The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1953, Page 1

Che Key Weel Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1953 Gamma Globulin Shots Are Given In Marathon And Tavernier Today No New Deaths Or Polio Cases Reported To Health Dept. A Monroe County Health Department team moved up the Keys today, giving gam- ma globulin shots to children land expectant mothers in Marathon and Tavernier. By noon, about 120 pre- school children and 170 school children up to 14 years old had been inoculat- ed, according to Gerald J, VOL. LXXIV Ne. 236 PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Key West Runaways Are Held By Tampa Juvenile Authorities Two Boys From New York Make Unscheduled Congressmen To Visit Navy Here # ‘Twe members of the House Small Business Committee will arrive in Key West Saturday fer an abrevisted inspection at the Key West Naval Base, Transferred To St. Petersburg Welcome To Washington i | if bee e i = i 5 s zg ; x. Hee hiking picked driver West. t By JACK BELL WASHINGTON - Republican anity gave signs of developing eracks at high levels today, with: some indications that President Eisenhower may have to take a hand to restore harmony. Sen. Bridges (R-NH) jolted ad- ministration officias with a -week- end announcement that the Senate) A riations Committee prob- al will call Foreign Operations: Administrator Harold E. Stassen to explain what “capricious” job & ‘LT. CLEM PEARSON, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Pearson, the former Caroline Dua- Base here, leaves Thursday for duty as Commanding Officer of the 180-foot buoy tender, Juniper, working out of St. Peters- burg. To Capital In Di rom Mainland ae ih arren Becomes Chief Justice In «(Noon Ceremony office here, gave something of a Republican endorsement to fre- (Continued On Page Two) All Shelving, Show- Cases, Counters, 2 x 10, 2x8, 2x6 Floor-| ing, and Building Materials of the ARONOVITZ BUILDING ON DUVAL STREET ge Phone 2-5546 “GG (EST) today. President ‘Eisenhower looked on ‘as the former California governor raised his right hand and took an ‘oath to give justice impartially to ithe poor and to the rich—and thus became the nation’s highest judi- jclal officer. Mrs. Eisenhower was with the | President. ! Mrs, Warren also was there, in !a blue suit which had small red }dots and a flat red hat. On her|Day celebration have been released) The thieves apparently jimmied! by Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, shoulder was a iarge lavender ceremony. While the eight associate jus-| tices and the audience stood, War- ren raised bis hand and read the ‘oath betore the court Warren then shook hands with 'Mrs. Eisenhower ieft the court room. They had been &: the room 2 total of 11 minutes. ¥ “| eus parts of the city as would orchid. She beamed through the brief) Emergency Is Simulated In Realistic Drill A mesiage from Paul G. Albury, chairman of the Red Cross Disas-; ter Emergency Committee - here, ‘was sent.to national headquarters in Washington Friday by local radio “hams” as a part of the! Key West Emergency Communi-' cations plan. The Key West Amateur Radio Emergency Corps, under the direction of Mrs. Ernestine Mc Masters, conducted the full scale emergency drill. Mrs, McMasters is the emergency co-ordinator for the American Radio Relay League in this county. The local Corps is a group of; radio amateurs who have teered their time and radio sta-| tions to insure that Key West will never be without radio communi-| cations as a result of failure of| telephone or telegraph lines. It is a part of a nationwide organiza-| tion. Both Red Cross and Civilian De- fense\ units took part in the tests) as Control Station W4KOH, op-' erated by Mrs. McMasters and ‘Mrs, Marion Cobb, WN4ZLI, with! Mrs, Carola Nettles, of the local Red Cross Chapter looking on, sent the message to Washington’ ‘over the network. Cars were dispatched to vari- Lt. Clem Pearson, Commanding} | Officer of the Coast Guard Base here since May, 1950, will leave. ‘Thursday morning to take up new duties as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard bouy tender Juni- per burs. Pearson is well known in civi- lian as well as military circles here having been an active mem- ber of the Lions Club and of the Key West Golf Club, He and Mrs. to of St. Petersburg, have made their home here in the quarters as- signed to the Coast Guard CO at fran! Whitehead St., beside the light. Lt. Pearson joined the Coast ward. in» Aiabgma, home town, in 1928. He was as- signed immediately to duty in New London and saw action against the! rum-runners who were in their hey- day at that time. Is Commissioned In