The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1952, Page 1

The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key Wiest Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1952 City Is Expected To Ask Guarantee xk * VOL. LXXIII, No. 286 Monroe Drivers Show Up Above Average On Tests Safety Department Says a $10,000 Is Needed For C. Of C. Fund SIGNS, TESTS SHOW Membership Drive Monroe county has a better pass- Thursday Seeks {ng percentage in drivers’ examina- tions than other county in the 100 More Joiners In Local Chamber ber Drive First Member In New Cham 9 * *& & Sister Kennys Long Fight Ends kk * kk * Mayor, City Commissioners To Sit In On Jacksonville Parley The proposed Key West-Havana ferry operation moved one more step closer to reality today when three members of the City Commission journeyed to Jacksone | ville to attend a meeting of the newly formed ferry cor- | poration there. Mayor C. B. Harvey, and City Commissioners Jack | Delaney and Delio Cobo lett early this morning by auto for Miami where they will board a plane for the north William Strachan, his wife and Florida city to sit in on the meeting which has been sched- three children are much happier| uled for the purpose of ironing out the details of the pro- people today than cn Thanksgiving posed operation. They are attending the meet, in an une When itheln House iatetioiWiutehead | Srricial canacity,. ati the requostvof officials of thel@alt Street and’ every iain | Atlantic Transportation Company who are maj t were destroyed by fire. paging S : ‘ borrstock= The response to The Citizen's ar-| holders in the concern which is expected to commence ticle on Friday has been “wonder-| thrice weekly service between Key West and the Cuban Originator Of Polio Therapy Method Succumbs In Australia ate, it was said today by C. W. Veith, Lt. Chief Examiner, De- vartment of Public Safety, Talla- hassee. . ' Keith wrote The Citizen in answer to a query about the pro- portion of citizens passing the tests for drivers’ license. He said: “In comparing Monroe county for the first nine months of 1951 end 1952 with the examination jigures statewide, it shows that the «‘tizens of your county have a better passing percentage in most respects. “In comparing the figures of 1951 and 1952 of Monroe county, it in- “ates that the passing percentage on most all phases concerning ex- aminations are better in 1952.” Keith said that his study of the figures definitely show that man, drivers “disqualify on the road rules and road signs ir your coun- ty, which can be corrected if the applicant will study the Driver’s Handbook more thoroughly before appearing for examination.” Keith continued: “It also indicates thai many ap- pear with defective equipment, Key Westers ‘Generous To The Associated press | Strachans announced in Sidney, Aus-| 4:1) Need Shoes tralia, that Sister Elizabeth i a Kenny, Australian nurse | Clothing, Tables, who first improvised the Materials To hot pack treatment! for in- Complete House fantile paralysis, was buried today in the heart of the wild bush country where she first began her career. She succumbed to a com- plication of Parkinson’s di- sease, a form of palsy from in early a which she had been suffer- | Ton might ‘ne Fleming Street| capitol in the early spring. Fred Dion, vice president and ing for a long time, com- | Methodist Church raised $46.45 for) a member of the board of directors of that company, also plicated by pneumonia and a Sone eh ar made the trip with the city officials. City Manager Dave coronary thrombosis. She} King was unable to get away due to the pressure of his and the Young People’s Association ' was 66. | of the Methodist church has given duties. The steering committee of the Citizen Staff eel Chamber of Commerce member- | ship campaign will meet tomorrow jto arrange final plans for the Chamber's drive for new members. Earl R. Adams, William M. Arnold and Robert Dopp comprise the group. All are officers of the organization, The membership campaign, which is scheduled for next Thursday, will open with a kick-off breakfast at the USO-YMCA build- ing at 9:00 a.m. on that day. The goal set for the campaign is 100 new members, which will in- crease the organization’s budget from memberships, to a total of | $10,000. William Arnold, former treasurer of the Chamber, and chairman of | AL MILLS PRESENTS HIS CHECK FOR $28 as the first mem- ber to subscribe in the Chamber's intensive drive starting Thursday. Earl R. Adams, Chamber president, accepts the check with pleasure. Benedict Thielen’s Piece Featured In Reader’s Digest DESCRIBES OLD EDITOR AS AN “UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER” Benedict Thielen, noted Key West | Answer To Quiz Question Given Someone in Key West may be such as lights, brakes, ete., which could be taken care of before the applicant applies. “If the applicant who applies for | |the current campaign committee | said “Catelul study of the work has resulted in the estimate of a mini- | examinations will be accompanied |mum fund of $10,000 needed