The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 16, 1951, Page 1

| Too Much Emphasis en Key Wes, Fiarida, has the most equabile climate in the country, with an average rauge of only 14° Fahrenheit Ken West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOL. LXXII. No. 195 e EN IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1951 On Football At est Point-Truman Savs He Would Be Glad To See Gromyko Next Month é dent Truman touched on aty ¢ and the West Point crib- ing ference Mr t to General Douglas MacAr- thur tc ia The Pre making an investigation to 1phasis on football at West Point. | With regard to the San Fran- | " . cisco conference, Mr. Trurfan Sherman On Stand | sia Macarthur can address the gathering if he wants to. The | President says he does not know | whether the general has been in- | vited to the conference, but he | has no objections if the State De- | partment issues such an invita- | | tion. | It is understood, by the way, | | that State Department officials, | with advance White House ap- **, | proval, have approached MacAr- |thur with a suggestion that he take part in the treaty confer- | ence next month. | Mr. Truman said he would be | glad to see Deputy Soviet Fore-! |ign Minister Andrei . Gromyko) decide whether t ow in this country for the San Fran- j cisco meeting. Mr. Truman added that he | does net believe anyone can up- set the arrangements for the \signing of the Japanese peace | treaty. jto block the signing of the tre-} aty. } The President will fly to San} (Francisco to address delegates i ling day Turning to scandal, Mr. Truman said he is! »nducting an investigation him- , | self.te.see if.there is too much . | emphasis On -fgotball at the mil-! (®) Wirephoto! itary academy. | IRVING SHERMAN, reputed | The President said he would Midis between the aw: terk have nothing more to say until’ ‘ he has finished his inquiry. underworld and powerful poli- nn wie crime Invesigetng com | LOCAL Hospital | One Of Best In South”~-Lester Dr ste Crime mittee in Washington Wednes- day. He told left New York at senators he Mayor Wil- liam O'Dwyer's request shortly the before the 1945 mayoralty elec- J. Lancelot Lester last ‘ ; night addressed the Junior; er ag ee ee Chamber of Commerce relative | about “a terrible blast in the | +, the Monroe General Hospital | newspapers. He ssid the [from a physici standpoint. | “blast” was a charge by ' After his speech, Lester was} questioned by the civic club! O'Dwyer's opponent that Sher- memb i i mbers ¢ he spital. | man and other hembers on hospita| The | gamblers were . . open forum was lively, and ap- becking O'Dwyer's candidacy. | peciated by the JayCees. e ~ enthusiasti: about lorma> Ethiopian Troops tion of a blood bank in Key | ad , West. | I ight In Kore: Lester stated that technicians | c from the Island City were now | 4 r TOKYO, 0. S. Bight today th studying at the Dade County | od bank. After their course of | been completed | a local blood | studies have they will : bank 24 . | This itiy 1 been bleod bank will: Have blood available im- | ly in an emergency, and | » wait until a donor! pe secured, as is now the Navy Ship Reports Heavy Winds MIAM nate the need of hav-/ red from Miami. {| Junic i J members also heard from Lester | announced that the Philippines ‘that the M one of the best equipped tals in the South, The new vy shiy cane of Pue R heavy and time ecently American Traitors W ag ere Spied On ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 16.—() | Mary Markwatd of Roa-! Vi now has a shiny) wear as a reward of espionage against ists. But she Mr Mrs. oke, n who gave it to. of the Virginia! n Legion, 2 the Legionnaires gave ‘ontinued Page Three) CS DISTRIBUTOR WANTED Whse. Packaged || ’ NO INVESTMENT | pr Write Box R-W-S | Key West Citizen of the Trucks Warned About Spilling | Marl On Roads | City Manager Invokes Ordinance To Prevent Marl Removal From Garrison Bight Here A city ordinance stating that trucks dropping wet marl] on any highway, street or boulevard constituted a traf- fic hazard was put into force today by the order of City Manager Dave King. A police officer was dis- patched to Roosevelt boule- vard to warn marl trucks op- erating at Garrison Bight for Joe Sirugo. Chief of Police Joseph O. Kemp said that such violation of the ordinance applied to any thorofare in the cify, not just the boulevard. Sirugo, Sunshine construc- tion head who has been re- moving marl from the road leading to the location want- ed by the city for a munici- pal dock at Garrison Bight. could not be located by noon either for comment or for the Department which will prevent him from tTemoving more marl. TOKYO, Aug. most 16.—+(P)—One unusual m September fourth, the open-| City Of Anna the West Point’ Maria Is Proud Of Its Jail _ ANNA MARIA, Florida. Aug. 16—i#)—The town of Anna Meria, Florida, may not be Miami for tourists. But the Kefauver commit- tee will never have to go near it, The Anna Maria jail is the local pride and joy—because anybody cen welk into it or out of it at will. It has no keys. In fact it has no doors, either. The jail was built 25 years ego—but since then it has been used only once. Two wen were locked up there 20 ago—by Federal agents, not local authorities. The prisoners were ac- cused of trying to smuggle foreigners past the immigra- tion laws. Well—those two guys went along to some fed- eral pen. And the jeil has been empty since. A while ago, a fire burned cut the jail. And the “This is the Anna Maria City jail. No roof. no doors, no windows, no bars—and Agree On Defense MANILA, Aug. 16.