February 1942, Pearson was commissioned at Ensign in the! Coast Guard and was sent to the Amphibious Training Command School at the Naval Operations Base, Norfolk, Va. Upon comple- tion of the schooling he was as- signed as Commanding Officer of ithe LST 884 which participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa land- ings during World War II. The 884) was later heavily damaged by aj) nese Suicide plane. Pearson took this ship back to Pearl Harbor and there took over 762 which took part in the occu- pation of Japan. In 1948, he was assigned as Ex- ecutive Officer of the Juniper, a 180-foot vessel, the same ship to} which he is now asigned as Com-| imanding Officer. His last duty before coming to ‘Key West was as Executive Offi- cer of the Coast Guard buoy tender 'Blackhaw operating out of Charles-| ‘ton. Lt. Pearson is being relieved by Lt. John B. Hayes, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard cutter Ariadne here, Thieves Smash Safe In Upstate 1 i operating out of St. Peters-| command of the LST 762 which} causing an accident, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an/It is their first large realty opera- WASHINGTON.—California’s Earl. Warren, incoming Chief Justice of the United States, is greeted by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., Sunday night at National Airport. Also on hand to welcome the 62-year-old ex-governor are Sen .William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) (second from left) and Vice President Richard Nixon, both fellow Californians. Warren, who suc- ceeds Fred N. Vinson, was scheduled to take his oath of office at noon today —(#) Wirephoto, Police Officer Fires 4 ShotsLarge Section At Speeder Who Tried Tol Everglades A police officer fired four shots last night before he could stop! Land Is Sold a speeding motorist who fled the scene of an accident after trying) to run down the officer and smash into the other car involved in} pypRGLADES i—Sale of 294,- the crash, it was reported today. Dae 731 acres of land in southwest Police Officer Fernando Stirrup said that he was patrolling | Florida for approximately four on Roosevelt Boulevard Sunday when he saw two cars whe had | million dollars was announced yes- been involved in an accident. terday. He said that when he stepped up to investigate, one of the driv-/ It was one of the largest trans- ers, identified as Jessie Clements, White Street, jumped into his/fers of Florida real estate in mod- car and tried to run him down. Stirrup reported that he fired alern times and included almost a shot at the car as it went past and then jumped into the other car,|third of the million-acre cogun operated by Sam Lowe, 617% Fleming Street and gave chase. Lowe's boehrse by Barron Jr. a es two-year-old son was in the car when the incident occurred. s Th 1 4, yi in Colli sia He fired three more shots in an effort to bring the fleeing Pe - and, Coates, was Cla ree car to a halt, The chase led down Truman Avenue to White Lemrsecgt! lenry and Edward Ger- Street. He finally overtook the car when it stopped for a traffic {+ brothers, whose family has light at White and Eaton Streets and took Clements inte custody. ipeen identified with Manhattan Clements was booked on charges of driving while intoxicated,|real estate activities for 70 years. tion outside New York City, but} they have other Florida interests. “We have been enthusiastic over the possibilities of Florida and par- ticularly the long-range potentiali- ties of Collier County.” the Gerrys, said in a statement, “and are hap- py to have this opportunity to par- ticipate in them on a large scale.” The land includes 6,000 acres in southérn Lee County, 12,800); acres in southern Hendry County; and the remainder in Collier Coun- ty, Roughly, it is in two blocks, lone in the western part of Collier County between Bonita Springs and Naples east to the Tamiami Trail, and the other im eastern Collier ‘County from the Hendry County | line south of the Monroe County, line. This was the first large sale of lands from that owned by the late accident, ge He is free on $250 bond for appearance in City Court today. Man Faces Three Traffie Charges Harry Roberts, 23, of 1609 South Street was being held in the; County Jail today on charges) Srowing out of an auto accident at Marathon. According to State Trooper S. R. Walker, who investigated, Roberts, driving a pick-up truck was head- ed south at 9:05 a.m. Saturday when he sideswiped a car headed pe cae nin on soc mm | in the opposite direction and driven by Robert W. Baker of Philadel- Juvenile Council To Meet Tonight The Monrce County Juvenile Council will meet