The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 30, 1951, Page 1

Key West, Florida, bas the most equable climate in ‘the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE Che Ken West SOUTHERNMOS T NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. The Associated Press 7 Features and Photo For 71 Years Devoted t Best Interests of Key esas LXXIL me decad KEY WEST. FLORIDA. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1951 City's Building Permits Almost Reach $1,000,000 For The Month Of June~ This ls Four Times The Volume Of Permits Issued In June, 1950 Key West building permits reached almost $1,000,- | 000 during the month of June for the first time in the} city’s history, according to Building Inspector Ralph | Russell. Exact figure on permits issued was $944,130 fron June 1 through June 29. This is four times the volume of permits issued ir Jame 1950. Navy Riel Inspects Wreckage te New commercial buildings ac counted for $684,383 of the total | Re | and new apartments to $113, 900. The permit | telephone company | building accounted | in the boom month. Remodeling, of buildings .anc. | housés moved from the Old Army to Southern: Bel! for ; its new for $400,00( | barracks to new Jocations » was Plane Wreckage | another cause, of the peak. Total figure for the: first. six Brought To Navy Seaplane months of 1951 comes -to $2,185,> 576, almost twice the $1,396,640 in | permits issued for the same perioc jin 1950. Lowest building month in 1951 ven March whe n HY ies 7 Hi est previous me ah in 195 eo yesterday killing eight men wand odin ary, before the limita leaving one survivor. : {tion on building imposed by the Base Ramp The Navy Boas nd of Inve Stiga: | The four Board, headed by | National Production Administra Capt. S. J vrence, Command-| tion. That figure was $309,230. ing Officer Fleet All Weathers: ‘phough June sets an all time Training Unit, Atlantic, met first| high ir building, July promises tc yesterday afternoon to view the/pe even bigger. Permits will be bodies of the eight dead men be- | issued for the $916,000 low rent fore they released them to thelt| housing development; for the | $3, 000,000 City Electric plant, and | idential permits came to $128,- | la | | | | The crew of the Navy Yard Sal-j possibly for the $7,000,000 Navy | ge Derrick “Marianne” brought | housing. project. po ee ee No Hint Of *Red? | | Reply To General ramp bodies p.m. ssterday afternoon, All| had been recovered by 1:05} or after hotrsief struggle the 562,500 Gait ‘From CAA Is Approved Here City Fathers Will Use Money To Acquire Meacham | Airport Field City Commissioners yesterday on ap- nt be- department of Com- and the city of purpose of ob- ecial s ed the ween the nerce, C. A. A,, Key West for the it agre taining federal aid in the devel-! »ypment of Meacham airport. j The $62,500 is solely for the requisition of land. The C. A. A. will participate 50% in any other mprovement' except for hangars, ind living quarters Said Dave King, city man- ager. : “When you sign. it will be worth $62,500. And you can get it at the banl: | will| For the 500 the city vave to grant the -ollowing free| pace tivities , 400 sq. ft | unicator’s office, } torage, 80 sq. ft Equipment room and work shop, | 170 sq | E. T. 1. C. office, 110 sq ft | Storage, 50 sq. ft Telephone equipment, 80 sq. ft.] U. S. Weather Bureau i s, 645 sq. ft | , 283 sq. ft James Hancock of the C. A. A. office told commission- ers that he understocd there was a bill before Congress requiring all government ag- Official U. S. Navy Photo | ROBERT H. DREAPER ... Sole Survivor Of PBM Plane Crash Sole Survivor : Says Plane Fell From Only: 30-Feet ~— ; Key West naval base who | said, PRICE FIVE Approves Navy Housing Projec. — vie Construction Must Strat Within 30 Days Federal Housing Admin- istration has approved the navy’s thousand-unit hous- ing project here, it was an- nounced by Capt. C. C. Adell, commander of the Maaunaas Misses Dog, Hits Tree was notified by long dis tance telephone yesterday. | Otto Ream, chief under-.