The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 73° KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY,, FEBRUARY 7, 1953 Monroe County Tax Officials! Oppose U.S. Park Extension; B Say It Would “Raise Taxes” PRICE FIVE CENTS) Suspect Nabbed In City Cemetery off for flight to St. Petersburg this morning.—Citizen Staff-Photo. Guy Lombardo Fly To St. Pete For Races Injured Airman Writes Parents He Is Better Ralph Placencia, Jr., Third Class Aigman who was seriously injured November 21, on duty op-the West BAS is ms ng bis huglight hn) now, be reported toPhis Danedts | in a letter ‘today, Pi i Ralph Jr., 18 yer old son of He etihtodiam“of tie USO is con-)| valescing in the Letterman Army Hospital, California. His right arm ait goa were badly cut up when plane propeli¢r slashed him in November. He wrote his parents from the hospital last week: “Hello Mom and Dad - how are you? I'm feeling very, very well 80 don't worry about me. am getting along fine. Mom I received the pictures: you sent of the kids. “Mom give a kiss to the kids for me and to dad a big one. “Dad tell all of my friends hello for me. iom don’t worry about me please, | am moving my right arm mow. See you later Mom and Dad. ir loving’ son, Ralph.” fan Slashes Wife lere Last Night Booker T. Barron, 714 Passover ne, was arrested last night by police after he allegedly cut his wife about.the face so severely that she required 31 stitches to} Close the wounds. Barron was jailed by officer D. | Goodrich as he fled the scene of} a family quarrel at the Passover Lane address. He was suffering m a deep knife wound in his hand. Both were taken to the Mon- roe General Hospital and later re- leased. He will be arraigned Court. Monday. in City ATTENTION Key West Music Lovers! LOU BREDICE and his INTERNATIONAL TRIO Plays Nightly At RAUL’S GANDOLFO AND WILSON STRONGLY AGAINST U.S. PARK PROPOSAL Monroe County’s Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo and Tax Collector Howard Wilson today stressed that United States’ acquisition of more land in the county for the Ever- glades National Park would pre- vent any tax reduction for the rest of the county. “I warn. the. taxpayers of this county that if they do not fight this latest proposal it will mean an increase in taxes as this. loss of ‘tax revenue will have to be made -|up by increasing the taxes on the lands left.in, the county,” Wilson stressed. He: referred to the article in yes- terday’s Citizen in which Ivar Axel- son, big landowner in Monroe coun- ty adjoining the Park, said that some 225,000-more acres of county land are wanted by the National Park Service. ‘ ‘ Axelson: said this would leave on- ly 13,000-acres of privately. owned land.in Monroe County on the main- land. This, of course, excludes the king Gandolfo was equally strong in his, opposition to an extension of the Park up to the authorized max- imum “boundary, established by Congress. “T don’t, think that the. United ‘States should take any more land from Monroe County, he said.” “They -have enough. If the oil eompanies should racy oof up Ans |there, Monroe County ave MARDI GRAS DATE |a chance wat some pophme we could ce taxes for others BY SUSAN MCAVOY in the county. The Park has enough Guy Lombardo, Jong time band- |Iand.°I am strictly against the leader favorite and his wife, and |Government acquiring any more , land, If we had the Jand that the Government. And Party BAND MAESTRO MAY RETURN TO KEY WEST BEFORE has taken from us in the test a pa we. would. he “ to reduce taxes; y' * St. Peters-| Tax Collector Wilson's full state- eas ment. follows: “It appears ahat every so often agency of the Government to'take more lands away from the people of Monroe County. guise of pro- they tried to The Lombardos were driven out the Casa |f0me Marina by State Representative B. | {Ties C. Papy. ; the Rep. P: presented a caught by Lombardo yesterda — in the legislator’s reeze. The Lombardo's, will try turn to Key West after the before his next is the Mardi Gras Orleans at the “T caught 51 the bandleader “Though this Key West, it my last,” Mrs. Lombardo Key West two years ago. it so much that she band to take a few days last week. The couple and 9 Miss Gloria Bristol stayed at ae Marina from Monday. until lay. A flying enthusiast, Lombardo goes by air from band engage- ments in one city to another. He also takes to air for his journeys from one regatta to an- other. Owner of a 20 foot power boat “Tempo Jr.” he is eager to race visitors both by water or land. to take more County’s tax the National time it takes "s water front first ine ad County, and they are very gener- ous with your lands and money.” French Airliner [tnoter inducement Teese nm |CaShes In Fog (Continued on Page Ten) Man Jailed For Petty Larceny Aaron Carlisle, no address, was jailed last night by Police Officer Robert Garrison for investigation on a charge of petty larceny after he allegedly stole a quantity of groceries at 1206 Watson Street. BORDEAUX, France # — A French passenger plane crashed in a fog near here today killing at least seven of the 21 persons aboard. Twelve others escaped death but some of them suffered severe burns. The fate of the other two was not immediately known. The Union Aeromaritime Des Transports, owners of the DC-4, said the plane was carrying 14 passengers and seven crewmen on a flight from Abidjan, on the Ivory f West Af Carlisle was captured by Gus Pega 8 pcb gee stiempting a Perez in the vicinity of William |7'<?. ; Street and Windsor Lane after he | landing here when it oe was pointed out as the man who | 2 forest road near e rs stole the food. of D’Eysines, not far from the He will be turned over to County |*irport. COME OUT TONITE! FOR SALE 2 WILLYS JEEPS K 7 INTERNATIONAL — Van Body €.0.E. DODGE — Flat Body All In Good Condition 1 1 