The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1952, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 63 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN @ e 5 oe Lg ev es 1 13 |For 72 Years Devoted to the THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIII. No. 15 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952 Skull Of Recently _ Killed Man Found At Loggerhead Key May Be That a Of Navy Flier; Medical Men Examine Today By SUSAN McAVOY ; The broken skull of a man recent.y killed found at Loggerhead Key, 62 miles west of Key West} in the Dry Tortugas on Sunday and is b ined to ascer' that of a Navy flier 1 if it in any recent plane crash, the Coast Guard announe- ed today. The skull wh linet traces of recent death, according the Guard, was found by Mrs. Jack De Weeses wife of the superintendent of historic has dis- to Coast She was picking up was | i emans- | issing | ‘Kathleen Wehrbein Inherits $63,000 Aspen vo ane Citieens { NEW YORK. Jan. 17.— Mrs. Kathleen Macintyre ! Wehrbein of 3715 Flagler Avenue, Key West, inherits $63,808 from the estate of her | husband, the late Dr. Hein- rich L. Wehrbein, urologist here, it was learned today when his holdings were ap- praised by the New York State Transfer Tax Depart- ment. { The assets were valued at | $68,690, gross, and $63,808, net. Mrs. Wehrbein is the sole legatee. Dr. Wehrbein, who died at the age of 61 on January 9. ' 1951, had practiced urology here for 20 years. He pre- viously did biological re- search at the University of Indiana and held a Ph. D. | from the University of Heid- elberg. ‘Sheriff shells on Loggerhead Key | which is one and one-half |™,,¢4* .* miles west of Fort Jeffer- UN 1MCIZeS son. 2 Jack De Weese brought the skull to Key West on his regular monthly boat | trip Tuesday. _ Navy medical» i lies examined ately sent their charts of it to Boca Chica Naval Air Station so that authorities there can check the teeth and. bone structure with those of fliers missing in crashes. The skull was fractured in five places. The lower jaw is missing but all up- per teeth are present and will be checked with files at Boca Chica. The = skull turned over to Monroe County Sheriff Berlin Sawyer at 1p. m. was The official medical re-! port of the unknown hu- man skull states the fol- lowing: 2 1. Fracture maxilla, extending from tooth number 14 up to infra orbital foramen 2. Fracture right orbit 3. Separation of right tempero- pariestal suture. 4. Separation of right zygoma. 5. Frecture from the occipito- lateral wall of temperol junction into foramen magnum, 6. Fracture of the occipital bone. 7. Fracture of base, extending from occipital tuberosity to fora- men magnum. San Christobal Vessel Disabled The Coast Guard has sent out aid to the shrimping trawler, San Christobal, which is in trouble off Rebecca Shoals. The vessel is having engine Palace Theater William Elliott and Adrian Booth in “The Savage Horde” TN SA TT Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. .21 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 'Press, Radio | Governor Candidates Odham, Adams Also ‘To Association | BAYTONA BEACH (’— speak- ers before the Fiorida Sheriffs As- sociation took Florida's press, ra- day. |. Charles Hahn Jr., executive) sec- retary of the National Sheriffs As- | sociation, told the Florida group at its mid-winter session “not efigugh of our sheriffs and deputies know {how to deal intelligently with the press and radio.” To correct this. he indicated the National Association is considering preparation of a brochure on im- proving, public , relations. Hahn, who. has offices in Wash- ington, D. C. said he was con cerned about “persecution” of law enforcement officers throughout the country and joined Circuit Judge Herbert B. Frederick of Daytona Beach in criticizing news- papers and radio. Referring to the ‘dastardly: | things being