The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 16, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOL. LXXIV No. 91 Bar Owners Are Fined $150 For Serving Minors Beer KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THU! Jail Sentence For Offenders Next Caught, Judge Caro Says Jail sentences for any bar owners caught serving beer or liquor to minor service- men or civilians will be levi- ed from now on, Criminal Gourt Judge Thomas Caro stressed. throughout the OBryant Says Firing Final; March Attorney Says It’s Not Board Can Still Save Employees Fired By Supt., J. Y. Porter Says The smoke of battle hovers over the Board of Public Instruction this morning following last night’s three hour fight on retention or Ferry Venture Still Unsure On Cuban Side Key Westers ‘Saturday In Jimmie Garcia, - Broward Saunders | Sought By CG, Navy i | In Florida Bay | Coast Guard and Navy boats, | planes, blimps and helicopters are searching in Florida bay for miss- ing Jimmie Garcia of 1214 Racker} three hour and a quarter trials of four barowners yes- terday afternoon. He wound up, giving light fines te the three venders who pleaded guilty, but expressing displeasure at the mistrial of bax’ owner Don Ortega, whilé doubling his bond to $50. Consejo Consultivo Differs With Batista’s Views On Operation ® Aou Superintendent Horace O’Bryant By —_ Prebpe megtal satated emphatically to The Citi- Although President Ba-' Se far as | am concerned the tista has stressed —_ he; itil cad the’ atibeeay hac viled feels that ferry service be-| that the two men could not be | hired over my objection.” tween Havana and Key West Fiatly contradicting -O’Bryant would prove beneficial, | was J. Y. Porter who is repre- there is still doubt that the | “parce age B® Pattie: ferry will come into bei + {| “In my opinion that is not so, ‘ ie oT benew because as I understand it if the this time. After recent hot discussions‘ tion which is not approved by the sie ee Trustees, and he makes second firing of Leland March, General Supervisor of Instruction and Ran- dolph Russell, principal of Harris School. Pleading guilty and receiving fines of $150 plus costs for ser- ving beer to minors were Joseph Gild and Mona Del Monte, bar- fender and bar owner of La Conga ber on Duval Street and Ids Kaplan, owner ef Cecil's Bar. Pleading not gvilty, was Don Ortega, owner of Two Friend’s Bar, The jury deliberated half an Superintendent makes a nomina- matter is settled. The board has | hour in his case and reported that it could not arrive at a verdict. Judge Caro, generaliy mild and lenient, expressed extreme dis- “pleasure that the jury had not wrought in a guilty verdict. He showed his feelings by rais- ing Ortega’s bond from $250 to » $500, despite the pleas of Orte- it Was State Beverage agent Joe Russell who could not be present at a retrial teday, due to Miami business. Ortega’s case will be | continued till next term of crim- inal ’court, because be could not present Friday. The bar-owners and their attor- i 3 34 Fs S26Fsz “3 By JAMES CALOGERO in Cuba’s Consejo Consultivo (the body which ‘succeeded the late Cu- group unanimously agreed that the transaction between the Atlantic and third nominations which are Street, skipper of the 32-foot Wasp, | | commercial fishing boat, and nis | | ¢rew of one, Broward Saunders, 42, | Mative Key Wester, | | _ The two men have been over- | | due since Saturday, according to | the Coast Guard, which began | its search in the direction of the | Dry Tortugas because the men | | said they were going to fish in | 40 fathoms of water for red snap- | per. t | Today, however, the search was shifted to the Florida bay north of the Keys; on further information | | given officials. | Mrs. Garcia, mother of an | eight-year-old boy and a four | | and one-half-month-old girl, told | The Citizen: “My husband is a good skip- ban Congress) the members of that ; not approved, then in that event| Per: | hope he’s all right.” the School Board is authorized to| Both men are said to be ex- elect persons of their own choice. | Petienced boat handlers, and that | If this is not so, then obviously | there must have been structural “TODAY IN THE Gulf Transportation Company of | | Jacksonville and the Cuba Banco: Agricola. y Industria (BANFAJ) | mg ce placa risk to _ ey based their agreement on the | commended: fact that the GATC is responsible | and Russel) ‘said: j | : only to the extent of the value of! “Our