The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 12, 1953, Page 1

+ Bona and Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 760° VOL. LXXIV THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER No. 61 z fa brate with a city wide picnic at} KEY WEST has many neatly uniformed Girl Scouts who are helping today to celebrate the 4st birthday of the organization. Typical of the three groups found here are Elizabeth Braun, Mari- if; Dona Cullip, Brownie, PI end Colleen Bates, Intermediate Girl Scout—Citizen Staff CUERRERO PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF STEALING, TRANSPORTING BOAT Absolves Maribona And Perez Of © Guilt By. His. a Confession Here Charles Guerrero, 24, will ap- pear before U. S. Judge John Holland on Federal charges of transporting a stolen vessel in foreign commerce’ tomorrow, fol- lowing ils, trip to Mami ti cus- tody of Deputy U.S. Marshall C. B. Robbins. The stocky, swarthy, Mexican- | Portuguese shrimper was comn- Pletely passive both at his pre-/| liminary hearing on grand — larce- ny before Peace Justice Ira Al- Bury and during his lightning- like service of the Federal charge | before U. S. Commissioner Will Albury. His bond was-set at $2, 500, He had absdlutely nothing to say for Himself, he said. He had told all ‘in a confession made to the Federal authorities in which he assumed full responsibility for the commaideering of the $16,000 shrimper “Ramos” and taking it to Matanzas, Cuba By his assumption of full re- sponsibility, Guerrero made virtually impossible for the U. S. te press any charges against his companions en the trip, | Ralph Maribona, Jr., ex-police- ‘man in the ¢ity, and Manuel Brabt Perez, Cuban, who i: meinifig new in his own coun- try. Ownet of ‘the vessel, Frantz, who has incurred ih expenses and damages the early morning theft of vessel on February 17, swore out affidavits against the two ama- teur ‘crewmates of Guerrero’s. fle expressed surprise yesterday when Commissioner Albury did Rot serve a warrant on Maribona following the sexvice on Guerre- ro Commissioner Albury explain- ed that there had been insuffictent grounds for prosec of Mari- Brabt ow that he ° ut stolen eut t Frank $1,000 since the; trero’s s the wag a the ground Govern. od oat)=sothe yesterday as He — corre- printed {a The witness titention, Fishermen? Fresh Bait Fishing Tackle Boxed Lunches —~et— WALTS OVERSEAS LUNCH STOCK ISLAND i | greatest pleasures in Key West is | \vision daily. Gress, himself, NY Radio,.TV Columnist Rests Ears, Eyes In KW Ben Gross Stays At Oldest House While Away From BY SUSAN MCAVOY The contrast between the con- tent and the setting of my in- terview with Ben Gross, New Gross, New York Daily News | radio columnist, was striking yes- terday afternoon. ‘ Gross is staying at the oldes' house in Key West, the landmark on Duval Street. I interviewed him in the attic with its sloped , ‘ceiling and smail.«windows. Redolent of the past even to its musty, closed up smell the house seemed a paradoxical locale for a discussion of the, great modern mass medium of | radio and television. But Gross | rose above his setting and took | me to the world I left. behind | when I came to Key West - the} microphone and the TV screen. | As a matter of fact one of my} ‘not lopking at television, not hay- | jing it interrupt conversation or} shatter the remote quality of this | Southernmost island. Lack of a! to their radios and their —Citizen Staif Photo Ss BEN GROSS Radio-TV Columnist Admiral Duke Will Be Feted Tonight Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke, | ,, radio is a considerable pleasure |Commanding Officer of the Key | which their teachers too, But that is only my opinion. | West Naval Station, will be th pr Millions of Americans are glued | guest of honor tonight at a din-| the «, tele-|ner meeting of the Key is | Lions Club. The fete will be held glued to them eight hours a day,|in the Lions Den on Seminary five days a week, 48 weeks a year, he said. Writer of the old-/ perforce listep and