The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an . average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Ken West Citis THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. "Admiral Duke Tells Ne KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953 sursteapreerat Naval Station Is “Bombéd’ Today In Kennel Club May 8 . For Recreation Program, Fla. Recreation Asociation Hears Of Navy Program Of Activities Here * By DAVID HUSCHLE In an address last night pefore the Florida Recres- tion Association, Rear Ad miral Irving T. Duke, Com- mander of the Key West Naval Base, told of the im- portance of maintaining a good recreation program, especially for the Navy. ' Speaking on the particular pro- filems of Key West, the Admiral sald, “‘Key West is just. too small to absorb 10,000 Navy men in its. own recreational activities. Con- sequently, we (of the Navy) push| # our own recreation program rath- i ' a mild word | ‘when you look at the facts. The % Navy’s recreation program in Key | and most varied programs of its! Kind in the Navy. A good Navy | has made the Key West Naval) © Base’s program so outstanding. | Wreckage From Missing Fishing Boat CHARLES GARCIA. brother of Jimmie, missing on his boat “Wasp” since April 11, identifies this part of the deck’ found by George Faraldo yesterday, as part of the missing vessel, Faraldo spotted the wreckage near Peter's Point, Boca Chica The stars will be shining at the Key West Kennel Club on Friday night May 8th—but they‘ll be the Hollywood varie- ty this time. All four of Hollywood's lead~ ing lights: The beauteous Ter- ry Moore, Robert Wagner, Gilbert Roland and J. Carroll Naish will be on tap for the program. The celebrities are in Key West for the filming of the 20th Century Fox epic “Twelve Mile Reef.’ Key Westers will have the opportunity to see and meet these stars as well as aid Key West Charities through the gen- erosity of the Kennel Club management who have desig- mated the evening “Key West Charity Night.” All of the net proceeds of their operation will “be divided between needy Key West Charities. ‘Mrs. Stark Is ‘Defended By Former Pupil - Vincent Molina, Jr., Writes From Ala. University On His Praise For Her Vincent Molina, Jr., a former student of Mrs. Marian Stark, | KWHS teacher attacked by Will 1K. P. Roberts last week as “un- qualified” to teach, today wrote a wholehearted -enforsement of his former teacher from the Uni- versity of Alabama where he is at present. Mythical Attack Testing Its Defense Oil Tanks “Blaze” As Navy Holds Realistic Maneuvers More Than 87 Per Cent Of City Revenue Has Been Collected In First Nine Months Of The Year Police Department Costs Each Tax Payer $3.02, . ’ Report States More than 46 per cent of the City of Key West's total income S| of $845,566.02 for the first nine months of the current fiscal year came from the collection of pro- erty taxes, City Finance Director Charles Roberts revealed today in his regular financial report cover- ing that period. At the same time, Roberts said that revenue receipts realized dur- ing the period under review, are equal to 87.35 per cent of the total amount estimated for the fiscal year and expenditures from the General Fund equaled 75.63 per cent of the total budget appropria- tions. This represents an increase of more than five per cent when com- pared with receipts for the same period and an increase of more than 21 per cent when compared with collections during the corres- Ponding period in 1950-51. Total expenditures show an increase of 17.87 per cent over last year and are nearly 23 per cent over the same time two years ago. However, the initial payment of $25,000 on the purchase of the Americanism Talk By Adm. Duke At KWHS Marks National Youth Day Held By KW Elks Lodge, _ “You can understand American- et 2 partisans omnia a pa m or Itis an a proach, an aftiteds,'a frecteae no think in all directions,” Rear Ad- school assembly and the Douglass High school assembly by Key West of Elks. “Every country such as ours which subscribes to the Democra- tic tradition needs to ha: By JIM COBB - Mythical disaster, struck this morning at the Naval Base in the form of a “large bomb of unknown type” which according to the drill plan was supposed to have exploded at about 8:55 a.m. in the center of a group of oil storage tanks near the Little White House but Naval Station de- fense units had the situation under control in less than a half hour. The large scale fire and disaster drill was held this morning to test the readiness of local Naval personnel in combatting possible attack—if and when it comes. Goldsmith Takes Draft Position Sam Goldsmith, 302 Caroline Captain Harold Payson, Naval Station Chief-of-Staff was in over- pitt pili key? “Broward Saunders, a native Key Wester who had been * in Miami, the past several years, is. alsd.missing along Molina read The Citizen’ of Roberts’ charges pr le “with Jimmie.