The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 3

Florida Prepared For Any Epidemic Experts Urge Polio Researchers Optimistic State Planners Told with any possible" polio epidemic that might strike Florida ed to cost approximately a half million dollars "I can tell you now" he said "that we have learned more in the research field during the past 18 months than we did in the past 14 years prior to that time We bf Iieve we have reason Dr Parks director of the 'bureau Of preventable diseases for the State Board of iHealth and committee chair- c-i i -l ti-iiL'in a rrriam an c- By Vnltetl Preaa JACKSONVILLE "We believe we have reason to be optimistic where the control of polio is concerned' a Washington medical consultant told the Florida State Polio Planning Committee Thursday Dr Foard McGinnis South-: eastern medical consultant for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said one instance being tested for polio control may be slowed down however McGinnis said scarcity of gam imany demonstration tests as we would like to "Second we are not sure that gamma globulin is'' the answer where the control of polio is concerned Such tets as we are running now not-ably in Houston Tex we hope will help to supply a part or all of that answer" 1 Expense also is a factor In staging the tests he commented "Our test in Houston alone with approximately 35000 children being vaccinated is expect ma globulin and uncertainty of its effects in controlling polio are serving to put the brake on more widespread test of the substance Said McGinnis: "The question asked of us most frequently today is 'why aren't you conducting more widespread tests into the use of gamma globulin as a preventative for "The answer to that question is twofold: First because gamma globulin is in short supply since it has to be made from human blood We simply do not have enough available to set up as to be optimistic where the fu cooperation" trol of polio is 'concerned! in the fight against infantile State Develop Trunk Routes By Herald Wire Serrlres TALLAHASSEE A New York engineering firm Thursday-criticized Florida's road building program and said the state is neglecting its main highways "Under present legislation and the resultant policies there is slowly evolving a sprawling unconnected disintegrated system ol improved county roads which serve isolated needs" the report said In its fourth of eight reports on Florida's highways the firm of Parsons Brinckerhoff Hall McDonald recommended many changes in Florida laws aimed at placing more emphasis on the state's major arterial highways and less on secondary farm-to-market roads paralysis Meanwhile-: the committee first organized four years ago with representatives of agencies and professions interested in the control of the disease found itself organized to cope Florida cities represented at the meeting in addition to Jacksonville included Tampa Orlando Tallahassee and West Palm Beach Crj 4Hia mi trsU Friday My 21 ISS2 Strttoii Flood Job Mapped For 53 And '54 TTIhie The firm was "employed by the State Road Department for the surveys which will particularly examine the feasibility of a proposed toll turnpike linking Jacksonville and Miami That question will be answered in the final report The state should select and develop "an integrated master network of highways on the basis of present and anticipated high traffic volume loads" in order to adequately join its population centers the report said By JACK BELL TOU MAY count the Kid Gav-llan-Billy Graham welterweight trtle bout as assured It will be itaged in Havana probably Oct United Press Photo LUCKY FISH are just waiting for Sue Mayo of Tallahassee off on a fishing expedition irt the Dead Lakes 80 square miles of angling paradise in northwest Florida The engineers recommended that tax money which now goes to counties for building and improving secondary roads be used bv jr si I the state to better its primary! Lot's Drop it Br United Pren JACKSONVILLE A proposed flood control program for 1954 would provide for completion of the system of ievees canals and pump stations in the important agricultural area south of Lake Okeechobee according to Army engineers 1 Officials of "the Central and South Florida Flood Control District and the Florida State Board bf Conservation met with representatives xtt the Corps of Engineers to discuss the proposed ordrr of construction of authorized flood control works Col Herman Schull Jr district engineer stressed the close co-operation between