The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1952, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 78° e VOL. LXXIII. Penton n ———. Rescued:Men:: Being Brought | To Key West Port By CG Coast Guard patrol boat | 83403 picked up the eight survivors from the sinking freighter LCT 543 at 3 o’clock this morning about 30 miles northwest of Ha- vana, The survivors, the com- plete crew of the convert- ed Navy landing craft, had abandoned their ship and were in a life boat .waiting their rescue. The 83403 was dispatched from here’ about 5:40 ¢’clock yesterday! afternoon, Lt. Clem Pearson, Coa Guard Ca) The “Ariz 165 foot ‘cutter? was ‘enroute’ ‘to Key West from Miami and was diverted to the scene of the sink- ing: Reports from the scene this morning relate the 105 foot LCT is standing on end, barely kept afloat in the rough waters by an air pocket. The Cuban Frigate An- tonio Maceo, the Ariadne and the 83403 are standing by the — hulk waiting for it to sink or waiting Coast Guard orders to sink it with gunfire. The survivors probably will be wrought to Key West. The LCT, which was carrying a cargoof machinery, was enroute from Key West to Havana when the crew reported to the Coast Guard, that they were taking on water, the bulkhead was cracking and the pumps were not working. ‘The Cuban Frigate, 6:30 o'clock this bat dou fod es "no. suri contiued Of Page ight) $7,700 Land Sale Made On Keys Mr. and Mrs. Albert’ G.; Halter bought Tracts 1, 2, and 3 of Sans | greatest detectives in’ all of Ca-|and that they are ready ior occup- Souci on the Keys for $7700 ing tc a warranty deed office of County Clerk Bari A lams, |Perhaps he will tell me some | request in a letter to the city com-|ous) on the adjacent mainland of | }ON THE LEFT IS THE SKIN OF A MAINLAND DEER, killed illegally some 13 miles south ‘ot the ‘The Halters bought the land from | clues.” mission. The letter asked that | Florida. : Miami Trail. On the’ right is the skin of the Key ‘pigmy’ leer. Certain people are claiming site oe Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gwynn. We said we had a question: clearance te given the project, its{ “Apparently the first record of that the Key Deer is not a distinct species, But can they explain the tremendous difference in une “Where is Mrs. Le May's hus- | electrical work and plumbing work |the occurrence of these small size of the Gubal inifled. not many miles apart? D 1 C ‘ + band — we hear he is en route| and asked that City Manager Dave|deer on the. Florida Keys was Pager y pa uva ounty to Florida. We hear that Deputy oe ee ¥. baa A. be all | made by Fontenada in 1575 after | ———____ Barker is very eager for him tojfequirements have been fulfilled. | having been shipwrecked there. Bond Jumper come to Key Wei a ae Me that | Two re uuriesé Math, a tional Park Service , F The Canadian besypre / re- ye y manager be auth (1775), te that “the! Arrested Here plied: ek iply with the request riot i We Matacombe Key yields a few fF Constablé Harry cages ‘ae rested Van ‘B. Martin here yes, terday “for ' fuimping \ in, Jacksonville. ~ si Bond had been posted for Mar-., tin following an automobile ag- | cident in Duval County. i Martin was held in the city jail here, pending the arrival of Duval County Deputy Sheriff, | W, Floyd of Jacksonville, who | took him back to Jacksonville | last_night. The ISLAND CITY LUNCHEONETTE Wi Ne Cloned very Wednesday Reginaing Wareh 29th Open Thersday Through Tuesday 7 jo 10 PM. Proprietors, Wimpy and Emma ae Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES - Last Night TONIGHT js for the Circle Players|">" Fine Presentation Of Three 1 Act Plays At | RAUL'S | For those who just want to dance the orchestra will start about , the Key West port's’ “Thursday ‘while Coast. Guard, Rescues Eight. Survivors:haom President