said about Florida in the press and magazines,”’ Fred- ‘erick said “I would be the last one to put a limitation upon free- dom of speech or the press but it can be carried to extremes.” He | did not elaborate. | Hahn gave the Groveland rape case of several years ago as an ;example of what he meant. | Four Negroes were accused of raping a young Lake County farm | wife. One Negro was killed in West | Florida by a posse seeking to ar- rest him and three were convicted. One of those convicted was | sentenced to life because he was j just 16. The other two appealed their death sentences to the U. S. ‘Supreme Court and won retrials, (presumably because no Negroes (were on the trial jury Just after the original arrests Sheriff Willis McCall of Lake Coun- ty hid the Negroes in his home and saved them from mob action. | Roving night riders, however, rode the area burning several Negro H Continued On Page Eight) DR. A. H. SHIFRIN | PHYSICIAN SURGEON Now located at 613 FLEMING ST. Phone 282 CIFELLI’'S ITALIAN AMERICAN REST. Specializing in Home Cooked Foed. Orders to take out. Free Parking in Rear | 920 TRUMAN AVE. PHONE 235-XW dio and magazines to task Wednes- ; Now Look What Carlsbad Has Started Here Florida Cities Are Competing On Who Can Melt Ice The Fastest | By The Associated Press Officials in three Florida towns fanned themselves vigorously witl Jhamber of Commerce brochures Wednesday and proudly watched heir one-ton icebergs melt into he grass. It was all in fun— a contest pro- posed by Carlsbad, N. M., to see who rated the ‘‘Sunshine City” title —but none of the mayors who acted as official judges was selling nis community short. After a late start, St. Petersburg Mficials reported tieir ton of ice was down to 220 pounds in 31‘ hours. The ice was set out late after the city changed its mind about ompeting with ‘‘lightweight’’ cont- onders. “‘We're tne champ,” said st. Pete. At last report, St. Petersbur; olks complained of a rare over- cast sky and were still calling it | “the Sunshine City’’ even if the ice didn’t melt so fast. Cocky New Smyrna Beach sent St. Petersburg a wire reading “old champs just melt away.” Mayor C. B. Jones said his ice melted to a 100-pound cube in just 31 hours and 56 minutes. The mayor, bridling at some other: out-o\-state contestants who he said were letting bathing beau- jsent Carlsbad a telegram which reported: “No wind, no rain, no fog, no smog, no bathing girls to aid and abet—just melted by the power of pure unadulterated Florida sun. Sebring’s mayor, J. D. Mitchell, said his town still claims to be “the warmest city in Florida.” Mayor Mitchell said Sebring’s ton of ice was only a puddle after 33 hours and 33 minutes. Officials of thé Carlsbad Cltam- ber of Commerce were unhappy. Frank Kindel, manager of the Carlsbad Chamber, reported the city’s ton of ice was still about 300 pounds Wednesday while claims of victory continued to reach him from other contestants. The latest to claim the champion- ship was El Paso, Tex., where the ton of ice was reported well ‘below 100 pounds shortly after 10 Pp. m. MST. The ice had been placed in the sun at 9 a. m. Tues- day. Although Kindel ruled out Gal- vest and Corpus Christi, Tex., pt arious Florida cities on a “ leality, he received: a bid. for tHe title. of the nation’s sunshipe city. from New¥ Smyrna. Mayor Jones wired his city had complied with all the rules of the contest— even to the extent of having sun- shine. Rain in Los Angeles gave Kindel an excuse to rule the Pacific Coast city out. And he dismissed the Florida and Texas claims because of the steamy heat from swamps which he said were found in those areas. { The El Paso claim was particu- larly disheartening because Bb) Paso was one of the first cities challenged. Kindel found no grounds immediately to rule El Paso out. Sailor Injured In Accident Here | G. Daun, USN, was thrown off la Cushman