The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 28, 1953, Page 2

Page2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, January 28, 1953 Rach aan Truman Writes Appreciation To M. Mazeau Thanks Scottish Rite Sec’y And All Key Westers For Kindness Former President Harry ‘Tru- man wrote his appreciation to the People of Key West for their kind- ness on all his visits in a letter to Marcel A: Mazeau, Secretary of the Scottish Rite Masonic body in Key West. Mazeau said the former Presi- dent’s letter arrived yesterday. Mr. Truman thanked Mazeau for his personal connection with Mas- onic work. “At the same time he asked me to extend his appreciation to the people of Key West. . .” Mazeau said. The ex-President is an honorary 33rd degree Scottish rite mason at Key West. This honor was con- ferred upon him when he first came to Key West on his working- vacations visits. # The letter, though it arrived only yesterday, was post-marked Wash- ington, Mazeau said, _ indicating that it was written before the for- mer President zeturned to his home town of Independence, Mo. GM Breaks Ground For Jacksonville Plant JACKSONVILLE — General Motors has broken ground for a new 3% million dollar building to triple facilities at its electro- TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Birmingham Bismark Boston Buffalo .. Charleston Chicago .. Corpus Christi Denver .. Detroit .. El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston . Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Airport .. Los Angeles Louisville .. BSS S.s rs Sa New Orleans New York Norfolk . Okla. City Omaha . Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis San Antonio San Francisco Seattle Tallahassee Tampa Washington BSSSSESRASERSSSESSaLRAKRASSRSSRERRSAS motive division’s diesel engine re- pair facilities here. The enlarged plant also will house Southeastern regional of- fices of the firm, recently moved here from Washington, D. C. Tax Consultation...Accounting ROBERT J. GROVER Former Internal Revenue Agent In Charge of the Key Wesi Office Announces his severance from same, and the opening of a local office to serve the people of this area on Tax Consultation and general accounting service at 227 Duval St. (Caroline St. entrance) OFFICE PHONE 2-5022 RESIDENCE PHONE 2-3640 Air Conditioned Cocktail Lounge’ PRESENTS JACK HENDRIX At The Hammond Organ Nightly OPEN FROM 12 NOON “Meet Me At The” BOULEVARD DRIVE-IN OPENING Saturday, Jan. 3 HELP WANTED Apply... Roosevelt Boulevard and Ist Street SHORT ORDER COOK CURB GIRLS WAITRESSES Club Martiano Honors Marti Tuesday Night Club Martiano met last night at Ramonin’s for their regular ses- sion and to pay honor to the me- mory of Jose Marti, whose 100th birthday centennial is being cele- brated today. The meeti opened with the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” followed by the singing of the Cuban National Anthem. Dr. Julio DePoo turned the meet- ing over to Enrique Esquinaldo who acted as master of ceremon- ies. Raoul Alpizar Poyo welcomed Dr. Pablo Lavin, who holds the Cuban national grand prize as bio- grapher of Marti. Dr. Lavin made a stirring ad- dress on the beloved Cuban libera- tor. Club officers who were chosen for the coming year are Enrique Esquinaldo, president; Dario Q. Garcia, vice president; Raoul Al; tio Fernandez Alonzo, treasurer. Honorary presidents are the Cu- ban Consul Oscar Morales, Dr. La- vin, and Dr, DePoo. Members voted to ask the City Commission to re-name one of the streets of, Key West in honor of Jose Marti. Eighty persons were present for the occasion and enjoyed a deli- cious Cuban dinner. Special Section At Dog Track For Colored People With the thought in mind that the population of Key West in- cludés a large percentage of color- ed people, the Key West Kennel Club has made a vailable a special section at the new track for them. There will not only be a special section in the stands, but there will also be a separate building where they may place their bets. Pari- mutual betting will be the same and will be on the Australian Total- ization System. THOUSANDS OF (Continued: from Page One) ness of the water, he did not stop the Fort Jefferson to bring back samples of the dead fish. Instead he notified the Coast Guard, which in turn ‘notified the University of Miami marine laboratory ship now at the Naval base. It could not be ascertained as The Citizen went to press whether or not that vessel has gone out on the search. The fact that only grouper, snap- per and grunts were spotted by Santini and Moore was explained that when mackeral, kingfish and other fish die they sink to the bot- tom faster. The last sea of dead fish was sited by Santini half way between 5 Grande Channel and Key est. » Gross private domestic invest- Boca Station— ‘Tide high water | Armour ment in the United States increased 490 per cent from 1939 to 