|j writer of the FHA officein } Coral Gables ‘said ‘that of ficials»of the «Key (West) Homes Co., sponsors: of the: seven million dollar: wider- taking, had: visited: his: of fice and that he wrote out guarantees for the loan. “One of the requirements is’ that construction must Start within 30 days. We! are not in agreement on all of the cost items,” Ream “but those are details that can be worked out dur- Citizen Stait Phot MRS. PAULINE BONN’S DODGE smashed into this Poincians tree when she tried to avoid hitting a dog on Whifehead siree!. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Dena Bonn, wes slightly injursd. Warden Myers, Killed In Plane Crash, } | { | jing. the next month.” | while they: aresstationed ing “sowriting. up. the: lines. Was Going Fo Turn In Wings This Wee: Longed To Paint And Visit In Paris And Other Art Centers The units will be placed on: Dredger’s Key and on| land at the old army bar-} }reaks. Buildings are being; moved from ‘the barrack’s} a—_—— t The. title of the picture shii “One of the city’s ar bec “Killed in plane crash. As one of thé ¢ity’s artists I r | property daily to make} Commandet Myers when 1 ‘ came to Key West aix week. ‘room for'the housing units. |By GINGER Trane pin a Huntreds of Sfficers and |. IT was at the wonten’s. desk! versations at different gatherin: ) enlisted men wilbbe able to; » Sp eet vagy yen ie he tatked abdut his painting. | INS, here! tie ‘June socials, the art Theme 3 knew that Thad known th< bring:their © families s in Paris, in Now. Yor! | were: to. go under the picture of “ : | ’ mere seg - | wait to to them Marianne” crew and-erane tite | pe encies othér thi aviation to Rey’ West ‘after, ihe thous-' go ¢ ed the plane from the 12 feet of Rid wa Offer | pay rent ‘for pelinas Grea ott it aint is complet- Eiept Chonianeer Ceca werenel aie + to walle the Seine ater and brought # to the Seal Tr lib brink additional re 1c op 7AS THAT GASOLINE fae Unis p ; Myers, one of Key. West artists)" iad paint Nowe ¢ in the wane en ee ee Miwa (Bb Mladen he ka seth et RIGGEST FEAR WAS THAT GASOLINE ed, ‘At prestnt. th8ré is not} In the eéntct Of the wetiterial Hiolet shadows’ dusk plane base ramp where the Board! 7OKYO, Junc,30,(4?).—There's -VeR4e: tai {hg gity, when the Janc : : go ets : ae adows. 3 surveyed it tod! AilPna hintore'c Somgnt st renly 18 acquired POURING QUT: WOUED EXPLODE lenipugh. available hausing.|\0o" the place. was in. whirl} to gpend hours in New York Navy officiils aay that since thei gy’ Mof a ComipunishreDs tiga ett Ghbroval “was: Gnan Ne Te ted. that's Another plane’ Wad crashed. and” the Metropolitan . . . to. seo. the ich Wie ariel a Navy ones! coners) Ridgway’s .coase-fire sifthoao resent avere May. | By SUSAN McAVOY ‘s reported that some | phones were ringitig, ur. news| pest’ that mien have painted,” there “want “oRBGARL ‘Bs Ones) invitation. pasties oe sep ciaaae aeey | Hocal landlords fear the un- ireporter, our photographer, and’ Commnader Myers stid on one cy : proba og, OE tae: BOY? Every available radio in Japan }?", Louls x ty jsenad nC Less than twelve hours after his miraculous esca ©' its will lower rental fres,| the managing editor were in and} oecarion: Poe Cut fer in which 39 2hd South Korea hasbeen broad: | tee ee onelle | from death in the Navy PBM crash that killed his eight b h beti he | MtoF on the phones. He. asked. m2.all sorts of 1) ‘efbebe ster in which & (casting the invitation, addressed | Tarvey, John Casbonel Faw GHW SME Feces Deed Key. Ofd ut authorities believe the) “‘pneir vocies, [about the “special shows ‘at the SA eine tr lives, as wellitg the commander in chief of| "I esl Robe wet ers near Dredger’s Key, Ordnanee-| fear is unfounded since New| “Get Gafford on the ‘phone! petit Palais and, the Grand. Pala s ‘The Board will, however, ate Communist forces in Korea lifera 1 Slots man Robert Dreaper, 28, was able to talk to the} groups of people who are |#€ : lin Paris, about-the Egyptian cc! teinpt to asebrtein the ceose of the |, But i ite first browdcast after! co! press at 6 p. m. last night. |not in Key West at the pre-| 1A. P, in Miami.” I ection’ ih. the: Mesropolitar, “a7hct mysterious erash which occurred | Pi@eway offered to talk about aj Paw CISA Tay “wish those ott a ld I : Je