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Evening star., 1952-11-20


And we who have known and loved him.
Whose passing has brought sad tears.
Will cherish his memory always.
To brighten the drifting years.
AGNES AND WILLIAM sPANGLER. !.
SCOTT. RAdPH; NJ In memory Of our Loved ed
home seven years ago today, November
20. 1945.
Out Of this void of time
Are born sweet memories sublime,
Through which We smile in spite Of tears
That often fow In after years.
For we shall meet again some day
In mansions blest SO far away,
And live through all eternity
In happiness with God and thee.
MOTHER pdsISsGN IM0GGNE SCOTT; SISTER
SCOTT. RALPH. In sad but loving mem
ory Of my wonderful brother. RALPH
SCOTT. who passed away seven years
ago today. November 90. l945.
Just a line of sweet remembrance.
There is not . day, dear brother.
That do not think Of you.
For I love to think Of you my brother,
In mansions bright and fair.
Where gentle Jesus reigns in glory,
There Is no sorrow there.
God gave me the erandest of brothers,
Ali my life j have been thankful
For you wonderful brother Of mine.
Then God saw the road was setting
And the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered. Peace be thine
GLADYS SCOTT RoBERTs.
STEWART. THELMA. In loving memory
OF our dear mother. THELMA STEWART.
who left US three years ago today. No
vemher 20, 1949.
Dear mother you are not forsotten.
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with US,
AS you always were before.
For the blessed memory OF you
Will lead US through each day.
And the tender thoughts we have OF you
Are in our hearts today.
THE FAMILY AND slsrER-1N-LA."'
TYLER. WILLIAM. In sad but loving
memory Of our dear one. WILLIAM
TYLER, who departed this life one year
ago today. November 20. 1851.
1t seems so hard to live. dear.
without your presence here;
That gentle. loving voice of yours
Our aching hearts to cheer.
A happy home we once enjoyed.
How sweet the memory still.
But death has left q lonesomeness
This world can never NIL.
DEVOTED WIFE, MRS. JOSEPHINE
TYLER, AND FAMILY.
TWOMEY, DANIEL d. In lovins memory
of our devoted father, DANIM. D. TWO
MEY. who departed this life twenty
1924 SONS.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
IT, Mrn.urtaal

JOHNSON. FRANCIS A. In loving memory
of our dear son and brother. FRANCIS A.
JOHNSON. who left US nineteen years
ago today. November 90, 1888.
We remember, we care,
Your name IS whispered in our prayers;
A smile, . tear. a thought sincere,
How often we wish you were here.
DEVOTED FATHER AND SISTERS.
JOHNSON. KENNETH EUGENE. In sad
but loving memory of our dear son and
brother. KENNETH EUGENE JOHNSON.
who passed away one year ago today No
vember 20. 1851.
LORD JAMES r. In loving memory Of
our dear son. JAMES F. LORD.
- who gave his life for his coun-
NS try eight years aso today. No.
J vember 20. 1914, in Germany.
S LOVING NON AND DAD.
Evening star., 1952-11-20

RHINES, JOHN r. A tribute Of devotion
to our dear brother. JOHN T. RHINES,
who passed away six years ago today.
November 20 1946.
Somewhere back OF the sunset
Where loveliness never dies.
He lives in a land of glory
With the blue and the gold Of the skies.
And we who have known and loved him,
Whose passing has brousht sad tears.
Will cherish his memory always.
To brighten the drifting years.
HIS DEVOTED SISTER AND BROTHER
AGNES AND WILLIAM 6PANGLER. =
Evening star., 1952-11-20

ELLISON. FRANK G. Voyageurs of Grande
Voiture ia. Forty and Eight,
MEk are hereby notified of the death
EAA of Voyageur FRANK G. ELLISON.
~t All yoyageurS are requested to
~ assemble for services at the
Francis GaSch's Sons Funeral
Home. 4139 Baltimore ave, Hy-
attsvilie. Md at pm. Thursday. No
RAYMOND s. ROYSToN
Grand Chef de Care.
MELVIN w SANDMEYER,
Grand CnrrrSpondaut 20
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Allied Jets Shoot Down Two
Communist Planes Over Korea
Scattered Fighting
Broke Out All Along
The Frozen l45-Mile
Ground Front
Bv GEORGE q. NEARING

