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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Red Cross Man
Is Transferred

william v. Mason. Red Cross
Field Director for Key West Area
|Ieaves this week for Washington,
ID q enroute to Europe for assign
ment.
Mr. Mason, a former Major IN
|ths u. S. Army has been attached
ia the Red Cross Area as Red
Cross Director since Sept 1851. He
was no stranger TO Key West, hav-
ing served with tha 265th Coast
Artillery (HD). Florida National
Guard in Federal Service At Fort
TAYLOR in 1912.
Following 20 years Of National
Guard affiliations, ne served four
wears with the Army. After one
wear with Red Cross overseas he
requested retirement from the Ma
tional Guard in order 70 devote
fuH time to his chosen field Of en-
deayor. rendering service TO the
personnel of the Armed Forces.
Mr.. Mason is married to the
sn mer Miss Helen H Halliday Of
leyeIand. Ohio. and while serving
n the Key West area they resided
81 I Hir-s Lane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Vast Number
OF Red Chinese
Rip ROK Lines
Allied Defenses
Are In,periled By
New Onslaught
sy GEORGE MACARTHUR

SEOUL B-Tens Of thousands Of
Chinese ripped through South Ko-
lrean lines as far as four miles in
central Korea today in a mounting
onslaught that imperiled Allied de-
lenses.
Gen. Maxwell d. Taylor, 9Th
Army commander, said after a
Ifirst-hand look at the grave situa-
|tion that ROK defenders were
yielding some ground "as the de-
tense readiusts itself to the new
situation"
Between $1,000 and 10000 Chi
nese aimed their sudden assault
the mightiest Red offensive in
more than two ycars-at main-
line positions on 20-mile front
east of Knmsong to the Pukhan
River.
Troops from eight Chinese divi-
sions were thrown into the blazing
battles in the wake Of some of the
heaviest Red artillery barrages Of
the war.
Four Red divisions about lO,O0O
meIl--struck first in rainy dark
ness just before midnight. Units
from the four reserve divisions
we're fed into the battle al needed,
u. S. officers said.
Gen. Taylor, In j statement Is
|sned after he returned fromSa Wis.
lit to the front, said:
''The attack was rot unexpected
and the defense is extracting q
very heavy tool IT casualties from
the Communists
''Our troops have behaved ex-
|tremely we'll" he said, ''in spite
of the weight Of the enemy pres
sure and the unfavorable weather.
Some ground north and east Of
the Kumsong River Is being yield
ed as the defense Teadjusts itself
to the new situation. /"
There were other Withdrawals
across the blazing 20-mile East.
Central Front.
The Sth Army said earlier that
THE Chinese had driven at least
two miles southwark toward the
IKumsong- Kumhwa road network
below Kumsong.
The Chinese made their deepest
|penetrations at the west and east
TANKS Of the Allies bulge into Red
lines, between Kumhwa and Look
out Mountain.
The pentrations at both ends Of
the front could endanger q big
segment of the line.
Associated Press Correspondent
Robert Gibson said the Chinese
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Armistice Talks Are SnarIed
By Fear OF S. Korca's Aims
D SAM suNlaAERLIN

PANMUNJOM A--AlIied and
Communist srmistice delegates
met for % minutes today and theE
called 1t quits until tomorrow
lsnarled BY Red fears that Soutl
Korea win honor . truce only fol
| q limited time.
Official secrecy shrUuded devel
lopments inside the conference hut
hut the Communist Peiping radiG
| said the u. S.-South Korean accord
I'shas placed another time bomb II
the way 10 an armistice in Korea. =
While the delegates talked, The
war Numbered 10 It's highest eres.
|cendO In two years. More than
|60, 900 Chinese smashed into -four
South Korean divisions On the East
Central Front.
The truce teams called another
meeting for II =. N. Wednesday.
After Tuesdays session, the
10. N. Command reported that
Communist liaison officers lodged
d charge that IN Allied shell land.
led in the PanmunlOm neutral zone
sunday. The Reds charged Mon
day that Allied planes bombed q
war prisoner assembly area north
Iof Pyongyang July 20.
The u. N. Command has not vel
replied to Mondays protest.
Although there was no announce.
Iment concerning the full-dress
truce talks, Communist eorrespOn'
dents outside the hut said thu
negotiations were '''getting no
where. " Their comments usually
reflect the official Communist linz
inside the conference.
Alan Wilmington Of the Lode
Daily Worker indicated the Red.
were asking q series Of question.
aimed at getting more clarificatioE
on assurances South Korea vii
abide BY an armistice.
II seemed clear that the Com
lmunists thus far were far from
satisfied with President SyngmaI
Rhee's statements on his two-week
long secret talks with special U. S
Ienvoy walter 5. Robertson il
Seoul.
Peiping radio. quoting q New
China News Agency dispatch from
Kaesong. Red truce headquarters
said:
"The Robertson-R hee talks. In
stead az providing definite guaran
tee for the implementation Of th,
larmistice agreement. has placet
another time bomb in the way h
IN armistiee In Korea"
Along that line, Wilmington com
lmented after Tuesdays session
there are only two courses eithel
Rhee is in the truce or he il not
He said that u Rhee is in, Soutl
Korea should show il by turnin,
back voluntarily and happily II.
fCnntinned on Pav~ Thre~l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Ralph PIacencia, j. Welcomed
Home By Happy Family, Friends
Spent 3 Months
Recovering From
dir Force Injury
d 4usAN MeAvoY

