The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1951, Page 1

ER pera SN a Ne er ae -~ { Key West, Flerida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit iota vee souT HE RNWOS Che Ken West Cilisen ST NEWSPAPER: IN tHE U. S5:AG VOL. LXXIl. No. 98 KEY WEST, “FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1951. The Associated Press Teletype | | Features and Photo Services For 71 Yeurs Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West PRICE, FIVE CEN'I | Wickers Stadium 1 Built At Cost Of $34, 591 Every Available Man In Key West Will Shortly Be Employed City Commissioners last night awarded the building of the Wickers’ Field stad- ium to the Bennett con- struction company. Bid price was $34,951. Vote for ‘awarding the con- tract was 4-1 with Harvey dissenting. City engineers had _ esti- mate the cost at $30,000. The additional $4,951 will be taken from the city’s ac- cumulated surplus funds. Commissioner Harvey was not against construction of the stad- ium, ‘but opposed the expenditure on the grounds that: 1. The ramp was dangerous. 2. Cost per seat was too high Harvey wanted the King de- sign checked by an independent engineer. He declared that the cost would be $40 per seat. The commissioner didn’t like it at all that neither contractor of- flipper to “shake.” SHARKY, THE SEAL, WANTS TO BE A PAL with Freddie and Errie Zink, but the three-year- old identical twins take a dim view of the introduction at Dallas. Tex. Frightened Freddie hides his face. and Errie tries to get away from there. The meeting took place at a sportsmen‘s show. City Raises Seavenger ‘ee Rates Dress Shops And Be Clubs Lowered; Expect Deficit : tars | To Be Erased | A new rate schedule for cavenger fees was adopted last! tight by unanimous vote. The Measure was an emergency one. Some scavenger fess will be} Howered, but the majority of business establisnments will bh after pay higher charges. City Manager Dave King estimated thatthe annual $12.- O00'to $18,000 a year deficit would be erased, and instead the scavenger aepartment will de breaking even, King declared last) night) that 1e realizes that:some inequality will enist, but When he does dis- caver it—that the matter will be brought to the - attention ‘of the ‘ity commission in order that. it may be changed It was estimated that it costs he city $5 to take each toad to he dumping grounds, Dress shops and clubs will have} tieir scavenger fees lowered, but) wher business places have been! spped considerably. Two examples cited were: (P) Wirephoto| Kress’ store. Their former! nonthly charge was $37. Now they will pay $60 monthly. Sharkey reaches out a Supermarkets will be raised from $10 monthly to $30. One amendment to the ordin- fered a bid on his plan. The Har- : vey plan contained pre-casts that Kiwanians Hold would cost only $7,500 delivered “My Sis to Key West. Said Harvey: “This ae | is not a fair shake. Nothing was} ANMIVerSsar submitted to the Maule Industry y | people.” uf T . h City Manager Dave King was Dinner onight j confident that the City eould build © j ; € P the stadium at a cost of $90,000, | The RaWaniy Club of Key West | Acting “Is: Convincing but was not certain’. when the] will celebrate tonight with arvan-| And. Players Managed stadium would be completed, oa — ahi "To Suncesa Mais Las He told of the huge construction | ™Versary. @inaer.-10 be: held-sat ‘o Squeeze Very Last projects that will soon be. built] Raul's Club at eight o'clock. in Key West. The $7,000,000 Navy Housing—the $200,000 apartment next to Raul's. Good News For Labor King emphasicd Guest speaker for the eVent is John B. Cook; lieutenant govern- the llth district of . the organization, an area which takes or’ for that every available man in Key West will]in Miami, Miami Beach, Coral] Which is not an expression of| _(),State Representative | ‘istrict will hear witnesses who be used on these two huge pro-|Gables, the Redlands, the Flori-| sibling loyalty or the sales gambit] Bernie C. Papy today intro-' |found the skeleton and officials jects, and that even then, men] da Keys and Key West. of an Egyptian peddier but our| duced House Bill 504 which | Who have been making investiga- would have to be brought from} jy “ Reha Re he: ill Gi arent jons > pase. Guliide 40 work on the construc-}. Le ewe OF Ne eiinensapg epininn of the play that opened) Ke oe renee a jusse Miss Roberts’ vanished on Aug- Prat tiie apartment permit % meeting is. en emphatic “We | last night in the Barn Theater. | 90S" o0og a eee gaint ust 7, 1949 following a JayCec on out for $200,000, but it was | Build | The Key West Players, under! " Rep. Papy also introdueed [convention dance at the Elks ted last night that before it p epeabany an De followed by! Gob Pollock's more than able di-| House Bill 516 which fixes pai ay family A a heard Was through—cost would run to) dinner, the guest speaker; then | rection, have brought to the locai| the salary of Monroe County |/T0M her after that-date. $300,000. 