Ends 1th Visit _ To Key West On Thursday ‘Montreal Paper Phones Gtizen That LeMay Is Not On Way To sis West. * Newsman Says Quennville Is | One Of Canada’s | Great Detectives By SUSAN McAVOY Huguette Le May was slain, said Deputy Sheriff. James O. puty ‘in ‘Miami, . At 2 p.m. a Frénch Canadian voice muted ‘bya’ distance’ of 2,000 miles, came in “on the phone from Montreal. Le Petit Journal, large Mon- treal daily, was calling The Key West Citizen to find out if the grand jury had yet reported its verdict on the disappearance of Mrs, Le May, 21, Canadian beau- ty who disappeared off a Keys bridge on January 4. The voice of the reporter, muf- fled by distance and a_ thick French accent, came through dimly. He wanted to know if there was any further news on the’blood stdined robe and shovel allegedly produced as evidence before the Grand Jury. \ We informed him that the evidence presented by Barker fet Soda remain, secret repaint | ahi ie two men were ‘ren ing to testify before the grand jury in the'County house. They said that they were returning to Sayernier for a few days. “Quenneville is one of the had ated with: nada,” our French-Canadian col- the league said. “If I can find him| The contractors presented the "He is certainly not en route to Key Wi ’ fact, he hi ’ Laurentian mountains by Montreal.” What kind of a man is he, this 26-year-old husband of the miss- ing beauty? “Before his marriage, George Le May was quite a play boy, you can say,” replied Le Petit Journal reporter. The handsome young man who has black curly hair, dark eyes, is stocky and well built. He spoke very little English (Continued On Pagéd Five? PALACE‘: Robert aural and Terry Moore “Barefoot } Mailman” + Soi A. GANDOLFO Menree County Tax Assessor SD “MAC'S PLACE - BOCA CHICA BEACH NOW OPEN Under the Management of the popular entertainer neti ea 4‘ 11:00 P. M. Bobbie Thompson s FEATURING RAUL’S | Dan and Slim The Place to go for « Geod Time) cmd their Guitars mu | SUnday from 2 P.M. until? _———. cr oni. aml. Ken West Pit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S<A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1952 x kek x WK * x * * Total Of 1] ,000 County oe. Expected In ’5 | More than 1800 citizens have come into ‘Tegister: for the Mayr Validity,OF ; 5 eager to Aprit’S registration deadline. A total Monree county voting strength of about 11,000 is ex- Some people | in » Monroe \ County are trying to cast pected in 1952, Pinder said. This | #W@Y their conservation du. j means that about 2500 new re- | ties by declaring that the sition will have signed up by | Key ‘Pygmy’ Deer are not a Pinder is working with two as- | “istinct species. nice sistants to register Key Westers They argue that the fur- and those below Marathon. Isia- {ther South one goes, the morada, Tavernier and Mara- |<maller the animals range and therefore were |the ‘toy’ deer transported ‘elsewhere, its size would be commonplace. The opponents of the | Key deer have made a Naval Housing | considerable point of” Contractors Ask | question the yaw worthy of saving. Be ie a Wika Dr. Remingtag, Kellogg, direct- or of the Up ‘Mu has just Assued pay following 4 Requirenients Are Met The Algernon-Blair Company, statement. on the validity of the general contractors for the navy ; thon have their own deputy re- |. : gistration clerks who are doing | /" 5!Ze, the job on the Keys. Kev: deer: “The — smallest white tailed deer in ‘eastern United States | was former! ly generally distribut- | on is Pavlos Gee erasers Key éd in the southern group of | in the Army Barracks Area, | porida Keys. Owing hu rt- | Fequested city commissioners at a | occupation, combined, | with "be meeting last night to report to the | disastrous effects of *hurrica F.H. A. that city building code re- these little deer have ‘gradually quirements have been met in the| disappeared until few are left. completed buildings of the projects| “The standing height of this deer at the shoulder is about |21 inches as, compared to 36: to 38 inches for the race (seminol- ancy. ter for both the aed Key and, ee aid deer of « aah ipa; Hed larger ipeer’ ing ong trical |code and pont code thad eo eis pat . 