The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1952, Page 1

ee S| Key Wet, Plorida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years: Devoted to the Best Interests ot Key West The Key West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. “VOL. LXXII1, No. 206 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952 40,000 Gallons Of Water (27. 01 Mary Will Be Distilled Daily Aboard USS Gilmore Here PRICE FIVE CENTS Papy Tells Jaycees Workings Of Fic. State Government Submarines Will * Attempt To Conserve Water ' ‘Steps are being taken to distill water aboard the USS Gilmore (AS-16) while moored at Key West. This «will, become possible by using a source of brackish . water from wells on the Naval Station. It is estimat- ed that the Gilmore will dis- ; ,till about 40,000 gallons of water per day. In the event of a serious casualty to the water sup- ply line to Key West® and with such a supply of bac- ‘ teria free brackish water for distillation, the two ten- ders here could produce ap- Proximately 500,000. gal- lons of ‘water per week. This could be used as a source of emergency fresh water for the Naval Base and the city. It is submitted that a meth- od or plan of distribution (Continued on Page Six) Truman’s Goodbye Gift Will Be n im- sections of which’ are’ like- to become waste paper within ry Nt isn’t Truman’s idea. A 1950 law requires the President to give Congress «a. = ae estimate of federal income and outgo within 45 days after the opening of a ir session. Pi new, 83rd Congress, most of whose membership will be deter- mined in the November elections, convenes next “hen The budget message must at the Capitol ty Jan. 17. At high noon on Jan. Da President takes his oath tinued On Page Six) Ralph Estevez Saves Life Of Fellow Sailor As a result of saving the life of a fellow Navy man following an automobile accident 18 year old Ralph Estevez, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Estevez of 7-D Porter Place has been awarded a com- mendation from his commanding officer at the U. S. Naval Station, China Lake, California. The accident, which occurred on July 3rd, resulted in the loss of an arm by a friend of young Es- tevez’ who was driving the car in which they were riding, Estevez immediately applied a tourniquet fashioned from his socks which is credited by physicians with saving the life of the sailor who did not reach a hospital until some two hours later. In his commendation, Lt. Com- mander M. D. Bilis said “Although the incident is to be regretted, it is with a great deal of pride that I commend you for your alert- mess of mind and the promptness of action displayed which reflects the highest credit to you and fo the Naval. service”, The injured sailor is recovering fn the San Diego Naval hospital. Estevez, who attended the Key West High School has been in the Naval service for 14 months. He has been stationed at the Naval Ordinance Station at China Lake | since the completion of his recruit training at San Diego. He was re- home on a 14-day furlough. ——__ Week End Specials RUM CAKE = ANGEL Foop CAKE - CHEESE CAKE PECAN PIE PEREZ BROTHERS BAKERY Phone 1463 1025 White St. was TON (— President Fee Bilt to Congress | W, ratte city: eee mete be File For Use In Hurricane e This Info. _ Red Cross Urges Keys And Key West Residents To Notice Shelters Clip and file for emergency use, urges the Red Cross chapter of the following information on _ shelt- ers should a hurricane come to Key West or the Keys. Key West shelters will be at the Reynolds school, corner of Rey- nolds and South streets, and Bethel A.M.E.Church, Thomas Street and Truman Avenue. Headquarters for Red Cross staff and chairmen of committees will be in the Chamber of Com- merce room in the USO building. Shelter at Marathon for whites will be jn the new Fire Engine building on the highway, next to the State Highway patrol office. All colored people in Marathon will be requested to come: into Key West. Transportation will be pro vided for them. Don Fox, co-chairman of the Marathon district said that the shelter at Marathon will be equip- ped with cots, water cans, and First Aid kits from the Key West chapters. A gas. stove and a frigerator also be available, Fox has appointed the following sub-committee chairmen to serve “Ae Wann, mae 3 m, Mrs. Roy. Walsengham, * Capt. D. M, Andrew, trans; - tion; Highway Patrolman, Slim and. Marathon. Gas. com- pany, shelter. Paul-Albury is chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and ‘Relief: Committee of the Key West chap- ter of the Red Cross. He met re- cently with the Foxes of Marathon, Carey, i chairman and Mrs. Carola Nettles. Man Arrested Larceny Charge