1¢ award of attendance to sever-| boards a production that forces} Criminal Court clerk, Harry Another coroners’ jury _ will Asks Watkins’ Opinion al members who are eligible, hav-| ys ty change our estimation uf Doncoct eas0 a ont hear evidence today on the death When Harvey questioned King’s | ing had one hundred per cent at-! Little Theater productions in| A further bill introduced by. |Of 8 Shrimper, John Francis Tay- design for the new stadium, thc nee records for Kiwanis | general a es Papy. House Bill 508 re_ | !0%, Whose body was. found seycr- city manager asked Engineer Joe | #atherings through the past -year-|°"Ticir presentation of ore frie fixing the gal. |! days after his death in a Petro- Watkins of the Bennett company | A huge birthday cake will bel oocdy that tan for seve iy of County Solitor Allan if, strect “hotel, ‘The ingues fie aoinigh about the design cut by Capt ch Hutchingon| years on Broadway and was 4 BiGheace oe takes | lace at 2 o'clock this after- didn’t want to enter the field of HEI ea AOR for Bie | gy cn is not “little theater” | me wt for strengthening the stadium at a] | Entertainment for ah evening | incing and everyone ceanal Hy? ‘ £ partment | pomipal cata cost. Bothy Hane won binthdave, anc {| “quecze the very last laugh out of | HHO! man be ind and King agreed that the irthdays and |i very “line. The aug wal ill Be Built kins’ suggestion would logy by Hannan Leeds, local | (YCTY | : Mi } | ho hus’ ziven - instructive | meuEht, 3 as good 2S Most pro rcinrp | sRpnbnuee: On Pees Continued Cin Page banc Y® fessional plays and the whol Wistria | M.A. Padvon, 647 William street, = * = production ran smoothly. We very} bertsdlolnan, charged with, WHl build a frame apartment at Za fa ¢C ‘ | See ye 8 happily, found that we were Bot xica’ea, was re-|an estimated cost of $2,000, ac- Tr uman s UOUSIN i “ublic May Visit ee bene wile the ects to eS lou $100 bond after a mis- pai to Papas Inspector . nember lines—a factor which too! tia] in Criminal Court this morn-{ Ralph Russell. OCKS Sc . di | M: 19: c JO iin Ps al: : ) SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 24 Su nar ine ay ely, Beoduetions eee ugh Criminal Court Judge ‘emay to A. Warnock No. 7 ‘ iFIELD, Mo., April 24.| Just for the records—"My Sis-|,., ; : Lane, for $100 in minor (@).—President Truman's 70- ; ter, Eileen” will continue every}. Cara sent the, sun back Robert Khowles, 5 dei a a : A submarine will be open for] lr, Bulcen” will con| ~ 7 fa second time to deliberate on the aang year-old cousin, Ralph Truman,! general visiting at the Key West «Cantinyes "Gn Page Signy. | -. ot Holman, the foreman an. veet, will repair his took a punch at a young insur ] Station on Armed Forees — ~ Laounced thatethey aust could amt coe ata cost of ance salesman—Larry Eifiert May 19, the Navy announc- V fe li N 5] M et ( ia Charles Gomez, 800 Center st., iacanaccot aremack abeut the itenant Commander} ¥ CME mig ACHES ee atcrnoon the. court. wint{® Making $200 worth of minor President | / abmarine Squad-| qy Pag Niiear sig Seer vee “qood,|TePairs to his home. Robert The incident occurred in a ho-| ron Four, said the submarine will! Not Licensed | OF Eeon ood. Knowles, 586 White «street, ob- tel lobby after a Chamber off pe designated later f nong| * ot Licensec Aes cP ics) tained a permit for $75 in repairs. Commerce meeting Truman’s| those scheduled to be in port that Owners of hundreds of unli- Winwoecas passing! _Piumbing Inspeetor Harry Al- cousin, Ralph, a retired. Arr 4 : censed vending machines will ? eee issued permits to _ the - atthe ao 4 if; The a oyer escort, USS ave ay secupa na ‘ ne a pas! ying: ‘ major general pleieige: Be Gr od also will be available | jicon Ee SER ee ional tig today in Criminal) “Cuba Lodge No. 15, 1010 White- ee ve ctor TpioE ‘ ng on Bee erat tobe. : jhead strect; Carmen Solano, 803 like that about the F ie da nder a new system to