The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1951, Page 1

Key West, Flcrida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Hen West Citis te Vote For Raise rye a To $50 Monthly For All Board Members * . Change orders the cost of the new City) Leon E. Kelly last night that he was refused a who charged y stear ec: trie plant by $50,000 were approved thre to one “with reluctance” and live- ly complaints by the Utility Board at a special meeting yesterday afternoon , Klecirie offices. Board) Member C. B. Harvey east the opposing vote, A motion by Harvey unanimously passed asking that the board “write the consulting engineers of the system, R. W. Beek, and inform the mthit che board approved tne change 0 Gers reluctantly and were tired and disgusted with recciving any orders ailering the design ot the Pioposed pliant and Mose MCrChouNng tac project.” rive of the nine change orders journeyman Plumbers’ certificate of competence because of the col- or of his skin, was not diserimin- ated against, asserted Purie How- anitz, Che nan of the Board of Plumbing E “Kelly has man’s examina- sserted Howanitz when interviewed by The Citizen today, “I invite any plumber or cngineer who knows something about plumbing to come down and look at his examination paper: They could then see that our fail- ing, him was based not on his race but on the actual examination.” Howanitz said that in the last examination that Kelly flunked, aminers. failed his journe tions twice,” wa especially cost of me Y 10r @ Mito Waeer gencia ur cooling, | Hoard mempers unanimously | appioved raises lor alt empluyces| ot the City Eleeuic System, in-/Portugas have again taken toll of cluding members themselves. fa seafarer, The old timers around Legislation passed recently in/Thompson's dock say; very lite, © authorized increases: but there w a resigned sadness jor board mempers from their old| on the faces of the men who knew COMPENBALON Oly $1900 A>year to! Bryans Baker, as. his partner, a maximum of od a year. The! Tommy Thomps board voted to 11x the sulary of y morning tragedy. cuch member at $000 a year. ‘rhe meeuung was Called yester-| y, day because tue By DOROTHY RAYMER v cre working thé? area around Bora Chanman’ Dry Tortugas just off East Key. houis Mo J. is leaving! They went ashore in the skiff be- lovin touay: Lor -| longing to Thompsons , “The Officials — pre Crayfish”. The tide came in, the mayor ang’ darvey were Board) syiff drifted off the beach and Members Fernando Camus and) was carried out into rough water Horace U'sryant, and C. 4, Van! poker, a> man: Of Jabout:.62, Veursen, manager and Merville! punged in and started swimming Rosam, assistant manager and! out ty get the skiff. compuolicr, Board Attorney J.| Lancelot Leste. was also present. Lhe board approved payment to A. G, Schoonmaker of New York} lor $20,650, as part of tne rental) oF a 1,000 IKW diesel generating unit to be used unul the new steam plant completed in August 1992. Thompson, slight, grizzled man ef about 60 shook his head for- lornly as he told of what hap- pened. might not make it. I yelled to wait and we'd go after the skiff | when we got back to the Crayfish, |But he went right on before I 1t also approved a transfer Of | could stop him. That’s wild water $62,u00 irom the bond issue to} gown that way. He got tne City Electric System itsclt.| and farther off. the beach and Expenditure of $080 tor the over! then. —all at once he disappeared,” hauling of the city’s enti fi im system was approved. This | job has been eormpleted. Discussion at tne meeting “1 couldn't. swim with » my Baker, 52, Wad Planged Into The Water To Save Skiff approvea yesiesuay upped us - * rosy of we. vriginal fpaitchard oi company bid on ine — $4,009,009 piani, watts brings total increases in ® . © Pritchard company chavge ovues. . W duddd¥. Largest mcyecase in D *, a Of B Treacherous waters around Dry |! 