The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1953, Page 1

‘Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 70° VOL. LXXIV. Ne. 3 Badly Hurt In Wounded In Accident Fri. Sam Lowe In Naval Hospital After Head-On Crash In Marathon Friday Sam Lowe, 36, 128 Fleming Street, was badly injured in an automobile accident in Marathon - last night when his er was struck eadon by a vehicle operated by a local Navy man. Lowe is the son of City Clerk Victor Lowe. Lowe is in the Naval Hospital with severe head injuries, cuts about the face and several lost teeth. The operator of the other vehicle, David Edward Helcel, of the USS Gilmore was also taken to the Naval Hospital with knee injuries. According to the police report, Lowe was travelling south on U. S. One when the Helcel car swerv- ed in front of his and hit him headon. Both cars were total loss- €s. Two pagsesngers in the Helcer ear, Richard Murray and Fred- erick Vaught, both of the Naval Station, were only slightly injured in the spectacular crash on Mara thons’ main thoroughfare. Helcel’s speed at the time of the impact was estimated at upwards - of 40 miles per hour. He was issued a summons by Deputy Sheriff Captain Andy for ; reckless driving and causing an accident for appearance in Crimi- nal Court on Friday. » Lowe’s conditiun this morning Was reported as “good.” Red) Faced Staff At Hospital Report First Baby Birth Not only the babies at the Mon- roe General Hospital have red faces, the New Year rang in at {Midnight on January. 1st, the Citi- ir information was not — a son was born on January Ist to Allen of 827. Emma pound, 12% ounce lad . Mer of the ‘‘stork derby” wing been the first arrival in . According to custom, he will *bé showered with gifts from Key | West merchants. Hospital officials did not say how they managed to lose track of the infant. ] Dog Licenses On Sale In Key West Key West dog licenses for 1953 are now on sale according to Mrs. George Mills White, president of ‘the Key West’ Humane Society. The expiration date for the 1953 tags is January 3ist. | Humane society officials pointed F out that under the provisions of a city ordinance, it is necessary that /all dogs in the city be licensed. | This ordinance will be enforced strictly, they added. The tags on sale at the Key ! West Garden and Lawn Supply Company, Fleming and Margaret Streets and at the Humane Society Shelter, 240-A, Poinciana Exten- sion. Cost of the licenses are: Males, $2; Females, $3 and Spayed Females, $2. All dog owners are urged to pur- whase the tag prior to the dead- line since after that date, all un- licensed dogs will be picked up and taken to the shelter. It will be necessary to pay the license fee plus a penalty of one half of the later. A Republican senator who the} publicans have @ one-vote margin 48-47) in the Senate, where they Korean Action 20 Year Old Local Youth Badly Hurt On Korean Front On Jan. 16th Rafael Diaz, Jr., 20, 1208 Duval Street, was seriously wounded in action in Korea on December 16th according to word received by his father in a telegram from the War Department. Diaz, who has been in action for four months received wounds in his back and is hospitalized in a Korean Hospital according to the wire. A graduate of the Key West High School, Diaz was called into the service two and a half years ago with the contingent of Key West National Guardsmen and has seen service at Camp Gordon, Georgia and in New Jersey prior to going overseas. , He was serying with Company C, 223rd Infantry, 40th Infantry Division at the time he was wound- ed, He has been awarded the Purple Heart for his wound. Diaz’ grandmother, Mrs. Carme- la Garcia, resides at 409 Amelia Street in Key West. GOP Senators Will Probably Receive Seats Contests May Be Pursued At Later Date WASHINGTON (® — Republican senators whose election has been challenged seemed likely to be al- lowed to take their seats today when the 83rd Congress opens. The contests may he pursued plan to take control, ¢lect officers and set up committees today. Questions have been raised about the right of several senators to serve in the new Congress. One protest was dropped yesterday. Fifteen North Dakotans in a peti- tion filed yesterday with the Senate asked that Sen. Langer (R-ND) | 4a; not be allowed to take the seat to which he was elected for a third term. The petition said the Senate should determine whether Langer has participated in a ‘‘conspiracy or racket” to enable aliens iliegal- ly in the United States to remain here. Langer has sponsored a num- ber of private immigration bills covering specific cases. Another petition was filed yester- day with the Senate by Patrick J. Hurley, contesting