The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 25, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the | Seer with an average \ fange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXI!II. No. 229 Huge Crowd Expected At |CAPT. ELDREDGE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952 Doy Track Debate Tonight RETURNS ON Sponsored By JayCees Aronovitzes, Roberts, Father Armfield Will Ada. vss Voters A record-breaking crowd is ex- pected at the dog track debate at Bayivew Park tonight at 8 o’clock,, Paul Es. do, president of the sponsoring group. the Junior Chamber of Commerce said this morning, Speakers * warming up for their presentation of the pros and sons on the hot issue which has divided Key West in recent months and will be resolved at the polls Tuesday. Sidney Aronovitz, secretary of he Key West Kennel club said ‘oday that he will accompany his incle Abe to the platform to- aight and be the second speaker ‘or the track. Father John Arm- field, choice of the JayCees to present their opposition to the track, and Eu ene Roberts, will speak against the track. The motorcade of both camps will form promptly at 7 p. m., at South and Duval street. Pro and ton speakers will flank Esquinaldo © an open convertible. They will aead a parade which is expected to include scores of cars bearing streamer s and posters for and against the proposed $300,000 track. While the proponents of the track have professionally printed signs, the opponents, led by the Key West Ministerial association has had to rely on the hands of \ts members to print their posters. A budget of $76 for opposition to the track is all that has been avail- able to the ministers, they said | Tuesday. Meanwhile the Key West Kennel ; cubis disteihuting and. advertis- ing a pamphlet called “‘The Day- tona Beach Story” which relates the opposition to dog racing that was current during its referendum. The pamphlet then quotes indi- viduals in Daytona Beach who have since changed their minds about the track and are now for | it. It is expected that these argu- | ments will be used at tonight’s | rally. | The rally will be a democratic | forum where the people of the | county can hear both sides. Es- quinaldo said. They can then go to the polls Tuesday and decide whether or not they want the track | in the community. Civie groups, six of whom have | gone on record opposing the estab- lishment of dog racing here, have | been invited to participate in the motorcade tonight. Groups for the track, and individuals have also been invited. The rally itself is open to the public, free of charge. ‘The Key Wst High School Band | will play from 7:30 to 8 p. m., pre- [Foothardy Men Cause Worry, Undue Expense Arrival Of Boatmen In Mariel, Cuba, Is Not Reported To Proper Authorities Lt. Clem Pearson, commanding officer of the Coast Guard activi- ties in Key West waters, spoke out this morning with regard to the ! three men who left Key West early yesterday in an effort to cross the Florida Straits to Cuba. The trio, Rube Allen, Cal Thomas and Ben Feder, members of the Staff of the St. Petersburg Times, made their trip in an 18-foot out- board-powered launch. When they left Key West, the men announced Havana as their destination, and made arrangements to report their arrival to persons in Key West. Since the boat was expected to make the trip in about six to eight hours, a report of the arrival was expected around noon yesterday. When no report was received, the Coast Guard authorities began to make inquiries of friends of the three men here and of reporters of The Key West Citizen staff who had interviewed the men. Inquiry was also sent to Havana, but no word of the men had been received t' ere, * Knowing the roughness of the {waters in the Florida Straits, Lt. Pearson became somewhat con-| ; cerned over the evident non-arrival }of the boat in Cuba, and he asked | Aorovias Q planes and Navy, planes, working in that-area to be on the lookout. Currents in the Straits are such that if the boat had got out of control it could have drifted as much as 21 miles off course in seven hours. Finally at 7:30 last night, the Coast Gusrd here received a re- port from the United States Naval Attache in Havana who had been | requested by the Seventh Coast (Continued On Page Seven) | Cruiser Roanoke In Local Waters For Month’s Duty The USS Roanoke, CL 145, one of the Navy’s most powerful anti- aircraft cruisers, dropped anchor off the Naval Base, Key West, this morning. The ship is here for a month of development and training work. This is also considered a liberty port for the men of the ship. ceding the rally. JayCee member Jim Keen will act as master of ceremonies. SEE PAGE SIX FOR ANTI DOG TRACK Announcing The Return of Laureano Moreno | The Commanding officer of the | Roanoke is Capt. H. O. Parish, | brother of Capt. E. W. Parish, Jr., | who was until recently command- | ing officer of the VX-1 group at the | Naval Air Station here. Command- er J, W. Florence is executive of- ficer of the ship. | DEALER —The man who lives in tewn— KEY WEST | SALVAGE CO. Scrap Metal, Rags, lron — Old Cars — Trucks | CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE CASH Complete Stock of Mechanic | HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Resident Piano Tuner Within a Few Days PHONE 326 For Appoiniment NAVARRO, Inc. PHONE 600 601 DUVAL st. | Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 