The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the average range.of only 14° Fahrenheit country, with oan VOL. LXXIV. Che Key West Cittz FHE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. No, 12 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDA’ JANUARY 14, 1953 a fh LS e Associates Press Teletype @ytures and Photo Services. 73 Years Devoted to the lnterests of Key West Tmo City Commissioners | Philadelphia Man Jailed Here Tuesday Night To Seek Nov. Re-Election Carbonell, Cobo To Run For Commission; Eisner Is Undecided On November Plans Key West's ions are. still elec- months city ten m the future, but already! tumbling is being heard on the political front when two of three members of the City Commission’ whose terms.expire this year, have mdicated that they. will teek re-election in Novem- oer in answer to a. Citizen poll Tuesday. The pair who will run for re- election are commissioners John Carbonell and Detio Cobo while Louis M. J.’ Eisner said simply thaf he is “undecided’’ when questioned as to his intentions come election time. Key Westers will go to the. polls m November 30th to select a new Wayor to suceeed C, B. Harvey as vell' as’ the election of two addi- jonal commissioners, one of them or @ four year and the other for } two year term. While Harvey till ‘step down as Mayor, his term is a commissioner has two years © ren. t : ‘When queried Tuesday, Commis- fioner Carbonell said flatly: “I’m ; foing to run again and if the people | want me I'll continue to do my itmost to serve them” Carbonell the city’s senior lawmakez. He fas been a member~of the Key West’s governing body for a total if 16 years. The only holdover trom the..councilmanic , form of fovernment, Carbonell is rounding | 0 out a four year term as a com- | F -nissioner. oe 4 issi Cobo, jen= a ast, paid eels that have nee made -Plans, byt right now leel pede ctl want to run. t feel that [ nave a lot to do lo finish the-work that 1 have ttarted. Two Years is too short a £* am: WiMaccrervthing that F have “panied.” ‘Cobo;“wiio was .2e. lo a two year term on the com- mission in 1951. He was nosed out by commissioner Jack Delaney by a slim 29 votes. for a four year post on the ecimmission. Eisner said that he will have to ‘do a little thinking before he | nakes up his tnind.” Registrations are currently un- lerway at the city hall for the (Continued On Page Two) Dedication Of New Jail To Be Held Tomorrow The public is cordially invited to attend the dedication of the new $350,000 Monroe county jail tomorrow at 5 p. m., County Commission Gerald Saunders Nathan Mayo will make the opening. The Key West High School band will play in ‘the half hour before the addresses. Sheriff John Spottswood and his staff have already moved into their new offices at the jail. Spottswood has been equipping it for staff and prisoners alike. All County Commissioners have been urged to be on hand for the formal opening of the jail which was completed more than six months ago. County Commissioner Clarence Higgs, chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee will turn the keys to the jail over to Sheriff ‘Spottswood followed by a brief speech of acceptance. The County Commission will entertain Mayo at dinner Thurs- day night. ——————————s Boy Scout Jr. Leaders To Have Jan. Conference A Junior Leaders Conference for the Monroe District of Boy Scouts, will nuagy 24 at Mon- yy. under the diree- tion Gf Mr? Archie Potter, chair- man of the Leadership and Train- ing committee. Each troop is expected to, en- courage potential junior leaders in addition to all regular Troop Junior ‘Ledutis to register for the con- ference which will commence at nine o‘clock in the morning and continue throughout the day. The program will include dis- cussion groups led by both Junior Leaders and Scoutmasters of the various troops. The afternoon ses- sion will include demonstrations in rope work, first aid and axeman- ship by the troops of the district. - TRUMAN FORES! By The Associated Press President Truman, in his eco- pomic message tod. 1, Foresaw prosp: ployment through 1 , high em- 2. Cautioned 1954-6 will bring | “serious” threat of slump. 3. Urged nation to shgot for 500 billion - dolar - a - year productlion goa. 4. Ignored split in his economic council on antideflation policy. By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON Ww — Presi Truman told the country te ean achieve production of half a trillion dollars annually within a decade--if ‘t beats a potentially serious threat of depression after this year. In: his last major report, Truman pictured today employment, and stable price: being good through 195%. But he said) that theres “We may face riicularly when ae safely be re lous tests of our depression than those which have securred since World War II.” With “timely and acti¢n, he said, the de met and 10 in the future. defense spending duced, m y to avoid ieu rom row message to | 3 | foresees ore