look. He can-' not be choosey but must let his) ears and eyes be assailed by/ whatever new show appears. He, has to bring to the large circu- lation of the Daily News opinion of programs, good bad and Street at 6:30 p.m The Admiral will be presented est radio column under his own ‘with an honorary membership in byline in the business, Gross must the Lions Club in appreciation of his cooperation in making the irst Annual Lions Club Football ssic a rousing The proceeds of clash held here of Dimes Polio mm his swelled the coffers of the March Fund Lions Club Fund for the success. the football December the Blind and His ears tell him that radio is 1 will be an annual affair, Lions getting better ‘or years we panned soap opera but soap operas continued to be over} whelmingly popular, to dominate | day time radio critics shows polities, music and on tele-/ vision she can see great national | Club officials have announced, Defective Toaster day time | arogramming. Toda | Causes Fire Today A fire which“ broke out in a conventions, hesr public issues | trailer occupied by Mr. and Mrs of the day discussed.” The influence of radio in ex-| panding jmusic has beep soteworthy too, | Gross, a smiling, slim man said. Twenty years ago was considered out of ite mind to; broadcast the New York Phil- harmenic. Today, its aa inte: part of Sunday afterpoce life halos costs of TV abi most broke the political parties | campeicn, Gross said. couventions may j be moved up to September so that (Continued Os Page Twa) Warren Wicks in the Park, White and U day. Fire department fective wiring in a officials & setwork ‘thet the blaze was caused by de toaster Savy Trailer ied Streets, appreciation of good {caused slight damage early to- Mas The Widest Selection of Wood Mouldings In TOWN 128 Simonton S:. | | i @ lin order that the West ‘lect f (STRUNK LUMBER YARD | Mrs. Rider. = Visit Days ‘For Schools KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1953 Girl Seats To | Observe 41st Birthday Here Nat'l Organization Is Outgrowth Of Meeting In Stable In Savannah, Ga. Today is the dist birthday of | Girl Scouting in the U. S. that | first meeting of a group of girls | in the table on the grounds of | Mrs. Juliette Low's home in Sa-| vannah, Georgia, Girl Scouting } = < R tas grown toa mporaot a| Financial Report tional organization with troops in | almost every community across | F M th Sh the land. | or on ows Key West has 14 active troops of which six are Brownies, 1! J 0 Ov Mariner and 5 intermediates and } ump f er 65 two newly formed colored groups, | P ’ 1 one Brownie troop and one Girl ¢C Ov 5 Scout troop. An active Girl Scout er ent er leader’s organization headed by Mrs, Sam Toth coordinates the! A healthy increase of over 33 local Lone Troops | per cent in the cash revenue com- Key West Girl Scouts will cele- | ing into the city was reported to- day by City Finance Director Bayview park on Saturday, |Charles Roberts in his monthly March 14, from 10 a.m. ‘til noon, | financial statement. When com- Troops will gather with their | pared with collecticns in 1951, this leaders at 10 a.m. There will be | month's reciepts indicate a huge games and fun together for all | jump of greater than 65 per cent. the girls. Everyone will bring| Greatest increase was shown her own nosebag lunch, except! in the collection of current tax- for drinks which will be fur-| @$ which rose $10,748.27 to a nished by the Leader’s’ Associa-| total of $24,708.41 and in Sca- tion. | venger Service fecs which took Some of the Troops have plan-| @ iump from $7,968.40 to $9,441.40. ned a hike to the park and will| Cigarette Tax receipts also take this opportunity of adding | showed an increase as well as badge earning activities to the |funds from Occupational Licens- fun. jes. Chairman for the event is Mrs.