The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 26, 1953, Page 3

Thursday, March’ 26, 1953 TH jE KEY WEST CITIZEN The WEATHERMAN Says Key West and Vicinity: day thru Friday. Fair to- gorth and northeast winds. Mlorida: Fair today and Friday. Rather cool today. A little warmer Friday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate, occasionally _ fresh, Borthwest to north winds becoming to moderate north and} mod- erate east to southeast winds. Fair gentle Northeast tonight. Friday Continued cool | Moonrise tonight, warmer Friday. Moderate! Moonset — Excess this ye Relative Humiaiy at 9:00 A.M. Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.14 ins—1020.7 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac | Sunrise ! Sunset = TOMORROW'S _ TIDES (Naval Base) ! HIGH 7:53 a.m. 8:03 p.m. FARES, TAXES UP (Continued from Page One) and employes. to be borne equally by employers | TODAY'S a= STOCK MARKET NEW YORK ‘® — The stock market worked irregularly higher | in early activity today. Motors, utilities, motion pictures, .---- 6:24 a.m.! and radio-television securities led . 6:41 p.m.|the parade upward. Steels and 4:26 p.m. 4:35 a.m.| chemicals were mostly in the minus column. Railroads, airlines, and oils were mixed. Chrysler, which yesterday fell! nearly three points, regained a point of that decline today. auto maker cut prices on each of its models an average of $100. Other climbing stocks today in- cluded U. S. Steel, Packard, Boe- ing, Zenith, Commonwealth Edison, American Can, Sinclair Oil, New | York Central and Warner Bros. Dipping into the minus column The | | PAPY GIVES REASONS | (Continued from Page One) {charter calls for a 10 per-cent, | penalty for failure to make prompt reports on the value of! real and personal property for | tax purposes. “I have a bill to| remedy this injustice,” he said. “I am being accused of trying! to run the city commission—but I have no desire to do anything of the kind,” he added. “It is| not how big you are—but how| humble you are, that counts.” Papy ended his talk with a tend the public hearing tomor- row night in the Monroe County Court House at which time ae ‘legislation will be aired. “I hope there will be a good} turnout there. I will explain | why I think these bills are ne-| © cessary and will be glad to dis-| I think | x cuss them with anyone. it will be a happy meeting,” he} blanket invitation for all to at-'At (Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YORK (AP Goodyear NOON STOCKS: [aaa G Eq all Allis sca Am egos geo BeEee Ee HOUSE: COMMITTEE ‘Continued. from Page One) the calling ‘i. li a iq 72 | secret school, because “it would mean I’m testifying against my- self.” Rep. Morgan M. Moulder (D-Mo) ‘developed the picture further in | CT 35%] questions, although he got no an- iw itu & io ches sler * Cola swers. He asked whether about 20 peo- ple arrived at the camp about mid- J night Dec. 5, whether Mr. and Mrs. Springer were there, whether those attending were advised “because of security reasons” not to walk around in the daytime but stay) in the cottages so as not to be seen, whether Springer is or was a Communist party member. Other committeemen sought vainly for answers to questions on} | GREYHOUND whether ‘Springer had rented the camp to Communists and who the adult, guests last December were. Springer did describe the camp buildings and tents, said he accom- modated children 7 to 15 years old and offered them woodcraft, nature craft, hikes, ball playing, sewing and weaving. The Rio Grande is the third longest U.S. river. Sport of Queens RACING AT ITs BEST Post Time, 8:15 P.M. The estimate board rejected the! Payroll tax but is expected to ap- Prove the realty tax boost. weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate, ! occasionally fresh northeast winds, were Republic Steel, Case, and Concluded. Allied Chemical. over north portion today, other- wise moderate easterly winds thru Friday. Partly cloudy weather. PROPOSED BILLS (Continued from Page One) AMMO SITUATION (Continued from Page One) gon and General James A. Van SMATHERS URGES (Continued from Page One) | away. I, for one, do not want gessensgese*= yy 1-7 a! to see that happen. G “I have talked to a number of | G people about this proposal and have not heard anyone claim that it necessarily would increas ef- 