The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST = xk xk Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV No. 47 High School Band Returns From Triumphant Havana Appearance zee x * * Gulf Blasts Spare Salable Fish ak * Locals Take 2nd Place In Parade Competition A tired but happy group of high schoolers,- over a hudred strong, members of the Key West High School Band returned yesterday {rom Havana where they captured the hearts of all of Cuba in an appearance in a gigantic parade which in- augurated the annual Carni. val season there. The bands- hen and women docked at the Naval Station late yes- cerday afternoon aboard the Cuban Navy Frigate, Jose Marti. Reason for their fatigue was the ‘het that they arose yesterday ;rorning at 3:00 a.m. to make the tip. Also aboard were a group of of- ficial Key West representatives in cluding Mayor and Mrs, C. B. Har- «4y, Fire Chief Charles Cremata, tlio Cabanas, president of the San Carlos Institute, Juan Lopez, ' odolfo Boza and Benny Fernan- jou Of the board ‘of directors of ‘ae San, Carlos. The captured second prize in’ parade competition, against Some of the top high stheol bands in the stete includ- cing the Miami and Tampa. ag- ape bassadors of good will, “Mayor, Harvey said this morning. ‘On hand to meet the high school- ers on the dock was a large group ¢° parefts and Bandmaster Har- Cagterton, who was encased in a plaster cast due to a spinal injury was there to greet his band. The group proved to ‘be good sail m the way back, that is. 4 bout all of them were slight- k on the way over to Ha- Whe bafid was quartered at two ‘vgh schools while in Havana and fhey were feted with a round of * ghtseeing. “We had a fine time— a steak dinner’ every night,” one of the band members said. Also on the ship were 24 mem- bers of the Miami Police Depart- ment’s motorcycle drill squad, under the command of Lt. M. A. Clark. The crack team performed Ponda scope the top cy groups in the nation, they were fresh from the Inauguration parade for President Dwight D. Bisenhower in Washington. The band members were com- mended by all concerned on their performance in Havana which marked their second in as many years. Friday Deadline For Naming Of Youth Center Deadline for the prize-contest for naming the new Youth Center in Poinciana is Friday midnight, Florida Highway Patrolman, Mar- vin J. Wilder said today. Anyone who has a suggested name for the center can drop a card in a box, addressed to Jay- Cees, Key West. A $25 prize for the winning name | submitter is being offered by Cliff Schumacher of Cliff's Marjne Sup- ply, Stock Island, Wilder said. ‘Tonight members of the Youth Safety ‘Club and their friends will meet at the Center to finish paint- ing and cleaning up preceding the grand opening. Dr. Joseph Groom |*: e Surgeon WILL B88 AT THE OFFICE Of OR. VALDES SAT., FEB. 28 619 Duval St. FOR APPOINTMENT CALL 27m Bakeries In Good Shape, Official Says _ Checks Six Bakeries And Drink Dispensers In Island City Staton Field, State Inspector of the Department of Agriculture has checked Key West and Marathon bakeries in the last two days and found that “as of today they are very good.” The Inspector who came down from Tallahassee Sunday has been going into every bakery in the city; of whieh there are six, and the one in, Marathon. Field has been accompanied by Willie Saunders State Inspector for Monroe County. They have also been checking the large scale dis- pensers of frozen fruit juice in the various shops. “When we find that the frozen juice is being diluted too much, we destroy the whole batch and for the a of (Continued On Page Two) Banking Group For Gaidance’ - WASHINGTON (# — The Senate Banking Committee today calls on Secretary of State Nulles for guid- ance as to whether prospective foreign policies might indicate a need for extension ‘of some form of economic eontrols. Dulles and Arthur S. Flemming, acting defense mobilizer, arranged to appear before the committee in closed session. Chairman Capehart (R-Ind) said the two officials would not be asked for a specifie recommendation on controls. Rather, he said, they will be requested to shed what light they can on related Eisenhower administration policies. The hearing marks the opening of committee consideration of the controls question in either branch of Congress. President Eisenhower has said price and wage controls should end on schedule April 30. He has not requested any authority to impose standby controls in the event of a sudden emergency. However, the President has asked for extension of federal rent controls in defense areas and of some of his allocations powers. These expire June 20. Flemming said in a statement yesterday that if allocation powers are continued they will be “used vigorously to assure completion of the military buildup, but general distribution will be directed only of scarce and critical items. The statement ruled out the plan under which steel, copper and aluminum have been rationed to industry for two years. Capehart favor: landby au- thority of price and wage con- trols; he has introduced e bill to accomplish $149,754 In Tags Sold Till Feb.18 | More money in license tag sales was collected by last Wednesday than in the entire two months ef sales in 1952, Tax Collector Ho- ward Wilson said today. From January $ through Febru- ary 