The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 21, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West Citizen VOL. LXXIV. Top Cuban Officials To Be Here Jan. 28th 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF JOSE MARTI TO BE HELD Top ranking officials of the Cuban government will be in Key West on Jan- uary 28th for the celebra- tion of the 100th anniver- sary of the birthday of Jo- se Marti, Cuba’s “Apostle of Freedom,” Julio Ca- banas, president of the San Carlos Institute announced today. The long-day-ceremonies will be highlighted by the formal dedica- tion of the newly renovated monu- ment in the city cemetery to those who fought for the cause of Cu- ban Independence. The govern- ment of Cuba sponsored the re- pairs to the historic. monument to the tune of some $6,000. The treasurer of Cuba, Senor Plutarco Villalobo, will preside at the unveiling of the monument. ‘Other — distinguished officials scheduled to come to Key West for the annual celebration of the most important of Cuban patriotic holidays, include: Colonel Roberto Garda Pi, Chief of the Havana Fire Department; his aide, Cap- tain Jose Iglesia, Colonel Domingo Rosillo, native Key Wester and the first person to make a flight from this city to Havana, Manuel de Arce, Ditector of Airports in Cuba and Mantel Martin, editor of the Havana newspaper, Manana, Topflight Havana radio com- mentator Rafael Ruiz del Vizo, also known as “Siboney,” will act as Master of 5 Beene the day‘s activities, ich silt include rites at the will get underway at Fas pa Marti in Bayview 9:00 .m, at Meacham Airport when the Cuban visitors will be by local civie and military C. B. Harvey will present Cuban officials with keys to the City on the steps of the City Hall at 10:30 a.m, The group will move to the Scot- tish -Rite Temple on Simonton Street for the presentation of a bust of Marti to the respective (Continued On Page Three) MOTHER THROWS BABY OUT THE WINDOW NEW YORK (#—“I went to the erib and took the baby and threw ‘her out the window. I just didn’t want it.” Police said this is what Mrs. Marilyn Meltzer, 26, told them yesterday after she hurled her 3- week-old baby girl, Phyllis. Ann, out a third-floor window. The baby died a few hours later. The father, Marvin Meltzer, a butter and egg jobber, said his wife had been nervous and melan- choly since the birth of the child, their first in the three years they have been married. Mrs. Meltzer was not charged pending psychiatric tests, ‘TRUMAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. — President Dwight D Track Opening Is Set Here For January 31st Gala Affair Set For Ist Key West Racing Meeting The Key West Kennel Club’s Stock Island dog track will offi- cially open for raciz.g on Saturday evening, January 3ist, officials of the track have announced. Completion of the plush $350,000 plant has been rushed so that the racing season, Key West’s first, can get underway on schedule. A gala opening is planned for the track with formal ceremonies still in process of being arranged. Kennel Club officials have = an- nounced, however, that music for the affair will be furnished by Joe Torano’s orchestra .which is one of the nation’s top name bands. Meanwhile, final preparations are being made at the track to accommodate the public and the 15-racing stables which will come to Key West to participate in the 90-day meeting. Some of the best known names in dog racing including the fam- ed Stutz and Whitehesd Kennels will be here for the opening. Bill Stoughton, general manager of the track has announced that a top flight Cuban dog owner has also indicated that he will race here this season. The track itself is rated the most modern in the nation, Featured in the infield is an artifical lake which is some 75 feet deep. The Key West track is the only one in the nation with such a lake, club <ccomcuied Whalen fads 10 een ier id overflow of racing rt complet The sound system from Miami's Tropical P; is being brought here for the race meeting. Free parking is also offered for track patrons. Special City ‘S| for (Continued On Page ) Ike Will Continue Press Conferences WASHINGTON (® — The White House announced today that Presi- dent Eisenhower will hold news conferences regularly, probably once a week. James Hagerty, press secretary, said they would be conducted in the same fashion as were the news conferences in recent Democratic administrations-that is with im- promptu questions from the re- Porters present, There had been some published reports that Eisenhower might re- quire’ that all questions’ be sub- mitted in writing in advance. Hagerty also announced that Ei- senhower is thinking about estab. lishing a custom of periodic reports ‘to the nation by television and radio but that no details have been worked out yet. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE No. 18 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 “MEATBALL.” 