The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1950, Page 1

Che Key : THE SOUTHERNMOST NEW ut On Strike Today Sets Bail At $10,000.00 NEW YORK, Jan. »_»_|HERE REACHES $3,700 Alger Hiss has been sentenced “COI serve five years in a federal pen-| The March of Dimes Driwe haw KEY RE-OP Monroe County Commissioners ° England’s Office authorities relative to having the resume operations at | “The commissioners said at yes- terday’s meeting that 1 fe | Monday, Tuesday borg Mela The county’s regisiration office Vital. today will contact U.S. Naval | . ean , iOpen Until 6 P.M. | Peete’ ker Key West and Monroe County is will stay open until 6 p. m. on! They are hoping that the Navy itentiary. The former State De-' partment official was found guil-} ty last Saturday on two counts of, ‘personnel of the department that t ee Men W th l * Mondays and Tuesdays to give; will allow them to resume opera-| perjury, and today he was sen- reached a total of $3,700 today,\ che at ae pony be ‘ ; workers a chance to register, John| tions at some other location on| tenced to five years on two counts | snnoun ced C. B. Harvey, G ewuid ree new me q England, county supervisor of re- | Dredgers’ Key. of perjury, and today he was "— pe , Whe: Ase Gem ectctanee Out After Six ‘eS gistration, told a committee rep-}. It was the profits from the|sentenced to five years on each,|P#ién Director “With » Sham equa tent <—_- & } resenting the Monroe County|Marl account that allowed the| but the terms will run concur-/S0al, the drive is behind soled | eheae? age thas see Months of 'Commission today. : county to pay huge deficits in-|rently. No fine was im . ule,” said Mr. Harvey, “Mainiy | F0LA0 mem Seat see a ‘NEW SUPERINTENDENT Commissioners Joe Allen and!curred at the Monroe County!When the verdict was handed because the response to the dime | rushed te the emia Negotiations | P s Clarence Higgs called on England | Hospital. down, Hiss was white-faced, but cards has been very poor to dst "lone quate: Geum: cute: &- | to see if he could not remain! Without the mari profits, th2| composed. {Of more than 6,000 cards mailed.| was muietted te Se a DETRONT, Jan 25.—.—The’ OF FORT FFERSON jopen on Saturday mornings to/Monroe County Hospital would | In the trial of Hiss, the jury oMly 200 have been returned. Mr lwhe hed sohunieeees ee a sapere J a = ‘] gir workers a ies are ~ regis- | have bape . a ee De- | found that he had lied in denying Harvey urgently requests all per- | Vion @ thwat ens “arihe & « er. England point out a new, prived of these profi e coun- sons receivii coin cards te whatew ver e@eme 6 oo a Tee CIO United Aute Work-| John R. DeWeese has been ap-%- state law which does not permit ! ty next year aid have to seek ee han Soper ees iat | them in pig on them as oo - dered it 89,000 Chrysler! pointed superintendent of Ft. any county offices to open on Sat- | ather means of revenue. epertenent pageys 7: Wo~0eaiaaae as possible or mail; Ste eae sine Gubetied G) te omhers te walk owt after nego-\Jefferson National Monument, Frank Bentle urdays, but he agreed to remain} Today a committe representing |™unist Whittaker Chambers, in (hectee gutnemp ots tee cettene ke off at 9:45 a. m,/Dry Torgugas. y open until 6 p. m., Mondays and|the Monroe County Commission] 1938, and in denying he saw your contritutian i © = = ie =r 68 | DeWeese relieves James Cass Tuesdays. this morning conferred with Com-|Chambers after January Ist, 19- plain envelope to the ’ naneet lines came to a Of Leconia, N. H. Cass has been Announces For Seager an ge aa mander Husband, USN, of the en- | 37. “March of Dimex” amd ail activity sto transferred to Hopewell Village, 1.482 Residents gineering division of the Key} In sentencing the 45-year-old Mr. Harvey puinted ‘ The otrike affects ali, Pe@nsylvania National Historical Co . P st 9 West Naval Station, regarding the| Hiss, Federal Judge Henry God-: out that both children ematepers ah Chaeaias De | Bite y mm 10n 0S . joe continuing the dredging|dard denied a defense motion at thio ach Gam ual i, Sie tek Mimi ba eette eB RRO a art ey ne Have Registered of Dredgers’ Key. ‘ that he not be sent to prison. The f!0m the staripeine ther tear cm Peccident Walter Rou.