The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 74 VOL. LXXIV No. 290 THE Grisly Hunt Is On For Victims Of Saturday's Vicious Tornado City Today VICKSBURG, Miss. W—Rescue gangs worked in freezing weather | | | Cuban Newsmen Are Mum On Arrest Of Former President Carlos Prio By JIM COBB More than a score of Cuban radio and television commentators today in a grisly hunt for addi- and newspapermen, here for a two day visit, maintained a strict wall tional victims of Saturday's vicious fornado that took at least 30 Ives. of silence concerning the latest development on the Cuban political SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE FLORIDA, MONDAY, U.S. A. The Kev West Citisen —_————$—$— —— Cuban Newsman Says Key West Could Have The City Is Yours Larger Share Of The Cuban Tourist Business Miami Gets Most Commerce From Cuba Because Of Big Ad Program “Miami gets the largest share of the many millions of dollars spent by Cubans in this country because of scene—the naming of their deposed president, Carlos Prio Socarras Peg mapas at sag ager in a grand jury indictment charging gun-running operations. frost covered lawns and other open} The newsmen made it clear that the government of General ground in outlying areas. | Fulgencio Batiste, which ousted Prio in a coup March 10, 1952, is not . National Guardsmen on frei encouraging any statements regarding the indictment. Rumors luty built fires from the debris) of imminent revolution have been sweeping the country in past What littered the streets. | | weeks. Maes prominent date mentioned for an uprising was tedey hospitals today and authorities said) —Cvba’s Memorial Day. at least eight other persons re-| However, one member of the group commented that he believes maned on the critical list. 'Prio will flee to Guatemala when he “‘gets his trouble with the Ameri- ane oe a ot of steam ean government straightened out.’’ The Communist dominated gov- after a heatless, shivering night €Tment there, reportedly has no love for Batista and they have sent for the 28,000 residents. jovertures to Prio granting him political asylum, the informant said. Seventy to 75 of the 230 injured prio is to appear in New York’s District Court December 12. He is poiand Se eee eee een jeatrenily free on $50,000 bond along with several other members of @ | their extensive program of advertising in Havana,” ac- | cording to Jose, Alberto Yniguez, dean of the Colegic ' Nacional de Locutores, Cuban press, radio and television | commentators association, Twenty-four members of that group are winding up a two-day visit here today as guests of the city. Elks Memorial Services Are {fi pram st paicty on ; {Cubans feel that they are interest- Held Sunda ed in their trade,” Yniguez added, rs y He stated that Key West has :| | much to offer the Cuban visitor | due to its importance in the his- | tory of the Island Republic's fight ‘ ' : Impressive Rites Honor Deceased Ni ot by ‘blankets and electric heaters from the city’s homes. ‘his government. | Another of the newsmen comm ented that “any attempt at revolt Civil defense and military lead- would be beaten down in short order by the Cuban Army and Navy ers estimated the Gamage at 25 million dollars. An undetermined number was left homeless as the twister de- stroyed 275 homes and damaged aboaut the same number. In addi- tion, 29 apartment buildings or multiple houses were destroyed, The Red Cross gave this break- down on other destruction: On Destruction Industries, mills, plants de- stroyed 76; damaged 12, Businesses, stores destroyed 76; damaged 389, Churches destroyed 2; damaged 7. Clubs, civic buildings damaged 38, none destroyed e President Eisenhower last hight a the historic old city a roy to. bei uild 12 gency s wip re Dlocks of stores, homes and ware- houses violently leveied Saturday night. , tions dangled from lamp post: One fifth of the city was without; electricity, There was no natural! gas—the only heating and cooking fuel for most homes The broken gas main was repaired late yes- terday, but city officials feared to turn it on because someone might have left a gas jet cpen. Meanwhile, grocery stores don- ated bread to make. sandwiches, (Continued On Page Two) Widow Won't Marry Dempsey After All “Oil And Water Won't Mix,” Says Wealthy Woman By WATSON SIMS NEW YORK —A pretty and fabulously rich widow has called off plans to marry Jack Dempsey with the statement “Oii and water simply won't mix.” She says she’s flying back to Florida today, “We're just too difterent,” says Mrs. Estelle Auguste, possessor of a fortune estimated at 45 million ars, The breakup came last night, three days after the Palm Beach, Fla., widow had announced she would marry the man who used his fon fists to slug his way to fame and fortune. Dempsey had stalked out of Mrs. Auguste’s apartment in the Wal- @orf-Astoria Hotel a few minutes before she announced the engage- went was broken, At the Mayflower Hotel, where fhe former world heavyweight champion