The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1954, Page 2

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| Key West, Fla., Jan. 29, 1954 Observations Taken At City Office) at 7 AM., EST TEMPERATURES Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A.M. Galveston 6 Jacksonville 41 Kansas City — 30) KEY WEST _. 67 Key West Airport 65) Los Angeles __.. 50 Louisville 31 Meridian 35) Miami -.... 56 Minneapolis 11) Memphis _— 33 New Orleans 46 New York 15) NN cei SE Oklahoma City 41 Omaha 20| Pensacola 49) Pittsburgh 20; Roanoke 28) St. Louis 31) San Antonio 59! San Francisco #49 Seattle 31 Tallahassee 37 Tampa __.. 49 Wehingten: 88 TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK @ — The stock market started higher with a rush today and then turned quiet. Prices moved major fractions in either direction, but the gainers had the upper hand all the way Bethlehem Steel, which after the| elose yesterday declared a divi- dend of $2 as compared with $1 previously paid, opened at 57% up 2% on a block of 20,000 shares. The steel division of the market was higher all around. Among' other major divisions going up! were farm implements, coppers, chemicals, railroads, and oils. The motors were somewhat backward while utilities and air lines were steady and the aircrafts were mixed, Among higher stocks were U.S. Steel, Republic Steel, International Harvester, Kennecott Copper, lied Chemical, American Tobacco, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Sinclair Oil. - THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Al-| Friday, January 29, 1954 FLORIDA BRIEFS PANAMA CITY #—Four youths who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing $2,000 worth of outboard motors and other marine equip- ment will have plenty of time to repent. Circuit Judge E. Clay Lewis Jr. yesterday put the youths, two of! whom are 16 and two 17 years old, on probation @or five years and conditions set these Hy They must remain at home from 7 p. m. until 7 a. m. Mondays through Thursdays and be at home _|by 10 p. m. the other three nights; they shall not drive any type of, automobile or operate a boat; they) shall attend school daily, unless ill, and maintain a good scholastic They must attend church and Sunday school regularly and not visit poolrooms, public dance halls or places where intoxicants are sold; they must have a weekly|$800. conference with their ministers and must not associate with each other. PALMETTO — Hopes for prompt action on the proposed Manatee River Bridge between here and Bradenton are held by Tl! acting Gov. Charley Johns. Speaking at the Manateé County fairgrounds last night, Johns said -|a start would be made as soon as -ipossible. He said. a report from -jengineers on the best location is .|being awaited. TAMPA #—Testimony heard for| four days on the application of two truck firms to haul phosphate is being turned over to the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Com- mission for action. Two examiners for the commis- sion ended their hearing here yes- .jterday on the petition of Hauls- .jmore Inc. of Tampa and Florida Tank Lines of Fort Lauderdale. The petition was opposed by major Florida railroads and sever- al unions of railroad workers. ——— JA VILLE w—Three new state directors. of the Children’s bone — “of de were lected al ‘Sist annual meeting yesterday, ee Al Lang, St. Pete ; John McCarty, Fort Pierce, and “John Parkinson, Day- tona Beach. Among new regional directors are D. L. Thrasher, Sanford; and Chester W. McDonald, Lakeland. LAKELAND ®—Disturbed over'| reports of a larger than expected orange crop, Florida Citrus Mutual is planning its own survey of how much fruit is left to harvest. Mutual said some buyers are trying to get fruit at less than its real value by saying the orange crop is larger than the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture estimate of 82 million boxes, No names were | mentioned. “When the price paid growers for oranges for concentrate fell this week from $1.40 to $1.25 a box, Mutual advised its members to hold the fruit until the price went higher. MIAMI —A cargo of wild ani- mals leaves today for Cuidad Tru- \jillo, Dominican Republic, by Pan