The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV No. 1 —_— Aw, Go Away! ; THE 4 MARK LAWRENCE MILLER, who was just 10 hours old when this photo was taken, is the lucky New Year's baby and he seems to be bored with it all. He was born at 12:01 a.m. today, the first baby born in Key West in 1954, and as such, he wins 28 gifts @ffered by Key West merchants to the first baby. His mother, Marilyn, shown with Mark, is the wife of Harvey Victor Miller of Big Pine Key. The baby was born in the clinic of Dr. Aubrey H. Hamilton, 622 Eaton Street. Baby Miller Arrives One Minute After Baby 54 Appears On Scene Big Pine Key Family Makes Rush Trip To By JACK BELL K.W. Doctor WASHINGTON (#—Sen. Know- i ¢ ow: 3}. |land (R-Calif) said today Demo- Little Mark Lawrence Mil-) ort. ‘will have “plenty of canoe ler hit the jackpot. jtunity” to propose changes in © .n1 President Eisenhower's . foreign He was born at 12:01) ang defense program, but some a. m. today, the first new(Democrats remained skeptical of Key Wester of the new year. bipartisan results, | ’ , the Senate bli- And as such, he takes the poop and pain eran jean leader, said in an interview Democrats Will Have Voice In Planning Year's Program SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954 For Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662. + + Just PRICE FIVE CENTS Navy Man Scores Stranded In Wake Of Cutback | In National Airlines Flights Here Killed In, Auto Crash Air Station | Sailor Dies Today On 7-Mi. Bridge Dav+y Furlow, a sailer’ attach J the Naval Air Station, was killed early to- day in an auto «ra.* on the} Seven-Mile Bridge, .cord- ing to the sheriff's office. The officers reported that the car in which Fur- low was a passenger struck the rear of a car driven by Leland Brady, thon. Both cars were trav! leling toward Key West... ‘The driver of the car in which Furlow was riding is John H. Cranford, 23, who was charged with fail- lure to have his car under control, according to the sheriffs department. | Novel Entry Is Made By Thief Someone .must have given this burglar a tool chest for Christmas, He bored 78 three-quarter inch holes in a wall of Mani’s Bar, 316, Petronia St., to make a 12-inch by 18-inch hole, He then hauled away almost a case of cigarettes, an unknown number of pint bottles of scotch’ of Mara- tion,” he said. “Some of the tac- and $8 in cash. Brownell in the Harry Dexter (Continued On Page Two) Then he forgot his brace and bit at the scene, |Hopeful People Greet New Year Kid 1954 fered by Key West business|not be told fully of the President's !365-day wonder, “Kid 1954,” got a concerns, according to Har-| meeting of congressional leaders, old Laubscher, manager of “there will still be time to make the Key West Chamber of “hanges” if any serious objections are e raised, Commerce. : The President will lay down his Mark weighed in at seven pounds, gyer.al] program in a State of the eight ounces at the clinic of Dr./ Union message two days later. Aubrey H, Hamilton, 622 Eaton St. Knowland said he expects this to The baby is 20 inches long. be couched largely in general The parents are Mr. and Mrs. terms, with specific recomznenda- Harvey Victor Miller of Big Pine |tions to be made later Key. Miller is a carpenter and fishing guide. The mother arriv- ed at Dr. Hamilton's clinic at 11:30 (Continued on Page Two) ' BRAILEY ODHAM Democratic leaders vere invited presidential assistant, .4 sit in for consultation only on .%< foreign and defense aspects of se mes- sage. There was no menticn other subjects. Sen, Sparkman of Alabama, the by telegrams from I. Jack Martin, ¢ 1952 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, said in an interview he regards such consultation as a de- it jsirable ‘prelude to bipartisan co- Brailey Odham, candidate | operation on foreign and defense for governor, will be here Sat- | WILL GREET HIS LOCAL BACKERS “3 v \legislation. wrday night to hold open house “But we ought to know if this plans until a Jan. 5 White House wild welcome today as he leaped Is Welcomed To The World Arena handsome array of gifts of-|that although the Democrats will] NEW YORK w—That brand new|drew the u: sual mass of midnight revelers. The statue of Eros got a Protective wrapping against the into the world ‘arena—with every-|usual pranksters, one admiring his “peace” pumch jand praying he could keep up the |promising pace. % At any rate, the Kid kayoed “Old |Man Blues” with a flurry of horns and cowbells and rights and lefts to the pocketbook. In Times Square, a police-esti- mated million revelers, five times et of last year, milled Great White Way and the new year. Both the 26-dezree cold and the excitement kept the gay throngs moving. For 25 minutes before 12, and half an hour after midnight, traffic Was swpped in the square and the merrymakers allowed to through the streets. It was an or- derly crowd. Bars, restaurants, theaters and night clubs did a booming business throughout the nation. Tariffs ranged from “no cover” at all