The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1953, Page 1

Wormest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 74 NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Che Key Wrst THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE ee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953 si 5 Hs MEMBERS, who are completing a tear of Key West Naval Base Activities today, entertained top-ranking. Naval personnel in the cfea ‘Thursday ‘night at a reception and dinner at the Commisioned Officers Mess (Ft. Taylor). Pic- tured above are H..H. Ewing, left, of the Development Department of E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Admiral Duke, and J; K. Richards, executive director of NSIA, Smathers Ends Rumors Of Cutback In Naval Operations At Key West Phat He Will Not Allow Reduction Without Fight Senator George/Smathers today jelched rumorg of a cutback in val QOperat'ghs in Key West ~n he r°cogted the result of a ychone cogversation with Sec. ) Navy Robert B. An- at Anderson “as- | ct no such plans making and that no en inf the Navy Department thing about such ru- er‘s information io in a copy of a letter to the Novy Secretary re- ed tocay by former city com- sone Louis Carbonell. ‘The ruriors werc, Smathers f#eid, that the Fleet Sonar School, | established in Key West of over f @ year ago was slated to be moved and that plans were being made ‘9 “move csttain submarine units to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” % the some time Smathers told | Secretary Anderson that “he would ; protest vigorously any such move.” The Senator, speaking as a member of the Interior and Insu- lar Affairs Committee, pointed out the military importance of the base by reeson ot its strategic lo- cation as well as the community’s | economic dependency on the Na- val Station. | “As you know,” he wrote. the | (Continued on Page Ten) Dr. Josenh Greem| _. Eye Surqeon WILL EE AT THE OFFICE Of DR. VALDES SAT., FEB, 28 619 Duval St. FOR APPOINTMENT CALL 2.7821 Rotary Chub’ © RC Victory Dance Ticket Sale On Tickets for the Red Cross Vie- tory Dance to be held at the Casa Marina hotel on the night of March 9 under auspices of Beta Sigma Phi have been dis- t-tzuted ameng all civic organ- izations in the city and with various merchants, This proce- dure will make it easier for these who desire to attend this gala event as well as to help out in the Red Cross roll call drive to obtain tickets, Miss Elizabeth Acheson, chairman of the dance committee, has announced. Gus Ayala’s popular dance orchestra has been engaged for the evening. The committee is making arrangemerts for an eut- standing floor show. Smith. Sentenced To Two Years In Connecticut Court Willam James Smith, Jr., self- styled millionaire who was cap- tured near Key West after a six (Continued on Page Ten) Audubon Screen Tour BERT HARWELL and COLOR FILM “CANADA EAST” KEY: WEST HIGH SCHOOL #:00 o°CLOCK TONIGHT Admission Adults 75e | Menree County Audubon Society ryan {Anniversary Of| Organization ‘Monday, February. 23, will mark the 48th Anniversary of Rotary Organization, the world-wide Ser- vice Club. A special program was observed at this week’s meeting held at noon wwe? in St. Paul's Parish Hall, The celebra- tion links Key West With more that 7,600 other cities and towns in 84 countries, President Knowles spoke on the program of Rotary activities in the world, all based on the same gen- eral objectives, which are con- cerned with the development of fellowship among business and Professional men; betterment of communities; leading the younger generation into good citizenship; the promotion of high standards in business and professions, and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace. Knowles pointed out that the one basic objective of the organization is the. “Ideal of . Service. “Rotary,” Knowles said, “was organized February 23, 1905 by a young lawyer in Chicago, Paul P. Harris, The name came from the fact that the first meetings were jheld in rotation in the offices of members.” The Key West Rotary Club was founded in 1916 and now has 53 For over 50 years the organiza- tion has grown until there are now Some 365,000 Susiness and profes- (Continued on Page Ten) Plyweed, Doors, Lumber Can Be Dipped in WOODLIFE at | STRUNK LUMBER YARD DIAL 2,70n Attention Please! One Year In : \Conaty Gets | Jury Trials To Begin Monday At 10 A.M. Thomas P. Conaty, Jr. was sen- tenced to one year in Monroe County jail this morning by Crimn- inal Court Judge Thomas Caro on a charge of grand larceny of a cash register containing more than $100, last month from the Jockey Club. Conaty, who has been in jail since he was arrested falling down the stairs of the -club with its cash register, pleaded guilty in court this morning. The Judge informed him that had this been a first offense he would have -been more lenient with the admitted cash register taker. Conaty’s record, however, showed he had previously been convicted for a similar offense, the Judge said, * Judge Caro nolle prossed the breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony charge which would have been a penitentiary oifense. Pale and distraught as usual, Conaty did not seem to recent the sentence. The Judge warned him to be be on his good behaviour when he comes out. Driving while intoxicated charges and destruction of