the Corps of Engineers and the State of Florida in advancement of the project: The entire integrated program and desirable modifications of the authorized program Were under discussion with emphasis on the 1953 and' 1954 programs -v 4 The man who can do more than any-b ody else about clinching the deal is Gen Fulgencio Batista president of Cuba Firemen Win Battle With Birds And he wants it plenty! Of course Jim Norris COMMENCEMENT speaker at Florida State University summer exercises Aug 13 will be Dr John Ivey Jr" oi Atlanta director of the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education-7 BELL the -International president of Boxing Club has both boys tin road system They added that counties themselves should be given less say-so about roads within their borders and that secondary roads should be mapped out by the state The report suggested by-pass routes on main highways be built or designated so that motorists can avoid driving through cities at slow speeds The survey found that some slow speed zones in "fundamentally rural" areas "appear to have been created to serve minor local commercial interests" The firm said the State Road Department should be permitted to determine safe speed- limits for state roads in rural areas Most of the recommendations in Thursday's report would require changes in present laws by the 1953 legislature CHESS CHAMPION IN ACTION Larry Evans left fs' shown in an early match in -tha United States open championships in Tampa His opponent is Miguel Colon former Puerto Rican champion Looking on is Santiago Lavandero of Puerto Rico Evans is' leading the play by one point By United Press JACKSONVILLE The city apparently has won its battle with the birds Recently the fire department 2 Crash Victims Buried Evans Takes Fort Myers Can't Scrap Pension Plan More Veterans From Florida Reach States went to war with hundreds of birds roosting in Hemming Park in the business district by turning fire hoses on them The birds Point Lead In Chess Play der contract and could block it But bis job is to make fights not prevent them AU he's interested in is the money and the same goes for Graham and his manager Irving Cohen Gavilan is the idol of Havana of course and Batista is one of the most ardent fight fans in the business "I want that fight here" he said "and if I can help the promoters set it up I will" Can he help! Everything's set but the money All Batista need do is guarantee the purses then wait for the fans to swarm in Gavilan fighting Graham there will draw 40000 Havana fight fang Air Force To Assemble Tiny Bits Of Lost 47 By The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Atty Gen The firm also recommended giv ing the State Road department Richard Ervin ruled Thursday the By Herald Wire Service TAMPA National -champion Larry Evans of New York stood By The Associated Press SAN KJiANCTSCO The transport Sgt Howard Woodford has docked here with 1047 Army rotation combat troops from Korea including these Florida men: complete control of the spending of the seventh cent of the gasoline City of Fort Myers can't completely scrap its employes' retirement system and substitute federal 'so The Associated PVess MARIAXNA Two small children who were "killed when one point ahead of his closest rival Donald Byrne of Brooklyn at the opening of the 10th round in the United States open chess tournament here Thursday Pfc James A Allen Key West Freddie Al'en Jacksonville Cpl Cftrlton Bell Plant City Pfc Robert Bromhton Pen- Sacolfl: Pfc Wtlhert Rntlpr Mflvano- Pnl tax The distribution formula of the fifth sixth and seventh cents of the gas tax "almost automatically precludes any coherent or logical a Stratojet bomber crashed here Tuesday were buried Thursday while Air' Force officers made plans to reconstruct the huge B-47 identified as purple martins moved to some trees a couple of blocks away The trees were chopped down So the birds moved back to Hemming Park Not to be outdone their foes wet the birds down again "They are out of the park and we haven't had any complaints this week" said Park Superintendent Carlton "I don't know where they've gone" Artemus Cooper Daytona Beach: W-d Robert Cordis Ponce De L-on: 1 Au from wreckage to learn what blasted it to bits in flight Evans who has won eight and brey DaviK Panm r'ltv? nnnt vf development of the secondary system based on actual require drawn two games beat Carl Pil-nick of New York in a 34-move Fel low overseas war veterans of Sl- Petersburg ist Lt Grahm a Bill Williams