The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1954, Page 2

National Safety Council Gives Warning eee Keep Your Home Safe From Christmas Fires Chicago — Don’t let your holi- day go up in smoke! The warning comes from the Na- tional Safety Council now that the nation is in the Christmas tree sea- son, The Christmas tree, filled with natural pitch and resin, is one of the most combustible objects known, the Council says. Ignited, ‘t burns so rapidly it is virtually im- possible to extinguish the flame by methods ordinarily available. To help prevent home fires caused by Christmas trees, ihe Council offers these simple pre cautions: 1. Buy a fresh tree. Be wary of | trees sold as “fire - proof.” And | don’t attempt to flameproof Christ- mas trees with chemical solutions. 2. Before setting up the tree, saw | off diagonally at least an inch of | Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN trunk, and place base in a water- containing holder. Keep water re- servoir filled. 3. Locate your tree well away from television sets, powerful elec- tric lights and other sources of 4. Never use candles for decora- heat. tions. Use only electric lights, and be sure these bear the Underwrit- er’s Laboratories label, Always check wires for defects and loose sockets before putting them on the tree. 5. Too many light circuits on one outlet may overlead the house wir- ing and blow a fuse. Reduce the load or connect part to another cir cuit outlet. Never increase size of fuse, or substitute a penny for a blown fuse. 6. Turn off the tree lights when no one is to be in the room for any length of time. 7. Do not operate electric trains or other electrical toys which may spark under the tree. 8. Dispose of Christmas gift wrap- Pings at once. 9. Use only artificial “snow” and decorations of the-flameproofed or noncombustible type for trimming your tree, 10. Be sure the ends of metallic icicles or other hanging decora- tions do not dangfe into light soc- kets where they can cause a short circuit and flash fire. 11. Move the Christmas tree lights if the tree’s needles near them turn brown. And when the needles start to fall, take the tree down and discard it. 12, In case of fire, call the fire department immediately. Monday, December 20, 1954 Hammarskjold To Make Trip To Peiping After Christmas By GUSTAV SVENSSON i STOCKHOLM, Sweden — U.N. | Secretary General Dag Hammar- | skjold announced last night after | a meeting with Communist China’s | ambassador to Sweden that he still | plans to leave for Peiping some-| time after Dec. 26, but the exact date has not been set. | As Hammarskjold conferred at a | luncheon with the envoy, Gen. Keng Piao, Peiping radio broad against the release of the 11 U.S | fliers China is holding as spies. The radio quoted a brief by a Chi- | nese judge that the Korean armis- | tice applied only to the North Ko-| reans and the Chinese ‘‘volun-| teers” in Korea, not to the Chinese | peasants and police the broadcast said had captured the airmen. An official announcement from Hammarskjold said his 2'%-hour | discussion with Keng was on prac- | tical matters concerning his mis- sion to China. The secretary gen- eral will seek the release of the American airmen and all other) U.N. personnel still held by the Chinese since the Korean War. U.N. Press Chief Wilder Foote said all details of Hammarskjold’s | China trip would be announced as | soon as they have been settled. He said no further meetings were | planned with the Chinese before | the secretary general's return to) New York tomorrow. | The Peiping broadcast yesterday | quoted Mei Ju-ao, a Chinese justice | at the Japanese war crimes trials | after Woxld War II, as saying the} case of the American fliers had) nothing to do with the Korean ar- mistice because the truce applied | pecial Envoy Of US. Resigns PARIS (®—U.S. Ambassador Da- vid K. Bruce, a special .represen- tative on problems of European unity for the past two years, left by air today for the United States to resign. The primary function of his of- fice, that of envoy to the high au- thority of the European coal and steel community in Luxembourg, is expected to be transferred now to the U.S. mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, head- ed by Ambassador John C. Hughes. A former ambassador to Paris, Bruce says he plans to withdraw completely from government serv- ice, Ballerina Quits MONTREAL (#—Moira Shearer, pert ballerina who pirouetted to fame in the British movie “The Red Shoes,” says she has danced the last time. The 28-year-old beauty played Titania Saturday in the Old Vic production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and said she plans to embark on an acting career. She told reporters her decision to retire from the bal- let world had been “coming for a lowg time.” on the Communist on only wy bed |MANGEL’S EMPLOYES oners captured by the Nort 0- | GET CHRISTMAS BONUS) reans and Chinese “volunteers.” This fitted in with China’s conten-| tion that she officially was not in- | volved in the Korean War. | The radio declared the fliers “were captured by Chinese peas- ants within Chinese territory west of Antung in Liaoning province | (Manchuria).” The United States | maintains they were downed in} North Korea and taken to China! after their capture. According to Jack McNeil, ma- nager of the local Mangel’s dress shop, the company will give Christ- mas bonus to all employes again this year. The holiday bonus custom was pioneered by the Mangel’s organi- zation, McNeil said. The annual Christmas party will ; be held from 6 to 9 p. m. on Christ- Countering the U.S. argument | mas eve at the local store. that spies would not be sent out in uniforms, Mei said: |pick up spies with special equip- “In determining whether a crim-| ment and so on.” inal is a spy, the court obviously} In New York, Henry Cabot Lodge does not make its judgment on Jr., chief U.S. delegate.to the U.N., what he was wearing but what he | said Americans should be cautious was doing and the motives and/in their comment on the coming | purposes behind his actions. |talks between Hammarskjold and “An aircraft that sneaks into the|Communist Premier Chou En-tai. territory of another can carry out; a great deal of espionage. It can make topographical surveys, see what is going on in general, take photographs, contact spies on land by radio, airdrop spies, airdrop supplies for spies already landed, | mm UNA “Let us avoid doing or saying | anything adversely against getting | the (the fliers) out,” Lodge said | in a television interview. “Give | Hammarskjold a chance,” he add- | ed. ‘This is no time to discuss in public what we'll do next.” Freighter Capt. Goes Down With His Ship Sunday TOBERMORY, Scotland (m#— Ivan Dahn, a 57-year-old Swedish ship captain, went down with his | damaged freighter yesterday after his crew of 20 took to lifeboats. The crewmen all survived without in- juries. The ship, the 1,337-ton Hispania, | was. en route from Liverpool to Sweden with a cargo of steel when it hit a reef half a mile off Scot- land’s west coast during a storm. When the freighter was backed off the reef, it took a 25-degree list to port. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats. They circled the ship pleading for the captain to join them, but he stuck to the bridge. TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (®—For the fourth straight day, the stock market swung higher today with good gains in early trading. Mators were outstanding on the higher side. Chrysler opened on | 7,000 shares up % at 69 and then pushed its gain to a point. General Motors opened on 1,500} shares up % at 93 and held to that level Continental Motors started on 2,800 shares up % at 12%. Studebaker-Packard opened on 3,100 shares up % at 13%, Aircrafts displayed the largest gains. Douglas Aircraft opened on 3,500 shares up 4% to 117%. It was up 9 points Friday. Boeing started on 5,600 shares up 1% at 71%. Some steels, however, -were backward. U. S. Steel opened on 1,500 shares off % at 70%, and Bethlehem Stell fell back.a point. There were minus signs through- | out the list without serious concen- trations. Germans To Be Taken Back Home BERLIN (®—The West German Red Cross has laun plans to move more than 100, Germans from Communist-ruled Poland to | West Germany. Polish sourees here said yester- day the project, worked out be- tween Warsaw and the German Red Cross, aims to reunite divided families, rid Poland of many ¢l- derly and otherwise unemployable persons and eliminate a source of unrest. It was added that the Pcl- ish government suspects the Ger- mans also might be the nucleus of an anti - Polish, anti-Communist fifth column. LOUIS’ OPENING TOMORROW “The Most Beautiful Patio In Key West” LOUIS, formerly of the Casa Marina and Columbia Restaurants, announces