The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 12, 1951, Page 1

| ee ee Key West, florida, hés the most equable climate in the country, with an average Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Kev West Citi SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. The Associated Press Features and Photo i For 71 Years Devoted to Best Interests of Key We ee VOL. Lxxm, “No. M0 KEY WEST. oe TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1951 PRICE FIVE CE} Multi-Million Dollar Loa Wont Be Cleared June 15 Delay Is Due To * pres s ABlesth Stand” Siaiiina Non-Receipt Of Plans For Sewage Disposal System | Guarantee of the FHA) loan for the thousand unit Navy housing project will not be cleared by June 15, | Captain C. C. Adell, com-| mander of the Key West| Naval Base, was informed | today. | | In a telephone conversa-| tion this morning with! Commander Conrad E.| Grohs, Naval Station Pub- | lie Works Officer, Otto! Rehn, Chief Underwriter for the Region Office of | the Federal Housing Au-) thority, Coral Gables, Fla.,| said: | “I have not received . the | Plans for the sewerage disposal | syst@m, the water system, the| topographic survey or the re vised site plans from the Title | VIUT Housing sponsor. The re- ceipt of these plans is necessary | before the Federal Housing Au-| thority can complete their studi of cost in order to the } as Captain W. T. Eckberg, District| Public Works Officer, Sixth Na-| val District, Charleston, S. C., ad- | vised the Naval Station by phonc | this morning that he was making eyery effort possible to exmedite the completion of these plans: on | the part of the contractor. He | could not, however, promise Ae | | vi wats comes "| Navy Will Launch New Type cestet (Df Snor kel- ee Sub (P) F SCULPTOR STEFFEN THOMAS (left) of Stone Mountain, Ga., is in a New York foundry inspecting his bronze Alabama State Memorial which will be placed in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, Miss. The monument is called “The Death Stand of the Alabama Troops” in the Battle of Vicksburg during the War Between the States. The woman in the statue symbolizes the spirit of Alabama womanhood at the side of her fighting men in the thick of battle. The memorial will be erected on a granite base and will stand 18 feet high. 35 feet long and 18 feet wide. It is now enroute from New York to. Vicksburg aboard a huge truck trailer. underwrite Until Capt. Adell’s announee- ment today, it had’ been that the loan would be almost immediately. seph W. Davin, secretary’ of Key West Homes ¢gmpany . had} Commander O’Kane’s r told Cormmande Gro! ‘ Will: Ghristen Thc a ns for epwere ef di — Whriste P jctt ‘would bed peeented! eae: to the Federal, Housing Adtharity: hinges Saeit PORTSMOUTH, | New Hamp; by last Monday, June 4° He had! #hife, June “12-—(Pi-The avy said that as soon as these plans | Jul I F iF § if will Jaunch on June 19th wére submitted und approved by| ¥: i Hi lorie a pew” type sliequipped FHA, the loan would be cleared} $18,200 Spent On Remodelling Bldg A. Maitland Adams. is. remod-! elling a jarge ..Army._ barracks | building for use as;a storeroom | Tedae Hie is mending the BE 109 |ernor Warren failed to either sign| submarine designed primarily for} action against surface ghips She is the U {ship to leave the Portsmouth naval shipyard which this month celebrates its 151st an- | TALLAHASSEE, June 124%) i —The base of the Florida sales| |tax will be broadened on July } junder a new state law. But Flori- © | da's welfare rolls will remain’ se- | cret. | The sales tax revision became law along with nearly seven hun-/| dred other proposals when Gov- 1 horter than her ssors of World | War Tronically, one Tang’s own torpe Two. of the ank he today. He as r 7 ry lor, veto it. | in the Formc 1e torpe=} foot building to Eaton and Wei | he Gevavrior has ten-day .