were honorary wi rrt bearers for the funerals of DrflrM Bch: five-vear-old daughter and 3-vear- Col Bobby Hrabai Bowling Green pfc old son who were burned to death Sicilian Defense game Byrne took a draw with Herman Steiner of 2 Fishermen Rescued By Los Angeles Artiso Pomar the 20-year-o 1 by flaming! that consumed Ann7tYnlm rfr Leroy Robinson Pfmft cola Pfc Charles Steohens Tamoa Spanish champion took his second draw in a row in a ninth-round game with Philip LeCornu of Coast Guard BfXiiPS of the four rrewmrn who dipd In the crash were sent to their hOnies for burial Col Iewl S'-Iaales Fort Cpl Arnold Thoma Miami Cpl Barley WiltT Dayton Beach Other Jeiorlda men who have returned from the Par Fast urf-r th Defense Department's rotation plan include- At Pan Fracleco: 1st Lt Joe Brannen Jr Lake-Butler Ol Roy Dihert M-nmi Sprjnas Sat Richard Holt Plant City Pfc Alvin I Plant Clt- r-i Erne't Martin Miami: Col Merlin Owenc ments the engineers said The legislature should clearly define what i constitutes a secondary road and designate a system of county roads from which the road department could select secondary roads to the "best advantage of the individual county as well as the state as a whole" the firm said The distribution formula for the seventh cent of the gas tax should be abolished and the road department given 5 instead of four cents of the total tax to spend at its discretion the engineers said "The road department could then be free to develop the secondary road system according to good planning and in the most Maj Gen Bertrahdias of Washington deputy inspector -gen cial security He said the city retirement system may be abolished for those employes who haven't acquired vested rights under it but not for those who have such rights Those with vesteT rights in- rlnde employes already retired heirs of deceased employes employes who have become eligible for retirement but still are working and men or women who left vity employment but still have retirement fund contributions on account in case they should return to work It is the first ruling on legality of proposals for discontinuance of a city retirement system in favor of acceptance of federal social security benefits made available by the 1951 Florida legislature About 80 cities have put their employes under the federal social security old age and survivors insurance system and several of them have abolished local retirement plans to do it However Fort Myers was barred from completely doing away with its own system by the word eral of the Air Force said pieces of wreckage from the $3000000 Bristol Sfit Joe Peecork novey Pfc New York which lasted only 17 moves Eliot Hearst and A Sanlas-iere both of Xew York drew after 21 moves in an Alrkhine Defense game Edward McCor-mirk of East Orange' NJ brat Jeremiah Donovan of Brooklyn in 27 with a center counter opening McCormick was to meet Evans in the 10th round Other- ninth round results: Luis People Are The Master A young Army officer a Mi-" amian writes his parents from Tokyo i Writing about the nomination of- Eisenhower: "I was most happy to hear the voice of the people They have been asleep too long but at long last seem to have awakened lo the dire need of this country: a man who on leading them will adhere to his high principles His was no victory of a machine jahd reaffirms the principle that the people are the master the government the servant "Party lines the solid South civil rights none of these things is of the least signifi-i canre compared to the nr jf i gent need of this country for Integrity of government "Every man in the Air Force regardless of previous party affiliations was tremendously encouraged" It's good to hear the men in the East are thinking Br United Press JACKSONVILLE Two fishermen object of an overnight search off the Atlantic coast were reported safe Thursday as their cabin cruiser was towed to nearby Mayport The two men John Funk and Coward both Civil Aeronautics Administration employes left James Powers Live oak M-sgt Donald Suhks Mayo Albert Taylor Ruskln M-sst William Thomas Jr D'vtona Beach At Seattle: Maj Walter Carroll Winter Haven: Pfc Euiene Daniels' Dade City Lt six-engine bomber would be picked up and put together like a jigsaw puzzle in a hangar at the municipal airport here Aviation Ground School Proposed JACKSONVILLE Establishment of the "finest aviation ground school in the country" has been proposed here The proposal was brought to the board of public instruction by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Civil