(or 272 property owner in Key} . Frank Bentley today announce: The committee is now trying to|Judge commented: “This should jo money left what ay ioe alter” Reu- | West. He takes as active a part) his candidacy for re-election to] A total of 1,482 Monroe County | work ou: an agreement with the| be a warning that a crinie of this funds = th rnemaagg - | the strike was called in civic matters as his duties | the Board of County Commis-| residents had registered to vote | Navy. The committee expects la-| character may not be committed Chagtee or the ‘tenes SS eee eeets ant naeet. ae sioners, subject to the Demo-! in the county up to today, John ter to announce some plan of con-| with impunity.” ‘Quarters at New York from wham ¥* hope, the Giese Ghat a « peckage of benefits; For the past four years, De. cratic primary to be held on May | England, county director of reg-|tinuing the dredging. The attorney for Hiss, Claude the local county receives grants Sessler ted, Get sheteties secur t» hourly per work-|Weese has served as boat captain istration, reported. The U. S. Navy has indicated! Cross, filed notice of appeal. Hiss when its funds are exhausted het ot oe et ee Geet lof the “Fort Jefferson. 2. : |,, There are about 8,000 voters in| the use of Dredgers’ Key for @/then was paroled in the custody! It was pointed out that these BaO® Which oneeall Neen sume tough Cheyer offered a} Fort Jefferson is 68 miles west} Mr. Bentley, chairman of the|the county who may vote in the ; housing project. f ‘ Sehagese on ime tion «@ — = page ' West. The only way tol;... sa : Peds : 2 seq|0f Cross until later today when volunteers in polio—men and = , sie , pension plan, the of Key only way board, returned Friday from Tal- | May primaries and in the Novem-| The committee was composed he smiist posk bell’ which was Women whe ane tabien teed GIVE ant GIVE SOW eet & ce me cay gy Rea reach the historic ian is by | jahassee, where he had attended|ber election, England said. They | of County Commissioners Joe Al-| ‘S21 0000 e "= beget aiyalbcayncines their own fem. O° “nquered feta @ orgie sy ineisted that it}¢ither charter boat or plane ser a menting ot wibistate Road De- {have only until March 31 to ere ag Sanders, and Clarence ‘dat ance. Hiss: wits ‘eenteced: ily, and thee own Sends @ ae on mins mew mee et ae pth going Sari — Samuel A. Mudd, Maryland | partment. He had been delegated —_____________________""_4'_______.___. | Cross asked Judge Goddard for out and collect contributions, nat, © “ve ane 00ve oak oe = Pe a = folatir n, was imprisaned at} by the Board to invite the depart- permission for Hiss to make a a pecorapers a i he should gasiw strike caer ctehiees stv cnietered trust fund be set up oe -seitermn:. ane = hanibpeal ment to hold a meeting in Key Mora Pleads Guilt To statement commendable civic and charitable 088 be Gested. Bal pour came: Johnson pardoned the physician je a has a c . Hiss, ashen-faced, rose from} butions taday to March af Uemee the mpeny putting in alfor his heroic work in the Yel-| West. The invitation was present- his acntchesie his wits Priscil- | °°: If you should happen te ny ot amount for each hour work-jjow Fever egidemic. ed and unanimously accepted. F. e la, and walked slowly to within Sve more than once, remember pay | Aa ‘vou ow & ot Construction of Fort Jefferson} “Judging from information giv- A sravated Assau t: Fined a few feet of the bar, accomgpani-| saat cheap insurance~that, teed for “More BOW can ‘The walkout will affect total | was started in 1846 and was con- en me” Mr. Bentley’ said, “The be) ? ed by two marshals, In a clear f, Dour 2 Solis ever of T1088 Chrysler workers: in{ tinued for 30 .years, but was aa rom your very. @wm 2% plants across the country. It never finished. At the beginning will alee hit some 65,000 to 100,-, of the War Between the States, Will come to Key West will num- some $1,250,000 was spent upon the fortress, but it was still only half finished. ee uplovees of suppliers and be ee The strike