1951. ORDINANCE NO. 384 COMMISSION SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ITEM 102 OF SECTION 32.4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 1952, RELATING TO THE SCHEDULE OF LICENSES FOR PERSONS OR COMPANIES ENGAGED IN BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, BY IN- CREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE LICENSE FEE FOR JUNK DEALERS FROM $175.00 TO $350.00; REPEALING ALL ORD- INANCES OR PARTS OF ORD- INANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF; AND PROVIDING WHEN ORD- INANCE GOES INTO EFFECT. Be it enacted by the City Com- mission of The City of Key West, Florida: Section 1. That Item 102 of Section 32.4 of the Code of The City of Key West, Florida, 1952, pertaining to the license fee for Persons, firms or corporations dealing in the purchase or sale of junk, is hereby amended by in- creasing the amount of said license fee from $175.00 to $350.00. Section 2. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances of said City in conflict with the pro- visions hereof are hereby repeal- ed to the extent of such conflict Section 3. This Ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and adoption and au- thentication by the signature of the presiding officer and the Clerk of the Commission, and publication thereof one time in a newspaper of general circulation published in The City of Key | West, Florida. Read and passed on first read- ing at a regular meeting held! | January 5, 1953. | | Read and passed on final —) ing at a regular meeting held January 26, 1953. () C. B. HARVEY, Mayor. | Attest } (® Vigter Lewe, City Clerk. Jan28,1953 | 620 Fleming St. Key West, Fis. ml WEATHERMAN aye Key West and Vicinity: partly cloudy and mild today; incregsing cloudiness tonight and Thursday with possibility of light rain or showers. Gentle to moderate east- erly increasing to fresh east to south winds, shifting to northerly by Friday night. Florida: Partly cloudy thru Thursday except increasing cloudi- ness over north portion, Colder north portion Thursday, continued mild otherwise. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh winds today, south to southeast over north portion and east to south- east over south portion. Thursday winds shifting to moderate to fresh northerly over extreme ‘north por- tion. Moderate variable ¢lsewhere except winds mostly from south- east over extreme south portion. Partly cloudy weather except mostly cloudy over north portion Thursday. ast Gulf:' Moderate to fresh winds today, south to southwest over north portion and east to southeast over south portion. Thursday winds shifting to mod- erate to fresh northerly over north portion and moderate variable winds elsewhere. Partly cloudy thru Thursday except considerable cloudiness over extreme north por- tion tonight and Thursday. Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh northeast to east winds thru Thursday. Partly cloudy weather with isolated light showers. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Jan. 28, 1953 9:00 A.M., EST Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal ..... Total this month ......00 Excess this month ...... Total this year... Excess this year wwe Relative Humidity at $:00 A.M. \%o Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.16 ins.—1021.3 mbs. Legion Postpones Fri. Night Dance Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legi day that the “SI reck Dance” scheduled for Friday evening at the Post Home has been post- Poned in deference to the annual March of Dimes to be held at the Casa Marina Hotel. LOCAL FILM COLUMN (Continued from Page One) best male actor’s performance by Oskar Werner in “Decision Before Dawn”; best supporting male role, Victor McLaglen in “The Quiet Man”; best juvenile actor, Bobby Driscoll in “The Happy Time’. Top female actress named was Katherine Hepburn in “The Afri- can Queen;’’ best supporting ac- tress, Mildred Dunnock in “Death of A Salesman”. No vote was cast for best female juvenile lead as the reviewer was not impressed with any. “Find of the year’ vote went to Oskar Werner for 20th Century Fox. He is the young man from Vienna who starred in “Decision Before Dawn,” as the German medic who turned spy because of his convictions that the only way to save his country was to see his people defeated. It was by far the most difficult role of 1952. Jean Renoir got the ticket for best photography for his work “The River,” which he filmed in India. Best director for the year vote marked John Huston for “The African Queen.” Runnerup for male top actor, by the by, was not on the ballot, but the vote goes to Humphrey Bogart for his co-star- ring with La Hepburn in ‘The African Queen.” The poll which is the 30th annual one, closes February 18. Editor of “Film Daily,” Chester B. Bahn noted in the letter to the movie columnist that the results of the poll will be announced when