| The city’s coffers were also K. 0. Bates, assisted by Mrs. Otis | swelled by payments from the Carey, Mrs, Fred Erander and!U. S. Navy for Sewer Service {amounting to . $8,471.24 and the |sale of tax delinquent lands. | Slight decreases were noted in the collection of deliquent taxes, Sewer Service fees, Fines a Forfeitures and Permit. fees. , At the same time, ‘the city’s | disbursements for general muni- cipal operations and capital ex- Teachers, Observations | per ‘net a 2 a Lary single. disbursem: On, Marchi Ap | wat $3,200.46 which was paid to The follow schedule for In- {the Monroe County General Hos- ter-School visits has been set up |Pite, 71 represents the city’s for Monroe County publie schools: | Share ime operation of that in- Friday, March 20th — Poincia- | stitution as per tax allocation for na Elementary School, ‘January, 1953. | A total Of $3,128.58 was paid nol. \from the Cigarette tax fund for 17th — Harris marl used in road construction on School | Fogarty Avenue between First lay, April 24th — 2 ‘and Fifth Streets Hich athcoh TD — Douglass | Disbursements. totalling. $i Friday, May 1st ~ Key 745.56 were paid out by the city High School. | during the month. Friday, May 8th — Coral Shores The city’s cash balance, includ- choo! ing $105,000.00 in U. S. Treasary Friday, May 15th 2% per cent Bonds, now stands Moore Schoo! at $666,115.22, an increase of $20, The purpose of the 989.59 over the January balance. Visitation program ts to allow oa 7. tectere ie vic," | Poineiana School Invites Parents ‘To Open House County or outside the County and observe good teaching ac- fual!y going on, is ¢ expected to ar- beforehand with the schools Open house in the auditorium of Poinciana Elementary school will ‘take place on March 24th at 8:00, Albert Carey, Principal an- jnounced today. and West — Sue M Inter- e Princi visiting nate #4 hools being visited can se-| for the v teachers the | best opportunity to observe good teac All. parents interested friends of the school are invited to attend and take a tour of the building. There are 16 new class- rooms which are aecorated in the most modern color schemes to make the schools more interest- observing the/ing and attractive to children. ad of teaching The most modern equipment has in_ their own se! been installed in the way of seat- Teachers 4 rve, balletin jpg, bulletin boards, cbalk (Continued On Page Two? [- (Continued On Page Two) NOTICE! THE ORIGINAL HOSPITAL St. Patrick's Day Ball SPONSORED BY THE MONROE GENERAL HOSPITAL Will Be Held On Saturday, March 21st atthe CASA MARINA HOTEL THIS BALL NOT TO BE COWFUSEO wiTH THE ONE GIVEN THI§ WEEKEND Segmes Women’s Hospital Auxiliary TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM AUXILIARY MEMBERS OR AT THE DOOR ld be. understood not a holiday of the regular and a regular all personnel. The “rence will be th teachers of the schoo! doing the visiting will put} in the full other schools inste. that t is a part program 4 for It this City Revenue Receipts Increase 33 Per Cent IN THE U.S.A. Circuit Court Clerk Earl Ad ls Given Good Government Award | | } British Plane IsShot Down | In N. Germany | Unidentified Fighter Planes Recall Attack On U.S. Planes | LUENEBURG, Germany (P—A down by two fighter planes of unidentified nationality in North Germany today, German authori. ties reported. The incident came two days aft- ler the U. S. Air Force had an-| nounced that two MIG-15s from Czechoslovakia had shot down a U. |S. Air Force jet near the Czech- German border. The pilot in that case bailed out safely. The U. S. has made ‘a protest to Prague. | Czech government insisted the gun- | fire occurred over Czech territory, [ against the testimony of the U. S, Soviet - occupied : erie: to have parachuted into | As the news of today’s incident spread, German police said the at- | tack was reported by civilians. The | | police still were working on the | {reports an hour or more after they | | first received them, * The civilian'’s reports were to , the effect that the British plane | ;was flying from east to west through the Allied air corridor | linking Berlin with the Western | \zones of Germany. It reportedly | {fell in flames just across the zonal | border in East Germany. | Last May an