The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1953, Page 1

VOL. LXXIV Ne. 244 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1953 IFIED Aas! You'll and sellers — workers . . . just PRICE FIVE CENTS Roberts Qualifies For Mayor's Job In 11th Hour Move As Books Close, Stepped Up Campaigning Is Foreseen By JIM COBB Eighteen candidates left) the. post yesterday in a race) for election to the City Com-! mission to be held November) 8. The books closed at 5 p. m. yesterday with a watchful band of prospective commis-| sioners on hand to see if any- one was qualifying in their| particular group. Surprise of the day occur- red at 4:15 p.m. when form-| bs er City Finance Director) Charles Roberts appeared and announced that he will seek the Mayor’s job. Roberts, who has repeatedly, Jumped Into Mayo been mentioned as a possible can-) ~ ‘ didate for the post, kept observers) . and his opponents guessing right down to the deadline. Consensus around city hall was that he would) not qualify and his action sur-| prised a lot of people. He swelled the number of can- didates in Group One to four, in- cluding incumbent C. B. Harvey. Others are P. A. McMasters and| ~ Milton “Mickey” Parrott. Roberts said he is running for the city’s top post “with but one ebjective in mind—the sincere desire to render a full measure of beneficial service to the citi- zens of the community.” He add~ ed that he is prepared te serve citizens of all ages, accomplish- major tasks through ef- jive organization and coopera- is a veteran of 16 years in! city employ before he resigned, a post as comptroller’ with a local automobile dealer, ‘The primary election will be held November 3 with the two top can- @idates in each group fighting it out a week later in the general) election. However, a candidate can be elected in the primary if he) receives a majority of all the votes cast. Final preparations for the elec- tion are progressing under the direction of Supervisor of Registra- tion Victor Lowe. He released to-| day a list of special police who! have been appointed by the City Commission to serve at the polls. (Continued on Page Nine) Brief Meeting Held By County Tr alks Begin r’s Race NONE OF THIS WEEK’S VICTIMS WERE IN GROUP GIVEN GG SHOTS Two new polio cases, both ied today by Dr. Raymond J. \Dalton, Monroe County health officer. The two new cases, both " white males in the 20-30 age 4 4 FORMER CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR Charles Roberts affixes his signature to the document which made him the fourth can- didate in the race for the post of Mayor of Key West. Roberts upset the predictions of the dopesters who steadily maintained he would not be a candidate. years.—Citizen Staff Photo. Tension Mounts As Explanation i | PANMUNJOM (#—The potential-| ly explosive face to face meetings of Communist explanation teams with 22,300 former Red soldiers who renounced communism while in Allied captivity begins tomor- row in an atmosphere charged with tension. | The Communists notified the Ko- Tean repatriation commission to-| day they would start the long de-| layed interviewing of anti-Red | POWs in an effort to coax them back to their native lands. The U. N. Command told the commission it will not begin to- morrow. The Allies presumably | are in no hurry to start meeting) with the 23 Americans, 1 Briton! and 335 South Koreans who refuse repatriation, a smali number in comparison to the thousands of ‘Chinese and North Koreans who spurned return to their homelands. Red Efforts Start | \ Commissioners Monroe County Commissioners Wednesday) and last eight hours were performed during September.) met briefly last night. okayed the minutes of last month's meetings and approved the annual report ofjthey would concentrate first on for the hospital. Clerk Earl Adams. Commissioner Clarence S. Higgs also told the meeting that 8&5 yards of mar] were used to repair dam- age caused to the airport by the Tecent heavy rains, He said that since there was no money in the airport fund, he had used money from the toad fun to make the repairs, begin at 8 a. m. (6 p. m. EST daily, The Reds told the commission \Chinese POWs and hoped to inter- view 1,000 the first day. That the Reds chose to meet \first with the Chinese came as no surprise. Throughout the drawnout Negotiations, they indicated they were more interested in getting back the Chinese—who suppose: went to Korea as ‘“‘volunteers rather than the North Koreans. He was a city employee for 16 Fseeeeeteer sees =] (Migratory Birds Protected By Law Parents of small boys whe are siguahtering birds with BB guns and sling shots aré a: ed by the Monroe County Au- dubon Society to take measur- es to prevent this wanton kill- ing. Song