The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1952, Page 1

SRT ECE RR TT Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 1s THE NEWSPAPER IN THE JU Ken West Citisen SOUTHERNMOST VOL. LXXIII. No. 56 XEY WEST, PLORIGA, WEDWEEGAY, MARCHIs, 195 Woman Injured In Truman Ave. Auto Accident Charges Pla Against Two Men As Aftermath Of Three Accidents Mrs. Florence Bustard of 645 United Street was taken to the Navy Hospital yes' erday follow- ing a two car collision at the corner of Truman Avenue and White Street. According to the accident report, a car driven by Milton. Appel of 926 Duval Street was struck by the vehicle driven by Mrs. Bustard as he was making a left hand turn at the intersection resulting in the injuries to Mrs, Bustard and damage to both cars. When a car driven by H. C.\§ Allen of. the Marine Motel ploughed into the rear of an auto owned by Merrill E. Dodson of the Seaplane Base while he was stopped for a light at the corner of Truman Avenue and Windsor Lane, investigating officer Ar- mando Perez placed Allen under | arrest on charges of reckless driving, having an accident and driving while under the influ- ence of intoxicating beverages. Allen was taken to the City Jail and later released on $250 bond for appearance in Munici- pal Court. When Lester Scott fell asleep at the wheel of his car proceed- ing east on Truman Avenue at Francis St., his auto struck two parked cars owned by George Richardson of the USS Gilmore and Jack Kelso of 2016 Fogarty Avenue, causing damage to all three vehicles. Scott was given a summons for reckless driving and having an Mobile Trailer Driving Tests School bus drivers, truck drivers, and any others who wish will be tested for their capabilites by the Commercial Vehicle: Training pro- gram on March 13 and 14, Super- intendent of Public * Instruction Horace O’Bryant announced today. ‘The drivers will take tests in the Mobile Driver Training Labora- tory, a big trailer which is sent around by the Florida Departinent of Education, City and County drivers, as well as private truck drivers will have | an opportunity to be tested as to their judgement of distance, their night sight, and other features. In the case of school bus driv reports will be gives to O’Bryai Owners of private truck fleets w receive test results on their indi- vidual drivers, O'Bryant sai Navy truck drivers will also be} tested if their superiors ask fo. | tests. ‘The testing program is part of educational pro- the State’s adult gram, O’Bryant said. All testing is done inside the mol trailer. WANTED Furnished Apartment Permanent Resident Advise NAVARRO, Inc. Phone 600 Used Car Bargains BEST IN TOWN 1942 Studebaker, Champion Ceiling Price $445 SALE PRICE $95 1941 Chrysler Ceiling Price $490 SALE PRICE $295 1941 Ford Club Coupe Ceiling Price $485 . SALE PRICE $425 1941 Buick Special Ceiling Price $510 SALE PRICE $295 1949 Ford Club Coupe Ceiling Price $1245 SALE PRICE $1195 1950 Ford Tudor Ceiling Price $1612 SALE PRICE $1395 One-Third down Payment Balance |At Close Of Flower Show | and business leaders will fly to # | vana at 10:00 | to a Civie Leaders Will Go To Havana Frid Talks On Proposed na-Key West Ferry Slated In Cuban Capitol A delegation of Key West civic a.m. on Friday at tne invitation of Cuban bank exe cutive Justo Carillo to confer on details of the proposed Key West Havana ferry operation or C.B. Harvey will remain y West to greet President S. Truman who is expected ai the Boca Chica air- field Friday afternoon. Harvey, along with his wife will then board a later plane for the Cuban Capi |tal to take part in the conference. Among those making trip are: | ———. x egion ~ HeldTo | Five Impartial | Judges Of | Community Will Decide Winners | The committee in charge of arrangements for the County level of the Na- Fred Dion, President of the Gulf | | Atlantic Transportation Company, | x Monroe county parents and teachers will have their first ex Emotional Life Of Child — Subject Of Course Opening ———¥ The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to tke Best Interests of Key Wew PRICK FIVE CENT! itded Cothron Oratorical Contest Will Be night At Convent Auditorium kok Ok $21,000 Job On Grassy Key Objected To April 14 At KWHS Annex | By F. Bentley Contracts totaling $42,. level. Without college credit the | 633 were awarded Alonzo fee is $10 for the entire course. For 345 _;, @fter April 1, Wilson said. i | MRS. G. J. BRENNER (left) of Von Phister street, chats with Mrs. Gene \Otto, wife of the ‘General Director of the Key West | Garden Club Flower Show which ended yesterday at the Elks Club. Officers of that organization say that this year’s show- ing was the most successful ever. A Pathway Of Bright Petals x ke * | Exhibitors Dismantle The Brilliant Displays Today | xk ‘Marks End Of ee "Show TERE R RRR RE R ERE RE R ERR REESE —4By DOROTHY RAYMER | | Crimson, purple, yellow and {pink petals paved the little al-| leyway just off Duval street out- side the Elks Club annex