— (®) — Chamber of Commerce,| President Elpidio Quirino has onroe General Hos-|4nd the U, S, have agreed upon a mutual defense pact. Details are expected to be an- nesthetic machine + ‘oe |nounced simultaneously in Ma- ayes phan i oe for pnila and Washingtin today. Informed Washington officials 4 said it’s hoped the treaty will be ready for signing at the Japanese’ | peace meetirig in San Francisco | {next month, ‘More Cadets Leave NEW YORK, Aug. 16—~(4)— More of the 90 cadets accused of cribbing are expected to West Point today. leave None seem to have been clear deserves it as'ed. And they apparently are re- signing to avoid a forced dis- missal. Roy’‘s Key West Auto Parts Co. DUVAL STREET TELEPHONES 1677 - 1878 military | training programs in history is } getting underway in Korea. So. Some observers have express-i Korean troops are starting an in-| jed fears that Russia might try | tensive trainin; { next month while the Russian | South Korean Men | Are In Training § program, while} } ° ‘Paris, France | Commander's Duty In Key West Ends Friday, August 24; Was PIO Officer Here For Year Comdr. R. W. Safford, head of | |the office of public information or the naval station in Key West, | réceived orders which will take | CUT jhim to Paris, France where he |will be attached to the Supreme ; raft, Bernard Frank and Comdr. j | | Local Boys Will Represent | Key West In Jacksonville DECKED OUT IN THEIR SEA SCOUT UNIFORMS are Robert Muse (left) and Whit Swain who will represent Key West at the Navy sponsored All State Training Cruise of the Sea Ex- plorer Scouts in Jacksonville. August 19 through the 27. Muse is the son of Lieutenant Commander Luther Muse. USCG, (Ret.), and Whit is the son of Captain and Mrs. Joseph B. Swain, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photo ROME, Aug. 16—(4)—From the American embassy in Rome comes the latest development in the | @8® | Permit For $25M A Office Building Issued By City A $25,000 office building will be ak 1 Pit base, the Key West. Engineer's) near future, A per- Club, Fred Frohock, president of mit for it was i by the office of Building 1 CBS structure is-being up by Prehi Brothers. — Sergio Esquinaldo expects | to remodel the second floor of a building at 8266 Duval Street into apartments for 56.000. Frank Sanchez, 1111 Mer- | garet street is } porch for $50. Safford Will Be Sent To Allied command in Europe. Comdr. Safford’s duty in Key | re | West ends next Friday, August | | 24. He will report to Washington, | Two Killed In D. C. before going overseas. He was public information of- ficer here since August 15, 1954. Robert William Safford was in Detroit, Michigan, May 27, 1904, son of Louis Albert Safford and Mrs. Fanny Preston (Robinson) Safford. He was grad- vated from University City, Mis-|:efinery in Baton Rouge. | souri, High School and after at- tending Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri, for a year, became a reporter and writer for | | the St. Louis Star in 1922. Six and | born \one-half years later he went to jthe St. Louis Post-Dispatch for | jan equal period in the same cap- i. jacity. For two years thereafter | he was.employed by the D'Arcy | | Advertising company of St. Louis, ; = Account = and Copy Writer for such firms as Coca- | °° iCola, Anheuser-Busch, General | #llroad cars were turned ne ag Tire, White Truck, etc. In 1937 he retired to the Virgin | Islands, where he did free lance | | magazine writing until 1940, wnen | MASONIC NOTICE jhe returned to mainland, sailing | | his own 32-foot sloop. He applied | fer a comunission in the U. S.{ Navai Reserve, and was appointed Lieutenant to date from March 10, 1942. He subsequently was promoted to the rank of Com- mander, to date from Moreaeee 5, 1945. Reporting for active duty on | April 8, 1942, he was attached first to the Office of Censorship, (Continued On Page THree) | gett eEaS repairing @ ‘Committees Are Appointed By ‘Engineer’s Club | Ata meeting held Tuesday eve- ning at building 55, Seaplane. ‘the organization announced the following committees and chair-| ti | men: pee ie Membership: Roger 1 Wi |. F. Porter, Victor Leng. ernnysnt ‘made no request yet has. Nominating: Comdr, 2. P. Con-|for extraditing Lt. Comdr. ‘soldiers. the two former i way, j Comdr. 5 Pe A announced in | Lewin, H..H.-Sriner. that American courts Program: J. F. Brooks, Lt. J. G.| isdiction in the matter, | Mullin, Hunter Harden, Walter Burns, W. M. Wesley. |. Entertainment and Refresh- ment: C. J. Cornell, Lt, Comdr. C. M. Roberts, J. R. Hutchcraft. Federal, State, County and City Projects: C. H. Harvey, W. G. Roberts, Donald Cormack. Public Relations: Bowman Cut- ter, C. J. Raines, J. K, Austin, | |. Publications and Professional ‘Information: Lt. Comdr. Bradley, i Thomas Chandler, Homer Her- rick, x } in New | Library: Howard England, E. 1 denied any part | W. Stark, Lt. L. E. Stiffler, in Education: Richard Chandler, it /Lt. Comdr. R. J. Nesbitt, Lt, Roy| nas talon | Duke, Bernard Frank, L. H. Bs-} i chen. Board of directors are F, C. {Frohock, Victor Lang, Charles y, Hunter Harden, J. F. | Brooks, E. W. Stark, J. R. Hutch- | C. E. Grohs. Explosion Today BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. | on | 16-(4}—Two persons were kill- ed today in an explosion that ripped through a Naptha treat- ing plant at Esso’s standard oil Thirteen persons were injured in the blast at 7:50 a.m, EDT. 1 ern Baton Rouge. jor six gasoline storage tanks at the Naptha treating plant. Most of the burning tanks were demolished, and several | by the blast on near-by tracks, ecoem nrcanemenneirene Special Communication of. chor Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M.| ee i 2