The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1953, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, April 29, 1953 KW Radio Club Hamfest Gets Thru To Germany The Key West Radio Amateur Club station W4LLO held a “ham-} fest” last Sunday at Bahia Honda bridge picnic grounds. Hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans, refresh- ments etc., were enjoyed by all. Hams attending were W4’s BCZ, BHJ/4, KOH, MCX, OPZ, OTP, OVK, SWI, WKS, and WZM. WN4’s WTQ, YUQ, ZIG, ZDF, and ZLI, lus the XYL’s and harmoics. Vis- ing hams were WILNC, W3CGK, and W3NBS. W4WKS aand WN4YUQ brought their transmitters and many con- tacts were made. Amateur Radio Station DL4AP in Weisbaden, Ger- Many was contacted and a nice | that was enjoyed by all. W4WZM got to talk to his mother and father via amateur radio in Birmingham, Alabama thru the ex- cellent “fone patching” of W4ECI located in Birmingham. The day was marred by the sudden storm which seemed to spring up out of nowhere and which lashed most of the Florida Keys. Another Hamfest will be held in the near future. The Key West Radio Amateur Club meetings have been changed to the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Next meeting will be held on the 14th of May: News Briefs TALLAHASSEE @® — Florida gasoline sales last month set a mew record of 96,643,000 gallons. Comptroiler C. M. Gay today re- ported collection of $6,765,000 in gas taxes during March. All of it goes to the road building program. The highest previous monthly consumption was 91,319,000 gallons in December, The March sales, always the highest of any month in the year,| were 8,700,000 gallons above sales for the same month a year ago. WASHINGTON # — Richard L. Bowditch, Boston industrialist who started as a “trapper boy” in a .coal mine 30 years ago, today was elected president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Bowditch is president of C. H. Sprague and Son Co., which pro- duces and ships cosi and oil, and the Sprague Steamship Co. He has been president of the New England Council, a director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the U. S. Chamber's foreign commerce mmittee, and a director of several banking, rail- Ps insurance and manufacturing 1S. = PHILADELPHIA (#—A surgeon has reported a successful trans- plant: of the thyroid gland of three-week-old baby boy in a wom- an whose own thyroid had been removed 10 years rgo. Dr. Julian A, Sterling of the Einstein Medical Center said that the operation performed on 29-year- old Irma Marie Miller last Novem- ber had completely cured a defi- ciency of calcium and other chem- ical products normally supplied to the body by the thyroid. The thyroid was taken from the body of an infant shortly after it died from a malformation of the spine. Along with it were taken about one inch of each of the four main blood vessels attached, and these in turn were attached to blood vessels in the woman's body. PHILADELPHIA W~A vending | machine which serves - coffee | brewed the old-fashioned way will make its debut soon in several/ large cities. Rains Wash Out Railroad Tracks NEW ORLEANS #® — Flooding seven-inch rains washed out a sec- tion of track derailing the crack northbound Kansas City Southern railroad’s ‘Southern Belle” pas- senger train about 40 miles north of Alexandria last night. None of the passengers was in- jured to the extent of requiring hospitalization, R. R. Sutter, the railroad’s superintendent of trans- portation at Shreveport, reported today. The deluging rains flooded a residential section at Shreveport, requiring some pre-dawn evacua- tion of homes. y A tornado struck in a farm area three miles south of Choudrant, halfway between Shreveport and Monroe. No injuries were reported but some homes were either de- stroyed or badly damaged. The tornado struck shortly after mid- night. During mid - morning, the New Orleans and Jackson, Miss., weath- er bureaus both issued severe storm warnings. The Jackson bureat alerted sev- en southwest Mississippi counties to the possibility of tornadoes; and the New Orleans bureau said there is a possibility of a few tornadoes in southeast Louisiana and extreme southern Mississippi. The Memphis weather bureau alerted West Tennessee for possible tornadoes this afternoon and early tonight. Kansas Gov. Edward F. Arn and his wife were’ on the derailed train returning home from an interstate oil compact meeting at New Or- leans. Deputy Sheriff J. M. Church- man of Grant Parish said the gov- ernor received a “bad lick on his left leg just above the ankle,” and that Mrs. Arn was shaken up. REAL AND SIMULATED (Continued from Page One) ture is Gwynneth, by the way, pro- nounced with Welsh lisp, Her vil- lainous looking father in the story is: Richard Boone. Not long ago when I saw him in a film he had something in common with George Washington. . .he had a horse shot out from under him. In “Twelve Mile Reef,” Boone has a daughter and two hulking sons, Harry Carey, Jr., and Rush Wil- liams. In real life, Boone will be initiated into the Stork Club next July when his first child is born. His wife is not an actress, Boone sometimes breaks up the monotony of waiting for re-takes