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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
National Guard
Thanks Navy For
Its Assistance

On the eve of Armed Forces
Week, Lieutenant Clyde Sticknev.
commanding officer Of Key
Vests National Guard Unit. has
written Captain o. A. Smith,
commanding officer Of the Key
West Naval Hospital, thanking
i'm for physical examinations
given 10 all Ga members Of the
anii wien il was called to active
duty.
"Thc undersigned would like to
express bis appreciation and
gratitude" the letter said, for
The admirable cooperation Of
stour command in processing the
,fficers and enlisted men Of this
organization.
"Such wonderful inter service
cooperation merits the highest
raise indeed, for without your
selp it would rave peen very
difficult to process these men ir
,rdcr to so into Federal Services,
3sWe did on biay /
MAY all units OF the vario,.s
.crvices work together this well,
in the troubled days ahead, and
america has nothing 70 fear"
Armed Forces Week begins
next Sunday, May 10, ind Armed
Forces LAY will be celebrated,
SATURDAY, MAY %.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07

fhis Capitol Hill spokcsmen.
The Preside. speaks at 1850
EDIT at a federal civil defense
dinner at the Hotel Statlrr It viii
be his first formal speech since
the general he removed FROM
command appeared before Senate
committees inquiring into foreign
policy and the Korean war
Rayburn. asked if he and tlle
other congre sional leaders had
gone over MacArthur's testimony
with the President, replied:
"As I have said before, no two
or three people can get together
now without discussing General
Macarthur. We didn't come II,
any conclusion about Mr. MacAr n
thur. "
Vice President Barley, pnaia
Majority Leader Mcfarland ani
House Majority Leader Ng6safs
mack participated in the confer
cnce. A member of General Omar
BradIey's staff gave the group a
briefing on the military situation
in Korea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
200 Persons Are
Reported Killed
In Earthquake q.

SAN SALVADOR. May 7.7r(Pl
"A dispatch from San Salvador
says that at least zoo persons are
reported to have been killed in
an earthquake in Ell Salvador
yesterday.
The quake hit two citieS-Jucu-
apa and Chinameca.
Ell Salvador in Central America
is between Honduras and Guatc-
mala.
The two cities hit arc both be-
tween 90 and 95 miles east of the
capital city. San Salvador. Jucu-
apa has population of $4,000 and
Chinameca has $4,000.
The strong quakes DESTROYED
many homes. and public build
ingS. Many persons were said to
have been buried in the ruins.
Nearby towns also suffered
great damage. ILL.,. \
Allgtl,e~ towns arc situated near
San Miguel volcano, but it did
not erupt, . x@
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
0'Bryant, March
Will Attend
School Meeting

Horace O'Bryant, supervisor of
public instruction for Monroe
county will attend meeting
next Saturday in Miami accom-
panied by L. S. March, president
Of the 10th district of the educa-
tional association.
The meeting convenes at 2 pm.
in the Dade County school adj
ministration building for the pur-
pose of discussing plans for a
convention slated for August 81.
Supervisors from three eoun-
ties, Monroe, Dade and Broward,
are expected to be present along
with school principals, presidents
of the Glass Room Teachers as
ISOLATION and members of the
teaching staffs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Florida A.P.
Thanks Navy

-
A letter to Conldr n w. SAT-
ford, public information officer
for the navy here has been re-
ceived from E. v. w. Jones, State
news editor for the Associated
Press, who extended personal
thanks to the navy for their work
in the recent plane disaster here,
The letter states:
Il want to thank you, Capt
r. S. Quackenubush, Jr,. and
other officers and personnel OF
the Naval base for your coopera-
ton toward me and other news
papermen who were in Key West
to cover the accident involving
the Cuban airliner and the Navy
trainer.
II realized that this was busy
and trying time for all of you
and the emergency imposed heavy
duties and responsibilities upon
you, and because of this ! wa,
even more impressed by the cour-
tesy and ready willingness all ol
you displayed without exception
toward ncwsmen.
"You made our job vastly
easier, but more important youl
splendid attitude quickly dis
pClled the flood of fGlse rumors
and permitted news stories to be
fs.ctuaI am accurate. You have
cur gratitude for that.
Call on us whenever we can be
u service
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
.Lyerlv To Address
Engineers Club

