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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-01
Fire Department Reports Drop
In Fire Damage For Key West
Crenlata Lands
Training Given
Fire Department
BY State College

Fire damage in Key West durinj
the month Of November amounte.
to a new low of only $3.50 accord
ing to the monthly report Of Fir,
Chief Charles Cremata issued to
day.
Total value of property endang
cred by fire during the month wa.
set by Cremata at $S2,s5O, accord
ing to the report.
crsmata credited increased Of.
fieieney Of fhe fire department
and closer attention TO safety
measures among fhe residents 81
fhs city with keeping the cify's
fire damage TO > minimum. Mem
bers Of the eity's fire fighting
corps attended . one week train
Ing program sponsored by the
Florida State Fire College re-.
Gently.
THAT training is really paying
off," Cremata said today.
He added that Key Westers ar,
apparently exercising more car,
in fire prevention. Eighty per cen
of all fires are caused by careless
ness, but people are being NOR,
careful and our fire loss has beel
cut greatly" Cremata declared.
He also told of a new system
|of fire wells being dug in tn
Johnson and Laird Street section
as well as on William and Eatol
Streets. The city's hydrants are il
near perfect condition, he added
Chief fire damage was caused
when two homes burned on South
Street last week. They account
cd for the greatest part Of ths
eity's financial loss by fire. Total
number o. alarms for the month
was rs.
Brush and debris fires were tn
chief reason for the fire equipmen
being called out with five sue
hlazes reported during the month
There were two mattress fires re
ported and the department wa
called out to make two investiga
tive calls.
Other causes of blazes were
short circuits in neon signs an,
transformers, q motorcycle fire
one shrimp boat blaze, a hot waite
heater, gas main, one automobil,
fire, a washing machine blaze, oni
fire caused by an overheated cleo
tric iron, two stove hlazes, a moto
scooter fire and . conflagratiol
caused when q gasoline trucl
caught fire on Summerland Key
Firemen spent seven hour.
throughout the month fighting
fires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-01
Churchill To
LeaveFOr
Bermuda Meet
Mid January Date
May Be Proposed
For Big A Talks

LONDON R = Prime Minister
Churchill leaves by air tonight for
the Big Three conference in Ber-
muda determined d press for
quick acceptance of Russia's bid
for an East-West meeting in Der.
lin.
Churchill, Foreign Secretary Ed.
en- and their retinue Of advisers
win make the flight in the same
StratOcruiSer. Campus, which last
week carried Queen Elizabeth II
across the Atlantic on the first
leg Of her Commonwealth tour.
Ike Goes Friday
French Premier Joseph Lsniel
and his party are scheduled 10 ar,
rive on the Atlantic holiday island
Thursday and President Eisenhow.
or Friday.
Eden made it clear in the House
OF Commons yesterday that in
spite Of American doubts Of Soy;e,
sincerity, Britain wants to get Biz
Four talks under way as soon rs
reasonably possible.
II was believed Churchill and
Eden would urge Laniel and Ei.
senhower to join in accepting Der.
lin as the site and proposing mid.
January as the date.
Hope May BE Realized
Churchill is still thought 10 re.
gard the proposes conference d
Big Four foreign ministers as q
possible prelude TO his cherished
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-01
Plans Are Made
For Community
Chest Canvass
House-TO-House
Workers Meet
AT High School
To Plan Drive