to surge Hotels and night spots through- out the continent reported sellout business at very high prices, In New Year’s messages, the Retires After 39 Years JOHN D. BERNREUTER, 529 Truman Avenue, holds wrist watch given him: by fellow employees of Navy Public Works to mark his retirement. He began work in Navy Yard here as boy apprentice machinist 39 years ago. Bernreuter has worked as civil service employee since then with exception of one four-year period. Lieut. J. P. Theriault, assistant public works officer, presented gift. Bernreuter was foreman of buildings and grounds at time of retirement. Soviet Union Lost Many Of Its Distinguished Citizens In ’53 Death, Arrest, Disappearance ~ Cut Ranks Of High-Up Reds By TOM WHITNEY NEW YORK (#—The Soviet Un- lion lost a lot of distinguished citi- QUIET NIGHT The sheriff's office had a | quiet night—for a New Year's Eve. There were no arrests. jand “disappearance.” . Under the heading of “disap- peared” come those who may be dead, under arrest or who have dropped into obscurity. All that is known is that their names no long- er grace the pages of the Soviet jnew year from atop 14,000-foot | press. 'Pike’s Peak. | Counterbalancing the deaths and San Francisco’s Market street|disappearances there wer a few was barred to traffie as pedestri-|reappearances last year. ans whooped it up. | For example, there are the dozen | Miami welcomed the new year/or more leading Moscow physi- with a mass turnout along Bis-jcians who were thrown into jail cayne boulevard. jin 1952 and charged with plotting - Few Holiday e______—— zens in 1953 through death, arrest | statesmen of Europe voiced hope! In Michigan, the village of Mem- for future peace. On both sides of Phis became a.city as the old year the Iron Curtain people jammed ended, and celebrated into the churches and prayed for a peace- small hours. ‘ ful 1954. ; In Kermit, Tex., it was the hap- to assassinate leading Soviet fig- ures. Though it was announced these men had made confessions it was suddenly discovered after the death of Stalin that the charges were faked. The doctors were calls from persons trying t The airline’s office here yesterday afternoon after ' with the news that NAL ha s | daily flights between here and Miami. CABRERA NAMED |ACTING-CHIEF ice-Chief Raymond day, replacing Chief Joe Kemp whose retirement became offi- cial last night at midnight. Cabrera, who has beer. men- | tioned atedly strong candidate for the permanent appointment as the city’s police chief, is a veteran of 27-years on the force. Cabrera has been serving as Police Captain for some time. Accidents Are Reported Here Two Injuries Reported In Only Serious Crash Thurs, Key West’s New Year celebra- tion, although noisy, produced no |serious traffic accidents, police re-| ports showed today. There were only three arrests for \dunken driving ang only two per-| sons were injured in traffic mis- haps, according to Acting Poliee Chief Raymond Cabrera. The most serious accident, which occurred at Seidenberg | Avenue and Fifth Street, sent | two Navy men to the hospital with minor injuries and resulted in heavy damage to the cars in- volved. | Patrolman Edward Ramirez re- jPorted that the accident occurred ;when an automobile driven by Rob- jert W. Smith, of the Salt Pond Trailer Park, failed to need a stop sign and smashed into a car driven by James A, Bohannon, of the USS Sarsfield. Both were taken to the Naval Hospital where officials (Continued Or Page Two) 12-Year-Old Boy Nabbed By Police For Auto Damage | | =f] Motel Men Blast Move As Airline Defies County Commission Thurs. National Airlines today was swamped with phone 0 square away flight space. said the phone calls began The Citizen hit the streets d cancelled three of its four The lone flight of the 14- assenger plane now operat- ing arrives here at 3:17 p. m. daily and returns to Mi- ami at 3:35 p. m. That flight, the line said, is booked sblidly through next Wednesday. The airline’s decision to can- cel three-quarters of its Key West flights resulted from the county commissioner’s move to increase | charges of airlines using Meac- | ham Field. The charge that led directly to \the flight cancellation wzs a charge of 50 cents per passenger on both jarrive and departing flights, The new.airport charges wert jinto effect today. Meanwhile, Melvin Levitt, pres- | ident of the Motor Court Associa- tion here, termed NAL’s action “arbitrary and capricious.” He also said that his organiza- tion will lodge a stiff protest against the airline's action. Levitt added that a meeting of that group set for next Monday, will now be an “emergency ses- sion.” “I am going to urge the asso- ciation to contact the Civil Aero- nautics Administration and who- ever else may help us prevent |them from taking it out on the People,” Levitt declared. “If Na- tional Air Lines don’t want us— jwell, we should get another air line,” he added. He termed their action, at the peak of the holiday season, “’pret- ty poor public relations.” The