The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1952, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was The Associated Press Teletype. Features and Photo Service: For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes | en West Citi cy Se sah THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A, VOL. LXXIII. No. 58 Sees siamese KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952 ae .Welcom Om sat -——» By SUSAN McAVOY Key West’s No. | tourist, President Harry Truman left Washington National Airport at 12:53 this noon for his 11th working vaea- tion at the Little White House, Naval Station. As usual Key Westers | jtook the arrival in their stride, set into motion only official weleomes and | parking regulations for the | — <n of the Chief see: Giant Pageant | | Tells City F nthe: Gol That Dog ‘Track Will Bring Community Chines Week | Cuban Folk Singers Performance Banned By Immigraiion Men Public Feeling ne ; ae s High: Visitors To | Vasitioeme Rexelty Slighted Return Behind “Gulf Curtain”? By JIM CORB 3 Several hundred |. disap+} Pointed and..angry:».specta- tors went) away: from - last | night’s La Semana Alegre} Cuba Night City Agrees To Consider Dog Track On Stock Island; Public To Decide Issue If Presented By Referendum Saae Commissioners Not Approving. Or Disapproving Of Dog Track Groups of eager tourists ; and ¢ lined = the | streets to wait fora glimpse | |of the Chief, long before | his expected arrival time The! President ‘left’ ‘the’ pital,’ coll in’ tempiiraly” pes, but ‘hor! P political debate over his | 7 F & predtia rahe Will Perform In W. Martello Production | program at giant foreign aid program; | The vast Semana Alegre Histori- | Monroe County Beach iwhich faces a fight against | cal Pageant, in which more than i when Cuba’s King and lelection year economy eal en eA aoe taking part, opens f : oa jat West Martello Tower at 8 p.m. Queen of Calypso Music reates. | tonight. The Pageant, which is un- ran afoul’ of Uncle. Sam’s In sharp contrast with thelder the direction of Mme. Yrma ieuuttigration laws and were |romp and ceremony attendant { Labastille, will run f+ two nights upon arrivals of European mon- | and is the climax of the “Week of jarchs, President Truman comes | Joy.” into his favorite vacation city! During the gala evening, all with only Navy, and police es- | phases of Key West's picturesque corts and Marine welcome. | history will be unfolded. Carib Ind- | Though extraordinary meas- |ians will tangle with Coloosa Ind- jures have been taken to protect ;iams. Conquistadores will plant the the nation's leading. citizen, Mr, | flag of Spain, Pirates will strut. | Truman ‘surrounds ‘himself with | Weeekers will rush into action at } not allowed scheduled. A legal technicality} seems to be the reason ‘for the ban as. permission for the artists to appear was evidently not made through | to appear as the proper channels. The Inone of the aura of Presidential | thefamess ery of “Wreek ashore!" | laminae Dept, pn | jglamour when he hits Kev. West. | ee Patriots will honor Marti. t H : oe 9 ign on ast night’s Citizen Staff Photo | #° Will have changed his busi- | Babemia aeered traditions will scheduled concert. ness suit for a Truman shirt al- | 9¢ © lance and song. The Juan Antonio Anduerza, Aga- most as soon as he reaches the. first ain will argive. Hur- pito Gonzalez and beautiful Nora| WHEN THE KING AND QUEEN of Cuban Calypso singers ar- Citizen Little ite : : (Continuea on Page Three) Diaz, reigning monarchs’ in the rived “in Key West, they’reeeived a royal brushoff. from local ine eh py Meteo -+--——---—+ | ATTORNEY ABE ARONOVITZ: Miami was advised dust. niga? Cuban Calypso music world, immigration authorities who refused them permission to perform | oq by Weather Bureai: Chief $ 000 Stolen by 4-1 vote that City Commissioners would listen to bis proposi- ad . watched last night's Comparsas | at last night's Cuba.Night program of La Semana Alegre, The | Sam, Goldsmith, . the iP psident | , tien for. le; a 20-acre tract on Stock Islandys» oe Aronoyitz’s - aeebd program fromm thé -sidelines..fok | royal couple is showp,abeve;-at the left, thesQueéh, Miss Nora»! wilt undoubtedly. take “his first Gunmen From} cient is Sam *Filiedland, multi-millionaire. z — lowing a hearing before a “board Diaz and Asapita Gonzalez, King of the Cuban Calypso singers dip of the trip in Key West ° P 7 of special inquiry” convened by | en j waters which have been blear Quonset. Point Officer in Charge George Brad- | shaw of the United States Im- migration Service. The rhubarb started yesterday morning as the champions