bright }and early this morning as_ if} some regal personage had passed that way and had been feted | with showers of blooms. ' Polgar Forced To Cancel Trip Here | Hiness has forced the cancella- tion of the Dr. Franz Polgar show, tonight. The Junior Chamber of Com- ) be retgined for the re- scheduling of the show. ‘ | which attracted thousands of | visitors and national. interest. |The exodys of the display began jlate last night after the closing | hours of the show and continued | jagain today shortly after eight | o'clock. Exhibitors bustled April 1 Deadline O: County Taxes ‘this is the last month in which county real estate and —"oses, arm loads of greenery and | | personal property taxes can bougainvillea to waiting cars| be paid without penalty, (nd trucks. Wallace B. Kirke | | | Monroe County Tax Collect- or Howard Wilson said to- , day. Taxes become carefully detached orchid sprays | {from the exotic exhibit “Phanta- | |sy” which was sponsored by the | |Key West Orchid Club. | There were a few miniature | {shadow boxes still lighted,|} among them the blue ribbon | winners arranged by Mrs. Emery | Komlos and Mfrs. . Delio Cobo. | \“Pink Gold,” Mrs. Komlos’ |unique display was still faseinat- | jing to see with tiny flowers in| ja shrimp shell and a shining gold | button gleaming in the light. Mrs. Cobo's miniature bore jblue ribbon which was attached ; delinquent From April to June 1, Property of delinquent tax payers will be advertised with interest accruing on one and one-half percent of the taxes, and advertising costs billed to owners. Though taxes can be paid April 1 to June 1, the tax sale advertisement will con- tinue to apzear in The Citi- zon, Wilson said. All but 30 percent of Mon- jafter the judge’s first decision | Her theme, “Ballerina,” was ). Phe: pathway of petals marked West, Gatttén Club Flower Show | | Wat be given “a Citizen Staff Photo | George Bonamy of the Hotel and) Motel Association, City Commis- sioner and Mrs. Deli Commissioner and M bonell, City Commissi laney and City Commissioner Lou- is M. J. Eisner, County Commis- sioner Harry Harris, radio station owner John Spottswood, Edwin ‘Vrevor, President of the Key West Chamber of Commerce and County Clerk and Mrs. Earl R. Adams. Among topics expected to be dis- cussed during the talks are the txa- ing and licensing of a city owned ad operated parking lot at the foct ated parking lot at the footmt* of Simonton Street to accomodate the expected flow of traffic from the ferry cperation. Queen Of Island To Be Chosen For Fun Nite It’s Fun Nite tonight at County | Beach. The weekly evening of enter- tainment for tourists and winter vi- sitors is being held at the na Alegre pageant: The program will be sparked by community singing led by Mrs. | Eleanor Dowski, former star of the | accompanied by | concert _stage, Ne-man Kranich, popular local ac- cordianist. : A premier of the revised movie Fascinating Florida Keys” will be i around car- | shown, This sound picture depicts |thur Sawyer Post No. 28, Amer- |rying potted plants, bowls of | the beau ty of the-Florida Keys and jican Legion, sponsors of the lo- Key West in fuli color. A Queen of the Island will be se- | lected from among the winter vis- sitors present. The lucky winner day on the town” which will consist of the following Of the judges are Adorabie | Withheld until after the Shampoo and presentations by lc Beauty Salon; ightsceing tour, Ramca Navarro; luneheon, Lee Orient Restaurant; tour of the the Aquarium; dinner at taurant; Historical Pageant, Ma tello Towers. Next week's Fun Nite will g be held at Bayview Park. Ten set, | program plans for that night center | dental’ round the showing of motion pic of Ft. Jeffersca at Dry Tortu- . It will be narrated by Mr. k DeWeese, superintendent at ational monument. the Program time is 8:00 p.m, on tional High School Oratori- ral Contest announced to- day that all high schools ix | the county will have a rep "| sions will be instrueted by M tension course on family problems, | those desiring undergraduate cred- in April and May, Assistant School) it, or the extension of a graduate | superintendent Leland March an-| certificate without credit toward | nounced today. | the master’s degree, the fee is $16; The course of 24 hour cla s-| those wanting credit toward the | MA, must pay $21. The course is Bench ti oi finals. Winners of the al merchants: | Raul’ s Res- | resentative in the contest | M- Goodson. assistant _professo: feo be held : |Home and Family Life. Florida| jo be held tonight at the | state University, Tallahassee, Flo- Convent auditorium at By tide. Subject is “The Child in the| . | Home. p.m. It is part of a wider program! Only students actually enroll- | urged by the Monroe County Juye- ed in their resp schools for | nile Council to prevent juvenile de-| the scholastic year are eligible | linquency, March said. to participate. In the county le-| If parents and teachers under- vel contest there will be repre- stand the