The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 27, 1951, Page 1

| | | eek aicssinnieisiit ae ee Aronoviiz Builds —— VOL. Lxx1, No. 178 ; Disaster Control taged At Seaplane Base T oday In Realistic Exercise | Drill Directed By Capt. Payson Uti izes Fire Apparatus, Ambulances, Reseue Squads, Marines And Firefighters » ——% by DOROTHY RAYMER D | { “(| 1 IT DID HAPPEN HERE! In; a eae Yr. LANE LOrE : i disaster control exercise done | ‘ Guest Speaker i | por eee At Roiary oe sirens going, crimson lights . + hing and firemen in red hats His Subject Was and black waterproofs ready to On General Work leap out and unreel hundreds of fc f fire hose. 1 3lasts of the navy’s hoarse-| diaphone warning signal nded this morning at nine o’- k. A few seconds Jater, se t fire apparatus from the Sea- 1 shed to the Tank i voiced Base r Of Health Dept. The report had come in of al e crash on top of an aviation} In Key West storage tank. The tank was on| Dr. EF. K. Langford of the} fize the pilot lost. } : ’ aa er turned in the alarm Heulth’ department — here was < 317 and fire trucks rushed guest speaker at the Rotary Club) to the seene where Harry Baker, Id yesterday at chief of the naval base fire de-| St. Paul's Parish Hall. He partment directed pumping en- troduced by Rot n nes, hose laying and fire fight-! Lonp, jer | His subject .was the general! A fire crew in a crash truck ar- | wok of the health department in rived to aid the first men at the | Key West. Dr. Langford said that, scene. Like visitors from another | the building and equipment of| planet wearing huge asbestos hel-| the department was excellent, but} mets which covered their heads to | that they short-handed inj their shoulders, the crash crews| personne! ! began playing snow-like chemical | In outlining the werk done by| foam on the flames. They in turn} his department, Dr. Langfocd| were doused with water for pro- | said the ating places| tection by the firemen. i Was almost completed | Ten minutes after the first al- | “This includes method. W »{ arm, a communications jeep insure safety of food, water,|Tived, Two way reports were giv- washing of utensils, sanitation in| en. The fire was spreading, a voice gen and health of employees,| Said additional tanks of gas Ekngford said had exploded Other facets of the pregram are “Disaster alarm. Man the com- school children’s health, mosqui-| Mand post! Dispatch more Mar- to control. He complimented the) ies to stop panic on Fleming | navy on their Dispatch ambulances, Five the inse nen overcome with heat and ‘Thesrat probl smoke, Three badly burned. dividual and constant Orders were given _ tersely help, Dr. Langtord said. because | Ob¢ved instantly. Disaster was im the rate breed rapidly and. the| iment as the report came in that fight must ontihder“There is a| lh gas tanks agama sg ao ted States, and perhaps in Key| etween Pte at 8 on West a litte more than one per| te Naval magazine. The Fleming . eas | Key bridge was fired. Personnel aa esha ident of the| 0D Fleming Key were in panic Chamber of Commerce asked if the doctor had said “There are two rats for every person in Key West.” Since there the meeting Joe Pearlmar were help in combating m needs both in. organized bridge Marines in “snowdrop” hats, car- trying pistols, sped up in trucks, jumped out and took guard posi- tions. They were instructed to stop all traffic blocking roads into the} Seaplane base. Others were sent in a launch to control the panic} ba on the dock is ad A fire fighting launch put out to control the fire in the channel. oe With the current drifting to the lrarbor, the area was in Ingrid Bergman, nz . Naval air station boats zipped | Daughter Have 1 time limit on ‘tary president ed that any fur ther discussion take place outside of the club meetir Dr. Langford (Contin aon whole acrass the channel to evacuate | Fleming Key A communications jeep sent re > ° ‘ret! Reunion ports and received instructions Medical corpsmen with white LONDON, July 27.—(4).—=Ing:| bands and red cross insignia ar rid Berg ind her 12-year-old) rived with first aid kits and a se daughter have had a seeret re-' dan to earry the injured to ambu unior lances to the other side of the The meet taken place in’ Tank Farm England, and n Sweden, a “Get a Loraine crane here. De had bec wedicted. It was the (Couatinued On Bight, first ti hat the Swedish movie ee tar h. iaughter since t onfirme both t M man's for ter Lindstrom ety SOAFORI < Charles Aronovite will build a took off from: 9.900 add to his store at a 1 street, according to 618 Duy changed her) py 41, 4 Inspect Ralph Rus y Ant etl o AN f The n Britain! ying otek : ee ake 79,200, Russell said r kK ner that e Building Inspector hac n't ask with her s xpected July to go over the n dollar mark in permits ct “1 Two big ones, t ,000, rs plipete application and that Se $3,000,000 City tric her priva Electric added: “It was won A . ! ce, he said ; gain s Small permits were issued to eturning -to: their! for $200 to build storm shutters. | etapa | Dan Navarro, 424 Southard street | ; jobtained a permit to hang r married to Itali- | Fetronia, will lay a sidewalk. | Ser RSERSNCNeEC Art san. Served Daily 2M re 4 rnicp snimy pvmer . si00 Fine Fishing Tackle FRIED CHICKEN DINNER $1.35 WATERFRONT CAFE] mbecn Enterprises Inc.