121 DUVAL STREET HUGE bro MIAMI #—The Miami Weather Bureau issued the following advi- Sory at 1:30 p.m. EST today: “Reconnaissance aircraft have located a small hurricane at Lat- itude 26.2 north and Longitude 74.5 west, or 200 miles east northeast of Nassau, Bahamas, at 1:30 p.m. EST. “It is attended by winds of 85 miles per hour over a small area near the center and winds of 40 miles per hour extend outward 110 miles in the northern semicircle. “The hurricane is apparently moving toward the northwest at about 12 miles per hour. “Indications are that the hurri- cane will continue movement at about the same speed toward the northwest and increase in size and intensity. “Shipping in the path should avoid this hurricane. Small craft on the Northeast Florida Coast, Georgia and Carolina Coast should remain in port until this hurricane Passes, “Further advices will be issued this afternoon as information is received from the hurricane area.” Hurricane Hunters Check Caribbean Disturbance Today MIAMI — Hurricane-hunting planes were sent out today to look for a possible tropical storm in an easterly wave reported about 1900 miles southeast of Miami. Forecaster Walter Davis of the Miemi Weather Bureaw said the wave of low pressure was roughly 450 miles east of the Lesser An- tilles, the string of islands on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea. Ships reported winds up to 35 rs an hour in the area Wednes- lay. Davis said an Air Force plane from Bermuda was approaching | CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD | Highest Prices For Junk Batteries, the area now and a Navy plane from San Juan, Puerto Rico, was en route to make another check this afternoon. Easterly waves are wide bands of squally, rainy weather which move from east to west across the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Hurricanes sometimes develop from them at this time of year. The weather summary for the Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea reported the easterly wave this wa “A wave of low pressure east of the Lesser Antilles is being in- vestigated by reconnaissance air- craft for possible existence of a tropical storm.” A Navy hburricane-hunting plane also took off from Jacksonville, Fla., for San Juan today to provide reinforcements in case the easter- ly wave develops into a storm | Davis said that en route the pressure area” east of Nassau, Bahamas some showers,” Davis said. | — WANTED — SEAMSTRESS APPLY 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. Adeline’s Interiors 904 Fleming Street THE HOME caroline shop 723 ann st. phone 1502 | Hours: 10-12 A.M. — 2- 5:30 P.M. | visiting with Mrs. “There's nothing much there but | By Dorothy Raymer Looking tanned and fit, Capt. E. H. Eldredge, commanding off- icer of the U.S.S. Monterey, air- craft carrier temporarily based in Key West, said yesterday aboard his ship that he was “glad to see Key West and those friends who are still here”. Former commanding officer of the Naval Air Station here Capt. Eldredge returned to the Key West area Sunday from Guan- tanamo Bay, Cuba. The huge training carrier will be anchored here for maintenance processing until about October 5, when the Monterey will leave for her home port at Pensacola, Fla. A direct question concerning the dog track situation in Pensa- cola, Fla. was one of the first questions tackled during the inter- | view with Capt. Eldredge. Asked’ if he had any opinion on whether or not the track at Pensacola was CAPT. E. H. ELDREDGE beneficial or harmful in so far as naval personnel spending was concerned; Eldredge looked sur- prised and said, “I didn’t eyen know there was a track at Pen- sacola. After all, I spent only one afternoon there before leaving for Philadelphia. I don’t even know what my own home over there looks like. All I had time to do | was say goodbye to my wife and | | my son Neddie.” He added that the main thing he had observed about Pensacola during his brief stay there was the weather. “It’s very much hotter than in Key West. We don’t have airconditioning in our home, and it's a good thing big attic fans are installed in most quart- ters.” Capt. and Mrs. Eldredge and their six year old son Ned left Key West in June of this year. Mrs. Eldredge accompanied her and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico ;son to North Carolina where he enrolled in a camp. Mrs. Eldred- ge spent most of her vacation Jessie Porter Newton in the North Carolina mountains and then visited Char- leston S. C. Young Ned is now in Pensacola with his mother and is attending second grade in | school. Somewhat apprehensively, James Foresman and Mrs. myself {made preparations to go aboard jthe big carrier yesterday Plane would check a “weak low | about 200 miles | | after- (Continued On Page Seven) KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling Mr. FEINSTEIN, Phone 826-W We Buy all kinds of Junk LOCATED AT NEW FABRICS | SIMONTON AND DEY STS. Dr. Joseph Groom | EYE SURGEON OF MIAMI | Will Be In Key West | Saturday, Sept.27 | Tomorrow Night at the Office of Dr. J. A. Valdes 619 DUVAL ST. For Appointment — Phone 332 * & * Commissioner Allen Says Surplus Expected In October, °53 Monroe General Hospital has retired 65 percent of its old bills since County Com- missioners took over last summer, will be out of the red by January 1, 1953, and will have surplus by Octo- ber, 1953, Commissioner