The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen VOL. LXX! Fire Laddies Register To Vote THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY Milk Price [Rise Sought [By Farmers Hearing Before Fla. Milk Body On 2 Cents A Quart Increase JACKSONVILLE ——The Flor- «| ida Milk Commission on January | Sth published an order seeking to || stabilize A milk at stores operated ‘by pro- 4 Citizen Staff Photo AMONG THE FIRST KEY WESTERS to appear at the new Office of Registration in the City, Hall were these members of the Key West Fire Department. From the left: Firemen Ben Lopez and Owen Malone, Deputy Supervisor Registrations Agnes Lowe and Clerk Key Sellers. All local voters wishing to east their ballots in the November city elections must register at the city hall. Dr. Ralph Herz/Underwater Photography At Speaks Before Midnight To Take Place Here Local Group Medical-Legal Men Hold Meeting At Casa Marina Wed. Monroe .¢ A . by Doctor’ Locmeuat| ‘ Fm last night at their regular _ dinner meeting at the Casa Ma- rina Hotel. The organization, which is made up of members of the medical and legal professions in Key West heard Dr. Herz tell them of med- ical-legal aspects of cases he has treated. In addition, Cireuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, who presided as chairman of the group last night, told of a survey which he is con- dueting on divorce cases in Mon- roe County. Judge Lopez also told the group of his experiences in Tallahassee from where he returned late yes- terday after attending the inau- guration of Governor Dan Mc- ‘Carty. Members of the organization at- tending last night’s session includ- ed Dr. D. J. Vial of the Naval Hospital, Judge Lopez, William R. Neblett, Dr. Herman K. Moore, Dr. Herz, Captain W. R. Burns, Commander B. H, Berry, Naval Station Legal Officer and Dr, R. J. Dalton. Doctor Dalton was named as chairman for the next meeting. The group was formed for the purpose of exchanging scientific and technical information among professional men in Key West. Speaker From Bolivia To Be At Gospel Hall The Gospel Hall is featuring a speaker from Bolivia tomorrow night at a meeting at 7:30 p. m., 720 Southard Street. Films will be shown of Speaker Lander’s work with natives in South America, All who are in- terested are urged to attend. - WANTED EXPERIENCED D. C. Wet Cleaner APPLY AT COLUMBIA LAUNDRY TAVERNIER 1S LOCATION FOR NEW DIVING Cc TESTS A nek diving chamber from which under. wi phs can Geo-" , it was i (ote ey “off the Gulfstream next w announced yesterday by Dr. Gil- bert Grosvenor, president of the society. The arrival ot the steel-sided plastic apparatus in Tavernier where ti will be waterborne, is the latest development in the world’s most famous underwater labora- tory, the water off the Florida Keys. Off Key West, the underwater tests are chiefly military conduct- ed by the U. S. Naval base. There have been, however, many civilian experiments with photography, div- ing, and study of underwater life, around the Keys from Tavernier to Dry Tortugas. The advantage of waters here is the clear- ness, plus the innumeralbe types of fish present. The latest equipment for study of the mysteries of underwater plants and fish, is a 2700 pound diving chamber called the Aquas- leope. It will carry two men with their color cameras to the sea floor 50 to 100 feet below the water’s surface. The high voltage equipment and high speed lights of the Aquas- cope will enable camera men to photograph the underwater life at midnight as well as on a bright sunny day. Air will be discharged through a hose to the surface, leaving no bubble trail to frighten marine life. The Aquascope is seven by five feet and only 17% inches high. Cameraman lie prone on an air mattress facing a clear plastic win- dow one and one-half inches thick. Two sidewindows extending out at an angle like wings, permit aiming lights. The Aquascope, first device ever designed for night underwater photography, will be dropped from a special twin-pontoon barge 16 feet long. On the team are Gilbert C. Klin- gel, Randallstown, Md., designer of the chamber; James A. Nahm, Baltimore, co-builder; Willard R. Culver, National Georgraphic Soci- jety Photographer and Carl Mar- jwith of the Society's electronic staff. | Forced out by owners of ‘Must Vacate by Jan. 15 BIG SALE Everything Must Go! BUY NOW AND SAVE 33 1/3% to 50% RODACK’'S POINCIANA SUNDRIES Duck Ave. THANK YOU We want to take this op. *pertunity te express eur most gratefu’ thanks to the nurses, doctors, and all the folks at the Monroe County Hospital for their great king. ness te our father, the late Jose Avila during his iWiness there. BENNY and OLIVIA FERNANDEZ Children’s Commission To Judge Gibson, Dr, Dalton And Dr. March Will Leavé Today A special meeting on problems of children in Monroe and Dade county will be held in Miami to- morrow