The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1954, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, December 28, 1954 Coordination Sought Among Groups Studying Red Tide NAPLES (#—The special Florida House Committee set up to study | the fishkilling red tide has made | it clear that one of its aims is to avoid what it thinks might be dupli-| cation in research efforts. The committee also sounded a call for more cooperation and co- ordination among all agencies studying the red tide which has| killed fish by the millions %in the | Gulf of Mexico since 1947. Scientists from the Universities | of Miami and Florida asked the! committee yesterday for aid i obtaining $280,000 in state monies | Marine Laboratory lion dollars of the amount. | Rep. D. C. Jones Jr., of Naples, chairman of the committee, and Rep. Tom Johnson of Tampa | sounded the principal notes on what they said was lack of coordination. | Also conducting research is team of federal scientists working | out of Fort Myers. These research. | t ers are part of the Federal Fish | ¢,, and Wildlife Agency. Johnson observed that it appears University of Miami marine life | scientists are distributing regularly | Observation Taken at Post Office their findings of what they've found | about the red tide but that the| University of Florida is not. He asked Dr. James B. Lackey of the | new Florida research laboratory at | Highest yesterday St. Petersburg whether coordina- | Lowest last night Mean & Normal tion could not be effected. Dr. Lackey replied that coordina- tion already is being accomplished and that his staff of researchers | cloudy with local showers possible tonight thru Wednesday. Continued Wednesday near 80. Moderate to fresh east and southeast winds. al ionally cloudy with widely scatter- | ed iami | WUe"t over north portion late to- to conduct ee ‘am | night and Wednesday, Continued wants % mil-| mild | Straits and East Gulf: Fresh east southeast Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers becoming more frequent over extreme north por- tion Wednesday. | Wednesday. Partly widely scattered showers. The Weatherman Says: Key West and Vicinity: Partly mild. Low tonight near 68 and high Florida: Partly cloudy to occas- showers becoming more fre- Jacksonville thru the Florida 0 southeast winds becoming fresh to south Wednesday. Western Caribbean: Moderate to esh northeast to east winds thru cloudy and Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Dec. 28, 1954 Temperatures _.. 80] 00) 8 71 +» Precipi Kentucky Woman Shot To Death, Dragged Home IRVINE, Ky. (®—The body of Mrs. Sherman Collins, apparently shot to death and dragged to her 25 Per Cent Pay Boost For Military Asked. ? WASHINGTON — Sen. Mans- lice last pee wae found by police fteld (D-Mont) proposed today a Sheriff Fred Brandenburg said |25 per cent boost in military pay the 32-year-old woman had left her | rates as a means to maintain a home at nearby Wagersville, Ky., | three-million-man military force two days ag@ when her husband jon a permanent basis with mini- had been struck down by rifle bul- | mum use of the draft. lets fired from a nearby woods. Mansfield said too he is opposed Sherman Collins, hit in the neck |tc any universal military service and back, had managed to crawl | program which is not accompanied to the house and notify his wife|hy a new excess profits tax on who started out on foot for Irvine, | war production. He included the eight miles away. | modified system which the Eisen- Brandenburg said Mrs. Collins’ | hower administration has said it body, found in a back room of the | will ask Congress to approve next home, had mud on one shoulder | year. and a footprint on her chest. He | “If we have to draft men, then said she had been shot elsewhere |we should also draft the excess and then dragged to the house. | Profits which come from war and Collins had notified the sheriff |defense production,” he said. that ,his wife was missing after| He said that when th€ adminis- neighborg,took him to the home of | tration’s military manpower pro- @ brother yesterday morning. He|gram reaches the Senate he will could offer no explanation for the | propose that kind of a tax as an shootings. amendment. An excess profits tax Brandenburg ruled out a robbery | was in effect during World War motive. He said $30 in the woman’s | II and again during the Korean purse was untouched. War. It was allowed to expire a NAVY CONFIRMS = |“. 