The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1953, Page 1

Che Kev West Citis 7 AN EXPERIMENTAL SCISSORS-TYPE BRIDGE which is car- . Tied and launched by a turret-less tank, left, unfolds during a demonstration at Fort Belvoir, Va. Made of aluminum, the bridge is designed to carry loads up to 60 tons. Operated hy- @raulically, the bridge folds back over the tank for carrying. It was developed by the Army engineers at their Fort Belvoir laboratories.—-U.S. Army Photo via (4) Wirephoto. Magsaysay Pledges Honest Government At New Year’s Eve Tab Will Vary In Big City By JAMES DEVLIN NEW YORK w — Taking your girl out for New Year's Eve require the major part of a $100 bill at some of New York's swankier night spots. if you prefer, you can visit if around the corner and buy cent beer to watch the revelry evision, The minimum tab. at the Hotel Pierre's Cotillion Room will be $27.50 per person, For that you will get dinner, a show, noisemak- pnt Pc and a champagne To the $55 for two, add the price of all other drinks, tips, transpor- tation, a snack on the way home and maybe a headache remedy. The Pierre’s price includes the 20 per cent luxury tax. At most other places, the quoted price does not include the tax, which must be added. The Hotel Plaza’s basic charge|! will be $25 per person in its Per- sian Room for dancing, dinner, fa- vors and a show, But you can go to its Rendezvous Room for $22.50 each, At the Waldorf-Astoria, the price will be $25 in the Empire Rooni, $15 in the Peacock Alley cafes, and 7.50 in adjoining cafes. The Hotel New Yorker will pro- vide its ice show, .supper, funny hats, noisemakers and dancing for $13.50, including tax Night clubs generally will have minimum charges, which usually ean be used up either in food or @ink. The minimum is not to be con- fused with a cover charge, roughly equivalent to the price of admis- sion, which some places will apply im addition to a minimum. The Viennese Lantern, for in- stance, will have a $10 minmum Plus a $2 cover charge. Ten dollar minimums will be in ferce at the Embers, the Bon Soir, the Tavern - on - the - Green and numerous other places. The House will have an $8 minimum, the Village Vanguard $7.50 Eddie Condon’s $5 and Nick’s (Continued On Page Ten) New Year's Eve DANCE American Legion Home STOCK ISLAND Norman Kranich and Orchestra Call 2-7912 for Reservations Inauguration Third. President Of Philippine Republic Is Sworn In Today Magsaysay, a A6-year-old smaith’s son, phe a. efficient and ictive govern- ment” today before a cheering throng of 500,000 that saw~him sworr in as the third President of this seven-year-old republic. “For this young and vigorous nation of ours, nothing is really impossible,” the staunch fofmer defense secretary declared in his inaugural address. After solemnly taking the oath of office, Magsaysay outlined @ seven-point progra aimed at raising living conditions, strength- ening internal security and wiping out the Communist-directed Huk rebel movement. He called for strong ties with the United States and declared that relations with friendly Asian mations must be tightened to meet common problems. “But,” he warned, “to the lead- ers of the Communist conspiracy who would deliver this country and its people to a foreign power, this say: “I shall use all the forces at my command to the end that the sov- ereign authority of the government shall be respected and maintained. There can be no compromise with disloyalty.” The new President, who rode his fame as Huk-busting defense sec- retary into the highest office in the land, urged Communist rebels “who have been misled by the lies of the Kremlin” to surrender. Magsaysay broke with the ad- ministration of President Elpidio Quirino in a dispute over the re- settlement of rebels who gave themselves up. As standard bearer of the oppo- jsition Nacionalista party, he won a smashing victory over Quirino }in November's election for a four- lyear term, | Magsaysay, who spoke in pic- turesque Luneta Square overlook- ing Manila Bay, outlined these sev- jen aims of his administration: | 1. “Positive, energetic measures to improve the living conditions of our fellow ctizens in the barrios (villages) and neglected rural areas and of laborers in our urban and industrial centers.” 2. Purge the nation's land tenure — of “injustice and oppres- 3. Channel the benefits of eco- nomic and industrial development |Programs to the common people to raise their standards of living. q Spend United States aid funds } THE souU NEW YORK #—Today may tell whether Woolworth heiress Bar- bara Hutton and international playboy Porfirio Rubirosa intend to marry. There were lots of reports and unable to get any comment from her until late last night, Then an’ assistant manager of the Hotel Pierre, where she has an apart- to talk her out of the marriage. ‘She had told reporters Monday she was “delirious with joy” and sug- gested they draw their own con- ¢lusion: i@ with her sisters in Las fegas, Nev. Rubirosa recently said, “I was very much in love {with Zsa Zsa but she prefers her {career