by his scalp, grimacing and making horrible faces, Gil Roland chews gum and whistles. Yesterday he asked me where he could. find good Spanish cooking. Robert Wagner practices dance steps when he isn’t posing graci- ously with fans who mob him. J! Carrol Naish just relaxes during breaks, As for Peter Graves who doesn’t smoke cigars but has to for the movie, he rushes out for a breath of fresh air, List of local townspeople not mentioned previously appearing in the tavern shots, include Mary Louise Spottswood who dances with an unidentified partner; Mil- dred Cline, wife of Ensign W. J. Cline of the U. S. Coast Guard; Mary Hudson; Allan Allman, Mia- mi lawyer who came to visit and was signed as an extra (which re- minds me to remind him that he borrowed my precious copy pen- cil to get Miss Moore’s autograph) and Len Krakovtch, a young artist, also a Miami visitor who got into the act. The stars expect to make a per-| sonal appearance at the Naval Hospital on Friday night. Meantime, location shooting will | continue today at Duffy’s and| Jack Berssin, president of the | ABC Vending Co., announced yes- | terday a new so-called “perk -/ omatic” machine using freshly ground coffee will be installed in| Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing- ton and other cities. The machine is geared to make | more than 400 cups of coffee! through a series of synchronized | _ Pereulators, | ATLANTA W — Falling prices slashed $34,6953,000 from the cash income of farmers in the South. east for the first two months of the year compared with the same period of 1952. ‘The income loss by states ranged from $3,668,000 for Alabama to $18,564,000 for Georgia. Only two of the region’s seven states were able to show income gains for the two months. These were Tennessee up $3,503,000, and Mississippi, $4,- 237,000. ‘The income figures were released teday by Merrill C. Lofton, regional director of the U, & Department of Commerce. He quoted from a report of the Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics. Georgia's sizeable decline from cash farm returns of $87,283,000 for the first two months of 1952 to $48,719,000 this year was exceed- ed only in Arkansas, Texas and Califernia. All told, 27 of the @; states experienced farm income declines For the Sootheast, cosh returns from livestock dropped from $18,- 140,008 te $269,401,000 a loss of $13,700,000, Cash from crops fel from $214.800.008 tw $227 55.0 - eft $2,954,000 The comparative two - moath | mised _fire-cracker day by 2) hours.” | $350 | and $51,254,000 in 1953 down $5,100,- back at the A and B Lobster | house where boat and dock scenes | will be ma JOHNNY ROBERTS (Continued from Page One) up with the Key West Fire Depart- | ment and has been on the roster} ever since. His next birthday is} July 5. | Says Veteran Roberts, “I just} figures on total cash farm income | for other states: North Carolina, $57,354,000 in 1952 000; South Carolina, $29,882,000 and $23430,000-down $6,45200; Florida $15,013,000 and = $9, 736,400-down $7,649,000 Tennessee, $77,134,000 and $80657,000-up $3,503,000; Ala. | Dama, $43,067.00 and $39,399,000 -down $3,668,00; Mississippi $52,- | 216,000 and 156,433,000-up $4,237,- | e00. j COLFAX, La, *—Deputy Sher- iff J. M. Churchman of Grant Parish said today the Kansas City | Southern’s crack passenger train | “Southern Belle” was derailed last | night two and one-half miles north | of Montgomery, La. He said inje- ries were minor. | | | Churchman sand Gov. Edward F. Are of Kansas and his wife were passengers on the northbound train | The deputy sheriff said Arn got} @ “bad lick on bis left leg just} abeve his ankle” but that his wife | was only shakes up. Severe rains whack flooded the | area apparentiy washed out the | track and caused the derailment TODAY IN THE | Limb Of The.Law... LEGISLATURE — By The Associated Press House: Voted 48-34 to let Miami resi- dents vote whether their charter should be abolished. i Received bill to abolish Florida Milk Commission. j Senate: Completed action on and sent to governor bill to have state spend | five million dollars in comseenct- ing University of Florida medical school. \ Committee approved governor’s plan to co-ordinate state purchas- es by purchasing council. Committee heard Atty.-Gen. Er- | vin’s bill to create racket squad’ praised and condemned, | Governor: Vowed he will not approve one dollar more than the $350 annual pay raise voted Florida teachers. Today’s Action In Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE (®—A proposal to exempt the small farmer and meat processor from state meat inspection laws is under consider- ation by Senate Livestock Com- mittee, Chairman Black said to- day. The committee will act Thurs- day on the proposal which would exclude the processor of less than 15 eattle and less than 40 hogs from inspection. TALLAHASSEE —A bill au- thorizing construction of a new $250,000 governor’s mansion was introduced today in the Senate by its Appropriations Committee. The proposed marsion would be erected on the block where the present mansion 1s located about a mile north of the Capitol. The Cabinet would be in charge of the construction but would have an