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The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Johns Holds
First Cabinet
Meeting Today

TALLAHASSEE R-Acting Gov.
Charley E. Johns at his first Cabi-
net meeting today approved con-
tracts with architects for planning
three new construction projects
the big South Florida
mental hospital.
The architectural firms had been
selected by the Cabinet before Gov.
Dan Mccart:s died and today's &C.
stion was formal approval Of the
actual contracts.
81 certainly don't want to dis.
turb anything you gentlemen have
already DONE" Johns said.
"I'm going to be little green,
and maybe a little confused" he
commented at .he outset, but he
seemed to have little trouble call.
ing the order of business for the
long series Of separate boards
which are made up Of the con-
stitutional officers generally known
as the Cabinet.
The contract for designing the
five million dollar South Florida
mental hospital near Fort Lauder.
dale was awarded to the firms Of
Gamble, Pownall and Gilroy and
Edwin T. Reeder, Associates.
The acting governor showed a
keen interest in expending facilities
of the Florida farm colony for
mentally deficient children at
Gainesville.
Told planning was just getting
started on the ia million dollar
construction program authorized
for the institution, Johns said:
"It needs to be pushed"
He joined the Cabinet in approx
ing a contract with Reynolds,
Smith and Hills OF jacksonville for
designing q new infirmary, rehabil-
itation of existing steam and hot
water systems and installation Of a
new boiler at the farm colony.
The Cabinet also approved a
contract with H. ]. Klutho of Jack
sonville for designing a warehouse
for plumbing and electrical sup
plies, q male employees dormitory
addition and a commissary ware
house at Florida State Hospital.
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
|FiveDie, Four
Escape InTwo
Plane Crashes

COLUMBUS, Ga. R-Five Air
Force men were killed and four
others, along with a hitchhiking
sailor, escaped in separate crashes
of a twin engine BIS and q PHI
trainer last night.
The BIS, based across the P0to-
mac River from Washington al
Andrews Air Force Base, Nd,
was returning from Eglin AFB,
Fla, in q heavy fog when Il
crashed into the top of Pine Noun
tain, about IS miles north Of here.
All five crewmen were killed, but
Richard X. Schmidt, 10, of Rum
son, N. j., a sailor stationed at
the Whiting Naval Auxiliary Air
Station, Milton, Fla, escaped with
a possible hip fracture and lacer.
atoms.
Andrews Air Force Base identi-
fled three of the dead as Capt.
Stephen A. Clisham of Washing
ton, D. c., airman 3. C. r. David.
son Of Washington, Pa, who was
stationed at Eglin; and airman z.
Continued ~son Page :>1s.sJ
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
National Polio
Ledder HaiIs
Key Vest Effort

The cooperation Of Key
Wssters In administering the
emergency dosage Of $4,000
ec's Of gamma globulin 10
children and sxpectant moth.
eSs els unsurpassed" Marion
T. Jeffries, state represen-
tativs for the National Polio
Foundation. announced 10.
day.
The team work has result.
cd In the smooth operation
Of all centsrs." he declared.
II have been much Impressed
by the work Of all-ths doc
tors nurses. Navy. civilian.
volunteers. and teachers"
Jeffriss has been In Key
West since early this week
helping on the mass inocula-
tion project.
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Motel Men Will
Hear Ramsey Mon.

Ernest A. Ramsey, General Man
ager of the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Commission viii address the Kew
West Chapter of the Florida Motor
Court Association at their regular
luncheon meeting on Monday.
October 5 at Benny's Cafeteria.
Ramsey win speak and answer
questions concerning q proposed
bond issue to finance q new water
line to serve Key West and the
Florida Keys.
Other business WIN be discussed
by the motel group following the
address. All Key West motel own
ers and operators are cordially in-
vited to attend the meeting whieA
wfll be held at noon according 70
Melvin Levitt, president Of the Or.
ganization.
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Jdycees Endorse
City Manager Plan