scooter and taken to j the Naval Hospital immediately by a Lt. after an acident involving a Greely Hendricks, 45, Police Chief Joseph Kemp said today. Officer Soriano sav" the scoot- er at the corner of Truman and Simonton streets. He arresied Hendricks on charges of reckless driving, having an accident and ‘ailing to have a driver's license. The accident occurred at 7:35 2m. Week End Specials 1950 CHEVROLET FLEETLINE TUDOR, EXTRA CLEAN $1,595 $535 DOWN 1948 FORD FORDOR $235 DOWN 196 PLYMOUTH, CLUB COUPE ‘Claude Gandolfo | ties sit on the ice against the rules, | ‘Announces For 'Tax Assessor | Claude A. Gandolfo today an- nounced his cancidacy ior re-elect- } ion as Monroe couniy tax assessor. | Gandolfo has held the office of | | assessor since Jan. 7, 1941. He} \‘has been in office during the | greatest exnansion and growth ! Monroe county has ever exper- | ienced. | When he first took office. the assessed valuation of the county was approximately $2,500,000, to- j day luation of ; Monroe atv proverties is $38.- | 000,000. The tax roll for 1941 had | 816 pages, the tax roil of 1951 had 2,168 pages In 1941 there were 1,000 appli- cations for homestead exemptions, | pes applications number about | 500 a year. “The remarkable growth of Mon- Over To City roe county had added consider- | be j able more work and responsibility C. A. Perella, 22, USN, to the sor’s office.”’ Gandolfo said “I have endeavored to keep | Spent a busy ten minutes ‘breast of the growth. I have had | last ni itti 4g installed a modern and up to dite | ot mig mitng sounicany Addressograph System and a/ and racing away from the} draftsman has been added to my | ofti p force in order to keep the} office up with the sub-divisions,| lice reported today. sales and frequent realty transfers | Vie lei eee ea jon the rapid growing keys.” | ¢ is in city jail on bond | | Gandolfo said he nad always en- | of $200. | deavored and will continue to car- | Within 15 minutes four ry out the policy of assessing pro- | * - lperties on thet tus valde ‘aggrieved car owners piled ie a ae Oa No assessor | into police headquarters | is perfect for that matter.” Gan- * | dolfo said. “There has been times | Met night to report the; when I have been off on my as-| damage to their cars. | sessments, but the majority of | First of the four reports came} times and later sales substantan- jin, at 11:35 p.m. Officer Soriano tiate it, I have been uader the real! was told that there had been a| value of properties.” hit and run accident at the cor- Gandoito said tuts only platform |ner of Duval and Greene streets. | in his campaign for re-election is|Three minutes later another call continued efficent an= ionest ad-;¢ame in that a blue 1946 or "48 ministration of the duties of as- | Chrysler had hit a parked car on! x & & On $200 Bond: | Navy Turns Him! seene of the accidents, po-! | sessor. minutes later | The Junior Chamber of { (Paid Political Advertisement) | witliam Campbell came into the jeqitte of the Tropical Hotel stat- | | Seidenberg avenue will build an| Officer Soriano went around to William L. Sands, 706 Duval damaged front end. The Guard Grinnell street, is making $600' city police by the Navy. Lt. Mc- ' A Aquilino Lopez, for minor apart- | police station. North Beach Inn and $300. for idents. by Inspector Harry Alsing to Jo-j and wrote in his report: jthe Duval Club when I heard a| . Holds Meeting jon Duval street and I saw the | merce met last night at clubhouse on Flagler Avenue. | {station to report that his ear heX —. also been hit by a departing $8,000 CBS House : ° i Permit Taken @t that her car had been hit; |while it was parked in front of | | $8,000 CBS house, it was re-|the Naval station and asked the ported by Building Inspector |Marine guard if he had seen a| street, is making additions to his| said Soriano noticed the present building at a cost of|Chrysler parked, and asked to worth of repairs to his house, in-|Clain of the Shore Patrol found jcluding painting. 