The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1953, Page 1

For Quick Communicstion, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 2-S662. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN -THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1953 First Atom uae eee Miami Mayor Aronovitz, Native Key Sub Will Be ‘ | Launched Soon Wester, Honored At Luncheon: Lashes Out At Bad Representatives | “Nautilus” To Be Christened By Luncheon Televised By WTVJ; Bowen Favors Pay-As-You-Go Key West Way Of Life Commended Plan For City Improvements Mrs. Eisenhower GROTON, Conn.,—There’ll be @ splash heard ‘round the world made at this Connecticut seaport) Key Westers and former Key Westers Saturday aft- ernoon, at Raul’s, paid honor to a local boy who made good in the ‘big city’. Abe Aronovitz, the son of a Key West pioneer merchant took the praise with the humility that is characteristic of him. , U.S. AL RICE FI LXXIV No. 307 e VE CENTS at Groton since June construction at G 14, 1952 and since then has caught and held the eyes and imagination) of people everywhere. The mystery and glamour at- tached to this great vessel have added prestige and honors to the United States Navy, to the Atomic Energy Commission, to Electric’ * Boat, and to the Westinghouse "Electric Corporation which has built the nuclear power propulsion plant for her. When Mrs. Dwight D. Bisen- ship: inte the river here in east- ern Connecticut, history will be made in more ways than one. For. the "are . — the ato! submarine to thers, is, in fact, the very’ fifst ‘nuelearpowered means of transport of any kind. Moreover, 8. Eisenhower will be the first! fe of a President to sponsor a ubmarine. _ Nixon Relaxes. In. Miami On Short Vacation MIAMI —Vice President Rich- ard M. Nixon relaxed here today from his world tour, happy over’ word that his ailing father no longer was critically ill. Nixon, gave autographs, posed for pictures with bystanders and went swimming in the ocean Sun- day at Key Biscayne, a colorful islanc connected with Miami by the Rickenbacker Causeway. The island has been developed’ in the last three years as a resi- dential and resort area. Prior to that it was America’s only com- mercial coconut plantation, and the thousands of coconut palms give it a South Seas atmosphere. Nixon said he planned to re- » main at an oceanfront hotel on the island for four or five days, and expects to see the gigantic King Orange jamboree parade New Year's Eve and the Maryland- Oklahoma Orange Bow! football game New Year's Day. “T'll root for the best plays on both sides, I wish both teams (Continued On Page Two) Aid Application Acceptance Has Been Postponed ORLANDO (#—Charles 0. An- drews, chairman of the State Wel- fare Board, today said acceptance of applications for aid to perma- ently. and totally disabled per- rely has been postponed indefi- Andrews said funds to finance: the program, set up by the 1953 Legislature, are impounded in the Utigation over the additional tax levied on dog tracks. He said a case testing the con- stitutionality of the tax is now be- fore the Florida Supreme Court but added the court recessed for the Christmas holidays before fil- fag an opinion. Therefore, he said, no steps will) be taken to put the program into} (Continued On Page Two). | Tickets Now On Sale at ELKS CLUB, 551 313 DUVAL STREET New Year's Eve DANCE and Floor Show | The Miami mayor and the other ex-Key Westers ANSWER CHARGES City Commissioner Delie Co- bo, who was named by cruaad- ing police officer Bill Gibb as MIAMI MAYOR ABE ARONOVITZ, (standing) addresses large group of Key Westers at luncheon on his honor at Raul’s Restaurant, Saturday. Aronovitz, a native Key Wester, returned to scene of his boyhood, along with several other “Conchs’’ for opening of Key West Kennel Club, with which he is connected. Shown with him are, from the left: Rear Admiral George C. Towner, Key West Mayor C. B. Harvey and Ramon Navarro, local automobile dealer.—Citizen Staff Photo. Julio Cabanas, Jr., Is Re-Elected To Post As San Carlos President ‘Official Party’ Sweeps Election 43 Persons Are Saved _ From Icy Sea 4 A five man ‘au of of- ficers, led by incumbent A meeting of the city pm, it wes’ announced today. le Purpose of the meeting, it one of the two city officals who attended an early morning meeting in a Duval Street res- taurant last April, which alleg- edly resulted in Gibb‘s transfer to another beet, said today that he will issue a statement in connection with the accusation at the next city commission meeting. Cobo, who was at the bedside of a serious ill niece at the time the charges were hurled, said that they were “complete- ly false” and that his state- ment would clarify the matter. The other man named, form- er-commissioner Lovis M. J. Eisner, has asked to appear be- fore a public meeting of the city’s “decency committee” to clear his name. Gibb was suspended last week for “conduct unbecoming an of- For November all told of the pleasure to kh ave lived in a city like Key Finance Director Craig Bowen] West where snobbishness and caste system were non- has told the City Officials in his financial report covering the month of November that the he favors pay-as-you-go plan for financing any capital improvements that