Air Patrol It was pointed out that the Jacksonville School of Technology now has some of the best aviation training equipment in the Southeast including a jet engine More space would be ne EieiiL uut a new duucdj iui an ttarney a Kotn jr fit Petersburg: residents who found fninnm1sThST'Vrr'-'''- TrlornDn Miami Jacksonville Wednesday morning economical and efficient way possible" the report said scattered over a tive-mlle area to turn in their souvenirs no matter how small 1 The B-47 one of the nation's William Triebel Dies In Hospital Marquez Colombia defeated Fl Laucks West Orange Miguel Colon Puerto Rico defeated Cj Eastwood Homestead Fla Orlando Firm newest and perhaps the world's NEW SMYRNA 'BEACH Wil fastest bombers exploded in flight about a mile and a half above Mar-ianna Offers Low Bids Lavandero Puerto Rico defeated Fred Borges Upper Montclair ing of a special law authorizing its Rafael Clntron Puerto Rico JACKSONVILLE An liam Franklin Tqebel 77 retired machinist and garage owner died Tuesday at Sunny South Hospital needed for training however because the jet engine probably would destroy several blocks of residences if fired up at full speed in its present location change drew with William Byland Pitts for a fishing trip in the Atlantic A serach' was started shortly after midnight when Mrs Funk became worried because they had not returned and called the CAA communications branch at I meson airport A local Civil Air Patrol squadron and the Coast Guard were alerted Maj Al Whiteside who was flying a Grumman Wildcat was first to sight the disabled craft as a Coast Guard cutter and CAP planes scoured the area after dawn The cruiser was taken in tow by a Coast Guard ship burgh and Arthur Spiller Los Angeles defeated Jose Florido of Cuba It was the third such accident for a B-47 in recent months and it resulted in grounding the planes based at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa pending an investigation Only small parts of a sister Orlando construction firm has submitted three apparent low bids on military projects in Florida Hilbert Sapp Inc offered figures to the Navy for construction at Cecil Field naval air station here one of S454473 for general storehouse and one of £153900 for a garage Percy Vrooman Dies In Daytona in Edgewater Mr Triebel came here six years ago from Red Hook He was born in New York and was a member of the i Masonic lodge of Red Hook Surviving -are his wife Pallie H' a rhiuryhtpr Mre lampe Suspect Freed In Fatal Shooting plane were dug out of a huge hole after a similar crash near Myak-burg Red Hook a rjaughterin ka Citv Fla July 3 law Mrs Dqrothv Triebel Red Hook two- stepdaughters Mrs Lewis here and Mrs Army engineers said the firm submitted an apparent low big of $19939180 for construction of three buildings at Pine Castle Air Force Base George Auchter Co of Jack ree Rides End For Church-Goers JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville Coach Co said Thursday the free rides it has provided for two years to churchjgoers will be discontinued after next Sunday General Manager Moore said the company was taking the step to reduce expenses Bus fares recently were increased from 10" to 15 cents Blacker Lake Wales: a sister Tomatoes Bad Alfreda Maxwell 40 was released from custody at a hearing before County Judge Vassar Carlton Wednesday following the death of James Rose Negro who died of gunshot wounds July 12 Maxwell was defended by William Akrldge of Cocoa Assistant State Attorney Hubert Griggs was prosecutor Mrs Mable Lanagan Schenectady eight grandchildren and three NEW SMYRNA Percy Howard Vrooman 76 resident of this community for 50 years died late Tuesday at Halifax Hospital Daytona Beach The family home is in Mission City Mr Vrooman was born in Met-amora and came here from Mount Dora He was a carpenter Surviving are his wife Delvina Vrooman three children three stepdaughters three stepsons and four brothers Funeral will be at 2 pm Saturday at the Settle funeral home with burial in Coronado Cemetery About 200 Air Force officers investigators enlisted men and civilian technicians have taken up temporary stations here to investigate the recent crash but they disclosed none of their findings Air police are standing guard over every pile of wreckage until it is moved to the hangar for reconstruction of the plane Canners Fined sonville submitted an apparent low bid of $169540 for ordance facilities at the Cecil Field air great grandchildren Burial will be in