'Perella, turned him over to So- jment repairs amounting to $300. He was bvoked for reckless | at 714 White street; to Margaret driving, having four accidents | , buildiig a “kitchen at the Hibis-) First victim of the hit and run | ‘cus Motel ‘sailor, was Campbell also of the! seph R. Richardson, 1800 Venen-, «1 was parked on Greene street | tia street and Lumley L. Parks, j oprosite the Duval Club at 11:35 | jerash. I ran out and saw a dark {green or blue Chrysler swerving e: j left front fender smashed.” | Com-) Campbell was quick enough to! jeounty license plate. He then re- President Jack Murray e€Xpress- jturned to his car and saw that! Jed his pleasure at the fine turn- Front street. Four driver. Then M: Vickie Rad- Clyde W. Montgomery, 2601!the Habana Madrid. Ralrh Russell today. |1946 or 1948 Chrysler with a $3,373. Reynold Thompson, 1115|/have the driver turned over to | Other permits were issued to! ;iano who brought him to the ; Mitchell $300 for a fence at the ‘ang leaving the scene of the ac- | Plumbing permits were issued Navy. He came to headquarters 921 Packer street p.m., and had just walked into Junior Chamber {down the street. It swung lett; their !observe that it was a Monroe jthe rear fender and guard were j out : . jdented. He said the Plymouth {ae het Cold, John Pearson and | parked behind him was badly Bob Youmanns reported on the smashed in the left front, and | District Caucas held in Miami hed been pushed a few feet into last Sunday the street Jim Keen, chairman of the Miss Vickie Radcliffe of the committee for the President's 'q, nical Hotel, came into head- Ball to be held Feb. Ist at the | Casa Marina Hotel for the bene- } Continued On Page Eight) quarters to report at 11:39 that her car was smashed in the left front fender by the ubiquitous blue Chrysier. A cab driver call- ed her and told he saw the de- ‘parting hit and run car. { | In the Fausto’s Food ! . . At at 11:44 John Plummer, ! |f advertisement appearing§} USN, was parked on Greene on page 13 of today’s is-ff street. The busy Chrysler came’ ; ; around the corner, failed to| sue, the day should read Saturday This spe | straighten out and ran into his} left front fender. Instead of stopping, the driver speeded up, turned the corner on to Duval} street and continued on. Plum-} mer noticed that it was a 1946/ (Continued On Page Six) | Key West High School Gymnasium wsascouee™” NYLON TENT ALL DAY FRIDAY — And The — Lighthouse Dwelling CORNER TRUMAN for Saturday, one day only, | | { AND WHITEHEAD ALL DAY SATURDAY For Ory Wood Termite Estimate see TRULY NOLEN Economy Exterminating Co. PHONE. COLLECT. MIAMI, 53444 ailor Hits And Damagin C, A. Perella, 22 * jon March 27th or 28th. Lowe | ~ * ko we tk Runs Skull Found At Loggerhead Key Citizen Staff Phot. NAVY AUTHORITIES ARE CHECKING to see if skull is that of any flier killed in a recent plane crash. Tt was diseovered by Mrs. Jack De Weese, wife of the superintendent of Fort Jef- ferson National monument. Set Hearings In-Plane Geach In Which Bisehof Was Hero Miss Mary Myers Of 620 Eaton Street Was Killed (Children’s Parade anaages bee For Polio Fund On y sew voRK, Jen. 17—Hear- Duval Street § NEW YORE Jan. 17 fear-, Va treet F at. ings in the December 29th crash | of an unscheduled airliner, in which Navy Lieut. William Bis Children’s Parade will roll down chof of Key West heroically took | Duval Street Saturday at 2:00 ] p-m., it was announced today by : “| Mrs. Ben Adams. Forming at begin on January 17th, the Civil | piv al and Truman Ave. the pa- Aeronautics Board announced | rade will proceed down Duval to here. Miss Mary Meyers of 620/Eaton Street to Whitehead and Eaton Street, Key West, was one ‘then south to the county court- of those killed in the wreck |house where it will disband