The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 21, 1953, Page 1

Key West. Florida, has the most equabie climate in the country, with an cverage range of only 14° Fahrenheit ae: Prowlers Make Three Sorties Here Frida Navy Man Jailed After Atiempt To Gain Entrance To Apt. Here Three’seperated prowling incidents were reported by police this morning’ in a wave of terrorism in which one man was jailed and. two other nocturnal prowlers es- caped capture. They said that an unidentified | prowler entered the room of a young woman on Caroline Street and ransacked the apartment as she slept. The women, who resides with her roommate in an apartment at 429 Caroline Street, told Lt. Joseph zo that she awakened rtly after 2:00 p. m, by a@ |, slim youth”, who held his hand over her mouth. She said. that when she began fo scream and struggle, the man ran.out the back door and down the stairs. Cerezo said that. the man had gained entrance by cutting a screen ona back «oor. He added that the man had taken the young _lady’s wallet from her purse and left it on a table in another room. There was no moziey in the wal- let and a check was left untouch- The woman said that the man did not attempt to eriminally. at- tack her but this morning she bad a bruise near her right eye. Her roommate was out at the time f the incident, she reported. Miss Gladys Rhodes, 508 Mar- . Officer Jack Carey investigated at fhe scene, but no trace of the prowler was found. However, a Navy man was jail- ed by police after he allegedly smashed a glass door leading into an apartment at 523 Whitehead Street. Police officer Armando Perez said that when he was patrolling his beat, near Smith Lane, he notice a man coming out of a yard holding his right hand which was badly cut. The man, Francis P. Fritz of the Naval Station, Nor- folk, Virginia, said that he injured it waen he “put it through a door,” He was taken to the city jail ‘and then transferred to the Naval Hospital for treatment. He was charged with trespassing and.des- troy:ng private porperty. The Navy man said that “he was looking for his wife.’ Peterson Takes Defense Position WASHINGTON #—Former Gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska took over Friday as federal civil de- fense administrator, on an acting basis pending Senate confirmation, The White House, in announcing the appointment Thursday, said it was cleared with Nebraska's Sen- ators Butler and Griswold, both Republicans, who voiced no objec- tions The two reportedly were ready to block confirmatior, of Peterson's appointment as ambassador to India when it was under consider- ation last month. Peterson had run USO City-Wide Committee To Be Organized M. T. Lester Calls Local Leaders! To Wednesday Mpet Almost 40 ——— and individuals have’ bedn invited to attend a meeting next) Wednes- day’ to organize a'jbroad | USO) committee for Key, dc by M. jIgnatius Lester. USG@ Committee Convener. he . The proposed committee would meet quarterly to consider needs of local servicerén, {t would also sponsor a variety of activities and programs for the men. Associate Regional Executive, ! Tom Kunz, will te piesent at the imeeting to be held \Wednesday, February 25 at bal -Hall, at 8 p.m., Lester said: Th leaders invited represent the Navy, civilian cluijs, the press, radio and promirent'tofficials. Original proposal for’ the new committee was made hy, David M. Robison, Regionel Executive of USO. Invited to the: meeting next ‘Wednesday night’ are ithe follow- ing: @f any organization or per- son interested ha: been excluded, Lester would. be glyd to invite them, he said:) a ep Irving T. Sec.; Béta Sigma’ Phi, Mrs. Ida Gellrich; Gounty ‘Commissioners, Gerald Saunders, thalfman; Busi ness & Profess:: Women’s Club; Blanche Melle, - Chamber of Commerce, Eayl Adams; Gold Star Mothers, Mrs. Roger. Watson; Hotel Operators ''Asgn,, George Bonamy; JayCeer, , Paul Esqui- naldo; K. W. Histcrical Assn., Joe Allen and Key West:Golf Club, Roy Duke. as Kiwanis, Mrs, Glan Archer; Lions, Enrique Eseuisialdo; Little Theater Group, Mrs, ‘Edgar -Wil- ling; Ministerial