The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1954, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 66° The Kev West Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, “JESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954 Top U.S. Field General Visits In Key West, Relaxes With His Family City Moves To Renegotiate | With Shrimper On Lease Casualties 498 Of Group Pie: eae! pak hese Vater V icitind Gomeond Man Named By Ike As Top Comdr. , : : ling Gene : Meacham Improvements Start Soon By C. YATES McDANIEL | _ Spends Seboenrest tonne “i ‘4 xzx*ert Canteen Te nd 405E Ketisicax scldars tan The. general whom President Eisenhower said was the best field commander the Army ever had was a visitor here today. He is Gen.. James A. Van Fleet, USA retired. His last command was with the 8th Army in Korea, where his son, James A. Van Fleet, Jr., still is listed as missing. The general is visjting es here with one of his daugh- os ters, Dempsie, and her hus- Key West, British |pana, col. Joe A. McChrist- Trouble Spot? lian, whose mother and step- father, Mr. and Mrs. George The agp roar ches the |B. Stone, live here. Col Mc- — in Science (Christian is commanding of- Meniter real hard time. ream ci ficer of the First Regiment, He's going te be all shook up (U. S. Corps of Cadets. at when he receives a letter from) | wrost Point. the local Meter Court Associa- tien protesting because Key | Noted as a field commander, West did not appear on a map |Gen. Van Fleet was in command New Offer Is {Received For ret oe Officially declared ad at of 1953 after Of 5 Contracts had pose Sates as missing in ke least ¥ Improvements at Meach-|' ‘The Army and Air Force started am Field are not some dream/notifying next of kin last week for the distant future. | Sinet gent nil be Henin Work on modernizing the)tict field with such improve-| The first list of 10 Army offi- ments as a new terminal|®¢Ts 204 398 enlisted men has been distributed f icati building with a control tow-|¢ p.m., EST. Ii dae er, extension and paving of; tibeaag amy, are Prepared ee . The ‘oree The city’s newly formed traffic the runways and lighting the Marine Corps have one each. The committee submitted a lengthy list|{ield will start in the very/last of these will be made public of recommendations to the city/Dear future, Friday. Saat The Army has changed the offi- commission last night but only two| Those were the words today of| 2)" s1otu2 of 3.972 missing men, of them were adopted, pending|ounty Commissioner Joe Allen. |the air Force of 256 and the Ma- further study, He said the county is only |rine Corps of 228. 4 The commissioners agreed un- | *Walting the return of five con- The Navy plans no such mass Traffic Panel | Avsiting Return 4 ty between the city and a lo- : eal shrimp. operator who tents space at the city-own-| + 9d Clyde Mallory Dock, ap- “peared to be in the offing q last night when the city commission instructed the city attorney J, Y. Porter to \ renegotiate his lease. * The action came on the * in i lished October 22 jilustrat- of the first regiment to land in heels of an application from} animously to order the installa. | tracts — two from airlines and |@¢tion, but has been acting in in ti Srtetirs tone erate another shrimp packer, ask-| tion ot a traffic light at White | three from concession operators. | (Continued On Page Two) hay Psiggaciee asahehors a eee and Virginia Streets and to sta- | “Then,” he added, “we will take tion « special police officer at jthe contracts to a financial insti- Fleming and~ Simonton. Streets |tution and borrow money on them between the hours of 4 p. m. and |to rag ag ch ape 5:30 p. m. contracts are between widerably higher than that) “7, "committee had’ asked that| the ‘county and National Airlines now paid by the Champion|tne light be placed at White and| and Aerovias Q, and the three Seafood Company, occupants|Virginia Streets, “prior to the| concession operators for a park- @fthe dock for the past|start of school Jan. 4,” but since|,ing lot, a drive-it-yourself auto year. But the present tenant |(eqommission did not receive fey ey pearectegen wets AN | sk gob adults Comtene to grow 4 recommendations last night,| 5#! i (a8 three new classes are announ- and at the same time te com- | dren, the children of Col, Me. : — bag git red , ie aos aera cultied toe Gonag ine veaere: ced by the Evening Division of Key mend the Cleveland Press for | Christian and the general's dau- room for two fish ho sr Since