The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with on average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Comptroller Gay Congratulates Local Man On Excellent Record | | | i} State Comptroller C. M.! Gay today congratulate Monroe County T. tor Howard E. Wilson on re- cording a perfect 100 per cent tax roll ‘collection for year 1952. | Wilson was the lone coun-} ty tax collector in Florida to | perform this feat. Monroe County and St. Lucie County | were the only counties in th state to show no errors or in- solvencies. But Monroe County was the only county | to have a 100 per cent collec- | tion, plus no errors or insol-| vencies. | On the 1952 tax roll of $659,434.27, Wilson’s office | has again recorded a 100 per cent collection. During the| @ight years of the Wilson ad-|} ministration, the lowest col- lection has been 99 3-4 per} cent, with five of the eight | years presenting a perfect score. ‘Comptroller Gay’s letter follows: . : “Honorable Howard Bf Wil- "gon, Tax Collector Monroe County : Key West, Florida. “Dear Mr. Wilson: ~ “I notice in the last comp- troller’s report showing the | percentages of collections | that your tax roll had been} collected 100 per cent. “IT also note that your county was one of the two that showed no errors and} insolvencies. “This fine record certain- -ly reflects credit on you and your competent staff. I want to congratulate you for} this outstanding job which | should be appreciated by the | taxpayers of Key West and Monroe County. } “Kindbst personal re- gards, I am, “Sincerely yours, "C, M. GAY, “State Comptroller.” | Curfew Set For Baseball Range Municpal Court Judge Enrique Esquinaldo ruled yesterday afte: noon that David Heisveil, operator of a ba range must close his business at 11 p. m. nightly, Charge of disturbing the neigh bdorheed with loud and intermittent noises. “igjurious to the surround- Ing neighborhood’ was brought by Alfred J. Dion, Hetweil leased the Jand for his game project from Fred Dion. Neighbors testified that the noise x Colle Che Ken West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. foe. LXXIV No. 150 ‘Wilson Only Tax Collector In Florida To Show 100% ounty Collections For 52 PVT. MILLMAN A. INGRAHAM, former Key Wester, was injured seriously by mortar fire on a Korean battlefront, June 15. He is now in a hospital in Japan. |Collier’s Tells Of 4 oe Truman KW Visits Key West has received fur- ther national publicity in the current issue of Collier‘s Maga- zine which carries an article entitled “We Kept Truman's Big Secret’ by Commander William McK, Rigdon, USN, Rigdon is a former Naval aide to ex-President Harry Truman. He devotes several paragraphs to Truman's. Key West visits along with a photograph of the president and his official party here. “Key West did much for President Truman ‘and vice versa, Comdr. Rigdon de- clared. He pointed out how the people of Key West came to accept Mr. Truman as a “genial neighbor.” Now and then he would walk the streets and exchange greetings. When he stopped in at a lunch coun- ter for a cup of coffee he paid for it with an autographed dol- lar bill, the Commander re- counted, When Truman won the 1948 election, Rigdon reveals that he was so jubilant that he “in- vited just about everyone who had voted for him to accom- pany him on a planned Key West visit. Many accepted, in- cluding two sleeping car port- ers, a railroad policeman and ad maintenance engi- The article is packed full of anecdotes of his visits here by himself and his family, Chinese Red Force Smashes Allied Posts Pvt. Ingraham, Badly Wounded Infantryman Is Victim Of Mortar Fire In Korea Mortar fire seriously wounded-Pvt. Millman A. Ingraham, former Key West- er, while fighting in Korea on June 15, Ingraham, who is known locally as “Mimi”, was badly wounded in the left arm and the right thigh while in action with the 27th Infantry Regiment. His wife the former Geraldine Jayeocks is staying with her par- ents Mr. and Mrs, © Jaycocks in Miami. She telephoned Ingraham’s niece, Mrs, George Montero who lives in Key West at 114-F Poin- giana, to tell her of the receiving of a telegram from the govern- ment notifying her of her hus- band’s injury. The wire did not state where he was hospitalized, but his wife simultaneously receiv- ed a letter from the wounded man himself stating “I’m okay.” Ingraham was stationed at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. C., before going overseas, | Mrs. Ingraham’s present address jis 363 S. W. Sixth Street, Miami, | Fla. ‘Woman Charged For Pushing Car i | lining the