The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 5Tv VOL. LXXIV Ne. 308 “Decency Committee” Draws Blank From Cab. Drivers In Their Probe Of Vice Problem Open Session Set For Tues. By Eight-Man Sin Committee Key West's “Decency | Committee” with the avowed purpose of cleaning up the | city’s alleged vice problem, . _ will move its investigation! — out into the open next Tues- © day when they will hold an |) open meeting and extend an’ invitation to anyone in the, city who knows anything of the situation, to testify. That decision was made! yesterday after they inter-| rogated three local cab driv-| ers—and learned exactly! nothing. It was the third of-/ ficial meeting of the group,’ composed of the city com- mission and three private citizens. When they confronted the first of the three cab drivers yesterday with information, furnished by the Navy that he had procured a wo- . man for a Navy man on. dif- mocaliony-atned 4 phatic denial along “0 ff at they bring formal char- court so that he can prove his innocens eee Ret aes fish Caught By Shrimper } “V'm ready te go inte an open court and prove that'this alleged evidence is nothing but a pack of lies,” the cab driver said. OF course | pick up sailors in my cab every day, but where t take them is their business, not mine,” he told them. jored the Navy's ac- “not worth the paper they are written on.” One of the cab drivers pointed out that the Navy had earlier named a man who was completely innocent and that his name had been removed from the. list, when they found that out. “I am just as innocent as he is and my name is on that ligt—it doesn’t make sense,” he declared. “I’ve never been in that business and I don’t know anything about) it,” said another wher he was asked if he was engaged in pand- ering. When another’ was. told that he} had been named by an admitted! prostitute as one of her procurers,| he said: “You mean to tell me ‘THIS 12-FOOT SAWFISH (above) was brought in today by the Phil-Mar, shrimper out of Hampton, Va., Bill Elliott, captain. The big fish, with a 34%-inch saw, was plicked up in the nets of the Phil-Mar about 11 p.m. yesterday 25 miles off Key West. Shown_with the big catch are crew members Paul Vaughn (left) and Harold Fish (right). The other members of the crew who helped in the catch is Vivian Vaughn. The biggest sawfish on record, according to officials at the Municipal Aquarium, measured 31 feet and weighed 5,700 pounds. It was caught in 1923 by F. A. Mitchell in Panama Bay, Panama.—Citizen Staff that ‘you are going to take. the Photo, Finch. wor of a prostitute against mine?” a $200 A ‘he comune “ake duewneg COMMunity Chest Gets $200 Gift the: question of whether they will! hire a professional investigator to|,, Contributions probe the city's vice problem. Opin-| ‘United Community Chest campaign large land developers up the keys. i dt ¥ wi are still being received, according “The Chest is definitely still ac- shin wy gti pga he = to William R. Neblett, chairman|cepting contributions ahd we urge mittee members holding that ‘the Of the fund drive. : those who have not given to this . heat was on in Key West” ang, Neblett reported today a gift ofjworthy cause to do so immediate. that they had accomplished their $200 from the Raymond E. and ly,” Neblett declared. » ‘purpose and another faction saying| The Casa Marina Hotel that they should go ahead with Now Operating their plans. The committee still has another ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN Announces the Opening of Its Patio 74 days to function under the terms of an ordinance establish. TOMORROW, DEC. 19 YOUR FAVORITES ing it. Earlier they had questioned OF LAST YEAR... BETTY MADIGAN members of the police department, Sensational MGM Recording Songstress but two officers who did not put in a scheduled appearance Wednes- RICKEY and VEDA Breathtaking Dance Stylists oe apparently will not be ques- JOE CANDULLO and His Great Band Direct from Guy Lombardo's Pavilion Royal ‘Tuesday's meeting will be held at 5 p. m. in the city hall. THEATER BURNS BRADENTON —The State The- ater in Bradenton was destroyed by fire five minutes before it was to open yesterday.- Phil Masters, manager, estimated the loss at| p Come Early and ENJOY ONE OF OUR FAMOUS Saturday Night Steak Dinners In the Patio or Come Later for DANCING UNTIL 1:00 AM. Never A Cover or Minimum Charge to Key West's Ellen Crane Fourdation. They are) KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRI ‘Supreme Court ‘Rules In Favor Of City Today Judge Lopez’ Decision Is Affirmed In Tallahassee The Florida Supreme Court has upheld a decision given by Circuit Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. in the| case brought by Margaret Lacedenia Mitchell against the City of Key West. M. Ig- matius Lester and J. Lance- lot Lester were the attorneys for the city in the case. She brought the suit asking a writ of mandamus inst the city commission and Building In- spector in an attempt to force them to re-instate a building per- mit given her for renovations to her North Beach Inn, The building inspector had can- celled the permit when it was dis- covered that it should not have been issued since the contemplat- ed