The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 28, 1954, Page 1

Turn On Your Porch Light Tonight And Help Fight Polio Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll Feach buyers and sellers— 69" VOL. LXXV Ne. 24 Motel And Here Vary Hotel Men In Views On Success Of Season Business Is Off From Last Year; Better Than In Other Fla. Towns! By DENIS SNEIGR How’s business this sea- son? It’s good. It’s bad. Depends with whom you are talking, so take your choice. Representatives of three top hotels here think it is bad, or that -it could be better. 4 On the other hand, another motel man thinks the season is as “good! ‘ And the Chamber of Commerce thinks it is pretty goed—off about 10 per cent from lest year but better than elsewhere in Florida. “San, 1 when & new rate went into effect at Meacham Field. ami are Archer G. Key Ambassador; of the Key Wester; and Max Mar- reserving to Miami but they are on the waiting list te retutn temorrow afternoon. He said the Key Ambassador was 56 per cent filled last January. So far this month, the house has| been 46 per cent full, he added. Meeks said business at the Key Wester has been bad so far this; month. January of 1954 was the| first January that the motel was n. T Becines it was a new motel then, he added, business was bad. Meeks said it still was bed this January and he felt it should “be at least 50 per cent better. The Key Wester opened in April, ihe Key Wester, ees said, de- js on reservation’, \, Peernere have been a Wt of can- cellations and delays,” he said. “No doubt quite a bit of our busi- ness has stayed in Miami. Marmorstien, of the Casa Ma- rina, could not be reached. Marmorstein said “we would like to settle it somehow. We'll ask them fe go back to four (Continuea On Page Two) Marti Birthday To Be Observed Key Westers of Cuban descent! will mark the 101st birthday of Jose Marti, Cuba's most revered patriot with two ceremonies to- night. At the San Carlos Institute, mem- bers of that organization will didi- eate a shrine to his honor, at 9 p. m. The “Rincon Martiano,” as ft is called, wil have a bust off Marti and a white rose will be placed there daily, Children of the San Carlos School will be entrust- ed with the care of the shrine, ac- cording to Julio Cabanas, Jr., pre- sident of the Institute. And at Benny’s Cafeteria, mem- bers of the Caballeros de Marti| id annual dinner mark-) ing. his birthdd, { y. The dinner will etart at 9 p.m. RAUL’S Features Nightly PIERRE DUVAL he wems to work this megning. THE sou This Is Their Identi Smathers Repeats | Promise To Aid In Air Problem Sen. George Smathers today told Louis Carbonell, city com- missioner, that he would de evi possible to see that full air service is restored as soon as possible. Carbonell said he talked with Smathers by phone this mern- ing and received Smathers’ as- surance that he was trying te have National Airlines restore three daily flights. that were dropped Jan. 1 Carbonell added that he is going te Miami temerrow te attend the meeting between NAL executives and Key West Draw Tourists Advertising Group Will Loose Its Back Program Advertising pent is going to’ turn o08@ its reserve funds in mouncement following a confer-' Johns and Hotel Commissioner Joe Adams. Pope didn’t come right out and Say so but there were implications in his words that the hotel, motel] and apartment house operators in| ithe southeast .winter resort area are disappointed with current bus- iness, “The State Advertising Com- mission holds back funds to use| as we see fit,” Pope said. “We're going to use these funds on an! immediate program in papers and on radio that go into the areas from ‘which people are drawn to’ baa a a ist coast—and Sarasota a etersburg. “People don’t realize there has been a change in the Florida win-| ter season. Instead of 35 days, in which the hotels and motels have! to make money, the season now is about 120 days and visitors can secure the same good facilities at Teasonable prices, “You know, Christmas came on a Friday this season. That pushed vacations down a week later. And the weather has been quite mild in the North until recently—you| know, bad weather up North is still our best tourist lure. “Central Florida and north Flor- ida draw people from the Midwest and Southwest, people who are Primarily interested in agriculture and come down here anyway. So we're starting right away a big advertising program in the metro-| politan centers to get people to the southeast coast—and Sarasota and St. Petersburg.” THIS IDENTIFYING LABEL w: their march against polio. The THERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1954 fication MARCH OF DIMES \Mothers’ March . on Polio FIGHT POLIO ill be on the milk bottles carried by all the niothers tonight in label is printed in red and white. The marchers will stop at every house which has its porch light or some other beacon light burning between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock. A white handkerchief fastened on the door will also indicate a potential donor, onight The Mothers Of Key West President Sees On The March Against Polio Between 7 p. m. and Balky POW PANMUNJOM (®#—Twenty-one singing, chanting Americans and jone Briton who renounced their And in Tokyo, the U.N. Com- mand said officially that at least 9 of the 21 were accused as stool 8 p. m. today Mothers will march on Will Be Behind The Bamboo Curtain By STERLING F, GREEN WASHINGTON — President Eisenhower today termed the na- tion “marvelously prosperous,” predicted recovery this year from a “brief and self-coi ” busi- ness dip and pledged tg use the government's vast powers to com- bat a depression if one should develop. seaneany uneven * P'S |loa—to cut taxes, Uberalite cred: ‘it and launch large-scale public works even at the cost of new deficit financing. , And he gave forceful notice, in “economic report to Congress, it it ‘should take *“‘bold steps” requested in his 1954 legislative gin Life 2 } Hanged In Guam Nike (®—Two Air Force en-| the vicious rape-slaying of 27-year-|°Cre" rs ttam, ‘he said, includes old Ruth Farnsworth five years i jungl the protection of millions more sgesenpral Secu n ad workers under unemployment and old-age insurance, and bigger bene-' pigeons who betrayed fellow POWs | Robert ito the Communists. The former Allied soldiers, along with 325 South Koreans, carried Red “peace dove” banners as they Marched from their barbed wire compound in Korea’s bleak neutral zone. They sang, cheered and shouted charges of imperialism and germ warfare at the Western world as they boarded big green trucks for the trip north, Five Allied newsmen saw them go. An Indian escort took the five jof us to the pro-Red North Camp for the last frenzied propaganda show of the men who chose com- munism, Communist correspondents Allan Winnington and Wilfred Burchett! arranged for a few newsmen to’ witness the unusual spectacle. We were allowed to move freely in the compound that has held the Pro-Red captives since they were turned over to Indian custody Sept. 24, |group interviews, said almost ex- actly what they told a handful of other Allied correspondents who interviewed them; at Panmunjom Monday. { They said “peace fighters”) and cannot do so! in the United States. The Indians had planned to turn| over the prisogiers’ records to Chi- nese and Kofean Red Cross rep- Tesentatives, at 9 a.m. and the, Prisoners were packed and ready to moye,“out. Their banners and The prisoners, in individual and wanted to beithe Swipes Potables liquor warehouse here last night e e ‘Indian Red Cross officials delayed, and the men chatted ft 45 minutes with newsmen while y waited. A biting cold wind whipped jacross the barren neutral zone and |temperatures were below freezing. But most of the prisoners were bareheaded as they marched from |the compound singing -lustily. British Marine Andrew Condron stood erect in the lead truck as A thirsty thief who broke into a is apparently going to have a bail. His loot, police said, 38 cases of beer, 12 cases of wine | stolen from the State » Beverage i ‘Company warehouse at the Clyde|the convoy rolled out. He called Mallory Docks. Proprietor William|‘‘good luck” to newsmen standing ‘Curry called police after he dis-!nearby. covered a side door jimmied when| The prisoners laughed and joked (Continued On Page . psalms, Dennis said, “I pray forjencourage foreign trade. those making this mistake,” All this is “immediately advis- “They are not accomplishing anyjable action,” Eisenhower said, thing by executing me.” adding that if he finds more power Burns followed Dennis up the 17|is needed, he will ask for it! steps to\the gallows, promptly. “You are just complying with an| Missing was an expected request order,” he told Air Force Suards./for an increase in the 15-cent “You haven’t solved the crime.” Miss Farnsworth, a former WAC lof Labor Mitchell recently report- from San Francisco, was a Navyjed that the administration was employe at a curio exploring means to raise it to “a i more realistic level.”” But Eisen- near death in dense jungle Dec.