from 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., Juvenile Judge Eva Warner Gibson announced today. The meeting, sponsored by the Florida State Children’s Commis- sion, will be in the Pan American room of the Columbus Hotel. Judge Gibson, County Health Of- ficer Dr. R. Dalton, and General Supervisor of Instruction Leland March are attending the one day meeting. Important discussions on legisla- tion to be presented to the Florida lawmakers will take place, Judge Gibson said. Laws are now being formulated both on the legal and social as- pects of children’s problems that will be brought before legislators at the biennial session. All persons who are interested in children’s problems, whether health, welfare, deliquency, or eco- nomic status are urged to attend tomorrow's meeting. selling procedure of ‘| ducer-distributors in the Dade- Broward-Menroe milk marketing area. Administrator D. K. Nicholas said milk sold by producer-distri- butors could be sold 2¥%2 cents a quart less than the regular retail price if sold in two-quart contain- ers. He said the effect of the order Is to permit producer-distributors now having more than one retail place selling only milk products to continue them; but that any new ones opened would be limited to one outlet per producer or dis- tributor selling at the place of business only. The two-quart price in the gro- cery stores, he said, is 1 cent a package less than two single quarts. A possible rise in the price of milk in Monroe County is being discussed before the Florida Milk Commission in Jacksonville, it was announced today. Dade county and Broward dairy farmers want a 2-cent a quart re- tail price jump in the vital fluid. At present Grade A pasteurized | —— milk sells for 28 cents and homo- genized for 29 cents in Key West. This is already two cents higher for both types than is paid by housewives on Florida’s mainland. There the price is 26 cents and 27 cents a quart for and The ‘price milk is the third attempt the dairy industry to get a price rise. The petition for the increase was placed formally before the. Milk Commission in Jacksonville. The Commission sent out Jetters to more than 3,000 Greater Miami wholesale purchasers of milk warning that anybody who sells or buys milk for less than the com- mission-fixed minimum faces pro- secuetion. The price increase would affect, if granted, Dade and Broward as well as Monroe. Dade Lodge Lists 1953 Officials The roster of officers for 1953 for the Dade Lodge, No. 14 Free and Accepted Masons will be head- ed by Paul C. Heflin as Worship- ful Master. His corps of fellow officers con- sists of Robert Pollock, Senior War- den; James Atkinson, Junior War- den; Douglas R..Trevor, Treasur- er; Frank Weech, Secretary; Dave Kohlage, Senior Deacon, Lockhard Joyner, Junior Decon; Robert T. Foh, Senior Steward; Charles E. Yelvington, Jr., Junior Steward; Stanton Hazard, Chaplain; Walter M. Lazier, Marshali; and George Schreiber, Tyler. Local Navy Man Miraculously Survives 8 Self-Inflicted Bullet Wound In Heart Naval Surgeons Operate On NEW LEADERS CHOSEN by ciation to guide them for 1953 German Youth Citizen Staff Photo the Key West Ministerial Asso- are (left to right), the Rev. J, Paul Touchton, president; the Rev. H. H. Link, vice president; and the Rev. C. H. Meeker, secretary-treasurer. Writes Mayor Hoping To Find A Job Here Paratroopers To me ene Wreck CLEWISTON (@—Six’ Air Force paratroopers were to jump into the tangled Everglades from a C-82 plane today to investigate wreck- age sighted late Wednesday 35 miles southwest of here. Lt, Burr Miller, of the Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., searching party, said the wreckage was “the most promising lead” thus far in the great air search for an am- phibian aircraft missing since New Year’s with three Miami pilots. The wreckage was spotted by Sgt. Kenneth Grimes of the Max- well searching party; and Allen Rosenson, Miami Civil Air Patrol pilot, who were flying a ,small private plane. “The wreckage was scattered over a wide area,” said Grimes, “It was partially covered by tan- gled underbrush and we were not able to get too close to see too much from the air.” Grimes said there was no sign of life in the area. Aboard the two-engine amphibi- an when it took off to practice water landings were Edward J. and Ray Fregan, 31. missing amphibian, a ground party {would be sent into the Glades. Congress Split WASHINGTON # — Congress | members remained divided today lover the value of any new try} for international atomic controls while applauding President Tru- man’s stern warning to Stalin that nuclear warfare might end civili- zation. Senate Republican Leader Taft of Ohio, who voiced sharp critic ism of Truman's valedictory to Congress yesterday, told a reporter President-elect Eisenhower prob- ably will have his own State of the Union