construction violated the city zoning code. She had planned on adding kitchen facilities to her dwelling units “on North Beach Road. Judge Lopez turned down her request for # writ of mandamus after he ruled that the city was correct in refusing the permit. Mrs. Mitchell contended that the zoning code refers only to “‘dwell- ing” which she said means a single) residence occupied by a single} family and that apartment houses| are not affected. The Supreme Court, in their opin- ion today, quoted Funk and Wag- nalls dictionary that-@ d The Ken West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE DAY, DECEMBER 18, 1953 U.S. A, PRICE FIVE CENTS Lovers Die Together After Final Embrace City Workers Sign Charter " Naina tall Oe To Found Credit Union Here; County To Be Asked To Join When Charter Is Approved, Organizing Meet Will Be Held, FCUA Official Says Wheels were set in motion yes- terday for the establishment of a Federal Credit Union among City employees. Seven city workers and a repre- sentative of the City Electric Sys- tem signed a charter as the first ‘step in the program which will pro- \Vide a federally controlled savings program and a loan arrangement for more than 200 municipal em- ployees. County workers will be invited to join the plan it was indicated. Representatives of various city departments met yesterday after- aoe with H. O. Bennett, a repre-| Stars Slated sentative of the Federal Credit Union Administration. To’Appear In Those whe became charter| Key West Then ‘ “Unseasonable weather” was was blamed today for the post- of the huge Kiwanis Aquacade schedul- ‘led to be: held’ tonight at the West Kennel Club. But the gala show, featuring Warmest Where? Key West was billed as the ‘warmest city in the country to- day by a big hand-lettered sign in the Chamber ef Commerce office. However, behind the counter in the reception office, an elec- tric heater was going. Aquacade Is Postponed Until Sunday AAU Swimming ‘Off Limits Ban Still On Pepe’s “Is Pepe's Cafe still out of bounds?” Mayor C. B. Harvey yester- day esked that question at a meeting of the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board, Capt. C. L. Murphy, USN, presiding officer of the board, told Harvey that it was still out of bounds. “It's out of bounds only for sanitary reasons, isn’t it?” Harvey said. “Yes,” said Capt. Murphy, turning toward the sanitation officer, Chief Warrant Officer F. H. Dooley, USN, “The same bad conditions ex- ist there,” Dooley said. Gar- bage is thrown in the street, he added, and there is no hot water. Pepe‘s Cafe is at 202 Duval ance Director Craig Bowen, City Manager Victor Lang and City Commissioner Paul R. Roberts. Fire Chief Charles Cremata to- day warned Key Westers to use | care when they set up their Christ- mas trees this year. He urged homeowners to inspect wiring of Christmas tree lights to see that it is not frayed. He also warned against overloading elect- tic circuits. The practice of not watching stoves closely while Christmas din- ners are being prepared was also given as a major cause of holiday fires by the chief. TWO DROWN ST. MARKS (®—Their oyster | skiff so full of oysters it overturned in a strong current, two men drowned at the mouth of the St.! Marks River here yesterday. Wa-| kula County Sheriff Emmett Far-! rell identified. them as Richard Kealaiki, a Hawaiian; and Paul Norton of Tallahassee. | FOG CLOSES IN | LONDON —Thick fog settled’ jon Britain today, delaying trains and buses and closing the London} | airport. Most of continental Europe re! Ported weather approaching or- mal cold after a early winter mild} } spell. Italy, however, still basked) in June-like sunshine. ~ formed by a bevy of beautiful girls, as well as a group of Olym- "iwill be held Sunday afternoon at 4p. m., it was announced today iby Kiwanis officials. The ‘program will extend until jafter dusk featuring some beauti- ful lighting effects. ouse Considered Mom’s Tearoom came ur for dis- wate their. sev’ cussion again yesterday «t a meet-|loans to each : ing of the Armed Forces Disciplin- ings. A board of i ‘beautiful aquatic numbers per-| ipic swimming and diving stars, Mrs. Heady Gives Clue To Missir.g Money (Editor’s Note: Larry Hall, whe wrote the following story on the Hall-Heady execution, was one ot three newsmen who watched the kidnap-killers die in the Missouri gas chamber.) By LARRY HALL JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. \—Lips reddened by a final kiss but silent on the missing ransom mystery, Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady died together in the gas chamber early today for the kidnap slaying of 6-year-old Bobby Green- lease, The notorious pair refused a final official request for a statement which might have shed light on what happened to half the record ‘$600,000 collected from the multi- millionaire father of the child they stole and murdered last Sept. 28. Instead, they spent theif last minutes in a eonversation and farewell race, shared a final cigarette, bade their Missouri Prison. guards goodbye and died side by side amid swirling clouds of deadly cyanide gas. Mrs, Heady, 41, plump and dark- haired, mustered a parting jest at the leather.straps that bound her