advisory committee of laymen to consult in drafting plans. The House Appropriations bill contained $250,000 for a new man- sion, but the item was not carried in the Senate’s money measure. The present mansion was built 45-years ago and is in bad repair. Former Gov. Fuiler Warren re- ferred to it as the “state shack,” but Gov. McCarty has said it would suit him if it were put in good condition, TALLAHASSEE (#—The gover- nor’s bill to co-ordinate state pur- chases was approved today by the Senate Committee on Governmen- tal Reorganization. ‘The plawWralls for a State Pur- chasing Council made up of rep- resentatives from the largest state agencies. It would ‘set standards and maximum prices on goods to be purchased by the state. A House Committee has ap- proved practically the same bill. A bill to abolish the State Milk Commission completely was intro- duced in the House by Rep. Varn of Hernando. Bills previously introduced would require more consumer represen- tation on the Board and strip it of its price fixing powers. A pub- lic hearing on them is scheduled for tonight. The Varn measure was referred to committee. The House voted 48-34 to let the citizens of Miami hold an election | on whether their city charter should be abolished. An original measure would have abolished Mi- ami’s city government and hand- ed its functions over to Dade County without a vote of the peo- ple. TALLAHASSEE (®—Gov. Mc-/ Carty said today “I cannot and) will not approve one dollar more” than a $350 annual pay raise for) Florida school teachers, | The governor issued a formal} statement after a group of sena-| tors indicated they were contem-| plating a move to push the pay| | raise above the $350 voted by the | House and Senate in their appro-| priations act, mended $300, “1 understand that some efforts | will be made to increase the) state’s appropriation beyond ‘the McCarty recom- ome tliat iiss aie STERN LOOKING POLICEMAN is really Lemdr. George Wilson of the Fleet Sonar School.who plays the part of a police officer in “Twelve Mile Reef,” Twentieth Century Fox production being filmed in Key West. He teams with Lt. Buster Cerezo, who is the real McCoy as a police officer, in a ‘scene where a brawl starts in Duffy’s Restaurant between visiting spongemen and local Conchs. Before anyone can be conched.out, a siren sounds, the police rush in and at the cry “Cops!”, the tavern becomes a peaceful setting. Wilson of the U.S. Navy did not comment on whether he could sing the old barbershop harmony tune, “A Po- liceman’s Lot Is A Happy One.”—Finch, Citizen Staff Photo, houses have agreed upon,” the governor said. “I want to say frankly that I hope these efforts will stop. As governor I cannot and will not approve one dollar more.” The governor’s statement came during a comparatively dull day in the legislature. The House listened to a hot de- bate among Dade County’s repre- sentatives on whether the city of Miami and Dade County govern- | ments should be merged without a referendum. It wound up voting for the referendum proposed by Rep. Floyd and fought by Reps. | Okell and Fascell. The Senate without discussion accepted a House amendment to the five million dollar University of Florida medical school con- struction bill and sent the meas- ure to the governor. The amend- ment is designed to make the col- lege hospital as nearly self-sus- taining as possible by requiring agencies which send charity pa-| tients to pay for their hospitaliza- tion. The governor in his statement said, “It is now indicated that for the next biennium the state will increase its aid to our free public school system by more than 40) million dollars. “Our state public education costs | will be more than half of our en-| tire general revenue fund expen- ditures. | “Under our laws too the state/ does not assume the full responsi- | bility for financing our free pub- lic school system. Much responsi- | | bility. remains with the counties} and this is as it should be. I realize j that many counties have failed to} meet their responsibilities and that | our laws should be strengthened | to remedy this situation. I urge our school people ,now to concen- trate their efforts in this field and not seek further aid from the te treasury. “Our legislators have applied themselves diligently to the tre-| mendous job at hand. They have} much hard work ahead of them and their time and efforts should | jnot be sidetracked | “In support of our teachers I also want to urge all school boards in the state to continue the cost teacher raise which both | of living raises which have been cano. LOWEST PRICED ee eee 1/2-TON PICK-UP WITH NO-SHIFT TRANS Prices lowered on all popular models! B froe' peat teapot and value at new lower prices! Even before prices were reduced, Dodge offered the lowest priced \y-ton pick-up with no-shift transmimion. Now, with = lowered on all popular models, gives you even more for your ‘With a new Dodge pick-up, you get really big load space dependatabty To top it of, you buy now! you'll get a real deal if TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (® — The stock market advanced today in a mod- erate manner. It was the fourth straight ad- vance the