is the second ot Chrysler within the last two Negotiations to avert it ted six months A Chrysier statement said Chrysler employees Two Admirals Reach Key West For Inspection Rear Admiral Lloyd Harrison, USN, and Rear Admiral L. H. Grant, USN, with Commander N. D. Kirgan, Jr., USN, and Lester S. Chambers, USN, arrived here last night to attend the study of Anti- Submarine affairs in the Key © im the face of the pen- oon and insurance benefits ; Chrysler bas ed, shows “tain how difficult, if not futile, t to try to do business with people who do such irresponsible thing Reuther said The Chrysle workers and their unien were prepared to call ff the strike if the corporation would meet the established pat- term of 10 cents an hour.” Arrest Orders Issued Against Scooters, Cycles today were issued to all mn to é drivers of ters and motor cycles if found to be without muf- with improper ones, and altogether too much Chief Kemp. been complaints s and it has to stop. Or- ssued to arrest the muffler ordi- oh ave been Enjoy The Ultimate in Dining Pleasure at the South Beach PATIO RESTAURANT EXCELLENT CUISINE Featuring Steaks-Sea Food-Chops MUSIC FOR DINING By THE CORAL ISLE SERENADERS Tonight from 7-11 Your Favorite Beverage Served As You Like It PHONE 870 dancing by Ralph Holtsinger, at-! $24 Simonton St. West Naval Base. Tonight Dan A. Driscoll, Under- secretary of the Navy, accompa- nied by Vive Admiral F. S. Lowe and Rear Admiarls M. F. Schoef- fel, USN, and D. V. Gallery, USN, the the are scheduled to arrive at Key West Naval Base for same purpose. Yesterday Rear Admiral C. B. Momson, USN, who invented the (Continued On Page Four) Turner Directs Fun Night For Tourists Tonight In the absence of Harold R. Laubseher, manager of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, who is in Tallahassee, the master of ceremonies at Fun Night tonight in the USO-YMCA will be Forrest ! Turner, director of the Y at Jackson Square. The program was_ incomplete today, but Turner said that among the entertainers would be tap tached to the U. S. Naval Station, | (Continued On Page Four) BOAT BAR $03 Duval Street Phone 9165 AIR-CONDITIONED Sports Results Daily Key West's Most Comfortable Bar _ ntitemaormsal barat NOTICE Former Customers of Bobby Whitehead CALL FOR APARTMENTS at Adorable Beauty Salon Tel. 1314 ber thirty. between twenty-five In addition. the contrac- , tors and dealers in road building! | materials, together with their as- |sistants, will number about 500, Chairman McKethan said ; meeting will be held in Key West | | sometime in March.” Briefly, Mr. Bentley ates some of the things he ‘the County Commission: “Purchase of the Monroe Coun- ty Hospital from the Federal Gov- ernment for 14 percent of its orig- inal cost. “Purchase of Monroe Clinic from the Federal Govern- ;ment for 20 percent of its origin- al cost “Construction of County Home on Stock Island for $40,000. Uro- ij viding a habitation for colored | people in the old County Home ! “Construction of lateral roads ‘on the Florida Keys. | ty Beach, the site for which wi acquired from the Federal Gov- ernment. “Acquired a lease on a section of the Fort Taylor reservation for a beach and recreation center for ‘colored people. Contract has been awarded to construct a ball field there. work on which will begin shortly. “Purchase of voting machines. “Lease from the Navy of a part of Dredger’s Key to obtain marl. The County's net profit from the sale of marl has been approxi- mately $30,000, of which $22,500 was given to the Monroe County Hospital, which had had a deficit of $20,000. This transfer of funds saved property owners one and one-half mills in tax levy. “Restoration of a voting pre- cinct on Matecumbe. Installation of caution lights at all schools on the Florida Keys. Working to ob- tain rural electrification for Low- er Keys. “Plans for the construction of feeder or lateral roads on the Keys with money obtained from the Countv’s share of the seventh- cent gasoline tax, which, the State Road Department says, will amount to $495,000 in the next three years. “Repairing of the damage to the south