'y or add to the services al- though it would cost more money. “Personally, I take the position ' that if we spend any more money through the various agencies now under the Federal Security | Agency, that it should go into in-} creased payments to old age bene- | ficiaries, to the scaools, or some | other worthwhile activity, which! would benefit the people and{ which needs more support.” Isolated light showers. Observations taken at City Office | Key West, Fla., Mar. 26, 1953 9:00 A.M. EST ‘Temperatures Highest ‘yesterday Lowest last night Mean .......... Normal to the people of Florida, in the} Fleet. democratic tradition, by amend-| Van Fleet, retiring commander ing all local bills pertaining tojof the Eighth Army in Korea, has municipalities in the state to | declared there were serious, some- read “subject to the vote of|times critical, shortages of ammu- people. nition during his 22 months in lKorea, Top military leaders in the Pen- ;tagon denied that but a Senate committee said it agreed with Van Fleet. Eisenhower said ke had specif ically checked on the loss of “Old Baldy” mountain by the Allies and ‘was told that amriunition was not {a factor. hauls—covering such areas as Atlanta to Jax, Jax to Tampa, Jax to Miami, and Jax to Key West. Right now I'm “deadhead- ing” north, passing through Oak Hill, after delivering four new automobiles to a dealer at West. Palm Beach. By “deadheading”—I mean that my trailer is empty. We try to avoid these empty runs be- cause, as you can imagine, they're unprofitable. It costs a lot of money to operate a tractor-trailer that makes | i < $3939 ‘ Maybe T myself a: alittle more thorough- ly: because you're going -to he hearing a lot more from me. And“ before I finish, I think jwe're going to be good friends. You can just call me “Mac” because that’s what all pen Festi friends call me.. I'm 35, ‘a:couple*of kids ae feticiea | in. Jackson- the Fl Florida. For the past ten ars T've been a driver for one eof Florida’s largest truck- ted from high ay attend- University of Florida Stes i where I studied Subscribe to The Citizen HALL & SHAW QUALITY PAINT and BODY SHOP Opening April First 1109 WINDSOR LANE BLOCK AND A HALF SOUTH OF CATHOLIC CHURCH '| For Quality Work | Go To The QUALITY SHOP. . 81 LS ET TIES : 70| Prepare-ahead tip: Shell ..76|nuts and’ chop on board with 75) French knife. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator so they'll be ready to use when -0 ins.| you are baking cake, cookies or -72 ins.| hot breads. The nuts are also! -57 ins.| handy to have on hand to sprinkle 7.11 ins.} over a cake frosting. wal- | ee KEY. WEST KENNEL CLUB STOCK ISLAND, OFF U.S. 1 Open Air Bleachers DAILY DOUBLE 1 and 2 Races QUINIELAS Every Race RACES NIGHTLY } Free Parking Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month .. Deficiency this month Total this year CONCH CHOWDER By RAYMER only about five miles on a gallon of gas and wears down tires that cost more than $100 each—and I’m riding on ten of "em. We fellows are known as “professional” drivers. We've been through a long, hard of training. Periodical- we must take physical exams and psychophysical tests covering such items as distance judgment, depth per- ception, steadiness, night vi- sion, and so forth. Oh-oh—there’s a little lady in trouble with a flat tire. Now if I can find a safe shoulder, I'll pull off the road and help her out. See you next week... are ! jwent exploring. The guards finally | scovered me because the dogs “snuck” under the big chains and barked at them, and ordered me off at gun point. All I wanted to see was the grounds. I had no jhankering to turn a_ gold plated ‘faucet, in the marble Empire Fath. | Anyway, I did get a good look at ba suspect ig still at large, or rather, in hiding. LETTER from Ed Bethel who is inthe Army now wants to know how everything on the Old Rock is going. “I am OK and a full-blooded soldier,” he writes and sends re- gards to the staff ‘of The Citizen. He worked here before going in the service. “I really enjoyed. working at The Citizen and the people sure were nice. I don’t think there is a better man to work for than Mr. Artman.” Ed wants to know if I have ‘room in this column to ‘tell his friends that he is coming home jon leave on the’ first of April. “I millinery creations. Hard pressed | have finished my 16 weeks basic for time, I whipped up a_ little | training and am getting ten days number which was in a class by, Jeave to come’ home.” -Well.’