a handsome 1s year old
Key Wester. standing six
feet one. weighing 1876
pounds walked into the USO
building this morning and
created a. stir Of excitement,
congratulations, armt b
and general good feeling.
Press photographers. reporters
and the US0- YMCA staff had never
seen this boy before. but We have
followed every week Of his life
since last November 20.
On lhai Day Ralph PlaeeneIs.
81, cen e H. Usn custodian
hselod Into IN aiFplans prepellsF
npinnlns liee RPM. lie right
am. back and sheutder were
sIasked - badly HAL enc Naedl.
eel corpsman tainted dead away
upon SEEING him. The ether med
e, . esloFsd boy. rippsd his own
shirt ~ ard stuffed Il Into TIE
fern and hlssdlns hslss.
s.EIa saved my life, !" Ralph said.
Today. after eight months in
Army hospital with pints 81 plas.
ma, countless stitches from the
surgeons needle. and hundreds Of
hours Of physical therapy to re.
store the use d the arm and Shout
der, Ralph walked. powerful and
strong into the US0.
s'Tho Air Force treated me like
4 King, said the second class air.
man who joined The service Ia
February 1852.
Unconscious for five days after
Ms near-fatai accident. Ralph cali
"a irom his neither world for bis
yn0kAer. Mrs. Ralph Placencia q
IA Catherine Street.
he Red Cross. US0. and other
agencies went into smooth and ex.
peditious action to lift Mrs, PA.
kConainned on Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Stiff Legal Battle Looms
At Trial. Of Navy Officer
"Sheila'' May Testify At General
Court Martial; Lengthy Trial Seen

Defense attorneys readying their case today
for last-deh legal battle free 1t. Commander Gerry
Mcdaniel from charges held against him in connection
with his alleged part in the staging of Navy Charity
Carnival sponsored stag show held here in February
McDaniels trial is slated to start Thursday at Sixth
Naval District Headquarters at Charleston South Caro-
lima Unlike pair of enlisted men, who pleaded guilty
and threw themselves to the mercy of the court and
ceved sentences up to year in prison. Mcdaniel has
indicated that he will fight vigorously against the three
counts held against him which could if he is convicted,
result in custer from the Navy and loss of his retire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
President May
Move Today t.
Prevent Slash
Foreign Aid Budget
Bill Is Sent To
White House For
Official Signature
By JOE HALL

WASHINGTON lR = President
Eisenhower apparently planned to
take direct hand today in a cam
paign to save his foreign aid pro-
gram from more drastic cuts than
the 800 million dollars already vot-
ed by Congress.
He invited Chairman Bridges
(R-NH) Of the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee to breakfast at
the White House today and the full
committee to lunch tomorrow.
II assume the President viii be
asking for the full amount of the
authorization bill, Bridges said
before the breakfast. "But must
say frankly the temper Of this
Congress is to cut the funds"
The House and Senate completed
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Plane Victims
eFOundIn
Crash Vicinity
Hope For Survivors
Fades As Fifth
Empty Life Raft
Is Reported Seen
sy RoY RssoYAN

