The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the eountry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associateu Press Teletype "Fg@tures and Photo Services, 73 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West Che Key West Citiz VOL. LXXIV. No. 34 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Cemetery Prowler Evades Capture |Gylf Oil Testers Arrive After Wild Pursuit At Midnight For Seismograph Work March 6th Is Set As Date For In Waters Of Key ‘West Believes He Shot Opening Of Sewer System Bids eal Man Who Led Him On Wild Chase ft Ma WRECKAGE OF COUNTY BEACH urday morning. Building and Grounds Commission Chairman Clarence Higgs, and the Monroe County Sheriff's Department are making a full investigation of the second major wrecking accomplished by vandals in the city last week. The pier was PIER left by vandals Sat- deliberately destroyed with crowbars, Commissioner Joe Allen, Beach Committee Chairman said.—Citizen Staff Photo, Daughter Is Born |Red Cross Gives To Polio Victim (Further Advice In Miami Hospital |On Disaster Aid Word has been received of the| The Rev, Ralph Rogers, chair- birth of a daughter to Mrs. Joyce Cejudo, polio victim early Sunday morning, Mrs, Cejudo, wife of Oscar Ce- judo and daughter of Mrs. Mell- ville Russell, 626 Carson Lane, was stricken with the dread bulbar form of the disease October : 21, 1952, and was taken to Miami -to Variety Children’s Hospital and Placed im an iron lung on Novem- -ber 6, : At 12:45 a.m. eee ee tray from Variety. pete » Memorial in mi, » and delivered of mature child by Caesarian section shortly afterward. Both mother and ‘child are reported to be doing well. Mrs. Cejudo is to be returned to Variety Hospital after a week at Jackson, She is no longer forced to be in the iron lung all the time. This is the second child born to Mrs. Cejudo. Her two-year-old daughter Wanda Slocum will be remembered as the little southern belle who took first prize in the March of Dimes parade recently. Florida May Have Criminal Bureau The Florida. State Police Chief's Association will sponsor legislation in Tallahassee for the establish- ment of a Criminal Identification Bureau similar to one maintained by the FBI in Washington, Police Chief Joseph Kemp said today. Kemp returned Sunday from a (Continued On Page Two) pre: |° man of the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross, has re- ceived a telegram from W. W. Jef- ferson, manager of the Southeast- ern Office in Atlanta, regarding the European Flood Disaster. The tele- gram reads as follows; Ambassador advises that most effective and useful way of providing help now to flood vic- tims in his country is in the form of financial contributions. He ad- vises that such contributions, if made in the name of Holland Flood Relief, Inc., are tax de- ductible. “Contributions may be sent either to your local chapter or to the treasurer, Holland Flood Relief, Inc., Seamans Bank for Savings, 74 Wall St., New York City. “Persons desiring information regarding any individual in the Netherlands should be advised and assisted when necessary to communicate with the Nether- lands Red Cress, The Hague.” ii tery The latest ina series of prowlers in the city ceme- eluded capture last night but a police officer re- ported that he thinks he _ |wounded the marauder when | he fired a fusillade of shots during a midnight chase through the graveyard. Patrolman D. H. Goodrich said today that he fired a total of five shots at the my- sterious prowler and that he believes one of the slugs “Knocked the man flat on his belly.” The officer was patrolling the Olivia-Francis Street area, near Packer Street, when he observed a shadow against a white build- ing. As he approached the house, his flashlight revealed a tall man who dashed off and ran into the cemetery. Goodrich took off in pursuit and ordered the man to halt. When the marauder made no move to stop, Goodrich said that he drew his service revolver and fired a shot over the man’s head. He ‘“‘ducked,” Goodrich reported, but kept on flee- ing and the chase led into the heart of the darkened cemetery. “The man seemed to know every inch of the graveyard. He ran like @ rabbit. He would duck and then wait until | got close When the last shot was fired, Goodrich said that the man did not duck but appeared to “fall flat on_ his: belly.” He remained still for a few (Continued On Page Two) John Curry Joins U. S. Marine Corps John Kenneth Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Curry, Sr., of 321 