The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Chr OL. LXXIV. Navy Charity Carnival Will Be The Winner At The Dog Track Tomorrow KENNEL CLUB WILL TURN OVER ENTIRE PROCEEDS TO LOCAL CHARITY CAMPAIGN The Navy Charity Carni- val fund which last year raised $44,000 for the bene- fit of lecal charities, will be the winner tomorrow night | when the Key West Kennel Club will give the entire net proceeds of their operation to that fund. The evening has been designated “Navy Charity Carnival Night.” And the Charity Carnival will need all the help they can get—for this year they have set their goal at a whopping $100,000. Kennel Club president Abe Arono- vitz said today that he is “hopeful that Key Westers will turn out in force to aid this worthy cause.” Thousands of local citizens are expected to flock to the track to- morrow night to do their bit in making their year’s campaign a success. In addition to the regualr full _ eve! of entertainment, Kennel Club officials have announced that the en roster of ten aspirants for the title of Navy Charity Car- nival Queens will be present for the event. They will be soliciting votes for the title. In addition, the track officials have, slated-a feature race, , the Navy Special, which will put of the top dogs at the Fae & race that promises to \be“a 4 Image, the present ar. the Wack record. will canines as Avenger ioe previously held ¢ the mark), Wilshire, Honest Buddy and Re- sonatorn, Racing fans are promised a real thriller. A feature of the evening will be the presentation of a special cup given by the Carnival board of governors by Captain A. E. Buck- ley, commanding officer of the Naval Air Station. Special busses are available for the track on Stock Island which leave Duvai Street every half hour. ‘Man Is Held On B And E Charge Ralph A. Hines, a Navy man at- tached to the Fleet Sonar School here, is being held in the city jail for investigation on a breaking and entering charge. Hines was jailed early this morn- ing by police officer Herman Con- ley on the complaint of Robert Garrison, 612 Simonton Street who said that he found the Navy man in an upstairs room in his home. Garrison was awakened and when he investigated found that the intruder had gained entrance by cutting a screen. While he was calling police, the man fled the scene. He was apprehended about (Continued O° Page Three) HAND GRENADE FOUND} IN CAR OF LA MAYOR ! LOS ANGELES (@—Mayor Fiet- | cher Bowron wasn’t even aware of it when a practice hand grenade | was found on the front seat of his | official automobile. Police disclosed yesterday that | the mayor's chauffeur, policeman M. D. Hoover, found the grenate! when the mayor, his executive as- sistant and the chanffeur left the, Advent Episcopal Church, where the mayor had made an address | Sunday night. “I do not assume for one minute | that any of my political opponents | had any possible connection with | it,” Mayor Bowron commented. | KW Publicized In Cincinnati Paper On Wed. Travel Page To Describe Local Tourist Lures Key West will be publicized in the Cincinnati, Ohio, Times-Star Wednesday when this week’s Tra- veler’s Guide page is. published, Fred D. Burns, travel and resort editor for the paper, disclosed. Burns, who, paid a courtesy call at The Citizen office Monday, said that his lead story this week will deal with Key West as a tourist mecca and vacation area. His may years in newspaper business, both in the advertising and news fields,‘have given Burns an insight into what people want to know about the places they plan to visit. At present, the Cincinnati Paper operates a travel service whereby they help people plan trips to suit their tastes and pocket- books, Burns travels for about one week out of each month, either motoring or flying to various vaca- tion areas and looking over the situtation there, He engages local photographers to make scenic shots of the locales he writes about and uses them to enhance his des- scriptions of vacation spots. “The more people travel, the better citizens they are, in their own. communities,” Burns said. This. was his first trip to Key West, arid he was well impressed with its possibilities as a tourist One Fireman Dead, Ten Injured In Disastrous Fire ATLANTA Up — Atlanta's worst fire,in several years last night kill- ed an assistant fire chief and. in- jured 10 other firemen. The blaze, which roared out of control for more than two hours, destroyed a $250,000 warehouse owned by the Seaboard Airline Railroad. Leased by Acme Fast Freight, Inc., and the Nashville, Chattanoo- ga and St.Louis Railroad, the ware- house was used as a terminal for separating and rerouting gen- eral m . It was located (Continued On Page Three) Hearing Loss Suffered By 61 KW Pupils Audiometer Tests Given To 2,743 City Students, March States 2,743 Children in Key West had their hearing tested this year by Leland S. March, General Super- visor of Instruction, in the audio- meter hearing testing program. Those children who showed a marked hearing loss on the