The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 19, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equitable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit eatu' © Service: For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests «f Key Wes Che Key West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1951 VOL. LXX#I. 50th Anniversary Independence Of Republic Of Cuba Scheduled For Observance, Tues., May 20 * No. 120 PRICE FIVE CENTS Thousands View Armed Forces Day Parade Saturday; KWOC !s Winner CUBAN OFFICIALS zk kh ke ® tee Ke & xk * ARRIVING BY PLANE TO PARTICIPATE IN FIESTA PROGRAM State Department Representa tive Mary Morandeyra of the Re- public of Cuba heads the roster of distinguished Cuban visitors who will arrive in Key West Tuesday morning for participation in a fies- ta paying homage to the 50th an- niversary of the founding of the Cuban Republic, May 20, 1902. She will receive the key of the city from Mayor C. B. Harvey during an official ceremony. A full day’s program has been dedicated to the celebration spon- sored by the Institute of San Car- los, Key West School owned by the Cuban government. The directors of San Carlos will be assisted by various civic organizations in the observance of the fiesta which is of great significance to the Cuban Republic and to the Cuban popu- lation and their descendants in Key West. “It has been a tradition of the city in the past to take part in the annual celebration. Now at the half century mark, the observance takes on added importance,” said | Julio Cabanas, San Carlos. Representatives of the Cuban government, a radio commentator from Havana, members of the Cu- ban press, staff members of the magazine “Bohemia,” and other Cuban visitors will be greeted offi- cially at the airport at 9:45 a.m Tuesday. The reception committee will be formed of San Carlos di rectors, members of the Sociedad Cuba, Mayor Harvey, the consul and authorities in general. Police escort will be provided from Meacham Field. At 10:30 a + @ prBentabpn dethe syn ler ey to the city of Key Wes be made by Mayor Harvey who will accompany the ceremony with a speech emphasizing $0th Anni versary of Cuban Independence. At 11 a.m., the official party will place a floral tribute on the Bay view Park monument to Jose Mar ti, father of the movement for free. dom, Another floral tribute will placed on the memorial to the vic tims of the Battleship Maine in the City Cemetery at 11:30 a.m., and a third tribute, dedicated to the Martyrs of the Independence of Cu- ba, will be placed on their monu ment at noon In the afternoon, the visitors will be conducted on a visit the Overseas Highway at 2 p.m. A vi sit to the Municipal Aquarium is planned for 5 p.m The evening schedule will beg at 8 p.m. with a patriotic meeting at San Carlos School, the theme of honor centering on Anni versary of Inde the Republic of Cuba. There will be a presentation of medals and cert cates to the veterans of the Inde pendence of Cuba who r in Key West with inspirational spee ches. Highlight of t be a ball at the (Continued On Jr., president of to gin the te 726 DUVAL ST. NOW OPEN Key West Music Center (Introductory Offer) SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON ALL ITEMS May 17th Thru 24 Music Lessons Instruments & Latest Records Cuban | will | be | Pre-School Round-Up ‘Of Children Parents Of 1952-53 First Graders To Take Children To thools This Friday The annual spring round up of chool children prior to the 53 school year begins this | Friday, at 2 p.m. it was announc- ed today. Parents are urge¢ to bring | their children to the particular |elementary school he or she will attend in the coming year. The | Parent-Teacher Association of | each school invites parents to at- tend a gathering for them on| |Friday at 2 p.m. The principals ané PTA’s of! |the various elementary schools | jurge that the child come and} }meet his future classmates and | teachers. Florida school law requires | that children for the 1952-53 first | |grade be five years and nine | months old on Septemter 4, 1952; |or six years old on or before De-| |cember 4, 1952, or born on or be- fore December 4, 1946. | Parents should bring some- |thing to authenticate the child’s ‘age. Any of the following will jbe accepted: a bitth certificate, ja baptismal certificate, insur- ance policy at least two years lold, or an affidavit by the par- sent (notarized). Parents should go to’ the ele-| jmentary school where their child | will attend next September at 2 jp.m. Friday, it was stressed, | City Commission Meets Tonight The City Commission will vote | upon a cancellation agreement be- tween it and the Civil Aeronautics Administration conditional upon proff that the County has complete- | ly and finally assumed full obliga- | tions for acquiring and developing | Meacham field. | The resolution states that | City entered into a grant agree- ment with CAA to sponsor the City’s purchase of Meacham field. ' | Now, that the County has agreed to buy the field, the city wishes to relieve itself of its obligations un- | der its agreement, “upon