1 told of the} brawn feet and towey 4 i | The two. compgerciat fisherman} { } ‘Thompson got the Cr: “I called to him. L told him he} farther | | on May 24, all applicants three white Kelly Negro failed “Tl hold a special examination for Kelly if he wants one,” men, and another de- elared Howanitz. “It doesn’t make any difference to me if a man is white, black, yellow or pink, if he pa Howanitz. As to the charge that examiners favored union members, Howanitz pointed out that one of the men who Qunked the recent journey- man’s examination is a member of Plumbers Local 764. es our examination,” said Kelly charged at City Commis- sion mecting last night that he had been dejiberatcly flunked in eee aad Tommy Thompson Tell Of * ‘Baker BAAAARMAAMAAAAR ARERR D DRM DM Me De Se ete teste ee barracuda made me think before| went in the water, but I had to; go. The current was that strong) I tried twice before I could even | make it to the Crayfish. I tell you, I had a time gettin’ aboard her,” Thompson said. | He looked down at his bare rett his Voice, “And then I couldn't get my_en- gine started! ‘I couldn't go after | my. ‘partiér: [ worked . that” old engine atid waited. If He'd a caught thé skiff, he'd a’ come back to me. But he didn’t. I knew he was lost then, I figured he} drowned before he could get to the skiff, But I hung around look- ing for him when I could get my engine gdin’.” It wasi.a time , before yfish under- way. Thé® wind came up. The water got rougher. He finally gave up hOpe, and 24 hours later, began the lone jpurney to the home port, He arrived at Thomp- son's dock about thre e’oclock yesterday afternoon. Someone notified the sheriff's office and Baker's relatives. | Thompson examined his knarled | hands as he finished. his stor: “We'd been fishing off the Cray- fish for maybe five years.” His long Thompson said in a shakey voice. | veiee trailed off. The old timers nodded their} | clothes. on, so I stripped. Them | heads, said nothing. prolonged on the various in- creases in cost of plint constru tion and equipment. Chunge orders Numbers Two to} Ton, which were approved ye terday included increases of $1 Campaign Mer, Gets $5,000 Fine i for extra deacrating heater;) 5,000 for circulating water} pumps; $7,546 for circulating wa (Continued on Page Three) ee Hurt | h With Car | Thom: | * Bicyelis In Gh A Navy truck driven by as Watkins collided at 1 terday morning ‘with ¢ operated by Joseph Albury of 1015 Fleming strect, { The two vehicles were travel-) ing west on Caroline street when the accident oecurred, According to the police report, the Navy truck*had actually passed the bicyele but some part of, the truck apparently caught on the! seat of the bicycle and threw} Mr. Albary on to the pavement. He was. taken tao the Naval Station Dispénsary where, he was UW Wirephoto JON M. JONKEL (above) was | | i U.N. Troops Are Continuing Their Ferward March TOKYO, June 5,—(A”. sership obscures the exact dis: positions of Allicd troops in Ko rea today. But one thing is plain —-the United Nations fore: Cen-| con | tinue to grind ahead slowly into | angle—Chorwon given treatment ‘for a small fined $5,000 in court st Balti- | bruise and cut on the right more Monday for violating hand. | Maryland election laws as campaign manager for U. S. Senstor Butler. Republican of | el fi | u . ° . Maryland. He pleaded guilty | Fine Fishing Tackle "vcs. ofu2 Sonics u Inc. Butler's triumphant campaign ij Thompson Enterprises. over Maryland’s Democratic i HARDWARE gph ec geg S8Rstor Millard Tydings last t Phone 886 hone year. | the mudd the heart of the Communist doubt in North Korea It’s a dogged advance, hill by hill, ridge by ridge. And occas re jonally, the enemy makes a sereaming counter-attack But the Allied war machine con- tinues to rumble northward “parked by tanks clanking down! y roads. The key target of the Allied advance is the so-called Red tri to Kumhwa to Pyonggang. Allied spearheads are perhaps ten miles from their objective. Limit Activity Clouds and rain are limiting Allied air activity. However, 180 fighter planes have raided Red positions so far today. Two of the planes crashed. and their pilots were killed. Two Communists planes, per haps jets, have bombed Allied lines on the east-central