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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Suspect Nabbed In City Cemetery
Vandalism; Damage Toll Mounting
Police Check Fingerprints
OF Gun Welding Pro,uIer

For the second successive night police called to
the City Cemetery to investigate providers and last night
their efforts bore fruit when they captured 2Syear old
prower. who they suspect may have had
something to do with the estimated $4,000 in damage
which caused there in sadsc attack early Friday
morning.
Fingerprints Of the man, who police identified as
Thomas Bount TBS Poorhouse Lane. being checked
today against prints taken from several of the damaged
which wantony smashed and overturned
in the maniacal attack
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07


PANMUNJOM, Korea R-U. N.
postal officers disclosed today that
there has been Q sharp drop in
mail from Allied prisoners Of war
to their families.
The volume of letters to the U.
N. prisoners. lis high, but little mail
is coming back from the Red
camps.
The officers said also that the
North Korean and Chinese Com
munists seven months ago stopped
their people from writing Red pris-
oners Of war In U. N. camps.
Postal authorities had no explana-
ton for this.
From Dec. 3, 1851, when the
first prisoner Of war mail was ex-
changed here, until last July, the
Reds turned over to Allied postal
officers 5000 letters for delivery
to Communist prisoners held on
Koje Island and in other U. N.
POW camps.
Since July, no mail has come
through for Allied-held prisoners.
The Reds also appear to be dis
couraging Allied prisoners from
writing home.
In . mail exchange Thursday,
the Allied postal officer handed
the Communists 1870 letters from
families Of U. N. soldiers to Allied
prisoners in camps ID North Ko-
rea. The Communists delivered 10
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
French Airliner
Crashes In Fog

BORDEAUX, France "a - A
French passenger plane crashed in
. fog near here today killing at
least seven Of the q persons
aboard. Twelve others escaped
death but some Of them suffered
severe burns. The fate of the other
two was not Immediately known.
The Union Aeromaritime Des
Transports, owners Of the DC-4,
said the plane was carrying II
passengers and seven crewmen on
. flight from Abidjan. on the
French Ivory Coast Of West AZ
RIGA. The plane was attempting a
landing here when Il cracked up
on . forest road near the village
Of D'Eysines. not far from the
airport.
-Four of those injured-ihree
women and . girl-were hospital
med.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Injured Airman
Writes Parents
He Is Better

Ralph Placencia. Jr., Third Class
Airman who was seriously injured
November q, on duty op.the West
Coast Is no az bis bur ;ght s.n
now, be reported to his parents
in a letter today
Ralph Jr,, is year old son Of
tbs custodian Of tie Uso is con.
valescing in the Letterman Army
Hospital, California His right arm
and shoulder were badly cut up
whenA plane propeller slashed him
in November,
He wrote his parents from the
hosnital last week:
Hello Nom and Dad how are
yeu2 I'm feeling very, very well
SO don't worry about me. am
getting along fine. Nom | received
the pictures you sent of the kids.
Nom give a kiss to the kids
for me and 70 dad big one.
.sDad tell all Of my friends hello
for me.
Nom don't worry about me
please, / am moving my right arm
now. See you later Nom and Dad.
Your loving son,
Ralph.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Three Burned
In Accident On
USS Coolbaugh
First And Second
Degree Burns To
Men On Duty In
Boiler Room

First and second degree burns
were suffered by three Navy en-
listed men yesterday when the
boiler of the USS Coolbaugh gush-
ed flames and steam on them,
Scorching their hands and faces.
The three men, who were at
work in the boiler room when
the accident occurred, were
Charles A. Pick, boiler tender
fireman. Of Bellerose, [. l.. N.
"; John A. Palermo, fireman
apprentice. New Hyde Park. N.
T.; and Edward T. KuIha, fire.
man apprentice. SwissvaIe, Pa.
The Coolbaugh, destroyer es-
cort vessel, which was on routine
operations at the time, was able
to return to port under her own
power. Ambulances met the ship
at the dock and took the men i'm.
mediately to the Naval Hospital.
Doctors said they would be hos
pitalized for about week.
Most heroic action connected
with the accident was that of Pick
who, according to Lcdr. ]. r. L.
Cassidy, commanding officer of the
Coolbaugh. in spite of his in
juries stayed in the engine room
long enough to make sure every
thing was secure after the nare-
back"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Local Children
Volunteer Help
For Flood Area

