The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 2, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the tountry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIV No. 79 THEY REMEMBER ‘THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM . . - Over 20 visiting students of Hebrew descent KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953 Students From Cuba Honor Marti Today Educational Tour Is Holiday For Havana Youth Of Hebrew Descent " Tribute was paid today to Jose Marti, Cuban patriet who died in jthe cause of his country’s free- dom, by a group of more than 20 | Young students of Hebrew descent | who live in Havana, Cuba. Short- jly after 11 this morning, the visi- | tors, mostly in their teens, assem- bled at the Jose Marti monument | to place a commemoration token, | _ While the students stood at at- | tention, a large basket of lilies with a gold-captioned ribbon reading “Los Estudiantes Cuba- | nos Hebros,” was put reverent- ly on the memoriel. | After the ceremony, supervis- | ed by Cuban Consul Oscar Mora- | les, the serious expressions gave | way to youthful exuberance and | the happy visitors piled into cars and were driven to Logun’s Res- || faurant for a luncheon. WEES Nat cc FS les Rah from Havana, Cuba, stopped in Key West today during an educational holiday tour to pay tribute to ‘Jose Marti, Cuban patriot and martyr. The group placed a basket of lilies on the Jose Marti monument here in Key West in commemoration of “Cuba Libre.”—Finch, Citizen Staff. How To Make White House Press Happy? Augusta Asks KW.C Of C Performance Of xer’s Crucifixion Given fom Whitley Leads ' Mixed Choir At St, Paul's Chareh BY SUSAN MCAVOY The: sombre, stirring music of | Sfainer’s cantata ‘The ‘ Crucifix. | To Appear At fen” poured through St. Paul's | Episcopal Church last night as 4 Legislature jen and women sang wader the | direction of Tom ‘Whitley. . with | Comdr, 8. H. Pierce at the organ. | Singing to. ehurch fo te | \ % p ee Impressive | ae Governor Says. He Feels Stronger .Every Day With Enforced Rest with loeal, Navy and: visiting teners, the mixed and. inter-deno- minational choir held the — audi- ence in devout and appreciative | attention throughout the 50} minute performance and after-; 4 ward. ) McCarty is hoping tests today will Soloists Mrs. Mildred Jeffers, | show he has recuperated sufficient- contralto, Peter Simpson, tenor, | ly from a Feb. 25. heart attack to peg act din Lege og =. | deliver his message to the Legis- fs : —*=Ysland’s Secret Of Success With Newsmen Sought By Ike’s Hosts | ‘The hospitality that Key West | showed visiting newsmen who ac- _| companied Harry S,. Truman herg, has been long temembered,. ac- | cording to an announcemem®, by the Key West Chamber of Com- merce today, | Now that the Little White House of President Dwight Eisenhower has been established at Augusta, civic leaders of that Georgia city } are endeavoring to ‘‘climb on the | publicity bandwagon" as quickly | as possible, In a phone call to the Key West | ic “ a ti | TALLAHASSEE (®—Gov, Dan | Chamber yesterday, L. S. Moody, | of | Manager of the Augusta Chamber | |of Commerce asked what we. did | impressed | White House ; down here that so {members of the | Press. Mr, Moody mentioned that ere today by Henry C. Cole: This afternoon, the tour will be extended to Miami and Miami Beach where the group will vaca- tion until Sunday when they fly back to Cuba, The trip to Miami will be made by bus, The students arrived at 9:15 charter plane, via Aerovias “Q” with Benjamin Volpe as agent for the supervised tour. The age of the group is about 18, but there were also two. enthusiastic ivnior boys in the party. Most of them are high school and junior college students. everyone spoke English. One slender redheaded lad said in strictly American’ accent, “When's this picture going to come jout?” When told it would be in today’s paper he added. ruefully, “Gee, we won't get to see it less you cry copies to Havana ren, Jr, six years uid: | finger, 10 years Nereida Pino, Ble ‘Ida Swartz, Sara na Surwitz, Yolanda: iam Weiss, Luisa Morache, Matil- de Garfinkel, Zoila Beiger, Boris Berezcivin, Alfredo Herrera, Nico- las Dzubuuevich, Rafael Risch, | Abraham Noncarz, Leon Sarbuz, {isaac Mitrani, Ysak Susoff, and {Solomon Terner, The tour is educational as well ‘as being part of a happy holiday, ‘Pinder Is Named | To State Banking |Ass’n Committee The Key West Citizer THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. PRICE FIVE cents} Rep. Papy Goes To Tallahassee Tomorrow Loaded With Legislation Saves Navy Easter Parade Interest Is ~ e y e Growing Daily Applause Meter Will Be Used To Pick Winners aie Soper on o‘clock Sunday afternoon, is fast increasing, according to J. E. Tucker, Chairman of the Retail Division of the Chamber of Com- merce. Leaflets were distributed to Wagners Shop made avail- eta gin ehige ovary oe! view Park, announcing the event. F Lou Carbonell, it has been ‘an- nounced, -will serve as master of jonies. Fla. Beverage | Agents Confer With Cleare Florida State Beverage Depart- | ment officials will confer with County. Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr. this week on the filing of charges against bar owners and patrons who were arrested last week for serving alcohol to mi- Water Here By Use Of Ancient Ft. Taylor Cistern And State, Will Builders’ Use Of Water In Concrete Manufacture Cut By New Source With the conservation of water in Key West more important than ever since the rapid gain in the city’s population, which has more than doubled in the past ten years, the Navy here has solved one’ problem in a novel way. It has long been a fact hat Na- val construction activities, parti- cularly making of concrete, has been a big drain on the local water supply, but Navy engineers, in the course of a survey under the direction of Commander J. C. B. C. Papy, amid a stream ficial and unofficial callers Union Continues Picket Line Here of 500,000° gallons of water right on the Naval Station which was heretofore unknown. on aise H f i i E 5 tf ie g Used In New Sub Naatilus By SLTON C. FAY PITTSBURGH, April 2 @ -~ So ‘swift is the pace that meaufac-| Optimistic That His Bills, Local’ Pass At Session: Is Head Of Resolutions Commiitee Monroe County’s busiest man, State Representative of phone calls, numerous of- prepared today to leave for Tallahassee tomorrow for Tuesday's convening of the 1953 legislature. Still burning because City Com- missioner Jack Delaney failed to show {he will be in a key position to | watch for the interests of the county on read building. Included among his recent achievements | on roads for the county, is the | widening of Stock Island bridge ORLANDO— The appointment |0rs, Cleare said today. J. J, Pinder, Vice Pres. Florida| _ The County Solicitor has. stayed National Bank, Key West as | home from the Florida Bar Asso- member of the Bank Manage-| ciation’ meeting opening today, to ment Committee was announced i pont 4g. Penn yaeptnoe swooped into Key West Saturday agents | {ture of the operating engine foe] Et ee | jthe first atomic-powered subma-|#in¢ers within two weeks, and H ° ‘ {eee print ppb way. the two-mile long road on Suir. | 0 it t 3:00 | merland Key which, he said, will | start construction next month. Rep. Papy plans to spend the A desea Elks officers wit be ae TA | nakt tho monthe to ‘Tetabasses installed at ceremonies tonight at|'daho, the Atomic Energy Com- |he had quizzed newsmen as to |™4%, recently elected President GOntralto duet, handled their ex. | '*ure personally next Tuesday. acting foles extemely well. Mrs.| He said the doctor had asked Jetfer's rich contralto rang out in| him to go back to the hospital {what Augusta could do to make itheir stay enjoyable In almost every case, accord- |of the Florida Bankers Associa- |tion. Mz, Coleman is President ; Commercial Bank, Daytona, night and mase @ flock of raids on Duval Street bars and others, (Continued On Page Two) 8-by P. J. Ross, presiding officer, | mission (AEC) has directed Wes- A district tinghouse Electric Corp. to start = tetas gad Promise Spay pele nen’ The the church reaching every corner | of the beautiful old building The choir will. repeat. its fine! performance tomorrow, Good Fri-/ day at the Naval Station Protes.! tant Chapel, at § p.m. , Comdr. Pierce who aeedmpani- | ed the group on the ehureh organ showed his skill despite an injury | to his band that almost prevented his performance last night. } Many. of the men. who sang | “The Crucifixion’ last. night ‘are ' accustomed <o the direction of Tom. Whitley who leads the Choir * at the. Naval Station each’ Sunday. | Last night some of them were Joined by their wives in the von. denominational, civilian-Navy per- formance, The beauty of the cantata was such “that passershy on Duval and Exton Street were drawn into the church and‘walked quietly in dur- | ing the "performance to join those who had planned their attendance long enough today ‘to take a new ing to Moody, the scribes pointed " ;tion is composed of all banks in | electro-cardiogram of: his heart | Ut that dinner’ parties such as ‘ompo! {were given in their honor at Key West completely filled the bill During almost every extend- ed visit of Mr. Truman to Key action. “When he sees that he'll rec-/ ommend .whether 1 can go