The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 8, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Fi¢_ 3, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL, LXxttl, No, 292 Che Key digus® “THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE: ste! WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1952 The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Papy Throws Switch, Sets Man dost OF Butcher Knife Attack Nets Shrimper imper F Dial System In Operation Not Inte IA Ye CHANGE HIGHLIGHTS — 69 YEARS PHONE SERVICE IN K. W. Saturday night at anal night Representative Bernie C. Papy threw the switch to! institute a historic change|_ in the telephone service in Key West, the ¢ut-over from manual type telephone Ee service to the dial system. The first local ‘call was made by Mr. Papy immediately after the cut-over, He phoned his where Mrs. Papy was waiting to receive the call, After that call was completed in short order, Mr. Papy received a return call from his wife, just to be sure that the sys- tem was reliable both ways. Mr. Papy said that in his esti- mation the new type of service is a wonderful thing for the city, and he was enthusiastic about it home, | % as a sign of progress in this vici- |; nity. Mayor C. 'B, Harvey was also on hand for the midnight change, and he made the first long dis- tance call, by dialing the long distance operator and placing @ call to his family in New Orleans. Both the Mayor and Mrs. Harvey who was with him, talked to mem- _ ‘bers of Mr. Harvey’s family, and they pronounced the new system a great improvement for Key West, Southern Bell Telephone Com- Manager. Approximately 85 persons, local and visiting dignitaries, attended the open horse and were conducted on a tour through the building, with points of interest being explained to them, According to Chet Cold, local manager for Southern Bell, the cufover was made without @ / hiteh, and telephone service in Key West has gone on with ef- ficiency and dispatch. , Any last minute changes and cor- rections-that are necessary will be taken care-of immediately, so that no subscriber will find it necessary (Continued In Page Three) ———— Christmas Suggestions FLINT KITCHEN CUTLERY DAISY and CAN O’MAT CAN OPENERS and ICE CRUSHERS USE OUR LAY-AW4*” PLAN HOME APPLIANCE CO., INC. 505 Simonton St. Dial 2-3621 First Long Distance Call _ Citizen Staff Photo ‘ MAYOR C. B. HARVEY makes the first long distance call over the new equipment of the Southern Bell System here. Both the Mayor and his wife talked to his family in New Orleans. Mayor Harvey said that they were both impressed with the clarity of reception, He added, “Since I had been invited to make the call, it was a definite pleasure to talk over long distance with- out thinking of the cost of the conversation.” Looking on as Mayor Harvey waits for the call to be completed are, left to right, J. N. Dorsey, Chet Cold, A. L, Lott and C. Shucart, Hearing Set . “Pawrence “M. Ball, re yeet old Navy man who faces a charge of “assault to commit murder” stemming from .an incident early Saturday mornmg when he threa- tened a city policeman at gun- point, will have a preliminary hearing .tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p, m. before Justice of the Peace Ira Albury, The youth, who is being held in the Monroe County Jail under $500 bond, is accused of pulling a .32 caliber automatic on patrol man Richard L, James, who sur- | prised him in the act of breaking into a parked car on Elizabeth | Street, James disarmed the youth who had been observed by at least two! witnesses trying to get into the late model sedan, and took him to the city jail. Justice Albury issued the “as- sault to commit murder” warrant after James signed an affidavit ~ | against the Navy man. FOR SALE aps. | and Evening For Every Occasion Sa Closeouts. At MINNA’S 933 WASHINGTON AVE, MIAMI BEACH, FLA, Has appreciated your business in the past, will appreciate it more in the future INDIAN RIVER FRUIT SHIPPED INSURED AND PREPAID Full Bushel $6.75 Hobby Shop 1105 Truman Ave, PHONE 2.7669 Has appreciated your business in the past, will appreciate ®& more in the future Grocery Theft Suspect Nabbed Here Sunday A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a local Navy man in connection with Key. West’s Brocery theft ring, which was smashed Friday by county and city Jaw enforcement officers. The man, Marvin C. Brown of the Seaplane | Base, is being held by Naval authorities pending the serving of | the warrant charging grand lar- (Continued On Page Three) Given Away with the Purchase of a USED CAR or a NEW CAR During Our Big USED CAR Coast Guard Has Busy Weekend With Distress Calls The man overboard, lost Friday || night off the shrimper Anna Lucy, ‘| has still not been identified by Key West Goast Guard headquarters. northeast of Dry Tortugas which is 68 miles west of Key West. C. G. White sumac went to trouble and abandoned it after failing to find the man. Three other vessels in distress caused a busy weekend for ‘he Coast Guard, it was reported. Shrimper Miss Birch sank at 10:45 Friday night, 22 miles north of Dry Tortugas. She sank in 100 feet of water. The vessel which is out of Fort Meyers, yielded its crew to the trawler Ella. No ex- planation has been given of the cause of sinking. Another shrimper, the Commo- dore