for Lieut. Bischof directed remov- | the arding of pri A ‘ds al of survivors immediately af- | will be given for the largest and The Annual March of Dimes charge of rescue operations, wil ter the crash and set up tem- | smallest pets, the best decorated | porary shelters to protect the | bicycle and various other things living from the freezing tem-/Tony Arango, Georg» Hanskat peratures. and Mike Jacobs will be parade He was among the 14 survivors | marshals. of the crash, near Little Valley,i Junior Queens of the March of N. Y. Forty persons wére aboard Dimes, Jeannette Russell and the Continental Charters, Inc.,! Rosemary Sanchez will ride in a plane, bound for Buffalo, N. Y.,/convertible at the head of the from Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss Mey-j parade and local polio patients ers was one of the 26 killed will follow in other cars, Mrs. Allen P. Bourdon, of the CAB's | Adams said Bureau of Safety Investigation,| All schools in Key West will will be presiding officer at the’ participate and a large turnout open hearings, which will be is anticipated. Boy and Girl County , Scouts will be among the crowd | to accept donations for the March jof Dimes Fund. | The line of march for jrade will be as follows Sound Truck. Ker West High School Band. held in the Cattaraugus Court House, Little Valley Lowe Invited To state Conference | the pa Polio Patients in Cars. Vi Lowe, Secretary of the! Vv. F. W. Post 602, Marching <ey West Civil Service Board | Unit and vice-president of the Florida Key West Guard of Honor Association of Civil Service and} Key West High School. Personnel Agencies, has been | Truman School lasked to attend the meeting of! Boy Scouts lthe Association’s executive com-| Ha School mittee at Daytona Beach, Feb-| Girl Scouts. ruary 7th or 8th Poinciana School The executive committee and! (Continued On Page Six) convention committee are meet-, _“_“-= ing to plan the annual confererte | OR THOSE WHO APPRECIATE which takes place in Jacksonvi GOOD ITALIAN FOOD LUIGI'’S RESTAURANT o—CHICKEN CACCIATORE was elected vice-president of the | association at last year’s conven-| tion. eLeSagna ORDERS TO TAKE OUT Phone 124 177 DUVAL TEL. 1908) PRICK. FIVE CENT: Two Navy Corpsman Save Boatman’s Life * * From 4 Cars g All In Record Time Give Drage, Bloed Plasma To Man Who Sustained Bad Injury At Sea Caught’ in anchor jchain of the s boat “Ventures” crewman i Jack Brewer of Savel, Li j Island, N. Y., sustained juries which may cost him his right leg. The’ limb was almost severed below the knee. The accident occur about © p. last night 20 Dry Tortugas waters, Ln minutes after fied that a shrimper ~ had sustained a badly injiyed leg, the Coast Guard ship, Ariadne, based here, wis underway, commanded by Li, Norman Weinert. At ll p.m. the Coast Guard boat made “contact with the Ventre. Hos- oat aie mt Delpriore, HM3, — volun- being nx ~'teered to, give immediate medical assistance on the scene, Using plasma seda- tives and first aid methods, | the two rescuers saved the man’s life. On arrival in Key West at 2:35 a. m. today, Brew- ler was rushed to the Mon- ;roe General hospital. ! Dr. J. L. Lester, who re- ‘sponded to the emergency jeall imam this |morning that Brewer's id was extremely evi ‘eal and that in all proba ! bility an amputation would be necessary twisting anchor chai torn the leg almost pletely off at the time | the accident, Only the valiant efforts and medical knowledge of \the Navy corpsme ed to the U. S. Na pensary kept the from bleed Brewer was ishock and « care and me on the return trip kept him alive. Credit is also due Hugh R. Huston, HMI, man in charge at th pensary for bris alert action lin dispatching the two at- | tending Navy corpsmen to |the reseue aboard the | Ariadne. had of Tps- New Hours Starting, Fri. Jan. 18 7 A.M. 08 P.M. 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