child from his earliest sentatives from the Convent of | Years through high school, many} | Mary Immaculate, the Key West | Problems can be prevented that | High and the Douglass High. The | later cause delinquency, it is felt. |Monroe County winner will | The neds of children for affection, | |compete with the Dade County | es br care will be} | winne: i<triet eon. | covered in the extension course. | See wee loeh Rusiast con All classes will be held at the | j test to be held in Mia lich 14, samt ©M| Key West High School annex. First Contestants will each bel week of the course is from April 14 a {suitable engraved. The District ‘winner will go to the Area com- petition and then on to the De- 2 to 17. Mrs. Goodson wil hold the class- es from 4 to 6p. m. daily. Those whe. ire college credit : are ‘semester: huurs -ow fstate finals will Be-awarded sub: either undergraduat or graduate stantial monetary prizes and ecommended to those teachers who wish to extend their certifi- cate. Purpose of the course is to help parents and teachers to understand better the factors which affect the guidance of the child during the pre-school and early school days. Course outline follows: 1. The infant and the pre-school child in the family: A. New problems that arise with the coming of a baby. B. The care of the young child. C. Learning to live with people. 2. The school child in the family: A. Changed routine, 8. Home. guardian of social ac- tivities, is ae : a) | 19; second session is from May; —C. The relation between pre-ad- arded with a handsome, medal | | olescent guidance and. adolescent adjustment. 4 1 said to call him at tel jwill go to the Regional contest and finally to the National elim- inations, winners of whith will |receive scholarships of $4000, $2500, $1000, and $500. All ex- |penses to and including the De- | |rartment finals are borne by Ar- | Masked Ball To Climax Semana Alegre Program East Martello Tower perfected, according for climatic Ball at have to | cal contest. , Five impartial judges, chosen | from the professional and busi- /Ness citizens of the community will decide the winners. Names | necessarily contest over. Contestants will’ be; judged on the basis of accuracy been ing the event. The dance will start at 10 p.m, and last till 2:00, Music will be provided by a 16- and effectiveness, poi: and per- from the USS sonality, oratory and timing. _| Yosemite, destroyer tender pres- great Democracy, Arthur | ¢rship of Chief Kelly. t Post is eager to impress! Masks and wigs will be provid- lis piece orchestra mmunity with the coinci-'ed at the door for all those who art which this contest! do not come in costume. The -|assumes in teaching our youth |the basic part of the only “ism j floor of East Martello, nih has |worth following, Americanism. | been smoothed and filled |And to bring these truths more jto facilitate dancing, will be il- | strongly to the attention of our}iuminated by colored lights, |present leaders, the Post cor- level ar- {ranged by C. A. Van Deursen. Mrs, | Lucie Bratenahl, who is organiz- | | roe County tax payers - have ed with a jeweled dancing | | paid up since the tax roll ure, a tiny piano, an arch of | | opened on November 1. Wil- (Continued On Page Six) son said. He urged citizens to come fo the Courthouse in any week day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. including lunch hour, to pay on the 1951 tax roll. INS, Up Rent |Quarters On | Catherine St. The United Press and In- ternational News Service won't be beaten this year by The Assosiated Press, Pho- fographer Jeff Brodhead, 815 Catherine street, stated to- day. Brodhead said his resi- dence has been rented by THANKS | Many Many Thanks to the great | number of friends who supported | me in La Semana Alegre contest. | Especially those who were so kind as to bring Citizen votes to my) Home, Many whom | did net know | by name. Thanks these two news services to | a8 your Queen | shall be a install machines for quick jing as | Was Pleased. sending of photos to their Gratetully, subscribers, Installation last year in ‘ The Citizen plant gave the AP « definate advantage over the other news services | whe had to send their prints to Miami by car before transmittal. . | ATTENTION | AN IMPORTANT MEETING | Will Be Held Friday, March 7 WILL NOT APPEAR AS | Fun Nite, and the performance is » free to the public. npn eg SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DRAFT BOARD RESIGNED LAKEVIEW, Ore, uy — The draft board of this South Cen Orego county resigned in a body Tuesday fo prevest regulations which ex- empt certain foreigners in the U.S. | from military service. Auto Safety Tag Sales Are Slow City Tax Collector Archie Ro- berts said today that only 357 motorists have obtained Auto In- spection Tags at his office to date. The tags, which went on sale March Ist will have to be obtained prior to the March 15th deadline, Roberts said. ' Eight thousand of the fags ere expected to be issued as com- pared with 