| 7, ss. Tubes . . Batteries OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY | sone 886 Phone 886 trying to escape by the way of the |« ed on pub tions have ro $9,000 Addition «sis se e'remn way the today,} vent ther bly will support for President with all moderate parties this af- for advioe aj and he may announce a ew ean tor Robert Rossel-| Reon sign and Carlos Parta, 411 |didate for premier tomorrow. { Key West, flerida, bas the i most equable climate in the : country, with an average | tange of only 14° Fahrenheit SOUTHERNMOST THE GAMBLER FRANK COSTELLO (right) ma: ages a faint smile in New York after submitting to arrest on a federal indictment charging him with contempt. bond. With him is his attorney. George Wolf. Costello pleaded innocent to the indictment Burning K’s Against Law, Governor Warren Says He Has No Comment At This Time TALLAHAS tas Attorney Genetal Rie in to ard Erv y declared burning “K are asi if the d timidate- anyone. Grand Dragon Bill Hendrix the Florida diy ern Knights of the said his orgar burning “K's because of <u Klux Ki ation now i ead ¢ 1] fe bidding cross burning on publi land or on private property with out” permissior Hendrix, a Tallahassee con tractor, empbasized the Florida Klansmen had been ordered not | | to “use ‘K's’ for intimidation.” plan- State for the near fu- | s the occasion arises.” 1 is a possible “oc- | He said K-burnings are ned in: th ture “unle He mention n” teaching in the propert aw does not for- bid ere if owners of the prope the burning is cone written per- will be burn. Hendrix said He added that many organiza on. 4 gns and he in should not piace its emblem fhe Attorney Ge said any nonstration design any people, to pre n Voting or to pre from enjoying any of ge #ignty qwontunued Un France Is Stull In Crisis Today PARIS, July 27 with no leader the assem- premier. prisis: Vincent ternoon—presumably POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman Your PURE OIL Dealer . . Accessories rank Costello Under Arrest which sprang from his refusal to answer questions before the Senate Crime Investigating com- mittee in New York last March, as burning crosses | ay is intended to in- | sion of the South- eS 1 000, “a n crosses’ schools nes the Klan considers unistic tid the Klan might burn or crosses on private GP).— France| re of them vave still not come into | is now in the 17th day of political Auriol meets | Phone 9134) ;),,. The Associated Press Teletype ' Features and Photo Services ie | For 71 Years Devoted to the i Best Interests of Key West | NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. E KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1951 an me oes Collections In City Last Six | eeded Previous Record f | ‘CPA Firm Commends Comptroller * Ee And Collector For Orderly Books | HOE FOOT Collections by the City of Key West in the last six | @ months exceeded any previous peried in history, | ig | Charles R. Roberts, City Comptroller said today. } 3 “If collection of revenue in the next six months; * is as good as the last six months, 1951 wlil be Key | 4 West’s best financial year so far,” Roberts said. | ; , Total revenue receipts « i i collected from all sources | ee 7 in 1951 rose seven percent | Provisions In over.the first six months of | Soon" enact Controls Bill transfer to debt service aes | Are Announced ounts from cigarette tax fund, and bank’ loans to | "20% Bent Iecueases |) | the General Fund, brings : s bythe incoming amount from Wael ie: Scat i (®) Wirephoto| January through -June,| Over July, 1947 1951 to $391.538. WASHINGTON, July 27a And the year 1950 was an ex. | Here, briefly, are the major provi- REP IIR, | | cellent financial period, ace ~| sions in the economic controls | eee He was released under $5,000 in= to Roberts, a Se bill as Senate-House conferees | JOHNSTOWN, PA.—With the bottom of his boots in flames, a Erie G. Curry in his audit of neared the end of work on the | 5% fireman climbs the Stonecreek River wall in order to escape « gasoline fire. The fire was ignited as means of destroying worms which were crawling from the river bed. up the wall and onto nearby homes, | the year ending December 31, |CO™Promise measure: } 1950 released to the press today | PRICE ROLLBACKS said: Rollbacks on non-farm goods “We would like to make spe- |t P¥é-Korean: levels would be cial commendation of the order | Petmitted: if allowance is made in which we found the books and | fF certain cost increases. records of the City of Key West, | The 10 per cent rollback on live Meany or tae tee ee cae COMMANCer Shamer Reports Local Schools May Lose One Million Dollars Unless Navy Housing Project Is Started In September Priovity | May Be Forfeited } | further commend the continuous | Tetained but. two proposed cuts improvements 2 if 4% per cent each would be | . and _betterments | ® | H put into eff y Charles ~ | barred. | ae hide srl Giga bode onee ae Bob: Prices on other farm-eommodi- | . or K y bs) xecutive oa Officer Of USS Gilmore ghie Roberts, City Tax Collector- | ties could: be pushed back to (1)— | Was On Submarine * | “Treasurer.” 