The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1952, Page 1

caoesamer Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit FIRE DEPT. SUSPECTS ARSON FIVE FIRES PUT OUT ON BARROTA LANE RECENTLY By BILL GIBB Lightning might strike the same Place once or twice. Let’s be gen- @rous and say it could even strike three or four times. But a fellow would get suspicious if it were to hit the same spot five times in a Tow. And so it is with firet Within the past couple of weeks there have been five fires on Bar- fota Lane, just off the corner of Simonton and Olivia streets. One house was burnt completely to the ground, Two youngsters and an eld- erly man almost lost their lives in this particular fire. Since that time, the house next to the one burnt down has caught afire three times, Yesterday, a home on the end of the lane suffered a small blaze. Fire Chief Cremata and his men are “boiling over’ with anger, They believe that an arsonist is setting the fires that are endanger- ing the public’s property and life. If their suspicions turn out to be true, and they get their hands upon the man, he will be in for a rough time. Arson is one of the most con- temptible and lowest of all forms of human villany. Penalities are usually more severe for deliberate- ly burning down a dwelling than they are for murder. The Key West Police Department is also working on the case. Fire Hazards Other news notes on the fire- fighting front deal with hazardous conditions, Chief Cremata and Sanitary In- spector Millard Gibson are in- speeting premises to make sure that ry lumber, trash, lying “aroutid:. They have issued a warping to the occupants of a house at the corner of Katherine and Thomas streets, as well a8 to a man who is supposed to have cleared up a burnt dwelling in the 200 block of Whitehead St. and has failed to do so. Fire Hydrants The City pays the Florida Aque- duct Commission fifty dollars per year rental for each fire hydrant in town. Many of these hydrants are damaged and otherwise in- practical for use, by the fire de- partment. Ernest Ramsey, mana- ger of the company, has been re- quested to remedy the poor situa- tion that now exists. Navy Flyer Is Transferred From Key West Lt. O'Meara Is Sent To Corpus Christi For Flying Duty Lt. Henry J. O'Meara, a staff member for the past three years of Fleet All Weather Training Un- it Atlantic, Key West, has recently been transferred to the Naval Air Advanced Training Command, Cor- pus Christi, Texas. He entered the Navy in Septem- bet 1942 as an aviation cadet. In February 1944, he was designated a naval aviator at Pensacola, Fla. He subsequently served aboard the USS Yorktown with Squadron VF-88 which participated ¢ several raids.on Japan toward the war's end. It was during one of these attacks that Lt. O’Meara’s plane was shot_down by enemy anti-air- eraft artillery in the Sea of Japan. He managed to stay afloat until a PBY, undaunted by the heavy shelifire of a nearby Japanese des- troyer, could make the rescue. Among Lt. O’Meara’s World War Ml decorations is the Air Medal with one gold star, The Presiden- tial Unit Citation with a bronze star, the Asiatic-Pacific Area rib- bon, the Japanese Occupation rib- bon, the American Defense Service ribbon and the Victory Medal. Prior to reporting to FAWTU, Lt. O'Meara was attached to the Groung Control Approach unit at the Naval Air Station, Atlantic City, N. J, He graduated from Story High School, Manchester, Mass. and at- tended Boston University before entering the Navy. He also studied at Harvard University under the Navy five term program. " ee i ca e i IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1952 riment, Army, Navy Golf Game Citizen Staff Photo IN THREESOME at the Key West Golf club yesterday, Willard Beaulac, U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, measures his Navy and Army opponents before the first tee. Capt. Trenton D. Boaz, Execu- » tive’ officer, U.S. Naval hospital, left and Col. (retired) Bob Spottswood, right, sporting the argyle socks, knee bandage and walking shorts, Bids To Be Called For New Cround Storage Water Tank Marines Put Bullet-Torn Flag On Hill , Defeated Chinese By SAM SUMMERLIN WESTERN FRONT, Korea (#— Triumphant American Marines planted a bullet-torn flag on Bunk- er Hill