The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 64° THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. PRIVATE PLANE PILOTS IN ANNUAL MIAMI—HAVANA TREK AWAITED “SNOWBIRDS” WILL ARRIVE HERE TODAY AND THURSDAY AS PART OF FLIGHT Two members of the Florida Air Pilots Association landed here this morning as the vanguard of ten private pilots of that group who are expected to stop here en-route to Havana as a par. of their an- nual “Snowbird Flight” from Mia- mi to the Cuban Capitol, The flights were scheduled to leave Miami at 9:00 a. m. today. Local aviation facilities are in readiness to handle the pilots who are making their 10th annual flight. Coast Guard personnei, ships and aircraft from Key West, Miami and St. Petersburg are poised to offer aid and assistance wherever need- ed for the flyers. One hundred and fifty private owners of private planes from all over the state will participate in the flight. The Coast Guard has set up a mobile communications unit, un- der the direction of Commander 8. F. Engel at the Meacham Air- id to render assistance to the flyers. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard instituted an air patrol from St. Petersburg and Miami at 10:30 a. m. today. The Coast Guard vessel Nemisis and the Key West based cutter Ariadne are at sea on a standby basis to patrol the route of the planes. The main body of the planes is oxpected to fly directly to Havana from Miami but at least ten are scheduled to arrive in Key West this morning for refuelling. They will remain in Havana un- ti] Thursday when the majority will return to this country and stop in Key West for customs and immi- gration inspection. Weather officials reported today that conditions are ideal for the mass flight. Meacham _ airport George Faraldo ~ that Rn oer only tl planew have stoned kw tiie” en cwute 1% Havana, Most of the planes are radio equipped and the Coast Guard maintained their radio vigil throughout: the day a: the airport. Ike Agrees To Clear Choices With GOP NEW YORK ® — Senate GOP leaders said President-elect Eisen- hower “‘fully agreed” today to clear all federal appointive jobs in the future with Republican members of Congress. . Sen. Knowland of California, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said after a con- ference with Eisenhower that the general had “fully agreed to follow the customary practice” of check- ing appointments with GOP law- makers. Sen. Taft of Ohio, the Senate majority leader, said Eisenhower's agreement to do this represented no reversal’’ of policy on his part, but the Ohioan added that the ar- rangement had helped to dispel confusion regarding the handling of job patronage. Knowland: Taft and Sen. Millikin of Colorado, chairman of the con- ference of all Republican senators, spent about an hour and a half with the President-elect. They came in advance of Eisen- hower’s first meeting with his en- tire Cabinet. Also scheduled to sit at the Cabinet conference were Vice President - elect Nixon and other top officials of the incoming administration. There have been recurring com- | plaints by GOP members of Con- gress that the Eisenhower head- quarters was not corsulting them in advance regarding federal job appointments After today's meeting with Eisen- hower, Knowland told a news con- ference that the session had been (Continued On Page Three) LADIES AUXILIARY ped off their pullmans and walked | peing m UNIT 56 FLEET RESERVE ASS'N. REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, Jan. 13 8 P.M. New Home, 920 Caroline St. Citizen Staff Photo BY MEANS OF THE RADIO CONTROL APPARATUS which the Coast Guard has set up at Meacham Field, constant contact will be maintained, throughou tt the Snowbird flight, with Havana and Miami. Cdr. B. F. Engel of Miami is commanding officer of the operation. Pictured are John Wilkie, foreground, and Al Villar who were manning the controls this morning. The radio teletype unit will mal ke it possible to keep track of weather conditions throughout the entire Caribbean area dur- ing the flight. On Thursday the more than fifty planes engaged in the flight will land at the local airport to clear customs be- fore returning to Miami. Hundreds Participate In Mare Of Dimes Children’s Parade Sat. lagler’s' RR To Key West Is Described Engineer’s Feat Is Theme Of Train Magazine January Article The dramatic story of the Florida East Coast overseas railroad to Key West is told in the Jaruary issue of Trains and Travel, a national magazine as the second in a series “Notable Feats of Railroad Engineering.” Author David P. Morgan says: “Henery M. Flagler went to Florida for a vacation, but he wound up building a railroad on which you went ‘out of sight of land by Pullman car.’ ” “The biggest thing that ever happened to the State of Florida was that Henry M. Flagler spent a vacation in St. Augustine during the winter of 1893-94 and liked the place. In fact he was obsessed with it . . . Other men had’ been caught up by the spell of Florida- but Flagler could afford to enforce | his conjectures with currency.” j Finally he dared the ocean. It} was in April 1905 that his engi- |neers set out across the marshes | to forge a steel chain, 128 miles | long, four feet eight and one-half | inches wide. Seven years later, Henry Flagler descended from the platform of the observation ear of the first train to Key West to drive the golden spike at the end |of the long job. He died less than | two years later. | The railroad was partially des- | | troyed in the 1935 hurricane, and | jeould only have been rebuilt at a! |tremendous cost. The bankrupt | Florida East Coast decided not to rebuild. The result was the build- | ing of the Overseas Highway which is now as famous through- | out the world as the train was in! jits day. The Florida East Coast railway carried passengers for 25 years. Oversea limited passen, step up the gangplank of steamers for the 90 jto Havana wh forwarded freig | West to Cuba CRASH BOAT EXPLODES TAMP ed with ng P&O rash boat load-} ms of high oc-j 2-Year Old Wander Slocem' Takes First Prize For The Best Costume In Parade The Monroe County March of Dimes Polio fund was richer by over one hundred dollars following thé annual childrens parade to boost that activity Saturday after- noon. County fund raising chairman William Neblett reported that col- lections amounting to $127.67 were obtained from the parade which moved through downtown Key West | with hundreds of Key West’s young- er set, attired in colorful costumes, participating. The donations were received in huge bedsheets carried by boy scouts and other parade marchers into which the public tossed coins. The marchers paraded down Duval Street before proceeding to the County Courthouse where the judges selected prize winners for the most colorful costume and the best decorated bicycles and floats. City Commissioner Delio Cobo, City Judge Enrique Esquinaido and Louis Carbonell were the judges for the affair. They selected tiny, 2-year old Wander Slocum as the first prize winner in the “best costu class. The petitie Miss, the daugh- ter of a polio victim now under treatment in Children’s Vareity Hospital in Miami, was costumed Helen Hutchins, with her acro- batic dog which performed amaz- ing tricks of agility while he rede along in her lap in her wheel- chair, was rded first prize for the most unusual pet. A group of pet fleas, carried in a bottle by Merie Deland, 12. won hands down in the competition to determine the “smallest pet.” Many other prizes for excellence were awarded to the parade par- ticipants. Meanwhile, the March of Dimes campaign moved into hig It will culminate on Ja with the annual gala Pr birthday Ball at the Casa Mz Hotel The March of Din be crowned at that The a the mo’ therein. Th i Contiay * 99 Page Three) — Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN DIAL 2.3036 We BUY all kinds of JUNK Local Union Piekets Front St. Restaurant Will Negotiate On Wed. With A And B Lobster House Head Local members of the Hotel Restaurant and Bartenders Union threw a picket line around the A and B Lobster House on Saturday afternoon, but they are called off after but two hours of picketing when Berlin Felton, owner of the |restaurant agreed to enter into negotiations with union officials here on Wednesday afternoon. Union authorities maintained an official wall of silence concerning j the exact reason for the difficulty. | They said that the trouble came about simply because of ‘‘Felton’s failure to negotiate a satisfactory |contract with the union.” However, the restauranteur said today that he was “not enlightened ! as to the reason for the picketing.” “You will have to contact the union president to get that infor- - | don’t know a thing Felton did confirm the schedul- ed Wednesday meeting, however. The local seafood restaurant has been center of a stormy labor situation since November, 1950 when the bartenders union Bicketed the place. At that time, Felton obtained an injunction halting the union’s activ- ities from Circuit Court Judge Ac- quilino Lopez. However, the case was carried to the State Supreme Court where the union’s right to picket was upheld. Union spokesman have maintain- ed that Felton’s has ‘“deliberated- ly given them the runaround” in their attempts at negotiating a sat- isfactory contract. ) Three placard beating pickets | p. were in evidence around the Front Street restaurant Saturday but when Felton contacted union re- Seer es swithdray mn. Man Drowns In Mishap Here This Morning Shrimper Lost As Aftermath Of Dock Accident Here A 19-year old shrimp fisherman met death by drowning shortly after midnight this morning when he fell from the shrimper “Little Tony” at the Standard Oil Docks. The victim was identified by Coroner Ira Albury as Horace Johnson, of Darien, Georgia. According to Albury’s report, Robinson, who had been drinking heavily had gone to bed and the first report that something was amiss came from Louis Sims of the shrimper “Judy Ann” which was tied up adjacent to Robinson's | boat. Sims said that he heard a | splash and screams from the man | in the water. When he went out to! look, however, he said that he | could find no trace of the drown- | |ing man and notified police j | When patrolman Edward Rami- jrez answered the call to the dock, |there was no sign of the body but he did observe a hat floating in} the water near the boat Ramirez then notified the rescue team at the Number Three Fire Station and they, working under | the direction of Captain Fermin Vidal, succeeded in recovering the | body of the shrimper after three attempts. Vidal administered artificial res- Piration but was unsuccessful