recommendations includ-|Ments, we are ready to listen and|West High ‘School. Conversational &@ recent article about Key West. ;|talk. business,” Allen said. | ing that a portion of the 400 ' foot dock be rented to him, He made a rental offer con-' British Guiana, which lies on ee of the Fourth Infantry the northern coast of South |Division. America. By the end of World War II he “They did us a real injustice |was a corps commander and the . when they omitted us—we at liate Gen. George Patton said he sacle P dag bd po igetthaeg was the best field commander who plained. ever served under him. They’ instructed their secre- The general is taking it easy tary te write the newspaper | here, visiting with his grandchil- New Evening Classes For Adults Listed Opportunities for self-improve- GEN. JAMES A, VAN FLEET (right) today was a visitor here. He is shown above chatting with his son-in-law, Col. Joe A. Mc- Christian, who with his wife, the former Dempsie Van Fleet, and their three children also are visiting Key West. Col. McChristian’s mother, Mrs. Lillian Stone, lives here.—Citizen Photo, Finch, ghter, Dempsie. The children are Joe A. Me- Christian, Jr., 11% years old, who also is known as Tanker. Then lens, while their father was on foreign duty, This morning, Gen. Van Fleet called on Adm. George C. Towner, be" paar of the Naval Base Linder Clings To Meeting Monday Life In Hospital ! Mayor c B. Harvey bee ri ‘Key West Motor Court Assoc! After an absence of eighteeniyrcnday that the city will offer “Tew rate structure also |uary 11 at 7 p. m. The class in eorporates a graduated scale of |Blueprint Reading for the Building landing fees, pAb 2 ‘on the |Trades will meet for the first time| _ Joseph W. Linder, -32, who weight on the plane and charges jon Monday, January 18, at 7 p.m. Leper cat biter “| or freight er express handied at | Interested persons may register the aa for the above classes at Key West Sunday night, was described as The two airlines are charged by|High School Monday thru Thurs-| * gees ‘very sick man” by the square foot for the space they|day evenings from 7 to 9 p. m.| ®, Anaoes of the Pratt Veter- use in buildings at the field. There is no tuition charged for any * s react Coral Gables. ! The buildings now occupied by of the above classes, just a slight gst, Pes fen betide t ouphya ik | (Continued On Page Two) [registration fee. For further infor- ree inch knife bla Later today and tomorrow, he Plans to relax— just having fun with his grandchildren, Col. McChristign tells an inter- esting story of how Gen. Van Fleet came to name one of his daugh- ters Dempsie. In particular, oy sree be motel men to make their s - known to the city in the matter rset hcd sae general’s best of making the stay of tourists here ws there Worth Demp- ‘a pleasant one, As an example, ete slags be Gooa ping was removed from his brain |Marie Brazwell, in Georgia, andjhe suggested that. they meet with “a Delin t Sewer : gery. It had broken off at the |; a definite program. He pointed out er quen wi a5 handle after Linder had plung- tions, there seemed no alternative that the ina tion of a city fish. named after Dempsey. The gen- B I d Sal Il ° U; Cab Stand Motion ed it through the roof of his {fF him but to leave his work inling Pass migaar be a good start| eral sald —— sure the child ottom e rs that thoroughfare instead “Co ections Are P pre i, , j ee Mayor also pointed out the! Since it was o girl, they nam- uithard Street and hence ea: ysicians at hospital - ; ¥ The city commission voted last conection during te none hee City Manager Victor Lang told Quashed Monday would not comment on his |now a widower with 2 children isjscope of the city’s tourist busi-| “2, her Dempale. the city commission last night that chances for survival at this |stationed at Fort Lauderdale. [ness and its importance to the (Com occ’ pra ae a a stepped up campaign to collect} A motion introduced by city com-| Point, but merely said that he ‘Over a period .of time, there |city’s economy when he reveaied 10) delinquent sewer accounts has re-|missioner Jack Delaney to find = Pape: an 5 = have pone serene requests for |that censor: - — dl ripe i ir ime. He als icul- “ sulted in the collection of morejnew locations for cab stands now 0 is har sailirs soa salipiaua saenatg ee ; INAI Announces i ty talking, the id, since he than five thousand dollars of the/situated on Duval Street, between ing, they said, si Sin to tenon tetas eg het pe a roe County. Ministers