The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1952, Page 1

Rey West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit fOL. LXXIII. «No. 222 Key West Red | Cross Chapter | Maps Campaign Local Group Will Gather Packages For Servicemen The American Red Cross_ will sponsor a morale building project, | “Christmas on the High Seas”, for) men and women in service. | The local chapter of the Red Cross has accepted the project.) Judge Eva Warner Gibson, chair-| man of service groups for the Ke: West Chapter is asking individuals and civic clubs and organizations |, to donate one or more of th Christmas packages. Packages are to be valued at, $2.50 each. They should contain not | over six of the following items: writing portfolio, pencils with clips, gum or life-savers or hard candy in airtight cellophane bags; photo | folder; crossword puzzle books, joke or crayon books; small, flat clothesbrush, wallet, toothbrush, razor blades, pipe and pipe tobac co, stationery, cigarets, pocket- { size books, decks of card8, smal games such as dominoes, crib- bage; miniature chess or checkers; oilskin pouch; handkerchiefs; cam- § Phor, washcloth, nail file, manicure scissors and comb. | The package should be attrac-| lively wrapped with name and ad- dress of donor on enclosed greet- ing card. No written messages should be included since this is an army restriction and must be ad- hered to. Packages should be de- livered to Red Cross headquarters. 301 Front street or to Judge Gib- ‘on, 1218 Seminary street, er than November 1. issues, Action Hinted ainst State | 0 icials. | PAHOKEE (# — House Speaker B. Elliott hinted Tuesday that pos- | sible court action may be brought f Florida State officials insist on | erecting a 3% million dollar office yuilding in lahassee rather than provide needed facilities for the state’s custodial institutions. Elliott offered a resolution which 89 legislators adopted at their | caucus in Tamp: aturday asking | that construction a ate institu- tions be given priority over the proposed office building Elliott said a spokesman for the POLICE URGE CAR ' OWNERS TO LEAVE CHILDREN AT HOME Police officers on car inspection duty today at the No. 2 Fire Sta- tion, corner of 12th St. and Seidenberg Ave., Poinciana, had more than car checkifg on their hands. They needed a baby sit- ter! Mothers who lined up with their |ears had unthinkngly brought small children with them. The | | JOKER IN THE DECK ! GREAT HUMOR MAN THE CARTOON REPRODUCED ABOVE is from the Republi- can National Committee’s weekly clipsheet, The Committee joined Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican presidential candidate in-criticizing his opponent, Adlai Steven- son for mixing witticisms with serious discussions of campaign “City Automobile Ins Started Today At Number Two Fire Station; Traffie Heavy THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952 Local Youths Criminal Court Peace Justice Ira Albury Rules On Car Theft Case Tues. Gregorio Rodriguez, 20, and Jose Cisnero, 18, will be tried before Criminal Court on charges of steal- ing the car of Robert Welch, USN, last week, Peace Justice Ira Albury found following a hearing at 5 p. m., yesterday. The two youths had bond set at $250 each in the case that also in- volved a 16 year old boy who is being investigated by Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warner Gibson. The two young men pleaded guil- ty to the charges of which they are accused. They did not ask for counsel. Cisnero, younger of the two at the hearing testified that he didn’t .| know the Ford belonging to Welch was stolen until Rodriguez “fooled with the wires.” Rodriguez denied being the ring leader of the group. Florida Highway Patrolman Mar- vin J. Wilder and Deputy Sheriff Serge Hernandez testified to the events of the evening of August 11, when the stolen car was located. Wilder said he was near the Overseas cafe on Stock Island when he got a tip that the Ford driving by was a stolen car. He gave chase and rounded up the juvenile who tried to escape him. Through fur- ther investigation he and Hernan- dez rounded up the other two boys and arrested them last Friday. Owner of the stolen car Robert Welch testified that he had parked his car Wednesday at the Seaplane Base where he had the duty. He did not know his car was missing. Wilder returned the stolen car to him. Present at the hearing besides | Peace Justice Albury, Wilder and Hernandez were County Solicitor Allan B, Cleare and Cinstable Har- Johnson, eke Court Tage eve, War- a ibson and Probation Officer Mrs, Isabel Fleming brought the juvenile to the hearing. Eisenhower Will Speak To AFL Today By JAMES DEVLIN NEW YORK (#—Gen. Dwight D. Ce I Ali () Wirephoto “The Firing Line.” tions Blaze Damages ¥ Auto Tuesday A car, owner unidentified, caught fire early this morning at Amelia street just off Duval near the Cu- ban Club. The fire department ex- tinguished the blaze with chemicals before extensive damage was done The alarm was turned in at 12 40 p. m. when two young men at-! |tempted to put gas into the rear| Eisenhower goes before the Ameri- Bound Over To; Andy Roberts Is Still In Hospital. But Not Critical