18, his office sold $149,754.17 in 1953 license tags. Last year January and all of February $142,953.50 in tags were id. Wilson said that probably $30,000 more in tags were sold by Friday at 5p. m., deadline for tag regis- tration. Since midnight Friday more than 30 citations for failure | to have a "SS tag have been given by Deputy Motor Vehicle Commis- sioner Tommy Di Delinquent tag buyers came into Bona, are poised today for a new Conservation Agent Stearns Accompanies ‘All Dynamiting Trips | State Conservation agent How- ard Stearns who accompanies all Gulf Oil testing seismic operations in the Florida Bay near here said today: “To date | have noticed no kills of commercially valuable species.” The young biologist who is em- ployed by the State Board of Con- servation said that he occasion- ally picks up fish for dissection. So far he has seen only grunts, catfish, small blue runners, yellow jacks, after the dynamiting ex- Plosions in which formations are tested, by seismograph. Stearns and J. S. DeMaret, Land Leasing department of Gulf Oil, stationed at Fort Myers told The Citizen today that every effort is made to protect the fishes of the huge area in which the tests are being conducted. In order to blast at all in the Gulf-leased bay bottom which runs from Marco, Fla. to the Marque- sas, the company obtained permits from the State Board of Conserva- tion for a “geophysical survey in the coastal waters of glorida .. .” se this vast bay bottom acreage from the Florida Internal Improvement Board for oil, gas and mineral its. Permit was also obtained from ‘ind | said, “reached e| limited resources shooting operations.” In addition the Navy granted Gulf a permit to explode dynamite in its warn- ing areas. Befor y of the operation start- ed Gulf asked for a summary of the effects of dynamiting on Flor- ida fisheries. The Marine Labora- tory of the University of Miami, Coral Gables has completed such a study. C. P. Idyll, Research as- sociate, quotes various authorities in the report: “«. . , there is no evidence, fol- lowing years of experience with oil exploration in shrimp fishing areas, shrimping is poorer after seismic operations. On the day following experimental blasts of 800 pounds, twelve shrimp boats fished successfully in the area of the blasting.” This experience was in Louisiana where shrimpers are as articulate as in Key West. Though some fish are killed in blasting, the dead ones found are not commercially valuable ones, Stearns said. DeMaret stressed that Stearns is hired and appointed to the task of observing the blasting .for the State Board of Conservation, not Gulf Oil. After Gulf crews fire a blast of dynamite, he ‘as to take the boat back to the area to see how many fish are killed. Gulf is blasting at present in area in Florida 35 to 40 miles away from Key West. Flight Record Try To Be Made Soon LOS ANGELES —Actor Jimmy Stewart's sleek F51 Mustang, the Thunderbird, and his pilot, Joe de west-east transcontinental flight record a‘ When he gets word that the winds are favorable, De Bona will take off from Los Angeles Inter- national Airport for LaGuardia | Field, New York. s Masonic Notice Special Communication of Dede Ledge No. 14, F. & A.M., Wednes- day evening, Feb. 25th, at 7: PLM. F.C. Degree. | All Fellowcraft as well as Mas- ter Masons are invited te attend. PAUL C. HEFLIN, wom. P.O. Weech, Sec'y. i the courthouse today for their tags. neice nmneanataientinee it KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1953 Mayo Chinie Trip Set For Baby Jasper BY DOROTHY RAYMER Baby Jasper Walker, Jr., is going to get his chance to live. He’s going to take a nice smooth ride in a plane all the way from Key West to the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for treatment. , The happy news came today from the Shrine Ciub' which is purchasing a roundtrip ticket for Mrs. Walk i afterpoon. all goes according to schedule, Baby Jasper will be on his way for treatment of a brain tumor by tomorrow after- neon. President of the Shrine Club, Charles E. Blundell, said that after being in contact with the Memor- ial Hospital in New York, they were advised that six months old Jasper could receive the best care at the Mayo Clinic, most famous in the world for diagnosis and treatment of cases like little Jas- per’s. Capt. A. E. Buckley, chairman of the Navy Charity Carnival, was called at his home in refer. ence to “giving a lift’ tothe collectors trying to get funds for the baby’s medical care and the trip. Capt. Buckley said this morning that he _ certainly thought the case warranted help from the Navy Charity fund and that a check for ‘$500 was ready and waiting. “Ail they have to do is come and pick it up,” he said. “‘The Navy Charity Carni- val was put on to get money for just such emergencies as this and to contribute to other chari- table in In addition to Navy help, Shrine Club members who read the story about.Baby Jasper’s condition in the Saturday edition of The Citi- zen; are grateful to. se other ‘n-into . ‘their with ,contribution: dividuals also donated aid. B Mrs. Walker could not be . ed this morning because s| is downtown buying those neceadary For 73 Years Devoted The Fe and Interests ra Pl . Attorney General Rules That King x * A conféssed Philadelphia for freedom today in Criminal xk & Case Acts As His Own