3&0 As outlined last week by Secre- (Continued from Page One? tary of Defense Wilson, the new vy “we will be in control and we military manpower program con- can build another line. tcmplates extension of the present “We want to talk to the Navy | draft law, due to die this summer. and see how much they want,” he |In addition, there would be pro. added. | vision to give six months of train- The Navy bought the pipeline /ing each year to 100,000 youths from the commission in 1952, a| who volunteer. They would then move planned to streamline the op- | pe obligated to serve in the re- eration of the utility. serves for 9% years. Men current- Construction of the line, complet- jly are drafted for two years and | | | ed in Oct., 1942, was a coopera- Delayed Reports Bring Traffie Toll To 392 CHICAGO (#—Delayed reports of accidents in Texas and Indiana | have brought the traffic death toll | ,, for the Christmas holiday to 392. This was the biggest toll on rec- ord for a two-day Christmas week- | end, and 22 more deaths than the National Safety Council had pre- dicted for this Christmas. The number killed in all types| of accidents over the weekend to-| taled 515—also a new record for a two-day Christmas holiday. This figure included 63 persons who| died in fires and 60 who died in| miscellaneous mishaps between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday local time. Previous high for a 54-hour} Christmas survey was 277 dead in| traffic and 396 from all accident | causes in 1948. | This Christmas Texas led all states with 35 traffic deaths and California was second with 29. CLYDE-MALLORY (Continued from Page One) sitors, the rapidly growing popu- lation of the West Coast of Flori- da and the Florida Keys and the steady increase in traffic between the United States and Cuba, con- vince us of the necessity of direct cruise service between these points and Havana,” stated K. A. Osborne, P and O vice - president and gen- eral manager. | “Using these facts as a basis, | we anticipate a sell-out on ali crui-| ses, both over and back, through- out the coming winter season,” Os- DEATH CHARLES T. ARCHER Charles T. Archer, 84. died last night at his residence of his son, Mr. Archer resided at 621 Caroline St He is survived rs. Sarah Archer Mrs. Miriam Wa! dale; two sons, V Key West, and C! Deerfield, Fla.; four and three great gr Mr. Archer was a m the Key West Volunteer partment, a charter me P. 0.°S. of A., and a cha ber of the Red Men. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the First Congregational Church with Harry Gregory officiating dy will beplaced in the ch 1 p. m. Burial will be in the family plot in City Cemetery. Pritchard Fun- eral Home is in charge of arrang' ments. by widow, am R. Archer. les H. Archer, randchildren er of the mem- i | | | Haury Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Haury, who died Sunday afternoon will be held Wednesday at 5 p. m.| in the Chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home. The Rev. A. D. O’Briant will officiate. | Mrs. Haury is survived by the husband, Ed Haury: two da Mrs. Mary Larsen and Mrs. C les Riggs, Jr.; two brothers, mer Furr and Jack MeClun ther, Clarence McClung; one sister, TODAYS STOCK MARKET NEW YORK ip market was lower tod. 1 several vailed. losses spread of around a point} with ssed side of the list more extensive Steels, motors and oils remained | steady. Utilities and tobaccos edged higher. Other major divi- sions of the list were predominate- ly lower. Among early blocks were New York Central 5,000 shares up % at American Cyanamid 1,000 off International Harvester % at 35%, Pepsi-Cola 500 unchanged at 17%, and Boe- ing 1,400 off % at 70%. EISNER Furniture Co. 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He said also that | Total this month 0.81 ins. the University of Florida informal- | Deficiency this month _ 0.77 ins.} then are supposed to serve in the reserves for six years. | Mrs. Bell Miller; and two nephews, Harold and Herbert McClung. Burial will be in the tamily plot tive venture by the Navy and the commission. ly had furnished results of their | Total this year |r. studies to other agencies. | Dean Joseph Weil, bead of the | University of Florida’s Engineering | and Industrial Research Division | and Lackey’s superior, said the} Florida scientists want to be sure of their facts before getting them into print. : Johnson obtained no complete answer to his question on whether all the research could not be con- centrated in one’ laboratory. | Robert Engle said the University | of Miami wanted to use its money | obtained from the state to (1) study | the basic biology of the red tide—| believed to be caused by the or-| ganism gymnodinium brevis dl | results of tidal currents on the red | tide; (2) find control measures; | (3) make cultures of the marine | life killer and laboratories . and; (4) keep a floating. laboratory ship | permanently on the West Coast. Dean Weil was asked why the University of Florida was seeking considerably less money than M. | ami. Weil explained he hoped the | research would be a continuing | Process and that funds from privaie sources and foundations might be supplied to supplement the state money. He added that much more re- mains to the problem than making cultures of the marine organisms. | He said much engineering study | will have to be done. Engle told the committee his Miami laboratory is working on the | theory that Gulf waters contain something which must cause out- breaks of the red tide. He said his scientists want to look into deposits of phosphate or other chemicals | washed into the Gulf, | Engle also said there appeared | to be something washing off from | peat in the Everglades region | which might touch off the red tide. | Red China Paper Says Communists | Will Oust Chiang TOKYO ®—The Chinese Com-| munist people will “liberate Tai- wan (Formosa), put an end to Chiang Kai-shek (presideat of Na- tionalist China), and shatter the U.S.