The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit country, WOL. LXXIII. No. 279 [ he Key illest C ae THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1952 Key West-Havana Ferry Backers To Ask Lease On Clyde Mallory Docks Ferry Plans Are Advancing As Financing Rumors Prove False The latest move in the arrangements for the proposed Key West-Havana ferry operation is expected to be made Monday night when the City Commission will act on a re- quest for a lease on the Clyde Mallory. docks for use as | the Key West terminal of the long awaited ferry by the Gulf Atlantic Transportation Company. ’ ‘The City acquired the docks from that concern two months ago as part of their tentative agreement with Cuban backers of the proposed operation to furnish ade- quate dock space on this end of the shuttle service. The deal was made last spring w hen city officials went to Havana to confer with the Cuban backers. Meanwhile, rumors that the ‘Cu- ban financing of the ferry had fallen through \were labelled as “unfounded” by Fred Dion, vice president of the Gulf Atlantic Transportation. “With : little time and patience, the ferry will be operating as planned,” Dion said today. Operation of-the ship is expected to start in March at the earliest, he added. The Clyde Mallory docks are eurrently rented to local business concerns and two weeks ‘ago the city gave-a lease to shrimp opera- tor Harry Goldberg foi the use of the docks as an unloading point for shrimp. This lease can be broken on thirty-day notice how- ever. * In Havana, the Cuban backers of the operation are busily map- planes for the inauguration of the line after the Cuban Mari- time Commission issued an edict granting them. permission to make use of the goverhment owned dock there. Cuban Agricul- and po al Bank has pro- 1 plan that will its. first regular | the Cuban capital rs. The ferry, “Caribe Queen” is undergoing conversion | ‘the Gulf Atlantic Company dry- | in Jacksonville. The vessel will be renamed the ‘Cuban rf Needed pairs to the Clyde Mallory are expected to be completed in time for the March ‘of service. They ‘will in- the addition of facilities for : inspection of cars and ers as well as general over- of the dock area, ferry is scheduled to oper- ate three times weekly with year around service contemplated. A separate Cuban Tourist Ser- | vice has been formed to handle the | expected heavy influx of visitors to the Island Republic and the ; Cuban highway system is under- | going extensive revision to enable | ‘an motorists to travel with- difficulty. | TO WHOM IT MAY | CONCERN The Galey Memorial Hos- pital will not admit patients of| The Conger Life Insurance| Company, effective November | ‘28th, 1952. GALEY MEMORIAL | HOSPITAL Two Captured After Wild Chase By Cops PENSACOLA (#—A wild pursuit and gunbattle through West Pensa- cola that matched the hottest ac tion of Western thrillers left two aecused safecrackers in jail today. Arthur Knutson, 29, and Richard Knight, 25, both former Minneap- olis residents, were held for inves- tigation of a $2,000 burglary, Sher- iff's Investigator C. W. Solari said. Solari said a neighbor notified officers that he saw the men trying to open a safe in the back yard of Knight's ‘residence after the burglary of White’s Furniture Com- pany Thursday night. Solari and Hobart Villar, the neighbor, spied on the operation for 30 minutes and then: decided to get more help, But the two men loaded the safe in a. trailer and drove off too. soon, Solari said. ‘The officer pursued the two men, exchanged ag as tried to stop. them,’ The ll off and the. trailer turned upside down” Solart said the ing trailer was towed at high speed for 15 blocks; swinging dangerously along the highway while approaching cars scooted out of the way. At this stage bullets. put Solari’s automobile out of action, but other officers alerted by radio roared to the scene. The fugitives abandoned (Continued On Page Seven) POPULATION GROWS OLDER, SURVEY SAYS ‘WASHINGTON (@--The popula- tion of the United States is growing older fast? accord’n” to a survey by the Census Bureau. The bureau said yws.erday about one in 12 persons in the United States was 65 years of <ge or older July 1, 1951. Fifty years ago the number was one in 25. Turkey. Supper Parish Hall, (Under Auspices of St. Paul's Altay Guild) TUESDAY, NOV. 25 — 6 to 8 $1.50 Per Plate $1.00 CHILD'S PLATE Bazaar 4:30 Tuesday on Church Grounds Fish Pond + Tar Babies Cake - Candy KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE . BEAMS « ANGLES OF ALL L SIZES We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 136 EDWARD CRANDALL TO APPEAR IN McCALL’S MAG FEBRUARY, MARCH By SUSAN McAVOY What does it feel like to be a wrier, rejected and unuccessful one day and accepted with an enor- mous check the next? ! Edward Crandall, handsome, | prematerely white-haired writer | came to Key West in a ‘station wagon. bought