before, Sad. the Cor roomed i ; r = i | West, Ye jounty ai es a * | spensored @ Press Dinner for McCarty said. newspaper men and officials of He commented that the fact he! the President's party. That they has been out of bed! for five hours; were theroughly appreciated is a day recently and “I continue to Sew evident. feel stronger.” e Chamber officials point out that “TF want to go before the Legis- much of the. publicity given Key jatere. T've looked forward to jt | a long, long time. I'm going to i awfully disappointed if I don’t get to do it,” the governor said. “At the same time, I've thor pitality shown visiting writers and the dinner parties helped consi- (Continued On Page Iwo) Gandolfo Attends State Tax Meet ing to do exactly what the doctors tell me to do.” if MeCarty isn’t able te adéiress the Legislature. he won't be the first governor to miks it 85 part of Holy Week Singing the cantata’ under direction of Tom Whitley addi tion to the soloists, were the fol towing Sopranos: Jgyce Loundres, Lu. cie Latimer, Mrs. R. C. Johnston, Mrs. Leland Gotidard, Chariyne Weiss, Ruth BI, Mrs. P. B. Buck Mrs. R. M. Carter, Eileon Kistier, ‘elevator instaed on back stair Lourdes Diaz, Mrs. Jane Dawson’ way of the mansion to beip him and Posey Tit Altos;.Jackie Schrader. Ealah jdhe (Continued On Page Two; Gov, Fred Cone Was if and his message to the 1999 session was read by AttyGen. George Couper Gibbs. Gov, Ossian B. Hart didn't personally deliver the Legislature during either of two sessions during his term in the 1870s. Gov, MeCarty is having a chair the in ctor recommended it’ -be (Comtinved On Page Two) his message to get off the second floor, He said Tax Assessor Claude ¢ leaves today for the me the Executive Committee of Tax Assessor's Association being held in Jacksonville starting to- morrow. Gandolfo was recently elected to the executive committee. He and other officials will hear a.re- port of the association's 1} i tive committee on ail pha proposed laws coming up year’s session of the F tsiature. Bonis TC. Nott stent of the Association, is pre } The Florida Bankers Associa. | ithe State, Its interests, beats in| Key W ) jare not confined to the banking; he |field alone as evidenced by the | At Bar Convention various Committees which ¢arry} ny it Court on the widespread. activities*.of | deen, 3 and oct vine kas the organization including Agri} West attorneys are at the Florida cultural, Bank, Management, Cit! Bar Association convention rus, Competitite Banking Prac-| ing in Hollywood, Fla. today. tices, Credit Policy, Educational.! “Also attending the convention Forestry, Industrial, Instaltment! are Criminal Court Judge Thomas Credit, Public Relations, Trust, | Caro, County Judge Raymond R. Lew e, and Community| Lord, and attorney ‘William Neb- West was due to the friendly hos- |” SPECIAL EASTER SERVICE 11/A.M. Sunday, April 5, 1953 in Masonic Temple CORNER SIMONTON AND EATON STREBTS The Rev. Mr. Rogers Will Bring The Easter Message This Service Is At The Request Of The Many Friends Of The Rev. Mr. Rogers ond Will Be Non-Denomincational ™ sacter Ca following elected officers will Ibe installed: | auelear reactor and steam propul- | Exalted Ruler, Earl Adams; | sion machinery does not necessar- | Leading Knight, Kermit Lewin; | ly mean the design «f atomic sub- Loyal Knight, Jack Baker; Lectur-| marine power plants has been (tary, Fred Edwards; Treasurer, It does mean AEC scientists and George Sikes; Trustee, John F., | Navy designers believe they bave Blackwell, Jr. and Tiler, Myrt-| am atomic power plant which will land Cates. | propel a submarine p-obably faster | The following officers named by! and certainly longer without re- | he Exalted Ruler will also be in-| fueling than any engine existing stalled; Esquire, William Neblett: j today. Chaplain, Harold Rudd; inner) No one expects this nuclear pow- | Guard, Ernest Betancourt and Or-|er plant to operate flawlessly the | ganist, Robert George. | first time the Nautilus puis to ses A chicken and yellow rice sup-| It is still highly experimental. It per will follow the installation. (will have “bugs.” cs any newly This start on the assembly of the | and return to Key West at the end of that time, He can be reached by letter or phone by constituents, he said, at the | House of Representatives, Tal. lahessee, Florida, , That the State Representative will keep in touch with his con- jstuency through press as well as personal letters was shown when jhe took out a two-months’ sub- | Seription for The Citizen to be sent to him at Toliahessee, \Courthouse Closes “All Day Friday Monree County Courthouse «ff “be closed tomorrow exve for the