| do took'an or e and Tre- streets turned to strike the in the nding riod to take action after*the.ad outh ts spe Aepsivouth ere journment of the legislature: Af podel a building Jennie 3,200 to re stern. } “ e elapsed the pro-| Only nine of the 70-man crew}; oved from the A Barracks | '€ t lapsed t , ¢ to ‘the 1 200 bloc k on Flagien ove posals e Govern- | eseaped, ip cy < oa nue, according to a permit issued | OY on as not.ta splosion: the y| at the Office of Building Inspec- | we Measure " & oe tor Ra ner Russell today. She is | Opene shes welf Z mmander sie will} turning the building into duplex | inspection was one eT apartments Fe a A. Alexander pending $10, ¥ SEB School, 152 to remodel still another old es of Jess New London, Connecticut. | Army Barracks house, moved to a be By, ; ihe 2400 block Patterson a a ot Ro acer | Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Muir are} two cen cent pur building a new CBS hou the | chase d nt purcha Arrested On Beach ny | ‘Continued On i -_ at NEW STORE HOURS se ue ae “et PFFECTIVE NOW: on thoaag by Monies Bowl The hot rod addict smashed’ a} ign and knocked de part of the road’ blockade placed ‘th | by the county to protect pedé (Continued On) Page On ianaday: 1 seule, Wedue beday: Peiduy Open 9 A.M. —Close 12 Noon On Thursday Open 9 A.M.—Close 7 P.M. On $ x poe y Palace Theater Claudette Colbert-Robert Ryan in “The Secret Fury” Home owas and ous ' SPURLOCK-WALTON 515 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONE 1165 ie } battle | when the United States will have) | to draw a line and tell Russia— |ed Nations—and, he went on—- | "We ought to, have. the military | t© carry, qut our plans. 'Gen. Wedemeyer | original | , | Gen. MecArthur’s proposal for | Fine Fishing Tackle’ Thr ‘eat OF UN ‘Tank Drive a - Scares “Reds Hit And Run Raid Maile I Behind Communist Lines In North Korea i TOKYO, June 12 P) al g censorship obscures opera tie Ke n | tions | fronts Dispatches respondents choked off, here on fighting | from front-line cor- have be all but| and briefing officers} becoming InCreaSIOR LE are this mez rajor| operations are underway e hints that the next big | may come on the now- quiet western front, above Se At least, there are unconfi rs that the Communists ing up theses zorce stor The are in that ure of Chorwon the allied ca: i Kumhwa has on centr off a major Red rear Five) WEDEMEYER TESTIFIES WASHINGTON, June 12.—(A”, — Lieutenant General Albert} Wedemeyer testified today that he thinks the time is coming} touched at. While “No more, this is it.” | Wedemeyer added that it all! | should be done through the Unit- : ' | meahs, predominantly air power, Bae i MacArthur | | (#) Wirephoto LT. GEN. ALBERT C. WEDE- | MEYER tells senators in Wash- | ingion Monday he would adopt | bombing Red China’s bases and | blockading "her colst,“ "He said he would approve the plan even if it meant war ‘ with’ another country.” Thompson Enterprises, Inc. | HARDWARE DIVISION ‘Phone 886 Phone 886 | i Great Deal Mor For Your Money Be Smart! Be a Buy A ‘51 Dodge Or Plymouth Today . . Good Trade--G rood Service—Lasting Satisfaction $45,000. Warranty 1C., Snowden, Jr. of | vision ne | inventory |a motel or tourist guest house al- College Credit Classes May Be Established: Here Joseph Stuart Johnson. as- sistant dean of the College of / Engineering, University of Florida and professor of elec- trical engineering, will ad- | dress the Key West En- | gineers’ club at 8 o’clock to- | night in Building 55, Sea- | plane base. : Johnson's subject will be “Hunting Hurricanes By Ra- dar.” Movies on the subject will be shown. The U. of F. staff members primary purpose for coming to the Island City is to in- vestigate the feasibility of establishing college credit | | engineering classes. Deed Recorded A warranty deed | for $45,000 