recommendation sticks, s would be used you can quote me on that.” | 2 3 Porter cited the following law which* he said backs up his con- of Trustees are simply rubber- Sale Pind Sr hhairmai Sr, an. ne “ehtinuation of March i be act to keep March and Russell, if In the event the transaction : would feceive only a small profit ws, 1952 edition: eae Soda, war as Se tea| “Appointment of employees of position to obtain a large profit | system shail be appointed as pre- wer = J stgessr poe | Seribed in chapter 230; provided ture should fail, Cuba would lose eo ake Weeents tes cones or Ry ; ESS Rs | First Of Sick the beat, which is estimated at rst 1¢ about ap gn | Because of the uncertainty of secs aod the money “ines (And Wounded the Consejo Consultivo declared | that it feels that the ferry venture | is too great a risk for Cube to take | JQ) s To Cam it this co They indicated that at some future time they may a- * gale take. up. thi: decey. ‘proiect, Only Six More giving attention to a proposition} © Miles To Freedom: whieh would be more beneficial to | Cuba's economic interest. First Exchange Teo Be On Monday | By ROBERT B TUCKMAN } MUNSAN, Korea #—The first group of Allied sick and wounded / tention that the School Board can| the Monroe county public school} | that her bottom was‘not in ~ The it }day. Thompson | Ei : Mrs, Garcia, had not t | unestial that the men over: due, since fishermen often | later than they originally plan. | As soon as Lt. Clem Pearson,| Coast Guard commander, was noti-| Guard are | fied, he asked for Coast ; Search. The local CG 40-foot. boat | was sent out in the direction of the | Marquesas and Tortugas, where ‘the “Wasp” had supposedly gone. Today with the new informe- | tion that they might have gone | fishing off the Bay Keys, the Coast Guard directed that the search be shifted to the Bay and sent out its 83-footer for the missing beat. The search is made more diffi- cult by the rough seas which have sent small craft warnings up again today. The men left Key West last Fri- | day at 3 o'clock in the morning on Garcia's boat. They have no ship- to-shore radio aboard. Their sole aim was to fish for red snapper, Which Lt. Pearson said they plan- | ned to do in deep waters. | | Saunders, who was born andj j reared .in Key West, lives at 400/ N. W. 49th Street, Miami, The | Saunderses have four girls. j Private boats and planes have} | joined the search. { } In a telephone conversation, | IN THE U.S.A. RSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953 Missing At Sea Since: 32 Foot Fishing Boa ithe school board’ and the Board | trouble in the Wasp. Jt was known}: O’Bryant’s nominations are not ap-}Planes out of Miami to conduct the |’ for first pitch. League season at Wickers Stadium last nighl—Citizen Photo, 7 . meer Ginn 0. Amuno Shortage Sckosl Rapriton Responsibility dir at nat es | O Truman M bidders at $126,830 on the new expansion of Truman School, at openings Board last The busy tl is the Housing and Home Finance agency. The $5,200 propriated by the the installation of @ i i March And Russell Status Still Uncertain After Confused School Board Discussions Schweitzer Continuation OK'd; Dismissal Of March And Russell Not Recommended By School Bd. The Monroe County School Board unanimously ask- ed Superintendent Horace O’Bryant to submit new names for General Supervisor of Instruction and Principal of Harris School. The motion by Earl Duncan came 10:30 last night after a three hour demonstration of utter confusion, ig- norance of school and trustee law and Robert’s Rules of Order, before a-courtroom packed with teachers and only clear-cut fact of the three hour discussion was E. ©. Schweitzer is definite- in es Principal rile {28g f | H PERT et 7 P| ef 3 i i i : fi if | i E i i i i i [ i il i i i ; ne tH F LAWRENCE, Mave. 4 maa LEGISLATURE VE from North Korean prisdn stock- yrs. Saunders said in Miami that| @nd | i F death seven and possibly eight | B Associ Pp members of his family and then | Ma ls oe Killed himself yesterday in a) 3 seven-hour slaughter j Committee on governmental re- Peter Akulonis, 39, took his own | OTSanization seat administration Wfe last night as police closed in bill to set up supervised purchas- | ades arrived tonight in Kaesong, just six miles from treedom. Com- jMmunist staff officers said half of the first 100 to be traded Monday Allied reconnaissance planes are non-Koreans, } she “lives in the hépe” that her} jhusband is safe