the city may embark upon in the fu- ‘ture. “The subject of municipal cap- ital improvements has been force- fully thrust upon us by the recent) rapid physical deterioration of the city hall. Those of us who work ‘in city hall are aware also of the fact that in addition to the physi- existent. No Accidents Mar County Record While Americans in other parts of the country were kill- ing themselves with automo- biles, Monroe County racked up a perfect record—no traffic fatalities. In fact, the State Highway Patrol had no accidents to re- port since 2:10 p. m. last Thursday and that was not a fatality. The record was. still perfect at noon today. Petnrareeascereastent Holiday Takes Toll Of 681 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Accidents took at least 681 lives cal condition of the building, ad- ditional space is sorely needed for the purpose of improving work ef- ficiency,” he said in his report. Bowen added that a time and motion expert would becomy “neurotic’ if he attempted to eliminate time wasted in foot- steps.alone due te the depart- mental arrangements and ley- outs. “Much talk has been going a- round about how a city hall and capital are, of course, numerous ways, each of which have certain ad- Dramatic Rescue is Made After Swedish Vessel Splits Amidship NEW YORK (#)—Rescue ships plucked the last of 43 persons from ‘open lifeboats on icy, wind-lashed North Atlantic seas yesterday, hours after the survivors’ freighter had split in two. The dramatic rescue operations hampered by a heavy sea, were completed by the U. S. Military Sea Transport ship Bluejacket and the Finnish freighter Orion. Both ships then continued toward their European destinations. But ber Dipwraages went only about 15 miles before huge waves made it! pull up to ride out the storm. | The Key West Amateur Radio “Hove to due to mountainous|©lub, has announced that on Tues- seas and severe storm,” the ship|4ay, Dec, 29 at 7:30-p. m., Mr. port Service in New York. |A. L, Budlong, (WIBUD) general The Bluejacket was first on the)Manager of the American Radio; scene after the Swedish freighter|Relay League and nationally Oklahoma sent out distress signals.|known speaker of amateur affairs} The American vessel took 36 of|Will be the guest of the Key West| the survivors aboard and reported/Radio Amateur Club. all were in good condition. | The American Radio Relay Lea-; The seven on the Orion could|gue is the national age Two). | Rumors that a meeting of the city’s “decency committee’ will follow the commission ses- sion could not be confirmed. The panel, investigating vice in the city, has promised former city commissioner Louis M. J. Bisner that they will give him @ public hearing In the near future. ———EE———EE_— Radio Amateurs To Hear Expert (Continued On Page Two) | (Continued On Page Two) Swedish Freighter Which Cracked U P president Julio Cabanas, Jr., was swept back into office Sunday to guide the San Carlos Institute through the coming year. In addition, 14 members of the Institute’s Board of Directors, were named to serve the 82-year-old Cuban-: American patriotic and cul- tural organization for anoth- er term, Re-elected to serve with Cabanas, are: vice president Juan Lopez, recording secre- tary Ismael Negrin, Jr., cor- responding secretary Jose Villar and treasurer Frank Varela. |. The directors include Evelio Ca- bot, Ismael Garcia, Jose P. Fer- nandez, Sergio Hernandez, En- Tique Cabanas, Nestor Dole, Man- uel Fernandez, Argelio Alvarez, Jose del Valle, Oscar Cuervo, Ben- jamin Fernandez, Ramon Ybar- mea, Frank Hernandez, and Gab- (Continued On Page Two) In Atlantic vantages as well as disadvantg- es.” “The main disadvantage in any case, is that it costs money,” he Pointed out candidly, “Starting from that premise, the problem re- solves itself into deciding which ‘method will most expeditiously and Painlessly raise the necessary funds.” He pointed out two basic con- cepts of financing which he should be taken into consideration Joining The EDC fi 1, eer the cost over as wide a ase possible so that no one has By EDMOND LEBRETON to carry more than his proportion- WASHINGTON W#—The United|ate share of the load, States, Britain and France are con-| 2. Financing should be done over sidering their reply to a Soviet|/@S short a period of time as pos- proposal for postponement of a eae we save on high interest Big Four foreign ministers’ con- es, " “I personally prefer a pay-as- ference, amid signs they will agree| you-go plan so that interest charges to the delay and keep pressing|can be eliminated entirely,” said for the meeting. Bowen. The State Department indicated) The city has already received this is the U. S. attitude, even|bids on the remova! of the city jthough it implied the Russians/hall tower in the wake of reports jmight be maneuvering to lessenithat it is in imminent danger of the chances of France joining the|toppling. a. Defense Community| Bowen also reported to the com- A British Foreign Office spokes- : an Fane test man expressed confidence the three Western powers, which had proposed Jan, 4 for a meeting in Berlin, would accept the Russian counter suggestion that it be held Jan. 25 or later. French official sources said only| | that the note Russia sent the three Saturday