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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-02
Local Metbodlst Churches
Join In Mission Program

Key Vests Methodist Churches,
First Church, Ell Salvador and Ley
Memorial, will join more than 400
others in the Florida Methodist
Conference tomorrow in share
of the United Evangelist Mission,
the greatest evangelistic effort ever
made by Methodists in the state.
Guest ministers will preach
nightly from the pUIpits Of the
local churches and teams Of lay
workers will, following the ad.
monition Of Jesus, "Go forth. two
by-two," in. a campaign Of visit.
alton evangelism. They will Wis.
it homes in the neighborhoods,
seeking to win men and women
to the fellowship Of the Christian
faith.
Prior to their going out on their
visits, the lay workers will meet
in their respective churches, for
instruction and benefit by the fel.
lowship of their team mates.
Tonight in Ley Memorial Meth
odist Church the Methodist Youth
of the city will hold Youth Rally,
under the craftsmanship of the Rev.
Eldon Simmons of Ley Memorial
Church. The Rev. Victor Rankin
of Camaguey, Cuba will be the
guest speaker.
Florida preachers were guests in
Soutl. Georgia churches April 1926
in an identical Evangelistic mis-
sion. The Florida mission start
Ing tomorrow is a part of the third
and final phase of the United Ev-
angelistic Mission which has been
conducted throughout the nine
states of the Southeastern Metho:
dist Jurisdiction.
Bishop John w. Branscomb, res
ident bishop of the Jacksonville
Area, which is comprised of the
Florida and Cuba Conferences,
summed up the purpose of the
mission when he said:
I'm the last decade, the method
used by Jesus and His followers
in the early days of the Church
has once again been tried and has
proven itself to be as effective in
leading men and women into the
fellowship of the Christian faith as
in the days when it was the most
modern method the Master and
His disciples could design"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-02

Re AMBROSE" Bats.nann and
"chsnson Trssfe" sehv!ere for
the evening worship. n
The choir under the direction OF
Mr.. Earl Anderson will sing
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for the morning worship anC 20
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Jesus Thou Art Standing" Men
6elssohn in the evening.
: The general public is cordially
invited to these services and all
during the week.
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Evening star., 1953-12-25
766 Believed Killed as Train
PIunges in New Zealand River
One Coach Carried ~ Miles Down
Flooded Gorge. One Body Swept IS Miles

ton-Auckland night express
roared up.
The locomotive and six of the
trains nine cars plunged into
the torrent as the bridge coll
lapsed under their weight. One
of the coaches was carried 212
miles downstream and one body
was found Is miles away.
Fears were expressed that
many of the victims were buried
under the mud and silt in the
river bed and might never be
found.
In a broadcast to his horror
stricken people, Mr.. Holland said
the locomotive had almost
reached the far side of the bridge
when the structure collapsed.
2O-Foot Wall of Water.
The huge engine and the 30
ton coaches were tossed about
like driftwood in the river, which
was Is feet higher than normal.
The Prime Minister said a wall
of water 20 feet high was racing
down the river bed when the
bridge gave way. The flood,
which also swept away a road
bridge adjoining the rail struc-
ture and three other bridges
along its course, subsidized almost
as quickly as it had risen.
Queen Elizabeth II, now in
Auckland on her commonwealth
(See WRECK, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Eisenhower Flies to Georgia
For Christmas With Family
President to Stoy in Augusta for Week
Working on Stote-of- Union Message

planned brief stop at Fort
Benning. Ga, to pick up his son,
Maj. John Eisenhower, Johns
wife and their three children.
David. S. Barbara Anne, 4, and
Susan, about 2.
The President plans to stay
in his new cottage on the Au-
gusta National Golf Course for
a week or more, working on his
ate-of-the-Union message to
be delivered to Congress January
7. He also hopes to get in some
golf.
Besides Mrs. Eisenhower and
her mother, those in today's
party were Secretaries James c..
Hagerty and Thomas E. Ste
phens; Mrs. Ann Whitman. per-
sonal secretary: Mrs. Mary Jane
McCaffree, secretary to Mrs.
Eisenhower; 1t. Col. William
Draper, Air Force aide and per-
sonal pilot. and Maj. Walter
Tkach, Air Force medical officer.
Last night, there was a small
family gathering at the White
House for dinner. Included be-
sides the first couple were Mrs.
Doud; Mrs. Eisenhower'S brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Moore; and the Presi-
dents brother. DR.. Milton S.
Eisenhower, and his family.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Up to 1876 Die
In Collision of
Czech Trains
Speciol Dispoteh to The Stor

VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 25.-
More than 100 persons-per-
hapS as many as 186-lost their
lives in a railway disaster in
Czechoslovakia yesterday, ac-
cording to information received
here today.
The tragedy occurred shortly
after midnight on December "a,
when the Balkan Express, en-
route from BratiSlava to Prague.
collided with a passenger train
near the village of Sakvice in
Morovan, Radio Prague an
nounced this noon.
While the official announce
ment of the Czech traffic min
istry said only that many per-
sons were killed or injured. "
Czech police officials at Husto-
pece told the Associated Press in
Vienna by telephone that more
than 100 persons lost their
lives IN the greatest railway
catastrophe which ever occurred
in Czechoslovakia.
Hustopece police are in charge
of the Identification of the vic
TINS, it was learned.
A telephone operator at Brno,
likewise questioned by the Asso-
ciated Press by telephone, said
she overheard a telephone con-
versation by Czech officials, who
estimated the death toll at 1876
persons.
Czech railway authorities at
Brno and Prague refused to
comment on the extent of the
catastrophe.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Moscow Radio Sees
Prospects of Peace
With u. S. in 1854
BY the Assoeiated Press

LONDON, Dec. 25.-Moscow
Radio today beamed peace and
good will toward the United
States. A broadcast in English
by one of Moscow's top radio
commentators, Timofeyev, said
the New Year offers the pros
pect of mutual faith and friend
ship" between the peoples of the
United States and the Soviet
Union.
He mentioned President Eisen-
hower's proposal for a United
Nations pool of atomic energy
and Russia'S statement express
ing readiness to participate in
secret talks on the plan.
"The coming year of 1854 Of
fers wonderful prospects for
which mankind is yearning, the
prospect of stable and lasting
peace, the prospect of mutual
faith and friendship between the
peoples, including the peoples
of the U. S. A. and the Soviet
Union. May the New Year of
1854 serve to strengthen Coop
Grafton between the peoples of
the U. S. A. and the Soviet Un-
ion in their joint efforts against
the threat of war and for the
preservation and promotion of
peace"
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Wet Mini Troops Launch
Strong Offensive in Laos
Bv the Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo-China. Dec. 25.
The French high command
announced today that Commu-
nist-led Wet Mimi troops have
opened a powerful offensive in
the direction of the Mekong
River in Laos.
The French population of
Takhek has been asked to seek
refuge in Savannaket, 90 miles
south of Takhek. to avoid the
advancing Wet Mimi columns.
The French army spokesman
said elements of two Viet-Minh
divisions have been identified as
taking part in the westward
drive that started, in North An
nam.
The spokesman said these units
are at least so miles from
Takhek, which is located on the
Thailand frontier and COM
mands the Mekong valley to the
south.
The spokesman said that
French troops fought all Christ
mas Day to hold up the Wet
Mimi advance through the jun
gle on provincial Route IL, the
main invasion highway toward
the west.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
By the Assoeiated Press

AUCKLAND, New Zealand,
Dec. 25.-Prime Minister Sydney
Holland estimated today 166
persons died in the Christmas
eve wreck of a speeding train
that plunged into a flooded
mountain gorge $50 miles south
of Auckland. 1t was the worst
rail disaster in New Zealand's S
history.
Mr.. Holland announced the
apparent toll in broadcast
from the scene of the tragedy as
rescue workers continued their
search of the remote and sparse
ly settled area on the slopes of
Mount Ruapehu, an 8,200-foot
valcano.
In later broadcast, the Prime
Minister said 140 of the 27O per-
sons listed on the train still had
not been accounted for. He said
104 had been found alive and
26 bodies recovered so far.
Earlier reports said 36 injured,
presumably among the 104 re-
ported alive by Mr.. Holland, had
been taken to hospitals.
10O-FO0t Bridge COllapses.
The accident occurred at 1920
pm. last night (5:20 am. EST
after the swollen Wangaehu
River swept away the huge piers
supporting a 100-foot railway
bridge just before the Yelling
Evening star., 1953-12-25
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower flew to
Georgia today to spend Christ
mas week in seclusion with his
family.
With Mrs. Eisenhower and a
small White House staff aboard,
the Presidents plane, Columbine,
took off from National Airport
at 9:15 am. 1t was due to reach
Augusta in midafternoon.
Just before the takeoff, the
President posed on the ramp for
photographers and gave them a
dose of their own medicine.
While they made their pictures
he shot back with a Stereoscopic
camera which is a new presiden-
tial hobby. The camera takes
two images which. when pro-
jected simultaneously on a
screen, give a third-dimension
illusion.
Mrs. Eisenhower, standing be-
side her husband, wished the
crowd of newsmen and photog-
raphers Merry Christmas" and
commented, in apparently sly
reference to Christmas Eve cele-
brations and the comparatively
early hour, You all look healthy" !"
The President grinned.
En- route to Augusta, he
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Man Killed by Auto
While FLEEING Arrest