tonight at the County Health Clinic Auditor. ium on Fleming Street. The meeting is slated to begin at 8 p. m. Hank Day will address the group on the subject of re- creation. y Newspaper Office (Continued On Page Two) Legion Plans For Armistice Day (Celebration Here | The details of the 1953 Armisitce |American Legion. Post No. 28 has jalways in the past formulated FORT PIERCE — Burglars broke into the News-Tribune office) here during the night, smashed} lopen the newspaper’s safe and es-/ caped with $900 to $1,000 cash. | Another group of thieves held, ‘up the night clerk of the New Burston Hotel eariy today and took about $50 from the cash box. Both outbreaks of crime were in ;the midtown section of Fort Pierce. jtheir way into the newspaper of- night, fice during the theater hour uss City Commission when frequent passersby); phia, Pa. : lene aber did ot, oro irst Annual Key Key where he turned off on a side e « road where Walker overtook him.|Lime Festival Charges of driving while intoxi-} ae cated, having no driver’s license| The ist annual Upper Keys Lime. and leaving the scene of an ac-|Festival will be held Dec. 5 through’ cident were filed against Roberts. 12 in the 5 upper keys, Mrs. Caro-| Bond was set at $1,025. In an accident at 10 p.m. Satur- day, two sailors attached to VX-l1! (Continued On Page Two) ty was named when it was formed! in The Gerrys said their principal interest at the outset will be ings in iplans for the celebration. jeould look through a window into 7 following: | ‘The intruders shoved desks! | Monday, October 9th — A radiojaside and battered the safe open| The City Commission will tackle \address on Armistice 1953 {with a sledgehammer and crow a light agenda tonight at their reg-ination to know more Tuesday, October 10th — 8:30/bar. They took oniy cash, dis-jular meeting at the City Hall. [Upper Keys and their ip. m. A Flag Disposal Ceremonyjregarding checks, a watch and In addition to action on bids for for vacationing - that’ at the Legion Post Home ring. Records were strewn on the city equipment, they will consider) i 9:00 p. m. A fireworks display/floor but were undamaged. jon second reading, an ordinance) at the Legion Home Police said the method of oper-irequiring approval of the) 10:00 p. m. A free dance at thejation in the safebreaking was iden-iplanning commission and the City|a Legion Home tical to two other simit=> jobs'Commission before parking lots or/a | Wednesday. October 11th 10;30jdone over the Labor Day holiday, be con-) (Continued on Page Two) (Continued On Page Two) Two) community garages can ‘(Continued On Page Ly Guthrie, principal of the Sue M. Moore School at Mara- thon where the shots were given. Six expectant mothers also had taken the shots, This afternoon, the health team was working in Tavernier at the | |Florida Keys Clinic. Dr. Raymond J, Dalton, Mon: toe County health officer, in cutlining today’s anti-polio pre- gram, said the team worked at Marathon from 8 a.m. until noon, moving on te Tavernier in the afternoon. Dr. Harvey W. Cohn, of the Florida Keys Clinic in Tavernier, was in charge of both stations, He was assisted at Marathon by Dr. Donald MacDonald of Mara- ‘thon. i The health team from Key West was composed of Nurse A. J. Saw- yer, and Clerks J. M. Dalton and L. A. Darling. They left Key West at nied Le Sunday for Marathon to there today. ~ sandtiniast W.-H. to Marathon Saturday to. the preliminary arrangem: and organize the local a Dr. Dalton said that about "l1,- 000 cc of gamma globulin were sent along. He estimated that this would be more than enough to take care of the children and expectant mothers at Marathon and Tavernier. The amount of gamma globulin given to each ‘patient depends on the patient's weight. Dr. Dalton said that the maximum dose is 10 ec. Up to 1 p.m. today, Dr. Dalton had no reports of new polio cases or of polio deaths in Mon- roe County. Rainstorm Causes Auto Crash Here A driving rainstorm which eut visibility to practically nothing was listed as the cause of an accident on Roosevelt Boulevard early Sat- urday morning which sent a Navy man to the hospital with a head injury. Police said that a ear driven by ‘Stephen Judson, Naval Station, Ploughed into a vehicle owned by David P. Cifelli, 920 Truman Ave- nue, causing extensive damage ta both cars, Patrolman Armando Perez sald that Judson did not see the parked car because of the rainstorm, He was taken to the Naval Hospital) with a cut on his head. No charges |were brought as a result of the crash. Vote Registration Total Is Released Total. number. of registrations the November general elections was set at about 5,810 voters to-