message ready for Con- gress soon after his Jan. 20 in- | auguration. | At tho* time, the new President jean be expected to outline his | views on what Taft had described jin a statement as a legacy of the | Truman administration | dangerous foreign problem leountry ever faced.” | Truman's State the Union }message was read by cierks to tthe Senate and House yesterday |He will follow through tomorrow Swith a budget mess2ge in which iSen. Byrd (D-Va) has predicted {the President will ask for spend most this | On International Atom Control | billion and 80 billion dollars. Eisenhower apparently plans no jimmediate budget message but will rely on his Cabinet and staff | to produce a series of revisions of the Truman estimates. In commenting on the Truman State of the Union message, Taft said everybody could agree on “‘the basic principle of opposition Communist Ru ” but he con- tended Truman’s operation of this policy had been “full of error, of wavering, of failure There were no indications what Eisenhower, in his own message, might say about nic develop- ments and po ure controls. Truman’s cent U. S. hydrogen explosion opens “A new era of destructive power” prompted Sen. Hicken- looper (R-da) to observe that the need for effective inter- national controls “¢ $ greater and greater.” Hickenlooper is top Republican on the Senate-House Ato Energy Committee Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) saw in the Truman statement “the great est challenge of the new adminis- jtration—the absolute necessity of ing authority ranging between 75 | to} itement that the re- | bringing atomic power under ef- fective international control.” But the question arose ‘how this could be done, as to in the face of Russia’s past refusal to agree to the internatonal inspec tion which the West insists needed to assure such coritrols be enforced Sen. Russell (D-Ga) said that until the Soviets dispiay some will lingness to yield in their position he can see little advantage in re opening negotiations toward inter. national controls. Russell, Rep. Cole (R-NY) and others applauded what they called Truman's firm attitude toward Russia, suggesting that the New Republicen administration would be well advised to continue such a firm policy Sen. Ellender (D-La) wanted to go even further, with an eventual ultimatum to the Russians to stop the cold war or face a hot one Lawmakers generaliy were pleased with what they called the conciliatory tome of Truman's message. They felt the President's meliowmooi phrasing lefi—as Rep. {R-Ohio)} put it—“a good itaste in your mouth.” Murphy, 37; Joseph McCargar, 27; | Lt, Miller said the paratroopers would report by short wave radio | as soon 2s they reached the wreck- | jage. If it proved to be that of the | Hopes To Come To | This Country After Education Is Ended Key West hai reached all the #y terity of a cenfral >) judging by a letter from.a. citizen of that country received-by Mayor C, B. Harvey yesterday. 5 expressed his desire to come to this. city for the purpose of ob- taining employment since he is-un- able.to continue his education due to financial difficulties. The youth, Claus Vesterwinker, of Bratnschweig, Katherinenstras- . 9, Germany, read as follows: ir: ; At the Hamburg University I studied for three years and at the Braunschweig School of Technology for one year in astronomy, mathe- matics, physics and engineering. CLAUS VESTERWINKER jNow, caused by financial difficul- ities, I. study before I am able to finish it It stands to reason that I could | find an appointment here in Ger- |many, but I am not willing-to do so. I want to go to the USA at onee. Are you able to heip me, Sir, to find any occupation in your tewn? At the beginning. I make no great pretension, but I would be. glad at an pointment which is im- yvab'e in the future, Perhaps there is an immigreted German n your town who wants a coun tryman? Or, do you know some * could write weove©r, 1 dk tough abogt Continued Os Page Two) ELKS CLUB REGULAR SATURDAY NIGHT BENEFIT DANCE and FLOOR SHOW By Popular Demand The Return of McConnel & Moore, Nationally Keo we, DANCING FROM 10 ‘TILL 1 Music By Pinder's Orchestra ANNEX > INVITED In the letter, a German student,’ > }emergency, I am obliged to break off | Critically Hurt Bobbie J. Jessie, 27, a today after he shot.himself ing. Mrs. Joe Lopez Named To Head Polio Activity Will Plan Mothers’ March For Second Straight Year In Monroe County Drive Mrs. Joe Lopez, of 1915 Seiden- burg Avenue, has been named chairman of the Mother’s March on Polio to be staged on Thurs- day evening, January 2th be- tween the hours of 7:00 and 8:00 p. m. as the wind-up event of the 1953 March of Dimes, it was an- nounced today by Bill Neblett County director of the Annual fund raising appeal for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mrs. Lopez headed the same activity