6,000 during the last inspection period. Roberts announced that his of- fice will be open on Saturday mornings for the purnese of is- suing Safety tags. Police and Firemen are conducting the in- | spections daily at the City Hall. | | ise Marke C—O — vee vowels" "| POOR OLD GRAIG TONIG! Mr.CARIOLA willbe | SERVICE STATION | PLEASE HOLD Your TICKETS here. sas 7* at pe Phone 9198 — pati ee x Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders Fiesa Tubes” Batteries ST JR. C. . Union | pein a. F. of L. _ Accessories lineata el dially invites and urges the pub- lic to attend and support this contest by its attendance. ‘Bartender Held ‘For Extradition Paul E. West, Jr., wanted for | embezzling $419 in Rockville, Il, | was arrested by the Sheriff's de- partment last night and is be- jing held in Monroe County jail ane extradition to his home | state. West was head bartender at | the Cabana Club on Duval street. jIt is charged that he embezzled |the $419 from the Tri-State Bev- |erage Distribution corporation on | September 5, 1951. ‘PALACE Gerald Mehr and Derothy Patrick in “BLONDE BANDIT” { DAIRY QUEEN WHITE and UNITED STS. Now Featuring | SODAS and | COOLERS jan Flavors 25¢ | CHOCOLATE DAIRY QUEEN | AVAILABLE THURSDAY ONLY {Casemates will be decorated { {with ferns, palms and other | plants, Any guest who doesn't think | he or she is having a good time | at the dance or who is having too | good a time and wants to stot Allenski, | famous Key West palmist, who will be on hand to read fortunes. Tickets to the Masked Ball | may be obtained at the Chamber | of Commerce, the Key West) Press it the door. | may consult Margeska FREED IN 320M SUIT “Wife Gave Him Blank Check; He Wrote $20,000 On It MIAMI # — A detonair young plumber who danced in attendance jon a wealthy, middle-aged widow | was credited today with earning | the $20,000 he allegedly tocx from | her. | “This case does not belong in this court,” said Criminal Court Judgé Ben C. Willard at the | trial Tuesdav. “The boy probably | earned the $20,000." So the plumber, Kenneth R. Des- | mond, 28, who was boy friend, husband and boy friend again \te Mrs. Frieda Scheinbaum, 58, waed out of court a free man. He ‘told the court of the hard- ships of a young man married to an elderly wife. At the same time he professed his love, and added: “It's not hard to love someone with $500,000." Mrs. Scheinbaum, widow of an Easter dye manufacturer, said she met and married Desmond last April, then had the marriage an- nulled in June after she found he had a ¢riminal record that in- cluded ‘grand larceny and auto | theft convictions. When she returned here this winter, sie testified, she and her ycing ex-husband began seeing each other again. One day last November at her (Continued On Page Six) Fort further information, Mareh}) Cothron last night for | building six roade on the Upper Keys and one on Grassy Key at the Monroe County Commission meet- The Upper Keys road contract comes to $21,633; that for the. Grassy Key road is $21,000. Bids for road repairs and construction on the Lower Keys will be opened next Tuesday night, it was announced, — Cothron’s bids were the only ones on both jobs, The road program at Tavernier ineludes work at Taver- nier beach, Grove Park at Taver- nier Track. Commissioner Frank Bentley op- oe the $21,000 Gratsy Key road “I don’t think the county is jus tified in ye expensive a ip Q that have to be re- Duilt.” Allen circulated pictures of the Beach Saga ite Pree y County Smog P. Goggin, show conch shells sticking up in the bumpy surface. “I see no point in throwing away money for inferior roads.” Allen said. “This way with an engineer to plan we will have roads that wii! Bentley still objected to the Gras- sy Key Road saying that the are« may never develop. Allen counter. ed saying that there are perman- ent residents in th area. “A man actually stopped me on the street the other day and cursed me because the road has not been developed.” Allen said. Commissioner Clarence said; “We've been building inferior roads for six years, Now we have an engineer who recommends that we build good roads that will last forever, We should either pay attention to the engineer or forget it." The Grassy Key bid was Tinally accepted with Bentiey objecting. Commissioners also voted to ac cept a $4,449 bid for lighting the colored ball field, Hunter G, Har- den was awarded the contract. Douglass School | Commissioners voted to refer to their Welfare tao rage S Lend ss school request for finaneia i kelp in sending the girls basketball team to Tallahassee for the tour- nament. Expenses for bus trans portation and meals will come to more than $900 a letter from R.A. Allen Principal and Coach , Dean stated. Monroe County Hospitial Admin (Continued On Page Three) Higgs HAS CRAIG DOCK — GRINNELL STREET IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR LABORERS ‘ MECHANICAL and ELECTRICAL LABORATORY CALL 1771 FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT —