The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 27, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the Most equable climate in the country, with an average remge of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Safe Stolen At Building Co. Office Thieves Smash Lock And Make Off With $781.40 During Night Thieves, who broke into the office of the Fred How- land Construction Com- pany, foot of Duval Street near the Porter Docks, made off with a 400-pound safe containing $781.40 cash and checks, it was an- nounced today. The safe was stolen some time between 9:00 last night and 6:00 this morning, to the Howland Company office manager Albert C. Metcalf. He told police that he worked in the office until that time last night and this morning when he opened the office, he found the door to tlie office shack forced and the . Safe missing. It contained a total $447.05 in cash:and $334.35 in of checks. theorize that there was thief involved weight of the int in the area re- heard @ truck ime shortly af- 's Deputy E. H. trunk, today. investigating at feet from scene. It had been fed, He ‘also said» that the appargnily worn @loves while at work because the Officials speculate that the Job was the work of someone familiar ‘th the routine of the ‘office, since today is pay day for the ‘construction company employees and they hoped that the payroll would be in the safe. However, Metcalf said that the company’s $8,000 payroll is never made up in the office but is han- died by a local bank. Nothing else is missing from the office, Hetcalf reported. Police Lt. Joseph Cerezo and - officer Armando Perez made the investigation at the scene as well as members of the Sheriff's staff. [2 2. eaincaaazd No Objections To Sewer Rate Jump Not a. single Key Wester ap: peared last night at a public hearing before the city com- mission to oppose a 50 per cent Increase in the city’s sewer ser- vice rates. The jump has been made megessary for the financ- ing of the extensive renovations | te the present outmoded and in- adequate system. However, one unidentified ci- fizen did appear to request that the city enforce strictly, the city law which requires all resi- dences in the city te heok up te the sewer system, City Manager Dave King as- sured the man that anyone, liv- Ing within 100 feet of the new System, ‘will be forced te, hook up to it according to law. in answer te the statement that the law has not been rigid- ly enforced in the past, King said that the present system is already very much overloaded and may give out any day. The requirements of the fia- ancing agents for the project will insist on strict enforcement of the laws, he added. Retchings Electric DIAL 2.3249 or 2-7665 Electric Contractor REPAIRS and SERVICE NO 208 TOO SMALL er LARGE All Work Guaranteed in|? according | § VOL. LXXIV. Ne. 74 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1953 Lavish Film Starts Month’s Shooting Charter Referendum \Is Defeated Thursday | ' , ' NEW ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS wh 0 were elected at the club’s weekly meeting Thursday are Papy Introduces New Local Bill To Change Charter Amending Action A bid to stymie the ef- 4 forts of State Representa- Br ee ede” | shown above, They are, left to right, Harry Baker, director; Horace O’Bryant, vice president; Paul Sher, secretary; Ralph Rogers, president; Jeff Knight, director. Neil Knowles is at the extreme right of the picture—Citizen Staff Photo. Rogers, O'Bryant Head Slate | Outgoing Rotary president | tive Berhie C. Papy in his attempt at revising the city jcharter failed last night , When the city commission voted down an ordinance which would have required all such amendments to go before the voters for re- ferendum. The measure died when it failed to receive| the necessary 2/8 (four vote) ratification by the =| commissioners. Big Turnout At Of Rotary Officers For 53 Bilt Hearing Is Rotary Aid | For Refugees In W. Germany Is Requested The nomination slate of Rotary Club, officers who will) ae was unanim in when election took place yes« the luncheon at St. terday toting Paul's. parish” hall.’ New « Rotary pres: will be the Rev: "Ra Rogers of the First Presbyterian Church, current secretary. under. Rotary President Neil Knowles, Vice-president for the year will be Horace Monroe County of public instruction. a will be Paul Sher, businéssman, presently program director for Rotary. i Named as new directors are Jeff Knight and 4erry Baker. Special guest was Pete Chase, charter member of the Rotary Club here when it was organized in 1916. Chase left Key West and was actively associated with the late Carl Fisher, developer of Miami Beach. Chase also served as secrefary of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce for sev- eral years. A send-off was given Chet Cold of the Southern Beli Tele- phone who will be sadly missed he one of the Rotary Club mem- rs. Program director Paul Sher asked Joe Pearlman to read an|*°™ | important letter from Rotary In- ternational. It consisted of a di- rect appeal to Rotary Internation- jal at Chigago neadquarters from [Ernest Reuter, Lord Mayor of | Berlin, asking for help for the {Continued On Page Two) Audubon Society | Arranges Bird Walk For Sat. | The Monroe County Audubon | Society has arranged a Saturday }morning bird walk in the Sanc- jtuary on Stock [sland The migra- {tion has begun, with the appear jance