800-pound trunkback turtle, is given a good chance for survival at the Key West Aquarium following his tapture by a shrimp boat on Saturday. Extremely rare, Meat- ball is thought to be the only such turtle in captivity —Citizen Staff Photo. Key West Aquarium Has Only Rare Trunkback Turtle In U.S, Mysterious Flying Objects Reported Seen Over Japan A U. S. AIR BASE, Northern Japan (®—Mysterious flying ob- jects ~ “rotating clusters of red, white and green lights’’--have been sighted over northern Japan by American airmen, ‘the Air Force disclosed today. Intelligence reports placed the sightings closé to Russian territory in the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin. They added: “There are too many indications of the presence of something . . . to be considered an observation of nothing.” And they discounted the possibility the sighted objects were mere “reflections of light.” Col. Curtis R. Low, commander of the northern division of the Ja- pan Air Defense Force, said the flying clusters were seen by fighter pilots and ground personnel and were tracked on radar. He released official intelligence reports on the sighting to the Associated Press. The reports were similar to those describing “‘flying saucers” in the U. S. One said the lights appeared to hang motionless at times, and at other times disappeared with blinding speed. Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee, World War II ace and commander of an’ escort fighter wing, took detailed observations on one ro- tating cluster and tried in vain to intercept it in a jet. The report said Blakeslee closed on the object after extinguishing all the lights on his aircraft “‘to make certain he was not getting some reflection from his canopy surface. When all lights were out, he noticed no change in the ap- (Continued Q- Page Three) ower (right), leans over to accept the congratulations of Harry Truman after he was sw dent of the United States in Washington —¢?) Wirephoto “Meatball” Doesn’t Like Captivity In Key West; Tries To Knock Himself Out By JIM COBB The Key West Municipal Acquari- um is housing something of a ma- rine oddity but the critter isn’t Particularly happy about the situ- ation. As a matter of fact, “Meatball”, 6-foot, 6-inch, 750-pound “trunk- back” turtle’ (the only ir tivity. in “thé nation. a L has objected so violently to his capture that he has been engaged in bashing his noggin up against the sides of the concreté tank that shouses him at the aquarium. And when a turtle, or any other crea- ture that size rushes at full speed into a concrete wall, something has got to give. In this case it is Meatball’s head which is slightly the worse for wear after 48 hours of this frustrating activity. Al- though just about all of the flesh on the huge turtles head has been worn off and his flippers are badly damaged, he has now calmed down somewhat and stands a good chance of survival barring infec- tion, Acquarium Director Bill Kroll said today. The huge marine monster was captured about 30-miles from Key West on Saturday by the shrimper Priscilla, It is beliveed to be the mate to another 800- pound trunkback caught on the same day by another shrimper fishing in the same area. That turtle died from drowning, how- ever, after a 45-minute battle. Meatball survived due to the fact that the fishermen succeeded in getting him (or her) aboard in short order before she had a chance to drown. (Turtles must be free to come to the surface and breathe periodically). Manager Kroll said that to his knowledge the turtle he has is the only trunkback in the world in captivity. There is a stuffed trunk- back on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, he said. “This fellow is so wild he just Kroll added, size of its tail, Males generally have a longer tail although that may not be true for the trunkback } since they are so rare that little jis known about them They have no appreciable com- merical value although natives of | Some south Pacific islands use the oi! of the species for certain dom- estic uses. | Extremely rare in Key West, j Kroll said that the o jimen is the first to be captured jhere since World War I. Most Continued On Page Three, Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN DIAL 2.3006 We BUY all kinds of JUNK | All Kinds of Scrap Metal | | marine experts) now housed there |CG Fights To Save Damaged Boat The Coast Guard is fighting a dramatic battle to save a 38- foot Marathon based charter fishing boat which ran aground 6 miles east of the American Shoal light yesterday, Lt. Clem Pearson, commanding officer of the local Coast Guard unit said today. First word that the vessel, the “Little Women”, was aground was received from the Coast Guard cutter Papau of Miami who spotted the badly damaged craft some 30 miles southeast of Key West near Looe Key. The charter boat was “too hard aground” to be pulled off by a small boat, Pearson said, and the captain, a@ Mr. Shaw of Marathon and two passengers were removed to safety. The passengers were sent back te Marathon aboard the motor vessel Estada. Today the Coast Guard sent out another beat with addition- al pumping equipment in an ef- fort to keep the foundered craft afloat pending another at- tempt to free her at high water today. Present plans call for the distressed boat to be hoisted aboard the deck of the Papau since she is thought to be too badly damaged to stay afloat during the tow to Key West. The salvage operations are be- ing aided by calm seas, Pear- son added. March Reports U.S. A. DAVID POLERI David