American cargo clipper which will 0\bring other wild animals to this country on its return flight. Making the southward journey will be two elk, three bison, four deer, a 300-pound African lion, a llama and two guanacos. On the return trip, the plane will bring in a nine-foot crocodile, a three-year-old jaguar and a baby jaguar, all destined for zoos in this country. MIAMI (#—A race track ro- mance will be climaxed here Sun- day with the wedding of jockey John Ralph Adams, son of veteran jockey Johnny Adams, and Miss Mary Virginia O'Banion of San Antonio, Tex. when he visited his father and she who was valet for the senior Adams at the time. Sutton is now riding in New Orleans, The Little Theatre $22 TRUMAN AVENUE SHOWING FRIDAY THE VIGILANTES RETURN (In Technicolor) Jon Hall - Margaret Lindsay | nanan ane a ED SHOWING SATURDAY CRISS CROSS Burt Lancaster - Yvonne DeCarlo (soar mn A ETRE SHOWING SUNDAY (In Technicolor) Susan Hayward - Robert Preston a nenennenn SHOWING MONDAY TOM SAWYER Tom Kelley as Tom Sawyer rena ERPS SHOWING TUESDAY | The Mask Of Diijon Jean Bates - William Wright Adams and Miss O’Banion, both}! 19, met in Chicago four years ago/fj was with her uncle, H. A. Sutton, |f} agent for young Adams, who is i “Missionaries” ilk Oldsters Out Of $800 - ORLANDO #—An elderly couple’ ivonsiaae that a pair of strangers representing themselves as mis- sionaries and faith healers fast- talked and light-fingered them out of $800, their life savings. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daniels Theyoffere dthestrangers— told this story: They offered the strangers—a man and a woman—a 50-cent do- nation but this was refused. The woman, who was wearing a tight-fitting dress, persistently questioned Daniels about his faith and he agreed to be “healed.” She said they would have to produce their money first. Daniels took $37 from his wallet, saying that was all he had. The woman said, “Brother, you can’t lie to the Lord,” and Daniels went into his house and got the The woman wrapped the money in a piece of cloth, rubbed the parcel over Daniel’s body, pinned it in his left pocket, gave him in- structions on praying, and directed him to sleep with a Bible under his head for nine days. Then, say- ing she wanted to be sure his money was well pinned in his pock- et because she didn’t want him to think she was trying to steal it, she ran her hand into the pocket, unpinned the cloth and pinned it again. Upon’ leaving the pair said they would return in about 20 minutes ‘to pick up some grapefruit. When they didn’t come back, Daniels' unpinned the cloth and found part ‘of a newspaper but the $800 was gone. Sheriff's deputies said they had no trace of the pair. Rough Day Downtown PHOENIX, Ariz. W—It was a rough day for Byron Arnold when he paid a brief visit to downtown Phoenix. He received a ticket for over- parking in a 24-minute meter zone. But later somebody picked the lock on his car and went off with an expensive pair of shoes. Police weren't around when the theft oc- curred. KEY WEST TROOPS (Continued From Page One) ) sanifary departments, tax collec- tors.and chairman of the plan- ning board. On Feb. 9, the elected “officials” will assemble at the city hall at 3 p. m. to meet with their coun- ter-parts in the legal city. govern-' ment. Participation of Cub Packs in that day will be limited to three ‘Cubs per pack riding in a fire engine around the city. Arrangements have been made for Scouts and Cubs to be dismiss- ‘ed from school in time to parti- cipate in the ceremonies. The giant campfire will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 o'clock at Bayview Park. Scout- master Tony Martinez will be in charge. Parents as well as scouts and cubs are invited to the campfire. Sponsoring organizations will be honored on Thursday. One troop! plans to mow the sponsoring insti- ‘tutions cemetery lawn another will police the church yard (of the spon-' soring organization) other troops have varied plans. On Friday, window displays by the various troops and packs will be judged. will be held Saturday, Feb. 12 Bayview Park. Carlton Smith be in charge of the meet. Full details of the meet will be announced later, Field meet for scouts and