The Junior Chamber Of
Commerce voted TO endorse
the present city manager form
OF government in Key West ut
their regular meeting Wsdnss'
day night.
The move was made after q
discussion of the respective
merits Of that system and the
proposed maYor-councilmanie
form of government. The
citY's voters will decide the
issue At the polls in Novsm.
bsr.
One Of the chief points Of
contention among the JaYcees
was the question Of whether
the city manager form means
the present type Of govern
ment or that which was writ.
ten into the city charter In
lS4S. AZ the last session Of
the Legislature sweeping
changes were made in the
charter. greatly reducing the
authority Of the city manages.
Some Jsycsss unsuccessful
: " moved 10 q. ppaipspsfnsAk 4.
of last nights vote becauss
the club had not been On.
lighfensd on the details Of
the proposed maYor-council-
manic form Of government
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Surrey Sho,Os
Local Average
Tops National
Especial 10 Tho citRsn)

NEW YORK, (PRNS) -
Food is big business in Key
West. In point of sales vol
|ume, local retail stores SELL
ing food are attracting a big
Iger chunk of the household
dollar than any other retail
group.
Further back in the quest fol
the dollar are stores selling auto.
motive equipment and supplies
(which includes farm machinery
and bicycles as well as cars and
boats, the furniture household
radio stores, general merchandise
establishments, including depart.
ment stores, and drug stores.
The lowdown on how the dollar
lis spread, and for what, is given
lin Sales Management's recent COPY
|righted survey.
Expenditures for fcod In Key
West during The past year reach
Cd fhs formidable figure Of ST..
Os6. 900. which marked . rise
over the 1851 volume, $6,ol4,O 900.
" was divided in various propor-
tions among fhs butcher shops,
grocery stores, fish markets, del.
ieafesssns and such.
u represented food buyina per
family Of $s3s, . figure obtained
by dividing HE total outlay BY
the number Of families. This was
. spending pattern that spelled
good living.
By way of comparison, the aver.
age amount spent for food through.
out the country as a whole durins
the year was only $S7s per family,
The families In the South Atlantic
states spent an~average of $770.
Among the leading reasons Civ.
en- for the relatively large outlay.
for food are the increase in the
birth rate, with twice as many sec.
|ond babies as there were in 1910,
the increase in longevity, the rise
In prices and an increase in earn.
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Two Are Killed By Indian
Guards In Second Outbreak
OF Restive War Prisoners

lence-the first time blood has
been shed since the Indians took
custody-total three dead and 10
wounded, the Indian command an.
nounced.
An Indian spokesman said order
had been restored at the com.
pounds five miles southwest of Pan
munjom in the demilitarized zone.
The outbreak last only a few MIN
utes.
In other Developments:
/. The U. N. Command formally
protested that the Neutral Nations
Repatriation Commission favored
the Communists in drawing up
rules of procedure for explanations
to prisoners by agents from their
homelands.
2. The repatriation commission
paved the way for the twice do.
layed interviews to begin-possibly
by Monday, one Indian source
said - by selecting sites for re-
building explanations centers. Both
the U. N. Command the Commu-
nists had protested the original IA
cilities.
8. Five North Koreans who told
the commission they had changed
their minds and wanted to return
to Communism were handed over
to the Reds. More than 100 OF the
$500 reluctant PoWs have, re.
turned to Communal control. s,pes
|the end Of Operation Big Switch.
An Indian spokesman said FRI.
days riot was touched off when
five hospitalized POWs demanded
that another prisoner, taken to the
hospital after attempting suicide.
be returned to the compound.
The Indians. refused. The five
prisoners rushed out Of. the hos
pital and shouted to q compound
housing 500 men. The others took
up the chant for the return of the
prisoner and began scaling the
barbed wire fences.
The spokesman said the guards
repeatedly warned the prisoners 20
halt.
"We tried persuasion and they
would not listen." he said. "The
chaps continued 70 scale the
barbed wire. Our guards tried TO
push and beat them back with
sticks but the whole lot of them
kept on coming.
First We fired one shot In the
air as a warning. That had no ef.
feet so the guards fired six more
shots. A total Of only seven shots
was fired"
An Indian spokesman said In
dian troops fired on the demon
Continued On Page Tenl
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
Circus To
Aid War
Orphans
High School To
Stage 5-Ring
affair On. We'd.