highlights of the team’s KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1953 Roberts Asks Co mmission To Name Captain Spalding As City Manager | Kiwanis Club Fetes High School Nine Turkey Dinner Given In Honor Of State Champs The Key West Kiwanis Club feted | the High School baseball team last | ‘night with a turkey dinner at the | La Concha hotel for their perform- | ance in winning the first state championship ever to come to Key West and gaining the runnerup spot in the Southeastern tourney in Selma, Alabama. Fifty six attended the dinner which was under the direction of Father John Armfield, Coach Paul Davis was the fea- {tured speaker at the affair, out- Performance at the State tourney in | Fort Pierce and in Alabama. Davis jalso introduced the individual mem- bers of the team. Davis gave the credit for the fine showing of the team to the boys themselves, disclaiming all part in their record. George Lastres was hailed as the outstanding perform- er on the team by the Kiwanians. Superintendent of Public In- struction Horace O’Bryant aiso spoke at the dinner, outlining the possibility that, if the “Old Rail Road right of way” could be ob- tained, a field 400 by 500 feet could be constructed. He asked that the club members petition the county commission in an ef- fort to induce them to obtain this land. Kiwanis President Glynn Arch- er had earlier poznted out the need for.a new field since the high school is now in the AA classifica- tion. The Kiwanians then gave a rous- ing vote of thanks to the ball team. They pointed out that at an earlier meeting, Coach Davis had appear- ed and said that the team is “going places.” Their later per- formance proved that statement, they averred, a oaahiee | Jast night by the club_ members that«a. telegram be ént ‘to“POnt Seicola,’ prepiaitet “ot the Tampa Smokers in thé Wlorida International league to encourage him to bring his team here. Spi- | cola had earlier ahnounced that is leaving Tampa due to poor tendance. a Those attending the meeting tn- cluded: Robert Lastres, . Cae riquez, Don Cruz, Vince Catela, Richard Salgado, Gilbert Gates, George Haskins, Eloy Rodriguez, Jerry Pita, Harold Solomon and 1 George Lastres of the high schoo! team. p Visiting Kiwanians were: James R. Flaggat, Charleston, W. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grisham, Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Lino Castro, Key West, Mr. and Mrs, Joe Lopez and Miss Elsie Faraldo. Kiwanis and Sinawik club mem- bers included: Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Faral- do, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Newt Ketchings, Mr. (Continued On Page Eight) City Commission ‘Rules On Special ‘Check Signatures At a spectal meeting of the city | commission last night a resolution | | Was proposed and passed relative {to signatures on special construc- | | tion account checks. | City Comptroller Charles Rob- erts explained that there are two National Bank in Miami, one for ; housing and home finance, and the | second one for the account of the | National-State Public Health Ser- vice. The first contract has to do | chiefly with school prospects. | The resolution adopted states! Against Tree that Tax Collector Archie Roberts‘ Three counts have been placed | must draw and sign all the checks against Dorothy Noto, 28, house-| and that Charles Roberts, city wife, of Perry Ct., who pushed a! comptrolier must countersign them Split With Allies Widens As Rhee Maintains Stand Egg Thowers Are Placed On Probation Here Pair Faces Marianna School For Boys On Theft Charge In Court Today Two teenage boys were placed on probation for three months this morning after they admitted throw- ing. eggs, one of which struck a Southard Street woman in the back of the head. The charges stemmed from an incident in which the pair allegedly threw the eggs from a moving car. Mrs. Sarah Watson, 915 Southard | Street, complained to police that she was sitting on her front Porch } last Sunday night when the boys sped by and unloosed the éggs in her direction. She ncted the license number of the car and police Picked up the boys a short time later. They found an egg on the back seat of the car and the pair ad- mitted that they had thrown a to- tal of five eggs. But, in court this morning, they said that they had been in- volved in an “egg War” with an- other group of boys and. were merely trying to get_ rid of, “throwing thé’ ep They added that they “had no idea that they would hit anyone.” The eggs came from the larder of one of the boys and this morn- ing, his mother