SEOUL, Korea P-Allied jets
shot down two Communist MIG
l5s over Northwest Korea today,
probably destroyed another and
damaged a fourth.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
gun films showed that one Red
plane listed earlier as a proDaole
definitely was destroyed.
The Russian-type MICS were
out in force all day, but there was
only one aerial battle. Allied pilots
saio the MICS fled across the Yalu
when the U. S. F-S6 jets headed
toward them.
Scattered fighting broke out all
along the frozen 145-mile ground
front. The heaviest engagement
was on the central front where
an ambushed Allied patrol fought
a brief engagement with an IN
known number of Reds in the early
morning darkness.
Despite the lull IN ground fight
irg the U. S. Eightn ARM said
the Allies killed, wounded or cap
turtd 3,4S3 Reds in the last eek
Total Communist casualties since
The first of the year we're put at
Il. 292.
The Swiriing jet battle over Sin
anju pitted 10 Sabre jets against
Continued On Page Fiv4.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Cold
Spreads Over
Midwest Today
Dakotas And Western
Minnesota Dug Out from
4 Blizzard That Nearly
ParaIyzed Travel
BY The Associated Press

Subzero cold spread over wide
areas of the Midwest today as win
try weather of snow, ice and
strong winds hit areas from the
Rockies to New England.
The Dakotas and Western Min
nesota dug out from blizzard
that nearly paralyzed transporta-
ton. Snowplow crews worked over
night in the biting cold to open
the wind -drifted roads of packed
snow in the blizzard belt.
II was 80 degrees below zero
in Grand Forks, N. D., early to-
day. Minnesota reported readings
of 30 and il was IL in Iowa. No
immediate relief from the icy
blasts was in prospect.
The arctic air from Western
Canada that hit the Northern
Rockies and Northern Plains
pushed across the Mid. Continent.
II was cold southwark to the Gulf
of Mexico and eastward TO the Ap-
palachians.
Al branch line train travel over
the Dakotas and Western Mime
sofa was cancelled Main line pas
senger trains were running several
hours late. The eastbound Olym-
plan Hawatha. due in Minneapolis
at go am. Tuesday was more
than 20 hours late after being
stranded IL hours in drifts in Mo-
bridge, in Central South Dakota.
Winds, which reached velocities
of more than so miles an hour IN
the three states, diminished today
as the blast of subzerO cold struck.
Schools were closed in hundreds
of communities as highway travel
halted. Eight of the nine persons
reported missing in the Mitchell
Pierre Murdo areas of South Da-
kota were found by sn0wplow
crews in a farmhouse which had
no telephone. The missing persons
had started out on highway trips
There were snow flurrles and
Continued IN Page rIve'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
% Die In New
Jersey Plane
Accident
Ex-Secretary OF War
Patterson Is Among
Victims As Airplane
Smashes Buildings
Citizen Staff Photo

ELIZABETH. N. J PA fog.
bound American AirlineS passen-
ger plane. cropping its way into
Newark Airport on instruments.
nOsedived into a residential area
Tuesday and brought flaming
death to its % occupants and five
other persons.
Robert p. Patterson. 60-year- old
former secretary of war under
President Truman, was one of the
victims.
The silver. twin.engined Conyair
inbound from Buffalo. hurtled into
a three story frame apartment
building and exploded in a mass
Of leaping. orange flame that en-
veloped two nearby dwellings,.
A mother and her two children
were killed as their home col.
lapsed about them in hurricane
) like blast A third child, trapped
in another building, and an IN
identified person also died in the
flames
Screaming residents ran for safe.
ty Eleven persons were injured.
including nine occupants of nearby
homes. Also hurt were a fireman
and a rescue worker. who joined
disaster units at the scene. just
2,S miles. from Newark Airport.
For 80 minutes, no one could
get near the raging inferno. where
the Is passengers, three crew
members and two company per
sonnet aboard the plane were
burned beyond recognition For a
time the roaring blaze threatened
10 enguIf the entire block.
Clouds OF steam and smoke blan-
keied the area, which is less than
mile from the spot where a
Miami Airline non-scheduled plane
crashed in the shallow Elizabeth
River IS days ago, killing Sc per-
SONS in the nations second worst
commercial plane disaster.
Positive Identification OF Patter-
son---the first of the dead named
here--was made through dental
charts.
President Truman in statement
from Washington described him as
"a great American and great
public servant.
Whenever his country called.
he answered with unreserved serv-
ice and he brought to every post
rare judgment. understanding and
energy. the President said
Patterson. undeTseeretary OF war
throughout World War II and sec
rotary from September. l945. until
July. i947. had been in Buffalo
for a Federal Court case.
The plane narrowly missed Bat
continued On Page SevenI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Congressman Answer Eisner
Wires Urging Pay Jump
For US. Enlisted Men
SENATOR'S AND
REP. LANTAFF
EXPLAIN STAND
ON LEGISLATION