with this momentous check and would like to put the rest of it in property down here. Like many writers and painters, Crandall’s first view of the tur- quoise water of the Keys after leaving the mainland, was suffi- cient to convince him that Key West is the place for him. The big event in Crandall’s life happened just two months ago. He had been struggling along in Lyme, ; Connecticut, writing a suspense novel which he had been at work on for two years. “One magazine almost accepted it. They said they liked it very much and would I. make some changes? I agreed to and went to work on, the suggested rewrite. I turned it in but it was turned down cold. I reached a nadir — and was about to give up. Then a week later, a little boy from the telegraph office in Lyme came running to my cottage shouting: ‘“McCall’s wants your novel. Call them.’ ” The child had memorized the wire he was bringing to Crandall. “I couldn’t believe it. I read and re-read the wire.” Even then when he called New Life Writes Happy Ending For New Suspense Novelist Rhee Expects Ike To Bring Korean Peace AN EAST COAST BASE, Korea (®—South Korean President Syng- | man Rhee said today he expects Dwight Eisenhower “to bring peace and unity to Korea.” “Eisenhower was a professional soldier so he understands all about war,” Rhee told thousands of South Koreak soldiers during cere- monies formally activating two new Republic of Korea divisions. “He also was a diplomat and there- fore understands the problem of diplomacy and statesmanship. “I expect General Eisenhower to bring peace to Korea. We are dé* pending on President-elect Eisen- hower.”” Gen, James A. Van Fleet, an- other speaker, said the ROK army holds the major part of the battle- line in Korer and takes the biggest losses among Allied troops. “While the U. N. command and my country especially exercise the major. share of command in Korea and logistical support, it is very evident that the ROK army shares the major part of the fighting and | reach of the 20 acre parcel will be} | here,” Rosen told The Citizen to-} the casualties,” Van Flee said. Ceremonies today formally acti- vated the 12th and 15th ROK Divi- (Continued On Page Seven) York, Crandall had a bad moment. The editor’s first words were: “We're awfully sorry, we made a mistake!” Crandall could barely hang’on. It was all a bad jokeyafter all, He was just about to turn away from the phone, #when .the™ editor re- ‘peated: } “We made a mistake ~ are you there? Instead: of paying you one priee and running the novel in one issue, we al aying you~ double that and running it in two ‘issues: We all think your novel is one of the finest we have seen here.” With that, Crandall* drew the deep breath of joy known only to a writer knows who has spent years preparing for public acceptance. The novel “White Violets” will come out in the February and March McCalls. Crandall’s agent is | discussing movie rights with Holly- wood now: and a book publisher is about to sign that contract. Staying at The Key Wester, (Continued On Page Seven) Atomic Spies To Die In January NEW YORK \#—Federal Judge | Irving R. Kaufman here set the; | week of Jan. 12 for the execution | lof Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, | }eonvicted atomic spies. | | Last week the United States Su- | | | | preme Court refused for a second |time to rehear the ¢ase of the husband and wife prisoners. They were convicted March | 1951, of passing atomic secrets j Russia, and for many months ha }been confined in the death house jat Sing Sing prison. Rosenberg is | 34 and his wife 36. erences Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR, FEINSTEIN PHONE 1309 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. oo terete BETA SIGMA PHI Presents .. . Fashion Show in TABLEAU VIVANT AND CARD PARTY ELKS CLUB ANNEX Wednesday, Nov. 26, 8 P.M. ADM. $1.00 DOOR PRIZES Bring Your Own Cards Fashions -y Mer Ed... Jewelry By Beachcomber Hair Styles By Donald arteries een nents Chuck Begins Building In Three Weeks Blvd. Drive-In Will Be Followed By Motel, Stores Key West is the coming place, Chuck Rosen, Miami restaurateur said today, as the reason for his building his $100,000 drive-in resta- urant on Roosevelt Boulevard. and planning another downtown restau- rant and delicatessen combined. The 34-year-old entrepreneur said that building will begin in three weeks on the drive in. It will be constructed on the 400 by 100 feet fill of the 20 acre par- cel he has just leased from How- ard Wilson and Claude Gandolfo. | Back of the restaurant will be a motel with a large number of units. | And eventually on the farthest; the yacht basin and slips for boats. | “This place has a great future, that’s why I’m expanding down} day. He is leasing property down town | in undisclosed locations for further | businesses. At present the big job ahead is, the $100,000 drive-in which will bei completed in about