The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1953, Page 1

* Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an. average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIV No. 78 CANCER SOCIETY CHAIRMAN BOB DANIELS, left, receives $1,500 check from Navy Charity Carni- val Manager, Commander D. Neill, right. Treasurer of the Cancer Society Joe Pinder stands alongside Daniels just waiting to deposit the check as the first donation in the annual drive.—Citizen Staff Photo. Cancer Drive (Explorer Scouts From All Is Underway In Florida Descend On Marine Monroe County Station For Weekend Camp i \ Charity Carnival Local Group Is Check From Navy | Fun Night Put Off| tetuded in Adds Impetus Next W ed. Miami Encampment KE THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE -U.S.A. Y WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1953 ¢ e’ ees aur. | ‘ TiIZF I are : E : Deyoted to the 5 of Key West % PRICE FIVE CENTS Tax Certificates Today Miami Company Purchases Bulk Of Issue At City Hall Sale The annual Tax cate sale, held this morning on the steps of the Hall, attracted just ‘ two buyers, City Tax «Colector Archie Roberts reported ‘to- day. One.of the buyers, N. J. Fincke, representing the Spencer’ Co., Miami, walk-| ed off with 33 of the 35 cer- tificates up for sale in a transaction totalling $1,- 873.02. The other buyer, Rogelio Gomez, who bid on tax delinquent land he already owns, bought just two cer- tificates: totalling $3.60. The Miami Company bid at the top rate of interest on their’ cer- Certifi- | ' Coast Guard | Rushes To Aid Sinking Vessel The shrimp vessel Armata is. sinking 20 miles northwest of here, according to a message by } the shrimp The Ari is taking on water faster than she can pump: it out. The Coast Guard sent out its 83 footer to the aid of the dis- tressed vessel, Lt. Ciem Pearson, Coast Guard Commander in-Key West reported. She should have reached the vessel by noon. Location of the sinking Armata was given as near the lighted wreck buoy. ——Ee———————s Coroner’s Jury Says Drowning tifieates at 18 per cent. Gomez will pay no interest on his certi- ficates. The total sales of $1,876.62 in- clude costs of interest and ad- vertising for the certificates amounting to about five pér cent of the face value of the issue. Property owners have two years from teday to redeem the tax certificates upon paying the prescribed rate of interest for the first year.. After the first year,.the interest rate is Was Accidental Local Shrimper Found In Bay Was Native Of Mississippi A verdict of accidental death by drowning was brought back by a Coroner’s Jury yesterday at an in- quest into the death ‘of Harold Jackson Young, whose body was found floating in the water near | To 1953 Campaign A. drive ee raise. $18,000,000 the Uys. fe ie ge Foe County. “The announcement was accom- ‘ay in Mon- fight..can.|.,,ScHeduled: far; ° Until ‘The Fun Night origirialty view Park has been por until next Wednesday night, due to Easter observances, The Marine Corps Air Station (Opa-Locka), Miami, Florida be- came a “boot camp” on Friday, laveh 2% when the Explorer Scouts from all over South Flori- da began the weekend living the life of the G. I. U. S. Marine. the Standard Oil Docks, Sunday set by law at sight per cent. Today's lg diel morning. tax “roll. Roberts” ts tax ‘coll-dtions hav hundred ‘per cent.of assep sments. Only 2 Buyers Bid On Dapy’s Meeting With City Commission Falls Through As Delaney Fails To Show State Solon Declines To Meet Unless All Present. A meeting scheduled this morning at 10:30 a.m. . be- tween State Representative Bernie C. Papy and the City Commission failed to take place when Commis- sioner Jack Delaney did not put in an appearance, The commission had asked for -he parley to -diseuss pro- nosed legislation affecting the city charter. Rep. Papy declined to meet without the full mem- -bership of the commission present and in a «sharply - worded blast, scored . De- laney for “a lack of moral courage to face the peo- sle.”" Délaney, in a press re- lease issued last week, on _| thexeve of a public hearing into legislation that ~Papy took .a verbal er J The tax yield, he said, amounts z 1, veteran legislator fer not panied. nt t Dini, Zain chance ar ee| PAW Albury, Cty Recreation | One handed and ninety four to rau Deadline’ Today. For C intacgiag the ‘ecdia, aly ACS organization here, and a mes-| Director, announced today. Explorers and advisors took ad-| Roberts ‘attributes . this year’s 2 y ee oe apes i sage from ACS. division officials. vantage of this opportunity to a ape a eg ae < ae the < content of the ‘The campaign gets rolling here see Leatherneck life at close Cates to the fact that “people are T Homestead E tae 4 with the presentation of a $1,500 Upper Keys To quarters. ras 68 was Head-| Paying their taxes. axes, xemption This the commission, check by. Commander Dougald T. 3 quarters for the encampment. lpr retaaae : along with Manager Dave Neill in behalf of the Navy Cha- First Lieutenant Ken Smith act- ‘ac King, |. Ignatius rity. Carnival committee. The Have Sunrise ed as Company Commander. M- Key West Lawyer: 3 . at 4 : oo ges fay Ann = J. Lance- was nted to treasurer ° Sgt Robert Murphy, TSgt James : th lie M In Hist i |lot Lester and County Attorney Joe Pinder and campaign chair- Service Easter Redmond and SSgt Thomas! J'9 Attend Florida 33 Ca 0. en “as | Paul Sawyer,’ convened at the man Bob Daniels. : Jones served as Platoon Leaders, Pee | Yield Largest | time the meeting was called for in * The key to success in fighting| This secluded oceanfront com-|while the Platoon _Sergeants| Bar Ass Meeti ba Are Initiated County Revneue the eity: hall, os cancer,” Bob Dasiels said, “is the | munity, the newest and smallest | were SSgt Jerry. Dunlap, ssgt| PAL ASSN. Vieeting | ever. Only was absent, A Voliinteer. worker, On the eve of | 0" Key Largo, will observe Easter-|mioyd Alien and SSgt William ©) The -bedy, with Of S All county taxes became delin-| phone call te. the Boca Chics Na- this 1953 crusade I want to pay | tide with Sunrise Services at 6:00) Antone. SSgt Curtis Cowan was! A group of Key West attorneys| of Whisity stuffed nto un. quent today at 5 p. m. and home. | val Station, where he fs « Se Oe Ysatos i a A eae te sek Te | the NCOIC of the encampment. ve not yet been | Of p iacket was found Ssating | owner step fie the establish-|stead exemption filings expired at | am teveeled that the i eommunity who will shoulder the | the public is invited. Close order drill, early morn- : the meeting of | i” §o water et about 7:30 Sun- B | 9 tonight ors the On er “was tied up in @ meeting.” task of raising funds and inform-| The services | will be held 0n | ing (0600) calisthenics and. lec-| the Florida Bar Association at the | ¢a¥smorning ‘by e-man identi- |ment of a Knights of Columbus |9 tonight, according to Ces However, he was seid te be on ing peuple how they can best| Easterly Island. « small palm-|1.:05 formed part of the daily |Hollywood Beach hotel tomorrow | fied,.as Tony Gentes ef the |council in Key West was taken of the Tax Collector and Tax As-| . (Continued On Page Twop uae ogainst cancer. The entire | studded coral strand. jutting out) outine, Highlight of the stay|Circuit Court Judze Aquilino Lo-| shrimper Faraway. on Sunday wnen_ thirty-three | sessor. Program of cancer control: hinges | into the unbelievable blue of the)...» tour of the flight line on|Pez. Jr. said today | Dm Aubrey Hamilton, who ex-/ 41 01:0 men were initiated as, TAX Assessor Claude Ganiolfo W. BED Ge tek work. Ht it were not for | Atlantic, end will consist largely |< oasy morning followed by a| The. annual c ion will draw | #mined the body, reported no evi- | C4! Saint Josephs schoot {225 that he personally will keep) W OMAR their efforts there would be no na- | of song worship. All those attend- flight in @ Marine ‘Aircraft... about 1,000 lawyers from all over | deneeé of violence. Cause of death | Knights at Saint Josephs schoo! ‘his office open rill $ tonight “for | & ‘ tional $14,100,000 ' research pro- | ing will be furnished hymnals. | The Explorers arrived at Fish-| the state for the three day ses-| Was. givgn as “drowning,” jhere. ; Hate filers for homestead exemp-/ In Accident Here Sram, there would be no service | Marcia Wallace, Soprano, | will 1 eden ca ‘ohiais . tbiby Aone (Aloe | ,, Young) is survived by his wife.’ The newly accepted men have ition of which there ave at least | program for cancer patients and | sing Mallot?’s Lord's Prayer’* and | met by the Platoon Sergeants|\. § Je U.S. Judge | Mrs. tha Donohue, Fort Lauder: | gun the fitst of ‘three’ degrees | 2- | Mra. Melba Collins, 27, 18D there certainty would be no chance | together with Julie Rose, contralto, aid Were’ Scunsported” to Bi | Harold R New York who, dale, a Brother and a sister living After 9, homesteaders will have. Porter Place, of people getting the. life-saving | will render the Hallelujah Chorus. taker to the wee dist trials |in El Salvador, Centrat America, |°f initiation into the Bishop Bar-',, pay full taxes fanging up, to, s tants abent detecting and curing} Piano accompaniment willbe — so - gel wa ged oO y, Dal-|He was a native of Meridian, ry Council number 3274 of Coral $290 on their home buildings. Coun- i pried age co lb beg early cancer: played by Adrian Forstrom ahd she on - e pg” a eb eg P A. Mississippi where he was born 46/Gables. The Council sent fifteen ty homesteaders have. had five curred in an accident at Truman Mf $5,000, s = 1 8 ly le, general cour af the § j % } & minimum figure. We can, wirn ‘To reach Ocean Reef, those com-|tion, Colonel Thomas G. Ennis, ————- pei tg ~~ | there sre ‘still two: mundred per-| sigine’ pre npr hegre usta, T am woe that all the re. Uk, om tam South will Branch off | USMC training films on tite in| SWEDISH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO POST ... anlage of the homestead fing, | 4 light a the intersection sidents of this community will join | Uy. §. No. 1, at Rock Harbor. Com-| war games in the Carribean were | All county taxes, real estate, _ poh ll, & Hathelé, me in this objective.” jing from "the north, motorists|shown, and tides in the Link | 2%, personal, and intangible property pry diy From the Florida division of the | should take the first turn left after | Trainers ended the first dav at | elesates ee es sSuecessor fall due at 5-p.-m. today, Tax |"? t of Mrs. Collins’ to American Cancer Society came a crossing Jewfish Creek, 20 miles | MCAS. | . re) , Collector Howard Wilson said. few ha Soy par determined, message praising the local unit for | south of Homestead. There is| A shrill bugle annouriced the | : ‘ oe ; After today delinquent. tax pay. | Sat es Sen bed te hospital fs pfompt start i the campaign. | ample parking space for several| hour of 0600 and the call to ca-| UNITED NA N. Y, w®—jmany,months. Delegates hailed it) His choice was a complete sur- ers will have to phy interest at “Your share of our division's goal! hundred cars and there are res- UN. y viewed the (Continued On Page Two) Cantata Tonight At St. Paul's A choir of Navy, civilian “and mixed denominational voices will, join together tomight und Tom Whitley's direction. to Staimer's well known “Crucifix, fon” at St. Paul's Episcopal} Church, at 8 p. m. t The choir will sing the Easter) @entate with Comdr. S. HL} Pierce, USN at the organ. The} @antata is one of the most famous | for the Easter season. } The public is invited to attend) the cantate Key West Salvage Co. $TOCK ISLAND BRYING ALL JUNK and METALS Old Cars and Trocks PHONE .~ 2.51% pen Sat. and Sun. Mernings } taurants nearby that will be open early. \Deadline Near On oa) Auto Ins pections, ~ £ isthenics. Policing Bunks and chow—then the Scouts were ready for the solemn “Colors” ceremony. “The Star Spangled Banner” was played by the Sta- tion Band. Then the real object of the encampment. flight in a military 2: Briefing on ditching pro use of the parachute, safety belts and checking on paterrial a) proval for flying—then — take offt Alternating the flights with instructions on Jet and fighter | planes, the Marines were able to! take up each platoon of the en- campment. Athletic events in the form of relays, jumps, softball and swim ming comprised the afternoon activities. A movie at the Static Theatre completed the day an aerial ith ‘the speculation that if the war adversaries could get to- East-W UN er.on a new U. N. chief exe. i munist Ch cutive, the way may be paved for the Korean settlement of other bitter problems tion as or st haréasing the 60-nation world or- ; Union's new pos gartization. Hammarskjold was making | first yesterday in a secret huddle nee since of the Security Council's five per - makent members—the U. S., Bri tain, France, the Soviet Union and Nationalist China. Bach a to age his veto if the ;}Hammarskjeid, $ y the Seven Council votes foreign minister the post. for Bis selection. ¥ | Hammarsk previously | gn a hastily called meeting just "been y 25 2 pOS-| atch the Comnell then spmiastel | sible ; ‘Hammarskjold agree- to @ Nationalst Cu'92 sebst-ined, f Red because Sweden recognised the jays Chinese Commaenist government, “ ae nd- | but this did not count as a veto. Church call eum 5 Cather | 5 a Hammarskjold sow mast be com \Genetes wads Vhie Pacheste prised pln Be nF e Protest Church call came at 0900. Alt j mating the Clean. up ard pol jot the area by the S were Rot (Continued On Page Te °) ' Aatercbly apppeval was considered certain. As soon as the Council ¢ for a@iel, Assembly President Lester Be Pearson ‘gotified the Swede of voy cht on “peer pt. ay e Ut. & . Bot only to con-Council dele- | tions but to himr-and his col-/ ‘agues in the Swedish government | as well. In Stockholm, both Ham- marskjold and his Premier. Tage |, | Erlander, said there had been no | ‘preliminary contacts made on the | the rate. of one and one-half per | obeervetion, cent a month on (property and . holdings. plus advertising charges. | Sneak Thief Gets Tax. Collector Wilson will publish | * List of delinquest taxpayers fer (Continued On Page Teo) ater. | * * i steak |. who fnvaded a Hammarstiod empbasized cnat| SAUL Ts Jailed | soue'sirent nore shite the seme: ihe would have to talk to his gov-’ . fer rene eee oe ee ‘core For Prewling = aoa | ‘The victim of ‘the theft, Sis ' | Robert E. Brandon, a Navy man! Hilda Cunniff. 404 South Street, and | jailed by police last $6 ee (other, Bal trespassing charge following the end when she returned was Swedish | complaint of 2 James wo that her pocketbook containing the War I. ; man that he was on | money wes missing. i i les s t