Commissioner Louis MI EiSner
has received answers to his tele-
grams urging support of increased
pay for Servicemen from Repre-
sentative Fill LantaH. Senators
George Smathers and Spessard l..
Holland, he told The Citizen today.
The letter from Rep, Lantaff dat
ed January ID, states that though
he agrees with Commissioner Els
ner that the "serviceman is entitl-
ed to an increase in his pay. can
not conscientiously support the pre-
sent pay bill"
The legislation passed by the
House. January Is, Lantaff says
"callS for an increase in the pay
of all personnel in the Armed For
ceS. from every general and admi
raj to the newest recruit. including
the cadets and midshipmen at the
academies. Since this calls for
flat increase. il means that enlisted
men will receive only fraction of
what an admiral will receive.
Passage of this bill" Lantaff' s
letter states. will increase the
cost of government over 1892. 900, =
600 a year. My policy at this SEES.
sion is not TO vote for any legisla-
ton calling for additional appro-
priations, unless can be shown
where the money is coming. from.
as I have promised shall not vote
for another increase in taxes this
year. sincerely believe that Con
gresS has scraped the bottom of the
tax barrel and we shall destroy
America unless we put stop. now
to getting our country into deeper
debt.
Il am extremely sympathetic
with the problems of the service
men. Lantaff wrote. particularly
those with families. and | would
like to see legislation passed
TO grant a subsistence and quarters
increase to our enlisted men and
company grade officers. 1t is my
hope TO amend the proposed bill SO
as to provide Servicemen with a
needed increase and at the same
time, to effect every possible saw
ing for the taxpayers. :"
Senator Smsthers said that he
would give the bill his most care.
ful attention when it came before
the Senate. Senator Holland said
he too would consider Eisner'S let
ter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
+ ruffie Control
plessl Submitted
For Key West
Would Make Lot
OF Nv dy Streets
In Order To Ease
Traffic Problems

The Committee for Traf-
fic Study, headed by ". C..
Sweeiing today made rec
concentrations for traffic
control in hey West, Git,
Manager Dave hing an
nOunced.
hing sent the Commit
tees proposals 10 City
commissioners today so
that they can study the
changes.
The proposals suggest
new parking and onc-way
street regulations which
the Committee believes
would improve congesied
traffic conditions in th
Island City.
Below are The recon-.
mendaiiOns of the Conn
mittee:
Change parking OH Tru-
man avenue from South To
North side. Convenient for
incoming visitors.
Enforce one-way trait
on Olivia street running
East with parking OH South
side, from Whitehead To-
White streets.
sso,,te Angela sueeE osic-
way running West between
Pass Over lane and Simon.
ton. or prohibit parking on
either side.
Route Southland street
one-way, running West
from White To Whitehead
streets, parking OH both
sides.
Route Fleming street
one-way, running East.
parking on both sides, ex-
cept County Clinic en-
trance.
Eaton street TO have
parking on North side
only.
Caroline street To have
parking on South side
only.
Front street. between
Duval and SimoniOn. park
ing on South side only.
Thomas street. Onc-"ny
running North between
Southland and Fleming
streets, parking on both
sides, except County Clinic
entrance.
Rouic Whitehead street
one-way. running South
between Front and United
rContin" n I'm Page Sevenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Minor Permits
Issued Today

Permits were issued yesterday
and today 10 Carl Russell and Vic
tor Roberts, by Building Inspector
Ralph Russell.
Russell will paint the exterior
of a building a, ilO6 Olivia street
for about $500 Roberts is making
minor repairs to has home at S23
Georgia street at a cost of $500,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Five Key Westers
Pay Gambling Fee

Federal occupational gambling
stamps We're issued to five appli-
cants from Key West yesterday.
according TO the APP.
Men receiving the $50 ocCupa-
tional stamps from the Bureau of
Internal Revenue in jacksonville
were as follows;
Trlnquilino Castillo. ll0l
Whitehead street; Louis Fernan-
deg, 908 Whitehead street. Raul
Garcia, 1906 Duval street; Oscar
Molina. 1916 Truman avenue and
Bernard Vidal. 923 Truman ave
nue.
The Federal stamps were is
sued at the same time to one
Miami applicant and three in
Wildwood. This brings applicants
to a total OF Az, the Ap said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Eighty-Tuo Year Old Nan Recalls City
Of Key Vest Of Screen Decades Ago