today and let it fly before the eyes of the defeated Chinese. | The green and yellow banner, gift of a Korean orphanage, was shrouded now and then by dust and gun smoke. But the tattered flag showed the Marines still held the white slopes after nightmarish hours of combat. Capt. Howard (Spike) Connelly, New York City, led his company into battle Tuesday. The men car- ried their Korean banner with them. Lt. Col. Gerard T. Armitage, Evanston, Ill., said each company had received one and then softly added: “The flag is dedicated to Arch- Angel Michael, guardian of the gates of Heaven.” Marines told harrowing tales of the battle early Tuesday for Bunk- s}er Hill. It is within sight of the balloons hovering over the truce | site of panmunjom, The once-green ridge has been | turned to dust and broken rock by | thunderous artillery and mortar shelling, tank fire, rockets and air attacks. The leathernecks crawled up the sloped through a curtain of rifle, machine gun and artillery fire to win it. Some Chinese are still on the northern slopes. The bombardment was “wicked and wild,” muttered Pfc. Donald J. Biesak, Meriden, Conn. The young rifleman said he shot three Chinese soldiers during the night fighting. |. The leathernecks, caked with dust -and dripping sweat, agreed | they lived through “Hell” for al- {most two days. The Marines swear by their ar- mored vests and wear them despite (Continued On Page Six) Get Your VITAMINS THE EASY WAY DAIRY QUEEN ICE CREAM Soon to be Featured at Your | DAIRY QUEEN COR. WHITE & UNITED STS. WATER SITUATION TO BE AIDED BY COMPLETION OF TANKS HERE Bids for the new ground storage water tank in the parking lot back of the courthouse will be called for in the next month along with bids for tanks on the Keys, Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission mana- ger Ernest Ramsey said today. Ramsey obtained a quit claim deed for the present parking lot last night at the County Commis- sion meeting. The water group will erect a second ground storage tank in what is now parking space for court- house employees, witnesses at trials, and visitors to the tax offi- | ces, registration, schools and other | county offices. The Water Commission is also in the process of obtaining land at Tavernier, Islamorada and Mara- , thon for additional ground storage tanks. Ramsey told Commissioners a week ago that the tanks are ne- cessary to. forestall a complete water famine should the pumps at Florida City cease operation. The Commissioners, four of whom were present, voted to ap- prove his request for the deed to the land in Key West so that Ram- sey can proceed with surveys of lots in Key West and on the Keys. The City had taken this same action ten days ago, since some interpretions of Jackson Square ti- tle are that it belongs to the city Ramsey to be on the safeside ob- tained deeds from both City and County Commissioners, Dates For Police School Told It was announced by Horace O’Bryant, superintendent of public instruction, Dave King, city man- ager and J. 0. Kemp, chief of po- lice, that a school for chemical tests for intoxication would open in the Municipal Court room, Mon- day at 6:00 a. m., and the second class at 5:00 p. m., each class will continue for four hours. The school according to Chief Kemp, will graduate the students as experts in the operation of the drunkometer, a machine or device for estimating alcoholic content of a person’s blood through the Har- ger Breath Method, this method was perfected by Dr. Hager at In- diana University and has been a cepted by many states and muni- cipalities. Chief Kemp installed a drunkometer in the police depart- ment last year but more trained operators are necessary due to turn over in personnel. The drunkometer tests the sub- | jects exhaled breath, passing it through tubes containing various j chemicals. Reaction of chemicals | determine and registers the amount | of alcohol in the blood thereby the extent of intoxication. The use of the drunkometer eliminates the (Continued On Page Six) “Grave Error Of Judgement” Caused Two-Ship Crash 176 LOST THEIR LIVES AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT By JACK RUTLEDGE WASHINGTON wW — The mid. -| Atlantic collision of the carrier Wasp and the destroyer - mine sweeper Hobson at a cost of 176 