A meeting Of Community Chest
workers was held last night at the
Key West High School auditorium.
Attending the meeting were more
than so persons, representing Com
munity Chest agencies and many
clubs and organizations in Key
West, who have volunteered to put
over the cleanup campaign dur
ing this last week of the United
Campaign.
After preliminary remarks and
explanations by Chairman Bill
Neblett and Adviser Ben Knepper,
Colonel Jim Keen, head Of the
Organizations" division, called
for volunteers to make a house
to-hOuse-canvass In order to give
all residents Of Key West who
might have been missed at their
places Of business the opportunity
to support the worthy Service,
Youth and Welfare Agencies which
are such an important part of our
community. A large map Of the
City was soon marked up by the
volunteers, who were then furnish
ed with Workers kits. The house,
toulouse canvass wiz be conduct.
ed from today to Friday, when fin.
Al reports win be made,
Workers win not call at home
which display the Red Feather
sticker, but win ask all others in
their assigned area to make a con-
itribution to make the United Cam
lpaign 100 per cent effective. Many
retired and self-employed persons
are not listed on the regular bust.
ness lists available to the Cam.
ipaign organization and may only
be reached by such 4 house-to.
house canvass.
Special emphasis was given by
Chairman Neblett to the percent.
age of wages or salaries which are
considered standard in Chest driv-
es. The Community Chest-Red
Cross type Of campaign, said Neb-
lett, is not based on pennies in a
tin cup, although, like the widows
mite, every contribution well in
tended is gratefully received. The
United Campaign idea is more like
our church pledge, where each one
Isubscribes the amount he consid.
ers himself able to give over a
years period. The ideal minimum
United Campaign subscription is a
days pay for working man or
woman, or 1880 of ones yearly
income.
/ Twenty-Five organizations were
represented at the meeting, and
Representatives agreed to cover
large residential areas Of the City,
as follows.
/ AMERICAN RED CROSS: White.
head to Francis Street; Angela Ia
Eaton; also Whitehead to william
Eaton to Front.
/ GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH:
Eaton to Caroline; william to
Francis.
B. P. o. DOES: Francis to White;
Eaton to Truman; also Angela
Truman: White to North Beach.
| BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-01
Key West Shrimping Season
Gets Off To Early Start;
Banner Year Is Predicted
Boats CROWD HarbOr A Month
Early, Citizen Surrey ShO,Us

Key Vests current shrimping season promises to
be of the greatest record asurvey of the
front revealed today
According to reports from shrimp fishermen and
statements from large fleet operators the season
started at least month ahead of last year and the
number of boats operating in Key West waters is
at new high, though there many more expect
ed to arrive during December normally the peak
month for the influx of boats from northern waters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-01
Recruiter Due

Staff Sergeant Charles A. Kani.
ewski of the USA and USAF Re.
cruiting Main Station in Miami win
be in Key West on December Z
and 8 to answer questions about
the draft and about enlistment In
either the Army or the Air Force.
He may be seen at the Post Office
Building in the office of Local
Board Is during office hours from
ii a. m. on the It'll until 2 p. m.
on the 9Th.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Pukistun Flood Dumuoe

In quick floods of the CUNT
River in East Pakistan, standing
crops over 10-square-mile
area were completely submerged
and several hundred houses
washed away, Dacca reports.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
BY the Assoeioted Press

A West Virginia infantryman
who died holding the Reds at
bay with his dismounted ma
chine gun has been awarded the
Medal of Honor.
The Army, announcing this
yesterday, said Pfc. Ralph E.
Pomeroy of Quinwood is the 64th
soldier to win the Nations high
est military decoration since the
outbreak of the Korean war
Pfc. Pomeroy'S one-man stand
occurred the night of last Octo-
ber Is when he manned a light
machine gun to hold off the
enemy while his comrade of the
31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Di-
vision, dug in on newly won
hill near Kumhwa.
The Reds chopped mortar and
artillery fire on his post, wound
ing the 22-year-old soldier and
damaging his gun mount.
Young Pomeroy then picked
up his weapon and strode down
the hill, firing steadily. Enemy
grenades blew off his helmet and
wounded him again.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Silver Star Award
Taxes Memory of
World War Hero
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. 12.-It
happened so many years ago
that Stephen Krawczyk has a
little difficulty recalling it from
the miSts of memory.
1t was at Montididier, France,
on the first day of June, 1918.
Mr.. KrawcZyk was a corporal
serving as machine gunner with
the I'd Machine Gun Battalion of
the 1st Infantry Division.
He remembers crawling over
a trench in No Mans Land to
pull wounded comrade back to
safety. Another time. he helped
a soldier who had been hit by
shrapnel. On each occasion, he
was wounded himself. And he
remembers helping silence Ger
man machine gun nest.
Some time after that his COM
manding officer recommended
him for a decoration.
In March, 1920. his service
was ended and he came home.
Today he received in the mail
a citation, letter of congratu-
lation and a little blue box. In
side the box was the Silver Star,
the Nations third highest deco
ration for conspicuous gallantry
in action.
I've never been so surprised
in my life," he said.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Bookatz Wins Prize
OF Artists Society