Assp;, Rev. Paul J. Pouchton; Musician's Local 202, Gus Ayala; Navy Wives Club No. 88, Mrs. James Sniith; Press, Norman Artman; > John Spottswood; Rotary, Neil Knowl- es; Servicemen’s Centar, Al len and Mrs. Stare Wolter! Southernmost Gin. .;Club,, Ben Freer; VFW, Lacy . Post Com- mander; Martinez and Kev, J. Maring, S. J; USO) YMGA,! Edwin -F, Trevor, Dave King, aiid Wahneta Kovash; “Womay’s Club, Mrs. Wallace Kirke. |: Local citizens rhquested to be! members of USQ' ‘Committee: Jack Delaney, Fred’ Dion, Louis M. Eisner, Wilhelmina, Harvey, Joe Pearlman and Jog. Pinder. item \Bank Bandit’s Bluff Called NEW YORK \f..."1 lam desper. fate. I will blow uj the bank and jmyself if this. brief ‘tase is not USO NCCH, Antonio | ¢, ry illest THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER: IN THE U.S.A. Kennel Club Prexy Says “Stay Away” Urges Attendance At Navy Charity Carnival Tonight Tis is one for the books: Kennel Club President Abe Aron- ovitz today urged Key Westers to : “stay way from the dog track.” Reason for the bizarre statment, |” Mr. Aronovitz said, is the fact that the Navy Charity Carnival will go | into its third and final night and the Kennel Club president {eels that Key Westers should support | this worthy charity to the best of | their ability. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY .21, 1953 He pointed out that, by law, the |” track is not permitted to close so he did the next best thing—-he urg- ! ed local citizens to stay away from the track and attend the Charity Carnival at the Seaplane Base. At the same time, as the track operation goes into its fourth week: facing, Aronovitz said that he wants to thank the people of Key West for their support of the track. |: . He pointed out that each week, Key Westers have gone to the track in increasing numbers. ‘Next year track operators are _ that government restric- tions on the use of steel will be re- laxed. and it will be possible to con- Struct a grandstand as was origi- nally planned. The track is one of the most beautiful in the nation. On Feb. 1ith, the proceeds of the track operation in addition to a hefty, cash gift, turned over to the Navy Charity Carnival adding more than $700 to their coffers. Marathon Lions Plan Sale For the Marathon »will. launch ‘a one-day ale, the. protit from which into ‘the Sight Conservation Fund: of the Lions ‘Club. Mr. John “Skipper” Day. is the Sight Con- ‘servation Chairman, and he al- ready has the cooperation of the lo- cal merchants, who will place all of their stock: of brooms and mops in the rear. The brooms and mops sold by Lions are manufac- by Light House for the day of the 28th, local L assigned territories rathon, and the brooms and u ule s.«¥ plans have been completed for the-plastie surgery and the cor- rection of the sight of this little girl. The regular dinner meeting of {the Lions Chub: will be held at the Key. Mote} Coffee Shop at 7:30 p.m., | February 25. All visiting Lions are invited to ‘attend, U, S. Destroyers Go To Singapore SINGAPORE, Malaya ‘#—Eicht American destroyers from the . S. Seventh Fleet sailed into Singapore today after completing Dlockade service in Korean waters. More than 1,000 seamen from the | Features und Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the oval uncicne G8 Avy Woo: Following Drowning Fri. x * & * H # x ke Ex-Cop Defends Maribona, Brabt Says They Did kk & babel Not Know Boat Marvin Marks Fails To Revive Had Been Stolen After Immersion For 15 Minutes By SUSAN McAVOY Former City Police officer Danilo Goodrich today told The Citizen that Ralph Mar- ibona, Jr. and Manuel Perez An autopsy is being performed today on-the body of Marvin Marks, 27, University of Miami zoologist who drowned yesterday following a dive from the University's laboratory vessel at the U. S. Naval station here, Coroner Roy Hamlin announced. } —Citizen Staff Photo JASPER WALKER, JR.. AND HIS MOTHER | Baby’s Life Rests On Hope Of Treatment In New York By DOROTHY RAYMER Jasper smiles like other babies of his age of six months. He sel- dom cries. He eats well, sleeps soundly. He