The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 23, 1952, Page 1

key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange 6t only 14° Fahrenheit WOL. LXXIII. STORM HERO No, 353 ‘AMPA, Fla—Chief Engineer Thomas Archibald, (right), whose technical skill and calm nerves were credited with keeping up morale of seven youthful crewmen and preventing the sinking of the 100-foot fruit boat Micawber in the Mexican Gulf storm yesterday, directs an assistant in the engine room after aid was rendered by a Coast Guard vessel. Goggin Speaks To Fla. H’Way Engineers Engineer Delivers Paper On Legal Aspects -Of Surveying Before Engineering Colleagues | John P. Goggin, Monroe County | Engineer, Senior Member’ of the} Florida Engineering Society and a} Director of the Surveying and Map- ping Section thereof; will deliver a professional paper on “The Legal| Aspects of Surveying and The Judi celal Functions of Surveyors” before | a joint body of Highway Engineers, | Land Surveyors, and Attorneys d Abstractors at the University o! Florida in Gainesville, tomorrow. Goggin has contributed five officially recognized papers be. fore as many National and State | Societies and Universities this | year. He is a’ nationa recog- nized authority. on control sur veys and controversial property surveys. His -professional and / technical papers appear regularly | (Continued On Page Four) in SN OT Complete Stock of Mechanic | HAND TOOLS | Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1952 Ex-Navy Officer Files$75,000 Suit — Against City And Officer Maribona High School Footballers To Give Bloo Local Woman Makes Suggestion Whcih May Bring Key West National Publicity The Key West High School foot- ball team has volunteered to go en masse to Monroe General Hos pital following the last game of the season and give blood for the Armed Forces Drive. The regula- tion on blood doning says that any- one under 20 years of age cannot give blood without the signed con sent of parents, but it is presumed that most player’s parents will grant permission. The idea came about when Gloria Brindley of 802 Catherine street an enthusiastic Conch team fan read in Walter Win- Three-Ca seas r Crash | chell’s column about a campaign | | in which athletes, especially foot- Associated Press Wirephoto City Revenue Receipts Show Big Increase For The Month Of September: Report States TAX COLLECTIONS CONTINUE AT FAST |7 PACE ACCORDING TO |Local Navy Man crry comprrotter |Enters Marathon A 12.9 percent increase in the Regatta Sunday City’s income from revenue re- eeipts during the month of Sep- tember, when compared. with| LT. Comdr. R.C. Zimmerman the same month a year ago was |(U-S.N. Reserve), attached to the shown by the monthly financial | Fleet Sonar School here ‘or ‘the report released by City Comp | Past year, has entered his Rhodes troller Charles R, Roberts today | Bantam in the Second Annual This represents a $41444.29)Marathon Regatta scheduled to jump. in the City's income. Igtart at 9:30. a.m. this sunday, The total receipts of $362.549.41 ) October 26th. | represents an increase of 55.12 Lt. Comdr. Zimmerman’ ts a percent over Sentember . member of the Coconut Grove | The largest single source of | ™ 2 fot.the city i Yatch Club, and has sailed with wmdney. ee tie wy: tm Coptent that club regularly for almost a | ber was from real and per- year’. His Batham famed sonal property t ments : ese | totaling S2.108.87 of 9a per. | CATHIE for his 11-year old daugh- cent of the revenue. Roberts | ‘et: Who plans to sail with him in said that Key Westers are | the Marathon Regatta, ana lives waking prompter payments procs him at his home in Sigsbee ark, this sear than in any other |” Headquarters for the Regatta | WAdded “revenue from most | Will be the Marathon Chamber of | oe 4 stip, | Commerce Building. Soft drink and | soltrees. intihding — a. | sandwiches stands are being set up | sonsovcallimccdas. catheaitenl mn the beach to. serve spectators ball pla: give bi , were planning to for the drive follow. | ing the close of the football sea son, She immediately got in touch with Coach Ed Beckman at. the | Highschool. At a meeting, the boys consented willingly with a-few ex- ceptions. Gloria immediately wir- ed Walter Winchell notifying him of