-Chiang war treat a semi. official Red China newspaper said | today. Using some of the strongest lan. Suage yet employed in a month- long propaganda barrage, the P2i- ping People’s Daily, quoted in a! Peiping radie broadcast heard here, asserted: “In the interests of peace it is imperative that the United State government withdraw all of its armed forces from Taiwan, the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands and that Taiwan Strait, and put a stop to its incursions on Chinese terri- tory and independence The broadcast said China’ would “respond with counterblows” if anyone should impose war upon them. New Role For Ship PHILADELPHIA ® — The de-| stroyer-escort USS Haverfield, World War ‘Il fighter, was un- veiled in a new role yesterday, that of a floating radar-detection station. The Navy. in a preview of com missioning ceremonies, said the Haverfield will be the first outpost to spot and identify aircraft, sub- marines and surface vessels head ed for the American coast., , | | ‘Sunrise Sunset | Moonrise . | Moonset Bahia Honda Boca Chica No Name Key Caldes Channel (—)—Minus sign: (+)—Plus sig Atlanta Augusta -----.56.85 ins. xcess this year 17.59 ins. | Relative Humidity. 7 A.M. 86% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.12 ins.—1020.7 mbs. Tomorrow’s TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Tide high water Low Tides 6:24 am. 12:52 p.m. 6:03 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Station— High Tides —oh 10m ‘2h 20m (bridge) t end) 9.0 +. Sandy Pt. —oh 40m (north end) +2h 10m 41.4 ft, Corrections to be subtracted. Corrections te be added. Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Billings Birmingham Bismark _. Buffalo | that body authorized the formation | of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- The administration plans to ask for an increase in military pay, but has not announced the amount. Florida Airman Sentenced For Japan Slaying TOKYO —A Japanese court Monday convicted a Florida air- man of slaying a Japanese girl and sentenced him to eight years in prison, the U. S, Air Force reported. Airman 1. C. Merrill C. Harvey of Jacksonville, Fla., aas given until Jan. 10 to file an appeal in Japan courts. The Air Force said Harvey shot and killed Naomi Shibata, working in a bar near Itazuke Air Base on Kyushu, Oct. 8. Testimony indicated Harvey and the girl had been friends and the shooting grew out of a quarrel. Maximum sentence for murder in Japan is death; minimum, three years imprisonment. Mrs. Ruby D. Harvey, the air- man’s mother, said in Jacksonville she had not heard from her son since’ late in September. Mrs. Harvey, a clerk in the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue, described her son as a “quiet boy.” The airman is her only son. There is a married daughter. Step-Up Here | When the United States was plung- | ed into World War II, military ac tivity was stepped up sharply, pointing up the need for a reliable water source. The first step toward construc- | tion of the line was taken by the Florida Legislature in 1941 when mission, a political subdivision of the State of Florida. Spessard Holland, now U. S. Sen- ator, was governor at the time. To date, ‘the total cost the project — building an 18-inch wa- ter line the 130 miles from Florida City to Key West — is $6,886,208, Two-thirds of the tab was pick- ed up by the Navy. The commission floated revenue bonds to handle the balance, Growth Shown That the water system has shown a tremendous growth can be seen from the following figures: During 1944, a total of 21,467,000. gallons of water were pumped | through the line. The figure for 1954 is expected to top 82,000,000 gallons Revenue from the sale of water has jumped from $12,845 to $61,067 per month over the same period. The purchase agreement that transferred ownership of the line to the Navy in 1952 provides that the commission buy water from the | Navy for re-sale to civilians. A little over a year ago the com- mission failed to get freeholders’ | approval of a new $14,000,000 water | KOREANS ARRESTED line to parallel the existing line. = a SEOUL (®—National police re- K. W. PUBLICIZED |ported today the arrest of thtee , The January, 1955, issue of Scen-| Koreans described as Communist ic South carries three full-page | agents who distributed North Ko- Photos of Key West scenes. |rean provaganda leaflets at the| Pictured in the Standard Oil|homes of ROK assemblymen. Company publication are a turtle | boat, a turtle being unloaded, and . As much as 600 inches of snow Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso __ Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City _ KEY WEST Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville _ Meridian Miami Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans 37] allt 37] . 