Poughkeepsie Settle's is in charge of station LAKELAND Federal Judge William Barker fined the Mann Brothers Canning Co of Fix That Language! Attorney Bill Frldman was looking over a lease for a tenant It had been whipped up by the landlord who wrote one clause and 1 quote "The landlord in the event any repairs ere necessary upstairs that require the use of the store room for making repairs- upstairs is given the privilege of using the downstairs store room in which to make repairs upstair Whew! Today's epigram: People who live in glass houses can see out Overheard on the street (a blonde) "All right 1 know I'm not Intelligent but if I'm right about hat a moron is he is" We are indebted and deeply to the Van company for a deep freer at Lend-a-Hand camp It has been needed for four years 1 Please: I'm still looking tor chairs or benches for the nice folks at Bay Glades youth cen- ter What for? To sit on darn it So we whip up a dance to raise money for the building When they get tired they wanna sit down Tf thev can't sit their Maxwell was charged with premeditated murder The court said Lakeland $1000 for shipping to Warren Appoints Two Constables matoes unfit for human consump Datona Accepts there was insufficient evidence for a trial tion Timber Fires -At Record how TALLAHASSEE Two men nominated to constables" jobs in the Mav Democratic primaries Vero Boy Scouts Receive Charter Leroy Allen attorney for the company entered a plea of guilty to violating the pure food laws but said the violation was not wilful Allen said tomatoes that looked good apparently turned bad un Daytona Beach Hit By Drought Thursday were appointed by Gov Kiwanidns Ilea Scouting Official A Thweatt of Daytona Beach central Florida organization director for he Boy Scouts was speaker at the Kiwanis Club luncheon Tuesday Other guests were Prather Daytona Beach Lee MundelU Melbourne Sgt Richard Gale Orlando Donnahue Jacksonville and Harris Jacksonville Ruling On Negroes DAYTONA BEACH IUP) The city commission voted to accept a Federal court ruling permitting Negroes inside Pea-body Auditorium The commission instructed City Manager Leroy Harlow and auditorium Manager Henry De-verner to provide equal facilities in the washroom and lobby der heat used in the canning process Fuller Warren to take their posts immediately to succeed incumbents who resigned They are Pete Oxendine of Cot-tondale to succeed Jackson in Jackson county and Judson Nichols of Pierson to succeed Peterson in Volusia county DAYTONA BEACH (UP)'-Daytonans were conserving their water supply Thursday because of a drought which already has forced the city to close its swimming pool for Negroes The Florida Forest Service reported Thursday that wild fires on tim-berlands in the state were kept at a record low during the past fiscal year Statistics from the forest serv-ice for the year ending June -30 showed a sharp decrease to 7691 forest fires as compared to 11461 in the preceding year Last year's woods fires cost timber owners $450000 com VERO Boy Scout Explorer Troop 50 sponsored bv John Mbcon Post 3918 Veterans of Foreign Wars held its charter presentation ceremonies at the VFW post home Melvin Bollinger VFW post commander introduced Roy Schick Scout committeeman who presented the charter It was accepted by Past Commander Rivers Anderson of the post Scout committee Yacht Club To Meet NEW SMYRNA BEACH July entertainment committee will furnish the shrimp for the Smyrna Florida Delegates Among Best Dressed I corns hurt and they won't buy Yacht Club's supper at 7 pm Saturday at the clubhouse Harris pared with more than $1000000' tickets It that simple The Saxon is general chairman in damages during the preced ing year Harlem Globetrotters recently i appeared in Buenos Aires six games attendance averaging 16-: 000 per game Paper Boy Get Job Done Florida Deaths to be Dorothy Girton editor of the Democratic Digest formerly with The Miami Herald Two of the prettiest girls here are Julia (Mrs Karris) Bryan from Ocala and Betty (Mrs A Boyd) of Leesburg By THEN A TOWNLEY PEHTIY Herald Socie'j Fd tor CHICAGO Women at the Democratic convention here wear the same fashions women do everywhere good and bad You see -t woman who swishes around at a morning meeting in white embroidered --s hi-i yt 2-Star General Ordered To Deliver 2-Star Edition! CHARLES CHANCE 80 at Winter Garden MRS ADA Bt'RWICK 74 at Orlando TRIMAN WEIMER 43 ct Leesburg THOMAS M-GLONE at Sanford Oe MARTINI at Bartow WALTER SANCHEZ 72 at Gainesville MRS DORA JANSSEK at