—Citizen. Staff Photo, ‘es school board i fH golf, softball, rifle, pistol, howling. basketball ae oo 1» |, boxing, and baseball. And just recently ‘the Naval Station was ‘host to the in the ‘The same sports may be play- 4 at the convenience of apy @roup for the facilities are al- Ways available when a scheduled @ame is not taking place, A ship’s may want to play a few of softball or a couple of Would like to check out & set of golf clubs and a pass to the Stock Island course. The men ‘women in the area have their In addition five swimming (Continued On Page Two) em Compete In Miami © Besemary Holzinger.” 18. Corat Bhores school, who won the Mon- fee County Spelling several ago, will cimpete in the Mi- this week, Superintendent ce O'Bryant said today. Young speller, who is the iter of Mr. and Mrs, Bernard of Tavernier, will be es- yy a large crowd of her fel- ts p»_.come teachers al Taores, int re. iMerit i Rosemary won over ali other County contestants on the word ous”. At Miami she will Compete with some of the best in the State, If she wins $0 on to Washington for spelling bee. Strunk Lumber Yard Mas tn Steck All Sizes of PLYWOOD Per Boat and Household Uses DIAL 2.7091 f 128 SIMONTON STREET Ht Part Found Off Identified As Missing Vessel’s Deck By Brother Of Missing Man A part of the deck of the miss-| ing vessel “Wasp” last seen on} ; | April 11 with owner Jimmie Gar- cia and Broward Saunders aboard, was found by George Faraldo, Faraldo's Flying Service yester-| |day afternoon at Peter's Point, | | Boca Chica. Chartie Garcia, brother of the missing fisherman, identified the four by seven foot plywood as | “positively” coming from = his missing brother’s 32 foot cabin | erviser. ‘The wreckage showed red mark- ling on it where something had bevidently hit it, Faraldo said. The Flylf# Service manager call- ed the Coast Guard immediately which got In touch with Garcia's brothers and made the identifica-/ } tan, | ' He spotted a» big | stick lashed te | near American | | Today that drum with a 16 foot long bamboo pole floated into shore near Meacham field. Paral- do retrieved it and told The Citi-/ zen the pole was lashed to a five gallon oi} can which had a bat-{ tery, Hght bulb and a piece of} white rag attached. Faraldo noti-! jfied the Coast Guard of his find-! ing immediately, He sald that’ }fishermen have told him that) snapper fishermen use this type! of drum bouy at night. } Of Garcia’s Boa Boca Chica ‘|Social Security -|Man To Be Here A representative of the Miami Social Security office will be at the office of the Florida State Employment Service, 314 Simon- ton Street, on Tuesday, May 5. The wreckage of the deck was| © Grst seen by Faraido when he and his wife were on the beach at Boca Obes. He was faking his | first day off in » long time, plan’ § ning to fish. Rough weather kept.» him ashore. When he saw the tum. | ber floating. be went out and! brought it in to his affice where | | the Coast Guard picked it up } Lt. Clem Person, local Coast] |Guard Commander said that Gar. } , tla brothers positively kientified | (Comtineed Ga Page Two) | THE STORK didn’t have much of a job on his wings transporting this new imhabitant Keys. It's a Shetland colt which was born two weeks ago te one of the Shetlands owned Islander Drive-In Theater. how the baby compares Firefighters were called to the Overseas Hotel early last evening to extinguish a blaze in a mattress in a second floor room there. Fire Chief Charles Cremata said that the fire was apparently start- ed by a cigarette left burning in the ly destroyed but damage to the structure was slight. An engine from the Main Fire Station answered the call. New Stock For Stock Island Pe. was saved by transfusions of blood donated by 16 of his friends, “is doing as well as can be expected” Monroe General hospital authori- ties said today. Reid was stricken early Monday morning with a hemorrhage of an ulcer. The hospital ran out of his type of blood and called for 5 room. 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