The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the ‘pountry, with an average ,¥ange of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Best Interests of Key West. IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV No. 110 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953 TEENAGER CUT WITH HATCHET BY GANG OF 4 YOUNGSTERS PRICE FIVE cenrs| City Acts To Smash B-Girl Operations Juvenile Judge ee Rounds Up Four Who Stripped, Threatened Boy A 15 year old boy was stripped, attacked with a hatchet by four teenage companions, part of.'a \am “swamp gang”, at a trec | house in a swamp 100 yards from Bayview Park and $10,750 For Roosevelt Boulevard yester- ‘ % 70 Aer es There day afternoon, Juvenile ay \ _ 4 sf | Court Judge Eva Warner ( ; — oe. —_ od eS ed Her- ne Shien, 4 Paloet cy doc man Conley, and Shore Patrol . worked until midnight rounding . ple treater up the culprits, whose deed sent Government involved 80.2 acres of the boy to the hospital with land owned largely by the Mary A. + @ badly cut knee. He was lat- | E- Navarro estate. The A. Lewis er released from the hospital. state also owned 12 acres. ‘ Judge Gibson ang the Police Pi taal ng ony ac founded up the offenders through held by the Navarros was $1250. information supplied by their vic- ‘The jury, which was composed of tim, She brought them to Monroc County jail at midnight asking bankers, contractors, and labor- ers, said Uncle Sam must pay that they be detained there over night. $7,000; or about $10? an acre. This tract Is needed by the U. S. < Naval Air Station for a runway. Monroe County Jail, however, It will be develéped as part of couldn’t oblige - according to the the Navy's expansion program at Judge. There was not a single sep- Boca Chica, it was said. arate space for the youngsters. The other parcels, belonging to Sheriff John Spottswood on the the Lewis family, are two triangle Keys, investigating a case, radioed. strips along the highway. The Gov- that he could not make arrange- ,|ernmenthad offered $600 for these nat. mm the children though he to, cooperate. Judge would “not” este with Prisoners, so she had to rents’ x« &k *& x kk Boca Chica Purchase Price Upped Seven Times By Jury Big Pine Betty, Keys’ Cow, Complaints Of Insured Against Accident Drink Pushing Received By Will Feast On Special Feed peri | City Manager i City Manager ‘Dave King D y a tater and Police’ Chief Joseph e: pen pERT Kemp revealed today that a : concerted drive to stamp out Betty, the bovine beauty | B-drinking, which ‘has ap- of Big Pine Key who will; parently erupted once more star in the Armed Forces Day Parade, May 16 so that}; in earnest,.is in. progress, King said today that he the children of , Key. West can see a rile We, just been insure¢ xxwek | Scene Of Terror For 15-Year-Old Boy Government Must Pay Owners has received more than »:15 complaints that at least four THE TREE-HOUSE, 100 yards from Bay View Park, in a swamp where a 15 year pid was cut with a hatchet yesterday. City Manager Dave King is having the place torn down. ' Citizen igrapher found it a scene of immorality and filth, well-hidden in the swamps just off Roosevelt Boulevard and Mir- ginia Street.—Citizen Staff Photo, ee ee |“Night Of Stars” wet | Slated At Track ie li ili R32 etFILIF tartreice Key. West Charities will reap the benefit tonight when a group. of top Hollywood stars do their bit at the Key West Kennel Club. Tratk president Abe Aronovitz responsible for the gala eve- with the entire net pro- of the track operation go- Stars Robert Wagner, J. Car- rol Naish and Gilbert Roland pamabeer ss Photgorapher:Avalty Tallahassee. |store nmr ° Also Disturbed | ROME — Fyank Sinatra ar- rived in Rome in a temper today and topped off a day that was bad from ‘the start by scuffling with a photographer, The crooner and his wife, Ava Gardner, started buildig up a head of steam in London, where they were late for their Milan - bound plane’ and couldn't get aboard. They had to take one for Rome and vowed they'd never fly that airline again. Things were just too much when the plane landed in Rome. A photographer from