cubs'| y nko Says Soviet Envoy s Man To Watch WASHINGTON (#—Igor Gouzen- watched. | Gouzenko was interviewed in terview was filmed for television lie here today. Pearson brought out in his ques- tioning that Zaroubin was ambas- sador to Canada while Gouzenko, before his desertion in 1945, was handling coded intelligence mes- sages to Moscow. Gouzenko spoke of the Soviet es- Pionage organization in Canada and said Zaroubin “knew about of course, about details.” Pearson asked ‘‘Would you con- sider him a dangerous man w have in Washington?” “I would suggest to watch him, to be careful,”” Gouzenko replied. © wore a mask during the ‘interview. Pearson explained “his life is constantly in danger.” Thief Gets $5 From Gas Station A thief who smashed a side win- idow in a service station at 800 |Simonton Street, made off with about five dollars in change from a cash register, police reported to- day. Patrolman Raymond Quinn said that he was called to the station early today by a neighbor who said he heard the window smash- ed. A search revealed no trace of the thief and a check of the sta- tion by proprietor Arnold Brye showed that the cash was ail that was missing. FISHING CATWALKS (Continued From Page One) Saturday that he would intercede with the road board to obtain the} catwalks. Next step, Papy said will be survey of the bridges by engineers and the actual consiruction of the catwalks. he added that the total’ appropriation should take care of all needed construction on the keys. Cost of the catwalks has been es- timated at from 25 to 50 dollars Iper foot. a BLACK HILLS PASSION PLAY Lake Wales Amphitheatre 31 — APRIL 18 Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS BILL'S LICENSED PAWN SHOP Show Times RHUBARB 7:00 and 10:55 GIRL IN WHITE 9:16 ONLY the general setup; he didn’t know, | ——TRY A POUND TODAY — | BIDAULT ASKS (Continued from Page One) disarmament meeting be held this year. The French resolution did spec- ify that the conference should con- form to the U.N. General Assembly resolution of Jan. 11, 1952, thus! {making the U.N. the actual spon- ko, the Soviet embassy code clerkisor. That resolution directed the VX-1 who tipped off authorities to a spy|U.N. Disarmament Commission to Chief Gunner Robert M. Carter, complained to sheriff's deputies|ring in Canada, has tagged Georgi continue its work on conventional sn, N. Zaroubin, Soviet ambassador to|arms and atomic weapons in ac-' wil] the United States, as a man to be cordance with previous Assembly ary jecisi One of the key sections of Bi-| |Big Four on record as aim of ending all hostilities.” ithe four “commit themselves to |join their efforts, ment Commission of the United |Nations, with the aim of reaching \will permit calling a general armament conference under co: ditions favorable to success.” There was no official word of what Molotov had said to shift the parley onto the subject of disarm- ament but there was considerable speculation that he may have ibrought up ‘his own plan to spike the warring world’s guns. After Bidault spoke, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Eden took the floor indicating that whether the West like it or not the conference faced a full scale debate on a_ topic that wasn’t even on the’ agenda, NO CHARGES FILED (Continued From Page One) jof evidence has been compiled from statements made by all three women involved. In addition, one lof the women picked the occused out of a six man lineup at the Police station. dis- It took 12 years to.design and {build the Colossus of Rhodes, one \of the seven wonders of the anci- jent world. FURNITURE SPECIALS 5 pce. Chrome Dinettes ...... $59.50 5 pee. Limed Oak Dinettes .. $59.50 5 pce. Wrought Iron Dinettes $64.50 EISNER FURNITURE CO. , Poinciana Center Tel. 2-6951 RADIO and) CIFELLI'S T.V. Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Guaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. Equipment FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE | VICE — SEE... D CIFELLI 920 Truman Ave. (Rear) TELEPHONE 2-7637 een ee ee enn BARN THEATRE TONIGHT and SATURDAY at 8:30 P.M. Fox News 423 Simonton St. | The Key West Players present AGATHA CHRISTIO’S Mystery Comedy $1.50 (Tax Box Office Open: 1:48 - 9:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 - 9:00 P.M. Wednesdays CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE —. QF TELEPHONE 2-419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE —ggp San Carlos Theatre Air - Cozditioned ‘Transfers Of Two Careless Firemen |Novel Fasteners ‘VX-1 Officers Are Announced Lt. Joseph Edward Brown, USN Maintenance Officer, and squadron Ordinance Officer both leave Key West Febru- 1st, the AirDevRon public .in- formation office announced today.| Randolph said. With the squadron for the past Canda by Drew Pearson. The in-jdault’s resolution would put the 33 months, Brownéwill be released E “proclaim- to inactive duty and will return to use and the transcript made pub-jing that the support and encour-|njs civilian job as an engineer with agement of aggression must be the Department jcondemned and banned with the Mobile, Alabama. | B | Carter who has nt two years The resolution then would have with the squadron, a be shes : - red to San Diego, California, where in the Disarma- he will become ordinance officer for the Navy’s Utility Squadron 4 ~~ Seven. j++ Substantial agreements which) 1+ Brown's wife, Ruth, and his of Air Force in \four and a half year old son, Mat- "thew, will accompany the main- jten jwhile Chief Gunner Carter’s wife, jAlice, will make the trip to San \Di ficer. ance officer on his trip home, with the VX Warrant Of- DRIFTING BOAT (Continued From Page One) ‘Coast Guard that the boat had beenn found. Today, Williams had nothing but praise and thanks for the coopera-| tion of the Navy and Coast Guard. “Tt really sends a tourists home from Key West with a fine feel- ling,” he said. CITIZEN ADS BRING RESULTS POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE DIAL 2-91 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries ACCESSORIES + HEARING AIDS eee Brighten the life of » hard-of- friend or loved one. - Visit of ‘today for com- pits inrntion cay AMY OPTICAL DISPENSARY Phone 2-7522 TICKETS ON SALE at Betty-Ann Stationers 516 Fleming St. Included ) Cartoon SAN MATEO, Calif. w—Jeweler |Earl Randolph was pleased with HOUSTON (®—Women’s inge- nuity ae = Security clerks jthe way firemen put out a $10,000, feccate fr A change ron ial 1 |two-alarm fire in his shop yester| curity cards. day. | One married woman recently But he thinks the firemen might pinned together her eld card and have been a little careless with a note with a diapersize safcty their hoses. Missing from a work pin. . x bench swept clean by the water; Other devices included two or- were gold, platinum and four on oma por ee Sekesk, a t di ed at $3,500, ive lage se lamonds valu jand rite eyes ANNOUNCEMENT CALENDAR FRIDAY, January 2 10:00-—Gym Classes for Officer’s Wives, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base 7:30—Youth for Christ, Poinciana Baptist Church 1953 Income Tax Prepared at. TRUMAN AVENUE Corner Truman Avenue and Simonton Streets TAX CONSULTATION — GENERAL ACCOUNTING Specializing in STATE and FEDERAL TAXES ROBERT J. GROVER Office Phone Residence Phone 2-5022 2-3640 Open Evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Showing Friday and Saturday, February 5 and 6 High School Audiforium Sponsored by: MONROE COUNTY JUVENILE COUNCIL DIRECT FROM BROADWAY £ the STANLEY WOOLF PRODUCTION 4 of the Greatest Musicol under the Sum\ a reer HILARIOUS COMEDY * A GREAT LOVE STORY* EXCITING DANCING EVE FILLING COSTUMES AND SCENERY. MAIL ORDERS NOW ACCEPTED—Call Louis Rockoff, Tele phone 2-3837, or Mail to 516 Catherine Street. Tickets on sale at J. R. Stowers Co., 523 Duval St., Phone 2-6611. Make checks payable to JUVENILE COUNCIL HOME BUILDING FUND EVENING SHOWS— FRIDAY, 6 and 9 P.M. — SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M. PRICES: $1.85 = $2.46 - $3.08, Tax Included MATINEE— SATURDAY at 2:30 P.M. PRICES $1.23 - $1.85 - $2.46, Tax Included STRAND THEATRE NOW SHOWING YOU SEE IT Box Office Opens 12:30 P.M. FIRST SHOW STARTS 1:00 — SECOND SHOW 8:30 THIRD SHOW 6:00 — LAST SHOW 8:30 MATINEE — Adults, $1.25 — Children, 47¢ NIGHT — Adults, $1.50 — Children, 47e' Mat. 3:30 Night 6:30 & 8:38 AIR COOLED

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