lives has been blamed on an “un explained left turn” ordered by COMPLETE LINE OF GARDEN TOOLS Thompson Enterprises, Inc. | HARDWARE DIVISION | Caroline St. Phone 886/ | Che Kev West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER E U.S.A. es The Associated Press Teletype Feafures and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. County Votes Sept. 30 On Dog Track xk * xkek kk * xk U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CUBA IN CITY ON THREE-DAY VISIT. Plays Golf With * Col. Spotiswood And Capt. Boaz By SUSAN McAVOY U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, Willard Beaulac flew into Key West from the Embassy in Cuba and show- ed that diplomats can match the Navy and the Army any day in golf. Playing out at the 18 hole Key West golf club yesterday, Beaulac success- fully defeated Capt. Tren- ton D. Boaz, Executive Of- ficer of the U. S. Naval hospital and Col. (retired) Bob Spottswood in a three hour game. ‘The Ambassador who was ap- Pointed to the friendly Island republic 11 months ago, likes Key West and its golf so much that he'll stay another day. He first visited Key West when he was Counselor to the Getting Dog T Arverican Embassy in Cuba from }* 1937 to 1941. ~“T never forgot the drive over the sea, it was wonderful,” said the handsome diplomat who is a career man in the State Depart- ment. The Ambassador, and. Mrs. Beaulac and their four children —ranging from five to 16 years, live at the official residence at Country Club park, near the famed Havana Yacht Club. Ambassador Beaulac was de- lighted to return to Cuba last September because of his many old friends there, made during the first years. Then, as now, Batista was President of the Island Republic. Yesterday’s interview was short for two main reasons. The Navy and the Army were eager to get the golf game going, and Ambassador Beaulac, a true diplomat would make no com- ment on the political, economic, and social conditions of the Cuban republic. SubRon 12 Blood Drive Successful 867 Pints Of Blood Collected By Miami Blood Bank From Sailors The newly commissioned Sub- marine Squadron Twelve, now based at Key West, completed their first ‘Blood For Korea’ drive last Saturday with the total of 867 pints donated. It is not a record, for without a previous drive there was no goal they could set. But the Percentage of men donating was jhigh, so high that on the next drive it will be hard for them to | top their ‘score.’ the Hobson’s commander. A Naval Court of Inquiry an-! nounced late Tuesday that a “grave error of judgment” by Lt Cmdr. W. J. Tierney caused the April 26 collision that sent the Hob son to the bottom and the Wasp limping back to New York, badly damaged | All other officers were cleared of any responsibility for the trage- (Continued On Page Four) MEETING BRANCH Sé FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION Thursday, Aug. 14, 8:30 P.M. | Members Please Attend | | day Up to the last minutes on Satur. afternoon new donors were coming forward. As the day wore on a long queue formed outside the door at “sick bay” as men waited patiently in line for their turn to give a pint of life saving fluid that can mean so much to a wounded man “I've seen them coming back,” (Continues In Page four) | AUGUST SPECIAL | $10 TRADE IN ON YOUR OLD BIKE TOWARDS A New Columbis Rollfast at J. R. STOWERS CO. 533 Duval Phone 276 7 ABE ARONOVITZ, presidént of the Key West asking County Commissioners County on the Stock Islatid dog upon by Commissioners. rack va Poll Date Set onegaree on erRITRRRRNNRRET ERTS Citizen. Staff Photo #) snet Club for early election in Monroe track. September 30 was agreed Slone Protests Spot Zoning On Stock Island; Attorney Lester Upholds ry Davidson Hearing Set For Thursday Porter Davidson, 28, of Miami, charged with stealing $2555 in steel tools and building equipment, will have a preliminary hearing before Peace Justice R. D. Zetterower in Marathon tomorrow at 2 p. m. Davidson was arrested Sunday by Chief Deputy Tommy Dixon, Dep- uty Sheriff Jame: O. Barker and Deputy Priest of Miami. The three officers had been in- vestigating the grand larceny on the Keys for more than a month. Leroy Russell, Tavernier, David son's accuser will testify at the hearing tomorrow as will. Dixon, Barker and