ser: | "Tit, America can be producing goods and services at the rate of 475 to 500 billion dollars a year, 40 per cent above the present level lof 345 billions. } The President ignored a 2 to 1 split within his council of economic advisers which, it developed, has disagreed on the outlook for de- flation in the next three years when defense spending is due to slack off. The clash was disclosed in the council's economic review, sent to Congress along with the White House message. Chairman Leon at | Keyserling and the newest mem- ber, Robert C. Turner, called for ja start on private and government jmeasures to prevent possible post- defense unemployment and slack markets from spinning into “a more serious deflationary spiral.” Vice Chairman John D, Clark idissented tartly and tersely. He no business condition |changes, he said in a footnote, which ace “threatening enough to | require new counter-deflationary action by the government.” Clark refused to help draft two long chapters of the advisers’ re- port in which his colleagues ap- {praised the hazard, as they see and discussed preventive ac- tion. The president did not deliver ~ | the 15,000-word message in person, PRRPELEEL ILS PRT but sent it to the Capitol to be Saunders Asks City To Repair Street To Park County Commissioner Gerald Saunders asked last night that the City immediately made Amelia Street passable so that the colored recreation park maintained by the county is accessible to the people. He said that he recently travel- led hub deep in water to the park after rains. “I move that we ask- the City Commission to place Amelia Street between Thomas and the gate to the park in a passable condition so t the colored people can get to and from their park,” Saunders said. The motion was accepted and the City will be asked to fill the road to the required level. Hawaii Statehood Question May Be Altered In °53 WASHINGTON ‘® — Southern ‘opposition to statehood for Hawaii may not carry the sting of former years in the Senate this year. Sen. Smathers (D.-Fla.), who spearheaded a southern attack on statehood for Alaska and Hawaii last year, told a reporter today it is his guess there will not be “‘pro- longed discussion” of the Hawaii statehood bill when it reaches the floor this session. “Prolonged discussion,” a polite (Continued On Page Two) Car Is Abandoned On Blvd. Tuesday A late model automobile’ was badly damaged and apparently abandoned last night after it struck a coconut*tree at the “triangle” on Roosevelt Boulevard. Police said that the car, a 1951 Nash Sedan, was found at the side of the road with the front end smashed. in after it had evidently Struck the tree and carommed over 126 feet before coming to a halt. The car, bearing Florida license number 8-17208, was towed to po- lice headquarters. Authorities are attempting to locate the owner of the vehicle today. of Keyserling and Turner. Their conclusion was that, if government and business move wisely and promptly to expand markets, the post-defense dip can be held to proportions they termed “‘manage- able.” Truman's message dwelt on eco- nomic progress since 1929, the year of boom-and-collapse. Only once did he call attention, indirect- ly, to the fact that the period coincided roughly with that of his party's tenure in the White House. Recalling President Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural ad- dress in January, 1937--“I can see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished” -- Truman added: “Since then, the one-third has been reduced to one-fifth, or may- be less, on the old standards.” He called for further progress. Within 10 years, he said, it is feasible to increase consumer in- come by 40 per cent, providing an average income of $2,000 for jeach man, woman and child. | “Ten years from now, a labo: more effectively with better tools but somewhat fewer hours per goods and services~measured ino today’s prices,” Truman said. week, could produce annually about | 475 to 500 billion dollars worth of | “This is about 40 per cent above | After Woman Is Badly Beaten On Fleming St. xk x kek * *.* x * * x kerk Carmichael Case Goes To Jury At 1140 Early Verdict Expected From Jurors After Lunch Today The fate of Carl Carmich- ael, Sr. and Jr.,, indicted on first degyee murder, was in the hands of the jury as The Citizen went to press. Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lo- pez, Jr. sent after instructing the jurors at 11:40 a. m. said they could lunch first or consider first. The jurors deliberated untif 12:15 noon and then went to lunch to return to the jury room this after- noon and continue their deliber: tions. Speculation was rife in the court- room as to the jury’s verdict. It could be a complete acquittal or guilty of first degree murder which is a capital offense. In be- tween these extremes are reduced verdicts of second degree murder, Key Westers Will Attend Legion Meet A delegation of lecal Legion- naires and Auxiliary members will attend the American Legion Mid- Winter Conference which will bé Lewis K. Gough of Pasadena, Cali- fornia. The week-end Conference meet- ing will open on Saturday, Janu- ary 17th with the first da that is unpremeditated or man- | ing. slaughter. The defense presented one wit- ness only, Carl Carmichael, Sr., 43, accused of first degree mur- der of Allen Harris, also known as Mellow Moon. In less than an hour, the elder Carmichael corroborated the statement his son, Carl, Jr. had made last December, 1951 to Miami Criminal Bureay of In- puty Sheriff Frank Webber, tes- tified yesterday as state witness- es. They said that Carl, Jr. told two stories, the second after the lie detector technichian had told him he had not fold the truth in the first. Carl, Sr. told the court this morning that his son had been run off the road by a car full of Ne- groes and that he and his son went looking for the alleged of- fenders in. Key West. “I figured that they was dan- gerous,” Carmichael, clad in a yellow shirt told the jury. “We looked on all side roads to see if we could find them. We came into (Continued On Page Two) Truman gave these comparative figures: National output now is 345 billion dollars annually, as against 172 billions in 1929, measured in dol- lars of 1952 buying power. Indus- trial output has doubled and farm production risen about 50 per cent. In the same period the work week has dropped from 48 to 40 hours, but the output of each worker has risen 80 per cent. Average annual income after taxes was $1,000 a Person in 1929 and last year aver- aged $1,500, again measured in 1952 prices. Truman emphasized the protec- tions against economic collapse which have been developed in the Period—a “fairer” distribution of income, social security, farm price supports, a “far more shock-proof system of banks and securities ex- }mainly to stronger unions, and |“more enlightened business prac- |tices” in pricing, marketing and | collective bargaining. |force of 76 to 80 million, working | changes,” firmer wage rates due | a. m. on Sunday. During the se: sion, the official dates of the De- partment Convention sch.duled for Orlando will be determined. Dedication ceremonies for the ai Citizen Staff Pheto by Finch Street, confessed: Phila- hisysituatinn-merosely in cell atthe city jail this morning. Williams faces possible-charges of attempted’ rape following: his capture last night ‘after a -womari” was assaulted in a Fleming Street apartment. A Navy wife iden- tified Williams as the man who beat and attacked her. SALT POND AND STOCK ISLAND BRIDGES TO BE REPAIRED BY STATE ROAD DEPT. State Rep. Bernie C. Pa- py reported to County Com- missioners that he asked the State Road Commission for three major road improve- [ES PROSPERITY FOR °53, SLUMP LATER “And not the least of the stabil- izing effects of these programs is the increasing confidence in the maintenance of prosperity which they inspire,” he said. However, such factors are not in themselves sufficient to safe- guard the country from depres- sion, Truman cautioned. The best Protection is to keep the economy expanding, he said, not waiting until small recessions start and then trying to reverse them. Not only more income but better- distributed «income should be the jnational goal, Truman said. One- quarter of all U. S. families had less than $2,000 of spendable in- come in 1951, he said. A third of them had debts, and the median, or middle, family in this group had less than $10 in liquid assets, |not counting currency. jto raise all the families whose in- comes are now. below $4,000 an-! nually to that level,” he said. “We (Continued On Page Two) SAVE THE SILVER SPOONS THAT YOU HAVE SERVED TO YOU IN YOUR “It is feasible within a decade | ments in Key West and Stock Island yesterday at the road hearing in Fort Lauderdale at 10:30. Of paramount interest to Key Westers is the request for the immediate repair of the broken down Salt Pond | Key bridge on U. S. 1 at the head of the Island. Papy said he asked that this be repaired by the Road Commission as part of U. S. 1 repair, Another | request is for the instsilation of new night signs on atl U. S. 1 bridges, for better motorist visibi- lity. Also of interest to all Key West- ers is Papy’s request for the widen- ing of Stock Island bridge, to make it a four lane bridge: County Com- missioner Harry Harris, who ac- companied Papy and County Legal Advisor Paul Sawyer to the meet- ing discussed the following other road problems. it was suggested that a re- solution be drafted in which the County allocate $36,000 of its own secondary road budget for repairing parts of the road to { Summeriand Key and for instel- | | ling a steel rather than @ wooden | | deck on the indian Key Bridge, plained. Sawyer will draft this resolution which will be then presented again to the Commissioners. The Commissioners awarded Hudgins and Alfonso the contract | for building a road st Barry Beach. | ‘Continued On Page Three, Polio Fund Gifts Mounting Daily Individual advance contribu- tions to the March of Dimes Cam- paign are being received daily, according to Paul J. Sher, Cam- paign Treasurer. Among the con- tributions received to date, Mr. Sher listed the following: Key West Kennel Club Martinez Refrigeration Lieutenant Ellis Fa A and B Lobster House _ Navarro, Inc. $ 50.