The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1953, Page 1

E===|Che Key West Cilisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE OSA KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953 VOL. LXXIV Ne, 250 200 “Daddies” Await The Arri Italian War Orphan Wings To New York Nine year old Maria Car- mela LaVecchia of Tricarico, Italy, today was winging her, ‘way to New York where she expects to find new fathers by the dozens waiting for her. And nearly 200 “daddies” in Key West are waiting pa- tiently for the first look at destroyer escort, USS Davis who adopted the war orphan a year ago. Davis . crewmen Gene Goldberg, Clifford Chapman and Walter Pfetsch will meet her at New York's Igle- THIS WATER BOND ISSUE 18 DYNAMITE” said Mayor C. B. a discussion of ,000 water bond layor Hi 4 on ‘by Monroe . Mi: val Of Maria Ex-Key Wester Receives Cuba’s Highest Award Ralph L. Higgs, former Key Wester, was one of six Wash- ingtonians who received Cuba's highest award, National Order de Carles Manvel de conferred on them the Cuban Ambassador in was given the award te establish Cuba's South Florida and the Keys from to Key West will be filmed color for showing on TV and ‘before clubs, Jack Browne, of Ma- ‘of the’ film gill be shot from an amphibious plane, show-| jing the Keys from the air. Other shots will include an underwater sequence, various types of fishing, u on Page fwo) The Gity Is Big Business; Says | " }land in front of his patio. Sale Of Bay Bottom Land Is Okayed Internal Improvement Trustees Say Mazur Can Buy Parcel Of Submerged Land The sale of submerged land near the foot of Simon- ton St. today was okayed by the trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Tallahassee, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mazur, owners lof the Atlantic Shores Motel, 510 South St., can buy the land at $200 an acre, The approval of the trus- tees gives them the right to fill 100 feet out into the ocean from the southeast corner of the pafio at Logun’s Ocean Patio Restau- rant, which adjoins the bay-bottom land of the Mazurs. The approval was for about one half of the submerged land that the Mazurs had requested to buy. Al Logun, owner of the restau- int, has applied to the trustees buy .24 of an acre of bottom The trustees ordered that this applica- ‘tion be advertised for objections. _ Logun offered to buy the land at the rate of $200 an acre. Mazur has an application with ithe Department of the Army for Permission to dredge a 40-by-80 foot pool in the ocean, the pool to be seven feet deep. He also wants to build a bulkhead around the Pool and to fill around the bulkhead with dredged material. Mazur has indicated that he’ may start the work next May, if the Army engineers approve his application, Plot Charges Tal to Of Br. Guiana GEORGETOWN, British Guiana #—British Guianans generally ex- in pressed surprise today over offi- cial British charges that the col- lony’s ousted ‘leftist government plotted to burn business property and homes of government officials and white men. But officials of the People’s Pro- gressive party (PPP)—which con- ‘Louis Carbonell ~ |trolled the government before Brit- PRICE FIVE CENT. High School Football Game Cancelled Because Of Polio Officials Fear Season Has Been = ement | Investigators Leave Of Copyright Is Charged Mardi Gras Club Is Sued By Four Members Of ASCAP Four publisher members of the} American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers — Harms, Inc., Miller Music Corporation, Chappell and Co., Inc., and New! World Music Corporation — have filed suit for copyright infringe- ment against the Mardi Gras, Du- val Street, alleging that their copy- righted songs were performed with- ‘out authorization at the establish- Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, published by Harms, inc.; “Once Arthur G. ‘Thomas, proprietor of the establishment, was named de- fendant in the suit which was filed the United States District Court! for the Southern Distriet of Florida, New Weapons Program Gains | FT. MONMOUTH, N. J.—Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), right, and Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens, seeond from right, leave Evans Signal Labo: ratory here Tuesday with New Jersey Congressmen after investigating alleged security leaks at the Signal Corps radar laboratories. At left is Major eral Kirke B. Lawton, conimahdant at the fort. left im Sen. H. Atezandet n- fi x SmE¥ anif"in center-is Rep. i¢ C. Agehincloss. In backgrotind is Maj. Gen. George L, Back, a chief of the Army Signal.Corps—() Wirephoto. Sailor Held For Trial In Beating Of Silven Fine Reluctant POW Guilty Plea Is Entered At Hearing Before Ira Albury Ruined After Miami Ruling Today The Key West High School’s football season was dealt a possible death blow today with the announcement that Miami athletic teams w' with local elevens until the is relieved. The information was re director Winston Jones by ill not be allowed to compete city’s critical polio situation layed to high school athletic Dr. Harold Campbell, high school principal, who made a trip to Miami to investigate | after Constance High, whic Friday night, cancelled the Water Bond Issue Is Slated Tonight The merits, or lack of them, of a proposed 14-million dollar bond issue to finance a new Keys water pipeline will be de- bated tonight in an open forum at the Woman’s Club, 319 Duval Street at 8 p. m. The public is invited te at- tend the meeting at which May- or C. B. Harvey will represent those opposed to the bond is- sue and Ernest A. Ramsey will speak in defense of the pro- posal. Ramsey is general man- ager of the Florida Keys Aque- duct Commission, Each speaker will be allowed 15 minutes in which to present his case followed by a ques- tion period from the audience. th was to have played here engagement suddenly Tues- day. Campbell said that Dr, J, H. Matthews, of the Miami Health De- partment advised him that the nine new cases of polio reported here last week created an unsafe situa- tion and he would not allow stu- dents to travel to Key West. “It is ordered that no Miami athletic team compete with Key West teams — in either city,” Dr. Matthews declared. He add- ed that if the polio rate drops je scheduled with Mia- Oct. 20 may be sanc- High School officials attempted this morning to arrange to have the game played in Miami, but Dr. Matthews’ decision has ruled ‘out all possibility of playing the game. Athletic Director Jones said that there is a possibility that the game jmay be re-scheduled later in the season. They can extend their foot- The program is oponsored by the Key West Business and Professional Woman's Club, " Roberts Tells Of His Desire To Render Service Charles R. Roberts, candidate for Mayor, today issued the. fol- lowing announcement: “On November 17th, 1937 at the) age of 27, I was appointed to the position of City Auditor for the City of Key West, and began what was to be a long term of continu- The cancellation of the game came to light Tuesday with the an- ‘nouncement by Constance principal John C. McGuire, based on infor. mation given him by Dr. L, L, Parks of the state health board, Dr. Parks said in a telegram received here yesterday that “due to the incidence of polio in Key West we advise’ postpone- ment of the Key West-Miami football game.” The wire was addressed to Dr. Carl P. Bernet, Jr., Epidemic Intelligence officer of the Com- municable Disease Center at a ‘Sheath Carbonell, a candidate in the City Election one week the City Commission in Group “A $14,000,000 debt at te oe Somd issued. the following jain revoked the colony’s constitu- jtion Oct. 9 and fired six Cabinet officials—took the line that the ac- Jacksonville, who was in Key West to evaluate the polio sit- vation, Philip Mercer, 27, of the USS ous service as a public official. I i 4 Petrel, ASR 14, toda: took office during a period of ad- yee tee 10 versity and depression in our local Decides To Ay e could wreck our economy” IT believe that the Key West are looking ied j and then z “The City of Key West is big \business — and we are all share- holders. It should be run in a busi- nesslike manner, “I think that my record of 22) jyears as a successful merchant,! along with 5% years as a city ‘commissioner qualifies me for the! Job of serving you — the taxpayer. \ “Let’s look . my record as a jcommissioner: It was during m: jtenure in office that the city’s first large scale street program was in- ;@ugurated in 1946-47, I was behind it 100 per cent. | “I worked hard and voted for a steam electric plant which result-| ‘ed in lower power rates for the community. “Tt took us a little while, but 1) along with the other commission ‘members, engineered the construc- ition of a modern baseball stadium| ifer Key West. We had to build it Piecemeal, first the playing field i the stands and now it Plays a big part in the life of the| jcommunity bringing clean sport to the kids and good entertain- ment to the adults, _ “Along with several prom- jinent business and _ profession- jal men, I pioneered professional |baseball for the city. I served as| |president of the Key West Conchs} in the Florida International Lea-| }Sue and we'll be in there again. “We have a fine high school| cusations were an imperialist-in- spired concoction brewed by the London government and its repre- sentatives in the cviony. The plot charges were made in a white paper issued in London yesterday as Britain's Parliament reassembled after its summer re- cess. The London government said its information on the alleged plot came “from reliable sources” who were not named. 