it. Th H y Was it two dead or eight dead?! pep they Rad cchangedeoneny: (i rinutes after the take-off, ‘The cease fire, the Communist radio} | ust bay $159 ax, se other guys could have made i ave'sent will oecupy the units! . “wil we-get the pictures?” | the pictures “at” the File. / Alene aire at 30 feet when &t Pyongyang in North Korea a flown with all but one of them for more than two year$,7 ioe which there is a waiting | 1¢ Navy won't release any- |Galtety, was. the: smiling 1. it started banking to starboard, |™ade no mention of it Owners of esiablishments serv-, the young ¢hief aviation ordnanceman said. bess ie | Hamilton still. there on the wall Serving-on the Board of Invest« |, 2"S8tead. the Communist radio| ing tiquor and those having coir Lying in tWé, Ward at the Navaly—————— Pees eee r to Boca Chica es fast; “p'ean't wait” he said a doxe ization with Capt. Lawrence are! broadcast the usual war commu-| jperated sement devices | hospital, his Hft leg broken, wrap : | times, his voice full of ali th: Dr. Robert H. Bradshaw, Com-; Midue. And the Chinc : heir tax returns by! ped in a heavy plaster cast, Dreap-, he set off ke flare. By that! ‘Plenty Of Genkeat | ued with the tines under| eagerness “of a Boy bed’ mander, Medical Corps; USN; LC- ignored Ridgway. It w on tonight ‘announced -er said time, howe men from the Sea-! the picture of Lieut. Comman nder| new life, “I just can't wait to dr. Robert R. Rodgers, USN. and te"ers to intensify their war ef-/ 1 Ge Denute Cot “T was shved by my-tite jacket. plane Base boat house had rushed | A il bl I J l ItvAts ees ve Ade HABER whdireally’ se * Lt William C. Hall, USN, Record-/fS, | sor of Internal Revenue, in Key ‘Three other gaye and T were in pena #. Deen. hentai anal vallabre th July | _Then @ women appeared at the. for. long sixetehes ‘of time. pa | oyko, a high UN officer has | yrost the waist, compartment of the © g aes } t ¢ newsreem, wit a) wae ust doo week before e Meanwhile the Navy released} (Continued On Page | “Places collins beer, wine and li-i plane when We hit the’ water bop! a pha ce | WASHINGTON, June 30.67) arge spotted dog--Mrs, Larry jcrash, he walked: over to Clinton the name of the cighth man kill- | = =p |-quor retail, pay’ an ‘annual fax of They got it: Pn alive.” heereaner said he did ‘not knowl _i¢ you like sen fodd, ‘the. U.S. Mi © you using Command! piace with @ lot iof thesother 2 ed in the Navy h. | He Was + 32 Beer sellers pay ‘only $22) “First thing Y inow Iw: hie head. He did: nek, tousk snag] Fah and Wildlife: Service picture, today?" She Ask | Liste of the city and chose: the spot Plane Capt. R ards, Chief | ond who! say Upto’ $110} ming around fe salt nee ¥ q | there will be. plenty available § | he wanted. for the Artists’ Open Artists’ Shou | Begins Monday Aviation Machinist lived with his ed 29, who at wife, Elizabeth, avy trailer court. Edwards of William A, Edware ». 3» Box: $11, Toukspo { The Artists’ Open’ Air | on. He is survived ‘by Show aoes on Monday at 10 two children, Dianna 7, and John) a, ta, * 4. Edwards had served in the Na-|} Clinton Place. over near vy 11 year the Aquarium, is the spot Fo: the officers, yester-| md Mayor Louis M. J. Eis- day's was to have been his| ner, Gantain C, ©. Adell, last before turning in his wings.| Earl Adems, ard John LCdr. Oscar Warden Myers, 43,} Spottswood will all be on be s just about to report) hand to -ut the blue ribbons to W According to Rob-| and make the scseches, crt O. Dreaper, sole survivor of} "Representatives of the Ro- the crash, there was no real rea-| ivi fary Club and other civi . on why Myers should have flown| aay Rhy el ganizations will also be there ‘day with their flags. nother officer, LTJG Per-| The show will be open Fenton, co-pilot, it was| r second flight since re-| Svat €8¥ tromI0.a.m. to 5 to duty at VX-I just two] s before the crash, Fenton was | XY (Continued On Rage Six) Waterfront 24 Hours Service . Breakfast - Lungh » Digan q UNDER NEW MANAG! ASE -FOR SALE 2 POOL »TABLES—APPLY HOE BAR , and Caroliné Sts. BUSINESS FRANCHISE AVAILABLE The City of Key West offers an excellent opportunity for the right person to own his business and operate under our highly successful franchise. We provide you with complete supérvision, a business management system and highly organized sales and merchan- dising plans. You will have all of the advantages of chain store opera- tion but will own your business. 