is ‘staying, a telephone @perator said in answer to calls: “Mr. Dempsey is extremely tired. T2¢ Monroe County Juvenile'the Russian proposals. Hee has left instructions not to be @isturbded until tomorrow morning P- ™. in the County Clinic Build-'speech to the General Assembly. at 10 o'clock.” Mrs. Auguste—who ‘at 42 is 16 years younger than Dempsey—was 2nd at 8 p. m. Mr. Frederick Ward, elected in November, 1952. (Continued On Page Two) Stopping Daye ell Christmas —who are loyal to General Batista | Commission To Consider Bill Granting Christmas Bonuses City Fathers Face Busy Agenda At Regular Meet A crowded agenda will face the city commission tonight at their second regular meeting since the [November 10 elections, + In addition towtherregular order of business, which includes several ‘zoning questions, they will hear a iplea from the Key West Motel As- ‘sociation asking that a portion of ‘8 the City Docks be set aside for use ; as a free public fishing pier and a request for a franchise from a group of local businessmen whu want to establish a closed circuit television station here. | The commission will also play | Santa Claus when they act on an ordinance granting a Christmas bonus to city employees. The bonus would be presented to all employees with the exception of the commission officers and em- ployees of the City Electric Sys- tem and the City Manager, The bonus will amount to two Per cent of the compensation earned by the employees in 1953 or $25, whichever amouni is the smallest. No bonus will be less than five dollars, however. The agenda also includes an jopinion from City Attorney J. Y. Porter, relative to an ordinance which was introduced at the last regular commission meeting grant- jing Mayor C B, Harvey the power: to make changes in the current Sewer system project. The ordinance was tabled after it met stiff opposition from Com- missioner Louis Carbonell who said| that he did not believe changes Should be made in the contract specifications without the approval jof the entire commission. Porter’s opinion states that the “City Charter provides that the! powers and duties of the Mayor! shall be such as are conferred on | | suance of the provisions of the City! Chater and no others.” “In view of that,” Porter says, “the Mayor is the proper person (Continued On Page Two) Juvenile Council To Meet Tonight Council will meet tonight at 7 ing, Fleming Street. . Officers for 1954 will be elected him by the city comission in pur-! State Attorney General Visits In Key West Richard W. Ervin, state at- left Key "Weet late” y after a short holiday here. “Ervin, who stayed at the At- lantic Shores Motel, 510 South ‘St., was accompanied by Judge Quentin Long, of Hallendale; Otis Curry, of the state trea- surer’s office, Miami; and Paul Miller, a close friend of Ervin. The party, along with Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county solicitor, and Mrs. Cleare, were guests for dinner at Al Logun’s Res- taurant at the foot ef Simon- ton St. UN Action Is Overshadowed By Ike’s Move President Eisenhower from the Bermuda Big Three con-| jage perils to the U. N. Assembl, overshadowed other development today in the international organi- zation. Eisenhower’s move comes short- lly after the U. N. overwhelmingly voted down again Soviet bloc de- mands for immediate prohibition of atomic weapons, Instead, the As-; World War IT Was Forced On US. Twelve Years Age sembly emphatically called on its! 32-nation disarmament commis- sion to intensify its efforts for gradual disarmament to be cli- maxed by banning atomic bombs! jand hydrogen bombs. Eisenhower’s audience presum- jably will include Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishin- sky, who has been drumming for the immediate atumic prohbition as part of Soviet “peace plans” for four years, as well as other satellite leaders and ambassadors from some Asian countries which jhave voted from time to time for It will be Eisenhower's first | He .visited the U. N. as presi- jdent-elect shortly after he was EE Tee tnee ces of Monroe eae | CONS Jand today were sold at public auction for taxes due. # MAYOR C. B, HARVEY, right, yesterday morning at city hall, cional de Locutores Alberto Yniguez with the giant key to th here for the large group of Cuban newsmen and women who v: Members Of Lodge Impressive in its simplicity was the annual memorial exercises of Key West Lodge of Elks, No. 551, held Sunday afternoon. 