The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1952, Page 1

ct OF 2 ji > se — O\\ | The Associated Press Teletype Py j Features and Photo Services. / | For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Key West Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORID Ch oy IN THE U.S.A. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1952 Florida House Members Choose “VOL, LXXIII, No. 214 PRICE FIVE CENTS Redus’ Father Appeals For Mercy; Says 18-Year-Old Sons Life Could Be Ruined Hopes That He Is Not Guilty; Apologizes To All Concerned By JIM COBB An impassioned appeal for mercy from the father of William R, Redus who stands accused of attempt- ed rape after he invaded the home of a Caroline street couple last week, was received by Justice of the Peace Ira Albury Al- bury, today. Albury had notified the parents of the young Navy man that their son was being held en the charges. Under Florida law, it is necessary, to notify the parents of any. minor be- . fore a hearing or trial can Commissioner Cobo Wants More Housing For Colored Residents; Wont Condemn Any Property /WILL ASK CITY FATHERS TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT The health menace of crowded housing and poor sanitation in the colored segtion of Key West must be corrected before an apidemic breaks out, Dr. Delio Cobo, City Commissioner told The Citizen to- day. , Dr. Gobo will ask the City Com- mission tonight to appoint a com- mittee. to investigate and survey the possibilities of land for a civi- lian Negro housing project. “The money is available, the Key West Housing Authority is ready to go,” Dr. Cobo said. “It be held. Albury said that he would schedule a hear- ing for Redus, soon. He faces possible life impris- onment if convicted or the attempted rape charge. He is also being held for b and entering. The youth, who has at least one previous | conviction. on a similar \chéirge, was captured after he, was-dound in the Caro- “tine: street” ie «where hé: is said to; have attempted to crim- inally attack the wife. The text of the letter to Al- bury from Chesley L. Redus of Corpus Christi, Texas, follows: Judge Ira F. Albury, First District, Monroe County. Dear Sir; We greatly appreciate your letter regarding my minor son, William Robert Redus. We deep- ly regret the message in your letter and hope that you will be Sood to our boy. This hurts us very deeply and we do not know what to do. I only hope that he is not guilty as charged as he is only 18 years of age and his en- tire life will be ruined. Billy has been a good boy and has never heen in trouble and his Navy record hasbeen good. Being a boy, he became confused and being away from home, lone- some and perhaps let his better teasoning depart. As he is charged is serious but maybe he is.not guilty, which I hope and Pray is the case. It he has harmed someone or Some life, I apologize to the court and to all offended. I will ask that you please reason with Billy “59 ie all you can. | sent him a letter on Septem- (Continued on Page Siz) POOR OLD CRAI SERVICE srataar Francis at Truman Your PURE OI, Deone *1% «+ Tubes .. Batteries _ RRR RETENTION RR AE RES apbpEBICE: NOTICE I Have Not Author-| ized anyone To Solicit! Advertising or ar-| range for distribution for the , “KEY TO KEY WEST” ed oak True has found four good sites for such a project.” The problem of obtaining prop- erty for the construction of apart- ments is @ serious one, the Com- missioner said, “Despite the seriosness of the housing situation with ten and 12 people crowded in one little shack, we do not want to dispossess home- owners by condemning their prop- a to make way for a new pro- ct. i ‘ would ‘be that smaller parcels’ of land for scat- tered projects could te obtained. In this way no one area of colored town would be: too much .hit by land appropriation. “As a professional man I. know only too well,” Dr. Cobo said, “that an epidemic could break out due to the unsanitary conditions’ exist- ing now. We get reports of privies over-flowing no sewage, or break- downs or lack of outlets. Owners can’t afford.to. put sewage facili- ties in, The situation is critical. Something must be done about it immediately.” Dr. Cobo will suggest that county Officials cooperate with the city, and the Housing Authority as well 8 representatives of the Negro residents to work out an immediate nonere for getting housing start- Dr. Cobo says that he has receiy- (Continued On Page Six) Logun Won't Fill In End Of Simonton Street Al Logun, proprietor of Logun’s South Beach restaurant, who was given permission two weeks ago by the City Commission to fill in the beach at the south end of Simonton street for use as a park- ing lot, has announced that he will not fill in the