The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit (Che Key Wesi Citizen | OL. LXXIII, No. 287 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER "/ 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS 512,000,000 Civilian Line |Steam Electric Plant Set For Full Operation ToBring Water In3 Years | Soon, With Power For Lower Keys By January Upped Enrollment At KWHS | Taft Thinks Requires 3 New Classrooms Short Supply Jf Water Up The Line Is Drawback Now A $12,000,000 ater pipeline operating ithin three years was somised by Florida Keys aqueduct Commission man- rer Ernest Ramsey today. Ramsey is consulting now ith municipal bond _ brok- s Emerson Cook company { Palm Beach who are go- to take the Commis- ‘n’s revenue bonds. “Right mow about 2,000 units vid be going up on the Keys, 1 can’t because of lack of water. fo biggest single drawback to ¢ development of the Keys is « short supply of water,” Ram- civilian 4 *y_said. The Upper Keys people have ‘tcen good conservationists with ¢ short water, because they tolize they will be penalized fven more than they have been, fhould they use more. : Lower Keys and Key Wes‘ resi- tnis have grown accustomed, tmsey said, to the small amounts td light pressure of water in this tea. “Big demand, of course, for ater comes from transients,” amsey -declared, “Tourists who ‘me to the Keys and Key West Pnt their accustomed amounts of nter for bathing, cooking and baning,”* ss Proprietors’of. motels, hotels and tstaujants wre hard put tc satisfy nS oe owillybe~ until we ‘mile elvilian pipeline ‘completed. The Navy! owns the present pipeline from Florida: City to Key West. The Aqueduct com- Continued On Page Eight) charges Against ‘ailor Dismissed Breaking and entering charges e'd against Michael K. Bunce of te Naval Station were dismissed esterday following a preliminary earing before Justice of the Peace ta Albury when the sailor agreed » make restitution for damage eused when he allegedly smashed door to gain entrance to a build- *t owned by Frank Wayne at 509 feuthard Street last Friday night. ‘The sailor agreed to pay $17 in rnages plas court costs. i J. R. Stowers Co. As usual we are offering $10 as a trade-in on your old bike. f USE OUR Mediators Try To End Strike In EAL Ranks MIAMI (#—Flight engineers and a national mediation board mem- ber conferred until 4 a. m. today and then agreed to meet again before noon in an effort to end a wage dispute that grounded East- ern Air Lines’ Constellation fleet throughout the eastern United States. “I am not able to report any appreciable progress in getting the men to go back to work at pres- ent,” said Leverett Edwards, mem- ber of the mediation board who called the conference. “Naturally the first step is to get them to go back. We can dis- cuss other matters later.” The conference between Edwards and union leaders began shortly after 5:30. p. m. Monday. Union representatives caucussed shortly before midnight and then resumed the session. Eastern’s contract with the Flight Engineers International As- sociation (AFL) expired at mid- night Nov. 30 and union members Continued On Page Eight) JayCees Will Meet Wednesday Winners in the Voice of Democracy Contest will be guests of the Junior Chamber of Commerce ai their regu- lar monthly dinner meeting Wednesday night at the club house. At the same time, the out- Startding law enforcement officer for the year will be recognized. Meeting time is 7 p. m. and all members are urged to attend. KOOL SEAL Paint for Trailer Tops Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. THE EAR, EYE, NOSE and THROAT SPECIALIST the pact in protest against the re- | Will Be Here Friday, Dec. 5 Dr. J. A. Valdes Phone 886 O’BRYANT TRIES TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BLDG. The need for three more class- rooms to accomodate an expected 1200 students at Key West High school next year is being presented, j for aid, to the U. S. Government. Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion Horace O’Bryant said that he has already made a general es- timate of costs of the needed ex- pansion to the U. S. Office of Education. The high school is gaining pupils at an ever increasing rate. This morning 14 new students signed up bringing total enrollment to 1090. Next September the number will be closer to 1200 or more, with new arrivals in the city and upgrading of younger students. The School Board will consider this problem and that of changing school board districts at its month- ly meeting tomorrow night at 7:30° These changes are being made to conform to the area districts of the Monroe County Commission. Meanwhile completion 0! Poin- ciana school’s huge expansion is still promised by February 1. At | present, however, only 50 per cent of the new