first test. were re-tested lest their fail- ure in the first test had been due to colds or other illness. Notices were sent home from each school to the parents request- ing that they take these pupils to a Physician. It is impossible for any pupil who has difficulty in hearing to do as well in school work as if he or she were able to hear nor- mally. All parents-receiving notices are | urged to take care of the matter immediately. If any pupil is re- ported by their physician as need- ing a hearing aid and the parents are unable to purchase it, they are requested to notify Leland S. (Continued On Page Three) 3-Ring Circus To Be Here March 21 For Legion Fund A real three-ring circus,_.com- plete with menagerie, is slated to come to Key West March 21, the American Legion has disclosed. Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the Legion has secured the services of the Kelly-Morris Circus for that date. Tents will be set up on the lot next to Poinciana school for the one-day stand. This show is said to feature one of the largest menageries of any circus in the world. It is also re- ported to have the largest elephant in the world. The Legion is sponsoring this big event to augment their rehabilita- tion and welfare fund, so Key West- ers will have an opportunity to satisfy both the urge to see a cir- cus and to help a worthy cause. Clowns, aerialists, acrobats, mals—all these and more will: be here on March 21 when the circus coines to town! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Key West Cittzrs THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Ay gran The Associate. Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS —_——— Move Afoot In Women’s Organization To Put Defense Waste Clash Is On In Senate Now Senator Morse Resents Action On Report Of His Committee (Ind-Ore) threatened today a con- |tinuing battle with the Senate Armed. Services Committee over its handling of accusations there is “fabulous waste” in the defense effort. Morse, bumped from. the com- mittee after he quit the Republican party during the presidential cam- paign, took bitter exception to the way in which it is following up a report he helped prepare on al- leged waste. Yesterday, it was learned, .,he clashed both with the committee and Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a closed door investigation. Later he declared he would feel free to make public any part of the report that was not “clearly security matter” if he considered the committee unduly censored it before publication. The report written by Morse and Sen. Long (D-La) provided the basis for congressional orders that halted work en 146 million dollars worth of overseas military pro- | jects. pending a. review .of me a- legations, Sand Sovamag. 4s b 4 secret. — Morse filed a hot’ protest with the committee after learning that it had scheduled for tomorrow-- when he will be out of town-an- other closed meeting to hear Pen- tagon witnesses testify in defense of the projects. The senator sent word to Chair- man Saltonstall (R oe ae “a would be unfair and: ird of” to bring in witnesses unless both he and Long could be on hand to share in the questioning. Committee sources said Bradley offered a broad defense of Defense Department planning of the pro- jects stalled by the Long-Morse report. These sources said Morse at one point told Bradley and the commit- | - | tee that “‘if this were a co and this a jury trial, I would now move for a directed verdict in my favor.” REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left), and Mutual Se- curity Administrator Harold E. Stassen (right), report to President Eisenhower in Washington on the fact-finding survey of seven West European nations which they just completed. Earlier at the airport, Dulles said he was “encouraged” over prospects of European unity.—(#) Wirephoto. WASHINGTON — Sen. Morse 'IT-H Labor Law With Favor On | up a little momentum,” Mrs. Hearing Starts On Changes In | By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON \ — Congress launches hearings today into pro- posed changes in the Taft-Hartley labor law, giving first considera- tion to a plan to outlaw industry- wide bargaining. Chairman McConnell (R-Pa) of on Rep. Lucas (D-Tex) as the on Rep. Luca s(D-Tex) as the committee’s first witness in hear- ings expected to run for several months. Congress members are being heard first. Lucas wants the industry-wide bargaining ban. Revision of the Taft-Hartley Wilhelmina Harvey In ‘56 Gubernatorial Race State BPW President Looks Political Move By SUSAN McAVOY The First Lady of Key West, Mrs. Withelmina Har- vey, may become the first lady Governor of the State of Florida, if a mushrooming campaign among the organized women of the state takes hold before the 1956 election. “I am not opposed to the idea, now that it has picked Harvey, State President of the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, said today. “It’s just talk among the girls now, not official with any clubs. I look favorably