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VOL. LXXII. No. 187 == Che Kev West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1951 Warren Says He Has ll ee Nak Even Old Glory Flies At Seen The Dade County Man TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 7 —Governor Warren moved attack again todav in hi: rd battle with Penresentatived | & George S. Okel! of Dade County. | » h Warren issved a debuttal state- ment saying “I never at any time | offered to appoint Olkell Circuit | Court judge of Dade county. His | Statement I offered to . appoint | him Circuit Judge after he drew | up impeachment papers is un- | ‘true for the reason I have never | 4een-him since then.” | 7 The governor lashed out at | ‘ Okell yesterday, issuing a state- ment charging Okell’s ‘“venom- ous and untrue” attacks were | motivated by anger over er ‘ren’s refusal to allow the Miami | Tepresentative to name the mani | ° to be aprointed to a Dade Coun- ty Circuit judgeship. Warren said Okell further de- ) Bee manded the man appointed sign an undated resignation that should be accepted whenever | e " Okell himself decided he wanted | 9Pening of the Communist Yout Re te pe “oy Winey ee bench. States and loyalty to Russia‘s His refusal to bow to Okeli’s | aa will, Warren said, brought about } ‘Okell’s unsuccessful attempt to} < impeaeh the Governor during the | ormer ey 1951 legislature. \ 7 Okell replied that Warren had offered him the judgeship before | Wester Is impeachment article were ae Star Witness drawn, and again after they were In his new statement, were | s. “By a vote of 76 to the s aa _ Representatives said, Alexander Barmine Is in fact, that ee The Oniy Man In U, S. Jeorge Okell was unworthy o ? ; oe me Who Has Been High “Former Speaker of thé. Hols . ee f Representatives, the honorable | In Russian Affairs thomas D. Beasley. declared on! WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—(>)— ithe floor of the House that Okell | So far in the inve igation of Far- fhad deliberately lied, and no one | Eastern policy, the star witness ; disputed Mr. Beasley's statement. | has been a one-time brigadier | he record speaks for itself.” general in the viet Army— ano Alexander Barmine, He was ques- tioned about the activities of th Hurt Commended iinee cnet ih | ‘ed the Institute of Pacific rela Vv Capt Adell |tions. And it was Barmine who P 7 * once more brought up the name % of Professor Owen Lattimore For his work on the Navy's He thus stirred the embers of nosquite control program, Chief | the McCarthy inquiry of at lospitalman Harold C. Hurt re-| —charging that Lattimore had eived a letter of commendation! been mentioned in the Soviet Un- yesterday Qom_ Captain C. 'C./ion as a possible utensil of Com- Adell, commander of the Key! munist intelligence. Professor | ‘est Naval Base. | timore had a one-word answer: “During the period of your as-| “Poppycock!” ignment,” the letter reads, “a But whatever the value of Bar- eading chief on the Naval Base,; mine's remarks, his story has cer- il, from March 1949 to the!is, at the moment, the onlv ex- bresent date, a marked reduc- Russian general in captivity, so tion in the number of mosqui-| to speak; the only man in Ameri- s has been effected, resulting| ca who has really been an honest- a definite and beneficial ef-|to-gosh insider high in Russian srale, comfort, and) affairs. | freedom from disease of military|*~Un to the purge trials of 1937 ersonnel, their dependents, and/| itt’ Mosetww, Alexander Barmine e citizens of the Key West} was an Army officer, go nent | }economic agent and diplor for of the Mosquito! the Soviet Union—and a dyed-in- 1 has been due,|the-bunting Communist r efforts, industry,| Maybe they let him see a little itiative and ability. Your ex-|too much of the outside world or ptional display of energy, in-! Something. But in 19 ng! iative, judgem and dili-; the Moscow trials, Barmine says, ence in performance of duty| he became disillusioned with the as been outst and in the] 8reat experiment. He was: in ighest traditi the naval| Greece at the e, on the staff eine, | of the Russian legation in Chief Hurt, who resides at 42-|. The disillusionment coin Seaplane Base. married to} With the likelihood that B e former Ruth Skelton, daugh-| Would be id Mrs. K. C. Skel-| tbe shot : used to live on| Anyway. he quit stint: i ay. West ced Communism, Stalin and the <r ame mother Russia, and took refuge in France. He made his way to hugs killed the United States in 1940 and he wh has been here ev ince But let’s go back a bit. HOLLYWOOD. (P).