Peacon Lane, left on the 12:30 a. m. bus today for Miami en route to Parris Island, S. C., where he will be inducted into the U. S. Marine Corps. John is the second son of the Currys to enlist in the Marines. Their older son, Percy, entered the service on February 19, 1952, al- most one year ahead of his brother. He is at present serving with the Fifth Marines in Korea. eace Justice Albury's Statement Reveals That Spottswood Read Rape Case Testimony Justice of the Peace Ira Albury today released the following state- ment in answer to one made by Sheriff John Spottswood, who claimed that the reason he did not issue information to the press con- cerning rape charges brought against a local man was because “he knew nothing about it.” “There was a statement publish- “Deputy Brodhead had received information at the Police Station ind had questioned the woman and she made a statement to him. The next day, the Sheriff's office called my by phone and said that they were sending the woman to sign an affidavit and to call them when | the warrant was ready.” “That same day she came to my office and signed the affidavit after she wrote in her own handwriting, ed in the Key West Citizen on Feb- ls oath, the facts in the case. Tuary 2, 1953 by Sheriff John M.jI issued the warrant, which was Spottswood in which the Sheriff | turned over to Brodhead who made County Jail, Brodhead notified me and I set a date for the hearing. “At the hearing, Brodhead and Sistrunk brought the man from the County Jail to my office for the hearing. At the hearing the case | was dismissed and the court order for his release was delivered to the deputies. | “The signatures on the returned | warrant filed in my records show | that Deputies Sistrunk and Brod- head served the warrant. “I called Sheriff Spottswood by | Phone to come to my office where ESSE Carnival Night At Dog Track Is Set It won't be just the dogs that racing fans will be watching Wed- nesday night at the Key West Kennel Club when the entire roster of ten aspirants for the title of Carnival Queen will be on tap for the evening to solicit votes. The net proceeds from the track operation for the evening will be turned over to the Charity Carnival fund, Club president Abe Aronovitz has announced. In addition, a cup will be awarded to the winner of the feature race ‘of the evening by Captain A. E. Buckley, chair- man of the board of governors of the annual affair. Tag Deadline Ups Crowds At Courthouse Fla. Licenses Are Required For All Who Work In State Lines formed anew. at the office of Tax yr Howard Wilsqn sor 12s ¢ the Pobruary 2 deadline grows near. By 11 this morring more than 3,345 plain tags had been issued by the office. An expected 10,000 1953 tags, plain and other yarieties will os by February 20, Wilson Sal Deputy Motor Vehicle Commis- sioner Tommy Dixom stressed that all persons who work in Florida, or who have persons in their family working here must have Florida license tags, The state law requires (Continued On P; Two) Local Man Faces Prowling Charge Thomas Blount, 725 Poor House Lane, who was jailed by Police Friday night after he allegedly dis- charged a 32-caliber automatic pis- tol in the city cemetery will face charges of “trespassing in the cemetery after dark and discharg- ing firearms within the city limits” this afternoon in Municipal Court. Police said that there is a special ordinance in the city code prohibit- ing anyone from entering the ceme- tery after dark. Blount is not in- volved in the vandalism there that caused a total of over $38,000 in damage to monuments and tomb- stones at the cemetery, they added. Blount is being held on $250 bond. | WANTED ‘WET CLEANER. D. C. DEPT. Experience Preferred But Not Necessary COLUMBIA LAUNDRY CITY TO REQUIRE SURETY BOND FROM LOW BIDDER ON SEWER CONTRACT Sealed bids are being solicited by the city of Key West for the im- provements and additions to the city’s antiquated sewer system un- der the provisions of a resolution passed by the city commission on January 28th. According to the announcement, bids will be received until 8:00 p.m. on March 6th for the project in its entirety including sewage collec- tion station improvements, lift sta- tions, force mains and an ocean outfall station. The resolution stated that a de- Posit amounting to two-per cent of the base bid for the project must be deposited with the city within 10-days from the date of accep- tance of the bid to guarrantee that the company will enter into a written contract. with the city for the work. In