4 bs Nearly 500 persons witnessed the ceremonies which were presented . in the air-conditioned lodge rooms. Under the able direction of Tom for independence and its Cuban heritage. Annually, Cuban tour- ists spend an estimated 56-mil- lion dollars in Miami, it was Pointed out. Yniguez also hailed the possibili- ty of a Havana-Key West ferry as a potential big factor in promot- ing business relations between Key West and Cuba. The members of the Cuban press } ey Whitley, 120 young ladies, young |#!Tived by air from Havana yes- men of the Key West High School |terday morning and were imme- chorus, inspired the gathering with “ately caught up in a busy round the singing of the Lord’s Prayer, \°f social engagements ‘including ‘Ave Maria and the Battle Hymn |Parties and a trip up the keys to presented Decano Colegio Na- e city as a token of the esteem isited Key West Sunday. Yni- of the Republic. The stage setting, prepared un- \der direction of Navy Chief Leo Warren, drew much praise from those attending the ceremonies, A giant cross of bougainvillea, Marathon. They also visited three /Cuban patriotic Shrines here — the monument to Jose Marti in Bay- vied Park and the Maine Monu- jment and shriné to Cuban Revolu- tionaries in the City Cemetery. guez received the key in behalf of the entire group, Ali visitors were given tiny gold keys Similar, to the big one-—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, 3 Parcels Of [Dean Meets With Rhee For Talk On Unannounced Topic County Land Id For Taxes Only 3 Bidders Are On Hand Fer Auction Today Commission Will Consider Request For TV Franchise The City Commission will con- sider an application for a franchise 't was the largest such sale to offer “‘closed circuit” televison that Earl Adams, county clerk, 'to the city, it was announced to- recalls in his five years in office. \day. The sale was based on tax certi- | The application will be presented ficates sold by Howard E. Wil- \by the Television Relay Co., Inc., son, tax collector, to Harry B. /a local concern, A spokesman for Collins, of Miami, that group said today that in the There were only three bidders event the franchise is granted, they UNITED NATIONS. N. ¥. #—/0n hand at noon on the court house expect to be able to start opera- The dramatic announcement that Steps. One of the three dropped out tions in February, working in con- will fly|afte the first two sales. junction with Miami TV Station Collins got all but one parcel |'WTVJ: They would also offer local dn + | Tepresenting the Cape Sable Corp.! ference Tuesday’ to outline atomic, of the land. Norman Lichtenberg, programs, it was reported. Under their plan, a cable would Jr. Director of the Southern Of.! The Eisenhower appearance as- |fice of the National Probation and/sured that the Assembly would {Parole Association will speak. not wind up its current session All members are urged to attend Tuesday night as originally sched- the meeting. A special invitation Wed. But U. N. officials said a has been issued to non-members | who are interested in juvenile pro- blems to attend the meeting. GUTTERING and | DOWNSPOUT Materials | | | wanton | STRUNK LUMBER 120 Simenton St., near City hall lag in some committees had made it almost certain that the Assem- (Continued On Page Two) CREDIT GROUP MEETS The Credit Association will hold the regular monthly meeting to- | of Miami, was high bidder on be laid to Key West and the pro- one piece in Bay Haven, Key \grams would be relayed to home- Largo. The base bid was $55.77. lowners through a specially install- After spirited bidding between ed cable system. Negotiations with (Continuea On Page Two) | (Continued on Page Two) By GEORGE MCARTHUR PANMUNJOM, -The chief U.S. delegate unexpectedly skipped today’s negotiations with the Reds on a Korean peace conference and! instead met with South Korean President Syngman Rhee at Seoul, possibly to talk over the dragging talks. | | As Ambassador Arthur H. Dean talked with Rhee, aide Kenneth Young sat in for -him at Panmun- jom in a meeting he termed “a move forward.” Young said all peints of the negotiations were oiseussed by both sides but gave no indication of any concrete progress. Before Dean met with Rhee, he talked with Ellis 0. Briggs, U.S. ambassador to Korea, on what Young termea urgent business. Young declined to reveal the ject of discussion. Dean represents 16 United Na- tions and South Korea in the ef-; forts to set up a peace conference. ! Soauth Korea has been outspoken) in its ideas on such « conference,’ occasionally differing with Dean’s jline tintion 30 More Snub In: At 1:25 p. m. (EST) 12 years ago today the United States was precipitated into history’s great- est war. On Dec. 7, 1941, over 100 Jap planes and mid- get submarines attacked the U. S. Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Eighty-six ships were at anchor that Sunday when the Japs struck. The battleship Arizona was a total loss. Severe- ly damaged were the battleships Oklahoma, Nevada, California, West Virginia, three destroyers, one target ship and one minelayer. Ships that were damaged but repaired were: the battleships Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennes- see. The cruisers Helena, Honolulu and Raleigh, a seaplane tender, a repair ship and a drydock. Eighty Naval planes and 97 Army planes were lost. The Japs lost 28 planes to the Navy, 20 to the Army and three submarines of 45 tons each. morrow at noon in the LaConcha Hotel it was announced today. Members are requested to note the change in time to noon. | i Naval casualties were 2,117 officers and men killed, 960 missing, 876 wounded. The Army lost 226 officers and men killed and 396 wounded. terviews 1 Inc . t | 1, Thirty more South Korean war prisoners refusec to retura home, making a total of 160 who have snubbed interviews with South Korean officers. Not one South Korean has returned in the five days of explanations. 