Perry, lost her rudder Fri- day night and was towed into Dry Tortugas early Saturday morning by another shrimper. Still another vessel reported trouble at Dry Tortugas. The shrimper Bella went aground near (Continued On Page Three) KW Craft Goes To Salvage Grounded Ship The Key West Coast Guard had nof been informed of the ship's distress at 1:15 p. m. Officials there said that the Cable is a privately owned ship in the sal- evage businedie iis dma dead MIAMI w—The Liberlan steam: ship Armar flashed a distress call early today after running-aground at Cape San Antonio, on the west ern tip of Cuba, The Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Pandora from Miami, ‘but recalled the rescue vessel it was learned the tug Cable also was enroute from Key West, | A steamship, the Alcoa Corsair | was standing by the grounded craft |which was reported in no imme- | diate danger, make a search but had radarj~ Cut-Over Is Complete 4) Miami Coast Guard headquarters | * :| simply reported that the man was lost at 11:30 Friday night, north, |© nieemaiunensit Citizen Staff Photo STATE REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE C. PAPY throws the switch for the cut-over to the dial telephone system here. Looking on as Mr, Papy effects the change are, left to right, Paul Higgs, local plant manager; C. L. Lott, South Florida Manager for Southern Bell; C, Shucart, railroad commissioner; and J, N. Dorsey, Miami District Manager for Southern Bell, (Customs Officials Meet With Citizen To Add Weekly Page For Colored People _ native Key Wester and long-time teacher at Douglass School, has. been named as editor for a new feature of The Key West Citizen, a page of news for and of colored people. Mrs. Johnson is well-known here aad has a master’s degree from Columbia University. The new page will appear in (Continued Or Page Three) TROT ON DOWN TO NAVARRO’S AND GOBBLE UP THE CAR OF YOUR CHOICE A FEW OF THE BARGAINS cAR— 1951 PLYMOUTH, Belvedere —____. 1947 DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan ___. 1950 CHEVROLET, Convertible 1947 DODGE, Club Coupe 1951 KAISER, 4-Dr. Sedan _ 1949 CHEVROLET, 4-Dr. Sedan 1950 CHEVROLET, 4-Dr. Sedan - 1948 CHEVROLET, ¥2-Ton Truck 1948 DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan __ 1948 WILLY’S Station Wagon 1950 FORD, Convertible 1951 FORD, Sedan ____ 1949 CHEVROLET, Sedan _ 1950 CHEVROLET, 4-Dr. Sedan 1942 CADILLAC, 4-Dr. Sedan 1847 PLYMOUTH, Coupe 1951 DODGE, 4-Dr. Sedan __ 1946 PONTIAC, 4Dr. Sedan 1950 CHRYSLER, 4-Dr. Sedan 1951 DODGE, Clb. Coupe 1948 CHRYSLER, 4Dr. Sedan 1950 PLYMOUTH, 4Dr. Sedan 1948 DODGE, 4Dr. Sedan Down Payment $630.00 City SHUTTLE SERVICE. IS DISCUSSED AT CONFAB TODAY Officials of the United States Customs Service conferred today with City Manager Dave King as the latest step in the complex planning for the start of operations of the Havana-Key West ferry line. Deputy Collector Harry Warren of the Tampa office of the Customs Department and Roy Alderman, local chief of the service met with King this morning in a one hour session to discuss. plans for the adaption of the Clyde Mallory dock facilities, which will be used as the Key West terminal of the ferry line, for the necessary inspection station by the customs men when the ferry gets underway, Under the provisions of a leasing agreement currently being negoti- (Continued On Page Three) 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 . 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The muscular young shrimper talked of his age gravated assault upon Clark to another shrimper. It was the latter’s testimony that convinced Criminal Court — Thomas Caro of Mil- ler’s guilt. The dispute between Miller and Clark arose oyer Clark's statement that a pair of pants, shirt and shoes were missing from his suitease on the shrimp boat. According to Clark, Miller first tried to hit him with a two by four. Then he went into the gal- ley of the boat, got a long butcher knife and cut him across the chest and in the head, according to sworn testimony. Deputy Sheriff Serge Hernandez testifying this morning said that be found Clark sitting in the room of the boat bleeding profuse- ly. He got the ambulance and the man was stitched up and Miller pleaded guilty charge. He was severely lectured by the Judge before sentencing. Judge Caro said there good shrimpers afd before a six man jury this morn- ing, Henry Poole, 26, was adjudg- ed not guilty by the jury after it deliberated almost an hour. Poole had been accused of as- sault and battery against James | Linder, a frail man of 52. Linder testified that Poole kicked him so hard his right j kidney had to be removed by Surgeon J. Lancelot Lester, Jr. A witness for Poole, however, named Brooks, pg oh to an evrlier argument (Confinued On Page Three Three) TT POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION For Boats of all Types Thompson Enterprises, Ine. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone CASA MARINA HOTEL THE ONLY KEY WEST HOTEL DIRECTLY ON THE OCEAN SPECIAL From $6.00 SINGL LOW RATES E and 88 DOUBLE KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANGLES OF ALL SIZES We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 136 With Bath Delty eDELICIOUS FOOD eCOCKTAN LOUNGE No Extra a Charge @ SWIMMING—A! 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