would have to be studied carefully. But in Bonn yesterday Chancel- lor Konrad Adenauer of West Ger- many, whose future would be high among the subjects discussed at any Big Four meeting, predicted the proposal would be accepted. And the Soviets, in a broadcast yesterday that could be a prop- aganda prelude to the conference, blasted away again at the Western! plan for free all-German elections. Moscow radio, heard in London, aired an article from the official publication Izvestia saying “false Four Meeting Russia May Be Trying To Lessen Chance Of France during the nation’s Christmas holi- day weekend. Leading the death parade for the 78-hour weekend beginning Thurs- day at 6 p.m. (local time) and ending Sunday midnight were 495 traffic fatalities. Another 76 per-| sons died in fires and miscel- laneous accidents caused 110 deaths, Belated reports were expected to swell the figures and the 510 traffic deaths estimated by the Na- tional Safety Council remained within possibility. By early Sunday the traffic toll was moving at a rate of seven deaths an hour and experts feared the final figure would exceed the three-day record of 545 deaths set in 1950 and possibly that of 1952 when 556 traffic deaths resulted in a four-day period. The toll by states (traffic, fire, miscellaneous): Alabama 14 3 8; Arizona 6 0 0; Arkansas 6 2 2; California 41 4 Colo. 2 0 0; Connecticut 8 1 1; Delaware 2 0 0; Florida 12 0 11; Ga. 19 0 0; Idaho 1 0 2; Illinois 26 2 2; Indiana 12 0 4; Iowa 13 0 0; (Continued on Page Two) Federal Funds Repay County Said Aronovitz: “We in government must be humble, and when we have positions to fill or pen- sions to be awarded, we must not take the attitude that we are giving something, or have a man because of eco- nomic necessity beg it of us. When you find a representa- tive like that, you must ‘stamp him out’. Some of these representatives think that God Almighty had an- nointed them to hand out jobs. You must ‘stamp a man like this out’ because this fil- thy understandment of gov- ernment can only bring hav- oc. “When we feel qualified to serve, we must give of ourselves like soldiers on the battlefield. What is two-years or four years service of a man’s life in return for what this country had done for him. “As we look back today, we get one of the greatest and most beau- ‘tiful of rewards, memories. Key |West has many distinctions one of which is that it organized the sec- jond Boy Scout troop in the United States. And that brings back to me a memory of a trip to Fort Myers jthet we scouts made, It was a Sunday and Charles Sands our Scoutmaster asked who wanted to go to church. We had been quart- jered with some cattle, and some jhands went up just to get out of the surroundings. But one hand didn’t go up. That hand was Mit- chell Wolfson’s. When they asked him why he didn’t want to go to church, he said ‘I want to go to |@ synagogue’, That's what I mean about a person practicing his re- ligion as he sees it.” | Mayor C. B, Harvey was the Principal speaker from Key West and his Honor told of the Progress that had come to Key West in the |Past years. He related the time of the great fire in Key West when the city’s only fire-equipment was in New York being repaired. He was asked why the equipment wasn’t sent to Miami for repairs, ‘The Mayor -said that couldn’t be done because Miami was then @ little Seminole Indian village, The Mayor introduced all the Key Westers present the working press, and at the end of ithe affair which was televised? handed out small Conch shells saving the “Biggest conch of them all for the Biggest Conch of All,” ‘Abe Aronovitz, Host of the affair was Business- man Dan Navarro, He was given a rising vote of thanks for initiated the affair which may be- ‘come an annual one. a who spoke were: joe immer, Miami attorney and member of Dade County’s : “It is a pleasure te always meet the former people ¥ lived with as a boy, and grew ap THIS RADIOPHOTO is a stock picture of the Swedish freighter Oklahoma which cracked ‘apart Saturday night 375 miles northeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland. Ail 43 persons aboard were rescued from the icy and stormy Atlantic, 36 by the U.S. naval cargo ship Bluejacket, and seven by the Finnish freighter, Orion —((P) Wirephoto via radio from London.) A-La-Colonia Cubana y sus Desendientes LA DIRECTIVA OFICIAL Del Club San Carlos Felicita y Les Da Las Mas Espresivas Gracias. Por su Sstupenda Cooperacion en las Eleciones dei Domingo Pasado —GRACIAS - GRACIAS - GRACIAS A TODOS. La Directiva Oficial Opening This Week “LIGHTING UP KEY WEST” Neil Saunders Announces Complete Neon Sign Service Making It A Complete Advertising Service 1137 EATON STREET TELEPHONE 2-6913 talk about ‘free elections’ is needed by the Adenauer clique and its patrons to screen their endeavor to get full control of Germany for their aggressive 5 with.” Ernest Roberts, Miami attorney sucessful businessman: “Whes- I talk about Key West, my (Continues On Page Two) check to Earl Adams, county clerk. Check is from U.S. Gov- ernment for Federal Matching Fund Program. The sum re- pays the county almost ope-half of the amount the county spent to install a two-way radio system for the sheriff's de- 120 SIMONTON, near Coca-Cola pi .