front. And the Chinese Communist (Continued on Page Three) ‘cil in Florida, from Utility Board Reluctantly Approve $30,000 Cost Raise On New Plant Officials Deny Kelly Was Discriminated ; \cainst Because Of Color Of His Skin his journey man’s examinations because of his color. He accused Plumbing Inspector Harry Alsing of discriminating against hifi Alsing, interviewed this morn- ing, declared: “I have absolutely nothing to do with licensing plum- That is the job of the Board Examiners ber of and all cards My job is to police plumbing jobs and not igned by the chairman to grant licensas. I don't discrim- inate against anybody black or ite.” There is one Negro master plumber T. J. Crutchfield, among the 23 «master: plumbers in the city. There -veono Negroes among the twelve journeyman plumbers. Jedieation Has Climaxed Four ont Program Master Of Ceremonies Was Horace O'Bryant; 30 Out Of Towners In: Formal, Regalia, The dedication at he Scottish Rite Temple Sunday climaxed a four point program of ceremonies the weekend, i First was a dinner held at Raul’s ing under the influence ‘of Hquor} the as nér guests. were Saturday by Among the & relation, |Mr. and Mrs. Olin W. Todd of | oa Miami; Mr. and Mrs. James. Mix- ;son.of Jacksonville and Mr, and Mrs: H. R. (Chubbie) Wright ster of ceremonies for the O'Bryant was present with his wife. M eecasion was Horaee who The house at the Temple on Saturday second event was open with visitors streaming in and out from 4 p. m. until closing time at 10 in the evening A third tof the Temple dedi- cation celebration was a luncheon at Raul’s at noon Sunday honor- ing the Illusttious Brother William 3lyde Johnson, 33rd degree Mas- on, Deputy of the Supreme Coun- Jacksonville He was accompanied by Dave Shultz, ex-goverpor of the State Another! honof guest was Leon Forbes, 33rd degree Mason from soaville, Fla. Fiffeen éarloads of Scottish Rite membegs, and, their wives fram various@oints inthe State arrived Sunday afternoon for the dedica- tion which took place at 3 p. m. A chartered bus brought 30 out of-town members of the honor guard in formal regalia. The actual dedication was made by William Johnson with Horace O'Bryant as master of ceremon- ies H. R. Wright gave the response speech to the address of welcome by Gerald H. Adams. Ross C. Sawyer, 33rd degree Mason, stated that all the opera seats as’ well asthe folding chairs in the main were filled. The other 33rd degree Mason in Key West is Ralph B. Boyden. E lodge room ; Permits Issued Plumbing permits issued by Plumbing Inspector Harry Alsing to the following four persens since Friday, it was learned today: Manuc) . Lopes, have been 1309 Laird ‘ind! cotting the necessary priority. | to the cammisston and “aK us Plumbing Inspector Alsing that! trect; Julio Cabanas, Jr. 527!" O'Bryant agreed that he j about this?”, inquired Juhn Car-' shocked the commission. Olivia street; Mrs. A. B. Conant) jocalize the school expansion dis-} bonel. | The alleged remark so angered Roberts Doesn't {pprove City Abatement Actina City Manaqer Chas. Roberts is opposed to a tax abatement for the Cabrera Wholesale Grocery company. Said Roberts: “I don't re- commend this. It is the most ridiculous assertion I have ever heard of. Also Ramsey admits that the personal prop- erty assessment of $43,520 was correct on January 1.” $0 answered Acting City Manager Charles Roberts when told that the County gave a personal property abatement from $13.620 to $21.700 to Cabrera Wholesale Grocery. Ernest Ramsey. and Sebastian Cabrera kad told of the need for tax reduction by the city. Ramsey admitted that at Janvary 1. personal »roperty in the firm. totaled . $43.629, But declared that the average inventory was, only $21,700, Roberts. reminded the city fathers that-all other, business firms’ personal property taxes are computed as of January 1, and if you do it for one, you would have to do it for ail, So determined was Roberts’ denouncement of the tax abatement that the motion Cc. P: A. ul the and second for passage were withdrawn. : == = lt Is Not Legal To Hold Person