in reviving the man Coroner Albury said today that Robinson was the same man v red in a stabbing ugust 20th. At that time he of stabbing one Ancel The coroner said th sue a cert Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. “ 1 Years Devoted to the : ot Key West Bank Has Biggest Year In History In De SI Dog Track Will Open On January 31st Contractors Will Complete Track By 21st; Dogs To Arrive Soon The $350,000 Stock Island Dog track will formally open with its first race Saturday night, January 31st, Sidney Aronovitz, Secretary of the Key West Kennel Club an- nounced today. Contracter Joseph Moretti has Promised final completion of the track by January 2ist. Key Westers who have been em- Ployed by the track will receive job notifications in the next two days, Aronovitz said. The racing greyhounds will be brought down by 14 Kennels, each of which is transporting 25 dogs to Key West. The Key West Kennel Club is arranging housing for the dogs and ‘or their trainers and hand- lers. _Two well known dog track figures have been named as top judges to the track. Presiding judge will be W.R. “Bill” Moore, who is presiding judge at Biscayne Kennel Club, and paddock judge at Wonderland ark, Revere, Mass. Moore has been associated,with the Biscayne club for 26 con! tivé years. Associate Judge \is Max Carey, vand coach of the in Dod- gers. He has also been an associ- ate judge at Biscayne and other tracks, The club has obtained sound equipment for its Stock Island track from Tropical Park, Arono- vitz said. : The. $350,000 track is being rush- ed to completion for the January 3lst opener. Delays in material because of the defense program, had threatened to postpone the track opening until March 1. The accelerated construction _will enable the track to have its 90 days beginning January 31st for the 1953 season. Oil Cartel Probe Not To Be Pursued By Administration WASHINGTON (®—There were indications today that the Truman administration plans to drop a grand jury investigation of an al- leged world oil cartel. A government attorney an-| nounced in court that documents which had been called for today were not wanted at this time. The lawyer, Leonard J. Emmer- slick, also told U. S. District Judge James R. Kirkland that attorneys | for the oil companies involved are | being called to a conference this afternoon at the office of Attorney General McGranery Asked by reporters whether this meant the administration was drop- ping the grand jury inquiry, Em. merglick said ‘‘no comment.” The Washington Post said the administration would drop the grand jury inquiry and substitute a civil suit The newspaper said such a suit would ask for a court order direct ing the oil companies to comply strictly with the anti-trust laws The White House, the Justice Department and the National Se- curity Council declined to comment on the Post's report EVINRUDE MOTORS Spedi Craft Boats USE OUR BUDGET PLAN Key West Outboard 1116 EATON ST. First Degree Murder Trial Of Carmichaels Sick Seamen Transferred At Sea Here Coast Guard 83 Footer Carries Men To Port For Treatment The Coast Guard in Key West made two transfers of ill seamen at the Sea Buoy over the week- jend and transferred them to the U. S. Naval Hospital for treatment, Lt. Clem Pearson, Coast Guard commander announced today. Francis X. Lacon, 19, stricken with appendicitis and peritonitis, according to Dr. Ralph Herz, pub- lic health service surgeon, was brought to shore by the Coast Guard 83 footer and rushed for surgery to the Naval Hospital. Dr. Herz was taken out to the Sea Buoy where Lacon’s tanker the Atlantic Engineer transferred the sick man. Dr. Herz examined the seaman and administered em- ergency drugs to him after he was lowered by stretcher from the big tanker to the smaller 83 footer in the rough seas. Lacon was picked up at 4 p. m. The Navy ambulance took him to the hospital. Next of kin is his’ mother at 6242 Wildon Avenue, Philadelphia. _ On Saturday night the SS Gulf Swamp transferred Alberto S. Gar- cia, 29, to the Coast Guard 83 footer at the Sea Buoy. Garcia was suffering from apparent heart trouble, according to the ship's of- ficers. The Coast Guard transfer- red the seaman, who. is from 61 W. 106th Street, New York City, to the Naval ambulance and hos- pital. Next of kin is Mrs. Mary Garcia of the same address. Attempted Rape Probe Continues Dade County’s Criminal Bureau of Investigation head, will examine | the evidence in the attempted rape of a young wife tomorrow morn- ing, Sheriff John Spottswood said today. No new release hat been given on the interrogation of nine men, all Negro, being held ‘e~ * gation on the attempted felony which occurred at midmg-t ¢v.ucy | night. The men, now in jail, were picked up by Lt. Gene Hernandez, City Policeman Eddie Ramirez, and Officer Howard Harris, with (Continued On Page Three) Opens Today JURY DRAWING FILLS MORNING; WITNESSES TO BE HERE TOMORROW The 12-man Circuit Court jury for the trial of Carl Car- michael, Sr., and Jr., on first degree murder charges was sworn in at 1:29 today. The jurors will be kept to- gether in charge of a bailiff until the trial opens with wit- nesses at 10 tomorrow morn- ing. State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester had 20 peremptory challenges and the defense had 20. The jury was sworn in af- ter