The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1951, Page 1

eae Key Wes:, Flerida, bas the most equable climate in the counry, with om average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXII. No. 199 THE Che Ken West Cit SOUTHERNMOST EWSPAPER Da Se ing Recreate Rais" 4 ee IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA. TUESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1951 City Be Able To Use Petronia Street Site On we More Wili Tear Down Concrete Wall Once Land Has Been Acquired City Commissioner Louis* at Carbonell last night commission i cized rgaret Mitchell for the construction of the fence at the ia street Said C city eeting critl- i We have th dow The boat ed un- til the fence wa: That fence is what is causing all the | trouble in Garrison Bight should go to court and have the } land condemned. She hasn't been | friendly to the city, and has shown) no consideration. Up until a few weeks ago we were very friendly—so there is nothing per- sonal. It is just that.she has not treated the city fairly”. i “We should press condemna- tion proceedings. And then knock | it down,” stated C. B. Harvey. [| City Manager Dave K Commissioner John Carbonell al- so believe tha land should be acquired. A meeting is to be held Wed- nesday morning when purchase offers by the city will be consid- | ered. Granted Homestesd Exemption Margaret H. Lange was granted homestead exemption for the year 1951.” Kin xplained that the lady wa in bed, and was un- able to sign the pap- ers. He said the s of land were assessed for $4 Can Proceed At Their Own Risk On motion of City Commission. er C. B. Harvey, the Colored Am- erican Legion and V. F. W. may proceed with their building on Emma street at their own risk; pending a public hearing. Building Inspector’ Ralph. Rus- sell was ordered to issue the per- mit. All four commissioners present {J. Carbonell, L. Carbonell, Louis Eisner, C. B. Harvey) stated they would vote for the variance o: dinance allowing the building to be constructed Building Permit Will Be Refunded Sawyer A $5 building permit will be refunded to Sheriff Berlin Saw- at the ne of the omission. taken out two $ ings. Only t meet wye one was ever moved Public Hearing On ing before sion will be d on at a pub- ic hearing to be held September 10 Change Meetin; The next re city Date lar me commfssion postponed from Monc ber 3 to Monday, September due to the observance of the La- bor Day holiday Right Hand Turns Allowed On Red Light By passage “ond reading, veh r turn right at all ti t first ec iplete stop be fore tu King, Carbonell Return From Miami City M I Arkansas Traveler : Lacked A License x =; c t E. Roge ner with driv wt d the wester- out an op- With the' expiration special Renewable Insurance Corporation “Commun- ity Health Plan” Hospitalization policy issued last year, many will wish to continue enjoying hos- pitalization insurance protection through one of the new 1951 plans of coverage. For full of Professional _ the nformation, contact ... HORACE YOUNG foot of Petron- should | Mayor Urges Renewal Testifies the bay bottom | fe (P) Wirephotc OLIVER EDMUND CLUBB tes- tifies in Washington before the House Un-American activities committee at a public hearing resulted in head of the state department's China sec- tion. Clubb told the committee his personal diary shows he met Whittaker Chambers. confessed former Communist spy ring courier, at the New Masses of- fice in 1932. on charges which his suspension as Charier M which existed in West in 1939. Text of the Letter follows rical y and their A. F. of L. e their 46 in Th v d renew n Key West arter here, have a very f these men how it must be Two Car Drivers Face Five Charges HOLLYWOOD DYNATONE MUFFLERS Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. 121 Duval Street Telephones 1877 - 1878 | Wants Boatmen To $1,183,752 July Booming School Budget Month COfC OK'd By State | Report Shows O’Bryant Receives Praise From State Education Dept. Of Monroe County 2 Calhoun, a ce, State Depar cation. Financed by mill levy the a 14 and budget tenance of schools; $122,902 ing Funds and $48,547 for bond construction fund. | Total instructional salaries, | Chamber of Commerce increased) sun worshi -; from 626 inquiries last July to! 24. by local couple Kit and K. Post Office Receipts KWH Consumption And Southbound Passenger Cars All Show Increase July, 1951 was a more prosper- ous month in all respects tha ly, 1950, according to the Ke Chamber of Commerce is just released. eceipts 1 this 5 year, rising fro 1950, to $16,5 08 KWH in 1950 to 461 this July. Building permits showed an increase from $748,900 in July, one-half | 1950 to $1,826,025 this past July. provides $1,012,303 for support and main- tor District Bond Interest and Sink- the Southbound passenger cars re- ported in Saturday’s Citizen rose from 16,881 last July to 20,351 this July. Even mail received at the locat i cording to the budget, come to | 717 this year. Only the number of $469,093. “The millage for jis divjded thus: half