of the var- jdevise a specific project—suco as Time Change It was during depression years that Captain Vernon Walker, then! ja single officer and alone, was en-! rs z $13,000 total. ee Southard and Angela Streets, died sa cape! his ke vote when . Lang told the co ion that} f t of id last night at apparently went berserk. ; The city commission last night atezing terms of the sewer sys- a meeting ch the. commission, A self-styled student of Yogi, | ious churches, civic and profes- ja city auditorium and get behind inimously passed a resolution to'tem bond issue, liens will be placed| Delaney pointed out that there| Linder also gouged out his pgprmegzery have jeer tnd = sad push it through to cOm-| wedonss Aintieg today announ- vation Army te accomplish in| In their business session, the ced @ change in its lone Key West- he Fu ee sf connclanes tojagainst those homes with delin-|have been complaints of noise and He Bite ane his age Hr ir. - Artman,/quent accounts on the deadline,|profanity from the cab drivers. He i an injury to his Mia: Citizen editor and publisher, who January 15 and the names of non-/cited an ordinance which states| eye. Key West as well as in ether |motel group moved to lodge a pro- Biel oe 14 the plane will / Payers will be made public. that cab drivers must stay in their cities in Florida: _____ {test concerning the noise problem 3 , Porter had advanced the|, 7% fesolution was introduced) There is a plan whereby those sojcabs when parked at the stands, EEE Acting in behalf of the Division- iin the city. They pointed out that beatkton ss at pate m. and de- possibility that the city might file by Commissioner Louis Carbonell.|desiring can make monthly pay-| But, he failed to find another al “Commander, Col. H. Young,|in some areas, noise from crovw- at 3:05 p.m. At pranet; Sie . io. —— ‘ Fi ith.|24-Passenger plane arrives at 3:17 “Mr. Artman did a lot for this|ment to clear up back bills, Lang|commissioner to go along with him Brigadier Gordon MacGillivray,|ing chickens, auto horns, cars with- 7 a friendly suit against Julius Stone, |... » C , Lang - 8 ni Divisional Se Pasi and leaves at 3:35 p. m. » a ional organi-jout mufflers ahd juke boxes has z local attorney ‘arbonell commented, said, on his stand. Co tractors For is i rm cretary rs 4 a'real nulssage. They week NAL said many persons still ity’ on record as favoring establish.|“¢™® Phoning to ask for space, terial Group Installs Officers City’s Sewer . ing “quiet zones” in the areas injtr gay,” "Dac® i Available for ; P ° up the Public Relations depart-|question and will to make an ap-[°m, @0Y5. Be S : Pro ect Roasted ment for the Army, conferred with|pearance before the city commis- ¢ three J religious and welfare leaders in|sion in protest. four daily fights to Key West Jan, Complaints from home owners KY West yesterday. He found a n a new rate structure went a into effect at the field. The in the Johnson and George Street Senerous reception to the plan to] (is A Lod Tn cipal complaint was a wenee areas that the contractors for the seed sg scpccrsslny ei ld Passenger charge for each passen- Key West sewer system project; pig agtao gt ony B F ger landing or departing from the have been failing to dispose of ,Meary- sen 4 udget ror field, standing water for long periods, | tareld Russell, 906 Southard St., brought quick action from the city| Teturns heme te = community * * commission last night. | that knows, hen. An ex-srvices McCarthy Group Cibb Resigns The city fathers voted unani-/ ™% mously to instruct the contractors) ¥ to dispose of the water or “shut down the project.” And during the discussion of the situation, several other complaints, against the way By G. MILTON KELLY | Police Officer Bill Gibb today re- Appointed Today ‘The appointment of a five man acoso today by city Manger ; doners: v Lang. The panel, responsi-' Commissioner Delio Cobo told of! i . ae i : ' | bow he had reeeived complain's : : ae said: they have too many ~aceglipoat paige primarily Now Serving 2 = hod oatigditiee Pag B. Ne-lmanager Victor Lose : ! BREAKFAST Ss or Babette, s ac ‘eo Nae Te 5 2 ‘ : ‘ : i | : 4 serve as ex-officio) C@i¥es the gavel from outgoing president, the Rev. J. Paul Touchton, as the new officers take se i failed ? By Popular Demand and secretary of the) Wir their duties. Thire from left is the Rev. Eldon Simmons, viee president, and far left is the Rey, Carl Sammetinger, secretary-treasurer—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch.