The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KW Naval Base “Mother Of 1953” Arrives From Indiana Tomorrow Mayor Harvey To Present Key To City; Admiral To Welcome Her “The Mother of the Key West Naval Base” named by | the USO for 1953 will be greeted by high ranking of-' ficials when she steps off the. plane at Meacham Field to-! morrow at 5:p.m. ‘ Mrs. Dale James is mother ef | B. A, Ochler, USCG whose Me- | ther’s Day letter to her won him } first place in'the USO-YMCA_ ' contest held last month, ay She won an all-expense round ; trip to Key West from South ; Bend, Indiana, as a resulf of | Ochler’s letter, iudged the best ef all submitted by servicemen in the Key West Area. Key West Rotarians are buting the round trip The Casa Marina is James while she is | The Sinking Boat Mystery C SHEPHERD will be heard before Peace Justice Ira Albury’on charges of sinking this vessel at the foot of Greene Street. -It was a 32-foot boat—Citizen Staff Photo. FBI Law Enforcement Meeting Will Deal With Taterstate Theft Which Has Risen Yearly Since °49 » Edward J. Powets,: Special A¢- J: ‘urday. night ‘rs, James ude’ of boar extn Charge of the FBI's Florida ¢. Oftice, ce, announced today that an Law-Enforcement' €onference . 's From Interstate Ship- J ment will bz held. October 7, 1953, at Tampa, and October 28, 1953, at Miami, . ‘The ¢-nferences are aimed at ad- ditional ition among law enforcement: agencies and improv- ed efficiency in ‘dealing with this increasingiy ‘serious violation. Powers said that since the fis- at of 1949, there has been rise on a national scale > volume of the FBI’s work category. This increase, with the fact that major im the United States ex- the twe million mark in the: first time in the recorded crime statis- ated the need fer such day the Mcther of. the Key 4 Navel Bace will attend Mo- 3D y services at the Naval a 1 Menoci*l cl apel. She will 5 nev dinter at a local res- . then attend the Mother's =arfam at the. Ike Club at ie will spend thé rest of the he. a ‘ a and evening’ with her}, ? * es capping at the USO-YMCA| . Aig oo . t early breakfast with her . the Casa Marina, as guest « 2 USO-YMCA Club, she will . Jd the 8:20 NAL flight Monday aa to Miami and South Bend. tHe fe ‘Thefts from. Interstate Shipment, according to Powers, involve an extremely wide-variety of offenses. ‘The type of property stolen covers the full range of industrial pro- ducts, and the method ‘af theft may be marked with the full: vi ie 2 a ag | Today’s Action KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY _7,. 1953 Man Charged With Sinking Vessel Archie Shepherd is being char- ged with sinking a 32 foot boat in the harbor at the end of Greene street, and will have hearing before Peace Justice Ira Albury Tuesday at 4 p. m., Albury said today. The boat was sunk shortly after Shepherd, a Key Wester, was seen going aboard. Two men identified him in the line up at the Monroe County Jail. Owner John W. Broere, Key- West, signed an affidavit against Shepherd, charging him with “malicious injury ‘to a vessel.” | Bond of $100 was set. | — The boat which was sunk Mon- | day was purchased for $700. { “= In Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE (— The Flor- Ida Senate today took official notice of the approach of Moth- er’s Day, Sunday, May 10, by adopting a resolution dedicated fo “the holiest things alive, the mothers. of this and every other state.” TALLAHASSEE (#— The Flor- ida Senate today completed legis- lative action. and sent to the gov- ernor a bill making it a crime to try: to fix sports -events. The Senate passed, 30-0, a House- approved bill which would make anyone who offered a bribe. with the aim of influencing the: out- come of a sports contest liable to 10 yeafs in prison and a $10,000 fin version of the measure Wednes- day but recalled it and took ac- tion on the House bill to speed iy for Eéep on Tiding at Bla Hom ticello instead of 26 in‘ Tallahassee. road chairman to live ip a county adjoining Leon be¢ame law today without Gov. McCarty’s signature, TALLAHASSEE () Regulation and licensing’ of Florida’s profes- sional bail bondsmen “would be re- quired under a bill introduced in the House today by the Judiciary- Criminal Committee. The bondsmen would be licensed by the state insurance commis- sioner, TALLAHASSEE “— The state motor vehicle commissioner would be given authority to