? E. E. Lyerly, of the elcctronics
office of the Charleston Naval
Shipyard. will be the principal
speaker at tho meeting of the Key
West Engineers Club Tuesday
evening at the club rooms, Build
ing SIS, US Naval Seaplane
Base. on Tuesday. May 8.
Lycrly'S subject will be IRA
diac Instrumentation" he will
demonstrate how to determine if
an area or. article is adioactivc
and its degree of radioactivity and
how to protect personnel working
with such articles and/or in con-
taminated area, by measuring the
strength of the rays and COM
putting the time exposed. 1t is the
timelstrenGth of the ray expos
ure that can be injurious or fatal
10 those subjected to atomic ra-
diation.
Charts will be used to illus
" UtC tiIC iJtOSfNSS vi INu1iCttA
Physics beginning with the dis
covcry of X-rays by William
Rocntgen of Germany in 1895 and
through the general theory OF
relatively advanced by Albert
EinStcin~in 1918 up to the present
time.
The equipment used in the
demonstration is so sensitive that
it will record the presence Of a
radium dial watch locked in a
sheet metal box and will also
register the coSmic ray radiation
from space. Cosmic rays are very
weak at sea level but increase in
strength with altitude. The Gel
ger Counter" which is the basis
of some of the present day Radiac
equipment was originally de-
signed to measure these cosmic
avs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07

Generally, the Reds are
getting harder and harder
to find, They've made their
biggest bid on the western
sector, against the R.O.K.
forces northwest of Seoul.
Leave Rockets
American jets left their rockets
home today, while they conccn-
trated on bombing Communist
troops, supply and transportation
ccnters north of Pyongyang, the
North Korean capital,
35 shooting star jets made bomb
raids in three waves on railway
yards.
Enemy Claims
The enemy radio, meanwhile,
has made some claims of Allied
casualties. The Communist radio
at Pyongyang says six United
Nations planes have been shot
down, five airmen captured
The Reds also claim to have in
flicted $4,000 casualties on Allied
troops and to have destroyed or
damaged 1000 Allied planes
throughout the war.
Allied intelligence officers quote
n North Korean officer 9g having
told his troops 'the war is about
over"
There is no Allied Interpretation
of this statement, but the enemy
officer is quoted as having said
there will be no new Red often
SiVe. -
This Communist officer is quot
ed as having said American plan
es keep the COMMUNISTS from
getting tanks to the battlefronts
from Manchuria-and so, prevent
them from mounting an effective
assault.
It is not clear whether the
enemy officer has been captured,
or whether someone who heard
him has talked. However, he
could have meant only that the
war has reached a stalemate, be-
cause, as things stand, neither
side can win.
New Type OF Enemy Plane
A new type of enemy night
fighter has made its appearance
over North Korea. Descriptions
are scanty, because pilots have
been unable to get a good look
at the enemy interceptors in the
darkness.
Three of the enemy jets made
unsuccessful attacks on an Amer
can 1852 Sunday night, They
ladc several passes over a period
OF 20 minutes. That was the third
appearance OF the enemy planes,
which presumably are Russian
made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07