A Baltimore man was killed
last night when he ran into the
path of an automobile on u. S.
l near Savage, Md, to escape
arrest for being in a fight, State
police reported.
Police identified the victim as
Christian Moore, 25, of Balti-
more.
Trooper F. Ross Sparks said he
had responded to a trouble call
at an inn near the highway and
Guilford road. He said he found
a near-riot in the establishment,
and radioed for help.
Outside, Trooper Sparks said
he saw two men in a fight. He
broke it up and put one of the
men in his cruiser. He said he
went back for the other man,
who later was identified as Mr..
Moore.
He saw me coming for him
and ran. hollered for him to
stop, but he kept right on-right
in front of the car" said Trooper
Sparks.
A technical charge of reckless
driving was placed against the
driver of the car. William Ro-
senthal of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Trooper Sparks said Mr.. Rosen-
thai did everything possible to
avoid hitting the victim.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
81. EIizabeths Fugitive
Captured at FBI Office

A man listed as fugitive
from st. Elizabeths Hospital
presented the wrong credentials
to the wrong Office here today.
Lawrence Powtan, about so.
colored, appeared at the Wash
ington Office of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation on the
fifth floor of the Old Post Office
Building in Pennsylvania avenue
at Twelfth street NV.
He handed over handmade
Credentials" which he said
were approved Identification
from the crime department." He
was armed with a razor and the
FBI called Metropolitan police,
who overpowered him. Attend
ants returned him to the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Plane Carries Special Gift
To British Weather Shin
BY the Associated Press

KINLOSS, Scotland, Dec. 25.
An RAF coastal command
plane flew a 1,50O-mile round
trip over the wind-swept At
lantic yesterday to deliver a spe-
cial Christmas present to the
crew of a British weather vessel
"a harmonica, badly needed for
last nights celebration at sea.
The vessel, anchored in the
wintry ocean to give reports on
weather conditions to trans
Atlantic air travellers. had mes
saged it needed the harmonica
for the Christmas party.
The plane, piloted by Flight
1t. w. S. Green carried the in
strument we'll wrapped in metal
container and dropped it to the
deck of the weather vessel-a di-
rect hit.
For good measure, the coastal
command sent along the ships
Christmas mail. some fresh milk
and 9-foot Christmas tree. All
hit the deck safely.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Traffic
Takes4Lives
|nNearbyArea
District Man Dies
Of Injuries After
Arlington Crash

The Washington areas holi-
day traffic toll mounted over
night with four traffic fatalities
recorded in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Robert L. Scott, 26, colored, of
4219 Dix street NE, died in
Arlington Hospital early today of
injuries received in a two-car
crash on Columbia pike near
the Arlington Navy Annex.
The accident happened just
before midnight. Police said the
car driven by Mr.. Scott smashed
into the rear of a car driven
by Robert L. Muhlhausen, 10, of
226 Jefferson street NV.
After the collision, Mr.. Scott's
car ran off the right side of
the road and smashed into a
utility pole. The car was a
total loss.
Police said Mr.. Muhlhausen
lost control of his car, ran off
the left side of the road and
struck another utility pole. He
was not hurt.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Trumans Relax on Holiday
First Time in Eight Years
By the Associated Press

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-. Dec.
25.-Christmas was a leisurely
unhurried observance for the
first time in eight years at the
Harry Truman residence.
While the former President
was in the White House, the
family flew here for Christmas
at home. but it was attended by
such things as must appoint
ments, official business and the
restrictions of the Secret Service.
This is one Christmas we're
really going to enjoy" was the
way Mrs. Truman expressed it.
In the living room of the
home is a big tree where Mr.. and
Mrs. Truman and their daugh-
ter Margaret were to gather this
morning for the opening of
presents. Later there will be
Christmas dinner.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Pedestrian, II, Killed.;
Fire Volunteer Held