was issued in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams today for a property t ction from” Mr. Mrs. n A. Nelms of Mon- roc county to Mr. and Mrs, Geo Marathon, Florida The property consists of lots in the Thomps Adams subdi- Marathon. From the | attached inciuding fur- niture and fixtures, the land - tiun is presumably one on which ready exists. | City Geis $10,252 |From ‘Ciggie’ Tax | est's share of the cigar- laued ay fund for April is $10,252, making it'19th on’ the list of Flo-|— tida municipalities réceiving patt| of the $1,08 0 in tax money. The report leased by Lewis M. Schott, director of: the state beverage director which collects the tax; s s that of the total amount collected, $294,791 will goto the State Tuberculosis Bd. Weatherman To Check P. O. Heat The weatherman, Sam Goldsmith. Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Key West is going to make an hourly, check of the temperaturg ini « ihe Bot © ice ‘lobby; che ; fold. The Gitized today. “But if you think it's hot + down here—come up to! my office,” he said, * There with windows wide open and two fans whirring, the thermometer regi@red 93 degrees. Outside it was 86 degrees. Goldsmith said the bilding holds its héat. The tempera- ture check in the lobby. | where the public must go to buy stamps, money orders, open mail box, will reveal with exactitude the degree of heat encased in the coral | rock Federal Building. | Queried about the dry spell, Goldsmith said that it is now on its 45th day. Since April 28 there has been only a@ quarter of an inch of rain. | “You can cail it adraught,” | he said. | Longest draught in recent years recorded by Goldsmith was back in 1945, when there was practically no rain from | January 25 to April 29. “There was a war on then.” | said Goldsmith, “so dry wea- ther was considered a help in training fliers.” Highest temperature so far this summer came last Thurs- day when the mercury regis- tered 91.3. Contrary to popu- lar opinion. Goldsmith said, the humidity is quite low. running around 60 per cent. | El Patio Apartments New attractive one and two room efficiency apart- ments. Tile floors and baths. f} Quiet location. Private beach privileges. 814 Washington Street. | pared with; May icity coffers through general prop- ‘Roberts’ Case “City's Interests Are Paramount To Private Interests Says Wells Tells City Fathers I. I. Board Will Not Go Against City Com. Objection City commissione decide next Monday whether to reconsider th« objections against priva interests purchasing t bottom land within 100 | of Roosevelt. Boulevard. Should they vote to re- tain their objections, then trustees of the Interna! Improvement Board of thx State of. Florida will. s« aside this land for city pur chase. If the commissioners eliminate their objection State Board will follow It’s all up to the city! ast night at an informal | The Price Of Pivnla ig ts ——* , it was City Comr B. Harvey and City M ve ae on one side and Qificials Howa: \KEY WEST a Slade| Key West Airy, sii and|Los Angeles ha injurt (®) WirephWi7 by- | Minneapolis: Thel®aeciated: EXHAUSTED AND DEJECTED, two American fighting men wait at a mobile hospital unit in Korea to be treated for similar left hand wounds. The scene is near the front line in the eastern sector. Their names and home addresses were not available. 