11 Charges Listed The white paper asserted Brit- ish troops which were rushed to: Georgetown foiled Communist-in- spired plans to turn the colony into a totalitarian state. It listed 11 charges against ousted Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and his PPP regime, ranging from the fire plot to plans to rewrite the colony’s school textbooks with a political bias. Jagan has denied British accu- sations that he and his 5-month- old government had schemes for! turning British Guiana into a Mos- cow puppet state. He is presently en route to London to put his case before colonial authorities. The white paper charges appar- ently shocked the majority of Guianans. Businessmen and ordin- ary citizens expressed alarm over the report. The white paper asserted the plot to fire business places and homes was to be put into effect if; (Continued on Page Two) Added Support By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON (#—The _Penta- Son, in its drive to outfit the mili- tary with modern arms, faces the problem of persuading old-line of- ficers that cherished but outmoded weapons and systems must be pruned away, Overnight, the Defense Depart- ment’s new weapons program, framed by Secretary of Defense; Wilson and his deputy, Roger Kyes, gained support from a pow: erful administration source, Secretary of the Treasury Hum- phrey, in an address at San Fran- cisco last night, said that in an age of revolution in scientific and pro- duction techniques “the surest for- mula for defeat would be static defense—committed to old-fash- ioned defense, served by osboiete| weapons.” Told ii Reappraisal Wilson said on Tuesday a cur- rent reappraisal of strategy and! jarms includes “‘ail kinds of wea- pons”’—supersonic planes, atomic weapons, guided missiles, and he told a news conference: “In another area we are facing), a change in the military situation, like when the cavalry was replaced by the armoreé division, a funda- (Continued On Page Two) earing Today On Return To US. PANMUNJOM # — A smiling Southern mountain soldier quit the Communists today and said it was “more than likely” some of the other 22 Americans who cast their lot with the Reds would change} their minds. Apparently in good health, Cpl. Edward S. Dickensun of Big Stone Gap, Va., was turned over to the the U. N. Command today. He was the first to return out of 359 ‘Allied POWs who had refused re- patriation. “It sure feels great to be back in the hands of the Americans,” he said, grinning, to newsmen at| the short transfer ceremony. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van) Buren Dickenson, who live in a remote cabin in the Allegheny Mountains, were joyous. His moth-| er told a newsman, “Well, thank God . . . I knew he was coming| home if they’d let him.” Dickenson was one of 23 Ameri- cans, 1 Briton and 335 South Ko-| reans the Reds said refused re-) patriation to remain under Com-} munist rule. No Coaxing Used has not started efforts to persuade $250 bond, awaiting trial on as- sault and battery charges in the 800 Caroline St. At a hearing yesterday after- noon before Justice of the Peace ira Albury, Mercer, a husky | blond, pleaded guilty. He was accompanied to the hearing by Chief Warrant Officer D. J. Mc- Cafferty, also of the Petrel. Mer- | | cer did not question Fine or the lone witness, William F. Albury, of 800 Caroline St, Other than entering a guilty plea, Mercer made no statement to the court. Fine, a tall, slightly built man, testified that it was a little after- noon on Oct. 10 when the assault took place, He said he was walking on Caro- | line St. near William St. when Mer- cer approached him and said: | “Say, can I speak to you'a min- utes?” } Fine said Mercer approached and/ put out his hand. “He took a good grip on my hand,” Fine went on, “and then hit me in the nose. He said, ‘you are the man who cut me.’ “I didn’t try to fight back,” Fine | me by the neck. I was afraid I |history, and faced the seemingly insurmountable obstacles and |Oct. 10 beating of Silven Fine,grave problems of an insolvent cl- ty that had been in default since The cancellation came as a sur: prise to local high school officials since Dr, R. J. Dalton, Monroe County Health Officer had assured ‘the Miami authorities that they could play the game as scheduled. The local team offered to play the game in Miami but McGuire (Continued On Page Two) ivision Heads | Installed Newly elected division chairmen + lot the Key West Chamber of Com- CHARLES R. ROBERTS the Year 1932. I am humbly grate- ful for the privilege and honor of “aie ., continued. “I just kept saying, having participated and contribut- Dickenson changed kis mind with|-you got the wrong man,’ and heed in, that great community strug- no coaxing. The U. N. command kept hitting me. Then he grabbed gle for recovery that finally cesult- ed.in the complete restoration of jwas going to black out so I grab-|the city’s financial stability and its) _ j\and finance; Bill Krell, restat merce today were installed at a luncheon meeting of the board of directors in the USO building, Whitehead and Southard Streets. The new chairmen and the divi- 7 !slons they head are: , building and eon- Dr. Gordon Keene, pro- ; Joe Pinder, realestate ints, jbars and amusements; William Neblett, diversified; William Gale, industry; Mel Levitt, hotels, motels and apartments; and Dick Hunter, automotive, ‘balky former Allied soldiers to re- turn. ‘The Communist explanations to 22,400 North Korean and Chinese {baseball team here and this spring jwhen they went all the way to the tgs aa Tournament in Sel- ma, {bed him. I tore his shirt and his! subsequent notable progress. undershirt. “In November of 1945 the city| i é Convention To Jax:Assault Charge “Then,” Fine said, “I heard Al-| } 3 f ee tee 2 Be Pe ; shige a i i 2 February, 1954. appointed com: B A & en3 ibs be per- commis- debt? is deliver- aqueduct urry about way in to Page Two) i ze labama, I closed my store| for three days to go up to Selma and broadcast the games for the ball game. And this year, the game ould will be. broadcast all over the south’ bringing good publicity and re- jpown to the Island. | “Yes, the city of Key West is jbig business — and I'd like you \to know that I have faith in it and jwill always work to make it a bet- (Pd, Pos. Adv.) ter place to live for ail ef vs.”) Jacksonville will get next year’s national convention of the Navy here. That’s the kind of de-|Wives Club of America, according’ partment on charges of assault and votion I can show for Key West.|t0 word received by The Citizen|battery, Bond was set at $250. “Last year, along with Jack from Theresa Braxton, a delegate/ A hearing has been set for late Burke, I worked up the first an-|from Key West to this years con- this afternoon before Justice of the aul Lions Club polio benefit foot-/Vention now under way in San|Peace Ira Albury. {Diego, Calif. WOODLIFE SELL BY GALLON OR DIP LUMBER at | STRUNK LUMBER | 120 Simonton St., near Aquarium a Howard A. Roberts, 28, today ‘was arrested by the sherff's de- | The charges against Roberts; were filed by Joseph W. Linder,! 521 Caroline St., and grew out of a fight Oct. 16 in a bar at Greene} and Simonton Streets. | Roberts, who lives at 145-B Poin- POWs, meanwhile, were canceled day. The Neutral Nations Repatria- tion Commission, which has cus- tody of the balky POWs, made the announcement without details. Delegates from all five nations making up the commission sat in on the meeting and quickly vali- dated the return of Dickenson. It was the first time Polish and Czech members had attended since they walked out of a stormy ses- ciana Place, is married and the father of two children, He is a civi-) lian electrician employed by a con- tractor at Boca Chica Field. | sion Monday. They walked out aft- er the other three members of the commission rejected a demand 4 (Continued On Page Two) again today for the fourth straight). (Continued On Page Twn) ATTENTION! Residents You Will Receive Necessary Help By Voting For PARROTT FOR MAYOR FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE (Pd. Pol. Advt.) began operations under the City) Manager-Commission form of gov-' ernment and I became the city’s Finance Director and Comptroller, | continuing in that capacity until) | Poinciana and Ft. Village |July Sth, 1953 when I resigned the} Post to accept a position with a| Private business concern. “I have qualified az a candidate) for election to the office of Mayor, with but one objection in mind — the sincere desire to continue to render a full measure of benefi- cial service to the citizens of this community. My and in-| tegrity in handling the financial af- jfairs of this city for nearly sixteen (Continuea On Page Two) ig { HEAR P. A. McMASTERS | DISCUSS CITY ISSUES TONIGHT, WKWE, 7:15 P.M. (Pd. Pol. Advt.)