Key West High School
students will stage a three
ring circus next Wednesday
night to stimulate public in
terest In the visit here OF
Maria Carmela La Vecchia,
lO-year old war orphan
adopted by the crew of the
USS Davis, Key West based
destroyer escort. The circus
will be held at the Nays
Walker Field starting at 8
pm.
The crew Of the Davis raised the
money to bring little Maria from
Italy 10 see them after their hopes
Of visiting the Mediterranean fad-
ed.
Key Westers from six to sixty
win be treated to dozens Of acts
staged by the high schoolers who
have been drilling under the direc-
ton Of Joe Cornell.
A hest q talent hes BEEN IN.
covered st HE high seheei and
they will perform daring acts Of
slkIll Tor ihs spectators.
ciewns viii esveTt for Kids snd
srewnups alike. In addition,
standard circus acts, including
srapexs and baton iwirllng sxhl-
bisieas BY shs high sehool Maler.
cites will be featured % well %
dance acts snd marching sna
drlllins by The Key West H'sh
kehoel hand.
Although admission Is free and
the general public Is invited, do
nations win be accepted fol, the
Foster Parents Plan for War Chill
dren, Inc. the plan under which
the crew Of the Davis adopted
Maria.
The Green Street gate to the
Naval Station viii be open for the
occasion.
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
BY GEORGE MACARTHUR

PANMUNJ0M R-Indian guards
armed with guns and clubs today
killed two Chinese prisoners and
wounded five others in the second
mass breakout attempt in two
days by restive anti-C Communist
war prisoners.
The Indians yesterday quelled
with guns a riot of North Koreans
who refuse to return home, killing
one and wounding five.
Casualties in two days Of vic.
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02

The victim, 25-year-old Navy
wife was diagnosed for the disease
at the Naval hospital yesterday.
She has the non-paralytic type
Iorm. She was not an expectant
mother, and not immlnized with
gamma globulin.
DR.. Dalton stressed that the
gamma globulin like any other i'm
is not effective as such
for seven to 10 days after inocula-
ton. 1t then prevents the paralytic
form of polio for from four to six
weeks said.
BY noon today medical teams
had inoevIsfsd . total Of S.0sl
children and expsetant meshsrs
~ the three schools Yesterday
and sf Key West High school,
pUineians and the cenvsns Of
Mary lmmsevlsts This mernins,
and At The Naval hospital and
6oUnfy Clinic.
Or. Dalton requested and re.
esissd by plane from Jackson.
vile This morning 1890 addi.
tional ce's Of gamma slobvIin !
for increased sstimasss over
a0c) Of the numbers Of children
and mothers 10 bs injected.
Tie medical crew at Douglass
Scoou continued inoculations until
3 oNdnch last night. Any additional
cOored children were taken at the
County Health Clinic this morn.
ing.
= While Navy and ciyilians iaetnrs
performed the injections at the
schools, nurses from Children's
Variety Hospital, Coral Gables,
inoculated the expectant mothers
at the County Health Clinic. Four
worked yesterday at the clinic and
one in the field. Today two Of
the specially trained polio nurses
worked at the clinic with three in
the field.
The Navy will continue to In
oeulate any lats-eomsFs toner.
row at Ward A af Naval Hospital
from 2 s.m. 10 II a.m., n wss
announced by Capt. r. S. Simp-
son. commanding officer Of shs
hospital. Navy doctors and
eerpsmen. supervised by ccmdr.
T. A. Butler, Md, had finished
. total of 3204 NEGOTIATIONS by
noon today. Nc bus ssrvies viii
bs provided tomervsw, Capt.
Simpson said.
Meanwhile, inoculations at Poin-
ciana and Key West High School
and the Convent went smoothly
with the same hard working teams
performing the task today as yes
terday.
Blue skirted, white shirted girls
went into the auditorium at the
Convent with their parents, and
little boys from st. Joseph's
School also came in this morning.
They were registered and weigh
ed backstage in the auditorium, +,
then taken on to the curtained
stage where the Navy doctor and
DR.. Edward Gonzalez injected
them, assisted by the nurses and
volunteer holders.
Monday fhs medical crews will
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1953-10-02
GG Injections Given To 6>09l
Children Mothers By Noon Today
Total Over 5000 Expected
Before Completion On Keys
By SUSAN McAvoY

AS doctors, nurses and volunteer workers completed
the gigantic task of nocuatng children and expectan
mothers in Key West with gamma globulin the 3Srd case
was reported to Dr. R. J. Dalton, County Health officer
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Marines Give 7Wo-Stor Rank
To Five, Confirm -Four Others