to me.” Zsa Zsa called a news confer- ence in Las Vegas yesterday to ex- plain what she called a black eye. She said Rubirosa socked her Sun- day morning “in a fit of temper” (Continued On Page Ten) Harvey To Speak To Motel Owners Mayor C. B. Harvey will address the regular meeting of the Key West Motor Court Association next Monday noon at Cifelli’s Restau- Fant, 920 Truman Avenue. Harvey will discuss how the city and the motels can work together! to lift standards for tourists. Melvin Levitt, president of the association also said that the mo- tel owners would discuss a sche- dule to be set up for referring ov- lerflow guests to other member mo- tel | “We are going to make a spe- THERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1953 Baby Gets Hero Father’s Medal i « Whose father died a hero in Korea, holds the Medal of Honor which Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson officially presented to him yesterday. The two and a half month old baby’s father, Navy Hospitalman Francis Colton Ham- ‘arms of his mother, Mrs, Phyllis ‘Hammond of Alexandria, Vers), Wirephote. Joee ’ fense Contract Plans May Result In gress Gathers Verbal Fireworks When Con —————-_—- By ROWLAND EVANS JR. WASHINGTON # — An Eisen- hower administration plan for fun- neling more government defense work into areas of large unemploy-; ment ran into a barrage of heavy criticism from Southern Demo- crats today, foreshadowing verbal fireworks when Congress meets next week. Sen. Maybank (D-SC) accused President Eisenhower of turning his back on his campaign -prom-| ises, Sen. Sparkn.an (D-Ala) and) Russell Movie ST. LOUIS w—Members of the! morality squad who sat in on the} world premiere of the movie ‘The; French Line’—a 3D vehicle star-|Sen. Hill (D-Ala) said the pro- ring Jane Russell—will tell thelr| gram, set foot 9 pyre j . |at the Little White House at Augus-| superiors today what they thought |, Ga., violated pledges made by| of it. |the GOP leadership in the Senate Then the superiors—Police Chief|jast July. } Jeremiah O'Connell, Chief of De-| And Sparkman declared it is not tectives James Chapman andjtrue, as Presidential Press Secre- Prosecutor William Geeke — will|tary James C. Hagerty said, that decide what to do. O'Connell said|“this is the first time a national the theater management would be|administration has tried to do asked to discontinue the movie if|something” about chronic regional the squad members found it ob-|umemployment. scene. Sparkman said the Truman ad-} The movie, which was panned| ministration had a “positive and} by newspaper reviews, has caused | definite program” for cutting de- quite a stir since failing to win ap-|fense contracts into areas of labor! (Continued On Page Ten) surplus. BE SURE AND DON’T MISS q IN THE |gust, to give preference in the| (Collision U.S. A, a In Augusta, Hagerty declined to comment further when asked) about an official policy of-the Tru- man administration, put into effect in 1952, to award defense contracts to other than the low bidders in an effort to counter unem; ment in some areas. Hagerty also said the policy was being announced for the first time, so far as he knew. Actually, it had been outlined in a memorandum by Arthur S. Flemming, defense mobilization director, last Nov. 4 and made public then, At that) o¢ time, Flemming named 17 large and 22 smaller metropolitam areas of chronic unemployment as eli- gible for aid. In its essentials, the policy is similar to that of the Truman ad ministration, abandoned last Au- award of defense contracts te areas where there is considerable unemployment. Most criticism of it in the past has come from Southerners who argued that it would rob their tex- tile mills, for example, of govern- ment business which would be steered to New England. “Altogether a bad policy and one! I have never favored,” Sen. 'George (D-Ga) said. “It’s a great} | mistake and wi unbalance indus-| try everywhere.” Rep. Lanham (D-Ga), saying he | was “unalterably opposed” to the! ys LAV Decency Committee Fo ® oo: Gibb Reiterates ars Testimony From Suspended Cop PRICE FIVE CENTS More Earlier Story During Stormy Session Tuesday By JIM Tuesday’s open meetin, tee” produced two interesti: COBB g of the “decency commit- ng developments: 1. Suspended police officer Bill Gibb issued a start- ling statement in which he Kemp got “Toony” Fabal t said that police chief Joe o beat him up. 2. City Commissioner Delio Cobo said that he was not in Pepe’s Cafe last April at 2.30 a. m. to attend a meeting, but merely went there to “drink coffee.” Old Grandfather Frost‘fs Slated ~ To Give Gifts New Year’s Day By RICHARD KASISCHKE =| MOSCOW # — Old Grandfather Frost is getting some pretty strict! orders these days. He's being told! to pack a dolls thet really say mama and boys’ games that won't fall apart when he makes his gift-bearing rounds in Russia on New Year’s Day. Grandfather Frost is the Soviet) version of Santa Claus. He arrives) a week before Christmas in the Soviet Union, which is observed’ Jan. 7 in accord with the old Ju-| lian calendar used