The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equitable climate in the country, with ar sverage range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII. No. 143 f School Play Program Begins __ With Registration Monday; Eight Instructors This Year; FULL-TIME ART — * TEACHER, PLUS : “| ALL SPORTS AND Public Invited: - CRAFTS To Attend Flag Day Services Registration for the summer re- creation program sponsored by the | Monroe County School board takes place at schools and Bayview park. KW Man Loses Arm InC | With Hit-Run Truck Driver; Sailor Saves His Life . rash A.Leskoshy At Naval Hosp. Mail Truck Driver Jailed Anthony Joseph Leskoshy, 36, lost his left arm at 5 o’clock this morning when a mail truck driven south by Calvin White of Miami sideswiped his northbound car, one mile south of the Big Pine Key toll gate, State Highway Patrolman S. R. Walker reported. Walker got the alarin to go to the accident at 5:20. He was on The public is invited to attend the Flag Day seryice to be held 8 o'clock tonight by Key West Lodge of Elks 551, at the Elks An- nex in Duval street. Comdr. C. T. Buell, USN, will deliver the principal address. All veterans and civic organiza- tions in the city have been request- ed to participate. The committee on arrangements, headed by John Richardson, Es- teemed Leading Knight of the lodge, announced the following pro- gram will be presented: Introductory ‘reamrks, Exalted Ruler John Blackwell, Jr.; pa yancement of color, Veteran and ‘organizations; Pledge of} To get to - flag; lodge | Civie selections, bra . Lice with David | Daniels directing the “whole pro- Pte " Musical school quartette; Taps, James ‘ Davis, Retirement of Colors; Bene- ‘| dicitor, Harry Knight. Members of the brass quartette will be‘ Patsy Johnson, Cornet; James Davis, Trumpet; Tom Cor- nell, trambone and Gene Lang, trumbone, The ai Monday from 9.a.m. to5 p.m., it was announced today by Win Jones, director of the program. Ali children from the age of six to 18 are eligible for the program which takes place at elementary schools, Bayview Park and the Key West High school gymnasium, Jones said. They do not have to have attended county school. This year eight adults will lead the program compared with the one that launched it three years ‘More than 500 children. were _up in the recreation. pro- ist summers, with an aver the spot ten minutes later to find W. J. Kane, USS Gilmore, admin- istering first aid to the injured man. The truck driver had left the scene of the accident, and was picked up at 8 o’clock at the Monroe County beach, by City Policeman Henry Lounders. White was placed in the county jail on charges filed through the sheriff's office. He is under bond of $1,500. Hit amd run driving, ac- counts for $1,000 of the bond; leaving the scene, $250, and fail- to renaer trst aid, $250. mail truck driver had a Poiiician ig Day. Kiives , selection, High gram there. Don Jaeschke will direct the pi Bram at Bayview Park. Mary Degtoff will continue swimming instruction this year at a local pool, She will give’ daily switaming lessons. Last year chil- dren invher classes. were “eminent- ° jecescful in pagsing Red sres swimmin~ tests, Forty be- came Junior Life Savers and 30 senior Life savers. ‘This was on ‘he basis of only two lessons a week, This year’y daily program will produce even more life savers, Jones predicted, Ruth Wright ‘will lead story tell- jng and playlets as well Miss Mar- (Continued On Page Five) thon, Walker. He also called a Naval hospital ambulance, which took the injured man to the hos- pital where his condition was reported as “satisfactory” at 10 a.m. The arm was amputated at the shoulder, Walker said. “The man off the Gilmore who gave first aid saved his life,” Walker declared. “His car must Lave been right behind the 1946 Dodge of Leskoshy. The truck driver, White, who lives at 29 N. W. 23rd street, Miami, is an employee of C. J. Faulkner of Miami who has the contract for mail trucks plying between Key West and Miami. I’ is a 1949 International truck. Neither the truck nor the car was seriously damaged. A photograph taken at the scene shows only slight damage on the left front side of the truck. White will come before Crim- inal Court Judge Thomas Caro as soon as the condition of the injured man is definitely known. Leskoshy is a refrigerator me- chanic at the Naval hospital. He lives at 167 H Poinciana place. conditioned annex will be lied to accomodate 300 per- sons, or more, Richardson said. Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 The “MAMBOLEROS” Ride Again MATINEE DANCE EVERY SUNDAY STARTING SUNDAY 15th AT THE ELK’'S ANNEX FROM 3 P.M. TO7 P.M. FIFTEEN PIECE ORCHESTRA ADMISSION J75¢ ADULTS ONLY bound truck hit the north bound car is not yet determined. From Your Key West Office Surety-Bonded Termite Control Scientific Pest Control TERMITE CONTROL PEST CONTROL Call a name you know for dependability, Each Orkin guarantee backed by Massa- chusetts Bonding and Insur- ance Co, KEY WEST REP. Lives at 1527 Von Phister St. had 3 years experi- y West with Orkin + before that ye Always get the service you want with the leader in the field of scientific control of pests. Insist on the reliable Free Inspection Free Estimate World's Largest Pest Control Co. W. J. LOOPER 1527 VON PHISTER STREET PHONE 1632-R $OUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1952 Three Generations At Rotary Meeting Citizen Staff Photo THREE GENERATIONS WERE REPRESENTED at Thursday's Father and Son luncheon featured at the regular Rotary Club meeting. Pictured above is Rotarian Ernest A. Ramsey (right), The Associated Pris Teletype Features and Phote Services For 72 Years Devoted te the Best Interest: ~ Key Wes IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Eskew Freed In Death Of Bert Fox: Lastres Testifies Eskew Hit In Self- Defense Any Further * Action Must Aurelis Lastres Testifies At Inquest Come From Grand Jury A coroner's jury which met yes- terday at 2 p.m., in the offices of Ira Albury decided that: “Bert Fox came to his death as the result of a fractured skull and hemorrhage of the brain caused either by a fall to the street pavement during an altercation with one, Willie Es- kew; or as a result of stumbling and falling to the street pave- ment.” It was an “either-or” decision that left the entire issue still cloudy and unsettled. Witnesses Police Officer Armando Perez Walker said whether the south | | ready believed to have the world’s j experimenting along similar lines his son-in-law, Joseph J. Reilly and grandson, Michael Reilly. aaa the Cheat witsiaan enlind: Gabe: peated his statements made earlier this week in official police reports. At 10:05 p.m., Perez was dis- patched by radio to investigate a man lying in the street. Riding with him in the police cruiser was M. Miller, U. S. Navy Shore Pa- trolman, At the corner of Galveston-Lane and Olivia, the two men found Bert Fox lying face down out in the street. He was unconscious and bleeding from the nose and mouth, Frank Sawyer was already on the with a Lopez ie seene a Paine Atomic-Powered Submarine’s Cruising Range Will Be Unlimited; Speed 35 Knots ne SED W pas Track BE USED WHILE CRAFT ah ge Home ambulance, Perez to the bospital and led to yy ELTON’ C2 AY. heck thé ga AP ‘Millen Asie! Rasetter ermit Given ble witnesses, - GROTON, Conn. & — meme | The police officer could find only one eye-witness -- Aurelis Lastres, 833 Elizabeth ‘St. Lastres pointed out Willie Eskew, (colored) as be- ing involved in the affair. When Perez questioned Eskew, the latter told him that Fox had picked a fight with him. Eskew was placed under arrest for investigation. And held for possible charges of assault and battery which no has pressed as of today. He was taken to the city jail and later transferred to the County. M. Miller The Navy Shore Patrolman. M. Miller, substantiated Perez’ story and had nothing to add. Frank Sawyer Driver of the Lopez ambulance, Sawyer’s story followed in line with the police officer's. Sawyer arrived three minutes before the Police but did not disturb the scene until authorized by Perez to take Fox to the hospital. Aurelis Lastres Principle witness of the after- United States hopes will be the world’s first atomic-engired sub- marine—the Nautilus—began tak- ing shape today with the cere- monial welding together of some ordinary-looking steel plates. President Truman journeyed up from the capital for an address to mark the beginning of a new era in the age-old history of war- ships. Formerly, this would have been a keel-laying ceremony but ship- building technique and designs have changed. A submarine now