dealer, apparently knows no bounds. Several weeks ago, he made @ gift of a 17-inch TV set to Police so that they could while away the hours in their head- quarters. Today, he mie 2 gift of an identical set to firemen in the city hall. Firemen at the Nunbers Two and Three stations are eying their fellow city employes with envy. Insulation Boards 120 SIMONTON STREET Near Fish Docks vj the Che Ken West Citis IN THE U.S.A. Teach Death Of Diver Probed By Navy Youth Jailed On Assault Charge Today Pointed Pistol At Man In Auto, Police Report A 19 year old North Caro- lina youth is in the city jail charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he al- legedly tried to force an- other man to drive him to Miami at gunpoint last night. The youth, identified as Dewey Gaines, an unemployed shrimper, was jailed by Patrolman’ &dward Ramirez. Met In Bar irez said in his report that ed when Gaines ied ds Herbert | * Van Derven in a Duval St. bar. When Gaines said that he had just arrived in the city and had no place to stay, Van Derven report- edly offered to put him up on a shrimp boat. As the pair, in the company of a man_ identified as Percy Delcambre, were driving to the boat, Gaines is said to have pointed a .44 caliber pistol at Van Derven’s head and told him to “head for Miami.” At this point, Delcambre said he leaped from the car. Van Derven engaged Gaines in a struggle and then ran from the car which was parked at Simonton and Greene Sts. Rai Alarm Sounded He went to police headquarters and an alarm was sent out for Gaines’ arrest. Ramirez said that he spotted Gaines in the vicinity a short time later and when he was searched, several cartridges were found in his pocket. The gun was missing but Gaines later admitted that he; had hidden it and led police to the spot where it was recovered. Further investigation revealed that the pistol was taken from a home at 623 Southard St. Gaines was charged with being} drunk and disorderly and destroy- ing private property, in eidition to the assault charge. He was scheduled to be tried in city court today. New Civil Service Rules Are Adopted The Key West Civil Service Board adopted a new set of regu- lations covering municipal employ- ment at a special meeting Tues- day. The new rules, which will be ef-| fective immediately, were prepar- ed by board member Robert Valdez and are closely patterned after fed- eral civil service regulations. Val-| dez said that he made some chan- ges to conform with local needs. Covering all phases of city em- ployment, the new code will also cover part - time empioyes. Val- dez pointed out that part-time employes are entitled to job se- curity. ; The new rules will be printed and tured over to department heads. JUST IN! Carload Shipment Christmas Trees Overseas Fruit Mkt. Experienced Man Fails To Survive Dive On Tuesday The Navy today began a full-scale the death of a diver in the recompression chamber of the submarine rescue vessel Penguin. Paul M. Sweat, damage controlman first class and an experienced diver, died j yesterday afternoon in -the recompression chamber aft- er he had been pulled up from 180 feet below the surface. The Navy said Sweat had been working at 250 feet with other div- ers from the rescue vessel. It was a normal diving operation, the Na- vy said. investigation of | Ordered Back Upon completion of the opera- pn. 5 Sweat was ordered back to Penpeke ait li When Sweat had been pulled up tc 180 feet, the master diver lost communication with him. Knowing that something was ser- iously wrong, the officer ordered’ Sweat pulled up as speedily as the decompression table permitted. When Sweat’s diving gear. was removed aboard the Penguim he was unconscious. Lt. F. L. Bergquist (Medical Corps) ordered Sweat placed in the recompression chamber. Rescue Effort R. H. Bond, chief hosital corps- man, went into the chamber with Sweat while Dr. Bergquist stood outside to direct the efforts to re- vive the unconscious man. Pressure in the chamber was set at 250 feet, the depth at which} Sweat had ben working. | When Sweat failed to respond to treatment, Dr. Bergquist entered| the recompression chamber. A few minutes later, Sweat was | pronounced dead. He leaves his widow, Betty Jean, and one daughter who live at Lot 20, Miller’s Trailer Park. The Penguin is a unit of Sub- marine Squadron 12. _—_—_—— 4 BOY SHOWS SLIGHT. . IMPROVEMENT TODAY | Eight year old Clark Rodgers, of | 1420 White St., showed slight ‘im- provement today, according to Na- val Hospital spokesmen. Young Rodgers was seriously in- jured in an accident Saturday near the county beach when his bicycle | collided with an automobile. Physicians said today that he is still unconscious but that hope ‘s held for his recovery. AZO FOUND GUILTY | Raymond Pazo, 32, of 17-D Por- ter Place, charged with a crime against nature involving a 14 -} year - old boy, today was found| guilty by a six-man jury in Crim- |inal Court. The jury was out 20 minutes. sentence Pazo on Friday at a. m. | Yule Light Safety | Christofis, 36. {ing a bath, twisted a scarf around | yard of their home last August NOTICE Sealed Popes will be re- ceived until 5:00 P.M., January Sth, 1955, for painting two ele- vated water