. . | itself. I took my old black riding |there is the favor, Eddie. , “and hat, (Arizona sombrero style), | hope somebody sends you a clip- and hung two borrowed water | Ping. He’s at Fort Jackson, S. C. pistols in their holsters (Brian | Address Pvt, Edward A: Bethel, |two dogs and my brother's three Reynolds who lives’ next door | US 53122078, Co. “A” 61st Infantry. | seater kiyak (it was almost as didn’t even miss. them until I| 808 PRICE also communicates | big as a canoe) and paddled silent- in bouillon cups with crisp salted brought.them back) from the via the mails, sending a clipping ' ly up the Bay from Coconut Grove, crackers, back and on one side of the up- 5s, od Oh devite tow dtriasty JUST ARRIVED! A Complete Shipment of horses on the chim,strap which is gaucho style. We, stuck a white horse in the crown. My, entry was labeled ‘“‘ANTI-PROWLER HAT. ‘IN FOUR BEAUTIFUL COLORS about Biscayne Bay's new show place, the old Deering estate pal- ace, which is now the “Dade Coun- ty Art Museum.” The story, by Aline B. Louchheim is a descrip- tion of the lush grounds and enor- mous mansion known as Villa Viz- caya. The article appeared in the New York Times, Sunday, March 15. the stone barge which acts as, Now there are some facts the | breakwater on the bayside. It’s writer evidently didn’t know about | decorated with baroque statues by when giving the details of inter-|A. Stirrup Calder. I think cement ior and of the jungle-like gardens | was used to make the big figures ! surrounding the huge estate. I liv-| because the tide, time and the ed within walking distance of the | high winds had destroyed noses, spot. for seven years. Back in 1936, | ears and portions of the faces. .So | they found a big still right in the |that all the statues looked as if jungle gardens where bootleggers | they had leprosy! made white mule. Then they put guards around the place at the bayfront and heavy chains at the water’s edge. One day I took our ga 58S i ‘ é RANSPORTATION 3USSES TO TRACK Leave in Front of Strand Theatre Admission 25c At the Mad Hatter’s session at Ft. Taylor the other afternoon, the ladies showed what can be done with fresh tropical flowers, shrub leaves, flowering vine and driftwood, putting them into Then I became a driver's helper on a pick-up-and-deliv- peice Now I’m making long Delicious first course for a company supper Mix canned clam juice with tomato juice, us- ing the same quantity of each Season as desired, heat and serve PICK THAT PISTOL UP, BABE!” Avalon Bigelow, yh knows Ari- zona well, laughed the hardest. But it ain't funny McGee. Night before last. just before that big thunder- storm, someone went racing through the side. passageway by our apartment /right outside Jim Cobb's windows, with police in hot pursuit. Sheila Jameson says she really does have a pistol and knows how to shoot. There was a second indignation meeting of club women on Wednesday. LT. BILL WELLS listened to all this and said why not equip homes with police whistles. Red Kerrick suggested that people buy sound records with automatic shrieks and sound of feet pounding. . .and have a special tripper arrangement that would set off the record if prowlers came a prowlin’. Maybe the old Halloween stunt of putting a bucket of water over a door would work? And put booby traps at every win- dow.» After the last episode the Navy made a thorough investiga- tion and lined up every man around | for inspection. The boys thought it was odd that no one looked at shoes but scanned faces thorough- ly. I hear by the grapevine that 35 or 36 guys had scratched faces. However, none of them had the ight face. . .so it looks as if the Consisting Of @ DRESSER and MIRROR @ FIVE DRAWER CHEST @ ONE DRAWER NITE TABLE @ DOUBLE and SINGLE BEDS @ CHAi£ WE ALSO RECEIVED A FULL SHIPMENT OF Solid Rattan Furniture Three Piece Living Room Suites . . . End and Step Tables Coffee Tables . . . Occasional Chairs Lamns Altman's Furniture 900 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-594] eee wees “ LA RAYMER wears “Anti- Prowler” sombrero equipped | with handy guns here from the hatban.. gn o girl shirt also read pistol up, Bat cow: Pick that least this psrade