The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1951, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the @ost equable climate in the country, with an average fange of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SO UTHERNMOS VOL. LXXII._ No. 118 LANTAFF ASKS AID IN OBTAINING LAND FOR DEER Will Take No Action Until All | Concerned Have Approved Measure Representative Bill Lantaff has asked the Monroe! County Commissioner's to assist him in obtaining a suit-! able area in the County for Key Deer. Lantaff has again assured the Lower Keys Property Owners Association that e bill-acquiring lan dup for a hearing until after a suitbale| ‘*kamendment can be worked Housewife Saw 2-Plane Crash In Mid-Air Viewed Navy Trainer Plane Falling Apart In Mid-Air And Big Plane Drop Into Sea The 13th witness before the CAB inquiry today gave the clearest evidence that there was a mid-air collision between an | SNB navy trainer and the Cu- bana DC-4 which crashed here April_25. Mrs. Nell Mat- sewife living at K-4 Ft. Taylor, is the first, person so far to positively testify that an actual collision occurred. She was standing in her yard back of her house when she look- ed up toward the southwest and west observing, two aircraft. They were about a city block apart when she first w them. The Cuban plane was flying to- ward the southwest, she said, and the smaller plane was headed west at about the same I¢vel. ~ “¥ can't estimate in a number of setonds how long it was be- fore I looked again, but when I, did it. seemed ‘to me that the big plane turned to the left and its Jeft wing hit the smaller plane,” She stated. The slim housewife was pe tive that she saw a puff of gr ish smoke and red and orange streaks immediately after the impact. She saw the navy trainer plane begin to fall apart in mid-air and | w observed the bigger plane lose a wing then spin or roll se times before it nosed straight down and dropped into the sea. Mrs. Matthews demonstrated the position of the aircraft with two model planes handed to her by CAB authorities. Her demon- | stration showed that the SNB was slightly below and behind the airliner just before the big; plane made a left turn into the path of the smaller plane. If the witncss is correct in what she says she saw, it will help es- tablish the assumption that the | (Continued On Page Fix | Bailey, Others | Go To Marathon The Coast Guard boat CG8340 in charge of Edward H. Askew. Jr. BM First Class took the “Lois” in tow at 7:20 this morn- ing and proceeded to Marathon. The five men aboard the “Lois are not injured, but were ver} hungry as their food sugplies had run Among those aboard was County Surveyor Cliff Bailey, formerly of this city now of Grassey Key The 34’ fishing boat was lo- cated late yesterday by a Coast Guard plane in North Elbow Gay, about 60 miles southeast of here. It is out, Monroe believed the ctaft de- veloped engine trouble. The par- | had been missing since Sun- ty dp. Elks Club Benefit HOLIDAY DANCE SATURDAY. MAY, 19TH. 10:00 P.M. TILL “?” ~ Public Cordially Invited Elks Club Annex Enjoy Dancing In Our Air-Conditioned Auditorium jCounty Comm: \Papy asked me to confirm to you ON KEY a refuge for the remaining hno intention of calling the out which will meet the ap-; proval of all concerned. | Text of the letter to Chairman Gerald Saunders of the board of sioners follows: “Dear Gerald: “LLast evening Hon. Bernie} Papy called me from Tallahassee with reference to the Key Deer legislation. After discussing this} proposal at some length, Mr. the results of our conference. “As you probably know, this leg ion was introduced in the last session of Congress by Con- gressman Charles Bennett, of Jacksonville. It passed the House , unanimously, and, although it was acted upon favorably by the appropriate Senate Committee, Congress adjourned before final action was taken on the meas- KEY 'Carelessness Can Eviet ‘Tenant Here Rent Director Reminds Tenants That Rent Control Gives | ‘Them Obligation A tenant who abuses his priv- ilege of having all . repair bills paid by the landlord may find himself on the wrong end of an eviction order—and with no help! to be expected from the Rent! Office. That was the word today from | Rent Director, Freeman L. Knight,! who reminded tenants that Rent Control gives them obligations as well as rights. “The principal obligation, cours to pay the rent — the legal ceiling rent — on time,” Knight said. “If a tenant fails to do tl he can be evicted in short orde! A second and equally vital | obligation for tenants to heed, he asserted, is theid duty to be careful rather than careless of the place they rent. “By custom, most pay all the bills for landlords repair and also caution tenants not to ab: this right. When a repair is, simple and inexpensive, the ten- ant could well ure. At the request of numerous conservation agencies, and having a sincere desire to protect the few remaining deer on the keys, I in- troduced the identical bill in the 82nd Congress. “I realize that the bill author- izes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain described lands; however, as far as I am concerned, I have no preference whatsover as to what specific area should be used for the game refuge. I have requested the U. S. Wildlife Service to furnish me with a statemctn of intent as to what type of game refuge. they propose to ctabisligh if.the legisla- tion is. passed. Tvanderstend that they mercly want a few thousand aeres where forage can be plant- ed, so that the deer herd can be re-established. “Several other sites have been proposed to me, including No Name Key. I do net know whetb- er this key would provide ‘a suit- able refuge, but if so, this might be a satisfactory area. “I feel sure that everyone ants to conserve and protect the few remaining key deer, ' and, therefore, I would appreciate it -apun pnom nos jr yonur A19a taxe to assist me in locating a suitable area in Monroe County for this refuge. I would also appreciate your assuring the Lower Keys Prop- erty Owners Association that, as I have told them. re peatedly, I have no inte ntoionf have no intention of ¢; alling this bill up for a hearing in the com- mittee untl after a suitable amendment can be worked out which will mect with the approv- al of all concerned.” Texan Arrive Here To Attend Juvenile Court G. S. Lutteral of Commerce, arrived today to be pres- ent at the hearing of his nephew, before which | meet tomorrow | | Juvenile Court Judge Eva} Warner Gibson said that the two boys, related by marriage, had] | been influenced in their career of| housebreaking and car-stealing by broken homes. The two only 14 and 15 years of age. They were caught in Pen- |sacola and returned here recently } {to face charges of breaking and (Continued On Page Five) FROZEN FOODS “SNOW CROP” | Saeeare Wholesale Grocery Co. JACK EINHORN Phone 736-M court | | | juvenile j 901 Duval Street | TICKET OFFICE he might do the job himself in- stead of calling the landlord, and a good rule to follow.on repairs the old one about the © stitc! time. “But his obligatien of careful- ness, if it is to be useful, has to have something to and it has,” Knight declared. “If a landlord finds that his tenant is destructive, he can ‘go directly to local court to have him evicted. We won't stand in his way if the notices that he files with this piGes sow. he has a legitimate complaint against such a tenant. Destructive, ti tenants; don’t have our syMpathy and they don’t get rent office protection. Eye Witnesses To Crash Have Testified CAB Inquiry Will Continue; 30 More The CAB inquiry into the crash of a Cuban airliner and a navy training plane continued pster- day afternoon at the Elks’ Club annex. Surprise witne: he board was Capt. Rene de \yala, senior pilot of the Com- oania Cubana de Avacion: He; estified that normally Cubana! olanes change course when over iXcy West, usually flying at 6000 feet, and that it never occurs, to hem to call the Key West area! about local air traffic. Key West pilot, George F: vho owns a loeal | flying s was an eye witn he ill-fated airliner. He Meacham Field and when he looked up saw the plane begin a spiral descent with the left wing missing to the outboard en- gine. “I did not sce the navy plane. I did not see the impact,* Faraldo emphasized. He was not sure that he heard a preceeding noise in the sky. As soon as the falling plane disappeared, he took off in a private plane and flew over the spot off South Beach where he knew the plane must have nosed into the sea. He dropped life pre- servers but saw no survivors. He then dropped dye to mark the place, and continued circling to aid possible survivors. Another eye-witness was W. H. (Continued On Page Seven’ BOATMEN! We Stock the Femous | STEWART WARNER MARINE GAUGES and METERS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. 