The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 1952, Page 1

Seamer, Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 70 Se VOL. LXXifi. No. 59 . Happy To Be Bac PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN Harvey, whose husband, Louis M. J, Eisner Coast Guard Takes Man Off Tanker At KW Sea Buoy , Lawrence Gurneit, seaman, was transferred at sea by Coast Guard men last night and brought into the Navy hospital for treatment of a kidney infec- tion, it was announced today. The call for help from tanker SS Tydol Bayonne came to Coast Guerd headquarters at 8:38 p.m. The 38 foot Coast. Guard boat picked up Gurnett at the Sea Buoy at 12:57 | rv i te ie He was” broug! Shore and taken to the hospital by Coast Guard truck, The SS Tydo! is bound from Corpus Christ to New Haven. Gurnett's next of kin is his son, Donald, who lives at 1146 Brand street, Syracuse, N. Y. Manning the Coast Guard ship | were R. V. Kennedy, BM3, in charge, C. D. Ketzel and G Bay- nes, crew. Rear Admirals Attend Party At Ft. Taylor The supper dance at Fort Taylor Officers’ Club held last night was | thoroughly enjoyed ‘by a_ record crowd including over 20 Honot'} RC AF Matitime Wing officers evening's, program was by the Commander Fleet Training | Group. Music dancing played’by the Commander Destroy er Force. for was the Mayor, sponsored | Key West Citisen NE WSPAPER E SOl THE RNMOS st IN THE U.S The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Servic: For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes? hk In Key West smiles as he Calypso Caper semana Alegre ‘ nitleemen Feel That Immigration Men Should Have Warned Of Ban By Jim Cobb At an emergency meeting this morning at the Chamber of Com-) merce, the officiak:coltmittee Ot }the La Semana Alegre, Week of} | Joy Celebration, the members re- leased a Statement .in — protest ‘against. the action of the United |State Immigration Department's ban on the scheduled performance of the King and Queen of Cuban Calypso Music at Thursday night's | Cuba Night program which was a | feature of the weeklong celebra- tion ey Sa ‘We are extreme- | Ay ly disappointed at the lack of co- operation on the part’ of the Immi- ion Authorities. Had they en us advance notice of any ob- ‘tion to the performance of the | King and Queen we would have |made every effort to straighten the matter out.” The misunderstanding, — which} could well have'a profound effect on Cuban-American relations, o¢- curred when Juan Antonio Anduer: and Miss Nora Diaz who are ac- claimed the King and Queen of ban Calypso singers’ arrived in, West for an. appearance at ursday evening's afair and were ' de nied .permission to perform by local’ Immigration authorities. The sis, who. eame at the: invita, tion of officials of the San Carlos _ Institute ahd the Semana a Alegre SORRY!!! THE PREVIEW AND RECEPTION OF THE PAINTINGS OF OLD MEXICO by ELVIRA B. REILLY has been postponed from Sunday Afternoon to Tuesday afiernoon March 11, from 4to 9 P. M., at the West Martello Gallery MONROE COUNTY BEACH Key West, Florida THE CHURCH OF CHRIST es you to hear THE G OSPELOF CHRIST TON IGHT ach evening Speaker JOHN FRENCH, evangelist Stuttgart, and VON PHISTER STS. CORNER ASHBY Ark, is welcomed by Key West's can just be seen in back of the President, * | Committee were to have Citizen Staff Photo “First Lady,” Mrs. C.B. and Commissioner Key Westers Kick On Cuban At Official Conference | without pay According to the government }men, the artists could not be per | mitted fo. apear because exists | immigration laws state that on veeognized concert, ges unmet admitéd for such programs. Tho |the same artists have been in Key West to sing at least three times in the past was not con | mented on by the authorities. / | pito Gonzalez in particular, 1: | year’s champion and a member of this year's group of six perform ers sang in Key West last October lat the request of th Institute in their “ | fete. Gonzalez has appeared Cuban Club and s enterta the patients at the Key West N Hospital | Considered Amateurs The performers, who are consid ered amateurs in’ Cuba, gained | their titles in competition scone ed by Havana's famed Radio C \denas. The radio station paid hele passage td Key West and local |resaurant-owner Benny Fernandez has offered free meals for the ar | tists. o de Ya Julio Cabanas, president of the |SC. Institute, reiterated today | that he had vontered by telephone with Deputy Imigration. Inspector Rogers Brown on the evening pre- ceding the arrival of the Cubansé and at that time he was assured} that he would notify the Officer in | Charge, George Bradshaw. Cabany! Jas 1 that be later talked to Bradshaw pesonally at which time he would be at the | self when tie visitors arrived When a special hearing was cont vened in the Post Office, the | Cubans were asced to sign an af. fidavit certifying that they would not perform here. Any violation they were told would make them li able to a $2000 fine and 5 years im prisonment | Meanwhile, ral hundred | spectators who had gathered the Monroe County Beach to hear the singers went home disappoint ed when it was announced that they would not be permitted to perform Joe Allen, announced at this | morning’s meeting that the Sema na Alegre had spent $400 on cos- jtumes and musicians for the