The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 8, 1951, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 16 VOL. LXXII. No. 292 _THE SOUTHERNMUOS Serious Brain Operation ik oroner s Inquest Rules | Car Victims Were Drowned PRESIDENT Ones Rapid Cacih | * SEOESE MADE DY: (Ce Keys able to thank President Maver C: B: Hadiey sig for his life some | LKPO Anacuditiie:. lay. Tie'child; soniof D.&.| Fave rs Construction Minter, Seaman (Electron- Of Three New Roads ies Tech.) is being flown | . Citing the growth of Marathon | by the White House Courier | and the plane to the Naval Hospital | well as S at Bethesda, Md. today in! ple of w an attempt to save his life and. elec! through a serious brain ops) jn addres: eration. Property Late last night, Seaman Min- | Thursday ter, desperate to find a way of saving his new son, reached | President Truman at the White House with his request | that he might fly the child to} the Bethesda Naval Hospital the White House plane. President Truman granted the | request. The seaman father and his critically ill baby took off ini the White Hang ~Cowrier plane from Boca Chiea_ at this morhing in the race operation which may save the boy's life. They were due to ar- rive in Washington at 5 this af- ternoon, where little David will upon the | that area. | that cons! greater c he stated, are being {ing the necess: whole upper Keys, tock Island as an exam- hat good reads, water) tric power doés for community, Mayor C. B. acvay, sing the Lower Keys Owners Association | completion of the ap- Little |Proved extension of the Key | | West City Electric Power line to on The Mayor, who is also a mem- | | ber of the Association, stated | truction of the line has been delayed by the DEPA at} Washington in their formal re- ost must now be used, purchase ‘prio- be rushed to the hospital for | Washington. immediate surgery The mother is staying in Key} West to while ope’ es ‘Devers tw 4 {that Mon mar Minter is attached to es ‘the © » Advanced Underseas Weap- | school. Irving Perimeter, tial assistant did not he | struction know how the anxious father got Ried through to the President, wheth-/ Jorg ne er it was through Navy channels | di y by calling a White} Conti House secretary Having reached the Little White Hi the request was immediately considered and granted New Ambassador To Turkey Perlme absence told Wh (Ccatinued On Page Three». | housing along the Lower Key: relieving the housing | but “she had a very in Key West; and also |The victim had pre’ /Van Buren if he would take care r pedigreed retriever “Bud- ed on charge of assault and bat-/the Key West Citizen and to the | However, he added, hope for} early approval lies in the fact} roe County has been a critical defense area, xtension of the power line would facilitate private con- of Navy and civilian eded power required by | inued On Pag STARTING MONDAY) Open Evenings Until 9 P.M. All Purchases Will Be Gift House Cor-| @9 Fleming and Elizabeth Sts. Xmas SANTA CLAUS | in PERSON at RODACK'S JR Poinciana Sundry and Luncheonette, Comercial Row FOR AN AND peceesnes “aan \ Old Fashioned XMAS FROM . Stowers Co. | i eens BRING THE KIDDIES The New Ponycycle | Dual Controlled Car | Marjorie Main - Perey Kilbride in| eVelocipedes oSkates Large Selection of Xmas Toys jicycles Tractors Also Gifts for Men and Women | eScooters Effective Immedia 519 Duval St. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP BAHAMA CLUB Is Under New Ownership RALPH MARTIN, eDump Trucks tely the “% ;rington Nicodemus, 42,) four U. S. Air Forcemen’ held | and Theodore Vail Thomp-! son, 39, ended shortly aft-) mother jer © p. m. last night im a} Aypert will be all right.” verdict of “having come to | Sac ' end of Highway 939, about a half- mile in from U. h Van Buren stated that Mrs. 5 |Nieodemus had also been drinking | eBED SPREADS . eCUSHIONS jc ro sentenced Stokes to six (Centinned On Page Eight 904 Fleming St. Key West, Fla | inquest to fix the cause of} the deaths of Bessie War-| SGT. JAMES E, ELAM, 20, | in an upturned Chrysler | i Day by President Truman Island City publicity of immeasurable valve. Tourists: cominit a sedan which had almost! S k F id wholly submerged in the! to es rl ay evening predicted a | swampish waters whi | similar growth for the Lower Keys | Jine the dead end of Flo’ da State Highway 939,| some 17 miles north of | Key West and four miles | into the backwoods east of | Odalph Stokes and Ralph Nobles US Highway No, 1. |were yesterday convieted, fined The testimony revealed that) $109 each, and given six month's Thomnson was — “pretty much fusal to permit the use of, alum- ; drunk’’ “just prior to the time the! 10 inum wiring for which bids had | accident is believed to have ec-}den Henry P. Bennett, and iMlega’ y for | been obtained. Copper wiring at | curred. | but that difficulties | tamance man whe, with the vic- experienced in sécur-{ tim, worked at Perky recently, told the jury that h ‘rities from the authorities at| along with both victinys and a * WITNESS STATES CRASH FOLLOWED DRINKI BOUT j | mR (?) Wirephoto The three-day coroner’s | (above), radioman, is one of the: 1 in Hunga | was forced Mrs. , Said, “I know James sinee their plane down Nov. 19. His Leo Elam of Kings- land, sir deaths by drowning! $ 2 result of an automobile} 200 Fines | ident.” The couple were found’ ‘Given Nobles, { Jury Recommends Leniency For Illegal Possession Of White this uspended sentence on charges of sSault: and battery on Game War possession of white ibis, non-game | George Van Buren, @ main- | birds. The jury recommended leniency | Lodge ‘in the finding of the two men’ whose two day trial brought to | | Key West national leaders of the other couple, had “drank a beer ) Audubon Society. together’ in the couple’s car! Instead of the maximum fine of which was parked near Perky | $200, they were fined only $100 | Lodge. leach, and will not serve their six Perky’s is situated at the west months’ suspended jail sentence | the Telephone Company in their | eats he | dy, eSLIP COVERS eDRAPERIES | niess they should violate good be- | vior. | hile the jury was out consider- | ing the State case presented by Al- nice conduct.” lan C. Cleare, Jr., County Solicitor, | viously asked and the defendant's case presented by W. D. Bell, Stokes was rearrest- se tery upon Bennett. The defendant | immediately pleaded guilty to the‘ .|charge of assaulting Bennett on} jthe day of August 11, 1951, revers- also drowned in the wreck, «wWoatmued On Page eile INTERIORS day riminal Court Judge. Thomas | | SIMPLE _ssusituname { Ss 1D AIRLI PRICE TOURS | SIMON” aul Fleming St. Phone 124 SCHOOL OF DRIVING | ern SA SACRE Personal InstructionsIn | Palace Theater FOR INFORMATION ‘ “MA AND PA KETTLE 4 TEL. 1149-.W | BACK ON THE FARM” | | COME ON OUT TO THE CASA MARINA HOTEL | TONIGHT! | OUR FIRST OUTDOOR STEAK PARTY OF THE SEASON! THE BEST CHARCOAL BROILED STEAK ‘ySGNkve EVER ERTEN ST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1951 ‘cals ves of Monroe’ Season Is Off To Record \tional Bank of Key West, next! and winter who formerly couldn't afford it, according to” some on the program is a campaign] servers, fthe younger generation: Active! the local beach club, on the isound motion-picture “The jin Treasury bond promotion re- | “x - ‘ing his morning’s testimony that | ADELINE'S he never struck Bennett on that | NAVARRO'S Lot IN FHE $144,000 In Defense Be AMOUNT IS $7,000 —————_—________ ---- -———- — assiexep guora | Key West's Biggest Tourist ee pegs Breaking Start Says Laubscher : by Henry G. Dooley, depu- What promises to be Key West's biggest tourist’ season ty directorof the’Defense ory has gotten off to a record-breaking early Rap tet arte to Bonds Division in Florida. | Chamber of Commerce statistics released to The Citizen today. . ; Om > Final figures released by | Almost 100'more tourists'eame into the C of Co: ihe R | head street last) week, than registered in Decem| The figure: mg oe ae last week was 241, compared with 142 visitors in the: “test week of rg December, 1950. county invested $144,000 Whereas last year 252 letters of inquiry were senna ‘by tha | Capital in Defense Bonds during Chamber in December's first week, last week 330 queries cam ponciaie the drive, a figure some in. The Chamber itself has increased its activities since last year | : og as shown by the 518 letters mailed out last week, compared with $7,000 oe eeeene of the a8) the 351 in December, 1950's tikst week. signed quota. The ‘drive; — Though the President's arrival in Key West on Noyember 8 is which recently ended, had; credited with jumping the season by more than two months, me been “kicked off” Labor| factors enter into the prematurely big seasdn. : The President's past nine visits to Key West have given the and Secretary of the Trea-| Key West for the first time are curious, many of them, “to see just | sury John W. Snyder. . | what kind of a town the President likes.” According to County Chairman Then the prosperity which is current throughout the anal Jerry Trevor of the Florida Na-} at the present is giving many people a chance to tour in the tall designed to gain wide-spread Finally; the early season in Key ‘West and the p of 3 participation by school children} ,; in a school savings program. Mr. pi season on record are the Horace O’Bryant. superintendent | © pts | per tags is prodf, 9 of public instruction, has given stm re of Key West, plug the mode his enthusiastic approval to this| able to tourists have made it a ¢ program dedicated to populariz- | 9Ver the nation. ing the-principles of thrift among First: hand observation of thie. um /participants will be Mrs. Mar-:in restaurants, motel no-yacancy | guerite Cravel, Mrs. Peggy Horn-' Commerce figures. jer and Mrs. E. E. Hood of the cr dle te oo he expelled’ ts ths pe Ce Parent-Teachers’ Association. tourists heading for home hearths for the holiday ‘obsor. n sie eee ‘ ee ae a iately berg a vert New Year, the boom season will. pick up ‘ Dopp, & Defense Bond program ye tourlat boom in Key Weet is matched by the ian ae at the Rotaty Club, when a few occasioned. by ‘expansion of the Navy and of. ‘ to meet the growing permanent and semi- -permaneht acess of Crime of Korea” will be shown, | the town. Monroe County has had an ex-{ 02 rn cellent record in savings bonds investments for more than three years, Dooley added. He. attri-{ Nominations Are Truman buted the steady volume of pur- chasing to the promotional and in: Acce editorial support supplied by Guest Star program i to each Thursday by WKWF. Key West citizens who assist! The Key West Junior Chamber jof Commerce. ha port that a few of the bond pur- chasers habitually cash in their bonds about two months after the bonds have been issued. for the JayCee award. peane However new arrangements have (Continued on Page Three} Curry announced that nomination Morris Miners (FAR BIBLE and SEDANS 35 MILES PER GALLON PREACHING GUARANTEED ON THEMES OF Price $1345.00 LS seis $450.00 Down, G.A. DUNN 18 Months for Balance | o”"” cpt tie YOU DRIVE A MORRIS with PRIDE AND OWN IT WITH PLEASURE " 424 Southard St. Tel. 216 P.S. yeu! ci . COCKTAIL ‘LOUNGE OPEN SERVED IN Seovefiexentt ft PATIO, ROM 7 P.M. IT IS TIME AGAIN FOR THAT GALA SOCIAL EVENT The Elks Annual Charity Ball Saturday—9 P.M. ‘till “2” Reservations Can Be Made By Phoning the Elks Club, 9265 DRESS FOR Sees: Se — MEN, OPTIONAL JOE TORANO and His Orchestra There Will Be Prizes and A Colossal Floor Show MAKE YOUR RESERVATI Ww! The Restaurant of Gourmate Among Our Famous Specialties: SCHICKEN CONTADING ss PAELLA ALA VALENCIANA eSHASHLIK CAUCASIENNE «VEAL PARMIGIANA *FROG’S LEGS PROVENCALE *FILET MIGNON BEARNAISE And Always Delicious Broiled and Fried Chicken, Superb Steaks and Chops - 917 Fleming St. Phone 798