the offer which would take place in Key West on November 28 fol- lowing the game with Cristobal, Panama. She followed the wire with a letter. In the latter message, she also asked Winchell to use his influence to get a Life magazine photograph- er down here to photograph the game, the most tropical and south- ernmost in the United States and the blood donors after the game. When Winchell’s reply comes through, she promised to notify the ; Citizen at once. Teacher Faces’ Dismissal MIAMI (#—A school teacher and mother of three children whose |} religious faith forbids her to salite the flag today faced dismissal by the Dade County School Board. The board voted Wednesday to file charges against Mrs. Kathryn Singleton, second grade teacher at Neva King Cooper Elementary School, alleging her action violat- es the state school law. Under the tenure provision of the law, the school board must show cause why Mrs. Singleton should be discharged. County School Superintendent James T. Wilson recommended that the charges be filed because he anticipated a lengthy suit over the matter. Mrs. Singleton, a teacher in the Dade County system for 15 years, is a member of the Jehovah's Wit- nesses sect. She has refused to ; lead her class in the daily salute to the flag. DEATH TOLL AT 165 IN PHILIPPINE BLOW FAILURE TO OBSERVE A STOP SIGN resulted in damage to three automobiles in a collision at the corner of United and Simonton streets this morning. Roy F. McGeady, Rivers Edge, N. J., driver of the car that is under tow in the picture, ran through the stop sign into the path of the car driven by Mrs. Lucile Belcher, Dothan, Ala. Mrs. Belcher’s car is shown at the far left of the picture. The arrow pointing down indicates Mrs. Helen Whalen’s car which had stopped. McGeady’s Vehicle was pushed into Mrs. Whalen’s.car by the impact of the crash. Hurricane 400 Miles So. Of Three Hurricane Fox is growing *——— in size and intensity and no doubt will become a severe urricane, U. S. Weather Bureau Chief Sam Gold-' smith told The Citizen at) noon today. “No one can say where it will move eventually,” Gold-| smith said. “We know that} for the next 12 to 18 hours it should continue in a slow movement in a northerly d | rection.” Right now the! storm is 400 miles due south of Key West. As The Citizen went to press on-| ly the 11 a.m. advisory on Hur- ricane Fox w: ailable. It stated that Fox is now 320 miles south of ' Havana. Her highest winds are es- | timated at 90 miles per hour over a small area near the center and/ gales extend outward 50 to 70 miles. | Fox is still drifting slowly about o Bulletin MIAMI (AP)—The hurricane in the Caribbean Sea developed winds of 115 miles an hour today and was described as a “hum- dinger” by chief storm — fore- caster Grady Norton, at 1:30 p.m. today. A Navy hurricane hunter plane which emerged from the storm new “has wound up inte a very severe small hurricane” with a well defined eye only 16 miles in diameter. F The Navy plane which pierced te its eye turbulence and accompanying radie diffi- culty made it necessary to fly out of the hurricane befpre « report could be -made by radio. ADVISORY: MIAMI @&—This Sdvigory was PRICE FIVE CENTS * Navy Doctor Says Rough Handling By Cop Seriously Damaged Career Lt. James E. Kicklighter, USN, is suing Policeman Ralph Maribona, Jr. ang the City of Key West for $75,000 damages incurred September 17, when the po- liceman broke his right arm, according to his suit filed late yesterday in Circuit Court. Lt. Kicklighter, a sure geon, claims that the frac- ture to his right forearm kept him from performing his surgical duties at Grady Memorial hospital in At- lanta, where he was to start work following his dis- charge. Further, he alleges, the injury has prevented him from performing any other medical tasks in Uro- logical surgery. He is prevented by his fracture@ right arm from performing any surgery until December 1, he states in the su’t for $75,000. Citizen Staff Photo Autos Failure To Heed Stop Sign Results In Crash This A.M. A traffie accident resulting from | the failure of Roy F. MeGeady, 50, of Rivers Edge, N. J., to heed {2 stop sign at the intersection of ; United and Simonton streets this morning at 9:30 resulted in exten- | sive damage to the,three cars in- | volved. Only minor personal in- | juries were sustained by the per- sons involved. McGeady, driving a 1950 Dodge sedan, drove west on United at {Continued On Page Four) ; about 10 miles per hour into the | path of a 1946 Plymouth sedan | driven by Mrs. Lucile K. Belcher, | Volunteers Asked | Dothan, Ala, Mrs. Belcher going ne: | about 15 miles per hour swerved lf Storm Co - {to the left in an effort to avoid ‘collision with MeGeady's car, but ; | she crashed into the right rear! | side of the offending vehicle | The McGeady car was swung | around by the impact and collided | | With the 1948 Pontiac of Mrs. He-.