a three-hour drawing, with two alternates. Carl Carmichael Sr. and Jr., in- dicted by the Grand Jury on first degree murder of “Mellow Moon” December, 1951 sat with their attor- neys in the courtroom this morn- ing. It was the first time they have appeared in cort since Circuit Court Aquilino Lopez, Jr. released the men. on $15,000 and $5,000 bonds respectively, last spring. The elder Carmichael looked very serious as he watched the selection of a jury which may mean life or death for him. Young Carmichael set on hi father’s left. Attorneys for the defense Will Albury and- Enrique Esquinaide sat at the long table directly beneath and to the right of presiding Judge Lopez. Four People Face Assault Charges Four persons were placed under arrest and two of them hospitalized yesterday after two separate out- breaks of violence on Petronia Street In the first incident, Aaron Car- lisle was taken to the Monroe Gen- eral Hospital and Myrle Delaney, ended up ir. the City Jail on an assault charge following a fight in which Carlisle incurree a severe head injury after being hit with a bottle. Police officer Lionel Sor- iano made the arrest Ten minutes later, Soriano was called to the same location to quell a battle between Mrs. Armentine Leak and Edward Jordan. Jordan was rushed to the Mon- roe General Hospital after being cut with a razor, allegedly wield- ed by Mrs. Leak, who was taken to ithe City Jail | All will appear in city court this | afternoon. posits, Assets, And Expansion Pres. Trevor Says Bank’s Prosperity Reflects Key West Financial Growth By SUSAN McAVOY The year 1952 was the period of.the greatest ex- pansion in the history of the Florida National Bank jin Key West, President Jer- ry J. Trevor said today. Trevor released his an- nual “statement of condie tion” of the prosperous, , conservative bank on Sat- urday. Chief index of the growing prosperity of the bank and of Key West is the increase in de- posits by almost 2 million dollars between the two years. In 1951 deposits were $9,972,424. In the 12 months just passed they rose to $11,951,159. “This reflects growth for the community and a better financial situation,” Trevor said. Another index of the bank’s and Key West's prosperity is the ii in bank assets of more s were $10,678,432. They rose to $12,726,918 in 1952. Still another sign of expansion in the city and county is shown by the ‘increase in capital stock, surplus and undivided profits from $598,445 to $646,408. The increase of loans and dis- counts though slight between the two years, from $1,007,257 to $1,200,289 is nonetheless signifi. cam; “Trevor siid, because it shows business activity in the The year 1952, most memor- able in the bank's history was well as financial expansion. The bank added its new build- ing, air-conditioned, modern, and equipped for faster banking opera- tions. The banking facility at the |Navy Yard was opened. The park- jing lot was added on Front and Duval street for the convenience of customers. Unlike Miami Beach which is showing a drop in real estate sales over 1951, Key West and the Keys are maintaining a steady climb of business growth. Much ;new building, Naval base expan- |sion, heavy tourist business are jall factors in the Keys and Key | West boom | The Florida National Bank's sound financial picture is a re- }flection of Key West's prosperity. |CITRUS WORKERS ASK iLIFTING OF BAN | HAINES CITY #— Repeal of }the state constitutional amend ment banning the closed shop is jasked by the Florida Council of I Citrus Workers (AFL) By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON — The Senate internal security subcommitter to. day urged further investigation of Red influences in the na schools and colleges ana said there are “many hundred: who are Communists.’ The subcommittee said it has turned up evidence from all parts of the country on Commun tration of ¢ ‘ges, high schools and elementary schools During its p ¢ hearings in New York City last September and October, the group said it became apparent it could only survive the situation in a broad fashion and submit an interim report to the new Congress This it did today report to its parent be ate Judiciary Committee The subcommittee's findings seem certain to spur plans afoot in the new Repub rolled Con gress for an msive search for subversive in the nation’s schools Rep. Velde R-Ill) already has said the House Un-American Ac tivities Committee, which he slated to head, is ready to under. take such an i McCarthy (R- for such a pr McCarthy ¥ the Senate's permanent investiga tons subcommittee, but be saic it in a 13-page the Sen also has called s of teachers | jwould be willing to turn over it files and co-operate with another congressional unit The internal security tee specifically recomme it continue investig ucational field. In additio: posed thal state sider setting up {undertake similar y subcommit 1 that legis! Senate Subcommittee Urges Scheel Check before the subcom ly ¢t took plac Philadelphia, Detroit, Buffa- as well as of substan- among “Testimony t dicated specific activ y bh in veland niversities also were ony a containing ttee drew these th nguestioned elf-sacrificing devo eater than tionate number Yors Teachers nizaton that is an of Congress 1 suthorities by exposing is not a fit r retained in ce the minds i fue uth of America.”