The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 28, 1952, Page 1

‘Warmest City In Nation -Today Was KEY WEST ” VOL. LXXIII. No. 76 THE SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FLORIDA, The Kev West Ci NEWSPAPER IN TH FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1952 E U.S.A | Grand Jury Wants LeMay As The Associated Press Teletype, | Features and Photo osscional | For 72 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests ot Key West PRICE FIVE CENT! Carmichaels Jailed On Murder Charge Shrimpers Were Released By Mexicans Be cause Of | as Ot Shrimp Embargo: O'Dwyer Warned * Punitive Action Were Released | Birk Simmons, 611 Fle- | ming street, captain of the “Surprise”, one of the fish- | ing boats recently impound- | ed by the Mexican Navy, today told his story of the arrest, j The only reason the Mex- | icans released the shrimp fishermen was fear of an embargo by United States -on Mexican shrimp. According to Simmons, O'Dwyer threatened Mexicans with a total em- bargo. This would ae at all until Americ Vice Consul Cass was in-' formed of the Ambassador’s proposed decision if the | prosecution of the Ameri- cans continued, admits that Fo. ogee within the nine-mile territorial waters of Mexico (Amer- . ica claims only three miles of territorial rights). The Mexican gunboat or- dered the shrimpers in- | to port. | They were allowed shore privileges, and were well ~~ Continued On Page Bight) / SATURD. MARCH ie 9:30 TIL?! A &B Lobster House Ruby Crawley's Orchestra ADMISSION $1.50 COUPLE Reveals Huguette Died By Violence By SUSAN McAVOY old beauty, if dead, “mei death as a result of an aet > and her hus- | band “could materially aid ;of violence’ City Sells Tax Certificates Tuesday At11 A.M. |Local Shrimp Trawler Captain Says America’s | | Threat To Put Embargo On The Mexican Unless Shrimper 8 | Shrimp Shinesegete Ended ‘Seizures CAPT. BIRK SIMMONS, 61 “Surprise,” one of the four vessels jin the solution” of her dis- appearance if he. v | voluntarily appear as wit- | ness before the Grand Jury _jand waive his immunity | when so doing. Thus reads. the .report of the Grand Jury present- Bied at 12:50 noon to Cire leuit court Judge Aquiline | Lopez {30h @ en a secret first degree murder indictment to Carl Carmichael, ; father and son, late yesterday on the LeMa “This Jury has. visited Tom's Harbor No. 4 Bridge and has heard testimony from officers who took an active part in the investigation of the alleged dis- appearance on January 4. 1952 y of Huguette LeMay at or near Tom's Harbor Bridge No. 4. ‘This testimony “was audgmented’ by physical seVidence and report§ by; the investigating officers “and ) others which indicate that 4 a = guette LeMay may be dead) Sof viglence. It is the opinion of ‘this body that. George” LeMay, Jution of the alleged... disappear- nee and this Jury wishes: | ess. jtself as. being *con | vinced that every.-effort has al- ready been, made by such ‘en- Citizen Staff Photo 1 Fleming street, captain of the | truth this® alleged } ed by Mexican gunboats. rand jury thanked State — — $4,254.85 . of delinquent parcels go on sale at 11 e.m. Tuesday at the foot of city hall ‘steps. Tax Collector Archie Roberts will sell the tax certificates to the ‘high- est bidders. pidge the delinquent taxes in The Citizen, $11,483.29 wes due the city.. The amount has now been reduced some $7.