an_ Italian agency was there to take their Pictures, The crooner, whose pugil- (Continued on Page Ten) TALLAHASSEE Dan McCarty was all jay over prospects of his first fishing trip since a Feb, 25 heart attack, “It’s a big event for me,” hé said as he got ready to go out toa lake near Tallahassee with a couple of old friends, “I don’t know whether we're go- ing hass fishing or bream fishing. I’m just going fishing.” TALLAHASSEE (P—A bill aimed at preventing terror bombings of buildings used by racial of religions minorities was passed by the House today and sent to the Senate. Those buying explosives would have to fill out. and sign forms indicating the use to which they planned to put them, Explosives dealers would have to be registered with the state fire marshal, was J. Y. Porter IV, He was asso- ciated with Paul A. Lewis, Miami, (Continued on Page Ten) Movie Company To Visit CPO Club Saturday 20th Century Fox representativ- es, including the vivacious and lovely Terry Moore, star of the movie, “12 Mile Reef” being film- ed in this area, will share the spot- light and pay homage to “Every- body’s Mother” on Saturday at the Naval Station Chief P. Officer's Club. Terry’s mother is E F : i i ve r aLe li E a he iE [ cE} fa iat Helse gre. iii | £ i zt Ee in t hee E I & ens FF | i E The Dade County House delega- | i tion, which introduced the measure has told the House it will help prevent recurrence of recent bomb- ing and attempted bombings of Negro centers, Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues, TALLAHASSEE .t—A bill which would ban Florida banks from im- posing a service charge, collection fee or any other charge on state and federal warrants or checks today was introduced by Sen. | Floyd, Apalachicola. A resolution calling for appoint- ment of 2 legislative committee to study Florida’s traffic problems was introduced in the House today by Rep. David uf Broward County. The committee would make its Fy gz EH i z & eeF z ii | H if 4 fy 2 i i ni ae Sse & | t Hi 8s 72 i Pupils From Keys Visit City Today Twelve students from the Coral Shores School, Tavenier, arrived morning & H itl a is i { | | L i ‘i i z § f iisi E Le i E + ¢ z Fa} today as the result of an} we eae Boulevard | t. H i 1 i af gf f r j F i ite f i Rg g ; Rg : if FF E> s % j tevestigation between sessions of } the Legislature and report its rec- ommendations when the lawmak- / ; i i abl Wi i jectors. bes ! i { i i jers meet in 1953. | | Rep. Patton of Franklin County | dents will be - Proposed that veterans organiZa-' County Courthouse tions be permitted to occupy space | Earl Adams. i | F Ty ; i § | | TORT AT IF int tr 5 i li ig state buildings. ‘ Paculty members Mrs. Jack He introduced a bili which would | kerson, Mrs. Shelton Stone give the Cabinet authority to 4!-! Mrs. Robert Allen, were in locate space to veterans gToUPS-|of the group. The American Legion already bas a suite of offices im the Kaott Building, southwest of the Capitol, | vesier, John Curry, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars 5 bas applied for similar space. m ' F i ltt Efe Re g 8 [ [ ; | fi H j ES E i ak ig I i i iH fs 3 | 3 i | i i Hs TALLAHASSEE @—Rep. Wi- liams of Seminole County today! Provesed a ban on making copies of “any substantial part” of Fier- i3a’s newiy opened Lists of welfare | Be earier bad offered sack .| ae fe earlier oe suc i Isaggestion on the floor of te! PIZZA PIE FROM TSe | House during debate on overriding Duffy's DAmonico Tavern {former Gov. Warren's veto of Be | 1" (Continued on Page Ten | ___ 7 DUVAL STREET Fil Fil t “We Are Now O; for Bedi” BREAKFast . ‘pines UNCH Good Food at Reasonable Prices it af rt UE f r 5 1 tf REAR ADMIRAL IRVING T. DUKE. USN, signs his new card making him a Deputy Sheriff of Monroe County. Sheriff John Spottswood said at the ceremony this noon, “As @ gesture cf goed will end in appreciation of the cloiz cooperation between the sheriff's offre and the U.S. Navy. it gives me a great deal of pleasure to commision you «s deputy sheriff of Monroe County. Fia”.-Citiren Staff Yeoia, lin} a iy il ffl s g | a ii i fF i 5 fi yee ee i | i oe ”