The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 73° The Kry Wiest C THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV. No.16 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENT: No FIL Baseball In Key West In 1953 WASHINGTO) |i—Sure, Vil n the March ht polio when they ealled at the Neto Capital. Left, pinning a March senator’s coat is Pamela O’Neil, 5, while her sister, on, The children, of Raleigh, WG; were both stricken with polip now are completely recovered and have discarded leg braces, Senator Smathers has a oy active the fight against infantile paralysis. has played an important part. Search Is On For Fishing Parties search started today for three un- identified Georgians who rented a boat early Sunday morning for a gulf fishing trip and. hadn't re- turned 24hours later. ‘ W. S. Schley, Coast Guard aux- iliary commander, said the men gave no one. their names wh they rented a 20-foot-skiff at Buck Counsel’s fishing camp on ,Live Oak Island. They left a cir bear- ing a Georgia license tag at the camp, but Schley said the man who reported them missing hadn't . number. Ss All telephone ice in the coastal area was cut because of wy Sunday rains and Schley to drive 38 to. Talla- *, hagsee to summon a search plane from the St. Petersburg Coast Guard Base. He said although the rains ere heavy were no high is py 2S in the area Sunday. Wakulla. County Sheriff E. C. Ferrell and other local officials joined in the search of coastal areas in case the men came ashore. the state Polio Concert. Here For To The March of Dii campaign will reap Commission To Study Simonton Street Traffic Two Ordinances To Be Considered At Regular Meeting The city commission will tackle a crowded agenda tonight when they meet in regular session at 8:00 p. m. in the city hall. Foremost on the agenda will be the consideration of the Simon- ton Street traffic question when *.e commissioners will consider two ordinances affecting the. direction of traffic on that tho- reughfare. Following the complaint of a group of businessmen on that street, City Attorney M. Ignatius Lester was instructed to prepare jan ordinance to relieve a situation which the businessmen said was sustomers past , Junk dealers will pay e of $350 instead of the $175 that USO Clubs To Celebrate 12 Years’ Duty Feb. 4 Will Be Observed By Local Clubs Plans for celebrating the 12th anniversary of USO, February 4, in Key West were made at a recent meeting of the local USO Staff Con- ference. A series of events were drawn up by Mrs. Eileen Coughlin, di- rector of the USO Club at 1012 Duval Street, operated by the National Catholic Community Ser+ vice, Miss Dorothy Rath, . pro- gram director, and Richard E. Evans, director, both of the USO Club at 530 Whitehead Street, operated by the Young Men’s Christian Associations, whe com- prise the USO Staff Conference. The birthday dance at the USO- + NCCS Club is scheduled for Wed- nesday evening, February 4, while another birthday dance is planned at the USO-YMCA Club for Thurs- day evening, February 5. Both will feature birthday cakes for refresh- ments and appropriate ceremonies Both Clubs will hold open house to the public as well as members of the Armed Forces and thelr families Sunday, February 8. The past year has witnessed the Sneak Thief Gets $200 Here Sunday A sneak thief was richer by over ‘INCOMING AND: OUTGOING COMMITTEE HEADS.—C. Wes- » ley Roberts, left, elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, confers with retiring chairman, Arthur E. Summer- field, in Washington, D. C. Roberts is a former Kansas news- Paperman who played a leading role in the Eisenhower cam- paign. Summerfield will be postmaster general in the new ad- Accounts Soar |Block Of Dimes 400 Pet. At Ist Fed’l Savings: Drive Adds To Polio Fund Sat. their leaders participa’ Moving To New Southard St. Office Jan. 20 The drive started at 8 a. m. a ended up at 5 p. m. with a Savings accounts at the. First roundtable ‘of Jan. 12, 1953. Tony Martinez was appointed to make arrangements for the drive. Other March of Dimes activities by the Scouts include the placing of contributions stickers on park- ing -meters by Pack 251, Den 1, Den mother, junder the direction of Mrs. Jack Weech. N. Y. FOG-SHROUDED More than forty Boy Scouts and ited. in the “Block of Dimes” drive for con- Miami Beach Will Not Move Here In Face Of “Local Controversy” By JIM COBB Key West will not be represented by a professional baseball team in the Florida International League it was learned today when officials of the Miami Beach Flamin- gos announced that they cannot consider moving their franchise to this city for fear of becoming involved in a “local controversy”. Cuban Ferry Operators To Meet Today Officers Will Be Elected At Havana Sessions Of Ferry Operators Today With the fate of the Key West- Havana ferry line apparently hanging in the balance, the board of directors of the Marine Bridge Transport Corporation are schedul- ed to begin a series of meetings in Havana today. The election of officers for the Cuban corporation which will operate the line, the first sea link between Key West and the Cuban capital in many years, will pave the way for the signing ef a lease between that compiny and the City of Key West for the rental of the city owned Clyde. Mallory Docks te serve as the Key West terminus for the line. Earlier, officials of the Gulf Atlantic ‘Transportation Company, which is the majority stockholder in thé concerh, said that the only delay in the start of repairs to the ship to be uséd in the opera- tion, the “Cuban Queen,” was the completion ganization of the Cuban of the or, tion. Marshcal Facio, head of a new- formed unit of the Cuban Tour- Commission will attend the meetings. Facio has been instru- mental in arranging the deal in which the Cuban government is cooperating to the extent that they will provide dock space in Havana and aids Flamingo General Manager Joe Ryan, in a telegram to Louis Car- bonell, who has been working in an effort to induce the Flamingos to move their operation to Key West following a disastrous season financially in Miami Beach, in- dicated that they would be loathe to move here in the face of stiff opposition to their request for con- cession arrangements at the Wick- ers Field Stadium where would have played their games. The decision climaxes a hectic month of negotiations marked by stolid opposition on the part of Mayor C, B. Harvey to a pian which would have given the Fla- mingos concession rights at the stadium and sweeping incentives such as free use of the ball- park. The Flamingos apoarently threw in the towel after their negotia- tions, both with the city commis- sion and Armando Acevedo, pre- sent holder of the rights to the concessions had broken down. Acevedo came to a belated agree- Beach owners said that they that the city should m: at some remote spot. CLEARWATER W—A six-man sports fishing party is mi in -gavernor of the Gulf of Mexico. Erg aun call on craft on which they left . ex: t n 7 thi morning has not bern 5 sighted. ; 0 M, Spotswood this The boat is owned by Benny it the call Gomez, Tampa. Names of the othr . ie oe bine ers aboard are not known. The tive im- boat was due back here Sunday ci Mi night. Piste Coast Guard planes began a e canes search at daybreak today, but had i present at the new Upper " No. 1827, of the past exalted ruler of NEW YORK ®—Thick fog, which made visibility zero in many parts of the metropolitan area, blanketed the city early today and shut down tions Idlewild K. W concession rights and lease or sell them so that the baseball club could operate. Just where the Flamingos will operate in the coming season is (Continued On Page Three) County Jail. He was held overnight and released this morning when he was found to have no apparent connection with the crime. The Sheriff's Department is in- vestigating the case today. call Ralph Valid March Of Dimes Collectors to return to their base at St. Pe- tersburg because of poor visibility. ‘They were to try another search this afternoon. It’s A Boy For Desi And Lucille HOLLYWOOD ® — The Lucille Ball baby, awaited by her tele- vision fans throughout the nation, arrived today. It's a boy. A delighted and smiling Desi Arnaz, husband of the red-haired television actress, came out in a corridor of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital to announce: “It’s a boy. Now we have everything.” The birth was by Caesarean operation, as was their firstborn, a daughter, Lucie Desiree, 1%. ‘The boy weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and was named Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, A for the couple of the “I Love Lucy” TV show said mother and baby are in “excellent condition.” Pe NATL DEBT AVERAGE HAS JUMPED TENFOLD WASHINGTON W—The average national debt per person in the U, S, jumped tenfold during 20} years of Democratic eee says | House ker Martin (R-Mass). | la 8 vos oomell issued yesterday, | Attention Please! Martin said a national debt of 21] KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN billion dollars when President; By Calling MR. PEINSTEIN DIAL 2.308 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. ae MAMIE SMILES, IKE DOES NOT Eisenhower Appears Intent On Task Ahead By RELMAN MORIN Elks. He the order, candescent the Photo- jis only slightly more elbow room than in Times Square on New aving, and again with Year's Eve, of the family ~ | men, in dress uniforms and blazing er's | with medals, look a little drab things in | Traffic chokes the streets for EF. more until long after dark. |. In short, people are having a | high old time, and even some Dem- |ocrats, trapped in the vortex, are whirling around from place to iplace, a hands and offering congratulations. a brief, simple, and i The longest of all reception lines l yesterday stretched clear from the | main entrance of the Statler Hotel, curled around the corner, and lined the sidewalk on snother street- something more than a long city , | block. Inside, the governors’ receiption was taking place. * The governors, each with the seaj of his state on the wall above, stood in little enciosures in the main ballroom. It looked for all the world like a country fair-ie sables and jeweis. i zt al i His RESCUED FROM MINE DRILL HOLE—Five-year-old Laura Mae Heiser of Gilberton, Pa., relates story of her ordeal to Nurse Rose Ivanoski at Ashland State Hospital, Pottsville, Pa, after child was rescued from mine stripping drill hole 22 feet below the surface where she was trapped for 90 minutes. Laura, who suffered only shock, looped ropes from rescuers around her wrists to be pulled to safety. The hole was less than a foot in diameter —{#) Wirenhoto. Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugu- | rated in 1933 has skyrocketed to | ‘$262, 700,000,000. This is a rise from i $262 to $1,687 on a per capita basis, be said. . }day’s inaugurs! parade make the pret look like leas football fields, and the flags and bunting enhance the Musion. * of the big hotels, there