Incommunicado Ordinary Charge Not Grow For, Four-Hour Deie SoS sdemeanor als tion Peri The officer's wife who cstreated w $25. bond on the charges of be- and using profanity is not all the | loser Her publishing of da city-wide inte controvers, The police department Was vin- dicated when a half-dozen wit- ne: in municipal court. testi- fied the lady was using vulgar language. And all but one stated she. was under the influence of liquor. Two of her complaints were justified in the eyes of the city commission by their actions last night. First of all, Acting City Attorn- cy J. Lancelot Lester was asked if it was legal to hvid a person four hours without allowing that individual to communicate with a lawyer, friends, or family Lester ruled that it was not (Conunued On Page Sevens the arrest in, the County Stands Good Chance Of Getting $220M Monroe county stands a good chance of obtaining $220,000 in Federal aid for scheol expansion, according to word from a Feder official released by Horace O'Br: ant, superintendent of schools O'Bryant received a call yester- day from Fred Horn, U. S. Office of Education representative for the Southeastern States, from Tallahassee “T feel for the first time,” said ; Adams was. hot in- attendance j inpiopek. prygedure.’ He. said de | bogd-eand that this would bring 8 : | lowing man his day in eeurt | 5 but they later withdrew their mo rimtnation tian and second in the matter Leon EB. Kelly, colored plumber, Carbonch blasted awa aU doesn't trust the union members O'Bryant, “that the Federal Gov-| ernment is aware of our problem and is doing something to help us get additional facilities for our school children.” Horn suggested and O'Bryant, tic readily agreed to localize the ar in Monroe county for which funds | brether, And Adams had the bond are requested. The Federal representative said | working for him: T am sorry’ Com would re- | missio | quest funds for only the Federally | night, for 1 would tell that if Monroe county | affected areas of the county, it would stand a better chance of 623 Margaret street and Zachary’ trict to one-twenty fifth of Monroe! Mills, 1208 Flagler avenue. DRIVE OUT TO SPIDER'S Head tor Second Hest O the county from Little Torch Key down to and including Key West. —~|most densely populated area of} A large area of Monroe coynty | consists of Everglade territory. O'Bryant said he is very en- couraged that “Washington is tr) ing to help us raise our priority} jso that we can get the necessa’ | funds to expand our over-burden- ed schools.” | eae THE SOUTHERNMUST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL LXXIl. RBCs KEY WEST, FLORIDA. TUESDAY JUNES,.15¢.. =... ©... j Best Interests of Key We. The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Sarvices For 71 Years Devoted to the a "PRICE FIVE CEN in Island Ciiy’s 1951 Property Assessments Margaret Truman Tours London MARGARET TRUMAN, daughter of the President. is escorted by Chicf Warder Arthur Hook on a visit to the historic Tower of London Monday. Dressed in medieval uniform, Warder Hook points out a spot of interest. A turret of ihe tower is in the back- ground, Carbonell Charges Adams With Interference With Local Police Department * City Manager Dave King Instructed eee eee U.S. Wanted To Pursue Planes Into Manchuria WASHINGTON, June 5.— ((P) —Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today that the United States proposed last November that the U. N. Air Forces pursue enemy planes To Tnyestigaic Into tdwards” Case City Commissioner A. Maitland last night's city commiasign meet- ing, But his ears must have been ringing, benell sioner struck hard at Adams for Louis Car city commis what he said was interference with the police department. 6 ig ae (ig border It all came ahout when Adams Acheson sala te OS inquired into. the bond-estreating of Jumes Edwards, City Manager Dave: King wrote \dams that if Edwards requested. hoe case. to he .xeopened. that it wouNt “be denies by Fudge Hitery Albury { Albury deelared that this proposed only two or three minutes of air penetration of Manchuria. but that other Allied governments would not go along with the plan. Acheson was testifying for the fourth day at the inquiry into General. Douglas, Mac- Arthur's dismissal. Was couldnt reopeht the: ease unless | the ,cofymission Would “reinstate City Investigates Alleged Board the cave back Lo a status quo. ht that. James Edwaceds| was forced to estreat aw bond "be ause Municipal Court was held} aday ahead of time. Kisner and Harvey sGems were [UF al- Adams by saying’ “This, is. the second case that Adams has-inter-| voned. When a man works” for him. he goes ‘overboard’ to help He say against him. But when somebody © else’ poet and got 67 1-6 on the first to help. out. somebody he! ghde4ton the second, He believes | aj vaises 1 A guy punched my he passcd on both occasions. would-be cut down from $250. Fhe-sman was Adams. is not here to: him the same thing.” “Why didn't the man come up his test papers. “Did_you. ever hear of anything the elected representatives that) |county. This would include the | like this im your years up here?”| Harvey and Eisner declared they (Continued on Page Toree) would vote for another inspector; (Continued On Page Five) vis. Chester Morris and Maylia in “BOSTON BLACKIE’S VENTURE” Wirephoto via Radio from London of the Key West plumbing board.! he is being discriminated Kelly took two exams from the journcyman | deer, indigenous plumber asked the Board to give | Keys. Sponsored by. the; Lower ‘him a journcyman plumbers li-| Keys Property .Qwners Assoxia- cense or else to allow a group.oth- | tion the. meeting is open.to all er than the plumbing board grade | Sagi interested in the prybr ‘ * | lem, . Kelly credited: a statementete | ~— Palace Theater » Tax Assessor Pinder Deciares They Are About The Same As Last Year Samuel B. Pinder. J cily tax assessor, has pre sented a preliminary tax roll to city fathers. Said Pinder: “This tax arefully pre- it will neet your budget require- roll has been ¢ rsared and T hope ments.” The tax assessor later told The Citizen that ther: was “¢ “no general rais ind that assessments would emain about the same a astyear. The tax roll to- lay, Mise j al will be th the reeord-breaking Struction enjoyed in city since preparation the previous tax roll, Appoint Committee After hearing many compia last night about stadium ¢ Nnanee setting uo charges, ete, Mayer Louis M. J Risner appointed a committee t confer with City Manager Dav: King The committee composed « Julio DePoo, Rey Hamlin, Gerald Abreu, Rafael Ferrera, Roy Duk: Pedro Aguilar, Doug McCarthy Willard Saunders, Ernest Re Winston Jones, Kermit Lewin « Karl R. Adams, It was the concensus that the financial arrangements coultin’t b met by the local sporting group: Earlier Earl R. Adams had in formed the. commission. that. the Atlanta Crackers wanted to trair in Key West for the next three | years. But under present ar ment, this, would, not be po Problem For City’s Planners Planning commissione®s will dk cide this Friday on the-Bancells’ request for erection of a building three feet from a property tine. City commissioners” wotild ‘not consider the matter prior toa rec | commendation from the planniny commission, Said Harvey: “Bahcells wants to | subdivide. his own -preperty, He would build squarely on ong sic and three feet from the property | line on, the other, It is a re: 2 “e" neighborhood, and 1 won't op pose it if there were nu objections, {but I understand there will objections, and. [can’t ga along ' with it” Billy Freeman, next door neigh bor: “Tank going. to -appose it The law’ says your fhuxt: BE Tive feét fram the-fenee Uke. I oar spending $6,000 on my prop: : ‘Continued. on Page. .Taree) ET eens. Cantaff To Spe “ ” Ds On “Deer” Bill U.S. Representative Bill Lan taff will address Monde’ County citizens on the . subjectoof Key deer conservation at a special meeting in the County~ Com- | mircioners'. chambers, June 15, it | was, announced today by Gerald Saunders, County Commissioner. ‘The meeting will take up.the efforts to preserve the remaining to the’ Lower much last year be the ~ ng ate |