revokee the license of any used car dealer who violates the auto registration laws or perpetrates a fraud on any person in his used car deal- ings under ‘a bill introduced in the Senate today, The bill was offered by the Sen- _— Committee on Motor Vehi- es. The proposa: aiso weuld start ~{the sale of auto tags on Jan. 1 instead of Jan. 5 as present. The deadline for purchasing new tags would remain Feb. 20 with the governor given authority to extertd it another 30 days if he deemed it necessary, TALLAHASSEE (@—An attempt | t0 revive the bill xbolishing price | miles away A legislative act authorizing the |* Key West Citis THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Attorney General Decides Utility Marine, Sheriff, State Patrol And Congtable--All . | Cooperate In Nab _ Almost ‘30 rolls. of expos- | ed fil ny some of which were ; illegally photographed at y the U.S. Naval station were captured. Monday. by. the! quick ‘cooperative action of a Martine Guard, State Troop-|_ er Frank Cline, and .State Highway Patrol in Mara thon: “h ‘four men, later Identified as film, and ca: and placed. two. ithe men in his patrol car,*while ‘other two followed him back Information on what the film con- | tained was not released by the | Navy. : Navy Bombar: Korean Coast Second Time By WILLIAM WAUGH SEOUL #—The mighty battle- | ship New Jersey and the cruiser Bremerton steamed boldly into |Wonsan harbor on Korea's east’ | coast today and bombarded the battered Communist pori and com- | munications hub fcr the second {time in three days. NoCurves... Slt tid eT H i Board Cannot Enter Labor Agreement Quartet Ca ke *& ught On Keys By xk Radio b ta ed Rules Against | Collective Pact : For Electric Co. . Workers’ Union _ Attorney General Richard Ervin today advised the Key xe x i He i - BR » ft if by a ig i i HY i iH g ge ef = | : : i : i i : : F 13 | 5 i cE i f t fixing powers of the Florida Milk ey iyee! ghd : ! ; and an escorting destroyed opened Commission. failed in the House | few hours after dive bomb- | today by a vote of 47-28. pecieg y . ~ jers from the carriers Princeton The bill was rejected Wednes- nd Valley Forge heavily damaged | | day by the House Public Health | °°. | an important Red metal process- Committee in favor of another} ‘Contin: Page Eight measure which would let the board | : = . [keep ee power but) In ;give milk consumers j troduces months and fines were $608,459. | resentation on the aa vo Papy Savings and recoveries amounted) Rep. Williams, Seminole County, | [Ve ; to $4,882,360. Local law enforce-| sought to override the committer | Five Local Bills ment authorities, Powers empha-|and have the bill placed on the | epresentative | sized, have a similar problem in-|calendar despite its adverse re-|_ State R acre A y | port. pean oF i f d ; i i Bs Hs : : i e Fie Pie i g RE it tt fe af ? i e i 8 F e & é x i He i Fi F $ ti i li . i | : s i tf :3 oF if SE 4 Fa rs é i ? i A bd : & I i if il ‘ i el j te H f é i x 8 & Ly if ie ft | i} Mi 7 Hil i i x session in the/ ar addresses by S. Sens. Spessard L. Holland and George A. Smathers. | ¢ rs if of the Third District will get an annual guaranteed salary of $2700) \ a year if one bill is passed and his ; bie will. get a straight $300 a month. f i [ ib gf i R 5 | ed will serve to increase coordin — - the work of the FBI ani w enforcement authorities | Williams said the milk price bill in combating such crimes. This 18 sks be argued out on tbe House particularly true since the differ-'fiocr where all members could ence between Federal and purely | participate. local offenses is dependent solely} “1 would like to know if we. upon whether the property involv-/ have a divine right to tell a man ed is moving in interstate or local, | what he should sell articles he pro- | ed ite commerce. | duces for.” he declared. “Shouldn't | ‘The conferences have been sche-| he have the right io sell whatever | &@ regional basis, Powers he produces at the Price he begin in April, Con- | wants.” j : continued until, Opponents of Wiliams’ motion’ A city bill was , 1953, in locations offer-/ said the Public Uealth Committee | would authorize most convenience to the| had given the dill carefal consid-| vey land om Stock Island to Continued on Page Eight) (Continued om Page Eight) ican Legion Post Neo. 28, H } E i & E ‘ | if Fi & 4 i ? 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