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 25.00 5.00 15.00 50.00 Halbert Lewinsky Anna F. Mawhiney m Temple No. 20, Pythian Sisters a. Anonymous 10.00 25.00 Sher also stated that he had prepared a chart for the record- ing of collections made by the contestants for the title of March of Dimes Queen. A daily record will be kept showing the eumu- lative totals as the contestants turn in their collections. On Thursday, Freeman Knight, Area Rent Control Director, will devote his entire radio time over station WKWF to a March of Dimes discussion. Time of the program is 4:30 p. m. Local Knights Of zx ket Ex-Convict Who Violated Parole May Face Rape Attempt Rap By JIM COBB A 24-year old confessed Philadelphia parole violator faces possible charges of at- tempted rape today after he was identified as the man ; who brutally beat and at- tempted to criminally attack a young Navy wife in a Fleming Street apartment last night. The man, James L. Wil- liams, 119 Duval Street, was arrested by patrolman Clyde J. Carey less than ten min- | utes after the screams of the hysterical, 19-year .old at- tack victim had alerted po- lice. The woman’s frantic shouts were heard over two blocks from the scene of the attack which took place as she watched the children of a friend. Williams is being held in the County Jail for investigation.© 4m was the second time in less an 2 week that the same neigh- borhoed'has been terrorized by such attacks. On last Friday night a Southard Street woman was at- tacked as she slept. Nine suspects were rounded up by the Sheriff's Department but as yet no charges have been filed, Police Lt. Joseph Cerezo said that police were called to the area late last night to investi- Gate reports of a prowler. Cere- ze and officer Armando Perez answered the call and while they were checking the neighborhood, they ‘heard the ear-piercing Screams of the woman. When they rushed to the spot where the woman stood secream- ing, they found her surrounded by a group of neighbors who had been alerted by the commotion. Police reported that all the wom- ap could say at that time was: “A man attacked me.” Lt. Cerezo then alerted police headquarters and a radio dragnet was spread out over the city in an effort to apprehend the man who i | crossed eyes.” Williams was picked up less than | ten minutes later when officer Ca- rey nabbed him only about a block from the scene of the attack. He was returned to the Fleming | Street address where the woman, although in a highly emotional state, identified him as the cul- prit. She was then rushed to the Naval Hospital where she was beld over night for observation and taken home this morning. Meanwhile, questioning revealed that she had been baby sitting for a friend, Mrs. Catherine Dryer in an apartment at @11 Fleming Street, when a man came to the if “Mrs. MeNallis Columbus To Meet All Catholic men in Key West, both civilian and Navy, are invited to attend an organizational meeting fo the Knights of Columbus in St. | | Aune’s Hall, Windsor Lane, Thure- | iday evening at 2:09 5 m | The Knights of Columbus, « Cathwhic fraternal organizatio; was ouce active i Key West tat was! [disbanded im 1906. ft is being re vived at this time end al! interest ed_in ringing ave urged te attend ihe meeting. the present level, and represents | an average increase of slightly | over 3 per cent a year.” | WEST MARTELLO ART SCHOOL COUNTY BEACH Winter Registration, Thurs., 15, 10 A.M. -4 P.M, FOR INFORMATION DIAL 2.3717, 1-4 PM. or DIAL 23913. 12 A.M. - 5 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENT DR. JOSEPH GROOM FROM MIAMI The Eye Specialist, Will Be In Key West SATURDAY, JAN. 17 At The Office OF H DR. VALDES | 619 DUVAL Fer Aopeintment .. . DIAL 27-7821 read by clerks. Truman stuck to his policy of making no specific recommenda- ions to the new Congress. In tone, ever, his message followed that MASONIC NOTICE Special Communication of An- thor Lodge No. 183, F. & A.M. Thursday event 3 7:39 P.M. Confe: Degree. All members are invited to be Present. | DAIRY QUEEN | SUNDAES IN CELEBRATION OF OUR IST. BIRTHDAY, FOR EVERY 10 (TEN) SILVER D. @. SPOONS YOU TURN IN JAN. 25TH. THRU JAN. 31, WE WILL GIVE You, YOUR FAVORITE SUNDAG FREE. DAIRY QUEEN Corner of White & United Sts., Across From The High Scheel FANS If You Want Baseball In Key West Be at City Hall TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN OIAL 2.3036 BUY all kinds of JUNK | \lt Kinds of Scrap Meta! ¢Lecated at Simonton & Dey Sis. es By Order. J. J. MONTGOMERY, w, WN. > \ Sec Gerald H. Adems ¥