The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1952, Page 1

Key West, equi country, Flori? has the bier ms je in the average Fahrenheit with an range of only 14° VOL. LXXIII, No. 119 Graduation Program For Seniors ‘At Convent Of Mary Immaculate To Be Held In Auditorium Tues. PROGRAM TO BEGIN * fs nce Shrimp Probe SEREMONY AND SON a cm Ordered By Joe Pinder Heads Group of f the The Senior vent of Mary nounces th cises to be held M at 8 p. m. in the ¢ signee will ne! Lo Study Reports That traditional exchans Shrimp Fishing Decline randle and the Has Taken Place Here iors and their The girls will blend A committee to investigate re- to sing the be autiful, | ports that Key West’s shrimp in- the: Gautt , .,. | dustry is declining was appoint- Miss Barbara on Ww de liver the valedictorian address, | ¢d by the Chamber of Commerce and Miss Kathleen i awrence the it was amnoumed today by salutatorian addre Trends, monthly newsletter of Bn anes ek the chamber. Senior will represe | é ‘ she will be five years from | At a Board of Directors: meet- The Youn, Mother— Ann | ing two weeks ago, reliable re- Timmerman ref | ports were introduced that im- a eae erate NC SO™ | plied that the industry is dim- ur -Peggy Pinder : . S The Musician—Virginia Dropp | inishing. Equally reliable sources The Maid’s Lament — Isabel | provided evidence that refutes Sais. this. The Gypsy Girl—Sally Perez. | Presiding officer, Aquilino Lo- The Poetre Nancy Sawyer pez, Jr., vice president, appoint- The Nun—Kathleer ed a committee of Joe Pinder, The Bride—Nor Neil Knowles and J. E, Tucker The Opera Singer - to investigate and report. Speer. ; | The board agreed as to the Miss Nancy Sawye' value of the industry to Key the Class Histo: West and hoped that any exodus Will and | was due solely to seasonal con- Allene Speer the € Testament * ditions. It was further agreed Members of the graduating | that expanded facilities would be |. class aret Virginia Dropp, Kath }a boon to the community. Jeen. Lawrence, Nora Malone, | Better Information on KW Barbara Nelson ly Six staff members of the State Peggy Pinder, Isat Road Department Information Sav - booth at Yulee, Fla. will now be Ann Timme: able to give more facts about The program will “close with /key West to tourists erossing the ihe Saag ef. “Pom | Georgia, Line, where Highway dor welt i ae 1, RS 1 enters the State of the graduating Catt'tre cordially Yulee booth is maintained at ited to attend $ amon, | he Georgia line, — BN EREUIDIS C&NEMOBY. F Last week six members of the T : | SRD visited Key West, and were ¢ . R |given briefing on our local at- axes 1 tractions, Trends said. A sight- JACKSONVILLE (? Govern- | seeing tour plus a seafood lunch- ment taxes for Floridians have |eon was provided by the Cham- risen 503 per cent since 1940 while | ber. Member A. H. Miller is re- income has increased only 289, the | sponsible for the suggestion of Florida State Chamber of Com- | bringing the group to Key West. merce said Saturday in its weekly | C of C Congratulates County business review . | The people of the county are ast Floridians | praised by the Chamber for their all govern- |73 percent turn out in the May of their |6 primary. This proportion of the registered voters went to the in the hotly-conteste ~ prim- ary, tantamount to election, save two run off races in the ment service: earnings and sources from - all unty The Chamber hope that in “hidden 159 in st county wunicipa future elections ster, then vote for the can- es of their choice. “Voting a duty and a privilege,” figure DANCING TONIGHT 9 Til? IN THE LOUNGE OR ON THE PATIO CASA CAYO HUESO OF D UVAL ON THE OCEAN MAE PIODE LA and her Orchestra NO COVER NO MINIMUM Dinners served frow 1 Featur t Roast I. tL. Duckling Wat new summer menu effective Monday Host, HORACE YOUNG, Phone 1653.5, expressed the | even more qualified citizens will | it was | THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1952 » 2 Mrs. Harvey New State BPW President Wires Mayor C. B. Of Unanimous Election By St. Petersburg BPW Convention Today Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey, wife of Mayor C. B. Harvey was unani- mously elected President of the State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club this morning, her wire from St. Petersburg to her husband an- nounced. Mrs. Harvey who has a leader in the local club and was vice-president of the state organization wired C. B. who call- ed The Citizen: “Just dropped vice-presidency Nominations closed. No opposi- new State BPW President.” The wire did not state if Mrs. the club for Corresponding Sec- retary had also come office. The elections ‘for for the presidency, sumed. i If Mrs. Crosby wins, it will mean Key West has two state officers of the BPW. Mis. Harvey it is pre- of a State Woman’s club in Key West history, it was said. A Key Wester, ard first lady of the city, Mrs. Harvey com- bines her busy club life, with her