The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1952, Page 1

%) a Yap , cy a tees the K Adi ‘ pe ri Fy : iii Pati ‘' a [Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the _}country, with on average ‘| range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOL. LXXII. No. 290 Assault And Battery Case Heard; Defendant -Is Fined 4 BAR MAID STRUCK FOR TRYING TO ' ; STOP CUSTOMER’S | SPITTING IN BAR Benjamin Pierce. was fined $150 tnd given a severe lecture by Criminal Court Judge Thomas Ca- fo this* morning on the charge of Assault and battery on woman @mployee of the Midget Bar, Greene and Simonton Streets. Pierce, who was represented in guilty plea session today by George Brooks, attorney, said that he blamed his excessive drinking on an illness, that he didn’t mean to strike the bar maid. 1. didn’t realize | was spitting ‘on the floor,” said Pierce, a big heavy:man.” The bar maid, @ Britisher, tes- tified to her bruised buttocks and ether ‘wounds resulting from being al lly pushed areund by Pierce she tried to stop him from floor spitting. Judge Caro said: < I know your health isn’t and that you have. children. jail time for hitting a but ai ‘ou it is I am going to fine you $150. If it is not paid you « aitAty der cin RENCO ea eR Telephone Day, Dec. 6 spend 90 days in jail. On Page Nine) CHET COLD, loc: Mayor C. B. Harv. Fund Drive For Cerebral Palsy Clinic Opens Sat. Mayor C. B. Harvey will speak at the opening of the Monroe Coun- ty Cerebral Palsy and Cripples Association, Inc., membership drive which opens Saturday at 5 p. m. in front of Navarros on Du- val Street. Mayor Harvey will be introduced by Louis Carbonell. Members of the Key West High Band under the direction of Harold Casterton will play for the occasion, and ladies will be seated at tables to take the memberships. Purpose of the membership drive is to provide funds ‘to establish the therapy clinic for the treatment of cripples of Monroe County. First contribution in this year’s drive came from the Rotary Club which donated $150 toward the pur- chase of a table, the first piece jof clinic equipment needed. In order tc help the fine work of this organization progress and prosper, every Key Wester will have an opportunity to do his part by buying a membership when the drive begins Saturday. itizen Staff Photo phone company manager, looks on as ns a proclamation setting aside Satur- THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE us. K. W. Guard Of Honor Holds Annual Dinner The history and splendid tradi- tion of the Key West Guard of Honor was the main topic of the speech given by Captain John Del- gado to that body and their guests at their seventh anniversary din- ner held Wednesday night. Seven years ago in Ccotber the Guard of Honor had its inception as a more or less “elite corps” of the Arthur Sawyer American Legion Post’ here. Membership in portion of the active members of | the Legion and members are select- | ed because of outstanding ability and aptitude they have shown. Their duties include conducting day, December 6, as “Telephone Day.” In the words of the proclamation, the purpose of the day is to “honor the improve- ment of the service to he provided by the Southern Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, which will materially add to the growth and progress being made in our city.” KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Atténtion all military funerals, representing the Legion in parades and for the | various ‘memorial services they carry on, and various other func- ; tions. The local Honor Guard has become a familiar part of com- munity life and can always be counted on to fulfill tasks honor- ably and well, 1st Lt. Norman Kranich was toastmaster for the affair. He in- troduced Mayor C. B. Harvey who spoke briefly to the group, stress- ing that he was speaking, not as (Continued On Page Nine) C. Of C. Raises $2,825 In Drive For New Members A list of the 113 new Cham- ber of Commerce members ob- tained in yesterday's drive will be released tomorrow, Billy Arnold, membership campaign chairman announced today. The winning Shark team of competitors in the drive, head- ed by Robert Dopp, nosed to the lead by 10 points at 6 last night, Arnold said. Today Arnold and Chamber manager Harold Laubscher were sorting the application ship fees of $25 each yesterday. “There‘ll be seven typing op- erations before each of the mew members is ail filed away,” Laubscher said, The Sharks competed with the Barracudas, headed by Joe Pinder. The intensive campaign netted the Chamber 13 more members than the goal set by leaders. SEOUL #—President - elect Ei- senhower left Korea by plane at 8:01 p. m, (6:01 a. m., EST) Friday after his historic visit to the war front. He is enroute home after three action packed days of seeking a way to peace in this frozen land of war and misery. By DON WHITEHEAD SEOUL, w — U. S. President- elect Dwight D. Eisenhower took a hard look at the Korean War situation for three days, inspected combat units near the front and KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIVE ARE JAILED AS POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPTS. CRACK STOLEN GROCERY