arriv- ed by plane from the Cuban| Capitol, when they were asked to sign dn affidavit stating that they would not appear in public as entertainers while in Key West. They were told at this time in Spanish that they would be liable to a five year jail sen-{ tence and a $2,000 fine if they | were found in violation of this ruling. They were then told to) appear at the Immigration office in the post office for the hear- ing following which they were admitted “as visitors for pleasure for a period of ten days,” Mean- while, Key Westers were de- prived of one of the features of the La Semana Alegre Festival and the Cubans. will sreturn hol their homeland today with slightly bad taste in’ their rigaltt following — theipcyt brush with American official” hosgitality.- Public indignation over treatment of the visitors ‘Contipved On Pag the wie CELTS GSTS Rox Allen and Mary, Elien Kay “THUNDER IN GOD'S COUNTRY” 10 P.M. Never a cover or Roosevelt Bly 1 500,000 Sewer Project Is |Awarded To Clifford-Cooper Engineering Fi irm Of Miami | WILL START PRELIMINARY WORK FIRST OF NEXT WEEK By 3-2 vote, the engineer- | |ing firm of Clifford- Cooper | of Miami were awarded the |‘ ‘estimated $1,500,000 sewer Mcoatsion and improvement “Projpet fosiaht Ky, of Key | Wosb ae : | start preliminary work, ‘by, | the first of next week, It is expected that this antici- pated $1,500,000 can be borrowed nities Taste” In Piece On Cars Praised By Owned Dud Wilson, collector of antique qulos and sporting cars warned n reporter Sisan McAvoy when she interviewed him last month not to poke any fun at his antideluvian Rolls Royce. He said that it would be grounds for his, expulsion from the ‘select Rolls Royce Club of America if any derogatory remarks abo ‘insure © Wilson's ag and tan. py association w the horseless- carriage trade, Susan ‘made no side remarks or even innuendoes in her piece about Wilson and vintaye cars. Perhaps as a result of this re-{ and moderate all week. F Despite the heayy work sched- ule ahead of him in weeks here, the President will mix in daily sunbathing, swim- jming and reading at the Naval | Base. 2 ting the President at:Boca Chica field this afternoon were ;the eleven commanding officers! at 50 miles an hour. Three marines {of naval installations in Key {were on duty at the gate. , West, headed by Capt. C. C.| Government funds were not in- | Adell volved. State Representative Bernie C. Papy was at the field to wel- come the President for the Coun- about three weeks he Pampaign ile“in the months to come. Close associates pent out he is committed to a heavy speech-mak- ing program regardless of whether | he r vr not expect him to disclose his plans ‘his three | ty. Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey remained in Key West instead of leaving for‘ Cuba with the other city officials to greet the Chief! When the ba drove up. Executive. Lynch said gunmen jumped The pk ca White | Ut of their car, waved the guns House correspondents, left Wash- Cworenn one of them said: inglan at 11:46 a.m. and ‘was Fb not kidding.” i scheduled to“arrive at Boca Chi- | ie said the two men sothed ca at 3:30upithe'* * «pte moitey sacks, ju into their Mr. Truman plans to 'sperid’ sedan and re-election. They do NAVAL AIR STATION, QUON- SET POINT, R. 1.@—Two masked |men Carrying short, stubby revolv- ers held up the Quonset Point Na- | val Air Sistion Credit Union today | and escaped with $100,000 in cash. Naval Station o“ficers said the | bandits fled in a green sedan, rac- | ing through the Air Station gate Gerald Lynch, Avie R. EA the Credit Union manager, and | Thomas Smith , civilian guard, were about to carry the funds—in canvas sacks—from their parked cars at the rear cf the building SEMANA ALEGRE'S | GAY HISTORICAL | Alegre | Comparsa Perform Before CUBAN CALYPSOS BARRED FROM SINGING BY SURPRISE RULING Appreciative crowds lined Duyat Street last night to watch Kry West's Semana Alegre COMPARSA perform, while a throug estimated at 3,000 received the dancers at County Beach. Through a sudden (Continued On Page Three) | PICTURE FRAMING | OLD Island Post. 301 Whitehead Returning Starting isteach “THE TRUMAN SONG” Thousands ‘County Will Get... About $28,500. Monroe County will receive a-re- cord $28,500 as its share of the horse racing revenue produced by |. the Hialeah track for the state this winter, SPECIAL MEETING age SCTAL DEMAND Tomorrow WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST? IT COSTS NO MORE, AND PROBABLY LESS RAUI'S RESTAURANT and Cocktail Lounge FREE SNACKS AT OUR TROPICAL BAR FROM 4 TO 8 P.M. 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