The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1951, Page 1

Key Went, florida, has the most equuble climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit No. 299 Glider Tells Of Island City’s Phenomenal’Gronth Rr Se. Passenger Cars Comi CAA Had Asked Court Order On Airline Wanted To Stop G VOL. LXxtl iz Through Big Pine Key Toll Gates Jumps To 15,073 Last Month Key West's phenomenal growth as well as its big- gest premature tourist sea- reflected in the newsletter, Miauss Airline {son is monthly Unauthori “Trends” issued by the]! Passengers Key West Chamber of} MIAML Fla.. Dec. 17,44 | Comumierce | mi A rec sted, Passenger cars coming} vashed “sve yesterday} toll gate from the north Pe eae | jumped from 12,100 last mimes eper""8\'November to 15,073 this scheduled trips and to Puerto! j ist increase. Rico, according to president R.| Kilowatt hours of electricity eon- W. Duff, who said it uses five] sumed in Key West’ tose from | = 11,935,718 in November 1950 to | his line had flown | 9353/29 in this past month, show- 100-million passenger jing the greater number of users began operations | both in permanent dwellings and | 194 46, and had flow ‘ \transient accommodations, accord jing to the Chamber. } Post office receipts bounded in from $14,211 last November to $19. Saturday | 009 this past November. . Building and | permits ros from in | $185,382 in the same period, de- spite the fact that November was this miles 14th i ser as lian passen-|the lowest month of 1951 in per er | mits issued s Admin-| Visitors at the Chamber of Com ‘ nction in merce office rose from 515 to 825! N % rt last Novem-;in November, 1951, reflecting the her 3 prevent the line from | rush of tourists to the Island City ! a in orized passen-/before January and February | season. | government! Even more letters with in had olated | quiries about Key West came into its license which |the office of the Chamber. This ' carry pass sengers | Year 984 tourists wrote in; last | | November 809 tourists did. pecific conditions, “Shale” sods Gis ee ercemens wily BOKes printed distribution sheet “Ac. »q | comodations and Restaurants in t charged unauthorized Key West, Fla.,” will go to the | ! had been carriag printers next week, This will list from York to St. Peters: 1h otets, motels, guest houses and a and Miami and} restaurants that are members of k to other points. — the Chamber. U.S. District Attor-) "4 number of Canadian visitors r id final action }tg Key West can be expected ac- " as due either | cording to inquiries received Ja Bist, 1952 The newsletter estimates that esentative from | Key West received more publicity the suit but} during President Truman's visit near as he eons |last month, than upon any of his th the air line ac | former visi More photos, sta- Continued On Page Fr ons |tistics. and information were. fur: |nished newsmen by the office on the tenth working-vacation than on jany of the other trips. Members owe $2300 in dues to the Chamber oftice, which should be paid now, the newsletter states. A new member of the Chamber the corner Of/is Wards Court, 715 South street a! and Caroline street Saturday) The Post Office Inn, $21 Simonton Motori s Agree To! Settle Damages! tht i p.m. was settled be-/ street has also joined, twe » two men involved, so} An Office of Price Stabilization no rmons were issued, Police| agent will be at the amber on Chief Joseph Kemp said today. [December 20th to assist any who Jervy Lee Minde, was crossing}have price control difficulties. Duval, ste Caroline streét and} | Lai etel was iving when the col- Hinde offered to n Duvai street lision took place Examine Lang pay the estimated $50 damage.| BEVERLY HILLS, - California, Pri agreed Dec. 17.~".—Three _ physicians tel lives at 508 Grinnell! will examine actor's agent: Jen- Hinde lives at 2207 Flagler| pings Lang, probably today, to avenue POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION ghee at Truman Phone 9134; our PURE OIL Dealer . Tubes . . Batteries - Accessories Walter Wanger triangle shooting. FOR SALE LONG ESTABLISHED GROCERY STORE REASONABLE P.O. BOX 650 Tires “ | GIFT HOUSE is happy to bring back to Key West the internationally famous Sandford Proctor collection of fish objets d’arts. The majority 6f these pritdléss items . . . in antique pewter, rare glass and porcelain, jade and odd silver ... are already on display. é Now it's literally true: you can get almost everything at gift house. the store where you may window shop as long as you like — inside! gift