concrete evidence being presented to the City Manager that said County of Monroe has completed its arrange- | s to sponsor said project.” ht spot of tonight's com- meeting will be the recog: | fathers of Key h the posed ed On Page Five Key West Quarterback Club Monday, May 19,7 P.M. Benny's Cafeteria SIMONTON ST. | HELP SWELL There are over | pino patrol caught the ( Citizen Staff Photo A LIVE STATUE OF LIBERTY ADORNS THE KEY WEST “ANGELS” MOTORCYCLE CLUB FLOAT IN SATURDAY’S ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE, Survivors Of Sunken Boat Arrive Here Tonight On CG Rescuing Vessel 4% TRIO SAVED, War SHRIMPER SUNK BY CG JUNIPER SENT FROM KW Mi Was Expert’s Denial Refuted By G. Saunders, Earl Duncan Herman V. Bennett, handwrit- ing expert of the Pan American Secret Service Inc., Miami, has em- Phatically denied quotations at- tributed to him ey Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder and quot- ed in The Citizen of May 8. In a long letter received by The Citizen and sént to others, Bennett says the story draws only one con- clusion and that is that he has “white washed” the entire election in Key West and given it a “clean bill of health” which he declares is in direct conflict with facts. The Citizen’s source for the story on May 8 was the Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder who gave direct quotations from Mr. Bennett which were witnessed by four per- sons in addition to Pinder. The statement of Bennett's quot- ed in The Citizen and witnessed by jthe Board of Canvassers member Gerald Saunders, School Board Seber si. Bark Duncan, and Dep- we resiithart Mrs. Edna Mae Bull- man and Mrs. Agnes Lowe was: “Your office is to be congratu- lated, Mr. Pinder, on the way it conducted the election.” Monroe County Chairman Gerald Saunders who was canvassing the ballots when Bennett studied the absentee sig- natures on May 7 told The Citizen this morning. “You can quote me. I sat in this Commission | e *. May 27 Ballots Arrive In K.W. Monroe County voters will elect their Governor next Tuesday and ‘ dustice of the Peace and constable . the Third District, as well as ten other offices, the official ballot reveals, The ballot came into the office of Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder on Saturday. Headed by the two candidates for ! Governor, the batlot lists the can- didates for JP and constable who | are in a run-off race. Voters will | select four women and four men | Democratic convention delegates | at large, and one woman and one man to go to the Convention from the fourth Congressional district. The short ballot is being mailed out to the 80 odd persons who have ; requested absentee ballots. Two persons came into Pinder’s office this morning to vote absentee in person, for the May 27 second and final primary. Following this vote, the next big job of the Supervi- sor is getting ready for the No- |. vember 4 Presidential election, Police School To Be Started Here | __A police school will be started in | Key West beginning June 23 and lasting through July 3, Chief of Po- lice Joseph O. Kemp reported this | morning. The plans for the school were the outcome of a visit of Coordinator | | Roundup | The three survivors of the | office and heard Mr. Bennett com- | Roy Ross of the Florida Police SEOUL, Korea raiders in grenade charges twice drove Chinese Red defenders off an embattled hill on | the Korea central front today. It was the same hill west of Chorwon where men of the 20th Battalion Combat Team said they killed or wounded every one of 40 Chinese at its top Sunday. The tough Filipino raiders the Reds again this morning Chinese fled. The Filipinos wv drew shortly under Red m« fire Later in the day a second inese The patrol hi gre! and charged with fixed bay The Chinese fled Ten Reds wer Filipino bayonet , into Key West Coast Guard vessel Juniper which ed them 360 miles from here the = at midnight on re Coast hit The ping heavily on the wester directed U. N. a ry f fleeing Reds | | OPPOSITE THE AQUARIUM OPEN MONDAY. MAY 13th Summer Hours - 10 A.M. to 10 P.M BOB PEARCE, Mgr DAN'S LEAD! 12.000 registered voters in Monroe County, but unless we get that vote out, we cannot make our weight felt in circles. Vote on May 27th and pull lever 1-A for DAN McCARTY, Florida’s next governor. State political SAVE MONEY On MILK LAND O° SUN MILK NEW 2 QUART CARTON Cream Top Milk 55c Homo. Milk $7c PHONE #4 | he conducted the election.” H. Earl Duncan, newly elected school board member, who sat all day in the office of Supervisor while the outcome of his race with | Julio Cabangs, Jr. was being de- cided by the canvass of the ab- sentee ballots, told The Citizen this morning “I heard Bennett congratulate Mr. Pinder on the fine way the el | ection was conducted. He congratu lated him on the records of his of fice and said he couldn't find any discrepancies in the absentee bal. lots except where the illite: blind had voted, and there wz Signature. Mr. Pinder out that he had af office for the illiterates a assistance in voting. Ben: “Fine.” Mrs. Bullman and Mrs jeputies in Pinder's office