| | len Whalen, Quarters Q2 Naval _Was| Station, Mrs. Whalen had st issued at.11 a. m. by the Miami | (Continued On Page tr MANILA i — The death toll | 5 e oes | six to seven miles per hour in 2] Weather Suren: from the devastating typhoon that northerly direction. The storm is The races will start at 9:38 Sun- Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West. | Auto PartsCo. | TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 121 OUVAL STREET i We Are Now In Our New Location --- Stock Island KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. CORNER 2ND AVE. AND FIRST ST. HIGHEST PRICES FO! SCRAP METAL, RAGS AND IRON OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 136 For Prompt Service YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEE THE ACTION CAR OF THE YEAR... THE NEW | day morning and continue through- j out the day. The Regatta will close jSunday evening with the presen- } tation of the Marathon Yacht Club } Regatta trophies to the winning skippers and crews. FOR .SPECIALISTS IN INTERIOR PAINTING Contact BILL WAGNER 1026 White St. Phone $278 COMPLETE LINE OF GARTEN TOOLS | Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. + Phone 886 Biss See DI-GAS Prevents Mildew Destroys Musty Odors! For Closets. Cupboards, Ete. Only 69¢ AMERICAN CHEMICAL CO. OF KEY WEST 1930 Flagler Avenue PHONE 1176 R JUNK BATTERIES, i direct path of the tropical storm. lashed The Philippines yesterday soared to 165 today A late report said 118 were killed in Tabaco, a town of 33,209 in Albay Province on Southern Luzon. Gov. Manuel Calleja reported mass funeral services were held this morning. Tabaco was in the ——= ROLLER SKATE For Your Health eee ct The Caribbean hurricane. contin- | 250 miles south, southeast of the | Isle of Pines. | Goldsmith was besieged with | calls/at his downtown Weather Bu | reau it night and this morning./ Boca Chica weather officials were | also called by anxious Key West- ers who first got the news early! | yesterday afternoon of the storm closest to home in the last year.’ per hour over small area near the | |The red small craft warning flag is flying from Lumley and Roberts! | hardware store. seven miles per bour in a north- erly direction and at 11 a. m. (EST) was located near latitude 19.0 North, longitude 81.8 West. or about 320 miles south of Havana, Cuba, or 500 miles south-southwest of Miami Highest winds estimated 99 miles center and gales extend outward 30 to 75 miles. | ues to drift slowly about~six to / i WANTED Two Waitresses Sererienses, Sane Reputable | HOURS 5 P.M. te 1 AM. Working Conditions Good PHONE 214 SHORTY’S RESTAURANT Continued slow movement in a; The Navy went into Condition northerly directiot is indicated for | Tt} OUVAL ST. (Continued Jn Page Four) | the next 12 to 18 hours with some | increase in size and intensity } Interests in the northwestern | ———————————-—— | Caribbean Sea should exercise cau. = = FINAL NOTICE All 1952-53 City of Key West Occupational Licenses must be obtained before close of business, October 31, 1952. ON AND AFTER November 1, 1952 a 10% penalty will be charged in accordance with eity ordinance governing same. ARCHIE ROBERTS, City Tex Collector. Treasurer Key West. Morids. NIGHTLY — 8- 10:30 Kid's Matinee, Sat. 2:30 - 4:30 TEL. $116 APPLIANCE REPAIRS AND SERVICE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Ketchings Electric 7% Years Experience . Service Day Or Night All Work Guaranteed FREE PICK UP & DELIVERY P.O. BOX &I PHONE 2286-w KEY WEST, FLA. Method Menday and Thursdey Night Classes Mornings By Appointment ‘09 DO “NAVARRO, Inc. 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