A volunteer fireman respond
ing to an alarm in Arlington
County last night struck and
killed an elderly pedestrian, po-
lice reported.
The victim was Benjamin F.
Lanham, II, of 4342 North Fair
fax drive, Arlington.
Police said Mr.. Lanham was
struck by a pickup truck about
8:45 pm. as he was attempting
to cross Wilson boulevard just
east of Barton street.
The truck driver, Albert w.
JeffrieS, 18, of 3714 North Sew
(See ACCIDENTS, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Arlington: Silent Night for Sentry Before Shrine

the marble walkway just
the soldier and the dead.
The night was clear and the
air was cold. And on this night
the brightest star of them all
was over the tomb.
Down the hillside, through the
silhouetted branches of winter
trees in the night, were the
orderly ranks of stones, dimly
white against the dead grass of
lawn or half hidden in sable
shadow.
Out beyond this cold tran
quillity there was life and at
least one night of peace for the
living. at least an interlude be-
tween conflicts.
Across the river, on another
Evening star., 1953-12-25

crest, was the cathedral where
there was old, old music and
prayers and praise for the Prince
of Peace.
Closer by, there was the five
sided building where men plan
against the day of another war.
Along the road outside the low
wall cars hurried along, hasten
ing. their drivers forgetful on
this eve of the place they passed,
bound for home and Christmas
and parties.
But here on the hill, beside the
tomb. above the flanking graves.
there was only quiet and the
night and chill and the tread of
the lone sentry. A little night
wind tumbled dead leaf across
the marble pavement.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
BY Elton c. Foy
Assoeioted Press Stoff Writer

Last night there was eternal
peace on earth for 10000 dead
of too many wars.
For them and the lonely sentry
who kept his vigil at the Tomb
OF the Unknown Soldier in Ar
lington Cemetery there were no
Christmas eve carols nor lights
nor cheer.
For them the night was silent
and holy and still.
For them there was no worry
that peace now was kept. not by
good will, but only by the threat
of arms. They were done with
war.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Front-Line Troops
Stand by Guns for
Christmas in Korea
Advance Company Eyes
Red Soldiers Across
Neutral Territory
BY the Associated Press

CHORWON VALLEY, Korea,
Dec. 25.-Love Company shivered
by its guns today-Christmas in
Korea. 1858.
It's cold, but not as unpleasant
as when a Christmas present
CordinoI SpeIlmon and Bishop Mortin
Tour Korean Front. Poee A-3
might be a bullet--like Christ
mas, 1852.
An 18-year-old American SOL
der stood by a chill and silent
machinegun. looking through a
bunker slit toward the snow
covered mountain across the
valley.
On the other side of the hill
cooks served turkey and dressing.
The soldier, Pfc. William E.
Airgood of Pitcairn, Pa, watched
White Horse Mountain, scene of
a bloody battle Is months ago.
Reds Also Waiting.
White Horse is on the allied
side of the line. Two and a half
miles away, across a silent buffer
zone staked out by the Korean
armistice, stands a Communist
army, waiting, too.
We've got to keep watching
out there. That's our job" said
Corpl. Marvin Trimmer, %, of
Reed City, Mich, who manned
an automatic rifle.
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor said
the 9th Army would be on holi-
day schedule today, but that
didn't mean rest for everybody.
The men of Love Company,
who are closer to Communist
troops than any other outfit in
this sector, have to keep watch
ing. Their mission is to give first
warning of any possible attack
and to fight a delaying action.
Men to Eat in Shifts.
1t. Charles w. Presson, Is, of
Barberton, Ohio, the company
commander, arranged for half
his men to eat dinner at a time
SO that all could stuff themselves
with turkey. Love Company has
a Quonset hut mess-an un-
heard-of luxury before the
armiStice..
There's a lavishly decorated
5-foot Christmas tree 1t. Presson
found in a rear area.
It's just as nice as any Christ
mas tree back home" he said.
I've had my eye on this tree for
three months"
Last Christmas, the Commu-
nists played Christmas carols for
allied soldiers through loud
speakers and decorated trees in
no-man's-land. The lines are
too far apart for that now.
The food, prepared by
M/Sergt. Henry T. Wade, 20, of
Adel, Ga, and his crew of cooks.
was as fancy as Christmas din
ner at home.
There. were apples. oranges,
nuts, candy, celery and shrimp
cocktail And then the turkey
Sergt. Wade worked all night
(See FRONT LINE, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Anonymous Funds Enable
Mother 10 See Invalid Son
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 25,-
Mrs. Ora Jackson can hide tears
OF disappointment but not of
joy.
She concealed her sorrow when
when she realized finances would
keep her from a Christmas re-
union with her 12-year-old son
Eugene. He's under treatment in
the Omaha (Nebr.) polio center
But she wept openly when she
learned an anonymous person
had put up the money for the
trip. So Mrs. Jackson left Louis
vile by train yesterday.
She and her husband live as
tenants on farm near Taylors-
vile. Their son went to Omaha
last November.
Evening star., 1953-12-25