addition, the company re- ceiving the contract will be re- quired to post a surety bond amounting to 100-per cent of the amount of the contract. Plans are available from the City Manager or the engineering firm of Clifford and Cooper, asso- ciates who designed the repairs to the badly delapidated sewer sys- tem. A deposit of $100 for each set of plans is required, which amount will be refunded in full if the plans are returned within 15 days from the time of the awarding of the contract. : his'bid. call for bids is being ad- yertised in the Citizen, the Miami Herald, the Miami Daily News, the American City, The Engineering News Record, and Public Works Magazine. Blizzards Drive Across Flooded Area In Holland AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (®—New blizzards driving like icy whiplashes over the Dutch flood- lands brought further hazards and misery today to the men reparing Holland’s shattered dikes. The wind-whipped water, snow and ice complicated the engineer- ing problems of the ceaseless ef- fort to mend temporarily the vast Protective network before the next flood tides on Feb. 16. Government engineers thought they could do the job. mag withdraw viper of 45-days from the dl sealed bids are opefed. | been The rough weather, however, threatened to ground Dutch, Amer- ican and British planes flying in vital supplies. Despite bad weather, three of; Holland’s young princesses flew (Continued On Page Two) PE Si een eat ash eae al dale tak hate eee ee RR ES Ae SE eet Rt Attention Please! e In Correcting Pupils’ Visi Almost 3,000 Key West school Pupils have had their vision screen- ed so that defects can be diagnosed by physicians, it was announced to- day by Superintendent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant. Pupils from the first grade through the 12th were tested visual- ly by ‘their home room teachers. The tests showed that 264 of 2,663 children suffered poor vision and were not wearing glasses. Of these 264, 90 have since had their vision corrected, upon recommendation to Parents that the children be taken for complete eye examinations. | This leaves 174 of the children with poor vision untreated. These students squint and find reading difficult in the classroom, and yet have not been taken for complete eye examination. Their parents have been fully apprised of the results of the vision screening test, called the Snellen, yet. they pro- ' crastinate or refuse outright to help their children attain better vision and thus better understand- ing of classroom material. At Key. West School where 964 students were given the Snel- len Vision screening test, 119 were found to have poor vision without Blasses. Since the results were given to their parents, only eight for have been taken to, m correction. At Pn el 576 were bh faulty ve ae corrected. At school, 607 pupils were tested; 41 were found have defective vision, and- only 16 have been corrected. At Truman 516 children were test- ed, 54 had poor vision; 20 have been corrected, The Sue Moore School in Mara- thon also conducted the test among 135 pupils. Of these 44 were found to have poor vision without glass- es, of which only two have had their sight corrected. Results from Douglass school are expected at the Superintendent's office this week. Vision, hearing and achievement tests take place under the direction of Leland S. March, General Supervisor of In- struction. Stricken Seaman Brought To Port Herbert E. Larson, seaman, was transferred at sea by the Coast Guard Saturday 1nd rushed to the Naval hospital here with expected appendicitis, it was reported this morning. Larson was on the freighter R. F. Connelly. The Coast Guard 40 footer picked him up at the Key West Sea Buoy. Larson's home is in Wilmington, Mass. Fleet Of Six Vessels Operate Under Direction Of Ben Wiley. Veteran Of 15 Years Testing By SUSAN McAVOY A crew of 37 Gulf Oil testers with a fleet of six ves- sels have moved into Key West from the Everglades to test the waters for oil from here to the Marquesas, 40 miles north of there and east through Boca Chica. Headed by Ben Wiley, geophysicist, who is the seis- mograph party manager, the men are testing from six boats in the Florida Bay. Dillon Gives Music Library To KWHS Band Orchestrations Of Band Pieces In Collection Major Earl Dilion is presenting to the Key West High School Band music to be known as “The Dillon Library.” There are nine large and four small Overtures; 19 large Selec- tions; 12 small Seléctions. Also 19 large Concert Pieces and a num- ber