The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Neo. 17 ; State Proposes Changes In | Crapfishing Regulations xx | Air Passenger kee Fishermen To Meet Friday To Discuss _ Proposals : > By JIM COBB Six changes in crawfish Ing regulations have been proposed by the State Con- servation Department, Mon- toe County Conservation ‘Agent Joe Knight revealed today. _ : Knight said that the pro- posed changes will be dis- cussed at a meeting of local _erawfishermen Friday night! at 8 o’clock in the county ‘court house. , The suggested changes in- clude regulations limiting. the size of crawfish taken, restrictions on the taking of sary to tag a crawfishing tra : i : So i | bess i 2 es § 3 5 3g 9. itr i Hs zt EF | i : i i £ : i i i 33 iz il jie Zz ry s s s i if z sé law, now stands, after it, will be illegal to have a under any circumstances, ‘The provision if it is kept in force, is expected to cause considerable hardship on fishermen because when the closed season approach- es and users lay in a stock, the normal price rise will not The State Conservation Board has the power to change this rule without resorting to legislation and some quarters have advanced the - opinion that they will take last minute action rescinding the law. ; (Continued On Page Two) Health Clinic To Close Tomorrow The Monroe County Health De-| tment clinic will be closed all lay tomorrow in memory of Dr,’ R. J. Dalton, county health officer’ who died Monday. Funeral services will be at 5:30) oi tomorrow in the chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home with the Rev. J. Paul Touchton officiat- ing. The body will be sent to Mil- qwaukee, Dr. Dalton’s birthplace, for burial in the family plot, Recruiter To Be Here Next. Week ar Between the hours of 11:30 a.m. Monday and 2:30 p. m. on Tues- @ay, he will be available at the cSt females, trap co ction doa law which would make it neces- | ps. k*«*k Load Light In January Morrison Is Named Acting ealth Officer Former Navy Doctor Takes Over Duties Of Post Held By Dr. R. J. Dalton Dr. C. W. Morrison, of 1321 Johnson St., today took over the duties of acting county health of- ficer, He was unanimously named te the vacancy caused by the d ath Monday of Dr. Raymond 4. Datton, whe had been county health officer here for two years. The county commission okayed Lx. Morrison for the post. The -Dr. Morrison was born in Mc- Clellanville, S. C., the son of the late Dr. Charles W. Morrison and College in 1914 with an AB degree. He entered the Medical College of South Carolina in 1915 and won an M. D. degree in 1919. After graduation he practiced at Lan- caster, S.C. in World War It and was Key West in Janva te obstetrical ser- vice, In August, 1946, he returned to private practice. Later, he again voluntered for active duty and was again assigned ‘to the obstetrical service at’ the! laval Hospital here. Following this tour of duty, he was appointed senior medical ef- (Continuea On Page Two) Mite Mighty jnumber of passengers carried fro’ THE SOUTHERNMOST NE The Key West Citi: IN. THE WSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1954 Gov. Johns To In Marathon For Dedication Accepts Papy Invitation To Key Colony Pool Ceremonies Sat. cting Governor Charley Johns will lead a parade of ‘top state officials into Mara- thon Saturday for the dedi- cation of the Key Colony’s mew $150,000 swimming pool and Cabana Club. Gov. Johns was invited to m: xk Figures On Pay For Bringing Airmail To K.W. Are Released the trip by State Representative! Only one fully loadedipernie c, Papy who will preside the dedication. i plane has been flown out of]over, the con ri thn Gavetnie ie here by National Airlines) fy inte Marathon Saturday noon since Jan. 1. NAL today released fig- ‘ures on its passenger load from Key West to Miami since’ Jan. 1, when the air- line dropped three of its four daily flights here. At the same time the line re- leased figures on the pay it has received from the Post Office De- partment for hauling airmail be ‘tween here and Miami. spokesman for the line, averaged pose Soe 2 gor Sey over -¢ tt ing the dedication set Ss ip. m, Father Joseph Maring, S. J.| jof Key West will bless the pool during the formal ceremonies. jwas inadequate. tractions,” he said. A water Here are NAL’s figures on poe! show, featuring Olympic avy Chief Is Injured Ir 5.7. Collision Today Thomas B, Wilder, a Navy chief, received a broken leg at 7:45 a. m. today when the motor scooter he was riding collided with a car on 5 Stock Island. On only: one day did the line | The sheriff's department said the di 2, when jcar was driven by William Robert made the. trip. |Strong, 20, who gave his address) flies a 14-passenger Lock- jas the Navy Exchange, Boca) it in and out of Key |Chica.. once each day. According to the Naval Hospital, two days, the plane carried|Wilder received a fracture of his six ‘passengers—Jan. 6. and bes ome and multiple cuts on the 13, eg. carry 4 NAL heed West On only Jan, The figures on airmail hauled be- tween here and Miami showed that Key Wat bes were loaded on at ey Wes! een Nov, 1, 1952, through Oct 30,1858 Breaks Down During that Period, mail unload- jed at Key West was 52,891 pounds.