birds passing through here on migration journeys are protected by Federal and State laws, Hospital Makes Monthly Report To County Board Total admissions at the Monroe County General Hospital number- ed 140 for last month, according to the report for September that was received last night at a meeting of the hospital board. Discharged patients during the The Red persuasion efforts will month totalled 156, Twenty-eight] major and 22 minor operations The board also took action on a $600 bill due on X-ray equipment A Lion’s Club spokesman had said that the club (Continued on Page Nine) Views On Town Teeting Given Charles Mendoza, a candidate The Communists will have 14,500 for the city commission today ex- ‘group, brought the year’s to- tal in Monroe County to 47. |One of today’s cases is a |paralytic form of the disease and the other the non-para- ‘ |lytic. Dr. Dalton, summarizing the || cases reported this week, seid civilian and three were Navy personnel. In a breakdown of the five cases’ _|reported Monday and Tuesday, _|Dr. Dalton said the two civilians were white women, 21 and 24 years old. Both have a non-para- lytic form of the disease and both , |were transferred to Variety Chil- dren’s Hospital in Miami. Of the three Navy cases report-' ed Monday and Tuesday, one was a 26-year-old woman with a para-| lytic form of the disease. The other two were men, 24 and 34 years of age with non-paralytic and paralytic polio. None of the cases reported this week had been given gemma globulin shots, Dr. Dalton said. He added that since children * and pregnant women were given shots in Monroe County, enly one subject—a child—had contracted the disease. That child, he said, was ill at the time the shots were given and so did not receive pro- tection from it. But, Dr. Dalton emphasized, it was still too early.to reach a def- inite conclusion about the effec-| tiveness of the This year’s tae 47 cases is more than, times the to- tal ‘number in all of last year when there were 14 cases. 4 The total number of polio deaths in Monroe County this) year are four—one adult and three children. There were no deaths last year from the dis- ease, Meanwhile, a spokesman at the Navy hospital here said that two nurses, on temporary duty from the National Polio Foundation,| were caring for two adult polio (Continued on Page Nine) Economy Of British Guiana Is In Peril GEORGETOWN, British Guiana (#—Smoke from burning canefields hung over Georgetown today, point- ing up a threat of economic dis- tress to this troubled British | colony. Fires blazed on at least two nearby sugar plantations after workers walked out in protest against the British ouster of gov- ernment ministers from the colo- ny’s leftwing People’s Progressive Party. With strikes paralyzing or slow- British Guiana’s principal source of income—observers predicted the Navy personnel, were report- ing most of the sugar industry—' Bring Total To 47 Lang’s Status To Be Discussed Monday City Commissioners John Carbonell and Louis M. J. Eis- Mer announced Tuesday that they will sponsor a resolution at Monday’s meeting asking that Victor Lang be appointed permanent City Man. And today, Mayor C. B. Har- vey and Commissioner Jack Delaney jumped into the act when they announced that they, too, will recommend the action. Lang has been acting-City: Manager since June 30 when he replaced Dave King who re- signed. Carbonell and Eisner said they are taking the action “since Mr. Lang has done a good job — he has proven that he is the man for the post.” Mayer Harvey announced intentions, saying “I think Vic- tor Lang is doing a good job and | am going to recommend that he be given the job on a Permanent basis.’ Commissioner Delaney ques- tioned “just how permanent the job will be when the new com- mission takes office.” “1 don't think we can find a better man and | am going to recommend that he be retain- ed,” he added. Agency Heads Empowered To Fire Employes President Gives Order On Firing Of Gov't Workers Who Won't Talk. WASHINGTON \ — President Eisenhower today gave government agency heads power to fire ¢ederal workers who refuse to testify be- fore congressional ¢»mmittees on \grounds of possible self-incrimina- jtion. And it was disclosed the admin- ‘County Continues Weather Reports | men are trying to raise funds 2 New Polio Cases Neblett 1s Named Chairman Of Community Chest Drive: Fund Raising Expert Arrives Admiral Towner Promises Full Navy Cooperation In Program USS Davis Asks Funds For War | Orphan Benefit Appeal Issued To Key Westers By Navy Men Here Direct appeals for money are being made by the men of the destroyer escort George E. Davis to the citizens of Key West. The Davis, which is bringing an Italian war orphan over from