the seating of Sen. Chavez (D-NM). Hurley was Chavez’ unsuccessful Republican opponent. He said in his petition that a ‘fair investigation and re- count” should be held to determine the winner of the election. | A challenge to the election of Sen. Potter (R-Mich) ended yesterday when Democrats withdrew the™ re- count request they had made to the Senate Elections subcommittee. Potter defeated the Democratic in- cumbent, Blair Moody. TWENTY-SIX MISSING IN COSTA RICA QUAKE SAN JOSE, Costa Rica ®—, Twenty-six persons were listed as | missing and presumed dead today | following an earthquake which | rocked Costa Rica Tuesday. The tremors centered around | ¢,, Mount Irazu, a towering volcano | about 36 miles north of the capital. | The cone belched smoke, and great | cost of the license to obtain the | cracks appeared in the earth's release of the dogs, it was out, pointed | crust in nearby foothills, wiping | out roads and trails. KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Atiention FOR SALE USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANGLES OF ALL SIZES We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS DIAL 2-6141 or DIA‘. ?-2940 4 4 i 4 RAFAEL DIAZ, JR., 1208 Duval Street, was wounded in action in Korea on {December 16th, according to a War Department re- port received by his father. Dia: in a hospital in Korea. z is reported to be convalescing Georgia Law Banning Shrimping Not To Affect Local Operations /ho’s Who Of Is Predicted WASHINGTON (#—Here is a Who’s Who of leadership in the new Republican-controlled Con- gress as it is expected to stand after organization formalities to- “6 (Republicans) Floor leader: Robert A. Taft of Ohio. President pro tempore: Styles Bridges of New. Hampshire. Whip, or assistant floor leader: Leverett Saltonstall of Massachu- setts. Policy Committee ‘chairman: William Knowland of California. Party conference chairman: Eu- gene D. Millikin of Colorado. | Party conference secretary: Mil- ton R. Young of North Dakota. Secretary of the Senate: J.Mark | Trice of Maryland. Sergeant-at-arms: Forest A.Har- ness of Indiana. (Democrats) Floor leader: Lyndon Johnson of Texas. | Whip: Earle C. Clements of Ken- | tucky. Chairman of the Policy and | Steering Committees: Lyndon} Johnson of Texas. | Party conference _ secretary: | Thomas C. Hennings Jr., of Mis- | souri | Houst: | (Republicans) | Speaker: Joseph W. Martin Jr. | of Massachusetts Floor leader: Charles Halleck of | Indiana. Party conference chairman: Clif- | rd Hope of Kansas j Party tonference vice chairman Richard Simpson of Pennsylvania Party conference secretary: Ben Jensen of Iowa (Democrats) Floor leader Texas. Whip: John McCormack of Mas sachusetts Caucus chairman Sam Rayburn of Wilbur Mills of Arkansas iW Caucus secretaries: Edna F Kelly of New York and Mrs. John B. Sullivan of Missouri WANTED EXPERIENCED D. C. Wet Cleaner APPLY AT COLUMBIA LAUNDRY Boats Not Expected To Come Soy Picture Imorovi The passage of a law prohibit- ing shrimp fishing off the coast of Georgia from January. .1./to March 15 is expected to have little or no effect on local shrimp opera- tions, spokesmen for the industry here said today. . The Georgia State Legislature Passed the law shortly before the close of 1952 which has virtually halted commercial shirmp fishing in that state. Under the provision of the act, the area three miles off shore along the coast line has been closed to fishermen for a 75 day period. However, local shrimpers were almost unanimous in their opinion that the Georgia fishermen would not come to Key West for the winter season. They hold that shrimp fishing during the winter months in Georgia is on but a limited scale due to the fact that for the winter. Generally, they added, boats variety and are not equipped to fish successfully in Key West. The average size of the boats | fishing in Georgia at this time is but 38-40 feet, it was pointed out. Annually, the larger boats have been coming to Florida as a matter of course The act, marks the first time that a closed season on fish- ing has been extended out into the open sea. Previously, only ialand waters have been subjected to such controls. Fishermen and Georgia Game and Fish Agents are curious as to how it will work out David Gould, coastal fisheries supervisor, said the 75 day closed season will be strictly enforced. He said the three mile line will be measured to the nearest shore, (Continued On Page Four) Tide” In & Roe Ocean % & & round Key West xkwrk ales. Sih Crond Attends Duck Key Event Key Owner And B. C. Papy Are Speakers BY THELMA PARKHURST Today I attended the opening of the causeway connecting Duck Key with the Overseas