The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1954, Page 1

" Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER ; ae Ne. 7 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ae é ; S Circuit Court To Rule % Officers 4re Instatted | On Ordinance Validity’ | Burdine’s Files i Burdine's De i, ne*s Department Store, Miami, did what! Frank Hernandez, Sergio Hernandez, Nestor Dole, Julio Alvarez, M: mea and Enrico Cabanas, Airline Denies Failure To 10 Days’ Notice By DENIS SNEIGR Sunday, is stil'.on tue “serious- ly ill list” according to an of- ficial of the Coral Gables Vet- eran’s Hospital. A three-inch knife was re- moved from his brain by sur- gery Monday and Linder has miraculously clung to life since. He was given a 50-50 chance for recovery by surgeons, In addition to the brain injury, Linder lost his right eye, three inches of his tongue, suffered a stab wound in his left eye and slashed his throat. He admit- ted to police that the wounds were self-inflicted. of the Judiciary ’s Red-hunting internal Com-|of 1988 by cancelling the flights. Paul Sawyer, legal adviser to the and a citizen can be deprived of it only by changing the Consti- z amission- Joe Alien oan Saund-| were phoning two Florida Holiand— of a mass flight to Havana, 53 i ie i a Plans. > 3 rie 5 5 oe control traffic, (Continued On Page Seven) Man Is Jailed For Investigation NAL now flies only one flight a (Continued on Street Fair In Clinton Place Soon The Key West Artist's Group Street Fair, annually one of the ci- ty’s top cultural event of the season, will be held Feb, 7 through Feb. 13. of Key West artists will exhibit their work at that time Place, near the aquarium. The event has attracted wides- intecest in past years. a meeting <ast night in the Karns Studio-Gdierv, the group that in addition te the ususal paintings hung, they will each of miniatures at popular prices. the meeting were: Eduardo Henriquez, Elvira Reilly, |William Greene, Larry and Tomi Karns, Lephe Holden, | Ca Effie Fernandez, Sylvia Haskins and Marion Ebey. is still time for other artists interest: group. exhibiting at the Street Fair, to e~*'- dio Gallery. 220 Duval Stres* *hey emphasi> gation worthless checks. county authorities. No cha: Placed, pending furthe: ‘tion by “the 120 SIMONTON, near Docks Che Key West Citlis “THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the San Carlos Institute are shown during their installation last night. From the left, seated, they are: Juan Lopez, vice president; Cuban Consul Oscar Morales, Julio Cabanas, Jr., Ruben Oses, representative of the Cuban government; Jose Del Valle, director and Ismael Negrin, CAA Act In Cancelling Flights who \ "brain in'a suicide try here last Pre-| Forty-six private planes were to land at Meacham Field today, part A total of 105 planes are making the flight, George Faraldo, airport manager said, but 59 of them are) t! flying direct from Miami to Hava- Because Meacham Field has no control tower, the Civil Aeronau- tics Authority has a mobile tower unit at the field. The CAA also ing| 25 established a temporary flight- plan station at the airport so the *|transient fliers can file there flight The CAA is using a light gun to As aprecautionary medsure, the ‘oast Guard has an Albatross, an ee man ence i as James C. 4 jones was jailed last night by Po- lice Lt, Jimmy James for investi-|@ $250 fine on another count on suspicion of passing|® Jones was held overnight in the . city jail and then turned over to| She Pleaded guilty to both charg-' “jesday by a local appliance For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll teach buyers and sellers— nants or workers .. Just Daf DA, 25661 or 25862. (fy SS Se ae IN THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954 U.S. A. Federal Grandury Will Throughout Monroe County Pay-Offs By Gamblers To Law Enforcement Officers Checked Bolita operations in Monroe County are due to be probed by a Federal grand jury. That was the word today from Washington where James L. Guilmartin, United States attorney, said be- ginning Jan. 19, the government would start its probe of reported payoffs by gamblers to law enforcement officers. | The Federal investigation, Repatriation eis wit abe Group Faces lclude Dade and Broward Critical Issue Counties. Jan. 23 Disposition “This will be a continuing, sustained and exhaustive in- Of 