Back in 1882 when w, J. Nc
Corkindale of Roanoke, Va, was
II years old, he lived in Key
West. Now, 10 years later, he is
visiting the city for the second
return trip. A tall, handsome
man with Gulf blue eyes, Nc
Corkindale attended Rotary
club luncheon last week and told
about the days when the town
had a population of about $4,000.
THAT is" he said with a smile.
until my mother and I arrived.
That boosted the count two
more"
McCorkindale' father, Will
liam, was chief engineer of a
steamship named Ella Knight"
which put into Key West reg
ularly.
MY mother and lived at
Capt Williams, a bar pilots
house about the center of town,
but | don't remember the name
of the street" McCorklndale
said. Sam Harris. editorial writer
for The Citizen, when asked
about this, said the home was on
Whitehead near Greene street.
The octagenarian also recalled
that there were no street lights
and no paved streets although at
the time, Key West was one OF
the richest cities per capita IN
the entire country.
There certainly have been d
lot of changes" the 81 year-old
man said. but one thing has
never changed. the fishing is
still good! I've been looking for
the old beaches where all the
children used to swim. There was
one called Geiger's Beach, but /
haven't been able to locate it
On this score. Sam Harris. vet
eran Key WeSter, contributed IN
formation that Gelger's Beach
was a strip of sand al Gelger's
Greek on Boca Chica
McCorkindale. who was born
in New Orleans, remembered
seeing pretty Cuban women IN
fancy bright dresses with man
tillas and fans promenadIng IN
the evenings at a place called
Pablo's Beach"
Harris added that Pa6!o'S
Beach was located on what IS
now James street and extended
little further out on Caroline
street to Trumbo Island
McCorkindale named several
docks: lifts, Philbert's and the
Mallory Line where ships came
in bearing senger and
freight. There was no railroad
into Key West until 1912. We
,,Contiv ned On Page Five'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Disable Nav
Be Given
Cabinet Post
Price Chief would
Give No linking
OF What New Job
Nav Be Offered
Citizen Staff Photo

WASHINGTON (R-Michael Y.
Disable limited today that pros
poets of bigger job-possibly at
Cabinet level-might cause him TO
drop any plans for seeking a Sen
ate seat.
Disable would give no inkling of
what new job might be offered
him. He indicated to reporters il
was a post he would accept.
All this promptly set capital
tongues wagging. Disable is a law.
yer by profession, as we'll as an
experienced administrator
The price chief called a news
conference today to announce his
plans.
The former Toledo mayor said
Tuesday night his basic choice was
to decide whether to run for the
Senate in Ohio or continue as head
OF the Office of Price Sterilization.
Disable had arranged to an
nOunee his future plans Tuesday
But at the last moment he agreed
to a request by Roger l.. Putnam,
chief of the Economic Stabfiza.
ton Agency. to postpone the de
ciSion "a hours.
Late Tuesday night, Disable told
reporters he still could not make
up his mind whether to seek the
Democratic nomination in Ohio
May for the u. s. Senate seat
now held by Republican John W.
Broker. He said there had been
pressure from Democratic leaders
in Ohio TO make the race and from
administration leaders in Washing.
ton to stay on the job as price
chief. temporarily at least.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
City Laws Close Town. Not
Commissioners Says Delaney
Ne,r Flag OF
Florida Is
Wuped At
Night Club

I'm taking al oath OF of
flee an elected official does
80, or rather, should do so,
with the realization of his
obligation TO first, Al
mighty God, and secondly
his obligation To- the peo-
pie, said City Commits
.sioner Jack Delaney today.
Delaney continued:
"The oath of office !
signed, among other things
s'ated that ! would uphold
The laws of the United
States. the State of Florida,
and the city of Kew West.
This have done up to the
present time. this shall con-
tinue TO do for the four years |
remain in office.
There can be no compromise
with principle We have seen
law enforcement in the United
States sink TO the lowest level
the country has seen since its
inception. Crooks, gangsters.
shills. gamblers and others of
like ilk flaunt the laws in u ma
ioritv of cases with the whole
hearted approval of the duly
elected law enforcement officials,
"Onlv recently in one of the
night clubs in our city, the mas
ter of ceremonies stood before an
audience and waving piece of
green felt from a crap table. told
them This is the new flag of
Florida, Naturally the people
laughed Who wouldn't when
YOU feel nothing but contempt
for the persons who represent
this great state of ours and allow
conditions such as found by the
Kefauver Committee TO continue
without molestation.
With this thought in mind,
possibly the heading of your
story in Yesterdays paper may
after all be correct. | did not
close the town neither did Doc
tor Cobo. The laws of the city
of Key West state there shall be
no gambling. The laws of the
state say the same thing. To
knowingly permit otherwise. in
my opinion is a violation of my
oath of office.
Certainly a return to decency
is in order. Certainly the state
ment made by US. Senator
Tobey that the downfall of ma.
tons is caused not by attack
from without. but corruption
from within" should cause all of
us TO pause and ask ourselves in
what direction are we headed?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Wells Qualities
For Commission