27} - 3t |New York Norfolk Omaha Pensacola __ Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis an Antonio an Francisco Seattle Tallahassee Tampa ied Washington Troops Depart From Tradition CAMP ZAMA. Japan W—Maybe | it’s the influence of the barbecue | back States ide, but U.S. troops ir apan and Korea will start 1955 w th @ charcoal-broiled steak din- ner. The Army said the traditional) New Year's Day menu of ham or turkey will be replaced with grilled tenderloins, The rest of the meal: soup nuts, french fries, Peas, chilled toma- tyes, salad with french dressing, hot rolls, ice cream, coffee and | candy, a shot of Watlington House, 322 | may flll in a year on some of the Duval Street, the oldest house slopes of the Sierras, and one re- Florida, which accommodates 500 Passengers, offers the popular Showboat cruise between Miami and Havana. “Broadway goes to sea” is the theme of these tri- weekly overnight cruises on which stars of stage, screen and’ televi- sion are featured attractions with | Jose Martinez cruise director of| the SS Florida, acting as emcee. | Combination Fares Combination fares on the SS Cu- ba and Florida wil) be available, allowing holiday seekers to vary | their itineraries. For example, Mi-! amians may choose Key West as} a port of embarkation, enjoying the deylight. cruise of the SS Cuba, and return to Miami on the over- | night cruise aboard the SS Florida. Dinner, breakfast and luncheon ere served aboard the SS Cuba on Passage from Tampa to Havana end return, luncheon both ways be- tween Key West and Havana. Din- ner and breakfast are served in both directors on the SS Flo- rida. Effective Jan. 19, P and O will! offer personally conducted all - ex. | pense tours to the interior of Cuba \ in conjunction with the Santiago- Habana Bus Co. Islands off northern Sicily, where Sight-Seeing Trips rolling earthquakes spread panic} Air-conditoned busses with Eng-| among the people of small fishing lish - speaking guides will meet | villages. the ships when they dock in Ha-| The quakes were felt for more vana. |than 11 hours yesterday and con- A variety of trips will be offered | tinued, intermittently, during much to the western parts of the island, | of the night. | including such interesting and his-| Reports reaching here by radio toric parts of the island as San|said there were no dead, but a Juan and Martinez, Pinar del Rio,|few people were slightly injured. Soroa Springs, Sugar Mill, Matan-| Several houses collapsed and oth- zas, Yumuri Valley, Veradero|ers were damaged. Beach and others. ———— In recent years many new high-| About 800,000 American die each ways have been constructed| year from heart dise throughout Cuba, and modern ho- = tels and motels are springing up| American farmers are cultivating to meet the demands of an ever-|the same amount of land today: increasing tourist trade. at they did in 1920. in City Cemetery. Fire Threatens Mountain Town SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. i — Wind-lashed flames, which have burned 2,000 acres of timber an scorched roofs and fences, tc threatened a mountain town in € jon Pass, gateway to southern California from the east. Nearly 500 residents in 120 homes in Devore were alerted for possibie evacuation. Fire ¢ ed less than a mile from the San Bernardino which runs U.S. Highway A dozen families moved out |the nearby settlement of }mont last night. Fire stopped the flames at | Peeps: Quakes Reported MESSINA, Sicily (#?—The Italian | Red Cross rushed tents and relief | supplies today to the lonely Lipari } of Verde fighters the door- here. cord of 800 inches is reported. NOW APPEARING at the PREVIEW LOUNGE 700 Duval Street DIRECT FROM MIAMI AND CHICAGO ENGAGEMENTS RUFUS BEACHAM TRIO Recording Stars on KING and DECCA RECORDS Also Reggie Johnson at the Keyboard Gala New Year's Eve Party Open House - No Cover - No Minimum NEW SHOW POLICY—Continuous Entertainment Starting at 8 P.M.—Open Till 4 A.M. GENEVIEVE C. ALLARD, Mgr. | Today Through Friday A SHOW SO TERRIFIC THAT WE'VE BOOKED IT FOR A FULL WEEK'S RUN! Jupy GARLAND JAMES JACK CARSON CHARLES BICKFORD 76m MOSS HART: SIDNEY LUFT * GEORGE CUKOR ATRANSCONA &% eecserrea ov WARNER BROS. eomem.vos or HAROLD ARLEN ane mes or IRA NOONAN FIRST IN A SPECIAL SERIES OF THREE OUTSTANDING PICTURES Fox News Cartoon Box Office Open: 1:45 - 9:00 P.M. 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