by the Russian) Orthodox Church, | But day after tomorrow millions | Soviet children will gather) around fir trees to receive gifts! and sweets. The grownups ex-| (Continued On Page Ten) Fire Follows Of Two Tankers Today WILMINGTON, Del. (®—Two big) oil tankers of the Atlantic Refining, Co. collided early today in the fog-| shrouded Delaware River 6% miles} south of Wilmington. Fire followed the collision a mile offshore. The ships were the Atlantic En- gineer, 19,000 tons, and the Atlan- tic Dealer, 10,600 tons. State police said they had re- Gibb made his disclosure after telling the panel, inves- tigating vice here that he has been beaten up twice since he has become involved in the hearings. “I’m afraid to leave this building—they’ll be waiting for me,” the ex- cop said. He did not reveal why Kemp would want to have him beaten, however. Gibb reiterated his earlier state- ment yesterday, under questioning by Dr. Cobo. At an earlier meet- ing, he had advanced the opinion that he was removed from his beat because of pressure exerted on Co. bo and former Commissioner Louis Eisner by cab drivers at the meeting. In an apparent effort to shake Gibb’s story, Cobo asked him: “Have you ever. said that I d ed a clandestine meetyig lg cab drivers?” ‘ “I didn’t say ‘clandestine,’ I said you attended a meeting,” was Gibb’s retort, “Did you say the result of that meeting was that you were trans- ferred because of that meeting?” Cobo asked. “It looks like I’m on trial Sere,” Gibb replied. Gibb then answered in the af- firmative and said that when he was transferred, from Duval Street to a beat in Poinciana, he went fo Kemp and asked him: “If | have done anything wrong, at least tell me.” Gibb added that the Chief told him he had done nothing wrong but that he thought he could do a better job in Poinciana.” “T think he is a very bad police chief,” Gibb said at one point, Gibb told Cobo yesterday thai “I saw you at Pepe's Cafe at a meeting and they told me after that they called you to get rid of me.” Asked who “they” were, Gibb said that “he could point out their faces, but could not name them.” Gibb also indicated that he wants no part of the “decency com- mittee’ in the future. “They are using me as political |football — the only thing I ask is that you let me out of this thing— I intend to resign,” he said. Then Cobo raised the question #5 to whether he was at the res- taurant to attend @ meeting er to drink coffee, “What prompted you te say that | attended a meeting when |cial effort to place tourists in other | }motels when any one of our es-| jtablisments is full,” Levitt said. | |‘“We aren't just going to let them | roam around — we are going to} cooperate to see that they are tak. | jen care of og | Levitt said that the plan will |serve a two-fold purpose: fencourage them to stay in Key West longer. i 1. It will please help tourists and | 2. It will help member motels to) linerease their business. Levitt has extended an invitation jto all motel owners, including those |who are not members of the asso- ciation, to attend the meeting. NEW YEAR’S The Gala Program, said ‘““Congress never|received radio reports from the EVE DANCE and CELEBRATION The Casa Marina Hotel $7.50 Per Person, Plus Tax INCLUDES eFull Course Filet Mignon Dinner—served 7:30 to 10:00 P.M. Entertainment by *JOE CANDULLO and his famous band *BETTY MADIGAN, lovely MGM songstress * RICKEY and VEDA, breathtaking dance stylists Dancing until 3 A.M. ADMISSION $3.00 Per Person AFTER 10:00 P.M. authorized it and it is a definite|scene that the Atlantic Engineer assumption by the executive de-'was afire, “and there are men in partment to channel contracts to the water.” The freighter, Mor- New England. |mac Star, was reported standing “Utterly unfair,” declared Rep.'by at the scene, probably in a posi- James C. Davis (D-Ga), |tion to help. Rep. Vinson (D-Ga) termed it The Coast Guard at New York, “a bad policy.” jhowever, said it had received re- On the other hand, Sen.’ Salton- ports that fire followed the colli- stall (R-Mass) said the provisions sion but was under control within for liberalized tax write-offs and|@ short time. for setting aside a fixed percent-| The New York Coast Guard sai Plus labor areas “are helpful as;men from the Atlantic far as they go, and I am happy took to the water the colli- they have President Eisenhower's sion. Seven were up by the peso , a Chilean freighter. The 1 just drank coffee,” Cobo asked Gibb. “They'll beat you up, just tke they beat me,” Gibb said. “I'm jbeing used for a political football — I need rest — I guess I should leave town.” “T'll fight the chief of police, but |I won't fight the city commission,” \Gibb added. “I’m the one that fe |being crucified — I'm the one whe jis paying for it.” But Mayor C. B. Harvey took [age of some procurement for sur-|it had received information that 12|¢**ePtion to that remark and point. ed out that Gibb was appearing voluntarily. “Gibb says he is crucified. Ne commissioner | Tickets Now On Sale at ELES CLUB, 551 313 DUVAL STREET New Year's Eve DANCE and Floor Show