all critics have cast votes. It will be interesting to see the comparative results, SCHOOLING RACES (Continued from Page One) the big Inaugural Race on Satur- day, for which no admission may be charged. Mr. Aronovitz is issu- ing a personal invitation to all Key Wester’s and visitors to come out to the track and watch these races, Minors and school children are wel- come if accompanied by their parents, and of course, there will be absolutely no betting at. this time. This is not only a good chance “| for folks to get acquainted with the “| procedure of dog racing, but it is ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of Height of Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m 9.0 ft No Name Key (east end) —+2h 20m Chica 2:17 p.m. Sandy Pt.) —oh 40m Caldes Channel (north end) +2h 10m {—)}—Minus sign: to be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: be added. +14 ft ERS iin Serving—or To Take Out ltalian Spaghetti, Sea Foods, Chops, Steaks, Spanish Dishes Home Made Key Lime Pie We Serve Gur Turtie Stark With Fork Only Corrections to | & hoped that many favorites can be picked from these preview races. Market Prices oon Stock NEW YORK (AP) Affil G Eq 10 Greyhound ny 4% Hupp. Cp 57% Ill Cent 14% Int Harv 34 Kress (SH) 41% Lehman Cp 159% Lig: Chal Am Airl Am Can 116 Murray Cp 31% Nash Kelv 27% Nebi 56 Nort & West 14% Packard 59 Penny (JC) 34% Pepsi Cola 41% Philco 92% Philip Mor 115% Radio Cp 46% Reading Co 14% Reo Mtrs 21% Rexall Drug 48% Schenley Ind 68% Seab Al RR 97% Sou Pac 27% Std O1 NI 22% Studebaker 13. Swift 18% Texas Co 70% Tex PC & 2 Un Bag & 3M Un Carbide 69% Un Ol Cal 53% Un Pac 38 Unit Aire 37% Unit Fruit U S§ Steel 34% Warn Pict 75% West U Tel 52% Willys Ov ° P jConaty drinking there in the hours | “| my sisters and to my _ brother. Three Survive | Jet Collision PANAMA CITY i#—There were | three survivors today of a collision of two F-94C Starfire jet fighter planes 20,000 feet in the air 30 miles southeast of here Tuesday Killed in the crash was. Maj. Oliver Clyde Carscaddon Jr., 34, Panama City. Listond Bochette (home town unavailable), his ra- dar observer, parachuted to the ground. The second jet returned to the base here with a wing off. The pilot and radar observer were re- ported to have escaped injury. Carscaddon’s plane crashed to the ground in the Apalachicola Na- tional Forest and burned. 100TH ANNIVERSARY (Continued from Page One) groups were scheduled to receive busts of Marti today. Visitors from Cuba include Jose Pelores Pollo, organizer of the committee for the centennial cele- bration of Marti’s birthdate, Colonel Garcia Pi, Chief of the Havana fire department, Enrique Muniz Toscano, Havana tax col- lector, Colonel Alfredo Lima and representatives of the Cuban Navy Frigate Antonio Maceo which dock- ed in Key West yesterday to aid | the celebration. Representatives of the Cuban press, including reporters from the Havana papers Alerta, Informa- | cion and Prensa Libre covered the event. BARTENDER IS (Continued from Page One) was Walter Golden, a local sheet medal worker, who told of hear- ing a terrific crash and when he investigated he said that he | found Conaty at the bottom of a | long flight of stairs with the cash register. He said that he | tried to help the man to his feet but he dashed down the street | after pushing him aside. The man was captured minutes | later on Simonton Street. Investigating officer Henry Loun- ders of the Key West Police De- partment told the court of finding two doors in the bar, the Jockey Club at the corner of Greene and Simonton Streets smashed open. The bartender at the club, Gene Densch, said that he had seen prior to the attempted theft which | took place in broad daylight. Whitney Papy, owner of the cash register said that the locked till contained a total of $105.80. He set the value of the cash register at $675. The youth said that he “could not remember a thing.” He will be tried in Criminal Court. INJURED AJR FORCE (Continued from Page One) which almost cost him his life: “Dear Mom and Dad: “How are you feeling? I am feeling like a million dollars now. I am writing this letter with my/| you can understand it. write so good.” (Ed. Note: — The handwriting is better than some reporters we know.) I can't about me because I am OK. So don’t worry. Give a kiss to all of anniversary of the critical injury | right hand, standing up.. I hope } “Mom and Dad, don’t worry}! The Western Hemisphere has no trie vultures. Although some Viking stories tell of ships with 60 oars, it is be- lieved the usual Viking ship did not have more than 20 oars. POOR OLD.CRAIG : SERVICE (Sijzyg STATION 7-iieay Francis at Truman DIAL 2.9193 YOUR PURE OIL DEALER Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries . - Accessories KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. 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