lie added that the queS-
ton has not been brought
up as a formal proposition.
however.
Marshall concluded his first
dav Of testimony at t,l0 p. M.
Eastern Daylight Time. He'll be
on the stand again tomorrow
mo'nin"
The defense secretary declared
that the administrations policy
has not Wavered about denying
Folmoza 10 the Chinese Reds and
also opposing giving Rcd China =
United Nations scat.
Marshall made significant dis
closure about January 18th
memorandum of the joint chiefs
OF staff which Macarthur has
claimed supported his proposals
for fighting the war harder
against Rcd China:
The defense secretary said the
memorandum contained sixteen
courses of recommended action
and only four were quoted by
Macarthur. And Marshall said
he memorandum was drafted for
use if American troops bad to
withdraw from Korea - it was
discarded when it became APP
parent that the GI.'s had turned
the tide of battle.
Marshall declared that Mac
Arthur's policies would risk an
about war even at the expense
If losing sotr Allies and Wrecking
he coalition of free peoples
throughout the world. a
AZ the outset Of his Testimony.
he defense secretary said he de-
plorcd necessity of having to
testify in contradiction to a
brother Army officer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
SOUieis Don't
Seem To Like
Paid Vacations

MOSCOW. May 7.-tP1.-
pravda said today dozens of
Soviet biologists suddenly get
an urge in the spYinutime to
do research on landslide pre-
vention in the Southern Cri-
mea.
The end up. Pravda ex-
planned. vacation with pay.
The Communist party
newspaper said it found that
government organizations are
spending hundreds of thous-
ands of ruhles sending ex-
perts to balmY Black Sea va
cation centers during the re-
sort season. The geolo9ists
lie In the sun or complete
dissertations while the or
CARNATIONS for which they
work pay their salaries. plus
travel and housing expenses.
and field allowances.
It's lucky. Pravda remark
ed. that there is a fair amount
of space in the South cri1rean
district. Otherwise. ! The geo.
logical expeditions would get
in each Others way during
the vacation time.
The paper was quick to
point out that landslide pre-
vention was an important
matter. in the South Crimea.
where the government is in
vesting large sums in resort
construction. But the research
of years has SO far produced
no results, Pravda said. be-
cause of poor organization
and a lack of really serious
study.
The Communist organ
quoted one Soviet professor
thus: Landslide research in
the South Crimea has turned
into something like perpetual
motion or the squirrel cage
much motion with no results.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Caldwell Hits
At Apathy In
United States
Says We Must Stop
Defying The First
Law OF Nature
That Of Survival

WASHINGTON, May 7.-R,-
Civil Defense Administrator
Willard Caldwell has urged what
he called a nationwide crusade
against apathy"
Caldwell spoke at the opening
session of two-day civil de-
Tense conference here.
He declared that too many poo
pie in this country fall into one
of two groups those who are
apathetic abou. the A bomb and
its effects or those who are besct
by fear and heiplcssness.'
Said Caldwell:
Our problem is to get those
people to understand that an
9tomic attack does not spell doom.
10 understand that by taking GER
tain simple precautions most peo-
pie can continue to live and to
work.
We must persuade them to stop
Cefying the firSc law Of nature,
that of survival"
Caldwell declared that well
organized civil defense can re-
duce casualties from bomb
iEg attack at least by half and
keep the cities and production
lines in operation"
President Truman is scheduled
TO address the delegates at din
ner. tonight in the Statlcr Hotel.
Secretary of Defense Marshall has
been asked to speak at luncheon
today.
Attending the conference are
leaders of some $50 national or
CARNATIONS. Represented are civic,
fratcrnal. religious, professional,
labor, veterans and women's
groups.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Explosion Heard
Sixty Miles Away

SARNIA, May 7.-(P1.-A giant
blast OF exploding gas rocked the
huge Polymcr Synthetic Rubber
and Chemical plant near the West
Ontario, Canada, city of Sarnia
late last night.
The blast was Of such force that
it was felt so miles away in tho
Canadian City of Londan. But no
one was killed and police say only
three workers were injured, and
they were not hurt seriously.
A highly inflan1mable gas is
used in the production Of synthe-
tic rubber.
Flames covered an area about
800 feet square. and shot more
than 100 feet high. following the
explosion.
Port Huron. Michigan. lies just
across the st. Clair river from
Sarnia, near where the 87-acre
rubber and chemical plant is
located. Windows were broken in
Port Huron, homes were shaken
for miles around, and several
doors were blown open at one
town As miles east of the explo-
sion area.
The Polymer plant is doing Sec
ret work for the Canadian gov
eminent, so all gates to the
grounds were locked and guard
ed Immediately following the
blast. Company officials said a
statement will be issued this
morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Warren Urged To
Haze Johnston,
WOIfsOn Testify