Samuel Bookatz. a member of
the Washington Society of Ar
fists. has been adjudged winner
of the first prize of $40 for a
painting entitled, Lighthouse" :"
in the organizations member
show competition at the Arts
Club, 2017 I street NV.
Second prize winner was John
Chapman Lewis, who was
awarded $40 for his painting
called Young Musician" A
painting entitled Going Home"
by Anthony Qualia won the
third prize of $40. Inez Lien
bachs wood sculpture, Jose
phine," also won $40 for her
fourth place entry.
Honorable mention went to
Melvin Buckner for his painting,
THE Birds; Jack Perlmutter,
for his painting. "Semide-
tached";; James Loves sculpture
called Portrait of Marian"
and Jeanne Taylor's painting,
Woman in Red Best"
Herman Maril, assistant pro-
fessor of art at the University
of Maryland, was the contest
judge.
An exhibit Of the members
work will be held at the Art Club
from September IL through
October 2. An opening tea will
be given at the club from 5 to
$50 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
BY the Assoeioted Press

ASBURY PARK, N. j., Sept.
12.-Mrs. New Jersey walked out
of the Mrs. America contest in
tears today after her husband
refused to sign a contract which
he said would tend to exploit
their nine children.
Mrs. Anna Spada, 29-year-old
blond. brown-eyed Whippany
housewife, had arrived here to-
day with 80 other contestants
for the title of Mrs. America of
1854.
Judging is scheduled to start
tomorrow.
The weeping withdrawal took
place while the title hopefuls
were being given personality in
terviews by panel of judges.
Mrs. Spada's husband, Marius
Spada, 31-year-old soap works
foreman. declined to sign a con-
tract which would commit him
and their nine children to pic
ture and Endorsement tieups.
During her interview with the
judges. Mrs. Spada told them she
had entered the contest un-
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Husband BoIks at Exploitation,
Mrs. America Aspiront Quits

known to her husband. He ex-
pressed his opposition. but said
if she persisted in wanting to go
on with the contest. he would
sign the contract.
The judges told Mrs. Spada
she would have to decide for
herself between the publicity
and the devotion to her husband
and her children, and urged
her to withdraw under the cir
cumstances.
In a fearful decision, Mrs.
Spada left the interview hall
with her husband.
The committee afterwards de-
cided to award her $500 on the
Convention Hall stage at tomor-
rows competition for having the
most children among the con-
teStants.
OF the 80 title-Seekers, all
but seven are mothers, and one
is an oeXpectant mother.
The judging will be so per
cent on homemaking ability and
so per cent on beauty, as well as
on points earned in personality
interviews by the judges.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Disposal Veterans
Want 10 Use SkiIIs
On Bomb Defense