the Opening of his “ITALIAN GARDEN” Tomorrow, Dec. 21. . . Specializing in the Finest of Italian and American Foods, and with a Big. New PIZZA OVEN . . . Louis cordially invites All Key West to Visit this Wonderful DINING PATIO. Breakfast: 7:30 - 11:30 Dinners: 4:30 -1 o’Clock FINE WINES — MICHELOB ON TAP — TELEVISION | The Weatherman Says: Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy and colder today and tonight, slow- ly rising temperature Tuesday. Clearing late tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight near 52 - 53; hi Tuesday about 65. Moderate to fresh northerly winds. Solons Give Cautious OK To New Plan By JACK BELL . WASHINGTON (® — Key law- ‘Famed Woman Mys In Emergency At IPocket Knife Used : tery Writer Has Three Dramas Running In London LONDON Christie is the — At 63, Agatha rst woman in his- sry tochave three dramas running 1 London’s West sure, she has ng in New York F é : akers in a Congress never be- Florida: Fair continued cold |™ ga . north portion, colder south and cen-| fore willing bed vote for universal tral portions this afternoon and to- | military training gave cautious ap- night. Frost and freezing tonight | proval Saturday to President Eisen- many years this gray-haired hwoman has been more or a “queen of crime.” but even (Chicago Hospital with lowest ranging from 25 to 30 in north and central portions to 30 | to 35 away from the coast in ‘the | south portion. Fair Tuesday, slight- |ly higher temperatures in after- | noon. | Jacksonville thru. the , Florida Straits: Moderate northwest to north winds becoming gentle to | moderate northerly Tuesday. East Gulf: Gentle to moderate | northwest to north winds thru Tues- day. Fair weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh northerly winds thru Tues- day. Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers mostly over south portion, e Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Dec. 20, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday __ Lowest last night — Mean Normal —— Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year - 56.84 Excess this year 18.12 ii Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 56% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.10 in: 1019.6 mbs, Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise —_ : 01 i 80 34 Moonrise Moonset TOMORROW‘: TIDES (Nava) Base) Time ef Height of Tide high water Low Tides 1:34 a.m. 12:24 p.m ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m (east end) ....+2h 26m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. —oh 40m No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) Station— High Tides 8:20 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 9.0 tt. +3h 10m 41.4 ft. (—)—Minus si Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to be added. Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta — Billings __ Birmingham __. Bismark — Boston ‘Buffalo 9| 27) 35 Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City - KEY WEST _ | Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami = Minneapolis | Memphis 48 31 29 6: 61 55| 23 20] = 45 29) 22] 31 2 New York _.. ,| diate call and two million in a .| Guard and reserve activities. .| into being, tentative plans call for .| a 468,000-man cut in the present CHICAGO W—An X-ray techni- | cian whose heartbeat was restored | after emergency pocket knife sur- gery Friday still faced a fight for life today. Lutheran Deacouness Hospital | reported 24-year-old Stanley Wis-| niewski is. still in critical condi- | tion. He collapsed to the X-ray | darkroom foor three days ago and | heart massage and other Proce. | dures kept him alive until his heazt | |resumed normal beating 2 hours | changes Congress may want to and 15 minutes later. | make in a program generally re-| When Wisniewski suffered garded as reviving in limited form {heart attack, a hastily summoned UMT recommendations that have | surgeon made an incision with not been too popular in the past. | pocket knife and began massagi As outlined by the Defense De- | his heart. partment, the Eisenhower plan Other staff members and equi would permit 17-year-elds to volun- ; ment were assembled; oxygen was teer at $30 a month for six months | administered; and the patient was} traning and lengthy reserve duty | moved to an operating room where | in the National Guard, Army or|thkerapy and forced breathing | Marine