to the death chair. Her 34-year-old wastrel lover had ;Words for none but her after both + Dies First Hall died first, gulping in the | Poison fumes as if eager to end a wasted life. His death was record- ed at 12: -m. (CST), Mrs. Heady seemed reluctant, She appeared to hold her breath, Although she was unconscious after the first sniff, her lungs labored for two minutes and 10 seconds after Hall's body had slumped mo- tionless. Dr. G. Donald Shull, a prison \off limits for some time. Several ,€T a! ary Control Board. iby the members controls The Stock Island spot has been|¢cy of the erédit union. A Sealy ppointed by the directors, tak- months ago it closed as a bawdy es care of the business details. house, The new occupant has ask-\credit committee elected by the eq the Navy to lift the off-limits members passés on applications ban. for loans, Bath year, in annual Lieut. J. Urech, Shore Patrol Of- meeting, the members review the a3 > (Continued On Page Five) ‘Navy Reports “Beasty and the Beast” is the theme of the extravagant pro- duction. The Key West High School band will play for the performance starting at 3:45 Pp. m. | After an opening number by the ballet troup, made up of girls from | The Gilmore Returns (Continued on Page Five) (Continued On Page Five) The Chamber Of Commerce Can Smile Again: Brownsville Is Colder Today sssraxt starwars The Chamber of Commerce can stop being embarrased. Key)stage a “shotgun wedding.” West was warmer than Brownsville, Texas, today. | Miss Lona Allen will offer an At 7:30 a. m, today, the weather bureau reported 57 degreesjact entitled “Whirling Sticke.” for Key West. Although that is one degree lower ¢han at the same| AAU swimming star Bud Saers, time yesterday, Brownsville had 55 degrees today. That gives Key\Florida champion, and Jack Cal- West a two-degree edge, if you can do anything with two degrees.;houn, a member of the 1953 Olym- Perhaps it seems cold to you today, but think of the rest of the pic team will give an exhibition the United States. Fverywhere else in the country the temperature shortly after the intermission. was lower than here. | Miss Katherine Rawls, holder of In some cities jt was quite a bit colder. Bismarck, N. D., and,38 national diving championships Omaha, Neb., for instance, both rang up a flat zero. Chicago show-|will then give a diving exhibiton. ed four degrees, New York City, 18, and Louisville, Ky., eight. It, Another hgh point on the pro- was 47 in Los Angeles. gram will be the challenge issued The forecast for Key West holds a little hope. The weatherman by Mayor C. B. Harvey to all says it won't be quite se cold tonight. jeomers. That means that if the thermometer goes up even one degree) In addition, Warner's Ichtyosa- it won't be quite so cold. You might still be cold but not quite as,urus Jurassi will be placed on cold. 3 public display for the first time. The Sinawiks, the Key Club and the Keyettes are assisiting in the |productio1 “Twelve Mile Reef? , Premiere Set Here The long awaited Key West pre- miere.of the 20th Century Fox pro- lduction “Twelve Mile Reef” has \been scheduled for mid-February jat the Strand Theater, it was an- nounced today by Ignacio Car. bonell of the management of that theater. , _| The picture was filmed in Key g {West and scores of local residents ‘appear in it. Carbonell said that the film will follow “The Robe” Key West’s first look at the new Cinemascope process. That movie is set to be- gin on January 24. Equipment is = inow being installed at the theater. the Key West High School, a group billed as the USS Bushnell Clowns will take the spotlight. Other numbers to be performed by the corps de ballet include: So- bre las Olas, Les Symphonies, and THE U.S.S. HOWARD W. GILMORE ({AS-16), submarine tender for units of Submarine Squadron Four based here, returned today from Boston, Mass., where she had been undergoing overhaul. The Gilmore is commanded by Captain R.E. Nichols, USN. She departed from Key West for Boston last September 24. After a scheduled underway training aut o ervil r 01 r 5 Wylk’s Is Still Off Limi Off Limits | The owner of Wylk’s Restaurant jand Bar, Stock Island night Spot, |Wrote a letter to the Secretary of ithe Navy, complaining about his Place being out of bounds and about the methods of the Shore Patrol, | Wylk’s place is still off limits, | This was announced at yester. jday’s meeting of the Armed Forces iperweaeld Control Board by ‘apt. C. B. Mu: re - ficer of the ad ware sigs Capt. Murphy also said that Wylk had agreed to write a letter to the Navy here saying how he would cooperate with the Shore Patrol and that Wylk also would come to yesterday's meeting. Wylk wasn’t at the meeting and Capt. Murphy said he had not seen such a letter, The captain told the meeting that it was the first and only time to his knowledge that anyone had complained of the methods of the Shore Patrol. | “No other business establish: ‘ment or local authorities have ever complained about the methods of the Shore Patrol,” he said. | Watson Roper, Jr., criminal in- vestigator for the Sheriff's Depart- ment, and Mayor. C, B. Harvey both agreed that there was nothing to complain about in connection with the Shore Patrol.