The Marine Corps today pro-
noted five brigadier generals to
major general, among them
famed Lewis B. "Chesty" Fuller,
former commander of the 1st
Marine Division in Korea.
Also promoted to major gen.
eral were John C. Mcqueen, di-
rector of the Marine Corps Re-
serves; James P. Riseley, COM
mander of the 1St Air Ground
Task Force, Kaneohe Bay. Ha-
Waii; Albert D. Cooley, COM
mander of the Sd Marine Air
craft Wing at Miami, and Rooert
o. Bare, director of the develop
ment center at Quantico.
AT the same time, the Marine
Corps confirmed in the perma-
nent rank of major general four
officers already holding the rank
on temporary appointment. They
are Randolf C. McPate, present
commander of the 1st Marine
Division in Korea; Clayton c..
Jerome, commander of the I'd
Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry
Point, N. c.; George F. Good,
jr., and Merrill B..Twining, now
in Washington awaiting re-
assignment.
Gen. Fuller, whose home is in
Evening star., 1953-08-27
RebuttaI Arguments
AT Transit Hearing
Scheduled Monday

The District Public Utilities
Commission will hear rebuttal
arguments in the capital Transit
rate case when the hearings e.
sumo Monday at 10 am. in the
commission Offices.
Both company and union off,
cials agreed yesterday that if an
attempt were made to hire Negro
operators, mass designations
leading to a complete work stop
page would result.
This testimony was given by
j. Godfrey Butler, company per-
sonnel and labor relations di-
rector, and Walter j. Bierwagen.
president of the transit union
local. Both cited an unsuccess-
full move to hire Negro operators
in 1943. Both were certain that
efforts to do the same thing now
would have the same result-the
transit wheels would stop rolling
The issue was raised by an in
tervenor in the rate case, DR..
Harry j. Walker, a sociology pro-
feSsor at Howard University.
Supported by a group of other
Negroes here, DR.. Walker con-
tended that if Capital Transit
would hire Negroes to fill exist
ing vacancies, the company could
reduce the amount paid in over
time to it's present force.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

Saluda, Middlesex County, Va,
is now commanding the troop
training unit at Coronado, Calf.
During World War II he COM
manded Marines on Guadal-
canal, New Britain and Peleliu,
winning four Navy Crosses for
heroiSm in action during his
many campaigns.
In Korea he took over COM
mand of the 1st Division in
February, 1851. After fighting
in a number of actions up and
down the peninsula. When
troops under his command had
to retreat, he never admitted it.
"All that happened" he ex-
planned on one occasion, was
we found more Chinese behind
us than in front of us. So we
about-faced and attacked"
Now 55, Gen. Fuller origi-
nally got his nickname of
"Chesty" from his pouter-
pigeon stance when barking out
commands. During World War II
it was a popular legend among
his troops that he had a steel
chest as a result of machete
wounds received in battles in
Central America in the early 20s.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Legion Head Urges
Review by Congress
OF Information Cuts
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27.-Lewis K.
Cough, national commander of
the American Legion, advised
President Eisenhower today that
Congress should reconsider has
ty and drastic" appropriation
cuts for information programs
abroad.
Mr.. Cough, here for the Le-
gion'S four-day national conven-
ton opening Monday, made pub
lie a report he sent to the Pres
ident on his 23-day inspection
trip of Western defenses in Eur
ope. He made the trip at the in
vitation of the President.
The Legion commander also
recommended liberalizing the
Nations tariff and immigration
laws.
Disheartened by Cut.
Mr.. Cough reported that while
in Berlin he was diSheartened by
a ST million reduction by Con-
greSS which "cut the heart out
of our information program just
when we were starting to take
the initiative"
This" he added, ''SeemS to be
false economy when winning the
battle for peace is essential if
we are ever to curtal the tre-
mendous expense of continued
rearmament."
But Mr.. Cough said he IA
vored careful supervision of
American money used to aid
Europe, adding that he felt the
time had come to get rid of the
"donor-donee relationship"
Urges Trade Aid.
Instead, he said, the United
States should do what it can to
help its allies with their export
and surplus population problems.
Lower United States trade
barriers wherever our own do
mestic economy will not be seri-
ouSly affected should be consid-
ered," he said. g. Recent
trade restrictions of Western
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Special Investigation

CIMARRON, Kans. (P).-A mo-
torist with poor coordination
rounded a residential corner here,
smashed into a home and
caved in the front wall of the
building. Sheriff Charles Davis
launched the investigation with
special zest. 1t was his home.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