of Baltimore orioles, hood- ed warblers, indigo buntings and jsome other species, hastening to ; their northern nesiing is. {Although it is ‘oo early in the season to expect sizable numbers, it is, believed that some interest- jing birds may pe seen | Mrs. Frances Hames will lead the group and vill be at the en trance to the" Sanctuary at sine je'clock Saturday morning. tomor row. All interested persons are invited to participate. —— “ronan tment Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling FAM DIAL 2.9006 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Serap Meta! Located et 121 Simenten Street So Sn at ee naam mentemcnems EE Shrimper Gets ‘ | Fine; 6 Months Suspended Term Criminal Court Judge Thomas} Caro today gave a six month’s | suspended sentence, a $15 fine | and a stern lecture to the first | fisherman arrested under the state law on catching undersized ‘shrimp. | + Gullen Williamson, shrimper oft | the Pricilla was arrested ody} State Conservation Agent Joe/ Knight for having in his posses- | sion shrimp that were so small | they numbered more than- the | legal 55 to a ound. | Judge Caro told the redestop’| that he appreciated that he was | not alone in offending, but warn- ed him and all other shrimpers that the next man caught with the undersized shrimp will get a) straight jail sentence. | Knight testified in court to the | rearypesd saying that Williamson | had shrimp numbering 85, 86 and’ 79 to the pound. | Judge Caro imposed the follow- ing other fines in court this morn- | ing: | ie Nelson, $25 for going 65 miles 'per hour in a 35 mile speed eo: Adolfo Pazo, five dollars for carrying an expired Florida | jlicense tag | |. Jack T. Sherwood, $15, for reck- less driving; Haroid Christoffer- | son, $25 for reckless driving; Abe Wolkoff, $15, reckless driving: and Wanda Hail. five dollars, reckless driving A jury venire wes drawn re- turnable two weeks from next Monday Eisner Reports | ‘Cops’ Dissension | ; Dissension in the police de- }partment, as the result of the policy of stationing a uniformed Naval Shore Patrolman with each officer patrolling the city’s streets , tic was pointed out ‘ast night by city commissioner Louis M. J. Eisner. Eisner said tnat there “are several reasons why it is not practical” and asked that the City Manager confer with Naval authoritig to see if i is neces sary In the past, it was the policy to station two Shore Patrolman with each policeman but the num ber has now been cut to just one. ‘FIVE DAYS TO MAKE | Expected Tonight Record crowds are expected at the Courthouse tonight for | the biennial legislative hearing | conducted by State Representa- | tive B. C. Papy at 8 p. m. City and. county: officials es well. as local: voters will be on peat yf But today, Representa- | tive Papy introduced an- other bill’ which would have made last night’s ac- tion worthless by amending Section One of the city charter to “make null and void all proceedings for amendment of the city charter under Section One.” bills which have so far been ad». ‘city vertised for introduction. The evening may . provide some fireworks on the more controversis! items of legisle- tion deal. _ with tha/éity’s gov- ernment. shether oF: not ap- proval of these bills Is express- ed, the State representative is empowered by law to introduce them in the 1953 legislature. ——E——E—EE Es April Is Named Cancer Control Month By Mayor Mayor C. B. Harvey today called for full support of cancer control activities during April which he proclaimed as “Cancer Control Month.” The proclamation pointed out that one-fifth of all the people of Monroe County will develop cancer. This is based on Statistics which reflect cancer in-; cidence throughout the state and! Nation. The Mayor's proc'amation’ said j cancer had reached such propor- | tions that a concerted effort by everyone is necessary to combat it and pointed out that nation- wide efforts to focus attention on cancer will be made during April. Mayor Harvey requested that all residents observe cancer control month by supporting the Ameri can Cancer Society’s 1953 drive that opens April 1. Lions Club Asks City For Land The Lions Club last night pett- city commission for a ct of land = beween the Key West Yacht Club and n Haven on Roosevelt Boul- of asa site for a Se. being forced rt present oT reet due to the am contemplated for ‘est High School nich is adjacent to the proper- ty The Roosevelt Boulevard prop- rrentiy leased to the acht Club, but to ms be started with that or- ation for tithe to the land. present Lions club house ars age and eventually | The amendment read: charter amendments shall be sub- ject to referendum. No law a the charter of the city of Key West shall become opera- tive until approved by a majority of the qualified electors partici- pating in an election in said Commissioner Louis M. J. Eis- ner last night cast the deciding vote against the ordinance which was introduced by Mayor C. B. Harvey. Apparently irked because he wasn’t consulted by the authors of the measure, Eisner voted no when the bill was introduced es an emergency ordinance (requir- ing a unanimous vote of the com- jmission) and then followed vote when it was re-introduced as a bill requiring just a two- | thirds (four votes) ratification by the city fathers. Eisner’s, vote, along with that jof Commissioner John Carbonell, were all that were needed to quash the measure. While