- 228.44, The to’ city is tax roll fer the 738.15. | TURNER PLEADS GUILTY Robert E. Turner yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of lar- ceny in the preliminary hearing ‘held ty Justice of the Peace Ira Albury, sat oe street. |over to the jury which had been Pe) A L A é E | formally paid and was waiting Chas. Starrett sled Shirley Burnette t deliver its findings to Judge Attorney J. Lancelot Lester and Judge Lopez for their courtesi and assistance in the perform- ance of their duties. The 17 men of the 18 man jury filed into the Monroe Coun- {report had been rushed in type by State Attorney Lester’s sten- jographer, and rushed by Lester Lopez. ’ ow einai Court Clerk Earl EL DORADO’ | ( Continuedl*Gubeiye: Piece canes «= CHOICE BUILDING LOTS HEAR | Convenient to Schools and Shopping. Zone, Residence “A” from $1500 CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS J. Brailey Odham PHONE 1865 - 1648 Candidate for Governor —_——— DAILY 7 P.M, = 1 ALM, _ LET'S MAKE APRIL THE MONTH OF SAFETY! DIRECT FROM CIRO'S and his Latin - ‘auahion Dance Band OPENING SATURDAY LOGUN’S BEAUTIFUL OCEAN PATIO DINE AND DANCE UNDER THE STARS Si Kite mote Sh SUNDAY 3 - 6, —?- 12 Simonton St. on the Ocean PHONE 870 FOR YOUR RESERVATION Monday, March 31st =a. 3AYVIEW PARK, 8:00 P. M. N 0 T I C E All local candidates invited to : speak ALL COUNTY REAL AND PERSONAL of oom TAXES | Paid For By Brailey Odham Become Delinquent Campaign Fund eS» «After April 1, 1962, Nid Sore ax Col lor. 7c PerCu. Yd. Loaded af Stock Island Pit | 8x 8 x 16 BLOCK 20c Per. Block ( tn Quantities) Ready-Mix Concrete Rocks Sand and Gravel CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS Phones 1865 - 1648 Stock Island ot ke Rett Physical Evidence}— Thought To Have Huguette LeMay, 21 year rand jury which had giv- |» if dead; she met death by an | vs jhusband of Hinguetio- ‘LeMay, | could materially .aid, in thes st $495,000 Spprectittal to rnd ‘ance... Further, that itewoulds be well for Jaw. epborcentient iegencies to.continge their efforts lin inv ing this.alleged dis+ ( |forcement agencies:to learn the , |ty courtroom at 12:43 noon. Their } | Interest and Advertising Charges, BUS: TICKETS FOR SCHOOL CHILOREN ARE NOW AVAILABLE BOOK OF 20 TICKETS FOR $1.00 TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM YOUR BUS DRIVER Effective Monday, March 3ist, Children who do not have tickets will be requested to pay full cash fare. ~ x Smathers Tells: Carbonell Work To Start July 1 Louis Carbonell, former {| city commissioner, heard | Tast night from Senator George Smathers that work of the pumping facilities, etc. asked by the Navy will Start by July 1. /Cerbonell declared that | “Smathers was not. consider- | fe Bem ge a plan or oad is \ syfhe bent way was to jatge the resent ‘acilities | would include @ new well at | Florida City and additional rumping» station et Mara- | i» thon and Tavernier. ¢S Rear Admiral» Joseph F. Jelly, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, had segonferred with the Senator | ané with Senator Holland \ and Rep. Lantaff. qin tricken Man Rushed To Navy Hospital | A stricken man: BE. L. Brooks, | : Sword was transferred at the | Key West'Sea Buoy at 6:15 this | morning by the Key West Coast/ Continued On Page: Eight) NOTICE Have you filed yeur’ Homestead Exemption for 1952? Deadline ex- pires Aprit Ist. q CLAUDE -A. GANDOLFO i Monree County. Tax Assessor ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Joseph J. Groom, eye specialist from Miami, will be in Key West, seeing patients Saturday merning, March 29th. Appointments arranged by calling Dr. Valdes, Telephone jand a shrimpet |days at sca, at the Coast Guard announced My at 3:35 Wednesda the Miami Coast Guard planes | east Guard, Shrimper Rescue Two Men Lost For Six Days At Sea Thursday “DOROTHEA” OUT OF KEY WEST.WAS REPORTED OVERDUE LAST TUESDAY The Key West Coast from enterprises combined Thompson to re two hungry meh on the thea” cue “Doro: 2 this morning, to day. The “Dorothea” West wi of overdue out Key reported by |'Thompson cn Tuesday The St. Potersburg Coast Guard district immediately sent out two = to séarch for the ae ee Mi Sttiamt joie th the search” ‘which ranged fram Cape Ramona to Cape Sable to the Marquesas and to Dry Tortugas, Search was resumed Wednes- day after failure Tuesday. Final- afternoon, | located-the > “Dorothea” about forty miles: north, northeast