Priest. ‘Twin Ship Canals | Are Proposed | WASHINGTON w — Twin ship | canals — tunnelling under moun- tains in Honduras—were proposed ! today to relieve heavy traffic in the Panama Canal and provide a virtually bomb-proof Atlantic-Pa- cific waterway. Dr. William H. Hobbs, 88-year- old University of Michigan geolo gist, outlined his idea at the 17th congress of the International Geo- | graphical Union. He said it had/ | “not yet been entered” for the consideration of the U. S. Congress. POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Prancis at Treman Phone 31% Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries His Statement COMMISSIONERS STILL DECIDE TO GO AHEAD WITH HEARING The monkey wrench of a state law requiring comprehensive zon- ing instead of spot zoning for land | in counfy was thrown into the | midst of the County Commission | meeting last night. Toppino and Sons had asked for zoning of certain blocks in Stock ! Island so that they can go ahead | and. get Federal Housing Authority money with which to help finance building residences and duplexes‘ in McDonald's subdivision. Attorney J. Lancelot Lester, act- ing as county legal advisor in Paul | Sawyer’s absence, drafted thé re- | quested resolution, for the subdivi- | sion. Commissioners, four of whom | were present, were about to vote | to call a public hearing on the | zoning September 2, when Jesse | Sione, former member of the Dade j county zoning commission now a | Stock Island resident took the} floor: “Gentlemen, has there been a | comprehensive plan for the entire county made? Florida law requires such a plan and that it be provided j for in the budget. If there is no comprehensive plan and no money in the budget for county zoning, then it is spot zoning, which is violating the law.” Chairman Gerald A. Saunders inquired of Lester if this was so. | | _ “The resolution is not valid. You can go ahead and held « | public hearing but you can’t do (Continuec On Page Six) RE See es We Buy And Sell USED CARS NAVARRO, Inc. xx«r All Who Voted . In Last Election: Are Eligible To Participate The county-wide refers endum on the $300,000 dog track will be held Tuesday, September 380, it was decid. ed by County Commission. ers at their meeting last night at the courthouse, - Miami Attorney Abe Aro= novitz, president of the Key West Kennel Club, pleaded with commissioners to make the election two weeks earlier on September 16, so as to give his associates more time to fill the land on Stock Island and build the track in time for opening date on February 1. Commissioner Joe Allen moved that September’ -30 rather than September 16 be the date set for voters to’ express approval or disap- proval of the track. He said that the 80th falls midway in the 90-day’ period ‘set. by law. He did not change his motion, despite a further plea by Aronovitz. The four commissioners present voted unanimously ‘for the Septem- ber 30th date. Chairman Gerald Saunders, Commissioners, Allen, Harry Harris and Clarence Higgs were present and voted. Acting Legal Advisor J. Lancelot Lester id County Clerk Earl Adams were also there. Aronovitz opened the evening's mieeting by requesting the floor. to speak on the track. His only op- Position during the entire meeting came from Father John Armfield, President of the Key West Minis» terial association, Armfield objected te the Sep- tember date requested on the grounds thet mest civic leaders are still away that month -be- | cause of hurricane season and vacations. . Aronovitz corrected Armfield’s statement that the racing interests preferred the elecion held in he summer or early fall. He said that be ee of Florida has set the tes of race track applications, and the 90-day period when the election can be held. Aronovits stressed his interest in the development of Key West be cause he was reared here, He em- Phasized the careful screening giv- perpen moral character of any and all persons sponsoring the race track by Sheriff's departments police, and banks. The fact that Key W the gainer not the loser track season, he said, is shown. (Continued On Page Four) iM. E. JIMENEZ, M. D. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE AT 417 BATON ST, Office hours 10-12 25 Saturday 10-1 AND BY APPOINTMENT OFFICE PHONE 1900 Resident Phone 704-X3