Christmas for these men never
would come again. For some,
the last one was only a year ago.
For some it was a few years.
And for others far away, decades
ago.
This night they slept. as they
had the many others, in peace,
with their living companion
standing his guard.
He paced his march in the
night back and forth past the
white marble tomb 128
steps to the minute the
click of heels in the dark as he
turned the slapping sound
of a rifle shifted to the other
shoulder /. pause for 20 Sec
onds and back again over
Evening star., 1953-12-25
20 Held in CusubIuncu
After 1o Die in BOMBING
BY the Assoeioted Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Dec.
25.-Police arrested 20 persons
today as the toll in yesterdays
terrorist bombing of a crowded
market place climbed to 10 dead
and % injured.
The entire city was alerted
and French troops rushed into
the town to reinforce police in
an attempt to head off any fur
ther acts of terrorism.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Menon Sees MoIotov

MOSCOW, Dec. Is R.-In-
dian Ambassador K. P. S. Menon
conferred with Soviet Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov for half
an hour today in what the In
dian Embassy called a private
talk"
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Thousands Work
On Christmas Day

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER-The
"Oh, hoppy holiday" spirit is lost
when you get up eorly and go to
work os usuoI. For those who did
thot this morning see poee "A.
COOL YULE-Shoron Doron in her
weekly Teen Scene writes OF New
Mexicon Christmas ond prepores for
next weeks 'Frontic First" on poee
B-4
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Eisenhower Prays
For Peace in Lighting
White House Tree
Ceremony Witnessed
By Millions on TV,
Others at Grounds

With prayers of thanks for the
first peaceful Christmas since
1949 and of hope for the future,
President Eisenhower last night
set aglow the national commu-
nifty Christmas tree.
The traditional Christmas eve
ceremony on the south lawn of
the White House was watched
by millions on television in ad-
dition to the thousands who
gathered in the cold to share the
occasion with the President and
his family.
In a broadcast from the White
House before f1icking the switch
to light the towering yule tree,
the President told the Nation:
"Our national and individual
blessings are manifold. Our
hopes are bright-even though
the world still stands divided in
two antagonistic parts"
PrayS for Friendship.
He prayed for strengthened
efforts to forge abroad those
links of friendship which must
one day encircle the world, if its
people are to survive and live
in peace"
At the tree-lighting. the
President threw a switch
mounted on silver. which rang
a buzzer under the great tree.
Harold Snyder, director of
stagecraft for the District Rec
reation Department. then threw
the switch lighting $500 red and
green 10-watt bulbs. Also lit
were mercury-vapor flood lights,
which throw enough ultra violet
light to give the green needles of
the Norway spruce glow at
night.
Mrs. Eisenhower wore a full
length mink coat against the
bitter cold, and holly-red dress,
scarf, hat and gloves. Gen.
Eisenhower wore a gray over
coat and gray felt hat, which
he put under his chair on the
platform before sending warm
wishes from our house to yours"
and throwing the switch.
Greetings From Youth.
Camp Fire Girl Helen Juten
and Boy Scout William H.
Zierdt brought the President
greetings from the Nations
youth. Commissioner Samuel
Spencer brought him best wishes
from the people of the District.
Other participants in the pro-
gram, which was watched first
hand by about $500 persons.
were the Marine Band and the
National Press Club Chorus.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John S.
Spence. of st. John Baptist de
La Sale Church, gave the invo-
cation. The Rev. c. Leslie Glenn,
rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. pronounced the bene-
diction.
To Augusta Today.
After the ceremony, President
and Mrs. Eisenhower returned to
the White House to exchange
gifts. The EiSenhowers did this
a day early because they are fly
ing to Augusta, Ga.
AS President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover returned home, the Voice
of America began broadcasting
his talk around the world in "a
languages.
Earlier in the day the Chief
Executive personally wished a
merry Christmas to sic members
Of the White House staff and
gave them copies of an oil por-
trait of Abraham Lincoln he had
painted himself.
Gen. Eisenhower began work.
Ing on the painting of the Civil |
War President last July 26, while .
for word to come through |
of the Korean armistice. He |
made the portrait from a White
House photograph of Lincoln,
aiken by Alexander Gardner on !
November Is, 1868.
Dressed in a grey suit, the
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