to do by a licensed driver with their | the kind of job demanded by motor vehicle in good condition, | business and professional interests writer, has ‘“‘A Most Unforgettable | Character” piece In the December Reader's Digest now on the stands Thielen summers in Mart Vineyard. He has chosen as _ his subject George Hough, 84 year old retired editor of the New Bedford and have a thorough knowledge of the road rules, it will definitely save the applicant time and save the state money. “Your newspaper can certainly assist in calling to the attention of the public these corrective mea- sures, . We @eeply apprectaeyour: itt terest in asking for this informa- tion, and if at any time in the future we can be of service in this respect, please advise.” Fashion Designer Jacques Fath Is Denied U.S. Entry NEW YORK (#—Paris fashion designer Jacques Fath, taken to Ellis Island by immigration au thorities after his arrival by plane Saturday, has been released on condition he leave the country in 10 days Edward J. Shaughnessy, district (Continued On Page Three) ni H d w face by a hammer of the city.” New business firms recently established in the city and business and professional affiliated with the organization. will be extended an iatitatien ep {whose book on the 1935 hurricane support the Chamber of Commerce | “The Lost Men” is a ciassic, des- during the drive. MAN ASSAULTS WOMAN WITH HAMMER SUN. men, not now Lucille Sloan, 28, of 717 Galves ight when she was struck in the amlett Wilson of the same ress, police said today Wilson was arrested by police ith a deadly weapon. He will appear in City Court today, GIRLS’ SOFTBALL GAME BETA SIGMA PHI vs. YMCA GIRLS SERV. ORGANIZATION 8 P.M. TUESDAY BAYVIEW PARK TICKETS A CHILDREN 10¢ KEY WEST SALVAGE T GATE ADULTS 3¢ STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE OF ALL We Want Junk - BEAMS - ANGLES SIZES of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 1 FLAME RES 36 TAURANT 604 TRUMAN AVE. WILL BE OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 6:30 A.M. to 2 P.M. SEVEN FEATURIN DAYS GS BARBECUE CHICKENS and RIBS “ORDERS TO TAKE oT” PHONE 1641 wielded by ad- The as- sault took place following an argu- ment. (Mass.) Standard now at Fish Hook-End of the Line on the Vine- yard Anthologized authcr — Thielen |cribes the warmth and vitality of the aged but life-loving Hough. Fish look the home of the vet- eran editor draws visiturs from Capetown o1 England. The house is packed with souveniers of the editor’s visits to Rhodesia, Bali, Calcutta, Buenos Aires, and Tas mania. ; One of the most complete files {on the Lizzie Borden murder case ton Lane was badly injured last | is pasted in a neat volume The bathroom features a bar; the latter having been installed | many years before the more usual plumbing fixtures. A native of New Bedford, Hough | began his newspaper career at 16 when he earned 50 cents per box at the Galveston Lane address and | Score as baseball reporter for the taken to the City jail where he is | Morning Mercury. He went to the being held on a charge of assault Evening Standard of the home town when it doubled his salary |of $5 a week. He was advanced in his early 20’s to be city editor. and a few years later became executive editor, a position he held until he retired in 1932. Retirement for Hough meant the beginning of his next career as world traveller. “Each fall,” writes Thielen “when the water began to freeze {in the ornate old water pitchers | at Fish Hook, he set out on a | freighter. Europe, South America | Africa, the glittering East were (Continoeat On Page Three) Santa Is At LEY MEMORIAL 5:30 P.M., TUESDAY SALAD PLATE SUPPERS FREE MOVIES Cokes - Candy + Fish Pond Internstinnal Marine Paint For Boats of all Types Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone 886 BE HAPPIER AND MORE PROSPEROL 8? YOU MUST KNOW YOUR TALENT PATTERN what you were bo: Will intervie one above age 1S whese school grades averaged B or beth Interview im your home or wherever you cheose — from Dec. 26 to 30. Write fully about reelf te Bex No. H. J. A. Citi include your telephone num. |this morning to say that the pro- program. richer by if they are at home to receive the phone | call slated to be made by “The | Party Lire” program from Station | WGBS in Miami. Mrs. Marge Norviel, 2005 Fogar- ty Ave., phoned The Citizen office 5 tomorrow gram today ended with an attempt | # to reach a Key West number. The | announcer said that the effort | would be resumed on tomorrow’s The question which {8 et thy asked is “What is the correct name for the Lindberg kidnapping | act?” Mrs. Norviel was kind enough to | look up the answer to the question | so that some Key Wester can give the right response. The kidnapping act is The Federal Kidnapping last days which ended at 10:32 p.m EST, Saturday. Final stages of her illness, with a blood clot brain, had left her unable to talk and paralyzed her right side. her mother’s grave in the tiny set- | 12 miles from her hilltop home, | Toowoomba. | was a young nurse in country, she treated