TALLAHASSEE. May p
P.-The Florida House TO-
day named a three man com
mittee to urge Governor War
rem to use every means in his
power to persuade William II.
Johnson and Louis Wolfson to
appear before the Haley COM
mittee.
The committee. composed
of three former House speak
ers. went Immediately to give
the resolution personally to
Governor Warren. The former
speakers are Representatives
Simpson of Jefferson. Murray
of Polk and Beasley of Wal
ton counties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Capt. Aden
NH Witness
This Morning
Declares Most OF
Plane Parts For
Reconstruction
Have Been Recovered

The Naval Board of Inquiry adj
journcd today to review tcSti-
mony and line up any further
witnesses in the investigation of
the recent airplanc disaster here.
Principal witness this morning
was Capt. Cecil c. AdcH, top
executive Of the naval base.
In charge of the over -all
search for wreckage of both
planes and the victims involved
in the crash. Capt. Adeli said.
Il believe we made every eff
fort using all the facilities in
the area and have recovered
most of the plane parts for re-
construction"
He outlined the area of search
and stated that not only surface
craft. the Marianne barge, and
submarines bad participated in
The salvage work, but that air
craft. helicoptcrs and blimpS had
aided.
The number of divers who ac-
cnmpliShcd the tremendous task
has been estimated at 25.
Comdr. r. w. Stafford, public
information officer, was expected
to be a witness later today
Last Friday. during the inquiry,
an enlisted man told of Scrvicing
the navy's SNB trainer and of the
probable seating arrangement Of
the three officers and one crew
man aboard before the takeoff
Eyewitness of the fall of the
civilian aircraft was 1t. @. p.
Willingham, FAWTU, who opr
served the accident from the Boca
Chica bridge.
He testified that he saw what
he thought was a puff of smoke
in the sky area, but that he did
not see the crash of the navS
plane, nor any collision. His testi-
n,ony was technical and accurate
as to the time and position of the
Cuban plane while it turned and
plunged after a brief interval OF
flight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
In Hospital

TULSA, May 7.-(R.-Film
Star Shirley Temple underwent
an emergency appendcctomy at
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital here
last night.
She was stricken with appendi-
eitis while motoring with her
husband, Charles Black, a tele-
vision program salesman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
AT Investigates
Anplane Crash

ALBUQUERQUE, May 7.-(P.
The Air Force is pressing an
investigation of yesterdays B-36
bomber crash at Kirkland Air
Force base, near here. Twenty
three airmen were killed in the
crash, the fifth and worst B-36
crash since the Air Force put the
huge intercoastaf bomberS into
operation.
Colonel Perry Griffith, the
commander of the Air Force base,
lays that Witnesses are being
summoned But, he says, Il don't
think therell be any new de-
velopments out of the investiga-
ton"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Shrimper Dies
Aboard Vessel

Fred FL. Norris, 62, died Satur-
day morning at sea on board the
S. S. Kenneth Mckay.
The body is being sent today
BIZ Lopez funeral home to HouS-
ton. Texas. Survivors: wife, Mrs.
F. H. Norris. Norris was a boats
vain on the ship.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Allied Forces At Both
FIanks Stab Northward
Today In Korean War
Enemy Cluims They Hove Inflicted
$4,000 Casualties On Troops

TOKYO May 7.-tAP)-Allied Forces both
ends of the battle line Korea stabbed norhward
today.
On the east flank, South Korean troops pushed
toward Ine On the western anchor others X troops
stabbed out northwest on Seoul.
Meanwhile, other Allied forces arc taking up the
slack in the battlefront
The Chinese Communists still are we'll back from
the fighting fronts of range of American artillery
Allied tankpatrols spearng through the deep no.
in search of the enemy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
BLAZING GREASE
rs EXTINGUISIIED