Eisner agreed that “‘it is a very good ordinance,” he said: “When you fellows sat down to draw up this very a ee document, shouldn’t I have been consulted? It has been handied | with such speed at a time that) {political feeling is so high that I think we should have sat down | jand talked this thing over. We} are interfering with another: }man's (Papy’s) duties.” | | John Carbonell justified his dis- ,Senting vote on the same basis, jwhen he decried the secrecy and | | speed with which the measure | |was handled. In a caustically | worded rebuke aimed at Com- missioner Jack Delaney, Carbo- nell referred to a statement De- laney released on Thursday in lwhich he blasted Papy for the shroud of secrecy which sur- rounds his announced intentions to introduce legislation affecting the city charter. Carbonell said | that he had bees given no time to study last sight's highly con-| | troversial issue. ' ; _ SS oremannrsamatnemmc etait | “12 Mile Reef,” A Cinemascope On Spongefishing, Will Bring 70 Filmmakers Headed By Stars Robert Wagner, Terry Moore Here i By SUSAN A crew of 70 Twentieth McAVOY Century-Fox stars, featured EEaEEEEEE_E__=— players, photographers, sound men, and others will des- Papy Will Meet With Commission State Representative Ber- nie C. Papy will meet either tomorrow morning or Wed- mesday morning at 10:30 a. m, with the city commission, it was announced today. City Commissioner Louis M. J. Eisner, who was in- structed by the Mayor to ex- tend the invitation, said that Pap: was “all tied up today but could make it tomorrow _ or Wi ad Eisner had asked that the city fathers “sit down and talk over the proposed con- stitutional amendments.” ES $25,000 Plus Is Netted In Polio Drive Receipts And Expenditures of collection is as follows: Advance Special Gift—$215.00. Corporate and Business Gifts— $720.48 Collections in Schools—$1,008.75 Labor Division—$179.50 Mother’s March—$2,263.94 Coin Collections—$498.16 March of Dimes eards—$1,060.12 Sports Division, Events, col- lections and contributions—$1,815.73 Special Events—$2,302.35 Collections in motion ‘through with another dissenting | g2 A 19-year old shrimp fisher- man was arrested last night by police after he was found prowl- ing in the side yard of the home of Mrs. Anthony Alonzo, 4 Aro- novitz Lane, clad in just a pair of shorts. Mrs. Alonzo reported that she sighted the man peeking in her window. When police arrived, they found the man’s clothing He will be arraigned in City Court today. NOTICE Unit 56, Ladies Auxiliary Fleet Reserve Assn. jmearby. Unit 6 i cend upon Key West on April 18 for a month of shooting a cinemascopic color film on the streets, in the houses, and on the reef of Key West, The Citizen learned from Pro- duction Manager Gene Bryant last night. The film “12 Mile Reef,” deal- ing with the sponge fishing in- dustry, stars Robert Wagner, Terry Moore and Gilbert Roland. The stars as well as J. Carrol Naish, Harry Carey, Jr. and other notables will check in at the Casa Marina on April 18 and stay through May 20. Six truck loads of equipment, twe busses, a barge, for the photographers and six bonts in- cluding a Greek fishing boat are just part of the equipment coming to Key West fer the $1,500,000 film. “We are using the reef off Key West as the background theme for the film as well as the locale for action. The A and B fish house docks are going to | be the scene of a boat fire. Mr. Felton has been most coopera- tive in helping in every way. Then old Delmonico’s restau- rant, wow Duffy’s bar will be shot as will a Key West home.” {| Bryant said: H “We're the one entertainment | that comes to town and_ brings money in rather than:takes it out. We will spend conservatively in| ‘Key West during the four weeks we are here about $150,000. That's ae, rf te fate £ z= F & ait i HH a TTT? ; the Fb present three! no; glasses. technique will bring | its scenes to life — look alive,” the A i 2 polaroid lm ? |Council, April 6 film, are teamed together once “42 Mile Reef” is the second film cinemascope. “The Robe” is being made with the new techni- 1 (Continued | ‘ood Processors |Abide By Laws, |Inspector Says * Hent sanitary condition, according ito Angier Wills, Inspector for the | Pood and Drug Division of the | State Department of Agriculture. | Hit l FA Robert Woods Accused Of Murder Try Robert Curry, Brother-In-Law, Claims Woods Tried Killing Him Robert Lee Woods, 30, of Key West is being held in jail on $1,000 bond, on a charge of as- sault- with attempt to commit murder upon his brother-in-law Robert Curry, contractor, the Sheriff's office announced today. The .alleged assault with a pis- tol occurred Wednesday night at Boza's open air theater on Stock Island, on U. S, 1, Peace Jus:'re Roy Hamlin will hold a prelimin- ary hearing on the case Mondoy rested Woods after the sftida. vit calling for an arrest had been signed at Hamlin's office by Cur- ry. Immediately “before Woods’ hearing, two construction work- {ers will be heard on the charges of breaking and entering with in- tent to commit grand larceny of $117. Complainant. Hazel Saun- ders accused the men of break- ing into her room at 307 Street and taking tke money. The men were arrested. by city police and turned over to the Sheriff's office. They are in jail on bond of $500 each. Admiral Duke To Address Juvenile 5 Admiral Irving T. Duke, ial said that with baseball season, if that there is an