Highway. It was a very impressive affair. I arriyed at 12:15 and there were already about 3 dozen cars parked there. They kept coming in steadily, and instead of the 200 people expected there were more like 350. _ At exactly 1 p. m. the ribbon (this one was a fishing line be- tween two fishing rods, held at each side by a beautiful girl in a bathing suit, the models being Nancy Wichlei and Claudia Lay- mon) was cut by the Most Honor- able Marquess of Queensbury. There were many flash bulbs go- ing off about the time. The crowd then filed back down to the food counter, which was in the middle of the causeway. There were barbecued ribs and fish, beer, coffee and soft drinks. There was an orchestra playing all the time, the Floridians from the Cu- ban Club in Key West. While we were munching on bar- becued ribs I talked to many local people and others: Harry Harris from Tavernier, Floyd and Mrs. Lamb, Alfonzo Cothran, Bill Aker- man, Fred Shefflin, Cliff and Sis Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Center, Nolan Wilkins, Bill Bradley, Romer .Baucum, Lee Tucker and Michael Covert who are the promoters for Marathon Ocean Beach, John Bal- fe, publisher of the Redland Dis- trict News in Homestead, and others. e After the feast n W, New- Realty Corporation, and a Cana: dian mining, oil and industrial lead- er and owner of Duck Key made a very impressive speech as fol- lows: “Ladies and gentlemen: I am Bryan Newkirk, president of the Newkirk Realty Corporation, the owner of Duck Key, and in that capacity I welcome you to the opening of the Causeway connect- ing our key with the overseas highway. I -believe that this oc- casion is unique in Florida deve- loping in that at this time there is nothing for sale. “Transportation is all important to a project such as ours. This we will have in all of its phases: by road, by sea, through channels to deep water adequate for sea going yachts, and by air, through the splendid Marathon Air Strip, with its 8000 feet runways, located just 8 miles from our property, and by helicopter landing on our | golf course. 2 “Thanks to my friend that tire- |the larger shrimp migrate south | less and efficient worker Alfonzo | Cothron, the bridge and causeway ‘now being opened were made jwhich go out after the zvemaining | ready for these ‘ ceremonies in |shrimp, are of an extremely small | spite of exasperating shortages of {essential materials. The engineer- ling and supervision of this work was done by Crawshaw and Bailey land I am quite proud of the job the 3 men have done. “I was one of the associates of | George Edgar Merrick in the de- | velopment of Coral Gables, Fla. | I know of no one who has left such. a living monument to great vision and daring as has George Merrick. He told me many times | that on the completion of Cora Gables his next undertaking would be on the Fla. Keys. He pointed out the wonderful advantages of these colorful Islands. I am sure that except for his untimely death his plans would have been consum- mated, “Some years ago Judge Edward L. Semple of Miami, suggested (Continued Jn Page Four) A FREE LECTURE ENTITLED “Christian Science and the Search for Cause” Will Be Given by ROBERT S. VAN ATTA, C. S. of Rochester, New York ‘ember ef th: beard ef lectureshia of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientists in Beston, Mass. Under the Auspices of CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF KEY WEST in HARRIS ELEALENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM SUNDAY, JAN. 4, AT 3:30 P.M. Wil EERO fold in the near futu shown above receive pine Islands, they have l Be U.S. Citizens THE UNITED STATES will receive four new citizens into the when the quartet of local Navy men ir final papers.. Natives of. the Philip- served with the Navy for seven years. They include, from the left, kneeling: J. DeVillena, F. P. D. Cobarrubia. Standing: L. S. Decanay and F. Bernales—Navy Photo. Four Local NavyMén ToBecome United States Citizens Soon Saas Monroe Cty. Has First Polio Case Of The New Year The importance of the Annual March of Dimes Campaign which gets underway Officially teday, was pointed up last night when a 32-year old Navy wife was stricken with the dread disease and rushed to the Children’s Variety Hospital in Miami for treatment. The case marked the first in Monroe County in the New Year. The victim, Mrs. Albert Far- randa, was takén ili last night and physicians at the Naval Hospital diagnosed here her ili- ness as a mild form of polio. Jeff Knight, Chairman of the Monroe County March of Di-es, immediately cailed the M hospital and arrangements were meade for She left this morning for in a Naval Hospital Ambulance. The