construction is finished. The roof is on, partitions. are up, window frames are’ in, but much work remains to be done, O’Bryant said. Plans for the eight additional classrooms at Truman schoo! are being drawn by the architect. He is also making sketches of the new County school administration build- ing which will go up back of the jail on courthouse ‘square. “* Monroe County schools -will be- | gin their annual Christmas holiday | on Friday December 19: Students will return to school on January 5, Monday, O’Bryant said. Funeral Set For Last Big 4 Man ROME (® — Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italy’s “premier of vic- tory,” will be buried tomorrow be- tween the tombs of Italy’s land | and sea commanders during World | War I, The aged Sicilian states- man, last survivor af the Versvilles treaty’s “big four,” died yesterday, He suffered a stroke a week ago. Prime Minister Alcide De Gas- peri announced that Orlando would | be given a state funeral. Orlando was Italy’s premier dur- | ing the first World War. Although he was one of the architects of the Versailles treaty at the close of | that conflict, he refused to sign fusal of the Allies to grant Italy’s claim to the Adriatic city of | Fiume. “Incredible” CINCINNATI, (# — Sen. ‘Robert A. Taft today called the selection of Martin Durkin, a Democrat, as secretary of labor “an incredible appointment” by President - elect | Dwight D. Eisenhower, | Sen. Taft, who campaigned for Eisenhower after losing the GOP nomination to him, said in a pre- pared statement: “The appointment of Mr. Durkin is an incredible appointment. This is no reflection on the character or ability of Mr. Durkin. I had a number of talks with Mr. Herbert Brownell who has. been the key man in Cabinet appointments, and made several recommendations of qualified men. “Tt was never even suggested that a man would be appointed who has always been a partisan Truman Democrat, who ‘fought General Eisenhower's election, and advocated the repeal of the Taft- Hartley law. “It is an affront to millions of, union members and officers who {had the courage to defy the edict of officials like Mr. Durkin that Coninued On Page Eight) Miami Station Hs Confused Station WGBS in Miami is not |popular today with Key Westers, |unless it changes its view on the | answer given to the ‘Party Line” | quiz program by. Mrs. George T. | Williamson, 610 White St, When Mrs. Williamson Was call- jed this morning and asked the | question as to the name of the Lindbergh kidnapping act. She! gave the answer as it appears in} encyclopedias am@ as lawyers know it. The station said she was wrong. Frien& of Mrs. Williamson are writing to the station to point out the discrepancy in the hope that she may yet come in for the $155 prize. | Sixteen Year Old Runaway Is Durkin App’t | Returned To Home In Boston FLYING VISIT TO KEY WEST COMES TO END AS COUNTY APPREHENDS YOUTH A 16-year old runnaway Boston youth was picked up by juvenile authorities yesterday after he had aroused suspicion by attempting to purchase a one-way plane ticket to Havana. Earlier, a 16-year old Tennessee girl had been taken into custody for the same reason. The pair were the 54th and 55th juvenile runaways to be found in Key West this year, according to County Juvenile Court Judge Eva: Warner Gibson. The Boston youth, after a fast bit of planning by County officials, was sent back to his anxious parents early this morning under the care of the Tavernier’s Aid Society. The boy’s odyssey started a week ago at New York’s La- Gua Airport when the youth boarded a plane for Jacksonville. After a short stay in that city the lad went on to Melbourne, Florida. There, he contacted his distraught parents in Boston who sent him money to return to his home. Instead of going to Boston, however, the youth ight a plane to Key West, arriving early yest y. After attempting to Purchase the plane ticket, the youth went to a flying school operated by George Faraldo at the airport saying that ...“he thought he would like to take flying Jessons,” Faraldo then took him’ up for a trial flight. Meanwhile, airline officials had notified Judge Gibson who sent a juvenile worker to the airport and when the youth alighted from the plane, hé was taken to the juvenile detention home. The well dressed, good’ looking youth admitted to being on proba- tion in Boston. He was described as being extremely well-mannered and had a considerable sum of Continued On Page Eight) TROT ON Booster Brunch For Sen. Smathers A gala breakfast for U. S. 75 leaders will be given at La Concha hotel Saturday at 10 a.m., Louis Carbonell, Smath- ers’ Booster Club official an- nounced today. Joe Allen and Al Mills are planning the breakfast along with Carbonell. — Senator Smathers will