Cuba | Night fete whieh was free to the public. Informed quarters have sial that they will ask for ap officia linguiry into the situation. Loc {feeling is at a high piteh with fear expressed that the situation wher \aired in Cuba might have an ¢ verse effect on the influx of Cuban tourists to Key West. PALACE Red Cameron and Adele Mara in "SEA HORNET” KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SRTURDAY, “MARCH 8, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENT: chown Dog nent At Work Here» Prize-Winning Dog Fights For Life Arse nie Of Lead ho died of the g on. $.dogs as a result. of mous poisoners. te for the: deadly stuft thiosulate, 15 grams, to {| i ile solution, adminis: tered. iniraveinously, he: said. Yien is using, in. the attempt she entered in Miami. ed the diz lead poisoni Comdr. BL family at seidenburg said: “fhe poisoner, whoever he is, stopping ing dogs right now One of Comdr. present making the dog cir Cuba and recently won a prize Jatanzas province the poisoner, if found, is dle by law. Dog World, ma of canine lovers makes landing | and own- all of them me from ra I am selling Blair's dogs is at appeared | offer of $50 for information leading | fo the arrest of anyone who at- tempts to kill dogs, said. Comdr. Blair ‘Dr. Hamilton Hurt | an Carlos! Badly In Fall At Martello Towers Dr. Aubrey C. Hamilton was badly injured last night when he fell from a parapet at the West Martello Towers while aiding in the preparations for last night’s scheduled La Semana Alegre Pa- | geant. | airport him-} ath, Dr. Hamilton was carrying sound equipment yp the stairs when he lost his balance and fell down 8 steps striking the con- crete base of the structure. Tak- en to the Navy Hospital, ivries were diagnosed as a located shoulder, five fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder blade. This morning Dr. Ha condition was reported as iIton’s “fair.’* Today's Stock Market NEW YORK i Oil issues made some spectacular ‘gains in today’s short session, and the ket as a whole pushed higher. ailroads were strong leaders, and the advanee encompassed air lines, radio-teleyisions, _ utilities, and some of the motors, is and chemicals, ains ranged up over a wide} course with Amerada Petroleum | ip between 15 and 16 points at before falling back. Shell times Oil was up around eight points. | was an estimated) rhe volume 700.000 shares, day heavy for a Satur- Last week the total was 460,-) 000 shares Canadian Pacific, which has heavy oil holdings, was all over the at ape sain. Other oil eompanies or com- panies with oil interests making j| better than average progress in- cluded Standard Oil of Indiana, } | Cities Service, Northern Pacific, | and alse Union Pacific and St. tegis Paper. , Others on the higher side m- c cluded Santa Fe, United Air Lines, an Telephone, Dome Mines, yre-Poreupine, Dow Chemi- American Woolen, Bethlehem U.S. Rubber, Admiral Corp. eal CHOICE BUILDING LOTS Convenient to Schools and Shopping Zone, Residence “A” from $1500 CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS PHONE 1865 - 1648 ner has al- He is sell- the That. is what_a Miami veterinar the life of: Mary Lee Linda, reeently won five out of seven | The r who lives with bis s accomplis hed his purpose of ait in in times with. a good} President Swims, Walks, tates n Ist Day Here is vice: ‘Phis Morning ‘On Gambling. | Man Held As Bolita Seller As Aftermath Of Police Crackdown |» On ‘Local Gambling The Police Department con- tinued their intensive campaign against gambling activities in | Key* West this morning when ten |men were arrested on gaming charges. Raymond Portier, 25, of 108) Geraldine Street we 8:00 a.m. this morning on Pe- tronia Street by Police Officer J. Braxton following an alleged | |Bolita transaction. Also taken jinto custody was Tom Porter, 1100 Thomas Street who was) charged with “gambling by the | purchase of a Bolita ticket.” Police confiscated $3.00 in cash and a pair of Bolita tickets. Bond |for the pair»was sete at: $100 for appearance i.Murtieipak Court: At 12:55 this rning, Police swooped awn an alleged gambling den the KY Club and arrested R. L, Smith charg- | ing him with “settimg up and operating a game of chance for money.” Bond for Smith was set Jet $100. Also taken into custody in the raid and charged with “loitering | in gambling establishment” were: John Gedson, a_ shrimper; A. Perry of 1016 Howe Street; wu Gedson, a shrimper; W. A. I ty | Kemp of 220 Olivia Street; Pem- 305 Petronia | | broke King of ; James Brown of ©713 | Windsor Lane and A. Greene, no} | address Bond at $50. for these ‘Sale Of Safety Stickers. Lagging City Tax ‘Collector Archie Roberts said today thut the seule of Auto Safety Inspec- tion Stickers continue to lag with only 1010 of an expect- ed 8000 applications to date. City Manager Dave King has announced that there will be no extension on the time limit for obtaining the stickers and that! violators will be penalized. } Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES 411 Fleming St. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT HAAS enjoying resident of Random House, New York publishing firm. arrested at} men was set) . And Wife their winter vacation ROBERT HAAS | RANDOM HOUSE | VP VACATIONS WITH MRS, HAAS By SUSAN McAVOY The attitude toward the noise of | television and the quality of cheap | |reprint bocks, held by Robert | Haas, vice-president of Random | House, book publishers has_ the | same unruffled graciousness as | the firm's brownstone mansion at | the busy corner of Madison avenue | and 5lst in New York City. i Haas, like the fifty year-cld- | mansion refuses to be perturbed. | | “My view is very strong that book clubs and 25 cent book re- | prints expand the book-reading | ‘audience and are beneficial all | around,”’ said the handsome white | haired partner of the lively firm. | “As to television, the book busi- | }ness has been extremely good, bet- | ter than it ever has been, since the | | advent of television. It keeps peo- |ple at home. To be sure the fami- jly is viewing television. But pco- | ple can’t look at it all the time, and they tend te read in between |step was to conduct an informal ; ishows. When people go out to films they are out for the whole evening and irrevocably lost to Though television competes time it has book read- | books. for people's leisure actually not «effected ing.’ Publishers are therefore not con- cerned about any threat of the vi deo medium. Relaxed and assured, | ‘Continued On Page Tnreey SEMANA ALEGRE PASEANT MONDAY and TUESDAY NIGHTS DRESS AL TONIGHT | 8 O'CLOCK amie. wee) ES | Piano and Theory Instruction — 409 Fleming St Phone 1850 P | Citizen Staff Photo at the Casa Marina, Mr. Haas Ten Arrested Television And Reprints »..\ Tendex.Little Threat. To Book Publishing Today 'Youth Center Registration Date Is Named Council Elects Officers Who Will Chart Youth Program Next Tuesday been set as the date for teen- agers to register for participa- tion in the activities of the new- ly formed youth, center which will open on. March 15th at the Wesley House at ‘1100 Varela pee When. the Senior and Junior | Women's Club voted last year to cooperate with the nationwide “Build Freedom With Youth” |project of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs, their first survey among the youth of Key West to determine what the youngsters themselves thought was most needéd. An over- whelming majority favored a (Continued On Page Three) MARL 25c Per Cu. Yd. Loaded at Stock Island Pit 8x 8x 16 BLOCK 20c Per. Block ( In Quantities) | Ready-Mix Concrete Rock, Sand and RESTAURANT Serving the finest in Home cooked Food. FEATURING Sandwiches — LARGE 10” HOT DOGS — Orders To Go out — Free Parking in Rear) time. 920 TRUMAN AVE. CORNER OF PACKER ST. afternoon has * Record Crowd Lines Streets To Welcome No. 1 Tourist By SUSAN McAVOY President Harry S. Tru- man launched his iith |working vacation in Key West. with a s at 10 this morning in 75.5 degree water at Truman Beach. After rising at 7 o'clock, the «President breakfasted -and) took his first walk of the trip around the Naval base; ‘returning! at. 8, to dic- tate letters and) memos for half an hour, Presidential Press Secretary Joe Short | said at the noon press con- + | ference. The President will spend a quiet weekend with John Assistant, the on- ih expected, __ His chard oh plans are indefinite at this time, Short said, Last night he talked with. his staff and retired at 10 o'clock. A record-breaking crowd of 15,000 Key Westers and tourists, lined the route of President Tru+ man’s motorcade as he arrived in Key West yesteeany for his 11th working vacation. Showing the’ strain of the strenuous three months since his departure from Key West, De- cember 9, the President smiled as he “walked down’ the gang- plank of his plané The Inde- i ‘Hes rélieved to it his favo: vacation spot. Capt, C. C. Adell, commanding officer of the Naval Station pre- sented to the President the line composed of top Navy officers, Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey, City Commissioner Louis M. J. Eisner, County) Commissioner Hen, and State Representa tive B. C. Papy. The President, clad in a rey suit, and ht grey felt hat, and black tie then stepped into the awaiting Presidential converti- ble with his old friend Fleet Ad- |miral William D. Leahy, USN, and Capt. Adell, He sebmed eager to reach his |destination at the Little White House and let go some of the many cares of international and national politics in this election year. The Independence landed at Boca Chica at 4:24, an hour after the National Airlines Press plane carrying 26 White House corres* pondents, White House aides, American Telephone and Tele- graph Co. staff and crew, atriv- ed. The waiting newsmen, mindful jof the President's desire to reach lhis favorite camp to limber. up for the 1952 political charmpier- ship fight, did not ply him with questions. The official procession led off by the secret service with the Presidential car immediately second, drove slowly through the jong line of sailors manning the rail at the exit of Boca Chica. Mayor and Mrs. Harvey, Com missioners Eisner and Allen, were fourth in the procession, following ‘a secret service car in third place. Rep, Papy, driving (Continued On Page Three) |The awe West Players KIND LADY A Chiller, by EDWARD CHODOROV based on @ story by HUGH WALPOLE OPENING NEXT MONDAY March 10 thru 15 at the rear of Woman's Club on Duval St. Tickets on sale af FAYE’S GIFT SHOP in the LA CONCHA HOTEL or at the BOX OFFICE at Curtain Price $1.50 Tax Incl. Curtain Time 8:30 P. M. ache