Four Key West children have
made a concrete effort to help the
children in the flood stricken areas
of Western Europe, Il was dis
closed today.
Terry Harris, Denny Harris,
Jane Cavanaugh and Wayne Pech-
man, all Of whom 1--we In the
Overseas Trailer Park, came into
The Citizen office to inquire as 10
the disposal Of the funds they had
collected, on their own initiative,
for the children Of the ravaged
areas.
II was learned that the four
children had heard Of the plight
OF both children and grownups In
Europe and had undertaken 70
make a collection Of money among
their friends. They had an enves
lope containing $3.50, which they
wanted TO get into the right hands
to be sent abroad.
Both the senior and junior groups
of the American Red Cross have
been participating In relief for the
CONTINUED On Page Twelye)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Dulles Goes
To Belgium To
Make Survey
European Defense
Planning Is Under
Close Scrutiny

BRUSSELS, Belgium R = John
Foster Dulles arrived in Belgium
today to continue his survey of
European defense planning-buoy-
ed by finding that West Europe's
leaders generally believe a CON-
mon army offers the most effective
guarantee of peace and security.
President Eisenhower's big four
motored plane brought the u. S.
secretary Of state and Am
foreign aid chief Harold Stassen
here after brief flight from flood
devastated Holland.
The two American leaders were
welcomed by Belgian Foreign Min
lister Paul Van iceland, u. S. Am.
bassador Myron T. Cowen and 9TH
er Belgian and American officials.
In a departing statement before
he left Holland, Dulles told news.
men that he and Stassen l." have
been encouraged TO find that here.
as well as in the other capitals
we have visited, the concept TO a
European Defense Community
within the framework of the Allan
tic community is regarded BY your
leaders and your people, as it is
by ours, as the most effective way
to ensure peace and security for
US all. !"
The secretary's seven-nation tour
OF key West European capitals was
planned to spur action on the lag.
ging European army plan. He
thus far has visited Rome, Paris,
London, Bonn and The Hague and
plans TO continue On tomorrow to
Luxembourg before returning to
Washington.
Both Dulles and Dutch officials
declined 10 disclose the course Of
their discussions yesterday. bat the
usually welllInformed Amsterdam
newspaper Trouw reported that
tContinned On Page Twelve)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Sharp Decline Noted In Mail
Sent Home By Allied POWs

letters from Allied prisoners 10
their families.
Warrant Officer Edwin Berry Of
Huntington, w. Va, postal officer
In charge Of pow mail, said that
since the mail exchange began -
months ago, the Allied command
has delivered to the Communists
go. 900 letters for U. N. prisoners.
The Reds have handed the u, N.
s., 900 letters from Allied prisoners
to their families, Berry said.
In addition. the United Nations
Command has delivered to the
Communists $4,000 letters from
Red prisoners held in U. N. camps
addressed to their families in
North Korea and China. In the
last exchange Thursday. there
we're 100 letters from prisoners
lon Koie, Cheju and other u. N.
camps to addresses in North Ko-
rea and the Chinese mainland.
The Reds censor mail whether
Iit is from Allied prisoners or from
relatives Of Red prisoners held by
the U. N. Mail from the u. S. and
other countries to Allied prisoners
in North Korean camps is not cen
sored by the United Nations Com.
mand.
The Communists took advantage
|of the mail exchange to work in
propaganda when they provided
the address TO be used By relatives
and friends Of Allied prisoners Ia
Communist POW camps They said
the mail should be addressed %
the prisoner IN care OF the Chi.
ncse Peoples C mittes for
World Peace. reking. China Mail
addressed 10 . prisoner in care d
Array Post Office 100. San Fran.
cisco. Calf also Is forwarded to
the Communists for delivery
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Guy Lombardo And Party
Fly To St. Pete For Races
BAND MAESTRO
MAY RETURN TO
KEY WEST BEFORE
MARDI CRAS DATE
BY SUSAN McAvoY

Guy Lombardo. long time band
leader favorite and his wife, and
Miss Gloria Bristol took of this
morning in an Aero Commader.
twin Zine sIlosed by George Far
aldo Sor . regatta At St. Peters
burg.
The LombardOs we're driven out
to the airport from the Casa
Marina BY State Representative B.
C. Papy.
Rep. Papy presented the must
clan and his wife with kingfish
caught BY Lombardo yesterday but
preserved IN the legislators deep
freeze.
The Lombardo's win try to re-
turn to Key West after the regatta
before his next engagement which
is the Mardi Gras opening In New
Orleans at the Roosevelt hotel.
Il caught 81 Kinsfish yesterday, !"
the bandleader said proudly.
Though this Is my first trip to
Key West. It certainly won't be
my last"
Mrs. Lombardo first came to
Key West two years ago. She liked
it so much that she urged her hus-
band to take . few days off here
last week. The couple and friend,
Miss Gloria Bristol stayed at the
Cas- Marina from Monday until to-
day.
A flying enthusiast, Lombardo
goes by air from band engage
ments in one city 70 another. He
also takes to the air for his
journeys from one regatta to an
other.
Owner Of 20 foot power boat
Tempo Jr." he Is eager to race
tomorrow at ST. Petersburg. Still
another inducement leading him
Continued on Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Tag Delinquent
Motorists viii
Be Prosecuted

Strict enforcement Of the Law
viii follow the February -
deadlIne for acquisition d 1853
Florida tags, Deputy Motor We
hiele Commissioners Thomas
Dixon announced today.
Dixon said that al persons who
have 1851 tags. viii BE given
summons Further. Ne warned.
any person working in Florida
must have . Florida 1853 tag By
February 20. SPIN. Fines rnnge
up 20 80 ard 500, he sid.
MeanwhiIe Tax Collector How.
ard Wilson said that 5.zzs plain
license tags have been purchased
~ his osflee. Monroe County
residents then swear cut afr
dsvifs emitting tlsem 70 Over.
seas Highway toii-tree sslekeFa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07

! Sheriff's Deputies obtained the
prints yesterday.
The man was captured when
police were called TO the cemetery
shortly after 1000 p. m. to in
vestigate reports Of q gunshot With
in the walls Of the graveyard. When
police, under the direction Of Ii.
Gene Hernandez, rushed 10 the
scene, they found Blount walking
from the cemetery. He was taken
into custody and search at Police
Headquarters revealed that the
man had three 81 caliber pistol
shells hidden In his shoe.
When police asked him where
ths Gun Yves. elovnf said mat No
had "ssni h 10 he sister In Ale.
bsms four u,onths age"
However, when police returned 10
the cemetery, they fouEd the pis-
tol, q % caliber automatic lying
on the ground near where the man
was captured.
/ He later admitted hat he had
discarded the gum when he saw
the police. Blouut Is being held IN
the city jail pending the outcome
|of the fingerprinling.
Meanwhile the toll d damaged
plots n tse cemetery rose 10 -
Is police continued their check e
the damage there. The marauders,
apparently with sadistic frenzy.
ranged through the graveyard
smashing headstones. overturning
monuments and flinsing iiowerpots
10 the ground.
Police today reported the find
ings Of clues to the case IN the
form Of two separate sets Of foot
prints. They said that the prints
had q definite connection with the
proving since they were found IN
the area surrounding each of the
damaged monuments.
The SO, 900 figure was set By
Merlin Roberts, local expert and
sculpture. City 0fficials fear that
the figure may mount IS further
evidences Of damage are uncover.
Cd.
Meanwhile, shocked citizens DE-
handed that the cuIprits b
brought b justice ~ they flocked
20 the cemetery 10 survey The
wanton damage wrought By sn ~.
psrentiy unbalsnesd Individual o.
group.
Damage Included the desecratioa
az the USS Maine plot Wherein lie
Continued On Page Tsn)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Var,daIs Wreck SO
Feet Of County
Beach Pier Here

vandsls smashed 50 feet Of the
Monroe County beach pier last
night, ripping Up the deck with
erewbsrs. and wreekirs Ire eeun-
" property. Commissioner ice
Allen. chairman u ihs beach
COMMITTEES announced shis mern-f
ing.
The discovery Of the vandslisln
was made by Walter Knowles,
pFiscn guard. He reported Il 10
Allen. and 10 Clarence hlpss,
chairman Of fire Huilding and
Grounds committee Of he County
Commission.
This latest episode i The we've
Of vandalism sweeping me eisy
will bs Investigated isnmsdlsssly
by ell law snforeems,s officers
in the county. AiIsa ssrmed ne
dasfrueiiefi .'flssrsnt ind dsssrx.
20 q stsrn pgrlshms Z
~ F SSsas a - - * q z 5sssSs 3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Monroe County Tax Officials
Oppose US. Park Extension;
Say It Would Raise Taxes :
CANDOLFO AND
WILSON STRONGLY
AGAINST U. S.
PARK PROPOSAL

Monroe County's Tax Assessor
Claude Gandolfo and Tax Collector
Howard Wilson today stressed that
United States acquisition Of more
land in the county for the Ever
glades National Park would pre-
vent any tax reduction for the rest
OF the county.
81 warn the taxpayers of this
county that If they do not fight
this latest proposal it will mean
an increase in taxes as this loss of
ttax revenue will have to be made
up by increasing the taxes on the
lands left in. the county," Wilson
stressed.
He referred to the article in yes
terday's Citizen in which War Axel-
son, big landowner in Monroe coun-
ty adjoining the Park, said that
some 81, 600 more acres of county
land are wanted by the National
Park Service.
| Axelson said this would leave on
ly 1900 acres of privately owned
land In Monroe County on the main
land. This, of course, excludes the
Keys which are not q part of the
National Park.
Gandolfo was equally strong in
his, opposition to an extension of
the Park up to the authorized max
imum boundary, established by
Congress.
81 don't think that the United
States should take any more land
from Monroe County, he said"
They have enough. If the, oil
companies should strike oil up
there, Monroe County would have
| . chance to get some money and
we could reduce taxes for others
in the county. The Park has enough
land. I am strictly against the
Government acquiring any more
land. If we had the land that the
Government has taken from us in
the last ten years, we; would be
able 70 reduce taxes
Tax Collector Wilson's full state
ment follows:
1T appears that every so often
some agency Of the Government
tries to take more lands away
from the people of Monroe County.
Recently under the guise of pro-
|tecting the Key deer they tried to
put under government protection
thousands of acres of lands and
water on the Keys which virtually
would have meant no trespassing
to the residents as well as the win
ter visitors both by water or land.
Now they are trying to take more
lands off Of Monroe County's tax
ron by increasing the National
Park area and this time it takes
In al. of the county's water front
lands left on the mainland Of Flo
rida. TO state that ! am opposed
to 1t would be putting 1t mild, and
/ warn the taxpayers of this
county that Il they do not fight
this latest proposal it viii mean an
increase In taxes as this loss Of
tax revenue win have to be made
up by increasing the taxes on the
lands left IN the county. This latest
proposal, like all others in the past,
have been fostered by q certain
group Of individuals living in Dade
County, and they are very gener-
Gus with your lands and money"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Husband Of Kew
Wester Perishcs

Sergeant Edward I. Yaekent.
husband Of Mrs. Vera Yackent,
10 Ashe Street, lost bis life IN
Korea on January 3oti. i was
learned today.
A veteran Of is-yssrl Of Army
service. including . tour 81 duty u
Key West al Fort Tayifr, Yarkent
Is a native Of MinerNilIe. Penn.
syiyanis
No details Of Yackens's death
werc available to-day ID addition
to the vidop. he II survived ~
sister. Mrs. James W.mneg. Mn.
erSviIle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Man jailed For
Petty Larceny

Aaron Carlisle. no address. was
jailed last night by Police officer
Robert Garrison for Investigation
on a charge Of petty larceny after
he allegedly stole quantity Of
groceries At l20s Watson Street.
Carlisle was captured BY Gus
Perez in the vicinity Of william
Street and Windsor Lane after he
was pointed out IS the man who
stole the food.
He viii be turned over to County
authorities today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-07
Man Slashes Wife
Here Last Night

Booker T. Barron. ia Passover
Lane, was arrested last night by
police after he allegedly cut his
wife about the face so severely
that she required 81 stitches to
close the wounds.
Barron was jailed by officer d.
Goodrich as he lied the scene of
a family quarrel at the Passover
Lane address. He was suffering
from a deep knife wound in his
hand. Both were taken 10 the Mon
roe General Hospital and later re-
leased.
He viii be arraigned in City
Court Monday.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Joint Trial Ordered
For Texans Cited
InWarehouse Case

Dan Moody, former governor
of Texas, argued in Alexandria
Federal Court yesterday that
two men under indictment as
accompliceS of a former Agricul-
ture Department official charged
with dispensing special Govern
ment favors, would, in a joint
trial. be embarrassed in the eyes
of the jury.
Judge Albert v. Bryan, how
ever, denied the motion for sew
erance in the cases of Tom E.
Motley and Jack Foster, both of
Center, Texas. They are charged
with aiding, abetting. counsel
ling and procuring the defend
ant Jack Coward to receive the
alleged compensation"
Served Term in Texas.
CoWart, former assistant to
the Production and Marketing
Administrator, served a prison
term in Texas after being con-
victed last year of accepting
$1,000 bribe while a Government
employe.
In the present indictment, he
is charged with having received,
while an employe of the Agri-
culture Department, compensa-
ton for services rendered in be-
half of the Baton Rouge Ware
house Co., Inc.
Specifically, he was indicted
last December on charges of
having received stock shares
worth $26,375 for services rem
dered and to have been rendered.
Motley and Foster, who last
December said they were for
merly the president and vice
president, respectively, of the
warehouse corporation, told re-
porters then they were not guilty
and would fight the charges to
the limit.
Fears Reference.
Mr.. Moody told the court that
during the trial, which is sched-
uled to begin on October 5 in
Alexandria, CoWart's conviction
on a similar charge" might be
brought up by the prosecution
in reference to the Credibilitv of
the defendant.
In ruling against the motion.
Judge Bryan said: 1T is almost
a necessity, in a case of this sort,
that the defendants be tried to-
gether," The court. he indicated.
will be able to warn the jury of
the dangers of guilt by aSsocia-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Deaths Reported

" IoH ~ u bureau OF HltaI SCatlSCCS.
Joseph LaMaha. 90; New York.
Christmas Daeenett, So, Washington
Maurice B. Adams - 5427 Potom a c
Nova c: johnson, rs, suitland Md.
John D; Fitzpatrick' "a 500 Seward
winifred A. Curry, "a, eo1s New Hamp-
shire ave. NV.
I3i1 John G9rdSn' 20 .6 1S6 18th st. NV.
Earl n % snale 90 S. a $40 N"f 18th st st. "e s.e.
William A. Hesketh. 81, 4127 4th st.
STANLEY Pokaisky, 50: s. f4@S H1ja i st. ti0s' ss.
Lewis w. West. sr.. 5S. 322 Webster at.
NV.
afsP asd2s ARdrss sss e. e. i3 is3s N st. Gspol
Edward c. Benner. "A, 1918 Hollbrook
georse, = Vale, 40; ao2a 18th t st. nv;
James MarineIli 20, Cokeburg Pa
Mirium ]. Nimeroff, infant, 672 Jeffer-
Christie X " Minnick, infant, e7a1 Allen
Gloria T. Shaw. infant, Washington.
Infant Kornspan. is Underwood st. NV
Infant Crapper, Washington.
Infant Hutches, Arling ton Va.
Infant Baker, Hyattsyille, Nd.
Infant Crifith. Arlington, Va.
Infant Semer, Washington.
Infant Shaw, Washington.
Infant Carlson. 3lO7 18th st. NV
Infant Deyerle, Washington.
Bessie Bessie Bra%n, '3'Sr & 85, ga y st st. NV.
Irene Dixon, 81, 420 s Capitol st.
John Harris, So, 1920 9Th st: ne.
Betsy Be- y; ysnderGrif ar3e g. 3SoS Jay St ne
Infant Freeman. WASHINGTON.
Infant Wynn. washington.
Evening star., 1953-09-26