Roosevelt Boulevard.” Mr. Bentley, who is serving his sixth year on the Board of Coun- ty Commissioners, four years of which he has served as Chairman, promises, if elected, to continue his efforts to secure for Monroe County those things that will make our County a better place in which to live. hurricane side of the and | the| enumer- has {helped to do while a member of r County “Construction of Monroe Coun- | | Complaining Witness Against Cafe Proprietor Did Not | Wish To Prosecute | Mario Mora, proprietor of a Truman avenue cafe, who some | time ago was arrested for firing ;a revolver at Duval and Greene streets, this morning guilty to aggravated assault Criminal Court. Attorney George Brooks, who sented the complaining wit- id his client did not wish ute, saying the two men had been friends. in Helping Float ; USS Tringa, the Naval subma- rine rescue vessel, which is on ,duty with SubRon Four of the Key West Naval Station, is now in Norfolk, Va., and will be used jin an effort to float the USS Mis- ‘souri, that went aground there lon January 17. | The Tringa has been here since the departure of the regular res jcue vessel, the USS Chanticleer, |which sailed for Philadelphia to ) undergo an overhaul, and which jis not scheduled to return here before April. The Tringa arrived at Nor- folk last night, officers of Sub- t { oneanasetnlr easier innltanbanesseaveaet |For the Good of Your Business, Switch to Dodge “Job-Rated” Trucks Fit Your Job NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET WANTED! Paintings By Artists Who Worked in Key West During FERA Period... "1934-1936" . . . For— Exhibition at MARTELLO GALLERY Jan, 24 to Feb. 15 TELEPHONE 728-W or 1885 (SBR Costs In Criminal Court * pleaded | Key West Vessel voice -he declared: “I would like to thank honor for your consideration and for this opportunity again deny charges made against me. “I am confident that in the fu- plea of his client and urged Judge Thomas S. Caro of Criminal court to be lenient. Judge Caro fined Mora the costs in the case. Judge Caro later adjourned ; Criminal Court until tomorrow, excusing the jurors assembled from further duty until that time. | County Solicitor Allan B |Cleare, Jr, explained the Navy had sent him word the complain- ing witness against Gabriel Her- |nandez, who is charged with ag- gravated assault, would be unable to be in court for some time be- cause he had undergone an op- eration upon his appendix at the Naval Hospital. Judge Caro then out to show how Whittaker Chambers was able to carry out forgery by typewriter.” Lathers, Sent Up From Key West, Escapes Prison According to word received here today. Dave M. Lathers, who was convicted in Criminal Court here Apri! 18, 1949, for breaking Attorney Hilary Albury, who directed the case for the next}and entering the Cosmopolitan appeared for Mora, accepted the! term of court. Restaurant 528 Fleming street, = Bacar = oe escaped from the state prison camp at Fort Myers last July Lathers was shot and wounded by Special Patrolman Albert (Wil- lie) Gwynn when he tried to es- cape from the restaurant. When he had recovered from his injury and after he had been convicted for breaking and entering the restaurant he was sentenced to 5 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Thomas S. Caroo A letter received today by Har- ry Dongo, clerk of Criminal Court, from Assistant State Attor- ney E. M. Magaha, said he want- ed a record of the arrest, convic- tion and sentencing of Lathe The latter did not state Lathers had been captured. In Norfolk USS Missouri Ron Four said today. She wil) Join the fleet of tugs and other vessels that are attempting to float the Missouri, known as “Big Mo”, which ran aground when leaving for maneuvers in the Caribbean. It is reported today that U. S. Army and U. S. Navy engineers are attempting to dredge a new channel off the main ship chan- nel out of Norfolk to the spot where the Big Mo lies aground jlt is hoped the big ship may be floated early in February, when the tide is particularly high. More than 20 tugs and other Navy vessels have been unsuc- cessful-in