Some men whose speciality is
something like pulling chestnuts
out of the fire volunteered their
services yesterday to the Nations
civil defense.
The offer came from an or
ganization called the Bomb and
Mine Disposal Alumni-veterans
of the Navy's corps of specialists
who rendered harmless many of
the high explosive weapons of
the enemy in World War II.
About 180 of them met at the
Sheraton Park Hotel for their
eighth annual national reunion
yesterday.
Now most of them are out of
the Navy. The ex-bomb and
mine experts met mainly to rem
iniSce and enjoy banquet and
dance. But at a business session
they voted pledge of assistance
to civil defense authorities in
training citizens in bomb recog-
milton work.
Leonard Kaplan, Washington
patent lawyer and chairman of
the board of directors of the
group, said the ex-Navy men are
eager to make their knowledge
available to the communities
where they live.
"The Army and Navy, of
course, will take care of dis
posing of the bombs" he said,
but we want to help with the
recognition"
Commissioner Samuel Spencer,
who appeared at the reunion to
present a key to the city, told
the gathering he agreed with the
need for using their services.
Mr.. Kaplan said he and Mr..
Spencer will get together to-
morrow to talk the idea over
further.
There are Is or 30 graduates
of the Navy training course in
this area. Mr.. Kaplan said. Most
of these however, are still in
service.
Walter S. Cleaver of Whining
ton, Del, an ex-chief aviation
ordnance man, was elected presi-
dent of the organization. sue
ceeding John Barber of Levitt
town, Pa. Capt. Archer and
Comdr. Charles Keck of Indian
Head were elected to the board
of directors.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Medal of Honor Goes to Youth
Who Died Holding Reds at Boy

Finally, his gun ran out of
cartridges-so he closed with
the Reds and dubbed them until
he dropped mortally wounded.
The heroic single handed de-
Tense, the Army said, "blunted
the enemy attack, and friendly
forces were able to move forward
and rout the attacking force"
The citation referred to Pfc.
Pomeroy's "consummate valor,
inspirational actions and su-
preme sacrifice" He had been
in the Army Just under a year.
He is survived by his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Pom
eroy of Quinwood.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Atomic Maneuvers
Please Gruenther
By the A,soeiofed Press

FRANKFURT. Germany. Sept.
12.-Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther
watched 175,00o troops in the
Western Allies first large scale
atomic training maneuvers to-
day and pronounced himself
very much pleased" with what
he saw.
I'm training and organization,
the performance was far ad-
vanced over anything we've had
in the past" said the supreme
commander of the Allied powers
in Europe.
"The liaison between troops
of different nations was espe-
cially good"
About 10000 Americans,
$1,000 Belgians, $4,000 French
men and 5000 Britons were in
volved. For the first time in any
joint Allied maneuver. the troops
were Stimulating the use of
atomic weapons.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
a Doukhobor Homes
Burned in Canada
BY the ASsocioted Press

KRESTOVA, B. c., Sept. u
-Four Doukhobor homes were
burned in pre-dawn darkness to-
day as an aftermath to the ar
rest and imprisonment of 148
of their number and their
hunger strike" at a Vancouver
prison farm on the coast.
Owners of the homes, also
members of the radical Sons of
Freedom sect who resort to set
ting fires and nude parades fire.
quently in protest against the
government, said they knew no
reason why they were victims.
The sect makes up almost the
entire population of this settle
ment.
At the Oakalla prison farm at
Vancouver, the II men and n
women, charged with contribut-
ing to juvenile delinquency for
nude parading before school
children near here, went into
the fourth day of a hunger
strike.
Some of them were spending
their time singing or praying, in
the nude, prison officials said
They had objected to their child
rem being compelled to attend
provincial schools. which they
condemn as teaching war"
A Doukhobor spokesman at
Oakalla said yesterday a mes
sage from God" would tell them
when it was time to eat.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Magnuson Questions
DismissaIs attic
BY the Associated Press