four months. Duffy Construction company of Mi- ami is doing the building. Rosen hopes to have a drive-in super-market and complete drive-in shopping area on the back three! acres of the five acre parcel on} which the drive-in will be located. He is discussing this project with chain stores at the present time. He envisages dry cleaning and other small repair shops, so that| housewives can do all their shop- ping at one spot. Chuck’s will be a moderately priced restaurant for the great ma- OBSTRETIC ADVANCES ALSO DISCUSSED WITH MONROE MEDICS The seat next to the driver, the “death seat’, killed 260 persons in 260 fatal accidents studied by Detroit plastic surgeon Dr. Claire Straith, he reported this week. Dr. Straith, one of the foremost surgeons in his field addressed a packed meeting of the Monroe county medical society at the Red Cross building of the U. S. Naval hospital He ‘said that in ‘these same 260 accidents 13 drivers were injured, but not killed. ‘ “There were more automobile casualties than war casualties during World War II,” the dector said. The three types of face injuries to riders in the “death seat” are as follows: 1. The car stops suddenly throw- ing the passenger » against and through the windshielc, The nose and foreward part are torn off the face. 2. The passenger hits the wind- shield -and the face slides down to the dashboard, literally pushing the face into the skull. 3. Children when sitting in the jority of residents and visitors. It will definitely not be for the car- (Continued On Page Seven) | the seat, are often killed instantly (Continued On Page Seven) ve wey weer rit ZEN. ~— | and administration, Elderly Man Is Given Up In Sea Search No Trace Of Man Missing Off Bahia Honda Since Wed. 80 year old Sam Long of Louis- | ville, Ky. has been given up for lost by the Coast Guard, Key West headquarters announced today. “We have done all we wil. We know nothing more about the man,” said one Coast Guardsman this morning. Long was last seen alone off Bahia Honda in his 16 foot fishing skiff. That was Wednesday. Since then though Naval Air Station planes have searched the area and the man, he has not been found. Elderly and alone, Long’s chan- ces of being alive are remote in |” “death seat” either ou laps or on , View of the rough weather of the past three days. His wife, or widow, as the case may be is en route to Bahia Honda to learn what she can of the octo- genarian’s last days. A Mrs. Noecker of Bahia Honda WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, }W. Va. w—Americans read ‘good Citizen Staif Photo newspapers” more anc longer than ever before, a New York editorial Rating From Inspectors PLASTIC SURGERY FOR AUTO-INJURED CASES DESCRIBED BY DOCTOR Careful Surprise Check Reveals No Irregularities, Lauds Efficiency The Key West Post Office is rated 100 per cent in efficiency, finances, for the first time in its history, Hollon Bervaldt, postmaster reported today. Yesterday morning early, three postal inspectors out of Miami swooped down unannounced on the post office. They always came unexpectedly in order thet ne preparation will be made for them. They combed the Post. Office for irregularities in mail handling, ac- counting, supplies, stamps, money orders, and boxes. Their official signed report reads: “Total charges for irregulari- ties—Zero. ord in the history of tal receipts will clim! $300,000, This compares 000 last year. Christmas for spectors S. Hettrick and na? BF i expert believes, even though more | ¢ develop _ |while aboard a vessel at news coverage was of great impor- tance, along with worth-while com- munity service and news column The general manager of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle said only two of New York's eight news- Papers remained objective, in his , during the heat of thesre- STATE CONSULTANTS in elementary education and fox exceptional children met this week with cent political campaign. Monroe county principals, teachers and consultants, Séated left to right are Mrs. Edith Roberts, county consultant on elementary education; Miss Eugenia Nicola, guidance director for the county schools: Miss Charlotte Stienhans, consultants for the State in elementary education; Bob Gates, consultant on exceptional children and Miss Ethel Holmes also elementary consultant. Prin- cipals Carey of Poinciana, Franklin of Truman, Randolph Russell of Harris and’ Leland March, general supervisor of instruction are standing left to right. 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HAROWARE Careline $+. | CARIBE | Shrimp 99 OUR REG. $1.25 SHRIMP in THE BASKET Otter Good On Curb Service Only , | | i Suicidal shrimper, who ie Fort recover- Curtis Newberry, slashed himself last Saturday Tortugas, is 4 1 : Fait 8 i F | at Barn Theater | Tickets On Sale at Stinchfielé's : Brae Peadies np Rese: vations Seuth Wiad ' Adm. $1.50 (Tax Imel.) CURTAIN £39 By NORMAN KRASNA | Tel