Italy, Oc. tober 23, to visit the ship, needs the money to charter a plane from New York for the ceiebrities they | have contacted to appear at a ben- efit show October 24. The men of the Davis were depending upon the Navy in | Washington to come through with the plane. Late last week the Navy notified them that a plane was not available, so now the i enough to charter a plane. Over a thousand écilars has been| raised from the Ww of the Davis, | since the disa ting news was} received, but it is far from the} needed 4,000 dollars. To raise the money, the crew of | the Davis are selling advertising in a promotion bocklet, which will! be circulated at the night of the! benefit. The Navy and Chember of Com-| merce here, have wholeheartedly | endorsed the fund raising cam-' Paign, | The men of the Davis issued this appeal, in part, todsy: Dear Friends: We need your iielp!! On the night vf Uctober 24, the (Continued on Page Nine) istration will seek legislation aimed| to open up for inquiring Congress! members some of the investigative avenues now often blocked to them by the plea of a witness that he might incriminate aimself. Atty. Gen. Brownell unveiled this latter plan in an address to the National Press Club in which he elaborated on an executive order Puanves issued earlier in the lay. Power For Brownell Brownell said Congress will be asked in January for legislation (Continued on Page Nine) ‘Interest Reported In Town Meeting Mrs. Grace Crosby, Chairman of! a Town Meeting program sponsor-| ed by the Key West Business and Professional Woman’s Club today reported that ‘“‘more and more candidates for the city commission are either writing or phoning their jacceptance of an invitation to speak lat the affair.” | The meeting will be held Thurs-| day evening at 8 p. m. in the Key West High School auditorium. Ushers at the meeting are rep-! County-sponsored weather broad- casts over station WKWF will be continued for another year, it was decidec last night at a meeting) of tee Monroe County Commis- sioners. The commissioners voted $1,800 for the purpose, the sum to come from general revenue funds. At least week’s meeting, there was a from the $9,000 county advertising budget. This proposal was rejected in favor of taking the money from general revenue funds. Attorney W liam R. Neblett was named last night }as campaign chairman for the Key West Community Chest Drive at a meeting of that organization. Neblett, who headed up the successful 1953 Key West March of Dimes fund campaign said today that he will be happy to be of service “but I'll need the coopera- Navy Commander, | tion of everyone to make a success of it.” He is a former | More than a score if Chest workers and representa- tives of interested agencies attended last night’s session in the County Cout House. Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., president of the Settlement Later In Case Of March Vs. School Board The hearing of March vs. the Monroe County School Board today was in the hands of the court. Leland S. March, former gen- eral supervisor of instruction here, sought a writ of manda- mus to force the board and Horace O‘Bryant, superinten- dent of public instruction in this county, to give him a continu- ing contract rather than an an- nual contract. After testimony ended yester- day before Judge Aquilino Lo- pez, J in Circuit Court, at- tornyes for beth sides agreed ‘on excerpts of the minutes of school board meetings to be entered in evidence. After copies of the testimony are typed and sent to attorneys for both sides, the attorneys have 20 days in which to tile briefs with the court. After that, Judge Lopez will study the briefs and the testimony and ach a decision, ——EEx—_———_—— Girls’ Day Set For October 16 Mrs. Mary Lee Graham has been named Chairman of the annual Girl’s Day in City Government sponsored by the Key West Busi- ness Woman's Club October 16. On that day girls from the s School and the Convent of Mary Immaculate will take over the ad- ministration of the city. They'll (Continued on Page Nine) | me = Knepper, a fund ra‘sing specialist n-) discussion over taking the money ior class at the Key West High| organization presided. The group also welcomed Ben of the United Community Defense Services, national welfare organi- zation. Mr. Knepper wil) spend the next eight weeks here at the ex- pense of the UCDS helping to or- ganize Key West's first Communi- ty Chest drive since 1948, A native of Columbus, Ohio, | Knepper has organized fund rais- ing drives for the American Red Cross, the National Tuberculosis Association and the American Heart Society. He recently completed super- vision of a Heart Fund drive in The local Community Chest pro- gram is moving into high gear with