entiré cost of her treat- ment will be born by the local polio fund. William Neblett, is the chair- man of the 1953 March of Dimes fund drive which will roll inte | high gear this week. | | Heroic Effort To Save Children (Costs His Life | | CLARKSBURG, W. Va. # — A |B-year-old man and three young- sters he tried to save drowned in the icy waters of nearby Hinkle Hi Lake yesterday. | The children, who had been ice iskating, were Taylor L. McCaus- |land, 9, Eddie Merchant, 10, and John Carlin, 12, all residents of | Reighbor.ng Bridgeport. H |, Leonard Jeffries was the passer- by who made the heroic attempt to | tescue them when they fell through the ice. He had just been released }from the hospital last week follow- jing surgery. | David Saunders, another of five | j boys who had been skating on the (Continesd Os Pag: Four) Philippine Natives Have Served This Country For 7 Yrs. The United States will soon have four new citizens. The four men, three of whom are attached to Submarine Squadron 12 aboard the USS Bushnell are natives of the Philippine Islands and have served in the ranks of the Navy for the past seven years. Immediately after the liberation of the Philippines by U. S. forces near the close of World Wer Ii, S. Decanay, J. DeVillena, F. P. Cobarrubia and F. Bernales, en- listed in the U. S. Navy to fight for the cause of freedom Having lived in an occupied country they learned the valve of Democracy and beiieved it worth fighting for. When the war end- ed and the sovereignty of their native land was restored, the four men found themselves in the Peculiar position of wearing the. m of, and having sworn allegiance to one nation while actually being @ citizen of an- other. But that, in itself, was not un- usual. Filipines have been serv- ing the Navy for nmtany yerrs and no-one had quesioned ‘heir rights as Americans. Section 524 of the Neutrality Act pressed by Congress in 1940 granied thom immediate cifizenshio if they had served honorably with the armed Services for a period o' years. Under the provisions of the a the citizens of that co’ have to wait for qu ments. As a conse men drifted along. changing their citizensh.p some future date when they were not so busy But section 328 of the Neutrality (Continsed In Page & bee et Condition Found 30-Miles Off Here By Coast Guard Boat On Friday The possibility that {strong winds which de- | veloped last night, reach- ing a force of over 25 miles per hour, may have scat- tered a streak of dreaded “Red Tide” which was re- ported yesterday by the Coast Guard, was advanced today by local fishing ex- perts. However, they are anxiously awaiting further reports from incoming fish- ‘ermen to determine just ‘how widespread the condi- j tion fs. The word that an area covered with the mysteriovs eondition which can seriously affect the fishing industrv, was received from Captain - Joe Santini who reported the location as 10-miles north of Cosgrove light or about 30 miles southwest of Kev West, Santini was plving on the Coast Guard supply boat between Key West and the Fort Jefferson Na- tional Monument on Pry Tortu- fas when he sighted what he re- ported as a 10-mile wide stretch of “red water” containing a lerge number of dead fish. ~Fre only. other report that” anything might be emiss in the seas surrounding Key West come from George Lowe, 1119 Olivia ‘Street. cantein of the shrimper Key City, who said that he had spotted a huce area containing a cuantity of derd fish at sea on December 3Mh. He could net be reached for comment today. Marine Biologists have been at a loss to explain the causes of the “Red Tide” which has killed mil- jlions of fish alone Florida's West | Coast in pest years. In 1948, Key West was struck by the fringes of a particularly Serious attack of the phenomena. The effect of the situation is that the seas take on a red color which somehow results in the death of fish who are in the area. For some unknown reason, the tide is particularly deadly to “bottom fish.” Mackerel and kingfishing is not as hard-hit by the blight, local fishermen say. They added that the fect that the current reports have put the tide on the “Gulf side” of the island, indicate a good possibility that the waters closely surround- ing the Key West area wil] not be affected seriously. The strong mualrgr of the Gulf Stream would carry th lected away, they say —— — Local Coest Guard are checking to lea: the sit officials mn more about MAC'S PLACE BOCA CHICA efacn Now Open Tilt Midnight Road Under Construction In Fair Condition Now String Music -. Hillbilly Ard Po-viar Songs Sundey From 2 ‘Tit “2” PICN"C TABLES MRS. 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