area after a series } toda’ of complaints by neighboring busi- although the parking area would be for public use and not-solely for patrons of his restaurant, the to the filling in of the beach has caus- ed him to change his mind, He added that although the park- ing situation at that end of ton street is critical, the unexpect- ed opposition the proposal encount- ered made the project undesirable. International Marine Paint For Boats of all Types Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION St. Phone 886 eaeomepdeteee eaten CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALER —The man whe lives in tewn— KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Highest Prices Fer Junk Batteries, Scrap Metal, Regs, tren — Old » Cars — Trucks CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE CASH | pe ase ag Rep. Bernie Papy Attends Meetings Harry Harris, chairman of the Commission read committee, whe accompanied him te Talla- hassee. Following the Road Depart. ment meeting, Rep. Papy will at- tend a two day caucus of the members of the Florida House of Representatives at Tampa. The caucus will begin on Fri- day and will be concluded Sat- urday afternoon. sere eee cee No. Of County. To 12,104 Today A steady influx of from six to | 24V¢ just three more weeks to | mailed out on September ist. The World Today a dozen new voters a day has | brought the total to 12,104 in Mon- : roe county, Supervisor of Regis- tration Sam Pinder said today. The office is busy not only reg- | istering those who have not regis- tered since January 1950, but send- ing out absentee ballots on the dog keep bobbing up in discussion of | 50me people thought Franklin D.° track referendum to be held Sep- tember 30. The November 4 general elec- tion ballot is being printed up now so that it can be mailed to service- men overseas in the required 45 days prior to the election. Speaker Pro-Tem And Hold Caucus Friday And Saturday Install Metzger As Chef De Gare Of 40 And 8 Harry J. Metzger was installed | the next session. Custom provides as Chef de Gare of Voiture Locale |he must be picked again at the 728, 40 and 8, fun and honor group | House caucus. of the American Legion, during ceremonies on Friday eveniag at the Legion Home. Jesse N. Kveh- ler, Grand Chef de Gare of Miami was the installing officer. . Also installed to serve with Metz- ger were Chef de Train Francis B. Piodela;. Conductor George J. 3 nick;-Aumonier, George Hanskg; Garde’de la Porte Antonio Arango, Jr; Lampiste Charles M. Machin; } too, although the weekend is billed Commis Voyageur Frank L. Aritas.|@8 the House caucus. and Correspondant - Commissaire Intendant Vance C. Stirrup. Grand Chef de Gare Koehler pre- {Members with a permanent re- sented in behalf of the Voiture, Past Chef de Gare lapel buttons | study projects being made of Flor- to retiring Chef Dr. A. M. Mor- gan, Robert M. Daniels, and Van- ce C, Stirrup. Among the distinguished guests included Robert M. Daniels, Grand Garde de la Porte; Grand Aumon- ier George Hanskat; Past Grand ; James A. Haley, Sarasota, who is Chef de Train U. J. Delgado; and i Democratic congressional nom- ! Past Grand Aumonier Rev. J. J. Statham, ‘ ee _Following the ceremonies a deli- to the Voyageurs in attendance. Preparing the supper were Anton- io Arango, Jr., Robert Daniels and Frank Romaguera. 901 Key Westers Pay Their Taxes | cious grouper chowder was served | = to dissolve. Nine hundred and one Key West | ers have aj at-the office 4 Gity Tax Collet erts to pay their real person- al property tax assessments for } discount 1952, it was announced today. Roberts said that Key Westers By JAMES MARLOW ‘TAMPA ( — Florida House members meet here Friday and Saturday to choose a speaker pro- tem, hold committee meetings and decide whether to change rules for running the 1953 House. C. Fariss Bryant, Ocala, already has been designated speaker for Three men are running for the speaker pro - tem vacancy caused hen Rep. Irlo Bronson, Kissim- mee, won nomination as a senator from the 33rd District. Announced candidates are James $. Moody, Plant City, Webb C. Jernigan, Pensacola, and Davis H. Atkinson, Tallahassee. State senators will gather here | The Florida Legislative Council, made up of House and Senate | search staff, will discuss several ida governmental operations? The joint House - Senate com- mittee studying proposed abolition @f the fee system also will meet. | to meet is the House Crime | Investigating Committee. Rep. | from the Seventh District, says the committee which he heads will decide in the weekend Haley committee, as it is popularly known, was voted no | funds for operations between the 195 and 1953 sessions. Several months ago Haley said in a speech the committee members would | } in personal money to finance Committee meetings will be Friday. A cocktail party is to (Friday afternoon, ‘i September 30th will drop to “three per cent. “}fhe city will come up for first VANCE STIRRUP INSTALLED AS POST COMMANDER City Will Be Asked To Appoint Detective To Cope With Prowler Menace ROBERTS WILL BE APPOINTED ACTING CITY MANAGER The Key West City Comimis- sion is in for a busy time of it tonight at their regular meet ing, when an even dozen prob- lems will be discussed. And in addition to the regular busi- ness, a delegation of irate citi- zens has said’ that they will appear at the meeting to ask that the city fathers take ac- tion to quell the wave of prowl- ing incidents that have en-| gulfed Key West recently. The delegation will ask that the City consider the possibility of appointing a detective or plainclothesman to investigate such cases. The group con- tends that the Police Depart- ment is overworked and can- not investiguie such cases thoroughly due to a lack of trained personnel. _ The Key West taxicab situa- tion, which has long beech a topic }’ for debate; among the city com- missioners will come up * John Pearson Recovering From Polio This Is Seventh Case Of Infantile Paralysis Reported Here This Year John Pearson, 1408 Olivia street, salesman for the Key West Gas company is recovering from an attack of infantile paralysis at the ‘Children’s Variety hospital in Mi- ami, his wife said today. Pearson was rushed to the Mi- ami hospital on August 30 by am- ,bulance, on the orders of his phy- sician Dr. J. Lancelot Lester, Jr. A mild case, according to his wife, Pearson has not suffered any paralysis from the disease. He will return to Key West for con- valescence at home this week. Pearson’s was the seventh polio case reported in Key West this summer, according to the Monroe again. when rdinance limit- health department: Pe tetetarer or cab. ligenses in i The. other ? srx: cae wort 18 Teading. A The ordinance, if passed, will ated as follows: two at Sigsbee Park, two in the Poinciana area, and two in Peary Court. Sigsbee Eight-thousand tax bills were |limit the number of cabs per-, and Perry court are both housing like social security, the wage-hour WASHINGTON W—Some of the | law, and TVA. slipperiest words in the language the presidential campaign: left, right, center, conservative, reac- tionary. The trouble is getting any two People to agree on their meaning. To an American whose emphasis Even in the New Deal hey-day Roosevelt was strictly a highly conservative country squire who was merely trying to bring the country abreast of the time with a few mild remedies against dis- aster. But FDR and his whole New A special ballot for the October | ©" property right and whose regard | Deal were looked upon as national 14 primary in which a nominee for | the State Supreme Court will be named is being printed also. Ser- | vicemen overseas will not be able to vote on this official since the winning nominee will not be known for more than a month, * Workers Needed At Ball Field Volunteers to finish the job of laying sod for the football field at Wickers Field stadium are urg- ed to report tomorrow afternoon after 4:30 o'clock, Earl Adams said y- More than one-fourth of the sod for civil liberties is not acute, un- disasters, all by themselves, by less his own are in danger, the | those who were allergic to change. Communists are on the extreme They called the New Deal social- left because they want government | 8m, which is another slippery ownership of property, But to the man who considers freedom for the individual to in quire and criticize, the most price- Jess possession of mankind, the Communist police state—where the individdal is nothing—is on the ex- treme reactionary right. And Stalin, who would like you to believe him quite progressive, may look upon the Democrats and Republicans as really only one, big ultra-conservative party under two labels. What time can do to a viewpoint word. Now both political parties accept | the New Deal legislation as some- thing not in dispute at all in this campaign. And both Gov. Gen. Eisenhower Stevenson and have pictured mitted to operaté to 75 with an} additional 25 licenses to be Granted to veterans of war ser- vice in the Army and Navy. Vet- erans of’ thes, Merchant Marine who were while under Army or Navy orders will also be eligible for the special per- mits. According to the provisions ot the measure, as it will be pre- sented tonight, the City Manager will have sweeping powers to control the conduct of local taxi operations. He will be allowed tc draft regulations controlling the operation of taxis and also will have the power to revoke licen- ses for infractions of regulations. | New