The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with on range of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . just DIAL 2.5661 or 2-S662. VOL, LXXV No. 5 March Of Dimes Drive Is Under Way In Key West Need For Extra - Effort In’54_ Is Explained By Chairman The 1954 March of Dimes| has begun, according to Paul J.. Sher, campaign chairman) for 1954. The official dates! of the drive are Jan. 2 to} 81. Organization plans are| complete and the drive will gather volume during the month. It is essential, said Sher to top last, year’s effort, 1953 was an epi- - a in Monroe County. * (All-Star Nell Rose Lopez, Mother’s March; Elsie Peters, March of Dimes cards; Norton Harris, coin collec- tors; Mrs. Myrtland Cates, March of Dimes Queen; Joe Lopez, sports events; Beta Sigma Phi, theater collections; and Jeff Knight, pro- motions. Any. girl who wants to be a candidate for the Queen of the Candidates, Sher said, should get an organizaticn to sponsor them by contacting the heads of the various organizations. Only one organization can spon- Fatal Jam At Palace Bridge THIS LOW AGRIAL of the Imperial Palace at Tokyo shows the huge crowd that poured over the “‘Nijubashi,” the double bridge, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1954 Mrs. William Warren Tells Of Courage And Foresight Of Mrs. Frederick Knapp By SUE JONES There was a fire at the Woman’s Club Tuesday afternoon, but no | one even thought of calling the Fire Department. It was just the! mortagage being burned.. Mrs. Wallace Kirke, president, presided at the blaze assisted by former presidents, Mrs. William Warren, Mrs. Dan Navarro, Mrs. Lee God- dard and Mrs. George Mills White. The mertgage blaze burned merrily te the tune “The Best Things in Life Are Free” played by Pierre Duval en his plane ac- 7 - There were many Present to whom the simple, im- Pressive cerémony was. the hap- Py outcome of years of. hard work, heartaches and headaches. Prior to the actual burning, each jof the past presidents gave a re- \Key West Woman’s Club Burns Club House Mortgage Tuesday Yes, The Mail ‘Still Comes To Key West By Air National Airlines still is fly- ing airmail te and from Key West. At last night’s meeting of the county comm ‘3, Com- missioner, Joe Allen said air- mail had been discontinued. Teday, Allen said he meant that the service had been cur- tailed. Lee H. Geddard, acting post- master, today said the service was curtailed since Jan. 1 when NAL cut three of its four daily flights between here and Miami, but that NAL js flying mail daily, sume of the accomplishments of her . administration. . Mrs. William Warren, Key West’s beloved senior clubwoman, told how the Woman’s Club sold its first home at 1307 Truman Avenue, and purchased the present ‘build- ing. Mrs. Warren said that she was “sincerely grateful that after, 13 years of continued, wholeheart-' ed effort, we may now say that we own our Club House ” Mrs, Warren was one of the club members whe so strongly into the Palace grounds New Year's Day to pay their respects to the Emperor-and Empress. In the melee 16 persons were trampled . to death and 43 others injured. Wirephoto, president of the Woman‘s Club at the time. Resuming Of Peace Talk Plans Hinted Negotiations To Take Up Planning Talks Are Kept Secret In Korea PANMUNJOM (#—A U.S. diplo- feeling out the Reds secretly. on IN THE Bill Bailey Will Bring His arren how resuming the stymied preliminary ae ot World’ War i the Korean peace talks, but there was Knights of Columbus building :was|no indication whether the Commu- converted to # Servicemen’s Center|nists afid Allies would return to + oni” Cb - Stage Annual - The Lions show, annually one of the top attractions in town, has gone professional. Lions Club pre-! sident Paul Albury has announced that planning is in its final stages for the attraction which will be staged in the tradition of Al G. Fields, Neil O’Brien, Lew Doc! Stader and asses White. They’ll erect a tent .where the showing will be held. Bill Bailey's all star minstrels is the first professional minstrel at- traction to tour. the country in more than 25 years, since the dem- ise of the Al G. Fields and the| Lasses White shows. The old-tim- ers have mourned the passing of the colorful black-face shows and deplored the