last year when it was a huge Over $1600 was col- feted: anew har 195 Seventy-nine mothers it. ed in the march last year. “This year we are going to need 179 mothers to contact those people that we missed last year,” Mrs, Lopez said today, Local Navy officials, police and others will cooperate this year in sounding their sirens to signal the start of the one hour drive in which all home owners are requested to turn on their porch lights and local mothers will contact them for polio fund donations. Mrs. Lopez is well known for her activity in community pro- jects. She is a member of the PTA and the Jayshees In accepting the chairmanship of the Mothers March, Mrs. Lopez said: “Like every woman, I want to do my part in the fight against polio by assisting in the March of Dimes. We never know when or where polio will strike and must ; therefore do everything we can to raise the money necessary for any whether in our own county or in a distant part of the (Continued On Page Two) 16 Classrooms ‘At Poinciana | 'Set For Mar. 1 ' Poinciana school’s 16 additional classrooms should be comp'eted by March 1, Superintendent of Public Instruction Horace O'Bryant said j today. After an inspection of work in progress the Superintendent sad that the job is rushing to compile. }tion as fast as possibie Meanwhile plans for the eight new classrooms at Truman Ele mentary school are being drawn by the school architect Poinciana wil} have a new cy clorama for its auditorium stage, following approval ty the Monroe County Board of Pubiie Instruction at their meeting Tuesday night O'Bryant said that the meeting Tuesday was purely routine, except for the election of Gerald Adama, Chairman for two vears. NOTICE MARL — Leaded on Your Truck At Our Piant 80c Per Cubic Yard CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS STOCK ISLAND PHONE 21-56% Sailor After Sub Mishap Here Today By JIM COBB Navy man attached to the submarine USS Sea Dog, clung to life by a slender thread “clean through the heart” as he stood guard duty aboard that vessel early this morn- Jessie is in the Naval Hospital where his condition is reported as “critical.” Naval surgeons there termed his survival “miraculous.” This morning, a Naval Board of Inquiry convened by Admiral Irving T. Duke to investigate the . mishap, brought back the find- ing that the shooting was acci- dental. They said that Jessie was the only man on the deck of the submarine at the time of the accident. The sailor told authorities be- fore losing consciousness that he had wounded himself as “he was checking his pistol just before going off watch when it went off.” The impact of the gunshot from a 45 caliber service automatic knocked the brawny sailor from the deck of the vessel into the water, His shipmates, alerted by the sentry from a neighboring sub- marine tied up at Pier Three at the Navel Station, pulled him from the water and the ship's corpsman administered first aid. At this point the victim was hem- orrhaging badly from his wound. “I shot myself Doe,” was all that boa say in cana: i eee Jessie was ‘rushed to the station dispensary and then transferred to the Naval Hospital where Lt. Commander Josenh J, Zuska operated in a dramatic ef- fort to save the man’s life. The bullet penetrated a “cham- ber” of the victim’s heart, and survival after such a wound is said to be “very unlikely.” Authorities there said that he is still “holding his own,” although in an extremely critical condition. Several stitches were taken in the Navy man’s heart and he is being transfusions, ‘given constant blood surgeons said. Naval authorities announced that Jessie’s next of kin, his mother, Mrs. Laubra F. Carter, of Kingsport, Tennesee has been notified. He also has a sister living in Tampa, Florida. Polio Hits Record ‘Total In 1952 WASHINGTON W#--A record to- tal of 57,628 cases of infantile para- lysis was reported in 1952. It com- pares with the previous high of | 42,033 cases in 1949 and with 28,795 cases in 1951 | Reporting the figure today, the Public Health Service said, how- ever, that the incidence rate of 37 cases per 100,006 population in 1952 was below the rate of 42 per 100,000 porulation in 1916, The 1916 figure is based on the cases and populrtion of 28 states and the District of Columbia, Other states did not make reports in that year. The Health Service said, too, that - was not as gieat a killer “2 as ‘mn 1940 oF in 1916. r figured there were 49 deaths pér 19 cases in 1952 compared with 5.6 deaths per 190 in 190 and about 25 in 1916. NOTICE All Bicycles and Scooters are to tide on the streets and im the direction of the flow of walfic on all streets. Any bicycle or scooter rid- ing on the sidewalks or against the direction of walfie will be arrested and fined in accord ace with the ordinances of the City of Key West. DAVE KING. City Manager. eon amnnnemrnaens nent