be in! Robert Knowles Whitehead ‘street; Samuel Loli- The blow knocked off ayy rt’s se augurated by City Manager Dave ¢ Irving B. Tush, son, 1412 Grinnell strect; May M, hat. No other pu v Ean EAE King, decals will be placed‘ on tt Sz Grorge Aibury.! Sanchez, 716 North Beach: B. thrown. t ittee each vending machine. nk tari driver} Fernandez, 518 Catherine | inoue ;| Then the city’s license inspec. “larceny in|ard & Kochn, 417. Catherine | ittee appointed| tor can easily check if the ma- £ <500 in bonds) street, THE | by Mayc ie 3. Sisner chine is properly licensed. jc c pitted vesterday is vronw i! Each decal will be numbered.;' ~turt iury. Several}— Casa Marina Hotel eee. City Commissioner Louis Car-}- aes! is see Summer Rates In Effect dB : bonell estimated that hundreds of pehe evs upon! Overseas Hotel an each Club | > . vending machines today are not) “'@88c70! “fie ete | Cheapest Corn eeng eeiieclared’ that ihe Which: he was being tried. ‘The| 1 eo Is Now Operating In Town on the ‘| European Plan | LIONS’ CLUB pou AT ~ MINSTREL Single $6 up Old Time Show Fri. and Sat., May 11-12, High School—Adm. 75c Wonderful Food - Entertainment Cocktail Lounge Closing Date—May 2nd PHONE 308 SSIES ESATA te ne Laugh Out Of Every Line | By DICK OLMSTED | thing in tov n. city manager should be congratu- lated for suggesting this'move AGAIN THIS TIME—IT’S YUDSON FOR ‘51 See It at K. W. Motor Co. 307 Greene Si. ter, Eileen” I Received By Theater-Goers Phone. 271 411 Fleming St. Well ance last night reduced the scavenger charge from small gro- cery store meat-markets from $3 monthly. to’ $2:50 monthly. In (quest Tomorrow In Roberts’ Death A coroners’ jury: will held an inquest tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock: ep. the, pysterious death of Lelanette Roberts, 29-year-old Key West beauty, . whose, skeleton was found several weeks ago on {Saddle Bunches Key: The jury empanciled by Coro- ner Roy Hamlin'‘of the second Pa py Introduces Salary Raises “My Sister Bilecn” ts the best| For Courts | TALLAHASSEE, April 24. second count, breaking and en- intent to commit will come up later. Weekly Rates from £10 Dining Room... Bar Palace Theater Robert Mitchum - Jane Greer in tering with grand larceny Low Cost Air Coach via | SCHEDULED AIRLINES | PRICE. TOURS |To Attend Meeting street | three-day “BIG STEAL“ Phone 124 Artillery, Air‘ injure Or | F, Kit or ted Strike On 100- Mile Front ve We SEA Kosong Kansong wy :) ‘oO 6 Pokkye 5 i Wa Sk umbwn a Reservou oy 5 TS Kimpo , \. Airlield S “Chipyong () Wirephoto Map CHINESE REDS unleashed their expected spring offensive at the beginning of tis week, and slammed a 15-mile bridgehead across the Imjin river (A) on main approaches to Seoul. No Man's town of Koesong in this area may have been taken »y the Communists. Northwest of Hwachon reservoir (B), and east of the dam (C), United Nations units were forced to pull back their lines. There were clashes, too, on the dormant east coast front (D). State Officials Arrive Here : Tomorrow For School Tour. Dinner Will Be * Av ote La Concha Rotary Districts Five “study ottiine “Bt. nol BORE P residents Florida Department’ of Eduéation arriye in Key West tomorrew, for a two-day tour of the. schools and conferences with all public school teachers in the country, it was announced by Leland March, di- rector of public instruction to- day. The delegation of hig! edutators consists of Di Srytley. director of the Division of Instruction of the State Depart-| will take over as governor of the ment of Education; his assistant,|South Florida Rotary -club dis- Dr. Sam H. Moorer; M. Mitchell) trict on July 1. Ferguson, ficld supervisor of. in- | He succeeds Walter Le Grande struction for the southern region} of Daytona Beach. of Florida; Miss s ra ae rentaman,| as consultant on librayy. materials| Seven Soldiers Burn To Death and Miss Charlotte cinhans, | consuliant on elementary cduca- tion. March said that the following program has been tentatively set] YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 24. un for the educators. Tomorrow| —().—Seven American soldiers afternoon there will be a meeting are among 97 persons . who died of the educators with all Mnnroe today in a flaming coach yere. county, leac: ers at the Key West The train ran into a live, wire, High school auditorium at 2:15.