of small Concert Pieces and Marches. All this musit is part of the library Major Dillon: accumu- dorihg the first World War: It is all standard’ music, the that never goes out of date. He has used this music with profes. sional and High school bands, for the past 30 years. A good part of , it has been used by the Key West high school band during the four years that Major Dillon was band- master. Through the sale of a popular song “We are bound to get the Kaiser,” he was able to purchase the library for the 363 Infantry Band 91st Division. Most of this music was played by this band during the First World War in Bel- gium, England and France. After nine days and nights in the fighting, they were relieved by The Key West fests will com- plete a vast research and deve- lopment project that has probed the area from Naples through the off-shore Everglades, through Florida Bay, and now south of Key West. Wiley has headed up the work since the crew came to Florida last July. In the quarters boat W. B. Lee, now anchored at the foot of Elizabeth Street and Simonton, Wiley keeps im touch with the fleet of boats by ship to shore radio. “This is definitely not drilling for oil,” Wiley stressed, “If we find any formations, Gulf comes in later and drills,” Wiley and his crew expect to work out of Key West from two to four months. Today, three of the six boats are coming into port be- cause of high winds. Thursday, Wiley and the men will take off for six days, as part of the regular schedule, work eight days, off six. “Most of us have our homes in New Orleans,” he said. “We ar- then return to Key West.” The W. B. Lee quarters boat can sleep the entire crew of testers, Most of the time while working, ‘ however, the men sleep on the vessels which do the seismogra; tests. Gulf Oil owns 112 feet, and one cue boat. The other chartered by the company. Up in the Everglades, the m tried bringing their families from New Orleans, “Rents were so high at Slades City, $100 a month room, that they gave it up. Now they make the trip home every eight days,” Wiley said. the First division and moved to aj Wiley, an ardent fisherman, forest a few miles behind the lines. | spent his off hours while anchored They retrieved their music and|in Shark River, Everglades, fish- instruments from the dugouts|ing for tarpon. where they had been storeu, while| “We only caught little ones, the band was being used as litter | though. “Here’s what we catch in bearers and played a concert. in| Louisana,” he pointed to a pic- the forest. It was certainly a great | ture of his 100 pound daughter morale raiser, he said. The band | Elizabeth with her prize winning was demobilized in 1919. When | 112 and one half pound tarpon. Major Dillon left for the United} It sepms that the big tarpon States, the band library was pre-|leave Key West and the Everglades sentéd to him. in August and September and go It was later used in San Fran-/ up to the mouth of the Mississippi. cisco, where he was Instructor for} The technical mysteries of the several amateur bands. Then in| seismograph tests were explained Kermin, in professional and school|to me by Wiley. bands and in Fresno where Major © seas ote ae row of (Continued On Page Two) ¢ On Page Two) Sanaa used. my office as an excuse for} the investigation at the trailer not giving information to the press. | court. ‘The ease in question was handled} “The man was not arrested un- | by Brodhead and Sistrunk / til the following night by Brodhead. | the time and the man was not ar- | from * riff's office. After the man was placed in the | rested until that night.” | —— — | $200.00 REWARD | Effective Tuesday | “BunDING LOTS in| Evening6P.M. | Beautiful Coral Reef For information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals who des- | Estat WEAVER’S | : troyed property in the City Cemetery. STOCK ISLAND Will Serve the Finest C. B. HARVEY Mayor he was shown and read the state- ment that the women had written and the clothing that she wore at | We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal Choice F.H.A. Ap $2,000.00 SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS i AVAILABLE | Along 10th St. From Flagier Throvgh Harris Ave. DIAL 2.5606 CHARLEY TOP®INS & SONS | PE ‘ Io Italian and QUARTERS HOUSEBOAT. W. B. Lee, for the vast oi! testing project of Gulf Cll, tied up at Elabeth and Greene Streets Saturday where it will direct the operations of a fieet of six oil testing vessels in the Key West area in the next roomth: Citizen Staff Photo 3 American Cuisine