Andrew Roberts, taxi driver, spent a restful night at Morfroe Ge- neral hosiptal, following his intern- al injuries received in the crash yesterday that knocked him off his scooter. Roberts, who lives at 110-C Poin- ciana Place, was rushed to ‘the hospital following the accident at 1:19 p.m. yesterday. He is not on the critical list, hospital authori- ties said. He later left the spite doctor’s orders but under the care of Dr. J. Lester, Jr. | The accident occurred when a City street department truck cross- ed Ann street at Greene, and ran into Roberts. A parked truck un loading on Greene street obstruct- ed City driver Charles Roig’s vi sion, he said. Police estimate damage to erts’ Mental Health Society Opens New Series Monroe county parents, ers and physicians e among those invited to attend the first | of a series on “Building Healthy Mindedness” in Miami at the Board of Public Instruction Audi- torium Tuesday night at 8:15. The discussion will be based on a mental health film “Fears | of Chtidren* being sponsored by the Mental, Health Society of Southeastern Florida. It is about Paul five year old and his tentioned parents in a typical situations arising iles with small children. rifying nightmare brings Pau mother and father to his and makes them realize | Paul's fears have reached | stage where something must staxe be Secretary Will tha Discussing the film with the | Arrive Today hospital de. returned Lancelot Rob- WILLIAM R. REDUS, 19, who Court this morning on $1,000 be attorney Enrique Esquinaldo ju teach- | casion. Attorneys told the photc normal well in series of in fam- | : Brazilian Navy a audience will be a social vee pediatrician and University Miami professor. picture. Peace Justice Ira Albury xi was reported as saying the SIC ‘does not intend to comply with the action taken at Tampa Satur- day The House speaker would say only that he has contacted Rep James A. Haley and another mem ber of the Haley committee, which was formed several months ago to investigate crime and corruption | in the state. The Tampa resolution asked governor and Cabinet to and refrain from expending or pledging further funds for con struction of new buildings or other major improv nts at Tallahas see until much-needed construc tion at many ® custodial in stitutions has been made.” the ‘desist | immediate brakes test, which requires a | flying start and an abrupt stop, had drivers and the police squad in a temporary dither, The dan- ger of bumped heads and bruised noses of small fry presented an problem. Police in charge had to ask the drivers to take their offspring out of the cars while going through the in- | spection procedure.’ Some chil-| dren sat perplexed on a bench | outside the fire station; others | wailed protest in the arms of passengers while their mothers | took the test. From today on, urgently requested dren at home, or (Continued On drivers are | to leave chil- in a nursery, Page Six) tank of the car and lighted a match to direct the stream of gasoline be- ing poured out of a can. At least four policemen, three photographers and a score of spec- tators rushed to the scene. At first it. was thought that the youths were siphoning gas out of the car in- stead of putting it in. After brief | investigation, the boys, who had} borrowed the car from a_ friend! were given a lecture on the danger of exposing an open gas container to flame. SPARKMAN IN FLA. JACKSONVILLE (# — Sen. John J. Sparkman was scheduled to open his four-stop Florida cam paign on behalf of the national | can Federation of Labor Conven- tion today with a speech that may determine how much labor union | support he can count on in the | Presidential election Interrupting his 12-state Midwest | and Southern whistle-stop tour, the general flew back to New York | from Minneapolis yeserday for the | speech. He received a big recep tion in Minneapolis and St. | before taking off Eisenhower told a crowd of 12,000 in St. Paul he was con vinced the people want a change in administration in Washington He said he had found administra tion “fumbling” on foreign affairs the chief concern of the people he | met at whistle stops He accused the Democratic ad Paul | The invitation to Monroe coun- | ty came from Miss Lois Parks, | executive director of the Mental Health society. | Admiral Here For Inspection | Rea Entw | Operati Atlantic Norfolk, Va for tion Admiral Freder d N, Co Developme Fleet arr nal a two-de f Admiral Guillobel And Staff Make Vice Admiral Renato A. Guillo The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests ot Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Redus Bound Over To Criminal CourtOn Attempted Rape After Hearing Today * Sailor Accused Accused Sailor At Today’s Hearing ‘| } Citizen Staff Photo was bound to Criminal ynd had his hair cambed by his st before The Citizen took his y loaned the comb for the oc- over ographer to go ahead and shoot the picture so the public could see how innocent Redus looked. ‘Fourteen’Entrants To Compete ®: In Elks Club Beauty Contest BEVY OF BEAUTIES SET TO DISPLAY THEIR CHARM ELKS ANNEX By Dorothy Raymer The first beauty contests held in the United States brought out girls