The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1953, Page 1

} Key West, Florida, has the most equable climite in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV No. % KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953 J FILM STARS STARTMOR ‘OF MOVIE MAKING TODAY - q ROBERT WAGNER, left, and Gilbert Roland, right, who play son and father in “12 Mile Reef’. being filmed in Key West look at the new cinemascope lense which is being used in the film. The stars ar- rived last night at the Casa Marina and began their four weeks on location here this morning.—Citizen Hig Graph Can Be Produced In Court As Evidence Against Speeder The Florida State High- way Patrol, represented by Patrolman H. Gillett who is in charge of the Patrol’s safety education for Monroe and 14 other counties, has been conducting a demon- stration in checking speed by James Fort Is Named Manager, Low-Cost Housing James Fort has been named by the Key West Housing Au- thority as manager of the low- cost housing formerly under the management of Dario Garcia. As of May 1, Fort will be in charge of Fort Village, Porter Place and the George Allen Staff Photo. ~ radar on Roosevelt Boule- MisouriEditor {[4, Roche To Be Tried On. ‘Manslaughter Charge In May Praises Key West In Story BY DOROTHY RAYMER Mv grandfather used to say that all Missourians had ap expression, “U'm from Missouri lier me!” The adage is buried ‘in antiquity as far as its origin goes, but it is pe that the ‘phrase was a ed with frontior days when Miss- ouri was the jumping off place for the opening of the Great West. It's algo a. newspaper rile. A Missourian newspaper man came, stopped, and was sirown Key West back in the latter et of February and the first of just at the opening of the est Flower show. His name Naeter and he is one of brothers who publish the “Cape Girardeau issourian.” * energetic man nda nese for ‘the Citizen and z eg & : ae a3 4 = z a i voluably the flower show and Walker — story ~ = i to his home newspaper he wrote 8 On his vacation y me, it’s eom- didn’t stop at smelling description = 85:3? a ie Hi ogee eet Hi i i 5 Bound Over To Criminal Court _ On $1,000 Bond; Navy Has Him Now ‘The Sheriff's Department was y skepticism once associat-' ordered to make a complete in-! | vestigation to prepare the case of | Lt. (j.g.) Clinton Roche, USN, for | trial in the May term of Criminal } Court, by County Solicitor Allan B. | Cleare, Jr., and Peace Justice Roy | Hamlin, at yesterday's prelimin- | ary hearing. ‘ } Meanwhile Rocho’s “insurance | adjuster was already conducting | his investigation, sitting at the hearing and talking at length with Mrs, Clifton Brown, widow | of the Marathon construction worker whe was killed when | Roche's car allegedly knocked | chim 150 feet from the place he | was standing on the highway. with my editor} “Hamlin proceeded yesterday at! ‘phe parrot burned to death. | 4 p.m. with the hearing despite the | absence of the principal, Lt. Roche, daily follow. | The Jatter’s attorneys called and: | said they waived the hearing. | Hamlin and Clieare, however, questioned their own witnesses | and asked Deputy Jeff Brodhead | t© subpoena a Marine corporal, semen cane? MRS, CLIFFORD BROWN @ Noval Hospital guard, and a truck driver whe drove Mrs, Brown from the death scene te the Naval Hospital, Cleare urged the Sheriff's de- partment to complete its investiga- * | tien this week so that the case will All Sizes of Lumber . . . Plate Glass, Shelving, Sheet Iron, Ete. SEE J. L. STAPLES be ready well in advance of the May term of Criminal Court which opens on Monday the 11th. State Trooper Frank Cline, Deputy Sheriff Brodhead and the mourning widow all repeated the testimony they had given at the coroners’ inquest two weeks ago. Roche, who is out on $1,000 bead is dm the custody of the Navy, and en Was put under recog. nizance bond of $500 to ensure her | Presence at the tr S dered fo et the ritt’s office (Continued Oe Page Two) vard near Hilton Haven. Gillett, assisted by Patrol- man Slim Walker, explained and demonstrated the device to city and county officials here, as he has been doing in eaoh of the 15 counties he morning Police Chief Kemp, various city policemen, City _| Mana) in Statés Attor- |Woman Risks’ : lLife Trying 'T) Save Bird Fire Guts House On United Street This Morning; Loss Qf $10.000 local officials who are interested in law enforcement saw: the device in operation. A station wagon ing the paraphernalia was — | along the boulevard with % contain- ing the radar screen plac on the } back. When a motor enter- Mrs. Manola Aquiar risked her ed the area of radar | sensitivity, tot trapped in her blazing home| wacon. The meter is so connected at 1033 United street near the Key | with the radar screen that it can- West High School. She re-entered | not be tampered with and must the house three times but was/give an accurate record of the 7 | speed of the passing vehicle. driven back by flames and rears This meter je te turk commuet iwith an automatic graph on which The bungalow type house was! the speed of the vehicle is regis- completely gutted and even the | tered. When the device is being flooring burned through in one of | used a patrolman stands watching the bedrooms. Total loss is esti-| the graph. If it shows that the pass- mated at least $10,000. Cause of|ing vehicle is above the lawful the fire is undetermined .as yet. | speed, the patrolman writes down It started about 10:45 a. m. today, |the tag number opposite the speed Suffering from shock and registered on the graph. He then ed hands, Mrs. Aquiar, 33, wife|Tadios to a patrol car stationed | of a fireman at the Naval Air Sta-| further down the road, giving the tion and mother of two children, }Patrolman there the tag number told her story in the living-room | 84 2 brief description of the car. lof a neighbor who offered shelter, | The patrolman is able to apprehend | “I was out in the backyard hang- the speeder, and he has a record of ing up clothes when I heard my, the speed to back eed charge. in-law screaming. She’s old, bonged about 73, and I thought something; °¥rt evidence against the had happened to her. I ran to the| Persen charged with breaking the kitchen and saw the fire. My,mo-| speed laws. The date is on the | ther-inlaw was on the front porch} 9*@Ph, and the patrolman aise and wasn’t inside, thank God. can enter the information in « radio leg as part of the perman ent record. The radar <.reen covers am area of from 150 to 200 feet on the high- way, and it is foolproof so far as devising any way to cause a Wrong registration. It is so highly sensi- tive to metal that even waving a fof it causes a slight vibra! the meter’s needle. If several cars Neighbors and students from the | Key West High School attempted to save household furniture and clothes in a wardrobe but every. | Speed, thing is a total loss, Only charred} } Skeletons of a brand new living jsooes suite and dining room suite | Femain. |_ Mrs. Aquiar said they bad just i finished paying for their home | which cost about $7,000. It was just newly painted and new furn- jiture and mew rugs had been put tin. A recently purchased refriger- | ator costing $500 was also destroy- (Continued On Page Two) t ' ONE JEEP DIAL 2.51% area at the same ti automatically re |, and the pa course, able to | passing cars is highest rate of speed. ; For the demonstration j elsewhere, speeders, instead of jing given actual summons, age {handed a mimeographed slip gi ing the date and time and ing the following wording: “Speed Kilis' You have just been | checked by Radar at —— MPH, by [the Florida Highway Patrol. The i (Conaued On Page Two) SPECIAL PRICES ON She was oc! Good Running Condition ‘STRUNK LUMBER. YARD Die! 27097 ; 129 Simonton St. ocean = nance son annem emma te Apartments. Garcia has resigned the posi- tion to become 2 deputy on the staff of Sheriff Spottswood. Cars Crash; Cause $125 Damage Here Fifty foot skid marks and 45 foot skid marks are evidence in ‘Way, and ran into a car driven by (Continued On Page Two) hway Patrol Checks Spee Use Of Radar On Roosevelt Boulevard rs By 75 Key Westers Selected To Act As Extras In “12 Mile Reef’ Now On Location Here} Salvage Head | Would Meet On Roche Status Says Custodian Of City Dump Can’t Legally Use City Equipment For Private Profit Mrs. Bessie Kaplan, speaking for the Key West Salvage Company of Stock Island which recently charged Dave Roche, who handles the city dump, with unfair .com- tod: jay. It is in part an answer to City Manager Dave King's defense of Roche when he said that was “competent and efficient kee, the dump in good tion.” For » he i titled to keep distarded cluding old cars.” The second statement Key West Salva; Pm pull of il 7 $10 A DAY FOR i tere & i nit i gs 4 H | | ’ Z z i i : 38 : f i i l H ; if Be é |e tee eet i i HI § ] 3 . i F F i : i i i igt ; » | i Hi il} | i j Ee ¢ Terry Moore And Robert Wagner ; “Not To Marry,” They Tell Press + ° By SUSAN McAVOY Busloads of actors, ac- tresses, director, camera- ‘men, sound men, and stars Terry Moore and Robert Wagner, Gilbert Roland and J. Carroll Naish took over i i Hi u i i i : ¢ tite #3 | i E E i rE ; ‘ i t " H i i E ; : i a et | taf i 5 e it rh | : a ; fk i i Fa Ht ight : : : fill He Fi?