ad- dress the group on undisclosed subjects. He will, however, touch as usual on county prob- lems. Smathers arrives at 5 Friday for the big Navy-Marine foot- ball game at Wicker’s Field stadium. He will go to La Concha hotel where friends of his will be welcome, Carbonell said. The junior Senator has been touring Florida preparatory to the opening of the 83rd Con- gress. Carbonell is inviting U. S$. Senator Harley Kilgore who is ing at The Key Wester and Admiral Irving T. Duke, commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Base, as well as many other outstanding lea: City Officials ‘Due Back From Jacksonville The status of the plans for the Projected Key West-Havana ferry line is expected to be clarified when three members of the City Commission return today from a meeting in Jacksonville with the Continued On Page Eight) DOWN TO NAVARRO’S ND GOBBLE UP THE CAR OF YOUR CHOICE A FEW OF THE BARGAINS CAR— 1951 PLYMOUTH, Belvedere 1947 DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan Down Payment “Bugs” To Be Checked Before Full-Time Run Of New Plant Starts Half of the $3,000,000 steam electric plant is opere ating now and the other half will start running next week, C. A. Van Deursen, general nounced today. manager of City Electric, ane The unit that is going now is generating 4,000 KW Saturday Morning during the peak hours of Key West consumption, he said. Next week the workmen and electricians will shut Senator George Smathers and | down this unit and start the next. The unit working now will be gone over thoroughly for “bugs” by J, Pritchard company, contractors of the Fire Destroys Warehouse Today An early morning fire today resulted in complete destruction to a warehouse owned by the Sunshine Construction Company on Roosevelt Drive. Firefighters from the Number 3 and Main fire stations under the directions of Chief‘Charles Cremata fought the blaze for two hours in an unsuccessful effort to bring it under control. Damage was set at $1,000 by Joe Sirugo, president of the coastruc- tion company, Scholarship Won By Local Youth Louis Lorenzo Thomas of Key West has won the Lewis Scholar- ship for $406 for the remaining two years of his college career in Florida Agricultural and Mechan- (Continued On Page Eight) FUNDS FOR IKE NEW Y » WKA~ committee has been formed to raise about $150,000 to cover ine operrting ex- penses of President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters un- til his Jan. 20 inauguration. The Republican National Com- jittee now is meeting the expenses Organization of the fund-raising committee was announced yester- day by Rep, Hugh Scott (R-Pa), who said the headquarters is cost- ing $20,000 a week, There is no law appropriating funds to maintain the office of a presen eee until his inaugura- tion. Christmas Suggestions BLACK and DECKER TOOLS FULL LINE OF TOOLS FOR THE HOME USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN HOME APPLIANCE CO., INC. 605 Simonton St. Tel. 11 — Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN PHONE 1309 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal sizable job. That company is now paying liquidated damages of $130 a day for failing to-complete the 10,000 KW plant by contract termination date in November. Foreman and workers will remain here until the plant is in complete running order, Though the new plant will be running continously from now on, no formal date of opening for the $3,000,000 plant has been set, Van Deursen said. Work began on the steam elec- trie plant about 18 months ago, following a protracted battle with- |in the City Electrie Utility board on the merits of steam “versus diesel power for the much needed expansion. Consumption of electricity has soared more than any other index of populaticn growth ir the Island City in the last five years, ac- cording to the Chamber of Com- merce monthly business analysis, Meanwhile, some Lower Keys Property owners will get power by January 1, Kenneth Ward, R. W. Beck consulting engineer, said yesterday, “They have started stringing F and from the main line at Perky, loaf Key and other fivees,” said. Big delay in the line to Big Pine Key was sinking of the work barge of Reynolds company which has installing the poles and the Dynamite evidently “looseé the barge during necessary blasting. water than it and sank during the weeks ago. After days of effort was floated again and lation of poles began Most of them are standing now waiting for the aluminum trans- mission wire to be strung and powered. “| #1 SFE Tae said. He indicated that this part would be from here to Sugarloaf. Complete Stock of Mechanie HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy’s Key West Auto Parts Co. 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