in high top bathing shoes, suits with sleeves and high neck. lines and head covering that look ed like grandmother's dustcap. The judges must have had a hard time deciding much about the figures of the entrants. The girls were covered almost as thoroughly as a | | | Good Will Visit j bel, Secretary of the Brazilian | Navy will arrive in Key West this} | afternoon at 4:30 p. m. enroute| |from Rio De Janeiro to Washing ton, D. C. His plane will land at; the Boca Chica field, Naval Air] on. rhe Brazilian Admiral accepted the invitation of the U. S. Secre tary of the Navy, Dan Kimball, to tour sections of the country. Part| of the trip includes the Naval Base at Key West o in the party of top naval, | contest c through a house with a tarpaulin thrown over jit by an exterminating crew “Them days is gone forever,” as Uncle Applejack would say. To- day's swim suits reveal, not con: ceal the contours Last night we went over to the Elks Club annex to get a look at the rehearsal for the beauty h will decide what lucky damsel" is to be Miss Key West of 1952 On arrival had to break f{ interested the con we ee o! elks who are s Of Attack On Local Matron To Have Jury Trial By Susan McAvoy | William R. Redus, USN, 19, was | bound over to Criminal Court on $1,000 bond on charges of breaking and entering the Caroline street home of a young married couple, | 12:30 a. m. September 4 with the intent to commit rape following a | nearly two hour hearing this morn- | ing. | Peace Justice Ira Albury closed | the hearing to the public admitting | only the press. The sailor appeared but did not testify with his lawyer Enrique Es- | quinaldo, Jr., and William V. Al- | bury. Slim, blonde, and nervous he | sat silently throughout the hearing, | his eyes swollen as though he had Fact slept well last night. | That he did sleep on the night when he was discovered “laying naked on top of me” was testified by the Caroline street mother and her husband. The husband said that the sailee woke up when he beat him and | knocked him to the floor. The mother said that when she | woke up the nude man was saying | “shoo’’ or snoring, she didn’t know | which. } | | =f | “I woke up and he was on top of me, his face right to mine,” she testified. Whether or not a bedspread sep- arated the sailor apd the married woman was not cleared up in tes- timony. The wife said it was at the foot of the bed, and that her paja- mas were on. The husband testi ed separately that.the bedepresd was wy but that she had no paja- } “I saw him lying on top of her,” | he said. The husband thereupon knocked the sailor off the bed. The sailor | said to him “What's the matter?” The sister of the married woma‘ meanwhile came home at the m | ment when the husband was beat ‘ing the sailor. She said the screet, door which had been only closed not locked, was wide open. She ran and called the police. The 27-year-old wife appeared at Albury’s Duval street office with jher gurgling infant son and hus: | band. She was nervous throughout the trial and said she had fainted for half an hour the night of the alleged attempt to commit rape. She testified that when she woke to find the stranger in her bed she ‘twice called her husband who was sleeping next to her, but only @ | pinch woke him up | Police Officer Edward Ramirez | reported on his arrival at the scene a few minutes later. He said the sailor ran out of the house naked when he tried to arrest him. The officer caught him, however, and | placed him in jail also nude. His ; clothes were found later on the | porch of the house, with his ID card in shirt pocket | “I didn’t do anything and I don't | know anything,” Ramirez quoted the sailor as saying when he: ar- to be held Satur with a dance beg and Democratic ticket here today. | ministration of “firei the The Democratic vice presiden- | peace won on the World War II bat tial nominee from Alabama was | tlefields scheduled to arrive by plane at “Our people believe that o' 11:30 a.m. and speak in downtown ernment has been fell Hemming Park at 1 p.m. EST. aimless and fumbling qour Following a private luncheon , declared Sparkman's schedule calls for him Next to resume his plane trip at 3:15 bling,” for Miami where he will speak | ple tonight. Thursday he will make aign talks at Tampa and Tal- | lahassee, g away ar Adm. Milton E r of Pan Americat Mission, Divi-| P.™ ar tune of Lt. George ed by Mrs who speaks! ano up on t se and has been designat S. Naval Aide to Admir rested him The wife insisted that the sailor did not “do anything to her’ Ra mirez said, when he questioned her the Today she testified also that didn't try to make along The famili play e pi d us Cates who is a floorshow A Pr M ar gov ing Key West Floor Covering Co. Announces .., A Complete Stock of at time he love ty me rneys Albury and Esquinalde ed to quash both charges op ‘ound that there “is no evi er of an attempt a They also mov ed t the breaking and entering | (Continued On Page Six) to foreign he said, he are concerned “waste and extravagance If elected, he promised, he « (Continued On Page Six EQUIPMENT FOR Uncer Water Fishing Thompson Enterprises, Inc. 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