— Barmine is now just fifty years! gangland rently | old—a member of the gen- | counted for the lives of two] eration to be really dominated by pugs here today | Communism. He was 17 when the | The pair, nbine and] revolution began. Like > vast found shot} majority of h fellow students, | . just a lit-| Barmine joined in the world-shak- Boulevard. ing rebellion aie le enlisted as a private in ere killed) Roishevik when ; looked very black indeed f | enterpris thusiastic Marxist that a few =j months he was made a political HOLLYWOOD DYNATONE | (Continued on Page Three) ambu was waiting in Denies Offering Judgeship —Tables Tuned City Votes Pro To Representative George Okell tyr Blasting = Boat Owners In'Bic MEMBERS OF AN AMERICAN DELEGATION carry two United States flags in the parade at the | Something be done.” continued to take the post on the Circuit! Sons identified as Americans were present. The main theme of the festival is hatred of the United ey West Mosquito Control De-/ tainly been an exciting one. Hei ‘On Sirugo tection 5 ° ‘ Said To Have ‘ea Communist “Peace” Festival _ Macckad Wiscknec Watch Out! This Boy Bites! | Off His Feet . — } | Joe Sirugo may be blasting in | Garrison Bight, but last night at city commission meeting the ta- ibles were turned. | It all started when taxpayer | Carl Hilton of Hilton's Haven | let loose. Hilton declared: “Ex- cessive use of dynamite in Gar- rison Bight must stop. Today’s blast knocked over one . work- man. The job could have been finished in six months, it is now in the second year. There is no apparent, proper supervision.” He asked the city to: q i.+Allow no: more’ blasts like the one today. 2. Set a date for completion of |) the ork. . 3. Not allow the work to: done at the convenience of one’ fi contractor. City Manager Dave King told ‘the board.that he had been faith- fully promised by Sirugo that ‘there would be no over-loading of dynamite. “There has been so many compleints that it is necessary . = | (?) Wirephoto via Radio from Berlin| hs’ “World Peace Festival” in East Berlin, Germany. Only 11 per- Scene order to Sirugo will | contain the following: 1, No firing of more than 10 . nae ee: Seana rap ener enka ise Meroe, | OS ! . . sian 2. Only eight sticks of dyna< Prime Minister Stalin. Coe mite to a hole of 60% dynamite. on Dozens Of Key West Women —S.0 .25¢ 85, 9g2mt| MTT aroname onzwrLicnen dst toes shay oe oe . ‘ 9 ogi pig — A tas caused! bulator set in Atlanta, Ga, Tommy's mother. Mrs. J, A. Hollo- ~ . |by the use of a “éabie.” . has hung on him a sign which reads: “Be Careful, I Bite.” Protest Arrest Of “Boots [in agreing wit ing. Comm | - Patter ees Men» sen hh see eesCeesie WIFE OF NAVAL OFFICER WARNED [Know hat certain damage’ sc-| Son <f hie babit of iting nim er crues fr thy cessive use of AT TRIAL OF ‘INDECENT EXPOSURE? Lagnemnite Scum teams a toes ‘yond repair. Cracked cement * By SUSAN McAVOY iwalls or concrete block walls i cers up. in agms today about the ar-)* ad.” : | pe) . . ‘etn . 26 Pet. Higher Than In rest of “Boots” Le Boulanger for | Beene iam cia Selected For “indecent exposure” yesterday in | = be dine ae a costume that is worn on public | Aviator Pen Edgar also com- Promotion Here hundreds Ushout Key West by | iained about the ‘blasting.’ He GREATEST ‘INCREASE CAME IN i Boots was originally warned [88d Bis terraso floors were SEWER ¥EES WHICH ROSE 82‘% Five officers attached to the and arrested by Patrolman Bien. | cracked and that, debris from the | F 3 U. S. Naval Station, Key West, Yenido Perez yesterday _ for | lests fell on his house. 