somewhere in the area of the Florida Keys. | It will include eight Werk gin 184 rie HI 2 ats i Pat £ : if af : Hh i i Sabre Jets Slash is spotted the first Red convoy mov-j t z 2 st ol him. outside bis heme in neigh-{ = system to sub-committee for) doring Methuen. * During the deata spree, Akulonis + axed a carpenter's ax to kill his wife Madeline Akulenis, 32; son ‘Michhel, 5; widowed nother, Mrs. Mary Akulonis, 7 brother Al Keceived bill te boost dog race | track tax and earmark proceeds for teachers’ retirement fund. but goyernor’s version still unsighted. Passed without debate series of ing into the advance Communist} base at Kaesong just before dark, | the Fifth Air Force said The trucks which entered Kae- song actually were the first two convoys, which had joined a few | At Front Line By FORREST EDWARDS { Give Talk For se, 32; and two nephews, | surance regulation bills and sent lames, 5, and Paul, 2, both sons of ;*@ Senate for consideration. eae sed | Received bill te make high school miles to the north. A third convoy ! 70 air miles | last was reported SEOUL American Sabre jets | j bagged one Commenist MIG and | se He kilied his brother Raymond, 37, with a blast from a 22-caliber rifle before turning the gun oa himself. A second son, Peter Jr., 9, was missing and feared tc be another victim. Akulonis took the bey out ef school early in the afternoon Police said Akulonis apparently planned the woolesale murders. They said his suicide may have saved ‘the lives of several other relatives living nearby. ss Three blood-stained notes were found in the killer's pockets “Damn ali the rats,” one said “Thanks to the tin gods.” said another. ‘The fol contents of the levers were withheld perding a complete favestigation ‘The Dodies of. bis mother, Al phonse and the latter's tee sons (Continved Om Page Taree) { children buy own textbooks. auf the Nerth Senate i i U, N. officials were hopeful that _. Committee on Miscellaneous fas many as 50 Americans will be ' Legislation revived oitter fight of | freed at Panmunjom Monday. The past sessions by voting te sponsor | Communists have promised a total bill to give Gulfstream Park bet-/ of 120 Americans are among the ter racing dates. } 600 U.N. prisoners to be returned Received proposal te amend’ Con- | this week stitution ond let legislators call; The Reds said they would reveal selves into special session. | {Sunday the exact cumber of pris- Received powerfully-backed billjoners from the U. S. and other to put State Livestock Sanitary | Allied nations to be freed Monday Board out of business and let gov-| For the second day, Allied re- erner organize a sew ene. ee og pilots reported the got same dil, {Reds were using the attack-free j Recessed until 1 a.m. Friday. {route of POW convoys to shield Geverner {streams of Communist | Sent to House and Semate for! trucks headed for the front , introduction bills to let Cabinet Al a staff officers meeting Thars ‘draw up eniform tules for state |day the Allies informed the Reds employment, promotions, salaries | that the first group of Communist wed cacations ed recommend | sick and wounded would leave Po permanent aystem tw 1855 Legisla- san aheard a I2-cat train Sunday ture (Contiqued On Page Three) supply | fighter-bembers slashed at Red} | front-line positions today as hun- dreds of Communist supply trucks rolled toward the front. down an} attack-free corridor. | For the second day Allied reeon- | | naissance .pilots reported trucks | moving almost bumper to bumper | on North Korean reads down} which the Reds are sending sick} and wounded U. N. soldiers for |§ exchange at Paamunjom. j Om the ground frent Chinese; Communists struck twice in Cen- (Continerd On Page Three) PAINT AND HARDWARE STRUNK LUMBER YARD DIAL De 128 Simenton Street j | Katharine Boaz To dent Truman. Elks Lodge Tonight Katharine Boaz, daughter Capt. and Mrs. T. 2. Boas, of the Naval Hospital, will give a talk on the United States Constitution at/| the regular meeting of Key West Ledge of Elks tonight. Miss Boaz, a High of cass iy Bee, it 1 a FRU | | ii iss = member Stark's : it iff Rae Committee made by Exslied Ruler ams and delegates convention to be held tine May 22 to 3 named. The the meeting first of entertaming by the officers year. E z gf if | il its | i i | rH tf [i Re rl 1 b i i ii i | ; i i j i i | itt i He ret ; li l i t ? r ‘h i es | i i tire 4 it iH & 4 : g i t if i i ls i [ i } s g iif : i tte Fi f & Fs fi i eff i i i i > i