Charles Wells becomes the
first man TO rualifv for cleo.
ton 10 the Monroe county
commission Yesterday after
noon. 4 was learned today.
Wells. of the Southernmost
Texseo uas station will run
in the Nav primary against
incumbent Clarence Riggs
who will probably seek re-
election. Two other incum-
benis are in terms that will
expire this wear. Thew are
Commissioners Joe Allen and
Harry Harris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Five Killed
In Plane
Crash Tuesday
Believe Pilot Sacrificed
Lives Of Passengers
Rather Than Hit Loaded
Transport Planes

MIAMI lR - A privately owned
L0ckheed LodeStar crashed and
burned at Miami International Air
port late Tuesday and killed all
five men aboard.
The plane belonged to AerodeX
Inc, rane overhaul and main
tenance firm with headquarters al
the airport. All the victims worked
for the company
The plane, pilOted by Benjamin
Terry, 52-year old vice president
of the firm, took off from the 20tt
Street side of the sprawling air
field and lost altitude when its
right engine failed. Terry attempt
ed to bring the ship in and crashed
near the taxi runway on the 36th
Street side.
Port Director a. B. Curry said
evidence indicated that Terry may
have sacrificed his life and those of
his passengers in a desperate
gamble to avoIo hitting two big
transport planes that we're loading
at the busy terminal.
1T had all the appearances of
that" he added.
In addition to Terry. those
aboard were Fred Hal Bailey, eX-
ecutive assistant to the president:
Ross Baird, in charge of the radio
shop; Fred Eberle, chief inspector
for the radio shop. and Herbert
FritzSche, chief clerk
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Parked Car Hit B,
Unknown Driver

John G.. Ornealias, Jr.. Of the
Havana Madrid club reported TO-
day that his l949 Buick convertible
was damaged IN the left rear fen
der at $40 this morning.
0rnealIas told police that car
parked in front of the Madri Gras
night club backed up on Duval
street into Front street and hit
his car. then spee6ed off on Front
street toward Simonton.
A witness had spoken 10 the dri.
yer of the car that did the dam
age and learned he was from
Macon, Georgia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Lopez Cigar
Plant Site
Purchased
Frank, Edward TOPPING
Benjamin Bernstein
Will Put Up Houses
After Demolition

The site of the Old Lonez cigar
factory at AShby, Thompson, Sc
minary and Washington streets
was sold to Frank and Edward
TOPPING and Benjamin Bernstein
or an estimated $4,000 it was
e"~ned to1a"
The large tract of land com
Orislng two cay )ckS and %
'0ts was purchased from Judge
AquilinO Lopez, Jr.
The BUYERS all OF tie firm Chas.
TOPPING and Sons, vii develop the
land for new housing. They have
already made considerable head
way in demolition of the old fac
DRY.
Bernstein said this morning that
he builders of the so year old
factory should be congratulated
sOr their solid construction.
Poured conceret and steel con.
Struction made the demolition job
difficult one, Bernstein said.
Bulldozers went to work, how
ever. and have almost completed
the job.
The building according to one
source was originally owned by
John Wardlow. 1t was used as a
cigar factory for years.
Where once cigars were made
the new populations of Key West
will live TOPPING is setting to
work Immediately to fill the land
lnd then sell it off for develop
ment in residences.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Governor appoints
Vance Stirrup To
Social Welfare BID.

Vance c. Stirrup. Post Com
mander, Arthur Sawyer Post No.
%. American Legion has been
advised by Governor Fuller War.
rem, relative to his appointment
TO the Board of Social Welfare.
District Number 9. which com
priseS Dade and Monroe Coun-
ties. Stirrup will serve with Rev.
Ralph Rogers in this area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-23
Eisner Qualities
For Sheriff Post

City COMMISSIONS Louis NJ
J. Eisner this morning qualified
10 run for the office Of Sheriff
Of Monroe County, according To-
the County Clerk.
EisneF viii be orcosed in the
May primary nv John Spots
wood who qualified for candida
ey earlier this month. The IN
cumbent Sheriff. Berlin Sawyer.
is retiring this year.