raises dimpled fists to his face when he yawns. His coordination is good considering the fact’ that for most of his short life he has been a very sick child who went wo months old a result of what physicians think was meningitis. But Jasper has. to sleep in a padded crib. He’ can’t play with hard-surfaced toys. He. can't) be left alone with his bottle. . His every activity has to be. super- vised. Jasper has no bone be- tween his brain and the outside surface of his head on the right side just above the temple. That Portion of the skull had to be removed because his head began to swell from a tumor on the brain. He's fat and healthy looking, .| weighing over 20 pounds now, although three weeks ago after a stay in the hospital, his backbone showed plainly. He has huge dark eyes and can tell the differ- ence between light and shadow. How much focus is there is diffi- cult to determine, He reaches for things at times. That, and the fact that he has gained weicht and improved in condition has given his mother hope that mavbe something can be done for’ him | although she was told at first that jhe had only a week, or maybe a month at the most, to: live. Jasper lives with his parents, | Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Walker. Sr. jand his three-year-old sister, a j blonde curly-topped little girl named Janice, in a modest, neat home at 4-D Porter Place. Mrs. Walker is the former Miss Helen Norcisa of Key West. She was graduated from the Key Wes | High School before her marriag SIX years ago. She's 22 years old now, an attractive young woman with large liquid brown eyes and black hair. Jasper's father is a 33-year-old veteran of World War Il. Now the Memorial hospital in New York City which specializes in treatment of malignant tumors. To make the trip in any other ‘way save by plane might be dis- astrous for little Jasper. Any blow on the head at the place where only flesh and skin guards j the brain. would result in instant i Hits iF for the tumor they sent to Jacksonville ai port came back that he mi to be three years old, or die in a short time, uniess tumor was arrested. An operat to remove the pressure was Once a month, he was re-exa! Dr. Herman Moore. did could. The. child .was the Variety Children’ Miami by. the brain ; 3 » EF 4 & € z3 a i “pitt fig a. They advised put- - place at Homestead, Instead, Mrs. Walker brought him home and although ‘he had attack of the virus, he -has proved, is gaining weight and is reacting just like all babies. That's | why her hope has been revived. | In a low-pitched husky voice sbe | said this morning, “‘That New York | Hospital treats only: malignant tumors, and they might be able to | do something. If my baby weren't [healthy and if he were: losing | weight, I'd just resign myself. But |my husband and I love our son and we want to do anything that | can be done. If we could only get im up to New York.’’ “One of my neighbors and | friends has kept saying right along, ‘while there's life, there’s hope.’ | And I believe that,” she said, leuddling Jasper, Jr. The hand- ;some baby managed a faint smile | and leaned his head against Butler for Nebraska's GOP | filled with money '* ; he is engaged in commercial fish- | mother’s heart. Brabt were “strictly inno- cent victims of circumstance in their voyage to Cuba” on the stolen Ramos, shrimp boat belonging to Frank Frantz, 513 Catherine Marks who went over the side to retrievé a tempera- ture.guage in the murky water, failed to come up on his third dive. Smathers To _ |renseo=="tie' ine time Another Job In’53 Senate after the body had been in the water 15 minutes and found him bi ome of porte ae ee pf jarks was given res- pe ee ar piration for eight minutes but he Charles: Guerrero te make the shaoned_ ne: uigne of tearing: trip on what he called his yacht. 