4 Key West revenue receipts dur- wearing too iittie clothes. She was| Asked Mayor Eisner: “Where's {ing July 1951 are 26 percent high- have been selected for promotion, later charged with ri a bicv. | Your home?” a i Tho d I s " tit the Navy announced tod ar Gn a pelle ag ips epg |” “Out en Hilton Haven.” some- Severa usan ae 1. pgpostiany? hws j i in 1 pi Lieutenant Harry P. Brown, as- ficer, and assaulting an officer | one answered. | « Cc a @ Tis | over: ’ tant communications officer of 1 deadly weapon. “Oh, he is in the war zone.” |Posteards To Be —“o™ptroller Charies Roberts. er tw Poinciana Place, Key West, Municipal Court Judge Hilary, ‘aid the Mayor smiling. This July $35,698 in revenue're- was selected for promotion to Albury held her guilty on all four | Sirugo was quoted as having . led ‘ceipts came into the city. Last], : ; aulied Visitors Lieutenant Commancer. ch aes and fined hi said De he pcre ia July only $28,309 was received. wieutena arold S, Hart, J dollars co! for ae IOS ing =~ i sail : i : ~ Sa an al gic rick oe ail in police court yesterday.|and as soon as that is satistied, | The first of Several thousand| Greatest increases came in Sew the Naval Station, was selected . The girl appeared in court with |he will dredge in another area, | 2osteards to be mailed from the} ke jod. In Juty 1950 for pr i ES juge welts on her back received, other than the bight. Thamber of Commerce _ this, Set in the perio july 19 promotion to Lieutenant Com : Pe, ee» ey : ; ails, 94587 was received. This mander. He resides at the Naval) 3° 54 crea. beak. her. summer were placed in the mails| f2'355 : sr head we athe . i Fisitors 858 came in to. the city: i Station Bachelor Officers’ Quar- athed in. bend- $500 GC T oday. Visitors who called at the)" ieee Gectine daar wae BE — . ages protecting a two and one- ia ven 0 Chamber office- and registered t ote 028 in July 1: iP ee oo inch cui, which she said she| |. fd ast winter, will receive one of Percent from /$5) analy ieutenant Carlton M. Roberts,| received when Perez hit her. He | F ht M it | che cards extending an invitation| ‘° $9639 Jast month. sistant public works officer of | testified in court. yesterday that | 1g i osqu oes o them to visit Key West again | Fines and forfeits rose 21 per- Quarters “P,” Naval Station, Key | she fell as he was forcing her out | ‘The invitation reads: “Greet-/°°2t from $3,788 to $4,967. West, was selected for promotion of the patrol wagon into the jail.| Monroe County Mosquito Con-| ings from Key West! If you're; =*Penditures rose 27 percent: to Lieutenant Commander. Perez said she hit him and caus- | trol District was granted $500 by | xoming down again this winter|°Ve" those of July, 1950, Ro : Lieutenant (jg) Broadus E./ ed him to lose his bridgework. He} city commissioners last night. and want information about ac-| "POT Stated. Jones, Jr., assistant dental officer | admitted to..shooting in: the air} Neil Saunders, chairman of the comodations, business opportuni-| Almost 40 percent of the of 1204 Pine street, Key West, has | and trying forcibly to restrain her. | board, promised to take over all ties or facts about this fast) @@OUnt disbursed through: been selected for promotion to) |The diminitutive French girl said | duties of the city relative to mos- | growing community, @rop us’a| OPerating funds in J Lieutenant that she ‘hit him in “self Protec- ‘ quito control. ‘ ine.” = the seco nd payment Lieutenant (jg) James G. Len. | tion.” | _ The $500 payment and the city's | 1 is estimated that the done Kabapeiad gp fe ggansee a non, assistant to the resident of-| | Penniless save for her wage at | $1,250 fogging machine is the fin-| siete card mailing will be fin. sie eg: “3 ficer-in-charge of construction at/ the Gate Bar, her employer paid | al disbursement for mosquito con- | ished by September 1. | bade v 5 - eg costs saying: ; ide by the city. | July 1951 disbursements the Naval Station has been select- | her fine and costs saying: {trol to be made vy. “a s f = fecugiomnstint ts dicaiesant “Boots is a very efficient em-' All ‘future expenses for mos- ‘ | 79 percent higher than those He resides at the Naval Station| P!o¥Yee, why should I let her stay | quito control in the