| which set the old-fashioned wood- (Gontinued On Pare Four, en coach ablaze. The motorman -——- -—_——— | was killed before he could open | the doors, arid the. first car war turned into a funeral pyre. Only 39 of the passengers man aged to force open windows anc Housing Officials: escape. They were badly burned Cesspits May Be Cleaned By C City Manager Dave King has been asked to investigate the possibility of having the city clean local cesspits. MIAMI, April » 24.—{4).—The North and South Rotary districts have new presidents today. James G. Spencer of Palatka was elected to head the northern district at a conference in Jack- jsonville. He succeeds Leland W. Hiatt of Chattanoochee. The norti.crn district ence ends todav. Irwin R. Waite of Miami Beach confer- Three Key West housing ‘offi- cials will leave tomorrow morn- ing for the annual meeting of the Florida-Georgia Association of Housing authorities, at the Shera- ton-Plaza Hotel, Daytona Beach, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Kermit H. Lewin, executive di- rector of the Key West Housing authority, Ralph Betancourt, | “lea! SSP : vice-chairman of the Board of| City Commissioner A. Maitland Housing Commissioners and W.| Adams declared that he had re- F. Edwards, manager of Poincia-| ceived many complaints about » projects will form the Key] the cleaning of cesspits by priv- West delegation. ate concerns. Some of the nation’s leading King said that the necessary housing experts will speak at the} equipment would be quite ex- conference Among] pensive. He also said that the’ them will be John P. Broome, As-| city did not now have the equip- sistant Commissioner of the U. S.| ment needed. Public Housing Administration Scooter Afire Washingtoy, D. C.; M. B. Satter- A motor scooter caught fire field. director of the Atlanta PHA Field office and Martin Handrick a PHA economist. Mrs. Lewin and Mrs. Betan- court will accompany their hus- bonds on the trip. near the corner of Eaton and Wil- liam streets shortly before 5:15 yesterday afternoon. The fire was promptly. extinguished by the Key West fire department. iy ol See the... ‘Sl CROSLEY at Twins Motor Co, 1130 Duval St. Tel. 1870 Fine Thom; }{ ments have aces, Reds Drive Deep Wedge In United Nations’ Lines | TOKYO, Apr. 24.—(AP) ; —The Chinese are pouring ' large numbers of troops i to a dent in the center of th: ! Allied front in Korea. | South Korean troops ithe critical area pulled back, exposing Allied posi- , tions on. either side. Three Communist plunged | | | | regi- into the wedge. At other points, too, Al- | lied forces are pulling back | before the crushing weight of some 400,000 enemy troops. The withdrawals are ord@rly, and are likely to continue. The deepest known pene- tration of Communist forc- es into South Korea is four miles, but the Reds actually may be further south than t. t least one spearhead is aim- ing down the road to Seoul, the historic Korean, capital now in Allied hands. Regiment upon vepiment of Communists is stream. ing scholisthe dusty hills,.some of the troops on foot and others on tough little Mongolian ponigs. On the castern front, Commun- ist troops threaten the. towns, of Yangae and Inje. In the center, the Allies’ Kiave given up Yonehon, six miles north of the 38th parallel. The Reds have made their big dent to the right of that sector, south of Kumhwa. On the western flank, allied forces have pulled back one to nine miles, and now front-line officers describe the battle situa- tion as stable. But fighting » con- tinyes sharp, The offensive is costing . the Reds heavily. They have committed” about 400,000 of their 700,000- -troops available in Korea. They lost {about 12,000 soldiers, dead and wounded, yesterday to air and ar- tillery attack. | Confident Of Victory Front-line officers are _coufi- dent allied forces can stop the enemy. One division operation of- ficer said: “We are waiting for him. Lic has taken some terrible losses, «il- :Continued On Page Eight) Night Parking Gir Zones Allowed Motorists from now on™ gah park their cars at night on.yxel- lew zones now used for unload- ing. or 15-minute zones. Parking can be done from 7 p.m, to 6 a.m, ps The idea was sponsored by City Commissioner Louis Carbo- nell and passed unanimously. City Manager Dave King was instructed to inform. the.police Cepartment 0 tue new change in, policy. Parking may be done on just about all yellow zones in the city limits. Exceptions are those in front of driveways, at the local hospital, and other sectioges:--" SPECIAL WEDNESD.i y. ONLY!!! 1946 Mercury es Ld RO