Mantle. Phil Rizzuto and Hank
Bauer are guests.
$3.50, WTTG-Baseball: Wash
ington VS.. Philadelphia.
800, WNBW-Your Show of
Shows: Bambi Lynn and Rod
Alexander return to the variety
show.
900, WMAL-Saturday Night
Fights: Joey Cambria VS.. Tuzo
Portuquez in a 10-round middle
weight bout.
1000. WTOP Me da1lion
Theater: Sir Cedric Hardwicke
is featured in The Big Bow
Mystery"
1880, WTOP-Mirror Theater:
John Ireland and jeanne Dru
star in Heads or Tails"
Evening star., 1953-09-26
HighIights
Rodio Todoy.
RIVETS
OAKY DOAKS
THE TooDLES

$3.50, WRC-NBC Symphony
Orchestra: Massimo Freccia
conducts Weber's "Oberon Over
ture," Beethovens Symphony
No. / in c" and Gould's Spirit
uals for String, Choir and Or
chestra."
1900, WWDC-Report to the
People: James Deane of The
Star and Sam Zagoria of the
Post discuss District issues with
Brig. Gen. Louis w. PrentisS.
1880, WRC-Concert from Hol-
land: The program features the
Evening star., 1953-09-26

Amsterdam Concertgebouw or
chestra, the Hague Residentie
Orchestra and the Utrecht Mu-
nicipal Orchestra.
8:25, WWDC-Baseball: Wash
ington VS.. Philadelphia.
$3.50, WRC-Name That Tune:
The musical quiz program is
heard at new time.
900, WRC-The Baron and
the Bee: The program is heard
at a new time.
1000, WEAM-Football: Nat
Albright gives a description of
the LSU VS.. Alabama game.
TeIevision Today.
500, WTOP,-Jackie Gleason
Show: Yogi Berra, Mickey
Evening star., 1953-09-26
$4,000 Granted to McGiII

MONTREAL.-McGill Univer-
sited, Montreal. has been granted
$4,000 for studies on the life of
former Premier w. L. Mackenzie
King.
Evening star., 1953-01-20

informed that the prisoners
were ready to present a list of
grievances, but the demands
were not forthcoming.
Parole System Defended.
AS for the food and the parole
system, Mr.. Johnston asserted
I'VE contend that our parole sys-
tenn is one of the best in the
country and we serve food here
as good as any Jail in the State. -
Major decisions await the ar
rival of State officials from
Pittsburgh. One urgent question
is whether to turn off the heat
in the cell blocks.
Entrances Barricaded.
The rebel convicts seized con-
troll of the three main cell
blocks last night, barricading the
entrances with chairs and mat
treSSes. Two hundred and twen-
ty convicts in one of the blocks,
who refused at first to join in
the rioting, later set fire to a
mattress and threatened to take
three volunteer guards as hos
tages. After talking it over " 18th
prison officials. however. the
guards were freed unharmed and
the prisoners agreed to stay
quietly in their cells.
This thing has been brewing
for some time" Mr.. Johnston
told a reporter.
1--WE had a tip the riot was
set to happen at breakfast yes
terday," he said. Then we had
a tip it would happen about $3.50
pm. We believed the tip and
kept a number of day shift
guards on for the supper count" "
During the recreation period,
about 5:45 pm, six guards were
seized and their revolvers were
taken by the convicts. One of