Senator Magnuson, Democrat,
of Washington said yesterday the
Federal Trade Commission has
fired four career employees who
have been most vigorous in
fighting monopoly. price dis
elimination and other business
practices the commission was
created to regulate"
In letter to Chairman Ed
ward F.. Howrey, Senator Mag
nuson contended such dismissals
would give the special interests
:. what they want without the
necessity of coming to Congress
for amendments to the law"
The Senator named the four
fired employees as William john
son. Roy Prewitt. Irene Till and
Earl Graham. He recalled that,
when Mr.. Howery's nomination
was before the Senate Commerce
Committee, he questioned .Ir.
Howery on his attitude toward re-
tention of commission employees
who might have been your
adversaries in cases which you
agrued before the commission
prior to your appointment"
In response" Senator Magnu-
son continued, you gave as
surance that no member of the
staff would be penalized for hav-
ing done a good, aggressive job
in carrying out the commission S
responsibility.
For my own information and
that of the committee when
Congress reconvenes, I will ap-
preciate a full report from you
concerning this matter"
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Thomas Ivan Hill, So,
0ne-Time Badman, Dies
Rx the Associnfed Press

COFFEYVILLE, Kans.. Sept.
12.-Thomas Ivan Hill. So, once
described as the "crime overload
Of Oklahoma" died in a hospital
here yesterday and will be buried
Monday
Hills last major brush with
the law was in 1887 when he was
sentenced to a life term in the
Kansas State Prison as a habit
ual criminal for his part in the
$4,000 holdup of the Union Gas
Co. in Coffeyville in 1898.
His term was commuted in
1888 to 5 to 10 years, and he was
paroled in 1943.
Hill operated a tavern in South
Coffeyville. just over the State
line in Oklahoma.
During the 1920s the place was
Evening star., 1953-09-13
81 CreWmen Saved
From Beached Ship;
9 Adrift on Dredqe
By the Asseeiated Press

MARQUETTE, Mich. Sept. IL.
-Thirty-two crewmen were res
cued from Storm-beached
freighter today, but nine sailors
still were adrift in Lake Superior
tonight on tossing, helpless
dredge.
The rescued men were from
the 530-foot ore freighter Mary
land. driven aground so yards off
shore about nine miles east of
Marquette.
A Coast Guard helicopter from
Traverse City, Mich, plucked II
men from the Maryland. The
others were removed by
breeches buoy line shot to the
stranded ship.
The dredge, the Howard M. Jr.,
was reported at dusk to be 11.2
miles west of Caribou Island.
which is northwest of Whitefish
Bay. The nine men still were
aboard, but the all-steel, LOBBY
40-foot dredge was reported in
no immediate danger. 1t was
wet, though, and the weather
was near freezing.
Torn From Its Tug.
The Howard M. Jr. was torn
from it's tug, along with two
barges as the sudden. unexpected
storm hit early today. The same
blow beached the Maryland.
The towering wind blown
waves also isolated three IA
year-old boys on Presque Isle,
an island 6 miles north of Mar
quette and only 800 feet from
shore.
Coast guardSmen were at
tempting. without success, to get
a breeches buoy from shore to
the trio: Jack Johnson, David
Lompre and Harry Kelly of
Marquette.
Winds of so miles an hour still
were screeching past Whitef1sh
Point, on the United States shore
at the mouth of Whitefish Bay
at dusk.
The tug George Purvis of Gore
Bay, Ont, rescued six men from
the dredge before fierce waves
forced it to break away, leaving
nine stranded. The dredge is
owned by the Mcnamara Con-
struction Co., of Toronto, and
was bound for Port Arthur, Ont. |
Spray 80 Feet High.
The 10,900-ton Maryland is
owned by the Bethlehem Trans
portation Co.. a subsidiary of the |
Bethlehem Steel Corp. and was
bound from Buffalo to Marquette /
to pick up a load of iron ore.
1T seemed to be a freak !
squall," said Capt. A. P. Goodrow. |
the Maryland's skipper. I'VE |
were in trouble about 2::30 or 3 |
o'clock in the morning.
The waves were coming at us.
The spray must have been 80 to
35 feet high. 1t was hitting the
tunnels, even though we were
riding empty. We were about 40
miles east of Marquette. 1t blew
two hatch covers off and loosened
all the others"
While in only about four feet
of water at that time, Goodrow
reported he got the Maryland
headed into the wind and was
making progress until even
fiercer winds struck,
Evening star., 1953-09-13
New Weekly in Germany