HONOLULU "A - The death
plunge Of ! TransOcean Airiines
plane into the shark-infested Pa.
eific $50 miles east Of Wake Island
last Saturday night with So persons
aboard apparently was sudden and
powerful but without fire, reports
from the scene indicated today.
The Navy transport Barrett said
none Of the IL bodies so far re-
covered showed burns but all had
multiple fractures and clothing
was ripped off As IL from violent
contact with the water.
The Barrett reported: evidence
of violent. sudden death with mul.
tiple bruises. Previous report Of
flash burns erroneous. Skin showed
water action but hair not burned.
Clothing stripped probably by force
Of impact. "
The Barrett asked permission "a
return 1t once to Guam with the
"A bodies-tw0 children, nine WON.
len, three men. The Hawaiian Sea
Frontier granted permission at The
discretion Of the USS Sessex. the
ship commanding operations at the
|debris-strewn scene.
Barrett crewmen had Co battle
sharks in recovering the bodies.
Hope for survivors faded rapidly
as the Barrett reported sighting
the fifth and last ran carried by
the Inflated DC6B plane. The ran
was empty.
The Barrett,s medical Officer
aboard the Navy transport said
after viewing the Scorehed and
mutilated bodies:
.There Is little hope Of any
survivors. |"
Dispatches from The Barrett IN.
Dictated the wase. was churninr
with sharks. The rescuers reported
they could not retrieve the las,
three bodies sighted because d
sharks. "
The ship said earlier that il was
unable to estimate how many bod,
les were in the immediate yicinity
tContinlsNd On pase Thrael
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14

End
Parleys Today
High-Level Talks
With Russia May
Be Delayed Till
ffr German Vote

WASHINGTON u - The Big
Three western foreign ministers
wind up their Washington confer
ences today with indications Of
agreement that any, high-leyel
meeting with Russia should be de-
llayed at least until next fan.
A hiah British official said his
government was willing to wait
until after the German elections
Sept. s to avoid possible embar'
lrassment to West Germany's gov.
eminent.
Diplomatic informants reported
that Acting British Foreign Score
,tary Lord Salisbury had presented
this position to Secretary Of State
Dulles and French Foreign Minis
ter Georges Bidault and that the
three were in substantial accord.
Before this afternoons final Big
Three session, Dulles and Salisbury
planned to meet and discuss Bri-
itain's dispute with Egypt over con-
tinued presence Of British forces
in the Suez Canal area.
A high British official, who may
not be named, said Britain Is de-
Itermined that an agreement with
Egypt must cover two major re-
Iuuirements: "a permission for
British forces to return to Suez In
event Of war and GU arrangements
for adequate maintenance of the
extensive military installations at
the base.
Dulles, Bidault and Salisbury
held their next TO last session late
Yesterday under unusual secrecy
restrictions. They limited disclO-
sure to a report that they went
over policy papers mailing down
understandings reached in their
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
PM applicants
Being Considered
By us. Postmaster

The eight applicants for the
position Of Postmaster OF Key
West have been interviewed by
Civil Service examiners and
are awaiting selection now BY
the Y. S. Postmaster General,
Acting Postmaster L. n. Cod-
dard announced today.
OF fhs eight men applying for
the lob four have had post
office experience and four have
not. The applicants are Cdr. L.
n. Goddard. USNR: Leland
March. Clyde StielnsY, George
Skoko, Hugh Stevenson, Earl
Lindsey, John Lehman and
Hollon Bervaldi. retired Pest.
master.
Examinations for the lob
have been conducted and .
register has besn prepared.
The y. S. Postmaster General
will make his selection from
ihs top three names On the r..
gister.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14