mills, cou’ five and one [half mills for the District, end|704 came into the offices on/ {hat xii no OpROENeeE Yone-half mill for debt service. | Whitehead street, next to the! 7% i tes : The budget approval comes; County Courthouse. J Seloniaps ort the custo just two weeks befor ening of | July was a busier month than, explained Fee et camp ae Monroe co! sch on Sep+ May in building permits, post-| js.g re hse by suthoetien 46 tember 4 {office receipts, and passenger Gheck on its operations slightly, from ‘itors dropped chool suprort | 822 to 734. The number of visi- ht and one- | tors in July was still higher hough than May of 1951 when Meanwhile faculties of all Mon- | cars traveling south roe county schools are busy on their full day sessions of com-} mittee meet. planning the! year’s act Twent even new teache have ived in to join staffs of elementary hoois site Supreme Court Rules MecKown | rotation Not Immuiized” Gambler's Testimony Was A Major Factor In Removal Of Polk County Sheriff Aug me Court Pt T. McKown, ttery operator, himself fro: my to- Poll county ammur then he v prosecu- untarily Y tigators. tor the indictment, and cc ion of Polk ed On Page Eight) No Reconciliation ~ Hayworth's rival attorney on his @ ation her actress and Khan. Attorney Rita prob: ada divorce within a week. Crum told newsmen that s on the financial re end He said he would go west, p with in Nevada. Papy Will Make Washington Report ative Bernie C. Electric ity Board members the re- of d A. Van Deursen's n last week ata State Represent y 3 tell City eeting today. didn’t gave mbling information to state in- For Rita, Aly Khan in New York the Aly said e for a Nev- 2 a few days, to meet t there’s no chance | Chinese w betwe i Army Announces New Rotation Pian HEIDELBERG. 21.—#)—U.S. Army t t- has announced a new troop vlan. It is expected eventually to reduce the term of overseas duty to three years. erm ers The present rotation system is / based on a overseas tour. four-year Br af tours is to be cut ppo- gressively until rotation can be maintained on a normal three- basis sometime after June, 32 The new schedule, whi begin about November first, is tentative, and may be speeded up or slowed down according to the number of replacements available from the United States. Chinese, Koreans Thought At Odds TOKYO, Aug. 21. —(P).— A United Nations spokesman ha suggested that the Communist Chinese and the North Koreans may not be seeing eye to eye on a Korean cease-fire. The possibility of a growing divergence of views between the Communist allies has been raised by Brigadier General William P-. ho Cwill ew YORK, Aug. 21.—(4).—! Nuckols, spokesman for the U N said command. believed the iving instruc- tions from the Chinese capital of Peiping, while some orders to the North Koreans were handed down from what he called the “Com- munist Hierarchy.’ His use of the term was inter- preted to mean Communists in Moscow Nuckols pictured North Korean eral Nam Il, the chief Red atiator as the spokesman for the Communist hierarchy. He said he believed Nam Il was a Soviet citizen. He said that while the Chinese and North Koreans seemed to be (Continued on Page Three} Nuckols - Car Skids 54 Ft. Before Stopping Charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an ac- Van Deursen, general manager cident, Charles W. Stevens of 806 of C t had heard un- the Big Pine line ential since the TICKET OFFIC. ALL AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. | Phone 12¢ 28° right fencer, j Electric, flew to Washing-| Ashe street will face Judge Hil- about the possi- @ry Albury in Traffic Court this afternoon. According to police report, the car driven by Stevens struck the Tear bumper of a car driven by narles J. Curry of 1324"Duncan street Causing damages to the bumper. Skid marks measuring 34 ft. ne: Were said to have been caused | by Stevens’ car in an effort to stop. The accident occurred on, White street over the weekend and was witnessed by Robert F. George, 704 Caroline, and C. H.} Osterhoudt of 409 Margaret street. Stevens’ car was brought to the police station with a dam- bumper and broken headlight. ¢ .agnouncement said they ears Cit ecision Judge Lopez H ‘Local Lawmen See No Legal Ban On Nudism Police Check-Ups Made | At Fla. Colonies Say Organizers Of Over- | Exposure Set Here General c ‘us of opinion in | local legal ci 's that there will jprobably be little legal opposi- tion to the opening of a nudist Leolony in this area.as reported in The Citizen yesterday. Plans to open a club for all-out now being are Lawrence, a former official pho- tographer for Sunshine and Health, the official magazine of | the nation’s nudists, said today %, | One local legal authority, who j asked that he not be named, stat- ;ed that there would have to be | an arrest before the legality of | ‘such a ture could be decided. | He said that much would depend ‘ {upon the operation of the colony land the attitude of the citizens ef th ea. } According to Florida Statutes a } nudist could bs prosecuted under