European nations aimed at Italy
should be re-examined."
Realistic immigration quo
tas," he reported, "can do much
to provide hope for the nations
that need it most"
Mr.. Cough at a news confer
ence yesterday said he would
recommend full partnership for
West Germany and Spain in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton at the Legion convention.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
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Evening star., 1953-08-27
HyottsviIIe All Leader
Speaks to Vireinions
BY the Assoeioted Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Aug. a.
E. w. Alton, of 34O8 University
lane, Hyattsville, Md, a leader of
All Club programs, was sched-
uled to address today's session
of the annual Virginia Farm and
Home Agents Association.
Yesterday the association
elected E. L. Wood of Amelia as
head of the farm agents and Mrs.
Kate Estes Hoge of Montgomery
County to head the home agents.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
YEAR-'R ROUND
RECREATION
Skyline Country Club
On Top Of the Blue Ridge

Approximately One Hour From D. c.
Springfield lokes for swimming,
fishing and ice" skotine. This
facility will olso provide Tennis,
Bodminton, Baseball, HondboII,
Bowling, VoIIey Boil, Shuttle
board. Putting Greens, Driving
Ranges, Skeet Shooting, Hiking
(AppoIoehion Troll thru prop
ertyl. Picnicine in groves over
looking both the Piedmont and
the Shenandoah Valleys. Men,
bership fee, thirty doIIors for
1854 and 1855, includes use Of
oil recreotionoI facilities; there
ore no additional fees or assess
ments. This offer is definitely
limited to THIS WEEK ONLY,
Those interested moy opply IN
PERSON. Hours: Daily 10 til 7,
Thurs. til 9.
Skyline Country Club
500 AIbee Bldg.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

WE'D 50 YEARS-Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Walker re-
Gently celebrated their 5Oth
wedding anniversary here.
MIR. Walker is the fourth
member of his immediate
family to observe a golden
wedding occasion. A party for
them was held in the home
of their son, Robert Walker,
in Silver Spring. The couple
have three children and seven
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Sears
i'm nported
accessory
fdSh Shions
bazaar

Come beothokiney exciting hondboes gloves scorfs
soes the very Of European accessory fashions
in this fashion event the whole towns owoed! Here
in exciting collection the authenticity Of European
foshons prices you'd normally poy for cope Sears buyers
back the Of inspiration for the you
went mad about last year and selected including
the setting componnts Of the Fall 1853 fashion
picture They found designers and artisans
feathers inspirations in the traditional mo we'll
as storied homIets Loke Como Genobe London,
Florence and dozens Of richly romantic settings Some
imported direct you'll have original imported scarf.
or hondboe, gloves to 'moke your foil outfit. Sope
copied in typcoI American IeotheE obrics, to sell
at even lower prices. We've sketched just few
in and see scores more Of these fabulous foshions
Evening star., 1953-08-27

ADVERTISEMENT.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-09-10
WhinyilIe

WHIGVILLE = Mr.. and Mrs.
William Gulick and children
spent Tuesday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward Bishard of Cam
bridge.
Kelsey Carpenter, who has
been a patient at Guernsey Me
mortal hospital at Cambridge,
was removed to his home here
on Saturday.
Donald Berry, who has been
in the Marines the past two
years one of which was spent
in Korea, has received his dis
charge and returned to his home
here.
Myron Cutler, Emma West
and Elaine Archer, who are en-
ployed at Columbus, spent the
weekend at their homes here.
Several from here attended
the fair at Columbus the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hayes
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll Cutler and daughter, Cald-
well, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Cutler.
WS.C.S. will meet in the
town hall Friday night Sept. IL.
Potluck supper will be served.
Clarence West of the u. S.
Army, who is stationed at Camp
Pickett, Va, spent the weekend
at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Carter,
Mrs. Mat Gulick, Forest Danford
and Billy Cutler visited Ezra
VanDyne Tuesday, who is a
patient at st. Francis hospital,
Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ancil Sparling
of Andover and George Moore
of Cleveland, were calling or
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Carter on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Watson
were at Marietta, Sunday.
Mrs. Maynard Johnson oi
Caldwell, Mrs. Lawrence Bates
and children of West Lafayette
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. West ano
daughter were at Caldwell or
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Van.
FosSen and children of East
Union, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. George Berry and son
| Donald.