90 per cent of the level of last Duty In Manila A 20 per cent increase over | Largest increase in collections | May 19 or (2) to the parity level, July. 1947, levels would be al. | W het Japatieneo. ae naePis whichever is higher. Parity is a figure designed to give thé farm- me from Scav- r Py dj They rose 40 rercent, ea g return for his products. 0 to $41,255. Fines and 26 ~ percent from between the first six months of 1950 and 1951 c: enger fee: from $ Forfeit $24,242 to $30,641. Cigarette tax ev | A ‘ : However. any increas. | Attacked asses “a i a +t for COllection rose 12 percent from | : If the wavy, housing project for $34,180 to $60,637 es already made since 1947 | Commander) Frank Nichols On Me. h Fi Id | Shamer, who was on submarine | acham Freie duty in Manila when the Jap-| ae | anese attacked. has reported for| Altortey Tom Watkins Named To Take Place - | W. Gilmore. He relieved Com- | Of Judge Hilary |}mander Frank D. Walker. Jr., | Sree y pporarily | who now commands Submarine Albury. Tem P 5s Division 42. i K : ; - Would have to be taken into Key West is not started in Roberts warned, however, that | high collections are almost} matched by the increased cost of | have to forfeit priority for; Materials, labor and facilities. | neve‘ vondontele: petocity: Ok ai due Claw Waning Can. ital expenditures at all times,” he said Sep- account so that in most cases committee officials estimate the raise could not amount to more than five to seven per cont. | Rent rollbacks to levels just be- j fore the Korean war would Construction of Wickers Field | permitted in newly designated stadium has inereased Depart- | critical defense areas. e 3 ment of Welfare expenditures | GREDIT Aa thine. Wien ae a | A special meeting of the City 83 percent in 1951 over the first] “Regulation X” restrictions ‘on | ieee een 2 aps ol Ae fe sub- | Commission’ passed a new ‘Fesatu said| ix months of 1950. private home financing would be | Oy nade five wan cee Sham- | tion which would make. the meet s is expected to ap AB a eh pba tenth cost | lame in capi srr ag eh Manila. ickieheia: snd Western | ink with owners of Meachgin 2h ropriate $65 for schon}, $124,693 this year when you in-| to encourage construction of hou- | rr =, 8 See: ! 2 ‘ " - Stice Bee eee ted 10 Shool Trike sos Manan ae $86,- | sing for defense workers and mili.| Australia, His biography form, | port legal with seven days’ ndtic construction throughvut the na-|one nich made the launching of | tary. personnel, | filled out for the Naval Base | instead of the 10 days previcusly the program possible. The $37,-| ‘The one-third down payment on| Public information office, con- | crated. Monroe County is entitled to a/ 736.54 showing as the street im-|new and used automobiles is re. | tains the unexpanded statement: With all members present cx slaillion of the approvriation by a! provement cost in 1951 first six | tained but 18 months, instead of| “Was rammed near Palau on} ‘esi alts w ch state: eders it. | fifth patrol.” jcept Commissioner A, Maitland law which states that federal aid’ months is just a small part of; the present.15, would be permit- | i Be: st | will be given, just as it was in| the total $124,693 that it has’ ted for paying the balance. “What happened?” he was Adams, the Commission authoriz the last fiscal year, to districts cost since January Down payments on household | #sked. “Was that a serious col-| ed serving a new notice on ¢ s | which have school children un-| "The increase of 17 fercent in| appliances, such as radios, would | lision. Did you survive?” jcers of Key West Improvement housed expenditures by the Department! be reduced from 25 to 15 per cent} “Oh, we survived,” the former | Inc. 3 z | “The deadline for ct Public: Servick. ts deaed by | and the payoff period would be| diving officer replied. “But the | _The Sheriff's Office ceubtey for federal aid in 1951 is Octo-' the purchase of a dragline and lengthened from 15 to 18 months.! boat was in bad shape. Of course, ! Charles Helberg, officer of tho ‘ber 1 of this year,” O'Bryant} compresser, Roberts said. ; The same terms would apply to ;she was pretty tired already. We | firm Wednesday morning at 9 a.m said t leav ember, the school system here | duty as executive officer of the! bmarine tender USS Howard | jeral aid amounting to $1,000 arding to Horace O'Bry intendent of schocis in county nt | Mon O'Bryant was in touch with of icials in Washington whc that Cong tion. application only one} ss “ . | oth household furniture and/}took her right back to Pearl! Since the day of service does not . | oberts does not allow himself | other | month's time between the start of|t, ‘he "Sver-optimistic about the | floor covesiagy: | Harbor.” count, that meamt the 10 days sti- the navy housing and the time (Continued On Page Eight) | MISCELLANEOUS “It was kind of a funny story.