tanks at Key West, Florida. ifications will be furnished by the commission. The commission reserves the ; to occort or reject any and al s. ee FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT COMMISSION, P. 0. Box 599 $34 TRUMAN PH. 2-7742 | Key West, Florida. Bath) or workers . LAL st or 75662. Today A Quick Gommuniccation, ise CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll buyers @nd sellers— + Just Local Policeman Is Involved In Motoreyele-Car Collision By DENIS The first and only accident in first Safe Driving Day involv Otherw up to The Citizen's deadline and no traffic deaths. The only accident report iff’s department or the highway p before 10 a.m. at Elizabeth SNEIGR Monroe County this ed a city policeman. the county and city had a perfect record today—no major accidents ed by either police, the sher- atrol occurred shortly and Caroline Streets. L—SS=====S=SS—————— Cremata Urges Fire Chief Charles Cremata today cautioned Key Westers to make sure that their Christ- mas lighting equipment is in good repair to avoid fires caused by short circuits. Chief Cremata said that wires on Christmas tree lights should be checked to see that they are in good condition. He also cautioned against leaving tree lights unattended for long periods of time. Woman Goes _ ToGallows In London Cyprus Native Dies For Murder - Of Daughter-In-Law LONDON (®—Mrs. Styllou Chris- tofi was ‘hanged in Holloway Jail today for the murder of her dayghter-in-law. A native of Cyprus who spoke no English, she was the | first woman sent to the gallows in London in 31 years. | A group of House of Commons members made a vain attempt last night to persuade Home Secretary | Gwilym Lloyd-George to reprieve the woman on grounds of insanity Mrs. Christofi, 53, was found guilty two months ago of the torch | and strangulation slaying of Ger- | man-born Mrs. Hella Dorothea | Death Charge | The prosecution charged Mrs. | | Christofi knocked her daughter-in law unconscious while she was tak- her neck and set the nude hody afire with kerosene in the back The two women had LUeeeeia [so the eller feared her son, eaiter, at the fashionable Cafe 4 Paris, would send her back to se native island in the eastern Medi- | terranean, | The appeal for a reprieve was based on a report by the chief medical officer at Holloway Ja who said in his opinion Christofi was insane and “‘incap. | | able of knowing that what she did | was wrong. Her son Stavros, whose three small children were left mother- less by the killing, waited on his table at the cafe as usual last night. On one arm he wore a black crepe band in memory of his wife. “T cannot find it in my heart to! forgive my mother,” he told re- porters. “The word ‘mother’ has become a mockery to me.’ } } HIGH COST OF LIVING | DETROIT \®—Juke boxes here a single record. | XI Patrolman Lionel Soriano drove his motorcycle into the side of a car driven by Alfons Zitter, 1309 Petronia Street. Zitter was charged with failure grant the right-of-way. Police said Zitter failed to heed a stop sign. Both vehicles were da- maged slightly. Like Miami In Miami, too, it was a mem- ber of the police department that had that city’s first traffic acci- dent At 1:40 a, m., Miles R. Moun- tain, 42, head of the Miami police chemical laboratory, drove his car into a utility pole. He was uninjured and no charges were filed. Police said illness caus- ed the crash. In Key West S-D Day saw an all- out safety drive, the goal being no | traffic deaths and a minimum of | accidents. City police borrowed a Navy !sound truck and used it along Duval Street to warn Pedestrians. Jaywalkers Advised A person crossing in the middle |of a block was politely asked to cross at the corner, Boy Scouts, wearing S-D arm bands, rode city buses and hand- |ed out pamphlets that detailed safe walking rules. Each bus rider got one of the pamphlets. On the streets, the Junior Debs were doing the same job — hand- ing out safe walking pamphlets to pedestrians. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported a scattering of accidents but very few traffic deaths across the nation. Morning Report At 9:25 a. m. (EST) only six mo- tor vehicle fatalities had been re- ported. There were two in Ohio and one each in Pennsylvania, to | Massachusetts, Indiana, and South Carolina. Eleven accidents were reported in Cook County and Chicago im | the first six hours, Areas of snow and rain increased the hazards in the north on the (Continued on Page Eight) : Pope Is Again On The Upgrade VATICAN CITY (#—The Vatican Eress office said today Pope Pius is agai on the upgrade, Though internal bleeding is re- ported to have complicated his gastric ailment, his condition was described as improving. Quo a dispatch set up for publ on late today by the Vati- can newspaper l‘Osservatore Ro- mano, the press officer said: “The Holy Father has overcome his stationary situation and his |condition now has again started tu improve.” The newspaper came out with additional word the pontiff showed a slight improvement this morning. It said there was no basis for pessimism in the consultations yes- terday of medical specialists who Judge Thomas S. 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