city and coun- Drunk Motoris | July 1949, Roberts said. Bachelor Officers’ Quarters in jail for 60 days—when she can| ty will be assumed by the MCMC The balance at the end of July’ work and pay me back. | district, Saunders informed the | was $277,032, plus $65,000 in U. ra Meanwhile Key Westers debat-: board. Blamed In Ark. | Treasury bonds. ‘ lotorevele ed whether or not it was fair t Said Commissioner Adams: Roberts submitted his monthly |*°™" Car- A, arrest a woman for appearing on| “Assurance should be provided M W financial report to a} . ‘ae | Duval Street in shorts and a halt-| that an equivalent or better job Train af reck sontsasenr —— 2 for We Collide Monday ler top will be done, We know that we} MALVERN, Ark. Aug. 7.) Farteed — Havana’ and “ i The city ordinance which Perez) are getting a pretty good job done|__4 motorist is being blamed for, last A tar % ae shall a poe ree for per. teins hopes to get other today's trainwreck at Malvern ¢ ke a : j s y ol j i seen dua find t area at the corner of Truman avenue | sons over 16 yéars of age to be on! funds from the County commis- Fl Se oe ontino Gets 6 Mo. section of the city for'a and Wh street last evening at/ the public streets of the City of} sion and school board. 4 \ Fomonert W. McCoy. said For Draft Evasion a. ‘Woman Cut By | the motorist caused the wreck} cay FRANCISCO, Aug. 7) by mistaking the raiiroad’s main | : line for a road and driving his o'clock, Police Chief Joseph | Key West, Fla. attired in less than | said today Shorts and a top, consisting of The car driven by Carl L. Se-j{ halter, or shirt, or undershirt, or bastian. Jr. USN, was going} cape, dr other like covering, but if | north on White street. It collided | this prohibition shall not apply; A il Hi at the intersection with a motor- j«vithin 2 blocks of the beaches.” | / SSa ant ere jcar 234 feet down the tracks. I i y. i The Missouri Pacific Stream- cycle going west on Truman) In arresting Boots Pagprabe Mrs. Janet Light, 31, was tak-|oiner, “Texas Eagle,” cracked up avenue. | Perez was arrogating to himself! on to Monroe General hospital at} nen it piewhsd tuto the ‘stalled Police Officer Nelson Daven- | the interpretation of whether or/ 4 this morning for a cut below | 5 tomobile. port issued a summons te both ona rites Bie: within or wire the right eye and on her cheek.| rhe driver was not injured. men for reckless driving and | the esc appeared in — t ‘received when an unknown as- He was jailed. without. charge, having an accident. Both men sateatene outfit in which she W&S) cilant threw something at her, investigation said th had . =e light, sig 1° Rinodataiaed tenn hae injuries, | Police Chief Joseph Kemp said His name . was not disclosed. ery slight, said | the shorts appeared to the clerks| prs Light sei died she aad Prosecutor McCoy said he will The right rear fender eT an eee the Ienetie dey her husband, Paul Le Roy Light, f and ithe front fender | generally wear. The top is the| $3. USN, had been arguing. She saying he tried to stop the speed- of the motorcycle were slightly | * . “: walked on ahead of him up . his newsmen: ceca 5 common type of bras type halter} ne . eae ing’ train before it struck car ee OS, SEF | which cov front but leaves | Fleming stree | then that ards. ich covers the fron! lea es ‘at her, | 224 carried it 300 y: K NOFFLERS |acosmenmnaat Roy's Key West Fine Fishing Tackle Auto Parts Co. oo Enterprises, Inc. 121 Duval Street HARDWARE DIVISION Telephones 1877 - 1878 Plone 886 Phone 836! | the midriff bare. 2 Naval officer called The Citi-|cutting her cheek. When Police EN Key West Construction Palace Thealer (7322 cm sera (aoe een eee écns Game oem cane | make a complaint to City ig ne F : r a jer Dave King not only bout |no description of her assailant. | PRIED CHICKEN DINNER $1.35 Vera Ralston and John Carroll in| “Boots” case but also an incident; The etary ano cat TERFRONT CAFE | “Bi LE GRAND” | hat involved his own wife. His| street i for Wa fe was not arrested but a police-| Light to the hospital treat-| OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY (Coatinued On Page Sighty ment. ‘