house caroline, simonton sts. open ‘till hristmmas, 10:30 te 6; 7 te % ner at Eliza-| through the Big Pine Key | all | | past month, showing’ tour: } $132,125 to! learn how soon he can discuss the | THE Survivors i j } 3s “Allls Quiet Seore Now Star ‘On Korean (Ground Fron Heavy Fighting May Come Unless Allied | And Comniunist | Ne tiators Can Break Deadlock TOKYO. Dee quiet on the Kore today. Only a few natrol. skirmishes have been reported in recent hours. But there is a hint that heavy fighting may come soon unless Al- 17 m, All is lied and Communist truce negotia H |tors can break their present dead {oe The latest word on the cease fire dis ions is a terse and | simple lo. progress.’ Negotia ters failed 4 st night to end! either the on the toucay pris issue or the Only 10 gays now remain bafore tion of the provisional cease And a hint Scouts To Hold Court Of Honor, Party, Tonight The arinnal’ “eNfistrhas | party for the, Boy Scouts’ of America i 0 be id-tenight ef tid Li The of-Hon eld at.t me time Thomas B. Corvell,. will i by, being e Key old Palm, the | are li | an, field director jof the American Red Cross will {be guest of honor and the 91 | speaker } A nun of Red Cross pres entations will be made to the Scouts. j All registered Scouts in the ‘area are invited to attend the levent PROFESSIONAL MEN BUSINESS MEN AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE SPACE é SOND FLOOR NEW BARNS BUILDING, 604 DUVAL STREET } Contact... PAUL D. BARNS 130 Southeast 25th Rd. Miami 45, Florida We Will Give You Up to $10.00 FOR YOUR OLD BIKE REGARDLESS OF CONDITION | WHEN YOU TRADE FOR ANY NEW | ROLLFAST or |\COLUMBIA BICYCLE | J.R. Stowers Co. 533 Duval! St Tel. 276 Se ground fronts pol The Kev West SOUTHERNMOS d NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A KEY west, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER Ww, 1951 Citizen Staff Phote ids: Sharks 4, Barracudas 0 In Finny Feud At Municipal Aquarium Pool * SHARKS INCREASE - ae LEAD BY ONE res ree IN SATURDAY’S Cit Commission UNDERWATER BOUT Consider Large wise shares ve barracuda Agenda Tonight barrd An agenda packed with vita ordinance, is the Roosevelt boulevard. rezoning earlier ay in the nurse s increased “items affecting every Key Wester ! is scheduled for tonight's meeting t iderwater lof the City Commission at City Ha McCoy fight, seems } Hall. t er uneasy lull, Of paramount importance in ad- ving a rua. dition to the sound truck licensing a The City Commission meeting as their lead by when they) the Planning Board will consider ioffall but. a four-inei Mbis key. measure which has been fr of a three-foot arta. | "arashed out for _ months, in the City Planning Commission. It will cuda's decide upon the future appearance of the rampag- of Roosevelt boulevard, whether it Other ne e (a) disappeared »; (b) been chewed and (c) leaped >» die at the feet startled visitors copy of some of the unfortuna’ rlanless boulevards in othe: leading resort cities. zoned as business A-1, for set backs, parking other restrictions. Aquarium lots, good will be an entrance of beauty or a 4 The City Planning Commission recommends that the boulevard be ! It_ provides and and their} Property-owners and citizens are “s get better every day expected to be present at the pub- Said Kroll this morning, “If | lic hearing tonight these barracudas had been in Commissioners will then meet as a Board of Eqoilization to hear the pool lonz enough to be- i t come accustomed to it the ehh ber, On Pare Fives sharks would never have caught up with them.” H | | M: E leapi exception,, i . «oust ail on| Makes Mistake te the day. when | ,PAWTUCKET, R. 1, Dec. 17 nuariie i a ~A holduo-man made a mis- | watch thi attlers: both’ shark and barra- to keep clear-of each other, The (Continued Un Page ‘Thre Charles McNally, oe RRNA eaten»the sandwiches, ;, SANTA CLAUS” ' in PERSON at RODACK'S | MONDAY, 7 TO 8 *SATURDAY, 12 NOON TO 2 #(With Photographer Poinciana Sundry and Luncheonetie, Commercial Row |BRING THE KIDDIES Large Selection of Xmas Toys Also Gifts for Men and Women | EAS ERG GET RENE Believe It Or Not! Uniforms y Nylon $8.24 Cotton $2. 