fact that the younger Seneration has missed a glamor-| ous phase of the olden days. The Bill Bailey Minstrels include Many of the old-time stars and a! whole host of talented entertainers. | Minstrel fans will again see such old favorites as Happy Kellems, Brother Slim Williams, Possum and Blossom, Danny Evans, Clau-| Minstrels Here Soon uae ae and it was Work In Disney Underwater Film Ed Ciesinski, Key West diver, leaves Friday for Nassau to help film another underwater movie. The film he will work on as as- Sistant to the underwater camera crew is “20,000 Leagues under the) Sea,” to be produced by Walt Dis:| ney, Ciesinski said he knew of one éateresting underwater scene—when!| 14 divers are shown burying a Cop Calls For Reenforcements Police had to call for reenforce- ments today when they were call- complaints that a) man there had gone berserk. Police officer R. L, James said that when he tried to arrest the ithe cotiference table, hours|when the Communists accused the -|for residential purposes. \dead diver in an underwater grave. man, whom he identified as Calvin|woolen shirts were reported stolen ville Road on Matecumbe Key. Sor one girl, he added, and there will be no multiple sponsorships. | The queen, to be crowned at the} annual March of Dimes ball, will ‘be the girl who collects the most money for the March of Dimes, New Outbreaks Of Red Tide The same spot 17 miles from Nassau that was used to film some. scenes for “Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef” will be used for the new picture. The crews and actors street parade with the blaring ul _be "working Ja about; 90: feet jof' water. Weromicre heralding the coming) Ciesinski, who also worked on wean age — and the min-|the reef film, is taking along his re leper) (hey March downlown underwater camera to make Duval Street. The Lions club will devote its|PeTSva! Photos. pany from the show to their Are Reported ind Fund. | Survey Lists K.W. And Similar Cities ‘ing on the various show committees| Members of the Lions Club serv- PALMETTO (2 New outbreaks|inelude Paul Albury, Pres. Roy of red tide have killed thousands|Duke, Edelmiro Morales, Allen of fish, mostly mullet, in rivers/Hampton, Louts Carbonell, John and bays along the Florida West Parker, Arnold Brye and others. Coast from Tampa to Little Ma; 0, it was reported today, de West. Perry, of New York City, he was The cast of 45 also many ranks. There will be the legendary includes newcomers to the burnt-cork pekcenee ers and officer Lionel Soriano was jsent to the scene. They succeeded in getting Perry into the wagon, but only after James had been struck two times across the chest. Perry will be arraigned in City Court today. (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK — Key West | This was less than was found in most cities, the median being Melvin Davis, state ronseryti: officer, said thousands of dead fish.were spotted in Tampa, ‘ver, Former Chief has a smaller police force,| 35 cops per 1,000 residents. It was less, also, than was shown in proportion to its popula-| for mest cities of its size group, Ceia and Sarasota Bays and that Honored Today | ula-| 35/00 te S008” population ter other thousands lay on the betes y tion, than have most cities! Vhich the cen gvagrey fac Two University of Miami ma. Retired police chief Joe Kemp|in the United States. This is: ployees per 1,000. rine laboratory employes reported Was given » commendation today/brought out in a study made It is pointed out that more po- a mild outbreak killed hundreds by the city commission for nearly 5. the International Cit lice department employes does of mullet in the vicinity of Litte\thirty years of faithful service to\°Y geteamatiage! |Managers Association, based pro Marco Pass on the southwest Flor. the ‘city. i poche SORES SR (: Reniy we Eesecsted with alot data gathered from 1,209 the vs at Palmetto and Bra. handsome docume: aring the|.: $ 4 aaa denton hauled away several truck-|seal of the city which eulogized|“ities with populations over} loads of dead fish killed by the|him for “his faithful serviec to the10,000. ted tide, symnodinium brevis, aicity in positions of increasing re-| microscopic organism which poi-\sponsibility over a period of 30 fens fish and turns the water a'veare™ teddish bro * The tection. In various communities ditional cops. Comparisons are also made As of the early part of last year,! the study ef the relative the figures show, there were 26) police protection. in Key full-time o'r > emeovees, includ-| it ts considerably the Key, most other cities. men oxmecssed th- » not necessarily mean more police! re are special traffic or other} local conditions that call for ad-) 3 Young of the U.S. State Y said’thé bush-hush ne- igotiations have been handled by 4 go-between, but he would not say . It could be India, Swit- Sweden, eacs of which ited here. “From where I sit I can’t say when it might be possible to re- sume the fonference,” Young said The talks broke down Dec, 12 Young said Russia’s part in a peace conference remains the) was Mrs. Kirke telling me that |that Russia be seated as a neutral fications of what he intended to and the United States has insisted; she either line up with the Commu- | nists or attend as a third, party | bound by conference decisions. Speaking of chances the Reds will back down on their charge U.S. A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Civil Aeronautics Board Is Askcd To Investigate Cut In NAL Flights Here County Board Hears Further Stock Island Zoning Plea Is Discussed Business Zoning Is Asked For Some Sections Sheriff John Spottswood last night was asked if he had zoned Mom’s place for business. At one time Mom’s place, on Stock Island, was a bawdy house. The question came up at the county commissioner's meeting which was hearing pro and con arguments on re-zoning lots five and six, block 61, McDonald's Subdivision, on Stock Island for business. Spottswood said: “TI served on the committee that zoned Stock Island. I am unalter-; ably opposed to changing the zon- ing.” A. R. Wolkoff, who favored) changing the zoning from resident- ial to business, askeu: “Did the sheriff zone Mom's place for business?” ‘Did 1 zone Mom’s olsce tor Discussion Of Airport Problem \Deadline Set Feb. 8 at noon is the deadline for candidates to qualify for election as Aqueduct District commissioners. The election is Feb. 23. Those dates were set last night by the county commis- sioners. ——— Four Are Held For Murder Try In’48 business?” Spottswood repeated. "Yes," Wolkoff said, “did you zone it for business?” “What do you have reference to? Spottswood asked. “Well,” Wolkoff said, “Mom’s place is now a trailer park.” “TE have nothing to do with zon- ing enforcement,” Spottswood re- plied. “I have no knowledge of any house of prostitution on Stock Is- land.” Dave King, former city manager, asked that the lots remain as resi- der.tial property. Sam Goldsmith, head of the U, S, Weather Bureau here, want- ed to know what kind of a bus- iness would be operated there. Wolkoff said there would be no business there, but duplex cottages Maurice Jabour, who said he in- tended to purchase the property, also said he would build cottages there. Commissioner Clarence S. Higgs moved that the commission ask Jabour to submit plans and speci- build on the lots. The commission- ers approved this and asked Ja- bour to bring the plans to the next meeting. © (Continued on Page Two) Reported Today A camera, raincoat and two today from the automobile of a pushed aside and the man attempt-|winter visitor parked in front of a/@d that this be done at last night’s Simonton Street motel. James called police headquart-| The theft victim was identifieg|/Motion carried. by police as Dr. John F. O’Brien, Waterford, Conn. Dr. O’Brien told police officer Edward Ramirez that he had left the trunk of his car unlocked while he was in his motel room. Police ‘are searching for the thief. Local Police Force Is Comparatively Small dent, This was below the national median figure of $7.97 per capita. 