1 was a witness to Guerrero’s invitation and so was Lt. Gene Hernandez of city police. | will swear.to this in any court.” Goodrich: said that last Monday following the City Commis- Navy diver George Ellis arrived ratic Leader Lyn- of Texas, an- the appointment of | seid. A. Smathers, of Gore, of Ten- member Senate. Review’ § thi ail i re GESEE it z s2 i Z : Sis z Zz q il 2 £Fe i E ‘i il i bs F ll azF zd i ; f i i z F 5 & g i i i & i i sf : See gE i Fe i 3 A if i fs 2% fi 3 ? ' i ul Goodrich and Maribona neighbors at. the George apartments. Mariboria, Guerrero and Brabt had coffee at Good- rich’s: house before they left. “Pasked the Captain if he (Guer- rero) would give the boys any ex- 2 Senators appointed tu the task will live up to it fully. They have dem- | onstrated already that they have the judgement, experience, ability, and mature balaace that what about cle; for ! quired. Cuba. Guerrero sia that be had| “tn their new position, they already checked and that none are |have increased opportunity for a pleasure craft.” “The Captain wanted me to on the trip. If it hadn’t been my wife and kids having I would have gone too,” “I can’t understand if that is crazy,. boat happy or v brave,” Goodrich said. >E Hi 5 FES i He F cB i i F : By iff Ri 8 against his | om rarshipe began an immediate tour jing. He maintains his home and/ Seoaipare. tend py his family on small earnings flotilla, commanded by | somehow scraped enough Senate nomination |_ Charles Tietjen,’ manager of a Peterson succeeds James J.| Brooklyn branch of. the National Wadsworth as civil defense chief they | City Bank, read this jnote; thrust Capt. M. P. Russillo, will split up |Mmoney together to pay for Jas- anc will draw $17,506 annually as into his hands wih 9 brief case eompared with the $15,000 which hy a mai ‘went with his job as a White House | ye administrative assistant L RIGHT TO IL. SUGGESTED WASHINGTON uft—Sen. Morse says witnesses in Senate s should have a legal right to ¢ who could object to que nd cross-examine anv other witness making accusa- cing a witnes- measure @ persons ac usersign or should have mre by la of themselves tothe subjec - i by j in who esieréd the bank | yesterday. H Tietjen tried to sta for time, and the intruder spened. his coat. Two firecracker-Jike sevices, con- nected with wires, were strapped to his body, The man told Tietjen they were dynamiie, ; “You'll blew yoat up toe,” ; the bank manager caxtioned. A bank guard dppipached. The | man turned bis bet. ‘The Sé-year- old Tietjen movhd i jumped on him. 7 subdue the introd¢r, } Police later dastifjed the man) as Salvatore Micvialpmini, 32, of Hicksville, N.Y. 04 Op attempted rublerg! char Officials Said ty { fitecreeker. ke devices were mot dynamite t relatively harsalegs flares used | truck drivers to jwerm: traffie against a stalled troth, b i i i t bere for visits to various South Asian ports before returning home to its base at Newport, R. I. The USS Miller end USS Lewis Hancock will go to Rangoon, Bur- ma; The USS Rooks is to call at Penant, Malaya; the USS Sullivans at Colombe, Ceylon; and the USS | McGowan, McNary, Hailey and | Hickox will put into Calcutta, In- dia, and Karachi, Pakistan. j The fMotilig will regather at | Aden, 2 British protectorate at the southern end of the Red Sea. RED INTERNEE SHOT TOKYO W—A Communist civi- Man internge was shot and slightly wounded Wedgpsday while at- escape from an Allied wer cemp of Korea's the United Na Pongam Island, tions command said here. The Statement said be prisoner was taken to a Koje Island hospital. per’s medical treatment, which to} date has cost over $1,000. But now | the going is tough. The Walkers don’t know where to turn to get} funds which may save their pret-| ty little son’s life. They have one} hope . . . to get him admitted ed | NOTICE Applications for the position of City Sexton of The City of Clerk's off 1953 West, Florida will be received ot the City ice up to 5:00 P.M. Wednesday. February 25, Information and application forms may be obtained at the Clerk's Office. City Hall. VICTOR LOWE. Secretary, Civil Service Board ‘an amd their deughter, Mar- | garet, will go on a cruise to Hoso With A [tobe spe atest 2 month there. } Troman declined t state how STRUNK LUMBER YARD mech be would receive for his] 2 memoirs He sddet that be had! CHARLEY TOPPING & Sons (Continued On Page Sevem) eee