121 Duval Street called before ALL AIRLINES |PRICE TOURS (11 Fleming St. _TELEPHONE 1877 - 1878 | of upkeep without extra cost to the, tenant, If any landloard is sub-| stantially failing to do this, we want to know about it, But w Witnesses To Be Called i was at, T NEWSPAPER Che Ken West Citis IN THE U. WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951 x k oO TRUMAN CHARGES TAFT WITH SEEKING ALL-OUT WAR FOR UNITED STATES ‘WITHOUT ASSISTANCE OF ALLIES | President Predicts Congress Will Vote | | Two Year Extensicn Of Rent Controls —(AP).—President man struck out at Senator}! Robert Taft and other ad- jministration critics in a |speech before the atnional }conference on citizenship today. Although he did not men- tion Senator Taft by name, ithe President left on duobt that he meant the Ohio leg- slator. Mr. Truman depart- ed from a prepared address consider whether|to charge that an attempt was being made to have the ;| United States fight an all- out war in China without Allied assistance. He said that one week of such a war would cost this country ten back it up—| to twenty times what it is costing to rearm and contain the fighting in Korea. The President added: We must have friends in this troubled world. Some senaters and-other people would have us go it alone.” Mr. Truman's people was seen asa Slap atgaen- eral MasArthur afd those have supported his’ views. The President’ appealed for strengthened. price and rent con- trol legislation. He said there wa: | no question that congress will vote (Continued On Page Sevens Stock Market Has Advances Today NEW YORK, May 17.—(/).- wide advance in the Stock M ket today snapped a six-day los- jing streak. Gains ran to around $2 a sh in s+ ver divisions with $4 $5 advances registered in scatter- ed instances. The rebound peal, however, to an estimated 11,300,000 sha A lacked wide ap- and trading cam’ total of oO} | Measure Freeing Toll On Highway | Passed By House rvice to the fall of | TALLAHASSEE, May : (?)—Tolls on the Overseas Highway will be freed Janu- | ary 1, 1953, under a bill in- troduced by State Represen- tative Bernie C. Papy and passed in the House today. Tolls amounting to a dollar per car and 25 cents per pas- senger have nearly paid off the cost of the highway. The bill goes to the Senate where it is expectéd to be passed | | tomorrow. { Also Papy today introduced HB1316 providing that the Key West-fiscal year shall begin July I and end June 30 starting July 1, 1952; HB1299 requiring that penal ordin- ances be published in the Key West newspaper. WASHINGTON, May 17.| Tru-|: reference to. ether | who | MONUMENT DEDICATED T ROSILLO IN KEY WEST NOON TODAY « * ——— oes Medest Shook weet E English Mews? SALESMAN JAMES N. GAPE (leit) has inherited an English estate worth nearly $250,000, But to get it, he must leave his * modest home (background) at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and'live in England permanently. Mrs. Gape (right) thinks the 1.000: acres in Cambridgeshire, Engiand, wouid be wonderful for the a he (left), 7, and Gi ved’ a decision. 60-Mile Sica { | | and! | | ceremony were Mayor Eisner,! ma { City Manager Dave King, Earl |Heads For Flor ida Re sult Fr ‘om R. Adams, president of. the MIAMI, May 17.—().