22,000 POWs Presents Problem vestigation to determine if By WILLIAM C, BARNARD there is a conspiracy to vio- late Federal gambling tax SEOUL w—The Korean Repatri- ation Commission, caught in the laws, “The information we have that middle of an Allied-Red brawl, to- day faced what may be the most such a conspiracy exists warrant- led an investigation,” he added. critical problem. of its existence: What to do with some. 22,000 un- “This will be no whitewash.” A 1953 Florida law makes own- repatriated war prisoners Jan. 23. The commission has two weeks Rotarians Hear Of Plans For Polio Drive Luncheon Speaker Paul J, Sher addressed fellow Rotarians here yesterday at their regular weekly luncheon meeting on the topic of March of Dimes, ithe polio fund-raising campaign. Speaking to the meeting briefly, Sher, who is campaign chairman, recalled the high incidence of polio here in 1946-’47 as well as during the past autumn, and told of the! important role played in both in- stances by the National Polio Foun- dation. He stressed the mass in- joculations administereé to school children and pregnant women dur- ing 1953 when the number of polio! cases rose far above the norm but did not reach epidemic proportions. “Any time a doctor diagnoses @ case as polio,” Sher pointed out, “that is where the local chapter swings into action and takes over the financiel burden recording recretary. Standing: lanuel Fernandez, Raymond Ybar- ership of a $50 Federal gambling tax stamp evidence of a state gambling law violation. The bolita racketeers, # was reported, upped the payoff te police officers to avoid gam- Plans Are Made .| bling arrests on the state level For Local Navy and at the same time did net Participation’ In buy Federal gambling tex stamps, March Of Dimes Rear Admiral George C. Towner, a of the Key West Naval » issued an urgent appeal to ‘all military personnel in the Key West area, urging support for the| 1954 March of Dimes campaign, In a notice issued today, Admir-| ¢ al Towner recalled the near-ser- ious outbreak of infantile paralysis which hit Key West last fall, which ‘was prevented from assuming ser- ‘ious proportions throughthe prompt! and effective action taken by the National Foundation. Elaborating, i Most Federal prosecutions for conference talks over their fate for/Bureau is so understaffed it ¢ 30 days. The conference is far from|not make its own investigations. a beginning; even talks to set it} Scores of up are bogged down. ‘bought the tax stamps before the Both Allies and’ Reds cite the/1953 Legislature passed truce document as support—but/making stamp possession evidence their interpretations vary. The repatriation commission can- celled a meeting set for Friday afternoon to consider Allied and Red answers to a request for guidance, The answers showed that neither side was giving an inch. stamps this fiscal year but that they had returned the stamps te the Federal government. “| de not know of any Monroe County resident who holds a cooperation with local groups and the Navy Medical Corps almost the entire juvenile population of Key West, both civilian and na- |, was inoculated with gamma gobulin. The expense ‘of this cost- ly operation was borne almost entirely by the Foundation.” Pointing out that, “most of the cases that did develop were among service personnel,” Admiral Tow- ner said he believed that all naval personnel had an obligation to the Foundation, and that contributions ito the 1954 March of Dimes should ibe a voluntary expression of gra- titude for a worthy effort, and ask- led that everyone “be as generous who may heve jas possible.” The Navy will conduct its driv- ~~ see on es individually among the many on commands in the area and funds beg ama Pre haga collected will be turned ever to ee the local chapter. isd Plans for Navy participation gone were worked out at a meeting in Adm. Towner’s office. Capt. C. L, Murphy, chief of staff, was put in charge of the Navy's jes. The complaint was filed Wed-} who said that she represented a mailorder “discount house”. and from Archbishop Michael, head Orthodox Church of North and South America, after retrieving the golden cross thrown into a bayou here in Epiphany Day celebration 4 Wire- license. a Municipal Court Judge Enrique |Esquinaldo, Jr., suspended the! larger fine on the condition that cha. e-fenin from doing busines< ; ee