The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 12, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII, No. 218 Che Key West Crttzri Victor Key Gets 3 Years In State Penitentiary On Holding Stolen Goods e JURY TRIALS + TO BEGIN ON | * SEPTEMBER 29 Victor Key, Negro, today was sentenced to three years in the State penitentiary on conviction of receiving and concealing 25 car- tons of cigarettes, valued at $50 from H. Ramos company on Aug- ust 23, Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro imposed the sentence accord- ing to state which makes the charge a more serious one than the | actual stealing. Two minor Negro | boys charged with stealing the cig- arettes, were turned over to Juve- nile Court Judge Eva Warner Gib- son for a hearing. Key appeared in court this morn- ing on crutches due to an accident he incurred before the August 23 tobbery. He was first tried at a preliminary hearing before Peace Tustice Roy Hamlin. Jean Childress was sentenced to ten days in the county jail on as- sault and battery conviction. Fran- tes E. Lake, also found guilty of ult and battery was fined $15 must pay $11.60 costs. Justice Mayer Baucum must pay $27.81 vosts on an assault and battery tharge. Other cases that came before the urt for sentencing are as fol- ws: Hanley Dean Morrioson, driving while intoxicated, license revoked; David Lee Witherspoon, reckless driving and no drivers license, ten dollars fine; Luigi Sam Donofrig, reckless driving, five dollars; Rob- ert L. Stewart, reckless driving, (Continued On Page Five) Volunteers To Finish Laying Sod At Wickers Pha soley th? foothatt Geld at Wi as phi ks should be eompleted this weekend, Earl R. Adams announced today. More than two-thirds of the job has been done by volunteers drawn from the Quarterback club, and schools, Yesterday a full load was laid by the Douglass football team under the direction of Coach Alfon- so Dean, and Key West High School Athletic Director Win Jones. The sod laid last week has al Yeady taken hold, ————— Employment Wanted Wer Veteran desires Employment at Night, Watchman, Guard or Janitor, J. D. BEARUP oo St., Rear. Phone * Miamian Is ‘Found Loitering ‘Early Today |_ The stepped-up efforts of the | Key West Police Department to | end the city’s prowler menace are apparently bearing fruit | when police arrested a twenty | year old Miamian early | morning when he was found } loitering on Grinnell street, near Truman Avenue. Rufus J. Waters, who came here recently from Miami, was arrested by patrolman William Archer at 2:40 a.m. and taken to the city jail where he was book- ed 01 a vagrancy charge. Waters admitted recently completing a twenty-day sentence in Miami on a like charge. Believed to be a native of Mary- land, the suspect came to this city only a few days ago and obtained employment in a local fruit stand. Waters will be arraigned this af- ternoon in City Court before Judge Enrique Esquinaldo. The arrest came after the Key West city commissioners had au- thorized Police Chief Joseph Kemp to detail extra police in plain- clothes about the city in an effort to end complaints of prowlers and “peeping toms”. A delegation of women, who said that they had been bothered with prowlers ap- peared before the commission ask- ing that the city take steps to end such happenings. Ramon Grau To Run For President HAVANA, Cuba (#—Ramon Grau San Martin, former president of Cuba, says he is ready to run in ber ce ie 1953, presidential erat 's opponents charge he has made a deal with President Fu'- gencio Batista to provide token opposition to Batista in the race. Grau left the presidency in 1948. His successor, Carlos Prio Socar- ras, was ousted by Batista in a revolution last March. aa A MS NOTICE The Albury Neon Sign Service is still in operation at their old location 614 Greene Street Telephone 1670 DANCE EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY - LES ROHDE AND HIS & 12 PIECE OLYMPIA ORCHESTRA AIR CONDITIONED 8 GOCKTAIL LOUNGE AND BAR -) + REFRESAMENTS AMPLE PARKING SPACE OPENING FRIDAY POR THE PInST Time Pm = SAM, | hae r Rumba = Sesston - MARATHON, FLA. NAVARRO, Inc. this | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Surgeons Will Attempt To Part Twins one-year-old Siamese twins