| pulation prior to the August when the proper forms must be filled out in help we A small defense plants admin-}We were making a torcedo at-}meeting was not observed. City | istration would be created to help | tack on one ship when this other | Attorney M. Ignatius Lester small companies get more defense | one, that had clocked us, rammed| wanted to be ‘within the” letter | . 0 av Next Session ay | business. } into us. Knocked us down about} of the City’s.own resolution so 7 Government authority to make | 21 feet. And when we surfaced | he asked for the new resolution. . ny } Start T ruce Talks | defense loans and grant subsidies | many hours later our topside was! Commissioners also. appioved : ' (Continued On Page Five) all bent in and littered with rice | the temporary appointment “ax —(#).— The — i jand beans. We never did know ; Municipal Judge of attorney Tom whether they were from the ship | Watkins. He will serve in»Hilary |that hit us or the one we sank ; Albury’s absence. | with torpedoes, There were still] ‘The new Yesolution passed lust |rice and beans on the deck when | night states that “The City May | we got back to Pearl,” | ager of the. cay oe aa — 7 27.~(@),| A letter-man at the : Naval | rida is hereby authorized and di- WASHINGTON, July wie MO A cudetains where he received six | rected to Cause another written be full military | ayy" in soccer and basketball, | notice to be served upon the-ap- order to get the At present, we are not eligible for aid because we} have no unhoused children. If the housing project gets underway on enough, we can count the children who will live in the housing need TOKYO, July | next session of Korean truce talks | Mili Hi mere Il mark the beginning of | [WEIL itary onors slow and ul negotiations. At} O'Bryant! ession—the 11th en Will Be Paid inits on our application. fairly h priority,” may v tated He pointed out that the priori a pani Ps A at plone for rs ana eg goto Turner Joy spent 52 minutes ex- ant added that. there is x- | Plaining where the allies believe! _raisiwal | pected influx of child deadbeat ecoatter ears OF eae today in Arlington Nat-| Comdr. Shamer was graduated in | propriate officers of the ey West j those of navy familie id that | “presumably > pose: jional cemetery for Admiral For-| 1937 and went to submarine | Improvement, Inc., — informing | it will be necessary to have ex pre mary aia poi cagg rest Sherman, school two years later, after duty | them that the said Meacham Air- facilities to take taining UN holdings north of Par-| The nation’s youngest chief of,on the heavy cruiser USS Tus- | port i sought to be appropriated ' allel 38. | naval operations, Sherman died | caloosa. by the City oe Key bea einem ; | The i i-}i * ander Si er - | i te not earlier thar | The Communists gave no indi-|in Italy last Sunday at the age _ Commander Shamer - was de. and setting a da 14 R « d ] ; [cation of their reaction to Joy's} of 54. signated a submariner in July liven days from date of service } 0a mproy emen statement. They listened to his-ar. 1941, In December, 1942, he took | of such novice to meet with said | poses and accepted his illus- command of the submiarine USS | officers to agree on the appropri \trative maps without comment. S-16, and later commanded the (Continued On Page Eight) 7 | Their view probably will be submarines, Cachalot and Queen- |. Tarring and sanding of roads/ stated when the delegates meet fish. : jin the Sunshine homes develop- | again-—8 p. m. today. Eastern Transferring to the staff of | «Continued On Page Four) ent will begin Monday, City | Daylight Time—10 o'clock tomiors Manager Dave King announced | row morning, Korean time. Rex Allen and Derothy Patrick in eames ee RATION ; 3 ‘ Today Shot Down Planes “Under Mexicalli Star’ : ‘Wh perme panded school Senin eee { ‘Starts Monday seamen encasamRONSK RAE ce: BUILDING MATERIALS FOR SALE King said that the City had re-} Despite the . cease-fire talks, eived payment for the cost of|/some military action continues. job from the contractors and! And the Communists claimed on- 1 proceed forthwith | ly today that they have shot down unshine Homes is located at} two allied planes. They didn’t say avenue to 8th streets in Poin-| where, however. And the allies ciana thave not confirmed the loss, w