were present all day H the vote was finish the morning of May 8 ed Bennett's congratu shrimp vessel Parnell will come|™mend Mr. Pinder on the fine way | Academy, from Orlando, Fla., who | was the guest of Chief and Mrs. Kemp over the weekend. | Subjects to be taught will be an- } nounced later, Chief Kemp said. ‘Quarterback Club ‘Meets Tonight j a dinner meeting at Benny's cafe teria. Simonton street, tonight at 7 o'clock Wives of all members, and sociate members are invited to at- tend the meeting Speaker of the evening will be urry Harris the evening will be a g picture of the Gator Bowl ersity of Mia- held last New g between mi and C Year's Day Leave Wednesday WINTER H. AVE N #~The queen of th F da Citrus Expo- Patricia Bur and her and ber any of The Quarterback Club will hold | as-| $70,000 K.W. Sal. Recorded Today The Toppinos, Orsolina and Philip and Benjamin Bernstein have bought for $70,000, 59 lots on which new housing will be was learned today. les Toppino and Sons, Inc. sold the property according to a warranty deed filed with County Clerk Earl Adams. The lots are bound by Cather- ine street, United Street, George and Thompson, with six addi- tional lots on Eliza street. The plat for this property was approved by last Tuesday’s Coun- ty Commission meeting. Each lot averages 61 feet by 88 feet, Avoids Hitting Child; Crashes Into Palm Tree To avoid hitting a child who ran into the path of her car, at Duck Avenue and 18th street, Mrs. R. P. Mansfield struck a palm tree and damaged her Ford coupe to the ex- tent of an estimated $500. The acci- dent occured Sunday at 10:20 a.m. Mrs. Mansfield, who is employed in the office of City Tax Collector Archie Roberts, sustained bruises but did not go to the hospital. She and her husband, a navy man, live at 511-C West Poinciana. The car was removed to Sweet- ing’s Garage after the accident. The headligh‘ on the right side was smashed and forced down behind the crushed front right fender. The hood was sprung and crumpled on | the right side by the impact and | the front bumper pried loose from the front portion of the ear. right front wheel was also | maged. The child who caused the acci- dent was uninjured, police report- ; ed. da- Two Fires unday Morning Two fires o No one was ir The first jam. at the | Thompson, 323 | Sunday morning to bedding the fires started. 1 alarm home Angela came at 2:40 of Bernice street. A were des es had been ex fire apparatus mattress and a table troyed b s turned in 18, when a t 3:50 a.m in the (Continued tress dence of Carl In Or Pa By The | es in matresses, | ami Handwriting Expert Says He isquoted; Denies Clean Election Stery; Hired Porter kk * Parade Delayed Half Hour By Late Arrival Of Coral Gables Band By DOROTHY RAYMER New Orleans has its Mar- di Gras and New York City has its ticker-tape hero pro- cessions, but Key West has its Armed Forces Day Pa- rade to vie for the pagean« try field. Color, music, fun, beauty, spectacular floats and crowds of thousands of spectators were part of the bright and inspired picture formed Saturday night when the second annual Armed Forces Day Parade marched along Duval street to stirring martial tunes, Winner of the most beauti- ful float prize was won by the Key West Outboard Club. The most humorous entry award went to Cayo Hueso Grotto and the Key West Shrina Club, The theme of “Freedom, Unity. and Strength” was best de- picted by the U. S. Fleet Air Detachment float. Best civilian marching unit prize was given fo the Coral Gables High School band, Close contender for the best float was the ‘U. S. Naval Hos- ; pital enti with honorable men- tion also going to the Key West | High Schoo] Band and the Coral | Gables Post 98 American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. The parade was delayed over half an hour by late arrival of the Coral Gables units, but once underway the display, twice as big as last year’s, more than made up for the lost time. Shortl after 7:3) the West Police department spear- ded by four motorcycle offi- Chief of Police Jose > in a squad car roared | down Duval followed by ‘Parade | Marshall Charles V, Lunn, Span- ish-Amer War veteran in solitary ndor riding in a ble, m, the D. S. Ma nd Bugle Corps and i Corps Marchi Unit br nt od unTform (Continyed On Page Three) Key ican sleek « in ee TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 1, Mrs. Fernanda Carbonell am the sole owner of the Strand end Monroe Theatres. My son Ygnacio is manager of the Strand and my Z eal POOR OLD CRAIG son John is the manager of the son and of Lakeland “ORANGE BLOSSOM’S SISTER JUST CAME TO KEY WEST” GROVE GRAPEFR - FRESH UIT JUICE HAVE you ever tasted FRESH grapefruit Juice? This is the First FRESHLY SQUEEZED RIND. Intreduction of — FREE GRAPEFRUIT JUICE ONLY a 4 IT'S NO Fresh Daily 5c IT TART! Full Quart Order teday from Home Milk or Land O° Sun Dairy TO YOUR DOOR OR AT YOUR FOOD STORE SERVICE STATION iD Phone 9134 E OIL Dealer Monroe Theatre. MRS. FERNANDA CARBONELL The Sun and Sand Club DINING ROOM WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY TUESDAY MAY THRU SEPTEMBER