Howard Cohen, 32, Key West junk dealer was arrested this morn- ing on ‘grand larceny charges brought by A. Maitland Adams. ‘The "s department arrest- ed Cohen who lives at 1223 Second Coltien is charged With stealing a six foot dragline section of a ‘boom section, belonging to Adams. It is valued, Adams says, at $150. n is being held on $500 bond. | _| the state legislature at Tal- Citizen’ Staff Photo J. R. SMITH (right), receives a hearty welcome and congratulations from Post Commander Vance Stirrup after Adjutant B, Johnson (center), presents him with a membership card after initia- tion rites were held last night at American Legion Post 28’s home on Stock Island. Legionnaire J. Stephens, in rear, watches. Others initiated were Eugene Ignatowski, Grady J. Wood, Paul C. Sher- wood, Clyde L. Rezek, John L. Sreston, William E. D’Avignon, Floyd M. Drummond. William M. Arozarene, Raymond C. Umlauf, David H. Boyd, Grady.B. Bell, Edward A. Perrotte, Thomas F. Purcell, Robert J. Bryant, James W. McJannet, Gunter, Byron O. Moore, Joseph E. Chambers. Outboard Race In Bight On Sunday P.M. Lions Club Sponsors Annual Regatta Of KW Outboard Motor Club; Bigger, better and more specta- cular than ever befor® will be the annual Outboard motor: races to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Garrison Bight by the Key West Outboard’ Motor club under sponsorship of the Lions club. The boys who pilot the speedy little craft with breath taking speed over the blue waters of the Bight have been practicing assiduously for the coming meet, Saturday at 7:30 P.M. a parade! wilb form at South and Duval , Streets and move down Duval | Street to Greene; from Greene on to Simonton, out Truman Avenue to Bayview Park. The boys who will pilot the outboards’ will par- | ticipate in the parade, | The first race is slated to get | under way at 1 p.m. Sunday. There will be two and one half hours of racing. | A collection will be taken from | among the spectators with-all pro- ceeds going to help entertain mem- it is will Prelit He have a iminary hear- ing before Peace Justice Ira Al- | bers of the Florida State Recrea- bury at 5 o'clock tomorrow in Al- | tional Association during their bury’s office. Minors Won't Be Served Drinks Members of the Monroe County Retail Liquor Dealers Association agreed at a m last night with members of the City Commission to institute a program of careful screening of their ‘patrons to in- sure that minor and persons under age or in an intoxicated condition will not be served alcoholic bever- ages. Following a suggestion by City manager Dave King, the members agreed at the meeting which was held in the Elks Club Annex, to station a checker at the entrances of their establishments to insure that minors will not be served. state convention here in May, 1953. The cup which will be awarded the winner of the free for all has been donated by Dan Navarro. Adams Dairy will award the cup for the winner of the Class Bj Enterprises Hard- | ward Department will donate the | cup for the winner of the Fisher- men’s class. Ralph Faraldo of Hol- sum Bakery, will give the cup°to the winner of the Class C races. Drive Defensively Over Labor Day Wilder Says Motorists-ever the long Labor Day weekend are urged to “drive defensively” by Florida Highway Patrolman Marvin J. Wilder, who Patrols the highway from Big Pine Key Toll gate. te. Key West: Have your cat under control, so that you can anticipate what the other driver might do,” Wild ersaid. He urged drivers to watch their speed and to avoid mixing drind- ing with driving. «If you want to drive don’t drink, if, you want te drink don't drive,” Wilder urged. He also said that motorists should stick to their side of the road. There have been instances lately where drivers ride the cen- ter line ofthe highway bringing about accidents. The record of Monroe county on accidents has been good the fast three major holidays, July 4, New Year’s and Christmas, Wilder said. “Let's keep it this way and make Labor Day as safe on the highway as the other holidays urged, Stores Close On Labor Day The Key West Retail Merchant: Association, today stated that this vill be the last Thursday afternoon losing for the association's stores his summer. All stores of the group will ob- | serve Labor Day by remaining closed all day to allow their, em dloyees to take advantage of the aational holiday, Second and third prizes have | c= been donated by Russells’s Stand- | ard Service Stateio, Bayview Ser- vice Station, Bryant’s Service Sta- tion, Southernmost Texaco Station, Bill’s Southernmost Garage, U.S. No. I Terminal Station, Gulf Pride | Service Station and Roy’ Key West Auto Parts. —————— FISHING