Joe Allen report?d at the meeting of Commissioners as Hospital Board yester- day. Allen said that in ae past year city and county contri- butions to the hospital have been used to re-equip the hospital and pay off old debts. If the contributions continue, the hospital will be in the black by the first of the year, he said. Allen, Chairman of the commis- sion Gerald Saunders and Commis- sion Harry Harris made a quo- rum for the first meeting of the hospital board in three months. Willard Albury, hospita adminis- trator, brought pressing matters before the Commissioners for their act.sn. They voted unanimously that the hospital hire a registered nurse an- esthetist and that all surgeons op- erating at th~ hospital be required to use her services. Albury describ- ed the present situation in which surgeons have had to postpone vi- tal operations for lack of a full- time anesthetist. Several physicians have performed this function at $25 per operation. Commissioners agreed with Al- bury that the hospital should have a full time anesthetist and that it be compulsory for all doctors to use her services. Commissioners voted unanimous- ly to insist that no equipment or supplies be rented or borrowed from the hospital by other institu- tions or individuals unless Albury gives written consent. Albury said might be needed in an emergency for a hospital patient. Chairman Saunders said “Mr. the hospital. Nothing can be taken ; “The equipment and supplies at |the hospital belong to the tax- | payers” The Commissioners said they (Continued On Page Seven) HEAR Sidney Aronovitz Give Facts, Figures, and Information — About DOG TRACK (FRIDAY) at7:15 P.M. Station WKWF that up till now equipment has ; been taken from the hospital that | Albury is responsible for | Retail Liquor Deal i from here without his permission. | said Commissioner Allen. | | would study further the question | IN THE U.S.A. tk te & * Che Key West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER xe k Heads Charity Carnival Et 3 * Official U. S. Navy Photo CAPTAIN A. E. BUCKLEY. USN, Commangling Officer of the U.S. Naval Air Station, has been appdthted by R, ‘Adm, Irving T. Duke, Commander Naval Bast; to be chairman of the Cov- erning Board for the forthcoming Navy Charity Carnival which will be held in early 1953. Reading Tests To Be Given First Graders Reading readiness tests will be given to all first grade children in county schools, it was an- nounced today by Edith L. Rob- erts, Elementary Supervisor. These tests measure children’s ability to learn to read. “It is a question not of their brightner but of their relative maturity,” Superintendent of (Continued On Page Seven) The Air Conditioned PREVIEW LOUNGE Presents... Clinton Hayes “Mr. Unforgettable” * Miss Gladys Cooper Continuous Entertainment Nitely FROM 8:30 - 3:30 A.M. Popular Prices 700 DUVAL ST. School Lunch Fedl. Aid Ups 25 Percent Seven County Schools Serve 1,157 Meals Daily Of Which Federal Aid Accounts For 12 Pet. More than 12 percent of the food for school lunches in seven Monroe County schools came last year through the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Superintendent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant announced today “We expect a 25 percent increase (Continued On Page Seven) Rapid Conversational GET YOURS NOW . LANGUAGE CLASSES Mon. and Thurs. 7:30 — 9:30 CALL AT GERALD PINDER’S SCHOOL PHONE 1490 FOR THE IF YOU WANT A GOOD USED CAR COME WHERE YOU GET THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN! . THERE ARE SOME FINE BUYS AVAILABLE ers Toss Bank Roll Into Fray Against Dog Track % te ot Monroe General Hospital Will Be Out Of “Red” By January 1, 1953 kk ok Bar Owners Join Opposition To KW Kennel Club With $1600 Fund The Monroe County Re- tail Liquor Dealer’s Asso- ciation marshalled its forc- es at a meeting yesterday for a last ditch fight against the establishment of Dog Recing in Monroe County when they tossed a bankroll amounting to $1600 into the fight against the measure which comes up before a county - wide referendum Tuesday. Fourteen members of the group contributed $100 each and the Association kicked in with an additional $100 to finance the battle against the track. A local music company donated an- other $100 to the fund. The group, at an earlier meet- ing, had voted to oppose’ the inlanned Sj Island raving pitt by drwhiclraing ma jority. That the time joining the fray is growing short, was pointed up at the meeting by a local bar oper- ator, Gordon Wolfson, when he said, “We'd better get busy and really do something against this thing, or before we know it. the second race will be starting on Stock Island.” A committee of three’ members includin John Gavilan, Blas Zarrate and association presi- dent Riley Carbonell was named to mustermind the campaign which will consist of an inten- sive program of newspaper ood radio edvertising as well as word of mouth opposition to the meas- ure which they termed “a bad thing the community.” T’e committee has slated a meeting | for this <*ternoon, at which time they will take steps to fight the (Continued On Page Seven) m for actively COMPLETE LINE OF GARDEN TOOLS Thompson Enterprises, Inc, HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone 886 | Chrysler Demonstrator, New Yorker, Forder, Power Sterring, Redic, Hester, Special Tires, Leather & Nylon Upholstering NAVARRO, Inc @) DUVAL PHONE 460