No damage was done Ia
Concha hotel Saturday evening
although the fire department wa
called when smoke poured from
the kitchen.
Grease blazing on a ilos grill
caused the smoke.
Two street drains had Il,
flushed Of gasoline on ilas'ss
street yesterday in the 500 block
Chief Leroy Torres said today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Building Permits

Permits issued here in the Of
flee Of building Inspector Ralph
Russell included $500 roof re-
pair job at La Concha hotel
Mrs. Jean Thomas, 9l3 Georgia
street, obtained a permit to en-
close porch for SIS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Macarthur Plan Will Risk
About War With SoyleH
SO SAYS GENERAL MARSHALL IN
ADDRESS TO-DAY BEFORE SENATE

WASHINGTON, May 7-AP).-GeneralM Marshall
has opened the administrations against General
Macarthur
Testifying for two hours and half before Senate
investigators the defense secretary declared that Mac
Arthurs Korean idea would risk "an about war
with the Soviet Union
Marshall did say, however that the United States
is discussing with other nations of Macarthur
recommendations naval blockade of Red China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
RUSSIA RECOGNIZED

! VIENNA. May 7.--tH1. Russia
Eas been officially recogaized ~
the international Olympic Com
mittee. The action makes the
Russians eligible to compete IN
the 1852 games. The committee
announced its decision in Vienna.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Truman Will Answer General
Macarthur In Speech Tonight
DISCUSSES MacARTHUR'S TESTIMONY
WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY

WASHINGTON, May 7-0F9-Prosdent Truman discussed
General Douglas MacAhus testimony with leaders
today preparation foreign policy speech tonight
Speaker Raybufn told reporters that the Macarthur
up during Mr. Tumans Monday morning with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07
Chambers Minutes
Differed From
Miami 1rficIe

Rev. George M. 1taY today
issued the following state
ment:
II find that the impression
I received from a recent ar
ticle printed in Miami pa
per concerning summer vaca-
ton plans as proposed by our
Key West Chamber of Com
merce is not in keeping with
the minutes OF the chambers
meeting held last Thursday.
in which leading citizens of
Key West were in attendance.
II am happy to know this
and regret that a wrong inn
preston was made. not only
upon me but many other
citizens who read the &C
count"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-07

Key West. Floridn. has the
most equabls climate in the
country. with ON dverags
ronge Of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1951-07-29

ceived within 10 days of one an
other, one is from Miami Beach,
the other from Milford, Pa.
AS the resort men tell it:
The situation (the dearth of
eligible young mem became so
embarrassing that Peter Niles,
manager of the Wofford Beach
Hotel and a director of the Miami
Beach Hotel Association, decided
to do something about it. He got
the idea when he received reser-
walton request from a Canadian
travel agent for four college boys
making a tour of the United
States and planning 10 spend a
week at the Wofford Beach Hotel.
/ Mr.. Niles says that during the
summer months in Miami Beach,
these reservations are very rare.
He wanted more reservations of
this type, so he is now offering a
bonus of ST for each such reser-
walton.
/ Friends. travel agents, :cans-
portation companies and even the
Air Force are cooperating with
the Niles plan to meet the de-
mand for more men to escort his
feminine guests. About So air
men recently stayed a week at the
hotel, the first of the military to
get the eye from a large number
of young women.
/ The Milford (Pa) resort oper-
ator handled the situation a bit
differently, but with the same OBJ
jective. AS host at Camp Log
Tavern. Lew Miller noticed that
in recent seasons, female guests
at his resort have been anxious
about the shortage Of male COM
panionship. He went to work on
the problem last year.
| First, he began to stress the
resorts attractions and facilities
for male guests. He compiled an
extensive list of prospective male
vacationers and went after their
patronage. In addition, last win
ter, he constructed special cam
pus quarters for men, which
would enable them to spend their
vacations at reduced rates. Mr..
Miller says the Ideal ratio of a
boy for every girl was achieved
and is being maintained and that