TACKLE Murray H. Harris, Leon J. Young, Robert E. eri One More Day To Register For Dog Poll Registration Books * Close Tomorrow At 5.P.M. For Dog Referendum Voters Deadline for registration to vote in the Stock Island dog track re- ferendum is tomorrow at 5 p.m Supervisor of Registration Sam Pinder announced today. Only those need register who have not registered since 1950, Pin- der said. Registration books for the dog track election will be closed after tomorrow. Voters in the. Novem- ber 4 election, however, can con- | tinue to register right up to Octo- ber 4, Pinder said. Voters in the | special October 14 election can re- | gister up to September 14. On Oct- ober 14 a successor to the late Florida Supreme Court Justice will be named by voters. He will go on the November ballot. The next job at the Supervisor's office besides conducting the three forthcoming elections, is prepara tion of the November 4 ballot. Na- tional and state officers and 11 state constitutional amendments haveat:lready been sent to Pinder by the Secretary of State on a sample ballot, Pinder’s job now is to add the county officers to be elected to the state and national offices. November 4 ballots must in far flung states and overseas. The certified candidates for the November 4 election have already been approved for the ballot by the | Secretary of State following the | May primary. | be sent to at least 1,000 absentees Takes Verbal Cracks At Brailey Odham “Anyone who is a citi- zen of the State of Florida may have a voice in the discussion of any bill whith is introduced into lahassee,” State Represen- tative Bernie C. Papy said in a talk before members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night. However, the talk which was to have explained the workings of Florida’s State government, soon took a frankly political turn when Papy hit out against his arch-enemy in the state house of representatives who at one time accused him of offering a bribe “to take a walk” during the voting on! an important piece of legislation. In a verbal blast, apparently aimed at unsuccessful gubernator- ial candidate Brailey Odham, Papy declared that, ‘In all my 18 years in the house of representatives I was attacked by only one man and it took the courts 10 minutes to re- turn a verdict which proved my accuser to be a liar”. Papy,.in defending himself a- gainst the charges said thatshe told the person, evidently'Odham, “that he knew who offered him money and that he was completely vin- dicated by the courts.” In explaining the cheeks and bal- ances which have been written in- to the state constitution to govern ' the workings of the senate and the house of representatives, Papy told of how the real work of govern- ing the state is done largely in, committees. | He said that when the House ! convenes for each session a speak- ' er is chosen and the rules commit- tee sets up procedure and the speaker appoints committees to handle each particular phase of the business of governing the state and enacting legislation. | When a bill is introduced to the house, Papy pointed out, it is re- ; ferred to the proper committee for investigation. The bills then come up for discussion within the com- mittee at which time anyone may , | enter the discussion, either in per- ;Son or by brochure. Following the discussion of the measure, the bill is voted on in | committee and then, whether it is {passed or not the-record is filed with the clerk of the House. The bill is then read before the House for the first time. To pass on second reading, the bill must have the vote of the majority and to go through on itg final reading it must receive a two-third major- | ity. The Bill is then sent to the Sen- ate for consideration. Upon its pass- | age by that bedy the legislation is then signed by the Speaker of the | House, the president of the Senate and the Governor If a bill is votoed by the govern- | or, after five days it goes back ‘ (eee ees xplained State Gov’t To JayCees \ Citizen Staff Photo REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE C. PAPY is shown above as he explained a point to Junior Chamber of Commerce member Jim Keene last night when he spoke before that organization, telling them of the workings of the state government at Tallahassee. Back To School Day Officially Set As Thursday ‘The: official beginning of the 1952-1953 school year for Monroe County will be Thursday, Sept- 2mber 4th, Leland March, Mon- roe County Supervisor of instruc tion said today. This will be the opening day of the school year for all students in the County. It is strongly urged that all wpils report to their schools ac- _ cording to the schedule announc- ad in