their attempt to free the Missouri so far. They have Placed their combined power on the vessel and could not budge her. i TICKETS NOW ON SALE Roberts Office Supply 126 Duval Street Fay’s Gift Shop La Concha Hotel $1.50 Tax Included for LAURA A MYSTERY DRAMA BSBaeeupaeenuanear Paloce Theater Warner Baxter and Fay Baker in _ "THE GENTLEMAN FROM NOWHERE” IN 3 ACTS BQeuneauneuer By Vera Caspary and 1 Geo. Sklar SERVICE STATION Prancis at Division Phone 913 Your PURE OIL Desier LET US cisoss vour'o3 Change Your Oi) Barn Theatre 319 Duval Street—Rear January 30. Thru Feb. aac RRR | an average case of polio costs $2. to, 000. In Key West, some cases have S#fety amd health cost a minimum of $2,000, but {many cases have cost more than ‘alone right here at home has cost more than $30,000. Just suppose this latter case was yours! Think of how fortunate you and your children have been to be spared | Volunteers are doing an out ; standing job. The girls from the Navy Wives’ Club with Mrs. Tes sie Braxton, president, and Mrs Judy Faulds, member, sit at the | “polio pot,” from early morning jto late evening. At the day's end !so little money has been “thrown jin the pot” that it averages less |than the girls would have made, ‘had they been gainfully employ fed. This is serious—there must be | sufficient funds for our local peo-! ple- vilians and naval depend ‘ents alike—to be treated. Mr Harvey said that the people of Key West should give in appre. ciation of this city being spared during the horrible 1949 polio epi demic when polio raged all over other parts of the United States Mr. Harvey stated that one of the most touching experiences to date was when the widow with out small children gave “mite’—her mite was the plete filling of a $2 card. Know ing the need for this woman to retain these dimes. the chairman was reluctant at taking them her com he felt one dime from her was -{More than adequate. But would the widow have it that way? In jdeed not—her children now had tchildren themselves. In compari son with this widow's mite, i } behooves us to give one day's pay for keeping polio away from our | children. Remember, “Polio is un- jfair to children!” Another experience was with a Navy wife, Mrs. Gloria Bressler }who had polio here during 1949. Mrs. Bressler stated that she | wanted to help during the last drive by collecting at the theatres as.she. felt. thatthere was, a partic- jular need for her doing this. She { continued, that many were the jtimes she had sat in theatres when the volunteers came in to pass’ the “vots” to which patrons could voluntarily contribute. This Visit the Wedding Ring Store Three - Five Day Repair Service All New and Repaired Watches ELECTRONICALLY TESTED for ACCURACY Knonles Jenelers 504 SOUTHARD STREET ‘is very painful and very expen: your sive. National statisties prove that “#ading firme ture all the facts will be brought, the national average and one case and thelr meighthers families, mciuding the molebes of they petreme = thee —* Added te the snore March of Dimes drive's 6208 membership are the same Bernie Papy, cur State Lee lter: Rogelio Gome we ® Acrovias ‘Q'”. and lenect bonell, his mother, and trete who brought the + picture theatre to Key West | These generous citizema ¢ gether with the names thet « ready have beer ane the names which w upon receipt f ayty vtrest | have joined im the ntinwet of the fight agaimet pare The year 19 saw more sons stricken thar ght been imagined ia our most must estimates--we had . ; tients with polio here in + Municipal Hospital where were afforded the best of me cal and hospital care. These @ ors want to keep p : (Continued On Page Three Defense Testimony Of Cornelius Will Be Started Today TAMPA, Jar 25 ” T defense will b s testin today in the second trial of We >. Cornelius arged with kil ‘ year-old daughter | __ The State Tampa yesterday the grounc first trial last N ended in a mist could not reach | One |terday t threaten to kil list preacher Lane, the I went same overed new wit Re vereny oft four day elopement WEAVER'S || STOCK ISLAND INN Air Conditioned Bar and Restaurant Open All Night