the announcement last night that the drive will probably get underway November 1, In a brief talk before the group, Knepper pointed out the need for united effort in making the drive a success. He promised that he would work 24 hours per day, if necessary. He also cited the need for a fully informed public on the scope and policies of the Com- munity Chest. Rear Admiral George C. Towner, commanding officer of the Key West Naval Base and a vice pre- sident of the local chest assured those at last night’s meeting that the Navy is “ready to go.” He promised full Navy cooperation. He also asked that full publi- city be given concerning the use of the money collected by the fund drive. It was benefiting from the Community Chest will be required to sub- mit their current budgets, last years spending program and their plans for the future. In addition they wili be required to submit copies of their constitu- tion and by-laws to the Chest ad- missions committee, Judge.Lopez, in outlining the Progress made in the short time since the decision to conduct a ‘Chest campaign reported that he (Continued on Page Nine) Man’s Condition s Still Critical | The condition of Roy Fisher, no home, remained critical today Fisher is in the Monroe General . |Hospital with a head injury be- lieved to have been received in beating early last Saturday |morning. He has been unconscious since he was admitted to the hospital , |and unable to give law enforce- + ‘ment officials the story of his tn- The commissioners also voted to Chinese and 7,800 North Koreans Plained why he will not be present Pinch would come soon. Business- jury after he was found lying on accept the lowest bid on new fite to interview. If they maintain the equipment for Marathon, the bid 1 o99 daily rate, the Reds conceiv- fo be subject to approval by Paul/ably could get three or even four BE. Sawyer, county attorney. cracks at each man before expla- Henry J, Suarez appealed to the nations end Dec. 24 eommission for more free movies| However, Allied cbservers felt fm Oceanview Park, Negro recrea- the Reds would rush through some tlon area. Sawyer told him that/captives ‘and work hard on others the county could not go into the|—particularly the movie business, i Elks Club Annual Benefit Dance with FLOOR SHOW and “MISS ELKS CLUB YOUTH QUEEN 1953’ Contest at the . . Elks Club Annex SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 9:00 P.M. TILL “2 Music by John Pritchard’s Orch. ers jReds, they said, could win over the rest probably Details Ironed Out The repatriation commission met to iron out details for the n observer teams from Sweden and Switzerland dup at the Indian headquar' briefings. The observers v in on the interviews, which the com- tees x } onducted PUBLIC Ist mission ruled could be conducted IS INVITED joither on an individual or group The Admission, $1.00 per person Haat ++ Tickets are on sale at Lou's) 25'S. Radio and Appliance Store, 522 | The Reds, who have stea Duval Street. il asisted in single intervie (Continued on Page Nine) If the |) for resentatives of the Junior Deb) ursday night at a “town Meet ie aren — of a dras-\inb, chosen by their president,| ing” program sponsored by the The British kicked out Ppp Miss Millicent Taylor. The Junior y West Business and Profes-' prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and Debs are sponsored by the Senior) sional Woman’s Club. . _|five other ministers from the party Woman's Club. “I refuse to take part in a), Thursday, charging they were BPW president Mrs. Alice Nix farce,” Mendoza said. plotting to turn British Guiana into Will welcome the citizens attending He hit out at the panel program, 2 Communist state. The PPP re-the meeting to learn more about saying that the questions are poor-|tajiated by calling a general strike the issues discussed in Key West worded. (Continued on Page Nine) _|today. The chairman, Mrs. Crosby) “For example,” he said, “They |will introduce Moderator Jack) are asking us how we are going Clarke, who will in turn introduce} to represent the ‘little man’ and each candidate. the ‘big man’.” Mrs. Mary Sinclair, treasurer of) ‘Do we have different sets of the BPW will act as time-keeper.| rules for the big and little men?” Each candidate will be allowed) Mendoza queried. “About all I 10 minutes to speak, When all can- have in mind for the little man is didates have spoken. questions will} a pair of Adler Elevator Shoes.” follow from the audience. —RENT— Power Lawn ‘Mowers Poinciana Service Station 17th Street and Duck Avenue TELEPHONE 2.4368 * Masonic Notice SPECIAL COMMUNICATION Entered Apprentice Degree —6:30 P.M. Fellowcraft—8:30 ee 3 . | Dade Lod . 14, F. 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