The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 5, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equitable climate in the country, with ay iverage range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOU VOL. LXXIII. No. 160 American Flag Presented To County Commissioners Citizen Staff Photo COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Gerald Saunders, left, accepts the flag from Vance Stirrup, commander Arthur Sawyer Post, American Legion at July 4th ceremonies before the County Courthouse. The Legion Honor Guard stood at attention during the presentation. Mayor C. B. Harvey, can be seen in Legion uniform directly to the left of the flagpole, Neil Knowles Takes Helm Of {Korean Armistice ! Rotary Club At Regular Meet |S#!t Confined Wednesday From Joe Pearlman oe mistice negotiators held their long- est session in weeks today on the { Group Hears Reports From Key West High |« ee | ; School Boy's State Just Cruising Delegates Wednesday Says Skipper Of as president of the Key West no | SS United States tary club on Thursday with Joe THE Pearlman, retiring president mak- Cae oa ge gh ing the official speech +i we'rome STATES “AT REA ae {to office, and hisown fyrew, gone Rey’ queen of, the the & Wead vf the orgatization" ‘United ‘States, cut Wick 4 In acceptng his new ‘responsi-| and treacherous fog with unslack- | diree ; pratatlions and Imoteky ‘aid he | Smng speed today and left no doubt | Sm FF pecancad ne, a she is heading for a new record | %8 sepals newsm . eas ettite We “Soete “xErest | crossing of the Atlantic, She is Secret talks began after the “roll with the punch,” but that he | Teported hitting 36 knots, Communists Thursday proposed would do his best to carry on his| Now they're saying unofficially reclassification of all prisoners ac- duties, the streamlined, 53,000-streak of | Cording to nationality and area and Pearlman was greeted with ap-|0f power will pass Bishop’s Rock playse and loud hurrays as he an-| off the English Coast before dawn nounced his retirement, but the| Monday and rip from six to 10 Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, 1 group soon settled down to more |hours off the transatlantic speed i serious demeanor as he made his | record held by Britain’s Queen farewell address, saying, “It is | Mary. easier to say ‘hello’ than it is to| Bishop’s Rock is the terminal say ‘goodbye.’ Pearlman continu- | point of passenger ship speed tests ed saying that he felt both glad| which originate at Ambrose Light and sorry in relinquishing office | off the American coast. April, the U. N. said only 5,000 of adding that every Thursday prior| The United States met her first 20,000 Allied-held Chinese would re- to meetings of the club he felt &) severe test Friday night—her sec- | tr to Red “keen awareness and exhileration. | ond at sea on this maiden voyage— All things were a challenge and Ti ad baie through like a cham- must confess,” he said, “that I} pion while her 1,700 passengers, liked that challenge. I have had a} l pnawabe: of the: dcainn, dined alk year.” Weseamt experience this danced in Independence Day cele- He thanked the entire group for | brations. their cooperation, then handed out! She ran into a heavy mist sweep- verbal orchids to Curry Harris, | ing down from Newfoundland and Ralph Rogers and Charlie Smith | the visibility went down to zero. for their special efferts. | Her radar system was put to work. Both outgoing and incoming | Commodore Harry Manning, sleep- \ (Continued On Page Three) (Continued On Page Six) Opening TONIGHT Key West's Most Beautiful Cocktail LOUNGE 4x THREE CHAPS & A CHICK 3 King Size Drinks Moderate Prices _|Man Arrested |/On Robbery an Street, landed right back in the County Jail this’ morning, just a g week after his release after serv- La | ing six months of a one year sen- tence for robbery. -| that country and make it the first |*ble and four damaged. - | Balkan country into Russian terri- | Ai . It was the first | there are eight objections to living -j tory, as it did with the Balic . | naions, Latvia, Lithuania and Es- "| to dozens of top Communists, joined Historian Dies . | lawyer who was Premier of Poland | strike near Pyongyang. it affords no opportunity for evil , | for four months during World War THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952 GILMORE SAILORS ACCUSE MAN OF DUPING THEM IN “BADGER GAME” George Thompson, 517 William Mrs. Harve Named To Vital Election Post Mrs. Withelmina Harvey, Pre- sident of the Florida Federation of Business and Professional Wo- men has been named chairman Thompson was taken into custody shortly after midnight by Police Officer Armando Perez on the complaint of a pair of sailors from the USS Gilmore when they said he had fleeced them of a total of $27.50 after promising to obtain a “a woman” for them. The arrest was made at the Pass oy legge fe organize corner of Duval and Fleming Sts. | Chase Smith, Maine Republican after D. A. Wiley, FN, USN and | as vice-president of the United N. L. Gherardy of the Gilmore | States. This move was authorized identified Thompson as the man bg hs is seers eerie. rvey has whe had taken their money: |i, | Yerk and Boston at the BPW in. City Jail overnight for ternational Board meeting, and investiga- tion and this morning was taken to the County Jail by Constable Harry Johnson after a Larceny warrant was issued by Justice ef the Peace Ira Albury. Justice Albury has set a prelimi- nary hearing for Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. At the city jail this morning, the sailors pointed out Thompson as the man who accosted Gherardy on Wednesday night in the vicinity of the 116 Club and offered to “get a woman for him.” Gherardy is then said to have given him $13 at z35 $F without returning. Island. And fast night, into custody after a search Duval Street area. Thompson is re; Mrs. Gene Otto has summarized an article on “Monastary Gardens two | In Siam” from pe ig bes probably destroyed and seven | April 1952, which m some “ pointns about house: versus trees _ ‘Aic Force said camera film | for gracious tropical living. up | had