of Key West. Food and water were dropped | from the pjane to the hungry | skipper, Leon Wright and his} boy. They had run out of tions and water. Flares were so dropped se that the vesse could be seen at night. The Key West Coast Guard — group under the command of Lt. Clem Pearson had no boats to! send out to the disabled vessel. | The 83 footer is in Miami for re- ‘pairs. The Ariadne is anehored here for repairs. The 52 footer second mate of the»SS Oregon|is. up at, Big Marco Pass north | of Cape Sable.” “We had only our 38 foot picket boat and it was too rough in Wednesday night’s squall “to send her out,” Lt. Pearson said. The Coast. Guard asked A, Maitland» Adams ‘for one ‘of his own boats to rescue his disabled shrimper. Adams sent out a shrimper which reached the Do- | rothea and towed her into port (Continued On Page Three) MONROE MOTORS Low Prices High Quality Best Values) ‘49 Studerbaker, landcruiser, fordor $195 ‘50 Willys Station Wagon $1395 ‘30 Chevrolet, fleetline $1495 "49 Lincoln, fordor $1395 Many other teal Bargains THE PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES WITH DRIVING A CAR . Guard | who had been lost for six | “|the triple-slayer cried out: | | Ci ity Buys $10M | Treasury Bonds |For Pension Fund Charles Roberts, city comp- troller-finance officer, today an- | nounced the purchase of treasury | | bonds in the amount of $10,000 | bearing 2% percent for the city’s persion fund. | The fund now totals $85,000, ; all of which is in treasury bonds, | Under the city’s pension plan, five percent wage deduction is made from the employees wit! | the city placing an additional five | percent in the fund. | No one is eligible for retire- | soon benefits until January 1, | Cornered’ Man Shee To Death | By | Avenge Killing Of 4 | Three Neighbors | Thursday; Bawled | Him Oat ® MERRIMAN, Neb, @® — Grim | Nebraska ranchers avenged the | killing of three neigh’ors Thursday | by cornering the gunman in a shed and firing bullet after bullet until “rm j me.!" | ‘The angry posse poured into the | building and dragged out 32-year- old Blaine Ellis, still clutching his ; Shotgun. Mortally wouincdll Ellis ‘gasped | out the phrases ‘They bawled me out”? and “Just the meanness in jme.” ' “Officers said: it was the dying j man’s admission that he. killed: Mr. and Mrs. George Mensinger and a neighbor, Deo Gardner, (Continued On Page Three) « through, come and get | ‘MONROE ADULTS: Matinee at 3:15 ae % mh hy j by Admiral William “Thank You Very Much” Says President To Mayor Harvey As | His Honor wees Him To Run * Truman. Looks Fine After | 3.Week Vacation By SUSAN McAVOY President Harry Traman smiled mysteriously and said only ‘Thank you very much” when Key West's Mayor C. B. Harvey told him Key Westers hope he'll come back to the city next fall as a “successful eandidate to suceced him: self.” The President made his non-committal reply when our Mayor shock his hand just hefore the President boarded The peered for its 2:18 off end. good health and good Chief Executive. ‘of the Presidentin! Li in and walked through the, e by State Representa- . Bernie C. Papy, the Mayor, City Commissioner Jack De! tangy and City Manager’ Dave King. Mayor Harvey suid to Presi- dent Truman: * "I think I speak for the ma- jority of the people of Key “West. when I express the hope that the occasion of your next visit to Key West will be as a successful candidate to succeed yourself in the White House.” The President was surrounded by a thick wedge of reporters and ‘photographers before he boarded the, plane. He was, as usual accompan D. ‘Leahy friend, -and his elose ~ Capt. C. C: Adel, commiatiding © officer of the Key West ‘naval THEATRE SPECIAL URE ) RELEASE SPECIAL SAT. & SUN. EARLY MA’ . ® YOU CAN HAVE BY HAVING OUR EXPERTS CHECK YOUR CAR FOR _ BRAKES AND FRONT SYSTEM FOR SAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS Navarro, TY a