market has made since it touched the 1953 low last Thurs- day. Most gains were fractional - -as were the losses--but the best plus signs ran to between 1 and 2 points at the outside. Steady to higher were steels, motors, railroads, coppers, air- erafts, radio-televisions, and chem- jgals. Other areas of the market were quietly mixed, Among higher stocks were Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Stude- baker, Goodrich, Boeing, United Aircraft, Zenith Radio, American Telephone, Anaconda Copper, American Cyanamid, General Electric, Santa Fe, Southern Pa- cific, and U.S. Gypsum. DEATH JOSE MARTINEZ Jose Martinez, father-in-law of Keller Watson, died in Miami Mon- day afternoon, following a long ill- ness, his family learned yesterday. Mr. Martinez lived 461 NW Fifth street, Miami. He is survived by a widow Mary, two daughters, Mrs. Fermus Jackson, Miami and Mrs. Keller Watson 917 Southard street, Key West, and one grand-child Richard Watson. Burial will be in Miami this after- noon. Philbrick’s Funeral home is making the arrangements. Mr. | Martinez was a former resident of Key West. put in effect from local funds dur- ing the past two years. “Also in the years ahead I hope that each school board will make | its best effort, by such supplemen- tation as it can, to see to it that our teachers are fairly and ade- | quately compensated for the great work they are doing.” ‘The United States has about 275, | 000 blind people. | “% | Mt. Etna is Europe's tallest vol- | | } | MISSION! ‘God-Of The Atom’ Will Be Shown At Youth Rally Another of Dr. Itwin Moon's Moody Institute of Science filims entitled “God of the Atom” will be shown at the regular Youth for Christ Rally, Saturday, May 2nd, 7:30 p.m., at the Fleming Street Methodist Church, 729 Fleming Street. This film presents a startingly different approach to the atomic bomb problem. Featured are ex- clusive photographs of equipment used in atomic research, demon- strations of the tremendous ener- egies within every tiny particle of matter which man has learned to release, d actual pictures of the Nagasaki and Bikini explosions —behind-the-scenes pictures that capture all the suspense of the actual events. Another highlight of the film is the thrilling-testimony and eye-witness account of a physi- cist who saw all three war-time atomic bombs explode. This film points out that the discovery of atomic energy emphasizes man’s need of a spiritual rebirth. The rally is open to young and old alike and everyone is invited to attend. Hard-cook eggs in simmering, not boiling, water if you want them to be tender. Too much heat will make the egg white rubbery. DOUBLZ, DOUBLE (Continued from Page One) Delio Perez, 22, student, who lives at 1035 United Street, was driving a Ford convertible. At the inter- section of Virginia Street and Duval. Car two pulled out into the line of traffic and was hit by car one. Perez versus Perez, but no arrests by A. Perez. None of the Perez men are related, The Ford convertible sustained $100 damage. The Ford sedan was damaged to the extent of $20. Fol- low that car, if you can't follow the double Delio Perez mixup. BAY BOTTOM LAND (Continued from Page One) other property owners on Stock Island want to dig the channel to run through to other naviagable water. He said that he and his friends do not object to the sale of three-tenths of an acre of bay bottom to Joe Sirguo, because this submerged land does not interfere with any channel. The If Board refused outright to sell bay bottom to G. H. Jores who wanted areas between Hilton Haven and the City of Key West swimming pool. ABOLITION OF MIAMI (Continued trom Page One) Gables has only 19,83' Hialeah 19,676, Ft. Lauderdale 36,328 and Hollywood 14,351, compared to the Island City’s 36,433, civilian and Navy figure. The repercussions up state will be considerable also if. the con- (Continued from Page One)- foe ae uns peli ge lore the and “slanted” journalism which has turned minor disa: into public brawls in the the public. We ask that used as a basis for action, not and politically inspi We must protect our see to it that they continue the one j Associations.” ; KIWANIS BANQUET i (Continued trom Page Lt. Governor of the lith Dive Florida District; Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Hutchinson, of Hollywood; Honorary Member of Kiwanis Club of Key West, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Neil M. Knowles, President of the Rotary Club, Key West; Sweeting, guest of William V, Al« bury. solidation goes following the abolition of Miami's city char- ter. Jacksonville will become the largest Florida city. Midmi will have to give up its long held supremacy. This is the life ! LIVE to enjoy U Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home for making a person feel good cause, either. safe... without very Many of the bad accidents that happen in 00d weather, happen to people who never leave the house. So, watch those basement stairs, that rickety « back stoop, that unfilled hole in the front lawn, those million-and-one hazards you live with in your own home every day! BE CAREFUL-even at home- s Spomored ie the wteredt of you votery by THE KEY WEST CITIZEN