MUNICH (CDNS) The presses
in Munich that printed Hitler's
daily newspaper and later the
newspaper of the United States
occupation authorities. now are
turning out a new German Ma
tional" weekly. 1t carries the
black-white-red of the empire
and the Nazi period, and an eagle
whose claws are chained. IF
those chains had been there in
1888, we'd be much better off,"
says one citizen.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Public Relations Topic

Kenneth w. Fry. formerly TV-
radio director of the Democratic
National Committee, will address
the National Capital Forge,
American Public Relations Asso-
citation, on "Television's Poten-
tial in Politics" at a 1915 pm.
luncheon tomorrow in the Bur-
lington Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-09-13

used as hideout for such noto-
rious thugs as Alvin Karpis,
Pretty Boy Floyd, Frank Nash
and Adam Richetti.
Hill and a brother-in-law once
were convicted for stealing a
steel bridge on a rural Kansas
road.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Mahogany Cake

What is better than a really
good chocolate cake? A thick
slice and a glass Of cool rich milk
--Ummm! Here's our favorite
Mahogany cake recipe:
Melt 3 squares of chocolate
over boiling water, then mix in
" cup of boiling water. Just be-
fore you add this chocolate to
the cake mixture, dissolve in it
l teaspoon soda, mixing well.
Sift 11a cups cake flour with 2
teaspoons baking powder and
" teaspoon salts times. Cream
4 tablespoons butter with cup
sugar. then add the yolks of 2
eggs, well-beaten. Beat all well.
Mix in the flour, alternating with
the chocolate mixture and u cup
of buttermilk. Then fold in the
whites of the eggs, beaten stiff
and favored with a bit of va
Evening star., 1953-10-07
curoWoy Cookies

Caraway cookies are an old
fashioned, Old World favorite.
and still rate tops in the Scan
dinavian countries.
Cream a cup of vegetable
shortening until it is fluffy, with
/ cup of sugar. Add 2 eggs, well
beaten and then sift in 21a cups
of flour, a teaspoon of soda and
" teaspoon of cream of tartar.
Add l tablespoon of Caraway
seeds and a tablespoon of grated
lemon peel. Mix well and drop
on a creased cookie sheet. Bake
in moderate oven until golden.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Inner Wheel Club

Mrs. Margaret Carr Thomas,
consulting decorator, will be
guest speaker at the monthly
meeting of the Inner Wheel Club
of Washington at 1915 pm. Fri
day in the Mayf1ower Hotel. Her
topic will be Psychology of Color
in the Home"
Evening star., 1953-10-07

Miss Jean Henrietta McMillen
was married to Mr.. Bill B. Wiley
of Ashburn, Ga, recently at the
Bethlehem Church. The Rev.
Edgar Rakow officiated. The
bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Merle r. McMillen,
and Mr.. Wiley is the son of Mr..
John c. Wiley of Fort Pierce.
Fla.
A reception took place in the
church pallors. The couple will
live in this city.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Recipe Notebook

nilla. Turn into Toured and but
tered layer cake pans and bake
at moderate heat for Is minutes,
or until a straw comes out clean.
When cool, put together and
frost with any white frosting-
marshmallow is particularly good.
Evening star., 1953-10-07

Miss Dorice E. StOcker.
Miss Dorice Eileen Stocker.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. Stocker of Washington,
was married on September 26 to
Mr.. Donald Wayne Raw. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Raw of Browns Valley, MINI.
The wedding took place at the
Douglas Memorial Methodist
Church with the Rev. Harold A.
Milstead officiating. ~ y, .,sa
A reception followed at the
church. The couple then left on
a wedding trip to Minnesota.