fulltime work at the Navy Yard, and her housekeeping for C. B. and their son C. B., Jr, B&E At Calleja’s Grocery Store; - W. Allen Held - Walter Allen, 307 4 Street, has been turned, Peace Justice Ira Albury the First District for a hearing on charges of breaking ahd entering Calleja’s grocery store, Caroline and Elizabeth streets at 1:11 this morning, Police Chief Joseph Kemp announced today. Police Officer Henry Lounders | was dispatched to Calleja’s where the owner of that name told him that someone was inside the store. Lounders, Lt. Buster Cerezo and Police Officer Soriano surrounded | the store. Lounders found the front | door lock had been broken and taken. He opened the door and the police officers went inside. Calleja | turned on the lights showing up Al- len. Lounders arrested him and searched him, finding one Ingersoll wrist watch, one dollar bill, and $9.40 in sliver. Allen also had the broken lock in hand that he had twisted from the front door facing Caroline street. ET EET | DINNER MEETING Key West Quarterback Club Monday, May 19,7 P.M. Collette’s Restaurant! 917 SIMONTON ST. tion. Unanimous. Love from your Grace Crosby, official nominee of into her that office take place later than that) is the first Key West President ! cid Streets Take © Large Part Of City Cash Trash, Garbage Dept. Is Next Highest Expense In First Quarter, 1952, Roberts’ Report Reveals The largest progortion of each City dollar spent inthe first quar- ter of 1952 went on streets, accord- ng to the financial report cover- |ing January Ist through March | Charles Roberts said today, Streets accounted for 19 and one- quarter cents of each dollar of ex- been | penditure; 16 and one-quarter cents went for trash and garbage remo- va). including the purchase of three new trucks; 13 cents went for po- lice protection; 12 cents for fire proteetion; ten and one-quarter cents for general and financial ad- ministration; nine and one-half cents for recreation, parks and public welfare, including the fit payment on the construction of a roof over the stadium grandstand! eleven cents for pensions and débt retirement; five and one-quarter cents for the Monroe General hos- pital. Revenue receipts realized dur- (Continued On Page Three) Newsprint Rise Means Another Crisis For Papers By WALTER BREEDE J& NEW YORK #® — Faced .... another $10-a-ton boost in the price of Canadian newsprint—the second such increase in less than a year— American newspaper publishers find themselves in an increasingly difficult cost squeeze in getting out your daily paper. The latest increase—Ws « effect. dune more than 50 rs @ year to costs of publishing in this country, Newsprint, the paper that news- Papers are printed on, @¢counts for up to 50 per cent of the ex- pense of getting out a big metro- politan daily. Figuring in the new $10 increase, the price of newsprint since V-J Day has climbed 152 per cent. It has gone up more than 200 per cent since the Great De- pression. Newsprint, the paper that news- Papers are printed on, accounts for up to 50 per cent of the ex- pense of getting out a big metro- Politan daily, Figuring in the new $10 increase, the price of newsprint since V-J Day has climbed 152 | per cent. It has gone up more than | 200 per cent since the Great De- | | pression. Some publishers predict that the higher costs will inevitably lead to further increases in advertising and subscription rates—already Near or past the saturation point, jin the opinion of many. | Others say the steady trend to- ward fewer and larger newspapers, toward mergers and consolidations, will gather new force. Expectations are that an increasing number of | | (Continued On Page Three) LAST DAY . TODAY * POLLOCK’S ANNUAL SALE ENDS AT 9 P.M. TONITE YOUR LAST CHANCE AT THESE PRICES. ts needed to get Monroe C. rar LETS FINISH THE JOB! YOUR VOTE FOR DAN McCARTY ounty recognized DAN McCARTY IS A WINNER VOTE FOR DAN ON MAY 27 in state potitical cireles ol Adv. imac TO WHOM IT ‘MAY CONCERN: 1, Mrs. Fernanda Carbonell am the sole owner of the Strand and Monroe Theatres. My sen Ygnacie | | is manager of the Strand and my sen John is the manager of the Monree Theatre. MRS. FERNANDA CARBONELL ili IN THE U.S.A. Teletype, heto Services Devoted to the of Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS Six Bands, 25 Floats, 27 Marching Units In Armed Forces Day Parade Will Be Viewed By Thousands Tonight Making Way For The New San Carlos Theater | ‘pte Seven Additional Entries Were 4 Added Yesterday | To Lineup al The giant Armed Forces Day parade starting at 7 tonight will have 27 marching units, six bands, and 25 floats it was announced to- | day by Vance C. Stirrup, comman- |der of the Arthur Sawyer Post | No. 28, American Legion, parade | sponsor. | Yesterday seven additional en- | tries were added to the line up for \the parade. The new entries in- clude the American Legion Junior |Baseball league marching unit; | Sons of Legion Marching