RING xk xxrk KR xk * Tes & Cop Nabs Prowler After Stabbing T. bursday Assailant Nabbed Just 15 Minutes the Guard is restricted to a small | After United St. Prowling Incident A quick bit of police work onthe part of patrolman Edward Ramirez early last night resulted is the cap- ture of a 21-year-old prowl- er just 15 minutes after he had stabbed and badly in- jured Clennie Demeritt, 50, | of 639 United Street. The assailant, Edward Johnson of 314 Virginia Street, was appre- hended in a home at Whitehead and Virginia Streets by Ramirez af- ter he had inflicted a deep knife wound on Demerritt who had sought to question him after dis- covering the intruder in his yard at. the United Street address, police said. Demeritt had been watching an School System Praised On Textbook Use The Monroe County Board of Public Instruction received com- mendation for its textbook use pro- gram from the State Department | of Education today, Maston S. Hayes, manager of the State Textbook Exchange was in Key Wes three days during | November inspecting the school book situation. He worked with Mrs. Ramona Knight who is mana- ger of textbooks and secretary to Superintendent Horace O’Rryant, and Mrs. Lula Kinsman, School Finance Officer. All books in county schools are provided by the Statr. Despiie in- creasing cost of textbooks and fixed allotments by the state legis- lature, the county has been manag- ing to stretch the books. Hayes letter of commendation outdoor movie in his yard when he detected the presence of the loiter- er under a window. He first noted that someone was prowling in the area when he heard his dog bark. Asked what he doing in the yard, the prowler said simply “I’m watching the movie.” When the man threatened him, Demeritt tried to take the man into custady at which time he drew a@ knife and py him « yard. : Although suffering from loss of blood, Demeritt, with the aid of neighbors, scoured the area in an effort to find the assailant. They were unsuccessful and Demeritt, near collapse from his wound, was rushed to the Galey Meme- rial Hospital for emergency treat- ment. When patrolman Ramirez (Continued On Page Nine) follows: “The old books discarded in Monroe ity had to be burned because ““ere was no salvage value, “Ne county has made more Progress on their textbook pro- gram during the last few years than Monroe. Every book in the They ‘are going to open a new school in January (Poinciana’s new ‘class rooms, Ed.) which will new books. In view of the money they have had and the shortage which exists in the opening of the (Continued On Page Nine) Korea: Eisenhower Came, Saw And Departed and he was in excellent spirits. {last Saturday. He arrived here kkk City Expedites Ferry Operation The City Commission remov- ed the last obstacle standing in the way of the start of opera- tions of the H. a-Key West ferry line at a special meeting last night when they agreed unanimously to enter negotia- tions with the Marine Bridge Transports Corporation for the lease of the Clyde Mallory © Docks as the Key West termin- us of the operation. The segotiations will be based on terms presented by the com- pany and discussed at a meet- ing with three members of the commission in Jacksonville on Monday. Mayor C. B. Harvey was in- structed to start the wheels moving for bargaining with the steamship firm which has asked a thirty-year lease on the prop- erty. The company has tentatively agreed to rental amounting to $2,500 per month for the prop- erty. The city is to furnish ade- quate dock space here, accord- ing to an informal agreement entered into at a Havana meet- ing with the ferry operators last spring. County and City law cracked an organized crime City police, led by Lt, Joseph » captured two members of the ring at dawn today follow- ing the tip of a woman in whose home they had deposited a por- tion of the loot. The pair, Odell Wallace, 6-C Fort Village and William Whitehead of 12-C, Fort ed 23 cases of groceries which had been taken from the warehouse of Shortly before his departure, | Tuesday night. His flight was — Eisenhower visited President Synghman Rhee of South Korea for a hastily arranged conference, A source close to Rhee said the two exchanged notes which may be made public tomorrow. It was Eisenhower’s last act in his three - day tour and lifted a veil of disappointment that had prevailed in South Korean govern- ment circles since it had been in- dicated he might not pay his re- spects to Rhee. Eisenhower had met Rhee at The U. S. Eighth Army announ- ced tha. the world-famed, color- ful general had completed his | whirlwind tour of this war - torn | nation. The general--chief of the | crusade to victory in Europe in| World War II was fulfilling a pro-| mise he made to American voters in Sora the trip. rt this unprecedented mis- sion will prove to be a failure or a success only time can tell. The general told a news confer- Fausto’s Food Market at the Clyde Mallory Dock. The loot, FISHING TACKLE Shrimper May Stay On Sea Bed RB DIVISION: water 15) feet weep, south! Caroline st: “Phone 886 west of Dry Tortugas, which’ ¥ 68 miles from Key West, the Coast. 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