the Key West Citizen on Tuesday, August 26th for the pur- vse of registration and assign nent to rooms. = Due to the unusual influx of students during this summer, it as been impossible to ascertain he exact number of students at sach grade level. Therefore, this rarly enrollment on Sept. 2nd. and Sept. 3rd has been pianned. No classes will be held on Sept. ‘Ind and Sépt. 3rd. All classes will start on September 4th. Cobo’s Vote Kills Measure Brooks Files Writ Of Attempt To Gain Freedom Of Sam Price Now In County Jail A petition for a writ of Habeaus Corpus has been filed in ‘an effort to gain the freedom of Sam Price who is being held in the Monroe County Jail in connection with ihe slaying of Joseph Thomas on July 20th. Price has been held as an acces- sory in the case after Thomas said in a dramatic dying statement that Price had beaten him before he was shot by William Henry Cotton in Marathon, Yesterday at a continuance of a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Roy Hamlin, Price was bound over for Grand Jury in- vestigation under a bond of $5000. Later, attorney George Brooks who is defending Price, filed @ pe- tition for a writ of Habeaus Corpus contending that although Price has been held on an aggravated gs- An ordinance which would have pores charge, the State's Attorney allowed restaurants with a seating | in open court, said that he had no capacity of over 200 persons and | evidence greater than that which a floor space of 4000 square feet would support an assault and bat- " tery charge which is a lesser mis- to be licensed to serve all types demeanor, of alcoholic beverages which was| Brooks complained that his client reported passed on first reading | is being illegally detained and in- at Monday night's special meeting of the City Commission, was in dicated that be would ask for the (Continues On Page Six) to the house and the senate and | Teality killed although the commis- where the veto is either sustained | sioners voted 4-1 in favor of it's peng Where NEON GLOWS Neon Signs Hl | Record Votes Naval officials also attended the Thompson Enterprises, Inc. eeting. : HARDWARE DIVISION tee Phone 284 | Announcement Dr. Joseph Groom, eye surgeon of Miami will be in Key West Saturday. August 30, 1952. At the office of Dr. J. A. Valdes. For appointment call 332, Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Cuaranteed jor Life Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. TELEPHONES 1877 . 1878 121 DUVAL STREET | TE A 6 Hig @ DESIGNING @ MANUFACTURING @ ERECTING or overruled. To overrule a gov- | |ernor’s veto : 23 vote is neces- | sary. | | Papy pointec out that all votes | in the House are record votes and | j there is no question as to how a | i | member votes. The Journal of the | House tells the citizens just what H jis going on in the state capitol. The, biggest single business in | the work of the house and senate bmay Displays i @ MAINTENANCE @ REPAINTING @ Cold Cathode Lighting | A COMPLETE SIGN SHOP “Fast Dependable Service” i) SALVAGE COMPANY is the appropriation of money. Papy | said that the budget committee | sets up a temporary budget and the recommendations of the gov- | (Continued Ou Page Six: } Keep Key West Kleen! | Highest Prices Paid for JUNK BATTERIES We Pay Cash for All Kinds of | KEY WEST | Angels St. between Duval Simenton ADVISORY The tropical storms im the At- | lantic appears oe py ency ordinance” and a unanimous | 294 the squalls diminished a ee necessary to put it | in force. The broad poorly-defined through | center was near latitude 24.6 de- Commissioner Detio Cobo, who | srees North, longitude 70.9 degrees voted against the measure said | West, at 11:00 A. M. that he did so because it directly | west-northwest ebout 15 mph. affected the Roosevelt Boulevard | Strong winds are cofined to squalls larea and he didn't want to see | in the northern semicirele which Passage The reason for it’s failure to pass was the fact that it was an “emer. nightclubs in that section. Besides extends 290 miles north of the cem- marring it's natural beauty, Cobo | ter Strongest winds are estimated said that the area could become | #t 3 to 75 mph. Continyed west- a dangerous traffic area. He added | Borthwest to northwest movement that he didc't want to see that | is indicated next 26 hours and there “another | ™y be some increase In inte | Beighborhood become Stock Island FOR SALE ‘S! CHRYSLER DEMONSTRATOR Equipped with Power Steering, Radic, Air Conditioned Heater and Porque Drive NAVARRO, Inc. @1 DUVAL STREET sity. COIN OPERATED PHONOGRAPHS For Every Type Location Key West Music Co. H. Cl McLARTY. Mgr, | 590 Petronis St. Phone 160-R (Route Established 10 Years)