17] Better Hurry! CHIC 826 pitied Open Until Chtctmne uzZwWONR za A LA COLONIA CUBANA RESIDENTE EN KEY WEST En las elecciones de Directiva del Club San Carlos, que tendran efecto el domingo dia 30°del presente mes, sera presentada por un grupo de cubanos, la siguiente CANDIDATURA POPULAR. Presidente: Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez. Vice: Juan Carbonell, Jr, Secretario de Actas: Joaquin Oliveros. Secretario de Correspondencia: Emilio Corral. Tesorero: Gabriel Gutierrez. VOCALES: Emilio Romero Rainén Valdes Eugenio A. Martinez Juan Borges, Jr. Mario Fernandez Delio Cobo Frank Veliz Gabriel de Armas Fred Carbonell Mario Perez Rolo Jose Garcia Leopoldo de Cardenas Arturo Leon Valladares Dr. Edwardo Gonzalez Bennie Fernandez | » and grabbed a night clerk’s| lunch box for the cash box at the are making occasional ‘sort- |Hotel Arnold in Pawtucket, | ind the pool but manage | Rhode Island. early today. | The intruder fled with half lcousinae ot ‘rotten, “The clerks Ridgway has sent a Christmas ing hed already | message to all the U.N. troops in to ig 4 \Consider Sound Trucks — MIAMI ORDINANCE = | FORBIDS THEIR USE | ON STREETS OF THE MAGIC CITY In response to a bombardment of complaints to City Manager /Dave King, and Commissioners. | an ordinance reguiating the use of | } sound trucks will be introduced at City Commission tonight, he said. Apartment owners who In The ordinance, however. * does | rent, lead all other oecupa- ;not ban the noise from Key West { tions in the city of Key | streets, Instead it permits human ; West, numbering 300, of | speech or music to blare out from ‘ jthe hours of 9 a. m. “to 6 p. m. 1500 licenses issued in 1951 Fei jevery ne except aegied me according City Tax Collec- of i = | For ie seeking the qui | hospital, chureh, school or court: ! | tor Archie Roberts who re-| 4 146 ‘house, the sound trucks are ban- ; leased a breakdown on oc- ned: from 100 yards proximity. | cupations today. fae ert tia aie te es toa | of at least ten miles an rr. ei | ordinance reads that “the volume rower scuregemnn greet of sound shall be . controlled se | ing 132. come ‘that said volume is not unreason- ! aacen owners, | jably loud, raucous, jarring, ee! rae |turbing, or a ouisance to persons _ lodging | within the area of audibility.” + c Each sound truck must * | registered) At present two are li- |censed to operate in the city./96 persons earning their | called [fed ae ~— ~ a living that way. Cab driv- ied over sound truce “not be profane, lewd, indecent or | Ors numbering 70 vo | slanderous.” ‘fourth place. The proposed ordinance is a far — Profi such as medicine, from the strict ban imposed in | dentisty and law are way peed pees | Miami. There all sound trucks are , the list. Lawyers out number physi- | prohibited completely except in cians and \‘entists by 266 percent. ‘parades for which legal permits | Key West, according to these: ‘have been issued. i figures, has 16 attorneys, six li- The Miami ordinance reads: | “It shall be unlawful for any |These low figures are compared | person to operate or cause or al-/ with 51 retail liquor store owners: | con \low to be operated on any of the .51 restaurants, 35 ‘ streets of this city, any vehiele to, retailers who se7l jor upon which any mechanical or off the premises: | musical — sound-making or grocers. There are al | band, orchestra, musical meat s ment or loud spe; rege ed Ki sellers of tached, mounted or operated ’ thereop or therein for the Pacooes ‘of advertising, soliciting, or | tracting attention thereto, for purpose whatsoever, p d however, that nothing 3 tained shall be construed as hibition against the use a ation of vehicles equipment in parades legal permits shall have sued as provided for in 133." Property owners in Key who make their living by to tourists, whether In Vendors of Cigarettes, Ete., Come Second With 132 Licenses One motel owner on South told The Citizen Saturday np ;as a blare that would rouse | dead broke into his pr abtess “People come to Key West ‘a person of not only his right to quiet, but his right to listen to what he .wants to listen. You ean ‘forego reading anything that dis- | pleases you. You can turn off a Continued On Page Seven» _ Ridgway Sends Christmas Message terns TOKYO, Dec. 17, —4#,— silts g “Oa p his command. fean take the family The General says of course it’s jpunderettes or two not appropriate to wish them dries. merry Christmas under the ¢it-) One daily cumstances. lane ‘The Citizen, one “But,” says the General, “I is listed, at know that your courage—and your “Optometrists number abiding faith will provide the the city and Boni spirit of Christmas in your hearts there are only four sean fee ian" SOS erence compen see and feel it.” Ridgway’s message cosithigig!| maker ett fe “May Almighty God guide and —, jue you,” Atel are licensed. Stork No. Ye. 4 942 107 1950 73 142 Ply. =| us 1937 187 1967 195 1950