State property against Lester R. Ruck: er will be heard next week be- fore a jury, at Rucker’s request. ar wife, Vera, * gil ae with public drunkenness: and sucker, have been in county jail : ‘ their arrest by Florida have oat belgeghie te alee 60 days in jail a drunken driving charge and $5 and five days on reckless driving, He was also chargéd with having no driv- er’s license. Port Orlando“. Williams. was fined $50 on drupken driving and reckless driving charges, James A. Clark was fined $25 (Continued on Page Ten) Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to Best Interests of Key |Postmaster Hollon Bervaldi Says He County Jail | Will Retire From The Service Soon ¥ * & x * * xx*k xere* US. Will Act On Vessel Theft Maribona One Of Accused Trio In Custody; Boat To Return Here The facts of the theft of the now-recovered shrimp vessel Ramos are being turn- ed over to Assistant U. S. Attorney Fred Botts, Miami, it was learned today. Owner of the vessel which was seized by Cuban officials yester- day at Matanzas fiew over with his two crew members at 11 a.m. today to take over the papers necessary for bringing back his vessel. He is Frank Frantz, Gen- eral. Electric analyst here. ¥ Frantz expressed his apprecia- tion to local Coast Guard head- quarters, the Cuban Government and the Federal government for. its aid in tracking down the boat. “I just hope that nothing is damaged on the ‘they didn’t strip i Meanwhile the three men ac- cused of taking the boat and leav- - rir Whittemore And Lowe Climax 1953 Community Concerts By SUSAN McAVOY The 1953 Community Concert Se- ries reached its climax last night when Arthur Whittemore and Jack Loew, celebrated duo-pianists showed their virtuosity in “Varia- tions on a Theme of Haydn,” by Brahams and the nostalgic La Valse by Ravel. The enthusiastic audience at the Convent Auditorium brought the pianists back for four encores at program's end, winding up with the vigorous and familiar Bolero by Ravel. Unlike most artists, Whittemore and Lowe, with no introductory bows to the audience, walked briskly onto the stage, sat down at their two Baldwin pianos and start- ed the evening’s program with an immediate impact. No warming up of their talented hands or of the audience's emotions was necessary. ‘They went right into the Slavonic dance, C major Op. 46 of An- tonin Dvorak, a powerful and short selection, without any. prelimi-/ naries. After this lively dance, the pianists rippled into the second slower E Minor, Op, 72 completing the trio with the G minor, Op. 45 which was bright and colorful. It was in the Variations on a Theme of Haydn that Whittemore and Lowe showed magnificent feel- ing and dignity of the artists that they are. Running the gamut of the variations on the theme of the pianists, were not sufficient climax for the| evening, Whittemore and Lowe played the haunting and.dramatic After The Navy Carnival Achievement Tests Show provement Monroe County Schools Make In Six Subjects The 4th Annual Survey Test of General Achievement of Monroe County Public Schools of. 10 subjects tested, six made a marked improvement‘over last year while four subjects did slightly poorer. However, when the achievement in for 1951 Spelling. . .20 months loss. This gives us a total net gain of 51 months or 5 years.and 1 month beiicr tngn i/ 1948. the . {a fisherman’s paradise. teaching has to take place in the classroom. The function of the supervisors in the improvement of instruction is to encourage the best methods of teaching, the of more and better instructional materials and the analysis each year of in- (Continued on Page Ten) {so large as those in Key W . He x * * x** ek Commander Ray Byrns Mentioned As His Possible Successor Here By JIM COBB Postmaster Hollon Bervaldi, a veteran of $9-years of government service announced today that he will retire,‘in the near future”, touching off rumors concerning his pos- sible successor..Bervaldi has been Postmaster since 1944, At the same time, Commander Ray W. Byrns, USN (retired), 602 Southard Street, revealed that he has been offered the job by State Republican leaders but he declin- ed to confirm the possibility that he may be named to the US.1 Really [tomeeer ss Goes From Ft. Kent To K.W. that mine,” Byrns said today. The for- ‘The Pages apd, the Daigles are mer Navy man was- the “Eisen- hower for President’ leader in Key thawed out alow, they say, | West, i EAs re 4 i 222 8 3 is 5 gSF ss Hy ec ® ef F E Chamber. Ft. Kent, it was learned, 7 : re is fresh water fish, such as |, locked salmon and trout, wi lure anglers. Page said that are more plentiful there, H Fa gEa: giz BE é rH ComeToThe ~~ Bartenders’ and Waitresses’ ANNUAL DANCE GIVEN BY LOCAL 156 Bartenders’ and Waitresses’ Union, A Ft t. Tonight, 8 o’Clock till “2” Music by Mombelleres ELKS’ HALL Aerr’csion KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN Calling MR. FEINSTEIN H ss DIAL 2-306 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal Lecated at Simonton & Dey Sts./ SURDING LOTS in| Beautiful Coral Reef | Estate | $2,000.00 SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS AVAILABLE LOGUN’S OCEAN PATIO fer ey West's Smartest Dining Proudly Announces the Return by Popular Request of the Three KOPY KATZ REE SHOWS NIGHTLY NO MINIMUM FOR RESERVATIONS DIAL laid ’ CHARLEY TOPPING & SONS tee cecemeaccenmmninemneemi a