ment benefits.
In addition, il has been indicated
that Mcdaniel may bring charges
of his own stemming from the fact
that he may have been held illegal.
ly in his quarters under armed
guard 40 days without being charg-
ed formally. The officer repeatedly
was denied the right to mail letters
or see anyone with the exception
of his wife, without another person
being present.
McDaniel's trial has been post
poned twice by the Navy for un.
known reasons.
Observers today minated that
the trial viii last at least a week.
More than 20 witnesses are expect.
ed to be transported TO Charleston
to testify. The Navy is spending
thousands to prosecute the seven
persons accused of staging the af-
fair which started out as an ordi.
nary stag show" and then suppos-
ledly degenerated into a sexual
orgy.
sFsIIs. TIE ~ 3 lct : sssss.
talner who figured in sta case,
may Be . witness 81 the trial, 81.
though local Navy officials have
maintained . strict well 81 Is.
lenee concerning The case. say.
ing That al offieiaI ANNOUNCE
naenis must come from Charles.
ron sources.
The dark-haired showgirl IS now
in Miami. She was a witness AZ
the trial of Chief Leroy d. LAWYER
although she was described BY
those who attended the earlier
court martial as a rather uncoop.
erative witness" She said at that
time she could not remember
names or faces" of those who al
legedly mounted the stage and par.
ticipated in the show with her.
The trials have attracted wide.
spread attention from the press
following a syndicated article by
Drew Pearson and both Golfers
and Life magazines have said that
they have assigned reporters TO
cover the general court martial.
Most Naval legal proceedings are
open TO the public unless the de-
tense requests otherwise or IL Sc.
cnrity information is involved.
Mcdaniel will be represented by
1t. Commander Leon B. Blair. =
former Key West based officer.
Blair, an attorney before he en-.
tered the Navy, is now stationed II
Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Salaries HIT
Record High In County
School Board
Raises Place
Teachers Near
Upper Brackets

The highest school teach
err salaries in the history of
Monroe County went into eff
feet this month, Superinten-
dent Of Public Instruction
Horace O'Bryant announced
today.
Top salary for a Rank l
teacher is henceforth $4,750
a year in raises approved by
the Monroe County School
Board at the May meeting.
A seaehes koIdIns. . Bachelor
% Arts dsgFea could only drew
$1DS0 9 year three years aSos
ofBTYarf ssid.
Today that same teacher can
earn . maximum Of A.05e for .
Zen months work year.
The State of Florida takes a dim
view of teachers with less than
four years Of college education.
Though tolerated for the present,
the State department Of education
| is gradually eliminating teachers
under this standard from its ranks.
At present, however, . teacher
with less than tvs years Of college
can earn as high as $3.50 q yea..
after seven years of teaching.
In Monroe County every effort
q made 20 IEssp Seod teachers
here. o'BFyans said. One induce
mans is HAT . teacher who
GENES In a. Q salary. say. 81
$3.50 yesF. will 90 Up 70
s, $50, an increase AZ $3.50 81 the
end 81 her ssesad 49, - -
ceuGAm aehool efeaas sss b.
duesIAsns1 sra nsselble in every
oMa ~ ne sir kaIiks ~ reaching.
Rank 8, tn lowest rank includes
teachers Whe have less than two
years az college; Rank 5, those
with two years; Rank 1, those with
three years; Rank 3, those with !
regular BA following four years ID
college; Rank 2. i've years Of col
Ilege, leading to . Master Of Arts
degree and Rank is the six year
Continued on Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Key Westers Buy
Gambling Stamps

Cur Key Westers have purchas.
q federal gambling stamps. the
AssOciated Press reported today. U.
q regulations now require the pos.
session of he stamp before taking
bs1s % numbers or horses or other
DUeA gAmhllng covered BY the law.
D he first two weeks Of this
FISCAL year, inst - of the stamps
lave been Issued in Florida.
Ihose listed, Include. william
CmTy. III F'emms Street: Thomas
Del NillAr, Jermain Z. II. Johnson
"a Alfredo Ssnehea. an Of siI Pc
llA Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Motel Owner
Nabs Prowler

A teenage prowier, captured By
a local motel owner last night, was
turned over to juvenile authorities
by police, it was reported today.
A. ]. Dion, owner Of a motel q
Duval Street and Truman Avenue.
apprehended the boy as he was
looking into . window at that Cd
dress
He caught the boy and eafIed
police who took him to the city
jail and later turned him over %
juvenile court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Commission.
To Meet Tonight

The city commission will
meet tonight In special session
70 consider several items Of
routine business. The meeting
Is slated for 500 pm.
Following HE business meet.
ING. ine commission will meet
In informal caucus TO consider
problems arising in the prep
arafion OF IRE budget for The
coming fiscal year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14
Dropped

Charges Of reckless driving anA
having an accident held against
1t. Richard T. Stierer. prominent
West Palm Beach attorney now q.
tached to the Navy here, were dIS-
missed yesterday in City Court ~
Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, u,
The charges stemmed from an
accident Sunday at Caroline ana
Elizabeth Streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-14

gey West. Florida. hos the
most equobls climate in the
country. with an average
rmqe OF only I4' Fahrenheit
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Features and Photo Services
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Best Interests OF Key West
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