said that she was going to make the lad buy “a dozen eggs for every one he wast- ed.” Judge Gibson said that the boys had good schoo! records and had never been in any trouble be- fore. In other Juvenile Court action, four boys ranging in age from eight to ten years were convicted of stealing and two of them were returned to detention to await possi- ble transfer to the Marianna School for boys. The other two were re- leased in the custody of their par- ents. The charges were brought after the quartet was found in the Navy yard after having allegedly rifled (Continued On Page Eight) Guests Of Honor ci accounts maintained in the First | | the NEW DEVELOPMENTS| HEIGHTEN TENSIO IN WAR-TORN LAND By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN SEOUL (#)—An emissary from! Washington arrived in Tokyo today | jen route to. critical talks with | ;Syngman Rhee as the unyielding South Korean President vowed | again to fight on alone. His stand widened the split with | his allies. | As the bloody war ended its third | | year, these developments height- ened the tension in this devastated Asian peninsula: 1. Assistant U. S. Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson, carry- ing a secret note to Rhee from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, landed in Tokyo and was expected in the South Korean cap- ital ‘Thursday, 2, Rhee served official notice he would yank his 16-division Army | from United Nations control if an armistice. is signed on present terms. 3. The leader of an anti-Rhee| Political party, Dr. Chough Pyong | Ok, was severely beaten after ‘speaking out ‘against the Korean President's defiant truce stand. 4. The biggest antitruce demon- | stration in South Korea, with more | than a million taking part, was! expected to be touched off Thurs-! day—third anniversary of the cost- ly war. 5. Yoon Chi Yung, vice speaker ‘of the ROK National Assembly and juin Mee - Rhee _ supporter, | nation’s. armed. “will not retreat even one step back” from the present battle line. In an impassioned letter to Gen. Mark Clark, Rhee declared that under the terms of the present armistice agreement “I do not see - » » how the ROK forces can re- main under your command, how- ever regrettable to us.” The letter, released today by | Rhee, was dated Saturday—twi days before Clark conferred wit! the defiant South Korean Presi- dent in an apparently futile effort to win his approval of a truce. Nothing was further from his intentions, Rhee said, than to “flout any request’’ from Prsei- dent Eisenhower to go along with an armistice. “But when it comes to the im- position of what we have so long been imploring our allies not to (Continued On Page Eight) | the City Commiss } vited. The official list of Ye The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 73 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. Extra Duties Are Too Much, Declares Temporar y Appointee Acting City Manager Charles Roberts has requested oners to appoint a regular city manager by July 1. He proposed the name of Capt. Ralph D. Spald- ing to take his place. The request and the proposal of Spalding as city after the adjournment of the special meeting of commissioners who met on another matter at the City Hall, —o’clock last night. Baseball Team | To Be Honored By Commission City Fathers Plan Friday Night Event For H.S, Players The City Commission sponsoring a banquet on F: day evening in honor of the Key West High School base- ball team. The affair will be| held at Logun’s restaurant} beginning at 7 p.m. A trophy er from January 1948 te will be presented to the team 1950, when Charle: by the commisioners. It z | Roberts. became acting city man : ager, serving until Dave Ki expected that Mayor C. B.|} over on bake dee Big Harvey will be Dave King was released from ae the heim of the city as manager ceremonies. j P R The players, their parents, all pe pptedbel ine oe city and county commissioners ing tity made 7 sdditle and their wives ‘have been in- iar 5 ee" tion te i job as city “comptroller, Br. 1. ex? Uitat four sie ounce? | tions or the bie. job had beew filed by ‘outof-toen applicants, Spalding has not as yet filed apple cation but has beetmin contact manager, at least on a temporary basis, was made at’ eight “I asked the Commissioners to appoint a City Manager,” Roberts said. “during an inform- } al session which I called right after the other meeting ad- journed. I do not wish to con- | tinue the duties as city mana- ger. There must be a deadline sometime or the situation could go on and on. I do not want to cope