't was, also, below the median cost ameng cities in its own size group, $5.97 per capite. Included in these figures are ex- Penditures for new equipment, but) Specifically excluded are pension} \Payments to retirement funds and to former employees. ‘i About 90 per cent of police de- ‘partment costs represents salaries’ and wages, on the average. It var-' ies from 82 per cent in small cities to 94 per cent in cities over 500,- 1000. . Resurfacing Bids To Be Received The county commissioners will meet in special session Jan. 22 at 2 p. m. to receive bids on resur- facing about 120 feet of Parker- “Solution” Of Reuther Attack Is Announced *DETROIT (#—Authorities, bring- ing criminal charges’ against four men, announced a “solution” early today to the attempted assassina- tion of Walter Reuther, CIO Unit- ed Auto Workers president, ‘in 1948, “This is the solution, but it may go farther,” Wayne County (De- troit) Prosecutor Gerald K. O’Brien said. Two of the accused men were in’ custody. One was sought and another is reported an inmate of a federal penitentiary. O’Brien and City Police Com- missioner Donald S. Leonard to- gether made the announcement of the arrests and charges. Two of the accused men were identified as Carl Renda and his father-in-law, Santo (Sam) Perrone, both witnesses before the Kefauver Senate crime investigat-} ing committee here. Renda. was in custody at police headquarters. Perrone was sought. Also named in the charges were Peter Lombardo, described as an inmate of the penitentiary at Terre} ‘Haute, Ind., and Clarence Jacobs, identified as a Tecumseh, Ont., television shop owner. Jacobs was in custody in Wind-} sor, Ont. Prosecutor O’Brien did not give out full details. However, he “We have evidence as to what actually happened, This is the solu- After 52 minutes of speech making and debate, the county commissioners last night voted to ask the Civil Aeraonautics Board to investigate National Airlines dis- continuance of flights to Key West. On Jan.,1, NAL dropped three of its four daily flights between here and Miami. The airline’s action came =|as a new rate structure went into effect at Meacham Field on Jan. 1, Part of the new rate set-up is a 50-cent per passenger charge for per- isons arriving or departing the field. This is the princi- pal point in dispute between NAL and the county. The airline calls the charge a head tax. The county says the charge is part of its landing fees. Commissioner Joe Allen sug- gested that the commission pe- tition the CAB to “investigate the situation with National Air- lines, z “If we are wrong,” he added, “‘we want to know it. If we are right, we also want to know it.” He also said he wanted to do something to alleviate the situa. tion caused by the discontinuance of the three flights. “t want National Airlines to Louis Gonzales, who drives the limousine to and from the airport, said he didn’t think the 50-cent charge per passenger was right, “This is hurting a lot of people," he said. “It would be better to wait juntil the season is over.” Bill Fredette told the commis- sioners some shrimp boats were tied up because they could not get engine parts which were being shipped by air express, He warned that this would hurt Key West because shrimp boats won't return and then the shrimp fleet will disappear. Paul Sher told the commission- ers: “It seems to me that you are not sure whether you are right or wrong.” He then suggested that a mora- ‘torium an the new charges be de- clared until the CAB can arbitrate and rule on them. Allen took the floor and spoke for 26 minutes, He said he knew that a lot of people were being inconvenienced but the commissioners were doing what they think is best, However, tion but it may go farther. There|4@ added that if anyone else had Commissioner Harry Harris ask-/may be other involvements.” Warrants against the four men jcontained two criminal counts. One (Continued On Page Two) meeting of the commissioners. The Webb Lunches With Countess a plan for raising money for the (Continuea On Page Two) Chamber Head To Miami Meet Mrs. Mary Lee Graham, presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce, } jand Harold Laubscher. chamber | |manager, will attend a meeting of ithe U. S. Chamber of Commerce | jtomorrow in Miami, The session—a workshop to dis- Burrell Stevens, area manager LAS VEGAS.—Countess Dorothy DiFrasso, 66, who died on a train Monday en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, is pic. tured at El Rancho-Hotel here Saturday night with actor Clif- ton Webb. Webb was among those in her party on the train, - : >» Wi Ceure of her death was rot a- Sate SME ¥ of the U. S, chamber, will conduct ithe meeting at the Biseayne Ter- race Hotel, Restaurant BREAKFAST. 7 AM. to 11 A.M. By Popular Demand