Can Be DONNELLY’S CITIES SERVICE STATION STOCK ors Four of those injured—three authorities today, omen and a girl—were hospital- NOTICE Key West Planning Com. | : filling pugspe on the cor- ner of Olivia and Duv Seen at ISLAND will hold publi¢ hearing on ‘permit for two gasoline) Three Burned In Accident On First And. Second Degree Burns To Men On Duty In Boiler Room First and second degree burns were suffered by three Navy en- listed men yesterday when the boiler of the USS Coolbaugh gush- ed flames and steam on them, scorching their hands and faces. The three men, who were at work in the boiler room when the accident. occurred, were Charles A. Pick, boiler tender fireman, of Bellerose, L. 1., N. y.; John A.. Palermo, fireman apprentice, New Hyde Park, N. Y.; and Edward T. Kulha, firee man apprentice, Swissvale, Pa. The Coolbaugh, a destroyer es- cort vessel, which was on routine operations at the time, was able to return to port under her own power. Ambulances met the ship at the dock and took the men im- mediately to the Naval Hospital, Doctors said they would be hos- Pitalized for about a week. Most heroic action connected with the accident was that of Pick who, according to Ledr. J. R. L. Cassidy, commanding officer of the Coolbaugh, “in spite of his in- juries stayed in the engine room long enough to make sure every-> thing was secure back.” 3 To Belgium To Make Survey European Defense Planning Is Under Close Scrutiny BRUSSELS, Belgium uw — John Foster Dulles arrived in Belgium today to continue his survey of European defense planning—buoy- ed by finding that West Europe's leaders generally believe a com- mon army offers the most effective guarantee of peace and security. President Eisenhower's big four- motored plane brought the U. S. secretary of state and Am foreign aid chief Harold Stassen here after a brief flight from flood- devastated Holland. The two American leaders were , {welcomed by Belgian Foreign Min- ister Paul Van Zeeland, U. S. Am- bassador Myron T. Cowen and oth- er Belgian and American officials. In a departing statement before he left Holland, Duiles told news- men that he and Stassen “ have been encouraged to find that here, as well as in the other capitals we have visited, the concept fo a European Defense Community within the framework of the Atlan- tic community is regarded by your by ours, as the most effective way to ensure peace and security for us all.” after the aad i leaders and your people, as it is | Vandalism; Damage Toll Mounting USS Coolbaugh 7. % injured about the face and hands from the flare-back of flames and steam, Pick stayed’in the engine room long enough to make sure everything was. secufe following. the occurence.— Sharp Sent Home By ite ah # oners of war in U. 6 Postal authorities had no explana- tion for this. From Dee, 3, 1951, when the first prisoner of war mail was ex- changed here, until last July, the Reds turned over to Allied posta} officers 36,000 letters for delivery to Communist prisoners held on Koje Island and in other U, N. POW camps, Since July, no Fs EI 3 The secretary’s seven-nation tour planned to spur action on the lag- ging European army plan. He thus far has visited Rome, Paris, London, Bonn and The Hague and plans to continue cn tomorrow to | Luxembourg before returning to | Washington declined to disc’ their discussions yesterday, but the usually wellynformed Amsterdam | newspaper Trouw reported that } (Continued On Page Twelve) AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DANCE @ Door Prizes Given } @ Floor Show TONIGHT 9PM, American Legion Home TICKETS $1.0 of key West European capitals was | Both Dulles and Dutch officials | the course of | COLUMBIA LAUNDRY | AST Effective Evening 6 P.M. WEAVER’'S STOCK ISLAND Will Serve the Finest Io Italien and American Cuisine Decline Noted In Mail Allied POWs prisoners held addressed to North Korea and China. In the last exchange Thursday, there were 1,700 letters from prisoners on Koje, Cheju and other U. N. bee camps to addresses in North Ko- rea and the Chinese mainland. Allied prisoners in Communist POW camps. They said the mail should be addressed to . | syivania |Army Post Office 100, San Fran- lciseo, Calif., alse is forwarded to Pommi Choice P.H.A. A BUILDING +> witgg Beautiful Coral Reef Estate EXTRA LARGE AND FILLED $2,000.00 SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS AVAILABLE Along Vth St. From Flagler Threwgh Harris Ave. DIAL 2.5606 CHARLEY TOPPING & SONS A ARREST annem a ell :|in the maniacal attack. Police Check Fingerprinis Of Gun Wielding Prowler For the second successive night police were called to the City Cemetery. to investigate prowlers and last night | their efforts bore fruit when they captured a 28-year old gun-wielding prowler, who they suspect may have had something to do with the estimated $38,000. in damage 4) which was caused there in a sadistic attack early Friday | morning. Fingerprints of the man, ‘who police identified as _| Thomas Blount, 725 Poorhouse Lane, are being checked today against prints taken from several of the damaged” monuments which were wantonly smashed and overturned Vandals Wreck 50 Feet Of County Beach Pier Here Vandals smashed 50 Monroe County beach night, ripping-vp the deck with nil gz ih iste 23 oe i ; z ij i ae i q i ve | gist = i | i i & *¥ut i : H F 5 i t i i f ‘ z i i i ci i 8 . r |Key West at Fort Tayle, is a native of Minersville, Penn- é itzg x2 i HH No details of Yackeot's death | license were available today. [n addition|at his office. ;to the widow, he is paket Sk Sosa we ta sister, Mrs. James Wenner, Min- | davits entitiing peta : seas Highway toll-free stic! | $200.00 REWARD For information leading to the arrest aad conviction of the vandals who des- troyed property in the City Cemetery. C. B. HARVEY liavor iif i