upon the idea, After all. we have 86 BPW clubs throughout the state and these clubs are important.” The volatile, 41-year-old Civil Service worker at the Navy Yard says that if she runs in 1956 she will resign her job as soon as she qualifies in the primaries, For the time being however she will con- tinue her job and trips to major cities throughout the state in her capacity as President of BPW. The first possible conclave at which Mrs. Harvey could be put forward by her orgenization as 2 possible gubernatorial candi- date takes place May, 14, 15, 16 in Orlando - the State BPW Con- vention. The idea to promote Mrs, Har- vey as the first woman candidate for Governor in the State has originated in the informal talks of the Business and Professional Wo- man’s Federation, a law, now more than five years grour old, is one of the promises made ‘|by President Eisenhower. But he Raré Trunkback Turtle Dies At Municipal Aquarium Here “Meatball” Perishes After Terrible Fight Against His Enforced Captivity “Meatball,” 800 pound trunkback | turtle, expired over a week ago after a futile 5-day fight against captivity, Municipal Aquarium of- ficials have announced. The huge | specimen, something of a rarity in these parts, was captured by a shrimper here two weeks ago and had been given to the aquar- ium for exhibit. However, Meatball as he was tagged, apparently didn’t like cap- tivity and spent his time bashing his head up against the sides of the large concrete tank in which he was placed. After, sevetal days of this he finally was bound with rope in an effort to prevent him from killing himself. But this was not sufficient and he continued his hopeless struggle and he finally succumbed, probably from exhaus- tion, officials at the aquarium said. The head of the marine monster has been preserved at the aquar- ium and is on display. Meatball was captured some 30 miles from Key West and is be- (Contino~- Un Page Three) ES, WANTED WOOL PRESSER At Once Columbia Laundry BARGAIN New 1953 Electric Range and Refrigerator in Original Fac- tery Crates. Less Than Wholesale For Cash Quick. P.O. Bex 971. City Electric Bd. Meets Today The Utility Board of City Elect- — of the AFL Plumbers | elected ric System held its monthly meet- ing at 5 p.m. today. ‘was not yet spelled out any pro- Posals. ~ Senate Labor Committee hear- ings have been charted to start Taft has carefully pointed out his proposals do not bear admin- istering the present law. Taft has not looked with favor on the industry - wide bargaining ban Amend. ones were approved by the Senate. several years ago but died in the House. Eisenhower has authorized Sec- retary of Labor Durkin, an gmp was elected Governor of 'yoming, November 9, 1924 after death of her husband, October She was installed January 25, “Ma” Miriam Ferguson was of Texas the Mrs. Harvey would become not only Florida’s first lady Governor Street was scheduled for discus-| group to help the Labor Depart-| but the first woman to run for the sion. Completion date for the Big Pine Line which will shortly illum- inate the Lower Keys was also to | be discussed, Commission Meets Tonight With 3 The Monroe County Commis- sion will meet tonight in its chambers at the courthouse de- spite the illness and enforced absence of Chairman Gerald Saunders and Commissioner Joe | Allen. Commissioners Saunders and} Allen are both down with the} (Continued On Page Three) WANTED COLUMBIA LAUNDRY HELP WANTED TOP PAY ac Order en Curb Girls, ExPenienced ONLY DRIVE-INN ment “play a pryg eos role in jthe planning of | nomic future. Durkin, it is understood, plans to have this committee draft administration proposals for changing the Taft-Hartley Act. Its membership has not been ¢i-- closed, but it was learned that john L. Lewis, presaent of «..2 United Mine Workers, has been invited to be a labor member. Lewis has been probably the most bitter critic of Taft-Hartley. Lucas, the House committee's first witness, is sponsoring amend- | ments to forbid any one union from bargaining with two or more competing employers. He said this | would stop “monopoly bargain- ing,” but would still allow a union |to bargain = all plants in a single compan; | His plan an oul apparently bar (Continued On P: » Three) ning, February 11. 1953 at 7:20] | P.M. Fellowcraft Degree. |as Master Masons are invited to attend. j PAUL C. HEFLIN. w.M. F. O. Weech, Sec’y. All Pellowcraft Masons as well’ office, she believes. “Life rey fete ge at forty,” cious an exciting time. In Tallahassee last weekend I was given three i breakfa: Mrs. Harvey was attending the Florida State University Alumni Board meeting. She admitted that she mixed in @ little BPW work impressed by the strength and influence of her organ- ization in the community. EXTRA LARGE AND FILLED $2,000.00 SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS postmmesis THE KEY WEST KENNEL CLUB 0 mors IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11— ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO NAVY CHARITY CARNIVAL FUND