with the extra duties | involved. I told the commis- | sion that it was up to them to decide who should fil! the job by July 1, but ! did propose the name of Capt. Ralph D. Spald- ing.” Ss said that Spalding had Ss experience and was @ man, a retired U.S. Naval er, Spalding served as city is ri- master iv-for..78 "people. Jock M chairman of the event, er + ed that since the seating tape. city for the banquet is” 325, ah 505 Deen my eet jwith Commissioner Louls. Eisner He said, “Anyone 1n the city who | 28d is w c (Continued On Page Eight) | * temporar is, it was learned, a | Mayor C. B. Harvey said this aS a morning thet a special meeting Commission Holds j would naturally be forthcoming for j discussion of possible candidates, sf | He set sometime next Monday as Budget Caucus. | | teate rin meng tana ct | state whether or not the commis- The County Commission met in-| sion had a nominee in mind. He formally last night to consider the | said that consideration of a man 1953 budget. Fo the job would be taken up at The annual caucus was held to! the meeting on June 29, just twe for the purpose of determining how | days before the deadline notice much money will b loted to var-| given by Roberts, ious phases of the county operation Commissioner Levis Eisner for the coming year, said that he would recommend The commissioners will meet} Capt. Spatding. “We know his again next week for the same pur-/ itity and that he is willing te pose. | work on @ temporary basis. I’m { @ bit worried ebout the situa. tion. We must have @ city man- ager who is appealing to the tex- | He also stated that he recom ; mended thet a city manager be | hired on a temporary basis for @ few months. sisner added, “Nobody likes te | fire a city manager. On # tem- porary basis we can find ous | whether or not the people them selves like the new man and we can alse determine his ability In ¢ few months. Then, after the test, the city manager can be hired og | @ permanent basis,” Commissioner John Carbonell ¢ was in agreement with Capt. Spalding as city ts ger of a temporary basi, He said, “Like Eisner, I think jis @ pretty good idea to try @ j man out and see what the tax. | payers think of him before a fina§ all the commissionerg along with the pro- * Spalding be sppointe@ at leact for the present.” Commissioner Dr. Dello Cobe car into a coconut tree last night | as acting city manager. In addi- | By MILO FARNETI | While she was driving a Studebak- | tion, three approvals are neces- SEOUL W—A powerful Chinese er coupe owned by Samuel Noto. | saty for the contracts. did not bother them, but Judge Es Quinaldo ruled that the games must ease at 11 p. m. No sentence was j is wae 2 California on veeation ang net available for comment, given on the condition that the operator obey the ruling. Recruiter To Be Here Next Week The United States Army and United States Recruiting Ser- geant, M-Sgt. Jimmie West will be in Key West June 29 and 30 at the Draft Board Office, Post OF- fice Building from 8 » m. ‘til! 4:30 p. m. for the procurement ‘of entistments in the U, S$. Army and U. S. Air Rerce. Red force, possibly a full division, gmashed into U. §. Korean positions in the Iron Tri- jangle area of Central Korea to- | intoxicating > day @ war rounded out its abre jets shot ist MIGs and into its fourth Mfantrymen of ion and South ed back 3,000 Se Keree’s ® age Eigh need Qe I Mrs. Noto is charged with reck- and South less driving, causing an accident from the regional and driving under the influence of beverage. The accident happened at 10:20 /p. m. on Fitzpatrick Street at the intersection with Greene Street. The car jammed into the palm tree was a parked vehicle belong- ing to Mario E. Cabrera, truck driver who lives at 703 Duval Street. Mrs. Noto struck Cabrera’s Ford sedan pushing it against the tree and causing damage of about $25 to the car's right frent fender and light Police aidde the arrest." officer am Bethel These approvals must come! engineers for! | both federal agencies, the city con: | sulting engineers and also a city official with proper authority. ‘The checks can't be drawn or * signed without three way approval® on invoices, ; ; JUNGLE BAR Presents ROSEMARY at the HAMMOND ORGAN NO INCREASE IN PRICES key tunis beside t yant is dimmer, given by the Kiwanis Club et La Concha Hotel Kiwanis mm Captain Rovert Lastres while Superintendent fanked by Couch Paul Devis—Finch, Cites Stat. * Jack Delaney wag Chica but coulg 4 be? tetaye m. Capt shortly sad slmpty, © serve on @ STRUNK LUMBER YARD OLDEST AND BEST 120 Simonton Street MEA® CITY HALL