fall. The Journal of the American Medical Association, in reporting | this CHICAGO (Surgeons probably | will make an attempt to separate | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952 STUDENTS RANGE FROM TEENAGE TO MIDDLE AGE FOR PVT. LICENSE Air-Struck Civi \Men Pile Up Flying Time For Permits At Faraldo’s * ‘of Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodie of this today, said medical scientists | have decided that an operation to | By Susan McAvoy part the baby boys is feasible. | Fliers training for their private The twins, joined at the tops |licenses out at.Faraldo’s Flying of their heads, are Roger and | Service are as moody and intense | | Rodney Brodie. They are the sons | in the eight to 12 weeks it takes | them to solo as a man in love, East Moline, Il. pretty Mrs. George Faraldo, wife The AMA article said only two jet the head of the school said to- such operations have been attempt- | day. ed in earlier cases. Both, it added,| “They come out here to Meach- resulted in death. | am and if the skies are not right, Roger and Rodney were born | they sulk. Or if they are buying a Sept. 16, 1951. When they were a | plane and can’t get the one they month old, they were brought to | want, they are cast down in des- the University of Illinois Research | |pair. But when they are told they | and Educational Hospital in Chi- cago. They have been under obser- vation there ever since. Early tests showed the twins had a heart condition which made sur. gery unwise when they were tiny infants. But now, the article re- lated, “their “slight heart mur- | murs” have not affected the func- tioning of their hearts, and the babies are in “very good condi- tion.” The article also set forth: Doctors found the twins have separate brains and separate ner- vous and circulator systems. Several other preparatory opera- tions will be necessary before separation can be attempted. No definite time has been set for the separation. Owners Cooperate |; With City’s Elec. Inspector City Electrical Inspector Alex Lubinsky announced today that he has received perfect coopers tion from the owners of over | one hundred buildings whivh he for defective wiring during the past three months. Lubinsky said that without ex- ception, the property owners had remedied the causes for his ac- tion. He added that the most common violation of the city’s electrical code is the use of in- adequate materials in electrical work. Lubinsky urged that all Key Westers having electrical work done, no matter how small the job, call his office (phone 802) and have the work inspected. There is no charge for this serv- ice, he said. FLASH! These Cars Are 30 Days Old ORDERS ARE They Must Go Immediately! Reduced $100.00 ‘SI Plymouth $1395 ‘49 Lincoln $1395 “30 Ford $1295 } ‘SOFord Cl.Cp. $1295 ‘SO Ford "40 Buick ~e-— $1295 NAVARRO, Inc. Used Car Lot Southard Street has found necessary to ¢-ndemn | can solo, then they beam and they are happy.” | Many students at Faraldo's are | Navy men who are learning to fly either as a hobby or because they air career. Civilian Key Westers | have also been bitten by the fly- ing bug, however. Arthur Hollerich, owner of the Coral Isle Tralier court, got interested in flying thru the Civil Air Patrol. He bought a plane, an Aeronca, took his lessons in it from the three instructors at Faraldo’s, then obtained his licen- se. He sold the Aeronca to a new student and bought himself a four passenger Cessna-170, Recently Soloed Emil Roberts, of No. 5 Havana street, who has studied with In- structor Kettig Coghill recently so- loed. Comdr. Edward I. Gibson, SurAs- DevDet, who loves flying almost as much as the sea, has chalked up almost enough solo hours to per- mit him his cross country flight | with Insfructor Edgar Maxwell. Dean Martin, USS Trumpetfish, a native of Des Moines, Ia., and Ste- ven Nathan of the Fleet Sonar school have both soloed recently | under the guidance of Claude Hen- ine ud Manwell,,instructors. Students for private licenses range from 13 to 55, Mrs. Faraldo said. Two Key West High school j boys Irving A. Higgs, 15 and Geo. Gibson, Jr., 16, are just about ready | to solo following their instruction | | by Maxwell and Coghill. These | teenagers started flying because of (Continuc On Page Five) | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman Phone 9134 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries «. Accessories ALL FOR Place a three cent stamp | wish to advance themselves in an | lian, Navy Scout Troop ‘Charter Goes To Rotarians President Harry Truman’s signa- ture as honorary head of the Na-| tional Boy Scout Council heads the | list of officials who signed the Boy} | Scout Troop charter presented yes- |terday to the Rotary Club at its! | weekly luncheon. Another noted | signature is that of Herbert Hoover, | ex-President of the United States. | who is vice-president of the Boy} Scout Council. | The Troop Charter is given to the Rotarians here for “proper ap- plication” of the program aimed at “character building and’ citizen- ship training.” Local men mentioned on the} charter are Harry M. Baker, in- | stitute representative, and the com- mittee composed of Harry B. Sel- lers, Rev. Ralph Rogers, Allan B. | Cleare, Jr., and Charles Taylor who is chairman of the committee. Also on the charter roster are Scoutmaster John J. Hargash, Ernest Wilcox and Explorer Ad- visor Arthur A. Boza. The Charter was presented to Earl Adams by Taylor through Bernard Frank, Boy Scout official here. He spoke briefly and and interest. Arthur A. Boza Troop No. 52 also made a short} | to relay some of the citizenship and scoutmanship he had acquired in his years as Tenderfoot through Eagle Scout under the Rotary sponsorship. Program chairman Paul Sher was in charge. Neil Knowles, president of the (Continued On Page Five) Spain, Cuba Sign Agreement Today HAVANA, Cuba (#%—Spain and Cuba signed a new economic agre | ment today. et Government officials said it | marked the beginning of a more | important economic relation be- tween Cuba and Spain. ——————— FISHING TACKLE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. | HARDWARE DIVISION =| Caroline St. Phone 886) with | praise for the Rotary peer awarded by the Jaycees. of; IN THE U.S.A. Raul J. Perez, Thomas Ketchings, | pany; Mulberg Chevrolet Co.; | driving regulations z ated Press Teletype and Photo Services. Years Devoted to the terests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Miami Mercy Slayer Bound Over To Grand Jury Today JayCee Youth Safety Club Holds Car “Roadeo” Here For Public, Sunday, 1 P. KW MERCHANTS * we | Albert Saunders ae, | Issued Gambling Stamp Today Competing for prizes donated by | | local merchants, the Jaycee | Youths’ Safety Drivers Club will put on their first annual “roadeo” this Sunday, at 1:00 p.m. in the! area directly behind the Poinciana | Stamps to Community Center. The club which has been prepar-; ing for the “roadeo” since its or- | ganization a short time ago, now | boasts 56 members, many of whom | will be entered in the contest Sun- day. Prizes for the event have been donated by the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion; the Sinclair Refining Com- Na- varro Ine.; the Overseas Trans- | portation Company; Alex Lubins- ky, local Electrolux Represent4- tive; and Cliff's Marine Supply Co. on Stock Island. A trophy to the winner will be Judges for the contest are: May- or C. B. Harvey, Commissioner address, and said that he hoped | Jack Delaney, Earl R. Adams, County Clerk; Joe Allen, County Commissioner; Jack Sellers, Mon- roe Motors; Clarence Sweeting, Sweeting’s Service Station and Chairman of the Governor's Safety Committee, and Paul E. Esquinal- | do, President of the Jaycees. .Members of the organization have been working with State High- way JACKSONVILLE (#—The collec tor of internal revenue today issued occupational gambling Orlando: Greta Hager, 450 S. Main St. Key West: Willlams St. cannot solo until thi are 16, but they can start lessons at any age. One young man whose family still live here, Carl Brill, Jr., start ed when he was so young and so small that he had to prop him self up with pillows to get visibili ty out of a BT-13. He was up in the air when the pillows slipped, dropping his sites mighty low. Des. pite the near-eclipse, young Carl | }on Slayer Of Invalid Daughter Faces Ist Degree Murder Charge M rev wa. \MI we—John Moskal, 57 New Jersey grocer, toc und over to the grand ju a first degree murder ch in the Aug. 25 