Air France trans- | port flying to West Berlin was at- | tacked by Soviet fighters over East Germany. Four civilians aboard were wounded. The Russians | claimed the piane was outside the | corridor provided for such flights, \but Air France said this was not true. Last October a U. S. Afor Force hospital plane was fired at by a | Soviet fighter over East Germany, | but reached Berlin unscathed. | | An unarmed U. S. Navy Priva-| teer plane, with 10 men aboard, | was shot down in a flight over the | Baltic in April, 1950. Soviet Russia | rejected U. S, protests and insisted the plane had penetrated Soviet- j controlled territory. |County Tag Sale | | Brings $192,000 More than 10,000 license tags were sold between January 5 ond 11 im Monroe county, according County Tax Collector Howard Wilson. The large sale brought in $192, 090.67 almost $45,000 more than | Last year's tag sale. } This figure includes piain tags. icommercial vehicle | When the office takes in fees Saver the legally permitted amount West, with the teo Taylors, y night's commis- Wilson turned back Shebs.” with 119 votes, “The vender Hil that excess fees are due te eto- aomies in the office, which thus result in savings t the taxpay im 2 plane crash at Livboed der- ieg World War If bet went on to) berame ome of the nation's most James Meson as the nondescrigt But the | the main roles. The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. ams Junior Chamber Of Commerce Cites Local Man For Honor Circuit Court Clerk Earl R. Adams, was last night awarded the 1953 Good Government Award by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Adams, the third Key Wester to receive the award, was cited for his “courage and constructive accomplishments.” Burton Thornall, State Jaycee President, made the award in the form of a scrol] and handsome medal to Adams, who is also serving his second term as Monroe eee — County Clerk: oresentation was made last night ; at the Annual Good Government Dinner at Raul’s Club, four-engine British plane was shot . i ? i i el ‘scroll awarded to him by the Junior Chamber of Commerce t night at their annual Good in recognition of his service to county. —Citizen Staff Photo. ‘High Noon’ Tops Poll Of Film Dai m Daily and BY DOROTHY RAYMER and if In the “Film Daily's 30th an-| not do a nual “Ten Best Pictures” poll for | will be al 1952, the Western drama, “High | of se~- Noon,” was topper. The Citizen | continued, movie reviewer was invited to| Guess at the a cast a vote as one of the 262 who Tax Collector Archie Roberts participated in the national poll. | City Finance Director Charles “High Noon” won by a margin of | Roberts, both of whom have 47 votes according to figures giv-|the award in b en in a summarization by Ches- ter B. Bahn, editor of “The Film| Daily.” The winning picture was dis- tributed by United Artists starr- ed Gary Cooper as the sheriff who fought his gunbattles in the line of duty. j Second place was taken by/ rollicking “The Quiet Man,” a Irish story dome in Technicolor! by John Ford and Merian C. Coop- is Bicycle For Lad It received 235 votes. Joho Wayne, hed the lead as the ex- pugulist who made a fortune in America, then returned to his native heath where the Fight- ing Irish term originated A near tie was on between “The Greatest Show On Earth” ( and “The African Queen.” in img to Joey which Humphrey Bogart and Ka- and Mrs. C. therine Hepburn co-starred. De-/ Olivia St, was Mille’s circus saza won by only front yard. Wedeesday he two votes, 23 to 21, placing ed all over town for « third, so that ‘The African of the missing vehicle. Queen” was fourth. ednesday In fifth place was “Ivanhoe,” | which bad 2 nice rua in ; : ggrcer e beth and Robert ino kis) is Sixth was “Come Back, if i nal ills i I t i Mob.” a8 veoth. Namber in The Ram," 5 importation ir f [ Fey REE li tity based on the lite of chen who was injored Flt at Ht ttt e three belowed singers. Teath piece “Five Fingers,” i : ? ; 4 " fichetd by py mory with wae a 5 i i 3 } ul TE 4 (Comtionsd Os Page Txo) k