the laws dealing with corruption {of public morals, creating a nuis- decent eXposure etc. How- j ever charges on these lines would (Continued On P: Eight) SE nneeean J: Webb To Build” MRS, BESSIE Everybedy Loves A. Murder Says Locel Libs an A d di : fe i | Ninety-Two Books * ea cage - will ? AGAION 10 HOUSE Checked Out Last | 1 <n reed, and lend them 10/40 A permit to build an addition | BWishbors. * Monday At Key { Schuck said that imas = much as the only subpart the library gets is $50 a- month pret ure to his home was issued to John | B. Webb, 1821 Harris street, | 7, = by Building Inspector Ralph Rus- | West Library 3 é sell yesterday. The addition will | Mystery and detective | storie oa the city for the purchase cost $3,020. ‘are stil) the books which have |, oe a ee : -_ Diet Permits iamued were: = ithe larsest turnover in the We | woman's Club. she .. Fernandez, 9068 enead | man’s Club library here, Mrs} was unfair to di street, to build a new bathroom gixrllsmi se: 2 {Fieksie W. Schuck, libsark and. new screen pach Soings eee re “ = . i today. $500; The K. W. Provision Co., at4 ~ r Front and Fitzpatrick to re-rook|__- S0n't know what it is, But) chseneied. dirsety ais their building. The roofing will jevery second person who comes] and his family, and twenty ;be done by the Giffen Roofing} mt wane 4 tystery, and — She) a month is little enougt corr: % | Sorier murder and tne more) fo reading as many books BS: #) Barney White also obtained aj‘ the better they person and their: family ean permit to re-roof his home, 1707 | Hike # Mrs. Schuck explain read. the librarian seid. Von Phister, with metal shingles. , | More women come in to bor- Fee tite 250, nutty | She then said that historicallrow books. at the Woman's Chih handled by the Taylor Tin Shop, | Revels were next in populavity,/jibrary. than men. But, ? Permits also were issued to Ed. 4nd then travel: books. psychole ito Mrs. Schuck, the men stati q ward Matthews to construct a |r hop-fiction. and ‘novels’ @thet! read the books after their Wives! ~ 4 frame shed at 304 Amelia street | 29 bistorical. ;. .. Vbring them ‘home. i and to George Bonamy, of 2400} After the usual children’s ju-) The librarian does all the/ Sinag aa oe Patterson to construct a jalousy ine book favorites of every i work with the books _ herself.) at Garrison Bight: porch shed. jlikrary, Mrs. Schuck said the|/She catalogs, classifies, orders attractive to i oy (children follow the adult patiernipooks, dusts the books, and has ‘The Nationalists Are of the | of liking mysteries best of all} ey beer -t a ial aan Arter that, they ask for biogreljecves aca tunes Tae ame ae {phe ‘porch and sidewalks on a day. ; < ; “E checked out ninety twelwith a lot of wind im it Fired By Chang sous tas ‘Monay stom Sm |""She' ales’ homenon, have | Schuck pointed out, “though the! acsistant whose support is NEW YORK, Aug. 21-—<()—}average per day is around for-!yather than actual He is a The Chinese Nationalist govern-|ty. And peopie are reading much) named Pitty Pat, owned ment has fired two of its rep-}more than they have other) ang om: Ralph Hartenstine resentatives in the United States.| years. Some of them are exchan-/ jive in the vicinity, and They have been ordered to re-| ging books every other day.” — | heen hanging around. the turn to Formosa immediately. Asked how the taking out ofifor the past ten ars. First, Generalissimo Chaing Kai} books this summer compared os)) her the assistant — libs Shek suspended Lieutenant Gen-| with the winter season, she said; ond even eral Mao Pang Chu as deputy air, there wasn’t much diffe: sits on a sunny force commander and delegate to/ despite so many people being} the UN military staff committee.| away and the di ndling of the | A government spokesman said) turnover of books to. tourists ;that Mao had failed to account| “But this summer there has been | for 19 million dollars of funds to! almost a thirty percent increase; | buy equipment for the air force/ in the number of readers,” Mrs.} |and te train its personnel. Schuck added. | | ‘Then, the Chinese air force an-| Questioned es to what she at-/ nounced that Mao’s assistant, a/ tributed this increase in books jcolonel, has been dismissed. and/| read, she said she wasn’t sure jordered to go home and face| but it might be the warm weath- |charges of dereliction of duty,|6r. “It just takes a minimum of, and suspicion of being a Com- ‘gy to sit and read, and you Bro munist agent. keep cooler that way.” iN A dispatch from Formosa says} then went on to say that it's doubted there that either will/ the hot weather had also brought return voluntarily. om something else in the running! - lof the brary which she wanted to discourage. The charge for} taking out as many books a% a Masonic Notice person wants is twenty five cents) ja month. Special Communication Dade; peope j Lodge No. 14. F. & A.M. Wednes-/ gp pad fami| day evening. August 22nd, at 7:30) | o'clock. M. M. Degree. All Master Masons invited to attend. \ RE F. ©. Weech., Secretary. | |