Attorney 1 yshs violator began his fight against an attempted rape charge which could send him to jail for ten years. Acting as his own-attorney, James L. Williams, 24, 119 Duval Street, fought the charge today before Judge Thomas S. Caro. With an arrogant and belligerent demeanor, the de- fendant heard an indictment charging that he beat and at- tempted to criminally attack a 19-year-old Navy wife read to him by County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare Jr., who is prosecuting the case, It took but a half hour to choose the six man jury for the trial and after the testimony of eight wit- nesses was heard, the court re- cessed for lunch shortly. after noon. The victim of the alleged attack told of how he had forced his way into the Fleming Street apartment where she watched the children of a friend and brutally beat her after attempting to rape her. Visibly' shaken, the woman said that she is still suffering from the. nervous shock of the attack. When she had finished her tes- timony, the defendant took advan- tage of his right to cross examine her and reduced her to near tears ‘with a series of sharply worded questions. “What hand did I use to open the door?” he asked the victim. When she replied that he had used his left hand, he asked then quer- ied: “Then what hand did I hit you with?” The woman said simply, “Your right hand.” At this point, Williams inter. little garments young babies have | 4 to wear in preparation. for the journey. It was learned that she has never been any further north than Miami and naturally does not have any winter ciothing which she’ll need for the sojourn in Min- (Continued On Page Two) US.-Russian War Called Inevitable WASHINGTON (#—If Russia de- cides on all-out war, “she is go- ing to jump right on the United States,” says South Korean Kor- eign Minister Y. T. Pyun. But he added, in a copyrighted interview published yesterday in U. S. News and World Report, that he thought United Nations forces could bomb Manchurian bases without touching off a gen- eral war. He said he thought a U. S.-Russian war eventually was inevitable. then questioned the identification lof a shirt supposed to have been worn by him. Testimony of Sheriff John Spotts- wood, Police Officer W. R. James, and Clyde Carey, a neighbor who lives adjacent to the scene of the attack, Mrs. Willie Mae Simmons and Deputy Sheriff. G. E. Sistrunk and Jeff Brodhead was also heard before the court. The deputies told of a statement taken in the Monroe County Jail where Williams bas been held in which he said that on the night when the . alleged attack took place he had alighted from a cab and had’ seen a woman walking down the other side of the street and that he had whistled and she had gestured for him to follow her. Williams said that he followed the woman up the stairs and then she had started to scream. He added t he had fled the scene because (Continv' On Pore Five) School Board Holds Special Meeting Here Appoints Yates To Replace Joseph Cates As Trustee The School Board unanimously opposes any move to substitute appointive school superintendents for elective ones, it was learned today. The five man Board held a special meeting last Friday to dis- cuss this problem and others. They went on record as favoring the retention. of elective Supérin~ téndents of Public Instruction «in Monroe County and throughout the state. ‘They approved, however, a that the state legisla- ture shall set up certain qualifica- tions for the superintendent’s posi- tion. In another action, the board, appointed Earl Yates as School ‘Trustee to replace Josepb L. Cat who has resigned. Sam chairman of the three man tee group, and Joseph Boza is third member. The board further policy of providing It was agreed to invite Dr. Ray- mond Dalton to the April 7 meet- THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BAND returned with # second place rating from their appearance im the gala parade that topped the Annual Carnival season in Havana Saturday night. They are shown aboard the Cuban Navy Frigate, the Jose Marti, that ferried them to the Cuban Capitol — Citizen Staff Photo. | ae * ¥ ¥ Holds His City Office Illegally xx Willams Goes On Trial Ti oday Accused Man In Attempted Rape * * * Says That Local City Manager Will Have To Reside In City Limits City Manager Dave King said today that he “will re- city or that the city adopt a charter amendment allowing him te maintain his present Stock Island heme. King has resided ot 5 £ Fests Hf ah iH cet [ls gy ee i git i lil iS¢s TL: SFE i ; Felt pitt beg a = fer Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday, Feb. 28 through March 3 SHOW OPENS SAT. AT 6 P.M. SUM., MOM., TUES. AT 19 AM. ELES ANNEX ADM. 51.08 Tex Inctuded tater eee rtencntimncine nt port to the city commission at their meeting tonight” fol- lowing the receipt of a ruling from State Attorney General Richard Ervin that he is holding office illegally by virtue of the fact that he is not a resident of Key West. In a two page letter, addressed to city attorney M. Ignatius Lester, Ervin cited a chapter in the Florida Statutes which states that any office is “deemed vacant when the holder ceases to reside within the city, or town | i i | 1 z 3 i i 5 i | | | Ps a] Hy P| ef fF H i F° Ri: HA g i oe fi 1 ‘ i i tn al I it aE tsetl #28 g g i i i 5 Hi i i 7 eat iteda