regulations, included in the ordinande will force the cab, operators to display their rates so that they’ will be plainly visi- ble to patrons of the cabs. An identification card with the pic- ture and thev.signature of the operator will be required to be displayed Ain plain sight in the themselves as pretty. conservative ; °@> 48 well. A provision of the | fellows, both claiming the middle of the road as their special prov- ince. As the campaign goes on, though, Stevenson as the result of Pressure or developing conviction, is taking positions closer to those j of President Truman while almost was laid on Saturday by members | 45 shown in the attitude toward | painfully trying to show he’s not in of the Quarterback club as well as | %0me of the New Deal legislation, | Truman's pocket. of the Key West High school foot- ball team, ‘URE FOR SALE “S)_ CHRYSLER DEMONSTRATOR with Power Steering, THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY HAS SEVERAL OPENINGS FOR Electrical and Mechanical Technicians ASSEMBLERS GENERAL UTILITY WORE ° APPLICANTS MUST HAVE RESIDED IN KEY WEST A #tINIMUM OF Two YEARS PHONE 1771 FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT ordinance will also require that | all applicants for cab licenses be a resident of Key West for at (Continued On Page Six) projects for naval personnel. The official polio season does not*end in Key. West until Novem- ber, but there should be a drop. ping off in cases even. now with the onset of cooler weather, health officials said. The community is to be con- gratulated on having kept the rate so low, and cooperated with Mon- roe County health department sug- gestions for staying away from contagious centers, it was said. BUSINESS MEETING SE1 TUESDAY BY PLAYERS The first regular business meeting of the Key West Players group will be held at the Barn Theatre tomorrow evening at right o’clock. Due to iliness of the secretary, Gladys Jackson, the regular noti- fication cards will not be mail- ed, but it is hoped that ail members reading this notice will pass the werd to other mem- bers and prospective ones to at- tend Tuesday’s meeting. Vice-president Jack Clarke will be in charge and final plans fer the workshop productions to be presented September 12 and 13 will be discussed. Mrs. Florence Gamble Made Legion Auxiliary President Vance €. Stirrup was in- stalled as Post Commander of Arthur Sawyer Post No, 28, American Legion, and | Mrs, Florence Gamble was installed as President of Ar- thur Sawyer Unit 28, Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary at impressive joint installation ceremonies conducted Sat- urday evening at the Amer= ican Legion home on Stock Island. Billy Anderson, 10th Dis« trict Commander of Coral Gables conducted the Le- gion installation ceremonies ‘and he was assisted by the Key West Guard of Honor, Also, installed to serve with | Stirrup were Norman Kran |ich, Ist Vice Commander; | Anthony L. Ulchar, 2nd |, View Commander; Bethel P. ‘Johnson, Adjutant-Finance | Officer; James F. Sinclair, | Post Chaplain; Sidney A. Curry, Historian; Anthony Meigel, Sergeant at Arma; Harry J, Metzger, Service Officer; Paul E. Esquinaldo, and Ronald Brewster as Executive Committeemen, Mrs. Leif Braksve, 10th District President conducted the installa« tion of the Unit officers, In addi« tion to Mrs. Gamble as President, \the following were installed: -ist Vice President. Mrs. Mary Morene; 2nd Vice President, Mrs. Elsie Barnard; Secretary, Mrs. Marian Arango; Treasurer, Mrs. Christine Key; Historian, Mrs. Kathleen Doty; Chaplain, Mrs. Annie Ulehar; Sgt. at arms, Mrs, Ruby Metzger; Asst. Sgt. at Arms, Mrs. Edith Ari- tas; Executive Committee, Mrs. |Bertha Slone, Mrs. Tessie Wim- menauer, and Mrs. Naomi Hijort, Jr., Past President, Mrs, Alice Robinson. Harry J. Metzger was presented a beautifully engraved sterling silk. ver Life Membership Card in red ognition of his outstanding work ih the American Legion. U. J. Delgado, Past Post Cém- mander was presented a 30-year consecutive membership card by | Post Commander Vance C. Stirrup | in behalf of the Department of Fio- rida. | Post Commander Stirrup appotnt- led the following committees: Aud- ; iting Committee for. Post's ae. jcounts: Judson Stephens, chairman, i (Continued On Page Six) Legion Officers Installed At Ceremonies VANCE STIRRUP. new post commander of day night by Billy Anderson, commander of D« LIE Arthur Sawyer rict 10 Citizen Staff Photo Post No. 28, wes installed Setar. om Miam: The men are shown right te left in the picture. The ladies of the Legion Auxiliary were also featured in the ceremonies. Mrs. Florence Gamble was installed as president of Post No 24 Auxiliary by Mrs. Lief Braksbe, District 16. Ms. Gambie is shown, left