3. The head of the Neutral Na- tions Repatriation Commission said the Communists ani the U.N. Command should decide what to do with POWs who refuse to go home if the peace cunference does not meet scon. The UNC insists that by the |truce terms they must be released as civilians on Jan. 23 even if the conference is not under way; the Reds insist that they be held until the conference discusses |their fat | The armistice terms give a con- lference until Jen. 22 to deal with |the prisoners, but there is little } ‘ation it will get started by Seys Reds Lie 3. Air Force Maj. Gen. J. K. |Lacey, U. S_ representative on the |Joint Military Armistice lwar prisoners have been released jor handed Indian command. {tures on how many Allied pris- jbut said: “In the face of (Continued On Page Two) * They were invited here by the eity commission as a goodwill ges. which are inscribed Kev West will receive consi- the names of all deceased mem- (derable’ ‘icity as a result of the bers of Key West Lodge of Elks |Visit starting on Wednesday on the | and the date of their death, ‘OP Havana TV station, CMQ. Two | A vacant chair, representing the °¢-hour programs will be aired absent member,, was slightly to then at 1:00 p. m. and again at the left of the cross. |midnight featuring movies made of Potted plants and baskets of Key West and its environs and in- mums decked the speaker's rost-,tetviews with members of the par- the flower which is the Elks’ rum, which was immediately be- ty who made the trip. low the stage. Throughout the hall’ Also planned for the future is 2 assorted potted plants were placed television panel program in which to advantage. In his mernorial address, Ger- ald Saunders, chairman of the Monroe county commissioners, said: “As we recall and give thanks for our Brother Elks who have departed from our limited physical vision we confess here to each other as we did to them when they were with us, that all their good deeds are enshrined in our hearts and that any re- cord we might have made of their faults was written in the sand and has long since been washed away, forever, by our understanding and God’s great redeeming love.” In brief remarks, Earl R. Adams, E United States on that day were’ xalted Ruler, told the assembly) sub- that Elks lodges throughout the Key Westers interested in the,rpo- motion of the much discussed fer. Ty operation would discuss the sit. uation with Cuban interests. cMqQ sent cameraman Juan Pineda Fer- jnandez here to cover the trip. The newsmen arrived yesterday morning when they were whisked jto the City Hall and presented with |Keys to the City. They recipro- cated by presenting a bust of Jose Marti, Cuba’s most revered patriot to the city fathers. Mayor C. B, jHarvey presided over the cere- monies, aided by Key West’s hon- (Continued On Page Two) —_—__. Navy Community Chest Campaign holding like services. ° ef ‘bras hore quarete from the LOPS Civilians (Continued On Page Two) A house-to-house cleanup cam- Paign calculated te contact one- Four Sailors Are | our Sallors hundred per cent of the city’s po tential Community Chest donors fg Hurt In Accident jcontinuing with good Tesults, it was On Sugarloaf Key)"x'te" today. At the same time, it was re- Ported that $29,119.73, or 57.90 per Four sailors sustained cuts and cent of the $50,285 Chest goal has bruises when their car overturned been collected to date. Of thig once on Road 239, Sugar Loaf Key, figure, $11,327.73 or 22.52 per cent about a mile from U. S. 1 at 8:30 Was contributed by the city’s civil. p. m. Saturday. ian population while $17,792.00 og Trooper George Bennett, of the 35.38 per cent came from Naval state highway patrol, who invest- Personnel and Civilian workers af igated, said the 1951 Ford coupe the Naval Station as the result of turned over on a sharp curve, their campaign, The following sailors, he said,’ — > = were treated for cuts and bruises at the Naval Hospital here: Thomas Hunt, 23, the driver, Jack D. Holler, Frank L. Wilson, and Donald R. Lentz. Lentz is pased at the U. S. Naval Station. The others are assigned to the USS Batfish. NOTICE First Audubon SCREEN TOUR HARRIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM (Southard Street) (Due to Senior Play Practice at the High School) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9th 00 PLM. — H. Wagoner, Je, Lacey did not give any specific | ‘oners might still be in Red prson, | larrating Color Film . “WANDERL/ND” Season Tic'ets Available atthe Dorr SINGLE ADMISSIONS 4 Now Serving Breakfast 7:30 A.M. Daily BREAKPAST ot The “Best In Key West”