has no keel to lay. And a great deal of work al- ready has been done toward de- signing the hull, gathering togeth- er and fabricating materials and starting work on a land-based ex- perimental nuclear engine like that which will drive the new subma- rine Nautilus when she starts her first trial run sometime in 1954. The Navy assigned the job of building the hull of the radically | new boat to a company which has | been building submarines for more than half a century. Now called} the General Dynamics Corp., the original company launched the first successful submarine, the! Holland (named after John P. Hol- land, its designer) in 1896. The Nautilus, when completed, is expected to be the first of its | kind in the world. But there has been speculation that Russia, al- Next Week Application For Track Made In Miami Fri.; Sale Of Stock Island Land For Track Pending Decision on granting a permit for the $300,000 dog racing track on | Stock Island will be made some- time next week, the AP telephoned The Citizen this morning. Robert Curry, Miami supervisor of racing for the State Racing| Commission confirmed to the AP that Abe Aronovitz, attorney and President of the Key West Kennel | Club made application for the per- mit yesterday. The race track must come before fore the voters of Monroe County when the permit is issued. They | will be asked to decide if they want | noon was Aurelis Lastrés, a Civil | racing to enter the county. Service employee. He testified that Pending the special election for while he was sitting on his porch, ‘which the racing club deposited |Bert Fox and Eugene Marshall $3,500 with the county yesterday, | passed on the sidewalk. They ap- a sale of 12 acres of land on Stock | peared to be intoxicated and were | Island will go through, Phillip Top- (Continued on Page Ten) pino told The Citizen yesterday. The track will come under the; county’s jurisdiction, since the city (Continued on Page Ten) REGULAR MEETING, Key West | Quarterback Club, Monday, 8:00 P.M., June 16, 1952 Key West High School Cafeteria. | NS EQUIPMENT FOR Submarines. in varieus cad co| Under Water Fishing ous forms, had been built long) Thompson Enterprises, Inc. before that | HARDWARE DIVISION Ce Aristotle experimented with div- | Caroline St. Phone 886 FOR HOT BOLLOS (Continued on Page Ten) and SHRIMP CROQUETTES | ——____— Try YOU LIKE COOL EL PASAJE MOONLIT SEAS 1005 Truman Ave. IF YOU LIKE SOFT MUSIC = on THEN GO TO NOTICE! AL LOGUN'S WANT A NEW BEAUTIFUL OCEAN PATIO “at tom com? largest submarine fleet, may be | IF AT LOW COST? sey NO OVERHEAD NO. 1 GRADE MELLOTONES Roofing Material PLAY NIGHTLY THE KEY ROOFING CO. All Work Guaranteed Phone 1404-8 DINNERS Tit 16 PLM SUNDAY MATINEE 3-6P.m FLOOR SHOWS NEVER A COVER OR MINIMUM DANCING Citizen Staff Photo KW Improvement Company Does Not Want Te Buy Improvements At Airfield; Delay Decision APPLICATION bs MADE FOR CAA to speak on the subject. He merely . enn reported the telephone conversa- GRANT OF $75M tion he had with S. Robineau, com In an atmosphere of anti-climax Cr immediately prior County Commissioners yesterday | | Robineau, poy would suggest postponed crucial discussions on! method whereby neither the cc the purchas~ of Meacham airport | poration nor the county woul: until the owners, Key West Im- | Penalized should the county decid provement company submit their |‘o let the corporation take up its | own proposals on sale terms | first option to repurchase the air Commissioners had said Tuesday | Port at some future date. night they would have a full scale | The agreement reported by Sa discussion at yesterday's special | Yer to Commissioners Tuesd: meeting on their objections to the |stated that should the o | company’s proposals. | cide to abandon the airport The discussio definitely did not | (Continued on Page come off. Instead County Legal Ad | aia — erate visor was the only person present | _ pci ‘ PUBLIC INVITED ain al ie ee DANCE Elk’s Club Annex KIKI and his Latin American Band THIS SAT. NIGHT FATHERS Greeting And Congratulations On YOUR DAY CASA MARINA Due To Flag Day ANNEX NURSERY Ceremonies ee ee 10 P.M. - 2 A.M. TONIGHT AT RAUL'S DELICIOUS U S. CHOICE ROAST A GENEROUS SLICE PRIME RIBS OF BEEF $3.25 ROAST LONG ISLAND DUCKLING WITH ORANGE SAUCE $2.85 CONDITIONED DANCING TO GUS AYALA ORCHESTRA i AtR®R