a two-year-old child’s polio case with strips of She was in a coma during the pil | inj on the sh | fe Her final resting place was near lement in the farm area at Nobby. A Pacific airliner brought tryp- sin, a new drug, from the Jewish | Memorial Hos; in New York City to Brisbane, 85 from Toowoomba, but phy: unable to save the life of the woman who had saved so many. Forty-one years ago, when she the bush | wife, | four dollars. The three youngsters are getting les of clothes and shoes, accord- ig to William. He and his size 18 however, are still without oes and clothing. William is five et eight, wears a seven and one- half shoe. His wife wears a six and one-half shoe. The children are Sandra, aged 7, William, aged 6, and Naomi, aged 4. William’s main need remains la- bor and materials to finish his house he bought some years back. Every penny of the $133.45 which has been given him so far, is being saved to buy lumber, and other materials for the house. A Navy Yard janitor, five days a week, William cannot finish the house single-handed on weekends. He is hopeful that he will get some help in the actual labor of finishing atute, technically known as the | blanket dipped in boiling water ap-j it. Costly materials are the biggest Act of June 22, 1932, TURKEY Given Away with the Purchase of a USED CAR ora NEW CAR During Our Big USED CAR SALE Dec. | to Dec. 20 601 DUVAL ST. (Continued On Page Three) (Continued On Page Three) TROT ON DOWN TO NAVARRO’S (D GOBBLE UP THE CAR OF YOUR CHOICE A FEW OF THE BARGAINS CAR— PLYMOUTH, Belvedere DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan CHEVROLET, Convertible DODGE, Club Coupe KAISER, 4-Dr. Sedan CHEVROLET, 4-Dr. Sedan CHEVROLET, 4-Dr. Sedan CHEVROLET, ‘2-Ton Truck DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan WILLLY’S Station Wagon FORD, Convertible FORD, Sedan {EVROLET, Sedan CHEVROLET. 4-Dr. Sedan _. CADILLAC, 4-Dr. Sedan PLYMOUTH. Coupe DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan PONTIAC, 4Dr. Sedan CHRYSLER, 4-Dr. Sedan Down Payment $630.00 299.00 $35.00 315.00 ~ $35.00 - 435.00 465.00 300.00 365.00 290.00 $35.00 $65.00 435.00 $00.00 300.00 ‘Man Faces Three ‘Charges After Knifing Attack Henry Gamble, 1015 Thomas St., was jailed on three charges Sat- urday as the aftermath of a knif \ing in which Roosevelt Neal was Seriously injured. Gamble was } charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault and battery of a police officer and resisting arrest after he allegedly cut Neal on the left hand, chest and side. The injured man was rushed to the | Navy Hospital where his condition |was given as “good.” According to the police report, they were called to the corner of Whitehead and Virginia Streets where the incident occurred and Gamble was being held in check by onlookers after the altercation. When Police Officer Henry Loun- ders attempted to take Gamble into custody, he is said to have attack- ed the officer and attempted to (Continued On Page Three) | POOR OLD CRAIG | SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman Phone 91% | Your PURE OIL Dealer | Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries | Accessories Em ployment — | Wanted --- Male NEWSPAPER, Public) Relations and publici-| ty man will be in Key; West, January, Feb-| ruary and March. 20! years experience. Col-| lege trained. Could you use his service on} full or part time basis? For information and interview write Box F C./C. c/o Citizen. |_ A lease of the City owned Clyde- Mallory docks, asked by the GATC last week, is expected to come up for discussion at today’s session although mayor Harvey has indi- cated thea the city officials will be at the meeting strictly as ‘‘obser- vers.” The City is expected ts demand an annual guarranty of $30,000 from the ferry company in re- turn for the use of the docks as the Key West terminus for the line. They have given tentative approval to the GATC uffer of $) for:each cer or truck earried the ferry, $1 for each ton freight and 25 cents per passen- ger as a base fee. The possibility that the city may assess each passenger a “head tax” has been hinted by some quarters. The fee would be similar to the 70-cent entry fee charged by the Cuban government for incom- ing tourists. Such a move was suggested by one member of the city commission although no fur- (Continued On Page Three) Cc hristmas Suggestions BLACK and DECKER TOOLS FULL LINE OF TOOLS FOR THE HOME USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN HOME APPLIANCE CO., INC. 605 Simonton St. Tei. oe 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. WE WILL REMAIN OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 9 TO 5 ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT 12%6 Duval Street Phone 258 SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS EARLY — It Is Not Too Late To Have Them Imprinted Use our payment plan on type- o and Adding Machines. WYLK’S STOCK ISLAND Now Presenting FRANKIE NANN’S TRIO 10 PM. {LSO ENJOY OUR € STEAKS — SERS They (an till *? HARCOAL BROILED ED FROM 5 PM. t Be Beat!