2 ai ' Flo: ag for *them. Pa complied with ingalf y pena Revi val As if rey My iM * ventas total je NCRY, VEY. 4 a n met, said a city com-} : . ™ fe pant omoen paced Powe morning, with the boone, Sale where’ ol cn shry Bh ROOSEVELT’S | ‘ ‘ ception les on some phimb- Short time killed four déer? Sf" PERSONAL ' LOVE “tite 4 out of lipabe: “and isement ing ‘connections on Which adjust- that small species, common to OF OLD FORT’ status as a key ere vert Raia becca a some of those islands. They were gle ‘« git toed sponsible For Tort Choice ae it hie “ie to its present sigh | tourists, by the saviour less than our ordinary breed of. LED COMEBACK forgotten man, Franklin heed No reports - armed fishing tt ‘oo een! erat oa goats.” | : vessels attempting io leave. the it Korean situat! “Pasi By SUSAN McAVOY Roosevelt. “Fairly reliable reports indi- \ si ing whatever on his decision Elmer Davis Here |» » eee (Part IV a Series) |The ats, President enjoyed |Mev. West port | fot Mexican | Deming, ne 1982 campaign. cate that the last’ of these little’ | Fort Jefferson, once forgotten’ fishing off Tortugas. perhaps deer were killed on Key West, To Work And Play; jabout 1892, ari@=that they were Fort in the Dry Tortugas, 68/™ore than any other spot in the (Continued, On Page Six) miles west of Key West, was | Continued On Page Eight) Elmer Davis, national news broadcaster and writer who was one of the first to choose Key West | as his winter home back in 1924, is for a return visit with the! wane House party. Davis is covering the 11th work-| ONE BIG WEEK poe tng vacation of President Harry He is Orr aayies at the Casa Ma- tina and seeing dozens of his old) Key West friends between press j}, conferences. . MARL 75c Per Cu. Yd. Loaded at Stock Island Pit Ox 8x 6 BLOCK 20c Per. Block STARTING TUESDAY ( In Quantities) | Ready-Mix Concent Rock. and and e TOPPINO SONS Phones 1865 - 1648 Stock “er POR En Has Been: | a : ary Substantiuted::, ‘sign’ up ‘before ‘the | oak ghoo GAicmiwla bis shoo] 18} _ Arms Found On Fishing Vessels eing ‘point for - Florida Will Be Confiscated waters, as they tried to do in |Tampa and Punta Gorda has been reported here, Lt. Pearson of the U. §. Coast Guard. said this mornin; SeVeral shrimping vessels Continued On Page Light) —— “Sug ae 20 Minutes Drive WATERF a The Associated Press Teletype, Features and Photo Servic: For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests ot Key Wes? PRICK FIVE CENT! xk * = Key Deer Are Distinct Species Says. Dr. Remington Kellogg Of U.S. National Museum xk * [Spends 2 Hours pape litiale Hasles ; 4 Nearly Coimplere | By SUSAN. McAVOY President Harry Truman will end his 1th working vacation Thursday when he leaves Key West in the middle of the day, Presi- dential Press Secretary Joe Short said at the noon : ae arcane the content mt of the Frank” ‘Me. Kinney press conference which was for all. practical purposes ,| repudiated by the President per- tao fur avidtawom neitno | peace-war situation would largely decide President. Truman’ run- ning for re-election. =r The President in effect dsaied Short would not comment on the question as to whether a transcript-of McKinney's Wednes- day Clem ptess conference had been in| shown to the “President “before (Continued On Page Two) SPRING FASHION SHOW AT THE EXCLUSIVE KEY WESTER POOL SUNDAY, MARCH 23 4 to 6 P.M. ADMISSION $1.20 Inc. Tax APPAREL By APPEL’S JEWELRY By BEACHCOMBER JEWELERS HAIR - 09'S By DONALD Public Invited