| A severed electric line leading! Based on the Si-cents per ton |to the city hall was bl: today mile that NAL receives for flying |for the loss of the city’s fire alarm mail the 127 miles between Mia- | service. mi and Key West, the line re- |: But City ceived a little more than $3,484 |workmen had service for the 12-month period. within an hour without incident, Since the line operated daily, the|Fire Chief Charles Cremata said. average day was less than $10 a} Workmen engaged in demolish-| day. ‘ing the city hall tower inadvert- The NAL spokesman said that|antly severed the line which feeds} Electric Company restored during the period covered ‘by the|power to the city hall. In addition|J- figures, the airline was flying three|to the alarm system failure the city and four flights a'day—making the|hall«was without power for some! ued On Page Two) itime. ta. tropes . wi NAL Executives @ U.S. Ss PRICE FIVE CENTS spect Facilities At Boca Chica; County Hears Report On Independent Airline Flight Here hildren Play; Parents Talk Custody j Landing Of NAL Convair Depends On Permission From Washington By DENIS SNEIGR While National Airlines executives yesterday were | inspecting facilities at Boca Chea field, county officials . | moved closer to bringing an independent airline into Key a | 2 NEW YORK CITY—Four-year-old Srdjan Djurovic, fore-- ground, and his brother, Goran, 6, are unconcerned as their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Slavoljub Djurovic, engage in serious disdussion outside Supreme Court here yesterday. Mrs. Djuro- vic, seeking custody of her ‘sons, chargéd in court that her husband, a Yugoslav commercial representative, was not seek- ing “political asylum” in the United States but wanted to re- Djurovic was given temporary Supreme Court Justice Thomas main because of his romantic interest in a hat check girl. custody of the boys Friday by L. J. Corcoran to prevent Mrs. Seen On Auto West. NAL is seeking Navy permission to use the Navy’s Boca Chica field for daily service between here and Miami. George T. Baker, NAL president, and R. P. Fore- man, secretary and execu- tive assistant to Baker, flew into Boca Chica yesterday afternoon on a survey flight, according to a NAL spokes- man, They inspected facilities at the field that the line possibly may use and conferred with Naval officials, a Navy spokesman said. The two officials flew here from Miami in a 14-passenger Lockheed |Lodestar, the same equipment NAL luses on its regular flights here. No Extension Tag Deadline There will be no deadline ex- _ He also pointed out that all gs that had expired were ject to arrest. Also, persons this state or who in school in Fi Florida license is beetle. 6 HA deed Cane After the proper Holland, who led Djurovic from sailing with them aboard a Yugoslav-bound ship. {southern @® Wirephoto. ¢nator George Anti-Mosquito District Regre Death Of Doctor it was members of the Monroe County |Anti-Mosquito District learned of ithe passing away of Dr. Raymond |. Dalton, a man we ail respected, admired and.loved so much, and held January 18, 1954, the the sentiments e District's deep and ‘at the death of Dr. felt by. all members of this district that Dr. Dalton contributed ez fort and residents officer} ind the deep|is trying to do is to make sure that great|treaties don't take away the rights of the states to establish the quali- | axpayers Urged 0 Make Payments The City Tax Collector’s Office thas mailed out more ‘— Kap ved itices warning that re: land personal ae taxes must be paid by February 1, when the eb delinquent. nak rolf (Continued on Page Two) with great sorrow that all! -|for the Democrats in the treaty| make payment|this clause because they to void penal- re - pplaaeeh pene ah On and after Feb. 1, taxes will it, Urges Vote On Fire Alarm Setup | teaty Power Amendment Now:. Georgia Solon Regards Bricker’s Bid For Rollcall “Fair Proposition” By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (® — Sen. George \(D-Ga) urged Republicans today to take to a Senate vote their dif-! |ferences over a proposed constitu-! |tional amendment on treaty pow-| jers. But Sen. Knowland of Cali-| |fornia, the GOP leader, said he! hasn’t given up hope of a com- |promise. George, taking a leading role|' controversy, said he regards as “a fair proposition” an offer by|* |Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) to submit; \to a rollcall test a section of a pro- jposed constitutional amendment | criticized by President Eisenhower.| Eisenhower said he would never jagree to givi \to nullify within their own borders the operations of treaties. |. Bricker has said that what he ifeations of voters and to exercise other powers reserved to them in ithe Constitution. Lawyers disagree vi as to whether this is a real danger. George said the quick and simple |si ‘way to end the argument is to put it up to the Senate. |. “I don’t see why the Republican jleaders should object to |this-issue in the Senate, |Georgia senator said in an inter-| view. ‘A good many senators who, (favor adoption of a constitutional ‘amendmentdon’t want to vote for PUT g the states power|P! last year, said lin preparations ‘ing scheduled Fla., March 6. Sen. Si 5 5 i i | goes too far. “I think I might vote to although I don’t consider (Continued On Page Twa)