|hower told Congress the time is (Continued On Page Twn). {not ripe. e— Of his economic program, out- lined in a 35,000-word message, Eisenhower said: “Tt is not a legislative program lof emergency measures, for the eurrent situation clearly does not one, “Instead, it is a program for ‘stimulating economic growth and imes Street| minimizing any chance there may ‘ai Streets./be of serious economic difficulty start at 8 p.m, in the future.” Also appearing tonight are Lona| He set this goal for the economy: Allen, baton-twirler and Donnie|“‘an increasing national income, Williams, impressionist. shared equitably among those who The public is invited to attendjcontribute. to its growth, and free shows. (Continued om Page Two) A LA COLONIA CUBANA Y EL PUEBLO DE KEY WEST EL CLUB SAN CARLOS INAUGU. RARA EL RINCON MARTIANO EN SU SALON DE RECEPCION EL JUEVEZ 28 DE ENERO 1954, A LAS 9:00 PM. QUEDAN TODOS CORDIALMENTE INVITADO. LA DIRECTIVA. IN THE hourly minimum wage. Secretary great jand reduced their total fines to | The Roberts were found guilty The Ken West Citisen U.S.A. tenants or workers DIAL 25661 or 2-5662. + « Just PRICE FIVE CENTS -Rape Suspect ‘Jailed After Alleged Assault On Young | | | | Young Soprano Gains Acclaim In Community Concert Program. By JIM COBB If local music lovers were to vote on their Community Concert: favorite, it is reasonably safe to! assume that they would choose! Miss Barbara Gibson, charming and talented young coloratura sop- arno who appeared last night in the second of this season’s concert at the Convent Audiforium. The usual capacity audience was generous with their applause and lyrical in their praise of the bril-| Hiant young star. The graciousness of her presen- tation — and her near-perfect vo- |cal technique filled the auditorium with a warm glow. Miss Gibson’s program, whe- ther she was doing standard con- cert favorites, simple American folk songs or difficult French opera, pleased the audience. Although Licia Albanese was or- ginally scheduled. to appear , last night, we wonder if it were not a fortunate stroke of fate that ‘brought Miss Gibson here. Miss Gibson has a great voice and magnificent control over it — a voice that will be heard for a long time on our concert stages. In last night’s program, for example, she skipped through the painfully difficult passages of the Fire Aria from Ravel's little known opera-ballet L’Enfant et les Sortileges with ease and pre- served admirably the etheral quality of the music. She opened her program with the well known aria “Un voce poco) fa” from Rossini’s Barber of Se- ville — performed with consum- mate artistry. And then came three beautiful songs, Pastorale by Carey, Mun-' iro’s “Celia” and Lo, Here The Gentle Lark. Obrador’s Dos Cantares Popu- ares, were competently perform- ed by Miss Gibson and drew forth applause. But Miss Gibson really illustrat-; ed her dramatic ability and the most colorful facet of her artistry in the passionate Granadina by Joaquin Nin. Here the full emo- ‘tional quality of her presentation was brought out and the audience rewarded her warmly. Ravel’s saucy Habanera follow- ed — a complete turnabout that! proved her versatility. A fine sense of the comic was evidenced at! points by the artist. She took time out to tell an ance-; (Continued On Page Two) Roberts’ Fine Reduced Wed. Municipal Judge Enrique Es- quinaldo, Jr., heeded a plea for, clemency Wednesday by Walter! 'H. Roberts and his wife Jeanette Tuesday on four charges each and $400. eram Here [pee and Don’t Let That Expiration Date Throw You Off Notice a difference in the ex- piration date on this year's Overseas Highway stickers? Last year’s stickers expire Feb. 20, 1954. The 1954 stickers expire Dec, 31, 1954, But the dates don’t mean a thing. The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District at Pigeon Key today said the stickers for 1954 will be good as long as the 1954 license plates are good. The office had no explanation for the change in dates, Molotov Holds Peace Hopes—- On His Terms Tries To Entice Western Nations To Agree On Big 5 Parley By JOHN M, HIGHTOWER BERLIN #—Soviet Foreign Min- ister V. M. Molotov held out glit- tering hopes 0” peace and prosper- ity to the United States; Britain and France today—if only they will meet Communist China as a Leber power .at the conference table. His lures to entice the Western nations into a Big Five confer- ence seemed designed, moreover, to appeal not so much to their foreign ministers here as to the millions of people they represent. The fourth session of the Berlin conference today was destined to hear still more argument on the China issue, which already had tied up three sessions even though the Western minister's repeatedly told Molotov they would not accept! his proposition. Molotov was today’s chairman, He ignored demands yesterday! by U.S. Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Secretary Eden and French Foreign Minister Bi- dault that the conference get on to the problems of Germany and Austria. There was no indication the Baby Sitter In Poinciana Barbara Gibson Presents Well . Received Concert Pro Navy Man Is Suspected Of | Other Crimes By JIM COBB A local Navy man, the father of a nine-month-old |boy, is being held in the County Jail for investiga- tion of the rape of a 17-year- old girl and assault on at least three other girls, The suspect is a Navy man stationed here, He was arrested at his home by police officer Ed- ward Ramirez last night af- ter a 14-year-old girl com- plained that he had assault- ed her, The name of the Navy man involved is being with- held since, although he is in custody for investigation, at the time The Citizen went to press no formal warrant had been filed against him. Police said that after questioning at_police-headquarters the sailor broke down and admitted to a car nal assault on another girl, whom he lured into his home two weeks before Christmas. According to the statement of the girl, he forced her at knife point to submit to his ad- vances, He then allegedly forced her to write a note saying that she had submitted voluntarily. The note was found in @ secret com- Partment ot his billfold after his arrest iast night, police said. The girl, who later told a friend of the incident, but did not report ‘the incident to police because of “shame,” related this story of the crime: The Navy man asked her to go to his home and baby sit. While she was in the bed- room putting the baby in his crib, she saw him lock the front door, He entered the bedroom and the girl saw him slip a paring knife beneath the sheets on the bed. He then made advances and when the girl started to cry, kept saying “I’m not going to hurt you.” He then pushed her on to the bed and threatened to kill her, she said. After, police said, he m write the following note: “I thee below named do hereby swear that I (name withheld), did have inter- course with (name withheld) with Permission,” That note, signed by the victim, was found in the man’s wallet, Police said, Last night’s incident, involving a Russian would change his position today while running the meeting. Western diplomats conceded he could tie up the conference indef- initely if he chose. They did not know how soon they would be able’ to get to the German and Austrian problems, which they claim are the main business at Berlin. In his speech yesterday, the Sov- iet spokesman did make a bid in support of East Germany’s Com- munist regime. He formally presented a letter from East German Premier Otto Grotewohl asking that East and | Thro % ir attorney |West German representatives join day. aor cree to drop an yomter ithe conference when German uni- om the cate and accepted the low-|{ication is discussed. The Western ler fines. bigger sepa made known } But Roberts still faces a ih eaten ee Seek Ie ARY Way that he failed to register here witn|"ith the Dobhomgn npr te, the Sheriff's Department as a fel-|, But Molotov’s main purpose was jon. He is free on $500 bond on that’ Set forth what, in his view, a i charge. meeting with Red China next Z spring could accomplish. He listed three broad categories of issues which could be taken up —reduction of armaments, im- provement in political relations | among nations and measures to} Roof Sheets at increase international trade. And | Strunk Lumber he said such a parley could also 120 SIMONTON, near Coca-Cola’ consider the “situation in Asia,” an | 4 (Continued on Page Two) i 14-year old girl, occurred this way, police say: The girl was walking home in the Poinciana area when the sus- pect asked her to baby sit for him for about five minutes. She agreed he left her in the house alone for five minutes while he went to ithe drug store, When he returned, he showed her a Sears mail order catalogue and then made advances. During @ struggle, the girl fell to the floor and observed that the man was holding a knife. She said she aske ed him to allow her to leave and he pleaded with her to stay long- er, but finally relented with an admonishment “not to tell any- one what had happened.” The girl phoned police and the Suspect was taken into custody. Another Poinciana woman told po- lice of an incident last Tuesday in which the same man had at- (Continued Or Page Iwo) CLASSIC B. Languages PRINCESS NINA Children and Adults TEL. 2.3161