— = Chamber of conan Enrique Fists bck oan ences P ¢ 1 | Esquinaldo, Williarh M. Arnold against a small ocean storm riee ontro She riff Berlin, A. Sawyer, «J: :¥. Giatelning wide” upto'ee Porter, IV, and aspolice escort miles an hour which is edging toward the state’s coast. Its center is expected approach Cape Canaveral late However, tonight. winds becoming strong shift- are predicted start before sundown, ing gales The sto:m is moving west- |"#n says the administration’s| Cubana,” the magazine represent-1 ward toward the central | price cciling rollback on cattle|ing the “Pilots Association — of coastal section between Day-. | may. put more beef on -dinner| Cn, sont wtotiee, “Oak tona Beach and Fort Pierce. ables te tes eat enc ioy Bee ar ase eae te he” Seal [ables over the next year or two] (Continued. On Page Fo Foury iain, tie ieoanemeaa oe but less three to five years from) Nisa oe packings Hein His. picture of ‘what lies} wes - was given today to the! south of wes Storm warnings are flying between Fort Pierce vannah, Georgia. craft from Fort Pierce Lauderdale, 15 Local Bills | ‘Have Become Law "PALLAHASSEE, Ma: —Fifteen’ local bills by Representative Bernie C.| TOKYO, May 17.—(),—Chi- Siig: the: Dem Ane eee Se ee = : x ; [nese Communist troops who have] parently. fanned up from embers : Papy have become law , without in| of the old fi It required 15 the Governor's aprove They are as follows: HB715—Authorizing | Board pensions, Key West. HB716—Banninz bon spe state or Monroe County or general election day. HB717—Re. issuance (Continued On Page ARMED FORCES DAY DANCE American Legion Home. Stock Island Saturday, May 19th, 10 P.M. Till?” MUSIC BY Jerry Pinder and John Pritchard Band: ADMISSION FREE and small warnings southward al tax district No. 1. mocha ang ign ypirngpiep POOP ONE pitatng hs pei eating mi ih ten eine emi bena x hee & Rote th Rm NM ke x kK * x * & FAMED FLYER PAID HOMAGE TO BY “~ somncascmeny| MORE THAN 50 DIGNITARIES. HERE More than 50 Key West and C and air enthusiasts and represeutat tban dignitaries | Army gathered by a field on Grir sircets ai noon today to dedicate a homage to 75-vear-old Major Domin vana. The monument is in the area of the spot from | which Major Rosillo made the first successful flight from Key West to Havana in May 17, 1913. the fi flight from the United States over. water, and the second world flight over water. ©The first was in- significant because it was only a 12-mile hepe. ‘The ceremony began to-¥—— day when Major Rosillo & and his party was escorted! into town. Later this morn-! a Bids Received ing they returned to Meach- This was and the trip in Hs — lion site started. } (®) Wirephoto| Mayor Louis race (right) 5, But: ‘the family, has.ngt reach: More Beef | May reteld the story of his historic fight, Key Wester: taking part in the headed by Joseph ©. Kemp, chief: ap noli arrived So Says Seeretary | Of Agriculture Brannan In Talks Atlantic | 8 bans who on.. the Be} with Major Rosillo included Domingo Rosillo and Juan J. Rod- to nisin, To U.S. Senator riguez, pilots of the ‘plane, F. ieee 2 : | Lopez, Porta, ,Oxcar .Villaverde, A WASHINGTON, May 17.--(/?).\ ¢ Torres Menier, Ramon -Secretary of Agriculture Bran-| Ponte, director of “Revista Aerea Agricultural committee. | Brannan’s testimony was +a slight modification of that giv yesterday to the Senate bankin committee. He told the Senators | that the price rollback would not jeopardize production. In today’s ement, however, rannan qualified his prediction (Continued On Page Five) * ° Chinese Open Big The property belongs to J. O. At 9:45- tress ‘ight. Hamilton and is near Angela and | “Ariadne” under | Offensive Today Whitehead streets. eas Pri met y 17). introduced} Fire Chief Leroy Torres and Sa- four miles due south of , like lightning cam and Ri f Light. do. strike in the same. placet A se¢ond blaze sprang up in the : rear of the. ‘Tropics ight club at long and has. a barie ' to Fort a stored trailer was badly dam- ged a few days @zo. opened another big offensive Korea were thwarted today in their attempt to break through the main United Nations defense: tin The Reds unleashed. a savage attack on the east “central front and tore a hole in South Korean|* positions south of In; Chinese troops streamed (Continued Gn Page Seven) al. minutes to extinguish the blaze. Utilities d_ election, any y primary bonds Sevend Masonic Notice | Special Communications of An- chor Lodge, No. 182% F.& AM, Fridey evening, May 18th, 1951. Conferring, Fellowcraft Degree. All members and sojourners in- vited to be present. Gerald H. Adams, BLUEBERRY Pas igo ge Assorted LAYER pemencene oP JR. r.M.