Corps units. supplemented heart massage. The draft would continue, the| Doctors who took part asked that National Guard would remain un-| their names not be used. | Force would rely on other pro- + grams to build up their reserves. The over-all program would pro- vide a five million man reserve | Applications by 1959, including three million in | , a ready reserve subject to imme- For AF Sehoo4 Short Of Goal By RAY HEN Y hower’s program of boosting the armed services strength. Both Democratic and Repubiican members generally approved a de- fense department announcement Friday of plans to excuse 100,- 000 youngsters yearly from the draft if they volunteer for six months active training and follow it with 9% years reserve duty. But most of the legislators will- ing to comment keyed their ac- ceptance of this proposal to | secondary reserve composed large- ly of veterans. Secretary of Defense Wilson es- timated the cost at $1,100,000,000 yearly, about 350 millions more than the present cost of National dents for its new academy, ha received only 1,634 to date armed forces strength to a level} Congress members, who have of 2,700,000 mén in June 1959. Wil- | two more mon‘hs in which to nom- | son did not estimate the saving | inate their sevections, gave a num- this would bring. ber of reasons for the delay Sen. Russell (D-Ga), prospective | including desire to hear from new chairman of the Senate Armed | all applisants who want to ve} Services Committee, withheld judg- i considered, ment unéil the program is formal-| The “ir Academy’s first class is | ly presented to Congress. Russel! | to reyort next July at Lowry Air | has been an advocate of UMT fh} Force Base near Denver, Colo., for the past. air training comparable to that Sen, Kefauver (D-Tenn), a mem-| given potential Army and Navy ber of the committee, said in an | cfficers at West Point and Annapo- interview he thinks the plan ‘sj fig, respectively watkable and “in general, I’m in{ A deadline of Feb. 18 has been favor of it.” But he said that corm |set for the nominations, most of @ressional committees ‘‘will have | which are allotted to senators and 4o work out details” in extending | Tepresentatives, Each may nomi hearings. jnate 10. Other nominations may Sen. Saltonstall (R-Mass), retir-| come from other sources, including | ing chairman of the committee, | the President and vice-president. | |! | said in a statement that the pro- posal “certainly is a covstructive | step toward building wp our re- serve system.” Sen. Stennis (D-Miss), another Also allotted nominations are | ka, the District of Columbia, the, Panama Canal Zone and Puerto| Rico, | member of the committee, fore- —_— | cast approval of what he called “a| Harvard University held its first modified UMT” if it has “the |commencement in 1642. | strong support of the President.” | - = | is al the territories of Hawaii and Alas- | }i for her this is a great year. Her three stage hits are: “Witness for the Prosecution,” showing London. “The Mousetrap,” month here, “Spider’s. Web,” which ia London last week. In all, she has written more than 50 mysteries. Her prortuction has slowed down a bit lately She pro- duces only one mystery book a year—in addition ta dramas, that in its 25th opened he writes exclusive- ly mm Bat she takes great pride in technique. To any reader who cries “foal” when the surprise murderer is identified at the end cf her talv, Agatha Christie cites ehapter and verse in the early “I just say things that can be taken two ways,” she mildly pro- tests. “I don’t cheat.” both in New York and| | Read The Citizen EISNER Furniture Co. Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 4 Shopping Days ‘Til Christmas USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-9193 | Your PURE OIL Dealer | Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries | ACCESSORIES RADIO and CIFELLI'S 3 seccice Factory Methods Used— All Work Cuaranteed | Marine Radios & Asst. Equipment | FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE—SEE DAVID CIFELLI $28 Truman Avenue TELEPHONE 2-6008 Eskimo Nite Sunday Night 2 Pieces of Furs will be Awarded Each Sunday Night TONIGHT Show Times: FORT TI 7:00 and 10:06 MAN IN THE DARK 8:56 ONLY « 4 100% Air Conditioned STRAND Box Office Opens at 1:45 P.M. CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM THERE ON Sen. 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