Winter Haven RICHARD GRAHAM 53 at Brooks- vllle Jl'DSON KELLY SS at Bartow By V'ntled Press orated wjth ostrich plume seated I Boys Save Man ff So this fellow had a pretty 1 i big night I dunno just when he went to bed it was up near NE 5Sth ter and First ct but he forgot about hiscigaret and it dropped onto the bed 'Lj 1 Two Herald carrier boys going along about 6 ayem Thursday saw smoke rolling out the i man's window They rushed to Jtne house One boy finally aroused the man sleeping on the navy linen suit with short eton jacket and small veiled navy hat She is here with her 13-year-old son and enthusiastic twin daughters of 16 who helped her campaign Mrs Myrt Booth Bevis of Tallahassee looked cool in blue cotton and Mrs Frank Carroll of Pensscoia looked like a frosted strawberry parfait in pink crinkled organdy Mrs Carroll wife of a Miami delegate has fcueh beautiful skin that she nrver looks hot She wears white linen a lot Mrs Doyle Carlton Jr daughter-in-law of former governor Carlton a Junior Leaguer from Tampa prefers summer weave suits with linen blouses in tan and navy with alligator bag and pumps A smartly groomed woman I picked out of the crowd proved dresses Miantung suits and small flowered hats Many of the delegate are hat-les- 'a hOi-e who Uo nave rats wear a different one every clay Florida can be proud of its well groomed wdmeu Most of them in navy silk suits vith white touches Luckily they put in their cotton" dresses Miami's Claire Weintraub (Mrs Sydney) has been seen in black linen witii small black hat AIpo In a blue and white cotton print with wide white organdy collar and -large navy bow at the V-neckline Mr Er' le Slf" of Fort 1 jiudeidale who made even tile Nr York Times in her ramie dress aprieared hatles one morning Her dress was gray cotton with tucked detail in the skirt Mrs -Georze Johnson of the 5th district has been wearing a Deaths Elsewhere Julia's perfect features and naturally curly hair make her the photographer's delight She looked lovely in a large leghorn hat and alL over pleated nylon dress of white and green polka dots She's the mother of three sons Betty whose hrzel eyes match her hair is as vivacious as Jane Barkley She's the mother of one son Her favorite outfit is a beige pleated oxford crepe dress with matching sweater One Tlay she wore a callico print over petticoats Petticoat politicians of 1952 wear more than one petticoat just as in the days when women were struggling for suffrage MARIANNA A major general took orders Thursday from a 13-yearold newspaper carrier1 boy who was determined that his papers be delivered despite military restrictions It happened in a residential area here where an Air Force B-47 Stratojet bomber crashed in flames Tuesday killing four crewmen and two children Military authorities roped off portions of the neighborhood where the crash occurred One house in the restricted area was on young Wayne Gainer's paper route When he went to deliver his papers Thursday Maj tien Frank Armstrong commander of the 6th Air Division from MacDill Air Force Base told Wayne he couldn't enter the area "All -right" said Wayne "you'll have to deliver the paper the third house on the left" Seeing that the 13-year-old boy was serious the general handed the newspapers to Maj Ted Silver who delivered it to the doorstep of "the third house on the left" next to the intellectual type The intellectual does her hair in a frowsy role wears beach shoes below a pleated skirt and carries an arm full of flowers Everyone thinks she's important ptso the lorig lpiMzv gal with a backless dress who's standing around twliins about "our gr-r-rroup MUST do But the well dressed woman is wearing cottons or linens maybe a real silk suit The older women like print burning mttress The other saw a hose on the lawn turned on WALTER NORTH SO chief justice of the Michigan supreme Court at Ann Arbir Mich LINCOLN NEWHALL S2 United Ste congressman from Kentucky in 199-30 at Covington Ky FILAN 47 Associated Presa photographer for twenty-two years -rho won Pulitzer prize in for picture of Japanese bodies on Tarawa e1 Los Anzeles ISAIE SCHWARTZ 78 grand rabbi of Prance at Paris JOSEPH CARPENTER 80 a retired vice presid-nt of the Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trusts at Chestnut Hill Pa L- VT 7V H- --r the Hotel Astor In New York for 43 tears at BuiaOAmutou tf the water passed the hose through the window and soon the fire was out The fire was getting serious A house was saved and possibly a man's life as -well.