Poleri To Perform At On Needs Of | re = Community Concert Tonight Juvenile. Council Is Told About A report on the Pre-legislative Forum of the Children’s Commis- Sion which met in Miami January 9 was given by Leland S. March, General Supervisor of Instruction, at the Monday night meeting ot the Juvenile Council. The Children’s Commission has been, conducting these Pre-legisla- tive Forums all over Florida for the purpose of gathering: informa- tion to present the needs of chil- dren to the Legislature in April. Those attending from Monroe Coun- ty were Judge Eva Warner Gib- son and Mr. March. Information given regarding the needs of children in the state was the subject of Mr. March’s report. Forty-one per cent of the men called into the armed services from the State of Florida have been rejected due to physical de- fects and illiteracy, Mr. March stated. Florida is 13th highest of all the states in rejects: in the armed forces, indicating the need of correction of health defects among our children. Five per cent of the children in Florida or 52 out of each 1,000 are receiving aid to dependent children. Florida is 5th highest in having children needing financial aid due to lack of their family to take care of them but is 43rd in the amount of money granted to these children. The aid to dependent children iprogram has as its purpose in |keeping children in their own |.home and preserving normal fami- ly life where one 9> more parents are absent or unable to support; | them. oe | One legislative need is for a re- doesn't want to submit to cap-|ciprocal State aid law whereby | tivity. Either his spirit will be{fathers who desert ‘their family |#%de El Vito (Obradors) and an | broken or he will kill himself,” | and come to Florida can be forced |#7ia@~Lamento di Federico, from {to support their children in other ja law is being presented in the coming session of the Legislature. Florida Farm Colony at Gaines- |ville which takes care of feeble- minded, retarded and epileptic children started as merely t>\'nz care of these children as long as they live. Now a psychologist and other instructors have been added } to the staff so that many children jare being educated so that they urrent spee-| C22 return to their normal life into | their homes. A new dormitory has been built jfor negro children but there has those children placed in that dor- mitory or pay for the staff operat- jing it. A legislative appropriation is needed to be passed in the Alfred, 4; Gary, 2; and Dell E.,/ | spring. A foram of educators from Dade |County reported im favor of Legis-| The father, 27-year-cld Alfred | TOP. OPERATIC STAR '|May Be Expressed David Poleri tonight in the second of their series of concerts in the Convent Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. Mr. Poleri, hailed as one of the nation’s leading romantic tenors will ‘present a varied program of operatic favorites in his first ap- pearance. before Key West music lovers. He ‘comes here fresh from a series of stirring performances in the annual festival of the Miami Opera Guild where he sang the tenor leads in their presentations of Die Fledermaus and Cavalleria Rusticana. Poleri, whose meteoric career be- gan with his memorable debut with New York City Opera Company, where he scored popular successes in Rigoletto, La Trayiata and Ma- non has been called by Mary Gar- den, “The Crown Prince of Grand Opera.” In addition to appearances at the great Edinburgh Festival, Poleri has been soloist with the Chicago Symphony orchestra under the direction of Bruno Walter and at the invitation of Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Poleri will open his program with two Mozart arias from “Ma- gic Flute” and “Don Giovanni.” Four songs, Little Star (Moussorg- sky), By The Window (Tschaikow- sky), O Cease Thy Singing, Maid- en Fair and Flonds of Spring (Rachmaninoff) will follow. Two more arias, La Reve, from “Manon” (Massenet) and the Flow- yer Song from “Carmen” will pre- cede the intermission. Then: Dos Cantarés Populares L’Ariesiana by Ciles Kroll said that Meatball is ap-| states. This law is already in ef-| The program will bé, terminated parently a female judging by the | fect in 42 of the states and such |>¥ 2m operatic medley to be an- nounced. The soloist will te assisted by Paul Ulanowsky, a pianist of the first order, as accompainist. Mr. Ulanowsky will offer Schumann's Arabesque, 2 Chopin Mazurka and | Brahm’s Rhaposdy as his part in the program. Mother And Children |Perish In Home Fire FREDERICK, Oks. 4 o* jer and her three children perished last night in flames waies « —_________________ | been no appropriation to support |their 2-room frame dwelling afier | a kerosene lamp exploded. Victims were Mrs. Erma Jean ; Thompson, 22, and her chil }38 months. A fourth child escaped unhurt. State Representative Bernie C. Papy stated today that anyone wishing to have any legislative measure passed should contact him at his office, Saunders Wholesale Grocer Company. Papy said that any local bill which he will introduce ‘in ‘Talle- hassee would have a public hear- ing, the date of which is to be announced later. Woman Is Jailed On Assault Charge One woman was hospitalized and another jailed last night following a fight on Carson Mrs. Louella Roberts, 816 Car- son Lane, was rushed to the Mon- roe General Hospital where a total of 24 stitches were needed to close five cuts on her, head. Her assail- Lane, was jailed by patrolman Edward Ramirez after she alleged- ly struck Mrs. Roberts reveated ly on the head with a “coke bottle.” According to the police report, when officers arrived on the scene, ithe victim was bleeding seriously. and they had to separate the pair {to the Monroe General Hospital lwhere she is being held for ob- servation. | Jail where she is being held in Hew of $250 bond for appcarance lin City Court on a charge of “‘As- ;sault and battery with a deadly ; Weapon.”” 