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They have one The PBM was OK when it took | child Robert James, aged six. | “Just getting the lines written Air Show which opens M now forytite piedure, D skid, “He’ was killed in the plane] off? h today,” she | during the month of July, | The agency says summer pri | duction of fish and shellfish will) “Pm. going to have all he said, ‘and TM be right |e at a high level. throughiiut | CT said. : j here every, day with my easel” next month. Frozen seafoods inj ond suddenly the women's de-! He chose a spét under a b storate on June Ist exceeded one ment was in the. whirlpool! and stood for long with his wif: 1 he r picture w of the hewsroom, bea, Edna, deciding exactly where s rushed off the wo-| easel would be and how be we pale men’s page and put under the big{ hundre million pounds. That was six percent above the Slot machine operators will] off. Then it started banking to} Dreaper has been flying PBM | Same date last year Sinecer Wie aise | (Continued Of Pite Sines" ave to pay $150 in taxes for cach|the starboard side. type planes for ten years. Yesters Sg picture of the plane wreckage.| ——————______— nachine. As it is operators must! “I didn’t have a chance to think | day was just a routine pilot train- Di I P; + DRIVE CUT TO-—~ $10 a year for each juke box! as we went down—it was all too| ing flight. He has never been in a mers n anic i . r amusement device which takes] quick.” serious plane crash before. NEW. MORE dine 30, Low Cost Air Coach | oins. They must also pay $10 for} As soon as Dreaper came to the; “And I'm not going to get in! worty diners were thrown into al via | Continued On tage Six) — | surface of the 12 feet of water, — (Cortinued On Page Sixs | i SCHEDULED AIRLINES = | MASONIC NOTICE Special Communication of An bor Lodge No, 182 F. & A.M. Monday; July 2. 1951, at 7:30 P.M. Conferring Master Mason De- ||] iree, if All members and Sojourners in- |} tited to be present. By order JACK R. HYMAN, W.M, Jerald H. Adams, Secretary. a) “Take Me Out | To The Ball Game’ JULY 4th-8 P. M. (Gate Open 7:30) JUNIOR“ WOMANS CLUB Plays BETA SIGMA PHI GIRLS IN SHORTS GIRLS IN TEE SHIRTS { FUN — LAFFS — MUSIC ADULTS 30c - KIDS Se (Tax included) DON'T MISS IT! |] Victor Lowe, WHEREAS, in the month of July, 1950, there were more than 16,000 accidents with 70 persons killed and nearly 2500 persons injured in Florida, and, WHEREAS, this is a period when everyone is think- ing of the brotherhood of man and the true spirit of inde- pendence ana wheat it means, and the joy of living, and, fj WHEREAS, ihe. Lord did nét intend that this should be a period of bloodshed and the unnecessary waste of HH! life, through reckless, careless and drunken drivers and careless and drunken pedestrians, and, i WHEREAS, the Florida Safety Council is calling on } all citizens, American Legion Posts, veterans’ organiza- | tions, civic clubs, enforcément officers and others and is trying to make this mcath an occasion of solemnity and dignity in memory of those who have, and who are today paying the Supreme Sacrifice to reckless and careless driving. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Louis M. J. Eisner, Mayor of the City of Key West, Florida, designate the month of July a& a safe and careful month, urging that drivers and pedestrians be careful and cooperate. (sd) LOUIS M. J. EISNER, Mayor. City Clerk. a | night when a man turned a gun | | | who fired the shots | | and killed himself. panic in a local restaurant last) PRICE TOURS ‘all Fleming St. on his estranged wife and a mut-} ual friend The wife died and the friend| as wounded seriously. The on then ran sev-| eral blocks away where he shot He was a socialite insurance | broker, John. Wells. hats Palace Theater RANDOLPH SCOTT AND DOROTHY MALONE IN (IN COLOR) ANNOUNCING SUMMERLAND BEACH SUBDIVISION See Classified Section ve