1. The. seqni¢. beauty. of oulevard would be lost. 2. That for three quarters « ja mile, the public would be un able to: sée the, water (from bridge: neav Hilton Haven to bend ‘near the traffic light) 3. Unless 100 = was | vdjacart.testhe boulevard, wat et SoG be “tra pped creating stagnant water, Pp an unsani tary condition. City Commissioner Harvey «1 so questioned Wells on why the City was turned’ down on the jsale of the land, and it was al jlowed to be purchased by pri- vate interests. Wells declared that there was ta question of voiding riparian |rights, and stated that the 1 I Board had soid at a ncminal price, 90 ‘acres in Garrisoir Bight, the park/ and pdol areas,-to- the City thug Tar. City’ s Revenue Receipts For May Are 7.14 Percent Lower CASH BALANCE * ON JUNE L WAS $364,327 Yesterday Was! For Key West revenue receipts for | ‘Toug h Da May dropped 7.14 percent com- th Woman Drivers 1950, according | to. .the' monthly: financia] report | pathe As Fipencial “repo Five acgident Sealis ‘ kept Keys | West motareycle-; ‘pelicenian ae) 'fetbased fodiiy: by City Gomptrol- | ler Charles R. ‘Roberts. €ash balance on-hand’on June |ter Cerezo’ busy. yesterday, Feed lel hen Be, Caesar. 1 was $364,327. Revenue receipts | cording tom Polite’ Chief * Fideah as ate ved for th were $49 442. Kemp. Wemen were involved in Wilson and Biggest drop in receipts show- | ee |four out of five of the accident, | but none Of them “were ‘hurt. Three of the accidents occurred e@ in genegal property taxes Last year $9,537 came into the |30 acres near the Gandolfo-Wil- son property. He would get an erty taxes. This year only $1,-| between 2 and 3 p. m. easement from them to, get to 083. | At 2 p.m. a Navy crane oper-| the boulevard. Increases in receipts were 85) ated by Jessie L. Gill, 715 Caro- But Bentley told Wells that follows. line t came too close to the/ there was no use of his acquir- Sea rvice fees this | parked of G. J. Kirk in front’ ing the land if he coultin’t get to j year, May $4,506; per- | of 1104 ‘Truman avenue and ran} (Continued On Page Six) mit fees, this year, $1,767, last May $784, and occupation licen- ses this year, $1,165, $912. Jury Reviewing jinto the rear fender of the car,/| — | according to police,“The car, a | <gpess——e——— ppp last year) Mercury, had a damaged rear| left fender and a bumper. Both bo | drivers agreed to settle matters Harold Car: nell On Way Home among themselves, said Cerezo, At 3p. m. Cerezo received a 7 From Korea Harold Carbonell, son of call to Truman and White street where an Oldsmobile driven by Mrs. L. Sheffield. collided with} closed|a Ford driven by Mrs. Jeannie B. The grand jury, still in ion, is presumably reviewing) Pith, 55-1 Poincianna. Damage} Johm Carbonell, is on. his the Lelanette Roberts case. to Mrs. Pith's Ford consisted of| way home from the Korean It is reported that Mrs. James] its right rear fender and to Mrs.| battlefront. Roberts Hancock, relative of the | Sheffield’s left front fender and He called ong distance pretty blonde girl who disappear light. from Japan to his parérits in- jed two years ago, was called this| Busy “Buster” Cerezo had no| forming them of his transfer morning to the session at the} sooner left that accident than he| ack to the States: ~ Monroe county courthouse, | was sent to the 1100 block of Harold was sent to Korea | Other witness known to have| White street where he found a| about one month after the |appeared last week’ before the|Cadillac driven by Mrs. Louise} North Korean troops invad- jurors was Deputy Sheriff Frank} Bie cite diinaged et ave ve: a verter who investigated the | ides ana ‘bigabee “Acne 16 The skeleton of the young di-|Cerezo, Mrs. Carbonell was trav- vorcee was found on the rocket) cling south on White street, when range at Saddle Bunch Key this) (Continued On Page Eight» spring by golfers. Remains were|~— identified by teeth and a class’ ring. | A coroner's jury returned the verdict that she had met death ‘at! (Continued On Page Eight) | The Key West Players PRESENT “JUNIOR MISS” JEROME CHODOROV AND JOSEPH FIELDS ALL THIS WEEK, THROUGH SATURDAY BARN THEATER ADMISSION $1.50 Tickets On Sale at La Concha Gift Shop and at Box Office Low Cost Air Coach via | SCHEDULED AIRLINES | PRICE TOURS 4 411 Fleming St. . They Cost Less And Give You A Navarro, Inc. =! ee ae i , { f i : ) | | |