confirmed 10 kills, one prob-| The article by Alexander Gris- wold tells why Buddhist — be- “autonomous” Bal republi. Sabre pilots last Dec. 13 shot | lieve that a protecting angel lives the Soviet One sss down 13 MIGs. in every large tree. Romania has a 450-mile frontier Fourth of July battle ended| Here is Mrs. Otto’s summary of with Russia. So far, Moscow has k in which no Allied planes | the article and her own comment: made no attempt to turn any over North Korea, the| “The Buddhist scriptures tell us VIENNA, Austria (@—Diplomatic | 4, reports say Communist Romania tree. last August. in a house: it is a lot of trouble to raging all over as | build; it must be kept in repair; , with black smoke | 80me nobleman might seize it; too many people might want to live in il- |it; it make the body tender; it , | Provides concealment for commit- ting evil deeds; it causes pride of ownership; it harbors lice and tonia. The reports said fear of Soviet annexation stems from widespread rumors of anther impending cur- engl revaluation. ee of anuary money reform took F ‘and Ma- the wealth of millions of Roman- 23 Sjustralian, South Ko. | bugs. jans and brought official disgrace |rean and South African planes| There are ten advantages on the in attacks on the Reds’/ other hand in residing under a North Korean supply system Fri-| tree: it can be found witb ease; it day. The Air Force said night |¢an be found in any locality; the bombers knocked out 41 supply sight of falling leaves is a remind- NEW YORK # — Jan Zuchar- | vehicles, nine by Lt. Donald W. | er of the impermanence of life; a zewski, 76, historian, educator and |Kreuger, Compton, Calif, in a tree arouses no covetous thoughts; ficult if it The U. S. Eighth Army said the | deeds; it is not received from any roughest ground action was near | Person; it is inhabitated by good Panmunjom. Defenders of an Al- | angels; it needs no fence; it pro- lied outpost forced Communist at- | motes health; it does not involve tackers to withdraw after an hour's | Wordly attachments. There are almost 20,000 monas- Sports Night Cap W.GBS, — Th: 15 SPM.| and G. G. G. ta ——- LISTEN TO THE = $10 TRADE IN ON YOUR OLD BIKE TOWARDS A est CiliSen HE== WIFE NEAR DEATH IN JULY 4 SHOOTING BEES | Qu tstanding Citizen Award Citizen Staff Photo JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD, Sheriff-elect of Monroe County, was honored last evening by Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, by being chosen to receive the 1952 Outstanding Citi- zen Award. Post Commander Vance C. Stirrup made the pre- sentation in behalf of the Post. The selection was made by a committee of five (5) Legionnaires. Spottswood received a e beautiful trophy attesting to the honor. A permanent trophy which time the man disappeared is always on display at the American Legion Home on Stock The honoring of the outstanding citizen of the City is an annual project of Arthur Sawyer Post. No. 28 and is a feature of the July 4th celebration arranged by the Post each year. Ten Advantages Of Living Under A Tree Quoted In Article Summarized Here Buddhism, which arose in India Lead In Nation’s pata years ago, teaches that in God is optional and unim- portant, and that the whole aim of July 4th Deaths man should be the eradication of human misery. The way to accom- By The Associated Press plish this is “To take joy in the| The toll of violent deaths dur- joys of others and sorrow in the | ing the July 4th holiday week-end sorrows of others; and to be en-| edged toward 300 today, bringing urely indifferent to one’s own joys jonly one glimmer of encourage- and sorrows.” ment—the nation appeared to be In order to attain this frame of | winning its campaign against care- mind, a life of great simplicity and |less use of fireworks. prolonged medita‘‘on and mental| Only two deaths—in a total of concentration is necessary. This |276—were caused by fireworks. sort of concentration would be dif- | Traffic accidents accounted for gardens of the monasteries. The |81 lives and 25 persons died in garden may be no more than a | miscellaneous accidents during the courtyard of smooth earth swept | first 37 hours of the $day week- clean and shaded with great trees; | end. then again it may be lush with| The low fireworks toll was « tropic: bougainvillea, hibiscus and olean- | ness of campaigns to eliminate der. But always the reliquary tow- | this holiday hazard through educa- er stands in the center and stone | tion and regulation. Bates lead to little high-walled| The traffie toll was running gardens each containing ome or | ahead of the comparable Memo many trees and trickling | rial Day weekend of 1952~when (Continued Ou Page Six) | (Continued On Page Six) PRICE FIVE CENTS HENRY JOHNSON HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER FAMILY FIGHT Henry Johnson of Marathon fs being held without bond in Mon- , Toe county jail today for attempt. ing to kill his wife in a “family quarrel” at 10 last night, Capt. Andy, Deputy Sheriff said today. Mrs. Catherine Johnson lies at |; death’s door at Monroe General i} hospital with a bullet over her arm, inflicted by her husband's 38 calibre pistol. Dr, Leonard Conly, physician Hehe is in “ ‘ror condition.” She }has been in shock all night and dzy, following a tremendous loss blood. Capt. Andy was called to t! the State Highway patrol radio } dispatcher. The Johnsons had béen a flags Sas & BE MRS. OTTO y SAYS “BO” TREE [me = ee from the af SACRED IN SIAM ‘aovotaiuaide or ina temole vil is IS KW SP. ELM lage, to the splendid royal estab- lishments in Bangkok. But, even | the law before, particularly when in the most splendid of them, the | she threw lye in her husbaond’s monks live austere and simple | face. lives, and the indispensable ele- ment of every monastery garden Highway Accidents is a Bo or Peepul (Ficus religiosa) it were not for the quiet | 168 fatalities, while drownings took growth of frangi-pani,| simple reminder of the effective- FREE DANCE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT « ELES CLUB NINE TO ONG Terrific Floor Show MARK STANLEY and HIS ORCHESTRA invites SVERYONE