butcher knife sls i his invalid 18-year-old ge of | daughter Albert Saunders, 310 | brought the plane into a beautiful | landing, Mrs. Faraldo said. Carl did not stop at his private license. He completed his aircraft and en gineering training in the middle west, got his commercial! license and is now in Japan working on U. S. aircraft. A new student who began train- ing August 28, Solon Manswell, USN, is learning to fly so he can be better equipped for a job with CAA communications when he is discharged. Officers of the club are Peter| 80 and 15 dual hours. Of the 15 Knight, president, vice president | @ual hours flying time, five must Lonnie Shivers, secretary-treasurer| be cross country. Of the 25 solo, Lynn Sellers and Judge Murphy | ten hours are cross country. One Cates. flight must be 100 miles from the To impress the importance of | airport. 7 He Proof that flying leads its devo- | the Jaycee Youth’ Safety Drivers Club selects a secret patrol man at each meet- Civil Air Patrol orientation. They FOR SALE ‘S51 CHRYSLER DEMONSTRATOR Equipped with Power Stee Radio, Air Conditioned H and Porque Drive 6 CENTS! on an envelope and address to Raymond R. Lord, County Judge, City. Enclose one dollar for Operator's license or two dol- lars for Chauffeur’s license and a stamped self addressed envelope in which to return your 1953 Driver's license. Enclose the front half o: f your 1952 license contain ing your name, description. You keep the back half until you receive the new license. You will receive the new license by return mail and save gas or bus fare and a tr ip to the Court House. Logun's O cean Patio Presents $ 95 The MELL OWTONES For Your Continuous Dancing and Entertainment Pleasure UNTIL 3:30 A.M. NO COVER NO MINIMUM IN GUARANTEE YOU TOWN — PLACE YOUR NAVARRO, Inc. 01 DUVAL STREET tees to more and more training is Instructor (Continued Or Page Five) CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALER —The man who lives in town— KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Highest Prices For Junk Batteri: Scrap M Rags, Iron — Cars — Trucks CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE CASH ANNOUNCING OPENING OF Gloria Lee's BEAUTY SALON 1306'2 VIRGINIA ST, EVENING APPOINTMENTS SPECIALISTS IN ALL BRANCHES OF BEAUTY CULTURE SPECIAL OPENING OFFER NATIONALLY ADVERTISED 12.0 COL AND MACHINEL D WAVE ESS WAVES $7.00 THIS MONTH ONLY COME OVER AND SORRY! We won't have a phone ti! the present shor THE BEST SEE US ge is over. GLORIA LEE HAVE 1952 CHRYSLERS - DE SOTOS - DODGES AND PLYMOUTHS! DEAL ORDER TODAY! trolman M, J. Wilder lay-| The cost of obtaining a private ing oufthe eretttiPrcades: ++| license runs about $400 for the 25 | Maxwell's newest per- | | guson set aside the $5,000 | | | ' | Peace Justice Thomas S. Fer- bond under which Moskal has been free and released him in the custody of his attorney, Mark O’Quin Moskal was not present at the inquest into the death of his daughter, Adele, but a Miami pa- trolman, a detective and a friend | of the family testified. The retired grocer had waived a preliminary hearing nd today’s procedure was to certify the cause of death Charles Chrouscicki testified Moskal telephoned him shortly aft- | er 3 p.m. (EST) Aug. 25 and sai “Come right over. Something ter- rible has happened.” Chrouscicki said he asked what it was and Moskal replied: “I killed my daughter.” Patrolman Joseph Teller testified | he and Patrolman Dunae Barker were called to the Moskal apart- ment by Chrouscicki and found the invalid girl dead on the bath- room floor. “I asked Moskal where the knife was after he told me how he killed her,” Teller said. “He went to a chen closet and returned with ie Teller testified Moskal told him he had been thinking of ‘putting the girl out of her misery” for two or three years, and that she had been an invalid since birth. “He said he didn’t have lowe live and didn’t want to leave her on his wife’s hands,” Teller de- clared, adding the incident oc- (Continued On Page Five) DANCE ELKS CLUB ANNEX Saturday Night 10 Till 1 ADMISSION 5S0c PER PERSON DUKE’S BAR-B-Q OPPOSITE THE AQUARIUM NOW OPEN Hours 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. BOB PEARCE, Mer. 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