county commissioners, in a Special meeting Nov. 23, okayed a new schedule of charges for the field, Wednesday, at another special meeting, the commissioners heard protests of the new charges from NAL and Aerovias Q. The Citizen's story yesterday said that Aerovias Q operated into Key West at a loss. That was a mistake. The Havana-Key (Continued On Page Two) Thief Gets $2 From Local Home A sneak thief, who entered an Elizabeth Street home Wednesday, gained $27 for his efforts, police réported today. The thief, who fled the scene be- fore the eyes of the homeowner, Mrs, Emma Seymour, 519 Eliza. beth Street, made his exit through a window, ; Mrs. Seymour told police that jChurchill broadcast to Britons that |free world strength and the desire to “reach just and honorable agree- ments” has reduced the possibility \of international conflict. French President Vincent Aurioi, :Who bows out for the new year as | Prime Minister Sir Winston |Piest New Year for Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Batchelor. They celebrated freed, rehabilitated in professional lthe news that their son, Claude, life and several of them have writ- \22, an American POW of the Reds ter articles since their release— lin Korea, had thanged his mind though not about their prison ex- labout refusing repatriation and periences. . ywas turned over to the U.N. Com- Another notable example is that ‘mand. of G. I. Petrovsky, an Old Bol- With the obvious name of Happy shevik who rose to chieftainship The case of a 12-year-old boy, when she and her sister-in-law re- found scratching automobiles with|turned to the house, they heard a pocket knife last night, has been footsteps and when they investigat- referred to juvenile authorities, po. €d, a man identified as wearing g lice said today. white shirt and having dark hair According to the report of pa- Was seen darting from room te trolman Armando Perez, the youth T0om. Ss was spotted walking along Duval The money was missing, inves- \chief of state, said “ it is not talk Newy: th epy Eye, alone” that can bring E. Newyear, ie Sleepy 2) | Peace to the yrinn., resident had numerous of- |world. fers to appear on New York tele- In Moscow, champagne sales yision shows. Newyear turned tripled over last year as the Rus- them all down, went to church and sians celebrated the start of theif Jater had fun at a small family of the Ukraine. He disappeared in the late 1930s and it was assumed that he was another purge victim who had died somewhere in Si- beria or hac been executed some cellar. But a short time Street, damaging the cars. Under tigation showed. questioning, the boy said that he No trace of the thief was found. and a 10-year-old sister had been| =a sent to the movies and then order- | n 6d to bed by their parents who then left the house. FOR SALE holiday season, after Stalin's death, Petrovsky was He said that shortly after retir- at the LaConcha Hotel. It is is going to be two-sided coopera- $25 per person in the swanky Man-, party at home. expected he will arrive about jhattan night spots and_ hotels. 7:30 p. m. Prior to his visit here, Odham ‘home parties. With the bars in the United | States open later and le drink- world had time off for special food,/ decoration for his services to the |= People dri s ummsands + also}icelebrated ated \ing more, safety officials stressed fun and entertainment. Sai F mportant 7 nt ing “he felt like taking a walk.” Servicemen in all parts of the awarded an important government Officer Perex-reported that ‘whes Communist party and Soviet state. he took the lad to his White Street Knotty Pine or Cypress PANELS | Strunk Lumber 12@ SIMONTON, near Bar: will make several stops as he drives down the Keys, includ- Ing stays at Rock Harbor, Tav- ernier, Islamorada, and Mara- thon. The devout crowded into church- \caution on the highways and elim- les and parish halls for traditionall pane cf the alcoholic “one for Watch Night services. In Augusta, Ga., President Ei- senhower attended a small party at the Augusta National Golf Club. ' London's famed Piccadilly Circus the road.” In Hackensack, N. J., police took away car keys from tipsy patrons For the sports lovers, it was The turnpver in the personnel of “Jet's not sleep too late” to see Soviet ruling circles last year be- \via TV the various bow! football cause of death—natural or unna- games throughout the nation. tural—was great. In Philadelphia, the mummers jin bars, promising to return them readied their annual New Year's later in the day. In Colorado, fireworks hailed the street. Leading the Séviet obituary no- tices of course was Joseph Stalin'er Gibson will investigate the case, Day march down historic Breed/who, according to announcement, according to Acting Police Chief (Continued On Page Two) ¥ home, he found the girl sleeping on a couch with the radio going| full blast. Perez confiscated a knife | from the boy. Juvenile Court Judge Eva Warn- \Raymond Cabrera. 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