'Hearing Is Set On ‘Jailbreak Attemnt | | A preliminary hearing for two Monroe County Jail inmates whose escape attempt was thwarted by heroic action of the jailer last week j will be beld this afterneon at 5:09 jp. m. before Justice of the Peace jira. Albury | The pair, Joseph Jackson end } Albert Davis, face charges of at tempted escape and assault and battery in Connection with attack on fa‘ler Jer-y Labrad. a trosty, Oliver Looni Jackson is in bond awaiting hearinz on ¢ break ing amd entering charge while Davis, whese bond was set at $2,725, is facing bit and run driv ing charges and resisting arrest. Roth will be tried on ja Located et Simonton & Dey St. lation to bring about elective Coun- | Thompson, was hospitalized with | charges in addition to the previous u counts. OS eter erate rman \Contusaes Us Page Three) ‘severe burns. Lane. ant, Mrs. Lucy Cruz, 818 Carson | by force, The victim was rushed Mrs. Cruz was taken to the City | joll under S90. NO LOCAL EPIDEMIC BUT SCHOOL HEADS SAY ILL CHILDREN SHOULD STAY HOME More than 250 school children from all public schools and two private ones, are ill with a virus which takes the form of se- vere cold or flu, a check of schools revealed today. Lo- cal private nursery classes and kindergartens are not included in the survey. Horace O’Bryant, superintendent of publie instruction, pointed, out that since this percentage is not of epidemic proportion, the con- dition is not too alarming but that steps should be taken to prevent spreading of the attacks. Said he, “In my opinion, the situation would be helped if all parents who have children ill with colds or a more severe phase would put their chil- dren to: bed at once. The best method to prevent spread of the virus is <0 isolate the sick child.” Dr. R. J. Dalton, County Health doctor, says that there has been no indication that the illness here is true influenza, as there have been no cases reported of the flu nature. He confirmed Mr, O’Bry- ant’s suggestion that it is always better for children with colds to stay away from school and out of crowded assemblies in order to keep the illness from spreading. In St. Augustine, Fla., and Fer- nandina the schools closed due to the severity of the disease. In thousands of Northern. conimuni- ties the same thing has happened. Nisitors from the North arriving for vacation or relief from the bad wcnimad ine Pine b the ess with them, So gr West has the of flie influst-ef the vi- rus which afflicts with nausea, - as wellas other aspects of the trouble, but there is scarce- ly a home or business office in the area which has gone scot- free. In checking the schools, the only one to report that the condition did not exist there was Douglass school. At the Key West High School, 100 students were absent Monday of which at least 50 per cent were il with the prevalent virus, Prin- cipal E. O. Schweitzer said. Last week all but three of the basket- ball squad were sick with heavy colds. E At CMI, right in the middle of examinations, 19 students of 300 | Were out with the virus. One of the Sisters said that there would |be more absent if it were not for the pressure of taking examina- tions. She recommended that those who are ill should remain at home, adding that if examinations wer | missed they could be made up | later, | Two principals also emphasized that spread of the sickness could ibe prevented if children were kept fat home when they showed signs jof being sick. One of them, Prin- jcipal Randolph Russell of Harris School said that he sent home more jchildren on January 19 than he had jall last year. Of 70 absentees out jof 600, he estimated that at least }40 were afflicted with the cold vi- rus. | Principal Franklin of Truman | School said that two teachers were on the ailing list and that he had had to send home six children {Tuesday in addition to $3 ott of |the 793 enroliment. He stated that | about three fourths of the total ab- |sentee list were out because of jeolds and fin. ; Albert Carcy, principal at Poin- cian School szid that from 15 to 2 in each of the double sessions were sick, most of them with the severe ¥ There are 610 chil- idren © ied, One of his teachers was also on the sick roster, He alse recommended that parents keep M1 childres nm hed. At Son Carlos the check was not completed. Julio Cabanas of the institute is still recey- neumosia ate Preas reports that {Continued On P -+ Three SPECIAL ATTRACTION At DUPFYT TAVERN } 18 Duvat $F, i GOULD CURRY ; At The Piene 9-4 PsA. Taste Angele’s Osticiovs PITTA (Sn ear aera eae cae