Unit; U, S.A. Naval Station Ship's Depart- ment Float; U. S. Fleet Air De- tachment Float; Advanced Under- sea Weapons School float; Civil Air Patrol Cadets Marching unit; and the U. S. Marines Drum and | Bugle Corps. Police Chief Joseph Kemp will see that parking bans on Duval and Truman avenue are strictly enforced. There will be no park- | ing of cars, he said, on either side of Duval street and Truman Ave- ) |nue from Front street to Bayview Citizen Staff Photo RIPPING OUT THE OLD to build the new are workmen of Ed Ambler, contractor on the $50,000 remodeling job of the theater in the San Carlos building, Duval street. New leassees, A. Castro and Gerald Abreu, signed a lease April 27 with owners, San Carlos In$titute. The important building will be both strengthened and beautified by the renovations. | Park from 5 p.m. until after the AFD parade has passed. | Parade Marshall will be Charles V. Lunn, a Spanish Ame- rican War Veteran, and past commander of B. H, McCaile Camp No. 5, USWY, The reviewing stand will be lo- | cated at the intersection of South- | ard and Duygi sree, Judges. will select the page, tianieg floats ao the marching unit. 8 will be presented by Ar- thur Sawyer Post during the Band j concert at Bayview Park band- stand after the parade, Past Post | commander Frank Romaguera has | been assigned supervision of the reviewing stand. Post Commander Stirrup will present the trophies. Following the band concert and parade, a dance free to the pub- lic will be held at the American Legion Home on Stock Island. Ner- man Kranich and orchestra will Main Suspect In Brink’s Theft Killed Today ‘crsvs=Sezrm WEST WARWICK, R. I. w—A, man identified as the main suspect | in the unsolved $1,219,000 Brink's | robbery in Boston 28 months ago | | was slain by shotgun blasts out. side his home early today. The body of Carlton M. O’Brien, 49. a roadhouse proprietor, wat found near his Cadillac car about }6 a. m. EST and Police Chief | | Hector Groleau said he had been | murdered. Massachusetts Attorney General | Francis E. Kelly and Boston Police | Lieutenant Inspector James V. Crowley immediately tabbed 0O’- Brien as the chief Brink’s suspect. | Providence police quickly picked up another man, once qusetioned |e “Masonic Notice | Special Communication ef An- cher Lodge No. 182, F. & A. M.! Monday, May 19th at 7:39 P. M. Conferring the degree of Master” Mason. All Master Masons invited te be | present. By Order OSWALD J. SHEPPARD, w.M. GERALD H. ADAMS, Sec’y. “ORANGE BLOSSOM’S SISTER te This is the Pirst I FRESHLY SQUEEZED RIND. Fresh Daiby iTS NOT GROVE - GRAPEFRUIT JUICE MAVE you ever tasted FRESH —- Juies? intreduction of ONLY 25c Order tedey from Meme mitk or Land O Syn Dewy TO YOUR DOOR OR AT YOUR FOOD STORE JUST CAME TO KEY WE: FRESH FREE GRAPEFRUIT JUICE Full Quart TART! in connection with another slaying. 138 his share of | Police did not identify the man. |i na payoff at O'Brien's home but Both O’Brien and the man/|Was robbed of the money almost | nabbed by Providence police were | immediately in a holdup in which | named, Kelly said, as Brink's rob- | shots were fired. bers. by red A. Gagnon who | O'Brien's body lay on the side- was interviewed in Rhode Island walk only a couple of feet from State Prison at Howard May 14. ‘his car. At that time neither Kelly POe Investigators William E. Powers, Rhode Island | blast, said a shotgun | apparentiy of buckshot, | | attorney general, would comment | struck O'Brien in the right chest. | on Gagnon’s conversation but Kel-| 4s O'Brien fell against a hedge ly ordered Massachusetts state po-| and then to the sidewalk, police lice place a 24-hour guard on Se | believe, a man stepped close, home of Gagnon’s family in Wil-| pressed a heavy caliber revolver liamsburg, (Continued On Page Three) Gagnon also is said to have told | Seveetiey er ne spores 415,000 he received $15,000; Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES 76 DUVAL ST. NOW OPEN Key West Music Center | | (Introductory Offer) SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON ALL ITEMS May 17th Thru 24 Music Lessons Instruments & Letest Records 40% @ General Tires @ Vent Shades @ Plastic Seat Covers g @ Outside 3un F Visors ABOVE EQUIPMENT FITS MOST CHRYSLER CARS NAVARRO, INC, 601 Duval St. MAY THRU the Brink’s loot | street, then te Truman avenve and along it to Bayview Park. Martial music will fill Key West provided by the championship | American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps of Florida which will lead the parade. The Coral Gables High School |Band, a 142 piece unit, will head , the second division of the parade. (Continued On Page Three) “DUKE'S BAR-B-Q OPPOSITE THE AQUARIUM | OPEN MONDAY, | MAY 13th Summer Hours - 10 A.M. to 1 | PEARCE, Mgr P.M, | Panels and Pick-ups | DISCOUNTED | 24 MO. TO PAY NAVARRO, Inc. 601 Duval St. GE ANNOUNCEMENT The Sun and Sand Club DINING ROOM WILL BE CLOSED ALL Day TUESDAY SEPTEMBER,